Thirty miles outside Chang'an City, above the Wei Bridge.
Today is a good day with sunny wind and clear sky.
Countless scholars, nobles and wealthy merchants from Chang'an City came here with their families to visit.
Although, the battle on the Yanji frontline is now extremely fierce.
But the residents of Chang'an in the rear area really didn't feel much.
"I heard that the cavalry general won again in Shanggu County..." Several wealthy businessmen gathered together to discuss: "It's really incredible when you think about it..."
"Yes..." Everyone nodded and sighed.
Seven years ago, no Chang'an person could have imagined that today, seven years later, the Han family could actually compete with the main force of the Huns just relying on the county soldiers of Yanzhao and the central army of no more than 20,000 people.
Come back and even gain the upper hand.
And such a large-scale war did not even affect the daily lives of the people in Guanzhong.
This time, the chariots and cavalry led the army on the expedition. In the entire Guanzhong, not a single civilian was dispatched, and the grain in the official warehouses in Guanzhong was not touched.
The supplies for Yanji's army were all transferred from the Qilu area and the ship fleet.
In the past month alone, Louchuan Yamen transferred more than one million shi of grain from Qilu and Anton to Yanji.
This terrifying transport capacity makes people frightened, but also allows businessmen to see endless business opportunities.
Now, even the merchants in Shu County know that they can transport goods from Qi, Lu, Wu, Chu, and even South Vietnam to the north and to Anton by sea.
It is safe and fast, with less loss and higher economic benefits.
As a result, profit-seeking businessmen took notice.
Countless people began to try to transfer their goods to Qilu through inland water shipping. After selling them in Qilu, they bought local goods and sold them to the north by sea. Then they bought local goods from the north and sold them to Qilu and Wu along the sea route.
Chu, along the inland waterway, returned home.
In this way, you can make money several times in one business trip.
The profit suddenly skyrocketed several times, even ten times or dozens of times!
This new business model is now beginning to take shape.
Many people are beginning to test the waters of this model.
Some people have even made their first pot of gold.
Not far from these merchants, in a manor, several noble sons of Chang'an were riding war horses and practicing their riding skills in the manor.
Nowadays, the trend among noble disciples has already changed from the earlier competition of whose fighting cock is more powerful, whose fierce dog is more powerful, to whose horse is better.
In other words, the aristocratic class in Chang'an has broken away from the most primitive and lowest form of entertainment and evolved into a more advanced mode.
This is like the rich second generation of coal bosses in later generations, who initially competed with each other about who had more money and who drove a better car.
Later, it became a matter of who raised a more beautiful starlet and who supported a mistress who was more popular.
It can only be said that this is the result of the progress of the times and social progress.
Naturally, the war horses ridden by these noble disciples are the best war horses available on the market.
The price of each horse is sky-high!
For example, the horse under Chen Yuan's crotch was the champion horse at Maoling Racecourse last winter.
Chen Yuan spent a thousand gold to buy it!
One thousand gold to buy a war horse?
If this happened in the past, people would probably laugh at me.
But now, it is Chen Yuan's pride.
Because after he bought the horse, it has paid him back and even made some money.
Ever since I bought this horse, there has been an endless stream of powerful aristocrats and nobles who want to 'borrow' the horse.
Take this horse out, and now, if you mate it once, it will be a hundred gold!
Who said everyone wants to own a good horse that is fast, durable and physically strong?
Therefore, Chen Yuan naturally valued this horse very highly. There was a legend that he regarded this horse as a family member and loved it very much.
After riding his favorite horse through the manor several times, Chen Yuan felt that it was not very satisfying, so he called out, took his followers, rode out of the manor, and came to the road.
At this time, the traffic near Weiqiao is most congested.
Countless carriages blocked the huge Wei Bridge.
This is because of the problems caused by the development of rail transit. Every day, tens of thousands of stones of goods are unloaded on the other side of the Weiqiao Bridge.
Then, they were put on carriages, passed through the Wei Bridge, and transported into Chang'an City to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of residents of Chang'an City and noble ministers and officials.
You know, Chang'an now is no better than before.
Last year, according to statistics from the Neishi Yamen, the total population of Chang'an City, including nobles and officials as well as eunuchs and maids in the palace, exceeded one million!
It became the second metropolis in the Han Empire with a population of over one million after Linzi, the capital of Qi.
