Chapter 799: The Great Harmony of the World
Datong Mansion of the Great Song Dynasty, this miracle place transformed by Zhao Zhen into a place where merchants from all over the world gathered, I don't know how much wealth has been created. This ancient land has been revitalized by its unique location, a historic choke point, but also a young up-and-comer, where cultures and economies of various countries collide and merge like never before, resulting in a strange and amazing harmony.
The sun, a celestial body that stipulates the time of work and rest for ordinary people, has no role here, because in Datong Mansion, no matter day or night, the transactions between merchants are endless, even at night, the world transactions in Datong Mansion are still full of people, even more amazing than the day.
Standing on the city tower, Zhao Zhen was stunned by the strange scene in front of him, if Beiping Mansion is the majestic imperial capital, then this is the merchant capital that gathers the wealth of the world.
"Official, it's windy on the city tower, why don't you go down?"
Sancai carefully put on a big coat for Zhao Zhen, the outside is a fine Shu brocade, the inside is a fine silver fox skin, the snow-white fluff is inside instead of exposed, the warmth effect is excellent, unconsciously it has reached late autumn, and the cold wind in the middle of the night can still be annoying!
Zhao Zhen waved his hand, only on the city tower can you see the prosperity of this Datong Mansion, the lights of the cars and horses shine the city into a city that never sleeps, the chariots, the scene of Ma Xiaoxiao is amazing, the fire dragon composed of countless lanterns continues to extend out from the Datong Mansion, and finally disappears in the wilderness outside the city.
At the same time, there are more convoys to Datong Mansion to advance, they are all merchants' cars, with a variety of goods to trade, although the Datong Mansion is the Liao Dynasty, Western Xia, the Three Kingdoms of the Great Song Dynasty trade, but all the merchants and people in the world can gather here to buy their favorite things, so it is called "the world trade".
The goods traded in the Western Xia are mainly wool, and his wool once became a sought after thing in the Great Song Dynasty, and many Great Song Dynasty merchants flocked to it, and were even willing to buy it at a high price and then hoard it, as long as they had the ability to turn wool into wool, this thing was not afraid of being bad, and the Great Song Dynasty sweater market was always so thriving, afraid that it would not be sold at a good price?
There are also a lot of goods in the Liao Dynasty, such as the most famous Khitan saddle, but now that the Great Song Dynasty has recovered the land of Yanyun, the production process and process of the Khitan saddle have been known by the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty has innovated and optimized on its basis, and many people are more favored by the Khitan saddle made by the Great Song Dynasty.
Of course, the goods with the characteristics of the Liao Dynasty are also very good in the Great Song Dynasty, Haidongqing, a magical bird, has become the thing that the wealthy families of the Great Song Dynasty crave, a good Haidongqing can even buy a sky-high price of 100,000 yuan, and the hairpin made of the round and jade Dongzhu is the top luxury.
However, the porcelain of the Liao Dynasty was eclipsed in front of the Song Dynasty porcelain with exquisite style, magnificent patterns and elegant colors, and the world will undoubtedly choose Song porcelain when choosing porcelain, which is said to be exported overseas, and even the big cannibals and Europa people are eager to exchange for gold!
The goods sold in the Great Song Dynasty are naturally the most and the best, even the Liao and Xixia people have to buy, because they have no ability to manufacture, Song porcelain needless to say, Shu brocade, silk, and even cotton cloth are things they must buy, and only the Great Song Dynasty can make cotton cloth comfortable and warm, winter is coming, the best ready-to-wear cotton jackets are also the things purchased by the Western Xia and Liao Dynasty, although these cotton jackets are not as warm as sweaters, but at least they are warmer than Mai Ge Yi and the like, isn't it?
If you still have spare money, you can buy some swords and other weapons to bring back to China, the Great Song Dynasty restricts the export of these things, but does not restrict the export of those well-made, inlaid with gems, gold and silver swords and artworks, although it is also a sword and sword, but the price is daunting, if you buy a ten, it is still in front of it, more is bankrupt and can't afford it.
Besides, whoever would go to the battlefield with these swords is often carried as an ornament.
Zhao Zhen walked down the city tower, when he was stretching his waist, a cold wind came to his face, almost poured into Zhao Zhen's mouth, for a while Zhao Zhen also felt cold, and took Sancai to his own line, Datong Mansion is such a prosperous place, how can there be no emperor's palace?
Although the specifications are not as good as Beijing City and Tokyo City, but the defense is extremely safe, the geographical location here is special, the west is the Western Xia, the north is the Liao Dynasty, between the two tigers and leopards, the Great Song Dynasty will naturally not ignore the safety of Datong Mansion.
How much does a commercial city like Datong pay a huge amount of taxes for the Great Song Dynasty every year? The officials of the court can see this as the cornucopia of the Great Song Dynasty, its safety is very important, and this Datong Mansion is still the northwest throat of Beiping Mansion, who dares to slack off?
The palace of Datong Mansion is very easy to find, it is located in the easternmost part of the city, the location is much more partial than the imperial palace of Beiping Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, but it is more favorable, the east terrain is high, and the palace can be found high on the enemy.
It is more like a barracks than a palace in the eyes of outsiders......
The tall foundation can be seen even if it is far away in the city gate building, it can be said that the palace of Datong Mansion is simply built by cutting a hill, the foundation is the base of the mountain, the building above is also cold masonry and cement, the solidity is not comparable to the previous wooden buildings, the towering palace wall is simply comparable to the city wall, the horse face wall above, the que wall, the female wall, the layers are staggered, basically there is no possibility for people to climb, the special architectural style makes every soldier who climbs the city wall will suffer from different side attacks.
If you want to enter the palace, you can only go through the long corridor, and the semi-open tunnel is dug from under the high base, and there are hard stones on three sides, and only three sides are open......
This palace is more like a military castle, Zhao Zhen smiled slightly bitterly, when he aimed to design a palace in Datong Mansion, he must have the most perfect city defense, strong and easy to defend, I didn't expect that it would promote the birth of such a fortress-like palace.
Needless to say, the hideousness under the tarpaulin on the city wall knows what it is, three-bow bed crossbows, artillery, and other sharp weapons to defend the city, which simply makes this a city within a city.
In Datong Mansion, the Song people, Khitan people, Dangxiang people, Jurchens, Japanese people, Tubo people, and even the big cannibals and Europa people gathered together to communicate with each other, which can be regarded as the great harmony of the world.
Of course, now is not the time to go back, Zhao Zhen was attracted by a familiar and unfamiliar aroma when passing by the market: "Slow, this taste, fragrant!" It smells great! ”
The sudden aroma of coffee made Zhao Zhen unable to move a step, frowning and asking Sancai, "How can there be the smell of coffee here?" Hurry up and take me to taste it, even my palace rarely gets coffee! ”
Sancai naturally knew better than others what coffee was, and beckoned to the steward of the Datong Mansion Palace: "There is a shop that sells coffee drinks here?" ”
The steward nodded again and again: "Yes, some, there is more than one, the best is Pinxiangyuan, which is said to have been opened by a Yunnan businessman!" ”