Development is inevitably impossible for all places to go hand in hand.

Maybe it's because of policy, maybe it's because of geography, maybe it's because of the place itself.

History has long proven that there will always be a variety of places, for various reasons, that eventually lead to falling behind, or even completely unable to keep up.

And this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, and Li Yuanji can only express his helplessness in this regard.

What else can I do but be helpless?

I remember that in the later generations, a certain place was developed with the aura of a special zone at the beginning, but because of some local customs, coupled with the idea of being in charge, and the geographical location that did not occupy an absolute advantage, the entire special zone was reduced to a place that was not even as good as a second-tier city in just twenty or thirty years.

Reform is to enable more people to live happier lives.

But now Jingyang's situation is not what I want to see, but there is no way, looking at the economy around the capital in the future, you can basically see the helplessness now.

To be honest, Jingyang can have the courage to come up with the decision to reduce the price of the overnight stay, which has actually exceeded Li Yuanji's expectations, although the effect is not good, but this style still makes Li Yuanji appreciate it.

If it weren't for this private visit to Weifu, I'm afraid I wouldn't have noticed these things, and the spies below would have no intention of paying attention to these trivial things.

"In this way, Jingyang's position is indeed very embarrassing." Li Yuanji pretended to sigh helplessly, wanting to continue to inquire about Min Xian's thoughts.

Liu Shan is not Min Xian, but he is in charge of the registration at the city gate, and he has to meet with Min Xian every day to report his work, so these people will always know some insider information more or less.

"You can't rob it, the geographical location is here, and the caravan can certainly have less money to stay overnight in Jingyang, but those locations have been fixed, and coming here means that they will have to walk twenty miles more that day, so more people will still stay in Sanyuan, and there are many caravans there, and any news can be exchanged together, and even barter directly is more convenient than here." Liu Shan also sighed, he saw the situation in Jingyang very clearly.

I feel that Liu Shan's stability is not like what a person of this age should have, and his analysis of the whole thing is relatively in place, although he lacks the ability to cope, he can't look at everyone from the perspective of a big bull, after all, every big cow has grown up like this.

Just like Ma Zhou, his performance in the first few years was very unsatisfactory, and it was not until the second year in Zhenbei that he really opened his mind, and since then he has been flying up a thousand miles a day.

Liu Shan's words basically proved Jingyang's current thoughts and attitudes, everything that should be understood is understood, everything that should be asked is asked, there is no way, or no.

After a few words with Liu Shanhan, Li Yuanji led the horse around the city alone.

There are praises and regrets.

After a circle, I saw a lot of places, and I also saw a lot of people and things, for Jingyang, Li Yuanji's rest is only helpless and regretful, but for what Min Xian did, Li Yuanji still recognizes.

I saw with my own eyes the conditions of the houses provided for the caravan to stay overnight, and they were not the best, but they were very clean, the hot water was on call, and it was free, and the price of the room was also very low, only five dollars a night, and it was said that houses with the same conditions in other places cost eight or nine dollars a night.

The rations provided to the horses and livestock were of good quality and much cheaper than in other places, and people were specially hired to take care of them.

The service preparation is very good, the conditions are not satisfactory, but it is far from disappointing, at least this kind of condition, Li Yuanji feels that he can accept it.

In addition to the separate rooms, also provide bunks, the conditions of hygiene and everything are also very good, although not as good as the guest rooms, but the advantage is cheap, it is the place where the accompanying caravan laborers live, the fee is per person, no one only needs a penny per night.

But even so, business here is still not very good.

After inquiring casually, I learned that the flow of customers here has never been full, most of the time there are more than half of the vacant rooms, and sometimes I can't even rent a house for a day.

In addition to the depression of overnight stays, there is also a significant depression throughout the county.

Although the streets are clean, they are either people in a hurry, children playing bored, or elderly people sitting under the eaves basking in the sun.

All in all, after this trip, there is only one feeling for Li Yuanji, and this place is suitable for the elderly.

It is just the atmosphere that is suitable for retirement, but the location and other conditions here determine that this is by no means a place for retirement.

Having lunch in Jingyang County can be regarded as making some contributions to Jingyang's financial revenue.

In the afternoon, Li Yuanji left Jingyang and went straight to Sanyuan, twenty miles away.

On the way, I met a lot of caravans in a hurry, just like Liu Shan said, they were all in a hurry, taking advantage of the dark to enter Chang'an, and then save the cost of the night.

There were also some unhurried caravans, which looked like they had decided to stay in Jingyang for the night.

