Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Li Ke traveled by train this time.

First, I arrived at Chencang by train, and then went to Longzhou Huating, Weizhou (Pingliang), Yuanzhou (Guyuan), Xihuijun (Huining), and Jincheng (Lanzhou) through Chencang. The basic road is this one.

For cities like Weizhou and Yuanzhou, according to Li Ke's latest administrative level, he changed the names back to Pingliang and Guyuan.

In fact, the names of Pingliang and Guyuan also existed in the Sui Dynasty, but they were changed in the Tang Dynasty, and then Li Ke changed them back.

Highlight a change from day to day.

This road is the most important road from Chang'an to Qinghai. If you go to Longyou Road, you will go in the direction of Zhongwei.

After arriving at Chen Cang, Li Ke and others moved forward in a very low-key way. Although there were five thousand guards, the guards were not fully armed. At least two-thirds of them were in casual clothes. Yes, there are only a thousand guards on the surface.

All the guards did not drive away the caravan, but pulled back and forth in a very low-key manner to ensure safety. Of course, the most important thing is that this is what Li Ke requested.

After leaving Chencang, Li Ke looked at the carriage on the road, feeling somewhat emotional.

Because now the carriages on the road already have the iron wheel version of the carriage from the machinery manufacturing factory, and there are steel plate shock absorbers, or leaf springs.

These bonuses have greatly improved the passability of the carriage, and the degree of damage will become very slow, but there are still some problems in the manufacture of tires, and the quality cannot keep up.

Of course, it is mainly compared with the tires of later generations. For this era, the lifespan of these tires is not bad, anyway, they have never seen what high-end tires look like.

The tires made entirely of Eucommia can't keep up with the quality of the processing technology. If it is rubber, it will be slightly better. Eucommia is different from rubber. The processing technology is slightly more difficult than rubber. .

It's nothing to the modern industrial system, but to Datang's industrial system, the difficulty is not low.

However, the rubber is coming soon. According to the news from the origin of the currently planted rubber, the rubber can basically be harvested next year. Although the amount of harvest next year is very small, Datang's current rubber consumption is not much.

After another two or three years, Datang's rubber will start to enter a high-production period, and tires will gradually become popular throughout Datang.

But aside from these carriages, the official road here is obviously much better than when Li Ke left before, and it has also widened a lot.

At noon, by coincidence, a service area ahead appeared within Li Ke's line of sight.

This service area is quite different from the later generations. All the service areas are built on the basis of the nearby post station, just beside the post station.

There is a post station every [-] miles in the Tang Dynasty. If there are some dangerous official roads, the distance between these post stations will be slightly farther.The post station in the Tang Dynasty only received officials and important court reports, and ordinary caravans were not allowed to enter the post station.

But it is also possible to station near the post station, especially in some remote places. In fact, most post stations just turn a blind eye, and even some places allow some money to enter the post station to rest.

Of course, even if you enter the station, these stations will be divided into an area in advance and isolated separately.

And this kind of post stations are often in relatively remote areas, and the court basically turned a blind eye, because these places are mostly cold places, and the postmen in these post stations are also suffering, and some sources of income are also difficult. They can be supported for a longer period of time.

After the establishment of the service area, it is different. The main reason is that the service area can be regarded as a semi-official version. Almost all the military soldiers who have made meritorious service in the vicinity preside over here. No matter whether it is food and lodging, the living conditions are worse. Except for the tents at the beginning, the houses in the service area were all built by themselves.

The Tang court gave them monthly money, so for the people in these service areas, this place is more like a special village.

Some are like many sparsely populated provinces in the northwest of later generations. Because of the establishment of national and provincial roads, some people used to build houses to provide lodging and meals for truck drivers.

The current service area is basically in this situation. Within the scope of the official delineation, in addition to those people designated by Li Ke at the beginning, there are some people who come here spontaneously, so the scale of these service areas has been expanded.

But it didn't expand too much. After all, for most of the people, they all had land, and they weren't to the point where they couldn't survive, and this place couldn't support so many people.

What Li Ke lives in is not a service area, but a post station. The conditions of these post stations in remote places are better.

After staying at the inn, Li Ke changed into ordinary clothes and walked out. Many of Li Ke's personal guards were already in the service area.

After all, there were mixed people in the service area not far from the post station, and the guards in charge of secret protection had already stayed here in the form of a caravan.

And when Li Ke came over, he was only accompanied by a dozen or so guards in casual clothes.

For people like Li Ke, they often appear in this service area. Some aristocratic families or rich people always bring some guards when they go out.

After entering a restaurant, Li Ke sat down directly and ordered a pot of tea. Now that it was time for dinner, Li Ke asked directly with a smile, "Brother, I have a few questions I would like to ask."

The boss is a man in his 50s and [-]s, with three missing fingers on his right hand and some lameness in his legs.

"I don't dare to be called a gentleman like that. Just ask this gentleman if you have any questions?" The boss said with a smile. As for the guards brought by Li Ke, the boss pretended not to see it.

"It's just that I came all the way here, and I'm quite moved. The official road from Chencang to here seems to be much wider than when I came here a few years ago, and it seems to have been repaired a lot. Brother, do you know who is doing this?" Li Ke asked with a smile.

When the official roads in this place were not organized by the imperial court, Li Ke really didn't know who was building the roads.

In fact, each county raises its own funds to build roads every year.

"Haha, Mr. Lang, you are asking the right person. This is due to the kindness of His Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty." The boss cupped his hands in the direction of Chang'an, and continued happily: "This road has contributed There are people from all directions, which can be regarded as the collective contribution of the nearby counties and counties.”

"Oh? I would like to hear the details." Li Ke said with interest.