Ancient promotion routine

After returning to Duke Ning's mansion, Zhang Yanjin bid farewell to Mrs. Zhang, and began to let Zhang Wuer start packing, while he nestled in the room thinking about what advantages Zhongzhou had.

If Zhongzhou was in his world, it would be Henan later. Zhongzhou is the ancient name of Henan. Zhongzhou is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, the mother river of thousands of miles in the central and eastern part of China. It deserves the praise of "Wuhua Tianbao, Longguang shooting at the market of Niudou, outstanding people, Xu Ru under Chen Fan's couch".

After all, there has been a saying since ancient times that most of the famous people in the world, Zhongzhou.Moreover, Zhongzhou is also a place rich in ancient capitals. Luoyang, the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties, Kaifeng, the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties, Anyang, the ancient capital of the Seven Dynasties, Zhengzhou, the ancient capital of the Xia and Shang Dynasties, and Shangqiu, Nanyang, Xuchang, Puyang and other ancient capitals are located in Zhongzhou.

But Zhang Yanjin thought about it for a long time, but he didn't expect that Zhongzhou would have any great industrial development in the future. After all, in modern times, Zhongzhou is located in the western hinterland, and its economy is not very developed. Unlike Xizhou and Yulin, which rely on local resources to flourish Develop and rise to become an important economic center.

He frowned tightly and his face was solemn, but when he saw the blooming flowers outside the window, his brows gradually loosened.

He found that he had restricted his thinking. Although industry can accelerate economic development, economic development may not necessarily rely on some heavy industries, right?

Zhongzhou is located in the Central Plains, with a moderate geographical location and suitable climate conditions, especially in summer with abundant rainfall. It is precisely because of this that later generations promoted the migration of northern flowers to south and south flowers to north in Zhongzhou, and planted graceful, luxurious, beautiful and heavenly flowers. The peony in Luoyang was praised by later generations as: only the peony is truly national, and it moves the capital when it blooms.

Even later, "Chinese Peony Gardens" were established in Philadelphia, USA and Japan.

Later, chrysanthemums, Nanyang roses, and various laurel and winter plums were planted here in Zhongzhou. Among them, famous flowers such as Yanling wintersweet entered the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and the Lincoln Memorial in the United States.

Now that he has opened up the Nanyang sea route, with Liu Junyi around, it is not difficult to sell these flowers overseas. More importantly, he can also introduce some famous overseas flower varieties, and after planting, dump them in the Great Wei Dynasty.

Furthermore, with the opening of the roads in the Hexi Corridor, he can also open up the west market and sell flowers there.

Once the market is opened, the benefits will be generated continuously.

More importantly, he can also build a perfume production plant next to the flower production base, can't he?In this era, women did not use perfumes, they just picked fresh flower petals and put them in the closet to imbue the clothes with the fragrance of flowers.

The decontamination and decontamination spices used by men in the Great Wei Dynasty are even more strange, and they are all filled with some aniseed ingredients in sachets.This aniseed is nothing else, it is an aniseed that is only used in modern cooking, that is, things like cinnamon. Every time Zhang Yanjin smells it, he feels awkward.

There is no woman who does not love beauty. For the Wei Dynasty, the perfume market is still a blue ocean. If he can be the first to produce perfume, wouldn't it be a monopoly for a while?

Zhang Yanjin hurriedly wrote down the thoughts that popped up in his mind on paper. As for how to rebuild Zhongzhou, Zhang Yanjin decided to go around Zhongzhou first and decide according to the actual situation.

After all, no one knows whether the terrain and environment of all parts of Zhongzhou have changed after this flood.

After Zhang Yanjin, Huang Xiujun, and Sinon Shaoqing Yuwen Shangkai came to Zhongzhou, they found that the flood had already receded, and what was left was a piece of muddy land, and some places even turned into swamps, and some places still existed. Deep puddles, from which fish jump out from time to time.

Zhang Yanjin directly put forward his own idea: "We don't know the current terrain of Zhongzhou, and the previous maps of Zhongzhou can't accurately describe the geographical conditions of various places after the flood. I think it's better for the three of us to take the craftsmen to visit Zhongzhou first." How about drawing a map of Zhongzhou and discussing how to rebuild it?"

Both Huang Xiujun and Yuwen Shangkai had this intention, so they agreed one after another. Zhang Yanjin, Yuwen Shangkai, and Huang Xiujun embarked on a journey to travel all over Zhongzhou.

Zhongzhou, which used to be bustling and bustling, has become sparsely populated due to floods and the relocation of victims.Basically, the three of them walked many miles to see one or two simple shacks, where the few surviving people lived on the food brought in by the government.

Zhang Yanjin, Huang Xiujun, Yuwen Shangkai and other craftsmen simply carried simple tents and mattresses with them, visited during the day, and rested in tents at night, accompanied by domestic servants responsible for cooking. In the end, their visiting team turned into a simple marching team.

The local people were very grateful when they saw Zhang Yanjin and the others. This disaster, the court handled it very well, so not only did there not be a riot, but the people in Zhongzhou felt hopeful when they saw the people from the court coming. After all, if it were not for the court's ships and soldiers Officials, they have long been drowned in the flood.

