Huang Taiji is also bold, and he dares to break into Tianjin with a small number of people. Disembarking from the canal wharf, he took a horse-drawn carriage to Liu Fucheng's warehouse in Tianjin. On this way, he couldn't help but be surprised by the convenience of the four-wheeled carriage, after all, this thing is very rare in Liaodong.

"The things produced by the 'revolutionary army' are so exquisite that others can't make them, and this is the case with this four-wheeled carriage. The road in Tianjin is spacious and straight, and it is easy to use it to pull people and goods, and businesses from all walks of life like it. However, this car is expensive, one will cost 35 yuan, and ordinary people may not be able to afford it if they don't eat or drink for a few months. ”

Liu Fucheng was both proud and sighed when he talked about the carriage, "This carriage sells well, and the 'revolutionary army' makes a lot of money." I also thought about finding some craftsmen to imitate it. It's a pity that ordinary craftsmen can't make dexterous axles and steering wheels, and the cars they build are either clumsy and heavy, or they are laborious to run, and they can't pull many goods. ”

Liu Fucheng said that it is light, but it is not as simple as 'finding some craftsmen'. He has a wide network of people, and he can even transfer the craftsmen of the Ming Court Weapons Supervision and the War Bureau to build cars for him. But many capable craftsmen in the Ming Court have defected to the 'revolutionary army', and the process requirements of the bearings are extremely high. It looked like a car, but he spent a lot of silver taels and couldn't build it, so he was really helpless.

Although there are no springs and rubber to absorb shocks, the four-wheeled carriage is thickly cushioned, and it is still more spacious and comfortable than ordinary two-wheeled carriages. You can seat several people in a car, and you can also have a lot of luggage outside the car.

Huang Taiji originally thought that since this car was expensive, there must not be many of them, and the non-rich and noble families could not afford it. But he got into the car and drove along the road, and soon found that there were specially widened and lengthened four-wheeled or even six-wheeled carriages on the road. There are one or twenty people in those cars, talking and laughing all the way, and you can see one from time to time.

"What kind of car is this? It must be the dignitaries of the 'Revolutionary Army' who are traveling, right? Huang Taiji saw it really through the car window, and even his Dafu Jin Zhezhe was very surprised. Gu Yuanwei originally wanted to calm down, saying that he was also a well-informed Han from the Central Plains, not a random and inexplicably surprised bun. But when he saw such a big car, he also stared straight at Yang Jian.

This car is bigger than the emperor's chariot, which was a symbol of power and status in ancient hierarchical society. Just like the rituals used by the ancient nobles to eat were different, only the supreme one had the right to use the largest car.

Gu Yuanwei was born in the East Factory, and immediately thought that this car would be Zhou Qingfeng's? Even if Zhou Qingfeng is not in the car, he must be an important person by his side. If you sneak attack at this moment, will you make a lot of money? Or should he run for his life and get away from that hapless boy?

For a moment, everyone's thoughts in the car floated.

Only Liu Fucheng looked out of the car window and sighed indifferently: "Alas...... this is a bus." It's all poor ghosts. ”

What......? I've seen the market, are you trying to lie to me?

Looking at the puzzled faces of Huang Taiji and the others, Liu Fucheng could only continue to explain: "I was surprised to see such a big car at the beginning of the next day. But this 'revolutionary army' doesn't care much about the superiority and inferiority. They set up some kind of public transportation, that is, any person, as long as five cents can take that car.

There are a lot of such cars in the city, and each car runs a fixed route, so you just need to go to a certain station to sit anywhere. If you look closely, the people in this car are really ordinary people in the city. In the past, it was difficult for them to get out of the city, but now it is much easier. Some people now take this bus when they go out of the city to farm, which saves trouble and time, and is particularly convenient. ”

Gu Yuanwei was confused when he heard it, and he didn't understand this kind of move. Only Huang Taiji considered it from the perspective of the ruler, frowned and said: "This is a move to ......, to facilitate the people and make profits, and to buy people's hearts." ”

Liu Fucheng nodded, shook his head again, and said, "It's not just about buying people's hearts. Liu didn't understand the benefits of this bus at first, but after a long time, he saw some doorways. The original city of Tianjin was not large, and the number of people living in the city was limited after all, and the land inside the city was also very expensive. People who can live in the city are either rich or expensive, and it is not easy to find someone to serve, but it is not so convenient.