The one million people in Chang'an are completely dependent on external resources and products to feed themselves.
From firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, to carriages, horses, lofts, and long-term safety, we are unable to provide for ourselves, and we need to rely on external demand for everything.
Today, Chang'an has sufficient grain, and the price protection policy has made it unprofitable for all grain merchants.
However, prosperous cities have brought about a market with strong demand.
Today, there are more than 3,000 shops operating in the nine cities of Chang'an alone. In order to manage and supervise them, the Neishi Yamen has placed more than 800 officials in these places alone, and another hundred
The authority is responsible for calculating prices on a daily basis and determining the selling prices of commodities.
The Lord Commander's Yamen collected more than 10 million yuan in commercial taxes this year from the nine cities of Chang'an and Maoling alone!
Especially now that the exams are about to take place, Chang'an will usher in its annual business boom.
The movement of goods and people will undoubtedly become more frequent.
On the road, you can see riders on horses everywhere to maintain order, as well as heavily armed troops patrolling the side of the road on horseback.
Under such circumstances, even Chen Yuan had to tuck his tail between his legs and obediently leave the prosperous avenue and go to the small road.
There is no way, the nobleman in Chang'an cannot be Long Aotian.
In this place, Tingwei, Zhijinwu, Yushi Dafu Yamen, Neishi Yamen, and Weiwei Yamen can easily send a law-breaking noble to the guillotine!
Since Yuande, the price for nobles breaking the law has become greater than before.
In the past, I would only catch typical people and deal with people who were extremely angry with the public.
Others will be fined with up to three drinks of wine. This will not be the case next time. As long as the matter does not make a big fuss and the royal family or the nine ministers know about it, most major problems can be reduced to trivial matters.
But it's different now.
The Embroidered Yiwei can be seen everywhere. Who knows if there are any minions of the Embroidered Yiwei among the passers-by A, B, B, and D wandering on the road?
Official roads, major markets and crowded places, censors, court officials, and even the emperor's visitors, ministers, and even the ministers of Lantai may appear.
In the past seven years, eleven unlucky princes have been implicated and lost their titles because of the crimes committed by their idiot sons or nephews.
There were even unlucky people who were sentenced to death because they were involved in connivance and sheltering their nephews who committed crimes and committed murder!
Chen Yuan didn't dare to touch this bad luck at all.
Because he knew that if he was caught outside and was caught by others, his father would definitely refuse to save him or even kill him out of righteousness!
His father even warned him personally: If you are arrested, I will not intercede for you, and I will even personally write to the emperor to deal with it severely!
Chen Yuan also knows, why is this?
He is not his biological child!
He was just an abandoned baby that his father had no choice but to adopt from the private sector.
Now, his father no longer needs his son.
Because the current emperor's grace is so great that he is allowed to pay for his sins. Even if his father behaves better and pleases the emperor, he might be able to make the daughter who has been left among the people for twenty years become the daughter of the world...
This is not impossible!
It’s not like the old Liu family has never granted the title of female marquis!
In the distance there is the Marquis of Lu, and nearby there is the Marquis of Tingting.
Thinking of this, Chen Yuan felt a little lonely.
He looked up at the sky, wondering where he should go?
Should he pursue his 'sister' and make good things come in pairs, becoming both a son and a son-in-law? Or should he simply join the army? Use military exploits to protect his status?
Thinking of his 'sister', Chen Yuan felt a little upset.
His father, the daughter of Chen Jia, the Marquis of Fuyang, who was one of the Four Great Vajras of the reigning Emperor, had been prospering in Chang'an in the past two years.
Although this woman who was named Jiayuanjun by the emperor grew up among the people.
But the person who raised her was not a cat or a dog.
Her adoptive father was Zhang Fen, the famous Lubanshi of the Han Dynasty, the inventor of the current textile machine in the Shaofu Weaving Room, and her adoptive mother was also born in a family of poetry and calligraphy.
Therefore, this sister has performed very well since she was a child. She is not only outstanding in appearance, but also ingenious.
Legend has it that she is now even a guest of the young master. She once helped the young master improve the jacquard machine. Therefore, she was loved by the two empress dowagers of the East Palace.
It is no exaggeration to say that now, whoever marries his 'sister' will save twenty years of hard work.
Of course Chen Yuan also wants to marry.
But the problem is...
I can’t marry you!
This 'sister', especially when she is slightly cold, is known for her broad vision.
