At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 347, Luoyang with a strong commercial atmosphere and Changfeng Escort Agency
Luoyang, the eastern capital.

This place is not only another capital of the Han Dynasty, but also the commercial center and transportation hub of the world. The most important material distribution center in the world. The Yellow River, Honggou, and Qinchi Road are all concentrated here. There is also the largest granary in the world, and Aocang is located here. With the addition of various conditions, the prosperity of Luoyang City is not inferior to that of Chang'an City.

Luoyang has also been a commercial city for hundreds of years, leaving behind an idiom of high debts. Later Sima Qian commented on Luoyang City when he wrote "Biography of Huo Shi": Luoyang Street lived among Qi, Chu, Qin and Zhao, where the poor were educated and wealthy, and they respected each other for a long time.

Because Luoyang City has had a strong commercial atmosphere since ancient times, when the Han Dynasty took over the world, it promoted the development of industries to a national level, and the development of Luoyang City also entered the fast lane.

When Chen Ping was the governor of Sanchuan County, he first wiped out the local nobles in Luoyang and used his power to equalize land in Sanchuan County.

Later, a large number of textile factories, equipment manufacturing, carriage and horse manufacturing and other handicraft industries were developed in Luoyang City. For this purpose, handicraft industry zones were specially divided to meet the development of Luoyang City's handicraft industry.

The Way is like a whale falling and all things arising. Chen Ping cleared away the obstacles to the development of Sanchuan County's upper class, and the national policy of the Han Dynasty supported industrial development. Coupled with its already strong business atmosphere, with the blessing of the right time, location, and people, Sanchuan County entered a period of rapid development. in the state.

Among the big cities in the Han Dynasty, Luoyang City was the city least affected by Xu Fan, but it developed the fastest.

Hu Hai and the others visited Luoyang City for a few days and said: "I like the atmosphere of Luoyang City. The atmosphere here is so pure. This is a city suitable for business."

Hu Hai could feel the Luoyang people's unabashed pursuit and love for wealth. Although Chang'an City is not bad, the Han Emperor is like a big mountain pressing over Chang'an City. In Chang'an City, not only the Han officials do things with trepidation, but even the merchants do things with trepidation.

But the Zhu family's moral character was really high beyond the times. Faced with Zhang Liang's recommendation, he didn't feel that he had much kindness to Zhang Liang, and he didn't accept Zhang Liang's attempt to repay him at all. Xu Fan's envoy Before arriving at the Zhu family's home, he simply moved to Luoyang City.

When Zhang Liang hid in Qilu, he relied on the protection of his friends Zhu family. When Zhang Liang became the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, he wanted to repay his friends. He believed that the Zhu family had noble conduct and outstanding talents. He recommended the Zhu family to Xu Fan.

The second is that Dahan's government-run workshops are powerful and are already the backbone of Dahan's economy. The post system is only busy. The workshops within Dahan are already extremely busy with goods. There is no time to pay attention to private business. This has led to a strong demand for goods transportation within Dahan. .

But Zhu Zhu and others were disgusted and said: "The people in Luoyang City are so annoying. They have no morals and look down on us country people. What can they do to be arrogant? They were not defeated by our men back then."

Today they came to the door of Changfeng Escort Bureau because Hu Hai found out that there is a new thing called Escort Bureau in Luoyang City. Escort Bureau can not only help transport goods, but also act as bodyguards. The price is not expensive, and many merchants like to hire escorts to help them escort their goods.

Of course, although Hu Hai admires Luoyang City, Luoyang City is not his destination. He took Zhu Zhu and others to the gate of a store called Changfeng Escort Agency.

The active circulation of goods and the saturation of the Dahan Station system naturally brought about a large demand for escorted goods, and the demand for escort agencies came into being.

But they didn't know to what extent the Han emperor's bottom line was to squeeze the people. So that both Han officials and merchants seemed to be full of hypocrisy in Hu Hai's eyes.

But the reality is that the escort agency is a derivative of the commodity economy, and it appeared roughly in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the previous era, because productivity was not developed enough, the quantity of goods was not large. Except for the military needs of the court, goods generally did not need to travel too far. A small number of caravans could rely on the court's post system to meet demand. Naturally, there was no need for escort agencies. .

Of course, it was the conversation between Xu Fan and Zhang Liang that really made the escort agency appear.

