Chapter 370 New County Mustard

Zuo Feng looked along what Su Yan was pointing and immediately discovered something that surprised him. There were countless buildings rising from the ground immediately behind the pier.

At first, Zuo Feng thought there was a prosperous town at Linjiang Pier, but when Zuo Feng took a closer look, he realized that there was actually a big city that was several times or even dozens of times more prosperous than Yancheng and Luan City. .

The main reason that surprised Zuo Feng was that there was no city wall visible in this big city, and it was built there without any obstruction. This was different from the city Zuo Feng understood, not to mention that it was still a county city. .

The place where we are now is Ganwei County. There was originally another county town here, but its development was not as good as that of such a fishing village. In the end, it became a new county town, so the new county town got its name from this.

This was the first time Zuo Feng heard that the development of a fishing village could outshine a county town, and eventually the fishing village became a county town. I'm afraid this kind of thing is not limited to Zuo Feng. I believe it would be difficult for anyone who has never been here to understand such a thing.

Suyan was very interested in talking at this time, and continued to talk to herself: "This was originally a small fishing village, but because it occupies an important position in the waterway, it developed better than other fishing villages. But the true meaning of this fishing village Development, but it was only after a man named Mao Jie appeared here that the situation here gradually changed. "

Zuo Feng didn't say anything, but silently muttered the word "Maoji" in his heart. This surname was a bit weird since there were very few names. However, Zuo Feng didn't pay too much attention to this. Instead, he was very interested in knowing how this guy could turn a fishing village into such a grand event.

Su Yan seemed to be deliberately trying to whet Zuo Feng's appetite. Instead, she coughed a few times, then slowly turned her head, looking at Zuo Feng's anxious look, and then slowly said: "Do you really want to know? How did he do it?"

As she spoke, she showed a naughty smile without makeup, and her two dimples seemed to be laughing at the same time. Zuo Feng was stunned for a moment and immediately understood that the girl in front of him was deliberately playing tricks on him, in order to get revenge on him for not immediately explaining why he could distinguish the other party's footsteps.

Looking at Zuo Feng's embarrassment, Su Yan seemed to have finally vented her anger, and then slowly said: "Actually, he only did one thing, which was to dig out a dock for large ships to stay."

“Dig a pier for large ships to dock?”

Zuo Feng muttered something unconsciously, and for a moment he didn't understand what Su Yan meant.

Seeing Zuo Feng's appearance, Suyan didn't explain anything. Instead, she leaned over and looked down the boat. Zuo Feng naturally followed her and looked down. Zuo Feng was also an extremely smart person. When he stared at the hull of the ship, he immediately understood what the plain face meant.

A large ship like the one Zuo Feng was riding in had to have a draft of at least four to five feet under the hull. If the ship was filled with cargo, it would probably have to draft even deeper. You must know that this is a plain area. The Ye Xuan River is naturally very deep, but the two banks are extremely gentle. Big ships will inevitably run aground before they get close to the river bank.

If a dock were to be excavated, the amount of work would probably be huge. The Ye Xuan River is so strong that it is impossible to build a pier in the middle. No matter how strong it is, it will be washed away when floods occur, and it will be in vain.

So if you want to build a pier on the shoal, you have to excavate more than just the little bit below the pier. At least the front and back must be excavated to a length of several tens of feet, and a depth of about ten feet is sufficient. Thinking of how these Zuo Feng could keep calm, he blurted out almost subconsciously: "How."

Seeing that Zuo Feng didn't say anything for a long time, Su Yan thought that the other party didn't understand her point at all. She was about to laugh at him before explaining, but suddenly she heard Zuo Feng ask excitedly.

She was also stunned, and couldn't help but have a good evaluation of Zuo Feng's mind, and then slowly said: "As I said, it is actually a very simple method, just dig. It just uses hundreds of muscle-tempering warriors, and several Just ten warriors in the Qi refining stage."

"That's all?"

Zuo Feng's face twitched slightly, but he curled his lips and thought in his heart, 'This is really easy to say, a warrior who has hundreds of muscle-tempering stages and dozens of Qi-refining stages, it's nothing more. You are truly my "dad". ’

This Su Yan was an understatement, but Zuo Feng knew that Su Yan was just deliberately showing off in front of him. After all, he was from the Ye Lin Empire. Although the two of them were not involved in national affairs, due to the geographical differences, Suyan would instinctively want to show her superiority in front of Zuo Feng.

Zuo Feng was already looking at the pier in the distance with great admiration. Now the pier no longer looked as simple as when he first saw it. Zuo Feng felt that the pier had given him a heavy weight. This is a miracle that human beings can create. This can be said to be the most shocking human feat Zuo Feng has ever seen.

