This shopkeeper seems to have a very strong conversation, not to mention that he is the person who is the best at observing words and feelings, seeing that Chen Kaizhi and others listened with relish, he continued: "In this world, as long as you can count the commercial goods, in our Jibei, you can always find them, as many as you want, son, think about it, this person who does business, is he still willing to wade through thousands of mountains and rivers in vain, and go to various places to buy special products?" ”

Chen Kaizhi nodded slightly, in later generations, there may be no concept of special products, this is because in the era of science and technology, due to the good logistics system, it is almost difficult to find so-called specialties everywhere in the world, and the so-called specialties are used by businessmen to fool consumers.

But in this era, it is completely different, almost across a state and a county, each has its own local products, people in Jiangnan want to buy Shu brocade, people in Guanzhong want to buy Hudi fur, Shu people want to buy ginseng from Lelang County, these ...... It's almost impossible.

Although there will also be businessmen who go north and south, but now it is different.

By encouraging commerce and trade, and because of the mastery of the world's most urgently needed refined salt, such necessities, coupled with the world-famous steel, so that the world's merchants from all countries and states have to come here to buy, since they want to come, naturally will not come empty-handed, of course, will traffic some local goods by the way, so, the world's strange goods, gather Jibei.

Then, a new economic situation has emerged, when people find that if they want to buy ginseng, they don't have to go to Lelang, they don't have to go to Lelang, they don't have to go out of the customs to the Hu people's gathering place to ask for goods, they don't have to go to the country of abundance, they just need to come to Jibei, they can buy it, so ...... Jibei is no longer just attracting those salt and iron dealers, but businessmen all over the world, no matter what kind of business they do, they can't get around Jibei.

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "So in the city of Jibei, there are four cities in the southeast, northwest and northwest, and in the middle, it is not the official office, but the four seas, what is the four seas, in fact, it is the façade, there are more than 3,000 stores, the world's commercial houses, no matter which country they come from, but all the big businessmen will rent a façade there to display their goods, because there are too many traveling merchants who pour into Jibei every year, what do they want, just go to the four seas, you can choose your favorite, ordinary people rarely go there, But the merchants are there, but they can seize the business opportunities, not only that, Jibei to the east of five miles, has opened up the canal, and by the seaport, the road has also been built, there, the warehouse gathered, countless merchants will bring local goods, but they are all rented there warehouse, the goods are temporarily piled there, if the son is interested, you can also go there to see. ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Not only that, but also the spices of Sumatra, the treasures of Luzon, and even the strange and ingenious skills of the Francophiles......

"There are also Franc machines and Western cargo?" Chen Kaizhi seems to be more interested, at this time, the West does not refer to Europe, but to the so-called South Seas in later generations, and as for Franco, it seems to be the general name of the Far West.

"Yes, yes, yes, whatever." The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly.

Chen Kaizhi's jaw, at this time, the dishes have been served, everyone moved the chopsticks, Deng Jian is still the same, as soon as he sees the dishes on the table, he can't help but move his index finger, but Chen Zhenjing is subtle, and Na Yan Shenggong is worried, just barely ate two bites.

After eating and drinking, he continued to set off, Chen Kaizhi was in the carriage, squinting and napping, and further on, Naji Beicheng was in sight.

This city is close to the seashore and relies on the Yellow River and canals, and the three rivers converge, and there is no city wall in the city...... The city wall is really unnecessary, not because there are no security concerns, but the scale of the city is constantly expanding, so that the construction of the city wall can not catch up with the expansion of the urban area, not to mention, such a commercial city, the most important thing, is the traffic in the city extends in all directions, once the city wall is built, it will inevitably cause traffic inconvenience, Chen Kaizhi had an order, not to build the city wall for the time being.

Chen Zhenjing and the others looked at the outline of the city from a distance, and they were also surprised, they originally thought that Jibei should be a barren land, because they thought that back then, when Da Chen recaptured the three mansions of Jibei, it was indeed ten rooms and nine emptiness, but who would have thought that ...... When I saw it today, I found that it was not the case at all.

This seems to be a grander city than Luoyang, with people one after another, cars and horses, countless buildings, along with the road that has been planned, extending to the horizon, noisy sounds, without stopping, on the straight road, people walk extremely fast, and in the distance, there is a thick smoke billowing from the chimney of the workshop.

Chen Zhenjing doesn't like it very much, the feeling he feels here is too noisy.

But even so, he still had to realize that this city that rose from the ground, compared with Luoyang, although it is less majestic and solemn, it has more prosperity.

The people who enter and leave the city have no distractions, and there are people wearing short shirts everywhere, and there are only very few Confucian scholars who wear long robes, and they are in a hurry, and they seem to have a goal, so they refuse to even look sideways at those who enter and leave the city.

