The manor is still small, more than two hundred truckloads of goods are loaded more than half and dare not continue to load, the rest of Liu Han decided to pull to the store warehouse in the city, let Liu Tong with thirty guards and more than a hundred men and all the children stay in the garden, responsible for the safety of the garden, and the rest follow him into the city.

When he arrived in the city, Liu Han asked Xu Yuan to immediately go to an inn, and in the house in the city, he only took Lao Huang Liutie and ten guards, twenty men to live in the house, and all the others lived in the inn.

In the next few days, Liu Han was so busy that he first went to the store to check, and then pulled Lao Huang Xu Yuan to accompany him to visit the imperial capital, Xu Yuan acted as a guide, introducing the situation of the imperial capital while walking.

This imperial capital and Chang'an Guzang are not the same, these two cities have a fang market, commodity trading is in the fang market, but the imperial capital has only one fang market, this fang market is in the north of the city ten miles shop, here is specialized in livestock trading, horses, sheep and pigs are here, there is no cattle, the law of the Great Jin Dynasty clearly stipulates that it is not allowed to commit suicide cows, cattle are important production tools, those who commit suicide cattle privately, the light ones are whipped, and the heavy ones are exiled.

Other goods, such as silk and cloth, jewelry, grain, salt, and even agricultural tools, can be sold anywhere.

The imperial capital is a huge city, twice as large as Chang'an, the ancient capital of thousands of years, Liu Han took three days to complete most of the cities, he estimated that the entire imperial capital, not counting outside the city, has a population of more than one million, and may even exceed two million people, which is a very terrifying number in this era.

In order for a city to feed such a large number of people, it must have several basic elements, first of all, food, a city of two million people, the daily consumption of food is a staggering figure, the city's food source has two aspects, one is local production, the other is external transfer. The local area belongs to the division, and the grain produced is far from enough for the huge population of the imperial capital, so the imperial court built four huge grain depots around the imperial capital, and all the grain transferred from all over the country enters these four grain depots every year.

Secondly, if so many people want to live in the imperial capital, they must have enough space to meet the needs of living and entertainment. Liu Han took a turn in the city, from the perspective of the overall pattern, the imperial capital is no different from Chang'an, both are divided into the inner city and the outer city of the palace city, but the scope is different, and the imperial capital is much larger in all parts.

Naturally, the palace city will not be said, Liu Han just looked at it from a distance, this palace is splendid, the palace is endless, and he can see the palace one by one, the bright yellow glazed tiles, exuding noble brilliance in the sun. The scope of the inner city is as big as the two inner cities of Chang'an, in addition to the yamen, there are also the mansions of the prince and the prince and the famous wealthy family, these mansions are all high doors and bright tiles, magnificent, Xu Yuan told him that with his understanding, the general lower grade scholars are not qualified to live in the inner city.

And the outer city, is the most densely populated area of the imperial capital, Xu Yuan told Liu Han, according to the situation he mastered, from the previous dynasty to the present, the imperial capital has been expanded five times, the most recent expansion was two hundred years ago, the entire imperial capital expanded outward for twenty miles, and now this city wall was built at that time, mobilizing 500,000 laborers, it took ten years before and after, this division is divided according to class status, the palace city is naturally only the emperor's family, the inner city is the royal family and the upper grade of the scholars, and the outer city is the others. In addition to this division, the folk also divided the entire outer city into four parts according to the Chi Road.

The huge imperial capital is divided into four areas by four gallop lanes, which are flat and spacious, and can accommodate four carriages in parallel.

From the Zhengyang Gate in the north to the Yingtian Gate in the inner city and then to the main gate of the Imperial City at noon, it is the Xuanwu Avenue, and every time the imperial court sends troops, it will go out from this gate;

From the Huaiyuan Gate in the south direction to the Changxia Gate in the inner city, and then to the Dingding Gate in the palace city is the Vermilion Bird Avenue;

From the west, Baihu Avenue connects the new gate of the outer city, the Lijing Gate of the inner city and the Jiande Gate of the Miyagi;

Qinglong Avenue is from the Jianyang Gate in the east of the outer city, the Yongchun Gate in the inner city and the Chaoyang Gate in the palace city.

Listening to Xu Yuan's introduction, Liu Han couldn't help but feel a little big, and the city gate alone made him a little confused. There are not only these twelve gates in the imperial capital, but also in the entire imperial capital, there are twelve gates in the outer city, eight gates in the inner city, and six gates in the palace city, why does the palace city have six gates?

The four city gates have symbolic meanings, the noon gate actually has a name, called Chengtianmen, this name is more official, there are tens of thousands of people in the palace, there are many daily necessities such as food and water consumed, it is impossible to enter and exit from these politically significant doors, so the city gate is opened on the side of the Jiande Gate in the west of the palace city, called the Xibian Gate, it is known from the name that it is convenient to enter and exit; 。

Lao Huang's expression is very complicated, when the king of Shaoyang County was in power, he was the main think tank of the prince, it has been almost ten years since he said goodbye to the imperial capital, and the imperial capital is still the same as it used to be, the chestnut chicken of the drunken Xianglou, the roast chicken of the old shop of the Wang family, the old vinegar of the Chi family, the delicious food, which makes people appetite great.

Changqing Canal passes through the city, connects the Yellow River and Huaishui, the colorful flags flutter on the river, the grain boats from the south of the Yangtze River are endless, there are flower boats faintly shuttling in the meantime, the river breeze is accompanied by the sound of song, flowing between the willows on both banks.

Shangqing Palace and Xiaqing Palace, still lively and extraordinary, good men and women, kowtowing in the lingering cigarettes, the Sanqing Venerable Master looked at the world with kind eyes and compassion.

