socalfunplaces Chapter 204
Chapter 204
"Your Highness, please make do with this simple place. Everyone, please rest here for a while."
Wei Shuyu and Qin Huaiyu must have something to leave for, so they stood up and bowed to Li Chengqian and others.
"What are you talking about, Shuyu? You are working hard outside in the scorching heat, so how can we be in a position to despise you? Please go ahead if you have something to do, and we will go to the construction section together in an hour."
Li Chengqian stood up and said in return, and Su Chen and others also stood up.
"Okay, we will be back in an hour!" Wei Shuyu and the others bowed again and turned to leave.
After the two left, Su Chen walked around the empty house for a few times. In addition to finding a few bundles of straw mats, there were no other items.
"Su Chen, what are you looking for?" Li Chengqian asked after Su Chen.
"I didn't find anything. I just wanted to see where they sleep at night. Now it seems that no one has ever lived in this house."
This 'toll booth' faces the cement road with five bays, which is five or six feet long and about three feet deep. The ground inside the house has not been hardened, but simply rammed. The huge 'parking lot' in front of the door has not been poured with cement either.
"Brother-in-law, don't you want to take a nap? I'll call you later."
Li Chengqian brushed his sleeves and smiled, "It's rare for this prince to come out. Why should I take a nap!"
"Are you sleepy? Why don't you and Li Zhi take a nap in the carriage?"
Considering that Su Chen got up early today, Li Chengqian asked back.
"I slept all the way in the carriage when I came here, so I'm not sleepy!"
Li Chengqian looked at Princess Changle again and asked, "Lizhi, are you sleepy?"
"No!"
Li Chengqian looked happy, rubbing his hands and stepped forward and said, "We are idle anyway, why don't we play Landlord!"
"I won't play with you, poor guy! You still owe me money."
Princess Changle looked at Li Chengqian with contempt.
Su Chen walked away directly. Only Li Chengqian dared to think of playing Landlord. If His Majesty knew about it, wouldn't he beat him to death?
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Time soon came to the 15th hour, and Wei Shuyu and Qin Huaiyu returned to the 'toll station'.
"Your Highness, the carriages and horses are ready. Do you want to set off now?" The attendant came to report and waited for Li Chengqian's order.
"Well, let's go!" Li Chengqian glanced at Su Chen, who did not say anything.
The group set out from the "toll station" to the construction section. The first construction site was only five or six miles away from here and they arrived soon.
Li Chengqian rode behind the vanguard on horseback, and Wei Shuyu and Qin Huaiyu followed on both sides and gave Li Chengqian a brief introduction to the construction situation.
Su Chen and Princess Changle took Li Chengqian's carriage. The rest of the journey was Li Chengqian's job, and Su Chen had nothing to do.
"What is the platform next to the road used for?"
Li Chengqian pointed to a piece of cement-casted ground about two feet long and wide next to the cement road and asked.
There are many such platforms along the way, but they couldn't see them in the carriage before.
"Your Highness, the platform is specially used for mixing concrete. One is built every three miles or so according to the terrain. Sand and gravel are transported from a distance, and after mixing on the platform, they are poured on the flat and rammed roadbed.
When mixing cement, it cannot be touched by soil, so a two-foot square cement floor is poured in advance." Wei Shuyu explained to Li Chengqian.
"So that's it!" Li Chengqian suddenly understood.
"Your Highness, the construction site is not far ahead. Now the workers are pouring cement on the right side of the road."
"Huaiyu, will it affect the construction of the people if we go there at the same time?" Li Chengqian suddenly asked.
There are quite a lot of people in their group, with more than 600 soldiers and more than 200 people sent to deliver supplies.
"Your Highness, in fact, there are not many people working on the road. Most of them are mining crushed ore and digging river sand, and the other part is responsible for leveling and tamping the roadbed at the front of the construction team.
There are only two thousand people in our four construction teams who are responsible for pouring cement on the road.
The nearest cement plant and crushed ore mining site are fifteen miles ahead."
Li Chengqian suddenly pulled the reins and stopped moving forward.
"Shuyu! Stop moving forward!"
"Shuyu, if we continue to move forward, we may run into people transporting materials?"
Wei Shuyu also stopped, and was stunned. "Your Highness, it was Shuyu's negligence." Wei Shuyu bowed and apologized.
If these more than 600 people continue to move forward, they will indeed encounter people transporting materials and going back and forth. Since it is now a one-way traffic, it may cause congestion.
"Shuyu, there is no need to do this. I am not clear about the construction site."
Then Li Chengqian ordered the large army to stop moving forward, called Su Chen and Princess Changle, and finally discussed a light vehicle of more than 30 people.People rode horses.
This was Su Chen's first time riding a horse. Fortunately, there was no need to gallop and no need to worry about falling off the horse's back.
"My Lord, is this your first time riding a horse? Are you nervous?" Princess Changle joked.
"It's my second time. I'm not nervous at all. I'm very stable!" Su Chen replied proudly.
"Hmph, stop pretending. How about competing with me some other day?" Princess Changle saw that Su Chen was a little stiff all over and directly exposed Su Chen.
"What's there to compare? A good man doesn't fight with a woman." Su Chen refused.
"Tsk, you little brat! Relax a little. These are all trained war horses with very stable temperaments."
"I know. Look, I don't even need to hold my hands." Su Chen held the reins and raised his hands to show Princess Changle.
"Hmph, look at your legs. They are almost clamped on the horse's back." Princess Changle said disdainfully.
When a normal person rides a horse without a saddle, his legs usually hang down naturally and clamp the horse's belly.
Su Chen was so nervous that his legs were bent and he clamped his legs tightly on the horse's belly.
It was like he was kneeling on the horse's back.
"Your Highness, this is the construction section that Huaiyu and I are responsible for."
"Okay, get off the horse!" Li Chengqian also saw the people pouring cement on the road with various tools.
Li Chengqian, Li Ke and Xue Rengui walked in front, and Su Chen and his men followed behind.
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
Two doctors and a dozen soldiers in the roadside awning immediately bowed to see Li Chengqian and his men.
The people who were working hard heard the voices and looked up at Li Chengqian and his men.
"Prince?"
"Your Highness, are you here?"
After lunch break, the people came to the construction site and saw someone setting up an awning on the roadside and setting up two large pots to cook winter melon and mung bean soup. After asking, they learned that it was His Majesty who sent His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to comfort them, and brought the cooling tea prepared by the imperial physician for them.
They were shocked. Most of them were originally disaster victims. His Majesty not only guaranteed them three meals a day, but also eighty cents a day in wages for repairing the road.
They were already grateful, but they never thought that His Majesty would send the Crown Prince to comfort them.
They quickly dropped the tools in their hands and bowed:
"I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Li Chengqian smiled and spoke loudly and forcefully.
"No need to be polite!"
"No need to be polite, fellow villagers!"