This Spring Festival in Jishi City is very lively and festive, this is the first Spring Festival after the Zhengdong Mansion moved to Jishi City, naturally it is necessary to celebrate greatly, for this, Wang Wuyan of the household department of Zhengdong Mansion, gritted his teeth and set aside a large sum of silver to decorate the entire city, in Gao Yuan's words, sometimes, waste is also a necessity. Because some waste can let the people under his rule see the prosperity and prosperity of the entire Zhengdong Province, and it can also greatly enhance the self-confidence of the people.

The people living in Jishi City and its surroundings, whether they are Yan people or Huns, after two years of hard work, are now quite good compared to other places. Every family has land, and the taxes in the eastern province are relatively low, and these reclaimed fields are now basically exempt from taxes, and every grain produced is owned by their own family, which can be said to have surplus grain for every family. Especially the first group of people who came to Jishi City, in two years, it was enough to make the previous raw land become mature, the output has also increased significantly, and the family is full of granaries.

In addition to these, more importantly, they also have other income, the construction of Jishi City, did not send labor to these residents, but paid according to the working day, every day of work, there will be a day's income, even if these wages are not high, but for the entire Central Plains, this is also the first share, in any country on this continent, the government sends labor to the people, it is clear and reasonable, do not need to pay a penny.

In this regard, Gao Yuan has his own set of theories, and after two years of practice, this set of theories has finally been accepted by Jiang Jiaquan, Wang Wuyan and other ministers. Don't be afraid to pay the people, after the people have money in their pockets, they will take it out to buy things and spend them, and the taxes levied by the Eastern Mansion on merchants are the highest on the entire continent. In other words, the money eventually flowed back into the hands of Zhengdong Mansion through various means. Although the merchants have complaints, but now within the jurisdiction of Zhengdong Mansion, the biggest businessman is the Four Seas Commerce, and the Four Seas Commerce and Trade is controlled by the Zhengdong Mansion, they naturally have nothing to say, and even the Four Seas Commerce has nothing to say, and other merchants can only accept this.

It's been a long time. All the merchants also found that although the taxes levied by the Eastern Government were extremely high, the speed of their goods was countless times faster, because the common people had money in their hands, so they naturally bought more things, and the profits of each business seemed to have declined, but after a year, they made a lot more money than before. Naturally, the complaints came down.

More importantly, the status of the merchants, in the area under the control of the Eastern Prefecture, has been greatly improved. This is especially satisfying for them.

As a matter of fact, from a high distance, he does not understand the advanced theories of the market economy. But after all, he came from a society with a highly developed commodity economy, even with his shallow economic knowledge, in this era. It's enough to change a lot.

And what makes Gao Yuan even more satisfied is that the Huns and the Yan people from the very beginning of the hostility, indifference, to the current harmony, like a family, in order to do this, Jishi County's Taishou Wu Kai is considered to have used the strength to eat.

Now in Jishi City, the Huns will not farm, the Yan people will organize experienced old farmers, go to teach by hand, and the Yan people are not good at raising livestock, the Huns will also come to the door to help each other, communicate with each other, help each other, and the result is naturally to improve together.

The villages outside Jishi City, more and more gathered, the land reclaimed is more and more vast, every household breeds cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and other livestock, from the Xiongnu cheese, mare's milk wine and other special products, every household can make zuò, and these things are too much, local consumption can not be consumed, so they will collect the four seas trade acquisition, out of Liaoxi, out of the Yan country, marketing in all directions, for the people of Jishi City to bring a lot of profits.

The greater profit is all kinds of fur business, before the Huns traded with the Central Plains, in general, it was a big loss, some pots and pans, needles, threads, small objects, can be exchanged for the Huns in the house too much to pile up the fur, but now, by the four seas of commerce and trade unified by these businesses, so that the Central Plains countries originally did these businesses all sighed, the era of profiteering is over.

Gao Yuan even allowed the four seas to trade horses to the Yan people, Qi people, Zhao people, and Wei people.

War horses have always been one of the most important strategic assets on this continent, even in the era of the Xiongnu royal court, there are extremely strict regulations on the export of war horses in the Central Plains, Gao Yuan's decision, in the eastern mansion has caused a lot of controversy, because everyone believes that cavalry, now is the biggest advantage of the Eastern Army, if a large number of war horses are sold to the Central Plains countries, then they can also form cavalry, the advantage of the Eastern Army is gone.

In this regard, Gao Yuan smiled indifferently and asked rhetorically: "How long does it take for a foot soldier to train?" ”

The training of a foot soldier can master basic knowledge in one month, and half a year is enough to become an elite soldier.

And what about a cavalryman?

