Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 546
The moment they got off the boat, Li Tai and the others were filled with a sense of gratitude that they escaped death, but this was actually the beginning of their nightmare.

Soon, their stomachs were gurgling. They were not hungry. After cooking fresh water chestnuts, like other vegetables, in this big summer without a refrigerator, their taste would change overnight. The taste of water chestnut and diarrhea are almost inevitable.

They just got out of a sea of ​​dung, and these boys immediately got into a dung pit. They didn't want to make dung in the field, but went to Jiangling to make dung. They set up a lot of pits for them to jump into. Ke, even wondered if he had made a fuss for nothing.

Finally, after taking turns going to the latrine several times and making their whole bodies stink, the contents of these boys' stomachs can be regarded as clean.

"I, I'm so thirsty, I want to drink water..."

"My stomach is empty and my head is so dizzy..."

"No, I still want to pull...

"I have to find a doctor, grab some medicine, hurry up, go to the city, go to the hospital..."

"It costs money to eat and go to the hospital. Let me see, who still has valuable things?"

"No······"

"I think it's better to sell your clothes and change into linen ones! In this way, you will have money to eat, and you can go to the hospital to find a doctor to get medicine."

"Why don't you sell yours?"

"The solution I came up with! Of course it's to sell you..."

The word "a piece of loose sand" is too apt to describe their state.

"Hey, it seems that the father-in-law is right. These guys only have themselves in their hearts. When their lives are threatened, they may be able to calm down and think of some strategies, but once the crisis is over, they become careless again. Lung, since that's the case, next, it's up to you."

Zhang Ke waved his hand, and a few unfamiliar faces from the intelligence team, who usually don't openly operate in the field, walked out. In the next few days, they will use various means to let them know that they must be calm in times of crisis. Find a way, know how to unite everyone to fight against difficulties, and let them understand what kind of political responsibility I, as a prince, bear in developing fields and planting rice.

By the way, let them establish the correct value of money, so that children who grew up in the deep palace have a concept of money.

However, these are just trivial matters, which belong to the tidbits of Sun Xiangfu's three views of the royal children. What is happening on Shanyang's side is the real big event.

In mid-June, Li Shimin took a tour all the way, and walked slowly to Shanyang. This time, almost the whole family of the emperor came out with great fanfare. The people in Shanyang also seemed very enthusiastic. Shanda, let Li Yuan and Empress Changsun, who came to Shanyang for the first time, have a concrete understanding of the prosperity here.

"The concubine thought that the sea of ​​flowers outside the city was already the most beautiful in the world. Unexpectedly, the scenery inside the city has a special flavor. These streets are full of people, but they are more lively than Chang'an. !"

"Hehe, you don't know this. Every year when the Hushang team comes to Datang, they always go to Shanyang first. From June to August, Shanyang is the busiest time, but ah! In the past, the landscape flowers on both sides of the street and The fruit trees haven’t grown yet, but now they are much more beautiful than two years ago. Look at the big bright red cherries on those cherry trees, which are just ripe and very attractive. Just looking at them makes people mouth-watering. Hungry."

The cherry trees in Shanyang have entered the period of fruit production this year. Li Shimin is just greedy, but Li Yuan, who is driving in front of him, is already gulping for freshness. The big cherries produced in Shanyang are more than he usually likes. The small local cherries eaten are much sweeter.

Chu Suiliang, the governor of Shanyang, who was authorized to ride horses beside the royal driver, saw Li Shimin chatting with Empress Changsun about cherries, so he smiled and said, "I originally wanted the people in the city to pick the fruits from these cherry trees. They came down for sale. Years ago, when Master Sun came to the Northland, he said that the cherries in the city could be picked and eaten by tourists for free. At that time, I didn’t know what Master Sun meant. Now! I have to convince Master Sun. "

"What is Zhengming's intention?"

"Hehe, Your Majesty, do you see the tourists in this city?"

Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he thought of something. Empress Changsun didn't think about it for a while, and asked, "What's wrong with the tourists?"

"Empress, these tourists are of course attracted by these free cherries! There is still more than a month before the sports meeting in Dingxiang! Our Shanyang, but half a month ago, dozens of Tens of thousands of foreign tourists gather here. When these tourists come here, they want to stay in the hotel, eat, entertain, and shop...
This is all a good thing to create tax revenue for Shanyang’s finances. These cherries are not bad for preservation. If tourists want to eat cherries for a few more days, they have to stay here for a few more days. In this way, the income of the people in the city from business It is much more than selling cherries directly. "

If there is too much of anything, the price will be cheap, especially for cherries. During this period, there are not many fruits that can be transported to distant places. Shanyang inherited thousands of cherry trees in the city, but only accounted for the cherries produced in Shanyang. The small head, the real big head, is the cherry orchard on both sides of the Sanggan River, where there are at least 10,000+ cherry trees bearing fruit.

Now, these cherries have been picked, put them in good condition, put them into ice carts, and transport them to the large cold storage in Dingxiang for storage, and they will be eaten by athletes and tourists from all over the world who will arrive later.Those with poor quality will be used for canned fruit and wine making.

"Hehe, the ability to clarify the way of hair growth is really unmatched."

