Chapter 1199: Resurrection of the Dead City
Such a family background is not very solid, but it is better than ordinary people, and it can have a set of courtyards on the side street, which shows that someone in the family is on an errand and receives the salary of the imperial court.
Looking at the temperament and demeanor of the middle-aged person, he should be a learned person, different from ordinary people, with generous manners and polite conversation, this is a person who has seen the world, and he should still be an official.
Coupled with their family's surname, Xuan Bao boldly guessed that this person was the Xiao master in the mouth of the old blind man! The first impression was not bad, and there was no cunning and greed like the people in the officialdom of the Yin Dynasty, and he looked very upright.
This can be seen from his family background, otherwise, if the master of the dignified Moon City, if he really wants to accumulate wealth and greedy ink, these two courtyards will not be able to look down on him at all!
As soon as he heard that Xuan Bao recognized him, Xiao Zhanfeng was also stunned for a moment, then looked at the people around him, his face changed, he stared at Xuan Bao and said, "You are Xuan... Grass farmer Xiao Zhanfeng, meet Emperor Xuan!"
"Wow!" The tea bowl of the old Xiao Tou next to him fell to the ground, his whole face turned pale, his legs were weak, he fell off the stool, knelt on the ground, looked at Xuan Bao in surprise and said, "Emperor, Emperor..."
I didn't expect that the young man sitting in an ordinary small courtyard of the Han family turned out to be the Xuanhuang who is now famous all over the world! The entire Lanyue City has become a dead city because of this person, as soon as they heard that he was coming, the government officials and guards didn't even have the slightest intention to resist, they all rolled up and fled!
I heard that he was a big devil who killed people without blinking, and when he attacked Jiangnan, he would slaughter every city he captured! I also heard that he himself was a demon king who ate human flesh and drank people's hearts, and countless people died at his hands!
But he didn't expect that he would be a handsome young man who looked like a sword-eyed! With a polite attitude and kind and humble behavior, how could such a person be a demon?
Not to mention that even the Yuanbao Divine Doctor is with him! Everyone doesn't know Emperor Xuan, but they have known the Yuanbao Divine Doctor for more than ten years, and she is the great benefactor of the entire Lanyue City, and she will definitely not be with the Demon King!
Xuan Bao asked everyone to get up, no need to be restrained, turned his head to Xiao Zhanfeng and said, "What do you think of Lanyue City now? You don't have to be afraid of anything, I just want to understand what kind of situation Lanyue City is like now!"
Xiao Zhanfeng is not a fool, although he does not have the talent of a general, but he still has ordinary eyesight, and naturally sees the current situation in the world.
The battle has reached Kyoto, and that is the time to destroy the country! It is said that at this time, when a person's character can be best reflected, he will fight against the festival and raise the city to resist, but there are still some such city guards in the south of the Yangtze River, not to mention Lanyue City, and even Yuezhou, the largest city in the Yin Dynasty, symbolically resisted, and then surrendered obediently!
The reason is that Yinhu's reign is too short, a total of more than ten years, and it has not made people have a strong sense of belonging at all. The second is the cruelty of Emperor Yin, which has reached the point of anger and resentment, such an emperor should have been overthrown a long time ago, who will keep the festival for him!
At this time, you must not stand on the wrong team! Xiao Zhanfeng knew that this was an opportunity for himself and the entire Xiao family, so he dared to slack off, and said to Xuanbao seriously: "Lanyue City is now an empty city! The so-called empty city is empty of money and not of people!"
"Oh, what do you say?" Xuan Bao was slightly surprised, and looked at Xiao Zhanfeng. He has also come to Lanyue City more than once, although it is not as good as Yuezhou, but it is also an important town in Jiangbei, and the liveliness is still very evocative.
Xiao Zhanfeng shook his head lightly and said: "In the previous Lanyue City, the wealth was concentrated in the hands of the three major families, Yao Bixian, the landlord, and Zhou Shanren, these three people controlled eighty percent of the wealth of Lanyue City, and Zhou Shanren fell, his wealth was quickly divided between Yao Bixian and the landlord, and Lanyue City became the private city of these two families, and the people actually picked up rice under their bowls to eat!"
This situation Xuan Bao expected, and the fall of the Zhou family was also directly related to Xuan Bao, but Xuan Bao didn't expect that the matter would be so serious, the residents of Lanyue City were actually picking up people's teeth and wisdom, and the harm of the three major families was really shocking.
Xiao Zhanfeng sighed and said: "In fact, the prefect of Lanyue City is the Yao family, and the general of the city guard is the nephew of the rich man, as soon as these two families are withdrawn, Lanyue City will become a dead city, and nearly half of the business in the city is related to these two families, and they are all closed! Just like what the emperor sees now, a city has become so depressed and desolate as it is now!"
Xuan Bao nodded, looked at him and said, "How to break the game?" The premise is that the Xuan Dynasty will not allocate a large amount of silver taels to support it, because there is none!"
In this regard, Xuanbao will not deliberately conceal it, the Xuan Dynasty has just been established, and all the levies have been used to fight wars, and there is no extra money to support a town that has just been defeated!
However, after hearing this, Xiao Zhanfeng showed a touched look on his face, and he had a good impression of Xuan Chao a little more in his heart. It was not because of Xuanbao's confession, but because the Xuan Dynasty had no money, which was equivalent to not looting Jiangnan.
It's just that the three cities of Nanping, Tuwan, and Denghua are the richest three cities in the south of the Yangtze River, if the Xuan army is like the Yin army to loot everywhere, then they deliberately and easily take out a large amount of silver taels and smash them on Lanyue City, smashing this dead city to life! This is also the fastest way to bring Lanyue City back to life!
