Chapter 68 Morning Market

The smooth bluestone roads, the various trees planted on both sides of the streets, and the extremely delicate buildings look beautiful in the morning light. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

All these made Fang Xiaowu feel that his eyes were a little insufficient.

"Huh." Looking at Fang Xiaowu who was in a daze looking at the street scene, Lao Cai only smiled slightly, he used to have this expression when he first came to Cangzhou New Town.

To say that this new city, from Lao Cai's eyes, is like a miracle.

A small change in one day, a big change in three days, the city seems to rise from the earth, countless buildings, those mansions and attics that take a month to build, only half a month later, quietly appeared, which made countless people sigh at this magical speed of construction.

It's not just the speed of construction that is amazing, those empty buildings have been declared open to merchants by the lord of the new city, and as long as they pay a small deposit, a native of Cangzhou can have a small storefront.

The city lord of the new city is a long-term vision, he said a word, let the people of the whole Cangzhou move, I don't know why, Cangzhou suddenly has countless more grain, the kind of white rice, which in previous years, are transported from the south thousands of miles of high-quality white rice, and now, Cangzhou households, almost everyone eats this kind of white rice.

The new city lord of Cangzhou, the most supportive is business, he announced, within a year, all merchants in Cangzhou are exempt from taxes, don't look at this order is simple, but when it is implemented, people know how much profit there is.

Since there was a local peasant household in Cangzhou who collected grain in Cangzhou, transported it to the surrounding states and counties to exchange it for other daily necessities, and then sold it to Cangzhou to earn a full 300 taels of silver, the news of Cangzhou's abundant grain spread quickly to the surrounding states and counties like a plague.

Businessmen with a little vision have smelled the business opportunities, and many big families in Mizhuang have come to Cangzhou with their families, wanting to see if they have made money.

They were greeted by an unimaginably huge market.

No one knows why there is so much grain in Cangzhou, white rice, piled up like a mountain, Cangzhou local, whether it is an official granary, or a private rice warehouse, even those farmers' cellars, are full of rice, but even so, there are countless rice that has no place to place.

But the opposite of the abundance of food is the extreme scarcity of other necessities.

In a word: Cangzhou lacks everything, that is, there is no shortage of food!

There is no shortage of food, this is like a big saying in the Great Song Dynasty, no one will think that they have too much food, and there is no granary anywhere that dares to say that it is full.

In this era of no pesticides, fertilizers, and high-yielding crops; In this era of floods, droughts, and bad weather, which can erupt at any time; In this era of backward production, rough tools, and ignorant people, most people's daily goal is only to fill their stomachs and not lack food.

And today's New Cangzhou City is indeed a fairyland in their eyes.

For those foreign businessmen, Xincangzhou City is not just a fairyland, it is simply the place where they chase their lives.

There is no tax, the transaction is convenient, barter, grain is the unit of trade, fair and reasonable, so those merchants from other states and counties, after tasting a little bit of the sweetness of the new CZ market, they immediately wrote letters to their relatives and friends in their hometown, and the letters were all singing praises to this new city.

And those who received the letter gradually formed the second group of merchants who gathered to Cangzhou.....

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The morning market was proposed by Cai Changyi to Jiang Yin.

At the beginning of the construction of the new city, Jiang Yin proposed a series of welfare policies in order to speed up the construction of the city, and after the review of the 24 members of the parliament, the first executive order of the new Song Dynasty was issued:

In the first year of the New Song Dynasty, no commercial tax was charged.

This policy quickly revitalized the commercial landscape of the entire Cangzhou area.

As we all know, the commerce of the Great Song Dynasty is still very developed, just like Bianjing, where millions of people live, day and night, and the market is huge.

As long as people live, they have to eat, drink, and sleep, and none of these behaviors can leave business, so as long as more and more people come to Cangzhou, it will create a more and more prosperous situation in Cangzhou's commerce.

Businessmen are mercenary, businessmen are open-minded when they see money, and businessmen can't afford to make profits early.

The merchant is one of the most terrifying creatures in the world, and in the words of Capital: capital is bold as soon as there is a proper profit. With a 50 percent profit, it takes a risk; For the sake of 100 percent profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; With a profit of 300 percent, it dares to commit any crime, even to the risk of hanging its head.

Merchants are terrible when they are greedy, because they obey capital, but merchants are the most obedient creatures in the world, they will follow the rules set for them by any government in order to make money, as long as they can make money, they are willing to do anything....

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Along the wide road, the carriage driven by Lao Cai followed the flow of people and soon arrived at a square-like place.

Here, many merchants began to take out their goods and put them on the ground, looking forward to the arrival of customers, which also opened Fang Xiaowu's eyes.

"Xiao Fang, this is the morning market." Lao Cai said with a smile: "Now the morning market has just begun, and there are not many people coming, but at noon, it is lively here." ”

"Eun." Fang Xiaowu nodded like a chicken, and the variety of goods around him dazzled him.

"Okay, you can set up a stall next to me today, you take out what you want to sell, put a mat on the ground, and wait for someone to buy it." Lao Cai reminded.

Fang Xiaowu realized that he was old, and thanked him, and then he hurriedly put the pecan tea cakes and the like he brought in front of him, and then he stood there a little panicked, a little uneasy, and looked a little nervous.

"Haha." Seeing Fang Xiaowu's restrained appearance, Lao Cai also shook his head and smiled, "Don't sell it yet, look at how I sell it." ”

Hearing that Lao Cai was going to demonstrate, Fang Xiaowu was relieved, took a few steps back, and looked at Lao Cai curiously.

Lao Cai jumped down from the wheel and shouted in a small voice: "Sell iron pot porcelain~ I just shipped the high-quality iron pot porcelain today, one catty for ten catties of rice~"

Although the entire morning market was full of commotion, Lao Cai's voice really attracted several customers to bargain.

This made Fang Xiaowu, who was standing on the side, look excited, and I can't wait for someone to ask about his walnuts and tea cakes.....

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