Song Yuanhuanzhi

When Song Yi became the magistrate of Jian'an County, the first thing he did was to submit a memorial. The ultimate goal summarized in the memorial was to build roads.

This incident caused a sensation in the court.

The entire court is divided into three factions.

The Xinxin faction is in favor of Song Yi's proposal, and the main team is those who came out of Fengchi Academy.

The neutral faction is the group of generals and highly professional departments like the Ministry of Justice.

The old school belongs to the Fan family and the Liao family, which are rooted at the feet of the emperor and are self-interested.

Of course, not all aristocratic families are like this. Those with foresight and family business in the south can understand the pros and cons of road construction in a very short period of time.

To put it simply and crudely: if you want to get rich, build roads first.

If the journey of the caravan is shortened, the corresponding cost will be reduced. If the sales price remains unchanged, the profit will increase, and they will earn more as a merchant.

Of course, not only the merchants have benefited, but the common people and the imperial court have also benefited from it.

Caravan travel can increase the income of people along the way, promote consumption and the development of cities and towns.

The people and caravans benefit greatly, and the court can receive more taxes.

Now it is as if there is a big mountain in the distance, the bottom of the mountain is full of gold, but the road leading to this mountain is full of thorns and jungles.

If it is really possible to reach this golden mountain, it will be worthwhile to look back at the suffering on the road before.

Therefore, the premise of this matter is that these people are willing to pay part of their own interests first.

Zhou Jing heard the two factions below were arguing, and rubbed his brows with a headache, then suppressed his temper and said: "We will discuss this matter later, and retreat."

It was obvious that Song Yi's proposal would be blocked.

Qi Yuansang, who was much calmer, was teasing the three-year-old eldest prince on the couch and asked Xiao Yao beside him, "What do you think, daddy?"

Over the past few years, Xiaoyao has become more and more settled, and she is no longer the one who escaped. She said, "The master means to be steady."

Qi Yuansang looked down at the child and let out a faint breath.

It's still a long time.

However, the development of things was far less tortuous than everyone imagined. The new factions who were ready to fight a "protracted war" had a new turn of events after the third day of development.

Suddenly, the Fan family no longer objected to road construction.

Although the Liao family didn't know the reason, they naturally couldn't do well without someone to support them.

It was only more than half a month before Song Yi received the reply.

Song Yi looked at the letter in his hand and suddenly felt confident. Everything was difficult at the beginning, but he had already overcome it, and the rest became much easier.

Road construction falls within the scope of corvee labor.

For the common people, it is a place of narrow escape.

The road construction is different this time, it is paid for, and the food is also very different. Although it is not particularly good, it can guarantee that there are vegetables and steamed buns.

Of course, the imperial court would not allocate so much money for road construction, but no one expected the speed of construction. They were just curious about where Song Yi got the money to start construction so quickly.

Because there is wages and it is not compulsory, people naturally want to have more income when they have free time after doing farm work. There are also a lot of people who sign up, and they work harder. There are mothers in the house who are very strong, and after special personnel You can also join the road digging team after review.

Of course, wages will be half that of men.

But there is always income.

Soon after, there were more options for the transportation channel in Jian'an County.

Shi Youping looked at the amount in the account and sighed silently.

Mei Qingqing on the side comforted: "You have to go out before you go in. After all, it is the beginning."

Shi Youping nodded, what Wang Dayu said at the beginning moved him very much, and he still understands this truth.

He put aside the thoughts on his mind, thought of the recent situation, and said: "Be careful with Hua Fu, don't get her way."

Today, the Zou family still has the surname Zou on the surface, but secretly they have changed their surname to Hua.

Mei Qingqing nodded and said, "I received the news that she wants to contact Song Yi."

Shi Youping smiled and said, "Follow her."

Seeing this, Mei Qingqing asked worriedly: "Aren't you afraid of what she will do?"

Hua Fu is very clever. After all, she was able to send all three generations of the Zou family back to the West in just a few years. It is also her ability to take power herself.

Shi Youping said confidently: "Although we didn't spend much time with him, Song Yi, in general, is a person with a heart and a heart, even if he gives Hua Fu a favor, maybe He got more for himself."

"These officials are only smarter than businessmen."

After Shi Youping sighed, he suddenly shook Mei Qingqing's hand, and joked with a smile: "You were there at the beginning, why? Didn't you find out what kind of temper he has?"

Mei Qingqing blushed.

At that time, all my heart was on him, so I didn't have the heart to pay attention to other people.

Of course Shi Youping knew it too, he was just teasing his wife.

Although the money Shi Youping invested in will not be seen in the short term, but if it can continue without dying, it must first show the benefits of road construction to the merchants, so the choice of path is very necessary.

It not only ensures that everyone can see the benefits of road construction, but also brings a steady stream of money to road construction.

In this way, the benefits of Shi Youping's investment in the early stage can be quickly returned, and everyone sees the benefits, the pressure is shared, and road construction is not a problem.

Song Yi's road construction is of course not just road construction. It is certain that road construction saves the time and cost of caravan transportation, but this is not enough to impress too many merchants.

Building roads is just paving the way.

The most important thing is local protection policies.

for example:

Jian'an County to Ningde is the route that Song Yi first planned to build.

The terrain between the two places is relatively flat. According to the current speed, it will not take more than a year to build.

Because this road is invested by Shi Youping Shi's family, Ningde's marine seafood market first meets [-]% of Shi's family, and the rest of Shi's family can be given to the merchants who will settle in later, except of course, local merchants.

This situation cannot be given to all, in order to prevent local businessmen from being suppressed too much and to avoid the situation of dogs jumping over the wall. Of course, subsequent cannibalization is another matter. Both humans and nature follow the rules of the weak and the strong.

The same is true for Sanming and Houguan.

Sanming is inland, and Houguan is by the sea.

Hou Guan is similar to Ningde, but the straight-line distance from Ningde to Jian'an County will be shorter.

Of course, because of Shi Youping's relationship with Song Yi, Wang Dayu, and others, Shi Youping basically only paid for the repair of this line, and then handed over 10 taels to protect the place for ten years. The cost of this route will increase several times, and similarly, the money spent on local protection will increase from one hundred thousand to more.

In this way, Song Yi can collect fees to repair water conservancy in other places, or connect places with special planting characteristics to these roads.

When the road is connected, merchants can more conveniently trade with common people, and common people can get more opportunities.

Just like Changliu Village.

Because of Fanmai, Changliu Village now has four entrances, east, west, north, south, respectively, instead of the simple entrance with the words Changliu Village in the past.

Moreover, because of the sales and transportation, this road had to be opened, otherwise, the caravan would be a waste of time.

Therefore, there are more roads and more opportunities.

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