"I heard that there were many people coming to Yan'anbao today. All the cloth merchants in Ganzhou have arrived. Look, there are cars and horses on the way, and Qinghe County is probably not so lively..." Wang Jianbei sat in the carriage, looked at the crowd on the road, sighed, then turned his head and looked at Yan Liqiang, "This Yan'anbao connects to the official road, I think it is also newly built, it is spacious enough!"

"It's indeed newly built. The original road has been a few decades and is a bit narrow. It's muddy when it rains. It's very inconvenient. So taking advantage of the opportunity of Yan'anbao construction this time, I asked someone to rebuild this road!" Yan Liqiang replied.

The wool spinning factory officially opened today, and there was an opening ceremony. In the past few days, Wang Jianbei, who had heard that the Yan family could turn wool into treasure-spun cloth, naturally did not ignore the major events in Pingxi County. Instead, he had sent someone to tell Yan Liqiang that he wanted to come and see it today. Since the county magistrate appreciated his face, Yan Liqiang certainly couldn't ask for it. So early in the morning, Yan Liqiang personally ran to the dock in Qinghe County to greet Wang Jianbei, and then came with Wang Jianbei in a carriage.

The people who welcomed Wang Jianbei also had the county magistrate of Qinghe County and the officials from several places. Although the county magistrate was a parent official of the same county, he was not qualified to take the same carriage as Wang Jianbei and could only sit in the carriage behind him.

"This is a good thing, and it is also what local gentry should do. You see, once this road is repaired, it will be convenient for Yan'anbao, and the villages and towns along the way will also be convenient!"

"There is a saying that if you want to be rich, build roads first. I wonder if you have heard of it!" Yan Liqiang responded with a smile, and naturally said a slogan that he often saw in the countryside in his previous life. "This road is open, with convenient transportation and convenient transportation for Shanjia. Things outside can be transported in, things inside can be transported out, goods and money are interconnected, and personnel are convenient for people, and life for local people will gradually get better!"

"Yes, if you want to be rich, build roads first. This sentence makes sense. The reason why our Han Empire is rich in the Silver Continent is due to the empire's huge investment in the official road. Two hundred years ago, a famous prime minister Zhu Zichang proposed an ambitious plan that year. He wanted to use forty years to upgrade all the official roads of the Han Empire to straight roads that can connect to various states and counties. Unfortunately, this plan cost a lot and many people disagree. In the end, it was only built some straight roads in the capital and other places. After Zhu Zichang went there, the plan also stopped. Although Zhu Zichang's straight road plan was not completed, the Han Empire today dominated the Silver Continent and was extremely rich, but it was also because the official roads of the entire Han Empire could connect to various states!"

This is the first time Yan Liqiang heard that the Han Empire had a prime minister proposed a plan to build a straight road two hundred years ago. The straight road should be built on the basis of the official road, and when he heard the name, Yan Liqiang thought of the expressway. The people of this era had such a vision, which really made Yan Liqiang admire him.

"Building straight roads is indeed a huge project, and the consumption is huge. However, if one day the way to investigate things can be further improved, it may turn the wish of Zhu Zichang, a famous minister of the Han Empire, into reality!" Yan Liqiang said calmly. The steam engine has been built, but it has not been widely popularized yet. When the steam engine is popularized in the Han Empire in the future, productivity will rise to a higher level, increase steel production, and build transportation such as trains and cars. Especially for trains, if such things are really built, they will have a greater effect than straight roads.

"Yes, now there are two mills in Pingxi City. I have seen the water and lighters. It is indeed a good thing, saving time and effort!" Wang Jianbei nodded slightly, looking at the green farmlands on the roadside outside the window. In the green farmland, all the wheat is planted. It is already April. The wheat in the farmland is about to grow flowers. The breeze blows, and the wheat waves in the farmland are rolling. Even if you sit in the car, you can smell the unique intoxicating field breath of wheat in the world. This breath seemed to make the county magistrate of Pingxi County think of something, and his eyes suddenly become deeper and a little jumping, "Is the dream you had with me about Shatu people last time... is it true?"

After the county magistrate's office last time, Yan Liqiang thought that Wang Jianbei was no longer interested in this topic. Unexpectedly, he heard him mention it at this time, and was a little surprised, "If I do nothing, it may be true. For me, it doesn't matter whether it is true or not. I just asked for a clear conscience. Why did the adult suddenly think of asking this?"

"Actually, I have been thinking about what you said to me these days. As the saying goes, I find that you have already begun to hoard grain. It shows how bad your judgment of the future is, how can I turn a blind eye!" Wang Jianbei sighed and said. In the past few days, the entire Pingxi County and Ganzhou have been attracted by the news that Yan Liqiang used wool to make fabrics. Countless people even chased Yan Liqiang's tail and began to buy wool everywhere, grab land, and prepare to make a fortune with Yan Liqiang. But as the governor of Pingxi County, he knew that Yan Liqiang's eyes had already turned to grain at this moment. Tairuifeng Grain Train, the largest grain merchant in Pingxi County, has quietly begun to purchase grain and build granaries in various parts of Ganzhou. It has accumulated a large amount in Pingxi County, Lujiazhuang and Yan'anbao.

