Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 316 Li Shimin Arrives in Shanyang
In fact, what Li Shimin calculates is only the income of the most common Han people in Shanyang City. The real high-income earners are those Guanzhong people who are engaged in business in Shanyang. For some calculations, most of them now open their own shops to do business, even if they are a shopkeeper or something in a barbarian shop, and the monthly payment is as high as five consecutive, it can be found everywhere, including the income of the whole family , there are many people with a monthly income of more than ten guan, who said that in this place where there are many Hu people, the Han people have a natural advantage in making a living!

Soon, a few palm-sized flower cakes fell into Li Shimin's stomach, and he visited the villages in Shanyang. He couldn't use it in Guanzhong. The people here are not poor, so there is no need for him to give alms For anything, reciprocity is fine.

Li Shimin asked Yu Chigong to bring two pots of freshly baked flower cakes to the camp outside the village for his concubine and children to enjoy. After a while, he pushed a large cart of melons produced in Guanzhong this year to the village. There are hundreds of cantaloupe in a big cart, so that every family in the village can share one or two to try something new.

"Reciprocity is a gift. These melons are given to you to eat. If I come to bother you next time, you still have to entertain us with this good tea and cakes."

"sure."

After drinking a large pot of tea and chatting with everyone for a while, Li Shimin waved goodbye to everyone. Through this period of chatting, Li Shimin also had a better understanding of the basic sentiments of Shanyang. One word describes it as 'rich'.

The basis of their wealth is that there are no idlers and more output.

Except for children under the age of seven, everyone here knows what to do today from the moment they wake up in the morning.

The young and strong work in workshops in the city, and the old and weak also produce in the village. When they are not making flower cakes, they can also pick flower petals, weed weeds, and take care of beehives.

Children above the age of seven are all educated in the city, regardless of gender. They will only return to the village to rest for two days on bathing days. Li Shimin also learned from Liu Dawang that in Shanyang City, there are some There are seven or eight schools, each of which has over ten thousand students, no matter whether they are male or female, as long as the children reach the age of seven, they can go to school, and they study for free, and only need to pay a small amount of board and lodging fees.

It seems that Sun Xiangfu wants to implement education for all in Shanyang earlier, but he doesn't know whether Shanyang's finances can afford it.

I thought that after the bumper harvest in Guanzhong, Lingnan and Shanyang would be thrown away in terms of people's livelihood, but now looking at the actual situation, Li Shimin felt that maybe it was not to shake off, but to catch up. In the memorial that came over, another memorial from Feng An was found inside.

He asked the imperial court to send skilled craftsmen to help him build a new city. The original Guangzhou city seemed too small and backward for the current Lingnan people.

Moreover, the manpower and financial resources for building the city do not need to be paid by the imperial court. The imperial court only needs to provide technical support. He also said that after the construction of the new city is completed, the land of Lingnan, at least around Guangzhou, can be implemented like the land of the Central Plains. The same household registration tax system too.

This made Li Shimin very frustrated. To build Weinan New City, he had to use various means to find investment, and he might even get a loan. Feng An told him directly that if I have money, I want to build Guangzhou City as big as Chang'an , I also paid for it myself.

This round of people's livelihood development competition is destined to be difficult for Li Shimin to win. Guanzhong not only owes Lingnan a lot of food, but also owes a lot of savings from the people. The Weinan Industrial Zone is too important to Guanzhong. If it is not done well, Li Shimin I am afraid that I will be left farther and farther away.

The convoy arrived at the south gate of Shanyang City at noon the next day. The army led by the generals of the guards went around the north gate from outside the city and entered the camp of the Anbei Army. Officials from the Protectorate of Peking University greeted them from the south gate and passed through the city until they arrived at Sun's Mansion in the north of the city.

Li Shimin also appeared at the gate of the city, accepted the visit of Sun Xiangfu, Yi Nan and others, let the people waiting here to watch the excitement pay their respects to his holy face, and quickly announced that the welcoming ceremony was over.