It's just that their lives are stretched now, so they can only express their gratitude to Zhang Yanjin and the others verbally.

But they didn't care, instead, they found a few mountain people who knew the local conditions in each place, guided them, and asked about the local conditions by the way.

When these mountain people heard that Zhang Yanjin and the others were here to take charge of the reconstruction of Zhongzhou, and saw that Zhang Yanjin and the others were doing their best and insisted on visiting every place every day regardless of the hot weather, they all took the initiative to lead Zhang Yanjin and the others.

In this way, after walking for a month, Zhang Yanjin, Huang Xiujun, and Yuwen Shangkai returned to the temporary residence in Luoyang, because Luoyang City was almost destroyed.

Zhang Yanjin's already slightly dark skin was tanned several degrees at this time, and even shone brightly, like a young general.

Huang Xiujun and Yuwen Shangkai have never run outside like this before. Compared with when they first came here, they were white and clean. Now they are tanned black and red, especially Huang Xiujun, whose skin has molted several times , but he still insisted on running with Zhang Yanjin and Yuwen Shangkai. After this trip, his skin was rougher than before.

It was inconvenient to take a bath on the road. The three of them were not used to it at first, but they got used to it in the end. They even gave up the silk and satin that they used to wear before, and started to wear coarse cloth shorts like the local people, just for Easy to move.

It was already completely summer at this time. The summer climate in Zhongzhou was hot and humid, and there were especially many mosquitoes. Zhang Yanjin, Huang Xiujun, and Yuwen Shangkai spent every night amidst the buzzing of mosquitoes.

In the end, the three of them even started to have fun while waking up every morning to see who was bitten more than anyone else.

There is only a thin mat and a table in a temporary shed in the Luoyang government office.This environment can be described as quite simple. If it wasn't for the fact that the large plaque in the Luoyang government office still exists, there might be people passing by here who would come to beg for water as if it were a temporary thatched hut built by a water seller. drank.

Zhang Yanjin, Huang Xiujun, and Yuwen Shangkai were sitting on the mat, and a newly drawn map of Zhongzhou was spread on the table.

Different from ordinary maps, this map not only has the terrain of Zhongzhou, but also some small property marks.

This is a new design by Zhang Yanjin. Every time they go to a place, they ask the local people what is rich in the area, and they also personally check whether there are any local resources and whether other products can be planted.

After getting a general conclusion, Zhang Yanjin asked someone to record it, and then when the map was drawn at night, he marked the corresponding symbols on the map according to the products and resources recorded during the day.

Over time, they also remembered what the symbols marked on the map meant. Now that they saw the symbols on the map, the local products and resources were clearly on the paper.

Huang Xiujun looked at the map, took a sip of the cold drink, and couldn't help but praised: "Erlang, this method of marking properties and resources on the map is really simple and clear."

It's not that Huang Xiujun didn't want to drink tea, but that in the Wei Dynasty's tea, in addition to tea leaves, there were green onions, ginger, pepper, Chinese prickly ash, jujube, Sugui, orange peel mint, crisp cheese, fried beef, mutton and pork. Out of the oil these things.

If it's okay in Chang'an City, everyone will still be in the mood to drink such a sip or two of tea when the summer is hot.

But in this hot and humid Zhongzhou, even Huang Xiujun, who has been drinking tea since childhood, can't drink it anymore. It's cool and white.

As for Zhang Yanjin, he was not used to the taste of tea in the Great Wei Dynasty. In winter, he was willing to drink some to warm his body. In other seasons, he would not even touch it.

Although Yuwen Shangkai who was sitting on the side didn't say it directly, when he looked at Zhang Yanjin, he was also full of admiration.

Before coming to Zhongzhou, he had always thought that Zhang Yanjin was a dandy, just a bit courageous and clever. After all, he was erudite and knowledgeable, so he faintly rejected people who were ignorant.

But after this parade in Zhongzhou, he completely changed his view of Zhang Yanjin.

He found that Zhang Yanjin acted resolutely along the way, never endured hardships and complained of fatigue, and did not engage in those false tricks. He was completely different from the rumored image of bohemian, and he was simply a down-to-earth man of action.

Yuwen Shangkai had never seen this kind of quality among the children of Wuling in Chang'an City. Thinking of Zhang Yanjin being able to achieve this level at such a young age, he admired Zhang Yanjin more and more, and no longer disliked Zhang Yanjin becoming a worker at a younger age. Bu Shangshu this matter.

After all, like Huang Xiujun, he both wanted to realize his ambitions, plus he was born in the aristocratic class since he was a child, and he didn't care about official rank, so there was no quarrel with Zhang Yanjin.

Huang Xiujun had a good relationship with Zhang Yanjin, but he just wanted to rebuild the destroyed Zhongzhou in his own hands.

In this way, Zhang Yanjin, Huang Xiujun, and Yuwen Shangkai formed an iron triangle.

"How do you think Zhongzhou should be rebuilt?" Zhang Yanjin asked Yuwen Shangkai and Huang Xiujun after looking at the map.

The three people in the room seemed to be lost in thought, the only sound in the grass shed was the buzzing of mosquitoes flying around them, and the old pagoda tree that survived the flood but still tenaciously survived, knowing the sound of Zhizhi trying to hissing.