The newly opened [Baichuan Restaurant] in Xianyang is naturally the handiwork of Mojun.

It's just that Mo Jun's main purpose in opening this restaurant is not to make money, but to advertise Hanzhong County.

Now on the Qinling Mountains, although the [Qinping Avenue] has been opened, not many people know about it.

If you follow the normal trajectory, if this news wants to spread all over Xianyang, and even the entire Qin State, it is basically impossible to do it in a year or two.

After all, in this era of travel and shouting, the speed of news transmission is not fast.

In addition, the area around Qinling is not a route that merchants often go to, and if there is not enough profit temptation, perhaps most businessmen will not necessarily go to Qinling once in their lives.

Therefore, if Mojun wants to develop Hanzhong, he must first let these businessmen know the existence of [Qinping Avenue].

And the reason why these exotic 'melons, fruits and vegetables' are used as bait is the plan that Mo Jun made at the beginning, as early as before this year's spring planting, Mo Jun has already distributed a large number of vegetable seeds to the people of the entire Hanzhong.

Now that the vegetables and vegetables in Hanzhong are ripe, after all these vegetables are sold, it will be a new income for the people of Hanzhong.

As for the 'heating' and 'bath' on the third and fourth floors of [Baichuan Restaurant], as well as the so-called 'invitation' on the fifth floor, it is actually mainly a gimmick.

After all, this restaurant is located in the capital of Qin, and it is also the most prosperous DC area in Xianyang.

As for the business profitability of the restaurant itself, Mo Jun's requirements are also very simple, as long as he does not lose too much.

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A few days later.

Line after line of convoys, slowly appeared in front of the entrance of Qinping Avenue.

Most of these convoys have one thing in common, that is, the number of horse-drawn carriages is extremely large, but the goods on each cart are very small, generally only about three or four hundred catties.

This is over the Qinling Mountains······

No.

To be precise, it should be the standard configuration for caravans to cross the Qinling Mountains in the past, because the 'Shu Road' in the past was winding and narrow, and the road was difficult and dangerous, if a carriage was loaded with too many goods, many places could not be crossed at all.

Therefore, in the past, merchants rarely went to Hanzhong, because the time, energy and freight costs consumed on the way were too high, and the profits of most goods were simply not worth the cost of crossing the Qinling Mountains.

If it weren't for the temptation of the 'business opportunity' thrown out by Mo Jun this time, it is estimated that these people might not be willing to take the risk of going to Hanzhong.

But even so.

The real goal of these merchants' trips is not 'exotic vegetables', but the seeds of these vegetables.

Because the shelf life of fresh vegetables is not long, and the caravan crosses the Qinling Mountains once, even if the journey is smooth, it is estimated that it will take at least five or six days.

When I returned to Xianyang from Hanzhong, these fresh vegetables were estimated to have already rotted.

Above.

They were all businessmen who went to Hanzhong on this trip, the original idea.

But when they came to the entrance of [Qinping Avenue], a group of people were instantly stunned.

"This ······ When did such a road come into existence? ”

"The ground material of this road feels very similar to the floor of [Baichuan Restaurant]!"

"Could it be that this road can lead directly to Hanzhong?"

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A group of businessmen couldn't help but start to get agitated.

And at this moment, I only heard a loud roar coming from the front: "If you want to pass from [Qinping Avenue], come here to pay money, one yuan for a single pass, five dollars for horses, and ten dollars for carriages." If you are carrying goods, less than 50 catties are free, and if you exceed the amount, you will be charged according to the weight. ”

The person who opened the door in front of him was the 'toll collector' here.

Voices are heard.

The group of merchants hesitated for a moment, then walked over and asked, "Can this road lead to Hanzhong?" ”

The toll collector glanced at them and said, "At present, [Qinping Avenue] can go directly to Hanzhong, and in the second half of next year, or the first half of the year after that, Qinping Avenue will connect the land of Bashu." ”

"Bashu?"

The merchant who opened his mouth couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

He obviously didn't expect that he just asked if he could go directly to Hanzhong here, but he didn't expect the 'toll collector' to reveal another more exciting news.

After a brief silence.

Not only the businessman who opened his mouth to ask, but even the other businessmen in the line behind them all exploded in an instant.

"Bashu? Can this place go straight to Bashu? ”

"How is that possible?"

"It can't be true! If this is the case, doesn't that mean that we can go directly to the land of Bashu to do business in the future. ”

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However, it is impossible for any qualified merchant of the Qin State not to know the business opportunities in the land of Bashu.

As the granary of the Qin State, the land of Bashu is not only cheap, but also rich in land and resources, full of infinite possibilities.

It's just that in the past, there have always been Qinling, Micang Mountain, and Daba Mountain in front of everyone, so countless Qin merchants can only sit and watch Jinshan, but there is nothing they can do.

But if it is really like what the 'toll collector' in front of him said, a road to Bashu will be built in the future, then the wealth represented behind it is enough to make people's hearts beat faster just thinking about it.

"Are you true?"

A businessman couldn't help but say excitedly.

