A new avenue was built in the north of Ziling City.

This avenue is one hundred steps wide (150 meters) and ten miles long. The entire avenue is paved with bluestone. There are also a large number of flowers, giant trees, Tuanhua Jin tribes, and beautiful Meilun. One end of the avenue is connected to the Wuwei Gate north of Ziling City, and the other end is connected to the wharf by Wujiang River. A huge archway is built at the northern end of the avenue, with the words "Tribute Avenue" written on it.

If Xiang Zhuang saw it, he would be amused and crying. He accidentally told Xiang about the Zhuque Street in Chang'an City in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the Arc de Triomphe in France. As a result, Xiang he put a road of triumph for him.

However, through this Triumph Avenue, you can already see the powerful economic strength of Chu State.

The entire avenue took only three months, and almost the same time Xiang Zhuang left Ziling with the cavalry, the construction of the Triumph Avenue officially started. In order to build the Triumph Avenue, Xiang recruited more than 20,000 craftsmen and more than 100,000 civilians, and spent a lot of money to buy millions of large bluestones.

This is also a huge project, but it almost does not damage the national strength and people's strength of Chu.

There is only one reason, that is, the economic strength of Chu State has expanded to an unimaginable level, and even Xiang Zhuang, the initiator, could never imagine it.

There is a view in the historical community that China before the Tang and Song dynasties did not have the conditions for large-scale development of industry and commerce due to low productivity, because the development of industry and commerce would inevitably lead to the out-of-production of labor. The out-of-production of labor and the low productivity would inevitably lead to the reduction of grain production, resulting in serious famine.

It was for this reason that Shang Yang formulated a national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, which lasted for nearly a thousand years!

In fact, Shang Yang's worries were completely redundant. The followers of later generations even learned how to walk and stood by themselves.

The development of industry and commerce will indeed lead to strong labor flowing to the industrial and commercial fields, because work seems to make money faster. This will inevitably lead to a decrease in farmers and a reduction in grain production, but this is only temporary, because the market will adjust itself. Due to the decrease in grain, it will inevitably lead to an increase in grain prices. The increase in grain prices will inevitably prompt handicraftsmen to go back to farm!

In addition to the market that self-regulates the number of farmers and handicraftsmen, the development of industry and commerce can in turn promote the rapid development of productivity.

The reason is obvious. When farming is no longer about maintaining food and clothing, it becomes profitable. Farmers will try their best to increase the yield of farmland. When farmers have this demand, blacksmiths will try their best to provide better farm tools. If they want to provide better farm tools, they must find ways to improve the iron smelting process!

This formed a virtuous cycle. In the end, the development of industry and commerce did not lead to food shortages, but instead promoted the rapid development of productivity. Unfortunately, ancient China did not enter such a virtuous cycle.

However, in the West, it entered this virtuous cycle. It was precisely because of the development of industry and commerce that the use of iron tools in the West was a thousand years earlier than in China. Moreover, in the West, industry and commerce during the Roman Empire had already flourished, but there was no large-scale famine in the Roman Empire!

It can be seen from this that the development of industry and commerce will not lead to famine, but will promote the rapid development of productivity.

However, due to Xiangzhuang's time travel, the Chu State has entered a virtuous cycle. The handicraft smelting, ceramics, textiles, winemaking, shipbuilding and other handicrafts have developed greatly, and the improvement of agricultural tools has made it possible to cultivate deeply. The application of deep cultivation technology has greatly improved the yield of crops. Now the yield per mu in Chu has exceeded three stones!

The development of industry and commerce has had a profound impact on the economy, culture, military and other aspects of the Chu State. Among them, the one with the greatest influence was the young people in China. In the real Chinese history, the ideal of young people is to learn civil and military skills, goods and imperial families. In other words, being an official and being a general and having a wife and a son is the only ideal of young people.

But now, the situation has changed fundamentally. Being an official and becoming a general is still the highest ideal for young people. However, working and farming are no longer the choice for them to sneer, because in the State of Chu, the status of merchants, farmers and craftsmen is not low. As long as you can do well in this industry, you can also get a title and become a prominent noble.

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On both sides of the newly built Triumph Avenue, there are already a crowd of people.

There were already a crowd of people outside the city, but people were still pouring out in the city, including scholars with tall crowns and broad belts, warriors with short clothes and short jackets, craftsmen with green clothes and short jackets, young ladies wearing double-breasted skirts, old women and old men, and countless children walking among the crowd, bustling and lively.

Today is the auspicious day for the king and the cavalry to join forces.

