Early the next morning, Li Yun changed into ordinary robes and went out with a few followers.
At this time, Tianjin Mansion was the commercial center of the Zhou Dynasty and the location of many newly established official offices. It had the status of accompanying the capital. Compared with the solemnity of Daxing Mansion in Zhongdu, it was more practical and functional. Therefore, the population and
Wealth continues to accumulate here.
The city plan that the emperor and his ministers had planned two years ago based on their generous ideas was undergoing major changes almost every six months, and the urban area continued to expand.
Li Yun and his party took a casual glance at the place on horseback, and saw that the originally desolate place, the reclaimed fields had been leveled, and large trucks had transported the gravel, which was compacted and elevated mercilessly.
Tianjin Prefecture is low-lying, prone to seawater intrusion, and the land is extremely salty. Farming here is difficult to harvest, so no one felt bad about it. However, there were several heavy trucks in the convoy transporting earth and stone to fill the elevated ground.
The piece of stone...maybe it was mined from the Fangshan area and transported hundreds of miles away. What a generous move.
Everyone walked forward towards the seawall in the east of the city. When it was first built, the road was very straight and wide. Now many shops have been opened along the street. In order to compete for business, each shop built its own ceiling and counter, encroaching on the street little by little. Only.
When we walked to the main road that connected the east and west, we felt that it was much wider.
After autumn every year, the water volume of several rivers in the upper reaches of the Haihe River decreases greatly. In addition to water transportation, many commercial materials must be transported by land, passing through several major roads in Tianjin Prefecture.
These material transport fleets usually belong to some powerful government agencies or big businessmen. Recently, many places have hired skilled craftsmen from the Southern Dynasties with huge sums of money, and have worked hard on the vehicles. New four-wheeled carriages have been adopted one after another. The body is very large, and the wheels look like
Also unusually thick.
Tianjin Prefecture and Daxing Prefecture combined are a metropolis with a population of more than 1.5 million, and it is the core of the entire Central Plains and the North. The throughput and consumption of materials are countless, which is enough to compare with the prosperity of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty. This is so
The fleet is usually not used to transport grain and cloth, but is specialized in transporting expensive materials, such as medicinal materials, spices, silk, porcelain, etc. Often a fleet is related to tens of thousands of dollars in business, and there is no need to delay.
Therefore, it is strictly forbidden to encroach on the main road. The people from the police patrol station have specially set up a group of archers to keep an eye on it all day long. There is also a team responsible for emergency repair and smoothing of the road.
These roads themselves are also connected in all directions. Where there are no shops on both sides of the streets, they are all large warehouses with high walls. Half of these warehouses are tall masonry buildings built by Ding Haijun using his own financial resources before the Tianjin Prefecture was established. Now
It was listed under the name of Li Yun's Qunmu Station, and was subleased to merchants from Song Dynasty, Goryeo and other places at high prices every now and then. The supply was always in short supply.
For example, Shi Miyuan, the prime minister of the Southern Dynasties, used two large warehouses here for a long time in the name of Fuzhou merchants. What was stored and transported daily in those warehouses were not ordinary goods, but iron coins and copper coins.
Minting money has always been a shortcoming of the Northern Dynasty. A hundred years after the founding of the country, Dai Jin minted very little money himself, mostly using Song coins and Liao coins. Guo Ning established himself in Shandong and later started mining and metallurgy, but the local area mainly focused on gold and silver mines.
, I am not good at the technical work of making money.
When the scale of trade between the north and the south increased sharply, the north fell into a money shortage. Fortunately, Li Yun persuaded Shi Miyuan, the prime minister of the Southern Dynasties. So Shi Miyuan and Zhou joined hands to restart the trade in Huainan and Huaibei on the border between the two countries.
The number of copper coins produced by multiple copper and iron mines this year is said to have exceeded the highest annual minting quota during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of the Southern Dynasties.
Half of these privately minted coins were directly transferred to Dazhou's finance; the other half were the private wealth of Prime Minister Shi. The old man was willing to spend it on Dazhou, and Dazhou was naturally overjoyed and treated the God of Wealth
Hold it high.
Li Yun's coordination was indispensable in this process. Li Yun also knew that the man with the title of Fuzhou merchant was actually Shi Miyuan's nephew, Shi Songzhi, who had been beaten up by Li Yun.
