Chastity Layman

  Chapter 958 Guangzhou Spring

The Qin family treasure ship not only has a lot of cargo, but also has a large draft space and a large space for the crew to live and rest. At least a treasure ship with two decks can make the crew of oceangoing sailings live comfortably, not like those Persian ships. Like the crew on the dhow, every long voyage is a painful journey. A large group of people are crowded in the closed and low cabin, lying in the hammock, smelling the sour smell, eating tortured dry bread, drinking Fresh water with green hairs, and even bread with maggots.

  The treasure ship of the Qin family is different. The big treasure ship even has three decks and four decks, and there are separate cabins for distinguished and comfortable VIPs. Even ordinary crew members have more space and have their own beds.

   Not to mention the diet, the Tang people’s water-fermented bean sprouts technology is not a boast, anyway, no one on the Tang boat has ever suffered from septicemia.

  The watertight cabin is a good thing for life-saving. In case of accidental reefs and hitting the bottom, there is no fear. The bilge has been divided into separate cabin areas, and water in one area will not affect other areas. After emergency repairs, you can still continue to sail.

These watertight cabins are just like the one hundred and eight squares in Chang'an. The enemy invaded the outer city, but there are countless square walls and square gates in the inner city to protect the residents inside, and they have to attack one by one. More scheduling reaction time.

   "There are too many Hu merchant ships here." Liu Rengui exclaimed. There are also many Hu ships in Yangzhou and Hangzhou, but they are far from this one.

"After arriving in Jiaozhou, many Hu merchants can sell their goods or buy the commodities they need, so they just turn around and go back. After all, Jiaozhou is still far from Guangzhou, let alone go north to Hangzhou and Yangzhou. , and Dengzhou."

"However, every port also has some unique goods. Hu merchants ship goods in Jiaozhou, and the prices are relatively low. Therefore, more and more ships will continue to go north along the coast to Guangzhou, Hangzhou, and Yangzhou. Wait for the port."

"The most famous thing in our Guangzhou port is ironware. The Guangzhou Railway is famous all over the world. Among them, only the Guangzhou pot sells for millions of dollars a year. The Hu merchants are now very fond of snapping up our wide pot, and there are even many Hu merchants spend a lot of money to order the styles they want."

  Qin Lang introduced Guangzhou Port to Liu Rengui, and he was also very proud in his heart. Although since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Central Plains has attached great importance to Guangzhou, no dynasty will give up Guangzhou, and has always sent important officials to guard it.

  But in the past, although Guangzhou had the advantages of trade, it was surrounded by barbarians, and its development was relatively limited.

  Before he came, although the city of Guangzhou was quite big, there was no big plan to speak of. There were bamboo houses all over the place, and many houses even had tree bark and grass roofs. Not to mention the roads, when it rained, the ground was muddy.

Not far from the city of Guangzhou, there are many undeveloped jungles, and there are even many tigers, wolves and beasts infesting them. It is a truly wild land, not to mention that not far from the city are many tribes of southern barbarians, many of whom are also rebellious. Disciplined.

The summer is hot, the disease is frequent, the jungle is infested with wild beasts, and the wild officials are fierce. Even those Hu people and sea merchants who come to trade will often play pirates, not to mention several times in history. After the Hu merchants made trouble with Guangzhou officials, It happened that the fleet guards were assembled directly to attack Guangzhou Port, entered Guangzhou City, and robbed wantonly.

   "Let's go, into town."

  At this time, it is April day in Lingnan, although the Dragon Boat Festival has not yet passed, the weather is already hotter than that in the Central Plains after the Dragon Boat Festival.

  Green lychee trees are everywhere.

  On both sides of the streets in Guangzhou, citrus trees are even used as street trees, and the canals and canals in the city are also full of vitality.

   Even ancient banyan trees that are hundreds of years old can be seen everywhere and have been well protected. Signs are placed on the banyan trees, and stone chairs are laid underneath for people to rest in the sun.

  The city is very clean.

  Several main streets are planned to be repaired horizontally and vertically. There are citrus trees on both sides of the road as street trees, and two smaller sidewalks are isolated.

   In the middle is the road for carriages and horses, all drive on the right, the road is very smooth and clean, and there is no cow or horse manure or garbage everywhere. It is not even worse than Chang'an in this respect.

   There are trash cans every other section, as well as public toilets and public wells.

  Before he came here, he heard people say that Guangzhou is full of bamboo houses and wooden buildings, but now he feels that he has been deceived, there are no bamboo houses and wooden buildings.

