Morning song, the sun is shining.

Compared with three years ago, the capital of the great merchants has more than doubled, and the area has expanded by nearly half. The outer city wall, which was originally a symbol of the surname of Emperor Yi, has long been demolished and replaced with a tall, thick solid stone wall, with a total of three layers, enclosing the entire city into a magnificent solid square city, symbolizing the impregnability of the Great Shang Dynasty.

In the market, all kinds of hawkers are scattered on both sides of the street, the cries of selling are strung together, the people at the door of the shops are rubbing shoulders one after another, coming and going endlessly, bursts of laughter are heard from time to time in the liquor shops of different sizes, and the ground is paved with solid and smooth stone avenues, which are smooth in all directions, and the traffic is busy, and it is a prosperous and prosperous scene.

If it is said that in the time of Emperor Yi of the first emperor, this city called Qiyi was still barely blooming with the last light like the sunset, then today's song is as full of vitality as the rising sun.

Perhaps, this represents the rebirth of the Great Shang Dynasty?

The head office of the Nirvana Chamber of Commerce.

You Hun closed the general account book of this month handed over by his subordinates, nodded with satisfaction, but there was a trace of regret in his eyes, he knew that the real owner of these amazing amounts of money was not himself. Of course, over the years, he has relied on those strange business methods passed down by the Son of Heaven, and he has also saved a lot of wealth in private, even if the Son of Heaven does not fulfill the tempting promise of the princes, he can still be a rich man who rivals the country.

On the wall behind him, there was a detailed map of the entire territory of the Great Shang, and the map was densely drawn with interlaced red lines, representing the distribution of rich and noble merchants, covering most of the eight hundred vassal states.

Fei Zhong, a character who is "as famous" as You Hun, is also in high spirits at this time, three years ago, he was directly demoted from the upper doctor to the lower doctor, and even skipped the middle doctor. Many people once thought that he had lost the favor of the Son of Heaven, and also let him taste the heat of the generation, and the Son of Heaven soon carried out the reform of the rule of officials, and established six departments of officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and divided various government affairs, and he was sent to serve in the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment were under the control of Taishi Wenzhong, the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry were under the control of Yabigan, and the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials were under the control of Prime Minister Shang Rong. Compared with the Ministry of Rites, which is in charge of the evaluation and dismissal of officials, the Ministry of Rites, which is in charge of the etiquette system, has no real power, but the Son of Heaven immediately established the "Cultural Administration" in the Ministry of Rites, promoted Fei Zhong to a middle doctor, and appointed him as the director, who is in charge of a new thing-the official magazine "Dashang Quarterly".

Although the advent of the magazine seems too "avant-garde", it has been carefully considered by Zhang Zixing and has far-reaching political significance.

After the engraving printing was improved into movable type printing, and at the same time the papermaking was further improved, the technical problems of running the journal were completely solved; after the punctuation marks were introduced by Zhang Zixing, it became more convenient and easy to read; due to the strict hierarchical system and the restrictions of the concept of the times, this kind of official publication naturally has a unique surname, and there is no need to worry about piracy and other problems.

As for the content of the quarterly, it is mainly based on reporting the current affairs news of Dashang, and appropriately adding some political and ideological content, of course, Zhang Zixing, who has experience in later generations, is very careful to control the length of these things, and from time to time uses some interesting stories to clarify the truth to be expressed, and the text is as easy to understand as possible. In addition to these, there are two sections, one is known as "half-truths" gossip, to put it bluntly, it is modern entertainment gossip or jokes, of course, these gossips are strictly approved, and do not touch too much**, more interesting and funny;

At the same time as he personally inscribed the cover of the first issue of the first issue and announced its release, he issued another decree that ordinary civilians and slaves were allowed to read the journal, and that no one else could obstruct it, and if it was violated, it would be severely punished. As soon as this quarterly magazine came out, although it was not as shocking to the world as the three strange books of the year, it also had an unexpected sensational effect, or to some extent, the quarterly magazine was closer to the people at the bottom of society with the largest number of people than the three strange books.

Due to Zhang Zixing's gradual reforms, the slaves in the territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Great Shang have gradually transitioned to a semi-serf state with a certain feudal social surname, although they still do not have the most precious freedom, but their lives are much better than before. In addition, many officials were interested in pandering to the Son of Heaven, so even many slaves were eligible to read the quarterly. Most of them were illiterate, but fortunately, Zhang Zixing took precautions, as early as two years before the release of the quarterly, he ordered the establishment of a school of righteousness, teaching some clever young slaves to learn literacy and arithmetic for free, and most of the content in the quarterly magazine was also spread by these teenagers.

