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The city of Zhongdu is particularly lively, since the dredging of the water, the big ship can directly reach the capital, so that a large number of materials from the south to the capital, the business is extremely prosperous, the fixed population of the capital plus the floating population has exceeded one million, completely suppressed Luoyang and Chang'an, but also far more than the Jiangdu that has not yet fully recovered, and has become the world's largest commercial metropolis.

There are two big markets in the capital, the same as Chang'an, also called the East City and the West City, the Middle East City is located in Anyang New County, Anyang New County is only ten miles away from the capital, it is a newly built county seat, mainly for the artisan households and military families to live, a wide and flat straight road will connect Anyang County and Zhongdu, and the sky-high price of land in Zhongdu is different, the land in Anyang New County is much cheaper, mainly because the world families can not buy land in Anyang New County.

The people at the bottom live in Lingquan County, ten miles south of Zhongdu, but the land price there is not high, because the grade is relatively low, and most of the families are reluctant to buy land there, and buying land there loses the meaning of being close to the center of power.

Dongshi, located in Anyang New Town, occupies a large area, and it is mainly a concentration of handicraft workshops, with more than 1,000 handicraft workshops of various kinds, and there are not many businesses.

Commerce is mainly concentrated in the West City, but the West City is not in the middle of the capital, and between Anyang County and the Middle Capital, the straight north, close to the Huanshui, the transportation is very convenient, there are more than 3,000 large and small shops in the West City, surrounded by high walls, just like a small county town with a circumference of ten miles.

Because it is close to the New Year, the West City is bustling, the flow of people is like weaving, the people of Zhongdu have come here to buy New Year's goods, because the army has received a large number of rewards, so that the families of the army are very generous, the silk pigs and sheep are bought home as a whole, which has attracted the envy of other people in the capital.

At noon on this day, Zhang Xuan put on a little makeup, wore a study tour crown, wore a blue Confucian robe, a leather belt around his waist, wore a gorgeous long sword, and held a jade ruler that was the most popular among the corporals at the time.

Also coming to Weifu for a private interview with Zhang Xuan were Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, both of whom also pretended to be too students, but they had an elegant temperament and were more like scholars than Zhang Xuan.

There were more than a dozen guards far behind the three of them, they were very nervous, their eyes stared at the three of them without blinking, especially Zhang Xuan, for fear that he would make a mistake, but they forgot that Zhang Xuan was the third fierce general in the world, and he could compete with Yuwen Chengdu side by side, and the person who could really defeat him was still in Chang'an.

The purpose of this private visit to Weifu was to take a look at the circulation of Datong Tongbao in Zhongdu, and Zhang Xuan still personally felt the economic situation of the Northern Sui, and for him, this freedom was also a rare enjoyment.

Datong Tongbao began to circulate in large quantities three months ago, its appearance directly impacted the value of Kaiyuan Tongbao, initially a Kaiyuan Tongbao can be exchanged for ten Kaihuang five baht money, but now it can only be exchanged for three, and Datong Tongbao is the same.

Since it was just noon, the three of them found a wine shop to sit down for dinner, while a dozen guards sat downstairs, and two guards went upstairs and sat in the corner on the other side, observing the surrounding situation.

Zhang Xuan ordered a pot of wine and asked for seven or eight dishes, and the bartender said yes and hurried away, but he didn't recognize that the person in front of him was His Royal Highness the Regent.

Zhang Xuan was very satisfied with this effect, he took out a Datong Tongbao and a Kaiyuan Tongbao and put them on the table, and asked with a smile: "To be honest, if these two copper coins only look at their appearance, who is better?" ”

Du Ruhan said with a smile: "When the money first came out, I carefully compared, the weight of the two is the same, both are finely contoured, round and thick, and they are all written by everyone, Kaiyuan Tongbao is Ouyang Xun's book, Datong Tongbao is Yu Shinan's book, both are solemn and elegant, but Ouyang Xun is slightly inferior to Yu Shinan in terms of polishing, it is this, I think Datong Tongbao is better." ”

At this time, the bartender who was waiting for the wine smiled and said, "If you want me to choose, I will also choose Datong Tongbao." ”

"Why?" The three of them asked in unison.

The bartender glanced at the Kaiyuan Tongbao on the table with disdain, and pouted: "Because the Kaiyuan Tongbao has fakes, our small store has received it, and it looks the same on the outside, but in fact the copper content is very low, and if you are not careful, you will be fooled, so now the Kaiyuan Tongbao can only be exchanged for two five-baht coins, which is one less than the Datong Tongbao, which is the reason." ”

Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling glanced at each other, and they both felt incredible, how could Kaiyuan Tongbao have a fake so quickly?

