Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

"Can you tell me more?" Old Madam Long was confused with Song Chuan's words. She knew that Cheng City was not that bad but was there any need to make more trade routes?

The road that was built from Cheng City to Heng Xing City under Governor Zhang was still functioning properly.

In fact, Old Madam Long heard that there were more roads connecting the few other cities around Cheng City under the project of these officials. These were the side projects aside from their war projects.

No matter what, Fei Yang Kingdom had to continue strengthening themselves.

Otherwise, they would never be able to move forward.

And it was through various projects that Fei Yang Kingdom was able to grow so far.

"Yes." Song Chuan took out a skin map from his back and then asked, "May I borrow the table?"

"Yes."

Aside from the bamboo scrolls, writing in this era usually used animal skin that had been dried off. But because it was harder to make than bamboo scrolls, there were not many people who would use it.

For map, it would be better to use skin rather than bamboo scrolls because it was easier to draw here.

Song Chuan unfurled the map on the table and pointed at Cheng City in the middle. "Cheng City is located here and after the city last expansion after war against Shi Long Kingdom, the city's outer area is now connected to the river that passed by our city. The construction has been done and the river has been integrated into the city. However, there are not many activities done in the river yet."

After that, Song Chuan pointed at the river along the way. Some cities were bordering the river and it also continued towards Yi City and even connected several more cities in the east.

"His Majesty ordered construction of ships for the sake of the war against Wei Da Kingdom back then. But in the end, the construction couldn't keep up with the pace of the war and they remain largely unused. But many people felt that transportation in the river is quite convenient and many built more ships.

I heard that some people even used ships to transport goods from one city to another and wanted to open up trade in Cheng City. But in this situation, there would be more people coming to Cheng City and the port might have people from various areas mixed.

It can be dangerous if there are no order, so I hope that the reserve soldiers can be used here," Song Chuan explained his idea.

Nan Hua blinked her eyes and nodded in approval.

When she saw the map in her mind, she felt something was strange and it was only after Song Chuan explained about expansion did she realize that Cheng City has become similar to Yi City.

These two cities have river directly entering their city.

Though, in the case of Cheng City, the river was only in the outer area. Cheng City has expanded quite a lot due to the migration of people after the war was over. Emperor Yang Zhou recruited many people from various areas after the war was over and this caused Cheng City's original size to be far from enough.

Expansion is needed.

So Cheng City was now basically divided into the inner area and the outer area. The outer area still has many new construction being built while the inner area was what had existed for a long time.

"How do you plan to arrange it?" Old Madam Long suddenly asked. She had seen the city layout on the map and realized that it was planned quite well. Ships could come in on the open area that directly bordered the river.

If there could be a new trade route there…

Cheng City could become better.

After all, losing the identity of the capital city would undoubtedly give some impact on Cheng City. One of the few things that had happened was the fact that many people choose to follow Emperor Yang Zhou to the new capital city.

The rest of them stayed behind.

Song Chuan smiled and explained what he planned. "I still have to talk with other officials but the plan are… and then…"

Nan Hua listened on the side.

She felt that she was back to the time when Dark Moon Organization was expanding their businesses and had to listen to their arrangement. Knowing that she has no talent in business and the likes, Nan Hua just threw it all to Si Mo Fan.

From listening to Song Chuan, Nan Hua could tell that the idea was quite solid.

How it would be implemented in the future depended on Song Chuan and the cooperation of the other people in Cheng City.

'But it should be a good idea.'

Trade through water was actually a very good idea. If this trade route can be established, many cities' economy would rise, which would make Fei Yang Kingdom flourish in the years to come.

The effect might not be immediate because the trade will start small.

But later on…

It should be pretty good.

After a while, Song Chuan was finished.

Old Master Nan also listened with some interest. He was a soldier but he also has many businesses under the Nan Family, so he knew the basic.
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"Do you think it's possible for the nobles to be more involved?" Old Master Nan suddenly asked.

Song Chuan's eyes lit up when he heard Old Master Nan's words. "If Old Master Nan is willing to contribute and use the route, then I'll reserve a place for you."

Nan Hua looked at the route and then thought about Lin Yuan, the merchant who was friend with Long Qian Xing.

If she was not wrong, he was staying at the north.

And going through the sea would be faster than going through the land. Of course, there would be some risks involved, but he should be interested to form the trade route.

After all, what was common at the north might not be common at the south and vice versa.