The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire

After winning the six southern provinces, Zhong Yu entered into a longer period of relaxation. During this period, there was no war in the kingdom of Yu, and all the newly won sites began a round of resumption of production with great momentum, and In the process of stabilizing people's hearts.

One day, in Jiangdu City, the current capital of the Imperial Kingdom, Zhong Yu was rather bored to deal with government affairs in the palace all day, so he took a few entourages out of the palace for a walk, to read anecdotes about the downtown area and relieve his worries.

Jiangdu City is located not far from the bank of a great river that traverses the Seven Kingdoms. The surrounding terrain is full of plains. Under the irrigation of the river, the land is fertile, and it is a famous grain-producing place thousands of miles away. In addition, the big river connects all countries, and many business travelers travel along the river to bring the rich products of each country to other countries. It is a golden waterway.

With these two conveniences, Jiangdu City can be said to be extremely prosperous, second only to the Great Ming Emperor's Capital, and the most prosperous city among the six southern provinces.

Walking on the street, Zhong Yu couldn't help but nodded when he looked at the crowds of people coming and going, the bustling business travelers, the peddlers, and the endless shops around him. Deeper cognition.

Although Zhong Yu temporarily set his residence in Jiangdu City, but he usually stays in the deep palace forbidden room, and usually meets with some court ministers, so he has no time to go out to play at all. I don't know much about it either. I only know that it is extremely prosperous, has a large population, and can generate a lot of taxes.

When I saw it today, it was really very prosperous.

I still remember the last time I was walking on the streets of the city, when I led a large army into the city. At that time, all the people hid in their rooms, blocked the doors and windows tightly, and dared not come out at all.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for Zhong Yu to understand how prosperous Jiangdu City is, but he only has a general understanding of the population of more than 5 million in the household registration book, which can generate taxes of nearly a province every year. That's all.

While playing, Zhong Yu suddenly saw a street full of people, hundreds of pedestrians gathered in several circles, as if they were watching someone or something in the circle.

Interesting, I want to see what it is that can attract so many people to watch. At this moment, Zhong Yu's interest was attracted, and he couldn't help but want to go and have a look.

The people in the city lived in Jiangdu City. Although none of them were very rich, Jiangdu City connected several surrounding countries. The merchants who traveled on a daily basis brought many rare treasures and strange stories to this city.

Therefore, although the people in the city were poor, they had seen their own experiences, and few things could attract so many people to gather and watch.

Zhong Yu went in to take a look, but found that there were no rare treasures, no weird stories, and it wasn't that there were any people performing arts.

It's just that a sloppy Taoist priest who sells pears got entangled here, and the quarrel caused the idle people to watch.

I went up to have a look and asked the people next to me why, only then did I know that there was a countryman who was selling pears in the market. Pears taste very sweet, but they are expensive.

The Taoist priest in front of him, wearing a tattered Taoist hat and tattered Taoist robe, stretched out his hand in front of the car to beg from the countrymen.

The countryman refused to give it, and he would not leave the Taoist priest. The countryman became angry and began to curse loudly.

The Taoist said: You have hundreds of pears in this cart, and the poor Taoist only asks you for one. It's not a big loss for you. Why do you have to lose your temper so much?

The spectators persuaded the countryman to give the old Taoist a bad pear and send him away, but the countryman firmly refused.

This is what Zhong Yu saw in front of his eyes.

Gai Nie, what do you think? Zhong Yu turned his head and said to Gai Nie who went out with him.

Gai Nie, as one of the 20 or so sixth ranks under Zhong Yu's command, together with his younger brother Wei Zhuang, served as Zhong Yu's bodyguard, and was also the commander of the imperial city's imperial guards, and was also in charge of security defense. This time when Zhong Yu left the palace, Gai Nie accompanied him as a guard.

The pear seller is too stingy, but the Taoist priest is so entangled, and bad business is also very hateful. After thinking for a while, Gai Nie said

Where is Master Donghuang? Zhong Yu turned his head to look at Donghuang Taiyi, the patriarch of the Yin-Yang family, who was dressed in a black robe. At this time, Donghuang Taiyi, as the chief officer of the empire's Qin Tianjian, led a group of people to observe the sky for the empire.

This Taoist priest disturbed the order and did business with bad people in the downtown area. He has already violated the criminal law. He should be arrested and sent to prison for punishment. Without the slightest thought, Donghuang Taiyi blurted out.

Looking at Donghuang Taiyi, Zhong Yu was thoughtful.

In the world of Qin Shimingyue, the Yin Yang family, as a very powerful minion of the Great Qin Empire in the arena, led the Great Qin's army one after another to sweep away hidden dangers in the local area, and made great military exploits.

However, because of being mixed with Daqin's army for a long time, he came into contact with many people in the Daqin system, and gradually became contaminated with the style of some Daqin officials.

Just like the current situation, if you follow the laws of Daqin, it is not acceptable to openly ask for property from others, but instead you will pester others to disrupt their business and cause some confusion.

It is a relatively serious crime to punish a person for the crime of gathering a crowd to make trouble.

It is not surprising that Donghuang Taiyi directly dealt with it according to the criminal law. It is in line with the domineering style of the Yin-Yang family.

The two are right, but let's see how it will develop next. Zhong Yu did not directly comment on what the two said, but continued to wait and see.

The Taoist priests and the pear sellers who were constantly arguing in the field attracted more and more pedestrians, and even affected the business of the two surrounding shops, causing the dissatisfaction of those shopkeepers.

At the sign of a shop owner, a waiter in the shop ran over, bought a pear for a Taoist with two renminbi, and asked him to leave quickly, so as not to affect other people's business here.

The Taoist thanked them, and then said to the crowd: Monks don't know how to be stingy. I have good pears, please taste them. Someone asked: Since you have pears, why don't you eat your own? The Taoist said: I need these The pear pits are used as seeds. So he took the pear and ate it with big mouthfuls.

After the Taoist finished eating the pears, he put the core in his hand, took off the small shovel on his shoulder, dug a hole a few inches deep in the ground, put the pear core in, covered it with soil, and asked the person next to him for some hot water. watering.

People with good deeds went to the roadside shop to bring a pot of boiling water, and the Taoist took the boiling water and poured it into the pit. Everyone stared and watched, and saw a young bud sprouting out, and gradually growing up, it grew into a big tree with luxuriant branches and leaves in a short while;

In a blink of an eye, it bloomed and bore fruit, and the branches were covered with big and fragrant pears. The Taoist priest picked pears from the tree and distributed them to the onlookers. After a while, they ate them all.

After eating these pears, the Taoist priest picked up the shovel and jingled the pear tree, and it took a long time to cut it off.

Seeing the method of this Taoist priest, Zhong Yu's face changed, and even Gai Nie and Donghuang Taiyi who were beside him also had a bad look on their faces.