Qinchuan County, Liangzhou

"This ......"

In the wide car of King Qin, Zhao Qian, King of Song, half-lifted the curtain of the car window and looked out of the window with a surprised face.

"Ninth brother, is this Qinchuan County?"

Zhao Qian felt the steady movement of the king chariot, and the surprise in his heart could be imagined.

It must be known that since entering Liangzhou, most of the official roads have been cut off, and the paths are all bumpy and difficult, and the bumps are abnormal.

Even if you sit in the wide, heavy, and cleverly shock-absorbing king car, you can still feel a clear sense of bumps and stumbling.

Especially in Wushang County, which has been passed recently, the degree of poverty is estimated to be second only to Qinchuan County, a border county, and the official roads are all cut off, so you can only take tortuous trails.

This county alone took more than ten days to travel!

It was still not rainy, and the road was not slippery and muddy, although it was a lot of bumps, but at least it was unimpeded.

Otherwise, if you are really unlucky and encounter even cloudy weather, you don't know how long it will take to reach Qinchuan Border County!

But what is strange is that since entering Qinchuan County, this road has been suddenly smoothed!

Not only is there no bumps and vibrations, but it is steady, making people suddenly feel like driving on the wide avenue of the capital!

This...... But is it still the Qinchuan border county in my impression? ?

"Yes, Brother Huang, we have entered the Qinchuan realm."

Zhao Zheng looked at the Sixth Emperor Brother Zhao Qian with a smile, and bowed his head.

"But, didn't you say...... Qinchuan is barren and poor, has it been weak for a long time? ”

Zhao Qian's face showed disbelief, it seemed that he didn't expect this trip to Qinchuan, but it had just begun, and it was already so unexpected!

"Huh...... Brother Huang didn't know, when I first entered Qinchuan, the barrenness of Qinchuan was unimaginable......"

Zhao Zheng smiled and waved his hand, and said on the spot with emotion in his eyes.

"So I decided to strengthen the Qin three policies, intending to revitalize the Qin State and innovate and make it strong! One of the strategies for this...... It is to develop business and boost business! ”

Zhao Zheng said, then suddenly stretched out a finger and continued to add.

"Since we want to boost commerce, we naturally can't do without the official roads that extend in all directions! Therefore, I ordered the expansion of official roads in the country, so as to lay a good foundation and prepare for future business and trade exchanges! ”

As an outstanding young man from the 21st century, Zhao Zheng naturally knows an incomparably simple truth to get rich - if you want to get rich, you must first build roads!

If there is no basic hardware facilities such as official roads, even if the Tiger Prison business road is opened, what can be done?

"I see, I see......"

When Zhao Qian heard this, he couldn't help but bow his head again and again, and when he looked at his ninth brother Zhao Zheng, he couldn't help but show admiration.

"What the ninth brother thinks and thinks is always so different from ordinary people...... But it is far-sighted and far-sighted! ”

Although Zhao Qian is not familiar with business affairs, he is smart-minded, how smart is that?

Just a few words, you already know the deep meaning behind the ninth brother's behavior!

"Harm~, the royal brother praised it falsely! I'm not afraid of your jokes...... At present, the official road that can lead to other counties is just an urgent connection from Hanyang City, the national capital, to Wushang County, Linjun! ”

Zhao Zheng hurriedly waved his hand and said humbly.

"As for the rest of the official roads in the country, they are still being repaired urgently, if you really want to make the official roads completely penetrated, all over the country...... I'm afraid it will take a few years of hard work! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Zheng couldn't help but sigh slightly.

After all, everything has to have a process, and you can't eat hot tofu if you're in a hurry!

With such a vast land area of the Qin State, if you want to spread the official roads in all directions, even if you have enough money, food, and manpower, it is a very huge long-term project!

In particular, the infrastructure and craftsmanship of ancient societies were not very perfect, and it was even more difficult to build roads.

If the treasury is empty, and the money and food are slightly insufficient, if you want to finish it, you don't know what year and month it will go!

This is just to expand the official road, but at present, under the auspices of the military advisor Zhuge Dark, the country is renovating water conservancy and cultivating canals!

Such a large-scale construction project was extremely costly, and it required a solid backing of an extremely rich national treasury.

But the benefits are also obvious, feeding more than 100,000 migrant workers, so that they can be fed and clothed, although every day is extremely hard, but at least there is no need to worry about the problem of not having the last meal.

Coupled with the greatly reduced taxes after the apportionment into the mu, this made the common people under the rule of the entire Qin State at least barely able to survive.

Instead of starving to death every year, as in previous years, almost countless people die of starvation and freezing to death......

Large-scale construction of this scale is extremely difficult for any county to bear, let alone the already barren Qin State.

However, after taking advantage of the wind of restructuring the tax law, the land income of hundreds of wealthy families in the country was looted, and the right to monopolize salt and iron was nationalized.

The suddenly overflowing treasury of the Qin State was naturally enough to support such a large-scale infrastructure project in a short period of time.

As for the long run, with the monopoly right to operate coal and stone and strange things in the Western Regions, the Qin State naturally would not be able to afford the civil infrastructure of just one county.

Therefore, with the full support of sufficient manpower and material resources, almost everywhere in the current Qin State is in full swing!

The entire Qin State is undergoing earth-shaking changes at an extremely terrifying speed!

But this is still far from enough for Zhao Zheng, who is anxious and wants to see benefits in the short term......

"It's already good, ninth brother...... You must know that you have only been in Qinchuan for half a year, and you can have such an achievement...... It's already extremely difficult! ”

Zhao Qian looked at the ninth brother who couldn't help sighing, and couldn't help but chuckle and say comfortingly.

