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Chapter 210

Chapter 210

"What if building roads can really make people rich?"

Qin Yu asked Shangguan Xiong in return.

"If building roads can make the people rich, I will immediately resign as Prime Minister and fully support the cabinet system!"

Shangguan Xiong said immediately.

From ancient times to the present, governing the country and ensuring the people's safety have always been the top priority of every dynasty. However, no dynasty has ever been able to ensure that the people can truly live and work in peace and contentment.

Because if the dynasty is to continue, it needs money, and the court needs aristocratic families to earn money and maintain its ruling position!

Therefore, a large amount of silver was gathered by the noble families, the wealth was concentrated in the cities, and the people could only live in remote areas!

Moreover, poor and remote areas produce unruly people. Even if you give money directly to the people in remote areas, it still cannot change their reality of poverty.

"Haha! Very well then! This prince will convince you wholeheartedly!"

Qin Yu said with a sneer.

Then, he stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Who is the richest person in Daliang? Of course, it's the nobles and merchants, but they also need to eat!"

"To eat, we need grain, vegetables, chickens, ducks, geese, etc., and these are all provided by the people. So, even if the people are not as wealthy as the merchants, they will not be hungry or cold!"

"There's only one reason for all this: the roads are bad. The people's food, livestock like chickens, ducks, and geese, can't be efficiently transported to the county town to sell. How much money can they make just carrying it on their shoulders?"

"Therefore, they can only choose to sell to merchants who go to the countryside to buy them. However, these merchants will suppress the price to an extremely low level, which leads to the people's interests being severely exploited!"

"If the imperial court could build a wide and flat road, and send soldiers to patrol it to prevent people from blocking the road and robbing people!"

"People only need a cart to easily push large loads of vegetables, grain, and livestock to the city to sell, and their income will increase significantly!"

"Prime Minister, do you think building roads can enrich the people?"

After saying that, Qin Yu looked at Shangguan Xiong with a sneer.

At this time, Shangguan Xiong's forehead was covered with cold sweat and his face looked extremely ugly!

What Qin Yu said seemed to be nonsense, but if you think about it carefully, it is indeed true. As long as the road is repaired, the people can get rich quickly.

"Your Highness, there is some truth in what you said, but do you know how serious the consequences of your proposal will be?"

"If the people go to the county town to sell their grain, vegetables, chickens, ducks, geese and other livestock themselves, a large number of merchants will suffer losses in their businesses and even go bankrupt!"

"At the same time, the surge in traffic into the county will also bring more problems. For example, most people are dirty and smelly, and gathering together makes it easy for diseases to spread!"

Shangguan Xiong gritted his teeth.

He must not sit idly by. Even if building roads can make people rich, he must find out the flaws!

"First of all, why are people so dirty and smelly? It's because they have to do heavy physical labor every day. It's hard for them to make a living, so how can they have time to take a shower?"

"But all that will change if they no longer have to worry about providing for their families!"

"As for what you said about merchants' interests being damaged, this prince can tell you that it is absolutely impossible!"

"Trade between merchants often involves the transportation of large quantities of goods. Once the roads improve, their transportation costs will be greatly reduced, the risks will be reduced, and the profits will increase!"

"Also, why would merchants take the grain, vegetables, and livestock from the people? Because they haven't developed a large-scale farming model!"

"And the prerequisite for forming a breeding model is an efficient transportation method!"