The Southern Zhou Dynasty, which had not been subjugated under the pressure of the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years, had a very complicated way to survive.

The flirting with Beiliao, and trying to keep Datang in check for each other was just one of them, the most important thing was money.

rich!

How could the rich in the Southern Zhou Dynasty reach such a state? The Nian family had to rename their children and grandchildren Nian Youqian.

Where does the money come from?

The climate in Southern Zhou Dynasty is suitable and there is abundant rainfall, so it is easy to achieve two crops a year.

What are you thinking about when you are full and warm... When you have money, you will think about other enjoyments. It is said that if there is a need, there will be a market, and businessmen will do business everywhere based on these needs.

Southern Zhou Junior High School was full of their businesses.

But this is not enough.

The greatest wealth of the Southern Zhou Dynasty came from overseas.

Long before the founding of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, there were merchants from this place going to sea for trade, but the scale was small and more dangerous.

After the founding of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the navy maintained a certain scale because there were many river systems and it was close to the sea.

Therefore, the shipbuilding industry has remained and continues to grow and develop.

After the founding of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the pattern of civilized military control was formed. The status of literati increased greatly.

But simply increasing one's status is not enough! After all, there are only so many positions in the officialdom, and most literati are still excluded.

Status was useless, so those literati turned their attention to Brother Kong Fang.

Let's go do business!

It has to be said that when the literati stopped showing disdain for businessmen and turned their attention to business, they immediately prospered.

Moreover, literati engaged in business had an astonishing appetite.

After a few moments, they found that the internal market in Southern Zhou was saturated, and this would be the case if they continued to work hard.

They quickly turned their attention to Northern Liao and Datang.

Datang is the enemy!

Wouldn’t doing business with them be siding with their enemies?

This kind of voice within the Southern Zhou Dynasty was completely criticized by the literati... Are we making money for ourselves? Bah! We are making business taxes for the Great Zhou Dynasty!

The literary businessmen who occupied the moral high ground made the import and export trade flourish, but soon they found that this business was not easy to continue.

From Da Zhou to Bei Liao, you need to pass through Datang, and you will be inspected and plundered by those in Datang along the way. The high-priced goods of Da Zhou gradually lose their competitiveness in Bei Liao.

In the Tang Dynasty, merchants were also rising rapidly. Those princes and nobles took off their masks of despising merchants and went into battle shirtless.

The merchants of the Tang Dynasty, who took advantage of the landlords, took advantage of the high cost of cargo transportation in the Southern Zhou Dynasty and successfully attacked them. The merchants of the two countries continued to fight in the market of the Tang Dynasty even after the Southern Zhou Dynasty was destroyed.

This business is so complicated that the people involved are exhausted both mentally and physically.

At this time, someone discovered that doing business overseas seemed to make a lot of money.

So, they tentatively took a step outside...

The first time you go to sea for trade, the amount of goods you bring out will almost always be the amount of money you can bring back.

Make a fortune!

The whole week was a sensation.

Immediately, the gentlemen lost their skin and joined the ranks of going overseas to do business.

The development of sea trade in the Great Zhou Dynasty shocked everyone... In just twenty years, the proportion of commercial taxes generated by sea trade in the Great Zhou Dynasty increased from less than 10% to more than 40%.

As a result, sea trade became a cash cow for the Zhou Dynasty.

Several ports also became prosperous, with merchants gathering and sails covering the sky.

Luocheng was originally a small city, but its hydrological conditions were quite good, so it became one of the important commercial ports in the Zhou Dynasty.

Zhan Ming, the magistrate of Luocheng County, was originally a doctor in the Hubu Department of Bianjing. After the fall of Bianjing, he decisively joined the Northern Xinjiang Army. Because his background was relatively simple and he had many years of experience as an official in the Hubu Department, he was sent to Luocheng.

The city sits in the town.

