After a day of preparation, Wang Cezhi set out on his way to Yunzhou County, Pontu.
From the perspective of today's Nanli County and Woye County, Yunzhou County is equivalent to the status of Bianjing in the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, the Song people in Nanli County and Woye County all called Yunzhou County their capital.
In everyone's acquiescence, everyone knew that King Yun's command had actually become a kingdom independent of the Song Dynasty.
And King Yun is the king of such a kingdom, which is also the consensus of everyone.
It's just that it hasn't been officially shown officially, but in the hearts of the people of Yunzhou County, Nanli County and Woye County, Yun Wang Zhao Jun is already their monarch.
Wang Cezhi drove lightly and did not bring many people with him. He took a few Tatar servants and set out on the road. It took about ten days to reach the boundary of Yunzhou County and Yunzhou City.
It has been a year since he last returned to Yunzhou City. Yunzhou City has been undergoing rapid changes every day since six years ago.
Now that they have not seen each other for a year, Yunzhou City has changed even more.
There are more people on the streets, and there are more concrete buildings lining the concrete streets.
In order to expand the usable area of the shop, many shops have rebuilt their shops without being able to purchase surrounding land.
The emergence of cement caused the height of buildings to rise, and excess steel production made everyone so luxurious that they were willing to add steel bars to buildings.
The emergence of reinforced concrete also means that the height of the original ancient floors began to rise upwards.
Now Wang Cezhi is walking on the street and looking at the towering four- and five-story buildings around him, he feels as if he is in another world.
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, after all, Yunzhou County is still the capital. The development here is beyond the reach of Nanli County. There is a qualitative gap between the two.
At least so far, Nanli County is still responsible for the grain production area, and Yunzhou County has no plans for commercial development there.
Therefore, I am afraid that the prosperity of Yunzhou County will not appear in Nanli County for a long time, which makes Wang Cezhi feel a bit regretful.
He entered the city in the afternoon, and it was already dark when he entered the city. Although there was no such thing as a curfew in Yunzhou City, there were brightly lit places in Yunzhou City even late at night.
Some streets are even crowded with people only at night.
But the county magistrate's office in Yunzhou City will definitely be deserted after dark.
So if you want to report, you can only wait until tomorrow.
Wang Cezhi randomly found a hotel to stay at, and the price of staying in the hotel surprised him a little.
An ordinary medium-sized room actually costs one penny a night, and meals are not included, so you need to spend extra money to buy it.
If this were in Nanli County, such a middle-aged house would cost no more than 20 yuan at most, but in Yunzhou County it was five times more!
This can't help but give Wang Cezhi a feeling that living in the capital is not easy.
Fortunately, as the head of a county and because he retired from the military, he still gets a certain monthly retirement allowance.
This money will be distributed for five years. Although it is not much, it is still quite a lot, only one tael of silver.
Enough to keep a person from starving to death.
Wang Cezhi could still afford this thousand silver.
After paying the money, Wang Cezhi quickly returned to his room and began to rest.
What he didn't know was that the secret guard had already reported his information, real-time data and even his traces to Zhao Jun as soon as he entered the city.
Zhao Jun, who was having dinner at home, was interested in picking up the report and started reading it. This made Princess Ye Yin quite curious about who could make him read his information while eating. ?
Zhao Jun's reply was: "He is an interesting person."
Then he read the news without thinking about himself.
When he saw Wang Cezhi settling in an ordinary restaurant outside the Yamen, Zhao Jun rolled his eyes and had an idea.
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The next day!
early morning.
The office hours of the Yamen office in Yunzhou County are set after four quarters past nine o'clock.
But Wang Cezhi has already developed the habit of getting up early.
After washing up, seeing that it was still early, I decided to go down and have breakfast.
He had seen it when he checked in yesterday. This store sold breakfast in the morning, so there was no need to go outside.
Arriving at the lobby on the first floor, many customers were already pouring into the store.
With the development of Yunzhou County, the pace of the entire Yunzhou County has also changed rapidly. Most people living in the city no longer have breakfast at home.
In order to save time, most of the morning meals are eaten outside.
In addition, food in Yunzhou County is not expensive nowadays, so most people are used to eating breakfast outside.
Due to the large amount of grain imported from Nanli County and Woye County, the original ten cents per catty of grain in Yunzhou County has now dropped to five cents.
This has led to a reduction in overall food prices in Yunzhou County.
People's consumption of food has become smaller. The most intuitive manifestation is that the big white steamed buns that originally cost ten cents each can now be bought for two!
Steamed buns with meat fillings would be more expensive, but they are much cheaper than before. A big meat bun that used to cost twenty cents now only costs ten cents.
Some people may think it is expensive, but there is no possibility. Yunzhou County’s steamed buns are three times the size of a normal adult’s fist. They are real and valuable big meat buns made with real ingredients!
