Nine hundred and sixtieth chapters: the land of the world
Chen Kaizhi then glanced at Deng Jian, and saw him looking thoughtful, and couldn't help but smile and remind him.
"But since you have to follow Uncle Master, your appearance needs to change. Your beard is shaved. Your skin is too rough. In the past few days, I will make people think of a solution. You and my brothers, I asked you to take risks. In fact, I am uneasy. But when I think of Uncle Fang, I will be more at ease if you take care of him."
He put one hand on Deng Jian's shoulder and solemnly promised.
"When you come back, whether it is successful or not, you will come to the capital. I and you are called brothers, but there is no difference between you and brothers. Let's go now and go to Jibei. Now... it's time to give some color to the rioters."
Deng Jian's eyes flashed and he nodded slightly.
It only takes one day to get from Jeju. When approaching Jibei, it is clearly completely different from Jeju. Once you pass the boundary, you will find that there are not countless ridges here. There are many roads. Although there are also fields, most of them have been planned. In addition, the roads compacted with lime, gravel, gravel, and glutinous rice appear straight.
This kind of road is actually more like the original version of cement road, which has been around since ancient times, but when the people in the observation group saw this road, they were all amazed.
Even Chen Zhijing was extremely surprised. You must know that there is no way to pave the road with such materials. However, generally, such primitive "cement" is either used by high-ranking officials as tombs or as roads in prosperous cities, but it is too...a waste to build it directly in the wild.
This costs a lot, but it costs a lot of money.
Not only that, even on both sides of the road, ditches were dug and bricks were laid out, which were obviously used for drainage and could also be used for irrigation in nearby fields.
Even Luoyang may not be so extravagant. Many people's first reaction was that they frowned.
Chen Zhijing obviously couldn't help frowning. For him, such extravagant projects were actually not recommended. The government must be simple in its actions. How can it be so luxurious?
In the distance, there were several farms, which seemed to be taking care of the farmland along the way. However, it is said that the original population of Jibei had all gone to Beiyan, so there was no one here, so Jibei Prefecture recruited farming.
It is precisely because of this that everything here is in order. All the places are farms, roads, bridges and ditches are reserved, and all the land that needs to be developed in the future have been carefully planned.
The farm obviously has a small population, but there is a lot of land. However, judging from the farming situation, it seems that animal power should be used on a large scale and replaced human power. This is indeed a good idea, but... it still makes Chen Zhijing and others feel that this is really too luxurious.
Such a place is so expensive, it seems very irrational.
Animals have a great appetite, and their animal value is good. Nowadays, some people are people, and their manpower is low. Using animal power on a large scale has caused an exponential increase in the land cultivated by a family, but it may not be a good thing. In this way, the young and strong people have no land to farm, and they may cause trouble.
Going further forward, there will be more cars and horses on the road. The roads here have obviously been planned, such as tic-tac-shaped intersecting. Each road intersecting will have a gathering place, which is described in a small town with inns and vendors resting. They will also set up special guards, which ensures that within a few miles, there must be patrols to maintain public order. As for other wine shops and teahouses that have emerged.
Obviously, there are many merchants here. Every market is full of carts and horses. Many people take a break in the market, but it seems very lively. The merchants seem to be together and exchange news from all over the world.
What parked outside the inn were trucks of goods.
These chariots and horses have obviously undergone special modifications, and the goods are all kinds of strange things, including ginseng and medicinal materials from Northern Yan, cattle and horses sent from Northern Yan, cloth, iron, fine salt, pottery, porcelain and even many strange things produced from Jibei, so that people cannot name them.
Although most people will take out copper coins when they are involved in larger transactions, they will almost adopt the silver bills passed by the Jibei Money House. The lowest face value is one tael of silver, and then ten taels, twenty taels, fifty taels, and hundred taels. If outside Jibei, only merchants prefer to trade with such silver bills. However, in Jibei, even peddlers seem to be willing to accept such specially printed paper bills. The bills are printed very exquisitely. They are said to be produced by a special printing workshop in Jibei. Even the papers used are different from other papers. Ordinary people can distinguish the authenticity by just touching the paper.
