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From Guizhou to the east, it is already a flat asphalt road, and the road is bustling with cars, horses and pedestrians.

The asphalt from Guangyuan in Sichuan Province down the river is transferred to the Xiangjiang River and then unloaded and loaded in Changsha, and then transported to Guizhou continuously through the asphalt road of Guò.

Moreover, with the successive inclusion of Dongwu and Qinghai-Tibet in the territory of Daqin, the merchants and travelers on the ancient tea horse road in the southwest have changed to this southwest artery to make this road more lively.

The food supplied by the imperial court to 200,000 road repair troops is also transferred along this artery, the road can be described as the hustle and bustle of cars and horses, stretching endlessly, the inns and restaurants on the roadside tea shops have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, every few miles, you can see the scene of "Shuicun Mountain Kuo Wine Flag Wind".

The road was three feet wide and could accommodate four horse-drawn carriages running in parallel, but there was a dividing line in the middle of the road, which required pedestrians, vehicles and horses to drive on the right, and in effect the left and right sides became a one-way road.

Today's carriages have also changed a lot, no longer having only two wheels as before, but using more four-wheeled designs.

At the same time, Nanjing developed a kind of rubber called rubber, which was cut and riveted on the wheel with rivets, making the car lighter and much better than the wooden wheels used before;

As soon as this rubber appeared, it was in short supply, and many cars have not yet been bought and installed.

More than half of the carriages galloping on this road were carried by horses and carriages from all over the country. These carriage and horse shops not only undertake freight business, but also avoid passenger services.

Like Changsha's "10,000 carriages", there are as many as 400 horse-drawn carriages of all kinds, all of which are four-wheeled carriages, and most of them use two horses as the "power", and the wagons can transport as many as 6,000 catties of grain at a time. After the passenger vehicle is lengthened, it can take more than ten or twenty people at a time.

Passenger vehicles depart from Changsha and go to Guiyang for only five dimes. Economical and fast. Most of the guests will not sit so far, passengers go up and down along the way, and they are charged according to the distance, which is very affordable;

Many people along the way want to go to Changsha to catch the market, will choose to take this kind of bus, there are more people, the car dealer has to add a lot of short-distance passenger vehicles.

If you have money, you can rent a horse-drawn carriage with neat bedding on it, and the car dealer has signed agreements with many guest restaurants along the way. However, all the guests brought in by the car dealership will be discounted by 20% on food and accommodation.

In order to grab business, the coachman's own food and lodging are free, not to mention horse food and the like, which are all prepared by the inn, if more than ten guests are brought at a time, the inn even gives the coachman a little kickback.

In this way, the operation of the carriage and horse shop is basically a no-capital business, which can allow them to reduce the freight more and more people are willing to come to ride.

The various carriages and horses have profited customers. We will improve the quality of service and provide more assurance to our guests, and they will deliver you to the designated location on the scheduled date without delay. If there is an accident delay, as long as it is not caused by the passenger himself, the car dealer will be free of charge.

The same goes for freight, with a pre-dated date. If it cannot be delivered on time and causes losses, the car dealer not only does not charge, but even has to bear a certain amount of compensation.

Some big businessmen see business opportunities in this. United Auto Dealers has set up an insurance company to insure people and goods, and pay according to the type of insurance you have, and if something goes wrong, the insurance company will compensate accordingly.

It is said that this kind of insurance company is not limited to the transportation industry now, and the insurance business is rapidly expanding to other industries because of its promise-keeping and timely settlement of claims.

There is a more interesting phenomenon, which is slowly permeating the entire Daqin, and after seeing the huge benefits that the road has brought to the local people's livelihood, there are more and more voices from local officials calling for road construction;

But the imperial court's financial resources and energy are limited, and it can't build asphalt roads across the country, what should I do?

Parents and wealthy local gentry often raise their own funds to build roads, and for wealthy squires who voluntarily contribute money to build roads, the local government will name the newly built roads after the person who contributed the most;

For example, Zhang San paid the most, so after this road is completed, it will be called Zhang San Road.

Others pay less money, but they carve inscriptions and monuments next to the road to keep them forever.

But there is one thing, you can't break the law, once you break the law of Great Qin, your name will be chiseled from the stone tablet.

In order to respond to the ardent desire of the officials and people in various places to build roads, the imperial court discussed and officially issued a decree by the Son of Heaven with a seal, but anyone who supported the local road construction and contributed more than 5,000 dragon coins could obtain a title of an eight-rank loose official.

This kind of eight-rank scattered official does not have a good fortune, but it has an advantage, that is, he can directly write to the Son of Heaven, and he can participate in the local annual politics;

At the end of each year, local officials must not obstruct the inspection of the local government's treasury and revenue and expenditure accounts, otherwise once it is verified, the obstructing officials will be immediately dismissed from their posts and will never be used.

