back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 714 Novelty
The official of the Ministry of Rites was a little unhappy, he frowned and said: "Dare to ask the envoy, what is missing in Chang'an?"

The emissary couldn't say anything, so he had to change the subject: "May I ask what this is?"

The officials of the Ministry of Rituals saw that it was a few children playing Cuju in the alley, so they said: "This is Cuju, which existed in the previous dynasty. Now my emperor has reformed the system. There are 11 people on the field. One can guard the goal with his hands, and the rest can be guarded or guarded." Attacking and stopping with enough foot, the one who scores the goal will get one point. The one with the highest score within two sticks of incense will win."

The messenger looked at it for a while, shook his head, and said, "It's not as good as polo..."

The officials of the Ministry of Rites knew that nobles in Liao Dynasty liked to play polo.Indeed, polo is much more intense than Cuju.It's just that the little emperor doesn't like it. Even if they want to support polo, they have no choice but to do so.Besides, polo requires horseback riding, while cuju only needs a few people and a ball, which is simple and convenient.

The officials from the Ministry of Rites did not speak, but just smiled coldly.He also knew that the envoy from the Liao Kingdom felt that if he didn't play polo, how would Dashun's ability to fight immediately improve?It's just that he doesn't know that in Dashun's kingdom, anything can happen.Now that Dashun's forbidden army, why do they need to fight immediately?

It wasn't easy for the envoy of the Liao Kingdom to feel a sense of pride. When he was about to walk away, the officials of the Ministry of Rites pulled him back and pulled him back. "What are you doing?" The envoy of the Liao Kingdom was a little annoyed, but at this moment a carriage was speeding past from north to south, ringing a crisp bell.The envoy of the Liao Kingdom was taken aback and stared blankly at the extended carriage speeding away, only then did he notice that the sound of the bell had stopped. "How can this be?"

Seeing the stunned face of the envoy from the Liao Kingdom, the official from the Ministry of Rites chuckled and explained: "This bell can only ring if you pull it by hand..."

Only then did the envoys of the Liao Kingdom discover that there were two shallow pits sunk into the ground, and inside the shallow pits were two strange long iron bars.Suddenly, his mind moved: "Is this Chidao?"

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were not surprised either. This Chidao has been built for a long time, and it is not surprising that it spread to the Liao Kingdom: "It is the Chidao."

"Sure enough!" the envoy of the Liao Kingdom praised, holding back a lot of energy in his heart, and wanted to build a road in Shangjing.But he seems to have forgotten that the quality of iron and steel in the Liao Kingdom is worrying. Even though the production is abundant, it has not been able to make good iron.Even if the blacksmith technology was brought from the Western Regions, it would take a lot of effort and take a long time to complete.How could the Liao Kingdom be willing to spend this kind of iron and steel on the road?Even if it is used to forge weapons, it is not enough, and the imperial tent cavalry is only enough for all the equipment...

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom didn't worry too much, he just felt that the carriage was really fast, and the carriage was so big, it must be able to hold a lot of things.While thinking about it, he continued to move forward.Unexpectedly, the farther you go, the more people there are.The envoy of the Liao Kingdom felt the crowding, and asked in a low voice, "Where is this place? Why are there so many people?"

Because the officials from the Ministry of Rites were wearing official uniforms, the others were very modest and not too crowded. They smiled and said: "This place is where the temple fair is located. Today happens to be the fifteenth day. It is the day of the temple fair."

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom suddenly realized, nodded, and had no desire to squeeze in.After taking a few glances outside, he continued to walk forward.After passing the temple fair, there are rows of foot shops.These foot stores are no longer limited to selling food, and have begun to develop more diversified.For example, there are those who sell the Four Treasures of the Study, those who sell porcelain supplies, those who sell spices, rouge and gouache, and those who sell gold and silver jewelry... What's more strange is that some foot shops also sell antiques, selling them from various countries. Commodities... Anyway, there are so many things to see, the envoys of the Liao Kingdom were stunned.Some envoys who had been to Dashun last year were even more surprised and speechless now.In just one year, earth-shaking changes have taken place. All kinds of shops and houses have sprung up everywhere. It's like magic. Except for the street names are still the same, most of the scenery is different.

In fact, it is normal. Ever since Dashun supported commerce, it has set up a shipping department and introduced the "Commercial Law" to improve the business environment as much as possible.In addition, Dashun has a large population and a huge market. Which country is willing to abandon the big cake of Dashun?As a result, Arab businessmen who came from the Silk Road, and businessmen from Chenla, Champa, Dashi, Srivijaya and other countries who came from the sea, all regarded Dashun as their second hometown.In Quanzhou, the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, there are many big cannibals.All these changes are due to the liberalization of commerce in Dashun, and the court also understood that the country can no longer be maintained by agricultural taxes, and must rely on commercial taxes.Not to mention that tariffs are increasing year by year, and it has become a life-saving straw for the treasury.

With a consensus, it will be easy to handle.Few people have refuted the commercial policies promulgated by Lu Chengqi now, and even many progressive officials have begun to explore how to build shops under the rule so as to guide commercial development.For a while, the money and silver hidden in the cellar flooded into the market frantically, which almost did not cause the currency to depreciate.Fortunately, the Royal Bank introduced a more stable deposit business and increased the interest rate to [-]%, which stabilized the situation.

In fact, Dashun is not short of money, it is all hidden wealth from the people.Now that business is booming and hot money is flowing in, the profit can often be twice that of the land.With such a high profit, there will naturally be people rushing in.But there are only so many industrial markets, and so many people come in, the profits are less.So after one industry was overthrown, another industry emerged.After many rounds of this cycle, the market's guidance was gradually restored, and the low-price strategy was no longer used for buying and selling, but quality was emphasized.

Due to the standardized commercialization of Chang'an City, the industry reshuffle has been completed.The shops that can survive are either big merchants on the rich side, or industries with people behind them.At the feet of the emperor, which businessman dares to trade with integrity?Ever since, many officials took advantage of the period when they returned to Beijing to report on their duties, and began to investigate why Chang'an's business was so prosperous without any disorder.

It was not until this time that Chang'an truly became the world's trade center in this era, and the products of countries that had business relations with Dashun could be found in Chang'an City.It is precisely because of this that Chang'an City has undergone earth-shaking changes in just two years, allowing the "country bumpkins" of the Liao Kingdom's envoy group to truly understand what a metropolis is.In addition to envy, these Khitan people cast more enthusiastic eyes on the bustling streets...

"Oh, it would be great if Shangjing was like this..."

An envoy from the Liao Kingdom Mission spoke in Khitan.

"What is this saying? How can I, the Khitan, build a country with bows and horses, like the Han people in the Central Plains to cultivate by slash and burn?"

"No, isn't His Majesty also encouraging farming now?"

"That's because His Majesty is confused, put down the sword, bow and equestrianism, how can I, Khitan, be an opponent of the Han people?"

"Do you dare to say this in front of His Majesty?"

"Why don't you dare?"

……

They quarreled behind, but the officials of the Ministry of Rituals could not understand the Khitan language, so they could only turn a blind eye, followed the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, and continued to walk deep into Chang'an City.

(End of this chapter)