There was nothing wrong this day, Du Zhongxiao brought Shisanlang and a few followers to Xiangyang County to take a look at the newly opened private shopping mall here.

In Xiangyang City, most of the government offices are located in the south of the city, while the newly opened shopping malls are opened in the north of the city. There are several acres of vegetable fields there, which were bought by these merchants and dentists and built shopping malls. At this time, the shopping malls did not have the shadow of later department stores, but only built sheds on the flat ground and were divided into many areas.

Du Zhongxiao and his party did not go through the main entrance, but entered the mall through a small side door. As soon as they entered the mall, they saw many people squatting on both sides of the road, with a few things in front of them, each selling them. Some sold vegetables, some sold eggs, some sold live chickens and ducks, and of course, even fish, shrimps and crabs were indispensable.

Du Zhongxiao felt strange and walked up to see the fat river shrimp sold by the family, so he went up and asked, "How much does this shrimp cost?"

The stall said, "The guest officer has a good eye! This shrimp is caught from the river and is the freshest! If it is used as a drunk shrimp, it will be delicious and delicious! I have no false price here, I will take it all for fifty cents!"

Du Zhongxiao looked at most of the bucket in front of him and said, "My family is not very crowded, how can I eat so much?"

The man scratched his head and said, "What's wrong with this? I don't have any comments, so I can't sell it separately. The customer, who didn't have much money for fifty cents, bought them all!"

Du Zhongxiao said, "I can't eat it. Let's do this. I'll count you three pennies. Thirty pennies will come, and I'll give you thirty pennies."

It is convenient to calculate this way. The shrimp sellers counted thirty shrimps, wrapped them with lotus leaves, and handed them to Du Zhongxiao.

Du Zhongxiao handed the shrimp to Shisanlang, paid the money, and asked casually: "Isn't this a new shopping mall? How do you sell shrimp here? Are you also a person in the shopping mall?"

The man waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no. We rented the mall, gave them a few cents, and sold some goods here. This mall was opened by people in the city, and selling living things is not worth it, so we asked us to set up a stall."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and understood what happened in a while. The people of Ya were the former business handlers. They controlled the market and determined the price of goods, which could make the sellers lose money, and could make them return with a full load. They were the masters of the mall. They turned their hands into clouds and turned into rain. I don’t know how many methods were there. These fresh foods were difficult to do for the mall, so they just vacated a place to rent them to vendors. They not only collected rent, but also improved the types of goods in the mall. Needless to ask, except for poultry and livestock, other businesses that were difficult for them to start for a while are afraid that they would deal with them in this way. As long as there is a place and a flow of customers, they are still worried that they can’t find the ones selling goods here?

Du Zhongxiao said goodbye to the shrimp sellers and looked over. This area was full of vendors who set up stalls, or some people who grew vegetables and raised chickens. The scene was messy, just like the vegetable market outside, and the smell was a bit bad.

Not long after walking, I saw several sheds in the open space in front of me, where someone sold food.

There is a food area and a small number of sheds in Fancheng's shopping malls, most of which are shops. The mall collects their rent, cleans up garbage and manages hygiene. There is no service or management here at all. It just sets up a place to go and you can do business here after paying the money.

Du Zhongxiao said: "I'm just hungry, so we went to buy a bowl of soup."

Shisanlang said, "Tiju, this place looks so pickled, how can we eat it? Why don't we go outside and find a restaurant and buy some for food. There is no one to take care of it here, but who knows what is put into the pot over there?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's okay, let's go over and take a look. If you really can't eat it, it's not too late to go out to eat."

While talking, he reached the front of the shed.

The first one sells various river food, which is the most nearby and is cheap. When two pots are placed on the stove, they are fried with high heat. This method is still promoted by Du Zhongxiao. Because the production is simple and easy to use, many snack stalls have appeared.

Seeing that there were several large wooden barrels next to the stove, the fish and shrimp inside were all fresh. After pointing out, the boss was processing them aside, but it was fresh.

Du Zhongxiao was about to order fish, but Shisanlang said, "Tiju, look at the pot they used there. After the whole family has finished making it, they don't even brush it, so they will make the next one. How can they have an appetite? We have bought shrimps and we will go back to eat shrimps in the evening."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and bypassed this family and arrived at the next shed.

