Chapter 612 Convenience
With the pass token, many people will have some concerns if they don't want to be enemies with the Great Yan Dynasty.
Therefore, the pass token can also protect Su Ruoyun and others.
Of course, things like the pass token were also sent by Xiao Yueyao's parents from the capital.
And Xiao Yueyao also received letters from her parents
During the Chinese New Year, my parents in the capital naturally stayed up to celebrate the New Year with the emperor.
The emperor expressed his excitement between the lines in the letter to Su Xueyi.
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Of course, time passed quickly. After the first month of the year, Xiao Yueyao and Su Xueyi started to get busy.
Xiao Shaochen and Ye started to open a chain of noodle shops and vermicelli workshops.
In order to boost the development here, the two people also found a relatively remote village to build a vermicelli workshop, also to boost the development of the local area.
Of course, there is an advantage to building a vermicelli workshop in a remote village, that is, the price in the village is cheap, and it is easier to hire nearby villagers as employees.
It also allows the villagers to earn some wages by working and supplement their family income.
Xiao Shaochen and Ye opened a workshop in a similar way to Xiao Shaojing. They first hired people to build the workshop and then hired people to make vermicelli.
Of course, Xiao Shaochen and Ye bought a large farm nearby and planned to grow sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, so that they could transport these things to the vermicelli workshop and make vermicelli directly.
Moreover, Zhuangzi can also hire nearby villagers to farm and manage the land, so they don’t have to worry too much.
When the two men came to the village to inspect it in a carriage, they found that the hired villagers were all working diligently.
Everyone seems to cherish this job and works diligently and seriously.
Ye looked at this scene and said, "This reminds me of the time in Xinghua Village."
“Everyone is really hardworking and honest.”
“The road here is still not easy to walk on.”
Xiao Shaochen said: "Don't worry, my sister has been researching cement recently and plans to build a cement road in Hezhou."
Yes, Xiao Yueyao understood that road transportation was very important if Hezhou wanted to develop everywhere.
If transportation is inconvenient in some places and it is not easy for horse-drawn carriages to pass through, it is indeed inconvenient.
If transportation is convenient, it can also promote local development.
Some specialties can be easily transported.
However, to build a cement road, you need to find lime.
Xiao Yueyao sent someone out to find lime.
Of course, she told everyone some of the properties of lime and asked them to look for it everywhere.
A notice was also posted outside the yamen, asking everyone to help find lime.
Of course, most people don’t know what lime is, but they still pay attention to it in their daily lives.
Xiao Yueyao firmly believed that she could find lime to turn the entire road here into cement.
With cement roads, everything is accessible.
Su Xueyi was shocked when Xiao Yueyao mentioned the cement road. "So, with the cement road, it will be easier to build roads everywhere in the future."
Xiao Yueyao nodded and said, "Yes, not only in Hezhou, but also in many remote places, cement roads can be built."
"Don't worry, we will definitely find lime to make cement. It's just a matter of time."
"My eldest brother and his wife have been saying lately that it's inconvenient to visit some of the villages, and the villagers there don't have ox carts to get out."
“It’s just that many villages don’t even have an ox cart.”
Su Xueyi tapped the table with her finger and said, "It's indeed inconvenient for a village to not have an oxcart, but once the village's economy develops, everyone will be able to afford an oxcart."
"Recently, the lower levels have compiled statistics on the number of acres of farmland and population in each village and town. Based on this, we can distribute seeds like potatoes and sweet potatoes."
Xiao Yueyao had someone deliver some potatoes and sweet potatoes in advance so that she could distribute seeds to the villagers here for use in cultivating the fields.
"After the harvest, everyone keeps some for themselves, and these potatoes and sweet potatoes can also be sold to earn some money to supplement the family income."
"And according to the method you mentioned, potatoes and sweet potatoes can be made into various delicious dishes, so there will definitely be a lot of people buying them."
Potatoes and sweet potatoes are still very rare foods. They are only available in the imperial farms in the capital, and ordinary people can hardly buy them.
In Yunzhou, people not only keep the potatoes and sweet potatoes for themselves, but also make many of them into delicious dishes.
For example, there are many kinds of potato dishes in restaurants, including roasted sweet potatoes.
Some merchants from other places would go there to buy these potatoes and sweet potatoes and transport them to other places for sale, and their business was very good.
Because potatoes provide a fresh vegetable for everyone in winter.
Otherwise, in winter, there would be very few vegetables available for people to eat.
Of course, they also have greenhouse vegetables. Now many of the vegetables in the greenhouse are ripe, and merchants from all over the country are lining up to place orders in advance.
So as soon as the vegetables are ripe, they are immediately transported to other places for consumption.
Vegetables that are difficult to store are sold in nearby states or nearby capital cities.
In order to eat fresh vegetables in winter, noble families would rather spend more money to buy fresh vegetables.
So Su Xueyi understood that the greenhouse vegetables built by Yao Niang had a good market.
Many people may want to learn it later, but not everyone can build it.
In addition, there must be initial investment in greenhouse vegetables.
What's more, the plastic film that Yao Niang used cannot be bought outside.
He knew that it was something Yao Niang took out from the space.
Xiao Yueyao seemed to have thought of something and said, "Actually, I have an idea that can boost the local economy."
"What's the idea? Didn't we talk about building roads before? We said that building roads would facilitate transportation and boost the economy."
Even Su Xueyi agreed with this view.
Xiao Yueyao said, "It's different. Now that the roads are built, merchants can use horse-drawn carriages to go to various villages at any time. However, it is still inconvenient for villagers, especially those in remote areas, to go out."
"Of course it would be more convenient if everyone had a bullock cart, but many families still can't afford to buy one."
"My idea is to start a public transportation system. We can buy some horse-drawn and ox-drawn carts, design them to accommodate many people, set up some stops, and let people pay their fares according to where they are going."
"You can plan a route, for example, from Xilin Village to Beiye Village, then to Yangjia Village... and then to the county town. If you go from the village to the prefectural city, you can get off at the county town and transfer to the prefectural city carriage..."
"The village isn't far from the town anyway, so we can use an oxcart to transport people. From the town to the provincial capital, we can use a horse carriage. We designed a carriage with seating and standing space, so it can accommodate many people..."
Xiao Yueyao told Su Xueyi about how buses operate in the technological age.
Su Xueyi understood instantly.
In an instant, Su Xueyi's eyes burst into bright and moving light.
"This is a great idea. It's still you, Yao Niang, who has the solution."
Xiao Yueyao smiled and said, "You also know that I came from another world, so naturally the things I see are different."
Su Xueyi was excited about this idea. "This way, everyone can go to the county town or the provincial capital without being restricted by region."
"And once everyone has planted potatoes and sweet potatoes and harvested them time and again, they'll have enough to eat and their living conditions will improve, and they'll be willing to spend a penny or two on the bus."
Xiao Yueyao nodded and said, "That's right. I also feel that people here really value family ties. They usually like to visit relatives, even distant relatives."
"During festivals, people would walk for two or three hours to visit relatives, which is very affectionate. If a bus like this were opened, it would be very convenient for everyone to visit relatives, even those who live far away."
“It’s just a car ride away.”
"Not only that, there are also express delivery stations that can help people send things."
In fact, even now, it is much more convenient to send things at the express delivery stations in Hezhou and Beijing.
Her parents sent things from the capital very quickly.
Otherwise, how could she have given the pass token to Ruoyun so promptly?
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