The toll collector rolled his eyes and said, "Nonsense, this avenue was personally supervised by Sheng Pingjun, is it possible that you think that his old man will deceive a character like you?" ”

"Okay, don't waste my time here, I'll pay if I want to pass by, but just get out of the way, don't delay others."

Hearing the toll collector mention the name of Shengping Jun, these merchants also quickly calmed down.

Again, that's the same sentence.

Nowadays, almost all the people who can do business in Xianyang have a certain amount of power behind them.

Therefore, these businessmen have more or less some understanding of the current situation in Xianyang. If it were someone else, saying that they would build a road to heaven in the midst of a steep mountain like the Qinling Mountains, they might still be a little skeptical.

But if this road is really from the handwriting of Sheng Pingjun, then there is a high probability that this news is true.

That's it.

Although these businessmen have calmed down on the surface, their hearts have not only failed to calm down, but have become more and more excited and excited.

The crowd paid the toll in turn.

The toll standard set by Mo Jun was not too high, and these merchants each carried about ten carriages, each of which contained about three or four hundred catties (two catties of Qin) of goods.

On average, each person pays less than 200 yuan in tolls.

This can be a lot of money for the average person.

But for these businessmen, it's a drop in the bucket.

After all, from the very beginning, Mojun's purpose in building this road was to drain Hanzhong, not to make a profit.

When the flow of people attracted by Hanzhong is large enough, these people themselves will become Mojun's greatest wealth.

Walk from Qinping Avenue.

There is basically not much difference between the speed of the convoy and the horse-drawn carriage.

It's only three hours.

More than a dozen merchants led their respective convoys and entered the territory of Hanzhong.

Seeing such a speed of travel, these businessmen themselves couldn't help but be taken aback.

It's too fast.

This speed is simply faster than they can travel on flat ground, after all, even on flat dirt soil, there are occasionally potholes.

And in order to prevent damage to the goods, most merchants generally have to slow down when encountering such roads.

However, driving on this [Qinping Avenue], there is no such worry at all, and the whole process is unbelievably flat.

"Huh? Are you a footman from out of town? ”

A dozen merchants had just entered the territory of Hanzhong, and before they had walked long, they saw a group of swarthy workers dressed in coarse linen clothes and carrying various hoes, copper shovels and other tools, and walked towards them.

These are road builders who have just finished work.

With the end of the autumn harvest, the second half of the [Qinping Avenue] leading to Bashu began to start construction again.

"Yes, we're all merchants who have just come from out of town."

Seeing someone asking, a group of businessmen smiled almost subconsciously.

Except for a very small number of honest people, most businessmen will still maintain a very amicable attitude even in the face of poorly dressed peasants.

No matter what you think in your heart, you will never see any flaws on the surface.

This is a kind of professionalism of businessmen.

The road builders, who had just finished work, didn't think much about it, but walked around to the back of the convoy and asked, "What goods did you all bring?" ”

A merchant laughed and said, "It's all ordinary cloth, as well as furs and other goods." Isn't winter coming soon? Just take advantage of this opportunity to earn some firewood money. ”

The road builder nodded approvingly, and said, "Speaking of which, my family's cloth has just run out recently, and not long ago, my mother-in-law was clamoring to buy some cloth and sew a few winter clothes for the children at home?" ”

"Since we happened to meet today, let's just buy some!"

"How do you sell the cloth here?"

The merchant came over, lifted the cover behind a carriage, took out a piece of cloth, and said with a smile: "This is the linen cloth woven by Nanjun, and it only costs a big dollar to buy two feet of ······."

Before the merchant finished speaking, he saw the road builder shake his head and said, "This kind of burlap cloth is okay to wear in summer, but it is too thin in winter, do you have any thicker cloth here?" ”

When the merchant heard this, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

When will these farmers who dig in the soil also care about the cloth? Didn't these guys always be able to afford this lowest kind of burlap?

Though he was a little surprised, the merchant showed no emotion on his face, but smiled and put away the burlap and took out another piece of cloth that was noticeably finer and thicker.

"How about you look at this fabric? This is a cloth woven from fine linen, a total of three layers, both the feel and the thickness, are several times stronger than the fabric just now. ”

The road builder pinched his hand, then nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Yes, that's it." How to sell this fabric? ”

The merchant smiled: "The price of this kind of fabric is a little higher, it takes three big dollars to buy a foot, if you really want to buy it, I can give you a cheaper price." ”

This price is actually not low, one foot of the Qin State is about 23.3 centimeters for later generations, and an adult needs at least seven or eight feet of fabric if he wants to make a piece of clothing.

That's more than 20 big coins, which is almost half the price of grain.

Generally, most of the thick fabrics like this can only be bought by the wealthy families of ordinary people, and ordinary farmers spend the winter, basically what fabrics can be bought, what fabrics are used, and there is no qualification to choose at all.

Originally, the merchant introduced this kind of cloth to the road builders out of professionalism, and in fact, he didn't really expect the farmer in front of him to buy it.

But what he didn't expect was that just as he finished speaking, he heard the road builder say: "This price is quite appropriate, okay, it's just this kind of fabric, you cut it for me······ If I think about it, I'll cut it in two! ”

Cloth seller: "Alas??? ”

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(End of chapter)