With the open supply of zippers in Mojia village and the publication of the version of ink clothes in ink magazines, ink clothes in Chang''an City have become popular again. Ordinary people buy high-quality and cheap ink clothes produced by Mojia village, while poor people buy Zippers to make ink clothes themselves.


    The ink house has a simple structure, good-looking style, and saves cloth. You know, the cost of traditional clothes is about half higher than ink clothes for the same dress, which is an irresistible temptation for ordinary people.


    As Merton guessed, ordinary people don''t need too many cumbersome ceremonial Confucian clothes. Even decent people only need one or two. Others can choose cheap and simple ink clothes as casual clothes.


    "Bottom up!" Ma Jiayun sneered when he heard the strategy of ink clothes. It''s just a group of mud legs. What''s the fear? The real power of Datang is still in the hands of the upper class, and their clothes can represent the trend of Datang.


    "But there are so many mud legs in the world. In this way, everyone in the world will wear ink clothes, which will certainly threaten the status of Confucian clothes." Liu Yinian, a doctor of calligraphy, said reluctantly.


    Ma Jiayun said reluctantly, "for the same dress, ink clothes really save cloth than Confucian clothes. Those mud legs who don''t understand etiquette will be attracted by the petty profit of ink clothes."


    Ma Jiayun understood the strategy of ink clothing, but he had no choice. The cost of Confucian clothing was indeed higher. He could not and could not reduce the price of Confucian clothing.


    "Mozi is as cunning as ever!" Liu Yinian said angrily.


    "Continue to let Confucian magazines publicize Confucian clothes, and let all students in the Tang Dynasty know Confucian dress etiquette." Ma Jiayun said firmly on his face that as long as Confucianism can control students all over the world, these are the future of the Tang Dynasty. Mohists want to publicize Confucian clothes from bottom to top, while Confucianism promotes Confucian clothes from top to bottom. It depends on who can laugh last.


    "Yes, sir!" Liu Yinian said respectfully.


    "Mohist has always been bold and reckless, and has often made amazing strategies. Go and talk to adult Yu, and never let Mohist show any more moths." Ma Jiayun said coldly.


    Liu Yinian immediately showed a knowing smile. He should not let the Mohists show any more moths. That is to let the Mohists snipe at the Mohists in an all-round way. Whenever the Mohists propose, Confucianism will fully oppose it and turn him yellow.


    The Grand Court meeting at the end of the year.


    All officials gathered, the whole Tai Chi hall was harmonious, and the national strength of the whole Tang Dynasty was booming. Good news came from three provinces and six ministries frequently, especially the new minister of Civil Affairs Tang Jian.


    "Thanks to your majesty, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty is booming, and the Treasury revenue has increased by more than 20%, which is really gratifying!" Tang Jian said excitedly.


    The tax increase of 20% a year was a great achievement, and Tang Jian was very excited.


    "Congratulations, your majesty!"


    The officials congratulated one after another that the most direct manifestation of whether an empire is strong or not is taxation. The taxation of the Tang Dynasty has increased year by year, and the situation is very good.


    "Many cities have attracted the most attention for tax increase this year, such as Lanzhou, Hankou, Kaifeng, Luoyang and other places ranking first in the country." Tang Jian demonstrated his merit for these cities one by one.


    Zhang Liang, the Minister of the Ministry of industry, proudly said: "Your Majesty, these cities with soaring taxes have benefited from the opening of brick roads. Luoyang naturally says that they have been important traffic roads since ancient times. After the construction of brick roads, they are even more powerful, while Hankou and Kaifeng have fully benefited from the construction of brick roads. Their wealth is not far from that of Yangzhou and Yizhou, which are called Yang Yi Er by the people. In a few years, they will certainly exceed the two cities. As for Before that, Lanzhou was only a small city in the northwest frontier. Thanks to the opening of the Longhai line, Lanzhou has become a pearl in the northwest. It can be seen how important brick roads are to the development of cities. I think it is necessary to speed up the construction of brick roads in the Tang Dynasty and strive to build three horizontal and five vertical plans as soon as possible. "


    "Three horizontal and five vertical!"


    Officials can''t help but take a breath. The three horizontal and five vertical map is the road planning map presented by Mohist Zi for the imperial court. Once built, a brick road transportation network will be formed throughout the Tang Dynasty. Now, with the strength of the whole country, the Tang Dynasty has only built two, one is the East-West Longhai line, the other is the North-South brick road. The Yangtze River takes Hankou as the transit point, and the Yellow River takes Zhengzhou as the transit point, Across the north and south.


