The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

The next morning, Li Fu woke up and found Wu Liangye waiting outside the tent.

"Come in." Li Fu said to Wu Liangye outside.

Wu Liangye walked into the tent.

"When did you come back yesterday?" Li Fu asked while washing up.

"When I came back, you had already rested." Wu Liangye said, "So, I didn't disturb you. Anyway, I can report to you today."

"Oh, then tell me, what did you find out?"

"The people here used to make a living by farming." Wu Liangye said, "Nothing else. As for what you said, in addition to farming, the original Linying City, before it was destroyed by the river, had a dock because it was close to the river, and some merchant ships docked and made supplies in Linying.

The caravans traveling north and south in the market would rest here for a while, which was considered a foothold."

Because it is close to the Ying River and is a large plain, the transportation is well connected.

The plain is suitable for farming, and the people have always lived by farming.

The family farms, grows vegetables, raises two chickens, etc., and finally takes the eggs saved and the fresh vegetables harvested from the fields to the market to sell. Because there are caravans that will replenish supplies here, these materials, including food, are not worried about selling.

"Caravans traveling from south to north, a place to stay, supplies..." Li Fu muttered this sentence to himself.

In his mind, a light bulb flashed.

"Got it!" Li Fu's face showed an excited smile.

"What got it?" Wu Liangye was stunned.

What got it?

He was confused.

"Let the people of Linying County do other work besides farming, got it." Li Fu said.

He wiped his face hurriedly, and then went straight to the desk, quickly found the map, and spread it flat on the desk.

Li Fu was looking at the location of Linying County on the map, including the location of the newly built villages on the map.

"Although the newly built Linying City is much farther from the Ying River than the original one, the distance from the Ying River wharf to the new city can be reached by horse carriage in half an hour." Li Fu looked at the location on the map excitedly.

This also shows that Linying City has not lost the advantage of the Ying River wharf.

Linying City will be a city in the future, not a small village. Caravans or boatmen need to go into the city for supplies and rest, and the small village does not have the ability to receive them.

Moreover, after such an incident, there are no villages around, and the survivors have to gather in the new Linying City.

In other words, the new Linying City is still a foothold and supply point for people traveling from south to north.

Especially for caravans.

It's a good place. It's not impossible to clean it up and make it a special merchant post.

Even in the teahouses in Huizhou, if they don't take the waterway and deliver goods to Chang'an City, they can use Linying as a resting point.

Not just going to Chang'an City.

Going north or west, these are both very good routes.

The plain means the road is easy to walk.

Wu Liangye looked at his husband in confusion.

But he seemed to understand what his husband wanted to do.

"Okay, okay, okay." Li Fu clapped his hands excitedly: "Let's do it!"

After that, he began to sketch on paper.

A place suitable for caravans to rest must have a large warehouse, otherwise where can the goods be placed? If it is cloudy, rainy and windy, can the carriages and horses be parked outside?

Warehouses, stables, taverns, inns.

There must be places for people to live and places for livestock to live!

Otherwise, when the caravan comes, why would they be willing to pay?

Environment first, service first!

Create a Linying merchant service area that is open 24 hours a day!

People who run business outside, go in the wind and rain, have a hard life, and are tired on the road.

If there is such a place, it is open twelve hours a day, with hot water and servants serving.

There is a place to store goods, a place to park carriages and horses, and a place for people to rest.

Would they be unwilling to pay?

Who earns money not to support their family, to live a better life, and to enjoy better?

Why wait for other places when you can enjoy it while traveling?

Early in the morning, the cook in the camp sent food.

Wu Liangye took the food in the tent and put it next to Li Fu.

But seeing that his husband was so devoted to doing things, he didn't feel embarrassed to interrupt. What if this thing interrupted his husband's train of thought?

As for eating, the husband will eat when he is hungry, and he will just wait and serve here.

Li Fu sat there, completely immersed in his thoughts.

Linying City can build such a service area, then other places areIt doesn't matter if it's not.

When the caravan grows bigger, it will be safer, more comfortable and more reliable to stay in the service area of ​​our own caravan.

We can even make a profit from it.

Li Fu's mind was completely occupied by this idea that he had thought of.

He even thought of the imperial post station.

The post station was used to exchange horses, and it only served the imperial court. The people and caravans were not taken care of because they were afraid of delaying the confidential transmission of the imperial court.

However, these post stations were usually idle, and the imperial court had to spend a lot of money to support them.

So, can the post station be reformed?

Li Fu's thoughts began to diverge.

It took him half a day to finish his drawings, and his ideas also took shape. The stack of papers next to him were all things that Li Fu had written down when he was thinking.

These are all treasures.

When he looked up, Wu Liangye found a place to sit in the tent.

"Wu Liangye, find me an empty box." Li Fu said.

"Yes." Wu Liangye nodded, and then went to look for the things they brought.

After finding the box, he gave it to Li Fu, who put all the papers he had written in the box and gave it to Wu Liangye again.

"Keep this! This thing is very important!" Li Fu urged.

"Don't worry, my dear, it's here when I'm here, and it's here even if I'm gone!" Wu Liangye held the box and promised solemnly.

"But my dear, you haven't had breakfast yet, I've put it aside for you, remember to eat it." Wu Liangye said.

Li Fu reacted and felt hungry.

This mental work just now really consumed a lot of his energy.

He left the "service area" drawings of Linying City outside, and planned to discuss it with Yan Lide when Yan Lide and his friends came back in the evening.

Anyway, he thought this matter was feasible.

Yan Lide has to build the house.

He has to design it according to his first draft. This thing is different from ordinary houses and the mansions of wealthy families.