Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 466 "Journey to the East"

The goods transported by sea from the south were transported all the way from Qingzhou to Luoyang via Dahe.

The nature of the people is to watch the excitement, not to mention that there are not too many southerners in Guanzhong and Luoyang.After hearing that the goods were shipped from his hometown, he had been waiting at the pier in Luoyang for a long time.

Due to the war in the early years, the Luoyang water system was silted up.

It was Liu Yu's early Northern Expedition and the post-Qin period when he ordered Wang Zhongde to dredge the river.Only in this way can this waterway be rejuvenated.

Nowadays, many old Luoyang people see that the Luoyang water system, which symbolizes prosperity, has become a traffic hub again, and a belated joy wraps them in their arms.

Batches of goods were put down by the laborers at the dock, and they were transported out on horse-drawn carriages openly, so that everyone could see the scene.

In fact,
The goods this time were for experiments, so we could not choose too expensive goods, so most of the goods were Champa rice from the south.

In recent years, Champa rice has had a unique scenery. Except for a few underdeveloped areas south of the Huaihe River, seven out of ten of the other farmlands are planted with this crop, so the southerners in Luoyang are no strangers to rice.

Among them, there are even those who are good at bragging, bragging about the output of Champa rice to the northern friends around them, which makes the northerners very tasty.

Today's Liu Song is still an agricultural society.

It is almost an indisputable fact that wherever the land can grow food, it will become prosperous.

in the past.

Relying on the superior terrain and fertile land, the yield per mu in Hebei and Central Plains can crush the South!
However, following a series of changes, the grain output in the south has gradually caught up, and after the birth of the Champa Rice plug-in, there are signs of overtaking.

What annoys the northerners the most is that they heard that in the land further south, rice seeds can be harvested twice or even thrice a year!
Champa rice itself has a crop with an unfathomable yield, as well as such an unconventional geographical advantage...how does this make the northerners play?
"I thought the south was full of miasma and insects and snakes everywhere, but now it seems... not necessarily so."

The north and south have been separated for too long, and both sides have a sense of separation.

And separation often brings strangeness.

When people face strange things, apart from fear, they are curious.

But if greed helps, this fear becomes nothing.

"It would be great if I could go to Nanfang."

Many simple people in the north sighed.

Their thoughts are still stuck in "Where there is more food, life will be better."

It seems now.

The South seems more promising than the North.

"That's a bad word."

It is not only ordinary people watching the excitement at the pier, but also educated scholars.

They seized this moment to show off the knowledge they had learned in the book:
"Don't you understand? The food in the south grows tall, well, and fast, but people can't live well there."

The simple old farmer stared wide-eyed: "With food, can you still live?"

"nature!"

These scholars puffed up their chests confidently: "There are many mountains and forests in the south, and you all know the problem of too much miasma, but you don't know much about other things."

"The biggest problem is the heat."

"You think that the dog days in Luoyang are hot enough, but the heat in the south is twice as high!"

"In that kind of weather, the food on the table will rot in a day. You have lived in the north for half your life. How can you adapt to that environment?"

After hearing this, the old farmer also retreated in his heart.

In fact, that's what he said just now.

Luoyang is now not only closer to the emperor, but also opened a sea with Jiankang in the south.Even an illiterate old man in the field knows that Luoyang's future is boundless, how could he leave?
But not everyone is like this old farmer, whose home is in Luoyang.

The scholar who was bragging to these old farmers just now sighed after explaining the disadvantages of living in the south.

"It's a pity that the world is so big that there is no place for us to hide..."

This scholar was dejected, actually revealing some depression.

In fact, he was a student who went to Chang'an to take the imperial examination before.

It's just that he didn't pass the exam and was not used as an official.However, the scholar has a strong heart, and after his thirties, he returned home without face, and wandered around the capital, hoping to be appreciated by the nobles.

The issue is.

The current imperial court is not the same as before, where any nobleman can stuff his own people in to fool around.

Even if the emperor Liu Yizhen wants to use Zhu Xiuzhi, Liu Yuanjing and others, he must let them take the imperial examination in a proper manner, let alone others?
So this person was stuck in the embarrassing situation of being unable to serve the country, and unwilling to go home and work hard.

There are many people like this scholar.

It's just that over the years, some people couldn't hold on and went home, some went to join the army, and some went to be petty officials... There are not many people who can stay.

Even this scholar had the idea of ​​looking for opportunities elsewhere.

Chang'an rice is expensive, but Baiju is not easy.

If you change the direction, you might as well set sail again!
Just when the scholar was sad, he heard a commotion in the food transportation team.

Before the scholars came up to see clearly, a group of fierce soldiers separated the team from the common people.

"Back! Back! No one is allowed to come over!"

I saw that these soldiers were very nervous, but when they cleared away the people, they seemed to deliberately leave a few wide gaps, giving everyone enough vision.

The scholar also took advantage of this gap to glance at the team.

But it was just this look that made his heart skip a beat.

silver!

White silver!

It turned out that a carriage accidentally dropped the goods, and the silver inside was scattered all over the place!
"How can there be so much silver in the goods from the south?"

The South produces almost no silver!
Scholars who are familiar with all kinds of books naturally know this.

But where did this money come from?

This question made the scholar a little strange, but he didn't care.

After watching the hustle and bustle of the pier, the scholar walked towards his residence on the outskirts of Luoyang.

But habitually.

He still came to the wine shop and twitched his nose vigorously a few times, and then looked enviously at the young scholars in the wine shop who were running wild.

He used to be one of these people.

But time flies, and the money he has now is obviously not enough for him to go in and have a drink by the bed.

He was about to leave, but the conversation in the restaurant made the scholar's ears twitch.

"Everyone knows that a major event happened at the pier today?"

"Isn't it just that the goods from the south were transported to Luoyang by sea? What's the big surprise?"

"No no no."

The person who spoke gave a mysterious smile: "I'm talking about this time when the cargo was unloaded at the dock, someone saw that the cargo on board was actually full of silver!"

silver!

The topic of wealth seems to attract the attention of others, and the surrounding voices seem to be silent for a while.

"This sea...why does it bring money? If there is a storm or something, wouldn't it be a loss?"

"that is!"

"..."

"Haha."

The scholar who first talked about it made a fool of himself.

"Tell us about it! Stop laughing!"

"Haha, then I won't keep it private. Have you heard of the book "Journey to the East"?"

"Journey to the East"?
(End of this chapter)