"I heard that today's Yan'an Fort, but a lot of people came, the cloth merchants in Ganzhou have come, you see, this road is full of cars and horses, Qinghe County is probably not so lively...... Wang Jianbei sat in the carriage, looked at the crowd on the road, sighed, and then turned his head and looked at Yan Liqiang, "This Yan'an Fort is connected to the official road, I think it is also newly built, spacious enough!"

"It's really new, the original road is decades old, it's a little narrow, it's muddy when it rains, it's very inconvenient, so I took the opportunity of this Yan'an Fort to build it, I asked people to rebuild this road!" Yan Liqiang replied.

Today, the woolen mill was officially opened, there was an opening ceremony, and in the past few days, Wang Jianbei, who had heard that the Yan family could turn wool into treasure spinning cloth, faced with the major events in Pingxi County, naturally did not turn a blind eye, but had already sent someone to Yan Liqiang to say that he wanted to come and see it today, since the county guard appreciated his face, Yan Liqiang of course couldn't ask for it, so early in the morning, Yan Liqiang personally ran to the dock in Qinghe County to meet Wang Jianbei, and then took a carriage with Wang Jianbei.

The people who greeted Wang Jianbei also included the county magistrate of Qinghe County and officials from several places, although the county magistrate was the parent official of a county, but he was not qualified to ride in the same car with Wang Jianbei, so he could only sit in the carriage behind.

"This is a good thing, and it is also what the local squire should do, you see that once this road is repaired, in addition to the convenience of Yan'an Fort, several villages and towns along the way are also convenient!"

"There is a saying that if you want to get rich, build a road first, I don't know if adults have heard of it!" Yan Liqiang responded with a smile, and naturally said a slogan that he often saw in the countryside in his previous life, "This road is open, the transportation is convenient, it is convenient for Shanjia to come and go, the outside things can be transported in, the things inside can be transported out, the goods and money are exchanged, and the people are convenient to come and go, and the life of the local people can slowly get better!"

"Yes, if you want to be rich, build roads first, this sentence makes sense, the reason why our Han Empire is rich in the Silver Continent is also due to the empire's huge investment in official roads, two hundred years ago, Zhu Zichang, a generation of famous ministers, also put forward an ambitious plan, wanting to use forty years to upgrade all the official roads of the Han Empire to a straight road that can connect the states and counties, but unfortunately this plan costs a lot, many people do not agree, and in the end only part of the straight road was built in Gyeonggi and other places, after Zhu Zichang Xian went, this plan also stopped, although Zhu Zichang's straight road plan was not completed, but today the Han Empire dominates the silver continent, immeasurably rich, but also thanks to the official roads of the entire Han Empire that can connect the states!"

Yan Liqiang is the first time to hear that the Han Empire two hundred years ago there was a prime minister proposed to build a straight road, the straight road, built on the basis of the official road, should be more advanced than the official road, and as soon as he heard the name, it made Yan Liqiang think of the highway, people in this era have such a vision, it really makes Yan Liqiang admire the five bodies.

"The construction of the straight road is indeed a huge project, and the consumption is huge, but if one day the way of Gewu can go further, it may be able to turn the wish of Zhu Zichang, a famous minister of the Han Empire, into reality!" Yan Liqiang said calmly, the steam engine has been built, but it has not yet been popularized on a large scale, and when the steam engine is popularized in the Han Empire in the future, the productivity will go to a higher level, and it will not be difficult to increase the output of steel and make transportation such as trains and cars, especially trains, this kind of thing really wants to be made, and the effect is greater than that of a straight road.

"Yes, now in Pingxi City, there are already two mills of water and fire machines, I have seen those water and fire machines, they are indeed good things, saving time and effort!" Wang Jianbei bowed his head slightly, looking at the green farmland on the side of the road outside the window, the green farmland, all the wheat is planted, it is now April, the wheat in the farmland has reached the time of tasseling and flowering, the breeze is blowing, the wheat waves in the farmland are rolling, even if you sit in the car, you seem to be able to smell the unique intoxicating field atmosphere of the wheat flowers between heaven and earth, and this breath seems to make the county guard of Pingxi County think of something, and his eyes suddenly become deep and a little beating," That last time you had a dream with me about the Shaturists...... Is it true?"

After the last trip to the county guard's house, Yan Liqiang thought that Wang Jianbei was no longer interested in this topic, but he didn't expect to hear him take the initiative to mention it at this time, and he was slightly surprised, "If I don't do anything, maybe it may be true, for me, it doesn't matter if it's true or not, I just want to have a clear conscience, why did the adult suddenly think of asking this?"

"Actually, I've been thinking about what you said to me these days, and I found that you are now preparing to hoard food, which shows how bad your judgment of the future is, how can I turn a blind eye!" Wang Jianbei sighed and said, in the past few days, the entire Pingxi County and Ganzhou have been attracted by the news that Yan Liqiang used wool to make fabrics, and even countless people chased Yan Liqiang's tail and began to buy wool everywhere, enclosing land, ready to follow Yan Liqiang to make a fortune, but as the county guard of Pingxi County, he knew that Yan Liqiang's eyes at the moment had already turned to grain, and Tairuifeng Grain Store, the largest grain merchant in Pingxi County, had quietly begun to buy grain in various parts of Ganzhou, build granaries, and hoard a lot in Pingxi County, Lujiazhuang and Yan'anbao.

