After sorting out the core affairs of the imperial city, Xu Changqing also came down briskly. In the next few days, he began to go through regular procedures, running around many yamen such as the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Revenue.

Of course, with Xu Changqing's status at this time, going to these yamen is just a show of face and a formality. Xu Changqing definitely doesn't have to do it himself. Someone will help Xu Changqing handle the matter to the best.

In this market, these civil officials couldn't even queue up if they licked Xu Changqing.

At noon, he showed off his presence at the Ministry of War. At lunch, Xu Changqing came to Ciyun Temple slowly.

Ciyun Temple is located in the northeast of the imperial city, separated by a wall from Yanque Lake outside the city.

This is actually the forbidden area of ​​the Tian family.

The great talent in Nanliang was only 31 years old and died after drowning in Xuanwu Lake. Later, he was buried in Yanque Lake. It seemed that there was a treasure on his body, which attracted thousands of Yanque Lake to worship. It was almost like a mythical story, and Yanque Lake was named because of it.

However, the area of ​​Yanque Lake at this time was much smaller than that of its peak in history.

Ciyun Temple was one of the temples worshipped by several favorite concubines in the palace when Master Cheng moved his capital to Beijing in the early years. Although the incense has not stopped for the past two hundred years, it has become in decline.

Fortunately, the approximate scale is still there.

It covers an area of ​​about a dozen acres, and the scenery is very magnificent by the mountains and rivers.

Although Queen Zhou had not moved out of Kunning Palace before, she really didn't dare to ignore Xu Changqing's words, so she had already found a way out.

This also made Xu Changqing much less angry with her.

This woman is actually quite capable, but she is just pretentious. Maybe she was used to being used to the first half of her life and could not find anything.

However, Ciyun'an is a pure Buddhist land and is full of female relatives. When Xu Changqing comes here, it is difficult to get in rashly. The more outside he is, the more he needs to do this kind of face-saving work.

Queen Zhou had already prepared a lot of wine and food in a small house next to her, which was small in size and only had two inches, but was quite exquisite.

Nannan has also seen a brand new world when she left the palace these days. She was so happy that she didn't want to be happy. She ignored Xu Changqing and asked a few maids to accompany her to play with snow.

After having lunch comfortably and drinking some wine, Queen Zhou said in a sweet voice: "Changqing, General Wang sent all the land deeds around him in the morning. Look, how do we build a garden?"

Xu Changqing thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, let's go out and have a look."

"Hey, that's fine. You wait for me and I'll be fine right away."

Soon, Xu Changqing and Empress Zhou sat in a carriage and began to patrol here.

Wang Xi packed up about thirty houses here, with a range of forty or fifty acres of land, and there were two villages around him. It was good to be good and not interfere with each other.

But after seeing it, Xu Changqing still did not rush to express his opinion, but left the city and came to Yanque Lake.

Queen Zhou said speechlessly: "What are you doing when you leave the city? Changqing, you, don't you want to build the garden outside the city, right?"

Xu Changqing smiled: "Wife, you said, let's add some money, repair the Yanque Lake, and then repair a smaller exterior wall, how about it?"

"this?"

Queen Zhou came back to her senses for a while, "Changqing, do you want to build a big garden here?"

"Haha, it's not a garden. As a mother, you have to leave something for your son. The land here is pretty good. Try to connect this place to Zhongshan and manage it well. Then give your son some, how about?"

At this time, Empress Zhou finally understood what Xu Changqing meant, and excitedly threw herself into Xu Changqing's arms and said, "Changqing, I, I don't know how to thank you..."

"Haha, it's not easy to thank me?"

"Deadly..."

...

At night, it was getting dark, and Xu Changqing returned to Haicheng Hou Mansion with some fatigue.

In order to maintain the current complex relationship, Xu Changqing is indeed

A lot of brain cells were wasted, and I practiced it myself...

Fortunately, the efforts will always be rewarded, and Queen Zhou was completely dealt with by Xu Changqing.

Speaking of which, although Nanjing was one of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty and was famous for its prosperous place, Xu Changqing walked around the world these days and found that Nanjing's development efforts were far from enough.

To put it bluntly, it means protecting the foundation of our ancestors.

To put it bluntly, he is a prodigal son who is completely useless and has been consuming the capital of his ancestors.

It's barely better inside the city, but it's impossible to see outside the city.

