Great Zhou Empress

Xue Zhijing didn't have any expectations for Chinese New Year. Last year's Chinese New Year was also organized by her as a [-]-day large-scale event, which was considered overtime.

So setting off to Jiangnan years ago was not a bad thing for her at all, but it was even better for her little friend Li Jing who wanted to avoid a blind date.

Li Jing told her that because she made meritorious service in Xiongzhou, many people valued their family and thought that her father would be valued in the future, so they wanted to marry their family.

Xue Zhijing asked strangely, "But isn't this credit yours? Why is it your father who is valued?"

Li Jing said calmly, "I'm going to get married anyway."

After all, Xue Zhijing has no parents in this world, so he cannot truly experience the powerlessness of being suppressed by social culture.But this is her little friend, and she still empathizes to a certain extent.

In this era, a girl is an adult after the age of 15, because no one thinks that a girl needs to have so much knowledge and life experience, and the most important task is to have children.Xue Zhijing began to gradually realize that her little friends were about to enter the cage fabricated for them by this era.

Tong Fu came out of the boathouse and handed Xue Zhijing a book of tea-related materials that he had compiled.

Tong Fu was the son of a nobleman who molested Yuan Jin back then but was chased and beaten by Yuan Jin in Bianjing City. He joined the polo team with the rear of his car hanging. After being trained for a year, he became much stronger.

This time when he returned to the capital, Xue Zhijing unexpectedly discovered that he had a hidden ability in mathematics, a strong ability in mental arithmetic, and was also very acumen in economics. Simply put, he had a talent for making money.

Therefore, Xue Zhijing brought him out to exercise and train him.

This trip, they set off from Bianjing City, took a boat from the Bianhe River to the southeast, then entered the Huaihe River, turned the canal to the Yangtze River in the east of the Huaihe River, and went to Yangzhou as the first stop.

The most comfortable means of transportation in this era is boat transportation on inland rivers. This slight shaking is almost non-existent to Xue Zhijing.

Soon, they went to Yangzhou.

It is the Chinese New Year holiday, Yangzhou is rich and prosperous, and its prosperity is no less than that of Bianjing, so it is very lively.

Xue Zhijing looked at the large and small ships stretching along the entire bank of the Yangtze River, and the long and full wharf. Behind the wharf, there was a large three-story building. There were a lot of people moving goods in and out of the building.

Suddenly, it seemed that the age was blurred, and I saw the busy container terminal in modern society.

Tong Fu came over and said to Xue Zhijing, "Aunt Xue, there is a collapsed house behind the pier, which is specially used to store goods. The grain and porcelain from the south can be stored here. Merchants trade directly, and they can leave after loading the ship. There are also spices and medicinal materials from Nanyang and the West are also stored here, and merchants can trade with each other here, and then transfer them to the capital, Liao, or go to Silla and Wa by sea.”

Xue Zhi nodded. This is a large entrepot.

In modern society, there are many resource-deficient cities, which often rely on such a port to leap to the forefront of the world's economy.

Xue Zhijing and the others didn't inform the local magistrate of their identities first, so they waited until midnight before it was their turn to dock and disembark.

The guys from the Yuanjia Mansion shop had already driven to the pier to pick them up. This time, Xue Zhijing brought fewer people and things, and she never knew what would happen, so this time she had to rely more on the Empress Empress in Yuan's house. power up.

The Yuan family has mansions and cabinets all over the country, one is a hotel for people to live in, and the other is a bank that stores money.The economy in the northern region is relatively backward, with few openings and few manpower. This trip to the south is the most economically developed area of ​​Dacheng. In Yangzhou City alone, there are several mansions open.

After this trip, the empress temporarily gave Xue Zhijing a position as the shopkeeper of the Yuanjia cabinet shop and the mansion shop. She could withdraw a certain amount of money from the local cabinet shop at any time according to her needs, and she could also transfer the cabinet shop and mansion shop to a certain extent. shop staff.

However, there must not be too many such manpower. Most of these mansions and cabinets still have to open their doors for business, and the shopkeepers and assistants they recruit are all available.

But this permission can give

Give Xue Zhijing great convenience.

Yangzhou City is a city that never sleeps. When the carriage passes through the streets, you can still see some streets that are very lively and full of New Year's atmosphere.Xue Zhijing even saw a huge three-story archway with three strange characters "Li Chun Yuan" written on it. The lights were brilliant, and there was a strong fragrance of powder and silk and bamboo music.

The guy driving the car probably felt a little embarrassed facing Xue Zhijing, and said dryly, "This is the biggest brothel in Yangzhou City."

Xue Zhijing finally remembered why she thought of something when she saw the word "Li Chun Yuan".

Finally arrived at the mansion where I will stay tonight.

A wide square, a three-story archway, behind the archway is a large parking lot, which is full of carriages at this time, and a little further away from the parking lot is a stable, where horses graze and rest.

Further inside the parking lot is the gate of the Didian, with a blue-gray brick wall that is three stories high.

With this scale, it is undoubtedly a top hotel.

Several carriages parked in the dedicated internal parking space of the mansion shop, and the shopkeeper came out to greet them.

After Xue Zhijing exchanged a few words with the shopkeeper, he was welcomed into the upper room of Tianzihao.

Didian marks the grades of the rooms according to "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang, Universe Prehistoric", and the price of staying in the hotel is also different. This one in Yangzhou City is the most luxurious. The upper room of Tianzihao is a separate courtyard. dry.

It was as good as the room she lived in the palace.

The shopkeeper said, "We usually keep this yard internally. The shopkeepers above live in it when they come over, and it is not open to the public."

