Guo Jia stayed at the old man's house and taught the old man's grandson something every day when he was free. The old man was very pleased to see him and greeted Guo Jia with delicious food and drinks every day, but no one could have imagined that Guo Jia was thinking here.

What changes will occur.

After the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, many chambers of commerce began to get busy again. The Business Association held a meeting under the chairmanship of Zhen Yi, telling everyone that Jingzhou had signed a construction contract of more than 6 million with the State Mufu Government, and that many chambers of commerce were needed in the past few years.

participate.

Many leaders of the chamber of commerce were very happy after hearing this. Not only would they be able to make money from such a big project, all the official roads in Jingzhou would be built with cement roads, and it would be much more convenient to do business in Yizhou in the future.

"Master Zhou Mu said that all the money for building roads and canals in Jingzhou was borrowed from Shu County Bank, so we don't have to worry about not getting the money for the work.

Compared with our Yizhou, Jingzhou is still too weak. They don't have much money to buy our goods, and they don't have much to sell to us. Mr. Zhou Mu requires all chambers of commerce not to enter Jingzhou independently within three years. Everyone, please pay attention.

That's it." Zhen Yi said as she saw that the membership of the business association had reached 83 and the conference hall was full of people.

"Then can we send the goods to Jiangling? If there is a chamber of commerce in Jingzhou who comes to buy it, does it not count as a violation?" A person in charge of the chamber of commerce said that if there is an opportunity to make money, they will naturally not let it go and ask the state animal husbandry office.

They will know where the boundaries are!

"Jiangling belongs to Jizhou, so we can naturally buy and sell it at will. A few days ago, I went to the Zhoumu Mansion to meet Master Zhoumu. He told me that Cao Cao has occupied Luoyang City in Sizhou, but there are only 50,000 people. If anyone is willing to go to Sizhou to do business,

, maybe we can also find new trade routes." Zhen Yi said.

Many people sitting here shook their heads after hearing this. There are not many people in Sizhou, and the people don't even have food. How can they have money to buy their goods? Even the few merchants who usually have gold mining teams are interested in Sizhou.

It's not big. It was the core area of ​​Han Dynasty. There were gold mines that had been dug out long ago!

"President Zhen, now that the Buwei County Railway has been built for more than a thousand miles, there are fewer and fewer vehicles needed to transport iron ore. Half of the carriages in our chamber of commerce have stopped, and we don't know how the next section of the railway will be built.

"The president of a chamber of commerce asked Zhen Yi.

"The governor of this state has also given instructions that in addition to the railway between Buwei County and Mianhu Iron Fort that needs to be completed this year, the railway from Mianhu Iron Fort to Chengdu County must also be completed by June next year.

At the same time, starting from March this year, the railway from Mianhu Road to Wudu County will also start to be repaired. This year, two blast furnaces will be built in Mianhu Iron Fort, and steel production will continue to increase significantly.

The construction department of the newly built railway has completed all surveys. Because this road is much smoother than southern Yizhou, it plans to start construction from the five counties along the way and requires three years to complete the railway from Mianhu Road to Wudu County.

." Zhen Yi said.

Many people are speculating where the next section of Liu Xin's railway will be built after the current railway is completed! The best route must be from Chengdu County to the east, or to connect Wuyang County, and include all of central Yizhou into the railway transportation area

.

The role of railways has been highlighted in Yizhou, and it is not just as simple as transportation saving time. Yongchang County is now developing the fastest in Yizhou, and its economic scale has surpassed Guanghan County, and is only a little behind Ba County and Hanzhong County

, it can be expected that Yongchang County will become the second largest county in Yizhou within a few years, and Yuexun County has also made rapid progress, and is now the second echelon among the counties in Yizhou.

Liu Xin did not extend the railway eastward, but wanted to build the railway directly to Wudu County. This shows that the future center of Yizhou will be placed in Nanqiang. Liu Xin did this to speed up the construction of Nanqiang.

Each chamber of commerce joins the association in order to take over the work of the government. The annual workload of the Yizhou government accounts for more than 90% of the entire Yizhou, so all members of the association are semi-official and business-like.

At the beginning of each year, all chambers of commerce will allocate all the business for that year. If any chamber of commerce did not complete the task with sufficient quality last year, the business that can be allocated this year will be reduced.

This is how Yizhou has cooperated with nine major departments through the Chamber of Commerce to build Yizhou step by step to where it is today. As a result of the transformation from the previous aristocratic families, today's wealthy aristocratic families are richer, and they can spend the money they earn at will.

, they don’t have to worry about official suspicion or hard robbery, they can make more money with peace of mind now.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, some chambers of commerce went to Mianhu Iron Fort and the cement factory. From here, they pulled countless steel and cement eastward to Lujiang County. At the same time, the Ministry of Construction also sent people to Jingzhou to inspect the terrain. After the spring, Jingzhou official road

Construction will start soon, and several large water canals will also be started at the same time.

In 202, the world was still in war. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Cao Cao sent people to Yizhou to bring back the grain and various materials they purchased as soon as possible.

In the north of Yangzhou, Lu Bu had been fighting Yuan Shu for two years. Yuan Shu refused to fight directly with Lu Bu. He persisted like this for more than three years. At the end of the first month, Lu Bu's attack came again!

Lu Bu has occupied the three counties of Yangzhou, and Yuan Shu has been beaten to the point of defeat. If Lu Bu hadn't been short of food and grass, Yuan Shu would have destroyed him long ago!

When Yuan Shu saw Lu Bu leading an army to attack again, he hurriedly organized people to resist. However, Lu Bu seemed to be particularly fierce this year. Yuan Shu had deployed the defenses for several months before they were captured by Lu Bu in just a few days.

Yuan Shu could only continue to retreat south, and he tried his best to move the people of Yangzhou south. At this time, Liu Bei raised 300,000 troops from Nanyang to kill Yangzhou.

Liu Bei originally had only 10,000 to 20,000 people, but his sudden recruitment of 300,000 people really surprised everyone, and everyone knew that Yuan Shu would definitely not be able to withstand it this time.

Liu Bei established a foothold in Yanzhou, and then gradually expanded his power to Yuzhou. Seeing that Yuan Shu was being pressed by Lu Bu, many aristocratic families turned to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was also lucky. Liu Xin had just released the grain supply in Yizhou last year, allowing caravans to transport grain and sell it to other princes in the world. After a lot of grain was sent to Xiangyang County by Yizhou caravans, most of it was resold to Liu Bei by the Xiangyang family.

For a time, Liu Bei was recruiting troops in Nanyang County and handed over almost all the gold and silver he had accumulated to Xiangyang City families. Some Yizhou caravans even took the risk of sending grain to Yuzhou to earn greater profits.

Seeing Liu Bei personally leading an army to attack Yuan Shu, many Yangzhou families turned to Liu Bei. Liu Bei's reputation is the best among all the princes, and he is a clan member of the Han Dynasty. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer princes in the world who can represent the Han Dynasty.
Chapter completed!