But with this bus, there are more people coming and going, and they are not afraid to live farther away. In this way, the city will appear to be more than ten times larger, dozens of times larger, and the number of people who come to earn a living can be dozens or hundreds of times more.

When there are many people, it is convenient to do business and it is easy to do business. It is cheaper for businesses to hire people, and it is easy for poor people to find errands, in short, there are many benefits. This 'revolutionary army' can accommodate millions of people in Tianjin alone, and the convenience of buses cannot be underestimated. ”

Liu Fucheng analyzed it from his own point of view, and his words drove Huang Taiji and others to think together. In fact, only the development of transportation can lead to the development of cities. Only large cities can accommodate large populations. Only a dense population can trigger a social division of labor, stimulate the development of industry, and provide more goods and services to society.

For Huang Taiji, a barbarian slave owner, he really hadn't thought about such a thing. He only frowned and asked: "This car looks pretty good, is the 'Revolutionary Army' for sale?" ”

Hehehe...... Liu Fucheng smiled again, "This car is not very easy to use in other places, it needs a flat road to run." He stretched out his hand and pointed to the road outside the car window, "The 'revolutionary army' has spent a lot of money to build the road in order to use this kind of carriage. Look at the road under this wheel, isn't it special? ”

Liu Fucheng didn't mention it, and a few people in the car only felt that the carriage was running steadily, but no one paid attention to the road under the wheels. Waiting for Liu Fucheng to say, Huang Taiji hurriedly looked out the car window. It was not yet dark, and the road was clearly visible, and it was indeed an extremely smooth road. The pavement is as smooth as a large block of stone.

"How is this road paved?" Yang Jian on the other side also leaned out of the car window and asked in surprise.

"Be careful, don't stick your head out." Liu Fucheng dragged Yang Jian back. With a breath out of the window, he ran close to a carriage and narrowly brushed by. Seeing that Yang Jian was startled, he continued to laugh: "This road is flat, the carriage runs fast, and it is easy to be hit if you are not careful." As for why this road is so smooth, Liu doesn't know, he only knows that it cost a lot of money. ”

This is a car and a road, Huang Taiji doesn't understand it at all, but he also knows that there must be a lot of silver behind it. In the face of this completely unknown thing, he really had a sense of frustration that he was a dirt bun, but this Sibeiler would never admit it, but instead snorted coldly: "You Han people are really the most suitable for being craftsmen and suitable for farming." ”

Liu Fucheng had a smile on his face, but he had already heard that there was something in the other party's words, and there was a needle in it. But who made the Ming army weak and scum, and no one could beat it? He couldn't refute it at all, and even had to laugh a few words, for fear of offending the gold owner.

Huang Taiji was young and vigorous, and he saw that the Han people were either weak and bullying, or they were disgusted and hateful. Seeing that Liu Fucheng was soft, he habitually continued to ask like a master: "What is Mr. Liu doing in Tianjin?" ”

"Doing business." Liu Fucheng replied casually.

Huang Taiji was even more contemptuous, and said secretly in his heart: Sure enough, it is business, and this Han nobleman likes to do business. As long as I give money, they will want to sell my life to me.

"Is business good here in Tianjin?"

