Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

Walking into East City, Lu Chen immediately saw a bustling scene with heavy traffic and bustling people.

There are rows of shops on both sides of the wide street, one side of which is filled with a wide variety of goods. At a glance, there are shops selling silk, porcelain, tea, rouge, and various groceries. There are many categories, including various pawnshops, drugstores, blacksmith shops, and so on.

Whether it is daily necessities or other things related to food, clothing, housing and transportation, you can basically find them here.

On the other side, there are various diets.

There are sesame seed cakes, teahouses, bread and pastries, fast meals, noodle shops and the like. No matter north, south, east or west, common food from all over the country can be found here, even sliced ​​bread and milk from Xizhou can be seen.

At this time, traveling merchants from different regions were sitting on small benches at the door of the restaurant, eating and chatting with other merchants around them. It was very lively.

Those small shops specializing in Xizhou meals are basically run by blond-haired and blue-eyed Xizhou people, and most of the people gathered in front of the doors are white-skinned Xizhou people. Only some Daxia merchants who can speak the common language of Xizhou communicate with them.

There is a specially separated carriageway and pedestrian path in the middle, and there are dedicated people directing traffic at different intersections. The parking of carriages is also very particular, and everything seems so orderly.

"Brother Fang Yu has a very high level of attainment in the ways of business. With the guidance of the adults, he has vigorously developed commerce in Ping County since he took office. He has issued a large number of preferential policies. As long as merchants come here to do business, no matter where they are from, they can enjoy policy support."

"Furthermore, Brother Fang gave money to merchants, asking them to help publicize Ping County's various preferential policies when they went to other places to do business, constantly attracting merchants from other places to do business here, and even attracted people from Xizhou who were doing business in the southeast."

"Today, goods from all corners of the country are exchanged in Yuzhou. The original city scale of each county can no longer meet the commercial needs. They have all expanded to varying degrees, with Ping County being the most..."

As they walked inside, Zhang Yi continued to introduce the various situations in Ping County to Lu Chen.

Looking at Ping County, which is already showing signs of developing into a metropolis, Lu Chen couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

I didn't expect that the Xuan Ji Guards that I trained on a whim, taught them some knowledge that was not in this world, and let them govern a county against all odds, would actually have such a great effect.

He suddenly realized that what he had not yet returned to his teacher in his mind might be an immeasurable treasure to the world.

It can even change the social structure of this world.

After all, although this world is a world of high-level martial arts, the way the cultivators here become stronger is largely related to their own Tao. Enlightenment and breakthrough are the most solid and stable, and the extent of strength improvement is also enormous.

This means that the monks are destined to invest a great deal of energy in their own path. Their concentration, belief, willpower, resilience, etc. are far beyond those of ordinary people. As long as they make good use of this and put it on the right track, the monks will be able to burst out with extremely strong creativity.

Fang Yu, Zhang Yi, Li Yue and others are the best examples.

They poured everything into their own paths, which created the prosperous era of Yuzhou, and they also benefited greatly from it. Their strength soared. It is said that the strongest Fang Yu has now reached the Void Realm and is only one step away from the Great Perfection.

You must know that after achieving the Great Perfection of Dongxu, one will reach the state of Guiyi, which is the ceiling of a cultivator's cultivation.

Although Fang Yu was not weak two years ago, he was still a long way from reaching the Dongxu realm. However, after he implemented the business path, his cultivation progress was like riding a rocket, many times faster than when he first practiced martial arts.

The same is true for Liyue, even Zhang Yi... Damn, this guy achieved enlightenment twice in one day...

Realizing this, he suddenly had many thoughts.

While listening to Zhang Yi's introduction and observing the rich business atmosphere around him, a thoughtful look gradually appeared on his face.

Many businessmen on the road recognized Zhang Yi and stood up to bow to this breadwinner. Their attitudes were as respectful as possible, even with a hint of flattery.

When Lu Chen came here just now, in order to avoid attracting too much attention, he used disguise to change his appearance. The same went for Fu Hua and Chai Hongyu.