As a parent official in the whole place, Wang Jianbei was naturally particularly concerned about the flow of food, an important material that stabilizes people's livelihood. Tairuifeng's grain purchase action in Pingxi County was very careful, and it almost did not cause too much fluctuation in grain prices. The reason why Wang Jianbei noticed Tairuifeng's actions was due to the news from the governor's mansion. Tairuifeng purchased grain in other counties in Ganzhou this year far more than before, which attracted the attention of the county magistrate's official position. Then he spread the news to let the county magistrate's mansion pay attention to it. Wang Jianbei asked someone to check and found that the shopkeeper of the Lu family and Tairuifeng in Huanglong County was the family of children. One of the daughters of Mr. Lu was the eldest young grandmother of Tairuifeng. Yan Liqiang provided a lot of money behind the scenes through the Lu family. He cooperated with Tairuifeng to start garrisoning grain.

It would be fine if someone else had stored food, but Yan Liqiang had told him that bloody and terrifying dream before, and Wang Jianbei was inevitably amazed. Except for a few places where natural disasters were encountered, food was not scarce in a peaceful and prosperous era, and there was no need to hoard a large amount of food. Only when the world was chaotic would people hoard a large amount of food, and the preciousness of food could be reflected. In the prosperous era, buying a few trucks of food was not a problem, but when it was really a chaotic era, one tael of gold might only buy a few steamed buns.

Yan Liqiang's expression on his face was not panic, but calm. He looked at Wang Jianbei's eyes frankly, "This Pingxi County is just an official place for adults, and is a point in his career. A process, leaving Pingxi County, you can be a county magistrate wherever you go, and you may even continue to be promoted in the future. But for me, this Pingxi County is a place where I have the mountains and rivers here, and the villagers and elders here are all connected with my bloodline and cannot be given up. I will never allow anyone to turn this place into a dead land. Since I have the ability now, no matter whether the dream I told the adults will appear, I must make the worst plan in advance. After this autumn harvest, Tairuifeng's efforts to purchase grain will increase, and will continue to increase next year, and it will remain the same in the following year. Even if all the money for purchasing grain is wasted, I don't care. I can afford it..."

"Even if I don't agree, you have to prepare to deal with Shatu people, right?" Wang Jianbei asked, staring at Yan Liqiang's eyes.

"The Lord has the final say about the Shatu people in Pingxi City, but if something happens to those Shatu people leave Pingxi City, it has nothing to do with the Lord!"

"If I am willing to help you drive away the Shatu people in Pingxi City, how should I clean up the remaining mess in the Shatu people gathering area in Pingxi City? Now, the county magistrate of Pingxi County has reduced the annual taxes and expenses, and there is no surplus. I can't afford that much money to clean up the mess!" Wang Jianbei asked suddenly.

"If the adults can drive away the Shatu people in Pingxi City, I would like to buy the mess in the Shatu people gathering area in Pingxi City for two million taels of silver!" Yan Liqiang said firmly.

"Two million taels?" Wang Jianbei asked immediately.

"Two million taels!" Yan Liqiang nodded.

"Okay, the deal is done, I will leave the mess of Shatu people in Pingxi City to you! A smile suddenly appeared on Wang Jianbei's face and said intimately, "It doesn't matter if you don't have that much money for the time being. I will say to the governor, you can use the future income of the salt field to mortgage it!"

"Sir, can I regret it?" Yan Liqiang rubbed his nose, looked at his palm, his face strange, "Why do I feel that I and the Shatu people in Pingxi City all seemed to be in the words of yours. I paid the money. The Shatu people in the city were packed and sold to me by you, you each of them.... Wait... Did this idea be given by the governor..."

"Cough... Cough... Shatu people are indeed a big trouble for my great man!" Wang Jianbei's old face turned slightly red, "I just told the governor about your idea..."

Yan Liqiang stared at Wang Jianbei for a while, and suddenly said, "I heard that the county magistrate of our Qinghe County will retire in a few months because he is too old. How about I recommend a new county magistrate to the adults?"

Wang Jianbei was also stunned for a moment, "Only one?"

"Two, the county magistrate of Qinghe County plus the county magistrate of Huanglong County Police Office!"

The two people in the four-wheeled carriage looked at each other for a few seconds, then raised their palms together and patted each other...

make a deal!

"I want to ask, who is the county magistrate of Qinghe County you are going to recommend?" Wang Jianbei, the county magistrate of Huanglong County, was too lazy to ask. He must be from the Lu family. He was just curious about the candidate for the county magistrate of Qinghe County that Yan Liqiang wanted to recommend. Even if Yan Liqiang introduced his father, to be honest, Wang Jianbei was not surprised. If Yan Liqiang wanted the position of two county magistrates, to be honest, Wang Jianbei might be a little hesitant and would be a little unhappy, but one county magistrate and another county magistrate were just within the scope he could accept, which was a link to this transaction and a pleading for Yan Liqiang.

"Don't worry, that person's qualifications and prestige will not make things difficult for adults!"

Wang Jianbei nodded...
Chapter completed!