The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 349 The Charm of Double Opening Business Road

Cao Cao and Yuan Shang began to enter a stalemate period, while Dongfang Sheng was intensively developing the sea and land trade routes.

According to Dongfangsheng's requirements, the commercial road on the road must be able to pass four horse-drawn carriages at the same time, set up a post station at a certain distance, and stipulate the rules for driving left and right.

In three months, the commercial road between Bohai County and Leling Kingdom was opened and extended to Qingzhou at the same time.

After the commercial road was established, people who did not understand the purpose of the commercial road before immediately understood Dongfang Sheng's intentions.

A flat and wide commercial road across the two states, along the way there are government post stations to provide rest, this is definitely a grand feat for the Eastern Han Dynasty where the transportation is extremely inconvenient.

On the first day of the opening of the commercial road, Dongfang Sheng rode a red rabbit horse from Bohai County to Qingzhou, which took twice as fast as usual.

Under Dongfang Sheng's publicity, this news immediately attracted a large number of businessmen. In order to verify Dongfang Sheng's propaganda, some businessmen even drove a horse-drawn carriage for a test run, and also got astonishing data.

One month after the land commercial road was opened, the sea commercial road was officially opened, but the sea trade road was only opened from Bohai County to Leling State and Qingzhou for the time being, because the sea-going ship was still in the experimental stage.

At the end of the seventh year of Jian'an, Dongfang Sheng announced that the toll system would be implemented on commercial roads. All passing commercial carriages and horseback riders would have to pay different fees, while those on maritime commercial roads would be calculated separately.

Of course, these fees are simply insignificant to those merchants, because the fees customized by Dongfang Sheng are basically for those big merchants who need to transport goods in large quantities, and civilians and ordinary people do not need to pay fees.

Not long after the opening of the Double Commercial Road, Dongfang Sheng also received a secret report from Tuobahan.

"Yuan Xi was cowardly by nature, and his subordinates, Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan, sometimes opposed him. I think his intention was to seek refuge with Cao Cao."

After Dongfang Sheng read the secret report that Tuobahan asked someone to write for him, he sighed leisurely and said: Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao, you never dreamed that your three sons would lose so quickly.

After sighing, Dongfang Sheng took the paper and wrote back a letter: If Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan intend to surrender, they will be accepted, and if not, they will be killed directly!

After finishing writing, Dongfang Sheng rolled up the letter and stuffed it into a bamboo cylinder, then handed it to Tuobahan's personal soldiers waiting outside, and said, "Hurry up and bring the letter to Tuoba without delay!"

"Here!" Tuobahan's personal soldiers carried the letter tube on their backs, then got on their horses and left.

As soon as Tuobahan's personal soldiers left, Fazheng walked in from outside with a red face and said: "My lord is happy, according to statistics, we have attracted a total of [-] powerful merchants to Bohai by relying on two business routes. The county does business, and our tolls have steadily increased."

"Well, what happened to the sea lanes?" Dongfang Sheng asked.

Fazheng was stunned for a moment, and then said with a frustrated expression: "So far no merchants have participated, because they don't have sea ships."

"Oh, is it just because there are no ships?" Dongfang Sheng continued to ask.

"Most of them feel that the sea trade route is not safe enough." Fazheng said rather depressed.

Dongfang Sheng was silent for a while after listening, and then said: "You can go to Tang Youqian and ask him to purchase some goods, which must be the supplies that Qingzhou is short of, and then use our sea ships to transport them. Everyone knows about it!"

"Here!"

Just as Fazheng was about to turn around and leave, Dongfang Sheng stopped him again and said, "If there are merchants who want to rent our sea-going ships, they can implement the strategy of free shipping for the first time."

"Then what if someone wants to buy it?" Fazheng asked hesitantly.

Dongfang Sheng smiled and said, "Then tell them to prepare the money, the first batch of merchant ships will go to sea in three months!"

"Okay!" Fazheng was a little excited when he heard that the merchant ship would be sold in three months.

Because in this way, the government will have income again.

After Dongfang Sheng and Gan Ning found Xu Gao together, they soon planned to build a sea shipyard. While building warships for the government and military, Dongfang Sheng also asked Xu Gao to design non-aggressive commercial ships.

Dongfangsheng has two requirements for commercial ships. One is a merchant ship purely for transporting goods. Dongfangsheng requires Xu Gao to design a thick and simple ship, and at the same time, it must have a certain resistance to impact, and the internal capacity of the hull Must be big.

And another kind of merchant ship, Dongfang Sheng, asked Xu Gao to design as finely as possible. The appearance must be beautiful and attractive, the materials must be high-quality, the interior must be luxurious, how to design it, the requirements for space are also large, and the resistance is also high. must.

After Fazheng left, Dongfangsheng decided to go to the shipyard to see the progress.

Dongfang Sheng rode a red rabbit horse to the shipyard alone. At this time, Xu Gao was supervising the craftsmen who were painting the hull.

The battleship has already been delivered to Gan Ning, and now Xu Gao is building a commercial sea vessel.

"My lord's idea is really unusual." Xu Gao stood aside and said to an apprentice beside him, "It goes without saying that the materials used outside are all top quality materials. Do you know what's inside?"

The apprentice shook his head in a daze. He also just started following Xu Gao, so he didn't know the characteristics of commercial ships at all.

"The top-quality tiger skins are just for stepping on your feet." Xu Gao clicked his tongue and said, "There are ice trays inside, do you know what ice trays are?"

The apprentice shook his head even more blankly. Xu Gao was very satisfied with the apprentice's performance, and explained with a smile: "The ice tray is used to hold ice cubes. In summer, it can not only reduce the temperature of the ship's hull, but also chill the wine. According to the lord There is a more important use."

Just when Xu Gao wanted to continue bragging, Dongfang Sheng came in from the main entrance of the shipyard, and Xu Gao immediately left his apprentice behind and ran over, "My lord, are you here?"

"Can it be completed in three months?" Dongfang Sheng glanced at the gorgeous merchant ship and asked.

"No problem." Xu Gao patted his chest and assured: "This ship is really the most expensive ship I have ever built. I wonder if the Lord wants to use it for himself?"

"I don't need it for the time being. This boat is for sale." Dongfang Sheng said with a smile, "Are you still in touch with your old friend?"

The 'old friend' that Dongfang Sheng mentioned was Xu Gao's former boss, of course, the pirates in Bohai County. Many of these pirates were formed by the failed remnants of the Yellow Turban Army uprising.

Xu Gao shook his head, but after seeing Dongfang Shengming staring at him, he could only lower his head and say, "They contacted me, but I didn't reply to them."

"I want to meet them," Dongfang Sheng said.

Xu Gao was silent for a while and said: "I can't be the lord, and they are all bloody men. Although they are doing business without money, I know they have never done anything harmful to nature."

"Where are you going, I just want to see them." Dongfang Sheng said dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)