There is no way, the sun in Shanyang is very strong in June, especially at noon, so it is not good to let everyone dry up in the sun, in case of heat stroke.

Li Shimin found the neighborhoods in Shanyang City very novel. He ordered people to remove all the curtains used to shade the car windows, and only hung a layer of tulle. Through the tulle, he could roughly see the scene on the street. People on both sides also roughly saw the outline of the emperor.

Since there were still several concubines sitting in Li Shimin's carriage, it was inconvenient for Sun Xiangfu to accompany him by car, so he and Su Dingfang and other generals led the convoy to the north of the city where his mansion was located. How Yang felt, Sun Xiangfu didn't know at the moment.

Behind Li Shimin's carriage, Li Chengqian's carriage is also spacious. Now, the whole is a children's sightseeing car. Li Tai, Li Ke, Li Lizhi, Li Mengjiang, etc., directly lifted the curtains and looked at both sides of the street. They were waiting in the same car. Shu Ya, Sun Deshou and Sun Xiaomei would also look out from time to time, but they didn't compete with the princes and daughters for the window seats.

"Wow, there are so many people in Shanyang, more than in Chang'an."

"Look, people with blond hair, blue eyes, and ugly monsters that look like charcoal..."

"That's Kunlun slave..."

"Listen, that's the sound of the huqin, playing it so cheerfully, ah, why isn't she wearing clothes..."

"Wow, a man with a broken waist actually put his butt on his head..."

"That should be a jujitsu performance!"

The younger children were exclaiming, the older children were explaining, and the carriage was very lively.

Most people in the city know that the convoy that came into the city today is the emperor's convoy. While they are huddled together to watch the excitement, some of them are also showing off their unique skills in order to attract the attention of the emperor or some of the accompanying nobles. The little guys on the Internet took the lead in forming a sense of Shanyang. Lively and novelty were their first impressions of Shanyang.

When the convoy arrived at the Sanggan River area in the center of the city, Sun Xiangfu was about to come out to be a bad guy. A group of courtiers' cars were stopped by him under his command. Before they bought a house in Shanyang, they had to pay for it themselves. In this regard, Chu Suiliang is mainly responsible for coordinating the inn. Of course, it is hard to say whether he is promoting Shanyang's inn or Shanyang's villa to the courtiers.

There was almost no pomp or pomp to welcome the city, and even Sun Xiangfu didn't specifically tell the people what to do when the emperor came. Therefore, the people on both sides of the street almost watched Li Shimin's car with strange eyes. He was a little disappointed. The people didn't have the awe and love he wanted to see in the eyes of the people. This was completely different from his situation at Guanzhong's home court.

The convoy came to the northern part of the city in this way. At first, Li Shimin thought that the red flags on both sides of the street were arranged by Sun Xiangfu to greet him. After seeing the writing on the flags clearly, he almost spat out old blood.

These things have nothing to do with his coming to Shanyang, they are just some slogans to promote Shanyang's products, and what makes Li Shimin want to vomit blood is that Sun Xiangfu's house in Shanyang is not there yet. Originally, he wanted to take the opportunity to scold Sun Xiangfu for being too extravagant and beat him up a bit, but now, he can't find a reason.

In the mansion, Hongmei and Chuntao had already led the servants who came in advance, and prepared iced melon and fruit drinks, cold dishes and cold noodles. The weather in June and July, the temperature in Shanyang during the day is also high, a group of people After sitting down, Sun Xiangfu spoke to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, I have invited the chiefs of Qi, Shiwei, Mohe, and Khitan to watch the military parade. They will arrive in Shanyang two days later at the latest. How about holding the military parade in three days?"

"Well, it's only three days later! By the way, you invited people from these tribes to Shanyang to watch the ceremony, you have a purpose!"

Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "Exactly, these tribes surrounded the whole Goguryeo. If they are willing to surrender to our Tang Dynasty, then in case there is any change in Goguryeo, we don't need to take action personally, and we can't help it." can take care of them."

