The hawker who squeezed out with goods looked at Han Xi who was talking and was stunned for a moment. However, he saw that Han Xi was dressed in extraordinary clothes and there were several guards around him. As long as he could not offend anyone, he answered with a smile.
"The villain is indeed not from the capital city. He came here from the Qinghe store to transport some goods to the outskirts of the capital and earn some hard-earned money from running errands."
Hearing the vendor's words, Han Xi suddenly understood something.
There are so many people in this city. It turns out that not only people in the city are shopping, but people from several nearby states and counties are probably coming to the capital to buy goods.
In this way, the ten cities serve more than 500,000 people.
"Hahaha! I see, how many salesmen are there like you?" Han Xi asked again.
The vendor scratched his head and said with a smile: "There are quite a few. I know more than twenty people in this market."
The vendor's words confirmed Han Xi's thoughts.
Han Xi gave the hawker a dozen copper coins and sent him away.
Looking at the overcrowded market, Han Xi said leisurely: "It seems that we need to build a larger wholesale market."
Thinking of this, Han Xi turned around and walked towards the palace.
The streets were deserted, and there wasn't much to see. Han Xi came out every day just to look at various markets.
However, it is best for these markets to be opened by the private sector. It is not a problem for Han Xi to always swap out specialties.
Return to the palace.
Soon someone reported that Hou Jin's envoy came over again.
However, Han Xi was not in the mood to see the envoy from Hou Jin. This was not the first time that the envoy from Hou Jin had come.
Mainly Huang Taiji talked about the alliance's capture of Shanhaiguan, as well as the redemption of his son and adopted son, plus the thousands of Jurchen warriors.
Han Xi had already said that in exchange for 10,000 cattle and sheep, 2,000 war horses, and 2,000 kilograms of ginseng, it would be a joke to attack Shanhaiguan together.
They were probably Huang Taiji's words to test Han Xi's attitude.
Otherwise, who will be responsible for capturing Shanhaiguan?
But judging from Huang Taiji's appearance, he probably couldn't bear to part with the cattle and sheep.
Thinking of this, Han Xi directly said to the person who came to report: "Go and send a hundred Jurchen heads to the envoy of Hou Jin to show our sincerity."
"Follow your orders." The person who informed him quickly left after accepting the order.
After returning to the palace.
Han Xi touched a door, and then silently said "Open the door" to the system in his mind.
Then he opened the door and Han Xi entered the room.
I saw that the furniture in the room was arranged in a style that did not match that of the palace at all.
This is a shuttle function integrating the two cities.
At this time, Han Xi had actually arrived at the Yamen of the back hall of Yichuan County.
That's right, Han Xi has now flown to Shaanxi, more than two thousand miles away.
After several guards came over, Han Xi closed the door and then opened it again, revealing a courtyard.
This is the backyard of the Yamen of the magistrate of Yichuan City.
Not only Han Xi could pass through this shuttle gate, but also the imperial soldiers and farmers summoned by the system could pass through.
When outsiders are present, Han Xi's door-opening effect will disappear. When the door is opened, it will be whatever scene is outside.
Han Xi left the house and walked to the yard, where he saw his mother cultivating a vegetable patch in the garden.
Seeing this, Han Xi's mouth twitched.
That's right, Ansai's family members were all picked up, and just as Ansai and Yan'an Prefecture were experiencing spring drought again, more than 30,000 disaster victims were brought back.
At this time, the population of Yichuan County, a poor county in the mountains and valleys, may have reached hundreds of thousands. If we grow wheat, we cannot feed so many people.
Moreover, so many people have no fields to plant and nothing to do, and it is easy for them to get into trouble over time.
Therefore, Han Xi has already asked people to build a dock on the edge of the Yellow River, preparing to conquer the county and state next door.
Now the main focus of the Ming Dynasty is to recapture the imperial city, but they have no time to pay attention to this place at the foot of the mountain.
And Han Xi is still here, so he won’t be afraid even if he comes.
Seeing her youngest son, Mother Han immediately came up to her and asked, "Son! How did you feel about the people Mom showed you yesterday? Did you like any of them?"
"Ahem!" Han Xi looked very embarrassed. He might not have three thousand beauties in his harem, but he definitely had three hundred. How could he fall in love with these big-bodied and round-waisted people.
But those women were all in the capital, so it was impossible to bring them back to show to his mother, so Han Xi could only prevaricate and said: "Mom, I am rebelling! How can I be in the mood to care about that? When the territory becomes bigger, we will find those It’s not good for everyone to be a good lady.”
As soon as she heard her son talking about rebellion, Mother Han's face dropped.
If it hadn't been for the severe drought in Ansai, the whole family would probably have been beaten to death by not coming over to follow their youngest son.
After all, Han Xi's father was a minor rural official in the Ming Dynasty who had a general aversion to rebels and thieves.
But God doesn’t give me a way to survive, so that’s all I can do now.
"Where are dad and brother?" Han Xi asked.
"Hey! Your father took your two brothers to the countryside to supervise the planting of the corn you mentioned." Mother Han said angrily.
Hearing this, Han Xi knew that his father had no time to spare.
After chatting with Mother Han for a few words, Han Xi went to the study.
Although Han Xi can freely travel between the two places, he will not go out of the county to show his face at this time. After all, he does not want people to notice the weirdness of his travels.
When I went to the study room, I saw two clerks processing official documents inside.
Seeing Han Xi coming, the two stood up and saluted.
Han Xi waved his hand and sat down at the desk. He was more interested in farming and taxation in Yichuan than in the capital.
After all, there are too many people in the capital, which is difficult to manage.
Although there are many people in Yichuan, they are still within Han Xi's management capabilities.
Han Xi read the memorial for a while. It was the beginning of spring, so most of the memorials talked about the preparations before spring plowing.
There are few farm tools in those areas, and those villages rent cattle and horses from the government. If there are any difficulties in planting, where are wild boars infested, I hope the county will send people to catch them, and where there are poles.
They were probably talking about these bits and pieces.
"One hundred and thirty hectares more fields have been opened?" Han Xi asked.
The creation of an additional 130 hectares of farmland should be a joyful thing, but at this time Han Xi frowned.
You must know that with these hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Yichuan County, there is not enough arable land for cultivation, and even water is a problem.
In addition to Ansai, there is a drought near Yan'an Prefecture. In fact, Yichuan County is also slightly affected.
The water level of the Yellow River tributaries in the territory dropped by nearly ten centimeters.
Although Yichuan's water conservancy facilities had been improved a lot at this time, it was still difficult to supply so many fields and people.
"Yes. But the magistrates don't have to worry. Their subordinates all asked them to divert water from the Yellow River to cultivate the land." The clerk explained.
Hearing this, Han Xi nodded.
Although the water in the tributaries is not very abundant, the water in the Yellow River is still very abundant.
As a result, the area of cultivated land in Yichuan County has reached more than 1,700 hectares. If potatoes can still be harvested for one or two, one stone.
In this year of drought, it is calculated as fifteen stones per acre.