But the appearance of Xu Fan broke this natural law. The Han Dynasty was based on industry, and the commodity economy developed extremely fast. Xu Fan also invented the water conservancy spinning wheel, the water conservancy textile machine and a large number of inventions of later generations. These are extremely It greatly promoted the development of the commodity economy in the Han Dynasty.

The sages who are stingy with money and money are worrying about the country and the people in Chang'an City. This is not the funniest thing in the world.

Zhuzi thought for a while and persuaded: "Brother Hu Hai, this is not how you spend your money. A dozen of us can protect ourselves, so why bother hiring someone from the bodyguard agency to protect us?"

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty made it clear that he cared for the people of the world, but if he wanted to do business, he had to exploit the people. All the workshop owners knew this.

Such new affairs were of course brought about by Xu Fan. Later generations may have thought that the escort agency appeared very early due to the influence of martial arts novels.

It's different here in Luoyang City. Han officials, merchants, and even clerks and knights don't care about other people's eyes when they pursue wealth, and they don't make false excuses. They almost nakedly tell everyone that they just want money, and that they just want money. Making money is the true nature of a businessman.

But Zhu Zhu and others were also young people from all over the country, and the matchmaker chased them to Luoyang City. Instead, they became a bunch of people who were discriminated against. The environment in Luoyang City naturally made them dislike this city.

In terms of scale, the commodity economy of the Han Dynasty was not as good as that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. However, because there were no obstacles in the system and the development of commerce was allowed to develop by doing nothing, the potential and vitality of the Han Dynasty far exceeded that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the status of merchants in the Han Dynasty also far exceeded that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Xu Fan kept a close eye on the Han officials. At least they didn't have to worry about their goods being swallowed up by corrupt officials.

Even if he exploits the craftsmen desperately in his hometown, when he comes to the sage meeting, he will speak of serving the country and the people. Every year's sage meeting makes Hu Hai feel funny. If you are so dedicated to the country and the people, why don't you just treat your craftsmen better in your hometown?

Hu Hai said with a smile: "This is because you have no money. When we come back from Kuaiji County and become rich, the people in Luoyang City will also treat you with smiles."

Unlike Hu Hai, Zhu Zhu can feel the city's discrimination against them. In inns, restaurants, and even street vendors, as long as they notice Zhu Zhu's poverty, they will not hide their contempt at all.

Xu Fan knew about this and felt that the Zhu family's high moral standards were fake, but this kind of thing always depends on actions rather than words.

Judging from the current situation, the Zhu family did not rely on Zhang Liang's reputation to do evil, and did not even seek benefits for themselves. In terms of behavior, the Zhu family was really a moral gentleman who helped those in need.

In this era, fame and fortune are still before the eyes. Shouldn't the Zhu family be allowed to have good fame but not fortune? His behavior did not harm the big man, but was beneficial to other people and the stability of the entire society, so Xu Fan Didn't care.

But these qualities of the Zhu family made him famous in the Kanto region, especially his refusal of the emperor's summons, which made him even more famous. People wanted to stretch their necks to make friends with him. This shows his prestige. He served as two governors of Sanchuan County. Both Chen Ping and Zhou Bo respected the Zhu family very much.

Because the Zhu family moved to Luoyang City, there were thousands of knights who followed him to Luoyang City because they admired the Zhu family's reputation.

In a short period of time, Luoyang City became the center of the world's knights, but these knights were also restless and violent elements, which made the security of Luoyang City extremely poor in a short period of time.

As for the Ranger group, the Han Dynasty was similar to that of the Tyrant Qin. The perception of these people who were unwilling to farm and work honestly was extremely poor. The only difference was that the Tyrant Qin killed more people, while the Han people exiled more people.

If the Zhu family continues like this, sooner or later they will become the target of suppression by the Han Dynasty. Xu Fan does not want to embarrass Zhang Liang, so he reminds Zhang Liang to let the Zhu family use their influence to transform these knights' groups, and Xu Fan thinks of future generations of martial arts. The escort agency must appear in the novel.

So Zhang Liang told the Zhu family all the system and operation methods of the Escort Bureau. Luoyang City happened to be the center of the world, and the rapidly developing commodity economy also needed the product of the Escort Bureau.

So the Changfeng Escort Agency came into being. The Zhu family used this agency to support thousands of rangers who supported him. After the rangers had a high-paying career, the security of Sanchuan County also improved rapidly.

