She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

Chapter 523: I love you Chapter 523: I love you Jiang Yifan’s imagination was indeed rich, he thought that on the vast lands of the Great Xia Dynasty, tracks would sprout like bamboo shoots after a rain, crisscrossing randomly across the ground, to the point where even regular horse and ox carts would find it impossible to traverse the roads.

Ye Xinyan understood Jiang Yifan’s concerns, pondering that the minds of ancient people were all spent on scheming against each other, “Rail traffic is different from others, if it really were to be built by the private sector, it might not be a bad thing. If it’s short-distance and located in a bustling area, then report to the court, where to build, how long to construct, the court will approve or reject based on the situation. What’s there to worry about?”

Jiang Yifan was still not entirely cheerful, replying, “The emperor is high, and the heavens are far away, I’m afraid it’s not as simple as you say once this door is opened.”

“It’s not as complicated as you imagine either. How much silver would it cost to build tracks? And how much could the profit be? If the tracks are not built within towns or relatively prosperous areas, who would dare to ride the rail cars on the tracks in the wilderness? If bandits attack, due to the rails’ limitations, those riding the carts wouldn’t even have a chance to flee. Rest assured, in places where the ‘heavens are high and the emperor is far away’, no one would entertain such an idea.”

Having assuaged him somewhat, Ye Xinyan returned to her own topic, “Alright, since the construction of tracks benefits us both, tomorrow I will have Song Ping go to the Qingyuan county government office to handle the paperwork for purchasing land and to look into what procedures are needed to construct tracks.

There’s no need to involve Pingshui County, since Peach Grove is just outside the jurisdiction of Qingyuan County. When building the cattle farm, we’ll just do it near the Qingyuan County side, and have all the tracks built within Qingyuan County territory. It saves the trouble of doing paperwork on both sides, not to mention it may prevent other complications from arising.”