Chapter 22: Snatching Credit

  "What a beautiful brick road!" Yang Jier happily jumped up and down on the green brick surface.

  Because there were not many red bricks, the last section of road used green bricks instead.

  "The wheels of the carriage are on the road." Yang Jier pointed at the road surface and recited, on the road surface full of green bricks, a few large characters inlaid with red bricks were conspicuous.

  "His Highness is truly wise to have come up with such a good idea, embedding red bricks into the cobblestone road surface to form words." Su Sheng praised.

  Yang You looked at the wide road surface with satisfaction, feeling very proud in his heart. This brick road condensed the wisdom of 1,400 years of later generations and was a masterpiece.

  The entire brick road is divided into three parts, with the widest middle section being a vehicle path about five meters wide, and two one-meter-wide pedestrian paths on either side.

  In Yang Yuhuan's original plan, the three sections were to be paved with bricks of two different colors, but due to the scarcity of red bricks, only green bricks could be used for paving, and red bricks were used sparingly, only for inlays of characters and separating pedestrian and vehicle paths.

  Even so, such an exquisite design has stunned everyone.

  "Yang You, is the brick road only built this long? Will it be repaired later?" Yang Jier asked curiously.

  "Of course it's fixed, but I want to test today's results first." Yang You said affirmatively.

  Although I know the benefits of brick roads, good wine is also afraid of deep alleys. These benefits must be shown to the people of Daxing, otherwise doing a good deed will leave a bad reputation for extravagance and waste, which would be a loss.

  "Come on, let's go and try it out quickly." Yang Jier was getting impatient.

  Wang Xi quickly climbed up onto the carriage shaft, while Dong Yue led the guards on horseback, guarding both sides.

  A four-wheeled carriage started smoothly and moved quickly and steadily on the wide brick road.

  The brick road had already been cleared of people, and the common folk had all retreated to the fields on either side to watch.

  Every time the carriage drove into the midst of the people, the people on both sides of the road burst out in waves of cheers.

  Can't they see how fast the horse carriage is running on the brick road?

  "The prince is truly divine, such a wonderful idea, he can actually think of it." A farmer said with a tone of worship.

  He is a nearby farmer who originally came to drive away these onlookers. These people have been trampling the fields, making the ground hard. It's estimated that it will take a lot of effort next year to till this land again.

  He had just opened his mouth when a man dressed like a merchant threw him a string of coins and shut him up. The money was enough to make up for his losses.

  "What a carriage, what a road surface! In the future, when transporting goods, it will be so convenient!" The merchant stared at the horse-drawn carriage rushing on the brick road, thinking to himself.

  "The reputation of His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely rise to a new level this time." A man dressed as a scholar muttered.

  Almost everyone who hears that the Crown Prince paved the road with bricks will secretly sweat in their heart, this is an easy way to be labeled as extravagant and wasteful. After the Crown Prince even used green bricks, this view became more prevalent.

  But as the carriage ran on, all the guesses were negated.

  Paving the road with bricks is not a joke, but rather an extraordinary thing, a wonderful idea that others dare not think of. However, this matter can only be implemented by someone like Dai Wang, and others would probably be ridiculed to death as soon as they mention it.

  "Yang You, listen, they're all cheering!" Yang Jier pressed against the car window and looked out.

  "Is that so! In this era of scarce entertainment, it's not easy to find something fun. You say it's not fun?" Yang You muttered softly.

  "What did you say?" The cheering outside interrupted, Yang Jier didn't hear what Yang You said.

  "There's nothing, then do you want them to be louder?" Yang You said mysteriously.

  "Huh?"

  Under Yang Jier's confusion, Yang You stood up and searched around on the roof of the car. With a strong pull, a skylight appeared on the roof.

  Two people stood up from their seats and stuck out half of their bodies through the skylight.

  The horse carriage sped forward, with the cool wind blowing in their faces. Yang You looked at the cheering crowds on both sides and felt excited too, thinking that he still had a chance to enjoy such treatment. He began to imitate some moment in the future, stretching out his hand and waving repeatedly.

  The people on both sides, seeing Yang You on the carriage, were even more excited and shouted loudly. No one had expected that the crown prince would respond to these ordinary people, a great event unheard of for thousands of years.

  Yang Jier also learned to wave at the crowd on both sides in a stylish way, and indeed got a warm response.

  "Your Highness."

  "Izumo Princess."

  ……

  A loud shout thundered.

  Yang Jier, who had never experienced such a thing before, was excited with a red face and waved her hands non-stop.

  The journey of five miles was not long and soon arrived at the foot of Daxing City.

  "What's that?" Yang Jier asked curiously, pointing ahead.

  Yang You looked at the hundreds of people in front of him, constantly pouring water onto the brick road, with the water source being taken from the moat nearby.

  "That was on a simulated rainy day, and the condition of the brick road." Yang You said with a haha laugh.

  This was a special program he had arranged, on the one-mile road closest to Daxing, all of which were splashed with water, just to let everyone know that the best part of the brick road is that it can ignore the weather conditions, as long as you are willing to exercise, it can be used at any time.

  The carriage sped along and didn't slow down even though the road was wet, instead it kept going at high speed.

  A four-wheeled carriage drove along the wet road surface without being affected in the slightest, and the crowd on both sides cheered loudly.

  The horse-drawn carriage slowed down until it reached the East City Gate.

  Exhale

  Wang Xi gently pulled back on the reins of the horse, his left hand lowering the brake lever, and the carriage came to a steady stop.

  Yang Ji got off the carriage and curiously looked at the ground under her feet, which was still a bit wet, but some places had almost dried up, and the bricks had absorbed most of the water.

  A gust of wind blew by and the road surface quickly dried up.

  "Long live Your Majesty."

  Before long, Su Sheng and Xu Zhong also arrived.

  "Get up!" Yang You said, raising his hand.

  "Humble official has erred, shouldn't have doubted Your Highness." Su Sheng begged for forgiveness.

  After walking these five miles, Su Sheng was completely conquered by this magical road.

  The roads built before, no matter how many were built, would be dusty and bumpy in just a few months, and could not be used on rainy days.

  This is not the end of it, we have to wait until the road surface is dry before we can continue using it, and this will delay us for more than a day or two.

  If there were such a brick road, then whenever you want to go, you can just go.

  If you're in a hurry, you can still walk in the rain. If you don't want to walk on rainy days, as soon as it stops raining, you can go out immediately without having to wait for the road surface to dry.

  "What crime does the county magistrate have? The brick road is also a sudden idea of this king, at first, even this king didn't know if it would work, but whatever can make Daxing's construction better, this king won't mind being misunderstood." Yang You tried his best to show a calm and public-minded attitude.

  "His Majesty the King is truly kind and generous, making me feel ashamed. This construction of brick roads will not only increase the employment of refugees but also be durable and easy to maintain, a benefit that will last for centuries! His Majesty's invention of brick roads today will surely go down in history!"

  "It's not worthy of me, it's not worthy of me." Yang You humbly said

  Su Sheng was very cooperative, and the two of them began to flatter each other.

  "This brick road was built because of me, if I didn't despise the dirty ground and used bricks to step on, how would you have thought of building a brick road!" Yang Jier said with an arrogant face.

  The two flatterers were stunned on the spot, never expecting that Yang Jier would not only love to play but also be good at snatching credit.

  But you want to leave your name in history, are you kidding me?