Chapter 1034

Over the past year or so, after Wang Yang's hard work, North Shaanxi Road is no longer as sparsely populated as it was at the beginning, and all industries have withered.

The population of the six states of North Shaanxi Road is still in a stage of rapid growth, taking Yanzhou and Hongzhou, two emerging commercial cities on North Shaanxi Road, as examples.

Yanzhou's permanent population has reached 380,000, while Hongzhou's population is slightly lower, with a population of nearly 350,000. With the best-selling cotton cloth and various cotton products and green salt on the North Shaanxi Road, as well as the trade exchanges with the Western Regions, there are almost 70,000 foreigners who are resident on the North Shaanxi Road, and there are nearly 50,000 in Hongzhou.

Here in Hongzhou, there will be two auctions every month, each time there will be an auction of ten Yuanyou self-striking bells, and the transaction price of a single Yuanyou self-striking bell is about 1,500 to 3,000 yuan.

Every time a large self-striking bell is released, it will be snatched up. Many big food merchants brought a large amount of gold and silver, as well as specialties from the Western Regions, just to be able to exchange for such a chiming bell and transport it back to the Western Regions or even further west to sell.

The prosperity of commerce and trade in the northern part of Shaanxi Road, whether it is the Liao State, or the Western Xia, or Liu Zhi, who is in charge of Shaanxi Road in the south, are all red-eyed and green-eyed.

But they are helpless, after all, the salt pond is in Yanzhou, and the Yuanyou self-striking bell is an exclusive patent, if you want to imitate, hehe, with the level of craftsmen in this era, it is impossible to imitate it in a short period of time.

As for cotton products, because Wang Yang made a statement to the Son of Heaven, he made a great statement. Therefore, the Son of Heaven also issued a special edict strictly prohibiting all localities from changing grain fields to cotton, but if there is a problem, then you officials will have to bear the main responsibility.

He even ordered the disposal of two governors and seven magistrates, all of whom were dismissed from office and never recounted, and all the fields that were replanted with cotton were cut off......

The Son of Heaven's quick knife cutting through the mess made the magistrates in the northwest understand that the Son of Heaven was not just talking, and the originally floating people's hearts were directly cold with the fall of the nine officials.

This made the surrounding officials, although their eyes were red with jealousy, they could only watch the North Shaanxi Road get rich.

Fortunately, there are also organic characters, such as several states and counties further west, which are not very suitable for all kinds of food, but there is no problem with growing cotton.

Therefore, the states and counties bordering the Western Regions have also begun to grow cotton, but they are still cautious, using wasteland that is not suitable for all kinds of food.

Most of the cotton they harvest will be transported to North Shaanxi Road for sale, because they do not have as much water as the Wuding River on North Shaanxi Road, and can only rely on the manpower and machinery purchased from North Shaanxi Road to carry out small-scale workshop-style production.

In short, everything is developing in a good way on North Shaanxi Road, and the efforts of Wang Daguan and the officials of North Shaanxi Road are not in vain.

In addition, the Chang'an Bank on North Shaanxi Road obtained nearly 3 million yuan in deposits last year, lent 1.8 million yuan, and earned a lot of money.

Students are being recruited from that technical school, and I am afraid that by the middle of this year at the latest, the application will be submitted to the North Shaanxi Road Banking Regulatory Commission.

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Shopkeeper Liu of the Youzhou branch of the Zhao family's shop sat on a big car and walked out of the Youzhou city gate leisurely, followed by six big cars, and each big car was supported by four strong men.

On top of each cart, there is also a dart flag, which is a convoy escorted by the Youzhou Yongsheng Dart Bureau. The land of the six states of the North Shaanxi Road borders the Northern Liao and Western Xia, and there are often bandits and thieves who plunder.

Although the army of the Northern Song Dynasty was often wiped out and was much more peaceful, there were still some blind guys who wanted to do businessless business, and the dart game naturally came into being.

For the sake of safety, he specially found the more famous Yongsheng Dart Bureau in Youzhou to escort him, and the bodyguards of the Yongsheng Dart Bureau are all elites in the Xiang Army, and most of them are strong men who have seen blood on the battlefield.

Looking at the more than 20 people with bows and knives on their backs, their eyes looked around vigilantly, and two of them were the leaders of the horseback, seeing such a battle, although he felt sorry for the two hundred dart fees, but when he thought of the value of the six carts of goods behind him, the shopkeeper Zhao was finally a little relieved.

No matter what, it's always good to be able to buy a peace of mind, if there are really blind thieves and robbers, just rely on those shop guys Ma Ling, then only have the share of delivering food, in case these goods worth nearly 10,000 yuan are lost, I'm afraid that my shopkeeper will do the end.

It's just that Shopkeeper Zhao didn't notice at all that not long after his team left Youzhou City, two more horses galloped out, one was far behind the convoy, and the other rode towards the north and then galloped east......

Xiazhou Anding Fort, the guard of Anding Fort, Ye Bo Sheng, is shirtless at the moment, practicing arrows in front of the martial arts training ground in the fort, every arrow will hit the bull's-eye, provoking the warm cheers of the soldiers around him.

More than ten arrows in a row, almost hitting the bull's-eye, which also made Ye Bosheng more and more proud in his heart, but at this time, he saw his henchman's subordinate Ye Luyong hurrying over to this side, and threw the hard bow in his hand into the hands of the guards beside him.

"General...... There will be an important matter to report to you. After Ye Luyong came to the front and saluted, his eyes swept over the guards around him.

"Well, you come with me, you don't have to follow." Ye Bosheng waved his hand to his side, stopped the guards around him from following, and after standing on the side of the clearing with Na Yelu Yong, he raised his chin and motioned for this guy to continue.

"The people sent by the last general have just sent back the news, and today the Zhao family firm is transporting a batch of fine silk that has just been shipped to Youzhou to Yanzhou, I am afraid that the value is at least this ......."

Ye Bosheng saw Yelu Yong's shaking gesture, and couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly. "Are you going to Yanzhou? How many people ......"

"Yongsheng Dart Bureau sent more than 20 executioners, together with Ma Ling, the Zhao family's own guards, and the shopkeeper of the firm, that is, forty-two people. It is precisely because of the high value of this goods that the shopkeeper of the Zhao family firm personally came forward to lead the team......"

"The last general's subordinates, there are still people who have been embellished, and they will leave marks along the way."

"Are you sure that this trip won't be as empty as the previous one?" Ye Bo Sheng rubbed his fingers, his gaze swept over the soldiers who were practicing riding and archery in the distance, and lowered his voice.

"Don't worry, general, this time we are absolutely sure, last time, we didn't expect that we would just meet the patrol of the Song army."

Ye Bo Sheng hesitated for a while, but he couldn't resist the persuasion of Ye Lu Yong, or rather, couldn't withstand the temptation of those possessions, and finally punched him in the thigh. "Well, let's try again today."