Although in the political pattern, the confrontation between Xingtai and the imperial court is becoming more and more obvious, and the contradictions are becoming more and more acute. However, in other aspects, this year, especially since the second half of the year, exchanges between the two sides in other areas have become frequent and close.

For example, a large number of Guan Longxun nobles moved eastward, and many assets involved were realized, which is not at all a huge volume that can be digested by private businessmen or civilians. Therefore, Xingtai instructed Zhuzhou and counties to come forward, and the government directly repurchased this part of the assets, of course, the price was suppressed, but after all, it also provided them with a channel for rapid realization.

It is precisely because of this that these Guan Longxun nobles do not have too strong resistance to a series of decrees in Xingtai, and they took this opportunity to quickly untie and go to Shendu.

With the selfishness of Guan Longxun's nobles, the implementation of many orders on the stage has also become smooth. Many things that obviously went against the interests of the imperial court turned out to be a fact without a shock.

For example, the Xikang Women's Kingdom, which has been planned since last year, was officially recognized by the imperial court in October. It can be seen from this that when a political group ignores its political mission and its selfish desires are greater than righteousness, it is particularly harmful to the enemy country.

Now this Xikang women's country is just a frontier idea made contrary to the imperial court's decrees. But in the original history, the Zhongzong Dynasty directly gave the land of the Yellow River Jiuqu to Tubo due to the selfish desires of a small number of people, so that the entire battle with Tubo in the early Kaiyuan Dynasty was carried out around the ownership of the Yellow River Jiuqu.

This time, Guan Longxungui moved east in large quantities, which can be said to have unfrozen a large number of social assets embezzled by private households in Guan, and Zhuzhou and counties have more room for maneuver in restoring people's livelihood and politics.

The government has a large amount of land in hand, and the government has legally recognized the status of the deceased families as freemen, so the naturalization of the deceased households in the states is also progressing smoothly. In some states and counties, the number of residents has doubled in just a few months.

However, Guanzhong has long been the center of domination, and at the same time, it is also faced with the problem of over-exploitation of land, and it is difficult to meet the civil and military needs of the entire Guanzhong by agricultural production alone. Moreover, the naturalization of the deceased households does not essentially change the unreasonable distribution of land between the wide and narrow townships in Guanzhong, but exacerbates this gap because of the sharp increase in household registration.

Although Li Tong began to implement the policy of opening up the border area after returning to Beijing last year, after more than a year of development, the number of households in Zhuzhou has also reached more than 200,000, compared with the surge in the number of households registered in the entire Shaanxi Province, the intensity of this diversion operation is still insufficient.

The irrationality of the distribution of people and land is especially evident in the vicinity of Gyeonggi. The area around Chang'an City is so large, but the population living in it accounts for more than one-third of the entire Guannai. Therefore, once there is any failure and famine in Guanzhong's agricultural affairs, it is particularly obvious in Chang'an, and the name of the Son of Heaven is not false.

Moreover, the population composition of Chang'an City, a considerable part of the people are not directly involved in production, either the powerful or the slaves and maids who provide services for the powerful. Although a large number of Guan Longxun nobles moved eastward, which reduced this proportion somewhat, this phenomenon still exists.

Xingtai's efforts to grant land in Zhuzhou County are not insignificant, but it still does not prevent a large number of people from migrating to Chang'an, making the situation in Chang'an's narrow township more and more severe.

This is of course good from the point of view of governance, and a large number of people are gathered in the vicinity of the Kinai. During the period of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, some Hulu regimes did not organize effective local administration themselves, and simply concentrated large numbers of people in the core areas of their rule to maintain their fragile rule.

However, from the perspective of people's livelihood, this phenomenon is obviously unhelpful, in ancient societies based on agriculture, the output per unit of land was so much, and the excessive concentration of population in a region will inevitably lead to a surplus of labor.

In view of this situation, the strategy adopted by Xingtai is to replace farming with work, build a large number of government-built factories, and make the production methods more diversified. The ordnance supervision and smelting yard is set up near Lishan, and it gathers materials from all directions for smelting by the Yellow River.

The weaving yards scattered in the hundred squares in Chang'an City are also an attempt to Xingtai. In addition, there are various other handicraft workshops to mobilize all kinds of surplus manpower in Chang'an City as much as possible.

The materials that were apportioned by the powerful families in Beijing before were the output of these workshops. At the beginning of the construction of the factory, there was no specific clue about all aspects of industrial technology, materials, including management and evaluation of the market, so it was natural to find a stable customer base first.

By this year, many of the workshops were already on track. Although many noble families went to Shendu, which greatly reduced this consumer market, Chang'an City itself is a huge market that can absorb a considerable part of the output.

Moreover, Xingtai had previously strategically suppressed Tubo in Qinghai, and the Longyou trade route was unimpeded, which also made Xingtai's foreign trade environment very good. Including the establishment of the Xikang State, it also gave Xingtai an additional trade option, as a dumping window, so that the Tibetan magnates could also enjoy the living standards of the upper echelons of the Tang Dynasty.

