The reason why Jin Feng came back from the capital was because of Dujiangyan.
The next day after receiving the letter from Wei Datong, Jin Feng took the Ninth Princess and Concubine Qing and set off again to Xichuan City.
Xichuan City is the capital of Sichuan and Shu, and it is also the most important part of the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce's external expansion. Tang Xiaobei was going to Xichuan City for business, and he also went with the team.
The team still boarded the boat from Jinchuan Pier, sailed down the Jialing River, then disembarked at Nanchong Pier, and then took the land route to Xichuan City.
Nowadays, Xihewan and Xichuan City are closely connected. The official road between the two is a key project of Jinfeng's work-for-relief project. Since last winter, countless people along the road have been mobilized to repair it.
After more than half a year of hard work, the ancient road has become smooth and spacious, and at least the horse-drawn carriage can run smoothly.
"Sir, there is a three-way intersection ahead. Go straight west to Xichuan City, and go northwest to the Qingyuan Ancient Road."
Tie Chui saw Jin Feng open the carriage window and drove his horse over: "Sir, have you seen the inn next to the three-way intersection? It's the inn owned by our Jinchuan Restaurant."
In the rivers and lakes of Sichuan, Shu, and Jiangnan, there is a saying of the "Three Irons of Zhenyuan", which means the three people in the Zhenyuan Escort Agency who cannot be offended.
They are Liu Tie, Tieniu and Iron Hammer.
Liu Tie started his career with Jin Feng and has been the captain of the escort team. Later he established the escort agency and has been holding high-level positions in the escort agency.
Tieniu is Zhang Liang's big black comrade. He joined the veteran team when Qinghuai destroyed Maomaoshan.
Tieniu had been a quiet man until Zhang Liang asked him to take revenge on the bandits who had harassed the escort agency, and Tieniu began to rise to prominence.
This is an out-and-out killer, and he is almost responsible for the murder of the three great men.
Tie Chui was the leader of Jin Feng's bodyguard before. Later, he was injured in Guangyuan City. During the period of recuperation, Da Liu temporarily took over the position of leader of the bodyguard.
After Tie Hammer recovered from his injury, Jin Feng sent him and Luo Lan to the capital to develop the market.
After the capital market stabilized completely, Zhang Liang transferred him back.
Now that Zhang Liang, Liu Tie and others are gone, Zheng Fang has to take over Jinchuan again, and the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau's banner in the Sichuan-Shu region is supported by Iron Hammer and Iron Niu.
And their personalities are very different. Tie Niu is very murderous, and the first thought when encountering something is to fuck him.
Tie Zhui is more diplomatic. When he was in Guangyuan City, Jin Feng assigned him to take charge of various public relations matters. When he arrived in the capital, he was also responsible for bribing various monsters and monsters.
After returning to Sichuan and Sichuan, when encountering some situational issues, Iron Hammer would basically take over to resolve them instead of Jin Feng.
Now that Jin Feng has several departments under his command, the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce and the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau have developed and stabilized. Tang Xiaobei sent Iron Hammer to Xichuan, nominally to help Zhu Linglong and her daughter build Jinchuan Bank and Jinchuan Restaurant, but actually to
Supervise each other.
Zhu Linglong, mother and daughter, also understood this, but they did not resist. Instead, they breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, they control too much money, and if Jin Feng doesn't send someone to supervise it, they themselves will feel uneasy.
However, in addition to supervision, Iron Hammer did help Zhu Linglong and her daughter do a lot of practical things, especially when it came to opening a restaurant, where they had to deal with all kinds of religions.
After all, Zhu Linglong's mother, Zhu Chen, comes from a womanly family. With the prosperous social atmosphere, even with Jin Feng's support, there are still many inconveniences.
After Iron Hammer arrived, he became Zhu Chen's right-hand man.
When I heard that Jin Feng was coming to Xichuan, I rushed to Nanchong Pier to greet him.
"How many restaurants does Jinchuan Restaurant currently own?" Jin Feng asked.
"There are currently nine stores in Sichuan and Shu, two in Xichuan City, and the other seven in Guangyuan, Mianyang and other counties and cities."
Tie Chui replied: "They are all ready-made houses purchased directly from others, but they are still being renovated, and the fastest one will not start operations until next month. Madam Zhu also took a fancy to three houses, but the other party asked for a price
Too high, we are talking."
"Where are the inns? How many are in use?" Jin Feng asked again.
In the planning of Jin Feng and Zhu Chen, Jinchuan Restaurant has two business models.
The first is to open a restaurant integrating accommodation and entertainment in the city, and the second is to open inns similar to service areas on both sides of the official road.
At the beginning of the work-for-relief program, Jin Feng considered the issue of later profit-making, and the inn was one of the key profit-making projects after road construction.
The inns were all built outside the city, and Tie Hammer had always been in charge. When Jin Feng asked, Tie Hammer immediately replied:
"Twenty-six inns have been opened in Sichuan and Shu, and more than 60 are under construction. They will all be put into use in three months at most!"
"So many?" Jin Feng was stunned.
"Ms. Zhu said that the inn is actually a place for businessmen to rest on the road. It doesn't require as much as a restaurant, so it can be built quickly."
Tie Chui replied: "There are about a dozen small inns with only a few rows of wooden houses. If there are enough people, they can be completed in more than ten days."
"It makes sense." Jin Feng nodded slightly.
In the feudal era, when small merchants traveled around the world doing business, their biggest fear was being robbed by bandits.
For small traders who often sleep in the wilderness, the inn does not need to be big or the conditions are very good. As long as there is one every ten or twenty miles, it is enough to ensure that the traders will not sleep in the wilderness at night or be robbed by bandits.
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"Sir, you don't know, since our inn was built, the number of merchants on various official roads has increased several times compared to before."
Iron Hammer said with a smile: "Many inns are full of people every day, sometimes even the stables are occupied."
"As long as business is good."
Jin Feng smiled and nodded.
This was his original intention in building the inn.
Inns can not only make profits, but also give merchants a sense of security, stimulate their enthusiasm, and promote commercial development in the Sichuan and Shu regions.
The two chatted and walked to the three-way intersection.
On the right side of the road is an inn.
There is a "Jinchuan Inn" plaque hanging on the door of the inn, signed Qing Xinyao.
"Master Qing's handwriting is pretty good."
Jin Feng smiled and said: "This inn is quite big."
The front of this inn is a three-story wooden building, and behind it are rows of wooden houses. There seem to be dozens of them.
"Although the inn doesn't have to be in very good condition, it can't be too shabby, right?"
Tie Chui said with a smile: "The location of this inn was chosen by Madam Zhu herself. There are many people coming and going, and the fifty-two guest rooms are filled almost every day. The shopkeeper even discussed with me last month about increasing the number of guest rooms.
There are eighty rooms.”
"In the future, there will be more and more trade associations. Now that we are expanding, we will build a hundred of them." Jin Feng said confidently.
"Yes." Tie Chui nodded and took note. Just as he was about to speak, he saw a group of people rushing out of the inn.