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After a little chill, Sun Ce and his party drove to Suiyang.

Sun Ce invited Xu Shao to the same car. Xu Shao was surprised and politely declined, and finally got on Sun Ce's carriage.

Sun Ce's carriage was spacious and the materials were thick, like a small building. Everyone else retreated. Sun Ce sat leaning against the window and looked at Xu Shao with a smile. Xu Shao sat down opposite Sun Ce. Sun Ce knocked on the wall of the carriage, and the carriage started under the pull of six horses.

Sun Ce brought up the teapot on the case and poured a glass of water. "Mr. Xu, try new tea."

Xu Shao was very grateful and bowed, "What kind of virtue is the empress? How dare you work for Your Majesty?"

Sun Ce put down the teapot and waved his hand. "Don't be polite, I sincerely thank Mr. Xu today." He leaned on his back, crossed his fingers, placed him in front of his belly, and looked at Xu Shao with a smile. "To be honest, I know that Yuzhou has been doing well in recent years, but I am still surprised that the people of Yuzhou can give out 1.8 million gold to support the court. Today, I invite Mr. Xu to come, one is to pay tribute and the other is to ask for advice."

Xu Shao also smiled. He did not rush to answer, but picked up the tea cup and took a sip of the tea. As soon as the tea was in his mouth, his eyebrows were raised lightly. The tea in Sun Ce car was naturally good tea, but it was not unique. In fact, there were many teas he had drunk that could be comparable to this tea. From this, it can be seen that Sun Ce was not for people to see, he knew how to restrain himself.

"Your Majesty, I didn't do anything, I just asked them three questions." Xu Shao gently placed the teacup on the table, watching the green tea soup in the cup rippling gently as the carriage progressed. "I asked them if Your Majesty is a person who is extravagant and desire, and has any bad deeds of being disbelief? Different coins, who has the greatest harm to the interests? When the terms were agreed, who spoke the most besides Your Majesty? They understood these three questions and naturally knew what to do."

Sun St. Liu couldn't help but laugh. He nodded. "Mr. Xu's three questions are indeed simple and direct."

"The great way is simple and easy, it should have been like this." Xu Shao sighed. "The previous mistake of Confucianism was to complicated simple things. Fortunately, Your Majesty corrected the origin and revived the Confucianism, and used the Tao to achieve metaphysics. By using this, you can all understand the governance of the country at a glance."

Sun Ce smiled and shook his head. "Mr. Xu is too rewarded, I really dare not take it. If you don't say anything else, just talk about these gold. I was worried that there was not enough turnover before, but now the states are enthusiastic and exceed their expectations. I am worried that there is too much gold. The governments are big and slid, and they will not be able to hold it in the future. For example, how to formulate this clause is also a headache. The situation in each state is different, like a balance, how can we maintain fairness and make all parties satisfied. There is no specific charter yet. Mr. Xu, you are knowledgeable, can you give me some advice?"

Xu Shao was somewhat surprised. He ruled the world, aristocratic families, and the people supported him, and had too much money to spend. It was really surprising that Sun Ce was still so cautious when he achieved this. But when he thought about it, he felt relieved again. If it weren't for this, who would dare to hand over so much gold to him?

Xu Shao pondered for a moment. "I am very shallow in government affairs and dare not speak nonsense. It would be difficult for me to think of no mistakes in political affairs. However, I think that as long as Your Majesty does not forget his original intention and appoint talents to be able to do so, it will not be too much trouble. Just like the wheel, just run in and out."

He turned his head, looked out the window, and suddenly said, "Your Majesty thinks how well is the road in Yuzhou?" As he said, he lifted up the teapot and added some tea to the teacup in front of Sun Ce.

Sun Ce was stunned, and then calmed down and experienced it, especially staring at the tea cup on the table for a while. The carriage was stable, after all, it was not a high-speed rail, and the road was flat, after all, it was not a highway in later generations, and bumps were inevitable, so he was used to pouring only half a cup of tea, and the tea cup was placed specifically in the tea set on the table to prevent it from slipping. However, Xu Shao added his cup to most of his cup, but the tea soup still did not shake out.

"The roads in Yuzhou are well built, much better than those in Yanzhou."

“It rained heavily two days ago.”

"Oh?" Sun Ce frowned slightly. The roads are now dirt roads. No matter how well they are repaired, there will be mud when they rain, even Chidao is no exception. What's more, he has no interest in Chidao, a project that specializes in serving the emperor, so Chidao was repaired at least thirty years ago, and it was no longer useful. But this road is still so stable. Is it because people are not allowed to leave when it rains and deliberately keep it flat?

If this is the case, it would be a bit of a passing pass. This road is a main road leading to Hebei, and I don’t know how many people will pass by it every day.

Xu Shao smiled and said, "In order to build this road, the people of Yuzhou have invested a lot of money. To put it more than exaggeratedly, every time the wheel turns, it will take one or two gold."

Sun Ce was even more surprised. One or two golds would be a turn of wheels, so how much does it cost to go on this road? But he hadn't heard of such a big project, which was a bit strange.

Xu Shao smiled even more proudly, picked up the teacup, took another sip of the tea, and kept it behind closed doors before he explained.

