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Of course, Shen Bing didn't know Ying Zheng's thoughts, he only knew that the rewards Ying Zheng gave were a little different this time.

In the past, it was only promoted according to the Qin law...In fact, after being promoted, it included rewards, such as greater power, more fields, and more homes. Now Shen Bing has a fief in his hometown to collect taxes independently.

That is to say, if Shen Bing returns to his hometown one day, he only needs to rely on these taxes to support himself.

However, the imagination is very beautiful, but the reality is that all this is just a passing moment... If there is no power, you will lose your head at any time, still thinking about living?

This time it is of course to reward the title, defeating the Xiongnu and killing the Xiongnu Shanyu is almost worth the battle of destroying the country.

After being promoted to the next level, Shen Bing was already the general of Zuo.

Shen Bing didn't know what level Zuo concubine was. He only heard that before Shang Jun's reform, Zuo concubine was the top of the nobles... Afterwards, the right concubine was only available to the royal family.

After the Shang prince reformed, they were transformed into titles so that non-royal clans could also serve as titles.

In addition, there are 20 pieces of silk, 100 jins of gold... Only then did Shen Bing know that Qin Shi's so-called "gold" refers to copper.

This is actually easy to understand.

Qin Shi did not have that many metals. To be precise, the ancients hadn't realized how many metals, so they collectively referred to all metals as "gold".

For example, there are gold, platinum, red gold, and evil gold...respectively refer to the current gold, silver, copper, and iron.

Iron is called evil gold because it is brittle and white.

So it is said in history that "Qin Shihuang took the soldiers of the world and cast it as the twelve golden men"... The "gold" in this is of course not gold, but metals including copper, bronze, and iron.

Of course, copper in this era is still quite valuable, and it can also be used directly as currency, so the "copper" given by Ying Zheng is still very valuable.

The silk is actually more valuable.

If this thing is Sujin, that is, silk without patterns and laces, it’s okay. About eight or nine horses can buy a horse.

But Yingzheng bestows laces and patterns on them. These are all hand-stitched stitches and stitches. Some of them take several years to make, so one or two good horses can be exchanged for one horse.

That is, these twenty pieces of silk... are enough for the sinking soldiers to equip two cavalry.

What prices are these things and how valuable Shen Bing is not very concerned.

But the silk thing still aroused Shen Bing's interest.

In fact, Shen Bing's interest is not silk itself, but the development of Jiuyuan.

It is well known that Jiuyuan is an important node of the ancient Silk Road.

And the production and production of silk is monopolized by the Central Plains, so the Central Plains can use silk to exchange almost everything it needs from outside the region, and it is very cheap...Silk is very expensive, compared to other things very cheap.

It is said that when silk arrived in Rome, Roman soldiers needed to save a pound without eating or drinking for seven years.

As a result, a large amount of property and species flowed into the Central Plains along the Silk Road.

On the other hand, Shen Bing knows from the modern knowledge system that the two cities under his jurisdiction should not form a competitive relationship but should be complementary.

For example, Yunzhong County is suitable for the textile industry. If Jiuyuan develops the textile industry again, it will not be suitable.

This is not to say that Jiuyuan does not make money in developing the textile industry.

In fact, because Shen Bing has technical advantages and uses water power to save a lot of manpower costs and reduce the price of cloth in series, even if Jiuyuan develops the textile industry, it can make money.

The problem lies in Yunzhong County's inherent advantages over Jiuyuan in developing the textile industry:

Yunzhong County is closer to the market. No matter what cloth Jiuyuan produces, it is destined to be transported to the Central Plains... The Huns are used to wearing fur, and they have a lot of cow wool skins, so there is not much demand for cloth.

Therefore, if Jiuyuan develops the textile industry, it will cost two hundred kilometers more than Yunzhong County, which is not a small amount in ancient times.

The geographical advantage of Jiuyuan lies in its geographical location and close proximity to the back sleeve, which crosses the Hexi Corridor to the west, which is the Western Regions...that is where there is a huge demand for silk.

It is true that the Western Regions also need cloth.

But the road to the Western Regions is difficult. It is obviously more cost-effective to transport silk under the same capacity than to transport cloth... This is also one of the main reasons why silk is transported on the Silk Road. Silk is light in weight, small in size, convenient to transport and expensive advantage.

So don't think about it, Jiuyuan is doing foreign trade as a base for producing silk.

In addition, Shen Bing has not forgotten that Jiuyuan is the nickname "Prairie Steel City". There are iron ore everywhere here, as well as various non-metallic mines... The development of iron smelting industry here is complementary to Yunzhong County.

So Shen Bing did not hesitate, and immediately summoned Bo and the other prospecting team to Jiuyuan.

Agriculture is of course indispensable. Farmland and ramie planting are also the basis for self-sufficiency and survival in the North.

At this time, there is basically no need to worry about land. The 200 kilometers from Jiuyuan to Yunzhong County are all available land.

Although some areas are deserts, as long as the water conservancy facilities are perfect, they can become fertile fields in time.

In addition, the horse farm can be expanded near Jiuyuan.

The land in Yunzhong County is limited, so if the horse farm is moved to the Jiuyuan area, then let it go.

But before doing all this, Shen Bing thought that a road from Jiuyuan to Yunzhong County should be built first.

The straight-line distance from Jiuyuan to Yunzhong County is actually only over one hundred kilometers.

However, it is necessary to bypass deserts, mountains and other areas in the meantime, so it will increase to two hundred kilometers.

If the bend can be cut and straightened, it is possible to shorten the distance to 150 kilometers.

The reduced fifty kilometers may not seem like a big deal, but the impact is not small in detail.

The first is military interests.

Fifty kilometers is a day's march for the cavalry, and two days for the infantry.

If it can be shortened by 50 kilometers, it means that the connection between Yunzhong County and Jiuyuan County will be strengthened, which means that it can be defended with less force but can be safer.

On the other hand, with this road, troops can quickly reinforce each other back and forth through it.

The second is commercial interests.

If the two cities communicate with each other or even transport raw materials from Central Plains to Jiuyuan, a lot of freight can be saved.

Among them, silkworm cocoons and silkworm silk...The northern part of the country is located in the colder climate, which is not suitable for growing mulberry and silkworm.

If you want to do silk business, it is necessary to import raw materials from the Central Plains.

So Shen Bing did not hesitate, and immediately sent people to Yunzhong County to recruit workers.

These workers will be divided into several parts to start building roads at the same time under the protection of the Qin army.

Shen Bing even thought about it, building a walled city along the road to prevent the Huns from harassing again.

Once this road is repaired, it is almost equivalent to building a line of defense against the Huns.

It will be difficult for the Xiongnu to think about going south.