Yiyang Tower, located on Yankang Street in the southwest of Zhoucheng, is the largest restaurant in Xinyang and a landmark building. Its name is also taken from the name of Yuanzhou County.
Xinyang City at night is dotted with thousands of lights. The nightlife of the city's citizens has just begun. Of course, to be rich and colorful, it must be the officials, businessmen and celebrities of the upper class society.
During this period, Xinyang City was very lively, with hundreds of days of singing and dancing at night. The whole scene was a prosperous scene of singing and dancing. After all, Luan Jia was in Taikang Palace. Everyone in Shenzhou must be happy, especially Xinyang as the facade.
In the city, the market will not be depressed.
As I said before, you must do your best in appearance. Of course, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. With such a small number of people and such a small market in Xinyang, it is really not easy to create a prosperous and prosperous world of human relations, but I cannot stand up to the wise businessmen.
Gathered together, they jointly gave birth to the prosperity of Xinyang.
The influence of the emperor's tour cannot be overstated. In the half month since the old emperor arrived in Shenzhou, the population of Xinyang City has increased dramatically, mainly from outsiders and not ordinary people.
Most of them have a certain status, either noble bureaucrats, landlords and businessmen, or servants and servants attached to them. Officials are not ordinary officials, ordinary, middle and lower-level bureaucrats really don't have much qualifications to leave their posts without permission and go to Xinyang.
The purpose of going to Xinyang may be for power, fame, profit, some are for connections, and of course some are just for luck or doing business.
Thousands of people of all kinds came to Xinyang, bringing not only boiling prosperity but also tremendous pressure. For a small and medium-sized city, even if it had been built by the state government before, its reception capacity was still limited.
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Originally, in order to meet the needs of the Nanxing nobles, Shenzhou, especially Xinyang County, had already tightened their belts. The rich and powerful have various needs, not to mention anything else, as far as daily life is concerned.
Demand, every day is a major demand, after all, there are more than 20,000 mouths.
Except for the military, although most dignitaries "travel heavily", only a small part of the carrying space is for basic food and drink. Most people still choose to obtain local products, especially local specialties. Take Xinyang
For the famous local Nanwan fish, if you stay too long, you may not be able to catch it completely.
Of course, the nobles still pay for their purchases, and it’s not about taking advantage of others. It’s not about how well-behaved they are. It’s just that the current atmosphere in Xinyang is still relatively sensitive. Everyone has to keep their tail between their legs to avoid being caught by the old emperor and beaten.
Come down. What's more, any dignitary who is qualified to accompany the old emperor on tour can still have no money for food and drink?
The key to Xinyang's problem is not the lack of money, but the supply of materials. It can be said with certainty that since Luan Jia arrived, Xinyang has experienced material shortages and rising prices. Shenzhou alone cannot satisfy such demands.
The needs of many people.
So, just like when Taikang Palace was built, it was the turn of the surrounding states and counties to exert their efforts. As a place where the four roads intersect, its thoroughfare advantage was also brought into play.
Reported by Shenzhou and coordinated by the camp, there are dozens of surrounding states and counties, such as Cai, Deng, Guang, Huang, An, Suizhou, and Chen, Ying, Ying, E, Fu, and even Xiang, which are not bordering but are close to each other.
Prefecture and Jiangling Prefecture. Governments in various places quickly organized manpower and mobilized supplies to deliver to the palace. Shenzhou had a heavy burden, but when it was shared in this way, the pressure was naturally greatly reduced.
Therefore, in the past half month, on the official road leading to Shenzhou, we can often see official transportation teams from surrounding states and counties. The leaders are either county lieutenants or county magistrates, and even state officials. The magistrate personally escorts them
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For the surrounding local governments, it is like a battle, and the object of providing money, food and materials is just changed to the palace. In this matter, the local governments are still working hard and have to be active, otherwise they will be attacked
There is a political risk in neglecting the emperor and being suspected of being loyal to the emperor and patriotic.
For the sake of official status, bureaucrats will give up any bottom line, not to mention that it is not the bureaucrats who pay the price. For local people, it is a burden. No matter how the form is changed and beautified, in the end this layer of pressure will still be
transferred to them.
However, according to the overall deployment of the army and camp, each surrounding county basically only needs to be transported once a month, and the amount is also stipulated, and its bearing capacity has been taken into account.
Generally speaking, for officials and people everywhere, if they endure and resist, it will be over. Whether it is for inspection or summer vacation, they cannot stay in the palace all the time. The emperor will eventually return to Beijing.
Of course, the old emperor knew about the arrangement of the camp and camp, and had no objection. After all, the needs of a large number of people in the camp and camp were realistic. The so-called not disturbing the place also depends on how you understand it.
However, based on the overall arrangements for the camp, he issued another edict, requiring local governments to cherish the people's strength and respect the people's sentiments. He also secretly asked people to blow the whistle, and anyone who caused civil unrest would be executed.