Of course, if there is a chance for the two of them to meet again now, for the sake of their wealth and wealth, they will laugh at each other and forget their grudges.
Li Yun followed the main road, passing through five or six large-scale cities, all the way to the east of the city, just after Chen hour.
As a well-known local middleman, Shi Sansao did not go around Fangshi personally to solicit customers, but bought a small courtyard next to Fangshi to live in.
The small courtyard is located at the end of a deep alley. There are many people passing by in the alley. Most of them are following people to meet this Shi Sansao and ask her to help her handle things. There are also some people with cheerful faces and holding snack boxes for giving gifts.
, it seems that with the help of this middleman, I made money or received benefits.
Zhang Lin, the governor of Tianjin Prefecture, is a very meticulous and sophisticated person. Li Yun remembers that in his early years, he rectified the business of Zhigu Village and restricted the scope of involvement of various dental shops and individual dental care providers, as well as various
A written stipulation that cannot be exceeded.
But Shi Sansao is really powerful. Looking at her well-connected people, it is obvious that she not only helps with hiring people, but also involves in guarantee sales and even matchmaking of various businesses. It seems that she is not restricted by the rules of Tianjin Prefecture.
I haven't checked these details for several months, but there is such a luxurious person in Tianjin Mansion?
Li Yun stood outside the alley gate, not in a hurry to go in, but paying attention to the merchants coming in and out. After thinking for a long time, the old soldier who led him here was a little worried and explained: "This Shi Sansao is indeed a capable person in the local area.
We have inquired, and the reputation is good both officially and among the people. Doctor, we don’t use many people in our house, so we occasionally rent some people, and we don’t dare to neglect them.”
After pondering last night, these veterans roughly understood what Li Yun was staring at. They were all veterans. Li Yun never had a seizure at home, nor did they bother a little maid, but they followed Li Yun here.
, guessing that Li Yun was going to make trouble, he would inevitably think of a little excuse for himself.
Just after saying a few words, someone in the courtyard suddenly cheered loudly: "Ah ha, distinguished guest! Distinguished guest! Mr. Shang is here!"
The person called "Mr. Shang" was Li Yun's veteran soldier who was responsible for recruiting servants.
Even though they were separated by the courtyard wall, Sister-in-law Shi came out like a whirlwind as if she smelled the scent.
This lady was about fifty years old. She looked very shrewd, but she had a smile on her face and was not annoying. Halfway through the run, she was obviously startled because she noticed someone following behind her, casually wearing a t-shirt.
Li Yun in chinchilla robe.
Li Yun can almost be regarded as one of the founders of Tianjin Prefecture. When this place was still called Zhigu Village, he came here on behalf of the current Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty and received many merchant properties. Later, he also built a bridge between the North and the South and established the
formed the basis for the prosperity of this place.
Although Sister-in-law Shi San had never seen Li Yun in person, she had heard people describe the appearance of this young minister of Zhou Dynasty. Immediately, a smile appeared on her face, and she bowed down from a distance and said hello.
He kept asking people to clean the house and prepare tea, looking extremely respectful.
Li Yun smiled and said: "You're welcome. I see that your business is booming and I can't delay. So I found a quiet place to ask a few words and then left."
"Please, please, it's quiet here in the alley and no one will disturb you." Shi Sansao smiled brightly and led Li Yun to the edge of the alley where the carriages and sedan chairs were parked: "If Mr. Li has anything he wants to ask, I, the old lady, will answer you.
!
"I guess you have already prepared a whole set of arguments about the little maid in my house. But I am too lazy to listen to them. You can write me a statement later, just follow your usual style and be more detailed."
The veteran soldier Shang Qi who was following Li Yun said "ah".
Sister-in-law Shi was a little stunned at first, then smiled and said: "What do you mean by this? Mr. Li, I, I don't understand..."
Li Yun put his hands in his sleeves and seemed to catch a glimpse of a few figures flickering in the alley's forks or corners. He looked intently, but found nothing, not even the pedestrians walking in the alley.
Sleep.
He sneered a few times and turned back to stare at Sister-in-law Shi:
"Are you, the recorder, so full that you used this little trick to plot against me? You don't even dare to investigate, so why bother dragging me into trouble?"