This shop seems to be very talkative, not to mention that he is the best person to observe words and expressions. Seeing that Chen Kaizhi and others were interested in listening, he continued: "Even in this world, as long as you can count the goods, you can always find them in our Jibei. You can think about it. Do you think about it? Are these business people willing to travel thousands of miles to buy specialties everywhere?"

Chen Kaizhi nodded slightly. In later generations, there may be no concept of specialty products. This is because in the era of prosperous technology, due to the good logistics system, it is almost difficult to find so-called specialty products everywhere in the world. Most of the so-called specialty products are used by merchants to fool consumers.

But in this era, it is completely different. Almost every state and county has their own local products. People in Jiangnan want to buy Shu brocade, people in Guanzhong want to buy fur from Hu land, and people in Shu want to buy ginseng from Lelang County. These... are almost impossible.

Although there will be merchants who will travel around the world, it is different now.

By encouraging trade, Jibei also mastered the necessities such as fine salt that are most urgently needed in the world, and the world-famous steel, merchants from all countries and states in the world had to come here to buy them. Since they were coming, they naturally would not come empty-handed. Of course, they would traffic some local goods by the way. In this way, the world's strange goods gathered in Jibei.

Then, a new economic situation emerged. When people find that if they want to buy ginseng, they don’t have to go to Lelang specifically, want to buy fur, or go out of the customs to seek goods in the Hu people's gathering place. If they want Shu brocade, they don’t have to go to the country of Tianfu. They just need to come to Jibei and they can buy it. In this way... Jibei no longer just attracts those salt and iron dealers, but merchants all over the world can’t avoid Jibei no matter what business they do.

The shop said with a smile: "So in Jibei City, there are four cities in the southeast, west and north, and the one in the middle is not an official office, but Sihaifang. What is Sihaifang? It is actually a storefront. There are more than 3,000 storefronts there. The world's business, no matter which country it comes from, all big merchants will rent a storefront there to display their goods, because there are too many travelers pouring into Jibei every year. Whatever they want is, they just need to go to Sihaifang.

, then you can choose what you like. Generally, ordinary families rarely go there, but merchants can seize business opportunities there. Not only that, five miles east of Jibei, they have opened up canals, and leaned against the harbor, and the roads have been built. There, there are many warehouses, and countless merchants bring local goods, but they rent warehouses there and temporarily piled up the goods there. If the young master is interested, he can also go there to see it."

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "Not only that, there are even Sumatra spices, Luzon's treasures, and even the strange and lewd tricks of Franchise people..."

"There are also franchises from the West?" Chen Kaizhi seemed more interested. At this time, the West did not refer to Europe, but to the so-called South Ocean in later generations. As for franchises, it is like the general term for the extreme west.

"Yes, there are everything." The shop nodded repeatedly.

Chen Kaizhi nodded. At this time, the dishes had already been served. Everyone moved their chopsticks. Deng Jian was still the same. When he saw the dishes on the table, he couldn't help but move his index finger. However, Chen Zhijing seemed implicit, while Yan Shenggong was worried and had to eat a few bites.

After eating and drinking, he continued to set off. Chen Kaizhi was in the carriage, squinting his eyes and taking a nap. Going forward, Jibei City was in the distance.

This city is close to the coast and relies on the Yellow River, Canals, and Three Rivers. There is no city wall in the city. Obviously... the city wall is really unnecessary. It is not because of no security doubts, but because the scale of the city is constantly expanding, so that the construction of the city wall cannot catch up with the expansion of the urban area. Moreover, the most important thing for such commercial cities is that the city is well-connected. Once the city wall is built, it will inevitably cause traffic inconvenience. Chen Kaizhi had ordered that the city wall should not be built for the time being.

Chen Zhijing and others looked at the outline of the city from afar and were surprised. They thought that Jibei should be a barren land, because when Dachen regained the three prefectures of Jibei, it was indeed empty. But who would have thought... When they saw each other today, they found that it was not the case at all.

This city, which seems to be a larger building than Luoyang, has people walking one after another, cars and horses flowing, and countless buildings are endless. With the long-planned road, it extends to the horizon. The noisy sound does not stop. On the straight road, people walk very fast. In the distance, there is thick smoke emitting from the chimneys of the workshop.

Chen Zhijing doesn’t like this place very much, it gives him a feeling that it is too noisy.

But even so, he still had to realize that this city that rose from the ground was less majestic and solemn than Luoyang, but more prosperous than that.

People entering and leaving the city are focused on themselves, and there are people wearing short shirts everywhere. There are only Confucian scholars wearing long shirts. They are in a hurry and seem to have a goal, so they refuse to even look at people entering and leaving the city.