The slaves who had previously only known that they were struggling in endless labor were not only better because of the reforms, but now they also had spiritual sustenance: their lowly selves, like those nobles, could know so many new and strange things, even happening thousands of miles away. Civilians have responded enthusiastically to the quarterly, and many of the "evening news" that now seem to be quite "evening news" can become hot topics of conversation after dinner, and those little common sense are of extraordinary practical value.

At the beginning, the "Dashang Quarterly" was only distributed in the territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Dashang and the Eastern Qi Dynasty, with the circulation of the people, coupled with the deliberate propaganda and momentum, by the third issue, almost all the vassal states had appeared in the "figure" of the quarterly, and the demand gradually increased.

Many people enjoy the pleasure of reading at the same time, but also wonder, from the "Dashang Quarterly" finalization, plate making, printing, finished products, the speed of distribution, it is simply incredible, the most mysterious thing is that it can actually collect news thousands of miles away in a short time, and it is very accurate, some princes with long-term strategy suddenly associate this ability with the military aspect, if the military intelligence can be spread at such a speed...... Thinking of this, they had a chilling feeling, and there were many versions of this secret answer, the most convincing was that the Son of Heaven had the help of immortals and learned about the world's affairs with immortal arts.

For this answer, Zhang Zixing could only shrug his shoulders: there are no immortals, there is indeed a fake Taoist priest dressed in avant-garde, although these "immortal arts" that spread the news are from his hands, but in his eyes they are only small paths, and his real hobby is to kill people...... But this is also good, you can divert your attention, cover up the secret things of your real development...... Fei Zhongke, the person in charge of the "Dashang Quarterly", can be regarded as working hard, and the distribution and dissemination of the quarterly is absolutely indispensable, and now no one dares to underestimate this "once out of favor" doctor, although the Ministry of Rites has no actual power, but no one knows when the Son of Heaven will promote him. As everyone knows, the Son of Heaven has already promised Fei Zhong this "promotion", in order to save his life and for a better future, Fei Zhong spared no effort to give full play to all his abilities, just like the big businessman of the rich business.

The Imperial Palace, the Tower of the Stars.

This extravagant and extravagant Gao Ge Yao Palace, which was second only to Lutai in later generations, is now indeed worthy of its name, not only beautiful on the outside, but also gorgeous and exquisite on the inside. I heard that the foundation alone was built for more than a year, and the subsequent construction process was extremely fast, which was inseparable from the unprecedentedly high labor enthusiasm of the slaves who built the star-picking tower. Because the Son of Heaven promised that in addition to having good wine and meat to enjoy every day, as long as he worked with peace of mind and completed the project on time and with quality, he could become a formal builder of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, specializing in the construction of projects, not only to get rid of slavery and become a free commoner, but also to receive wages - such an attractive condition, which slave could resist?

The male owner of the Star Picking Building was not in it at this time, but there were three hostesses, all of whom were picturesque.

"The little skirt designed by the husband is still really comfortable to wear, much stronger than some of the awkward palace clothes before, and it doesn't drag down no matter how you move. Huang Feiyan came to a few more clean kicks, which was quite feminine.

Jiang Wenqiang waited for her to finish punching all the way, stepped forward, took out a silk silk and helped her wipe her sweat lovingly: "It's really comfortable, but the fabric of this dress is really a little less, if others see it, it's a little indecent." ”

Huang Feiyan enjoyed this kind of love very much, and threw herself into her arms and rubbed it coquettishly: "We just wear it for that lustful husband, if others dare to see it, I will ...... Hmph!"

Huang Feiyan gritted her teeth, and after all, she didn't say anything cruel like "gouging out her eyes", at least not in front of her two kind sisters. For these two sisters, she has always had a heartfelt respect and gratitude. In the past few years, Jiang Wenqiang's tolerance and care of her mother and sister, and Yang Jiu's empathetic gentleness have been deeply implanted in her heart, just like a sister connected by blood, even the smart and incomparable concubine Shang Qingjun, who later entered the palace, also felt the same way.

