Let's talk about it, after more than half an hour, Li Yuan and the others broke through the spider-web-like Qianmo path and went onto an avenue.

At this time, the morning sun was rising, and the flat land in front of it was steaming, like a white ribbon rising from the flat ground. There was a loud commotion in the white mist, and waves came.

"It's almost there, this brother sees that you are in a hurry to enter the city, you let me dismount, and I will push the cart myself. Don't delay you into the city, there is a canal-side dock in front of you. However, if you go into the city to find someone, I'm afraid you have to listen first, and now that most of the people in the city are receiving food on the docks, you may not be able to find the person you are looking for when you enter the city. "Sun Dadao.

Li Yuan agreed, let Sun Da get off the horse, took the Taiping car for him, and urged the horse to run forward.

Soon after, after crossing a small slope, Li Yuan saw a grand and busy scene that appeared in the steaming white mist. But I saw a huge open field outside the east gate of the county seat, and countless people were surging.

Countless people are moving around. The noise, the shouting, the shouting, the laughter, the neighing of mules and horses, the creaking of wheels, and the cries of children surrounded Li Yuan like a huge wave rushing towards him.

Looking farther away, the masts of tall ships are clearly visible on the wide river channel where the water is steaming, and the huge sails turn in a white halo under the morning sun. On the wharf, people who come and go like ants carry grain bales in a queue from the bow of the ship to the wharf.

In this situation, in this chaotic situation, it has also reproduced the appearance of a prosperous era, which can't help but make Li Yuan greatly admired, which shows how far-reaching the influence of businessmen on social development is.

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms can be described as a dark period in history, but there is also no lack of bright stars, among which the extraordinary brilliance is the development of commerce.

Generally speaking, after the fall of a dynasty, its ideas still have some influence on future generations. In fact, after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the regimes of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms were deeply influenced by the Tang Dynasty. However, in terms of economic development, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms are very different from the Tang Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, like other dynasties, the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce was implemented. When the Tang Dynasty was founded, it was clearly stipulated that people engaged in industry and commerce could not enter the government as officials, and their social status was very low. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, he issued a decree that the industrial and commercial classes were not allowed to ride horses. This is exactly the same as the Western Han Dynasty, when Liu Bang ordered merchants to be forbidden to ride in horse-drawn carriages and to prohibit merchants from wearing gorgeous clothes.

In addition, there were many manifestations of the Tang Dynasty's suppression of commerce. For example, when Wu Zetian held a banquet, Zhang Yizhi led Shu merchant Song Bazi and others to the stage to play. When Wei Anshi saw it, he played Wu Zetian and said that people like Shu Shang were cheap and should not be allowed to go to the banquet.

It can be seen that the Tang Dynasty's policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

However, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the status of merchants underwent some changes. At that time, the society was in turmoil, and some businessmen took the opportunity to join the army to seek development. Some even got higher military positions, but that was limited to that, and the path to entry through the normal channels was still not very smooth for merchants.

But after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, this changed. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the rulers not only did not continue to adopt a policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, but actively supported the development of commerce. Among them, the most commercially developed was mainly the southern secession regime. After all, the change of dynasty in the north is too fast, and the war is continuous, which is not conducive to the development of commerce.

For example, Ma Chu once issued an edict to set up "Huitu Affairs" in Bian, Xiang, Jing and other places, which was more convenient to carry out commercial activities. Zhou Taizu Guo Wei also demanded that the military towns of the prefectures, counties, etc., should not be obstructed from coming and going.

Even some countries actively encourage court officials to engage in business, for example, Wu Yueguo allowed ministers to do business abroad and accumulate wealth, not to mention the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan's old father-in-law, Zhou Zong, not only held the power of salt and iron in the country, but also engaged in business activities all the year round, making a lot of profits, and was known as the richest man in Huainan.

It can be seen that the rulers of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period have long abandoned the old ideas and concepts of the Tang Dynasty that despised commerce and despised merchants, and personally devoted themselves to commercial activities, after all, most of the rulers of the separatist regime came from the bottom, they were not bound by traditional Confucianism, and they were not as reserved as the nobles of the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, to put it in the most practical way, you can make money by engaging in business. Who doesn't love money? If you have money and food, you can have soldiers.

The rulers attached great importance to commercial development, which also pointed out the direction of rejuvenation for many wealthy families in the late Tang Dynasty, just like the Suzhou wealthy Gu clan of the Wu Yue Kingdom, who were no longer able to get involved in politics in this troubled era, so using the wealth at hand to make money to develop and grow, and then looking at the opportunity to seek greater plans in the future, is the right solution.

What's more, Suzhou Mansion, where Gu's family is located, can be said to be a unique place for doing business, with a large population of more than 100,000 households, and the Taihu Lake Plain is fertile and rich, with many lakes intertwined with water networks, waterways extending in all directions, dense and unimpeded, and there is no obstacle to interaction, which is a great convenience.

Wujin County is just a small county town along the canal, but judging by the size of the docks and the density of ships moored, it is clear that it is also one of the beneficiaries of commercial development. Most of the people in this county depend on this pier and the canal that leads to it.

Although the scene in front of him was exciting, Li Yuan also had deep worries. You must know that the fleet of the Jin army is on the canal more than a hundred miles away, and it is rapidly returning to here, and these red-eyed soldiers and bandits can even loot their own cities, and now the Gu clan came to put grain for the people at this juncture, didn't they just hit the muzzle of the gun? What a piece of fat.

Li Yuan didn't have time to think about it, so he rode his horse down the dirt slope and went straight to the dock. When they reached the periphery of the crowd, the handsomeness of the horseman under the crotch and the handsomeness of the horseman attracted the attention of the people. On the black-clad steed sat a handsome and extraordinarily young man, a figure that had never been seen in the county town of Wujin.

"Who are you? Do not trespass on horseback. Several of the regimental soldiers who maintained order were wearing shabby armor, and when they saw that the knights on the horses were also wearing armor, but it was obviously much better than their own, they were immediately a little ashamed of themselves. This also aroused their jealousy, and it was clear that Li Yuan's horses were still patrolling the periphery, so they also ran over and scolded them.

"Brothers, dare to ask if the county order of this county can be here?" Li Yuan asked with his fists clenched.

"Who are you? What do you want to do with my family? He doesn't have time to see you. A regimental practitioner said.

Another regimental trainer looked Li Yuan up and down, "Where did you get this armor?" And where did this horse come from? Look at you, the armor and horses are all stolen, right? It's not really coming. ”

"Yes, from the truth. Do we have this armor style and this war horse in Wujin County? Tell me, stolen from there? The rest of the regimental trainers asked together.

Li Yuan said with a smile: "What are you kidding, I am from Changzhou in the north, and I have something important to see your county order, so take me to see him quickly." ”

"Who's kidding you? Get off the horse and explain clearly. Do you have something important? We have an important business, and our important thing is to find out where you stole it. A regimental trainer said loudly.

Li Yuan frowned and said, "Hugh is rude." If you delay something important, you guys will be out of luck. ”