Industrial upgrading is a gradual process, although at present all kinds of government-run factories in Taiwan are still mainly concentrated in the handicraft industry, but as long as the foundation is laid, the future can continue to explore and develop on this basis.

Recently, in addition to the examination, there is another event in Chang'an City that is also attracting attention. Moreover, the selection is only the concern of Shilin, and this grand event has a profound impact on the people's livelihood and industry and commerce in Chang'an City, that is, the World Expo organized by the Social Supervision Administration and held in Chang'an West City.

The name of this assembly was directly drafted by King Yong, but no matter what the name is, it is essentially a museum where materials and treasures from all over the world are collected and displayed and traded.

Before September, there was no news about the event. However, after entering September, the Social Supervision Bureau suddenly announced that Baiye Xingshe was going to hold this event, calling on all the Xingxing to import utensils, and once they could be selected, they could even get the Taitai to promote and sell at the counters in the two cities.

At first, this matter was only circulated among the various associations, and it did not cause much repercussions. However, with the further momentum of the Social Supervision Department, some mansions in prime locations in the two cities have been set up as special counters, and daily singing and dancing performances have gradually attracted attention.

The folk customs of the Tang Dynasty are still fighting, everything is to compete for the first beauty, children wearing open crotch pants have to fight grass games, who are beautiful utensils, are also willing to show off betting, not to mention the temptation of two city counters.

Therefore, at the beginning of October, when the World Expo officially began, the Social Supervision Department collected more than 2,000 items of various kinds of things and displayed them in the West Market. After this data was announced, it immediately caused a heated discussion in the market. On the morning of the World Expo, the gate of the West Market had not yet been opened, and the crowds of people who watched the excitement had blocked the West Market from all directions.

Chang'an has had frequent events in recent years, and has accumulated rich experience in maintaining public order, although there are many visitors to the market, but the scene is not chaotic. As soon as the city gate opened, under the control and restraint of the guards, the people lined up to enter the market in an orderly manner.

There are more than 1,000 shops in the West Market, and this time the Social Supervision Bureau only requisitioned the shops on both sides of the main road to display all kinds of utensils.

The people walked along the street, although the soldiers on both sides of the road lined up, and could not enter the shops to see the details closely, but standing on the street and seeing the dazzling treasures displayed on the booths, they couldn't help but be amazed for a while, surprised that there were such strange goods in the world.

This first day of the exhibition is also part of the momentum, and the items on display are mainly strange and cherished, so that Chang'an Shimin can open their eyes and maintain a heat.

Therefore, these furnishings, including gold, silver and jewelry, as well as distant objects, as well as exotic birds and beasts, and there are two lions in Chang'an Beida that have been skinny and skinny, and they are also pulled out to fill the scene. In addition, there are dwarfs, Kunlun slaves and other strange people.

Among them, especially an old bearded man with gray hair is the most outstanding. This Hu man looks old, but in a frame made of wooden frames, he climbs flexibly like an ape, leading to singing, and his voice is like a bell, without a trace of the old state on the surface, and people are surprised and amazed.

The origin of this old Hu man is really worth mentioning, and in his early years, he followed a few gods to deceive in the Shendu University. After the revolution in Shendu, he was adopted by Li Shouli, the king of Lu, in the palace, and by the way, he instigated leisure to watch the play, and inquired carefully to learn that the old state was caused by drugs, and he was only in his early twenties, and then sent to Chang'an.

This time, the time for the World Expo to build momentum was too short, mainly because of the audit accounts of the Taiwan after September, only to find that this year because a large number of Guan Longxungui intended to go east, the forced sale business was not very good-looking, Yongwang decided to temporarily launch this project, so he put this old Hu in the city, filled the scene, and sold a fresh.

Three days before the World Expo, people were not allowed to come and go, and the heat was created first. On the fourth day, most of the flashy and exotic goods were put away and began to play meat, and a large number of products from the Xingtai workshop, including the products of all industries in Beijing, were put on the shelves.

These goods are naturally not as colorful and wonderful as those in the past few days, and the general public's interest in this is naturally greatly reduced. However, the main target of the World Expo is not them, but the businessmen and high-rollers from all sides who have already heard about it.

In the West Market venue, there is a group of Hu people are particularly eye-catching, each of them is entangled, gold and silver hanging, looking extravagant, strolling in the street, both eyes continue to scan the shops on both sides, while admiring the furnishings of the utensils, while scolding angrily: "Those profiteers in Longyou Field, ordinary groceries also dare to ask for huge money!" If I hadn't entered Beijing this time, I don't know how long they would have sucked blood on me! I have collected all the goods in this shop! ”

There are many Hu people who do business, but most of the people who live in Chang'an still belong to the bottom, and such a group of arrogant people suddenly appeared on the streets of Xishi, which can only be the Hu chiefs of the Xihe Xingshe in Longbian.

They were invited to Beijing, and after watching it, they realized what kind of wronged people had been treated in previous years, and at the same time, the desire to shop was also gushing out, and they wanted to buy everything, anyway, the money was fast. What's more, the Xihe Xingshe is said to be about to sweep away the thieves and rebels from the moraine mouth into the river meander, and they have run out of money here, so naturally there is a group of unlucky people in the river meander to pay for them.