Late October.

In the Guanzhong area north of the Qinling Mountains, the first winter snow of the year began to fall. The people of Chang'an City put on the furs trafficked by Hu merchants from the Western Regions early and covered themselves with felt blankets.

The blanket made of thick cashmere wool is quite strong and durable, and more importantly, it has a good thermal insulation effect.

Chang'an's East Market.

The largest Hu merchant was a Hu merchant named Wushiluo. He came to Xianyang as early as the First Emperor's lifetime and was received by the First Emperor.

When Hu Hai, the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty, was on the throne, Wu Shiluo was ostracized by the powerful Zhongshu Ling because he was unwilling to donate the property in his name to Zhao Gao, and finally had to leave Xianyang sadly.

The fifth year of the New Calendar of the Qin Dynasty.

Wu Shiluo returned to Qin from the Western Regions via the southern route, and found that Xianyang, the former capital, had become an empty city, and a large-scale new city was rising rapidly on Leyouyuan on the banks of the Wei River.

With the unique acumen of a businessman, Wu Shiluo felt that the city of Chang'an in front of him would be a new starting point for his development. In order to confirm his judgment, Wu Shiluo purchased more than ten shops in Dongshi.

In just one year, the value of these shops has increased at an astonishing rate.

With the profits from the shop, Wushi Luo, which mainly deals in grain and fodder business, has now expanded its business to silk, salt brine, brocade and other fields. Speaking of which, Wushi Luo's development is also thanks to the great victories of the Qin army.

Without Li Yuan's conquests, even if he, the Wushiluo, wanted to manage these scarce supplies, he would not be able to get much profit from other princes.

With the improvement of the relationship between Qin and Western Chu, the main artery of east-west trade has been connected without any hindrance. For merchants, this situation is extremely precious. They have suffered enough from the war and are now grasping everything.

Time makes money.

In order to thank the Qin State for the convenience provided, and to better earn more wealth from the Qin State's revival, Wu Shiluo and some big merchants took the initiative to donate a lot of grain, wealth and silk over the years, which can be regarded as a kind of charity.

In return, what they got in exchange was a quiet change in Qin's national policy of focusing on agriculture and commerce.

The First Emperor Ying Zheng had no favorable impression of business, and the previous kings of the Qin State also despised commerce. In order to change these traditional views of the Qin people, Li Yuan used a lot of brains and thought of many ways. Finally,

It was decided to remain unchanged in response to all changes. The state would not interfere in the business activities of businessmen, but would leave it to the businessmen to negotiate and resolve. Of course, the state would still have to extract a certain amount of tax revenue.

In terms of proportion, Li Yuan did not impose heavy taxes like the Huns. As a person with modern business acumen, he knew very well what business would bring to a country, and if a country had no flow of goods at all, then

This country also went into decline.

As long as the Qin State continues to maintain its aggressive momentum, the profit-seeking merchants will not leave. What Li Yuan has to do now is to attract more big merchants like Wushi Luo to settle in Chang'an.

As long as people are in the Qin State, no matter how much wealth the merchants have, it will ultimately belong to the Qin State. At this point, Li Yuan has obviously learned the method of hiding wealth among the people, and the wealth of Wushi Luo and others is not consumed.

It is still a hoarding. As long as it is used and hidden on Qin's land, it will still not escape Li Yuan's control.

Dongshijiekou.

On a cold and windy morning, one by one the shop assistants huddled their necks and opened the shop doors in the heat, preparing to welcome the first customers of the new day. The shops in Dongshi have now increased in value dozens of times. At the beginning,

When Li Yuan ordered the construction of Chang'an City, he reserved more than ten shops in the East Market as his own private property. Only two years later, this decision was proved to be wise.

Wushi Grain Store.

A middle-aged maid with a sallow complexion was struggling to carry a excrement bucket, covering her mouth and nose with one hand, and pouring the stinking filth into the public toilet with one hand.

As the population of Chang'an City increased, the capacity designed by Li Yuan and Xin Zhui at that time had already been exceeded. Under such a full-capacity operation state, the severe situation of cleaning and sanitation work was faced by Chang'an Ling Yan Le.

Yan Le, who had gone to the public restroom early in the morning to inspect the situation, stared at the back of the woman with her nose covered, and felt dazed for a while. The figure looked familiar and reminded him of someone.

Widow of Han King Liu Bang: Lu Pheasant.

However, Lu Pheasant could be regarded as a person who had been the wife of a prince, and her hometown was in the Chu region. How could she appear in Chang'an City and become a servant with a lowly profession?

"Madam, where are you from?" Yan Le asked, dismounting his horse and blocking the woman's way.

"This, my lord, this servant is from Hanzhong County and the West City area of ​​Hanzhong." The woman carrying the dung bucket faltered. She obviously didn't expect Yan Le to stand in front of her. In panic, her feet went weak and she shook the dung bucket in her hand.

It dumped and the sewage immediately filled the entire bluestone path of the public toilet.

"Shen Liu, didn't you say you were from Nanjun a few days ago? Why are you from Hanzhong again? Judging from your accent, you look a bit like a Chu native?"

Next to them, several women who were dumping excrement had already become impatient. They hid far away while exposing the middle-aged woman just now.

The prosperity of Dongshi not only brought money, but also gave birth to a special profession: dumping dung.

For fitness women who have no special skills, the profession of defecating requires almost no effort except getting up early and having a lot of strength. Therefore, what seems to be a despicable occupation to outsiders is, among the fitness women,

, the competition was also fierce. The woman named Shen Liu who was stopped by Yan Le was still somewhat beautiful, and she looked particularly weak among the strong women with big muscles and round waists, which also made her suddenly isolated.

"You guys are talking nonsense!" The woman turned around, pointed at the group of servants with her hand hidden on her face and shouted in a hissing voice.

Her scream sounded to Yan Le, but it clearly had the accent of Chu. In the past year, official and private exchanges between Qin and Chu have been normal. A woman from Chu came to Chang'an City to ask for help.

It's nothing to eat by mouth, but what makes Yan Le strange is, why should she object?

"Is it her?" Yan Le's eyes swept across the woman's face, then stopped and couldn't look away.

"Do you think I made a mistake?" Yan Le muttered to himself. Since taking up the job of the Military Intelligence Department, Yan Le immediately ordered his men to draw portraits of the possible enemies facing Qin one by one. Among them, Han King Liu Bang and his

The old tribes are undoubtedly the focus of Yan Le's greatest concern.

This woman, Lu Pheasant, is very extraordinary.

This is the judgment Yan Le made after carefully observing Lu Pheasant's experience. It is for this reason that Yan Le did not reduce his attention to Lu Pheasant after Liu Bang's death.

Analyzing from interoperable intelligence, Lu Pheasant, Lu Xu, Lu Ze, Lu Shizhi and other Lus have gathered at Yingbu's place. These people have deep hatred for the Qin State, and their every move deserves Yan Le's close attention.

Now, a woman who looks like Lu Pheasant suddenly appears in Chang'an. Regardless of whether she is Lu Pheasant or not, Yan Le decides to conduct a thorough investigation to see what the purpose of this woman who behaves strangely while pouring excrement is.
Chapter completed!