"Don't worry, the gunpowder has arrived at Dujiangyan, it won't delay things." Jin Feng replied.
If you want to blow up Yulei Mountain, you need a lot of gunpowder, so naturally you can't take it with you.
After returning from the capital, Jin Feng began to arrange for people to transport the goods in batches to Dujiangyan. According to the time, the last batch should have arrived yesterday.
"We've already arrived at Dujiangyan, why didn't I know it at all?" Wei Datong was stunned.
"There is no need to trouble Mr. Wei for such a small matter." Jin Feng said with a smile.
Gunpowder is of great importance and has always been one of Jin Feng's core secrets. The control has always been very strict. The quantity transported this time was too large, so it was secretly escorted. The escort responsible for the escort did not contact Wei Datong after arriving.
Wei Datong, a man who has been in the officialdom for many years, knew from Jin Feng's tone that he didn't want to say more, so he wisely changed the topic.
The team marched along the official road for more than ten miles. Jin Feng looked at another Jinchuan Inn, but it was not built yet.
After walking for another dozen miles, I came across a third hotel. This one was open for business, but it was much smaller than the one at the three-way intersection, with less than twenty guest rooms.
Because there were so many customers, the shopkeeper converted ten of them into Datongbu, so that each room could accommodate seven or eight people.
"Did Madam Zhu choose the location of this inn?" Jin Feng asked.
"The locations of all the inns were selected by my maid, and I am responsible for finding people to build them."
Tie Chui replied: "In order to confirm the location of each inn, I made two trips to this official road and three times to Jinniu Road."
The Jinniu Ancient Road runs from Xichuan to Guanzhong and is a north-south transportation artery in the land of Sichuan and Shu.
The official road that Jin Feng is taking now is from Xichuan Prefecture in the west to the bank of Jialing River. It can be regarded as an east-west artery.
These two official roads are also the two roads where the work-for-relief project was started first and the largest number of people were invested.
Since last year, Mrs. Zhu Chen has walked back and forth on these two official roads several times. Taking into account various factors such as the flow of people, topography, distance and other factors, she personally confirmed the location of each inn and prioritized the construction of a batch of inns.
The escorts were stationed to ensure the safety of the merchants, and also to ensure that no matter which inn they set out from each day, whether on horseback or on foot, they could arrive at another inn to stay that night.
It will be more convenient when other inns under construction are completed.
"Nanny Zhu is very considerate." Jin Feng praised.
"Ms. Zhu is indeed powerful," Tang Xiaobei nodded in agreement: "But the one who is even more powerful is Miss Linglong."
"What did Linglong do again?" Jin Feng asked curiously.
Tang Xiaobei has a character that refuses to admit defeat and rarely takes the initiative to praise others.
When he first learned that Jin Feng had handed over the bank job to Zhu Linglong, Tang Xiaobei was still a little unhappy, thinking that Zhu Linglong must have hooked up with Jin Feng, causing Jin Feng to become obsessed with sex.
So when he first came to Xichuan, Tang Xiaobei was a little unfavorable to Zhu Linglong. However, as he came to Xichuan more often for business and got to know Zhu Linglong better, Tang Xiaobei's view of Zhu Linglong gradually changed.
What started as hostility turned into appreciation.
"I'm afraid your husband doesn't know that the presence of Jinchuan Bank has far exceeded that of the Chamber of Commerce."
Tang Xiaobei said: "Miss Linglong has managed so many stations in an orderly manner. I sent people to check the accounts last month and randomly checked 20 stations across Sichuan and Sichuan. There was not even a single wrong account."
"The bank's presence exceeds that of the Chamber of Commerce?" Jin Feng was stunned.
Since going to the capital, he has been busy with other things and paid little attention to the bank's affairs.
Zhu Linglong may also know that he is busy. Apart from asking the escort to send him an account book at the beginning of every month, she usually doesn't have much time to write letters.
Jin Feng didn't even know that the bank's outlets had exceeded those of the Chamber of Commerce.
But then I figured it out.
The first task of a chamber of commerce is to make money, so it should be opened in a bustling place with a lot of people, and it doesn’t need too many. Just one in a county or town is enough.
However, the bank is responsible for distributing the wages of the work-for-relief program, and it must be stationed in many locations so that it can be convenient for the people.
"How much food do we have saved?" Jin Feng turned to look at Tang Xiaobei: "Has Linglong ever said when the bank can balance its balance of payments?"
Since its establishment, the bank has been distributing money and grain to the people. The grain raised by Jin Feng from Jiangnan and the grain taken by the Ninth Princess from the hands of the powerful are rapidly decreasing every day.
"Thanks to my husband, the people relied on work-for-relief to survive the lean spring. Last month the wheat matured, and the court lowered taxes. The people had extra money in their hands and began to pay off their debts."
Tang Xiaobei said: "So starting from last month, the bank's income exceeded its expenses and it started to make a profit."
"That's good!" Jin Feng breathed a long sigh of relief.
He was able to survive this cold wave disaster.
When the Dujiangyan water conservancy project is repaired and the expedition team brings back Champa rice seeds from Jiaozhi, the grain output in Sichuan and Sichuan will definitely increase significantly.
At that time, Sichuan and Shu were the real land of abundance.
Thinking of this, Jin Feng sighed softly and asked: "Old boy, don't they believe it yet?"
It has been more than half a year since the expedition set out. When they first set out, a letter would be sent back by pigeons every ten days, telling Jin Feng where they had been and what new things they had encountered.
But in the second month after departure, there was suddenly no news.
"There is no news," Tang Xiaobei shook his head and comforted: "My husband, don't worry too much. Lao Tong and the others are all veterans in the bodyguards, and they are also old hunters. They will be fine. If there is no news, maybe
It was the pigeons they brought that had a problem."
"I hope so!" Jin Feng nodded slightly.
In fact, he thought so too.
Humans are much more adaptable than pigeons. The climate in the south is very different from that in Sichuan and Sichuan, so pigeons may not be able to adapt.
Without pigeons, there is no way to send news back.
Without bringing the Ninth Princess, Jin Feng and the others could gallop on horseback, speeding up their journey several times, and arrived at Yulei Mountain three days earlier than originally planned.
When Jin Feng left, the area around Yulei Mountain was still a wasteland. Only half a year later, it had completely changed.
Canals stretched windingly one after another. Looking along the canals, Jin Feng also saw several villages.
"I remember there was no village over there before, right?" Jin Feng asked, pointing to the village.
"The people heard that water would be available here and decided to move here to open up wasteland." Iron Hammer explained: "I really want to thank your Majesty for your new policy."
The population of Dakang is too small, and many places are deserted.
In the new policy formulated by Jin Feng and Ninth Princess, the fields reclaimed by the common people were directly owned by the common people. There was no need to pay taxes in the first year of reclaiming wasteland, and only half of the taxes were paid in the second and third years.
This greatly inspired the people's enthusiasm to open up wasteland. Many people who had become tenant farmers were no longer willing to farm land for the landlords, and instead started to open up wasteland themselves.
"Iron Hammer, I not only want to thank your majesty, but also thank you sir."
Wei Datong smiled and said: "I heard that the New Deal was jointly promoted by Sir and Her Royal Highness the Princess. Without Sir, there would be no New Deal."
"You're the only one who knows how to flatter me!"
Tie Chui scolded Wei Datong: "Please lead the way to Dujiangyan quickly. I also want to see how the Feishayan and Shuifenyuzui are doing."