Cheng Weigao, the county guard of Yongping County, is now proud of the spring breeze, and under his introduction and perseverance, he finally let the imperial court and the royal family of Qin State contact Xiao Qiang, and agreed to open a second trade route directly to Qin State. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This is of great significance to Yongping County. It represents that Yongping County will become the goods distribution center of this trade route, which will greatly promote the development of Yongping County.

The rapid development of Shayang County, Taiping City, including Changyang County, and other parts of the Ming Kingdom, shocked Cheng Weigao, and he did not want to fall behind. Agriculture is the foundation of the world, business is the source of living water, he deeply understands this truth, as long as this trade road is unimpeded, Yongping County can become one of the biggest benefits.

And this time, in order to seek this trade route, the Qin State actually agreed to assign the territory of the two counties to the Ming Dynasty, which was even more unexpected, although the two counties are mountainous areas with large mountains and sparsely populated, but in any case, it is also a hundred and ten miles of territory, and in the eyes of Cheng Weigao, it can also be regarded as opening up territory for the Ming Dynasty.

These two extremely poor counties are a burden in the eyes of the Qin people, but in the eyes of the Ming people, maybe they can become baby bumps, and if they have the right way, they can unearth unexpected wealth that you can't imagine.

The Qin people threw these two counties to the Ming State, naturally with their intentions. Cheng Weigao also understands this very well. It is nothing more than that I don't want to undertake the construction of trade roads passing through these two counties, and if I want the trade routes to be smooth, I have to build a good road, but in these two places, there is no road at all.

After the two countries signed an agreement and these two counties were officially assigned to the Ming Kingdom, Cheng Weigao made a special trip, and the Xuan'en County of Yongping County, which is adjacent to these two counties, was already very poor in Cheng Weigao's opinion, but when he went to the other side, Cheng Weigao understood what real poverty was.

Although there are no good roads in Xuan'en County, there is finally an official road where people can walk, and in these two counties, the best roads can be used for people to push a wheelbarrow to walk.

Cheng Weigao specially invited from the Ministry of Industry to the road repair masters after a trip in these two places, back is also bitter, where is Cheng Junshou said earlier that the official road connecting the three counties, this is clearly to start from scratch, to build a road out.

Cheng Weigao's good words, coupled with threats, finally made these road construction masters bitter in two places called Youfeng County and Laiyi County, climbing mountains and drilling ditches for several months, and finally came up with a set of design plans. It's just that the cost is three times as much as originally planned.

The cost of building the road was enough for Cheng Weigao to be silent for a long time, and in the end, the merchants of Yongping County were interested, and the strength of the people was great, so everyone gathered together and finally made up the cost of the first phase of construction.

Xuan'en, Youfeng, Laiyi three counties started construction at the same time. However, after the project began, Cheng Weigao was greatly relieved, the cost of road repair was much less than expected by the Ministry of Industry, and a large part of the savings was the labor cost. The officials of the Ministry of Industry calculated according to the manpower standards of the Ming Kingdom, but they forgot that in the two places of Fenglaiyi, they couldn't spend so much at all. The people there, as long as you have enough to eat, whether you have wages or not, it is not the same thing. As soon as the construction started, not only the young and middle-aged people flocked to the battle, but also the old and weak, women and children, for nothing else, just to work on the construction site and have enough to eat.

Cheng Weigao never thought that Youfeng County, which seemed to be uninhabited, would be able to gather so many people in Laiyi County, and it may be that all the people of the county had gathered here. When these two counties were assigned to Yongping County, the Qin people did not even have a household register, which made Cheng Weigao not know how many people and households there were in these two places.

Now it's good, while building the road, even the number of people, the number of households has also been counted, and a new household register has also been produced, these two places, there are indeed less than 5,000 households, the old, weak, sick and disabled combined, there are only more than 20,000 people in total, and the repair of this road is indeed a nest out.

The kind of energy that worked hard in order to be able to eat a full meal touched Cheng Weigao, and he said that Qin people were poor, and he really saw it this time. These Qin people are really lucky, with a stroke of the pen, they became Ming people, and they will also have many benefits enjoyed by the Ming people, of course, now, Cheng Weigao does not plan to declare to them the great grace of the Ming Emperor to the people, how to finish this road.

For half a year, although it was still far from the completion of the renovation of this official road, it had already begun to take shape, with a big shelf, and the businessmen who had been impatient for a long time also began to take action immediately. All kinds of goods and commodities began to pour into the Qin State in an endless stream along this road that could only barely be walked.

Yongpyeong-gun began to taste the dividends brought by this trade route.

Merchants with a keen sense of smell flocked to Yongping County for a while, and when the big merchants were still collecting goods, countless small merchants had already embarked on this road. They set out on the journey in groups of three or five, pushing wheelbarrows or carrying a load of goods, just because the goods transported to the Qin State had more than five times the windfall profits, and one trip was enough to cover their annual income in previous years.

