Chapter 148: The Great Zhou of Heavy Agriculture and Light Commerce

In the center of the city, a wide courtyard attracted everyone's attention, the courtyard was huge, and a four-storey inn was built inside, and the huge plaque read "Shenglong Inn".

"Shenglong Inn, so magnificent!"

Zhang Xing praised again and again.

"Four floors, yes, this Shenglong name should be the same as our Shenglong Commercial Bank in Tianshui."

Four-story buildings, which are rare in this era without stone and cement, are partly wooden houses, and it is very difficult for wooden houses to build a height of five or six zhang, even if they are successfully built, a gust of wind will uproot them, which is not practical at all, and only low wooden houses can withstand strong winds.

Of course, the battlements of the castle towers are made of fired green bricks, but this kind of green bricks are several feet square, very heavy, not suitable for building houses, but this Shenglong Inn is four stories high, and it is built with a mixture of red bricks and wood.

This red brick is made of a kind of clay, small and light, but the cost is very high, generally only the nobles can use, this Shenglong inn can use red bricks, which is enough to show their wealth, and the word "Shenglong", also illustrates the identity of the inn, legend has it that this is the industry of the richest man in the world, Fan Li, naturally to be high-spirited.

"Let's stay at this Shenglong Inn!"

The group led the horses into the courtyard, and the two men were immediately greeted at the door.

"A few officials, are you staying here or using food!"

The two guys asked in the Central Plains dialect with a hint of local vernacular, and nodded respectfully to them, with a hint of caution in their expressions, this is not because Shenglong Inn has a customer-oriented business philosophy, but they can see that the other party's clothing is from the official family, and they dare not easily offend the official family.

Liu Yuetian was wearing a black dress, the black clothes were printed with a little white pattern, and the fabric workmanship was very exquisite, far from being comparable to the folk cloth shop, Zhang Xingsan was also dressed in the same way, with a few white lines on a black background, these clothes were still brought by Liu Yuetian when he came to Tianshui from Chang'an, naturally not ordinary people can wear them, these guys have extraordinary eyesight, and they can see at a glance that it is a special service made by the official family.

In fact, Liu Yuetian and they were like this everywhere they came all the way, and every inn was very enthusiastic when they saw them, and they didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.

Just like Liu Yuetian's Tianshui, when Liu Yuan was in power, the merchants lived with their tails between their legs, and they didn't dare to speak up even if Liu Yuan bullied them

Since ancient times, the Great Zhou Dynasty has emphasized agriculture over commerce, and imposed a fifty percent tax on merchants, which can be described as a heavy tax.

Of course, now the peasant households are also levied fifty percent of the tax, but this is the result of the decay of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the past ten years, you must know that when King Wu of Zhou established the Great Zhou, the agricultural tax in the whole world was only thirty percent, this policy has been changed until the current Zhou King Liu Sheng, especially after Liang Ji took power.

The main reason for vigorously developing agriculture is naturally to collect more grain, so that people can have enough to eat, the army can fight with peace of mind, and the country will be stable.

Of course, in Liu Yuetian's view, the fundamental reason for the country to vigorously develop agriculture is that there is a shortage of grain, Tianshui is close to the Jinsha River, and it is also an important base for grain production, but every year per mu is at most only one to two loads of harvest, Luoyang in the Central Plains is close to the Yellow River, and the climate is much better than Tianshui, but the maximum yield is two loads per mu in a year, and the two loads are only 200 catties, and it is still far from enough for more and more people to eat, so the imperial court wants to let the people grow more grain, as for the merchants, although the Great Zhou Dynasty suppressed it with heavy taxes, But after all, there are still many commodities, such as silk, tea, cotton, ceramics, etc., so they are not all wiped out.

In recent years, with the gradual decline of Da Zhou's control, a large number of merchants began to appear in many places, after all, doing business is more income than growing grain, and now the taxes on merchants and farmers are about the same, who doesn't want to live better?

Especially in Dawu, there is no shortage of food at all, but also rich in tea, fish and shrimp, in addition to the smooth waterway, the north-south thoroughfare, no business are a waste of this natural advantage, a large number of merchants will sell grain and tea to the outside, bring back real money and silver, Wu Wang then use these silver to buy weapons and horses to equip the troops, it can be described as a win-win situation, over time here has become a holy place for merchants, when Liu Yuetian wanted to buy the required materials, the first thing that came to mind was Dawu.

"Hehe, why do you two know that we are from Chang'an?"

Liu Yuetian asked with a smile.

"Hehe, this is not difficult for the villain, all the adults are tall, much stronger than our locals, and the accent is also full of officialness, and the appearance is dignified, with a hint of majesty............ Besides, our Jiujiang is already in the season of spring flowers, and a few of them are dressed ......... Although it is an official service, it is not appropriate here! ”

One of the guys replied with a smile.

"Good eyesight, that's right, we came from Chang'an, I heard that the scenery of Jiujiang is beautiful, I want to play for a few days, your Shenglong Inn is the most magnificent, naturally you want to live here."

Zhang Xingsan replied on the side.

"In this Jiujiang City, our Shenglong Inn is second to none, not only the room is spacious, but also the wine and food are everything, you can eat whatever you want to eat, you come to us, come, we will collect these horses for the adults.........!"

Xiao Er reached out to take the reins of "Rhubarb", but his eyes lit up when he saw "Rhubarb's" golden fur.

"What kind of horse is this? So tall and strong! ”

This Xiao Er is also a person who has seen the world, but he has never seen such a divine horse, not only this horse, but also the war horses of the rest of the people made the two of them feel frightened.

"I tell you, you two, that these horses are not to be tied with reins, and that they are to live in separate stables, not with other horses, and that it is better to find a stable, which is more secluded......... Also, they should eat the best forage, and they should not feed the rotten grass for the horses, you know? ”

Zhang Xingsan instructed.

"It's okay not to be in the same place as other horses, our yard is very large, and there is a shady place in the north corner that can be used, but it can't be tied with the reins, then I'm afraid it won't work, we have a lot of people going from north to south these days, and it won't be good if they go crazy and hurt other people."

"Hurt? Hehe! ”

Liu Yuetian walked up to "Rhubarb" and pointed to the hidden stables in the north corner of the yard.

"Go ahead!"

Liu Yuetian patted the horse's back, "Rhubarb" shook his head, and led the other nine horses to chase the wind and walk neatly over there, and when they arrived at the stable, they lay on the ground one by one.

"It's amazing!"

The two of them were dumbfounded, a few war horses seemed to be human, such a divine horse, I am afraid that it is not something that ordinary people can have, who are these people? Could it be that he is a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect?

The two men glanced at each other, and one of them made a wink, and the other immediately understood.

"A few guest officers, please come with us into the house!"

The two respectfully led everyone to the inn, and when they entered the inn, the other person turned around and went up the stairs, not knowing what to do.

"Man, we're ten people, four rooms, next to each other, three for nine of us, one for my lord, and my lord's room in the middle, you know?"

Zhang Xingsan commanded.

"Don't worry, my lord, I'll arrange it for you."

"By the way, it's noon, we haven't eaten yet, so let's get a good banquet on the table, and come up with any food."

Liu Yuetian said on the side.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll tell the kitchen to prepare for a few people."

Liu Yuetian said as he led his men into the inn with his men.