Qinchuan County, Hanyang City, King Qin's Palace

"Ninth brother, for the sake of my brother, although you have only been in the Qin State for half a year, you have a high prestige in the country...... It's amazing! ”

In the palace of King Qin, Zhao Qian, the king of Song, saw another Hanyang clan, and after retreating respectfully, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Since entering Hanyang City, the capital of Qin, there is no need for the ninth brother Zhao Zheng to brag about himself, Zhao Qian has already been from the officials in the country, the attitude of the Hanyang clan towards the ninth brother, His Royal Highness the King of Qin, in his words and deeds, he has very clearly felt the power and prestige of the ninth brother in the country!

This is really not easy for a young feudal king who is only twelve years old!

After all, it takes a lot of effort and toil to go from the nominal supreme ruler to the actual ruler in real power...... How could it be so easy?

"Harm~, the royal brother has an overreputation, but the people in the country are simple......"

Zhao Zheng waved his hand as if he didn't care, and replied casually, but he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

'Prestige? What prestige is there? It's not all self-killing......

After going through such iron-blooded methods, many Qinchuan clans and wealthy families, but who else dares to disobey and disobey?

"Ninth brother, ninth brother......"

Seeing this, Zhao Qian just chuckled and shook his head, but he didn't delve into the matter further.

It is precisely because of the means and decrees of the ninth brother after entering Qin that he is clear in his heart, and it is based on today's words, but it is really the words of the heart.

The ninth brother was sealed in this border county by his father, which was extremely rare, not only did he not lose heart at all, but he worked hard to innovate and become strong!

In just half a year, the situation has been opened in Qinchuan County, which has made the originally decayed and barren Qinchuan border county almost earth-shaking and dramatic!

Such a talent for governing the country is truly admirable!

"By the way, Brother Huang, the end of the year is approaching...... Just stay in Hanyang and spend the Chinese New Year together! ”

Suddenly remembering something, Zhao Zheng suddenly looked at Zhao Qian, the sixth emperor brother, and said with a smile.

"Hmm...... Also, there is a lot of annoyance for the brother. ”

Zhao Qian groaned slightly, and then chuckled.

He is an unrestrained character, even if it is the Spring Festival, he can't restrain him even half a point.

For others, such reunions of relatives and friends, happy reunions, but they do not have much special meaning for him.

All along, he has traveled to the same place as he celebrates the New Year with his newfound friends.

Even after being crowned king, the number of times he spent the Spring Festival in his own feudal country was only a handful.

Therefore, for him, who is free and free, it is a very common thing to spend the Spring Festival wherever he wants to study.

Not to mention...... His ultimate goal of deliberately following the ninth brother to Qinchuan this time has not yet been achieved.

Therefore, in the face of the warm invitation of the ninth brother, Zhao Qian naturally responded with a mouthful.

"Harm~! What did the royal brother say? How can a family speak two words? ”

Zhao Zheng suddenly waved his hand and said with a smile.

In his opinion, it is also a beautiful thing to have someone to spend the Spring Festival with him.

After all, when she returned to the capital this time, as soon as she entered the palace, Yunmei was firmly guarded in the inner palace, but it was difficult to leave the palace for half a step, let alone follow Zhao Zheng to Qinchuan again.

In fact, if it is really strictly speaking, the father and the concubine Yue can tolerate Yun Mei messing around outside for so long, which is already magnanimous enough.

Even Zhao Yun knows this very well in her heart, after all, she is still young and young, and she is a daughter.

Therefore, after returning to Beijing and being strictly guarded this time, she did not cry and make a fuss, but accepted the matter calmly as if she was mentally prepared.

It's just that before the imperial brother left Beijing, he didn't have the opportunity to say goodbye to the imperial brother in person, which is a pity.

You must know that this farewell, if he sees each other again in the future, he doesn't know what year and month it will be......

……

"Report~~~"

Just when Zhao Zheng and the Sixth Emperor Brother Zhao Qian were sitting and talking, talking about the past and the present, they suddenly heard a singing from outside the hall!

"Huh?"

Zhao Zheng couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and after looking at each other with the six emperor brothers, he couldn't help but look outside the hall, seeing the messenger rushing in in a hurry, and then kneeling on the ground, and said respectfully.

"Enlighten my king, Tiger Prison is urgent!"

"Oh? Hurry up! ”

Zhao Zheng was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly urged.

It has been more than three months since he sent Hawking to set up a Huaxia trading company to rush to the Tiger Prison, so is it finally effective?

And such a scene, in the eyes of Zhao Qian, the king of Song on the side, he couldn't help but move in his heart and was very curious.

After all, he had naturally heard of the name of the first level in the world, such as the Tiger Prison Border Pass.