Although he is the county magistrate, there is an official in Luocheng who is nominally his subordinate, but he should not be underestimated. This person is from the Northern Xinjiang clan, his name is Ma He, and his position is county magistrate.

In the morning, Zhan Ming got up early and saw fog when he opened the door.

"Why is there such a heavy fog? How can we go out to sea?"

Thinking of the naval fleet that was due to arrive in the next two days, Zhan Ming had a splitting headache.

If the naval fleet ran aground due to fog or hit a dock, he would not be able to escape responsibility.

"Demoted!"

Zhan Ming felt that he was a little unlucky. He had known that it would have been better to stay at the Ministry of Revenue, so there was no need to take risks here.

"Mr. Sir, breakfast is ready." The servant came to report, and his attitude turned out to be more neither humble nor overbearing.

A few days ago, a decree came from Chang'an, asking the Southern Zhou Dynasty to screen slaves, and all slaves who were originally from the Southern Zhou Dynasty would be of foreign nationality.

This servant is from the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Compared with the reluctance of the servants of the Tang Dynasty to leave the country, the servants in the Southern Zhou Dynasty secretly burned a lot of incense to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty after hearing this decree, and the shouts of long live His Majesty kept coming and going.

Why is there such a big gap between the two places?

Without him!

There is money in the hometown of Southern Zhou Dynasty!

Lots of opportunities!

After becoming a citizen, you can find any job to support your family. So, who has nothing to do and become a slave?

This world is becoming increasingly uneventful.

Zhan Mingdu muttered, "Didn't you see the fog outside? Prepare some dry food, I will take it away!"

"yes!"

The servant responded meekly.

Fortunately, order is still there!

After getting the dry food, Zhan Ming went out and rushed to the dock.

At this moment, the pier was shrouded in fog, and visibility was less than twenty steps.

"Where are the people?" Zhan Ming swallowed the last bite of the pancake and shouted.

A desolate horn sound came.

Listen to the sound not far away.

Zhan Ming followed the sound and saw the county chief Ma He leading more than ten trumpeters playing the trumpet.

Last night, more than ten ships came to the outer sea. This is a warning. No ships are allowed to approach the dock.

"Old horse!"

Zhan Ming burped and walked over.

Ma He, who was looking a little serious, turned around and saw him, and said: "There was a merchant ship that wanted to forcefully approach the pier before, but was forced to retreat by the lower officials."

"We are already close to the dock, why bother letting them leave again." Zhan Ming felt that Maher was too rigid in doing things.

"Rules are rules!" Maher's dark face became colder. "His Majesty once said when he was in Northern Xinjiang, you should be flexible when you need to be flexible, but rules are rules. If you do it for some benefit, you should do it.

That’s stupid!”

Zhan Ming blushed, but he did not dare to refute, lest he be labeled as contemptuous of His Majesty. He stretched out his hand to build an awning in front of his eyes and asked, "Is the navy fleet coming?"

"I don't know yet, but even if we come, we have to wait until the fog dissipates before we can approach the pier."

Mach still refused to accommodate.

…

"Is this Luocheng?"

King Wei entered Luocheng in the fog. Concubine Shu opened the curtain and said in surprise: "This fog has never happened in Chang'an before."

Sister Huang said: "That's right! It's rare even in northern Xinjiang."

Moreover, the mist was extremely moist. King Wei touched the shaft of the carriage and found that it was all wet.

After the group entered Luocheng, King Wei did not go looking for anyone, but went shopping with his family.

Luocheng is not a big city, but its commerce is extremely developed. However, there are few retail stores and most of them are wholesale.

Those merchants bought land to build warehouses in Luocheng, or rented warehouses. The warehouses could store goods for overseas trade. After returning from the sea, the goods could be stored locally, and then they could slowly bargain with merchants from all over the place to purchase goods.

"That's a lot to eat!" The child's eyes lit up.

"Let's go find a place to have breakfast."
To be continued...