The number of caravans means prosperity or not, and the faster the flow of goods, the better the economy.

Looking at the scattered caravans, he could see a caravan almost every few moments, Li Yuanji was happy in his heart, at least it proved that the reform was feasible and effective, as for the situation in Jingyang, it was only the negative effect of the reform.

Twenty miles of travel can't take too long, after leaving Jingyang, in less than an hour, Li Yuanji, who was not in a hurry, had already arrived here.

Indeed, as Liu Shan said, Sanyuan, a place less than 20 miles away from Jingyang, was not as good as Jingyang, but now it is very different from Jingyang.

There were not many caravans in the city, and it was a little empty, but there were many pedestrians and vendors on the streets.

You don't have to ask to guess why.

The caravan that stayed overnight yesterday is gone, and the overnight stayer has not yet arrived, and the most lively thing here is not during the day, but at night.

But there is also a curfew at night, so more things are concentrated in the period before dark and before the curfew begins.

"Childe, the room has been booked." After receiving the news, Ma Wu said in a low voice.

After leaving Jingyang, Ma Wu stayed with Li Yuanji throughout the whole process, the kind of thing that made him act alone, Ma Wu was not very at ease anyway.

"Well, let someone lead the horse first, let's take a look first." Li Yuanji nodded and didn't say anything more.

Because I want to stay overnight, because of my identity, there are some things that can't be avoided no matter how much you avoid them.

The entire inn was packed, not a bag, but a room for each person, or a room for two people, and these guards were enough to fill an entire inn, and there were even some shortcomings.

This is still a private visit, Li Yuanji only brought a small number of guards, if it is a formal trip, it will be to build a palace.

Therefore, in ancient times, the emperor's travel was a very loser's behavior, because the cost of his trip, if it was a bad year, even the treasury could hardly support this expenditure.

"Take a walk, take a look, walk by and don't miss ......"

Seeing people passing by, some of the vendors began to sell, while others just looked at it, and then went about their own business, or stole for a while.

Those people obviously decided that a rich kid like Li Yuanji would look down on his cheap goods.

As it turned out, they were right and wrong.

That's right, because after going around the small Sanyuan, Li Yuanji still didn't buy anything empty-handed.

What's wrong is that Li Yuanji didn't look down on anyone at all, because he didn't come to shop, so he could only be empty-handed.

"It seems that there are still a lot of capable people!" Looking at the small market in front of him, Li Yuanji said he was very satisfied.

"They must have been to the north of the town!" Ma Wu followed closely and said, this is like a miniature version of the Zhenbei Market.

"Imitation is also a way out, but copying can only be a dead end, from this point of view, the Sanyuan County Order still has some brains." Li Yuanji continued.

This is a miniature version of the Zhenbei Market, and even the name is copied, but it has been changed to the Sanyuan Market.

The scale is not large, there is a whole open space inside, about the size of an acre of land, because it is daytime, so there is not much traffic, but there are also individual caravans in it that park their carriages and set up stalls.

There are officials standing guard at the door, and there are some civil officials in charge of registration, and the functions here are almost the same as those of the Zhenbei Market, but because it is not far from Chang'an, many things cannot be copied.

This is not so much a miniature version of the Zhenbei Market, but a refined version of the Zhenbei Market.

This is the answer of Li Yuanji after asking many people, and at the same time he has a more affirmative idea in his heart, no wonder Jingyang can't compete for Sanyuan, just a geographical location can make Jingyang can't fight no matter how much effort he puts in, unless Sanyuan dies himself, but that is obviously unlikely.

The new tax system does not prohibit caravans from selling along the way, it doesn't matter if they sell, just report and pay taxes, in principle, where they are sold, they will pay taxes to whomever they want, and when they arrive at the place, they can take out the tax payment certificate.

This method is also destined to make the caravan's trade more flexible, rather than being limited to only two points of trade.

Sanyuan County is to grasp this point, the caravan from the south to the north, there will always be a lack of something, even if there is no shortage, there is no harm in coming here to take a stroll, it is a transaction between merchants, because there is no cost such as a house, so the cost of goods is lower than that of Chang'an, if you buy a transaction, there is still a profit.

And it is also possible to barter goods here, provided that both parties want each other's goods and are satisfied with the price, so that they only need to pay the same amount of money to pay taxes, and the government will also issue a new general for the goods.

Although he already understood the pattern here, Li Yuanji was still very curious: "Come here at night and have a look." ”