When chatting with the store, Guo Jin felt happy and unknowingly talked to the store again.

"Did you think about making your business bigger and then opening a few more restaurants in other places?"

"Of course I thought about it. If this small shop can grow bigger, we will definitely be willing to open more stores and earn more money, so as to give the younger generations a little more."

The store owner sighed: "If you grow bigger in the future, you will take your family to Dunhuang and open a store in Dunhuang, and you will definitely make a lot of money."

"Dunhuang County? Why is it Dunhuang County, not a few other counties?"

Guo Jin became interested.

"Because Dunhuang County has the most merchants in the Western Regions, many merchants in the Western Regions, and it is said that there are merchants from Kushan Kingdom further west, coming in large numbers, and many merchants from Guanzhong travel from Dunhuang to the Western Regions. They all rest in Dunhuang and still do business in Dunhuang, so there are a lot of merchants in Dunhuang."

"Then other counties should be OK."

Guo Jin asked again.

“That’s different.”

The store shook his head: "The merchants are passing by to other counties. If you have passed, it will take a few days to gather together. However, in Dunhuang, there is a particularly large city there, and many merchants in the Western Regions and Chinese merchants are trading in the city of Dunhuang County.

Some people can stay for a month as soon as they stay, and some settled in Dunhuang for this purpose. Other counties follow suit, but the effect is not as good as the first Dunhuang County to do so. The market in Dunhuang County is really big, and it is not far from the prefect's mansion.

Zhuge set up a high platform in the prefect's mansion. Standing on that platform, you can see the market. The merchants doing business in the market are honest, for fear that they will be seen by Zhuge and then question the crime. There are also many officers and soldiers in the market, so no one dares to cause trouble."

"Is there such a thing?"

Guo Jin remembered Guo Peng's instructions and asked again: "Is this market also established by Zhuge Prefect?"

"Is this the first time a guest came to Liangzhou?"

The store asked.

"Yes, I'm from Luoyang, and my first time in Liangzhou."

"Oh, no wonder, this market was originally not from Dunhuang County, but from Dunhuang County. It was built by Zhuge when he was the magistrate of Dunhuang County. Later, Zhuge became Dunhuang County and naturally became Dunhuang County, which was particularly famous.

If a customer wants to do business, don’t worry, there is basically no lie in the Dunhuang market. If there is any, it can be found out immediately. No matter who commits the crime, he will be placed in a prison cell and will never be able to enter the Dunhuang market again."

After hearing what the store owner said, Guo Jin nodded slowly.

It seems that Zhuge Liang is really capable.

As common sense, emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce is the main theme of Wei's policy.

Guo Pengdu proposed to pay attention to agriculture and to local officials pay attention to agricultural production and not to lose weight because of small things. Zhuge Liang did not focus on agriculture and suppress commerce, but instead supported commercial development. He did the opposite. The agriculture in Dunhuang County...

Isn't there some problems?

Dunhuang was not a major agricultural county, but it was also a bitter and cold place. Agricultural development was definitely not as good as that in the Central Plains. Now it is necessary to engage in commerce. Once agricultural production is brought down, if something really goes wrong, it will first cause a famine.

Will Zhuge Liang really make such a mistake when he gets Guo Peng's attention like this?

Guo Jin felt that this matter needs to be really taken into consideration before he could find out what was going on.

After a while, the rice buckets finally finished their food. The men at the store were so tired that they were about to collapse on the ground and couldn't get up.

Guo Jin paid the store some extra five-bah money. The store said he didn't want it, but Guo Jin put on airs and said that it was a reward because they had a happy meal.

Afterwards, Guo Jin set out on the road with a relaxed and happy mood. When he was riding on the horse leisurely, he couldn't help but hum a little tune.

"Young Master looks very happy?"

"That's natural. I, Wei Zimin, live a healthy life. I have food, clothes, and money. How can I not be happy? But there are still some problems in Dunhuang County. I want to go and see how Zhuge Liang manages Dunhuang County."

Guo Jin narrowed his eyes and looked at the straight road ahead.

Their place at this time was just entering Liangzhou and arrived in Hanyang County. They had not yet arrived in Wuwei County, where the current political center of Liangzhou is located, let alone Dunhuang County in the westernmost direction.

Along the way, Guo Jin did not alarm any official power and hid his identity. He pretended to be a real Guanzhong merchant, which was quite like a private visit.

This is why we can see many things that we cannot see during formal inspections.

Guo Jin felt that doing this was meaningful. It was completely different to be able to look at the country from a different perspective, rather than just looking at the country from the perspective of the prince.

Because he cared too much about Dunhuang County, he didn't even care much about Sima Yi's local management details. After a rough look, he felt that the people were stable, the road was open, and the agricultural development was improving, so he felt very satisfied.

He still wanted to go to Dunhuang County as soon as possible to see what Zhuge Liang had to do to Dunhuang County.

Then, in mid-June, Guo Jin and his group arrived at Dunhuang County, the capital of Dunhuang County, as a business traveler, and stayed in a hotel in Dunhuang County.

This time it feels completely different.

If the city here hadn't been completely different in size, Guo Jin would have thought he had returned to Luoyang for a moment.

The first feeling is that there are many people, and there are a lot of people. The same feeling is that there are many people in Luoyang, and it feels that everyone in the world is crowded in a city.

It is clearly a border area and a small city on the border. They think it is low and dilapidated, sparsely populated, with only three or two kittens, but the population of Dunhuang County is completely beyond their imagination.

If they had not come all the way from the four counties of Hexi and saw the prosperity of local agricultural production, they would have even felt that all the population that Guo Peng had moved over the years had come to Dunhuang County.

How come there are so many people?

The roads in Dunhuang County are not narrow, and they can be seen to have been widened. Despite this, there are still many people.

People coming and going crowded the streets, and there were so many hawkers on both sides of the street that they could not count them.

There seems to be no restrictions on streets and yards here, and there is no clear division. It seems that the two sides of the street are all connected together. With such an interior style, Guo Jin has never seen it before.

“Are there no neighbors here?”

Xiahou Shang looked at the distribution of buildings in this small town in surprise, and unexpectedly found that he could not find the familiar distribution in his impression. At first glance, the residential and commercial areas were actually mixed together.

"Yes, this city is a bit strange. Isn't this the residence? The vendors are connected to the residence, from the beginning to the end of the city, which is OK?"

Cao Zhen looked surprised.

The rest of the team were also quite surprised.

They have never seen such a city before, and it is not for them to have such an idea.

Under the main tone of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, the basic construction principle of cities is the market system, which is residential area and market namely trading area.

The residential area and trading area are strictly separated within the city, and the time and location of transactions are controlled by laws and systems.

Although Wei's rule did not clearly stipulate that cities must be planned according to the market system, this is because the market system is a consensus that merchants can only conduct transactions within the city, and business is prohibited in residential areas. This is a custom.

This is how any city in the Central Plains was built.
Chapter completed!