"Of course, the road is not just about updating the carriages, there are other things."

Ye Yu slowly spoke, in the entire Southern Dynasty, he wants to open up the communication line!

Although it seems convenient with the road, it is not fast enough!

"Your Highness, what else?"

Everyone looked at Ye Yu curiously.

"Don't worry, wait until you finish this matter, you have to eat the food in one bite, and you have to do it one by one."

Ye Yu explained with a smile, "If you want to get rich and build roads first, only when the transportation network extends in all directions, it is possible to make businessmen active." ”

He did all this to prepare for future trade routes.

Of course, it's not just trade routes.

"What is the current production of copper and iron?"

Ye Yu turned to Zhao Wanjin and asked.

"The output of copper and iron is not bad, and we have been sending people to dig after several copper and iron ore mines were discovered."

"Well, good, that's enough, hoard some resources during this time."

Hearing Zhao Wanjin's words, Ye Yu nodded, "Buy some more from the private copper and iron of the Jia Dynasty, the money should be enough, and hoard as much as possible." ”

"Understood! Your Highness, is there anything else? ”

"That's all for the time being, you go down and do things first, father-in-law, you and Zhang Ye stay for a while."

Ye Yu said, and after a while, only Zhang Ye, Gongsun Ce, and Gongsun Ling'er were left in the study.

"Is there anything else Your Highness is up to?"

Zhang Ye was a little curious, but he was also very anxious, because he had not finished studying military things.

If Ye Yu asked, he could only say that it was not finished yet.

Especially mass-produced artillery.

This delicate work takes a lot of time just to make the molds.

"Weapons research can be slower."

Ye Yu was the first to speak, "As long as Jia Chao doesn't want to fight, we can slow down and do something else first." ”

With that, he pulled out the paper from the table beside him and quickly drew it with a brush.

"It's called a railway, and it has rails, so we use the structure of a rickshaw and we do it by hand......"

Saying that, Ye Yu drew the car with two ends of the human pressure accelerating, "This is the front of the car, and a series of carriages can be driven in the back." It is even possible to do the spinner wheel by hand and so on. Running on railroad tracks is much faster than a horse-drawn carriage, isn't it? ”

"Your Highness, with just manpower, I'm afraid this speed is still not as fast as the carriage."

Zhang Ye shook his head.

"Let's try it first, make some rails around the hunting ground, walk back and forth, you can reduce the time."

Ye Yu did not explain directly.

As long as there is acceleration on the rails, there is inertia, and with the labor-saving lever, the foot pedal and the hand crank speed will not be slow.

But he needs Zhang Ye to recognize this kind of thing first.

The railways of the future are a big killer, even more terrifying than the roads built in the past.

Transporting large quantities of goods or people can reduce the cost of a horse-drawn carriage by a lot!

"Obey orders!"

Although Zhang Ye didn't understand, since it was Ye Yu's order, he could only do it.

"Father-in-law, I need your help."

"The virtuous son-in-law said directly."

Gongsun Ce nodded and said, "Since I have come to the Southern Dynasty, I am a grass people, so I don't need to have too many courtesies." ”

Although Ye Yu wanted Gongsun Ce to take on some official positions, Gongsun Ce's appearance of not being an official made Ye Yu feel a little difficult.

"In the future, I want to set up a business bureau, and all merchants must register to trade and trade."

Ye Yu opened his mouth and said, "Is it okay for you to manage this part of the father-in-law?" ”

"I'm already a grass citizen, I'm afraid that an official position or something is not suitable for me."

Gongsun Ce smiled and refused, "I'm old, do you still want me to be tired to death?" ”

"Don't be too tired, just ask someone to do it."

Ye Yu explained, "Father-in-law, your status without an official position is more trusting, not to mention that you are the prime minister yourself, even in the Southern Dynasty, you will have a certain prestige." ”

"Intermediary."

Gongsun Ce nodded, as if he understood what Ye Yu meant.

The Southern Dynasties were not directly administered, but were established through a third party.

Let others think that this is a "non-governmental" institution, and the official does not participate in direct management.

"That's right, we directly manage it, I'm afraid it will make the businessmen afraid."

Ye Yu opened his mouth and said, "The salt and iron official camp has been since ancient times, and if you interfere again, I am afraid that it will suppress the merchants." ”

"What is the Commerce Bureau going to do?"

"Pay your taxes."

Ye Yu opened his mouth and said, "There has not been enough taxes for merchants' transactions, and there are still some places that collect taxes indiscriminately. It's called a harsh tax, right? ”

The money is in the hands of some unknown people.

This Ye Yu disagreed.

"Reducing taxes on peasants, and then formalizing these merchants and making them pay taxes uniformly, is equivalent to a membership system."

Ye Yu continued to explain, "Correspondingly, if a businessman has a dispute, your business bureau will intervene and mediate. ”

"Specialized industries, there are specialized ways to deal with them, right?"

Gongsun Ce nodded, this matter is indeed very big.

If you give it to someone with no experience, it's easy to mess up.

Zhao Wanjin and Zhou Hao already had a lot of things to do in the court, and Zhang Jian couldn't get out of his way to manage the treasury for the time being.

"Father-in-law, you used to be a prime minister, you should have seen a lot of things, the rules of the Commerce Bureau, you will make them, and at the same time recruit some big businessmen and let them participate in the formulation of the rules."

Ye Yu continued, "They will find ways to ensure their interests, but what you have to do is to ensure that the new industry and some businessmen can also maintain their interests and have the possibility of becoming bigger." ”

"Unfair competition in the industry. I've seen a lot of that. ”

Gongsun Ce said and smiled, most of the corruption in the Jia Dynasty was formed by the collusion between officials and businessmen.

If its own "commerce bureau" is established, it is not directly linked to the government on the surface, and then it has enough prestige to indeed reduce the problem of collusion between officials and businessmen.

"However, the problem of collusion between officials and businessmen does not seem to be serious in the Southern Dynasties."

Gongsun Ce thought about it and said.

The officials of the Southern Dynasty were quite united, as can be seen from some of the information he should have received before.

There is little great greed among officials, and it is almost impossible to buy them off with money. Only through the easy addition of money through friends can there be a slight possibility.

Of course, these were almost invisible before and after the establishment of the secret guard yamen.

"After so many years of businessmen developing wildly in the dark, they may become a force to be reckoned with in the future."

Ye Yu said, "On the one hand, encourage them, and on the other hand, give them the right direction. Otherwise, this uncontrollable force can easily lead to a crisis. ”

Of course, these problems have never been considered by the Jia Dynasty.

"You're in charge of me, aren't you?"

Gongsun Ce asked.

"Father-in-law, you do it, I'll take a look, I'll tell you about some modified things."

Ye Yu nodded, "It's not something that can be done in a day or two, it will take some time." ”

"Indeed, how many merchants ...... in the entire Southern Dynasties?"

"You don't need the Southern Dynasty, start with the capital."