Yelü Wuli immediately summoned his ministers to discuss the matter.
"Minister Xiao's plan has worked so quickly. It seems the court was preparing to send people to Louye and Lanwei, but that's no longer necessary. They've already sent people to our door," Yelü Wu said excitedly.
Xiao Yi stepped forward and said:
"Your Majesty, the visitor is named Ma Yuanhao. It is said that he is a descendant of the now-defunct Louye Kingdom, and he has been quietly developing his power for many years."
Currently, Ma Yuanhao wields the most power in Louye, and even the local officials dare not do anything to him. The foreign kingdom must make good use of such power.
“What Minister Xiao said is true. Ma Yuanhao has come to Yanjing. His purpose is very clear. How should we handle this matter?”
"Ma Yuanhao has come here to ask a favor from the foreign country. If nothing unexpected happens, Ma Yuanhao should have gone to Lanwei before coming to Yanjing and communicated with Huang Liang, the overlord of Lanwei. As long as we take down Ma Yuanhao, we can also take down Huang Liang."
Therefore, when a foreign state summons him, the emperor should not appear in person, but should arrange for someone to negotiate with him.
We shouldn't take the initiative; let him make the demands, and we'll set the conditions. This way, we'll have more control.
“Alright, then this meeting with Ma Yuanhao will be led by Minister Xiao, who will negotiate with him to bring the local forces of Louye and Lanwei under the control of the foreign kingdom.”
"As you command," Xiao Yi said excitedly.
After the court session ended, Xiao Yi left the palace to meet Ma Yuanhao.
A gust of cold wind blew by, but Xiao Yi did not feel cold. At this moment, his heart was surging with excitement, and he felt that his era had arrived.
At this time, in Shuixian Village, after Li Guang planted the last plot of winter wheat, it began to drizzle. This rain came at just the right time and was very beneficial to the germination and growth of the wheat.
Zhao Xian knew that after this rain, the temperature would drop further. Although the people had enough to eat, they still didn't have enough to keep warm.
If you want to develop the textile industry, you don't need to wait until you've widely promoted white cotton and harvested a large amount of cotton before you start, otherwise you'll waste a year.
However, if one has purchased a large amount of cotton through the system, it is easy for others to suspect the origin of this cotton. Once one's secret is discovered, it will not be a good thing.
He thought about it for a while and quickly came up with a solution.
Currently, Zhao Xian owns many workshops and has also rented the village's grain depot. Although there are some warehouses, they are all small warehouses attached to the workshops for storing goods. Therefore, he had the idea of building a large warehouse.
Judging from the current situation, Zhao Xian is already capable of expanding his business throughout the entire territory of Dae Bacchae and is capable of building the largest product manufacturer and supplier in the country.
To achieve this goal, we must start operating now and make a good plan.
The first step is to build a large warehouse where you can store production materials purchased from the system. These materials can then be allocated from there for processing and production.
From now on, when purchasing supplies from the system, there will be no need to hide anything or worry about outsiders knowing your secrets.
To better utilize this warehouse, Zhao Xian wanted to upgrade his market trading system and see what new features the upgraded system would have.
This system upgrade is the third upgrade to the market trading system, and it will cost 200,000 silver coins. This amount of silver coins has been prepared and the system can be upgraded at any time.
With this in mind, Zhao Xian went to the village head and asked him to help him build a large warehouse.
During this period, the village head was very busy. In addition to managing the affairs of the village, he also had to manage the first and second phases of the village's farmers' market.
Upon seeing Zhao Xian arrive, the village headman hurriedly went out to greet him.
The two burst into laughter as soon as they met.
During this time, they were both busy with their own things. Although they lived in the same village and were very close, they rarely saw each other. Zhao Xian estimated that he had not seen the old man for several months.
The house where the village head now lives is no longer the old house. Now that conditions are better, he demolished the old house and built a new one.
With the village head's financial resources, he could have easily built a luxurious house, but he didn't, fearing it would have a negative impact.
Zhao Xian is a fourth-rank official in the imperial court. He still lives in his ancestral house and is very friendly to everyone in the village. He is helpful, low-key, and respected by everyone in the village.
The village head should take Zhao Xian as an example, do more practical things, and serve the villagers.
"What brings you here, Lord Shaoqing?" the village headman asked.
"Uncle Village Head, don't be so polite with me. I've come to your door today because I really have something important to ask for your help with."
"Okay, go ahead and say it."
"I want to build a warehouse in the village."
What is warehousing?
Wang Lizheng had never heard of the term "warehouse" before, nor did he know what a warehouse was used for.
"Warehousing is a complex of buildings consisting of many warehouses, used to store large quantities of goods for easy allocation and management."
After listening, the village head nodded, basically understanding what was going on.
"How big of a warehouse does Lord Shaoqing plan to build?"
Zhao Xian did some calculations and then said:
"It covers approximately one hundred acres."
Upon hearing this, Wang Lizheng shuddered in fright. One hundred acres of land—that's an enormous area! How many warehouses would that require?
The village head considered for a moment and then spoke:
“In the northeast of the village, there is a piece of wasteland. The terrain there is high, but due to the lack of water, it cannot be cultivated into farmland, so it has been abandoned there for a long time.”
This wasteland covers an area of over 100 acres. It is relatively close to the village and not far from your wasteland workshop, so you can build your warehouse there.
There's no road leading from the village, so we need to consider building one.
"That's no problem. Depending on the situation, we may need to build several roads."
I'll draw up a blueprint later, and Uncle Village Head can help me calculate how much funding I'll need.
"Okay, no problem. Leave this to me. You can rest assured."
Next, the village head took Zhao Xian to the wasteland in the northeast of the village. Zhao Xian carefully inspected the land there. The terrain was high, so there was no need to worry about flooding. It was indeed an ideal location for building a warehouse.
After returning home, Zhao Xian began designing and creating blueprints.
Drawing up a warehouse plan is not as simple as just building a few warehouses; it requires considering ventilation and drainage, as well as fire prevention and theft prevention.
Since there were some things he didn't understand and he couldn't find anyone to ask for help, Zhao Xian bought some books from the system, studied them carefully, and finally finished drawing the blueprints.
After the blueprints were completed, Zhao Xian found Master Qin and first told him about the construction of the warehouse. Then he took out the blueprints and asked Master Qin to give him his advice.
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