Shaoyang County Palace, the vermilion gate, the forty-five copper nails on the door, shining, the stone lions on both sides are majestic and mighty, but unfortunately, the plaque has been changed, and the old owner has been replaced by a new person.

Lao Huang sighed heavily, as if he was going to sigh out of this breath, Liu Han heard it, and gently patted him on the shoulder, Lao Huang didn't look back, there were faint tears flashing in his eyes, and he squeezed hard to hold back the tears.

"Old, old, always thinking about some old things," Lao Huang sighed: "Forget it, this imperial capital, after staying for a long time, you will know everything, let's go back, there are still a lot of things in the store." ”

The most lively street in the imperial capital is the willow shade street on the side of the Changqing Canal, this street leans on the Changqing Canal, a row of willows is planted on the bank, the green trees are shady, the river breeze blows, the willow branches swing gently, just like the slender waist of a girl, the boatman on the river surface bare his bronze arms, struggling to support the long pole, the flying boat rows the river, and the waves are swinging layer by layer.

The scenery here is picturesque, and the shops on both sides of the strait are like forests, which can be said to be every inch of land. The shops here have long been occupied by the first to arrive, and Xu Yuan can't get them at all, so the shops of Hanhai Trading Company are located in the old Shijing Hutong, two streets away from Liuyin Street.

The old Shijing Hutong, named after an old well in the alley, the legend has a history of 1,000 years, this alley is also lined with shops, Xu Yuan bought the store on the head of the alley, which is exactly the intersection of the old Shijing Hutong and Qingyanggong Street.

Xu Yuan renovated the store door, and then changed from facing the old Shijing Hutong into an arc, so half of the store opened in the old Shijing Hutong, and the other half opened on Qingyanggong Street, which was also lively.

Although Qingyang Palace can not catch up with the Qing Palace and the Qing Palace, but the same lively extraordinary, this palace was built in the Great Zhou Xuan Emperor Yuankang five years, there are thousands of years of history from now, in the big weekend year, Qingyang Palace has been affected by military disasters, part of it was damaged, after the Great Jin Chengping, it has been restored one after another, and the style of the past is reproduced again.

When this store was bought, it was actually the front store and the back room, and the original owner's family lived in the back, after Xu Yuan bought it, he renovated the back house, and bought the houses on both sides with a lot of money, so that the warehouse and residence were repaired in the backyard, and the store was usually protected by guards, and all the valuables were traded in the back store.

Liu Han was very satisfied after seeing this store, and praised Xu Yuan, but Xu Yuan was a little embarrassed, because for more than a year, the business in the store has not improved, so to speak, it is losing money every month, and there are almost no large transactions.

"The most famous jewelry store in the imperial capital is Ming Yu Zhai, Ming Yu Zhai has four major blockers, everyone has excellent skills, the design of jewelry ingenuity is unique, in the emperor is very famous, not only the scholars go there, even the palace also often go there to buy. ”

It seems that Xu Yuan has studied Ming Yuzhai a lot and regards it as the biggest competitor. But Liu Han didn't care, Xu Yuan was worried that he would despise his opponent, and further introduced: "I have checked this Ming Yuzhai, the shopkeeper's surname is Tan, his name is Tan Ying, he is a Shu clan, there are two sons and a daughter in the family, the eldest is called Tan Rong, who is twenty-four years old this year, and is responsible for purchasing goods from Jiangnan; the second is called Tan En, who is twenty this year, and is responsible for the goods from the Jingxiang generation; the youngest daughter is called Tan Yuan, who is only fourteen this year, and is waiting for the word boudoir." ”

Liu Han frowned, and Lao Huang interjected: "Just find someone to ask about these situations, and say something you don't know." ”

Xu Yuan laughed self-deprecatingly: "Yes, the small one is verbose, well, according to my understanding, Ming Yuzhai was built in Tan Ying's grandfather, however, these four major blockers were recruited by himself, the reputation of this store is very good, the materials used are also excellent, the price is fair, the small one has been calculated for him, the profit of ordinary jewelry is not high, less than one percent, about., less than half percent, that is, three to four percent, the most important profit to be proud of the door and the palace, this part of the profit is huge, according to my calculations, about one to ten times more." ”

"It's nothing, the jewelry industry can only make money from the rich," Liu Han smiled: "Let's slowly beat the gongs and drums and open slowly, and strike later, his four major blockers, Lao Liang Ke Bihan, you have also seen their craftsmanship, and they are definitely not worse than them." ”

The quality of jewelry mainly depends on two aspects, one is the material, without good materials can never produce good jewelry, the other is the production, the production is to see the craftsmanship of the master, this craft is also divided into two layers, one is the design, the other is the workmanship, both of which are indispensable.

The jewelry master of the jewelry store is also called the blocker, Liu Han came back this time and brought back all the six best blockers of his jewelry store in the Western Regions, the chief blocker is surnamed Liang, and the second seat is a native of the Western Regions, called Ke Bihan, these six people are all his slaves.

"There is no urgency to open a store, but to solve the problem of living first. Liu Han looked at a storefront not far in front of him, there was a banner hanging in front of the store, and there was only one word for money on it.

Lao Huang glanced at it and asked with a smile, "This is Tonghui Bank, right?"

Xu Yuan had already seen it, and saw that Liu Han and Lao Huang were watching, so he nodded: "Yes, master, Master Huang, it's surprising to say, this Tonghui money village has actually opened to the imperial capital," he shook his head as he spoke, and his expression was very envious: "This money bank really makes money, master, if we have spare money, we can also open a money bank, and the silver will definitely earn more than opening a jewelry store." ”