imprinted you in my heart

Shi Min didn't know that Bu Qianxue and the others had gone to the market until he arrived at Buhou's Mansion, so he bid farewell to Jiang Li and the others without taking a sip of tea and went out to Dongshi.

When the carriage approached Dongshi, there were already shops on both sides of the street, so Shi Min asked the coachman to stop the carriage.

Because Jiang Li only knew that they were going shopping, what exactly did they buy?To Dongshi, Xishi?Or just down the street?But I don't know anything about it, I only know that it seems to be going to buy some things for getting married.

Faced with such a general answer, Shi Min couldn't determine whether they were in Dongshi, Xishi, or the street, so he simply started looking for them in Dongshi, which is closer to Buhou's Mansion, and tried not to let go of those with shops. , which was changed to walking.

The bluestone streets that were just renovated in Fandu Prefecture last year are flat and clean, and the long-lost sunshine has dried them. The bustling pedestrians and carriages walk on them with smiling faces. There are row upon row of shops on both sides, including medicine shops, pawn shops, and jewelry shops. , There are also shops, such as banks, restaurants, inns, etc. that do not exist or are rare in the east and west cities.

Pedestrians nearby didn’t react too much when they saw a carriage stop, because this is Fandu, anyone caught on the street may be related to a certain noble or gentry, and there are many people who travel with guards and servants, like the one in front of them The ostentation of the carriage and the four or five guards is so ordinary that it is completely uninteresting.

After a while, a middle-aged woman came down from the carriage. She was wearing a set of silk and red right lapel, with a smile on her face. She looked a little rich and friendly, so she just took a look, and she was about to look away. , but saw another young woman getting off the carriage, so she couldn't take it back.

Obviously only wearing a simple white satin right lapel, except for some simple blue water patterns embroidered on the cuffs and neckline, there are no other patterns. The belt is also the most common cloth belt, and the purses and jade pendants hanging on it are also very common. .

It is such a simple dress that can no longer be simple, but it cannot conceal the owner's peerless appearance and aura. Every move is elegant and majestic. People can't help but take a second look. In fact, most people do the same. .

Gaining the attention of so many people at once made the general on duty, who was visiting privately with Shi Min's micro-service for the first time, immediately put on high alert, keeping his hand on the knife, watching all directions, listening to all directions, as long as there is any abnormal movement, he can instantly kill and plot evil By.

Shi Min didn't care about it at all, and after letting the woman in the car go back to Buhou's mansion to wait, she led Lu Guanchu and the four disguised internal guards to continue walking.

As soon as they left, the others had no choice but to look away and continue their work, or continue to walk forward, and those who walked with them began to talk in a low voice.

The complex is at the feet of the real emperor. There are many women and men with prosperous appearances. Even those storytellers are not ugly, but it is rare to see this plain and expensive one today, especially those deep and deep eyes. Bright eyes make people unforgettable, and people dare not look at it a second time.

As the largest capital city outside of China in ancient and modern times, Fandu City has a permanent population of more than 80, plus a floating population of more than a dozen or two million. It is a proper ancient version of a million-population metropolis. Finding someone for the purpose is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

Like a square Fandu city, it is divided into an inner city and an outer city. There is a big gate and two small gates on each side of the city wall. The entire city is about 20 miles long from east to west and 18 miles wide from north to south.

It means that it takes one and a half hours to walk from the east gate to the west gate, which is still a kind of fast walking, because the speed of ordinary people is only about one mile (10) for a cup of tea (500 minutes). It's been more than an hour and a half.

This is also the reason why Shi Min had to ride a horse or a carriage every time he went out of the palace, and it was also the fundamental reason why ministers had to get up early to go to court.

She once asked the envoys and students from various countries who came to pay tribute, and everyone said that they had never seen such a prosperous and grand city as Fandu, which was N times larger than the capitals of some small countries.

But having said that, the country is N times larger than the country, so what is the country's capital N times larger?Moreover, the Hua Dynasty has a vast territory, coupled with a large population, coupled with Hua Gaozu's farsightedness and cultural export policy, how can it reflect the style of a big country if the country is not built bigger and better?How to attract countries to come to pay tribute and send overseas students?