Correspondingly, the tax revenue of Yongping County is rising, and countless merchants have poured into Yongping County, which has made Yongping's land prices and housing prices rise. The income of local residents is much more abundant than in previous years.

And that's just the beginning!

Cheng Weigao sat in the public hall of the government, looking at the half-year tax report in his hand, and his heart was simply happy.

"Lord Gunjo." The young Changshi Wen Peng pushed the door in, this is the first batch of officials who were promoted through the imperial court examination after the Ming Dynasty implemented the reform of official governance, but he was only thirty, but he was already the second-in-command of a county. From the bright side, the most eye-catching thing about the reform of the Ming Dynasty is that the age of officials has been greatly reduced, and it is even more so that the more thorough county governance implemented in Yongping County is even more so. Wen Peng was sent by the imperial court, in order to show respect for Cheng Weigao, Qin Feng asked him for his opinion, asked what kind of long history he needed, and Cheng Weigao's requirement was to be proficient in merchant arithmetic, Wen Peng did not participate in the imperial court selection examination, he was working under the Commercial Bureau, which just met Cheng Weigao's requirements, so he came to Yongping County.

After half a year of cooperation, Cheng Weigao is quite satisfied with Wen Peng. The young man is not only capable, but also cautious, perhaps because of his previous experience in the Commercial Department, even if he is now the second-in-command of Yongping County, but he has no shelf at all, and he has handled all aspects of personal connections just right. doesn't fight for power, it's not easy to win, and he is extremely respectful of the county guard, and there is no better deputy than this.

"Wen Changshi, what good news has you brought me?" Cheng Wei looked at the young Changshi with a smile.

"The county lord, the lower officials found that there was something abnormal during this time." Wen Peng sat opposite Cheng Weigao.

"What anomaly?"

"County Lord, during this time, the price of grain has risen a little abnormally." Wen Peng was very puzzled: "In previous years, at this time, it was the grain merchants who shipped a large amount of old grain, vacated the warehouse and prepared to receive new grain, at this time, it was the time when the price of grain fell the most, but this year it was the opposite, the price of grain rose sharply, and the merchants who went to the Qin State now do not go to anything else, but only to go grain." ”

"Is there anything wrong with that? Isn't there a constant shortage of food on the Qin side? Cheng Weigao didn't react for a while.

Wen Peng shook his head and said: "County Prince, when Xia Guan used to do things with Director Wang, I had seen such a situation, but at that time, it was because of the war, the army, and the imperial court had to store a large amount of grain before it appeared. ”

Cheng Weigao's eyebrows jumped, "Do you judge that this is Xiao Qiang stockpiling grain?" ”

"That's the only explanation." Wen Peng nodded: "At this time, what does Xiao Qiang want to do?" There is a war going on in Qin? Are they ready to go to war against the Qi country? Are they ready to go to war against us? ”

"That's unlikely, isn't it?" Cheng Weigao was shocked.

"Jungong, I had doubts in my heart, so I went to do some detailed investigations, and found that the merchants from the Tiger Prison of the Qin State suddenly borrowed a large amount of money from Taiping Bank and Changlong Bank, and all these funds were used by them to buy grain and transported to the Tiger Prison in an endless stream, I was really a little worried in my heart." Wen Peng said.

Cheng Wei stood up and paced back and forth in the room, "Wen Peng, this matter is not trivial, it is a matter of national security, but there is no reason for the Qin State to wage war against us?" ”

Cheng Weigao thought hard, the imperial court was preparing for two wars at the same time, he knew this, but Wen Peng didn't know it yet, but Wen Peng suddenly brought him a shocking guess today.

It is also possible that the Qin State will go to war against the Ming Dynasty!

"Wen Peng, you can arrange that from today onwards, the grain transported to the Tiger Prison will also be stopped, but it must not tear the skin of the face, so that people feel that we have noticed something!" Cheng Wei Gao Road.

"It's easy to do. The roads are not yet fully repaired, and in some places the slightest movement of hands and feet can paralyze the roads. If all the grain is piled up on top of the road, you can't enter the tiger prison. ”

"Do it right away. Also, if any more Qin merchants go to the two major banks to take loans, they will not borrow on the grounds of tight funds. ”

"Okay."

Wen Peng left immediately, Cheng Weigao thought for a moment, and called a clerk, "Let Hanwha come to me immediately." ”

Hanwha is the head of the Eagle's Nest in Yeongpyeong-gun. He came in a hurry, and when he heard Cheng Weigao's speculation, he was also amazed.

"It's better to believe it than not to believe it, Hanwha, you immediately do your best to go deep into the Tiger Prison to find out the military situation and other information in the Tiger Prison to see if they are preparing for war!"

Taking a deep breath, Han Hua said, "Xiaguan will go in person." ”