As long as a young man eats one, he will be full all morning!
Of course, ordinary people don't dare to eat like this, and no matter what kind of common people, they can't help but eat like this. Most people still eat the most common coarse-grain pancakes. The original price was three cents each, but now three cents can buy two.
Meat buns with coarse grain noodles can be purchased for only five cents.
Spending three cents on two whole-grain pancakes for a morning meal is a normal expense for most people.
Although the people in Yunzhou County can already consume white-flour steamed buns, due to habit, most people only buy a few kilograms during the holidays.
But even this has made the people very satisfied. If they were in the pass, the price of coarse grains would be enough for them to buy white flour. I don't know how much better their lives are now than before.
Everyone is very satisfied.
Wang Cezhi is from Nanyang and prefers pasta. When he came downstairs, he called the waiter and ordered two fried cakes and a large bowl of spicy soup. The total cost was less than ten cents.
Two coins for a piece of fried cake, but a big head!
Hu spicy soup is just like a bowl, almost as big as a pancake, and a bowl only costs four cents!
A breakfast costs eight cents in total, which can satisfy even a fat-bellied man like Wang Cezhi who came from the military.
What a bargain!
Just as Wang Ce was enjoying a mouthful of fried pancakes and a mouthful of spicy soup, suddenly two people sat down at his table.
Both of them looked to be in their twenties, and both were dressed as businessmen. One was wearing a moon-white robe, and the other was wearing black.
As soon as he sat down, he saw the young man in white robe who was supposed to be in charge. He cupped his hands to Wang Cezhi and said, "Brother! The tables in the restaurant are tight. I wonder if we can share a table together for convenience?"
Wang Cezhi looked up after hearing this, and found that the store was already full of customers at some unknown time.
These two people must have really been unable to find a place to sit, so they approached me.
Waving his hand, Wang Cezhi said: "I'm out and about, just for convenience. Why not? Brother, please have a seat!"
When the young man in white robe heard this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, he cupped his hands and thanked him: "Thank you, brother! I'll take a seat then."
Wang Cezhi stretched out his hand to show his casualness.
The two of them sat down and quickly ordered their food. In less than a moment, the table was filled with their orders. There were a total of eighteen breakfast dishes, all of which were southern dishes, such as steamed chicken feet with rice flour. Steamed rice rolls, steamed rice rolls, etc.
It can be said that it was an eye-opener for Wang Cezhi. It was the first time he knew that there were such early meals.
The young man in white robe smiled and invited: "Brother, if you don't mind, please don't be polite and just enjoy it with us!"
Wang Cezhi wanted to refuse, but under the warm invitation of the young man in white robe, they started eating together.
While eating, the two started chatting.
During the chat, Wang Cezhi learned that the young man in white robe was named Zhao Shuai, and he was actually from Feiyun Chamber of Commerce. He came from Lingyue County in the south of the Song Dynasty. This time, he specially sent a batch of goods to Yunzhou County. Now the goods have been Delivered, will be going back soon.
Zhao Shuai then asked Wang Cezhi's identity. Wang Cezhi thought for a while and told him his real name, but concealed his identity and only said that he was a businessman who came to Yunzhou County from Nanli County to do business.
Zhao Shuai didn't seem to have any doubts, and the two sides continued to talk.
Suddenly, he heard Zhao Shuai change the topic and said with a smile: "Since I started doing business, I have traveled around with my elders. I have met many foreign races, including the Xiongnu and the Tatars. Even now I have been driven out of the grassland. I have also seen the Da Yueshi.
Most of these grassland people are fierce and violent, do not understand etiquette and shame, and they only talk about interests. If you cannot bring them benefits, then they will show their fangs without hesitation. It is really difficult to deal with.
But a few days ago, I heard from my colleagues in the Chamber of Commerce that the Shendu people in Nanli County have different personalities from the Huns. They are a very good and kind race.
I have plans to do business with them there.
I don’t know if this rumor is true? "
Hearing this, Wang Cezhi frowned immediately, looked at Zhao Shuai and solemnly admonished:
Mr. Zhao, you need to know one thing: people who are not of my race must have different minds.
Nowadays, the Shendu people in Nanli County seem to have good personalities and are easy to get in touch with. This is because they are already under the rule of King Yun, so they are so honest.
The dishonest ones have all been dealt with.
But this is not the nature of poisonous people.
A truly poisonous person is greedy by nature, cunning and arrogant, and is not a good person.
So if you really want to do business with a toxic person, you must be vigilant to avoid being played by the other party.
You must always be wary of foreign races! "
At this time, Zhao Shuai asked meaningfully: "Brother Wang, why do I always feel that you are biased against foreign races?
It seems that in your eyes, none of those alien races are good people? "
Wang Cezhi was silent...
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(End of chapter)