Nowadays, it has become normal for caravans in Luoyang City to hire bodyguards to help escort their goods, and there are even many escort services.

Hu Hai had this idea after learning that Luoyang City could still hire guards. He didn't think that people like Zhu Zhu would be of much use when they encountered bandits and robbers, so he wanted to hire professional guards from Luoyang City to protect them when they went to Kuaiji County.

Of course, such hurtful words must not be said directly.

Hu Hai said: "I brought you out of Zhaoli to make a fortune, not to fight for your life."

Sure enough, Zhuzi and others were extremely grateful when they heard this.

After Hu Hai and others entered the Changfeng Escort Bureau, a person immediately came out and said, "Do you want to escort the goods, or do you want to hire guards?"

Hu Hai said: "Call out your last best guards, I will hire them to protect us when we go to Kuaiji County."

The people at Changfeng Escort Bureau are also aware of this. During this period, too many people have hired their Changfeng Escort Bureau escorts.

So he said: "The best escorts in our Changfeng Escort Bureau are senior escorts. If we go to Kuaiji County, one person costs ten thousand yuan, and three people are enough to protect our guests and your safety along the way." Hu Hai asked: "What if we go to Kuaiji County?" If we encounter bandits, your escorts won’t abandon us, right?”

"I am the chief escort of the Changfeng Escort Bureau, and I belong to the Zhu family, the leader of knights in the world. Even if we die in battle, we will not insult the reputation of the chief escort."

Hu Hai nodded and said: "Okay, bring me the three best escorts from our escort agency."

Hu Hai came to Changfeng Escort Agency because of the reputation of the Zhu family, and he felt relieved after hearing this.

Then Hu Hai took out a stack of food stamps from his sleeves, counted thirty of them and said, "Here are thirty thousand dollars, you count them."

Dahan's development banks and agricultural banks have developed rapidly in the past two years. Their main business locations have spread throughout the 50 counties of Dahan, and even the wealthier princes' capitals have business locations of these two major banks. The development of banks and agricultural banks has played an important role in Dahan's rapid development in the past two years.

Following the rapid development of banks were the Han Dynasty's food stamps. At first, food stamps were only in the hands of Han people. Later, people found that using food stamps to deduct taxes was very good. It could reduce part of the tax and was very convenient. So food stamps Then it passed from the hands of common people to the hands of merchants.

Soon the merchants discovered that carrying food stamps for business was safer and more convenient than carrying gold and silver. After all, it is difficult to find a stack of food stamps when loaded into the sleeve, but gold and silver have to be loaded in a carriage. When buying food, cloth, salt, sugar and other goods in your hometown, you can buy them directly with food stamps and save the need to transport goods. time, and having food stamps in hand can be said to be an extremely cost-effective thing.

Due to the promotion of merchants, Dahan's food stamps have been rapidly circulating throughout the world in the past two years. The rapid development of Dahan's industry has driven the development of food stamps, and the development of food stamps has promoted the development of Dahan's industry. The two complement each other.

Merchants of the Han Dynasty also discovered that the banks of the Han Dynasty have spread throughout the counties and cities of the Han Dynasty and are spreading to the county towns. Such a large number of outlets also make business easier for the merchants. In the past, selling goods and escorting money required a huge amount of manpower and material resources. But now they only need to deposit money into a local bank and pay 10% of the cost to get money in their hometown. This efficiency is much higher than before.

Of course, the credit of food stamps has always been what merchants were most worried about, but the Han court used its own methods to solve merchants' concerns.

In addition to traditional money, the Han Dynasty court used its own granaries and official warehouses of grain, cloth, salt, and sugar, the four most easily circulated goods in the world, as guarantee for food stamps. The amount was not too large, and the court could guarantee it. Redeem on the spot, and even if the amount is huge, you can guarantee the redemption within a month.

At this time, the concept of people in the world has not yet gotten rid of the impact of the food shortage period. The four kinds of goods provided by the Han Dynasty are the equivalents in the world. As long as food stamps can be exchanged for these four goods, people in the world will naturally feel it. The credibility of the court was lost.

Even with the emergence of the Spice Island this year, spices have become one of the equivalents, which has increased the credibility of merchants all over the world towards the court.

The food stamps currently circulating in the market of Dahan are based on the goods in Dahan's official warehouse, and their credibility is extremely high. Luoyang City is a commercial city, and there are more banks here, so food stamps are naturally accepted.