The three of them looked like a young master from a wealthy family traveling with two concubines. The merchants around them saw them and thought that Zhang Yi was introducing them to a wealthy man from another place, trying to attract that wealthy man to Ping County to do business.

This kind of thing was often done when Fang Yu was in office, and he said it was to attract investment.

They have long been accustomed to it. Anyone who can be accompanied by the Ping County official in person must be from an extraordinary background. He might be a prince or a noble, with a very wealthy family. Such families are generally very particular, so it is better not to approach them rashly.

At first, Zhang Yi returned the greeting, but as too many people came to greet him, it affected his report to Lu Chen, so he ignored them and just nodded.

Seeing him talking so seriously with a young man, the merchants behind him soon dared not to disturb him. They were all doing business, if he didn't have the slightest bit of courtesy, they should just go home and farm.

Dongcheng is very large, and Ping County's expansion direction is mainly to the east. For this reason, many businessmen donated money to the county government out of their own pockets, only asking for Dongcheng to be as large as possible to facilitate business, and to get more subsidy policies.

For example, renting the shops planned later at a cheaper price, or extending the lease period.

As for the rest, they didn't dare to ask for it.

Of course, at the beginning those businessmen also had their own plans in mind and wanted to buy all the land near the outskirts of East City.

After all, Ping County's development potential was already quite obvious at that time. A small county town obviously could not meet the growing commercial needs, and expansion was almost inevitable. As long as they bought the land around Dongcheng in advance, they would definitely make a lot of money when Dongcheng developed.

I have to say that those businessmen were very discerning. Now, every inch of land in Dongcheng can be said to be worth a lot of money, and every shop in it is worth a lot of money.

If they could really buy the land there, they would really make a fortune.

Unfortunately, most of the land outside East City belonged to the wealthy families of Ping County who originally lived here. As a result, these wealthy families were wiped out by the empress because they participated in the conspiracy to attack Lu Chen, and all the land was nationalized by the government.

The most crucial thing is that when Yuzhou was still governed by Lu Chen himself, he issued a decree - all land in Yuzhou would no longer be allowed to be bought and sold, but could only be contracted or leased.

When the merchants who wanted to buy the land outside East City heard Fang Yu talk about this decree, they were dumbfounded and heartbroken to the point of being unable to breathe. At the same time, they also realized how far-sighted the vision of the legendary Governor Lu was.

Directly nip any potential hidden dangers in the bud at the source.

Just horrible.

After listening to Zhang Yi talking about the land contract system, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, without making any comment.

The four of them continued to move forward. Along the way, Lu Chen observed the conditions of each commercial street as if he was taking a quick tour, especially the types of goods, prices, the number of buyers, etc., and memorized all these data in his mind.

Time passed quickly, and after about two hours, everyone finally visited all the commercial areas in East City.

"As expected of you, Huaiyu, your chief disciple."

As soon as she returned to the entrance of East City, Chai Hongyu couldn't help but sigh:

"In less than two years, he has turned the impoverished Ping County into a prosperous place comparable to the eastern city of Luojing. County Magistrate Fang is truly extraordinary."

Lu Chen waved his hand.

"Forget about the chief disciple or something like that. You can't say that. I have never accepted any disciples. This is all Fang Yu's own credit. It has nothing to do with me. I just had some free time in Yuzhou and chatted with them about some related topics."

Hearing this, Chai Hongyu immediately smiled.

"Huaiyu is still as humble as ever."

Lu Chen: "."

Why is it that no one believes this truth?
Shaking his head, he was too lazy to dwell on these unimportant matters, and turned to Zhang Yi who was standing beside him and said, "Zhang Yi, is there any information on the merchants registered at the Commercial Office?"

"some."

Zhang Yi nodded.

"Every merchant who comes to Ping County to do business must accept the management of the Commercial Bureau, and their information is also recorded in the archives of the Commercial Bureau. After all, our government will have to collect business taxes based on this information later."

"Really."

Lu Chen nodded slightly, and then continued: "Well, you can have someone compile a list of the big businessmen in industries related to people's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and also compile a list of their collection methods, production areas, and the reputation of their business. I will need this information soon." (End of this chapter)