"If we want the Daigan to flourish, building roads to allow all goods to flow is crucial!"

Lin Che was afraid Jiang Li would overlook it, so she continued to explain in depth, "The coastal countries have a lot of seafood, but they also have obvious shortages. The Cangwu Abyss is suitable for planting, especially various medicinal drugs, but it can't be circulated. Da Gan wants these things but has nowhere to buy them."

Jiang Li nodded. "Indeed. Many common fish and conchs in coastal countries are not eaten locally. But when they are sent to Dagan, they are rare and precious goods, often selling for dozens of times the price. Unfortunately, the journey was too long, and there were bandits along the way. Local officials exploited them, so no caravans were willing to sell them. As long as we build roads and ensure that people across the country can travel safely, everything will be fine."

The two continued walking on the street while talking, passing by a small restaurant.

The two of them simply sat down in a small restaurant and ordered a lot of local specialties.

While eating, Lin Che said, "I brought back hundreds of spaceships from the Myriad Monsters. We can continue to research these spaceships. If we can mass-produce them, then there will be spaceships traveling between every city every day, which will naturally facilitate the flow of goods."

Jiang Li suddenly thought of something: "What do you think? Can we sell our goods to the Myriad Monsters' world? We could get a lot of things in return."

Lin Che shook her head gently. "It's best not to make it public. We can purchase it secretly, but we can't let the Ten Thousand Demons know we're reforming. Now is the most critical period. Once we're fully prepared, we can face the opportunities and dangers of the Ten Thousand Demons."

"Hmm! You're right. We really shouldn't take big steps. We do have quite a few disciples every year, but if we have all of them go to various places to help with planting, we don't have enough manpower. Going to the Ten Thousand Demons Clan is too risky."

Lin Che smiled and thought, "Sure. Your Majesty the Empress!"

Now even going to the countryside to help with production has been summarized.

"Lin Che, do you have any extra Human Emperor flags?"

"There's no other thing like this. Do you want to...teleport?"

"Yes! If there are more Human Emperor Flags, we can set up the most central hub city and continuously transmit them. It will be faster than any road construction or spaceship."

Lin Che agreed. "Indeed, it would be great if there was a teleportation array. I'll have the Daoist Academy conduct a thorough study. Both the human world and the demon world have portals. If one of these portals opens at the Cangwu Abyss, then the connection is truly open."

Jiang Li suddenly put down his chopsticks, poured wine for Lin Che himself, and said with a smile:

"Come, I'll toast you a glass."

"Something's wrong. Why do I feel like you have bad intentions when you look at that smile of yours?"

"No, I just have something to discuss with you." Jiang Li's beautiful face suddenly showed a shy look: "How much silver do you have?"

Lin Che retreated tactically. "You're not going to borrow money from me, are you? You haven't paid me a monthly salary in all this time."

"I know you're rich, but I'm really poor right now, and the treasury is empty. I won't hide it from you..."

"You'd better keep it a secret from me!"

"No, I won't hide it from you. I have to say that I only have a little over three billion taels left..."

Lin Che felt a sharp pain in his teeth. This sounded like a lot, but with Jiang Li's constant battles, this amount of money was nothing. "I don't have any either. I only have two or three hundred million silver notes. I'll give it all to you if you want it!"

While we were bargaining, a few drunk men happened to walk by.

Because Jiang Li was so good-looking, they would take a few more glances at him even if they passed by the table. However, they happened to overhear the conversation between Jiang Li and Lin Che.

The corners of the men's mouths twitched, and one of them shook his head: "Alas! Young people nowadays. They dare to brag about anything after just two drinks. Humph!"

"It seems we were too conservative. We only said we'd make a few hundred thousand, and look at them, they made over three billion taels. They didn't even blink."

"My two brothers, don't pay attention to the boasting of these young people. Back then, I served Her Majesty the Great Gan Empress, offering her advice and seeing a lot of money. However, I eventually grew tired of the court struggles and retired to my hometown. I don't usually want to tell anyone about these things."

"Amazing, awesome."

Several men staggered out of the restaurant, holding bottles of wine.

Upon hearing this, Lin Che and Jiang Li looked at each other and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Jiang Li continued, "Okay, now I've calculated it, you're the richest person in the world. The income from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and the income from the Demon Suppression Prefecture all went into your pocket. Consider it a loan from me, okay?"

Lin Che was also straightforward and said, "Okay, okay, anyway, what's mine is yours, and what's yours is mine."

Jiang Li felt a little proud and a little shy when he heard this, and personally picked up a piece of meat for Lin Che.

It seemed that with Lin Che around, she could easily solve any problem.

Lin Che continued, "The national treasury is empty. Besides the taxes and state-owned industries we mentioned, the focus should still be on banks... on money houses."

"The imperial court has always been involved in the money bank business. I have also considered joining forces with the leaders of the Hundred Schools of Thought and asking the Confucian Sage to help them continue to issue some silver notes."

"Printing money is certainly part of it. The money houses I'm talking about are for all the people in the country. We're talking about expanding the city so that the people can have houses to live in, but not many people can come up with so much silver to buy real estate all at once. At this time, the imperial money houses can lend them money. If a large house costs 100,000 taels of silver, we can lend it to them so that they can have a house to live in. But 100,000 taels of silver, they will need 20 or 30 years to pay it back."

Jiang Li was once again shocked. "Your plan is simply, absolutely brilliant. This way, they will find ways to make money to repay their debts. Moreover, even if we lend out 100,000 taels, it will eventually flow back to our imperial bank. There is no way they can hold 100,000 taels of silver in their hands..."

Lin Che added, "Remember, these houses were built by the imperial court. Or, in other words, the land was sold. Right now, everything is in ruins. The only way to rebuild the country is to burden the people with enormous debts. They'll be busy earning money to pay off their debts, so they won't have the energy to rebel. At the same time, we've opened schools and martial arts halls. If they want to succeed, they don't need to rebel. We've already provided them with a path."

As he spoke, Lin Che felt a heavy feeling in his heart.

Perhaps, it was really because of his different position. Now that he was in this position, he was actually thinking of using some of the methods from his previous life to rule the world.

But no matter what, he must implement these national policies.

He was well aware of the importance of unifying the world, and he knew the importance of ensuring that all people could live and work in peace and contentment. He was even more aware that all the demons and Buddhas were watching covetously, and that the human race could be destroyed at any time.

Reform will certainly sacrifice the interests of many people, but it is also imperative.