Liangzhou Qinchuan County

"this……"

In the wide Qin King's car, King Zhao Qian of Song half lifted up the curtains of the car windows and looked out the window in surprise.

"Ninth brother, is this Qinchuan County?"

Zhao Qian felt the steady and smooth progress of the king's chariot, and the surprise in his heart was imaginable.

It should be noted that since entering Liangzhou, most of the official roads wherever you go have been cut off, and all the small roads are bumpy and difficult to walk, and they are extremely bumpy.

Even if you sit in the wide, thick and clever shock-absorbing king car, you can still feel the clear feeling of bumps and bumps.

Especially in Wushang County, which has been passed by recently, its poverty is estimated to be second only to the border county Qinchuan County, and its official roads have been cut off, so it can only be followed by twists and turns.

It took me more than ten days to travel in this county alone!

It was not rainy and the road was not slippery and muddy. Although it was much bumpy, it was at least free to travel.

Otherwise, if you are really lucky and encounter cloudy weather, you don’t know how long it will take to arrive at Qinchuan border county!

But what is strange is that since entering Qinchuan County, the road has suddenly become flat!

Not only is there no bumps and vibrations, but it is steadily and steadily, making people feel as if they are driving on the wide road in the capital!

Is this... still the Qinchuan border county I remember?

"Yes, brother, we have entered the Qinchuan territory."

Zhao Zheng smiled and looked at the sixth emperor brother Zhao Qian, nodded and looked at him.

"Yes, but didn't you say... Qinchuan is poor and weak for a long time?"

Zhao Qian looked in disbelief, as if he didn't expect that Qin Chuan's trip was just beginning, and it was already so unexpected!

"Haha... I don't know anything about it. When I first entered Qinchuan, the barrenness of Qinchuan was unimaginable..."

Zhao Zheng smiled and waved his hand, and said on the spot with emotion.

"So I made three strategies to strengthen Qin, intending to revitalize Qin and innovate and strive for strength! One of these strategies... is to develop commerce and boost business!"

As Zhao Zheng said, he suddenly stretched out his finger and continued to add.

"Since I want to boost commerce, I naturally cannot do without the connection of official roads! So I ordered the expansion of official roads in the middle school to lay a solid foundation for future trade exchanges and prepare for them!"

As an outstanding young man from the century, Zhao Zheng naturally knew an extremely simple truth about getting rich. If you want to be rich, build roads first!

If there is no such most basic hardware facilities as official roads? What can I do if I open up the Hulao Business Road?

"So that's it? So that's it..."

When Zhao Qian heard this, he couldn't help but nodded repeatedly and looked at his ninth brother Zhao Zhengzhi. He couldn't help but look in admiration.

"What my ninth brother thinks is always so different from ordinary people...but he is far-sighted and far-sighted!"

Although Zhao Qian is not engaged in trade affairs, he is quick-witted, how smart is that?

In just a few words, I already knew the profound meaning behind my Ninth Brother’s behavior!

"I'm sorry, the emperor's brother is apologizing! I'm not afraid of you to make a joke... The official road leading to the other county is just an emergency road from the capital Hanyang City to Wushang County, Linjun!"

Zhao Zheng waved his hand quickly and said humbly.

"As for the rest of the official roads in the country, they are still under rapid renovation. If you really want to completely penetrate the official roads and spread throughout the country... I'm afraid it will take several years to do it!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Zheng couldn't help but sigh slightly.

After all, everything has to be a process? Even if you are anxious, you can’t eat hot tofu!

With such a vast land area of ​​Qin, if you want to have a well-connected official road everywhere? Even with sufficient money, grain and manpower, it is a very large long-term project!

Especially in ancient society, the infrastructure and technology were not perfect? ​​It was even more difficult to build it.

If the national treasury is empty and there is a little money or food supply? If you want to finish this, you will not know when to go!

This is just an expansion of the official road? At present, the Qin State is still under the auspices of military advisor Zhuge An. It is repairing water conservancy and opening canals and reclaiming fields in the middle of the country!

Such a large-scale construction requires a strong backing of the state treasury.

But the benefits are also obvious. It feeds tens of thousands of migrant workers and allows them to eat and wear well. Although it is extremely hard every day, at least you don’t have to worry about not having the last meal after eating.

In addition, the taxes that have been greatly reduced after the taxes were distributed to the acres have been reduced, so the civilians under the entire Qin Dynasty could at least barely survive.

Instead, as in previous years, there are almost countless people who starve to death every year...

Large-scale construction of this scale is extremely difficult for any county and country to bear, not to mention the already barren Qin State.

However, after taking advantage of the reform of tax laws, the land tax income of hundreds of wealthy families in the country was plundered, and the right to franchise the salt and iron franchise was taken back to the state.

