After listening to Li De's explanation, Wei Li understood some benefits, but he still couldn't change the fact that people were here to steal business.

"Gather the merchants, since the workshops have been built in Gangneung, the progress of the workshops we have carried out in various state capitals must also be improved." Li Dedao.

"Governor, I'm still worried that our earnings will be affected." Wei Li said.

"Don't worry, cement is also sub-graded, and the production of higher cement in the future can be used for different strength construction needs, and there is no need to consider technological upgrades now." Li De explained.

"Technology upgrades?" Wei Li was directly stunned, and knew a new word.

His understanding is that it is better than the current cement, and he is relieved to know that there is still a backhand to do things.

After such a long period of operation, the trading house in charge of Wei Li had many merchants, some for the purchase of cement, some for cattle and horses, and now there were many more grain merchants.

As soon as the news of the cement workshop's franchise cooperation came out, many businessmen took action, all they had to do was to pay some money, and then have this dividend every year, or buy cement at a low price according to the contract and sell it.

Youzhou Commercial Bank gave them a choice, and the businessmen all considered it in their hearts, they heard about the Jiangling Cement Workshop, but they were not optimistic, because the Zhang family participated, and they couldn't share the benefits, so what did they do in the past.

The merchants are shrewd.

After the news of Youzhou City spread, it didn't take long for many businessmen to come, all of whom came for the cement business, but it was a little different from what Li De expected.

Many businessmen choose to join the agency to cooperate, so that it is impossible to accumulate money quickly, but to continue to expand the workshop and increase production capacity.

The next thing is to make as much money as you can produce every day, which is really a million profits.

"Metropolitan Governor, it's okay now, it just so happens that a large number of people are needed to expand the workshop, and those people brought back by Ding Qilin and Li Jing just came in handy." Wei Li said.

"What a coincidence, how is the new workshop going?" Li De asked.

"It's okay, the expenses of the commercial bank are a bit large now, and it will be good when the workshop starts." Wei Li said.

"Well, it's been a lot of hard work." Li Dedao.

The whole city of Youzhou is united, farming and the expansion of the cement workshop and other things are going on simultaneously, and the recruited talents are now doing internships in various positions, which relieves a lot of pressure for the operation of the vanguard.

The popularization of literacy education is also continuing, but this cannot change the fact that Youzhou City is still a military city, and it is in ruins, and with the support of businessmen, it cannot form a scale in a short time.

There are only a handful of large merchants, and the most critical reason is the location of Youzhou City, and many businessmen are waiting and watching when they hear about the development trend of Youzhou.

Just wait and see, after all, the war is together, no matter how big the family property is, it is not enough.

Most people are reluctant to put the industry in Youzhou, they really have no confidence, even if the current Youzhou City is strong, it still can't change the deep-rooted impression.

This kind of thing can't be rushed, and there must be enough strength to ensure the safety of Youzhou City, so the vanguard has never stopped recruiting soldiers.

After screening and assessment, those who meet the requirements can join, and the conditions for recruiting soldiers after recruiting talents have gradually improved a lot.

Recruitment has not been slackened.

During the cultivation time, soldiers and horses patrolled and protected the entire vicinity of Youzhou City, and with the latest deployment, the people in the city did not know that the pioneers were protecting them when they were working every day.

A large number of scouts patrolled the enemy's dangerous places, just for fear that foreigners would come to cause trouble.

Although there is news from the usual tribes, Li De does not think that in this way he can know all the movements of the enemy, and the Turks, the Northern Barbarians, as well as the Tiele and Khitan tribes have to be guarded against.

The development of Youzhou City is in full swing, it seems that the excitement is all for the spring watch, the shops in the city are thriving, most of the guests are merchants, and the economy has improved slightly.

At present, the largest industry in the city is cattle, sheep and horses, and the small tribes that are usually in Youzhou City have now developed rapidly, annexing some smaller tribes through trade.

From less than a thousand people in a winter, it has grown into a tribe with a population of several thousand, and the tribe has gradually grown, and the commercial activities have become more and more large.

With a stable supply of cattle, sheep and horses, the carriage and horse market in Youzhou City is very prosperous, and big businessmen in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places come and go frequently.

In addition, after a year of operation, in the Northwest Army, Cheng Zhijie, You Junda and others have also developed very rapidly in the management of cattle and horses.

Recently, the correspondence has not stopped.

Li De's purpose in contacting this Cheng Zhijie is very simple, the idea of 200,000 cavalry, now there is a shortage of at least 50,000 or 60,000 war horses, and it is impossible to buy it by relying on the tribal trade here alone.

The workshops on Cheng Zhijie's side are developing very well, and there are not many war horses, but it is still possible to transport two or three thousand war horses, and no matter more, unless the cattle and horse market in the northwest is abandoned.

After Li De replied specifically, he had a plan in his heart, there are not so many war horses, and the current plan of the vanguard to use 200,000 cavalry should be temporarily postponed.

Now most of the 150,000 soldiers and horses are cavalry, and even if they come twice as many as their enemy vanguards, they have the strength to fight a battle.

The prosperous scene of Youzhou City is far away from Emperor Yang of Sui in Luoyang, he has been distressed recently, and the forces of Guanlong are very dissatisfied with the results of his war with Gaoguryi, and are putting pressure on Emperor Yang of Sui.

300,000 soldiers and horses were lost, not to mention the economic losses, just to say that the children of the assembled families are a big debt.

Emperor Yang of Sui's throne has never been very peaceful, maybe he is an emperor and enjoys the luxurious life that an emperor should have, but the rights and benefits that should be given to the nobles are not missing at all.

Otherwise, he won't want to be on the throne.

Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, this relationship has been like this, from the Shangzhu State to the various nobles, the throne has been alternated, which means that the shareholders have not changed, and the chairman of the [UM] has been changed back and forth.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty's war against Goguryi was largely aimed at the Guanlong nobles, wanting to break the Guanlong power and consolidate the imperial power forever in this way.

However, the first battle ended in failure, and Goguryeo was a repeated villain at that time, occupying the Liaohe River in order to gain more benefits.

In order to be able to confront the Sui State, they did not hesitate to collude with the Turks and other tribes, in this case the foreign war was not a great success, it had a certain strategic significance, but in the end it failed.

Now that the Guanlong nobles have found a back account, it is necessary for the emperor and the court to appease.

Emperor Yang of Sui lost his temper again in the imperial study, and the palace maids were scared enough, and they were all trembling from afar, for fear of implicating them.