Even so, he was not at ease. While letting the Imperial City and Wude departments monitor the situation, he also secretly dispatched some supervisory censors to inspect various places. After Liu Jiqian's incident, the old emperor's lower limit for local bureaucrats was to be thorough.
No more confidence.
Of course, the government's raising and allocation is one aspect, but it cannot solve all problems, because the needs of the powerful are diverse, and they are far from being met by the basic supplies provided by officials and people in various places.
Therefore, in addition to the official government, private business people have also followed suit. Demand means leading the market, and although the needs of the powerful are not easy to meet, some people are trying their best to meet them. In the capital, this is insignificant, but in the capital
Shenzhou is a little more valuable.
Merchants have a more or less sensitive sense of the market. Shenzhou's demand for supplies is based on the length of time the emperor is here, but it is currently stated that this time will not be shorter.
Therefore, if you bring some goods over, you can basically make money. Even if it is just for profit, it is worth the temptation of many people. If it is not obvious in the early stage, then as time goes by, the news spreads, and more people participate.
Already.
However, although the market in Shenzhou seems to have a huge capacity at the moment, and there is no upper limit for the time being, it will still exist after all. As for the commercial economy, what is really attractive is that the Shenzhou government has previously issued a policy
, a policy that only Shenzhou is qualified to introduce: While Luan Jia is stationed in Xing, he will be exempted from all business taxes under his jurisdiction and can come and go freely.
The commercial tax of the Han Dynasty has reached a balance point after decades of increasing levels. On general commodities, from the early tax of thirty to one, to twenty to one, to fifteen to one, it has been gradually increased to the present level.
Of course, there are also places where there is a tax of five to one.
At the same time, with the refinement of commercial law, especially in the collection of commercial taxes, the imperial court tried its best to find and fill in the gaps, focusing on large and small towns, markets, and vast rural areas. The mountains and fields were beyond reach, but as long as goods entered the city, they had to
Let’s talk about those who were first scratched by the court, evaded taxes, and evaded taxes.
For the merchants of the Han Dynasty, the business environment in the Han Dynasty is very good, and the tolerance towards them can be said to be the first of its kind in history. The only thing that has been criticized is that the tax is too heavy.
In this context, it is conceivable that the sudden introduction of such a tax-free policy in Shenzhou will have a huge response among businessmen. Those who have a long journey may give more consideration due to the high transportation costs, but
The nearby business travelers with a little vision and courage have already taken action.
As a result, business travelers from all over the world gathered in Xinyang, and even those foot traders who mainly operated in the countryside were tempted to go to the city to see the scenery. After all, they also had to pay three melons and two zi to patronize the city.
The special environment and special policies gave birth to a business craze in Shenzhou. All kinds of materials began to gather here, and all kinds of hot money began to gather here. In a short period of time, the economic vitality even surpassed that of the capital city, even if it was just a
Fanaticism that is shorter than reason.
There are many people, many business travelers, many ghosts and monsters, and many messy things. Fortunately, the public security situation is still good. If nothing else, the Forbidden Army stationed in the surrounding area is a huge deterrent. At the same time, the Shenzhou government
They are also really deadly in maintaining public security.
At the same time, there is also a lot of news, true and false news flying all over the sky, all kinds of news, from the palace, from the heavenly family, from the powerful, from the government, and from the market.
As the largest restaurant in Xinyang City, it has become a news exchange. It can be said that half of the news in Xinyang City spreads from here.
Before evening, a piece of news that was extremely exciting for the officials and people of Shenzhou came out. The governor of the state, Liu Jiqian, had been transferred and promoted. He was about to go to Suzhou to take up his post and be promoted several levels in a row.
Regarding this news, the mood of the officials and people of Shenzhou is probably the most complicated. The officials involved can probably breathe a sigh of relief, and the dignitaries accompanying them can relax. After all, this means that the situation is under control and the matter is settled.
Yes, the old emperor has obviously made a decision.
As for the ordinary people, their grievances seem somewhat insignificant. At least, Liu Jiqian's transfer can be considered good news. On the other hand, the large number of business travelers and the gathering of resources are also a good thing for Shenzhou itself.
, no matter what they do or what they serve, they can more or less benefit from it.
In front of the brightly lit Yiyang Building, Liu Jiqian, accompanied by two attendants, just stood there, wearing regular clothes, with a relaxed body and a calm face, seemingly unaware of the eyes of interested people inside and outside the building.
He was naturally waiting for someone, and the identity of the guest who could have Tangtang Zhizhou waiting for him in person was obviously unusual. After about a stick of incense passed, a two-horse luxury car slowly drove along the street and stopped in front of the gate.
Upon seeing this, Liu Jiqian, who was motionless as a mountain, immediately came forward to greet him. After a few operations, the passenger in the car revealed his true appearance, with a white face and no beard, a solemn expression, and deep eyes. He was wearing a jade crown and purple clothes, and he had the aura of a superior person all over his body.
