Chapter 80: Hexi Yiba
Hanfeng walked very fast all the way, and arrived at the land of Hexi in less than three days, Hexi is the important place of industrial agriculture in the Xia Kingdom, and the population here is more than one million more than that of Hedong, which is the main place of taxation before the Xia Kingdom gets the land of Zhao.
"It's so lonely~" Han Feng, who went out, also felt a kind of loneliness, the people around him would be hindered by his identity as a king, and he had a gap with everyone, even Queen Yunqian and the beauty Fang Meng.
"Your Majesty, you don't seem to be pleased?" Sun Yan said on the side.
At this time, Yun Qian and Fang Mengzhen were enjoying the flowers on the road with other guards behind, although the flowers and plants in the suburbs were not as beautiful as the flowers and plants in the palace, but the number was very large, and they were very wide, and they looked very spectacular.
"There's nothing to be happy about, it's just that I feel bored to sit in the position of the king and live!" Han Feng's words were very straightforward, he didn't want to hide anything, he finally looked at the blue sky and green fields outside, and naturally wanted to relax and relax.
"The king is the king of a country, and now he has more than 100 million people to feed, and he naturally has to work a lot for them every day, and I don't know how many people are worried about the king's position." Sun Yan has no taboos at all.
"That's right, don't you say it's strange, the area of this land east and west of the river should be about the same as that of Zhao, but the population of this Zhao land is nine times that of these two places, shouldn't it be that the plain area is more suitable for the people to live?" Hanfeng Road.
"The king is taking the test of the last general, this Zhao land is rich in fresh water resources, and Hedong and Hexi have no water source in many places before the king has dug a canal, and even some places can not produce water from wells for dozens of zhang, and the land east of the river "often wars, this population naturally flows to the rich water source of Zhaodi." Sun Yan replied.
Han Feng also suddenly had an epiphany, the ancient people were born on water, where there is water, there are people, and the man's population gradually increased later, and his status was gradually higher than that of the north.
"The scenery of this land west of the river is much better than that of the east of the river, and if an artificial lake is drawn here, then the life of this people will definitely be improved in the future."
Han Feng has the idea of a new project in his heart, if it is realized, it will be very helpful to the future flood discharge and the breeding industry here, and now Xia Guo can be described as a large farmer.
Many scholars began to engage in the breeding industry after learning new knowledge, and they did it well, it can be said that they were so rich that now the Xia Kingdom has allowed the sale of beef, and the price of pork is one to two times cheaper than that of other countries.
At this time, a gray-haired old man came from a distance, and it could be seen from her sturdy steps that she was very strong.
"How many of them are foreigners, right?" The old man asked.
Han Feng smiled and said: "Old man, you guessed right, we are all from Hedong, these flowers look like they were planted by people, not like they grew naturally, do you know whose flower field this is?"
The old man pointed to the flower field and said proudly: "These flowers are beautiful!"
"Beautiful!" Hanfeng Road.
"These are planted by me with my own hands, and it took me several years of hard work, but this is the garden of Liu Zhu, a descendant of the Han royal family, you can just take a look here, don't go and get these flowers, otherwise let Liu Zhuang know, be careful of their guards, that is the master who kills people without blinking!" The more the old man spoke, the more frightened his eyes became.
"Liu Zhu?" Han Feng was very puzzled, how could there be descendants of the Han family in the Xia Kingdom here, and the laws of the Xia Kingdom should not exceed ten acres of land per person at most, and it seems that there are nearly a thousand acres here, so could it be that there are hundreds of people in Liu Zhu's family?
Sun Yan thought for a moment and said: "Master, the status of this Han clan is very high, and the subordinates of this Liu Zhu's name have also heard of it, and it is said that it is the same clan as the Han Emperor, and now it is a big family in the Xia Kingdom!"
"Oh~ He used all the land to grow flowers, did he make money by selling flowers? Or is he in some other business? Han Feng asked.
The old man showed off with a face: "This son, you don't know how big my lord's property is, the most powerful person in Hexi is our lord, and the largest rice shop and pawnshop in Xidan City are all owned by my lord."
"Oh~ the most powerful person in Hexi?" Han Feng is now interested in Liu Zhu, you dare to break the law in my territory, and no one cares about it, this is not good, I want both of you to clean it up.
The sound of gongs and drums came from the trade road in the distance, and Han Feng turned around to see eight people carrying a sedan chair in the direction of Han Feng.
"This guy is so arrogant!" Han Feng secretly said in his heart, in the Xia Kingdom, no one except for a girl to marry is not allowed to be this kind of coquettish.
The old man was still in awe, and whispered to Han Feng: "This is the eldest son of Liu Zhu, Liu Ting's son, and it happens that he also came to enjoy the flowers today."
