For the safety of the trade city, in addition to planning the streets, that is, to set up barricades.

On the streets, no exits are allowed, and whoever leaves an exit is responsible.

The robbers from the steppes came, usually on fast horses. So! Baekyu has set up countless checkpoints on the streets.

Usually the level is open, as if there is none. Once you find that a foreign enemy (imaginary enemy) is coming, quickly drag out one level after another. His own escort team is here, and the level is open. The enemy came, the level stopped, and the archers shot arrows on the castle to stop the robbery.

The best way to deal with cavalry is to stake spurs. The stake thorn is to install a special tip on one end of the small tree pole, with the tip facing outward. The height of the stake is set to the horse not to jump.

The usual wooden stake thorns are hidden in the houses on both sides of the street, and they are guarded by special personnel. As soon as an enemy arrives, the other guards quickly rush over and gather together to fight the enemy.

This setting can only stop the invasion of small bandits, but it cannot resist the invasion of large forces. For example! What if a tribe invades and you don't have an army?

In order to attract businessmen to come and do business, the tax system has not yet been fully implemented. This period! They are only symbolic taxes, and they are only taxed on the merchants who enter the station. As for itinerant vendors, they are not taxed.

For those merchants who come and leave after trading, Bai Gui does not charge.

Without tax revenue, relying solely on the Bai Gui caravan to maintain it, it is obviously not enough financial resources.

Right now! Baekyu's income is only: selling land. If you want to live in Linquan for a long time, you have to have a property, and you have to buy land to build a house.

Now the streets of Linquan are supported by these vendors building houses.

And now the situation in Linquan is that there are fewer permanent vendors than itinerant vendors. Itinerant traders come to Linquan to earn money, and when they return, they bring many companions with them. So! There are many itinerant vendors, and there are few fixed vendors.

There are many mobile vendors, and industries such as inns, restaurants, and liquor stores have developed, which has led to the prosperity of Linquan.

Increasing taxes on tertiary industries such as inns, liquor stores, and restaurants? Baekyu did not agree.

Bai Gui thinks! Linquan Castle could be bigger, with more people and more vendors. If taxes are increased, inns, wine stores, restaurants, and other industries will inevitably "wool out of the sheep", and they will take it back from customers.

If that happens, it will have to increase the burden on itinerant vendors and tourists. Tourists, in particular, will not be able to afford it, and will not dare to come to play or come to "explore" in the future.

There are many tourists who come to see the excitement and look for business opportunities, and they don't come to do business on purpose.

In order to attract more people to come, Baekyu had to temporarily abandon the collection of taxes, give up immediate benefits, and focus on the long term.

But! So here's the problem! More and more people came, the city got bigger, and security became a major problem.

Right now! Bai Gui's caravan almost monopolized commerce between the steppe and the surrounding land. Thus! His commercial profits are conceivable.

Besides! He moved the smelting and foundry industry to this side, and there were many minerals that could be mined directly from the mountains, which reduced the cost. And the price of the commodity, it is still up to him to decide. As you can imagine, what is that profit?

Before! It was from the Zhou Di to transport copper and other products to the prairie.

In the week! Minerals such as copper are strategic materials, and the cost is already very expensive. Add to that the cost of manufacturing, sales, and the cost of shipping from the perimeter. So! If the price of selling to the steppe people is low, there will be no profit.

Right now! Minerals such as copper are mined directly from the mountains. It is then processed into a product and then sold as a product. It can be said! It's zero cost.

The craftsmen and others under Bai Gui are satisfied with the money they only need to eat and support their families, and they don't need to accumulate surpluses. These people have all received the favor of the white officials, and they all repay the favor.

So! The products produced by Bai Gui here have almost zero cost.

How high is the profit from taking out a zero-cost product and selling it at the previous high price? Otherwise! With Bai Gui's strength, it is impossible to maintain the security costs of Linquan City.

The cost of the security force is supported by Bai Gyu alone.

Other than that! Baek-gyu is also responsible for the cost of the entire city construction.

Additional! Baekyu's own family is still building his personal castle.

The castle built by Bai Gyu on the hill, the main body has been completed. Right now! It has entered the renovation stage. After a while, it will be possible to move in.

Baekyu didn't plan to live in the castle by himself and retire in the castle. The current Bai Gui is not the Bai Gui of the past, not the Shang Shengbai Gui, but! A Bai Gui who has been reborn through a time, a young college student who graduated from a third-rate university.

So! He also wanted to go around.

Building a castle on the prairie and establishing an ideal country is just fulfilling the wish of Bai Gui's predecessors according to the ideas of Bai Gui's predecessors.

And also! On the savannah! He had children of his own.

After passing through the reborn Bai Gui, he gave birth to a pair of children with the sheep girl. These two sons and daughters, they are going to live on the grassland, so! They must find a stable home on the steppe. As a father, this is a must-do.

If you can't take care of your children, if you can't give them a stable life, why should you give birth to them? Isn't it? Since they have been born, they must be responsible for them and bring them up to adulthood.

Bai Hui and the five sisters of Snow Lotus had children, and these children also belonged to the prairie. It is impossible to let them go back to life.

Furthermore! Bai Gui didn't want them to go back to Zhoudi to live. Zhou Di was in the Warring States period of history, and it was a turbulent and unstable era. Plainly! This is an era of precarious life, and a very cautious person can die unexpectedly at any time. So! He didn't want his steppe sons and daughters to go around and die.

He and the five sisters of Snow Lotus gave birth to five more daughters, before giving birth to "five wolves", and now there are more "five flowers" and five golden flowers.

On the prairie! At present, Bai Gui has twelve children. Later! There will be children! It is not possible to raise a baby with a sheep girl, because the sheep girl is too fat and it is too difficult to give birth to a baby. No! It's too painful, and the sheep girl doesn't want to give birth.

The ancient method of contraception was very simple, that is, the husband and wife did not have different rooms, and they did not do that when they had the same room.

With the five sisters of Xuelian, Bai Gui still has to give birth. After all! Snow Lotus: They are young. Furthermore! Their family has the ability to support more children and offspring.

Bai Gui wants to give Linquan Castle to these children of him, and do his best as a father. Other than that! The extra house is for the old man, the third brother-in-law and his heroes to live.

The castle built by Baekyu is about the size of the king's palace and can accommodate many people.

More mainly! With this castle, he can deal with accidents and give those he cares about a place to take refuge.

Bai Gyu built the castle not for his children and descendants and the people he cared about to enjoy. But! Give them a safe haven.

He did not want his children to be like the descendants of kings and hereditary nobles. He hopes that his children and future generations will have the ability to survive on their own.

History has proven that there are no more than three generations of wealth!

In other words, the shadow of the ancestors will not exceed three generations. After three generations, it is still up to the descendants themselves. If you don't have the ability to survive, you still can't survive.

(End of chapter)