Hearing the words of the ninth brother, it is obvious that he is not satisfied with the progress made by the Qin State now, and even wants to spread the official road all over the country in just a few years!

But in Zhao Qian's opinion, he was a little anxious for quick success, and he couldn't help but persuade him.

"Ninth brother, it's a good thing that you want to boost commerce and expand business! But don't mess with the rules, or even expand blindly! ”

When Zhao Zheng suddenly heard this, he couldn't help but look stunned, and suddenly looked at Zhao Qian, the sixth emperor brother, in confusion.

"This ...... What does the royal brother mean by this? ”

"Brother Huang, although I don't know about commerce and trade, I also know that good steel needs to be used on the blade! It's good that you want to expand your business, but the end goal is ...... But it is not for the business road to connect everywhere, showing a trend of extending in all directions! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Qian couldn't help but glance at the ninth brother who was stunned, and after chuckling, he continued to add.

"What you need to know about the original purpose of expanding business...... It's to boost business! Instead of easy access! We must not put the cart before the horse, and only care about building bridges and roads, so that we have spent countless money and food in vain......"

Hearing this, Zhao Zheng couldn't help but bow his head slightly, but from the words of the imperial brother, he seemed to have an understanding in his heart.

"It is not only to boost commerce and trade, but if Hanyang reaches the military merchants, these traffic arteries will be repaired first!"

Zhao Qian looked at the ninth brother's realization, and couldn't help but say happily.

"At that time, it is only necessary to repair a few key official roads, connect all checkpoints, and meet the needs of business and trade! As for the rest of the remaining official roads...... There is no need to rush for a while, and when you have spare energy in the future, you can slowly try to do it! ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Zheng's face suddenly became happy, and he couldn't help but clap his hands and praise!

"Good! Brother Huang's words were like an enlightenment, which made me suddenly realize! ”

"Hey, don't be in a hurry to come to your senses...... One more question for my brother. ”

Zhao Qian just shook his head slightly, but what he was thinking in his heart was not finished.

"Oh? Brother Huang can speak out! ”

Zhao Zheng was suddenly curious, and hurriedly responded.

"For the sake of brother, I want to ask you...... If you plan like that, you will make the trade routes in the Qin State coherent and unimpeded! But what if you go out of the border of Qin? And how? ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Zheng was stunned, and he couldn't help but be stunned on the spot!

"Uh, this ......"

In his heart, he suddenly understood the meaning of the imperial brother!

After all, Daqian is poor, no bigger than the Central Plains such as Dali and Daxing, and the official roads of the counties in the country are connected, whether it is trade or marching, it is enough to quickly pass everywhere.

But the great drought is barren, and Liangzhou, located in the west, is even more difficult!

In the entire territory of Liangzhou, the official road is almost cut off, even if the official road in the Qin State is through, as long as it is out of Qinchuan, it is still a bumpy road!

In this way, if the Qin State wants to completely open up commerce and trade, and be able to transport commercial goods from Qinchuan County to Xijingcheng, the capital of the Great Qianguo, Liangzhou alone is enough to toss the dead!

Not to mention passing through Xijing City, and then taking this opportunity to arrive in all parts of Kyushu, the business road to the world!

Therefore, when the Sixth Emperor Brother suddenly raised this question, it really made Zhao Zheng stunned on the spot, and he didn't expect this matter at all!

He always thought that as long as the trade road of the Qin State was opened, this trade road would naturally be unimpeded.

But they have not taken into account the actual situation in the Great Qianguo at all!

The entire Daqian Dynasty is not only poor in Qinchuan County, but all three states are poor, and Liangzhou is even poorer!!

As for the eldest brother of the emperor, the fourth brother of the emperor, and the eighth brother of the emperor, their so-called big counties and rich counties are just compared to other poor counties, and they are just generals in the dwarf!

Compared with the big counties and rich counties of other people's big and big banks, that is far less!

But that's not all.

The most important thing is that Zhao Zheng finally woke up from an illusory dream through these two simple little things!

For so long, he has been touted by all kinds of people around him and can't find the north!

This made him feel that he was a 'child of destiny', and even a 'holy monarch'!

But in fact, whether it is the revitalization of commerce and trade, the expansion of trade routes, or the apportionment of the land into the acre, the imperial examination system is just a prescience of being a modern person!

But when it comes to actually doing that, he hasn't even interfered at all!

This does not mean that he is powerful, but that he has insights that are simply beyond the reach of ancient people, as well as knowledge that has been slightly precipitated in the era of information explosion.

When the Sixth Emperor Brother first arrived in Qinchuan, he hit the nail on the head with just a few words, and accurately pointed out Zhao Zheng's two major mistakes that he didn't have time to think about!

This made Zhao Zheng stunned, but finally understood what a genius is and what is talented!

As for yourself?

Even in his previous life, he was just an ordinary clerk.

Doing repetitive work that anyone can replace at will, with a meager salary, and still having some unattainable dreams all day long.

He finally suddenly realized that he was not the king of Qin Zhao Zheng like the Holy Lord of the Ming Monarch, but just an ordinary little social animal!

Even if you cross over, you can't change this at all!

Therefore, after thinking about these truths in an instant and recognizing his true level, Zhao Zheng made a more determined decision!

How can I have the ability to participate in the succession?

With his own IQ, he is not afraid that he will be played to death by others?

So, throw away those unrealistic fantasies!

It's better to be honest and be an ordinary idle vassal king......

……

"I asked myself, what is the talent of heaven?

This is talented, intelligent, and talented, that is, it is a natural talent.

However, when he met Queen Qin, he knew that he was always introspective, and he knew that he would change his mistakes, which was for the talent of Tianzhong!

Since then, I have been three times a day. ”

- "Essays on Wandering Immortals", Anonymous