Cao Shi and his entourage went out of the main road of Dongque Jiadi into the city, the main road in the city is wide and flat, the galloping horse can not even carry half a piece of dust, even if there is no disgusting smell of feces between the alleys, there is no bad smell of sewage cross-flow, the ancient times are so backward in the level of urban governance, the cleanliness of the city is eye-popping.

There is a saying in Chang'an, if you want to know how wide the main road of Chang'an is, you can try to arrange the chariots horizontally, and the main road in the city that makes Chang'an people proud is the same level as the gallop road leading to the outside of the city, which can accommodate twelve chariots to advance side by side, which is equivalent to the ancient version of the high-speed highway with six lanes in both directions.

The scale of Chang'an is large and the structure is complex, even if the large-scale palace city is not counted, there are still more than 100 alleys in the east of the city in Chang'an City, and there are nine markets around the commercial area in the west of the residential area, the most famous are the east and west cities, the two cities are located in the northwest of Chang'an City, only one mile away from the Wei River, located in the northwest of Chang'an City.

In the northern part of the residential area in the east of the city, a piece of land adjacent to the Wei River is a handicraft area, from the commercial area in the northwest of the city to the residential area and then to the handicraft area, forming an economic belt that relies on the Wei River, and the wharf and ferry ports outside the city are the main passage from this economic belt to the Kanto region.

Fan It rode widely, pointing to a market where the city's main road was split in half: "Chang'an has nine cities, 266 steps on all sides, six cities in the west of the road, three cities in the east of the road, and four miles for one city, to the people of Kyushu in Tumen, Jiahengqiao Avenue, the city buildings are all heavy houses, the east market is the place where merchants gather, and the west market is densely covered with all kinds of handicraft workshops." ”

"It's interesting to divide the market into two parts, so let's go to the West Market to see our business first." Cao Shi turned left and entered the handicraft area with great interest, and the handicraft workshop in Chang'an West City is different from the handicraft area in Northeast China, and the business background of the business who has the ability to open a workshop in the West Market is not simple.

Lack of background of ordinary craftsmen in the fierce competition in the West City to survive difficult, only a few skilled to awe-inspiring craftsmen are not afraid of competition and not afraid of persecution, but the major merchants focus on the hot figures, ordinary craftsmen in the West City can not get along, either choose to enter the Shaofu for the royal work, or move to the handicraft area in the north of the Chengdong Minxiang, the economy of the Western Han Dynasty under the rule of Wu Wei follows the natural exhibition, which is a very fair and reasonable choice.

Pingyang Houfu has a piece of its own workshop in the West City, which has been mainly to build ironware, since Cao Shi made three kinds of ironware, the scale of Jingshi's workshop has expanded several times, specially opened up the door to sell iron furnaces, iron pots, iron kettles, the iron ware that has initially mastered the galvanizing technology is very good, the white ironware is generous and beautiful and has the function of rust prevention, once it is launched, it is popular among merchants from all over the world.

"Meet the Prince!"

"Du Yi, don't be polite, talk about the sales situation."

Du Yi was appointed by the Hou Mansion to Chang'an to be in charge of personnel and accounts, and he preached endlessly: "The ironware from Pingyang was snapped up in less than half a day when the Junhou came to the workshop, so many regular customers should book the purchase of the next batch of ironware in advance, and the list of urging goods will be scheduled until November next year, and the Junhou will no longer increase the output a little, right?" ”

Cao Shi secretly pouted, he didn't expect that Jingshi's ability to paint cats and tigers was very fast, he created orders in Pingyang Houguo less than a month, and the store pù in Jingshi had begun to spread widely, and he didn't have to think about it to guess that the businessmen in Jingshi would not let go of the opportunity to plagiarize, and the patent of the order was contributed to the majority of working people in vain.

Looking down at the new iron in the workshop, the crisp sound of the bell in the iron kettle: "How much is the sales, and what is the net profit?" ”

Du Yi blinked and said with a smile: "The total amount of ironware sold is more than 2,000 pieces, and the net profit is more than 237,000 yuan. ”

"More than 2,000 pieces, with a net profit of 237,000, there are so many?" Cao Shi put down the iron kettle and raised his head suspiciously, he still remembered that when he was in Pingyang County, the net profit of nearly 3,000 pieces of iron was only 130,000, and only the leader of this number was transported to Jingshi in each batch.

"The prince doesn't know that the merchants who go to Pingyang to buy will deliberately lower the price in order to make a profit, and the noble and rich people in Jingshi City don't care about paying a hundred and ten yuan for the sake of enjoyment, and the servants deliberately pick out the finely made iron tools and set a slightly higher price, which is still in short supply in Chang'an City." Du Yiang was very proud, and his profits were higher than that of the Pingyang Marquis Headquarters, which was very honorable, and he proved that his ability was that of those elm pimple colleagues in the Yuanhou Kingdom.

"Yes, yes, keep up the good work." Cao Shi nodded and did not continue to speak, lowering his head to look at the new iron sent by the Pingyang Hou Mansion.

There are many craftsmen who have been inspired by Cao Shi's openness, not only the brain-loving Lu Buxian, but also Lian Ji, who smirks like a fool all day long, his forging talent is shocking, as long as Cao Shi can draw the correct three-view model, he can create almost identical iron.

