The fiefdom of Manbao is a bit poor.

The ancient city of Yueyang in the pre-Qin Dynasty has long been in ruins. There are two large villages nearby. Those two large villages are both Zhouman restaurants. There are also two large villages down the road, approaching Wannian County.

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Why did the magistrate of Yueyang County allocate this area to Zhou Man?

It was because the magistrate of Wannian County next door always coveted this piece of land, he felt that rather than letting the magistrate of Wannian County snatch it away, it would be better to give it to Zhou Man as a fief.

Another reason is because of this ancient city.

He always felt that it was a pity that the ancient city of Yueyang was so abandoned, but he really had limited abilities and couldn't revitalize it, so he might as well give it to Zhou Man. This is her fiefdom. It would be great if she could rebuild the ancient city.

It's just maintaining the status quo.

They first passed a village, which was a little far from the roadside, but now the fields were covered with low wheat seedlings and only weeds, so they could see them at a glance, and they could see houses in the distance.

Man Bao said: "That is my food town, and this piece of land is my land."

Mingda glanced over, nodded and said, "It looks very flat. I wonder how much Yongye Field occupies."

Yongye Tian does not need to pay taxes to the state, so this part does not need to pay taxes to the feudal lord.

The food in the town is the part of the tax that should be paid to the country, as well as the commercial taxes of the merchants in the fiefdom, etc. However, Zhou Man now has no merchants in the fiefdom, they are all farmers.

Further ahead is the ancient city of Yueyang. It is not very big. There are many broken walls and collapsed houses. However, further into the ancient city are large markets. This is because nearby villages trade here for a long time.

It became a fixed big market.

It's not the busy spring season yet, and there's a market, so there are quite a few villagers trading goods here.

Of course, this was probably the opinion of Zhou Man and Bai Shanbai Erlang, who often visited the market in Dali Village. As for the two princesses and Wei Yu who had lived in the capital since childhood and had just passed through Yongzhou, this market was too shabby.

There are some stalls on both sides of the dirt road. The stalls are either made of wooden boards or lined with linen on the ground. Most of them sell vegetables, baskets, some linen cloth, chicken, duck, fish and other things.

You can see all the things and stalls at a glance.

It was the first time for Mingda and Changyu to see such a market, and their eyes widened while riding on their horses.

The villagers sitting cross-legged on the ground or on the grass also widened their eyes when they saw these people riding tall horses.

When they reacted, they immediately rolled up the things on the stall and shrank back. Some of them knelt on the ground and lowered their heads without looking at them.

Man Bao, who wanted to hit the horse directly, saw this, jumped off the horse, smiled at them and said: "We are just passing by, you should do whatever you want."

Seeing that they were not here to drive them away, the farmers became bolder again. This was a courageous era. Although the people respected the rich and powerful, they were not very afraid, so everyone got up from the ground and some sat down in place.

, and some raised their voices and asked: "Where are the husband and ladies going?"

Bai Shan also dismounted and said, "Go to the capital."

They were stunned and said quickly: "Oh, then you are going the wrong way. This is not the official road. If you want to take the official road, you have to go back, and then there is a main road to the south."

Bai Shan smiled and said, "We know, we came here specifically."

He pointed at Zhou Man and said, "This is the head of Yueyang Township."

The villagers were stunned again. They knew that they were now the food town of the owner of Yueyang Village.

People in the distance also raised their heads and looked over. Speaking of which, they had always seen the second niece and several brothers of the village owner of Yueyang, but they had never seen the village owner of Yueyang.

The villagers came over one after another to salute.

Man Bao asked them to stand up, introduced the two princesses to them, and then looked at Ming Da and Chang Yu, "Are you in a hurry to go back?"

The two shook their heads together and looked at the market with some curiosity.

To be honest, this was their first time seeing such a small market.

Man Bao slowly walked around the market and talked to a few older vendors. She squatted next to someone, and the old man immediately gave up the small stool he was sitting on to Zhou Man.

Man then gave Mingda a seat.

She squatted by herself and saw that he was selling eggs, so she asked curiously: "These chickens are a little small. Are they laid by the first-year hens?"

The old man didn't expect Zhou Man to understand this, so he nodded repeatedly, "Yes, the chickens raised last fall laid eggs for the first time at the beginning of this year."

Man Bao looked at it and thought it was fairly even, so he asked, "How did you sell it?"

The old man was a little uneasy, but he still answered honestly: "Three pennies and two."

"How much does an average-sized egg cost?"

"Two cents each."

Manbao nodded with satisfaction. The price was not very low, which showed that there was still a market for the goods in this market, but it was just a little worse than in Yongzhou and Beijing.

"How long does it take to get to Yueyang County from here? I heard that eggs in Yongzhou are sold for three cents each."

"Who says it isn't? But it takes about three hours to walk from here to Yongzhou, and it takes one day to go back and forth. If you spend the night in the city, even if you bring dry food, it will be a loss."

Only then did Man Bao remember, yes, it would take them about an hour to ride and ride a horse, but couldn't they take about three hours to walk?

Man Bao calculated the time, turned to Ming Da and said: "Ming Da, the matter is settled. A road will be built from your imperial village directly to the new city. Everyone can take this convenient road."

Ming Da had no objection, but she knew nothing about road construction, so she asked, "Do we need to hire someone to repair it?"

Man Bao was familiar with it, and said: "I will send labor in my town later, and if I pay more money, I can undertake one-third of the journey. I will discuss with the magistrate of Yueyang County and let the county government undertake one-third of the journey."

One, you will take over the remaining one-third."

She smiled slightly and said: "The road through Huangzhuang will take up your land, but you have a big advantage. The new road leads directly to the shops in the new city, which is equivalent to directly cutting off the road from Yueyang and Wannian County to Yongzhou.

passenger flow.”

Bai Shan interface said: "Wannian County and Chang'an County have actually been overcrowded. Housing in the two counties is particularly tight. If this side is connected, the road from Yongzhou New City to the capital will be reduced by more than two-thirds. I think

There is no city wall built in the new city, so the princess can also choose some wild land to build some houses, which can be slightly smaller, but the environment must be quiet, the roads should be repaired, and they can be rented to many students who come to Beijing to study."

Wei Yu was a little curious, "Are the houses in the capital not enough to live in?"

Bai Shan nodded.

"But I see that you can easily buy a house in Changqing Lane, and there are often people renting in that area."

Bai Shan smiled and said: "Houses in the capital are not easy to buy. Although Changqing Lane is on the edge of the inner city, the money you spend to buy a house there can buy more than ten houses of the same size in other states and counties."
Chapter completed!