Three Kingdoms: Everything Can Be Gamified

Chapter 416
When returning to Bingzhou from Hanzhong, it is natural to pass through Guanzhong.

I was in a hurry and didn't go to Chang'an before, but now I am returning in triumph and stopped by for a while.

Don't get too close, lest you panic the officials in Chang'an.

Someone had to be specially sent to report it, and only with Liu Bei's permission could Zhang He go there on his own.

As for the army, they can only wait at Shiliting.

You don't need to think about it to know that the Imperial Guards in Chang'an must be the busiest during this period.

For their sake, it would be better not to stay so long.

This has nothing to do with trust or not, it’s just about responsibilities.

"I don't want to leave. It's only been a few years since the outskirts of Chang'an have already become a residential area!" Zhang He came to the outskirts of Chang'an.

At first there were scattered houses, but the closer it got to the Chang'an City Wall, the more prosperous it became.

Less than 100 meters away from the city wall, there is already a bustling market with a large number of pedestrians coming and going.

Along with the city, a large number of residential areas have naturally been planned, but to the naked eye, they are basically civilians and there are few wealthy people.

And all the prosperity revolves around the libraries and academies built by Zhang He.

Liu Bei promoted the imperial examination and did not worry about the issue of filial piety and integrity, so everyone was willing to work hard to change their destiny.

Not to mention the academy, there are rumors that as long as you study here and take the imperial examination after completing your studies, it will be easier to pass the exam.

This is not surprising. Although the standard answer has not yet appeared, there is already a general range.

By collecting this information and then focusing on education, most graduates will get relatively high scores in the imperial examination papers.

Not to mention the large number of people taking the imperial examination, as long as there are one or two graduates in each class who can pass the examination.

Then this academy will naturally be sought after.

Just like a training class in later generations, it can train two to three Tsinghua and Peking University candidates every year.

Even if the remaining [-] students fail the exam, a large number of parents will send their children over.

Not to mention that there are three rankings in the imperial examination. If you don't pass the first ranking, the number of people who pass the second and third rankings will also increase significantly.

As the number of winners increases, the academy's reputation will also increase.

Everyone wanted to study, but the places were already full, so they borrowed money to join the class or paid bribes to join.

Compared with the time when I left, the academy has more than doubled in size, and I am afraid it has also expanded its enrollment by a lot of students.

There are so many students, so naturally there are so many parents accompanying them.

Besides, who wouldn’t want to move here at the feet of the Emperor of Chang’an?
As the number of people increased, the outside of the city wall gradually became a place where civilians lived, while the real Chang'an City gradually became a gathering place for aristocratic families.

The closer you get to the inner city, the richer and nobler the people living here will naturally be.

Just say that Zhang He's residence here is only about 200 meters away from Chang'an Palace.

"Is Chang'an City going to be expanded?" After entering the city gate, Zhou Sheng was responsible for receiving him, or rather monitoring him.

This is too cautious. He rode here alone. How could he still fight all the way from Suzaku Avenue to the palace?
Well, maybe in their eyes, I can really do it...

Not to mention, when the report came up about the fact that Zhang He had pacified Yizhou in just ten days, everyone still found it incredible.

After all, Chengdu was captured with almost no effort, and Liu Zhang surrendered and the country was destroyed.

The remaining forces that followed basically had few casualties.

As for Bashu, it's not easy to get in and out of that damn place. Zhang He actually managed to take a detour to get in, and he also wiped out the puppet Han so easily.

Everyone couldn't help but wonder whether Zhenghe's magical skills were becoming more and more powerful.

If we continue, will we be able to change the world and change the world?
It is said that distance creates beauty, but distance can also create strangeness.

Zhang He has been away from Chang'an for too long, and everyone's impression of him has gradually become blurred.

Coupled with some exaggerated battle reports, it is not strange to be deified or even demonized.

"There is already an expansion plan, and the surrounding cities and towns are also being re-planned. It just needs to be built, and we have to wait..." Zhou Sheng replied.

This matter is not a secret. Liu Bei decided to make Chang'an his capital, but Chang'an's specifications were not enough.After all, the population of the capital city during the Western Han Dynasty was incomparable to that of today.

Not to mention that more and more people are coming from all over the world, which also increases a lot of housing pressure.

It happened that the library and academy were both outside the city, and a city had already been initially formed here, so after some consideration, it was decided to expand Chang'an.

It's just that in the past few years, we have been fighting and money is needed everywhere, so the construction has to be put on hold temporarily.

Liu Bei was benevolent and righteous. The people had given up most of their property to support the front line. It was time to go to work to earn money to replenish blood.

First of all, Liu Bei did not want the money and materials they used to support the front line to be used in places other than war.

Secondly, we don’t want to waste people’s time and energy building the city wall, at least not in the next two years.

In short, in order to restore people's livelihood and economy, Liu Bei exempted the country from corvee service for two years.

If there is any water conservancy project or building bridges and paving roads, the people can be requisitioned, but the local government must pay wages.

"It doesn't matter. When I come back this time, the money to build the city wall should be enough!" Zhang He replied.

"The governor wants to destroy the family and the country?" Zhou Sheng was a little surprised.

"This is not worth advocating! Unless it is to defend against foreigners, wouldn't this be an act of showing off wealth?" Zhang He shook his head.

I don't want to experience Shen Wansan's fate.

But having said that, let alone ruining the family, spending more than [-]% of the free money would be enough to repair the city wall of Chang'an.

Zou Yu said before that the assets of the Chamber of Commerce are almost equivalent to the total fiscal revenue of the imperial court for a year.

This was more than two years ago, and I'm afraid it's even more now.

Once upon a time, Zhang He always felt that the country's fiscal revenue was at least in trillions.

Later I discovered that the annual income is only 30 to [-] trillion, which is still a big gap from [-] trillion.

"This time we almost wiped out the puppets easily, and naturally we seized a large amount of materials, mainly money and silk. The total revenue of Yizhou in the past ten or twenty years, as well as the seizure of some wealthy families' properties, was actually two times the imperial court's fiscal revenue last year. Times!" Zhang He sighed.

The biggest emotion is that most of the money comes from inspections and fines, which is much more than the inventory accumulated by Yizhou in 20 to [-] years.

After all, this family has been in the family for decades, or even hundreds of years, and they still like to save money.

It means that silver has not yet been used as currency, otherwise these guys would probably have to learn from Shanxi merchants and directly make a batch of silver winter melons.

"It's a pity that this deal can't last long." Zhou Sheng smiled. He naturally knew that these century-old wealthy families had a lot of inventory.

"It's not impossible to take it long. As long as the war continues, there will always be objects that can be inspected." Zhang He replied.

To the east, there are mountains of gold, silver and copper in the Japanese country.

To the south, Ye Tiaoguo in Southeast Asia also had some reserves.

Not to mention all the way to the west, there are so many small countries in the Western Region, how many good things have they stored in these years?

As long as the war continues, money and materials will naturally flow in.

Having said that, the team was gradually approaching Chang'an Palace.

Along the way, many places seem to have remained the same, but the pedestrians coming and going have become different from before.

In the past, there were people from all walks of life here, but now it seems that there are wealthy families, the market has become high-end, and some low-end products have become much less popular.

Especially there are hot water rooms and bathhouses. The towering chimney of the bathhouse looks particularly conspicuous.

The clothes and habits of the people are also changing. More people are drinking hot water and taking baths.

Cotton-padded clothes began to appear on the middle class, which meant that cotton production was gradually increasing.

But in Zhang He's view, there was a sense of strangeness in his heart. After a few years, Chang'an had already changed.

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