But Emperor Xuan is not like Yinhu, the more he fights, the richer he becomes, even if he conquers the entire Jiangnan, there is no extra spare money, this is a Ming Jun!
Xiao Zhanfeng solemnly said to Xuanbao: "You don't need the emperor's financial support, you just need to give Lanyue City a certain amount of preferential treatment for the government! This is an important town in Jiangbei, and the most important point is that the transportation is convenient! Whether you go to Jiangnan or Mobei, you can accept it here!" You must know that the reason why Lotus Ferry was not built on the other side of the bank was because on the one hand it wanted to avoid the Eighteen Docks, and on the other hand, it was because the three major families in Lanyue City all belonged to the role of goose plucking, and the business travelers were unwilling to be exploited by them, so they opened another channel!"
If you think about it carefully, the main road leading to Donggang has indeed turned a lot of corners, and it is located between Yuezhou and Lanyue City. The Central Plains is a large place, and the population of the war is small, so it is not difficult to open up a passage, as long as it takes a few years to make all the business travelers pass through one place, the passage will naturally come out!
"The three major families are gone, but there are still some useful things left, such as the way to engage in business, there are always people to pick up that line, if the emperor can give Lanyue City five years of effort to do this, it is not impossible to surpass Yuezhou City here!" Xiao Zhanfeng said to Xuan Bao cautiously.
He can't be careless, the monarchs of the Central Plains, including Yinhu, have pursued a policy of valuing agriculture over commerce, knowing that the development of national strength and the increase of finances are inseparable from commerce, but they are constrained by the ancient law and etiquette, and think that the merchants are philistine and black-hearted, and are disdained by orthodoxy!
Xuan Bao smiled slightly, nodded and said, "I have already merged Dongshui and Dao City, established Donggang, and opened the sea ban!
When he said this, not only Xiao Zhanfeng, but even the old Xiao Tou standing next to him was a little moved. Since he knew that the young man in front of him was the world-famous Xuanhuang, Lao Xiaotou didn't dare to sit down, just stood aside and listened, and the group of children who were still playing in the yard were all driven into the room by him!
Just kidding, this is the Xuanhuang who forced Yinhu to shrink his head and tail and hide in Kyoto and dare not come out! Some time ago, the Helan people entered the customs and surrounded Kyoto with a large army, if it were not for the Xuanjun army pressing the border by the river, it is estimated that the Helan people would have rushed across the river! At that time, Lanyue City will definitely not be spared, and it is scary to think about it!
It is the young man in front of him who makes Yinhu afraid and makes the Helan people taboo, this world will be his soon, in the face of such a character, give Lao Xiao ten dares not dare to be on an equal footing with him!
However, Lao Xiaotou is not an ordinary old man, when he was a child, he also studied in private school for a year or two, and he has also seen some things, he understands more than others, and when he heard Xuanbao's words, his heart was indeed very shocked!
The imperial dynasties of the Central Plains for thousands of years have been declining from generation to generation, declining from generation to generation, but the only one who dares to open the sea ban and greatly promote commerce is the young man in front of him! This is something that almost defends the world, and Lian Yinhu does not dare to do it, but the young emperor in front of him, who has just reached the weak crown, actually has the courage to do it!
Is the newborn calf not afraid of tigers or is it far-sighted and open-minded? Old Xiao Tou couldn't guess, but he faintly felt that the land of the Central Plains was about to undergo a great change!
"Since the emperor has such a mind, it is difficult to live in Lanyue City!" Xiao Zhanfeng smiled and said to Xuanbao: "The strongest thing in Lanyue City is the mulberry tree, the ancients are cloudy, I care about Sangzhong, I want to go to the palace, and send me to Qi!
"That's a lot of mulberries?" Xiao Bean Sprouts' eyes widened and looked at Xiao Zhanfeng without blinking.
Xiao Zhanfeng laughed and said: "Of course there is! After the Qingming Festival, the mulberry forest in the south of Lanyue City is full of mulberries, and the city is full of mulberry flowers!"
Jiao'er smiled and said to Xuanbao, "Silk!"
Xuan Bao also nodded. Mulberry leaves are silkworm things, and silk is the main material of silk, with the rise of commerce, there will be more and more people who can afford to wear silk, Lanyue City with this item, you can quickly emerge in the Central Plains!
"Okay!" Xuan Bao nodded, looked at Xiao Zhanfeng and said, "If I hand over Lanyue City to you, how much time will it take for it to come back to life?"
This is the opportunity for the Xiao family! How could Xiao Zhanfeng not see it? He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Xuanbao and said: "Your Majesty! If Zhanfeng is in charge of Lanyue City, he will definitely do his best for the emperor! Although Lanyue City has now become an empty city, Zhanfeng is confident that it will come alive within two years and impress the emperor!"
The old Xiao Tou and the others next to him all knelt on the ground, excited in their hearts, if his son became the prefect of Lanyue City, then the Xiao family would also be regarded as a glorious ancestor!
Xuan Bao shook his head and said: "You want to do your best, it's not me, but the people of Lanyue City! I want you to tell the people of the whole city about the promise you made to me today, if you can't do it, two years later, I will ask you, do you dare?"
Xiao Zhanfeng knelt on the ground, straightened his chest, and said without hesitation: "Dare! There has been no improvement in Lanyue City in two years, I took off my official hat and went to Kyoto to ask the emperor for guilt!"