Liu Ting, who was on the coquettish son, opened the curtains and saw that there were so many beauties here today, and even a few beauties with national beauty, this is amazing, which lady is this? How he had never seen it!
"Stop!"
After the sedan chair man put down his son, Liu Ting was wearing a gorgeous white coat and tiger scalp boots, and he knew that he was a light and thin person by looking at his face, very romantic but not dignified, and his grade was about twenty.
When Han Feng saw that Liu Ting wanted Yun Qian to go, he naturally wouldn't sit idly by, this guy couldn't just think about it, a man could understand it.
"Little lady~" Liu Ting's fluttering eyes made Yun Qian very disgusted.
"Who are you?" The female guard showed her sword and put it on Liu Ting's neck, revealing a fierce light.
Liu Ting has almost been used to being raised since he was a child, and this is the first time that he has been held by a sword around his neck, his eyes began to be full of anger, and the corners of his mouth showed a trace of disgust: "You are looking for death!" Dare to put the sword on my neck, do you know who I am!"
"If you step forward, I'll kill you!" The female guards don't care who you are, can you have a royal family in the Xia Kingdom?
"It's good~It's good~ I want it~"
With a click, Liu Ting fell to the ground, and the pool of blood that flowed out frightened the old man and the palanquin man who carried the sedan chair.
"What's the matter with you guys?" The girl in the Jiaozi poked her head out and looked at it, and her pupils dilated instantly, since this Liu Ting was killed! Who dare they be so arrogant in Hexi! Isn't this going against Liu Zhuan!
Liu Ting's death, these sedan chair men and this woman will not be able to escape Liu Ting's punishment, and they will accompany Liu Ting on the road.
"Who the hell are you! Someone come and take them down!" The woman roared in horror, but how moved these palanquin men saw a person who really dared to kill, and there were more people on the other side than herself, who was stupid.
"Go back and tell Liu Zhu, let him wait at home, and we will naturally go to meet him." Han Feng said to the woman.
Seeing the murderous aura in Han Feng's eyes, the woman guessed that this eighty percent was Liu Zhu's enemy, but who in Xia Country had the ability to dare to touch the Liu family? Could it be that they are the magnates of Hedong Shangmoss? But in the entire Xia Kingdom, there are almost no people who do not buy Liu Zhuan's account except for those soldiers, and there are almost no people who do not buy Liu Zhuan's account in the DPRK and China.
After answering Liu's house, Liu Zhu learned that his eldest son Liu Ting had been killed, and he was instantly furious, pulling the woman and saying, "Say!" Who the hell killed my son!"
Tears have appeared in the corners of Liu Zhu's eyes that have not been left for decades, this eldest son is Liu Zhu's baby, although he is frivolous by nature, but his mind is still very smart, especially in business and unspoken rules, these are better than other sons, and this son is most like himself, likes wives, and has dozens of aunts.
The woman trembled and said: "It's a man and a group of women, and the man said ~ he will go to the master's house to visit the master."
Liu Zhu looked at Liu Ting's body distressedly and said lightly: "Come and let her and Ting'er be buried together, if you don't let Ting'er go to the flower field, Ting'er won't die, you don't have anything to say!"
"Master~ Don't~ I don't want to die yet~ I'm still young!" The woman hugged Liu Zhu's thigh in fear, this was locked in a coffin with the dead and waiting for death, who could stand it.
But no matter how much the woman cried, it was useless, the coffin board that should be nailed was still nailed, and the woman could only watch in horror as the last ray of light disappeared, but she could do nothing.
"Who is so arrogant, daring to touch my son in the land west of the river, this is not to take me seriously!" Liu Zhu looked at the panicked sedan chair man and said.
"Master, those women all have swords in their hands, I'm afraid they are not ordinary people." The sedan chair man said.
"Even ~ all with swords!" Liu Zhu began to think.
In ancient times, there were not many women who could hold swords, except for the Jinyi Guard and the newly established women's legion, there were also a few generals, and almost no women went out with swords.
"It seems that it is the people of Hedong, since they are coming at me, I will let them know what it is to know what is coming and not returning!" Liu Zhu's eyes leaked the murderous light, and now he just wants to kill the murderer who killed his son.
At this time, Han Feng has come to Xidan City with everyone, the buildings here are prosperous, although they are not as good as Shang Moss in Jianxing, but they are also quite magnificent, especially the crowd here is much more than Shang Moss and Jianxing City.
As soon as you enter the city gate, you can see vendors selling fried shrimp, and a whole commercial street is formed, and most of the people in the city are merchants and eunuchs, and the rest are mostly coolies.