Without a few years of work, it is difficult for a cavalry to play to its advantage, and it may take longer to become a good cavalryman.

What's more, the cost of raising a cavalryman for a year is enough to support dozens of foot soldiers.

It takes a long time and a lot of money to assemble a strong cavalry force.

In the past, war horses were restricted, and countries could not form a large number of cavalry, but now, Gao Yuan gave them this opportunity. Assemble cavalry, and spend all your time and money on your cavalry, and at some point, you will find that cavalry will become that bottomless pit, investing innumerable, but in the end you will not gain much.

More importantly, when cavalry could be formed, some people in power would inevitably despise the foot soldiers, which were originally the basis for the survival of the Central Plains countries.

Gao Yuan dug a pit and waited for some people to jump in.

And this problem, for Zhengdongfu, is not a problem at all, not to mention that almost every household in Jishi County now raises horses, let's just say that there are more and more Huns returning, coupled with the vast prairie outside, it can provide Gao Yuan with enough war horses, and his investment is extremely limited.

And the cavalry, the Huns themselves are natural cavalry, and under the drive of these people, how many people in Jishi County can't ride horses?

This Spring Festival in Jishi City is lively, just like the beginning of the birth of every new political court, it is prosperous, and the people of Jishi City are now happy and satisfied, in three words, it is not bad for money.

This year's Spring Festival, especially lively because on the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is the day of the wedding of Sun Xiao, the commander of the Northern Group Army, and Cao Tiancheng, the daughter of Cao Tiancheng, the big boss of the Four Seas Commerce, almost all the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Eastern Mansion gathered in Jishi City to congratulate Sun Xiao, and more businessmen from all over the world also set up Jishi City, and now there are not many merchants on this continent who do not want to tie Cao Tiancheng, the time for the rise of the Four Seas Commerce and Trade is not large, but the speed of swelling is extremely amazing, Now it can compete with the Qin Yong Chamber of Commerce of the Qin State, which once ran rampant in the world.

Merchants are shrewd, the four seas trade to join the method, than the world of any chamber of commerce is more clever, they are not afraid to give profits to join the businessmen, but all the merchants who join the four seas trade, all can get the business opportunity to operate the four seas trade countless unique goods, and what they have to spend, is only a certain percentage of profits, and what they obtain, is really a drop in the bucket.

What's more, everyone knows that behind the trade of the four seas, there is also a world-famous figure, lofty. Where such a figure stands, it is natural to ensure his own interests.

In this era, behind any chamber of commerce, there will be a powerful figure, otherwise, you will not be able to operate at all.

It's not that no one has challenged the four seas trade, obtained the right to operate their products, but in the end they are unwilling to hand over the agreed profits, the way to deal with the four seas trade is very simple, the first step, announced the disqualification of the businessman, do not allow them to sell this kind of products again, if the businessman does not listen to the dissuasion, the second step will follow, the second step is very rough, directly is the humane elimination.

When a merchant of the Qin State also died up and down dozens of people overnight, and the shops were burned to the ground, no one dared or wanted to challenge the bottom line of the world's commerce. This incident once caused a sensation in the mainland, although in the end the Qin State Black Ice Platform and the Criminal Department claimed to have found the murderer and had brought the murderer to justice, but everyone who understood knew that this was just a trick, the real murderer was in Liaoxi, and no one could arrest him.

Countless guests went to Jiji Stone City, which also made the inns and taverns in Jishi City make a lot of money, and 90% of these inns and taverns belong to the industry of the four seas trade.

In the later stage of the construction of Jishi City, under the instruction of Gao Yuan, Wu Kai allowed merchants to buy land and build these inns and liquor stores at their own expense, and the first to benefit was naturally the merchants under the trade of the four seas.

The inn can't live, and the later guests can only rent the people's houses, bringing a lot of income to the local people, Sun Xiao got married, but Wang Wuchang smiled the most.

Because these people arrived in Jishi City, in addition to consumption, they couldn't say anything to the local landlord Gao Yuan, all kinds of gifts were piled up in the warehouse, and finally they all returned to the household department.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the entire Jishi City fell into a carnival, Sun Xiao's status was prominent, and Cao Li'er not only had a father who is now a big boss, but also a high-powered younger brother, and more importantly, Ye Jing'er, the governor's wife, regarded her as a sister.

And the climax of the wedding banquet was the Hun dance performed by hundreds of Hun women led by He Lanyan, when He Lanyan danced enchantingly on the stage, looking forward to life, almost all the high-ranking officials in Jishi City were stunned, because in their eyes, He Lanyan has always been a domineering, proud figure who does not let women have eyebrows, how have they ever seen her have such a daughter's appearance. (To be continued......)