On the Fengtian Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang was as insightful as a sight to the fire, and he explained the little thoughts of civil and military officials in one word, scaring the officials so much that they lowered their heads and did not dare to speak again.

But Zhu Yuanzhang did not intend to let them go like this, and said coldly to the head of the Ministry of Revenue who had just stood up:

"Zhao Lin, why did we hear yesterday? You wrote to your family and asked them to go to Yingtian quickly with a lot of money?"

"As far as we know, aren't you from Shanxi? Your family is also a famous prominent family in Taiyuan, Shanxi."

"What? What do you mean by the gentry of Yingtian Prefecture, including your family?"

Zhao Lin, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, was so scared that she knelt on the ground and said in horror:

"The emperor Rong Bing, I asked them to come to Yingtian for other things, not for the highway."

"Yeah?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes became colder and colder, and he said in a faint tone:

"Then why did what you said to your wife when you were sleeping yesterday differ from what you said now?"

"We heard that you told your wife that you must participate in this highway project this time to make a good fortune for future generations."

"Are we right or wrong?"

At this moment, Zhao Lin was so scared that her forehead was covered with cold sweat, and her back was completely wet, as if she had just been caught from the water.

"Sin Zhao Lin...Sin Zhao Lin..."

Zhao Lin stuttered for a long time, but didn't know how to defend herself, but was just repeating her name.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and shouted:

"Hmph, we just depend on your bad intentions and bad intentions."

"Come on, drag Zhao Lin down to us, and throw him into prison. Yan Jian interrogated him."

"Your Majesty, please spare me!"

Zhao Lin was so scared that she shivered. At this moment, she no longer stuttered. Instead, she began to beg for mercy at Zhu Yuanzhang, hoping that Zhu Yuanzhang could forgive her life.

By then, Zhu Yuanzhang had a disgusting expression and watched Zhao Lin being pulled down by two guards in front of the palace.

After Zhao Lin's time completely disappeared in the hall, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke slowly:

"Now, who else do you object?"

The person who originally stood up to discuss the matter slowly retreated back to the queue when Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care.

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, all civil and military officials were silent. Who would dare to offend Zhu Yuanzhang at this time? Isn't this just pure seeking death?

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction and said:

"Since no one objected, where is the Minister of Revenue?"

"Immediately draft an order and will raise money to build a highway, and Immediately notify the whole country of the country, and there must be no mistakes."

The Minister of Revenue hurried forward and bowed to accept the order.

After getting Zhu Yuanzhang's affirmation, Hu Weiyong was in a good mood and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said:

"Your Majesty, I also need the assistance of the Minister of Works."

"After all, only the Minister of Works knows the most about building an official road."

"If the assistance is not announced, I will be unable to complete the construction of such a highway."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, looked at the Minister of Works and asked:

"Zeng Jian, your Ministry of Works has helped Hu Weiyong well in recent times and get the job done on the expressway first."

The Minister of Works did not dare to disobey, and then stood up and said to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Abide by the order."

With the support of Zhu Yuanzhang, Hu Weiyong was then supported by the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works. Although he had not confirmed what to do, Hu Weiyong had already had a slander in his mind.

After the court came to court, a decree for the construction of the expressway was sent from Yingtian Prefecture to 13 provinces across the country.

....

Beiping Prefecture, at the city gate.

"The emperor ordered the emperor to carry on his fortune."

A place where notices are posted is now crowded with people.

At the front, there was a man dressed as a scholar, who was loudly reciting the emperor's will and explaining to everyone the meaning of this imperial edict.

"Now in order to benefit the people, the court plans to build a highway, which will greatly increase the speed of merchants' travel."

"In the future, merchants will greatly improve the weight and efficiency of transported items through the expressway. In this way, the prices of goods across the country will be gradually reduced."

"This time the highway was built, the court planned to raise money, raise money from the gentry, and then after making money, it returned the silver to the gentry according to the shares."

"As for how to make money, it is to charge tolls. This kind of highway is specially built for merchants, but if merchants want to pass this kind of highway, they need to pay tolls."

As soon as these words were spoken, the audience was in an uproar. After all, it was the first time that the people and the merchants below heard that they had to charge tolls.

"But this kind of toll is particularly small, and after collecting this toll, the entire expressway will no longer be charged, and it is not even as high as the taxes paid along the way."

The scholars are the people behind him and constantly explain the contents of the imperial edict.

After hearing the scholar's explanation, many businessmen are already ready to move. If it is really as the scholar said, then this highway will be a great thing in the future.

The gentry began to make plans in their hearts, thinking about whether they could make a big profit by doing this.

A similar scene in Peking Prefecture happened all over the country, and a wave of highway discussions were set off in all places.

Some people are still watching, while some are already on the way to the capital of Daming and Yingtian Mansion.

"Lao Liang, why are you here?"

On the pipeline from Gansu to Yingtianfu, a short and fat middle-aged man dressed in a gentry greeted him enthusiastically.

"That's all about the highway of course."

The man named Lao Liang was also a gentleman, who was about the same age as the former and should look like an acquaintance.

"Aren't you the same?"

"That's natural, but I didn't expect that there were people like me who really believed in this highway."

"Believe, why don't you? This is the decree issued by our Emperor Hongwu, myself, and I must go and take a look."

"I know it was the emperor's will, but I know nothing about this highway and I always feel unsure in my heart."

"Don't be afraid, the emperor will never cheat us. This time I brought a lot of money just to get shares in this highway."

"Hahaha, since that's the case, then go together?"

"Go together!"

....

Yingtian Mansion has become more and more lively recently, and all inns are basically full, and most of these people are gentry.

Since Hu Weiyong last time requested the imperial edict and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to issue an order to build a highway, it will be published nationwide.

Gentlemen from all over the country began to gather in Yingtian Prefecture, and their conversation was all about the expressway.

Or just ask what the expressway is like.

Although these people have not started bidding yet, these people have made great contributions to Yingtianfu.

These people gathered in Yingtian Prefecture, which really caused a wave of consumption in Yingtian Prefecture, especially the Qinhuai River, which is now hard to find.

After Zhu Yuanzhang received the news, he called Hu Weiyong to the study room.

It has been a month and a half since the last time he was driven out of the study room by Zhu Yuanzhang. This time, Hu Weiyong was called to the study room by Zhu Yuanzhang again, and he was still a little nervous.

"Weiyong, how are your expressway doing?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Hu Weiyong, he directly solved the straightforward question and asked:

"Now so many gentry gather in Yingtian. After a long time, the prices in Yingtian Mansion will also soar."

"It's not a solution to continue like this. You have to finalize the matter as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty, the highway matters have been prepared almost."

Hu Weiyong told Zhu Yuanzhang all the time that he had prepared for this period, and then said:

“There are still several issues now.”

"The first one is the material problem. I have not found the materials on the expressway until now, as the emperor said."

"The second is the problem of workers. It takes a large number of workers to build highways, but it is now in the farming season, so it is difficult for the people to transfer."

"The third one is the question of how to sell shares. Chen wants to use an auction house for auction, but has not found a suitable auction house yet."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and said:

"The first and third questions, these two problems are easy to solve."
To be continued...