Airships can be quickly sent to the earth, but pilots cannot be sent, so everything must be done by Li Cong himself. Li Cong also read some news reports from the Western Empire.

, The transportation network in the Western Empire has developed quite rapidly under the guidance of Dai Lin. With the formation of ground freight, if there is a transportation leader in the Western Empire now, it is probably Li Cong. It is precisely because

For this reason, Li Cong's status in the Western Empire skyrocketed. In the past, Li Cong had to discuss some things with Prince Yulin, but now it seems that things are not that simple. Prince Yulin seems to be no longer his cup of tea.

, In the past few times, Prince Yulin has prepared some different gifts in return for the things he sent to Prince Yulin. This kind of thing has never happened before. The things he sent to him have never come back.

This was definitely the first time that such a thing had happened, which not only surprised Li Cong, but also Dai Lin, who often had contact with Prince Yulin.

Prince Zheng has now basically replaced the original position of Prince Yulin. Prince Zheng's influence in the royal family can be said to be unprecedented, because only one person from the four empires combined has become a tenth-level warrior. This makes the Western Empire royal family

Among the royal families of several other countries, they are very able to raise their own face. Not to mention anything else, this is also very powerful. Prince Zheng can be said to take the greatest credit, although Prince Zheng is very important to the royal family.

Some of Li Cong's ideas were not very agreeable, but Prince Zheng believed in Li Cong. This also allowed Prince Zheng to obtain very generous benefits. This did not coincide with the birth of one of Prince Zheng's grandsons. Dai Lin took this opportunity to give

Prince Zheng's palace sent some very nice things. Even Prince Zheng, who was used to seeing rich people, was a little suspicious. Li Cong seemed to be really generous with his actions.

"Your Majesty, you'd better not refuse this gift. In fact, we didn't get these things intentionally. As you know, our young master's master is an amazing alchemist. These pills are nothing to the prince.

It's good for the prince to accept it." Dai Lin said with a smile. Dai Lin actually didn't know what the things sent this time were. The total value of gold, silver, treasures and other things was only tens of millions of taels of silver. He could just do it

Entering the threshold of Prince Zheng's house, Prince Zheng was stunned when he saw the black meatball in the box. Dai Lin was also a ninth-level warrior, but he didn't know what this thing was.

"Haha. Xiao Dai, you don't know what this is, so you should say that, but I have to say something more. This thing is Xueshen Pill, which is the best healing medicine among the fourth-grade elixirs.

My battle with the black magician. To be honest, I still have a lot of problems with my body. Now I can only use 60% of my previous abilities. If I rely on my own breath control at home, at least I can

It takes more than thirty years to recover to 10% of my strength, but this little snow ginseng pill can directly restore my injury to 80% of my strength. It can be said that it saves me 60 years.

You can tell me how much wealth I can create in these sixty years. Besides, after using this snow ginseng pill, it will be of great benefit to practice in the future. This thing can be said to be needed by anyone who has been seriously injured like me.

, Such things cannot be measured with money." Prince Zheng really liked this gift from Li Cong, but Prince Zheng has lived for countless years, and he must know that accepting this thing represents

The meaning of it will be inseparable from Li Cong in the future.

"Snow Ginseng Pills? I really don't know this thing, but I have heard about it in some classics. It is said that it is made from snow ginseng that has been in the frozen forest for tens of thousands of years. I don't know.

Is it the same as this?" Dai Lin was also surprised when he heard this. He was also a little confused when he saw this gift list. He felt that Li Cong was really too stingy. Now it seems

This is really not stingy. It is estimated that if all the gifts given by these people outside were added up, the elixir in front of me would not be as precious as this one. This is definitely the most precious gift.

"Yes, that's what you see. Some people say that the best elixir is actually golden. In fact, from my experience, no matter what the color of this good elixir is, it has the best effect.

Okay, just like this snow ginseng pill, let’s not talk about how much snow ginseng is needed. As far as I know, there are only two or three fourth-grade alchemists in the world. Although there have been fifth-grade alchemists in history,

But I can guarantee that there should be no fifth-grade alchemist now. If you ask such a person to take action, I think the value is less than one trillion taels of silver, so you should never ask, and these people will not help you.

"There is absolutely no preamble to what Prince Zheng said. These things are so precious, especially this snow ginseng. Only a dozen or so of these things are produced every year, and they may not all be more than ten thousand years old.

You must know that the older this thing is, the better. There is a group of people in the frozen forest. If they discover ginseng, they will never mine it. They will write down the coordinates there, and then go there.

Then guard this thing around, and other people are contacting buyers in the outside world. If a buyer says what year they want to buy, they are just selling the news. When you dig it out is your business, save digging.

If something went wrong at that time, I can't afford the responsibility. A hundred-year-old snow ginseng can cost millions of taels. A thousand-year-old snow ginseng will cost more than twenty times. As for a thousand-year-old snow ginseng, it is estimated to cost a hundred times.

