Wu Dalang's Counterattack

Chapter 59 If you want to get rich, build roads first!
After some conversations with Song Huizong Zhao Zhe, the two parties finally reached a consensus: Li Shishi followed Zhao Zhe back to the palace, and he would announce to the world that Li Shishi should be made a noble concubine.

Wu Ming was enfeoffed as Marquis of Yanggu County, and the entire Yanggu County was later governed by his uncle Wu Ming.

As the well-known living god of wealth in the Song Dynasty and Li Shishi's elder brother, Wu Ming's dowry for Li Shishi certainly could not be shabby.

Wu Ming made a very generous promise to Zhao Zhe: all cities in the Song Dynasty, no matter how big or small they are, old or new.All of them were reinforced and refurbished by Wu Ming.

When Zhao Zhe learned that Wu Ming would use the latest building materials cement, steel bars, and concrete to strengthen all the city walls of the Great Song Dynasty, he couldn't help but be impressed by Wu Ming's wealth.

In Zhao Zhe's view, although he did not get a tael of cash from Wu Ming, strengthening the city is a century-old plan. In the era of cold weapons, the city is the most important weapon of the country. Whether the city is strong or not is equivalent to the country's safety. .

He can tell which is more important, whether he has a lot of silver in his hands or whether he has fortified all the cities to the point of impregnability.

Wu Ming is not stupid for making such a promise. Wu Ming also has his own plans: First, the Yanggu County Cement Factory has accumulated a large amount of cement during Wuming's development for such a long time and needs to be disposed of.

Second, through the excuse of using steel bars and strengthening the city this time, Wu Ming can transfer some dwarves from the underground world to the ground world in an open and honest manner.

After all, the construction and forging of the dwarves are incomparable to the Song people.

The third is from the perspective of the international situation. At present, there are constant disputes among Song, Jin, and Liao, and there are small countries such as Xixia and Jiaozhi making troubles in the middle.

Although Wu Ming has invincible troops under his command, Wu Ming doesn't want to use them easily.Currently he is still in the honeymoon period with Zhao Zhe, if Zhao Zhe knows that Wu Ming has so many private troops under him, what will he think?
Wu Caishen, what do you mean?There are so many private troops under your command, do you want to rebel?

In Wu Ming's view, although the Song Dynasty is weak, as long as he first strengthens the city, with the current strength of the Song Dynasty, not to mention the attack, the defense is more than enough.

During this period, Wu Ming will find ways to enhance the overall national strength of the Song Dynasty. The so-called wealth of the country means the strength of the people.Only when you are strong first can you consider fighting.

The treacherous ministers in the court and Wu Ming have no conflict of interest for the time being, and Wu Ming doesn't bother to pay attention to them. In his opinion, everyone has value to be used, such as Gao Qiu. to deal with.

After straightening out everything, Wu Ming issued an order to Li Shishi: "Bewitch Zhao Zhe to recruit civilian husbands and send Xiang troops to build roads."

Zhao Zhe is a fun-loving emperor, he basically listens to his ministers about the government, basically he believes what his favorite ministers say.

But ever since Li Shishi entered the palace, Zhao Zhe has been completely infatuated with Li Shishi.

Leaving aside Li Shishi's rare beauty in the world, Zhao Zhe is hooked on the charms he learned in the Fox Clan and the classic moves deeply engraved in Li Shishi's mind.

At the same time, under the systematic training, Li Shishi can be said to be proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as playing and singing.Li Shishi entered the palace for ten days, Zhao Zhe did not go to court for a full ten days, and even the empress of the main palace did not go back once.

After staying with Li Shishi for ten days, the queen and other concubines were so angry that they called Li Shishi a vixen.But there is nothing to do with her, Li Shishi's background is too hard, they all know that she is the righteous sister of the God of Wealth.

From the rumors they heard, they learned that the God of Wealth is a figure with boundless mana descended from the sky.Therefore, he didn't dare to make any small moves to Li Shishi.

Zhao Zhe and Li Shishi stayed together for ten days, and lost more than 20 catties. The two were tired of being together until Li Shishi received a call from Wu Ming.Zhao Zhe resentfully agreed to Li Shishi to go to court the next day.

Seeing Zhao Zhe who has lost a lot of weight through the holographic image, Wu Ming couldn't help showing a wretched smile, and said in his heart: This method is not bad for losing weight.After laughing, Wu Ming severely criticized Li Shishi again, telling her to pay attention to restraint and not to collapse Song Huizong's body.

The next day, in the court hall, Zhao Zhe sat on the dragon chair with a constipated look on his face, listening to the words of the officials impeaching him for neglecting government affairs and not thinking about making progress.His eyes fluttered all over the place, wanting his favorite minister to come out to rescue him.

But this time he went a little too far. He didn't go to court for ten days. His confidantes, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, etc. did not dare to offend the officials in the limelight. eyes.

Wu Ming couldn't stand it any longer, so he took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, there is no major issue in the country right now. Instead of letting them have nothing to do by raising so many Xiang troops, we might as well recruit some civilian men and repair the roads in the Song Dynasty. .”

After hearing Wu Ming's words, before Zhao Zhe could speak, the Minister of Household Affairs jumped out and said: "No, the treasury is empty now, and road construction costs a lot of money, and the court cannot afford it. Your Majesty."

When the speech officials saw that they were talking about state affairs, they stopped their verbal attacks on Zhao Zhe.

Zhao Zhe, who was finally quiet in his ears, remembered Li Shishi's bewitchment and said to Wu Ming: "Uncle Guo, your proposal is very good, I also want to build roads, but there is no money in the court, so what should I do."

Wu Ming sneered in his heart: It's not that there is no money in the imperial court, it's just that the money has been embezzled by your subordinates.You still trust these corrupt officials so foolishly. If they were not useful, I would have caught them into the mountains and smashed them into stones.

Thinking of this, Wu Ming said: "There is no need to worry about the money, I have everything. As long as the emperor agrees to build the road, then I will be responsible for all the food and clothing of these migrant workers and the Xiang army."

When Prime Minister Cai Jing heard that Wu Ming said such words, he was very happy, and couldn't help thinking: This is not a small sum, it seems that he can embezzle another sum from the middle.

Who knew Wu Ming's next words completely cut off Cai Jing and all the corrupt officials' minds.

Wu Ming went on to say: In order to prevent unnecessary expenses, I drew up a road construction plan.

One: All the road construction materials are provided by me. The roads are mainly made of cement and sand, so that the roads built in this way are strong and durable.

Two: During the road construction period, the meals for the Xiang army and the civilian husbands were provided by our Qunyingju Wine Shop.

Three: I will also provide all other expenses for food and clothing, but I will send a special person to manage these, and no other personnel can intervene in the middle.This avoids corruption and waste.

If the emperor agrees with my plan, then I will pay for the road construction. If the emperor does not agree, then the emperor who builds the road will find a way by himself.

After hearing Wu Ming's road construction plan, all those who wanted to make money from it all looked down, and said to themselves: Wu Dalang, you are so cruel, you will not leave us any money.

But they have no choice, one is that Wu Ming's current identity is the uncle of the country, and the other is that they have all suffered from Wu Ming, and they have all had their heads shaved by Hu Dabai.

After listening to Wu Ming's words, Zhao Zhe asked Wu Ming with great interest: "Wu Caishen, it is not that the roads in the country cannot be used now, why are you so concerned about building roads, and you even spend your own money to build roads for the country?" ?”

Hearing Zhao Zhe's question, Wu Ming directly replied with a classic slogan of later generations: "If you want to get rich, build roads first!"

(End of this chapter)