Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 421 Cement Road

The day of departure came in a blink of an eye. The night before the trip, Gu Fengyue tormented Song Chunlin all night long until dawn. Song Chunlin was so tired that he couldn't even lift a finger.

Gu Fengyue washed and dressed herself. Before going out, she leaned over and kissed her husband's forehead, nose tip, and lips, again and again, as if it was not enough. In the end, Song Chunlin waved his hand impatiently.

Gu Fengyue smiled unhappily, patted his quilt, told him to have a good rest, then turned and left without daring to look back.

Before leaving, Gu Fengyun teased him that he didn't want to leave after getting a wife. This was the first time Gu Fengyue retorted to his brother.

"It's the same with my brother. He has been coming home on time since he married my sister-in-law."

"You little brat, how dare you make fun of your brother?" Gu Fengyun glared at his troublesome brother and urged him to leave quickly so as not to stay here and get in his way.

After seeing his brother off, Gu Fengyun felt a lot more relaxed. He turned around and packed up and went to the Ministry of Justice. Although those people had left, they left a lot of tails in the capital. With so many little tails, they had to deal with them.

Song Chunlin slept until noon, woke up and had a brunch, then strolled to the front yard and teased the little prince. In the afternoon, he went to the Charity Bureau to visit the new children. On the way back, he turned and went to Xingchengfang, replenished the warehouse of Xingchengfang, packed up a few small cakes and went back to share afternoon tea with Su Fuqing. The whole day passed leisurely like this.

After dinner in the evening, Song Chunlin told Gu Fengyun that he would be away for a few days. Gu Fengyun put down his chopsticks, a little confused.

"Fengyue just left, and you are leaving too? Then why don't you go with him?" He thought he was going to the border with Gu Fengyue.

Song Chunlin shook his head: "He and I are not on the same path. I'm going north."

Speaking of the north, Gu Fengyun even put down his bowl this time.

"The emperor asked you to go? Do your uncle and aunt know about this?"

"Well, they don't know. If they ask, I'll just say I went to the academy."

Su Fuqing reminded him: "Your third brother is at the academy. If they go to the academy to see your third brother, won't they be exposed?"

That’s right. Song Chunlin thought about it for a while, and finally pushed it all onto Gu Fengyue who was completely unaware of the situation.

"When the time comes, I'll just say I'm going to look for Gu Fengyue. They'll definitely understand."

Gu Fengyun and Su Fuqing exchanged a glance, each seeing disbelief in the other's eyes: How could this actually happen? This couple really knew how to have fun.

Song Chunlin didn't plan to stay away for long. It seemed that spring had not yet arrived in the north, so it must be very cold. He planned to cause some trouble for those people and then come back. The round trip would take about half a month.

Speaking of this, Song Chunlin asked Gu Fengyun: "Brother, when can we build the road?"

Gu Fengyun said unhappily, "Build roads, build roads. You sound easy, but we're all starting from scratch. We've only just developed explosives. Building roads is not something that can be done overnight. The Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue are already working on it, but the money the court can afford can't be wasted. We can only start with the areas around the capital. By the time you come back, the official roads outside the capital should be paved with cement."

Su Futing didn't understand what cement was, so he and his son turned to look at Gu Fengyun.

"My Lord, what kind of mud is cement? Is it mud made of water? But how can water make mud?"

Song Chunlin explained to Su Fuqing, "Sister-in-law, cement is mud mixed with water. The mixed mud can be shaped into any shape. After it dries, it becomes very hard, like stone. It can be used to build houses and roads. The houses and roads built will be extremely solid."

Su Fuqing was half-believing and half-doubting. He had never seen such strange mud before. It could become hard after being diluted with water and then completely dried. If there really was such mud in the world, wouldn't it be more convenient for people to use it to build houses and pave roads?

After Song Chunlin got the exact information about road construction, he was looking forward to it anxiously. He knew that the people in the college had already developed cement, but it was still just a prototype. He didn't expect that they had already begun to consider putting it into use. Does this mean that in a dozen years, the people of Dajing will be able to walk on cement roads?