    Strange to say, Zhengzhou, as the intersection of the North-South channel, is not developing fast. On the contrary, Kaifeng, a hundred miles away, is developing rapidly. This can''t help but remind people of the gratitude and resentment between the Zheng family and the Mohist family in Xingyang. I''m afraid the Mohist family has contributed a lot to Kaifeng''s achievements.


    It is also rumored that the governor of Kaifeng has moved up and down. He wants the imperial court to change the location of the Yellow River Bridge in Kaifeng. Moreover, if he goes straight from Handan, an important town of Hebei Province, to Hankou, he happens to pass through Kaifeng, but it is far away if he goes to Zhengzhou. This makes the Kaifeng government concentrate on fighting for the Yellow River Bridge regardless of the warning of the Zheng family in Yingyang.


    "Lord Zhang took it for granted too much. The three horizontal and five vertical map of mohou is beautiful, but for the route from Chang''an to Chengdu, it needs to cross the mountains and can''t be constructed at all. It''s just a fantasy." a civil servant despised and belittled Merton''s three horizontal and five vertical map.


    When Merton heard the speech, he said, "it''s bad. If you wanted to open the brick road from Chang''an to Chengdu before, it would be utopian. However, it''s different now. Ink has a skill to ensure that the brick road from Chang''an to Chengdu is smooth."


    "Seriously!" Zhang Liang, the Minister of the Ministry of works, said in surprise. The interests of Mohism and the Ministry of works are the same in building brick roads.


    Merton solemnly nodded his head and said, "yes, that''s civil gunpowder - blasting mountains to open a way is like opening up terraces. Driving mountains and roads along the gentle slope hillside, building bridges in mountain ditches, building tunnels in steep mountains, and opening brick roads from Chang''an city to Chengdu in a straight distance."


    "Blow up the mountain and open the way!"


    Just like Li Shimin, the officials were in an uproar when they heard this method. Gunpowder can break the city at once. Naturally, people will not doubt its ability to blow up the mountain and open the way,


    All officials could not help but look forward to what a feat it would be to open up the main traffic road to the south of Chang''an City in the mountains and mountains, winding like a dragon in the Qinling Mountains.


    For a long time, although Chang''an city is expensive as the imperial capital, the traffic only connects East and West, which is far from Luoyang, which extends in all directions. Now, the construction of Weishui bridge has opened up the northern main road for Chang''an city. If the southern channel of Chang''an city can be opened and connected with the Sichuan basin with the land of abundance, Chang''an traffic will immediately become accessible in all directions, and the development of Chang''an city will be unrestricted.


    "Ink technology!"


    All officials were shocked. Chang''an city was subject to traffic, and there were rumors that the government and the public had moved their capital to Luoyang. However, in only a few years, Chang''an city had opened up the main road in the north, and the south channel was feasible in theory. All this was due to ink technology.


    "No! Gunpowder is the most important thing. Once gunpowder is used for civilian use, I''m afraid it will be even more difficult to keep the secret of gunpowder!" Li Ji frowned. As the new minister of the Ministry of war, he naturally has to consider for the military. Gunpowder is too important to the Tang Dynasty, and there is too much risk of opening a mountain with gunpowder to divulge secrets.


    "The end will oppose!" a group of military generals objected one after another.


    Before, the civilian product of mojiazi gunpowder was matches. The military was relieved after confirming that the components of match gunpowder and real gunpowder were very different. However, if you blow up the mountain with gunpowder, I''m afraid you need real gunpowder, and the risk of leakage will be great.


    Yu Zhining couldn''t help sneering. He thought it would take a lot of effort to stop mojiazi, but he didn''t think that before he made efforts, the military department had directly denied mojiazi''s crazy proposal.


    Merton was not surprised by the military''s veto. He had already had countermeasures: "the confidentiality of gunpowder is indeed the top priority, but fortunately, these places for bombing mountains and roads are mostly high mountains and private places. Weichen suggested setting up a special engineering battalion to blow up the road. In this way, we can not only ensure that the mystery of gunpowder will not be revealed, but also ensure the smooth progress of the project."


    "Engineering camp!" everyone was in an uproar. No one thought that the Mohist school proposed to use soldiers to build roads.


    The generals of the Ministry of war could not help but bow their heads and ponder. The significance of opening the south passage of Chang''an city was self-evident. If soldiers were used to build it, it could not only ensure the construction period, but also ensure the secret of gunpowder, which was not unacceptable.