Chapter 186: The Development of the City
This month, Lu Junyi introduced acquaintances from all over the country who have established business contacts for decades.
Now, the commercial trade in the Dongping area has reached its peak.
The tax revenue alone amounted to a terrifying 300,000 taels of silver.
Dong Ping asked Jiang Jing to lead people to calculate for a few days, and Dongping's current economic level has reached three-quarters of that of Tokyo City.
In the whole world, it is enough to rank in the top three.
It can be said that Dong Ping has supported the entire Jingxi Road.
Although Zhang Shuye has been trying his best to coordinate the development of the economy, he can't do the system after all.
To allocate funds, the imperial court came down with a piece of imperial paper, the imperial treasury was tight, and Wanger and others solved it by themselves.
You can figure it out for yourself, the old man still has to enjoy Qingfu, and I don't have time to take care of you!
And the treasury of the pacification envoy of this road has already been almost greedy by the previous one.
Uncle Zhang was busy all day long, and he took his two sons to work hard to restructure, but it was still useless.
There is no doubt that the entire Jingxi Road was also affected by this great famine, although the Yellow River and the Grand Canal were transported in the north, so not so many people died.
However, a large number of victims were still generated in more than a dozen cities on Jingxi Road in the entire Jingxi Road.
These people lost their land and freedom, and they did not have enough to eat every day, so they simply chose to rebel again.
Just when Uncle Zhang was hesitating between the bandits and Zhao'an, the thing that made him most crazy happened.
Dong Ping sent people to send food and other subsidies to more than 100,000 victims and rebels, and also sent people to help them repair and settle down.
After this operation, a large number of farmers patted their heads and chose to leave directly!
Although civilians went out of the city during the Northern Song Dynasty, they had to be guided to any place, which is the current ID card, and they were not allowed to rush to other places without special reasons.
But Dong Ping directly sent troops to escort these people along the road with a swagger, completely ignoring Zhang Shuye's men and horses.
Zhang Bofen went to Dong Ping to ask for an explanation, but Liu Yun just smiled and said: "If the general can prove that these people are not voluntary, I will ask Zhendonghou to send these people back."
Zhang Zhongxiong said angrily: "You can represent the imperial court, why can these people enter your city at will?" If you don't take Zhang Anfu in your eyes, you can't do it! ”
"I'm sorry, but the autonomy was given to Zhendong by the Holy Lord." Liu Yun took out a holy decree and threw it on the faces of Zhang Zhongxiong and Zhang Bofen, and left without looking back.
"If there is a problem, go to the court to report it, we are free at any time."
Seeing those people follow Liu Yun away, and a large number of merchants also left, the two of them were almost so angry that they gritted their teeth.
Zhang Bofen and Zhang Zhongxiong were so angry that their scalps were about to explode, and they couldn't wait to bring someone to rush up to find Dong Ping desperately, but Zhang Shuye was stopped by someone.
Zhang Zhongxiong scolded: "Dong Ping, this kid, do you think you can do whatever you want if you have money!"
"I heard that the tax revenue in their city is now the lowest in the Great Song Dynasty, and the tax on the merchants is three times that of other cities!"
Zhang Bofen swept the nearby porcelain cups to the ground and shouted angrily: "Why are so many merchants going to Dong Ping with their heads squeezed!"
It is said that Dong Ping can buy something called "soap" and "flower water" there. Zhang Zhongxiong sneered: "It's no wonder that those businessmen are mercenary, these two things are now the most profitable market in the country, and those who do business are naturally eager to do business!"
"That's not all."
Uncle Zhang said in a low tone: "I also heard that as long as you stay in Dongping for three years, you can obtain the formulas of these two things, so it's no wonder that they want to sharpen their heads and drill into them!"
"He thinks we don't have the power to take him, and there is no way to do it!" Zhang Bofen crushed the cup in his hand and scolded angrily: "If you provoke Lao Tzu, I'll go and assassinate him to see who is the superior!"
After saying that, he picked up the big knife and was about to run outside.
"Idiot!" Uncle Zhang knocked Zhang Bofen to the ground with a stick, and scolded angrily: "We don't have any prestige in the imperial court now, don't say that the traitor is closed to the saint, Dong Ping is the number one celebrity in the eyes of the saint now, do you still want to harm him, do you want to kill us all!"
Although Zhang Bofen was irritable in his heart, he had nothing to say, so he had to get up and apologize and retreat.
At this time, Dong Ping was at the top of the highest peak outside the city, looking down on the whole city.
