Chapter 809 Family Alliance!

Chapter 809

Every city was built from scratch, and there was a lot of waste waiting to be built. Moreover, the construction of the fiefdom involved all aspects, and it was far from something that Wang Chong could take care of alone. Currently on Wang Chong's side, only Xu Qiqin has the ability to handle all kinds of complicated things in an orderly and proper manner. More importantly, war competition is not only about military strength, but also logistics.

In the future battle of Talas, it is impossible for Wang Chong to focus on multiple things. There must be someone to help share the pressure and handle the logistics.

"Um."

Xu Qiqin smiled slightly, responded softly, and followed Wang Chong's footsteps.

The two stood side by side, golden boy and jade girl, like a beautiful landscape, attracting countless eyes in the city of steel. Xu Qiqin followed behind Wang Chong, with a smile on her lips, and looked around curiously, but she didn't know that she and Wang Chong had become the focus of everyone.

...

Time passed slowly. While Wang Chong was in Wushang taking care of the affairs of the Iron City, Zhao Jingdian was also dealing with the cement road on the other front.

"Hey!"

The sound of trumpets resounded through the road. From the capital to the Western Regions, an unprecedented blue-white road made of cement stretched continuously on the ground like a sober dragon.

Countless aristocratic families, countless manpower and material resources, poured into these unprecedented "concrete roads" like raging rivers.

On this road leading to the Western Regions, dozens or even hundreds of miles of roads are built every day. The flatness, smoothness, and hardness amazed everyone.

Seeing an unprecedented and brand-new road system, with my own participation, constantly taking shape and expanding rapidly, this makes everyone excited and joyful.

The Silk Road is the Golden Road, the most famous road in the entire world, and the routes between things and things are all the most famous and richest jewelers, agate merchants, and spice merchants in the entire world...

If this road is built, everyone can expect huge profits on it.

"Rolls!"

The sound of wheels resounded through the void. When thousands of workers joined in the construction of this road, a special green-draped carriage drove on the newly built concrete road, which looked extremely eye-catching.

but,

All the craftsmen but no one pays attention here. After working on this newly built cement road for a long time, everyone has already gotten used to the existence of this green-draped carriage.

It starts from the capital every morning and advances along the newly built road. Then at noon, it started to turn back again.

Day after day, never changed.

"Master Zhao, how are you doing? Are you satisfied?"

In the spacious green-draped carriage, a flattering voice suddenly said cautiously. When all the craftsmen were working in full swing, not many people noticed that the curtains were drawn in the corner of the green mantle carriage, and two eyes looked out of the window silently through the carriage window.

"Um."

Zhao Jingdian just responded slightly, and watched the roadside silently, watching the craftsmen watering these newly built concrete roads over and over again.

The concrete road is not simply built successfully. After the construction is completed, it needs to be watered to maintain the road. This is what Wang Chong repeatedly explained in his letter. At the same time, Zhao Jingdian valued it very much.

"Hehe, as long as your lord is satisfied! Now that our alliance is taking over everything, we will definitely do our best to help Lord Hou build this cement road from the capital to Wushang. In addition, our various families also have shares in the steel city of Wushang... ..., by the way, it's the word shares, right? It's so strange... In short, we are on the same boat as Lord Hou, and we are all on our own. The affairs of Lord Hou are our own affairs. It's just..."

Beside Zhao Jingdian, an aristocratic expert who looked a bit wretched suddenly paused at this point, with a flattering expression on his face:

"About the road construction, can you discuss it with Lord Hou again, don't relocate it, and use the road leading to the Western Regions directly. This will save time and effort, and it will benefit everyone, don't you think?"

Hearing this sentence, Zhao Jingdian frowned, turned his head abruptly, and looked at the master of the alliance family, his expression suddenly became much colder.

"Do you need me to repeat what Lord Hou said? No, just no, there is no room for negotiation on this one, and whoever breaks this one will withdraw from the alliance. Everything about the Western Regions, including the cement road, has been with him from now on." Nothing to do."

Zhao Jingdian's eyes were like swords and swords. Under his gaze, the master of the aristocratic family quickly lowered his head with a guilty expression on his face.

What the two of them were talking about was an agreement between Wang Chong and the Family Alliance, that is, all newly built concrete roads cannot use the existing Silk Road, and must be newly dug roads. This made the family alliance have to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to dig new roads in addition to purchasing lime, clay, aluminum ore, and sand.

From a commercial point of view, this is not in the interests of the Family Alliance.

So during this period of time, wave after wave of masters from the Family Alliance tried to lobby Zhao Jingdian. Zhao Jingdian couldn't remember the twenty or so times, and he refused every time. Zhao Jingdian also asked Wang Chong about this matter, and Wang Chong had no reservations about him.