He refused to marry until he was eighteen years old, preferring to pay a high oral tax to the court every year.
Now, the horizons are higher.
Let it be known that no one will marry anyone other than a great hero.
There are even rumors in the market that this sister of mine likes Zhang Tang, one of the most popular figures in the world today, the governor of Nanyang County.
But the problem is that Zhang Tang is already married.
This made Chen Yuan very puzzled.
Does my sister want to be Zhang Tang's concubine?
This is unlikely, right?
Riding his beloved horse and thinking about these things on the path, Chen Yuan felt even more lonely.
The greatest tragedy in the world is that I have a cute, gorgeous, and radiant sister, and she is the kind that can be promoted...
But the problem is that this sister looks down on herself...
At this time, bursts of noise suddenly came from the official road in the distance. Countless soldiers on horseback pushed the carriages to both sides of the road and cleared the official road.
"Who has returned to Beijing?" Chen Yuan knew at a glance that a big shot must have returned to Beijing.
If they are not princes and kings, they must be those few strong men.
Sure enough, not long after, a convoy of hundreds of cavalrymen descended from the Wei Bridge. The leading official held a plaque, telling everyone that a giant had returned.
"Nanyang County Governor Zhang Gong has returned to Beijing to report on his duties..." Chen Yuan's younger brothers quietly exclaimed.
This is a real big shot, as powerful as Jiu Qing!
When the emperor was still in his dormitory, he was regarded as his right-hand man and his confidant!
What he is most famous for is the methods he used to govern Nanyang.
Before Zhang Tang, no official had ever dared to kill like him as soon as he took office.
Zhang Tang set a precedent for this.
Legend has it that as soon as he arrived in Nanyang, he first eradicated the three families that were the most outraged in Nanyang. Hundreds of people were killed, more than 100,000 acres of land was confiscated at one time, and countless gold and copper coins were confiscated.
In the more than four years since he has governed Nanyang, the length of Nanyang's newly built channels, the number of acres of land reclaimed, the rate of increase in population, and the number of commercial taxes, land taxes, and oral taxes collected are the best in the country.
The place where Tang Mu, the eldest princess of the present day, and the lord of Wanyi, eats and eats is the seat of Nanyang County.
More importantly, it is said that Governor Zhang's memorials and reports always reach the emperor directly.
Wen An, Wu Zong, and Fa Tang are used to describe the three most promising giants in the world today.
Wen An was the minister, Ji An, who accompanied the emperor day and night. Needless to say, Wu Zong, he was now so powerful that it attracted people's attention. This Fa Tang refers to Zhang Tang.
According to the legend, when the emperor formulated the "Ping Lv", he specially sent an envoy to send the draft of "Ping Lv" to Nanyang to solicit his opinion.
Such a giant has almost already determined his position as the third prince in the future.
Legend has it that the emperor even intended to appoint him as a court official in a few years, taking charge of the power of life and death in the world and the power to interpret laws.
Looking at the majestic and imposing Zhang Tang's return to Beijing, even Chen Yuan had to praise: "You must be a real man!"
Then, he finally made a decision, pulled the horse's head, and walked towards the other gate of Chang'an.
Where is the garrison of Thornymen Army.
"I'm going to join the army and perform meritorious service. In the future, I will be like Zhang Tang. I will come back in glory and make the world proud of me!" Chen Yuan swore in his heart: "Let my sister know that not only Zhang Tang is a great hero, but I am also a great hero."
Can!"
The power of sister control is indeed extremely powerful.
Even before the Christian era, it should not be underestimated.
But at this moment, Zhang Tang had no idea about these things.
He was sitting in the carriage, holding a cute and cute little girl on his knees. This was his eldest daughter, a cute little girl who was born in Nanyang.
Holding his daughter in his arms, Zhang Tang concentrated on preparing the things he would need when he entered the palace to meet the saint.
A briefing on the situation in Nanyang over the years, especially the current situation of Nanyang, a base with dense blast furnaces, is a top priority.
Zhang Tang knew very well how much the emperor cared about this matter.
And when he recalled that over the past four years or so, he had personally witnessed the monster grow from small to large, from zero to the billowing smoke now, he was also filled with sadness.
Now, he finally understood the meaning of what the emperor said back then.
Steel is power!
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Today I only have a guarantee, and I will continue to pay off my debt tomorrow——(.)
