inspected the scaly sailors trained by Ling Cao, and then watched an organized naval army performance, which also gave Shang Ji, a landlubber, a little understanding of the basic situation of water warfare.

After that, Shang Ji took Liu Yi and more than a thousand black armor Xuanqi and left the city.

However, Shang Ji did not return to Xiangping directly, but detoured all the way to Xi'anping, which is located in the southeasternmost direction of Liaodong County.

Xi'an Ping is also one of the ten big cities in Liaodong County, and is located at the junction of Lelang County and Goguryeo, which can be said to be the east gate of Liaodong, and its strategic location is quite important.

For such a strategic location, Shang Ji naturally needs to personally inspect it to rest assured.

After staying in Xi'an Ping for a day, inspecting the Xi'an Ping Guards and part of the war army, and at the same time meeting with the county commander and county lieutenant (from the Black Armor Army) of Xi'an Ping, comforting and encouraging, Shang Ji took people out of Xi'an Ping.

After the peace of Xi'an, Shang Ji did not return in a straight line, but inspected the border between Liaodong and Goguryeo (not Korea, but a different race in the Chinese region like Xianbei). Even Shang Ji took people across the border and made a slight turn around the territory of Goguryeo, which could be regarded as a pre-reconnaissance of the imaginary enemy of the war.

In fact, Shang Ji did not detect anything useful, and the Goguryeo side was also sparsely populated, and Shang Ji rode his horse and whip within the scope of Goguryeo, but he did not even encounter a single living person, so the so-called investigation naturally could not be talked about.

Along the border between the two, Shang Ji went directly to the junction of Xuansu County and Liaodong County, and then turned and returned to Liaodong along the edge of Xuanwu County.

In fact, Xuansu County was also one of the potential enemies in Shang Ji's heart. How did Nuo Muduo's million-strong army come over at the beginning, but Shang Ji still remembers it vividly, if it weren't for the reaction of the Han Dynasty's imperial court, Shang Ji might have sent a large army to attack a large army.

Along the way, there was a lot of turmoil, and finally ended the ten-day inspection work in Liaodong.

After returning to Xiangping City, settling down the casual army, and bidding farewell to Liu Yi, Shang Ji immediately found Deng Yan.

"Third brother, immediately arrange manpower and start the construction of the gallop road, and be sure to build a gallop road through the entire Liaodong as soon as possible!"

There is no extra politeness, Shang Ji said straight to the point.

Deng Yan only smiled bitterly when he heard this, and did not respond immediately as usual.

"What? Did something go wrong? ”

Seeing that Deng Yan was just smiling bitterly, Shang Ji was puzzled and asked suspiciously.

"Brother, we don't have enough money!"

Deng Yan smiled helplessly, spread his hands, and said to Shang Ji.

"How is that possible? How can we not have enough money? Shang Ji's face was full of incredulity, he confessed to Deng Yan at that time, with more than 300 million gold coins, why not enough?

Shang Ji continued to make great moves in Liaodong, and he was expanding the army and preparing for the construction of a water division, and at the same time, he also repaired Xiangping roughly, and built several large projects that cost the people and money, which only consumed about 100 million gold, and even one-third of it has not been spent, how can the money not be enough?

"Brother, do you know how much it costs to build a gallop?" Seeing the doubts on Shang Ji's face, Deng Yan asked questions and answers.

Shang Ji suddenly sighed in his heart when he heard this, he seemed to have ignored an important issue? With a hint of fantasy, Shang Ji asked softly, "How much?" ”

Deng Yan raised three fingers, shook them in front of Shang Ji, and then replaced his fingers with one, and said, "One gold, three feet!" ”

"What?!"

Shang Ji's voice suddenly raised an octave, and he looked at Deng Yan in amazement.

"According to the estimation results of the foolish brother, it will cost about one gold on average to build a three-foot gallop road, and a mile of road is five hundred gold, and if you want to build a gallop system that runs through the entire Liaodong County, you need at least 300 million gold!"

"Presumably, my brother can't come up with 300 million gold now, right?"

In the end, Deng Yan asked knowingly.

Of course, Shang Ji can't come up with 300 million gold! Now there are more than 250 million total assets left in the hands of the merchants, and there are still large sums of self-funds that cannot be moved.

Today's development of the sailor is just on the right track, and if the follow-up capital investment is broken, it will immediately return to its original shape.

In addition, seeing that it is the day when the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out in history, it is natural that some corresponding funds cannot but be prepared in hand.

Of the remaining more than 200 million funds, only 150 million can continue to be used flexibly, and the rest have corresponding budgets.

Of course, it is impossible for these 500 million to be smashed on the construction of Chidao, and it is generally good to be able to come up with it!

"This, why is this gallop so expensive?" Shang Ji still muttered in disbelief.

Deng Yan held up the construction drawings of Chidao, and said with some regret: "Chidao is a good thing, and Chidao construction drawings are not a rare thing, every state in the thirteen states of Dahan has them, but why don't you see Chidao popular in the world?" It's not because the cost of terror scares everyone away! ”

"Brother Xian, help Brother Wei calculate how much money it will cost to build a gallop road starting from Xiangping and passing through Liao, Xinchang, Anshi, Wenxian, Pingguo and even Yu's family!"

Shang Ji said this sentence almost through gritted teeth.

Deng Yan was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Shang Ji in some surprise, but he didn't expect that Shang Ji would have the idea of continuing to build after knowing the construction price of Chidao.

With his eyes slightly closed, the map of Liaodong quickly appeared in Deng Yan's mind, and after a quick calculation, Deng Yan opened his eyes and gently spit out a number: "Seventy million!" ”

"At least 70 million gold is possible to complete my brother's construction plan!"

"Whew!"

Shang Ji took a sharp breath, feeling a dazzle in front of him.

You must know that it only cost 50 million gold to train 500,000 elite soldiers, and now it costs 70 million gold to build a road.

If you want to spread the gallop road all over the territory of the Han Dynasty, I'm afraid that 70 billion gold may not be enough!

"Repair! The virtuous brother immediately began to prepare for the construction of the gallop road and started construction as soon as possible! As for the funds, the Foolish Brotherhood will allocate them! ”

"Brother!" Deng Yan immediately spoke up.

"Brother Xian, don't say any more! Brother Fool has made up his mind, we must cultivate this gallop road! According to what I said just now, from Xiangping City in the north to Yushi City in the south, even if it is paved with gold, it must also be paved with galloping roads! ”

Shang Ji is probably the person who has the deepest understanding of the strong role of Chi Dao, when Emperor Qin swept Liuhe, Chi Dao definitely contributed to it.

The big deal is just a Zhengguo Canal, once the Chidao is completed, the development of Liaodong will immediately go to a new level. Besides, only the money spent is real money, and if you keep it and don't spend it, can you still leave it to your opponent like Helian?

With the status of a businessman, daring to spend money is also an important ability, and I have never heard that the historical hero is a miser.