"Regarding the highway you mentioned, a few of us have also discussed it, and this is indeed a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people. "At the storm morning meeting, several councillors sat around and discussed some messy things.

"I've seen the concrete roads in your territory, and if there is a smooth road that can run through the east and west, it will be much easier for both marching and trade, but ...... Do you really have to pay for all the construction costs on your own?" all the councillors, including Bolval, looked at Zhang Li with strange expressions, obviously not understanding his proposal.

"That's right, you've also determined that my proposal is beneficial to the kingdom and harmless, so this proposal should be passable, right?" Zhang Li looked at everyone present with a smile on his face.

"That's right, but do you really have to bear all the costs? I know you're making a lot of money, but this ...... It's ......" Marcus looked pained, a stone path that ran through the entire Elwyn Forest, how much did it cost?

Everyone here didn't know what cement was, but it looked like it was stone, so they all wanted to persuade Zhang Li to give up this unreliable idea, and their new parliamentarians had a good relationship with each other, and they didn't want to see Zhang Li go bankrupt.

Zhang Li didn't explain anything, just smiled: "You have known me for so long, do you think I will do a loss-making business?"

"Not really, but are you sure anyone is willing to pay for the toll you mentioned?"

"I won't force tolls, there will still be dirt roads next to the road, if you don't want to pay, then you can continue to bump on the dirt road, my road is only for those who are willing to pay. ”

"But what if everybody doesn't want to pay?"

Zhang Li shook his head: "Let me give you an example, from Blackwell to Burnville's Shining Gold Town, it takes about a day to ride a horse, and it takes a long time to walk or carriage, at least two or three days, and this is still the case of not encountering puddles and some other accidents on the way." ”

"If a caravan of ten wagons were to do business in two places, they would need at least ten coachmen and ten escorts, which means that they would have to prepare food and water for twenty men for two or three days before they could go on the road. ”

Zhang Li stretched out his finger and calculated: "Two meals a day for civilians are enough, but at least one piece of black bread is required for one meal, right? So this caravan will consume forty pieces of black bread a day, and if you eat bread and don't drink water, that person will choke to death, a person needs at least two liters of water a day, and the entire caravan will be forty liters of water a day, so, according to the calculation of two days, eighty pieces of black bread and eighty liters of water must fill at least one carriage, even if the water can be found on the road, eighty pieces of black bread will waste half a car's position, I am right." ”

Everyone nodded.

"And once my highway is built, the originally bumpy dirt road is flat, which can shorten the time they spend on the road by at least half, and the original two-day journey becomes one day, which means that they only need to bring forty pieces of black bread, and the money I collect is the money for these forty pieces of black bread, on the surface it seems that they do not lose or earn, but don't forget that they also vacate the position of forty loaves of bread to load some more goods, with the position of these forty loaves of bread they can earn an extra forty of the money, and most importantly, they save a lot of time, time is money, others come and go for four days, you use two daysIf you can run twice twice as much as someone else's, then you'll earn twice as much money as others......"

Hearing Zhang Li say this, everyone showed a look of sudden realization.

"Toll tolls are certainly doable, but how can you be sure that no treacherous fellows will steal such a long road? ”

Zhang Li smiled slightly and said, " Toll booths, every few miles I will build a toll station, the distance is of course different, people who have paid the toll can get a note at the toll station, in other toll stations can be checked according to this note, of course, the note also has to do some anti-counterfeiting signs, if someone cheats, then directly heavy fines, confiscation of all property, as for those who do not want to pay but want to pass by, unless you don't be found by the toll booth people, of course, this is not foolproof, I also need some cavalry to patrol the road occasionally, and can also hire some hunters with flying pets, in short, with the enforcement power of the state, I don't think anyone will be stupid enough to be enemies of the government。 ”

The idea of the expressway is naturally borrowed by Zhang Li from the earth, everyone in the Celestial Empire knows that the expressway is simply a money grab, a single expressway is 20 million RMB a day, and the most bullish Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway can be recorded 35 million RMB a day, which is still the data of many years ago.

Although Azeroth doesn't have that much foot traffic, Zhang Li doesn't need to build expensive roads, but if it's just a cement road, with his current construction team, it won't cost much at all.

He roughly estimated that with the flow of caravans from Blackwell to Stormwind City, he would be able to recover the cost in half a year, and then it would be a pure profit.

His words made everyone present listen to them with a look of shame.

"Sounds great, but are you really sure you'll recoup your money in ten years? That's a whole stone road, how many castles can be built. ”

"If I can't get it back in ten years, I will contribute to the kingdom, of course, you can also choose the second option, that is, I will split the money with the treasury in a ratio of one to nine. ”

Zhang Li gave them two choices, one was that he would enjoy all the benefits of ten years alone after the cement road was built, and the other was that he and the treasury would split the money in a ratio of 1 to 9, of course, during this period, the roadside damage and other conditions that needed to be repaired were all allocated from these road fees.

In the eyes of outsiders, ten years is really risky, and the second plan is much more guaranteed, even if it takes hundreds of years to recover the cost, after a few hundred years, his children and grandchildren will also reach the time when they can make a profit, but such a long-term business can only make a profit, it is no different from losing money, and it may be joked.

"I think the second option is good, a win-win proposal is much better than a one-sided risk. "Marcus still doesn't have the consciousness of being a parliamentarian, and it is right that a parliamentarian should put the national interest first.

"I also think that the second option is better, it is always in the good interest of the country, and one person should not be allowed to take the risk. Pumilo seconded.

"I don't care, you decide for yourself, I'm not interested in that. Martin said, well, the appearance of the five-member parliament was originally for the sake of a tie in voting, and his abstention, even if Zhang Li and Bolval were both elected for ten years, it would be a tie.

As soon as Bovar saw this situation, he thought to himself that Zhang Li must choose one to nine, so he should not be a bad guy, so he also seconded it.

But!

But these were all vetoed by Zhang Li, just kidding, what he is fighting for is the last ten years, and the most important thing in the whole Azeroth is these ten years, and with some purposes that he can't explain, he won't play any trickles.

So the proposal for the expressway was passed, and Zhang Li soon began to prepare for it.

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PS: The protagonist's financial path is about to be explained.,Since this book is not a farming text.,So I don't want to break it up and crumple it to write about the construction of the territory.,I feel like there's a suspicion of cheating the number of words.,The next chapter begins to return to the main topic.。