However, Zuo Feng subconsciously thought of the Dongshan Canyon in Tianping Mountain. According to Zuo Feng's guess, there should also be a man-made wonder, but that "man" cannot be compared with the people who built the wharf.

"Why does this new county city not even have a city wall? Could it be that this was also created by the Lord of Maoji City?"

It seems that when talking about this, Su Yan's arrogance became even more intense. She raised her eyebrows very proudly and said, "What is the function of the city wall?"

Zuo Feng was slightly startled. As for the function of this city wall, Zuo Feng only knew that it could defend against foreign enemies. But since Su Yan had asked this question, he believed that there would never be such a simple answer, so Zuo Feng simply did not say anything and waited for Su Yan to give the answer. .

This time, Suyan did not show off, but said directly: "The original function of the city wall was to defend against foreign enemies, so that the people in the city could live and work in peace and contentment. But as the city develops, the city will become larger and larger. At this time The purpose of a city wall is to serve as a barrier to control everyone within it.

Although the city can be better managed due to the existence of city walls, doing so will restrict the development of the city. How can a city with city walls continue to develop and grow. "

Suyan's theory was refreshing to Zuo Feng, but Zuo Feng believed that this theory was definitely not thought up by Suyan himself, but was probably the work of that Maoji. However, Zuo Feng still had some doubts and said: "But in this way, the city is unsafe to defend. How will we deal with it if there is an incident?"

She said with a calm face: "Except for the invasion of foreign enemies, the only thing that can pose a threat to the city is the magical beasts in the Elixir Mountains. As this new county is far away from the border, and it is also far away from the Elixir Mountains, this Don’t worry too much about both issues.”

After listening to Suyan's analysis, Zuo Feng also felt that there was some truth to it. At least in terms of urban development, this new county town had its unique advantages. It could always be expanded outwards. As long as someone was willing to spend money here, they could build their own. family business. After all, buying a piece of land in the city is not comparable to buying a piece of wasteland on the plains.

Although what Su Yan said should be Mao Jie's theory, Zuo Feng couldn't think of anything that could refute him for a moment, but this was inconsistent with Zuo Feng's strong character. If he couldn't show off his plain-faced spirit here, Zuo Feng would feel that it would be a bit embarrassing to face him.

With his heart moving, Zuo Feng spoke again: "How can such a city without city walls have a source of tax revenue to develop the city? You must know that every city cannot do without money if it wants to manage and develop, but how can it not even have city walls? It allows people who come in and out to pay taxes.”

Zuo Feng was obviously a little more restless than before, and Su Yan naturally noticed it, but she smiled slightly and said: "This new county city does not need to collect taxes from everyone entering the city. Only ships docked at the dock need to pay taxes. It’s a certain fee and you just have to pay a certain tax when the goods get off the ship.”

Seeing Zuo Feng frowning and saying nothing, Su Yan continued: "This Xinjun City and Xinjun Wharf have been integrated into one. There are very few merchants passing by here on land. Even if the taxes are collected, they will not be enough to pay for the city guards." On a salary basis.

It's completely different on the waterway. Generally, ships of all sizes will pass by here. If you miss this pier, it will take more than ten days to find a place to dock and rest. Therefore, this wharf can be said to be an important hub for water transportation in the Xuanwu Empire. As long as there is a steady stream of ships passing by, the tax revenue here will continue to flow. "

Looking at the slowly approaching Xinjun Pier, Zuo Feng couldn't help but nodded slightly. Even now, he had to admit that he really couldn't find any flaws. It was not that he was defeated by Su Yan, but that he was defeated by this extremely intelligent Mao Jie.

Now Zuo Feng has developed a strong interest in this guy. For a person with such courage, vision and wisdom, it would be a happy life if he could see it with his own eyes.

Then Suyan spoke slowly again and said: "And this Maojie is called Xinjun Maojie, not the city lord of the new county city. Since the new county city is canonized by the country, then the city lord will naturally have someone sent by the empire. Management. However, the city lord of this new county is only responsible for the security of the place, and the actual controller is still Mao Jie.

But I heard that this guy hates being called the city lord or the princess, so don’t call him the wrong one in the city. If you get into trouble, don’t say I didn’t warn you. "

After hearing this, Zuo Feng couldn't help but be a little surprised again. This new county town is really full of weird places. That's all what Suyan said before, why is this Maojie not the city lord of the new county city, but someone else sent by the empire to be the city lord.

‘This new county city was created by Mao Jie alone. How could he allow the foundation he established to be taken away by the empire so easily? This new county city seems to be really not simple. ’

Zuo Feng couldn't help but think to himself as their ship finally sailed into Xinjun Pier.