Jiang Wenqiang sneered, hugged this naughty and lovely sister, and said: "Feiyan, there is really such a time, before you can make trouble, Lord Fujun has already rushed up, you know, our majesty's vinegar strength is not small at all! Do you still remember the time when we went to Dongqi to see Sister Yueji together three years ago? When we were about to arrive in Linzi, Fujun did not go with Che Zhan, but secretly took our sisters into the city first, but met the prince of what clan, took a fancy to your beauty, and wanted to duel with your husband according to the local rules, and the result was ...... ”

Huang Feiyan naturally didn't forget this incident, and her eyes lit up: "As a result, the husband was not polite at all, he beat the prince named Ha into a pig's head, and beat those who came to take revenge all over the ground looking for teeth! Later, Sister Yueji came......"

After only half speaking, Huang Feiyan's face suddenly turned red and she didn't continue. Jiang Wenqiang and Yang Jiu understood and smiled at each other. In fact, although Huang Feiyan no longer has a Han Yi in her heart, she still has a bit of competition when she first sees Yueji, but Yueji is not inferior to her in terms of physical appearance or skills, and even surpasses it, especially Huang Feiyan's best archery. At the instigation of a certain good thing, the competition began, and Huang Feiyan finally understood why in the Dongyi clan who were good at shooting, the first shooter would be this Sister Qihou, but fortunately, Yueji lost to her in a close quarters battle later, so she regained some face. However, Huang Feiyan also guessed that the other party deliberately gave in, apologized in his heart, and took the initiative to make friends with Yueji, and since then Zhang Zixing's "small backyard fire" incident has finally ended. Yueji's generosity and heartiness made Huang Feiyan, who was particularly long-looking, very fond of it, and the two girls didn't know each other, as if they had become close friends for many years. Tsukihime was recognized by her sisters, and the loneliness in her heart was gone, and she was moved. Since then, the two sides have met twice, but unfortunately Yueji has a very high prestige in Dongqi, and she has to guard the station, so she can't get together often, and every time she leaves the women, she sheds tears for ten miles.

"Sister, this is the income and expenditure details in the palace that I just calculated, please take a look. Yang Jiu handed the account book in his hand to Jiang Wenqiang.

Jiang Wenqiang opened it and browsed it for a while, and nodded: "My sister is good, and the speed has improved a lot compared to last time." ”

Yang Jiu said embarrassedly: "Thank you sister for your encouragement, Jiu'er is too stupid, she can do some basic arithmetic for so long, and she can't help her sister, I'm really ashamed." ”

"Why does my sister say that? Although your calculation speed is not as fast as mine, you are very careful, especially in financial management, you have your own uniqueness, even my sister is not as good as you. If you really talk about arithmetic skills, except for your husband, I'm afraid that there is no one in the world who can compare to the talented sister of our family," Jiang Wenqiang smiled and said: "My sister knows that you want to contribute to your husband like Qingjun's sister, so she shirks her responsibility and hands over the palace finances to you to manage, otherwise you and my own sister, how can I check any accounts?"

Huang Feiyan's eyes on the side were red, and she bowed her head and said: "Several sisters can share their husband's worries, Sister Yueji leads Dongqi and is now famous in the world; Sister Qingjun is unparalleled in talent and has long been the most proud arm of her husband; Sister Wen Qiang, as the queen, is the mother of the world, commanding the inner palace, managing the harem in an orderly manner, and being good at cooking, even her husband is full of praise; Sister Jiu'er is smart and studious, diligent and slave, and can help Sister Wen Qiang manage her finances. It's just me, all I know all day is dancing with knives and guns, and I can't achieve anything......"

"The inner palace relies on the concentricity of sisters, and the sisters can't convince the public, how can they have any ability to rule?" It's just that the idiot is a few years older, and she started early, so she was lucky enough to become this queen," Jiang Wenqiang stroked Huang Feiyan's hair, and said warmly: "My sister doesn't have to be arrogant, every time she goes out on a safari or hike, if there is no female general, how can the husband be so happy? ”

"It's a pity that people are not really generals...... Huang Feiyan sighed, his eyes inadvertently fell on the palace maid standing on the stairs, suddenly lit up, jumped up and shouted: "There is a way......

She leaned in front of Jiang Wenqiang and bit her ear for a while, Jiang Wenqiang thought for a moment, smiled and nodded, Huang Feiyan jumped three feet high excitedly, laughed, and the palace maids on the stairs were surprised to see Huang Concubine Niangniang so out of shape, not knowing that she had become the object of the female general's ideals.

(To be continued)