What changes have occurred in Chapter 87?
"You can't believe what she asked me. She asked me why girls can't read and write like boys." Lu Chenyang sighed and said, "Look, she's so smart. She's already thinking about it, and she wants to change the situation of the girls in Youwuyuan. She's also thought of a way to teach them herself. Prince, I'm really, really happy."
Yan Xing looked at him, his eyes sparkled. He was really happy and was in high spirits when talking about this matter.
He curled his lips, "Maybe it's because you changed her fate, and she wants to change the fate of others. You've influenced not just one person, but many, many people."
Qiao Sanniang is just an ordinary woman. She has only been studying for a short time, but she can already think of this. Lu Chenyang is really happy.
"So, I decided to let all the children in Yanquan County go to school!" Lu Chenyang made a bold statement.
Yan Xing nodded. "Yes, I think so. But Lord Lu, when will our food be delivered? It's already two days in arrears."
Lu Chenyang coughed lightly and said, "I'll tell County Magistrate Xu later and I'll send it to you tomorrow."
Yan Xing said, "There's one more thing. Recently, quite a few refugees have come to join the army. Will they be accepted?"
Lu Chenyang was stunned for a moment: "More refugees? Are there many?"
"Not many, about a hundred or so, all from nearby counties." Yan Xing said.
The good life in Yanquan County is now well-known in Lingnan. It is normal for people from other counties to hear about it and come here to seek a way out.
"Collect! Collect as much as you come, the more the better!" Lu Chenyang said firmly.
Yan Xing looked at him and nodded: "Food and grass."
Lu Chenyang's good mood dissipated a little, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll find a way."
Ah, he missed Yu Dayong so much, and didn’t know when he would come back.
Yu Dayong has been away for more than three months this time. The caravan he brought this time is twice as large as before. He brought 500 guards and 200 elite soldiers.
These seven hundred men were all armed with weapons, and the two hundred elite soldiers were the most skilled and capable generals in the army, trained by Yan Xing himself.
So he brought a lot of goods this time, and Lu Chenyang was waiting for him to come back to fill the small treasury.
But this is not enough, he has too many people to support.
Fortunately, the business of the merchants in the new market has stabilized, and the people have money in their hands, which finally alleviates his burden a little.
Even during the Chinese New Year, Lu Chenyang did not dare to relax and invited several big merchants to dinner.
Shen Shiqian and Zhao Tingyuan are definitely coming, as well as Wang Zhong who represents the foreign merchants.
Wang Zhong mainly does rice business. With Lu Chenyang's support, he brought a lot of grain to sell. Basically, as soon as it arrived, Lu Chenyang would take half of it, and he would sell the rest to others.
Now the price of grain in Yanquan County has dropped to 20 wen, and it was around 15 wen in the summer, which is almost a drop of half!
This is all because of several big businessmen such as Wang Zhong.
In fact, the price of grain dropped. Logically, Wang Zhong and others should not be happy about it, but they were not. They were very happy about it.
First, Lu Chenyang built a road, making it easier to travel to Lingnan. He also sent escorts to help pick up and escort goods for free, reducing the possibility of robbery. Finally, they didn't hold back the goods at all, but sold them as soon as they arrived. Lu Chenyang also reduced their taxes.
For grain and cloth, Lu Chenyang has always collected the lowest commercial taxes.
When Wang Zhong went to do business elsewhere, he first had to deal with the government and engage in price wars with local merchants, which exhausted him both physically and mentally.
But that’s not the case in Yanquan County. There are no such bad things at all, which is very worry-free and labor-saving.
Other merchants also discovered this benefit, so they came to Yanquan County more willingly. Especially now that the people of Yanquan County have become wealthy, not to mention that Yanquan County has a charm that other places don't have, which seems to have been attracting them here.
Wang Zhong said, "I want to see what changes have taken place here."
This sentence woke everyone up.
Someone said, "When I first came to Yanquan County, the road was so difficult to travel. It was full of potholes. I finally made it, but before I even entered the city, I was robbed. Most of my goods were lost. I was young and stubborn at the time. Even in such a situation, I still refused to go back. I wanted to go in and see what kind of place this was."
That's definitely not good. There are fights everywhere, and you have to pay money just to ask for directions.
"At that time, I thought I'd never come here again in my life. With such a big business, there's no way I can't make money!" the man continued, "Boss Wang asked me to come this time. I actually didn't want to, but he kept pestering me, saying that Yanquan County is different now. I thought it could be so different, and well, it is!"
He said with a look of emotion: "Although the road is still difficult to travel, there are no highway robbers anymore, and the people are not the same as before. Although they still look at me as if I were a piece of fat meat, no one dares to attack me." He laughed and said, "There is a kind of vitality in the people."
There is a kind of energy in them to live well after surviving a disaster.
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