"I have been away from Zhao for less than a year, and Zhao has changed so much."

Lu Buwei stood outside Yecheng, looking at the straight cement road in front of him, all the way north from Yecheng, disappearing at the end of the earth, and muttered.

Before coming to Zhao State, Lü Buwei always felt that no matter how great Zhao Kuo's ability was, it would be impossible to develop Zhao State to the point where he could compare with Qin State in just half a year.

But since entering the Zhao State, Lü Buwei clearly felt that the Zhao State was much richer than the Qin State, and there were a lot more smiles on the faces of the people, and there were a bunch of people on the side of the road paving the road with a kind of gray-white mud and stones, and from time to time there would be a group of people carrying tools to the registration place to sign up for a job.

"Excuse me, are you building roads?" Lü Buwei walked to the side of the road, found a group of workers who were building the road, leaned over and said.

"Can't you see with your eyes? White blind with such big eyes. A man said impatiently.

In less than half an hour, seven or eight people had already asked them, and they were almost annoyed by the questions.

The man really doesn't understand, what is there to ask about such a simple question?

"I'm sorry." Lü Buwei took out a handful of copper coins from his arms and put them in the man's hand.

"If this noble man has anything to ask, just ask, I promise to know what to say." The man grabbed the copper coin, showed a long-lost smile on his face, patted his chest and said.

There is no problem that cannot be solved with money, and if there is, it must be that there is not enough money!

"What is this? I don't seem to have seen it before. Lu Buwei pointed to the cement and said.

"This is cement, paving, it is said that the Mo family made it out, mixed with yellow sand, and then put on stones, you can pave the road, the cement paved road can walk even if it rains, and the road surface is very smooth, will not bump up and down, especially easy to use." The man said proudly.

"Mo family ......" Lu Buwei pondered secretly in his heart.

Zhao has a Mo family, and I have a Qin family, and the ink people in the world are one family, there is no reason why the Mo family of Zhao State can get it, and the Mo family of my Qin State can't get it.

Lü Buwei decided to write a letter to the King of Qin later, asking him to order the ink masters of Xianyang to develop cement.

He didn't know how much pain this move had caused to Qin Mo, in the eyes of King Qin, Zhao Guo could make it, so there should be no difficulty, so he only gave Mo three months......

almost drove Qin Mo crazy, but he couldn't make cement, and some ink artists chose to flee from Qin in order to avoid oppression.

"Isn't this road repaired? Why are you still repairing? Lu Buwei pointed to the cement road and said.

The road is wide and flat, at least able to accommodate two six-horse carriages in parallel, this is still just Yecheng, it is conceivable that the road in Handan must be wider.

"It's only half done, and half of it hasn't been repaired." The man shook his head and said.

In order to open to traffic as soon as possible, Zhao Kuo specially ordered one side of the road to be repaired first, and then the other side after it was repaired.

"I see." After a little thought, Lü Buwei understood the benefits of doing so.

"Can everyone take this path?" Lü Buwei asked.

In the State of Qin, the middle part of the official road was reserved for the King of Qin, the middle sides were reserved for nobles and officials, and only the outermost part was reserved for commoners, but the cement road in front of him did not seem to be like this, and Lü Buwei saw all kinds of people walking on it.

"Hmm...... No, you don't need to pay if you just walk, but you need to pay if you drive. However, it is not expensive, for example, this road, from Yecheng to Handan, only costs 20 yuan per carriage. The man explained.

"Instead of taking money from the commoners, it takes money from the nobles." Lü Buwei was a little surprised.

In these years, there is not a single commoner who can drive around, and the worst is a down-and-out nobleman like Lü Buwei.

Twenty dollars is not a small amount for a commoner, and he may not be able to earn so much money in a hard day, but it is nothing for a nobleman.

"Thank you, brother." Lu Buwei took out some copper coins and put them in the man's hand, "This is the money for inviting the brothers to drink." ”

"The noble man is really magnificent, and he will definitely be able to become the ruler of a country in the future." The man held the copper coin and said happily.

"I really don't know how Zhao Guo feeds so many people." Prince Zhu stepped down from the carriage, looked into the distance, and muttered.

Originally, Lü Buwei planned to come alone, but later Fan Ju told Qin Wangji that at this time, half of the world's famous doctors had already returned to Zhao, so why not let Prince Zhu as a deputy envoy and come to Zhao with Lü Buwei to see if he could find a famous doctor.

If you can find a famous doctor, you will have your own share of credit.

If he failed to find a famous doctor, even if the king of Qin would not say anything, he would be disappointed in his heart with Lü Buwei, who accompanied the prince to the state of Zhao.

In case the prince pillar has three long and two short on the road, Lü Buwei will be even more affected.

After Lü Buwei learned of this, he readily agreed, he had already been favored by Qin Wangji and Yiren, but there was still a prince pillar between the two, if he could make friends with the prince pillar again and gain the appreciation of the three generations of his ancestors and grandchildren, his future status would be completely stable.

The avenue is full of traffic, and there is an endless stream of merchants, whether it is out of the city or into the city, the cars are full of goods, among which the grain merchants are the majority, and they are constantly driving towards Handan.

Since half a year ago, Zhao Guo has been buying grain at market prices, and it has never been stopped.

Grain merchants from all over the world poured into Handan, although later because there were too many grain merchants, the price of grain in Handan was slightly lower than that in other places, but grain merchants still continued to transport grain to Handan.

The earnings are a little less, but there is a guarantee!

The government is there, no matter how it will not lose, and Zhao State has preferential treatment for grain merchants, as long as it is a grain merchant who enters Zhao State from other places, the entry tax is completely exempt, and it is not a loss.

Even other merchants, in order to save some entry tax, began to find ways to sell some grain to Zhao when selling goods.

"Childe noticed that there were no merchants in the past, and a small half of them were transporting grain." Lü Buwei pointed to the passing merchants.

"Are you saying that Zhao Guo buys grain from other countries and then distributes it to these people who work?" Prince Zhu said in surprise.

That's right, in his opinion, Zhao is to distribute food, because other countries never spend money on conscription.

Lu Buwei nodded.

"But where did Zhao Guo get so much money to buy food?" Prince Zhu said.

With so much grain every day, not to mention the Zhao State, even the Qin State can't support it.

"This ...... The subordinates are also not clear. Lu Buwei shook his head.

He has been doing business in the Central Plains since he was a child, and he has been in Handan for several years, so he knows Zhao Guo very well. After the first battle of the Shangdang, the country was exhausted, and even the nobles were in the state of eating wheat rice, and he really couldn't understand where King Zhao got so much money.

Could it be that King Zhao will make money?