The golden fat man smiled and said, "Aren't I raising chickens and laying eggs?" I think we have a good time, the sky descends on Shu to wait for great talents, and we can make money every day.

If the Sichuan army can't hold on, won't we also suffer? If we are beaten in by Cao Cao and Sun Quan, those old-fashioned and stubborn rotten old immortals rule Jing Yi, we will definitely not be able to make money. ”

"That's true, but don't worry about your lordship first, you still have to worry about yourself first, now that the sales of our products are basically saturated, the people of Jingyi buy so much, and the sales channels in the northeast of the Yangtze River are solidified, and they basically can't be improved.

Falling out with Xiliang, Yumen Pass can't go, opening Xiqiang Mutual Market is a drop in the bucket, you still think about how we can expand the industry. ”

"Oh, yes." The golden fat man responded depressedly, this is indeed a headache, and Xiliang completely fell out, Xiliang's group of bandits, when they saw the Sichuan merchants, they robbed, and they wanted to buy and sell with the Hu merchants in the Western Regions, it was extremely difficult, just opening a Xiqiang mutual market, even the teeth could not be plugged.

"So." Yin Bai sighed, "If you want to donate, donate to the Southern Xinjiang Protectorate, and help open the Southwest Silk Road, so that we can live...... Silk Road, but don't have any accidents. ”

Yin Bai sighed, this is not only him alone, but also all the merchants in Shu are worried, especially those emerging merchants, who used to be the lower class of people, but they just seized the opportunity of reform, made money, and became a wealthy class in Shuzhong, and they were more urgent about the Silk Road.

Located in Ba County, the Southern Xinjiang Protectorate, Cai Wei's Mansion.

Since he was appointed as the protector of the southern Xinjiang capital, he came to the barren land in the south of Ba County, where there is nothing but the military camp. The government office. There are basically no other facilities. Food and clothing can only be supplied by Jiangzhou, and Cai Wei can no longer pass the time with makeup every day like in Jingzhou.

On a March day, there was still light snow in the north, the grass in the south was tender and green, and the air was pleasant. Office in the garden.

The garden is full of some wild flowers and plants in southern Xinjiang, nothing precious, to put it bluntly, it is a piece of soil in the house without stones, but the air is still very pleasant.

Cai Wei was comfortably approving the booklet, and a woman walked in, this is the maid ring brought by Cai Wei from Jingzhou, named Qiao'er, with Cai Wei's surname, he has followed him since he was not out of line, and now it has been more than ten years. The girl who was thirteen or fourteen years old at the time is now in her twenties.

"Miss. Someone outside asked to see him. ”

"Who?"

"Yongke, a local wealthy family in Jianning County."

Cai Wei frowned, Jianning is one of the four counties in the south of Yizhou, and it is also a necessary place on the Southwest Silk Road, this Yongke is an important son of the Yong clan in Jianning, what is he doing here? Are you dissatisfied with the opening of the Southwest Silk Road and find fault with yourself?

"Call in."

"Yes."

A middle-aged man walked in, his gait was calm and magnificent, his face was weathered, and he was not a pampered person at first glance, but Cai Wei was not surprised, the wealthy family in Nanzhong was different from the wealthy family in the hinterland of Yizhou, they did not live by collecting rent, and if they wanted to survive in the plague miasma of Nanzhong, they couldn't be a gentleman.

"Yongke, grass people, meet Lord Duhu."

"Say what." Cai Wei said lazily, only glanced at Yongke, then lowered his head and continued to read the booklet, opening the Southwest Silk Road is his main task, and since the Cai family was punished, he can no longer find other purposes for existence, as long as this Yongke comes to persuade the abolition of the Southwest Silk Road, he will be expelled immediately.

"The grass people heard that Shu Hou was surprised by the invasion of the Western Liang Army in the north, and the opening of the Southwest Silk Road was likely to be blocked, so Telaile donated gifts."

"Oh?" Cai Wei glanced at Yongke strangely, how can this person from the wealthy family in Nanzhong be so kind? Isn't it time to resist the opening of the Silk Road when you make a fortune in Nanzhong? If it is opened, the Sichuan army will be able to easily enter the areas along the Silk Road.

Yongke said: "I heard that the construction of plank roads, lack of wood, wood workers have to go to the mountains to cut down, time-consuming and labor-intensive, although my Yongjia strength is thin, but the ancestors have lived here for generations, but also saved some family funds, wood, chisels, and barbarians who can climb rocks, can be donated."

In addition, we are also willing to donate grain and straw to be transported to the workers who open the road nearby, saving them thousands of miles of transportation. If the Silk Road wants to pass through the land of our Yongjia, as long as it is not an ancestral tomb and a homestead, we will not need a penny, and we will cooperate with the opening. ”

Cai Wei put down the pen and paper in his hand, stood up and looked at Yongke and said, "The Yong family is really patriotic and loves the people." ”

"That's, that's, our Yongjia resolutely supports Shu Hou, supports the Sichuan Army, supports the New Deal, and the Yongjia is also a Han hero, although the ancestors live in the wilderness, but do not forget the ancestral teachings, of course, I hope that the Han Dynasty will be prosperous, Shu Hou Red Emperor reincarnated, the mandate of heaven is the king, and it is the lord of the Han Dynasty descended from heaven......"

