The guards found a guide in Xinye, negotiated the price, and set off for Hanshui. After crossing the Han River, we arrived at the market.

Today's bazaars have changed dramatically.

The surroundings have not changed.

Liaohua and Ding Feng's two naval armies were stationed on the left and right sides of the bazaar, and the other facility was also constantly building warships.

What has changed is the bazaar itself.

When Guanping built the bazaar, he appointed a township chief. But in fact, this place has the scale of a plain, you can build a county seat, and the land is high, so you are not afraid of floods.

The last time Guan Ping came to the bazaar, there was only one yamen, some officials, and only warehouses inside. At the moment, there are already inns and hotels.

There are also people.

On the nearby wharf, there are also coolies who load goods.

Many merchants have already come here to buy cloth, and if the time is not coincidental, they will spend the night here, and they need to stay in the shop, eat and drink. Because there are many cloth warehouses here, fire prevention is a top priority.

Every day, the officials patrol regularly, day and night, except when it rains. Outside the warehouse, there are mostly water storage tanks, and if the water is gone, you can get water nearby to extinguish the fire.

The officials in the yamen also visited from time to time and told these hotels, inns, and people to pay attention to fire safety.

All in all, this market is still very simple, but it has gradually developed into a small town, and even a county seat, and there are many Fangling people begging for a living here.

The Wei family caravan stopped at the north bank of the Han River, but the guards arrived at the market with a small retinue of south.

When the guards disembarked, they saw the coolies on the dock, helping to transport the pieces of cloth to the ship, and at a cursory glance, there was no damage, moth-eaten.

After the guards entered the bazaar, they found the person in charge of the bazaar, the township chief Qian Sheng.

After that, it was the normal business process, and the guards first inquired about the price, and it was indeed 9,600 yuan per piece of cloth, which was at least 400 yuan cheaper than the market price.

Then the guards looked at the samples and made sure that they were good cloths, and then paid for 5,000 pieces of cloth. But the guards were still not at ease, and when they made friends with the cloth, they kept staring, for fear that the market would stuff the poor cloth.

The result, of course, was overwhelmed.

The guards were relieved when they saw that the cloth had been carried onto the ship by the coolies and taken to the north shore. Then I became curious.

In the yamen in the bazaar, the guards chatted with the township chief Qian Sheng.

"Why is the cloth here sold so cheaply?" The guard asked.

"Because the cooked silk thread that our Taishou bought is cheap." Qian Sheng replied with a smile.

"This cloth turned out to be a business done by the Taishou of Fangling Guan?" The guards were surprised, but this was the first time they had heard about it.

"That's nature. We built workshops in nine counties, with 5,000 women weaving cloth every day, and 10,000 pieces of cloth every six days. Because there are many cooked silk threads bought, they can keep the price down. ”

Qian Sheng said with a smile.

is still the same sentence, the only one in the world who can do this kind of business is Guan Ping, so he is not afraid to publicize it.

And it's good to publicize it, it's best if the whole world knows that there are good cloths and cheap cloths in Fangling, and they are famous.

"Five thousand female workers?" Like all those who heard about this for the first time, the guards couldn't help but widen their eyes and stagger.

Such a large-scale workshop is really unheard of.

Qian Sheng was a little proud when he saw this, he had seen similar expressions countless times recently. As a native of Fangling and as the head of the township under Guan Ping, Qian Sheng is very proud of this.

"That's right. Mr. Wei: Do you need herbs and fur? The herbs and furs were obtained by the mountain people, and many of them were quite precious. Qian Sheng then asked.

Before Guan Ping appeared, the specialties of Fangling County were furs and medicinal herbs. This fur is not leather, but the fur of precious animals, such as tigers, bears, etc.

Medicinal herbs, some are ordinary, some are precious.

In the past, there were also merchants who came to Fangling to buy fur medicinal materials, and since the development of the market, many fur and medicinal herb merchants have also lived in this bazaar.

"No, I just buy cloth." The guard shook his head and refused.

Qian Sheng was a little disappointed, he wished that the guards would buy more goods.

Bazaar.

This was built by Guan Ping from scratch.

What really made Fangling prosperous was not the bazaar, but the factory, but the increasing population.

Take Fangling, for example.

Seventy or eighty thousand mountain people descended the mountain, and Fangling harvested 120,000 people. Although these mountain people are bitter, but after coming down the mountain, they have divided the barren fields, have waterwheels, and new plows, and see that this year's harvest should be good.

If nothing else, you always have to put a little more oil and salt when cooking, right?

As a result, the business of the grain and oil stores in Fangling City has improved a lot, and there are many more people doing this business.

Let's talk about factories.

Guan Ping's weaving factory in Fangling has 1,000 female workers, benefiting at least hundreds of families. You must know that these female workers have a salary of 3,000 yuan per month, and they can buy 300 catties of rice.

This salary is considered a high salary in the entire Fangling. Some men work as coolies, bricklayers, or carpenters, and their salaries are not so high.

