The night was quiet, and Chang 'an City was quiet and peaceful.
Outside Chang 'an City, the city was bustling with activity and lights.
The sky was slowly turning white, and the night was fading away. The scenery in the distance slowly became clear.
The guards at the city gate yawned and looked into the distance. The night view in Chang 'an City and the morning view outside Chang' an City were rare for the guards.
Suddenly, the two guards stopped and rubbed their eyes in disbelief. They saw a long green dragon meandering towards them from the official road in the south of the city.
As the sky slowly brightened, their vision became clearer. The two of them gradually saw that the long green dragon was actually a road paved with green bricks.
Carriages of green bricks were pulled over as if they were free. A group of Mo Jiazi's brothers tirelessly paved the official road with green bricks. The long green dragon slowly approached Chang 'an City.
Soon, all the guards at the south gate were alarmed and went up the city wall. When they saw the scene outside the city, they all gasped.
"Mo Jiazi, what a wastrel!" The guard at the south gate gritted his teeth and said.
Immediately, all the guards at the south gate nodded in agreement.
Every piece of green brick required money. When the Mo Family laid the green bricks on the road, it was as if they were spilling a large amount of money on the ground.
"Report it immediately!"
The guard at the south gate nodded solemnly. Although this was not within the jurisdiction of the guards at the south gate, he still felt that it was necessary to report it.
"Yes!"
Immediately, a guard at the city gate accepted the order and ran down the city wall towards the palace.
Similarly, the traveling merchants were also shocked. The south gate had always been the main entrance for merchants. Usually, they would gather at the south gate and wait to enter Chang 'an City.
Today, they were all stunned as they watched the many Mo Jiazi's brothers busying themselves. As merchants, profit was the most important thing to them. They could not understand why the village of Mo Jiazi would not care about the cost of building a road.
In order to avoid arousing suspicion, Meton had purposely left one li of the public road in the south of the city unpaved during the night. Now that the sky was bright, there was naturally no need to avoid suspicion. He put in all his effort to pave the remaining one li of the public road.
The speed of paving the road in the Mo Family Village was getting faster and faster. With the full effort of the Mo Family Village, they soon approached the South City Gate.
As the first ray of sunlight shone on the South City Gate, the last brick was finally embedded, and the brick road in the South City was officially completed.
At the same time, the south gate opened with a loud bang.
The blue brick official road outside the city gate was connected to the wide and clean Vermilion Bird Avenue, like a perfect match made in heaven.
"Hiss!"
The people in Chang 'an who were about to leave the city saw the brand-new brick road under their feet and were all surprised and doubtful. They even felt reluctant to step on it.
"This is the road that Mo Jiazi built!" Everyone looked at the green brick road in front of them in shock. Only now did they realize why the Mo Family had spent so much effort to renovate the brick road.
Although the Vermilion Bird Avenue was also paved with bricks, it was the most important street in Chang 'an City. Moreover, it was in Chang' an City, so no one was surprised.
However, the public road in the south of the city was the public road outside Chang 'an City for pedestrians to walk on. It was simply too extravagant and wasteful to pave the road with blue bricks.
Soon, one person spread to ten, and ten to a hundred. The news that Mo Jiazi had paved the road with blue bricks spread all over Chang 'an City. Suddenly, the whole city became restless.
"I knew that Mo Jiazi would take the initiative to pave the road. There must be something strange about it. Just as I expected."
"How many bricks would it take to pave the road with blue bricks? How much money would it cost? "
"Mo Jiazi, what a wastrel!" Everyone sighed in their hearts at the same time.
In the Qin's Mansion.
When Qin Huaiyu heard the butler's report, he immediately jumped up and waved his hand excitedly. "I knew it, I knew it."
Qin Huaiyu knew Meton very well. He knew that anything that Meton took the initiative to participate in would definitely be exciting. Originally, he saw that Meton was very bored building the public road and did not go again after a few times. He did not expect that he would miss the most exciting part.
Qin Huaiyu jumped up and ordered the butler, "Immediately go to the Cheng Manor and Yuchi Manor and invite the two young masters over. Tell them that I will wait for them at the public road in the south of the city."
After saying that, he jumped onto his horse and galloped towards the south of the city.
There were many people who had the same idea as Qin Huaiyu. In an instant, the whole city of Chang 'an was mobilized and rushed towards the public road in the south of the city to witness Mo Jiazi's wastrel actions.
In the Taiji Palace, the court meeting was in progress.
"Reporting to Your Majesty! Most of the earth dams in the Guanlong area have been completed. When the rainy season comes next year, controlling the sand in the Yellow River will definitely have a miraculous effect. "Zhangsun Wuji reported.
Li Shimin nodded his head in satisfaction. In the control of the Yellow River project, the earth dams were the most important and did not cost much money.
Following that, the various departments of the Ministry of Works also presented their reports of success. The whole scene was harmonious, and the Emperor and his subjects were in harmony.
Suddenly, Pande went forward and whispered something in Li Shimin's ear.
"Really?" Li Shimin's face suddenly changed and said in surprise.
"The guards in the south of the city are just outside the palace. Your Majesty can summon them personally." Pande said with certainty.
Seeing this scene, Zhangsun Wuji could not help but ask, "Your Majesty, did something happen?"
Li Shimin's face was uncertain. "Just now, the guards in the south of the city reported that the Mo Clan's kid actually used green bricks to pave the road."
"Green bricks to pave the road?"
The officials were instantly confused. They had brick roads in their homes, but they were not easy to use. Most of them used green stones or broken stones.
Qinqiong hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, please don't blame us. Using green bricks to pave the road is not rare, the Minister's family …"
Before Qinqiong finished, Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said, "He did not pave his own residence, but the entire official road."
"Pave the entire official road."
Instantly, all the cultural relics in the court were stunned.
"Just like Vermillion Bird Street." Li Shimin added.
"Meton, this prodigal!" Qinqiong could not help but roar in anger.
The Emperor and his subjects instantly nodded in agreement.
Many of the officials could not help but look at the Ministry of Works Minister Duan Lun. Mo Jiazi's road construction was under the Ministry of Works.
Duan Lun's face instantly changed. He waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, this has nothing to do with the Ministry of Works. The Minister never knew that Marquis Merton was so extravagant.
Apart from being extravagant. Duan Lun really could not think of any other adjectives to describe Meton's crazy behavior.
It was the same road construction. Other villages just used mud to tamp down the road and keep it flat. However, Mo Jiazi actually played tricks with the road construction.
First, he plowed the official road, then used straw to pave the road. Finally, he crazily used green bricks to pave the entire road.
Li Shimin also took a deep breath and said, "My dear ministers, since Modun has given us such a big surprise, then why don't we give him a chance? How can we waste his good intentions? Everyone, follow me to see how the number one prodigal of the Tang dynasty squanders. "
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