There are no walls in the town, and perhaps many people here take it for granted.
But Li Xingchen knew that this meant that the people of this era had gradually recognized that this was an era of peace.
You must know that just a few short years ago, they might still be living in one Wubao after another. As long as they stepped out of the Wubao gate, they might face life or death.
Now, let alone villages, even these newly formed towns do not have any walls. Everyone can come and go at will.
You must know that if you look around, the market, plus the entire Chang'an Workshop, is no less than a small county town. Although there is a fence outside the workshop to separate the inside and outside, it is not the same concept as a city wall.
, it simply means that the fence is owned by the workshop and may be dangerous, so it is better for you to be careful.
Not only the people around, but also the carriages from the residences of some dignitaries in Chang'an City can be seen everywhere on the road. Obviously, many of the utensils and other items from the mansions also come here directly to buy.
In other words, this is basically a wholesale market for later generations.
This shows that the industry and commerce of the Han Dynasty have really been gradually on the right track according to Li Xingchen's vision, as evidenced by the independent emergence and operation of the market.
But what is more important is actually the management of market order.
Historically, the Chinese dynasties did not completely reduce merchants to dust and become worthless. Whether it was Chang'an or Luoyang, there were special East Markets and West Markets for business transactions. After all, as long as you lived in the city, you could buy goods.
And sales are indispensable. Even dynasties that attach great importance to farming must maintain a certain business place.
However, China really began to completely liberalize trade and allow it to develop. In fact, it was already in the Song Dynasty. The extension of the Maritime Silk Road and the gradual diversification of domestic products quickly stimulated the economic development of the two Song Dynasties, and even appeared for the first time.
The emergence of banknotes shows that private commerce no longer only grew cautiously within a defined range as it did during the Han and Tang dynasties, but developed rapidly. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, the buds of capitalist development had even begun to appear among the private sector.
This shows that the accumulation of private wealth and the development of industrial and commercial theory, technology, etc. have also advanced to a certain extent.
The current Han Dynasty has obviously surpassed the two Song Dynasties, and even surpassed the Ming and Qing Dynasties in some aspects. At least large-scale smelting has allowed steel products to gradually appear in people's daily lives, which was the case even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Unimaginable.
This makes Li Xingchen very happy. At least his development of industry and commerce over the years has brought real benefits to this era. And in fact, in recent days, Li Xingchen has not had so much energy to focus all his attention on this.
Above, therefore, the industrial and commercial industry has actually broken away from Li Xinchen’s real-time monitoring and is making great strides forward on its own.
At least for now, it seems that this path is not going astray.
Today's Li Xingchen, according to his usual habits, is naturally dressed in Tsing Yi and transformed into a rich man who purchases goods. Behind him is Yan Bi, who is dressed as a butler and even carries an abacus behind his back. This is what Li Xingchen forced him to do.
On the back, what can a housekeeper do these days who doesn’t even carry an abacus?
Yan Bi could only smile bitterly at this. To be honest, he really wasn't very good at using this thing that was already very popular in Han business.
Abacus originated in commerce, and soon replaced abacus and became a good helper for people's calculations and statistics. Now it has gradually entered government departments, such as the Ministry of Household Affairs, which has long promoted abacus when calculating various financial expenses.
Get twice the result with half the effort. It is precisely because the calculation efficiency has increased that the Ministry of Revenue can more easily cooperate with the Yushitai to complete the calculation of local expenditures. The last time the Han Dynasty rectified the government, the abacus did a great job. I don’t know how many corrupt officials inside and outside
His hands and feet were all ripped out by the abacus.
In the hearts of civil and military officials in the court, every word, deed, and action of His Majesty seems to have profound meaning, and Yan Bi is no exception.
His Majesty handed him an abacus, probably because he wanted to tell him that as a secretary and supervisor, being able to use an abacus to calculate is also a very important skill, and he should learn it as soon as possible.
What Yan Bi didn't know was that Li Xingchen actually didn't have that much inclination to go around and give him kind reminders. The main task of a secretary to supervise the Prime Minister is to communicate internally and externally, organize documents, and there is no use for an abacus.
I have no plans to let you go to the Ministry of Accounts later.
However, seeing that Yan Pi was confused at first, and then suddenly realized and looked grateful, Li Xingchen did not try to point it out.
He knows that he has been somewhat deified in the hearts of many people.
This is not a bad thing, because sometimes only when you are deified can you be able to follow the words and the actions. Otherwise, these guys are just doing what they say but not doing what they say, which is enough to give Li Xingchen a headache.
As for the training of Yan Pi himself... Li Xinchen can only say that this guy thinks too much. What kind of abilities a secretary and supervisor should have is not what Li Xinchen really cares about. As an emperor, he does not insist on it.
The people around me can keep up with my thoughts at any time. After all, I am using more than a thousand years of knowledge to crush this era. But when I need them to do something, at least they can understand and complete it.
Otherwise, what's the use of keeping it?
Li Xingchen is not a gentleman from the academy, so of course he cannot personally train his own secretaries, supervisors and supervisors. Especially if these supervisors do well, they will definitely be sent out to other places. The senior supervisors will only serve as His Majesty's secretaries.
It would be a waste if we did not go to the herdsmen’s side on behalf of the emperor.
Of course, if the secretary, Jian Jiancheng, is unable to complete the task, Li Xingchen would not mind replacing him.
There are people in the world who can complete this task. Although this position does not seem high, it has the qualification to meet the emperor anytime and anywhere. I don’t know how many people are trying to get a seat on it.
In addition to Yan Bi, Li Xingchen also brought Yuchizhen. Yuchizhen was dressed like a little girl, with a veil covering her face and a black hair tied up. She looked around curiously, and from time to time she tugged on Li Xingchen's sleeves and pointed at the dazzling array of goods.
Dian Dian looked like a little girl who rarely went out, which attracted a lot of people's attention. Looking at the appearance of the two of them, it seemed that the elder brother was bringing his younger sister who had never seen the world out to play, which was not surprising at all.
Although Li Xingchen really wanted to hold his wife's hand directly, but considering that this girl was a little younger after all, Li Xingchen was also a little afraid of people slandering him as a pervert behind his back, even though he knew in his heart that a young girl getting married at this age was not there.
few.
And although holding hands on the street has gradually become less of an "eye-catching" thing in this era, no one does it in broad daylight.