"Say, what's the condition." Cai Wei is too lazy to talk nonsense with Yongke, he has been behind the scenes in Jingzhou for so many years, and he still understands the truth that he can't afford to be unprofitable, and he still wants to hide this little trick from himself?

"Lord Protector has been wronged." Yongke shouted unevenly: "If the small ones don't donate something insignificant, how dare they put forward any conditions with Shu Hou, I swear, I Yongke donate these, I will never reciprocate, it is completely out of loyalty to the Han."

Not only that, but we also have to independently contract the opening of the middle section of Jianning, and we have all the manpower and material resources, and we don't want to wait for Shu to allocate one or two silvers and a pound of grain. ”

"The middle section of Jianning?" Cai Wei pondered: "That road is not easy to pass." "The front and back sections of Jianning, after a few months, the broken stone, the hole that should be chiseled, and the plank road that should be repaired, have already had an outline, but the middle section of Jianning, the mountain is really dangerous, and it is tortuous.

There are barbarians on the dangerous mountain again, digging a hole has to suffer a few miles or even more than ten miles, building a plank road has to be repaired dozens of miles to reach the flat land, the workers can go in, the grain can not be transported in, the siege is huge, it is really difficult.

Cai Wei, Dong He, the chief of the Southwest Silk Road, and Li Hui, who was in charge of the army, were all worried about this matter, trying to find some local people, asking the best path to take, and spending a lot of money to hire locals to build, but after a few months, there was no clue, at this time Yongke said that he wanted to take it, which really touched Cai Wei's heart.

"Don't worry about Lord Duhu, the road in the middle section of Jianning is difficult and dangerous, how can my Yongjia not know, but our ancestors have lived here for generations, the clansmen and the surrounding friends and neighbors, over the mountains and mountains like walking on the ground, know the terrain well, let's go to open, say something that Lord Du Hu doesn't like to hear, it must be better than the workers sent by the Wuxi Duhu Mansion, if Lord Du Hu doesn't believe it, when we finish the construction, we can personally inspect it, if it is not qualified, my Yong family is willing to be punished, and reorganize people to repair, how?"

"It's good, but is that all there is to Master Yong? Is there anything else? ”

A smile suddenly appeared on Yongke's face, and he smiled: "Other than that, there is only one small request below." ”

Cai Wei let out a sigh of relief, sure enough, there were no good birds.

Yongke said: "My Yongjia will never wait for any money and food, but after all, our Yongjia has lived in Jianning for hundreds of years, and we only have a small request. ”

"A small request?" Cai Wei smiled, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's not enough to worry about it, may I ask the so-called care of the Yong family, did they send troops to guard the entrance and exit of the middle section of Jianning?" ”

"No, no, no, it's just that you can't waste the precious Sichuan soldiers of Shuhou."

"Is it that the Yong family will collect the taxes of past merchants in the future?"

"This ...... How can you think so far now? "Of course, the Yong family wants to collect the taxes of the past merchants, and when the roads are opened with the body poison, Nanluo and other countries, there must be a lot of merchants, and when the time comes, just collecting taxes will be stronger than the prey that exploits the barbarians now.

It's just that Yongke didn't expect that Cai Wei, a female streamer, had already thought of collecting taxes before the Silk Road came out of Nanzhong, which surprised Yongke.

"Is it true that in the future, if the Yong family is dissatisfied with Shuhou, you can threaten to cut off the Silk Road?" Cai Wei said coldly.

Yongke was stunned for a few seconds, and immediately bowed down in fear: "Oh, Lord Du Hu must not frame the small people, even if my Yong family eats leopard gall, I don't dare to be disrespectful to Shu Hou at all, don't dare, don't dare." ”

"I know you don't dare, huh." Cai Wei smiled and patted the dust on his cuffs, sat down again and said: "After the Yongjia is a hero of the Han Dynasty, the heart of serving the Han Dynasty is well known, how can I believe it, but it stands to reason that Yongjiale donation, or contracting projects, should be discussed with Dong and adults, right?" He is the general coordinator and is responsible for the coordination of all manpower and material resources, don't you know? ”

Yongke said in his heart, of course I know how many wealthy families in Nanzhong have gone to see Dong He, but that guy doesn't go in with oil and salt, elm pimples, don't I see that you are easy to bully?

Yongke said: "I really don't know this, but it seems that Lord Dong He went to the back end of Jianning to inspect, and he couldn't see him if he wanted to, so he could only come to Lord Duhu." ”

"I see." Cai Wei nodded: "The Yong family is brave and loyal, and I, Cai Wei, naturally want to be an adult, but the matter of managing the road in the future is large, and there is no precedent, but it is not for me to decide on a small matter. ”

"Then thank you for your kind words."

"Good words, good words, good words."

Yongke retired, and Cai Qiao said to Cai Wei: "Miss, do you really plan to be the master of the Yong family?" ”

"Of course, we have to be on the table, the construction of the Silk Road is difficult, and it is really difficult for us to support it, and it is good to have the support of the wealthy family, but." Cai Wei paused for a moment and said: "The lord has always done things cleanly and never finished badly, I don't expect the lord to agree to Yongke's contract." ”

"Then we still have to build the road ourselves, and we have offended the Yong family."

"I'll have my own way then." Cai Wei glanced coldly at the direction where Yongke disappeared, and slowly clenched his pink fist. (To be continued.) )

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