Chapter 531 - Arrangement (1/2)
Chapter 531: Arrangement
“I heard that there are many visitors at the Yan Fortress today and the cloth merchants in Gan Province are here Look, the road is filled with carriages Not even Qinghe County Town is this lively…!” wang Jianbei sat on the carriage as he sighed in a at the crowd on the road He then turned his head to look at Yan Liqiang, “I can tell that this public road connected to the Yan Fortress is newly-repaired too It’s really wide!”
“Indeed, it is The original road existed for a few decades It was quite narrow and became very muddy when it rained I took the opportunity to repair it during the construction of the Yan Fortress!” Yan Liqiang replied
Today was the grand opening of the woolenJianbei heard that the Yan Clan could turn useless wool into fabric since a few days ago and naturally showed his interest too He had sent people to infor that he would visit today beforehand Of course, Yan Liqiang was more than happy to see that the Prefectural Governor was interested so he personally went to Qinghe’s wharf early in theJianbei frohe County Magistrate and a few local bureaucrats also welcooverned a county, he still didn’t have the rights to share the sa Jianbei, so he could only ride on the carriage behind his
“That is a good thing and expected of a local influential clan! Repairing this road not only brings convenience to people of Yan Fortress, but also the people fro? If you want to get rich, build a road first?” Yan Liqiang responded with a se fro convenience to transportation and trading If goods can coo out easily, money will floell too This in turn means the locals can slowly experience better quality of life!”
“Not bad, that makes sense The Great Han Empire is able to become the reat investo, the fa once carade all the public roads into direct roads that would connect all provinces and prefectures in the Great Han Empire within forty years Unfortunately, this plan required a large amount of resources, so many objected to the proposal In the end, only soions were rebuilt After his passing, the plan was abandoned Although Zhu Zichang’s plan was never completed, the fact that the Great Han Empire is still dominant on the Silver Continent with its immeasurable wealth is still thanks to the public roads that provide access to various provinces!”
This was Yan Liqiang’s first ti about the plans of a Grand Chancellor frorade from the public roads which would be used as the base Frohway He was extremely impressed to hear that a person from this era had such a vision
“The construction of direct roads was indeed a huge project that required a large amount of resources If one day the path of s advances to the next level, Zhu Zichang’s wishcoine had been invented, but it wasn’t widespread yet When it did, the rate of production would be increased If the production of steel andtransportation e If trains were invented, the ier than direct roads
“True There are already two Aquapyro Engine-powered reat inventions that can save tihtly He looked out theand at the green farmlands that were filled heats by the road It was already the fourth lunar month, tientle breeze Even in the carriage, one could al scent that was unique to the flowering wheats The scent reaze deepened “The dream you mentioned about the Shatu people… was it real?”
After his previous visit to the Prefectural Governor’s Office, Yan Liqiang thought wang Jianbei was no longer interested in the topic so he didn’t expect the latter to suddenly bring it up again “If I don’t do anything, it ht turn out to be real To me, it doesn’t matter if the dream was real or not All I want is to have a clear conscience Why did you suddenly bring this up, Lord wang?”
“I’ve been thinking about what you said to e a person not by his words but by his actions I realized that the fact you have been preparing funds sho badly you think of the future How can I bring hed as he spoke
News of Yan Liqiang turning wool into fabric had caught the attention of Pingxi Prefecture and Gan Province Countless people even tried to follow in his footsteps — they started buying wool andenclosures as preparations to earn their fortune like Yan Liqiang However, as the Pingxi Prefectural Governor, wang Jianbei knew Yan Liqiang had shi+fted his focus to food now Tairuifeng Grain Retailer, the biggest grain business in Pingxi Prefecture, had quietly started buying food fro warehouses to store thexi Prefecture, the Lu Residence and Yan Fortress kept the biggest stock
As the Prefectural Governor, it was only natural for wang Jianbei to be particularly concerned about the flow of vital resources like food Tairuifeng had been extrexi Prefecture; they alrain prices wang Jianbei only noticed their unusual activities because of some news he received from the Provincial Governor’s Office The other Prefectural Governor’s Office was alerted because Tairuifeng bought rains from other prefectures in Gan Province coxi Prefectural Governor’s Office was infor Jianbei, they discovered that the Lu Clan in Huanglong County was related to Tairuifeng’s owner by hters was indeedwas able to cooperate with Tairuifeng to start stocking up grains through his connection to the Lu Clan and by offering large a Jianbei wouldn’t be bothered if sorain However, this was Yan Liqiang wang Jianbei couldn’t help but feel nervous, especially because of the terrifying drea mentioned to him before Apart from a few places that suffered from natural disasters, food wasn’t really scarce in times of peace, so there was no need to hoard the times because it only then would the iold was enough to buy a few carriages of grains, but during harsh tih to afford a few buns
Yan Liqiang didn’t have any signs of panic on his face He looked calxi Prefecture is only a working place and a point in your career You can be a prefectural governor anywhere outside of Pingxi Prefecture In fact, you xi Prefecture is where I was born The mountains, the water, and the people here are all an important part of me I will never allow anyone to reduce this place into dead land Since I have the capability right now, I ardless of whether the dream I told you about before happens or not After the auturains even ressively until next year and the year after that Even if the entire investment turns out to be a waste, I don’t ree, you are still going to deal with the Shatu people, right?” wang Jianbei asked as he held Yan Liqiang’s gaze