went out in person, and negotiated a huge deal with the situation, and Yang Jian was in a good mood.

In the face of Xu Geng's tentative request, given that the transaction was also facilitated by him, Yang Jian had no reason to refuse people, of course, he continued to be cheerful:

"If you are really at ease, what is the king's concern? Hehehe! ”

Ye Jizhong accompanied Yang Jian back to Jingzhou, and there was another Xu Geng beside him, although he had dealt with Xu Geng a few times.

But Yang Jian was present, Ye Jizhong had to take precautions against Xu Geng, only let him walk on his side, and did not allow him to get too close to Yang Jian.

Xu Geng's heart was half raised to his throat, until he entered Jingzhou City, and the scene in the city was similar to Guizhou, so he relaxed a little, and turned to Yang Jian and said:

"Presumably the prince won't remember me as a nobody."

"The subordinate Xu Geng, the former Luozhou government soldier."

"At that time, Zhou Qi was at war, and after the great victory of Zhou, the people of Luozhou received the favor of the prince, so that the people who endured hunger and cold in the city received relief in time, and the prince's kindness to the hungry people penetrated into the hearts of the people."

"The people under the rule of the prince will be stable and rich."

This rainbow fart was photographed, and Yang Jian was full of disappointment:

"It turned out to be from Luozhou, I guess I've seen it a few times before?"

Xu Geng nodded:

"The subordinates have seen the prince dozens of times, and the prince has a heavy responsibility and is busy with affairs, so it is common sense that he has no impression of the subordinates."

Thinking of the past, Yang Jian felt tired in his heart, in order to help the hungry people in Luozhou who were hungry and cold, he was tired day and night.

And before going to Los Angeles, the situation in Hezhou was worse than in Los Angeles.

For more than a month, he couldn't even sleep, and the more he thought about it, the more tired he felt.

"Ye Thorn History, from the perspective of this king, this will be a bridge between Jingzhou and Guizhou in the future, and you must be hospitable."

Yang Jian told Ye Jizhong that greeting guests is not the most important thing Yang Jian thinks, and how to make money from Zhou through Guizhou is the first priority.

After a few polite praises to Xu Geng, Yang Jian led a group of entourages and left Fang Street first.

Xu Geng finally breathed a sigh of relief, the coercion from the king was like an invisible pressure pressing on his heart, which made people feel a lot of pressure.

Ye Jizhong also appreciated Xu Geng's boldness, if it weren't for him, I'm afraid there would be no movement in that field now.

Now that the negotiation was completed, and he knew what Yang Jian wanted, Ye Jizhong directly talked to Xu Geng about the first salt transaction.

Xu Geng took advantage of the situation to ask Ye Jizhong for a pass order on the grounds of facilitating transactions, so that he could travel between the two places, inform Guizhou to prepare payment, and reach a deal with Jingzhou.

Thinking about it, it was a good proposal, and Ye Jizhong readily agreed.

With the passage of time, more and more people came out of Jingzhou.

In the beginning, these people came out with stones with temptation and exchanged them with the Guizhou caravan for the goods they wanted, such as grain, cloth, and so on.

After a long time, they gradually realized that not only was the exchange of stones for money real, but also that the caravan in Guizhou had clearly marked the price of a liter of rice, millet and various qualities of coarse linen in addition to collecting stones.

After exchanging enough goods, these people gradually changed from wanting goods to wanting some money as savings.

lest there be no stones in the future, and they can still have money to come out and buy things.

In addition, there are also people in Jingzhou who take out their home-woven cloth to sell, and I don't know whether the people who buy it are Guizhou or Jingzhou.

In short, as long as the price is right, the people who buy it will be cheap.

……

A total of three thousand-mile ships loaded with the same track docked at the Wujiang Ship Yard in the southern suburbs of Fengzhou.

After unloading the goods on the spot, the laborers followed the official road plan that Xiao Renchang had already envisioned, starting from the east bank of the Wujiang River, and laying the same track along the road according to the laying specifications, so that the same track slowly spread straight towards Guizhou.

According to Xiao Renchang's vision, if a straight line between Fengzhou and Guizhou could be opened, then those who went to Guizhou from the Central Plains would no longer have to go southwest to bypass Yelang, and then go east from Yelang to Guizhou.

Just go straight south from Fengzhou to Guizhou.

This move can shorten the distance between Guizhou and Chang'an by three percent!

Fengzhou is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, only more than 100 miles away from Chuzhou, which has many tributaries of the Yangtze River.

When the same track of Fenggui is paved, presumably the waterway network south of Chang'an will also open up the Wei River.

At that time, it will only take ten days to travel back and forth from Guizhou to Chang'an, which can save 20 days of travel and fatigue than before!

It is not easy to open up the official road, and it is the Fenggui area where the mountains are all over the place.

Xiao Renchang continued to expand the scale of labor along the way, and started construction at a rate of ten miles a day.

You must know that the southern suburbs of Fengzhou are nearly a thousand miles away from Guizhou, and at this speed, it will take three or four months to complete.

At the same time, the main official roads in Guizhou are also laying the same tracks, so as to connect the state capital and the seven counties of Guizhou more efficiently, and promote the exchange between the seven counties and the state capital.

In Xiao Renchang's planning, there is one long-distance official road, and there are seven official roads in the territory, and in the city where the state capital is located, the layout of Fang Street must also be re-planned.

It is not necessary to build a square street first, but to open up the road first, and the people in the territory who can see the value of the road will gather in the planned square street area one after another, and after purchasing land from the government, they will build houses.

Everything is working out in an orderly manner.

The local treasury simply can't support such a large-scale fortification, and everything is borne by Chang'an.

I can't imagine that all parts of the country are spending such a huge amount of money, will Beijing not be able to hold on?

Now Guizhou can be said to be unable to make ends meet, and the income of the salt class has also been reduced by at least 10% due to the purchase of Lingnan sea salt, and the territory is also full of two kinds of colored stones transported from Jingzhou.

Before the road was opened, these colored stones could not be transported out, so they could only be piled up in Guizhou for the time being.

While excited that Guizhou would have the same official road, and worried that Guizhou's current situation would make Chang'an unable to hold on, a matter came with the newly sent Lang official of the Zhuzhu Bureau.

After listening to Lang Guan's explanation, Xiao Renchang suddenly realized what was the use of asking for these stones!

"This color stone, in fact, the Central Plains people do not know what the copper ore, blue color stone is a fine mine in the copper mine, the lowest copper rate of two percent, as high as two and a half percent."

"In other words, one pound of colored stones can be smelted into at least three taels of copper, and three taels of copper can be minted thirty-five five-baht coins, which is the lowest output."

"There are no coal mines in Lingnan, and the process of smelting copper from coal has been quite mature.

When Xiao Renchang heard these words, his inner reaction was shocking!

Isn't this "bullying" people?

It is equivalent to the people of Jingzhou using fifty dollars as ten dollars?

Just because they don't have the ability to smelt copper?

Nowadays, many of the people of Jingzhou who enter and leave the field bring stones out to exchange for five baht.

A pound of stone is exchanged for ten dollars, and after it is exchanged, the foundry can cast a pound of stone into fifty dollars.

Then use this money to "buy" stones from the people of Jingzhou......

One pound for five pounds, five pounds for twenty-five pounds...... Oh, my God!

It's really bullying Jingzhou people who don't understand!