Hearing from Chu Suiliang that the tourists in Shanyang spent a lot of money here, Empress Changsun wanted to go to the commercial plaza in Shanyang, which has been open for more than half a year, to have a look. However, soon she had some thoughts, and her eyes couldn't help but It looks like the shops on both sides of the street, which are facing the hot business.

"Your Majesty, did you think of the Commercial Plaza?"

Empress Changsun nodded and said, "Exactly, the shops facing the street in Shanyang are so compact and dense, and life is booming. I'm afraid the business in the commercial plaza may not be so good!"

Chu Suiliang laughed when he heard the words, "This lady guessed wrong. The business of Shanyang Commercial Plaza is not good, but very good, because it does not conflict with the business scope of these street shops.

When Sun Shaoshi was still the governor of Anbei, he planned the commercial structure of Shanyang. The place where the commercial plaza is located is the only large-scale free playground in Shanyang, and the goods sold are not those sold by shops facing the street. The special products of the Northland, there are delicacies from all over the country, dozens of ethnic-style ready-made clothes, the favorite gold and silver ornaments of the Hu people, etc. Of course, these are not the main ones.

The shops opened by the Hu people are the most attractive places for merchants there. Originally, only when the Hu merchants from the Western Regions came to our Datang to do business every year, the special products of the Western Regions were sold in the market. Due to the small output of goods, often Relatively tight.

It’s different now, things like camel wool blankets, raisins, black truffles, white truffles, various special spices, etc., are all sold by Hu merchants in the Western Regions, and they have opened long-term sales shops in shopping malls. The things sold in these shops are the same as Shanyang’s original Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and has been favored by many Han tourists. "

"A store opened by Hu merchants from the Western Regions?"

Chu Suiliang nodded and said, "Yes, they got Shanyang's household registration early in the morning. Although they are of different races, they can be regarded as the people of the Tang Dynasty. They open shops and pay business taxes, just like the people of the Tang Dynasty."

Hearing this, Li Shimin and his wife in the car nodded at the same time.

This is the power of Sun Xiangfu's series of methods in Beidi. It has turned Beidi into a melting pot, constantly absorbing the surrounding population and wealth. There are more than 10,000 barbarian merchants in the Western Regions, and these merchants are usually relatively wealthy upper-class people from the Western Regions. The population, slave labor, etc. they bring over is at least [-] per year. Tens of thousands, [-]+ population is calculated based on the size of a country, which is equivalent to destroying a country every year invisibly, not only without a single soldier, but also continuously creating benefits for the country, which is comparable to the clever means of war many.

Not long after, the emperor's car arrived at the palace in the north of the city, seeing this large building with a different style, Li Yuan, who was sitting in the front car, was immediately delighted.

'Crystal Palace'

This is the word that popped into Li Yuan's mind immediately after seeing this palace.

Li Shimin, on the other hand, had inspected the main building of this palace a long time ago. He was not surprised by the renovated palace. Even Feng An in Lingnan could build a palace with glass windows. The Wanmin Palace in Shanyang It is not surprising that he used more glass. He asked Chu Suiliang to accompany Li Yuan, who ran to visit the palace like a child, and walked slowly into the palace holding the hand of Empress Changsun.

"It's no wonder His Majesty never forgets the palace of Shanyang, it turned out to be so beautiful."

"Hehe, it's nothing. Chong'er has prepared a more beautiful palace for us in Dingxiang."

"better one?"

"That's right! Dingxiang is the city with the largest investment in construction in the Northland, several times more than Shanyang's investment. Now counting it, it has been repaired for five full years."

In an era when it only took nine months to build a palace, tens of thousands of people were employed to build a city in five years. One can imagine the scale of the construction.

You must know that the current imperial city, the harem, and all the palaces in Chang'an City were built by Yu Wenkai in only nine months during the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty.

And Changsun Chong built Xiangcheng, using several times more people than Yu Wenkai, and the construction technology was much more sophisticated. The city he built in five full years, if only in terms of scale, would be bigger than Chang'an's imperial palace. The scale of the building is ten times larger. In fact, it is not the case. The difference between his size and Shanyang is not that big. The main reason is that the level of refinement has been greatly improved. For more people to live, and more convenient.

"Since Dingxiang is so good, why doesn't His Majesty go directly to Dingxiang, but wait at Shanyang's side until the sports meeting starts?"

Speaking of this, Li Shimin smiled and said, "Using Zhengming's words, the most important person, of course, will be the last to appear on the stage. I will wait for the kings of all countries and all the participating teams to arrive before going to Dingxiang. Respectfully welcome me, instead of going to Dingxiang early to meet the lords of those small foreign countries.

In addition, Chong'er is probably busy enough during this time, I don't want to disturb his work rhythm, just transfer the army of the sixteen guards to him to arrange. "

"Is there a lot to prepare for this sports meeting?"

"Of course, the food for millions of people is not a simple problem. From now on, the melons and fruits that are abundant in Lingnan will be continuously transported to Dingxiang. The lotus seeds, water chestnuts, chestnuts, and swords in Shannan Road Canned oranges from Nandao, jujubes from Shandong...

I want all the people of foreign countries to see a great Tang with abundant treasures, to see a powerful and invincible Great Tang..."

(End of this chapter)