The width of the Lanjiang River is less than three miles, and if it is only crossed, it will take a quarter of an hour to reach the opposite bank, but the destination of everyone's trip is Bakan, and it is necessary to go straight along the Lanjiang River for dozens of miles to reach.

Bakan is a border town in Donghan, close to the Lanjiang River, the people have lived by fishing for generations, since it was designated as a trade area between the two dynasties, the life of the local people has obviously improved, only a few years of development, has had the atmosphere of not losing the dynasty's mansion.

The terrain of Donghan is mostly a grassland of a flat river, and the grassland is full of large and small lords, because the people have been nomadic for generations, and the location changes frequently, so it is extremely difficult to control.

Moreover, since ancient times, Donghan has pursued a feudal system, and there are constant disputes in various places, and the imperial court has very little binding force on those lords who are divided into kings, and several generations of kings have wanted to completely solve this problem more than once, but the resistance is too great, and they always give up halfway.

After that, the Donghan court followed the dynasty county system, implemented the Taiwan ministry system, subdivided the entire Donghan territory, and set up orders, Taiwan, ministries and other institutions in various places, stipulating that 10,000 hectares were orders, 100,000 were poured into Taiwan, and millions were poured into the ministry.

The lords of each place must regularly report the location of the territory, the population, and the number of cattle and sheep to the commander, and then the officials will report to the stage, and then advance in turn, and finally spread to the court in the capital.

At the beginning of the implementation of the decree, the lords and officials in various places also cooperated, reporting it monthly, but as time went on, many people began to conceal it, and then they simply delayed or did not report it.

In this way, a few years later, the Taiwan ministry system has completely degenerated into a joke that exists in name only.

Things only took a turn for the better when Chu Buxiu was in power, he first ordered the repair of the shoddy city defense buildings of the Taiwan Ministry, and then, at the suggestion of the prime minister, vigorously developed commerce, and the Taiwan Ministry, as a matter of course, became the designated trading place of the imperial court.

There are not only porcelain and silk from the Central Plains, but also spices, gold and silver from Xichi, and all of them are exquisitely shaped, which is something that can not be figured out by cattle and sheep for a lifetime.

Naturally, ordinary herdsmen could not resist the temptation and poured into the city in large numbers, exchanging cattle and sheep for exquisite utensils, even the lords.

In the past few years, the cities have developed quite prosperously, and they are no longer ghost towns, so the Taiwan system has suddenly come to life.

The Donghan court relied on commercial income, and the treasury was unprecedentedly full, which was secondary, and the income of ordinary traders in a month was as good as herding sheep for a year, and many herdsmen began to give up herding cattle and feed sheep, and joined the ranks of traders.

The herdsmen left one after another, strengthening the Taibu and reducing the power of the lords.

Those lords who were lying in the pile of gold, silver and jade, seeing that the people in their hands were getting fewer and fewer, suddenly realized how bad this trick from the hands of the first auxiliary minister of Donghan was.

Some lords tried to forcibly stop it, but in exchange for a mutiny, in the end, they responded to the sentence "The lords take turns to sit, and they will come to my house this year".

But the number of merchants will eventually be saturated, and when they can no longer make more money than herding cattle, there will be no one to squeeze into it anymore.

Just when these lords finally breathed a sigh of relief, the prime minister, who had been silent for a long time, once again did something that made them scold their mothers - cut down the court military attachés.

These lords, large and small, either have an official and a half position in the court, or they are attached to the senior officials of the court, and reducing the number of military attaches is tantamount to asking for their lives.

Many people's first reaction is to prepare to unveil the rod, but after counting in a circle, there are not many young people available, even if the larger tribes can make up enough people, but before they can do it, they have already been discovered by the court spies and cut down the grass and eradicated in advance.

The remaining small tribes were either annexed or co-opted, and their spheres of influence were reduced again and again, coupled with the imperial court's decree that "all tribes should fall into the land, and they should not be overcome", most of those lords lost at least half of their territories with abundant water and grass.

Gathering the people with business and weakening the princes is a simmer; Killing chickens and monkeys and forcibly expropriating excess land is a martial fire.

The first auxiliary minister of Donghan, who used the civil and military furnace fire to the pure green, also had a mixed reputation because of this.

Naturally, it was the lords and vassal kings who had taken half of his net worth to destroy him, and the merchants who had made enough money in it were the ones who had made enough money in it.

No matter how much the outside world slandered him, and even sent a killer to assassinate this strategist who had stirred up the whole Donghan peace, he still stayed in the highest attic of the palace unharmed, and from time to time he sent out orders that drove some people crazy.

As the king of Donghan said privately to the white-clothed strategist:

"Killing Wang Ba is not happy, boiling Wang Ba in warm water is enjoyable."

These big and small kings, who have always been under the shadow of their ancestors, now truly understand what it means to be in dire straits and suffering.

……

After less than two hours of waterway, the group on the cargo ship finally arrived at their destination.

The place where the ship docked was already part of the Bakan area, and in addition to them, there were many other merchants from different places.

The goods brought by these people were even more varied: jade jewelry, ceramic dishes, medicinal herbs and skins. In addition, the coal and steel, which was strictly forbidden by the dynasty to flow into Donghan, can also be found here.

Except for a small number of these prohibited goods are smuggling, most of the rest are from Xichi, and Xichi naturally doesn't care about these, anyway, they are not next to Donghan, and they wish that Donghan and the dynasty would pinch each other.

Of course, after a long journey here, the price of these things is also frighteningly high.

The caravan group of four people got off the ship first, Wang Quanquan followed directly unceremoniously, although the middle-aged man was not happy that his daughter had dealings with each other, but he still had to do enough on the surface, and talked to each other about the local customs along the way.

There were many merchants coming and going in Bakan, in addition to the more recent Central Plains people, Xichi people, and even blonde Persians.

These people are dressed in a variety of strange ways, and some open women are directly breasted and half-exposed, and the eyes of the men around them are straight.

When it comes to looking at women, men's aesthetics are consistent all over the world.

Tian Jun was obviously accustomed to this, and chatted with Wang Quanquan with a calm expression.

As the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, although the national strength cannot support the scene of "all countries coming to the dynasty", there are also many small surrounding countries that come to pay tribute, and the royal authority is not strange about this.

On the other hand, the girls behind them were much more curious, looking around from time to time, and every time they saw a person with a different appearance, they would stare at them for a long time, and when they encountered a novelty, they would leave the team and go over to see what was going on.

The guy in his early twenties in the team was also heartbroken, and every time he saw the girl leave, he nervously followed, and then stammered to persuade the other party to come back, and the girl was annoyed, frowned and snorted coldly, and walked quickly to the king's side.

It seems that this chivalrous man is still the most handsome.

……

Not long after the group left, they came to a shop, and the merchant surnamed Tian said with an embarrassed face:

"This little brother, I'm really sorry, we have to go to the delivery, there may be a lot of delay, there is an inn not far ahead, I am familiar with the shopkeeper there, if the little brother does not dislike it, report my name after entering, we will meet at the inn after dark."

Wang Quanquan nodded, "Don't get in the way, Boss Tian is busy." ”

The little girl dressed as a man showed regret when she heard this, and was dragged away by her father step by step.

When he came to the inn, Wang Quanquan handed the reins to Xiao Er, and the boss heard that he was Tian Jun's friend, so he immediately arranged a room with an excellent location.

Wang Quanquan opened the window of the room, and a breeze immediately blew into the room, and the scene on the Lanjiang River could be seen here.

Merchant ships come and go in the distance, and the streets are bustling with excitement nearby.

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