What's more, more than recently, I have heard the ninth brother mention his business plan, to open up the Tiger Prison business road, so that Qinchuan will become a trade hub of the three kingdoms!

Therefore, after hearing this, Zhao Qian couldn't help but wonder in his heart, is it that the Tiger Prison Business Road that the ninth brother said has finally been opened?

So Zhao Qian showed curiosity on his face, and watched the messenger respectfully present the urgent item, and then the ninth brother took advantage of the situation and opened it immediately.

"Ninth brother? But ......"

Although he was curious, Zhao Qian sat in place with great grace, not to mention leaning forward and taking the initiative to look, even from this extremely short distance, he did not squint, and there was no rudeness.

However, he saw that the smile on the ninth brother's face was getting bigger and bigger, but he already had some guesses in his heart.

"Brother Huang! Good news! Ha ha! ”

After Zhao Zheng read it carefully word by word, he couldn't help laughing, and looked at the Sixth Emperor Brother and took the initiative to speak.

"You also know that I want to build the Tiger Prison border into a trade hub, so I sent someone to the Tiger Prison to specialize in this matter, but I didn't expect it to be more than three months...... But it's already starting to bear fruit! ”

Zhao Zheng was delighted, waved the messenger back, and then added.

"Letter from Tiger Prison...... The civil infrastructure has been expedited, and the preliminary trial has begun, and the official trade with Dali businessmen has begun! ”

As soon as the words 'formal trade' came out, Zhao Qian's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but speak.

"This ...... Is it so fast? ”

It must be known that Zhao Qian, who has traveled all the year round and is familiar with the terrain of Kyushu, does not know that if Qinchuan and Dali can trade directly, it is unimaginable that there will be good things here!

For Qinchuan, at least there is more than a thousand miles of detour, and it can smoothly trade with the first power in Kyushu!

For Daqian, Liangzhou and Zezhou, which are located in the west, have reduced the trade distance with Dali by at least hundreds of miles!

As for Taizhou, where the national capital Xijing is located, it could have been able to trade smoothly with Dali, but it was not affected much.

But even so, the opening of the Tiger Prison Business Road can be described as a win-win situation for Daqian and Dali!

"Yes, Brother Hawking really lives up to his expectations......"

Zhao Zheng couldn't help but bow his head again and again when he heard this, but he instantly remembered Brother Hawking, who was ordered on the spot.

When I entrusted such an important matter to him, I was still a little apprehensive in my heart, I wonder if he can pick up such a heavy burden before he is crowned?

But it's only been three months, and Brother Hawking has already delivered a perfect answer sheet that exceeds expectations......

I especially remember that the death order I gave to Hawking was to strive to make the Tiger Prison Trade Road successful within half a year!

But now, after Hawking rushed to the Tiger Prison, he has completed this incredible feat in just three months!

Forced to compress the originally agreed time by as much as half!

This really made Zhao Zheng a little curious, how did Hawking do it, in such a short period of time......

Accomplishing such a heavy task?

"Oh? Hawking? But ......"

When Zhao Qian heard the name of Hawking, he couldn't help but move in his heart and said tentatively.

After all, in the Great Qianguo, if you mention the Huo family, it should be the Huo family you know.

"Brother Huang's guess is right! Brother Hawking is the eldest son of the Huo family in Quyang! ”

Zhao Zheng naturally understood what the Sixth Emperor Brother meant, and immediately nodded with a chuckle.

"This ......"

Hearing the name of the eldest son of the Huo family, Zhao Qian couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and when he looked at the ninth brother Zhao Zheng, he had a little more strange look.

It must be known that the eldest son of the Quyang Huo family can devote himself to the service, and the ninth brother's personality and personality charm can be ......

You can see it!

"I didn't expect to be able to completely open up the Tiger Prison Trade Road before the end of the year...... What a surprise! ”

When Zhao Zheng thought of this, he couldn't help but feel good, and his face was full of joy.

But then he remembered what the Sixth Emperor Brother had said before about foreign trade, but he couldn't help frowning, not knowing what to do.

After all, he can open up the official roads in the Qin State, but he can't also renovate the official roads for other counties, right?

But if the trade route from Qinchuan to other counties is not opened, even if the Tiger Prison trade road is officially opened, what will happen?

If you can only do business in Qinchuan, a poor border county......

So how many businessmen will be willing to go to the Tiger Prison Trade Road to do business?

"Huh? Ninth Brother...... Why do you say that your mouth is a happy event, but there is a difficult color on your face? ”

Zhao Qian was so keen, he immediately caught a little sadness between the ninth brother's eyebrows, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Alas...... I won't tell you that I am worried about how to trade with other counties after the trade route is opened. ”

Zhao Zheng drank all the tea in one gulp, and couldn't help but shake his head.

In fact, it is not that it cannot trade with the outside world at the moment, after all, Qinchuan County is not isolated from the world and cannot be connected to the outside world.