The appearance of the concrete road, from the moment it was born, has been mighty and has become an unstoppable torrent. No accident, no matter whether Wang Chong agrees or disagrees, the cement road in the future will be popular in Datang because of its convenience, speed, and extremely high load-bearing capacity.

This means that not only from the capital to the Western Regions, but also in other places throughout the Tang Dynasty, there will be a large number of cement roads.

What Wang Chong wants to avoid is that this kind of aristocratic family alliance invades the existing roads, builds concrete roads on the original roads, and then collects transit fees everywhere. This will cause the people to complain, and turn the project that originally benefited the Tang Dynasty into a project that collects the fat and anointing of the people and is not beneficial to the country.

This ran counter to Wang Chong's original intention.

Therefore, Wang Chong would never agree no matter what, and this was what Wang Chong insisted.

No matter how much the Family Alliance lobbied for this point, Zhao Jingdian would never agree.

"Master Zhao, don't blame me, I made a slip of the tongue."

The alliance master of that family quickly changed the subject.

"At the current speed, how long do you expect to be able to repair the black wound?"

Zhao Jingdian didn't care about them, and said suddenly.

"This..., it should take at least four or five months."

That aristocratic family master said, but it seems that he is not too active. Obviously, Zhao Jingdian's answer was not what he expected, and he was more or less hit.

"It hasn't been that long, it's been too slow."

Zhao Jingdian frowned, this number was far from what he expected.

"Go back and tell the Aristocratic Family Alliance that although you can't agree to use the original official road to build a cement road, you can still build on the original foundation if you can build this concrete road within three months. Then give up half of the profit. And if you can build it within two months, our son can give up 10% of the profit."

As soon as Zhao Jingdian's words fell, the eyes of the aristocratic master who seemed a bit depressed at first suddenly lit up, his spirits were uplifted, and he was suddenly extremely excited.

"Master Zhao's words are serious?"

The master of the aristocratic family said sharply.

The contract signed between Wang Chong and the Family Alliance is permanently valid, and all concrete roads built by the Tang Dynasty in the future will be governed and bound by that paper contract. Don't look at the difference of only half or ten percent, but the profits involved behind it are huge and unimaginable.

And in the next few decades, hundreds of years, or even thousands of years, this paper agreement will also be permanently effective.

This is the charm of the paper agreement signed by Wang Chong and the family.

If Wang Chong could give up 10% of the profits permanently, the Family Alliance would definitely go crazy. All the aristocratic families will definitely spare no effort to build the cement road from the capital to Wushang.

Compared with the huge profits that can be brought in the future, the current loss and effort are insignificant.

This is something that all aristocratic families can rationally analyze.

"What our young master said is a promise, and when did you break your promise?"

Zhao Jingdian asked indifferently.

"Great! My lord, wait a moment, I will return to the alliance and discuss with the elders of the alliance! The elders will definitely agree!"

After the aristocratic master said this, he pushed open the car door abruptly, disappeared outside the door in a leap, and headed towards the location of the aristocratic alliance like lightning.

"boom!"

Not surprisingly, Zhao Jingdian relayed Wang Chong's words, which quickly caused an uproar in the family alliance. No one thought that Wang Chong would make such a huge profit, and such a condition was simply irresistible. In an instant, the family alliance quickly responded:

make a deal! !

With the conclusion of this new agreement, the construction of cement roads suddenly advanced by leaps and bounds, and a qualitative change took place. The construction speed, which had already reached its peak, immediately went up to a higher level and became crazier. In order to get the profits from Wang Chong, the big families put aside a lot of family business, diverted their resources completely, and sent a large number of family master supervisors.

The construction of cement roads has been accelerated several times.

...

Pressing Zhao Jingdian and the matter over the cement road without mentioning it, time flies, and another tense atmosphere is slowly brewing in a place that is close at hand.

"Have you found it?"

As the night fell, outside the south gate of the capital, a gorgeous carriage was parked beside the road. Beside the carriage, a middle-aged man in his forties stood with his hands behind his back. He seemed to be full of nobility, waiting silently. People flowed around, but the middle-aged man just stood there quietly and had an aura that stood out from the crowd.

Even the princes and dignitaries in the capital pale in comparison to the aura exuded by middle-aged people, just like fluorescent lights and bright moons.

"Returning to Your Highness, I have already found out that there is a child named Zhang Que following Qixi, but when we get here, it is Lao Ying who is in charge. Moreover, I heard that the child named Zhang Que is Disciple of the Eagle."

Next to King Song, stood the old butler and Lu Ting on the left and right respectively. The old butler bowed, his lips moved, and he spoke slowly:

"In addition, I just got the news that the confidant sent by the Fumeng Lingcha did not enter the west gate, but went around and took the south gate, trying to avoid the west gate where Hu merchants often come and go, and sneak in through the south gate. .” https: