Before morning, in an independent prison in Kaifeng Prefecture Prison, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen talked with Fan Zhongyan and Bao Zheng.

Not long after, a prison guard reported outside the prison room: "Reported to the Prime Minister Bao, Gongsun Zhubo brought Wang Sicheng from the street department to ask for a meeting. I wonder if he would let them go."

Because when he entered the Kaifeng Prefecture Prison, in order to cover up his eyes, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen only wore casual clothes, and the personal bodyguards who followed him were all wearing casual clothes like him, with only five people, including Zhang Maoze, deputy chief of the eunuch.

In this prison where Fan Zhongyan was detained alone, there were only Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, Bao Zheng and Fan Zhongyan, four personal guards of Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, and Zhang Maoze were waiting outside the prison.

After hearing the prisoner's report, Bao Zheng did not open the closed prison door and replied directly: "Let Wang Sicheng come in quickly. I am asking them for something to say. As for Gongsun Zhubo, let him go back to Kaifeng Prefecture to continue working."

After the prisoner who reported to him left for about half a moment, Wang Hao, led by the two prisoners, came outside the prison door. Zhang Maoze, who was guarding outside the prison door, opened the closed prison door for Wang Hao and let Wang Hao in.

On the way, Wang Hao was riding in the carriage from Kaifeng Prefecture and did not communicate with Gongsun Ce for much. The two of them had almost nothing to talk about along the way.

It is mostly because Wang Hao only learned from the street officials that the person who invited him to the Kaifeng Prefecture prison was named Gongsun, and he served as the chief Bo in the Kaifeng Prefecture Office. It can be seen that it was Bao Zheng, the prefect of Kaifeng, who had something to discuss with him.

In addition, Fan Zhongyan is now being detained in the Kaifeng Prefecture Prison, Bao Zheng asked him to go to the Kaifeng Prefecture Prison Prison. In most cases, he was going to meet Fan Zhongyan and talk about some official matters.

Until Wang Hao came outside the prison, he recognized Zhang Maoze in casual clothes at a glance, which immediately made him feel a little panicked, because as far as she knew, Zhang Maoze was the inseparable eunuch of Song Renzong Zhao Zhen.

Since Zhang Maoze was standing outside the door of the prison, there were not only Bao Zheng and Fan Zhongyan, but also Song Renzong Zhao Zhen in the prison.

Sure enough, when Wang Hao entered the prison and looked closely, he found that Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, who was sitting at a broken table, was wearing casual clothes, but he still felt like he was not angry and arrogant, which made Wang Hao dare not make any contempt and slacking off.

Wang Hao, who was standing half a foot away from the wooden table, bowed directly to Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, who was sitting upright at the table, and spoke respectfully: "Wang Hao, the Secretary of the Street, pays homage to the officials."

"Wang Sicheng, you don't have to be so polite. In private occasions, you can avoid these red tape. Just relax." Song Renzong Zhao Zhen waved his hand at Wang Hao and said in a good mood.

You know, while Song Renzong Zhao Zhen was riding Bao Zheng's carriage and rushing from the palace to the Kaifeng Prefecture Prison, he really had the intention to punish Wang Hao, and felt that Wang Hao had ruined his good deeds.

It was because Wang Hao, a little official who was from the eighth grade, had his own initiative to imprison Fan Zhongyan in the prison of Kaifeng Prefecture, which made him unable to talk to Fan Zhongyan very decently about national affairs, especially the new law that was being planned to enrich the country and strengthen the reform of the new law.

However, when Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, the old man who was imprisoning Fan Zhongyan, talked about Fan Zhongyan and Bao Zheng for almost two minutes, he heard from Fan Zhongyan praise and appreciation of Wang Hao again and again, which made him relieved most of his anger.

Just before Wang Hao entered this prison, Fan Zhongyan strongly recommended to Song Renzong Zhao Zhen that if he wanted to implement a new method of reform and strengthening in the future, he must let Wang Hao participate.

After hearing that Song Renzong Zhao Zhen treated him so kindly, Wang Hao, who was still very nervous just now, immediately relaxed.

Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, who was sitting upright at the table just now, suddenly stood up at this time, carried his hands on his back, walked to Wang Hao, and asked with a solemn look: "Wang Sicheng, I'll ask you. Can the punishment for those who violate the new traffic regulations be changed?

"Just like Mr. Fan, he was not aware of the violation of the new traffic regulations. It was all done by the horseman and the postman. As usual, punishing the horseman and the postman is why did Mr. Fan be punished together? Isn't this punishment a bit unfair?"