"Husband, I want to eat this!" Yun Qian stared at the fried shrimp very greedily, and couldn't wait to go up and grab a handful of them and eat them crazily.
Han Feng approached the fried shrimp and asked, "Boss, how do you sell this fried shrimp?"
The fried shrimp boss said: "Guest officer, this string of fried shrimp is ten dollars."
"Ten cents? So expensive! Your shrimp is not a big shrimp, it is all small shrimp, how can it be sold so expensive for four in one bunch!" Hanfeng is not about how expensive it is, but because he wants to know why it is expensive.
"I heard that the guest official's accent is from Hedong, you don't know, the food in our Xidan City is more expensive than Hedong and then everywhere, I am already cheap, and I can't make a penny on a string of shrimp." The shopkeeper said helplessly.
Under normal circumstances, one dollar can buy more than a dozen such shrimps, that is, the oil money is more expensive, and this one will definitely make more than one dollar.
"Oh~ Isn't this grain price uniform across the country?" Han Feng asked.
"Guest officer, if you buy me two strings of shrimp, I'll tell you!" The shopkeeper is also a shrewd person, this Han Feng is obviously just a cliché, so naturally he can't help but say so much in vain, at least let him earn a little.
"Okay~ Let's start with sixty strings, but you have to answer whatever I ask you!" Han Feng took out six hundred coins from his waist.
"Gotta ~ Guest, if you have anything you want to ask, just ask!" The store is happy to see the money, these sixty strings usually sell for a long time, and it is much easier to sell them out at one time.
"First of all, tell me why your food is so expensive here!" Hanfeng Road.
The shopkeeper sighed and said, "Isn't King Xia building a big project recently?"
"Huh? What does this have to do with construction? Han Feng was puzzled.
"Guest officer, let me finish my words first!" The store seems to have a lot to say.
"Okay, you say." Hanfeng and the others were in the shade of the tree next to them, drinking herbal tea and listening to the shopkeeper's explanation.
"This large-scale construction project was originally a good thing, almost all the people who were willing to contribute became rich, and there was more money in their pockets, so naturally there were a bunch of people who did not participate in farming in the first half of the year, and they all had to eat grain, and the amount of grain sold by this official family was limited every day.
It's not nice to say that you don't be the first to line up at the door of the store, you can't buy it at all, but this merchant is very rich in food, but the price is indeed five times that of the official family, everyone in Xidan City knows that this is the result of the collusion between the Liu family and Xidan Ling, and I don't know when it will be the head, fortunately, my family has some fields and fish ponds, otherwise I am afraid that I will have to do coolies. ”
When Han Feng heard it, it seemed that this Liu Zhu was still a cancer, and a clan member of the Han Emperor would go to my Xia Kingdom to spread wildness, and he dared to collude with my workers, this guy had to be disposed of.
"Then it seems that this Liu Zhu has a lot of power!" Hanfeng Road.
The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "It's not just big, whoever makes the family a relative of the Han Emperor, it is estimated that there are only a few people in the Xia Kingdom who don't take him seriously."
"Guest officer, your shrimp are all ready!" The shop starts the pot and sprinkles a layer of coarse salt.
"Coarse salt? Don't you have any fine salt here? "Han Feng remembered that both coarse salt and fine salt were allowed to be sold.
"Guest officer, you are a big family, where can we ordinary people afford to eat this fine salt, it is good to have coarse salt." Shopkeeper Road.
"How expensive can fine salt be?" Han Feng was very puzzled, the price of coarse salt and fine salt in Shang Moss was at most one or two times worse.
"Ten dollars of coarse salt is a small bag, and a hundred dollars of fine salt is not as much as the amount of coarse salt, so we people naturally save a little." The shopkeeper's words revealed helplessness, who let the fine salt in Hexi be in the hands of the Liu family.
Fang Meng suddenly felt a little itchy on his body, and Han Feng walked in and said, "Meng, where are you itching, I'll help you!"
"Husband, it seems that the whole body is itchy, is it a problem with this shrimp!" Fang Meng looked at the shrimp road suspiciously.
The shrimp seller was scared at the time, and these people looked like a big family, and if they sued the government for a problem, they would definitely suffer.
After a while, Fang Meng had a lot of red spots on his body, and Han Feng knew that this guy was allergic, fortunately, it was not very serious, and it would generally be fine after a while.
"Have you ever eaten shrimp before?" Hanfeng Road.
"No~ my father has been strict since he was a child, these things come out or we will eat them."
Han Feng grabbed Fang Meng's hand that was about to continue to scratch the itch and said, "Bear with me, it's just a slight allergy, don't scratch it yet, it'll be fine after a while."