According to historical records, when the capital was built, the population was sparse. In order to make the capital prosperous, Emperor Hua Gaozu took the name of Fandu, and decreed that the powerful, wealthy merchants, and nearby people from all over the country would move into the capital and prosper from generation to generation. The present Fandu City.

The emperor’s ancestors played a good hand, but they suffered a lot for the emperor behind. Every time they repaired the streets of Fandu and cleaned up the garbage every time, they had to spend a lot of money, so that they had to be divided into two counties to govern. When I was the poorest, I couldn't afford the money, so I started to collect sanitation fees, and then postponed until now, the pressure is a little lighter.

Fortunately, there is no white garbage here, and iron and other things are valuable, and no one will throw them away. The rotten clothes and old clothes thrown away by rich people can be reused and sold to the poor after a little care. There are special people who collect and resell them to farmers in the suburbs, and some people who dump these rubbish even make a fortune.

They can make a fortune, of course, it is also inseparable from the fundamental reason of the policy support of the imperial court and the high development of the commodity economy in recent years.

In recent years, in addition to rectifying the administration of officials, reforming the New Deal, and promoting economic development, Shimin has also vigorously explored domestic copper, silver, and gold mines, plus the gold inflows from small countries such as vassal states with a trade surplus and Southwest official roads. Silver greatly enriched the amount of gold and silver in Huachao.

The increase in currency in circulation, coupled with the proofing of the imperial merchants and the appropriate policy support from the imperial court, naturally promoted the development of the commodity economy in the Hua Dynasty, and business management and business tax collection became more formal and detailed.

In Fandu, even if you only have the strength, as long as you are diligent enough, not afraid of hardship and tiredness, it is basically no problem to solve food and clothing, because you can make money by carrying water for people, and you can also make money by being a servant. It is easier if you have knowledge and culture up.

The rapid development of Huachao's commodity economy has led to the normalization of bulk commodity transactions, especially in border markets and big cities such as Fandu, and it is cumbersome and unsafe to carry a large amount of cash for transactions.

At Shi Min's suggestion, the Dahua Empire Bank was established last year after discussions among various ministries. It is affiliated to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but it has direct access to Tianting, and a special paper-based bank note was issued.

The well-deserved first-generation banknotes, in order to prevent fraudulent interests, disrupt the currency market and damage the interests and prestige of the imperial court, the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry have also worked hard to produce bank notes.

Fortunately, the hard work paid off. In the past year, there has been no case related to counterfeit bank notes.

In the entire Hua Dynasty, only the Dahua Imperial Bank had the right to print banknotes, and also had the responsibility to manage the major banks in the world. If other banks wanted to obtain banknotes, they had to deposit their cash into the Imperial Bank at a certain rate, and the banknotes had to be cashed. Pay a cashing fee.

With easy-to-carry banknotes, it is not only convenient for noble ministers to receive salaries, but also for merchants to trade more conveniently, and the safety factor is also improved a lot. For example, Shi Min now only carries two taels of cash in his purse when he goes out of the palace in a micro-service.

But there is a ten tael silver bill in the sleeve, the weight has been reduced a lot, but the money is more, it is as easy as it is, and you can buy whatever you want, but unfortunately, there is currently no one who wants to buy it. by your side.

Shi Min felt that if she searched alone, she might not be able to find the west market from the east market, and would waste a lot of time. Dang even sent three soldiers to go to the east market in three groups to search first, and agreed that no matter what was found No, they must gather at the gate of Dongshi in fifteen minutes.

With their skills and eyesight, fifteen minutes is enough.The general on duty is definitely going to stay.

When Lu Guan first saw that the general on duty stayed behind, she was also relieved. When His Majesty called for someone, she guessed a thing or two. She was afraid that His Majesty would send all the people out, and then only the two of them would be left. She had no idea.

Everyone was sent out, and Shi Min couldn't wait, so he took Lu Guanchu and the two of them to the shop to find someone. When the shop owners saw their temperament and dress, their eyes lit up, and they were all enthusiastic. very.