Here, the streets distinguish the square neighbors, and each neighbor seems to have their own style. Some neighbors gathered with merchants from Yan people, some were Jiangnan people living together, and some were densely packed buildings, which seemed to be lived by the craftsmen here.

There were officers patrolling the streets every now and then. They looked alert, but they almost didn't disturb the pedestrians.

At this time, a group of people had already come, and more than a dozen people gathered around a car. The car stopped, and got out of the car. When he saw Chen Kaizhi, he quickly stepped forward and saluted: "My minister, Yang Biao, I have seen Your Majesty."

Yang Biao...

The most important thing about the grand cabinet is that it is stationed in Jibei. In fact, the real manager of Jibei came to welcome the saint, with only a carriage and a dozen followers, in this bustling street, he was really willful...

Chen Zhijing's eyes were a little straightened.

Unexpectedly, Chen Kaizhi smiled very happily, and helped Yang Biao up: "Mr. Yang, don't be too polite. I was still thinking about when I could see Mr. Haha, let's take me for a walk."

Chen Kaizhi looked back and looked at Chen Zhijing: "Uncle, please take people to stay here, let's go our separate ways."

Chen Zhi nodded with a bow and said, "Abide by the order."

He understood that everything His Majesty said was to be simple, and he could not afford to pay any discount. He would definitely not expect any better treatment for the observation team he brought. Look, even Yang Biao Yingsheng is so willful, do other people dare to usurp the past?

Chen Kaizhi led Deng Jian and others to stroll around Jibei with Yang Biao.

Every area here has a special division, from commercial areas, workshop areas, and then to the neighborhoods of life. Unfortunately, they are too far apart. The scale of Jibei is no less than that of Luoyang with a population of hundreds of thousands. Chen Kaizhi is just a quick look. The first time he came here, he felt that it was lively everywhere. Although he was very enthusiastic, he couldn't see anything.

However, Deng Jian seemed very interested and looked around.

And the Yan Shenggong followed obediently, and he didn't even dare to show his identity. He just felt that he was coerced and humiliated his ancestors. Seeing this noisy place, he felt extremely disgusted, especially when he saw that he was full of merchants, he felt even more nauseous. But he didn't dare to speak, and suppressed the unhappiness in his heart.

Seeing this, Yang Biao said, "Your Majesty might as well go to the government office to sit..." After a pause, he looked at Chen Kaizhi deeply and whispered, "Mr. Fang arrived the day before yesterday."

Uncle Master has arrived?

Chen Kaizhi smiled in his heart, and his face was silent. He arrived at the government office. Next to the government office was the residence of the Grand Secretary Yang Biao. This place seemed very simple. Apart from a few military soldiers, it was no different from the ordinary large mansion. Chen Kaizhi followed Yang Biao in and arrived at the study. He had just sat down. Deng Jian and Yan Shenggong had been arranged to go. Only Mr. Yan followed him in. Yang Biao immediately said seriously: "Your Majesty, the meaning of Your Majesty's secret order, I have begun to investigate. There are dozens of large merchants in Jingyan Workshops. Then, I screened them again, and I really found that a large merchant was the most suspicious."

While drinking tea, Chen Kaiyi said enthusiastically: "You continue talking."

Yang Biao said seriously: "This person is Jianghai. In recent years, he has been purchasing goods in large quantities. Last year, he bought 45,000 kilograms of fine salt in Jibei. Not only that, in Jibei, he also bought silk, porcelain, iron and even cloth. Sometimes the prices are high, he doesn't care. He just keeps stockpiling goods. Although other merchants also buy goods on a large scale, such as Wang Jin, a merchant from Beiyan, who is a powerful man in Bingzhou and has some relationship with the royal family of Beiyan. Although he is buying goods on a large scale, after all,

As early as the Northern Yan Kingdom, there were special sales channels. As for other large commercial banks, the flow of goods, whether light or dark, more or less, there were traces to follow. Only the rivers and seas are merchants from Yue Kingdom on the surface. In order to cover up people's eyes, I have verified that there are indeed many industries in Yue Kingdom, especially in the Qiantang Suzhou and Hangzhou area, but this is just a cover. In fact, his goods have not yet flowed to this day. In order to prevent it, I have already asked the Jinyiwei to continue to verify in Suzhou and Hangzhou. I think that soon, I will have a look."

Chen Kaizhi nodded. In fact, if he found out that Yang Taigong's overseas operations, he could infer that although Yang Taigong monopolized the maritime trade, the essence of maritime trade lies in the existence and whether there is any interoperability. Then it would be easier to guess that they had to secretly acquire bulk goods in Jibei.
Chapter completed!