Nanjing, as the second capital of the Ming Dynasty, is much more prosperous than Běijīng, and everything looks more peaceful and prosperous. In Nanjing, the most famous is the world-famous Qinhuai River, and if you don't go to the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, then Nanjing will be in vain.

"Yuan Aiqing, you see that the scenery here is different from that in the north, the prosperous place of Nanjing!" The Emperor of the Apocalypse walked down the street, pointing left and right from time to time, and said with a smile on his face.

Looking around, Yuan Keli also had a smile on his face, gently stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "Yes!" Nanjing is a place of ointment, full of flowers, but it is also a place where will be worn out. Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, would not have lost the country if he was not greedy for pleasure. ”

Slightly stunned, the Emperor of the Apocalypse glanced at Yuan Keli in surprise, until he was a little embarrassed, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled and said, "Mr. Yuan, don't worry about the sky!" This street is so busy, let's take a good stroll! ”

Ignoring Yuan Keli, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was smiling and strolling around, and the twin sisters behind him were also very interested. For the twin sisters who laughed from time to time, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was also very pleased.

After a day of wandering, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was physically and mentally exhausted, and after returning to the inn, the Emperor of the Apocalypse went back to the house to rest.

There was nothing to say all night, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse got up very late the next morning, after all, he was very tired from shopping yesterday. After walking out of his room, the Emperor of the Apocalypse found that Yuan Keli and a few people were already waiting below.

"All up? What's on schedule today? The Emperor of the Apocalypse looked at everyone with a smile, without a little embarrassment on his face, and said.

"Childe, we arrived in Nanjing yesterday, and Childe has already visited Nanjing City, I wonder if I want to do something serious today?" Yuan Keli looked at the Emperor of the Apocalypse. He bowed his body, and his tone was very respectful, but the words he said made several people present stunned.

Dang Han and Chen Lin both turned their faces to the side, they were eunuchs and brocade guards, and they advised that this set was not in their hands. As for whether Yuan Keli is so good, right? That's not important. The important thing is what the Emperor of the Apocalypse thinks, although the two of them turned their heads to the side, they glanced at the Emperor of the Apocalypse from time to time.

Looking at Yuan Keli with a serious face, the Emperor of the Apocalypse did not speak, and walked slowly to Yuan Keli's side. Stretching out his hand to help Yuan Keli up, the Emperor of the Apocalypse looked at Yuan Keli and said solemnly: "Okay, Mr. Yuan is really good, this son is not wrong." You're right. It's time to do something. ”

"Childe understands righteousness, it's really not easy." Yuan Keli saluted to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, shook his head and prepared to start speaking.

"Sir, there is a specialization in the art industry, and your words of exhortation just now are already very rare. As for the rest, let someone else say it! Sir, it doesn't sound appropriate! Looking at Yuan Keli, the Emperor of the Apocalypse said with a smile.

Slightly stunned. Yuan Keli suddenly remembered the words of the Emperor of the Apocalypse about patting, and was suddenly a little embarrassed.

didn't pay attention to Yuan Keli. After the Emperor of the Apocalypse had breakfast, the group set off again. This time it is the place where the Emperor of the Apocalypse is going to do something, and that is Yangzhou.

chūn wind ten miles Yangzhou Road, Yangzhou in this era, prospered because of the salt industry. More than 300 Xin'an and Shanxi salt merchants make profits every year, but the salt taxes are in the millions. In this outrageously low tax era. With so many salt classes, the profits of salt merchants can be imagined.

This is only the official income, but the bulk of the salt merchants is not here, and the private salt is the main profit. A huge amount of money flowed into Yangzhou City, and a metropolis with prosperity comparable to Suzhou City was built in Jiangbei.

One is in the south of the Yangtze River and the other is in the north of the Yangtze River. Suzhou and Yangzhou are the real commercial metropolises of this era. In fact, the length of Yangzhou's city wall, the area of the city, and the population are one size smaller than that of Suzhou City, but the degree of development of Yangzhou City is by no means inferior to that of Suzhou City.

If Yangzhou has to be compared with Suzhou, the world's first metropolis outside the two capitals, Suzhou City has developed more comprehensively, silk, porcelain, and various handicrafts. Yangzhou is different, the industrial chain here is relatively simple. Many people will think that a single development is deformed and that sooner or later something will go wrong. However, this is not the case in reality, and the industry of salt, a necessity of life, is very much like the coal and oil merchants of later generations.

Yangzhou is not rich in products, and the only ones that can barely be listed are salted fish and "thin horses", and the surrounding hinterland is not as rich and prosperous as Suzhou. However, Yangzhou City is a pure consumption city that relies on the rise of huge salt industry profits, and there are many rich and leisure classes, which support the existence of a large number of green buildings, tea houses, bathhouses, painting boats, and gardens in Yangzhou City.

In this era, Yangzhou City is a place to make money, and it is also a beautiful place. There are countless well-known poems about Yangzhou. chūn wind ten miles of Yangzhou Road, life is only together with Yangzhou death, fireworks in March down Yangzhou, twenty-four bridges bright moon night, ten years of Yangzhou dream.

Yangzhou, where the Emperor of the Apocalypse is going, is such a place, but the Emperor of the Apocalypse is not for fun. The purpose of the Emperor of the Apocalypse is very simple, that is, for this money, to put it bluntly, he came for salt.

Standing on the bow of the ship, the Emperor of the Apocalypse looked at the dock not far away, which was very busy, full of people, and very noisy.

At night, with a cool breeze, the Emperor of the Apocalypse and his entourage stepped onto the dock and entered Yangzhou City directly without too much delay.

There was nothing to say all night, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse got up very early the next day, but he didn't have breakfast at the place where he lived. With Dang Han and a few guards, he walked out and came to a stall, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse said with a smile: "We will eat here!" ”

"Childe, I'm afraid it's not clean here, so I'd better go back and eat!" Dang Han's brows were furrowed tightly, and the expression on his face was also very nervous.

"Okay, sit down and eat with me, it's nothing, don't be nervous!" Pulling Dang Han to sit down with a smile, the Emperor of the Apocalypse said, "Boss, what's delicious to eat!" As he spoke, he laid a piece of silver on the table.

Looking up and down the Emperor of the Apocalypse, the boss knew which family's son this was, and while smiling flatteringly, he wiped and wiped the Emperor of the Apocalypse's table. But when he passed the silver, it went into his sleeve.

Ignoring the boss's movements, the Emperor of the Apocalypse looked at him with a smile and said in a brisk tone: "Boss, how many years have you been in Yangzhou?" ”

"What this son said, the little one has grown up in this city since he was a child!" The boss is a man in his thirties, wearing coarse cloth clothes, I don't know if it's because of business, the whole person seems to be very talkative. (To be continued......)