  The rammed earth walls are covered with white lime, and the roof is covered with gray tiles, clean and tidy.

   "The city?"

"The ones that have been remodeled in recent years are mostly shacks, mainly made of wood and bamboo, and there are many messy constructions, which are very easy to catch fire, large and small fires continue, and it is inconvenient to live and travel. Nest, after cracking down on illegal Hu merchants, etc., a round of renovation projects was carried out on the entire city of Guangzhou."

   "We checked and registered all Hu merchants, and moved them to live in Xifan City."

   "The original old city, unified transformation."

  Qin Lang’s transformation of Guangzhou was actually based on the template he used to transform Chang’an City and rebuild Luoyang. The main purpose was to break the old layout of the city and establish a street market plan.

  Tear down the square walls and widen the streets.

  Repair wider streets, and even add canals and aqueducts in the city to strengthen freight capacity.

  The market is separated from the special square market, and while the three concentrated markets of Fanshi and Dongxishi are retained, more life-related catering and daily necessities are placed on the street.

"The white walls and gray tiles you see are actually paid for by the Guangzhou government. Whether it is the official property of the government or the private property of the people, they have been remodeled according to a unified plan. The final white ash and tiles on the outer wall The top is that the government pays for it to achieve a unified and tidy effect.”

   Except for the white walls and gray tiles, which are paid by the government, the rest, such as streets, canals, underground waterways, etc., and bridges in the city, are all paid by the government.

  In addition, fire shops, police stations, public toilets, public wells, etc. are also special funds.

  As for the source of money, firstly, Guangzhou is indeed rich now, and secondly, it is also money earned from urban renovation.

  Constructing new urban areas, renovating old urban areas, establishing large markets, planning commercial streets, and developing residential areas are all profitable projects.

  Guangzhou is becoming more and more lively, and there are more and more merchants and workers. There are also countless chieftains from the mountainous areas who have been moved to the city, or their children come to the city to study, etc. They also have the need to buy properties in the city.

  Qin Lang has experience in Chang'an and Luoyang, so of course it is handy to do this in Guangzhou, and the effect will be immediate.

  The shops and houses made a lot of money, the workshop area was planned, and the land was sold to make another profit. Immediately afterwards, Qin Lang built many official workshops, construction teams, etc., built kilns to burn bricks and tiles, built lumber factories, etc., and made a lot of money.

  The government collects housing tax (property tax, deed tax), land tax (land use fee), etc., and makes a lot of money.

  Now the city is bigger, the streets are wider and tidy, cleaner and more hygienic, and the shops are wider and brighter. There are no mosquitoes, flies, rats and cockroaches everywhere, and even the disease has decreased a lot.

  The trade in Guangzhou Port is getting more and more prosperous, more businessmen come here, and more people settle in the city. Guangzhou has now become an accelerator for the whole of Lingnan.

  It has also become a spice trading center and processing center. Countless Hu merchants came here with a boat full of spices, and then Tang merchants bought it and processed it in Guangzhou.

  For example, the Qin family has a perfume workshop in Guangzhou, which produces all kinds of perfumes.

Guangzhou is even the largest gold and silver trading center in Lingnan and even Datang. Countless Hu merchants transported boxes of gold and silver to Guangzhou in exchange for all kinds of good things such as silk, tea, porcelain and iron that are popular in Datang. These gold and silver gather in Guangzhou. , processed into various exquisite gold and silver ornaments here.

  The imperial court also set up a special mint in Guangzhou to mint exquisite gold and silver coins with a content of 88%.

   "This is completely another Chang'an!"

Liu Rengui sighed and praised, although there are many Hu merchants and even Nanman, but what he saw, the Han people still occupy the vast majority of positions here, and even the planning and layout of the city, the style here is completely authentic. Central Plains city.

   It is really like another Chang'an.

  Liu Rengui also noticed that Qin Lang had super authority in Guangzhou.

  The young prime minister of the Tang Dynasty returned to Lingnan again, and his official rank has gone a step further. He is now in charge of the entire Lingnan, the governor-general of the Ninth Governor's Mansion of Lingnan, and the Twelfth Army of Lingnan.

  In Lingnan, the majesty of the Central Plains Dynasty was never as strong as it is now.

From the wharf to the city, from the street market to the square market, there are people everywhere. Whether these Hu people come from all over the world or from other places, or barbarians who came out of deep mountains and old forests, or Han people who came south from the Central Plains, in this city Here, they all conscientiously and honestly abided by the series of rules formulated by Qin Lang, and also earned a fortune from here.

   This is a small Chang'an.

