Chapter 1179 Wealth in the South

From this era, the largest city in the world is Chang'an. Where is the prosperity of Jiangnan? That is the prosperity in the city.

If we talk about a city alone, it still cannot be compared with Chang'an City, but it can be seen from the clothes of these people that this place is indeed much richer than the north.

From the end of the Sui Dynasty to the present, the north has been in war. Jiangnan is also the tax base of the entire imperial court. Without the support of taxes from Jiangnan, Li Shimin's dynasty may not be stable.

Except for the capital, no other city in the entire north can compare with Jiangnan. At this moment, Li Xiang stepped off the boat and looked at the people living and working in peace and contentment on both sides. He nodded with satisfaction in his heart. This is how Li Xiang can fight abroad. of a basis.

Although Li Xiang's system can exchange a large amount of materials, many of them are recruited from the treasury in Jiangnan. If it were not for the silent efforts of the people in Jiangnan, then the Tang Dynasty would not be so strong now.

"Your Highness Taisun, you are a thousand years old!"

Whenever Li Xiang goes to a place, the people in the south of the Yangtze River will kneel down and kowtow to Li Xiang. Firstly, they can no longer see those Fusang bandits. Secondly, they have bought a large number of cheap Fusang slaves.

You must know that many places in Jiangnan lack human resources.

Although in the past whenever Li Xiang conquered a country, a large number of slaves would be brought over, but the number was not very large. They had been divided up in the north. This time Li Xiang used sea transportation as a tool, so the Tang Dynasty's Coastal areas will be able to reap dividends.

Especially around Hangzhou Bay, it is the richest place in the entire country. Merchants in the south of the Yangtze River also have relatively rich hands. The price they buy slaves is often slightly higher than that of merchants in the north, so many slave traders are also willing to sell people. Come over here.

With sufficient labor force, some previously uncultivated land has also been reclaimed. Coupled with the advantage of two crops a year, the food output here has been higher, and the local people have also taken advantage of these slaves. Lived a good life.

Secondly, after Li Xiang captured Goguryeo with the money brought back from outside, businessmen in Jiangnan also discovered business opportunities, so they pooled together a sum of money and went overseas one after another, all thinking that they could start their own businesses in Goguryeo for a second life.

At present, it seems that they are doing a good job. Every time there is a festival, a large amount of money is shipped back from overseas. Most of it is harvested from grain grown in Goguryeo. All of this is the credit of His Highness Taisun. If it were If His Highness Taisun did not capture Goguryeo, then where would we get the money?

"Your Highness, this is a golden body made by our whole village for you."

When Li Xiang was inspecting the city of Hangzhou, an old man came over holding a golden statue, which was made entirely of gold.

"Old sir, what is this?"

After Master Wen, the governor of Hangzhou, saw this scene, he did not let others stop him. This village should indeed give Li Xiang a golden statue.

"Your Highness, please listen to what he says slowly. After he finishes speaking, this golden body will be necessary."

From what Mr. Wen said, it seemed like the people in this village had made a lot of money from their own policies.

"What Mr. Wen said is that our village has a total of 150 households, and now there are more than 100 young and middle-aged people in Goguryeo. Our whole village has been allocated a large amount of land, and there are also a large number of Fusang slaves. Although it is in the bitter cold land of the far north, , but the food income last year alone was 30 times what our whole village had before."

The old man said very happily that their village was just such a big family. When the court made the decision to immigrate, many people were waiting and watching, but their village was already organizing people to go there.

Fortunately, they went early. The number of people who went in the first batch was twice that of the second batch. Who can make people adventurous and go early? If the people in the second batch are not convinced, then why didn't you go earlier? Where's the road?

Of course, these people also have a spirit of hard work. In an environment of more than 20 degrees below zero, the food is only harvested once a year. But fortunately, the place is relatively large and there are a large number of Fuso slaves, so they brought back a lot of food from the village. Of course, the first sum of money must be used to build a golden body for Li Xiang.

"Old sir, this is all achieved by the efforts of the people in your village. I will accept this golden body, but I will give the same amount of land as this golden body from my Fusang land to your village."

Li Xiang asked the little eunuch next to him to accept the golden statue, but Li Xiang could not take things from the common people for no reason, even if they were gifts from the common people. The officialdom of the Tang Dynasty was still relatively clear, and Li Xiang could not let himself ruin this. rule.

"How can this be done? How can this be done?"

The old man became anxious when he heard this, and all the young and old men in the village asked him to give gifts. Who knew that the result of giving such a gift would be that His Highness bought the golden statue? What does it have to do with the people in their village?

However, Li Xiang had already moved forward at this moment. The old man still wanted to say a few words to Li Xiang, but the people on both sides were too enthusiastic and did not even give the old man a chance to defend himself.

Li Xiang also felt along the way that when an empire takes the right path, the cohesion of the people will be greatly strengthened. Now is the period of rapid development of the entire Tang Empire. From the officialdom to the private sector, everyone has only one idea. That is to see what the outside world can bring to us.

Li Xiang finally made all the people make some changes. Of course, this change was not enough. Only a small number of people went out, and more people still liked to guard their own land. In their view, No matter how good the land in foreign countries is, it cannot compare to this piece of land left by our ancestors.

Of course, this group of people are all vested interests. It is too dangerous for them to go to the north of Goguryeo to find food. It is better for them to stay in the original place and live a slightly less miserable life.

Of course, everyone has his own ambitions, and Li Xiang couldn't send all the people to the frontiers to see the prosperity of the people in Jiangnan. Li Xiang also felt confident. He originally thought about taking a few years' rest, but now it seems that he simply can't. There is no need for repairs. Datang still has the strength to support other foreign wars. After all, the previous wars did not harm Datang's national foundation.

During this trip to Lingnan, Li Xiang's inspection was to prepare for the next war. (End of chapter)