Even the Duke of Wei State's Mansion, the village outside the city of Hou Nabo. From a distance, the scale of the village is not weak and they are all very grand, but they are all done at first sight.

I really don’t know how these people endured the bumpy road that was already displaced and undesirable.

Or they don't go to these farms at all.

This also made Xu Changqing discover a huge business opportunity!

Cement plant!

At this time, the Haicheng Cement Plant was already quite large, and many places in Haicheng began to harden the road inside and outside. After the Qing army withdrew this time, if the current situation could remain stable, Xu Changqing was also preparing to build the cement hardened road from Haicheng to Qingzhou and Denglai.

However, even if Haicheng Cement Plant has achieved some results, it will not supply enough Haicheng and its surrounding areas, so it will definitely not be able to supply Nanjing.

If you want to occupy the market in Nanjing, you still have to build a new factory.

None of this is a problem.

According to Xu Changqing's background at this time, it was just a matter of one sentence.

But how to open up sales so that these powerful people know about this thing and take pride in it. You have to think about the real money and spend it well.

The gardens in Ciyun Temple, including the industries around Yanque Lake, are the "model houses" that Xu Changqing decided to make great efforts.

After all, nothing is more advertising-effective than the Tianjia’s personal use.

...

Originally, Xu Changqing wanted to go to Jiangdongmen Camp tonight to talk to Kong Xi and his son. Although he was not busy these days, he was still unable to do anything and really had time to accompany them.

But after thinking about it, Xu Changqing still let go of this idea...

no way.

I have been with Queen Zhou these days, and I am really weak and don’t have many bullets anymore. I must raise it well...

He ordered the kitchen to prepare a table of nourishing dishes, and Xu Changqing also began to carefully consider some of the specifics of the cement factory in his study.

Haicheng's cement factory is still very primitive now, basically completely handmade.

Xu Changqing had no time in the past, and those in charge could do things well, and Xu Changqing did not take the initiative to make things convenient. But at this time, to do a better model project, you have to spend more time.

For example, concrete.

Xu Changqing even thought about whether to get the steam engine out.

Unfortunately, there were not enough talents at hand at this time, and the modern and modern disciplines of the Ming Dynasty were withering, and there were no standards. Xu Changqing could only endure it first and wait until more talents in this area were developed from the West and standards were established.

But the stone crusher can do it.

As long as you can create a stone crusher, this simple version of concrete will be more than half successful.

The principle of the stone crusher is very simple. Just solve the strength of the two grinding gears and then solve the power problem.

Use high-strength gunpowder to blow the stone out of the mountains, manually smash the stone into small size, and then put it into a stone crusher, so you can get the desired standard.

After working on the mansion for two days, Xu Changqing finally achieved results.

Based on the appearance in my memory, I drew the drawings and found more than a dozen engineers to prove it.

It turned out that an engineer named Meng Chen had a lot of ideas about this and was much easier than Xu Changqing, so Xu Changqing simply asked them to do it.

Anyway, Xu Changqing has paved the way and is not short of money. At that time, just prepare the reward.

...

In later generations, China was definitely an "infrastructure madman".

If China recognizes second place in this regard, no one dares to recognize first place.

The speed of China has always been beyond reach.

Although there are many difficulties in this era, Xu Changqing has gradually discovered the benefits of infrastructure and the huge profits contained therein.

Just to say the simplest one, even the most luxurious carriage can be weighed at this time?

As long as the roadbed is built solidly, covered with gravel and covered with concrete, it can last for ten or eight years at least.

In addition, the Grand Canal is no longer just a matter of profit, and can allow Xu Changqing to control many areas more powerfully.

In the past few days, under the personal leadership of cabinet leaders such as Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying, and other cabinet leaders, the auction of the salt field in Yangzhou was in full swing, and the situation was even better than Xu Changqing expected.

Originally, the expected scale was around 22 million taels, but after two days of shooting, half of it had not been released yet, he had already obtained all kinds of silver notes of 12 million taels.

At this time, it is no exaggeration to say that the world's bill numbers, money houses, and Haicheng's China Development Bank were all gathered in Yangzhou, but it was still a bit insufficient.

This will also have a huge impact on China's entire financial industry.

This cake is too big and too fat.

Xu Changqing was happy to see this scene, and he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to stimulate the already weak economy of the Ming Dynasty.

In the evening, Xu Changqing received the latest battle report from Yangzhou.

The current silver has exceeded 15 million taels at this time.
To be continued...