Chapter 18: Surprises
The degree of urbanization in the Song Dynasty is quite high, according to historical records, there should be more than 22%, even higher than when it was just liberated, it was much higher, when it was just liberated, the level of urbanization was at most 10%, which is also the source of a billion people and 900 million peasants, most of the peasants were firmly tied to the land, but then the earlier Song Dynasty, more than 1000 years ago, began the process of urbanization, more than 1 million, 2 million cities in the world, are in China, in the Song Dynasty this period appeared, Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty reached a population of 1.4 million at its peak, and Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty even exceeded 2.5 million in population. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In order to support such a huge population, after all, the countryside can grow grain and vegetables, but the urban population, without such an output under the premise, can only rely on a few purchases, urbanization, providing them with a lot of job opportunities, take the current wharf in Nanle, dock porters, can earn 70 to 100 Wen a day, such a level, a month is 2 to 3 runs, even higher than the forbidden army, the forbidden army can rely on the Lulu, in Bianliang to feed a family, these porters can also do, But this is okay, not like Bianliang, living in the city, but outside the city.
A large number of people are concentrated in the city, and there is also the birth of vegetable farmers who appear specifically for the city, in the village near the city wall, they are gradually formed in a long time, where the vegetable garden itself is located, close to the city, the vegetable garden is very much, which is better than planting other grains, but the labor is relatively large, not like growing grain, only when the farm is busy, will concentrate on the work, in most cases, the labor force is not strong, to grow vegetables is not good, weeding, Removing insects, intermittent travel, harvesting, and meager income, but it is a huge investment. The tradition of the Chinese is hard work, and it is precisely the countless hard-working Chinese who have created the brilliant Chinese civilization.
After knowing that it was there, everyone's speed increased, Shi Yong took Zhao Xin straight to the destination, and the place where he asked them for directions was not very far, it was next to a small forest about 3 miles from the inner city, and it was exactly in the same direction as the wharf, and it was about two miles away from the wharf.
Only in a super city like Bianliang, there will be a special vegetable market in the city, most of the small and medium-sized cities, the vegetable market is not in the city, the vegetable market is in a convenient place, in order to sell a little vegetables, run to the city, it is not a cost-effective thing, as long as the process of carrying the goods, according to the number of goods, must pay the city fee, but when the people in the city go back, as long as they carry part of the household registration, they do not have to pay, because there is only more than one class, most of them are rich families, and even official eunuchs, There are inextricable links in the city.
The vegetable market is placed outside the city, it does not take much effort, the dignitaries, there will come out to buy vegetables, most of them are servants and subordinates, Nanle County is the upper county, the simple inner city is very small, 400 meters long, from the city to the outside of the city, walk a few minutes to arrive, most of the people in the inner city, are running to the outer city to buy.
Bypassing the grove, on both sides of a simple road, behind a whole row of trees, the noise came, Zhao Xin found that it was indeed very lively, just like the rural market, the vegetable farmers in dozens of villages around, plus some other small businesses related to food, most of them put their stalls here, a basket of vegetables, or half a pig, a few chickens and ducks, it constitutes all of the stalls, which is a spontaneous market formed by hundreds of people, selling meat, buying vegetables, and even because of the large number of people, there are also those who sell simple food, They are all farmers in the neighborhood, making some simple food, such as noodles, etc., and this part of the people, together with the people who buy vegetables, form a crowded market.
Different from Fang City, this is a spontaneous market, there are not so many government personnel, there is only one servant, each stall charges a small fee, but for the fixed stalls, on the market, there are not many such fixed stalls, only more than 20 looks, the whole market, is centered on this, some spontaneous, just one or two baskets of vegetables, no one cares about them, looking at different kinds of vegetables, Zhao Xin's eyes flashed red light, these vegetables, It represents a number of cards that light up one by one. Most of these vegetables are grown by vegetable farmers, there is no so-called out-of-season vegetables, or other continents, they are all native to the Central Plains, what is in season, three or five eggplants, a few cucumbers, and some green vegetables that cannot be named, and even wild vegetables.