Everyone has their own thoughts. Most of the old women and old men are to welcome their sons, but the women are to welcome their men, scholars and warriors are to see the style of the cavalry. As for those little ladies dressed up, they are to find a wishful husband from among the triumphant cavalry soldiers.

Before the army arrived, the Triumph Avenue was already very lively.

"Aunt Wang family, are you here too?" The old man who asked was respectful and used your honorary title.

"Our Sangouzi is back. Are you not here to pick him up?" The old woman who answered raised her head slightly.

"Old woman in the Wang family, this time your third son is probably promoted to the fifth doctor, right?" The old man became more and more respectful.

"That's more, an official officer came to our house yesterday and said that Sangouzi had made a meritorious service again. He would be promoted to another level tomorrow and become a five-doctor. By the way, he would have to change the plaque on the gate in the back."

"Aunt Wang family, you are so lucky to have such a good son."

"Your fourth brother is not bad either. Although you are still a soldier in the palace, you will become a magistrate after turning back and making contributions."

"Aunt Wang family, you see that your three sons have not married yet, so why would you marry our Erya?"

"Your second girl is so good-looking and has the strength to work." The old woman in the Wang family was a little moved. Before she became the mother of the five doctors, she was used to hard life, so she couldn't change her concept. She always wanted to marry a strong daughter-in-law and let her have more laborers at home.

"Don't think about Lu's family. Just like your Erya, can the third son look down on me?" Soon another old man jumped out to disrupt the situation. "Wu Wang's family, our fourth girl has big breasts and thin waists, and your third son will definitely like it when he sees her. The key is that the fourth girl has a big butt and will definitely have a son in the future."

"Yes, I have to find someone who will have a son." The old woman in the Wang family hesitated a little.

The Lu family Aweng stopped doing it and shouted, "Cao family Aweng, aren't your four girls engaged?"

"Who said that the engagement was made, who said that the appointment was made?" Cao's Anweng said unhappily, "Our family married a farmer, Erya married a craftsman, and Sanya married a businessman. This time, Siya would have to find a general, the old man would have to settle for it. Why don't you give me half a share of the dowry, and the old man gave twenty taels of gold as a dowry, will he do it?"

While speaking, the front suddenly became turbulent, and then the words came from the front were heard, and the army arrived!

The old woman in the Wang family was a little anxious. Because she was short and could not see clearly the situation on the Triumph Avenue ahead, the old woman in the Cao family gave the small stool she brought from her family and stepped on the small stool. The old woman in the Wang family finally saw the situation on the Triumph Avenue. Sure enough, a team of heavily armored cavalry had already slowly driven over with neat horse stances.

The rider was strong, tall, with short and thick beards on his lips, and extraordinary majesty. The golden armor on his body shone even more under the sun, making people unable to face it. Needless to say, this must be the King of Chu. The people of Chu who were watching on both sides of the avenue cheered like a tsunami.

Following the King of Chu were teams of cavalry soldiers.

The soldiers lined up in rows of horizontal lines, each with fifty horses, all riding on the tall and powerful horses with armor, helmets on their heads, scabbards on their waists and horse boots on their feet were all polished to a shiny tiles. The rifles in their hands and copper nails on the horse decorations shone under the sun, making the knights on the horse's back look particularly majestic.

The little ladies on both sides of the avenue screamed, and all of them were so excited that their pretty faces were red. They wanted to throw themselves into their arms now and find these majestic and bright future knights to be their husbands. A few pretty ladies who were already in love with the soldiers of the cavalry chased the horse team and kept greeting their lovers.

However, the soldiers of the Cavalry were very reserved and ignored this scene.

Originally, it was not easy to find three or five beautiful women based on their noble status as the Knights of the Cavalry Army and their titles. As long as they are willing, the pretty ladies who are willing to marry them can really line up a long line.

In the crowd, the old woman of the Wang family finally found her son and immediately waved: "Three Dogzi, Dogzi..."

In the horse team, a strong and majestic knight turned around when he heard the sound. Seeing that it was his mother, he quickly sued the general, then left the brigade and came to the old woman of the Wang family, turned over and dismounted and asked, "Mother, why are you here?"

The old lady of the Wang family looked at her handsome and tall son and was so happy that she smiled. After a few words, she suddenly remembered the serious business. She pointed to the little lady not far away and was secretly looking at her and said, "Sangouzi, my mother told you that the wife of the house is the little lady over there, the most beautiful and the largest butt."

Sangouzi looked in the direction of her mother's finger, and the pretty faces of the little ladies immediately turned red, but they all suppressed their shame and threw their eyes at Sangouzi. Sangouzi saw the most beautiful lady in the middle, the thinnest waist and the largest butt at first glance. She said happily: "Success, it's her." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian() to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)


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