When they have money, they should always eat something delicious and give their children a new set of clothes, right?

These female workers made a lot of money, but in the end, they still prospered Fangling.

In addition, Guan Ping recruited soldiers in Fangling and gave money and food to the soldiers, which were sent back to their homes by the soldiers, and almost every household had money to spare.

Fangling is located in the deep mountains, and there are very few outside merchants who come every day.

But because of the population and the money in the hands of the people, it attracted some merchants in Xiangyang, not to mention salt and oil merchants, plus clothing, food, housing and transportation.

The prosperity of Fangling is developing upwards as a whole.

The people's life happiness index is rising rapidly.

Guan Ping is also very good at buying people's hearts, and the government provides rice and grain every month for all widows and children in Fangling County, lonely old people, and elderly people over 70 years old.

The heart of the army, the heart of the people.

Guan Ping's prestige in the entire Fangling is increasing day by day. You must know that Guan Ping was still a newcomer a year ago, but Guan Ping only took less than a year to greatly increase the population of Fangling, and greatly improved the dominance, at this moment, Guan Ping has more than 18,000 soldiers with soldiers, and the naval army is fully prepared.

Guarding the dangerous passes.

has really sat firmly on the country, and the iron is beaten.

I don't dare to say that although Cao Jun is powerless, but at least Liu Biao sent 10,000 elite soldiers to fight for Fangling, so Guan Ping dared to boast of Haikou.

You try it, make sure you go back with your head in your arms.

The hearts of the people have been decided, and the country is in hand.

In Fangling County, in an alley. Wang Li opened the door early in the morning, walked out, turned around and closed the door, and walked towards the weaving factory.

"Li, go to work?" The old woman of the neighbor asked.

"Yes, aunt." Wang Li said with a smile.

"It's a good job. It's a pity that I can't do it, otherwise I would have to go to work in the weaving factory. The old woman sighed.

Wang Li smiled, said goodbye to the old woman and went to the weaving factory. In addition to the old women, there are also many women in the neighborhood.

They all looked at Wang Li with envy.

The work of the weaving mill is not something that can be entered if you want to, on a first-come, first-served basis. The quota for 1,000 people has long been occupied, and it is difficult to get in now.

The salary of 3,000 yuan a month is really enviable.

After Wang Li arrived at the factory, he signed and painted the pledge, and then immediately began to weave cloth after entering the factory. Although the factory only required the female workers to weave for four hours, and half an hour to eat in the middle, there was no requirement for the efficiency of the female workers.

But this job is rare, and the female workers are also afraid of being replaced by others, so they are diligent in weaving. Under normal circumstances, it would take a woman three days to weave a piece of cloth.

But because of diligence, coupled with proficiency, it is increasing day by day. Now some people can even spend a piece of cloth in three days, of course, it is not too exaggerated, at most it is less than half an hour, an hour.

This job is rare, and all female workers want to keep their jobs.

Wang Li is the same, there is half an hour to rest at noon, the rice is provided by the factory, green vegetables, rare oil and water, but white rice is enough.

Wang Li ate two dinners in a hurry, and then hurriedly sat down in front of the loom again, hurriedly weaving, he wanted to weave more cloth, be diligent, and not lose this hard-won job.

Wang Li came out in the morning and returned from work in the afternoon. When she passed by a butcher shop, she thought about it and asked the boss to cut a pound of pork belly and take it back.

Thought.

The family hasn't opened meat for five days, and it's time to eat meat once.

That's the change.

In the past, Wang Li's family used to eat meat once a month, but now it is generous. It's all thanks to the work of the weaving factory, and thanks to Lord Taishou.

Because Wang Li's family, and even everyone in Fangling City, knew that this weaving factory was opened by Lord Taishou.

Lord Taishou not only opened a weaving factory, but also paid wages to the conscripts, and also gave rice and meat to the widows, the elderly over 70 years old, and the widows.

There are no exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and there is no exorbitant levies.

Even the land tax is only charged 30%.

It's really a benevolent and virtuous guard, a rare good official.

In the past, this place belonged to Liu Biao, but Liu Biao didn't care about anything, people like Kuai Qi and Shen Tan were too guarded, and Kuai Qi was incompetent.

Incompetence makes it impossible to restrain the officials under him, and many things happen that go up and down.

Shen Tan is actually okay, but there are more soldiers and horses, and the taxes are heavier. Shangyong has three counties under its jurisdiction, Shangyong County is Shen Tan's old nest, so Shen Tan has given some care, and the other two counties are really harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the people do not starve to death every day, but they are also very bitter.

All in all, this Fangling County used to be corrupt officials and black officials. God really opened his eyes and sent a Guan Taishou to come.

Good officer, benevolent officer.

A day like this is a good day.

Only in such days can there be hope.

For Wang Li's family, for the thousands of ordinary people in Fangling County, it is incumbent on them to support Guan Ping.

Because this is a good official.

Whoever goes against Guan Taishou is against hundreds of thousands of people in Fangling County.

Let's go up together and bite to death.