Chapter 287 Providing money to build roads

Now that Zhou's shop has grown bigger, she is busier than usual.

When Zhou Ruiyuan came back at night, Du Wanchun took out the base map of Qingzhou Mansion.

She drew on the map the most suitable places for building official waterways.

Zhou Ruiyuan looked at it and said happily: "Wang Chun, you painted these?" ?.?????.ℂ??

Du Wanchun said with a smile: "Yes, look here, several counties have no roads. If the roads here are open, we can transport the rice to them to sell."

Zhou Ruiyuan nodded lightly, and then said slowly: "These places do need road construction, but..."

"Lack of money?" Du Wanchun asked with a smile.

Zhou Ruiyuan slowly put down the map, "That's right."

Du Wanchun turned around and took out the account book from the room, "Although our family is not very wealthy now, we still have money for road construction."

As she spoke, she directly debited the amount of ten thousand taels of silver from the ledger.

Zhou Ruiyuan looked at it and was stunned, "Are you willing to spend so much money to build roads in Qingzhou Prefecture?"

Du Wanchun said slowly: "Of course I do. Once the road is repaired, the people's lives will get better. When the people's lives get better, our shop will have a steady stream of business."

Although she said it was all for her own shop.

But Zhou Ruiyuan knew that she was doing it for his official career.

Spending his own money to build roads will not only win the hearts of the people, but also gain a good reputation among officials in the DPRK and China. There is no harm in him.

Seeing that he didn't reply, Du Wanchun thought he was reluctant to part with the money. He smiled and comforted him: "Mr. sir, don't worry, in the future we can not only earn back these ten thousand taels, but also thirty thousand or forty thousand taels."

Zhou Ruiyuan reached out and gently held her in his arms, "Thank you, Wan Chun."

Du Wanchun smiled and said, "If you really want to thank me, you should also thank me. Part of the money here comes from the incense made by me."

Zhou Ruiyuan buried his head in her neck and nodded gently, "When you return to Beijing, you and your mother won't have to suffer like this anymore."

Du Wanchun replied: "It doesn't count as hardship. It's pretty good that our family is enjoying themselves."

Zhou Ruiyuan's heart tightened when he heard this, and he hugged her tighter.

The lights in their room stayed on for another night.

The next day, Zhou Ruiyuan returned to the county government office with the banknote she gave him and began to continue building roads.

Several official roads had been built in several nearby counties before, and there were many more traders coming and going in Cheng'an County.

This time, if all the official roads drawn by Du Wanchun are repaired, more people will come here.

It takes time to build a road. If it is short, it will take one year. If it is long, it will take three to five years.

Zhou Ruiyuan was not in a hurry and arranged the matter slowly.

Wei Xun listened to Zhou Ruiyuan's suggestion and returned to Beidi with the princess's whip. He stayed away for half a year.

A lot has changed in half a year.

Du Wanchun's rice shop opened two more in two states near Qingzhou Prefecture.

The balm sold in the rouge shop is getting better and better.

Recently, she and Mrs. Zhou made an expensive beauty cream.

However, ordinary women in Cheng'an County couldn't afford it, so Du Wanchun sent someone to give the Zhuyan Cream to Miss Han who was far away in the capital.

Miss Han and Zhou Feng have been married for a few months, and they have a very good relationship.

After Miss Han received the facial cream, she couldn't wait to give it to her friends.

This time and again, it spread to the hands of various noble ladies in the capital.

A few months later, all the ladies who had used the facial cream asked Miss Han where they bought it, and Miss Han told them about Du Wanchun's rouge shop.