Facing the inquiry of Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, Wang Hao did not show any panic, but replied calmly and calmly: "Report to the officials, in the eyes of Xiaochen, although official Fan is not aware of the violation of the new traffic regulations, as the master, the groom and the postman as the entourage. The entourage violated the new traffic regulations, how could the master be unpunished?!

"In the eyes of the Xiaguan, there is nothing wrong with the punishment for detaining the Kaifeng Prefecture prison for three days. As the master, he should persuade and stop the entourage from violating the new traffic regulations.

"If this is not the case, according to what the official asked, if this penalty is changed, within three days, there will definitely be many masters of wealthy families of officials and wealthy families. Even if they violate the new traffic regulations, they will inevitably make their personal followers or servants in the family confess their guilt, and he will use this to escape this penalty. In the opinion of the minister, changing or abolishing this penalty is not possible."

Although Song Renzong Zhao Zhen hoped that Wang Hao would loosen the penalty, after listening to what Wang Hao said above, he also felt that it made sense and should not change it.

After thinking for a while, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen expressed his feelings: "The new traffic regulations have been implemented in Tokyo for eight days, and the results are significant. Now, in the streets and alleys in Tokyo, whether it is pedestrians, vehicles or horses, they are in order, which really makes me feel very pleased."

Speaking of this, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen suddenly paused for a few moments, then sighed lightly, and continued to say to Wang Hao: "Oh, Wang Sicheng, in the next twenty days, you said you would pave a new road on Liangmen Street. It is neither suitable for stone building nor bricks, but for building some cement roads.

"Just as you wrote in the memorial, the construction cost of building a cement road on Liangmen Street is as high as millions of dollars. Now, the treasury is empty and taxes are not enough to make ends meet year by year. I will take out millions of dollars to Wang Sicheng to repair this cement road that I have seen. It is impossible to see and hear nothing.

"As for the money required to build the road, you still have to pay the money from your street yamen. As for manpower, no one or another soldier stationed in Tokyo can be used. Have you figured out how to do it?"

Originally, Wang Hao was preparing to ask Bao Zheng to write a letter, allocate some money to the court and call some manpower. At this time, when he heard the statement of Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, the court not only did not pay a penny, but also had no one or one soldier in the most combative imperial guards, which immediately made his heart feel cold.

Seeing Wang Hao standing there as if he was stunned and was detained here, Fan Zhongyan asked with a smile on his face, "Why, Wang Sicheng, what the official said just now is indeed a big problem for you. Are you stuck by this problem in front of you? In Fan's opinion, with your intelligence, these difficulties can be served one by one in a short period of time."

Bao Zheng, who was standing next to him, also took the opportunity to encourage Wang Hao, and said, "Yes, Wang Sicheng, you can't retreat when you encounter difficulties! There is no turning back arrow. You have to understand the difficulties of the official family. As the saying goes, 'It's better to seek others than to seek others'. Only by relying on one's own will, Wang Sicheng, you can show your strength."

After Song Renzong Zhao Zhen had two major problems, Wang Hao, who was stunned, was thinking about a solution. Under the turmoil of Fan Zhongyan and Bao Zheng, Wang Hao thought for a moment, and then frowned and thought about it.

Next, Wang Hao didn't have time to think about it, and carefully told the three Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, Bao Zheng and Fan Zhongyan present, and it took him half an hour to close his mouth.

As soon as Wang Hao finished speaking, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen immediately praised: "Wang Sicheng, you are indeed extremely talented and I have not read you wrong. I agree to all the requests you have made just now. If you can build a cement road you described on Liangmen Street within the next twenty days, I will promote you to one level and go from an eighth rank to a seventh rank."

Although Wang Hao was now dry after saying about half an hour, he quickly bowed to Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, bowed and said gratefully: "I will definitely live up to the expectations of the officials. I will strive to build a brand new Liangmen Street within the next twenty days to build our first cement road in the Song Dynasty."

Immediately afterwards, Fan Zhongyan could not hide his excitement and praised Wang Hao for building a cement road: "Officials, if Wang Sicheng really could build a cement road, as the scene Wang Sicheng described just now, whether it was sunny or rainy, cars and horses were driving on the cement road without any obstacles, that would be great!

"If this is true, we can build the same cement road from Tokyo to the border between the Northern Liao Khitan and the Western Xia Dangxiang, which will greatly increase the speed of the increase in troops and the transportation of food and grass. This move will greatly benefit our military operations in the Song Dynasty."
Chapter completed!