"It's ok. Liu opened several brick kilns and lumber yards in the north. This thing was built quickly, the cost was not much, and after it was produced, it was transported to Tianjin by water to sell. This 'revolutionary army' was building a large number of buildings, and the demand for masonry and timber was so great that almost everyone who came refused to accept them. I bought salt, cloth, and grain from Tianjin and shipped them back to the north, and I could earn two or three hundred silver dollars for a shipload. ”

Liu Fucheng said proudly, but Gu Yuanwei suddenly asked, "Isn't there grain stuck here in Tianjin?" Can these thieves still let you carry food? ”

Alas, Liu Fucheng suddenly sighed ......, "This 'revolutionary army' is not completely unselling. In fact, they buy grain from Jiangnan and ship it to Tianjin, and then they have some kind of 'sales quota'. Only by transporting goods of 100 silver dollars to Tianjin can you buy goods of 100 silver dollars and leave. Due to the gradual shortage of grain in the north, the price of grain is extremely high, which forces all parts of the north to constantly transport goods to sell grain. ”

...... sales quota, and such tricks?

In the past, this transportation route only transported grain to the north, and there was almost no goods from the north to the south. These are good, and if you want to eat food, you have to take out the goods. Liu Fucheng continued to sigh: "Now that the food in the Nine Sides is tight, it is extremely painful to be harmed by the 'sales quota' of this pit people. Originally, Xiong Du of Tongzhou wanted to rely on this cargo to stabilize the thieves, but now he can't stabilize himself.

If the generals of the nine sides want to stabilize their territory, they must find a way to get food. Moreover, they also wanted to take advantage of the high price of grain to make a profit, so not only did various merchants continue to emerge from the Tongzhou Canal to transport goods, but even people from other places continued to think about making a fortune.

For example, there is a shortage of horses here in Tianjin, and the price of all kinds of large livestock is very expensive. So the generals of the Nine Sides trafficked in a large number of Mongol horses, and then trafficked other goods. There is a shortage of food in the north, but what is lacking is the common people. Those who are powerful see the opportunity to make money, and some people even wish that there would be more food shortages and higher food prices. ”

As soon as Liu Fucheng said about the horse trafficking, Huang Taiji's face suddenly became ugly, and he scolded 'Horqin Mongolia' with hatred in his mouth. His great fortune Jin Zhezhe was from Horqin Mongolia, but he didn't understand how his man could suddenly say this with hatred, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to squeak for a while.

However, Gu Yuanwei probably knew some news, Horqin Mongolia sold a full 10,000 horses to Jin merchants passing by their territory not long ago. With such a big business, he couldn't hide the news, and Jiannu only wondered why he sold so many horses, but he didn't think much about who these horses ended up selling to. Now it seems that the Jin merchants who hooked up with Jiannu actually hooked up with the 'revolutionary army' anti-thieves in turn.

"Huang Ye doesn't have to be angry, the quality of the iron tools that those Jin merchants have sold recently is excellent, and it is much worse than usual. The quantity of cloth salt tea is also many times, and the price is cheaper than before, and they should also buy goods from Tianjin. Such a two-way thing, don't pursue it. Gu Yuanwei worked hard to stammer, and he was already a cronie of Huang Taiji's side, and occasionally admonished.

"Don't you know how powerful this 'revolutionary army' is, how many cavalry they can pull out with 10,000 horses? I'd rather sell tens of thousands of cattle in Horqin Mongolia. "Huang Taiji felt a headache when he thought of the cavalry of the 'revolutionary army'. The two sides fought several times, fighting alone, and the Jurchen cavalry was not afraid of the Guards cavalry. But as soon as the number of people is large, the Jurchen cavalry will suffer a big loss.

But Liu Fucheng didn't know the reason, and immediately grinned: "The thieves have built hundreds of big farms in Tianjin, and they happen to be short of cattle, so the cattle in Tianjin are also expensive." I heard that a lot of cattle are really going to be transported from the north, but I don't know if there are tens of thousands, but I know a lot of them. ”

The words became a prophecy, although it was guessed after the fact, but the anger on Huang Taiji's face was even stronger.

It seems that Zhou Qingfeng took advantage of something.

I'm angry!