In less than three years, less than three years after coming into this world.
From nothing, to now famous all over the world.
It only took me three years to do all this.
Looking at this magnificent city, as well as the caravans that came and went from the city by land and water, Dong Ping couldn't help but smile slightly.
"Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, this is really true."
"It seems that there is still some truth in what kind of fighting to break the sky." Dong Ping shook his head with a smile and sighed: "I think that Dong Shuang was a writer who coded words in a rental house in his last life, and now he can sit in a city, and it is also feng shui in turn."
After speaking, Dong Ping looked at the nearby boulder again.
The ten big characters engraved with gold threads, "The First City in the World" and "Hero Town Donghou", shine in the sun, exuding dazzling light, piercing people's eyes a little unable to open.
Dong Ping just smiled helplessly, the people in the city said that they had to cast such a boulder, Dong Ping couldn't dissuade him, so he had to let them.
Speaking of which, the area of Dongping City has expanded more than three times compared with the past, and the population of the city has reached 1.2 million in recent years.
"It's all your work."
Li Qingzhao walked over from the rear and said with a smile: "Brother Dong Ping, I sometimes wonder what kind of courage a person has to dare to rebel in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty in the name of an official."
"You see it all?" Dong Ping smiled.
"Why, you're not afraid of me at all." Li Qingzhao brushed the hair in front of his forehead, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"If the husband wants to succeed, why should he be afraid of others knowing?" Dong Ping propped himself on the iron railing on the observation deck, overlooking the scenery below the mountain and said with a smile.
"By the way, are you feeling better? Why did you get out of bed and leave so quickly? Dong Ping looked at her, frowned and said.
"I'm fine, Dr. An gave me a clear spirit guide." Li Qingzhao said with a smile: "I was in a coma and couldn't drink it before, but after I woke up yesterday and drank it, I almost recovered in one day."
"That's right...... Yesterday ......"
"Yesterday's incident was my fault." Dong Ping suddenly remembered this, and just smiled awkwardly: "What's that...... I'm just too tired to control it, how offended, and please forgive me. ”
"Hehe, Brother Dong Ping, you are really good at coaxing women." Li Qingzhao said with a smile.
Dong Ping said helplessly: "Okay, let's change the topic, what did you want to say just now?"
"I mean, yesterday, I seemed to see something unusual about Ouyang Long and Ouyang Hu in the city."
Li Qingzhao's voice gradually sank: "I went out for a walk with Xiao Wei in the middle of the night, as if I saw these two people gathering their subordinates in secret to discuss some conspiracy."
Dong Ping just had a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't say anything.
"Qingzhao, thank you."
"Huh?" Li Qingzhao was still a little confused: "Thank me for what?"
"Thank you for saving me." Dong Ping said solemnly: "From today on, I owe you a life."
"Don't say that." Li Qingzhao smiled shallowly: "From today on, you owe me a wish."
"Life is such an important thing, but it's not a bargaining chip."
"You girl, you still educate me." Dong Ping patted her shoulder with a smile and said in a casual tone.
"Brother Dong Ping."
"Huh?"
"Will you always wait for Sister Wan'er?"
"Of course."
"What if...... I mean, what if, she's changed her mind? ”
"Then I will never marry for the rest of my life until I meet her again in the next life."
"Even if you become emperor?" Li Qingzhao asked.
Dong Ping smiled: "If there is no her, what is the point of wanting this world?"
The corners of Li Qingzhao's mouth moved slightly, but he still asked: "Brother Dong Ping, although it is a little presumptuous, can you tell me why you are doing this?"
"You really want to know?" Dong Ping leaned on the railing, looked at the mist-shrouded mountain top in the distance, and said in a calm tone.
"Hmm."
"What would a person do if he could live another life and enter another body, and the two souls would be completely fused?"
"Huh?" Li Qingzhao looked at Dong Ping blankly, she couldn't guess what the young man in front of her was thinking.
"I once deeply hurt a girl, and I will be a human again in this life, and I will use my soul, my body, and everything I have to protect her, but I will die without regrets."
"What's more, there are excellent sisters like you and Nangong Xianmei, to be able to meet you, my life is already a world of difference compared to the inaction in my previous life."
"Alright, let's go, it looks like there's something going on in the city again." Dong Ping looked at the blue fireworks that were rushing into the sky, and the corners of his mouth already brought a slight smile.
And in Li Qingzhao's eyes, a look of disappointment flashed, fleeting, and then, the two of them had already walked down the mountain.
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