However, if there is no smooth official road as the basic support, it will make it extremely difficult for Qinchuan to use the trade route to the outside world, which will greatly increase the time and cost of trade!

You must know that no matter what country the businessman is, he is a kind of unprofitable person who can't afford to be early!

If it is unprofitable, what if Tiger Prison Business is exempt from customs duties and miscellaneous taxes?

Therefore, the lack of official roads naturally did not affect the normal trade of the Qin State with foreign countries.

However, if you want to become a trade hub of the three countries and attract a large number of merchants from all over the world to do business here, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream and extremely difficult.

This is far from Zhao Zheng's vision of revitalizing commerce and trade, but how can he feel satisfied?

"The matter...... It's troublesome, too. ”

When Zhao Qian heard this, he also frowned, and he couldn't help but think about it carefully.

"In fact, it is said that it is external, and it is not just to open up two business routes! One is from Qinchuan to Taizhou, and the other is from Qinchuan to Zezhou......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Qian couldn't help but move in his heart, and said with a smile at the moment.

"That's right! Speaking of which, I only remembered it for my brother...... Isn't Song Zejun in Zezhou? ”

"Song Zegun?"

Zhao Zheng was stunned for a moment, and naturally knew that this was the feudal state of the Sixth Emperor Brother Zhao Qian, the county where the Song State was located!

This Song Ze County is in Zezhou, and it can be regarded as the number one big county and rich county, but the Six Emperor Brothers are not here, and they are just traveling abroad all year round.

But even so, under the dedicated governance of his mother clan and the county guard, the Song State has always developed steadily, and the country and the people are safe.

"That's right! For the sake of brotherhood, it is better to open up an official road from Qinchuan to Song Zezhi! As for the cost required...... How about the sharing between the Qin and Song dynasties? ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Zheng was stunned on the spot!

But after coming back to his senses, he hurriedly waved his hand.

"No, no, no! Brother Huang doesn't have to be like this! It doesn't have to be this way!! ”

How could he not know that the Sixth Emperor Brother had the heart to help himself, otherwise, what would you have to do with the Song State if you Qin Guo cultivated official Taoism or not?

If people are full of food and support, they want to repair the official road with you?

But with the kindness of the six emperor brothers, how could he accept it shamelessly?

Therefore, Zhao Zheng didn't even have time to think about it, and waved his hand again and again to refuse!

"Huh! Don't you think you'...... Brother, I'm just trying to help you? ”

Zhao Qian smiled and took a sip of tea before continuing.

"When my brother heard about the opening of the Tiger Prison Trade Road, he recognized it in his heart, so he thought about it, so that my Song Kingdom could also have this trade benefit! So...... That's what you think! ”

Zhao Zheng just kept shaking his head, no matter what the six emperor brothers said, they were not moved at all.

How could he not know that this was the Sixth Emperor Brother tactfully finding a step for himself, so that he could accept such an offer with peace of mind.

But for the Six Emperor Brothers and the already wealthy Song State, whether they were connected to the Qin State was a matter of irrelevance.

It can be done or not.

It is the icing on the cake of nature, and it does not affect it.

In such a shocking situation, the imperial brother still insisted and took the initiative to open up a trade route with the Qin State, not to take care of his ninth brother......

But what does it mean?

"Brother Huang, no matter what, connecting the trade road is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people! Everywhere the official road passes through it all benefits from this! How to ......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Zheng said bluntly as if he was unhappy.

"How can you bear only the two of you? And the counties you pass through along the way...... But enjoy the benefits of nothing? ”

And this is one of the fundamental reasons why Zhao Zheng did not agree to such a proposal.

After all, wherever the official road passes, no matter which county it passes, will benefit from it, but in the end, it is himself and the six emperor brothers who bear this large amount of infrastructure costs alone!

This...... It's too much of a loss, isn't it?

"Alas...... Ninth brother, how can you not know this reason? However, most of the counties in our country are poor, and it is still difficult to support the people...... Not to mention funding for road construction? ”

Zhao Qian sighed and said helplessly.

If you let those poor counties and small counties pay for the repair of official roads?

I'm afraid it's just a delusion, and it's not realistic at all!

"Alas...... How can this be? ”

Zhao Zheng sighed lightly and couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

……

"In the twelfth year of the Apocalypse, King Song traveled to Qinchuan to study the world.

coincided with the King of Qin, talking about Liang and Ze business.

King Song was determined to be in all directions, ignoring national politics and not saying much.

However, the king of Qin did not follow, and forced him to obey with brotherly affection.

In the end, the Liang and Ze business roads were connected, and the Qin and Song dynasties were divided into two parts.

Giggle! Such an act is disgusting! ”

- The second volume of "Da Li Dynasty", Sima Qiu Gan