"Business is going well, I see that the outside is full of carriages~" Xue Zhijing asked casually.

"There are many merchants coming and going in Yangzhou City, and they are all masters with hundreds of thousands of dollars in wealth. Our mansion is the best in Yangzhou City. Naturally, it is full all the year round, and there are even guests who have long-term leased rooms. That's one year's rent."

Xue Zhi nodded.

Xue Zhijing lived in the main house in Zhengnan, and Li Jing and Tong Fu lived in the side room.It was getting late, so we stopped talking and went to bed.

The next day, they got up a little late, and after eating the breakfast brought by the buddy, the three of them planned to take a stroll around the city.

There are two tasks for Xue Zhijing on this trip. One is to clarify the tea planting and sales situation of the Dacheng Dynasty; the other is to investigate the operation of the "Shibo Division" for overseas countries.

This is a long-term task, and it cannot be completed in a short while. On the way here, she has been looking at the relevant information from the imperial court and making comparisons when preparing for the field trip.

Yangzhou City has a beautiful scenery different from that of Bianjing City. First of all, the streets are not as neat and uniform as Bianjing City. Everywhere reveals the delicate and soft beauty of Jiangnan city. On the stream passing by the city, it is quite joyful.

A few people walked under the arcades in the street by the stream, like leisurely travelers in this era.

From time to time, I would go to various shops to buy something, such as tea, such as pastries.

Yangzhou's commerce is extremely developed, probably because it is a distribution center for goods, where theoretically all goods in the world can be bought here.Many items are even cheaper than those in Bianjing City because of the lack of transportation costs.

This time, Tong Fu came at the right time. He knows all kinds of commodities in Bianjing City like a treasure, and he never stopped talking to Xue Zhijing about which company this commodity is in Bianjing City. It can be said that the store sells the price and how much it is. It can be said that it is a mobile price book, and everything is known.

Unknowingly, I turned to the widest main street in Yangzhou City, and the archway that can be seen from a distance is the "Lichun Courtyard" that I passed by last night.

Turned into a shop selling weaving supplies, the guy introduced that it was woven with plants from Southeast Asia.

The shop is very big, and the side facing the street is completely open, and there are a lot of weaving supplies, the large ones even look like a big umbrella.

Out of the corner of Xue Zhijing's eyes, she saw a small figure seem to have come in and hid under some knitting supplies. After listening to the clerk's introduction, her attention was attracted by the hiding small figure.

At this time, a group of people ran on the street outside the door.

People, yelling, as if looking for someone.

Xue Zhijing took two steps away, as if watching the excitement, but he also blocked the small figure.

"They're gone."

Xue Zhijing bowed slightly, and saw a face with bright eyes.

It was a little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old, her face was pale, and she seemed to be in shock. She must have sensed Xue Zhijing's care for her, so she asked for help, "Sister, can you help me?"

"Tong Fu!" Xue Zhijing called Tong Fu, pulled off the hooded cloak he was wearing, and said to the little girl, "Put this on, let's talk in a quieter place."

The natural trust and care for the child made Xue Zhijing not judge what the situation was, but chose to save the little girl first, always standing on the weak side first.

Putting on a cape with a hat for the little girl, holding her in his arms, we went to a restaurant across the street together and asked for a private room.

In fact, Xue Zhijing is only nearly 15 years old, but she is quite tall, and when she is tall and straight, she has an adult air in her face. In comparison, the little girl in front of her is really a child.

After ordering tea and snacks, Xue Zhijing asked the other party to sit down and talk.

The little girl was very polite, she bowed and thanked her before she sat down.

It seems that Xue Zhijing grew up in a well-educated family, and Xue Zhijing trusted him a little more.

"Sister, I was sold to Lichun Courtyard by my uncle in the clan."

During the first lunar month, Wang Ting, who had spent a winter in the southeastern region of the grassland, was going to the eastern region collectively.

The royal court of the Liao Kingdom has to move four rounds every year. In spring, they will collectively move to the Yazi River Basin in the east to open glaciers, fly eagles and wild geese; swimming, fishing and hunting; in autumn, go to the eastern forests to shoot deer and catch bears;

This kind of ceremonial activity that maintains the tradition continues the foundation of the Khitan nationality.

The eldest nephew is so cute, he can only be a mascot for now.The moving event starting this year will be hosted by Xiao Liege.

There is a vast snowfield on the grassland, and a large convoy is slowly moving forward.

Xiao Liege's car was the largest, like a small room, with all the decorations inside, even a blanket with a dragon and phoenix pattern hanging on it, the Han people knew at a glance that it must be the emperor's palace.

It has a very sense of integration, blending the grassland tradition and the image of the emperor of the Han nationality.

It's just interesting that in such a dignified room, there are still a few little rabbits shut up, eating grass in the wooden cage.

The eldest nephew came in from the outside, saw the rabbits again, and asked, "Grandma, what are you doing raising these rabbits? Why don't you eat them?"

Xiao Liege put away the lock of hair that he was looking at, and gave him a white look, "Look at how round your face is, you know how to eat it."

"Aren't rabbits just for roasting and eating?" The eldest nephew looked smaller when he pouted because of his round face.

Xiao Liege gave him a disgusted look again, and threw a copy of "Hanshu" on the table into the child's arms, "How many pages have you read? Can you recite it? Hurry up and recite a paragraph for me."

"Yes, I'm so smart~" the little fat man began to endorse the book wow-wow.

Xiao Liege didn't listen much at all, his eyes fell on those rabbits.

Inexplicably, he began to think of that little spy who looked like a rabbit but could hurt people.