Wang Jianbei as a local parent official, the flow of food, an important material to stabilize the people's livelihood, is naturally particularly concerned, Tai Ruifeng in Pingxi County grain purchase action is very careful, almost did not cause too much fluctuation in food prices, Wang Jianbei noticed Tai Ruifeng's action, or the news from the Assassin Mansion, Tai Ruifeng this year in other counties in Ganzhou to purchase food far more than in the past, this attracted the attention of the county guard, and then passed the news to the Pingxi County Guard's attention, Wang Jianbei let people check, only to find that Huanglong County Lu family and Tai Ruifeng's big shopkeeper is the son and daughter of the family, a daughter of the old man Lu, is the eldest young grandmother of Tai Ruifeng, and Yan Liqiang provided a large amount of silver behind his back through the Lu family, and cooperated with Tairuifeng to let Tairuifeng start to store grain.

If it was someone else's stockpile, it would be fine, but Yan Liqiang had told him that bloody and terrifying dream before, Wang Jianbei couldn't help beating the drum in his heart. Except for a few places that have suffered natural disasters, food is not scarce in the peaceful and prosperous times, and there is no need to hoard a large number of food, only when the world is chaotic, people will hoard a large amount of food, and the preciousness of food can also be reflected. In the heyday, it was not a problem to buy a few truckloads of grain with a tael of gold, but when it was really time for a war to be in chaos, a tael of gold might only be able to buy a few steamed buns.

The expression on Yan Liqiang's face did not show any panic, but calm, and he looked at Wang Jianbei's eyes honestly, " This Pingxi County is just a place for adults to be officials, it is a point on the adult's career, a process, leaving Pingxi County, adults can be county guards wherever they go, and it is even possible to continue to rise in the future, but for me, this Pingxi County is the place where I was born and raised, the mountains and rivers here, the villagers and elders here, are all connected with my blood, and cannot be separated, I will never allow anyone to turn this place into a dead domain, since I have the ability now, no matter whether the dream I and the adults said will appear or not, I must prepare for the worst in advance, and wait until this autumn harvest, Terifeng's efforts to purchase grain will increase, and it will continue to increase next year, it will still be the same the year after tomorrow, even if all the money to buy grain is wasted for me, I don't care, I can afford to lose ......"

"Even if I don't agree, you're going to have to prepare to deal with the Shatu people, right?" Wang Jianbei asked, staring into Yan Liqiang's eyes.

"What happens to the Shatu people in Pingxi City, the adults have the final say, but if something happens to those Shatu people who leave Pingxi City, it has nothing to do with the adults!"

"If I'm willing to help you drive out the Shatu people in Pingxi City, how should I clean up the mess left in the Shatu people gathering area in Pingxi City? Now the county guard of Pingxi County doesn't have much balance after subtracting various expenses from the annual taxes, so I can't take out so much money to clean up that mess!" Wang Jianbei suddenly asked.

"If the adults can drive away the Shatu people in Pingxi City, I am willing to buy the mess in the Shatu people gathering area in Pingxi City for two million taels of silver!" Yan Liqiang said categorically.

"Two million taels?" Wang Jianbei asked next.

"Two million taels!" Yan Liqiang nodded.

"Okay, deal, the mess of the Shatu people in Pingxi City will be handed over to you!" Wang Jianbei's face suddenly appeared a smile, and he said intimately, "It doesn't matter if you don't have so much silver for a while, I'll talk to Lord Thorn Shi, you can use the future income of the salt farm as collateral!"

"My lord, can I regret it!" Yan Liqiang rubbed his nose, looked at his palm, and his face was strange, "How do I feel that those Shatu people in Pingxi City seem to be in love with your way, I paid for it, and those Shatu people in the city were packaged and sold to me by your lordship, dozens of taels of silver each,...... Wait a minute...... This idea is not from Lord Shi's ......"

"Ahem...... Cough...... The Shatu people are indeed a big problem for my big henchmen!" Wang Jianbei's old face flushed slightly, "I just told Lord Thorn Shi about your idea......"

Yan Liqiang stared at Wang Jianbei for a while, and suddenly said, "I heard that the county order of our Qinghe County will be due to his age in a few months, how about I recommend a new county order for adults?"

Wang Jianbei was also stunned for a moment, "Just one?"

"Two, the county order of Qinghe County plus the county lieutenant of Huanglong County patrolling the yamen!"

The two men in the carriage looked at each other for a few seconds, then raised their palms together and slapped each other......

Deal!

"I want to ask, who is the county magistrate of Qinghe County that you want to promote?" Wang Jianbei, the county lieutenant of Huanglong County, didn't bother to ask, it must be someone from the Lu family, he was just curious about the candidate for the county magistrate of Qinghe County that Yan Liqiang wanted to promote, even if Yan Liqiang pushed his father out, to be honest, Wang Jianbei was not surprised, if Yan Liqiang wanted two county magistrate positions, to be honest, Wang Jianbei might be a little hesitant and a little unhappy, but a county magistrate and a county lieutenant were just within the range that he could accept, which was a partner in this transaction and a reassurance to Yan Liqiang.

"Don't worry, that person's qualifications and prestige won't embarrass adults!"

Wang Jianbei nodded......

The carriage has arrived at Yan'an Fort, and the entrance to Yan'an Fort at this time has been blocked......