Sunset, dusk.

The thunderous divine thunder fireworks soared into the air above the Cuju Field and exploded with gorgeous fireworks, and rolls of firecrackers lit up and down in the Cuju Square.

With the strong smell of fireworks and firecrackers, the grand spring commodity exhibition came to an end with hundreds of thousands of people watching. At the same time, a grand singing and dancing celebration performance kicked off on the square. More than a dozen lion dance teams began to wiggle their heads and tails at the same time. There were also hundreds of beautiful girls in the music gardens roaming with flowers and courtesan competitions, and there were also many different schools of thought that were mixed with monkey-spoken artists, snack vendors, newspaper boys, stealing pickpockets, etc.

Chen Xu and other groups of kings, princes and ministers accompanied Emperor Qin Shihuang to the city tower at the south gate of Xianyang City and enjoyed this carnival of the people, which was no less than that of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Busy crowds flowed like springs from the two city gates in the southeast. The crowds of people on both sides of the Wei River were thunderous. Horses and luxury cars were endless on the flat concrete roads, and the noise and hilarious sounds resounded for dozens of miles.

"Xianyang is getting more and more lively!" Looking at the jubilant and lively scenes on both sides of the Wei River under the city, Feng Quji sings his beard and exclaimed.

"What Feng Xiang said is that Xianyang is bustling day by day, and I have never seen such a prosperous era!" An official quickly agreed.

"I thought this spring fair would be less crowded by many participating cargo merchants, but I didn't expect it to be even more lively!"

"However, Zuo Xiang still has a deep understanding. Although there are fewer merchants participating in the exhibition, they are more organized, and the transaction volume has increased many times compared to last year!"

"That's natural. Last year, the big market in the spring market was just selling goods, but this year they were all large orders, each order was at least tens of thousands of dollars. I heard that the largest order was as high as 2.8 million..."

While watching the grand event, the First Emperor also put down his telescope and asked the Ministry of Revenue next to him: "Gao Ministry of Revenue, can the data of this exhibition be counted?"

"It's not yet. I will urge you to complete the statistics as soon as possible and submit it to Your Majesty's Royal View!" Gao Teng quickly bowed his hand and answered.

"Well, this matter is as soon as possible, so prosperous and lively, I really want to know how many final transactions are there? The First Emperor nodded.

"Your Majesty, it will take two or three days to come out, but based on the daily transaction volume, it can be roughly inferred that this transaction will sign a total of no less than 150 million orders!"

"Wow~" There was a commotion on the city tower, and even a group of kings, princes and ministers who were accustomed to the storm and large amounts of money were all shocked by the numbers.

"In just ten days, the transaction exceeded 150 million, which was horrifying!" An official spoke with sweat on his forehead.

"The Shaofu's tax revenue last year was only more than 50 million yuan. The national summer and autumn grain tax plus industrial and commercial taxes of the Finance Bureau were only only 1 billion yuan. Even if all the taxes of counties and counties in the country were added together, the national tax revenue was only 3 billion yuan a year. These merchants are all millions of tycoons, so they should not be underestimated..."

"That's true. Since the Shangluo was relieved, merchants have become more and more active, and they all have the resources of the enemy country. We are just envious!"

Faced with the huge number of transactions, a group of princes and princes and ministers were admiring and sighing, and some words seemed to be of no other intention.

Feng Quji twisted his beard and looked out as if he didn't hear it.

Meng Yi looked up at the fireworks rising into the air and looked calm.

Chen Xu seemed to turn a deaf ear and was still discussing with Zhao Cheng, a Changwu Hou, who was wearing a white beard next to him, which group of young ladies in the city had a bulging front and a charming figure.

The First Emperor did not have any emotional fluctuations, and his eyes slowly froze from the lively Cuju Square along the crowd flowing like a tide on the most congested Weihe Bridge.

Hundreds of thousands of people traveled across the Wei River, and the main one is the only transportation hub, which is the Wei River Cement Bridge built five years ago.

Five years have passed, this cement bridge has been trampled on horseback and wind and rain every day. Although it is still as solid as before, it has begun to become old. Especially after the repair of Cuju Square and the Ten Mile River Embankment along the river, the Wei River Bridge's high-end image in the minds of Xianyang people quickly fell to the point of an ordinary river bridge. In addition, over the past year, five-story and seven-story concrete high-rise buildings have been built everywhere outside Xianyang City, including the new base of the Academy of Sciences and the dormitory of the experimental factory, the School of Literature and Metropolitan Daily Office Building, Qinghe Hospital, the city's libraries and the University of Beijing, etc. These projects have sprung up like mushrooms after the rain. The dense scaffolding and cranes can be seen everywhere in the city outside the city. The civil servants and slaves who transport sand, gravel, cement, steel, wood and other construction materials are in groups. The entire Xianyang area is like a huge construction site.

Especially with the powerful tools of high-rise buildings such as steel and cement, the First Emperor had ordered the Shaofu to slowly reduce the planned palace construction and renovation of old palaces, because it was no longer of great significance to continue to remove the money for blossoming, and he even didn't want to build it anymore, because the magnificent high-rise buildings promoted by Chen Xu will become the most prominent scenery and landmarks in Xianyang.

In the past, when people from other places came to Xianyang, the first thing they saw was the densely packed luxurious palaces inside and outside Xianyang City. But now, people from other places came to Xianyang for the Cuju Commercial Plaza, lingering in the dazzling array of goods in the commercial building, and squeezing their heads to watch a collective carnival of tens of thousands of people. In the future, they would not come to Xianyang for the palaces he built, and the targets were these high-rise buildings, libraries and Chinese divine monuments.

