Agriculture-oriented, industry, commerce, and light industry are the mainstays. This is the way Yang Chendong chose to develop the economy.

The vast land and abundant resources are naturally a characteristic of the Central Plains, but don't forget to follow behind there is a sentence, there is a large population. In order to feed so many people, simply collecting taxes from the land will not solve the fundamental problem, but will increase the burden on the people. Therefore, from the beginning, Yang Chendong only symbolically collected some land tax, but focused on commercial development.

A businessman plays trade, and he sells low, relatively speaking, he is a mental worker. Such people not only contribute less, but will make more money, compared with the farmers facing the loess with their backs to the sky, the efforts of both sides are completely disproportional to the harvest.

Such a ratio may not be a problem in a short period of time, but as time goes by, the contradictions will inevitably begin to deepen, and once the gap between the rich and the poor widens, all kinds of problems will emerge one after another. Facts have also proved that at the beginning of the establishment of each dynasty, the social order was very good, but with the continuous development, there were more and more injustices, and finally the society became more and more chaotic, until one day when it could not be suppressed, it was replaced by a new dynasty.

In order to avoid income inequality and too large disparities, Yang Chendong adopted a heavy tax on commerce and a small land tax on peasants. Although this cannot completely avoid the existence of disparities, it is at least controlled within a relatively acceptable scale, and only by walking on two legs in this way can society develop normally and continue to progress.

Naturally, while leaning heavy taxes, Yang Chendong also gave a certain amount of respect to business. It's like constantly giving up in terms of social status. This is contrary to the national policy of the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the status of businessmen is so low that even ordinary people are inferior, in the eyes of others, they are people who do not work hard, they are philistines and people, full of money and remarks, and they are not ashamed. But in the territory controlled by the Yang family, the merchants were indeed quite respected, because they paid heavy taxes to the society, which was tantamount to making a great contribution.

The status has been improved, so that more merchants are willing to come to the Yang territory and develop here. And in fact, they don't make a lot of money, who makes the goods produced by Chiji City so novel, good quality, and small quantity, which can be said to be in short supply?

It can be said that in the environment at that time, as long as you had a way to get the goods produced in Chichicheng, you would not have to worry about selling. The only difference is how high the price of the goods can be.

If you have to sum it up in eight words, it is that there is no highest, only higher.

Business is so profitable, it has become an important cornerstone of the development of the Yang system, even so, how can Yang Chendong easily let go of such a good thing. At the beginning of the construction of the first city, he planned a commercial street, waiting for the cement and steel bars transported by the red city on the sea road to arrive, and then began to build it, and then a large number of goods began to flood this street, making it quickly become prosperous and lively.

Zhang Quan and Xu Deyi saw such a scene. They were surprised to find that it was freezing in spite of the heavy snow outside. But in the commercial street, it is indeed a busy scene, crowded with people, people next to people, from a distance, there is a general prosperity like the center of the capital city.

I must say something different [New Vertex], that is, the people here are very different from the Northern Ming Jingshi in terms of dress. Merchants dressed in all sorts of fancy costumes can be seen here, most of them are Mongolian merchants, and perhaps merchants from some regions and countries further afield, but to Zhang Quan's surprise, he also saw Ming merchants here.

How could a Ming merchant appear in the land of the grassland? Could it be that they have already privately voted for the Mongol tribes?

With such doubts, Zhang Quan personally stepped forward and seemed to be chatting with a businessman who was no different from the Ming people in terms of dress and dress, but he was asking something.

The merchant didn't know Zhang Quan's true identity, but he just felt that someone had given him some femininity. But what the other party said was pure Daming, which would not be fake, and look at what he was wearing, it was the same as himself. Even though they were all Ming people, the businessman gave birth to a natural sense of closeness, and under Zhang Quan's intention, the two sides quickly chatted, and they chatted very speculatively.

It took nearly half an hour for Zhang Quan to return to Xu Deyi's side, but his face was indeed a little ugly.

"Grandpa Zhang, what's the matter? How can there be our Ming merchants here? Xu Deyi had long been curious, and finally asked when he had the opportunity.

"He is indeed a merchant of the Ming Dynasty, or is he from our Beiming." Zhang Quan's status is naturally above Xu Deyi, but considering that this time the security needs to be guaranteed by the other party, it is understandable. "He didn't take refuge in Mongolia, nor did he succeed in Zhongdagong, and he also wanted to take back our Beiming to sell the goods here."