They don't care if you look good or not, they only look at whether you are rich, but they are very enthusiastic about anyone who looks rich.

Shi Min was originally looking for someone, but of course she was only looking for someone. Shopping was not within her scope of consideration. As a result, they were greeted in every time, but in the end they were sent out empty-handed and "hummed" by the boss. .

The first time Lu Guan Chu turned around, and was about to say something, but was stopped by Shi Min. Although the principle of buying and selling is voluntary, but since they are so generous, they don’t buy anything. It’s normal for people to be unhappy Well, never mind.

Obviously, Shi Min's luck in finding someone was not particularly good. He didn't see Bu Qianxue and the others all the way to the gate of the East Market. When the three sent back came back, they shook their heads, and the group went to the West Market again.

I walked and searched all the way, and I was almost at the West Market, but I didn't see Bu Qianxue and others. According to Jiang Li, although Bu Qianxue made some disguises, there were quite a few people with her, so it shouldn't be difficult to find them. .

In the end, she took it for granted. Bu Qianxue just returned home yesterday, so she probably didn't expect her to come today. What a mistake.

After arriving in West Market, Shi Min still followed the same method as in East Market, but he was no longer interested in looking for people in shops, so he found a nearby teahouse to rest and sent Lu Guanchu out, leaving only the man on duty. The general is by his side.

Time passed by, but there was no news of the people sent, but the number of people in the teahouse gradually increased, but now it was neither meal time nor time for storytelling, Shi Min became a little suspicious, until the table in the middle of the lobby on the first floor hung out. After reading the sign, she realized that it was almost time for storytelling.

When she came in before, she was a little absent-minded, and she didn't take a good look at the sign at the entrance of the teahouse, otherwise she wouldn't have known it now.

Looking at the sign, it will say a biography - "Until Death", which seems to be the best-selling biography in Fandu in recent months. There is no one, and there is no book that can match it. She also has a copy in her study, but I haven't had time to watch it yet, and I don't know what part I'm talking about today.

More and more people came to the restaurant, and the noise became louder, but suddenly there was silence for a while, Shi Min sat in the private room on the second floor, facing the storytelling table in the middle, with his back to the entrance, no one could be seen coming up.

Until the voice that got closer and closer, "Who is sitting in the private room of this prince?" came a proud and somewhat familiar female voice.

"This... I don't know about the small ones, but they arrived first, and the next one is empty, why don't you go to the Shizi Mansion... change it" This is the frightened and weak voice of the shopkeeper of the teahouse.

"Change? That's impossible. Hurry up and make them free, or I will have to do it myself." The tone can be as righteous as it is confident.

"Let's try that little one." The shopkeeper of the tea house could only bite the bullet and agree, and the sound of a group of footsteps also stopped outside the door in due time.

Just now when the three of Shi Min came in, the shopkeeper happened to be at the door. He wanted to ask the waiter to greet him, but after seeing it clearly, he went up to greet him. Let alone the older and richer person, the guard with a knife is not enough. The angry and fierce look made him shudder. The one who walked in the front was the youngest, the most noble and the prettiest, but it was like the moon beyond reach.

Based on his years of seeing people, this master was definitely not an ordinary person, so he subconsciously took them to the private room with the best location, which was also the private room that the prince in front of him wanted for a long time.

But he didn't expect that the son would come today, otherwise he wouldn't have brought him to this private room. It was useless to think too much, so the shopkeeper had to get angry and knock on the door.

"Come in," the disguised general standing not far behind Shi Yan said after receiving His Majesty's gesture.

The shopkeeper entered the private room and automatically ignored the guards who made the noise. In fact, he didn't dare to look at it. He clasped his fists at Shi Min and said, "I'm going to salute the young master. This visit is also entrusted by someone. Someone wants to pay for you today as a condition. May I change this private room with you?"

Small and subordinate are modest titles for those with lower status or juniors, and they can be used in ordinary occasions as well as in formal occasions. The boss salutes like this because he regards Shi Min as a superior person in his heart. ?