Unless we start a full-scale war with the Zhou Dynasty, that is also unrealistic, because the Russians currently do not have the strength, and they have many scruples about sending troops.
To the east of the sea, there is Japan, which is watching covetously. To the south, there are powerful grassland tribes who are looking at them like wolves. There are also several highly aggressive countries in the west that are ready to make moves...
Once they mobilize their army to go south, these hateful guys will definitely take advantage of the situation and attack their country directly.
When the time comes that Zhou Dynasty will be unable to attack, his hometown will be at risk of falling.
Originally, Yanyun County in the Great Zhou Dynasty was in a semi-vacuum of power, and there was never a strong garrison to guard it, so Peter was able to operate here with ease, and even made a fortune unscrupulously.
If Zhou sent a large army to garrison, the situation would all change.
In the past, Zhou Dynasty could not send enough troops because of inconvenient road transportation. For example, the distance from Yanyunguan to here is nearly a thousand miles, and they are all natural roads, which will be affected by various weather changes and cannot support the army at all.
supplies and support.
But once this road is repaired, it will be different. Theoretically, it only takes less than ten days to get from Haining Bay to Changshan Prefecture. If the cavalry troops march in a hurry, they can arrive in less than three days!
Haining Bay was originally the largest port in the Zhou Dynasty, and its transshipment capacity was extremely terrifying. Even if it could supply supplies for a million troops, there would be no pressure.
The pressure was all on Peter, and he was stunned for a long time without being able to say a word.
He never imagined that Ye Baiqing was just talking nonsense. How could Li Wanjiang have so much manpower and financial resources to carry out such a large project now?
If he could have done it, he would have done it a long time ago. Doesn't it mean that he is doing it now just to make up for it?
This idea of building a road was actually first proposed by Xiao Chen, but the road to be built is not in the east, but in the middle.
Xiao Chen hopes that in the future, there will be at least three transportation channels between Yanyun County and Dazhou, one is the sea channel, the other is the road at Yanyunguan, and then a highway will be built in the middle, so that the future economic exchanges with Dazhou will be better.
It will be relatively smooth.
As the old saying goes, if you want to be rich, build roads first!
Of course, defense must also be considered.
Xiao Chen wanted to rely on the natural dangers of Yanyun Mountain to build a city at the foot of the mountain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, just like the Yanyun Pass, where one man can pass it but no one can open it.
He even wanted to build a winding mountain road with eighteen turns, and then station a certain number of troops on several main peaks, so that the throat of the road could be blocked, and no matter how many soldiers the Zhou Dynasty had, it would be difficult to pass smoothly.
When it comes to defense, Xiao Chen is very serious.
The road he built will cross Yanyun County, go straight to the Bailong River, and connect with the trade market in northern Xinjiang.
In the future, goods shipped from Northern Xinjiang can go directly to this new city, and goods from Great Zhou can also be traded in this city. Yanyun County can make a lot of money just by earning the price difference!
Xiao Chen is also very serious about doing business.
But this is just an idea or dream of his, and it is still very far away from coming true... maybe it is not that far away.
Because there was indeed such a road construction plan, Ye Baiqing said it as if it was true. In order to be more truthful, he also involved Li Wanjiang. It was reasonable and well-founded, true and false, and Peter was convinced.
"But our boss, Mr. Xiao Chenxiao, the new governor of Yanyun County, the general of the Northern Expedition, and the first-grade eunuch, Mr. Xiao, does not agree to build this road. He said that Yanyun County is now seriously damaged and hundreds of
Destruction can lead to prosperity, so we should develop the economy first and then consider building roads." Ye Baiqing changed the subject again.
"What Governor Xiao said makes sense." Peter said hurriedly, "That's true. Local development must put the economy first. It's not enough to always think about fighting."
"That's what I said, but..." Ye Baiqing stopped talking.
The implication is of course that you bastard is occupying the free port and not letting us use it, so we can only build roads. Otherwise, what should we do?
"But we can still talk." Peter smiled with his face trembling with fat.
"Let's talk about it?" Ye Baiqing also replied with anger and joy, "Then let's talk about it."
Peter is a cunning and greedy old fox, and Ye Baiqing is also a master negotiator. The first confrontation between the two was extremely fierce. You came and went, you were true and I was false, you advanced and I retreated, you retreated and I chased. Sometimes they laughed at each other, sometimes they glared at each other.
They look upon each other, sometimes as close as brothers, sometimes as hateful as enemies...
Larissa on the side looked frightened and frightened. She turned pale after hearing this. She covered her chest and looked pale. She was about to have a heart attack from the shock of the two of them!
"Four hundred thousand taels of silver a year, that's it. I can't afford even a penny more. Governor Peter, four hundred thousand taels, but it's more than five times more than your previous annual income!" Of course, Ye Baiqing had already paid for it.
He had a thorough understanding of Peter's situation.
Because Yanyun County is too poor, except for a few big cities such as Changshan Prefecture, the economy is extremely backward, so there are not many materials that need to be imported from Shunfeng Port. The main reason is that Peter is too shady and the taxes collected are too high.
, everyone would rather cut back on food and clothing than buy these expensive goods.
As a result, Peter's income is actually very limited.
In fact, he really wanted to cooperate with Ye Baiqing. Wouldn't he be a fool if he didn't make money even though he had money?
The reason why the lion opened his mouth at first was just to test Ye Baiqing. Now that Ye Baiqing is very powerful and wants to pay back the money on the spot, he can't help but refuse to agree.
"Humph, no matter how much it is, I have to pay in cash. Do you have so much money?" So the tone has begun to soften.
"I won't come to talk to the Governor without money. Don't worry, at the end of the year, I will hand it over to you with not less than a tael of silver. This should be no problem, right? Because in fact, the port is in your hands, and the initiative is in your hands.
It's also in your hands." Ye Baiqing said.
"That won't work. Who knows how long I can still serve in Sunny Harbor? I have to pay in cash first and pay it off in one year for one year." Peter flatly refused.
"Haha, Governor Peter, you also said that you don't know how long you can work here, so we gave you the money. If you leave your job then, won't our money be wasted?" Ye Baiqing sneered,
Do you think we are fools?
"Then let's pay once a month?" Larisa saw that the negotiation between the two seemed to have reached an impasse again, so she hurriedly tried to smooth things over.
"That's okay." Ye Baiqing reluctantly agreed.
"But you have to pay me 40,000 taels of silver every month!" Peter gave one last try.
For twelve months in a year, 40,000 yuan per month is 480,000 yuan, and this guy asked for another 80,000 taels!
"I can promise you, but I swear this is not a concession I make to you, the Governor, but for the sake of your beautiful wife Larisa!" Ye Baiqing took Larisa's snow-white little hand and kissed it gently.
Take a sip.
"Hahaha, then I must toast you on behalf of my wife and wish us a happy cooperation!" Peter laughed heartily.