More than that.

Refining Snow Ginseng Pills requires at least ten thousand-year-old snow ginseng pills. There is no way to do this. After all, this thing does not have any other raw materials, so a larger quantity must be used. The cost of refining the pills alone is enough.

It is more than five billion taels of silver. It can be said that this thing cannot be successful once. It requires at least three preparations of materials to be successful. Coupled with the skills of the alchemist, this will definitely cost trillions of silver. No wonder

Prince Zheng felt that this gift was a bit heavy. Of course he knew that only he had this, and the elder of the Caobang family naturally did not have it. Not everyone could have such a treasure.

"This thing is actually of no use to us. We are not seriously injured. Our young master has his own thoughts in giving this to you. You are the pillar of our empire. What if a black magic pharmacist appears?

I still need you to fight, so you should keep it for the sake of all the people in the world." Dai Lin's talk was really useless. In just a few words, he raised this matter to the level of the survival of a country and the nation.

After hearing these words, if Prince Zheng still refuses to eat, then he is really not taking the world as his own responsibility. Such words can be said easily among the upper echelons.

"Haha, it doesn't matter, I have a competitive spirit even as I get older. In the past, I thought that I would rarely encounter opponents. This time, I suffered such a big loss from these black magic pharmacists.

If I don't get this situation back, it will be a very unpleasant thought in my heart. I have to settle all these things, and I will suffer from this thing of yours." Prince Zheng smiled.

Dai Lin also said with a smile and nodded, but Dai Lin still felt that Prince Zheng seemed to have something in his words. How could he be so sure that there are no alchemists above the fifth level in the world? What's more, he said this as if he was speaking late.

Only those who died said it. Although Prince Zheng suffered a lot of trauma in this incident, it shouldn't be like this. It only takes a few days at most to recover after taking Xueshen Pills.

"I heard that your Cao Family Trading Company has been working on some kind of network recently. What is that thing?" Prince Zheng thought of some new information about the Cao Family Trading Company that the butler had recently told him.

"Haha, Your Majesty, this is actually an idea of ​​our young master. Our young master saw that the current circulation of goods in the empire is actually at a less advanced level, so our young master wants to build a network throughout the entire empire.

The transportation network is just like we are in Beijing now. If we want to go to other places, we can only go there by ourselves. For those who are capable, it is no problem, but for some ordinary people, they simply cannot do it.

Yes, even communication between the county and the county is impossible. Our young master wants to use carriages, airships and merchant ships to connect this." Dai Lin briefly talked about this thing, Prince Zheng

I understood a little more. Although the expression on his face still didn't change, the shock in my heart could no longer be expressed in words. This kid is really smart, and he can think of such things.

If this was created, how beneficial it would be. Li Cong did something that no one else could do, at least he didn't see anyone else doing it.

"It's very good. If this wish can be realized, I think the whole society will change a lot." Because there were many people who wanted to say a few words to Prince Zheng, Dai Lin left without saying more.

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The Western Empire transportation network can be said to be a brand new thing. Many people, including people like Prince Zheng, don’t know what it is. But today Dai Lin told Li Cong about this transportation network.

Prince Zheng understood what was going on. This thing was indeed a new type of thing, but it had a huge impact on the entire society. In the past, the government had official inns, but they could only transport some letters and so on.

Yes, there is still no way to deal with big things. Moreover, the official post station basically transports some things from the court, which is very fast, but forget it about personal things. Those things are just transported to you by the way. Not only

The charges are very expensive, and we cannot guarantee you anything about safety.

How do people transport things between private persons? This requires special personnel to deliver them. Such things are not only a waste of manpower and material resources, but the most important thing is that the time is really unaffordable. The logistics network created by Li Cong can be said to be

These problems have been fundamentally solved. Although not many people know him now, everyone will be familiar with it soon. Li Cong's transportation network has now spread to all parts of the Western Empire. Although

It sounds nice everywhere, but most of the 1,054 provinces in the Western Empire are areas that have been flown by airships, and land transportation has not yet begun.

More than fifty provinces in the south have basically opened land transportation problems, which allowed Li Cong to recruit tens of millions of people to become his employees. They all looked at the employee contract in their hands in confusion.

In the past, people here worked for landlords. Even if you were a long-term worker, you would get your wages while you were working. If you didn’t work, you would have nothing. How could there be such a thing as providing for you in old age?

Well, but Li Cong's company has such a situation. From the day you start working until you are sixty years old, you have two choices, either give you your entire salary.

.According to the current situation, you will retire directly when you can no longer work, but at that time, the business bank will also give you one-tenth of your salary every month as your pension, and another one-tenth of your salary.