Here with the street, distinguish a square-shaped neighborhood, and each neighborhood, seems to have its own style, some of the neighborhood, is the Yan businessmen gathered, some are the Jiangnan businessmen live together, and some are dense buildings, it seems that the craftsmen here live.

The streets are guarded by officers who are vigilant but hardly disturb pedestrians.

At this time, a team of people came, more than a dozen people, around a car, the car stopped, one person got out of the car, saw Chen Kaizhi, stepped forward quickly, and saluted: "Minister Yang Biao, I have seen Your Majesty." ”

Yang Biao......

The dignified cabinet scholar, and most importantly, is still stationed in Jibei, in fact, the real manager of the entire Jibei, he came to greet the saint, just a carriage and horses, with a dozen servants, in this bustling street, it is really capricious......

Chen Zhenjing's eyes were a little straight.

Unexpectedly, Chen Kaizhi smiled and looked very happy, and helped Yang Biao up: "Mr. Yang, don't be polite, I'm still thinking about when I can see Mr., haha, let's go, take me for a walk." ”

Chen Kaizhi looked back and glanced at Chen Zhenjing: "Uncle Huang will also take someone to stay, let's go our separate ways." ”

Chen Zhen nodded in a hurry: "Obey." ”

He understands that everything His Majesty said is simple, it is really everything simple, and he can't wait for a discount, and these observation groups he brought with him must not expect any better treatment, you see, even Yang Biao is so capricious, do others dare to usurp it?

Chen Kaizhi led Deng Jian and others to hang out in Jibei with Yang Biao.

Each area here, there is a special division, from the business district, to the workshop area, to the neighborhood of life, but unfortunately, the distance is too far, the scale of Jibei, is no less than Luoyang with a population of hundreds of thousands, Chen Kaizhi is just a look, the first time to come, I only feel that everywhere is lively, although it is full of interest, but I can't see anything.

It was Deng Jian, who seemed very interested and looked around.

And the Holy Father of Nayan, obediently followed, he didn't even dare to reveal his identity, he only felt that he was coerced to come, insulting his ancestors, seeing this noisy place, his heart was disgusted to the extreme, especially when he looked at it, he was a businessman who must be compared, and he felt even more disgusted. But he didn't dare to make a sound, and forcibly endured the unhappiness in his heart.

Seeing this, Yang Biao said, "Your Majesty might as well go to the mansion to sit and sit ......" After a pause, he looked at Chen Kai deeply and said in a low voice: "Mr. Fang arrived the day before yesterday." ”

Has Uncle Shi arrived?

Chen Kaizhi smiled in his heart, his face was silent, all the way to the mansion, next door to this mansion, is the mansion of the university scholar Yang Biao, here seems very simple, except for a few soldiers, and the ordinary mansion is no different, Chen Kaizhi followed Yang Biao in, to the study, just sat down, that Deng Jian and Yan Shenggong have been arranged to go, only Mr. Yan came in, Yang Biao immediately said: "Your Majesty, about the meaning of Your Majesty's secret decree, the minister and the local Jinyi Wei Qianhu, have begun to investigate, A total of dozens of large businessmen in the refined salt workshop were listed, and then, they were screened, and one big man was really found to be the most suspicious. ”

Chen Kaiyi drank tea and said with great interest: "You go on." ”

Yang Biao said: "This person's name is Jiang Hai, in recent years, they have been buying in large quantities, just say last year, he was in Jibei, he bought 45,000 catties of refined salt, not only that, in Jibei, he also bought silk, porcelain, ironware and even cloth, even sometimes the price is high, he doesn't care, just blindly hoarding goods, other businessmen, although they also buy goods on a large scale, such as Wang Jin, a businessman in Beiyan, this person is a strong man in the state, and the royal family of Beiyan also has some relationship, although he is a large-scale acquisition, but after all, as early as in Beiyan, There are special sales channels, and as for other large commercial houses, the flow of goods, whether bright or dark, more or less, can be traced. Only this river and sea, on the surface is the businessmen of the Yue country, in order to hide people's eyes and ears, the minister has verified, indeed in the Yue country, there are many industries, especially in the Qiantang Suzhou and Hangzhou area, but this is just a disguise, in fact, his goods, so far I don't know where to go, the minister in order to just in case, has already let Jinyiwei continue to verify in Suzhou and Hangzhou, want to come, soon after, there are eyebrows. ”

Chen Kaizhi nodded, in fact, if Yang Taigong's overseas business is found out, it can be inferred that although Yang Taigong has a monopoly on sea trade, the essence of sea trade lies in the exchange of knowledge, so it is easy to guess that they need to secretly purchase bulk goods in Jibei.

From this, it is inferred that since it is necessary to purchase large quantities of goods and sell them overseas, then this unique refined salt in Jibei must be the goal that Yang Taigong is aiming to achieve, and it is actually very easy. Following this line of thought, it is actually not difficult to follow the vine.