On the other hand, Xiao Yuyang almost crossed the threshold when he came to propose marriage, and finally married a girl from his own village and lived a harmonious and beautiful life.
Mr. Wen has long regretted it!
Unfortunately, regret is of no use.
Zhong Jing delayed it again and again, but he couldn't delay it for too long. After all, who could resist the temptation of Jinshan? Zhong Jing secretly thought it was a fluke. Fortunately, he had taken the time to keep a low profile and run a boat for so long, and he had already made a lot of money.
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Otherwise, you will really lose money.
Sooner or later, the seaport, wharf and shipping route will have to be shared. Zhong Jing did not offer it without any demands. Instead, he asked the local government to build roads and ports. Moreover, the original ships could not be controlled by the local government, and new ones were added.
The local magistrate can collect the due fee for the ship, but one third must be collected by the garrison.
In short, both the port and the shipping route were built from scratch with the hard work of the garrison and the people. It is a dream for local officials to pick peaches without paying any price.
Naturally, the county magistrates of Suixi and Guangzhan had to bargain a lot. After several rounds, both sides made concessions and finally reached an agreement.
At this time, even the route to Hainan Island has been opened normally.
As more ships joined the route, the route became busier, and the prices of various local specialty goods immediately increased.
Zhao Liya and Zhong Jing are doing very well in their planting and breeding. When it comes to local specialties, who has more?
Just from the sales part, I made a huge profit.
Furthermore, no matter how busy this route is, the market in Jiangnan is very large. It is also very convenient to travel from Hangzhou to other cities in Jiangnan. The supply of goods from Lingnan is still in short supply, not because there are so many ships joining the business.
The price has changed fundamentally.
Fleet shipping is booming. Zhao Liya and Zhong Jing each bought 500 acres of land on the dock. Will it come in handy?
All are built into large warehouses and rented to merchants. This is a chicken that lays golden eggs!
Whoever saw it would not be sincerely convinced and say "amazing!"
Zhong Jing also took the opportunity to lobby local officials to build an official road from Guangzhan to the provincial capital. If this official road is built, it will strengthen the exchanges of merchants between the two places and speed up the circulation of goods. The provincial capital will gather more goods from the Lingnan area.
The goods are sent over and transported to Jiangnan through shipping routes. Similarly, when the goods from Jiangnan arrive in Guangzhan, they can be transported to the provincial capital at an extremely fast speed.
This is a very beneficial thing!
The county magistrates of Guangzhan, Suixi and Gaolian were very moved, but they were worried that the prefect might not be easy to talk to.
For this matter to be accomplished, the governor must support it and allocate some money. Road construction has always been a major undertaking, and it cannot be done by a small magistrate's office.
Of course, the current garrison is rich, but Zhong Jing will definitely not say that he is rich, and he will never spend a penny. Road construction is a matter for local officials, and he will not get involved! Not to mention
Possible bleeding.
However, he said he could help communicate with the prefect.
The magistrates of the three counties were overjoyed and grateful after hearing this. They owed Zhong Jing another favor.
They don't have many personal relationships with the prefect. Although they have official contacts, how could the prefect agree to it so easily when they want to spend money to build roads?
Zhong Jing didn't even look for it himself.
At this time, wouldn't the favor between Zhao Liya and the others with the prefect's family be put to good use?
Besides, when Zhao Liya and the others rescued the young master of the prefect's family, they were not trying to repay a favor. The prefect and his wife had a very good impression of them, and the child Min Yanqi was even more fond of her sister.
With the idea of taking care of Chunxi Restaurant, Zhao Liya's family's restaurant, Mrs. Min sent someone to Chunxi Restaurant to order some dishes and asked them to bring them back.
Unexpectedly, after trying it, I unexpectedly liked the dishes at Chunxi Restaurant. I didn’t expect that the dishes at Chunxi Restaurant were so delicious. All the Min family members liked them. They went back and forth, but they became regular customers at Chunxi Restaurant. When Zhao Liya and the others came back later, they happened to
They met again and Mrs. Min met them. Min Yanqi still remembered them and came up to say hello with a smile on his face.
After that, when Zhao Liya and the others went to the provincial capital from home, they would definitely bring some specialties to the Min family. After more than two years, they had developed some friendship.
The seaport shipping in Guangzhan has developed so fast and with so much momentum that many big merchants in the provincial capital have to go there two or three times a month. Naturally, Magistrate Min also knows something about the road construction.
This seems to be indeed a good thing.
After discussing with his staff, Magistrate Min nodded in agreement.
The magistrate's office took part of the money, and the counties it passed through took a small part. The remaining part was given to various wealthy businessmen for donations.
After all, after the road is repaired, they are the ones who will benefit the most! And they have money, so who can donate if they are not allowed to donate?
The wealthy businessmen were not vague at all, and they actually managed to collect almost one hundred thousand taels from their thousands and hundreds of dollars.
The Zhao family also donated five thousand taels.
Zhong Jing, on behalf of the garrison, took out ten thousand taels.
Ten thousand taels felt a little painful. Although he was no longer short of money, it was still ten thousand taels. He secretly decided that he must find a way to make up for it.
Once the money is in place, everything else is easy to talk about.
Because they had the idea of building a road two years ago, Zhong Jing and Zhao Liya had already found reliable people and surveyed the best route in the past two years.
Most of the sections of this route are widened and leveled on the original road, and small parts are re-excavated. The new road will become flatter and have fewer bends.
Zhong Jing presented the drawings, and Magistrate Min sent someone to go over the drawings and found that it was indeed more reasonable, so he ordered the construction of the road to be started according to the drawings.
Countless people started working on different sections of the road at the same time, and they started working in full swing.
During the road construction period, transportation was inconvenient, which caused a lot of trouble for business travelers. However, the construction started at the same time and was extremely efficient. It worked day and night. It was expected that it would be completed in a short time.
Zhao Liya has the urge to make cement. In fact, this thing is really not difficult to make. Although it is not possible to make good cement with first-class quality like modern times, ordinary quality cement is no problem. In any case, it is better than this gravel dirt road.
Much stronger.
But after careful consideration, she gave up.
It's not appropriate to do this now.
Once cement is born, everyone will see the huge value of this thing. Magistrate Min will never dare and cannot hide it. He will definitely report it to the court, and it will definitely cause a sensation.
Zhao Liya didn't want this result.
Now the Zhao family has a good enough reputation in the Lingnan area, and it would be inappropriate to go any further.
Nowadays, in the Lingnan area, not to mention her earning money, even her father's school has many students coming from other places to study.