The one sold here is a large pot of mutton soup. The soup in the pot is full of fragrance. The table is filled with cooked mutton, which is finely sliced. On the other side are cut coriander and scallions, which are green and cute. There are noodles next to it, which can be soaked in it.

Du Zhongxiao said: "The soup here looks clean and the utensils are clean. So drink a bowl of broth. Fill your stomach and go back in the evening."

Shisanlang looked at it really clean and nodded, "It's good to drink soup. I'll have two bowls of broth, and I can last for a day."

Several people found a table to sit down, Du Zhongxiao and Shisanlang sat at the same table, while the others sat at the same table.

The servant came over and Du Zhongxiao said, "We each brought a bowl of broth and added more meat. Each of them had a few cakes, and I wouldn't want it."

The servant said, "Celebrity, we only drink soup here, which costs five cents a bowl. If you add meat, there are ten cents, fifteen cents, and twenty or thirty cents. The more expensive the meat, the more you can add the soup with meat, and the noodles can be eaten for free."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Okay, then each person will have a bowl of thirty cents. Since it comes out, why bother to be stingy!"

When he heard that it was the most expensive, the servant agreed and went there happily.

After a moment, the soup came up. Du Zhongxiao saw that it was so big that it was a big bowl with half a bowl of cooked meat, which was very affordable. There was a layer of green green onion and coriander floating on it, which looked very refreshing.

Picking up the chopsticks, Du Zhongxiao ate a few pieces of meat and praised: "Okay, okay, this soup is fragrant, the meat is soft and it is really good."

Shisanlang clamped a few large pieces of meat and nodded in his mouth: "What the official said is that there is good soup and good meat here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a crisp voice beside him saying, "Dad, look at those people eating meat!"

Du Zhongxiao looked over the sound and saw a young couple in their twenties drinking soup. A five or six-year-old child was sitting next to him, looking at him and others. The child's eyes were clear. When he saw him looking at him, he lowered his head embarrassedly.

Du Zhongxiao was in a good mood and called the servant to come and said, "The family over there, I will send a bowl of thirty cents of soup. Is it my invitation. By the way, with this bowl of soup, they will be exempted from drinking soup and eating cakes?"

The servant looked at the family and didn't seem to eat much, and nodded and said, "What the official said is."

After receiving the soup, the man was shocked and asked the servant what was going on. He heard that it was invited by Du Zhongxiao, so he hurriedly pulled the child over to thank him.

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's not worth it. If it's not enough, you can add soup and eat cakes. With meat, you don't have money and keep eating. By the way, are your family from nearby? Come here to visit the mall?"

The man said, "The young man from Yanshi County, Henan Prefecture, was from a poor family. Because of his family's difficulties, he went to Jinghu South Road to join him. A relative of me lived in Dingzhou. I heard that there was a beautiful place and was short of manpower. I took the old and young people to join him."

Du Zhongxiao nodded.

The family thanked him so much that they went back to eat meat and drink soup. They picked out the meat in two bites and ate it for the children. They took two dough cakes to soak it.

As the train reached Jiangling Prefecture, many people who were unsatisfied in the Central Plains went south. There were already many camp and field staff on Jingxi Road. Now they do not recruit people casually, and most of them have entered Jinghu Road. This railway has started a craze for the development of the two lakes.

With the influx of population, immigrants inevitably clashed with the original barbarians in the local area, causing some small chaos. Jinghu Road has dealt with barbarian rebellions for many years, and has supported railway materials and has been able to deal with them with ease.

This is similar to the great development of the western United States in later generations. With the attraction of land, they entered undeveloped areas one after another. The difference between production customs and culture will naturally cause a rebound from the natives. However, the Song Dynasty mainly recruited peace, while the Americans carried out genocide.

These developed lands are not colonies, but expanded territory, and are connected with the original territory. Whether it is the Song Dynasty's development of Jinghu or the United States' development of the west, it is a process of effective territorial expansion, which is completely different from the colonies.

After development, this place will become part of the country and integrate into the country. Its business is part of the national market, rather than the land for raw materials and dumping places for commercial exports. This expanded territory will become part of the country. On the contrary, due to the most fundamental development purpose, even if the population is the same as the main ethnic group, it will eventually become independent.
Chapter completed!