The first is that now you are only receiving 70% of your salary, and when you are 60 years old, the company will still give you 70% of your salary. Of course, if you can continue to work at that time, the money will also be

All of it will be given to you. The money you paid for work will be paid to you in addition. This kind of thing makes all the staff dumbfounded. They can’t believe that such a good thing can happen. Many people are like this when they reach the age of seventy.

You are still working. If you don’t work, there is nothing you can do about it. What will you eat?

The new policy has been implemented for four months. During these four months, most people have participated in the first type. It seems that it is impossible to promote the pension system here. Many people do not

I believe that at that time, I would no longer create wealth for the Chamber of Commerce, so why would they still give me money? Besides, if they deduct 30% of my money every month, it would be a bit much. I would rather not try such new things.

, just do your own work and take your own money. I don’t understand other things and have no intention of trying. However, most people have signed another five-year contract with the Chamber of Commerce.

, they all feel that it is good to find such a long-term and stable job. They are also tenants in the countryside and do not own land. If they work hard here every year, they can still have a few taels of silver left every year.

Don't look at these few taels of silver blindly. For them, a few taels of silver is already considered a lot of money. If they work hard for five years, they may have enough money to buy three or four acres of land.

Living in this society, Li Cong understood what a small-scale peasant economy was. Although these major empires did not emphasize agriculture and suppress business, the status of merchants was not very high. Of course, it was different from big merchants like Li Cong.

Such big businessmen have a much higher status than some nobles. Most of the people either have to take exams to get a title, or they just clean up a few acres of land in their hometown and live a good life. This land will last forever.

It's your own, and doing this is the best thing. Many people think so, including the new employees Li Cong recruited. Basically, this is what they have thought like this for five years here. Many people think so.

The thing is that almost everything is in charge of this business. I can save more than half of my salary in the five years here. This kind of work is definitely possible.

For example, for an ordinary carriage driver, his basic monthly salary is 500 coppers, which is five cents of silver. For other migrant workers, this amount of money is not a lot, but there is still a lot of miscellaneous income.

Everyone on the Internet has some fixed lines. If you travel once a day for a short distance, you will get 20 copper coins every day. If you work 26 days a month, you will also get a perfect attendance bonus of 100 copper coins. In this way, you can earn 100 copper coins per month.

There is more than one tael of silver, and the commercial bank stipulates that anyone who has worked here for one year can receive an additional one tael of silver. The salary for the next year will increase by 10% based on this year's salary, with a maximum cap of 50%.

This can be said to be the lowest-paid person in the entire transportation system. The prices for some high-end services are even higher, such as those who travel long distances, or the person in charge of several vehicles. They are all very well-connected or responsible in the local area.

It is said that they are capable people. If their income is more than three times that of ordinary employees, another reason why they come to Li Cong is that Li Cong will give out some opportunities every year to turn them into first-class warriors.

The opportunity depends on their work performance. Of course, this will not be said to the outside world. It will just give them some hints. As for how much they understand, it depends on their own brains.

In terms of inland waterway shipping, the Chamber of Commerce has mainly started to get involved in Red River transportation. There are no merchant ships from the Cao Family Trading Company on other rivers. This is not something Li Cong and others don't want to do. It is really not that easy to do. Even with the Cao Gang,

It is not easy to find a partner. Li Cong has already obtained one-fifth of the millions of ships on the Red River. Although most of them are contracted, for Li Cong, as long as he can

Driving up, this is a great success. No matter how you do it, as long as you can make money, some societies along the Red River also begin to move closer to them. After all, some goods need to be smuggled. On this land

Smuggling is really difficult. Inland waterway shipping is the best. However, Li Cong did not accept their surrender. It would be very fatal to hang out with these people at the beginning. If they are traced out later

I can't even explain it clearly. It's better to be honest in the beginning.

Airship transportation can be said to be the fastest growing one in the Western Empire. Now each of the fifty largest cities in the Western Empire has an airship take-off point. It is very popular with the dignitaries in these cities.

For this thing, the greatest pleasure in their lives is to spend money. It is the dream of many people to fly in the sky. In fact, only they can afford the expensive flight freight, just like two provinces within a province that are approximately

For a county with a distance of 500km, if you use land transportation to send yourself there, it will only cost you five taels of silver at most and it will take more than ten days. But if you use an airship, it will take more than an hour, but the price is also

Land transportation is more than a hundred times more expensive, costing 1,300 taels of silver. This is for public seats. Some VIP seats are even more expensive. Transporting a letter can cost 20 taels of silver, let alone one person.

Things can also be transported. Of course, everything must be paid according to weight. Express delivery on the earth is highly competitive and you can't make much money. But here, express delivery is the most violent industry, almost like robbing money.

There is no difference. Currently, this is the one that brings the most profit among the Cao family firms.

The first big business that the Cao Family Trading Company took on after the establishment of the transportation network was done by Prince Zheng, which was to transport a large amount of tax money located throughout the empire to the capital for free. Such a job was a big deal for Li Cong.
To be continued...