Li Yanghan patiently answered Li Hu one by one. For Li Yang, as long as Li Hu was willing to learn, he would be willing to teach.

Li Hu nodded thoughtfully and said slowly: "So that's it!"

As he grew older, Li Hu became more mature and steady. Although his interest in literature was still very limited, his humble and studious attitude made Li Yang feel very pleased. This was a good thing for Li Hu or Li Yang.

After giving Li Hu the answer, Li Yang continued: "The affairs of the Ministry of Medicine will be decided, let's talk about road construction next! I want to follow the Qin people and renovate straight roads. As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. While the well-connected roads bring convenience to the people's travel, it can also greatly increase trade exchanges between merchants. The most important thing is that good road conditions will provide faster and more convenient conditions for military operations such as marching and grain transportation. We must build a well-connected road network between counties and townships!"

After Li Yang finished speaking, the study suddenly fell into silence.

If the establishment of the Medical Department and the Urban Construction Department made Ju Su and others feel that Li Yang had a big imagination and often had wonderful ideas. However, when Li Yang proposed to renovate the straight road, Ju Su and Tian Feng were thinking that Li Yang was a little whimsical.

In the eyes of Ju Su and others, Li Yang took it for granted about the renovation of straight roads.

There are nearly 100 counties under Youzhou, with a large area and sparse population, and sparse population is the key point. How can no one builds roads? Not to mention building roads between counties and townships, even if you only build roads between county and county towns, it will be extremely difficult. Building highways (straight roads) and renovating streets in the city are completely different concepts.

You should know that the ancients were not as good as modern in construction. The ancients did not have any mechanical equipment as auxiliary equipment for road construction, so they could only rely on manpower, so talent is the most important thing.

In ancient times, the ground of buildings was covered with rammed earth, which was to smash the soil. Some even used cooked earth. For example, like the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang, they were fried with fire, which would better ensure the quality of the soil and prevent insects and grass from growing.

But if you really do this, it would be too hard. How much manpower and material resources will it take?

Ju Su frowned, thinking about countermeasures at this moment, thinking about how to get Li Yang to give up such an unrealistic idea.

Although Ju Shu admired Li Yang's talent very much, the road construction work was beyond the reach of manpower. Although Li Yang's talent was outstanding, Ju Shu never heard of him as a skill in sprinkling beans and becoming a soldier.

The reason why Jushu is like this is because Youzhou has almost abolished the hard labor service and heavy labor service. As the saying goes, it is easy to throw away and difficult to pick up. Will the people of Youzhou who have not served such heavy labor service for many years be willing to do hard labor service?

Isn’t building a city and building a road in ancient times just hard labor!

Li Yang naturally saw the expressions of the two. Li Yang smiled slightly and said, "The volcanic ash has a very strong intensity after using water and it can be used as a road construction option. At that time, you only need to lay a thick layer of fired loess on the road surface, and after it is compacted, then lay a layer of volcanic mud!

During the slack season, people in various cities can be mobilized to participate in the construction of roads. At that time, you only need to explain in the official document that the road construction is all voluntary. Those who are willing to build roads for the court will also pay wages while managing the food, and only work for five hours a day. These five hours also include half an hour of lunch break. During the slack season, you can make money while having food. Isn’t this the best of both worlds?”

After volcanic ash and water, the strength is very high, and this is the predecessor of cement.

Ju Su asked in disbelief: "This method is feasible?" He asked about volcanic ash and water.

Li Yang nodded with a serious face and said firmly: "It is feasible! If you don't believe me, you can order someone to get the volcanic ash. You will know it after a try!"

Ju Su nodded without comment and said, "If it is true as the lord said, a lot of manpower and material resources will be saved by then! While the people get wages, the corvee service is not serious. This method can indeed stimulate the enthusiasm of the people! This method is feasible!"

"There does not seem to be volcanoes in Youzhou. Where should we get volcanic ash?" Li Hu asked!

Li Yang shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly: "Xiaohu, are you one hundred thousand whys? Why are you always asking some irrelevant questions!"

Li Hu suddenly became humble and easy to learn, which made Li Yang somewhat uncomfortable. The most important thing is that Li Hu's focus is always different from others. He always thinks about some irrelevant things, which makes Li Yang feel very depressed.

"What are the 100,000 Why?" Li Hu asked with confusion.

"Grass!"

Seeing this, Li Yang quickly closed his mouth, just like this!

Tian Feng leaned into Li Hu's ear and whispered: "The volcanic ash is easy to deal with, just order people to collect it elsewhere! Because it is not an important thing, it will not attract the attention of others!"

Li Hu smiled awkwardly and said, "Hey! I'm trying to make things complicated!"

Li Yang smiled helplessly, ignored him, turned to look at Ju Su and Tian Feng, and said, "Put the road construction matter as soon as possible! After the project starts, you can order a department to send a special person to various prefectures to supervise the work. While monitoring the progress of the project, it can also play a certain deterrent role for officials, so that officials dare not stretch their hands too long! If any official dares to be corrupt and abuse the law, once discovered, they will be severely punished!"

Ju Shu nodded and added: "There is a special person to be assigned to take charge of money and grain. At that time, whether it is recruiting workers, the number of workers, or the distribution of money and grain, the responsible personnel will be recorded one by one. In this way, the court can also have evidence to investigate!"

Tian Feng nodded and echoed: "It's so good!"

Finally, Li Yang decided to renovate the straight road together.

Seeing that the matter had already been discussed, Ju Su and others stood up and bowed to Li Yang to say goodbye.

Li Yang knew that everyone was busy with noble people, so he did not do much to keep them.

It's night!

Ju Su personally wrote and compiled Li Yang's ideas into a book and submitted them to Li Yang overnight!

After reading it, Li Yang said only one good word, and then issued an instruction in the official document: "The things reported by the public are actually actions that benefit the country and the people! I feel very relieved and I am completely inaccurate! Orders to the officials to cooperate strictly and not to obey the lip service. Violators will be punished strictly without licensing them!"

The next day, the sky is bright!

All civil and military officials went to the provincial and ministerial office to discuss matters. Ju Su reported to the medical department, the urban construction department and the renovation of straight roads in front of all civil and military officials.
Chapter completed!