Iron furnace, iron pot, iron kettle of the first embryo is the result of the season with both hands to knock out, the new iron kettle in the shape of the obvious get rid of the regular big belly kettle shape, similar to the oval belly flat iron kettle, and even the exquisite work on the painted brass kettle, the variety of products is simply dazzling.

Seeing Junhou staring at the newcomer's ironware, Du Yi became anxious: "I heard that the output of Hou Guoli has been increasing, and we still have more than a dozen blacksmiths and dozens of blacksmith apprentices in the West Market, so Junhou will also give us some construction tasks to complete the production orders in Hou Guoli, right?" ”

In the corner, Fan Itguang stared at the iron and shook his head: "Du Jiajian is enthusiastic about the big things in the house, it is rare to have a warm heart, the iron sales strategy is very flexible, and he has made a lot of contributions to the Hou Mansion." ”

"Don't dare to take credit, the servant has come to today's status, all by the grace and trust of the prince, and it is also appropriate to do something for the Hou Mansion." Du Yi hurriedly made a grateful expression, and from time to time there were guests in the store to buy ironware, and Du Yi accompanied Xiao Yi to serve for a while before being beaten out to do things.

Fan Qiguang said meaningfully: "This Du family supervisor is a little too enthusiastic, do you want to check if there is anything unclean on his foundation." ”

"No need, as long as he doesn't do anything dangerous to the Hou Mansion, let him be, and we don't have to worry about it if he causes trouble." Cao Shi opened a large steamer, touched the detachable metal cage compartment in the middle and nodded with satisfaction, Lian Ji's seemingly stupid head was full of talent for iron making, unlike Lu Buxiao's advanced metal coating process all day long, Lian Ji only needed to take a hammer and knock on the red-hot iron sheet to make something fun, which was also the biggest difference between the two craftsmen.

"The idea of the prince is very good! Jingshi is the most important place in the world, and we don't have to worry about causing trouble, and the people who were favored by Pingyang Jianhou will rush to solve the crisis for the prince, and the prince can also show his strength if he ignores it, which is a good strategy for the best of both worlds! Fan Qiguang patted his head with a face full of surprise, as if he had won the jackpot.

Cao Shi sighed speechlessly, the literary master was startled and looked very calm, he just wanted to say that he had just come to too many unfamiliar places, and tried to avoid being attacked by the eagle dogs of Lieutenant Ning Cheng and Tingwei Zhao Fang, and there was Princess Yangxin in the Beijing Division, so he didn't have to worry too much, and Fan Itguang explained all kinds of tricks as if it was really very meaningful.

Leaving their own shop, walking around in the West Market, what they saw was nothing more than clay pots, ironware, linen and other ordinary supplies, and there were already several companies secretly imitating Houfu ironware in the ironware, probably because they were worried about offending Pingyang Hou so they put the ironware in an inconspicuous place, these workshops have not yet figured out the process of "white iron", and this batch of imitations can only be regarded as a failure.

Out of the West Market to the East Market across the street, here is the place where the pure commercial merchants gathered, they hoarded goods from the north and south and distributed distribution, and were the general dealers of the world's bulk transportation of goods, and when they stepped into the East Market, they clearly noticed the difference from the West Market, and several large stores pù placed in front of the doors of the Hou Mansion special white ironware, the price was even more expensive than the West Market's own sales.

In the center of the East City is the office of the East City Order, but there is a vacant lot opposite but few people approach, Fan Taguang explained: "This is the place where the Jingshi executes prisoners, and every year after the autumn, the prisoners are escorted here to be beheaded." ”

"Killing people in such a prosperous place, the meaning of killing chickens and making an example of monkeys is a bit too obvious." Cao Shi shook his head, he knew that merchants were most taboo about things related to death and disasters, and only the emperor of the Han family could do it to behead the condemned prisoner in front of the big merchants, and the merchants had no other way but to accept their fate.

Walking to the East Market suddenly became densely populated, relying on the past to see that this is the best business in the East Three Cities and the worst reputation of the people market, the slave trade has always been the focus of the Han Empire, but the peasants who lose their arable land every year and cannot pay taxes and are forced to sell themselves as slaves are still increasing, and the imperial court will certainly not exempt the poor from the poll tax. Therefore, the Han Empire could only turn a blind eye and acquiesce.

Cao Shi and his entourage of knights were majestic and majestic in Hedong accent, which immediately attracted the attention of many people, and only after walking a short distance did they meet several waves of people to ask whether to buy slaves, the young and strong laborers who can do the goods are the most expensive, and the young women who can give birth to children are secondly, and the old people and children can be sent over as a white gift.

Sun Qi pressed his sword and scolded, and the frightened people were holding their heads and scurrying, Cao Shi couldn't bear to catch a glimpse of the thin peasants standing in place in a daze, shook his head and sighed: "I thought that slavery was phased out as early as the Warring States Period, but I didn't expect that there was still a slave trade in the capital area, these people are too pitiful." ”

"The princes don't need to worry too much, these slaves and maids have a hard time, all they hope is to be exempt from paying a heavy poll tax, and they just want to have enough food and live without worry, and their lives are better than in the Spring and Autumn Period." Fan Taguang held the reins and sighed, the harsh imagination of the Han law, if someone reported the act of killing slaves and maids, even if you are a prince and king, you will not be able to escape the punishment of the crime, and many princes and kings will be planted on this serious crime.

PS: Ask for collection, ask for recommendation!

;

Tips: The new domain name "biquge.info" has been launched by Biquge, and the original domain name is about to be discontinued. Please tell each other, thank you!