The person from the Changfeng Escort Bureau took the food stamps and calculated, "I will arrange an escort for you, sir."

Soon.

Three strong men came to Hu Hai and said, "Zhang Wu, Wei Feng, and Zhu Pei have met our boss."

Hu Hai nodded and said, "I'll leave it to these three heroes along the way."

After hiring bodyguards as escorts, Hu Hai hired a transport ship and sailed all the way from the Yellow River to Xingyang. Then he entered the chasm and crossed Chen County, where waterwheels were densely packed and transport ships flowed endlessly. He experienced the novelty of blocking a ship. thing. Continue to enter the Huaihe River, and then enter the Yangtze River through Hangou to resist Chen Jun.

In the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, January 20th, Danyang County, Kuaiji County.

Winter is approaching, the cold wind begins to dissipate, and the temperature rises rapidly after crossing the Yangtze River.

After Hu Hai got out of the ship, he laughed and said: "Finally we have arrived in Kuaiji County. This is the starting point of our wealth."

Zhu Pei looked at the surrounding environment and said: "With so many people, it's not easy to go to Spice Island."

Zhu Pei works as a bodyguard, and his observational behavior has been integrated into his instinct. He found that most of the people who disembarked here were down-and-out rangers, and the purpose of staying in Kuaiji County was self-evident, which was to rush to the Spice Island.

Hu Hai said with a smile: "The Emperor has a famous saying, as long as we can do it, half the battle is won. If we can come to Kuaiji County safely, we have already surpassed countless people."

After more than a month of communication, Hu Hai was surprised to find that Zhu Pei was actually the son of the Zhu family. He did not expect that a mere bodyguard was actually a hidden boss.

But Zhu Pei was very dissatisfied with the Zhu family. His father had saved countless people, and he didn't want to be favored by those people. It was clear that the family had plenty of money, but the clothes he wore were old, and there were never two kinds of clothes on the table at home. The above meat dishes. My father often helped poor people, so that his family never had any extra money, so it was impossible for him to live a good life.

After Zhu Pei came of age, he asked his father to contact the then Prime Minister Zhang Liang in order to find a good background. He thought his father would agree, but he did not expect that his father would not allow him to contact the Prime Minister Zhang Liang. Instead, he was left in Changfeng Escort Agency to be an escort.

As the young escort leader of the Changfeng Escort Bureau, he lived like an ordinary escort, without any rights, and his father had no intention of handing over the escort agency to him.

This made Zhu Pei feel that having this father was almost as good as not having such a father. In order to pursue his own reputation, he had gone to the extent of disowning all his relatives.

Zhu Pei communicated with Hu Hai along the way. Hu Hai said that despite the disapproval of his family, he led the villagers to explore the world and was determined to get ahead.

After Zhu Pei heard this, he felt the blood boiling in his chest. Yes, why do I have to stay with my father? I want to make my own way in the world and make a career of my own, so that his father can understand that he can't do anything without him. Can break out.

So he also proposed to join Hu Hai's team.

Hu Hai was naturally overjoyed. Zhu Pei was highly skilled in martial arts and had extensive connections. He was the talent his team needed most.

After landing on the land of Kuaiji County, Hu Hai and his party came to Wu County, the seat of Kuaiji County.

But what Hu Hai and the others never expected was that they had traveled thousands of miles without any obstruction, but when they came to Wu County, they encountered obstacles.

County official Guan Hong shouted at the crowd: "Everyone line up, those who don't line up are not allowed to enter the city."

Then the county soldiers also beat them and asked them to line up.

Hu Hai and others had no choice but to queue up.

Half a day later, Hu Hai and others stepped forward.

The Han official asked: "Where are you from?"

Hu Hai said: "Chang'an people"

The Han official continued to ask: "What are you doing in Wuxian?"

Hu Hai said: "We want to go to Spice Island."

The official rolled his eyes and said, "He is indeed another idiot."

Then he stamped a seal and said: "This is your temporary residence permit. It is valid for half a year. It needs to be renewed in the next six months. If you are caught without a temporary residence permit, you have to go to the mine to mine for a month. The penalty is very severe. It is not a joke. You must keep the temporary residence permit." Okay, I still have to go to class in the back, and I can’t leave until after class.”

(End of this chapter)