As soon as the team of two or three thousand people arrived, it attracted many people in the market to stop and watch. However, it seemed that the people of Jibei were not very surprised by this. If they were in other prefectures and counties, they would have caused a sensation.
But although it is also eye-catching, most people are used to it.
Chen Zhijing felt a little disappointed. After all, he was the prince, but when he came here, he only wanted to see people curiously, so he was all done with his own affairs. Then he went to the tasting. Several nearby inns were immediately occupied.
Chen Zhijing found a seat, but did not dare to sit down. Instead, he went to welcome Chen Kaizhi, Deng Jian, Yansheng Gongren, etc. After Chen Kaizhi sat down, several people dared to sit down as a companion.
Chen Kaizhi smiled and said to the people beside him: "I told Mr. Yang not to come and greet him. Everything is simple. He is fine. If he really doesn't come and greet him, he will also take everything simple."
Chen Zhijing also smiled and said, "Mr. Yang obviously has his efforts. If you make a big move, how can Your Majesty privately? How can you observe carefully when so many people come with you?"
Chen Kaizhi nodded and attracted the shop. The shop was already busy and sweating profusely. There were suddenly more than 100 people in their inn alone. They rushed forward and saluted Chen Kaizhi and others.
Chen Kaizhi only asked him to serve good food and wine. The restaurant suddenly felt relaxed. It seemed that he knew how to observe his words and expressions. He knew that Chen Kaizhi was a noble person, so he agreed in less standardized official words.
Chen Kaizhi smiled and said, "Are you not from Shandong?"
"The villain is from Hongzhou."
Hongzhou...
This is thousands of miles apart. Chen Kaizhi couldn't help but be curious and asked, "There are a lot of times here. By the way, you are not surprised that there are so many people here?"
In fact, Chen Kaizhi also had this question in his heart, and he couldn't help but want to ask.
This is an observation group of three thousand people, and it is a huge crowd. It would be fine if I had seen people in the world, but even a shop seemed to have no surprise on the surface.
However, the shop laughed. He shook his head gently and shook his head, then he said in detail.
"What's this? Although there are a lot of three thousand people, in Jibei, there are some large merchant groups, and there are also one or two thousand people. The scale of three or four thousand people has not been seen. The young master is unknown. For example, when merchants in Jinling come, they often like to travel together. Jibei is peaceful, but other prefectures are not sure. Isn't this to prevent bandits? So the merchants are often invited together. Sometimes, even dozens of merchants come together, hundreds of men, hundreds of cars, and coachmen, and guards. Now, who doesn't know that selling fine salt is a huge profit? Naturally, they are scrambling to regret it. In this way, there are more people and nothing strange."
The shop paused again. Seeing that Chen Kaizhi and others were listening very seriously, he was quite proud and continued.
"It's not just that. Merchants came to buy fine salt at first, but when they arrived at the place, they found that it was more than just fine salt to make profits. Do you know iron tools here? The agricultural tools produced by the iron shop here are not only durable, but ten times more durable and sophisticated than other iron tools, and the price is only twice as expensive. In addition, there are also cloths. The cloths are cheap and dyed with the best colors. They are not inferior to Songjiang cloth and Shu brocade. However, the cloths in Jibei are cheap, and even if they are sold, they are profitable."
When King Zhao and others heard the words, they couldn't help but be amazed, and they actually listened very seriously.
"In addition, there are many things, such as the latest glass workshops, which produce glass, which is not only low in price, but also in all colors... In this way, more and more merchants have them, including those from all countries, including those from Beiyan, Yuechu, and even merchants from Daliang and Shu, will come. Once there are more merchants, they will be able to trade."
The shop seemed very talkative. He seemed to think that Chen Kaizhi and others didn't understand his words, so he continued: "Young Master, what will happen if the merchants in the world gather here? Not only will everyone come to buy the goods here, but they will also bring the goods from various countries. After all, the world's rare treasures and specialties, from the cattle and horses of Northern Yan, medicinal materials, to the silk of Yue people, and the good Shu brocade of Shu people. If you want to buy them all else, it will be a huge challenge, but in Jibei, as long as you can think of the goods, you will be here."
The shop became more and more excited and started talking.
Chapter completed!