Imagine the towering library and the statues of hundreds of philosophers on both sides and the statues of himself and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors on the towering library and the long steps in front of the door. The First Emperor was a little lost in his mind and even a little longing for what kind of magnificent scene it was.

He once planned to wait until his underground palace and tombs were completed, and to call on hundreds of thousands of prisoners who built the tombs to build a huge Tianxia Palace with Longshouyuan as the center, to build a corridor and a Changqiao, connect with Chang'an Palace, Leyouyuan, Zhangtai Palace, Xianyang Palace, Ganquan Palace and other hundreds of palaces on both sides of the Wei River, to create a magnificent palace community. He had already thought of the name of this palace, called Afang Palace.

Ah, that's great. Qin Shihuang originally wanted to build a huge palace group to guard his tombs and provide protection for his descendants so that the Qin Dynasty can be passed on forever.

However, since Cuju Square was repaired, he suddenly realized that no matter how he looked forward to the plan, it was not magnificent enough. In the past two years, as more high-rise buildings were proposed by the Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Works proposed to start construction, the idea of ​​building Afang Palace gradually faded from Qin Shihuang's mind.

Plans can never keep up with changes.

He found that since Chen Xu came to Xianyang, the ever-changing changes in Xianyang and even the entire Qin Dynasty had made his thinking almost unable to keep up with the rhythm. Before he could digest it, new things would immediately pop up one after another.

All the changes are related to the cheerful young man standing by his side at this time and talking to his uncle Zhao Cheng about his little lady.

At this time, the Wei River Bridge was blocked, and there were crowds of people on both sides of the bridge. If it weren't for the Imperial Army of the Lieutenant's Mansion to maintain public order, it would have been chaotic and crowded to the point where it could not be controlled.

On both sides of the Wei River between the East Gate Bridge and the South Gate, river boats are densely docked, most of which are new-style sailboats. Therefore, the ones you see are lined up masts and sails, including many old-style oar boats, but the proportion is less than 20%.

As the sun sets, facing the golden sunset, the Wei River shines with golden light. Colorful flags can be seen flying in the evening breeze on both sides. With a telescope, you can also see personnel wearing official robes and uniforms commanding personnel carrying benchmarks and measuring equipment running around on the dock.

The First Emperor exclaimed and put down his telescope, turned to look at Qi Dang, the commander of the Inner Historian's Mansion beside him, and asked, "Do you know what those people on the dock are doing?"

Qi Dang quickly raised his telescope and looked at the direction the First Emperor pointed. After a while, he put down the telescope and shook his head blankly: "Your Majesty, these people seem to be measuring the dock, but I have not received any reports from the bureau recently. I will arrange for someone to ask!"

"Qi Mansion Order, you can tell if you ask Zuo Prime Minister about this..." An official standing beside Qi Dang gently pulled Qi Dang's clothes and whispered to remind him.

"What's wrong with me?" Chen Xu turned over and asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty just asked why there are still officials and craftsmen measuring the docks now. I wonder if the left prime minister knows?" Qi Dang asked quickly.

"Oh, Your Majesty, I am indeed arranged by me!" Chen Xu quickly bowed to the emperor and explained, "Two days ago, I had a banquet with a group of business leaders in the Central Plains. During the chat, I learned that a pier just built in Dongjun suddenly collapsed dozens of feet at the end of January this spring. Not only were seven or eight cargo ships overturned and damaged, but many people and goods fell into the river and were swept away by the river. I asked carefully and learned that this kind of thing happened almost every year, and that the wharf outside Xianyang City also heard about the overturn of cargo ships. Therefore, I asked the Institute of Technology to arrange for people to measure this section of the river bank, intending to build a new type of dock to improve the safety of merchant ships and personnel's goods..."

"Well, the situation on the pier is complicated, there are too many cargoes for ships to pass, and collisions are inevitable. I have heard from time to time. I don't know how my dear will solve this chaotic and crowded situation?" The First Emperor asked after hearing this.

"It may be difficult to solve the problem completely, but if there is good infrastructure and more reasonable and strict control and guidance, this kind of thing will inevitably be reduced a lot. Chen planned to re-expand the dock with concrete in the wide and flat river between the East Gate and the South Gate, adopt port-style management, and separate passenger ships and cargo ships. The cargo ships can only dock near the East Gate, and passenger ships must reach the South Gate. At present, because passenger freight is mixed together, and the docks along the river bank docks without unified planning and management, the ships dock at will, so it is extremely chaotic. Chen asked some ship dealers carefully two days ago, and the river transport terminals across the country are almost the same..."

"The terminal is expanded and people and goods are diverted. The gantry hoist is installed on the terminal to load and unload goods, so that the loading and unloading of goods will not be necessary as it is now, as the loading and unloading of goods will be relied on the civilians and boatmen to move up and down the gangway...

"A professional passenger transport company is established by registration. The court has set up a dock management yamen to dispatch, command and manage all ships entering and leaving the port in sequence. All ships cannot dock at will after they arrive at the port. They must be docked at the docking terminal assigned by the management yamen to the docking wharf and loading and unloading. Ships that are not registered can only stop at the temporary wharf and wait in line. For emergency response, one or two emergency wharfs are required to reserve for backup, so that disorderly congestion will not cause chaos, collisions, and other accidents..."
Chapter completed!