"Well, you did a good job in this matter. Have you prepared all the supplies that I want to reward the people of the Northland and Xue Yantuo?"

"Please don't worry, there is only a little more. In addition, I have discussed with Yi Nan that it is best to announce the supplies to Xue Yantuo at the military parade, and then you will go to Mobei to deliver them yourself."

Hearing this, Li Shimin immediately knew Sun Xiangfu's intentions. Yi Nan's mind now is to seek benefits, and to give some benefits to collect people's hearts, Li Shimin and Sun Xiangfu are very happy to do it. For the long-term, the judgment is judged.

Seeing Li Shimin nodding in agreement, Sun Xiangfu said again, "There is one more thing, I want to report to you."

"Say it."

"King Gaochang's son Qu Zhisheng is in Shanyang City, and he will also watch the military parade..."

Sun Xiangfu told Li Shimin about the situation in Gaochangguo, as well as Qu Zhisheng's proposals and requests, which reminded Li Shimin of something.

"Wang Deyong, go and bring Cheng Zhijie's memorial to Zhengming."

Since Cheng Yaojin cooperated with Li Jing to defeat Jieli, he has been leading the army to guard the four states newly established by Li Shimin outside the Yumen Pass. Sun Xingfu took a rough look at the memorial and understood what Li Shimin meant.

The territory of those four prefectures is not small, but the population is very sparse. It is all because Jieli and Tuli fought here before, causing the population to flee to the neighboring countries of Qiuci and Gaochang, which led to Cheng Yaojin's death Tens of thousands of horses were stationed there, but there was no tax output, and the consumption was huge, so he had no choice but to urge Chang'an to send food and grass.

In addition, Gaochang and Qiuci wanted to ask him to return the land previously occupied by Jieli. Cheng Yaojin would definitely not give it to him. The population living in the area is not willing to be given by others, which has led to the military being in a state of confrontation in the Cold War.

Based on the ecological environment of this period, the land of these four states is fertile soil that is very suitable for farming. As long as someone cultivates it, its output may not be worse than that of Shanyang. Think about the Yili area in later generations, it is covered with deep grass and lush forests. , a good place with good scenery and many water systems.

Therefore, Sun Xiang’s Fujian agenda is to set up an army station locally, and it is good to send some people there to provide technical guidance. After all, the army station has been implemented in Shuozhou and Anbei Dadu for almost two years. Officer, already knows how to operate management.

As for the grain and grass, there is no need to send it from Chang'an. It is closer for Shanyang to send it to him, and Shanyang has this strength even more.

Because, the first season of Champa rice new grain that Wang Hao planted in the south of the Yangtze River has already been sent to Shanyang. Now the grain depot in the city has reached more than 500 million shi. With a population of several 10 in Shanyang City, one It can't be eaten all year round, and Wang Hao still has at least two rounds of food to send over this year, and there is another round of his own production in the fall of the border of the Anbei Metropolitan Guard. All the food added up is enough for the people here to eat two It's been three years, so it doesn't matter if I give some to Cheng Yaojin.

However, when talking about money in the end, Li Shimin felt that his feelings were hurt, and Sun Xiangfu really wanted to tell him that talking about feelings hurts money.

But there is no way, these things are now the country's resources, and Sun Xiangfu can't stop Li Shimin from mobilizing them. Besides, making Shanyang the core of the Northland is to support the development of the surrounding areas. This is the meaning of its existence, Sun Xiangfu You have to do your best to enjoy happiness.

After talking about these business matters, Li Shimin said again, "I heard that summer nights in Shanyang are more lively than daytimes. Make some arrangements. I'm going to travel tonight."

It is said that Sun Xiangfu had fun. It seems that Li Shimin has not seen enough of the street scene just now, and he wants to go out to have fun again at night. This also shows that he has become interested in this kind of block-based urban culture in Shanyang .

(End of this chapter)