"Ahh Buying goods from the grassland and selling them back to Beiming? Can this take more than 20 days? Hearing this answer, Xu Deyi was also shocked, and said with a puzzled face.

"But we have no goods in Beiming, or we have goods, but they are controlled by those big families and important ministers in the court, and small businessmen like this have no share at all. They also heard about Shicheng, and also heard that as long as they have money here, they can get the goods here, and as real Han people, they can also get a ninety-five discount when they get the goods. Zhang said this expressionlessly, but in fact, his heart was dripping blood.

Speaking of which, Zhang Quanneng can be the eunuch of Datong Mansion, and he also has a backer in the palace, and even his name is registered in the heart of Daizong Zhu Qiyu, and he can also be regarded as a privileged class. But the same privileged class still has to be divided into gangs. He is very optimistic about some powerful people in the capital, some people just rely on the power in their hands to do something to take advantage of, once something really goes wrong, they may not have the ability to solve the problem.

is like this, there is not much ability, but people who can play tricks are still prosperous, and some will even get the emperor's love, which makes Zhang Quan's heart even more angry. With this bottom fire and understanding, and now hearing the words of this businessman, it is no wonder that his face has become very bad.

Zhang Quan saw something deeper, that is, the decay and decay of the Ming Dynasty. Although it was a small thing, it did give him a different feeling. What he sees here is prosperity, vigor, and hope...

Xu Deyi is just a thousand households, and he may not have thought of so many things, but he also knows that in the long run, I am afraid that the influence of Shicheng will become greater and greater, and one day, he will have the potential to replace Daming.

While the two adults were still lamenting in their hearts, a mercenary messenger dressed in army green clothes suddenly came, "Two adults, our city lord is invited. ”

Are you finally going to see the Lord? Zhang Quan nodded to Xu Deyi on the side, and then said, "Please lead the way." ”

It was a long walk, five miles out of the city, but fortunately there were horses prepared here, and the road to be taken had been completely cleared to ensure that they could be unimpeded. But Rao was like this, and after driving for nearly half an hour, he came to his destination, and came to a vegetable greenhouse area with plastic film buttoned everywhere.

The herald who led the way took out a special token with a silver light from his body, and no one stopped him all the way, and when he finally came to a large shed, he dismounted, and then pointed to a large shed and said: "Two adults, our city lord is inside, please." ”

Zhang Quan, Xu Deyi and others got off the horse and did not bring their entourage, in fact, not everyone can enter this greenhouse. The two of them followed the messengers into the greenhouse, and their first feeling was warmth.

Compared with the cold weather outside, not only is the air fresher here, but the climate is also very pleasant, giving people a sense of spring all year round.

What catches your eye is not a blank expanse, but completely replaced by green. At this moment, Yu Mian, who was in front of a cucumber stand, turned his head, with a smile on his face, and greeted them warmly, "Father-in-law Zhang, Xu Qianhu, you are here." ”

Before I came, I learned that the founder of Shicheng was called Yu Mian, and he was the eldest son of Yu Qian, the squire of the military department. For this matter, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang also made a report to the imperial court, to the effect that they suspected that Yu Qian's disappearance had a great relationship with the mercenaries.

But everything is just speculation, and in the absence of empirical evidence, this matter is still unknown in the end. Now that he finally saw Yu Mian, Zhang Quan's first words were, "How is Lord Yu?" But I don't know if Yu Shilang is okay? ”

For this obvious temptation, Yu Mian smiled and replied politely, "My father is fine, but my father-in-law is worried." By the way, how do you feel about our greenhouse area when you first come here? “

didn't say anything more about Yu Qian's affairs, which was also the result of Yu Mian consulting Yang Chendong at the beginning. He knew that Beiming had sent someone this time, so he would definitely be interested in his identity, and naturally he couldn't get around his father. When asked about Yang Chendong, the answer he got was that he was half-hidden and half-visible.

After fully understanding this sentence, Yu Mian knew that he wanted to explain that his father was still alive, but he couldn't tell them what to do, so he had this answer now.

Yu Mian took the initiative to change the topic, and Zhang Quan sighed in his heart, knowing that this was the end of this issue. Not to mention that I am asking if I will cause trouble, I am afraid that if I ask myself, people will not answer me.