At this time, Fang Xuanling found that Zhang Xuan was smiling a little strangely, he suddenly understood, and hurriedly smiled: "Thank you little brother for teaching, we remember." ”

The bartender went to serve them food, Fang Xuanling lowered his voice and asked with a smile, "Is this what we did?" ”

Zhang Xuan pretended to be at a loss, "What is Mr. talking about, why can't I understand?" ”

The three of them glanced at each other and laughed together, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui both understood that this must be done secretly by the imperial court, if it was done by the military, how could they not know.

Zhang Xuan picked up two copper coins and said lightly: "In any case, I will never allow the private minting of copper coins, whether it is Datong Tongbao or Kaiyuan Tongbao, if one person is found to kill one person, even in the Tang Dynasty, it is not allowed." ”

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Coming out of the wine shop, they came to the rice shop, and Luoyang Chang'an, the price of rice in Zhongdu is also the vane of prices, once the price rises, it will first be reflected in the price of rice, so a big sign was erected on the meeting hall of Ziwei Pavilion, which indicates the price of rice in Zhongdu every morning, once there is a rise of one percent, Ziwei Pavilion's current consul Bi Xiangguo will immediately send someone to investigate.

Zhang Xuan also glances at this big brand every day, so he is very familiar with the price of rice in Zhongdu, but when he comes to check it on the spot, it is another feeling.

Like Chang'an West City and Luoyang South City, the West Market of Zhongdu is also divided into more than 100 kinds of trades, each of which is gathered together, the rice shop is one of the largest industries, accounting for a full street, more than a dozen rice shops, each rice shop covers a vast area, mainly used to hoard grain, but this is only a small part of their warehouse, each rice shop has found another place to build a large warehouse, a large amount of grain is stored, the merchant's warehouse, the official warehouse and the Yicang of Wei County, together formed a complete food system in the capital.

At the front of the rice line is a huge building covering an area of nearly ten acres, which is the official office of the Central Metropolitan Bureau, and it is also the location of the permanent closing of the household department.

Once there is a panic in the Zhongdu market, and the price of grain soars by more than 50%, the regular closing will be activated, selling grain at a low price and suppressing grain prices, but so far, the regular closing has never been activated.

Perhaps because of the approaching New Year, there are so many people who come to buy rice, and the whole street is crowded with people, and there are long queues in front of each shop.

There are a total of fifteen rice shops, of which the four largest rice shops are Yanshan rice shop, Shuangcheng rice shop, Hedong rice shop and Zhangxi rice shop, which represent the Lu family, the Cui family, the Pei family and the Li family respectively, which also reflects the reality of the economic lifeline of the capital controlled by the Hebei Shi clan, and the reason why Zhang Xuan can have today's achievements is also the result of the full support of several major Shi clans in Hebei.

Zhang Xuan and the three of them walked into the Yanshan rice shop, the Yanshan rice shop was opened by the Lu family, covering an area of about five acres, and a small part of the grain sold came from several large estates of the Lu family, but most of them came from all over the world, and the store transportation was very convenient, and it was close to the Cao River behind.

Cao River is the inland river system of Zhongdu, flowing through the West City and the East City, communicating the moat of Zhongdu, the ring river in the city, and finally flowing into Huanshui, the cargo ship of 500 stones can sail to all parts of the world, but now it is frozen, and dozens of grain ships are frozen on the ice, you can imagine how busy the wharf of Yanshan Rice Line is in the summer and autumn season.

At this time, the grain sales yard is particularly lively, in front of the gate of the yard erects a large black wooden screen of one zhang in length and width, just like a screen, blocking the situation in the store, the wooden screen is hung with more than 20 small white wooden signs, on which the price of various grains is written with charcoal, millet, wheat, grain, millet, beans, etc., the origin is different, the price is not the same.

The price of rice that Ziwei Pavilion is concerned about is the price of rice, this is because the rice production in the south is relatively stable, and the price does not change much, but it is mainly affected by transportation and war, and sometimes pests and diseases will occur and the yield will be reduced, but this situation occurs every year, so the change is relatively small, and the price is stable, which is suitable for reference rice prices.

Although corn and wheat are the main products in the north, they are greatly affected by the climate and locusts, and with the opening of the Grand Canal, a large amount of rice from the south has poured into the north, especially in Luoyang, Zhongdu and other metropolises, and more than half of the households have eaten rice.

Zhang Xuan and the three walked into the courtyard, and immediately a guy stepped forward and said with a smile: "Do you want to buy rice?" ”

The crowd in the back queue immediately shouted loudly, "They didn't line up, they can't sell to them!" (To be continued.) )