  People from all over the world gather here, and they trade and live here.

  In this city, you can see soldiers from the Tang Dynasty patrolling everywhere, and you can also see schools and Confucian temples set up in conspicuous places.

  Guangzhou also has the Temple of the City God and the Temple of the Dragon King.

But other than that, there is not a single Buddhist temple in the city of Guangzhou. Whether it is Hinduism or Buddhism of the Indians, or Brahmanism, or Zoroastrianism of the Persians, Christianity of the Romans, etc., there is no shadow in the city. .

No matter where you come from or what you believe in, the city of Guangzhou does not interfere with your beliefs, but preaching is prohibited. In the mountains far away from Guangzhou, there are several temples specially approved by the Dudufu. A remote place, away from the city village.

  Qin Lang allowed them to practice here, but prohibited others, and they had to be fully supervised and managed by the government.

  In the past, because of the large number of Fan people, there were many temples here in Guangzhou. Various religious sects spread here, established temples, spread teachings, raised donations, attracted believers, etc., but now these have changed.

   On the other hand.

  No matter where the people who came to Guangzhou were from before, and no matter who they had grudges with before, they should not mention it again when they arrive in Guangzhou.

  The Byzantines fought against the Sasanians for hundreds of years, but they were not allowed to fight or attack in Guangzhou, and people from various countries in Tianzhu were not allowed to raise any grievances in Guangzhou.

  Whether it’s old feuds or new grievances, when you enter Guangzhou, you have to follow the rules of Guangzhou and abide by the laws of the Tang Dynasty, otherwise you will be punished.

Qin Lang did what he said, so today’s Guangzhou looks very harmonious. Persian Sasanian merchants chatted with Eastern Roman Byzantine merchants. All ministries, no matter what their relationship was before, they have to let go of past grievances and live in harmony when they arrive in Guangzhou.

  Even in the city, few people would mention religious beliefs anymore, because it is not fashionable here, and there might even be suspicions of propagandizing heresies, or punishment for crimes.

  Everyone avoids those things that the Duke of Wei does not allow.

  Just concentrate on making money, or enjoy the prosperity of Guangzhou.

   "Why do I find that most of the Hu merchants or barbarians here wear the clothes of the Han family? Why don't they still keep their clothes like the Hu people in Chang'an and Luoyang?" Liu Rengui discovered another special thing.

   "How should I put it, although the officials and soldiers in Guangzhou will not deliberately discriminate against those barbarians who wear barbarian clothes, but our officials still advocate and encourage these barbarian businessmen and barbarians to follow the Romans." Qin Lang said with a smile.

  Liu Rengui immediately understood. What he said meant that those who entered Chang'an City and dressed as barbarians would probably be discriminated against, and might even be suppressed.

Under this kind of official guidance, there is really no Hu Feng in Guangzhou City, not to mention that Hu Man of all ethnic groups will go to the city and change into the clothes of the Han family after entering the city. .

  Chang'an Luoyang did not deliberately prohibit guidance, so Chang'an's Hu Feng was very popular, and even many nobles and scholars liked to wear Hu Yi and Hu hat, and prostitutes would deliberately learn Hu Yue Hu Wu.

   But Guangzhou did not. This is the will of Qin Lang, the ruler.

   "Great!"

  Liu Rengui gave his thumbs up, giving Qin Lang a big thumbs up for his behavior, he thought it was good.

  How can Huaxia learn from Yidi?

  There are quite a few noble scholars in Chang'an City, who don't live in good mansions and villas, so they insist on setting up a Turkic tent in their own yard.

  Many noble ladies even imitated the Hu people, wearing veiled caps that show their face, and riding horses openly in and out of the neighborhood, which is very disrespectful, not to mention that some even imitate the Hu people in makeup, hair style, and clothing.

   This is completely disrespectful, let alone abandoning the civilization of the Han family, but believing in shamans and so on.

   Some women rode horses to show their face outside, and even put on the narrow-sleeved tights of Persian women. How decent is this?

  Although Liu Rengui liked to eat flax pancakes, and would often go to Xishi Hu Ji Danglu’s wine shop with his colleagues and friends when he was in Chang’an, but he never wanted his wife, daughter and sisters to become like Hu girls.

  Now in a place like Nanhuang, Liu Rengui is very pleased to see that Guangzhou City can still maintain such a pure style of Han civilization.

  I also admire Wei Gong even more, leading Guangzhou to prosper is already very impressive, and what is even more remarkable is that Guangzhou has not been half-humanized, and even Sinicized has affected countless barbarians.

  (end of this chapter)