Once the decree of the Son of Heaven was promulgated in the world, it was terrible, and rich families who smashed 5,000 dragon coins to build roads abounded, and some wealthy states and counties even appeared that the road repair money was sufficient, and there were people rushing to throw money.

The enthusiasm of the people greatly exceeded expectations, and some states and counties received donations for road construction amounted to hundreds of thousands of dragon coins, which gave the imperial court a headache, and had to send batches of inspectors to supervise the matter.

Fortunately, the judicial power of various localities has been transferred from the local magistrate to the Tongzhi or the county magistrate, and the imperial court has stipulated in advance that the local magistrate is responsible for the specific operation of road construction matters, and the Tongzhi or county magistrate has the power and responsibility to supervise.

Because the judicial power has just been deprived from the hands of the local chief official and transferred to the Tongzhi or the county magistrate, the relationship between the chief official in charge of administration in various localities and the Tongzhi and the county magistrate in charge of the judiciary is generally somewhat stiff, and many acts of collusion between the supervisor and the supervised have been avoided.

From Changsha all the way to the north, to Dongting Lake, now it has become a veritable land of fish and rice, has become the largest granary of Daqin, the annual grain output has exceeded that of Suzhou and Hangzhou, the original sentence "Suzhou and Hangzhou are ripe, the world is full" has also become "Jinghu is ripe, the world is full".

Yueyang City, which is the most popular city for readers, is the most prosperous city along the coast of Dongting Lake. The people of Yueyang are different from other places, they prefer to call Dongting Lake Xiangfei Lake.

First, Concubine Xiang, who has a very special status, is from Yueyang, and today has already sealed Dongting Lake to Concubine Xiang.

Although this kind of reward has no real meaning, it is just a false name. But the people of Yueyang like to change the name to Xiangfei Lake, what do you like?

From Yueyang down the river, to Wuchang, that is even more incredible, this has become the hinterland of the Great Qin second to none of the big city, here is the Son of Heaven called the king of the foundation of the place, now the imperial court has Wuchang, Hanyang, Hankou three towns merged, collectively called Wuhan.

At that time, the queen did not repair the palace and sold the bricks and stones of the destroyed half of the palace to help the Bagu Forum, which is still talked about by the people of Wuchang.

In Hanyang City, Li Zhaoyi City played "General Order" for the first time, and the story of the bloody battle under the city of the Son of Heaven was compiled into multiple versions of the drama and sung by the people, and it was staged every day in the market, and the people always got tired of watching it.

Today's Hanyang City still has traces left by the war, and the palace of Wuchang still retains its original appearance. The people of Wuchang have a common wish, that is, they hope that one day, they can see the Son of Heaven and the queen mother return to the palace in Wuchang to live for a few days.

At that time, the queen mother spun and weaved cloth by herself, made robes for the soldiers in front, and drove the textile industry in Wuchang, and now the Wuchang area has become another textile center after continuing Suzhou and Hangzhou, and every day there are boats of various colors of cloth down the river, which are exported to overseas, bringing back the rolling wealth for the local area.

In addition, because of the Bagu Forum that year, Wuhan has also become the cultural center of the central part of Daqin, where countless literati gather to exchange knowledge and discuss knowledge.

Wuhan University scholar Zhang Ruzhou set up a Hanyang Academy on Guishan Mountain in Jiangbei, and its reputation rivaled that of Changsha's Yuelu Academy due to its celebrity popularity.

Then down the Yangtze River, come to Ma'anshan, you will develop the changes here is even more earth-shaking, a tall smelting furnace, with a steam engine blast, greatly increased the furnace temperature, every day there is a large number of high-quality steel output, through guò water and land continue to transport to all parts of the country;

Ma'anshan, which was barren a few years ago, has now formed a brand new city at the foot of the mountain, and the population has reached 80,000 this year, more than the population of some states. Most of the buildings are new reinforced concrete structures, giving it a vibrant feel.

Moreover, it also pioneered a feature in Daqin, which is currently the only city in Daqin that has not built a city wall. Except for the absence of city walls, all cities are functionally readily available and more advanced.

If you haven't been to Nanjing, you can't imagine that there is such a prosperous place in this world, and if you don't have a foreigner who has been to Nanjing, you will definitely be laughed at if you say that you have been to Daqin.

Even the outer outline here is now lined up one after another, every street is so clean and tidy, the fragrance of flowers is permeated, the sheng song on the Qinhuai River resounded day and night to curb the clouds, the golden and brilliant Daqin Palace, majestic towering, majestic.

Every decree issued by the Great Qin Emperor from this golden palace must be listened to by the head of the whole world

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