The Qin treasury that suddenly overflowed is naturally enough to support such a large-scale infrastructure project in the short term.

As for the long term, with the monopoly management of coal stone and strange things in the Western Regions, the Qin State will naturally not be able to afford the civil engineering infrastructure of just one county.

Therefore, with the strong support of sufficient manpower and material resources, almost everywhere in the Qin State is working hard!

The entire Qin State was undergoing earth-shaking changes at an extremely terrifying speed!

But this is still far from enough for Zhao Zheng, who is anxious and wants to see benefits in the short term...

"It's already very good. Brother Ninth... It must be noted that you have only been in Qinchuan's post for only half a year. It's extremely difficult to achieve such a success!"

Zhao Qian looked at his ninth brother who couldn't help but chuckled and comforted him.

After hearing the words of my ninth brother, I was obviously not satisfied with the progress made by Qin State at present, and I even wished to spread the official roads all over the country in just a few years!

But in Zhao Qian's opinion, this was a bit eager for quick success and instant benefits, so he couldn't help but speak out.

"Ninth brother, if you want to boost trade and expand business, it is a good thing to do! But you must not mess up the rules or even blindly expand them!"

When Zhao Zheng suddenly heard this, his expression stopped and he immediately looked at the sixth emperor brother Zhao Qian in confusion.

"What does this...the emperor's words mean?"

"I don't know the same business as a business brother, but I know that good steel needs to be used on the blade! It is a good thing for you to expand the business path, but the ultimate goal... is not to connect business paths everywhere, showing a connection with all directions!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Qian couldn't help but look at his ninth brother who was stunned and chuckled, and then continued to add.

"It is important to know that the original intention of expanding business roads... is to boost trade! Not to facilitate traffic! Do not put the cart before the horse and just focus on building bridges and roads, which will waste countless money and food..."

Hearing this, Zhao Zheng couldn't help but nodded slightly, but he seemed to have realized something from the emperor's words.

"It is an act of boosting trade, and it does not have to spread all over the country, but like Hanyang and Wushang, these important transportation routes will be repaired first!"

Zhao Qian looked at his ninth brother's appearance as if he had some enlightenment and couldn't help but say happily.

"At that time, you only need to repair and renovate several key official roads, connect various levels and meet the needs of trade and trade! As for the remaining official roads... you don't have to hurry up. When you have spare energy in the future, you can slowly and slowly go to it!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhao Zheng suddenly looked happy and couldn't help but applaud and praise him!

"Okay! The emperor's words were like a sudden enlightenment, which made me realize it!"

"Hey, don't be in a hurry to realize it... I'll ask more questions for my brother."

Zhao Qian just shook his head slightly, but he still didn't finish what he was thinking.

"Oh? The emperor can speak frankly!"

Zhao Zheng was curious and quickly responded.

"I want to ask you... If you plan like this, you will naturally make the business roads in Qin State unobstructed! But what if you leave Qin State? What if you do?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhao Zheng was stunned and couldn't help but be stunned on the spot!

"Uh, this..."

He suddenly realized in his heart and understood the emperor's intention!

After all, Daqian is poor and poor, no matter how big Central Plains such as Dali Daxing, the official roads of various counties in the middle of the country are connected. Whether it is trade or marching, it is enough to quickly pass everywhere.

But Daqian is poor, and Liangzhou located in the west is even more difficult!

The official roads in the entire Liangzhou are almost cut off. Even if the official roads in Qin are connected, as long as Qinchuan is out, it is still a bumpy path!

In this way, if Qin wants to completely open up commerce and trade, it can transport commercial goods from Qinchuan County to Xijing, the capital of Daqian. The Liangzhou alone is enough to make people suffer!

Not to mention passing through Xijing City, we will use this to arrive in various parts of Yunjiuzhou, and will open the road of trade to the world!

Therefore, when the Sixth Emperor Brother suddenly raised this question, Zhao Zheng was stunned on the spot, and he had never expected this matter!

He always thought before that as long as he opened the Qin business road, the business road would naturally be smooth.

But he never considered the actual situation in Daqian Country!

The entire Daqian Dynasty was not only poor in Qinchuan County, but also poor in all three states, and Liangzhou was even poorer!!

As for the so-called big and rich counties of the Great Emperor, the Fourth Emperor, and the Eighth Emperor, they are just a general who is short and weak!

Compared with the big counties in Dali and Dali, Fu County is far inferior!

But none of these are the most important.

The most important thing is that through these two simple little things, Zhao Zheng finally woke up completely from an illusory dream!

For so long, he has been praised by all kinds of people around him and is a little bit out of reach!
To be continued...