Chapter 386 Tolls

"How do I verify?" Lees asked again.

Qin An said: "There is no equipment verification, only through practice verification. If the preliminary calculations are correct, then he can use one day and one night, or even ten days and ten nights without problems.

If it doesn't work, it will malfunction or even explode at any time. So this experiment needs someone to take the risk of doing it. ”

"I'll arrange it for the person doing the experiment." Ying Zheng said, "You just need to tell me when you can do it." ”

Qin An said: "I need to refine petroleum into diesel or gasoline first. ”

"How long will that take?"

"I don't know, it's in the chemistry category, I'm from science and technology, so I need to experiment."

"Yes, I'll arrange the oil. You can just experiment, as long as you can succeed, you can do anything. Ying Zheng said.

Qin An said, "Thank you, father-in-law. ”

"I should thank you a lot, as long as you make a new cultivator, then the people of ten miles and eight towns will thank you."

"Actually, I don't need to invent it, and after two and a half years, I can help me buy a few farming and harvesting machines.

However, the father-in-law wants to use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the imperial court.

Speaking of which, my father-in-law can use the two grenades I gave you, did he show the combat power of the Mo Dao soldiers and special forces? Qin An asked.

Ying Zheng smiled and said: "No, this is my hole card, if it can be exposed, it will not be exposed, but if the court does not give me face, I will definitely not give them face." ”

"Did they come back this time?" Qin An asked.

"Not really." Ying Zheng said, "For now, let them stay for a while, in case the court doesn't give me face, I can use them."

This time, the court gave us a lot of problems and wanted me to help them solve them, and we didn't know much about it, so we came to the village to ask you for advice, and then we had to go back in a few days. ”

"What's the problem?" Qin An asked.

Ying Zheng looked at Meng Yi and the others, and asked, "Which of you asks first?" ”

"Lao Feng asks first." Meng Yi said.

Feng Qujian nodded, he didn't give in, and said, "Then let me ask first, the imperial court wants to use the entire ten miles and eight villages on cement roads, does Mr. think it's feasible?" ”

"Absolutely. Now the outside world basically uses cement roads. It's a good thing that the imperial court has such an idea, so that after two and a half years, everyone will not become at a loss when they go outside, and they will not be able to adapt for a while. Qin An replied.

"But the imperial court didn't have enough money and food to recruit too many people to build roads." Feng Qujian said.

Qin An suddenly frowned and said, "Of course it won't work if you don't give money." ”

"And what can you do to solve this matter?" Feng Qujian asked.

"It's very simple, the country has no money to attract investment." Qin An said, "I read a book, a county order came to a poor county seat.

The county town wants money but no money, and there is no food for food, even if it is an errand boy, it is hungry and full.

In such a county, the newly arrived county order directly carried out drastic reforms, first of all, to attract investment. Let the merchants come to their own county seats.

But this county has been impoverished to the point that birds don't poop, what's so appealing? ”

"Sir, don't sell it, just say it." Feng Qujian said a little anxiously.

Qin An smiled and said, "Okay, you listen to me in detail." The first is to build roads, but there is no money to build roads, so the county order gathered the merchants in the city, and by the way, posted notices in the next few counties.

The notice said that a county town was going to build a road, so it attracted businessmen from all over the world to take on the responsibility of building roads.

After a road is built, the merchants who contribute to it will have the right to collect fees for 30 years. ”

"The right to charge?" Ying Zheng asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Qin An said with a smile: "It's just a fee, and people or carriages need to pay if they want to take this road." ”

"What? Do you have to pay for walking? Meng Wu shouted, "I have never heard of such a ridiculous thing, this weight loss is a robbery of money." ”

"Old Meng, don't be so excited." Qin An said.

Meng Yi also immediately asked Meng Wu to sit down: "The village chief is here, don't be presumptuous." ”

Although Meng Wu sat down, he was not convinced.

Qin An glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "I know everyone is very puzzled, before I explain, I want to ask, compared to your previous roads, who is better and who is bad?" ”

"The cement road is 10,000 times better. In the past, the road was potholed, and even the best carriage was shaky, but on the concrete road, even the worst carriage was stable and comfortable. Feng Qujian said.

Qin An nodded and asked again: "What is the speed of the cement, in the same place, how long did you originally have to walk, and how long do you have to walk now?" ”

Meng Yi said: "I have calculated this, it originally took three or four hours, but now it only takes one hour, and the speed has been shortened by more than half." ”

Qin An bowed his head and said, "That's right." Imagine that you are a businessman, and you have to go to the county seat with a full cart of goods to sell, and it originally took three days to walk, but now it only takes one day.

Which path did you choose? ”

"Concrete roads, of course." Feng Qujian said.

"In this case, I now set up a checkpoint in the middle of the concrete road, and pedestrians who want to pass only need one penny, three to ten cents on the road, and more caravans.

Are you willing to pay to cross this road? Qin An asked again.

"Oh, by the way, the toll on this road is subject to official documents, that is, the government agrees." Qin An added.

At this time, the crowd fell silent.

Ying Zheng said: "If the government agrees, I believe everyone is willing to pay." ”

Meng Yi said: "The village chief is right, I am willing to pay the toll. Compared with the original distance and consumption, I am still willing to pay such a small toll. ”

Feng Qu hurriedly said: "That's true, pedestrians and carriages cost more than ten cents a day.

And for merchants, the sooner they get to their destination, the more they are likely to earn. ”

"Yes." Qin An said, "For businessmen, time is money, and they won't save these ten cents."

You can think about it, once the road toll is paid, how much can you collect in a day? This county order relied on such an incident to attract countless merchants.

What is needed to build a cement road is cement, and the county magistrate immediately prepared a piece of land near the county seat for merchants to bid on themselves, and they could build a cement workshop by winning this land.

In this way, the county will have an additional income from the sale of land.

And then use the proceeds to buy food. This grain is the worst grain and is mixed with sand.

And then they gave to the people, and they used this kind of food to give to the people. ”

"Bastard, that county order is simply looking for death." Meng Wu jumped up again, and actually used grain mixed with sand to help the people, which is simply not treating the people as human beings.

Some people died, but not completely......