This road runs from Meng County to Pingchun in the north, and runs through Runan, Chen County and Liang County. It is nearly a thousand miles long. It is built using a new ramming technology and has been built for several years. The reason why it takes so much manpower and material resources to build the road is because this road is too important. Not only Jingzhou and Yuzhou cargoes have to go north along this road, and Yanzhou and Jizhou cargoes have to go south along this road, and thousands of vehicles pass by every day.

This road was originally busy. With the industrial and commercial exhibitions in recent years, especially after the pacification of Jizhou and Youzhou, the amount of goods passed by has doubled. The roads in the past could not bear it and became muddy and could not walk when it rained, causing great inconvenience. Later, the merchants from Runan, Chen County and Liang County along the way gathered to discuss and decided to raise funds to rebuild this important business road.

In order to ensure that this road can withstand rainy days, they specially gathered craftsmen to develop a new tamping process. The main thing is to mix lime, river sand and soil in proportion, and then tamp it. After such a road is built, it will basically not be soft as long as it is soaked for a long time. After the rainy day, pedestrians can leave. After two days of drying, the load-cart trucks can pass normally.

In order to build this road, not only the merchants spent a lot of money, but the people along the way also made efforts. After all, the smooth business road is also beneficial to them. Many people along the way rely on providing products or food and accommodation services for passing business trips. If the business road is not open, they will also suffer losses.

Sun Ce slowly understood what Xu Shao meant. He was not afraid of big things. As long as it was profitable, he could always find a solution. The road was expensive, but there were many people who benefited from it, so no matter how much money they spent, some people were willing to do it, and they were very enthusiastic. Similarly, no matter how complicated the terms were, they could not violate one point, that is, to bring benefits to the people who contributed, especially the people in Yuzhou who donated the most.

The last one of Xu Shao’s three questions is clearly stated. The people of Yuzhou are so active that they want to compete for the right to speak and to strive for greater benefits for themselves. They were the first to be the people of Jizhou, and now they have to win back the city and regain their dominance.

To put it practically, this is just the instinct of capital.

Sun Ce looked at Xu Shao with a smile. "Does Xu, a Pingyu, also doing business?"

"Xu's Printing Bookstore is the largest private printing shop in Yuzhou. There are hundreds of workers and the new books printed every year are in short supply. Slightly famous scholars are willing to print monographs in the Xu's Printing Bookstore. Not long ago, they just undertake the printing business left by Lu Zigan in Yanzhou." Xu Shao's face did not change his expression. "In the academic monograph printing plan formulated by His Majesty at the beginning of the year, Xu's Printing Bookstore also undertaken."

"Is that so? Who is running it?"

"My cousin, Xu Jing and Xu Wenxiu."

"Mr. Wenxiu is back?"

"He has been back for two years. He is old and has been working outside for more than ten years. He is unwilling to become an official again, so he started a book printing shop to make a living."

Sun Ce couldn't help laughing out loud. Xu Shao also laughed. With the strength of Pingyu Xu, the word "life" is too modest. "With Xu Wenxiu checking, the books printed in Xu's printing workshop must be of the best quality. If you have time, I will visit Mr. Wenxiu and see the largest private bookstore in Yuzhou."

Xu Shao was overjoyed and quickly thanked him. "If Your Majesty can come, it will be a great honor for me, Pingyu Xu."

"There are many great merchants in Yuzhou. Although there are no such giants as the Zhen family in Zhongshan, Mi family in Donghai, and Cai family in Nanjun, and there are many families with over 100,000 gold. In recent years, they have paved roads and bridges, opened private schools, and helped the poor and help the poor. However, these are not as good as Xu Gong's frank words of profit, and Mr. Wenxiu's life is happy. Scholars do not hide their profits and support themselves. Only when they are rich and noble cannot be lustful, and powerful cannot be defeated. A gentleman is poor, but a true gentleman should not be poor."

Xu Shao sighed with emotion: "Your Majesty said very well. Food is the most important thing for the people. The people are honest and know etiquette. In the past, those who always speak are entrusted, and those who hear them are silent. Now there is no need to say much, so they naturally advance and retreat and be courteous and polite. In the past, they rarely talk about profit, but those who only seek profit are full of eyes. Although scholars despise it, they have to endure dirty things in order to make a living, and run around the door of the powerful and powerful. Now everyone talks about profit, but those who only seek profit are despised by others. Since they can have food and clothing, who is willing to take advantage of others' breath?"

Xu Shao remembered what happened during his exile and sighed repeatedly. No matter how noble a person is, he still needs to eat. Playing the piano while hungry, only a saint like Confucius can do it, but ordinary people cannot do it. Besides, even the Master said that the country has its own way, and poverty and humiliation are shameful. If you are peaceful today and prosperous times are expected, it is really a shame for scholars.

Sun Ce and Xu Shaohan made a noise for a while, and finally asked, "Mr. Xu, you once met Cao Cao, what do you think of this person?"

Xu Shao's eyes flashed slightly, and he pondered for a moment. "Your Majesty wants to persuade him to surrender?"
Chapter completed!