There are not many varieties of vegetables, fortunately, there are some wild vegetables and the like, which contributed more than 70 lights to Zhao Xin, the lighting of the card is not only the vegetables themselves, in the process of lighting up the cards, by the way, there are some baskets, baskets and the like, there are some head flower ornaments handkerchiefs and the like, within 1 meter, as far as the eye can see, can be lit, the more people, the more so, Zhao Xin is in the excitement, flashing non-stop, a vegetable market shopping, more than 300 lights, more than the vegetables themselves.
The vegetable market is not big, slowly moving forward along the road, almost ten minutes, he walked over, the number of lights made him very satisfied, after coming out, when he walked into the county, Zhao Xin was where there were more people, and a few people who were protected were a little helpless, including Sun Ji, slightly shrunk a little, from the original 100 meters or so, narrowed to 70 meters.
Zhao Xincai doesn't care so much, after transformation, his strength and speed are the basic values, thinking that he is too young, he has not reached the ordinary standard, but in terms of ear power, eyesight, and even some feelings, he has exceeded the standards of ordinary people, and like Sun Ji, he has become a superman in a sense, he is confident, when the killer is approaching, he feels his hostility, plus someone to protect him, so he is so bold, and the bold result is that he has gained a lot, and he has not yet walked to the gate of the city, and more than 500 have been lit, Most of them are useless, such as copper coins, Jiaozi, clothes, shoes and socks, bracelets and the like, and some raw materials, these lit things, let Zhao Xin feel that venturing into the county is the most correct choice, this is just the beginning, there will be more shops in the city, from the south to the north, and even imported products, there will be a huge harvest today, a thousand lit foundations, it is really an underestimate of the prosperity of the county.
In the wandering, Zhao Xin noticed the location of Sun Ji and others, the war system was turned on, located 500 meters around him, and a game map would be formed, Sun Ji was about 100 meters around him, and now it has been reduced to about 70 meters, 70 meters seems far away, that is for ordinary people, most of the people in later generations, the speed of a hundred meters is about 13 seconds, this is also the average number of people in the prime of life, Sun Ji's speed is 3, Xue Yu and them, slightly weaker than Sun Ji, not much weaker, In the supermen who are far more powerful than ordinary people, once anything happens, as long as the two Xiao Si can give them time to buy four or five breaths, with their speed, they can come to Zhao Xin in a very short time, and the speed of 100 meters will definitely be within 5 seconds.
What surprised Zhao Xin was that they didn't follow them all the time, their positions were constantly changing, some fast and some slow, in short, at least to ensure that the two of them were in a relatively close place and did not attract the attention of others. Sure enough, it is not a loss to be on duty in front of the emperor, this is the ability to specially train for protection, plus Zhao Xin's hunch ability is much higher than usual, it should be enough to ensure safety.
The only thing that makes Zhao Xin dissatisfied is that these protectors have not walked very close to Zhao Xin, after coming out, Sun Ji and they will definitely carry weapons, whether they are with imperial weapons, or with golden guns, they are not simple generals, the protectors are very professional, and the weapons they carry are probably also related to these, compared to the crowd coming and going on the street, he is more interested in them, on the surface, they can't see anything, wide clothes and hats, are good places to hide weapons, What will be inside, it must be not a simple weapon, or even a treasure.
Among the card system cards, there are war cards, and there are also war resident cards in the resident cards, so there must be weapon cards, in terms of the current situation, compared to food and other materials, weapon cards are more useful, under the premise of current means, he can't make more changes, weapons are the best way to improve strength. The weapons in the hands of the Golden Gun Class and the Imperial Weapons are not ordinary products, perhaps, they can still be called treasures, such things, one more thing can have a huge effect, not to mention four or five people, four or five weapons, once copied on a large scale, it will definitely play a pivotal role.