Man Bao's fief is a bit poor.
The ancient city of Liyang in the pre-Qin period has long been in ruins. There are two large villages on the side. Those two large villages are all food towns in Zhouman, and there are two other large villages going down, which is close to Wannian County. .
Why did the county magistrate of Liyang County specially allocate this area to Zhou Man
It was because the county magistrate of Wannian County next door always coveted this piece of land, and he felt that instead of 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 Liyang was so deserted, but he was really limited in his abilities and couldn't revitalize it. It's better to give it to Zhou Man. This is her fief. It's just maintaining the status quo.
They first passed a village, which was a little far away from the road, but now the field is only weeds except for the low wheat seedlings, so they can see the houses at a glance.
Man Bao said: "That's my food town, this piece of land is all under my fiefdom."
Mingda glanced over, nodded and said: "It looks very flat, I don't know how much Yongyetian occupies."
Yongyetian does not need to pay tax to the state, so this part does not need to pay tax to the lord.
What Shiyi eats is the part of the tax that should be given to the country, as well as the commercial tax of the merchants in the fief, but Zhouman now has no merchants in the fief, and they are all farmers.
Going forward is the ancient city of Liyang. It is not very big. There are many broken walls and collapsed houses. However, some of the ancient city is a big market. This is because the nearby villages trade here for a long time. It became a fixed big market.
At this time, it is not considered the busy spring, and there is a market, so there are quite a lot of villagers trading goods here.
Of course, Zhou Man and Bai Shanbai Erlang, who often visit the market in Dali Village, think this. As for the two princesses and Wei Yu who have lived in the capital since they were young and passed by Yongzhou, this market is too shabby.
There are some stalls on both sides of the dirt road. The stalls are either made of wood or sackcloth on the ground. Most of them sell vegetables, baskets, and some sackcloth, chicken, duck and fish eggs.
Things and stalls can be seen at a glance.
It was the first time for Mingda and Changyu to see such a market, and their eyes widened as they rode on horseback.
And the villagers sitting cross-legged on the ground or on the grass widened their eyes when they saw these people coming on tall horses.
When they reacted, they immediately rolled up the things on the booth and shrunk back. Some knelt on the ground directly and lowered their heads not to look at them.
Seeing this, Man Bao, who wanted to ride the horse directly, jumped off the horse and smiled at them: "We are just passing by, what should you do?"
Seeing that they were not here to drive them away, the peasants became bolder again. This is an era of courage. Although the common people are in awe of the rich and powerful, they are not very afraid, so everyone got up from the ground, and some sat down. , and some raised their voices and asked, "Where are you and the ladies going?"
Bai Shan also got off his horse and said, "Go to the capital."
They were taken aback, and quickly said: "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 go south to find a road."
Bai Shan smiled and said: "We know, we came here on purpose."
He pointed to Zhou Man and said, "This is the village owner of Liyang."
The villagers were taken aback again, they knew that they were now the food town of the village owner of Liyang.
The people in the distance also looked up in unison. Speaking of which, they have always seen the second niece and several elder brothers of the Liyang Township Lord, and they have not seen the Liyang Township Master yet.
The villagers came to salute one after another.
Man Bao asked them to get 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, looking at the market with some curiosity.
To be honest, it was the first time they had seen such a small market.
Man Bao slowly strolled around the market, and talked to a few older street vendors. She squatted next to a person, and the old man immediately gave the small stool he was sitting on to Zhou Man. Man gave Mingda a seat.
She squatted down by herself and saw that he was selling eggs, so she asked curiously: "This chicken is a bit small, is it the hen that laid it in the first year?"
The old man didn't expect Zhou Man to understand this, so he nodded repeatedly, "Yes, the chickens raised in the autumn of the previous year 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 do you sell it?"
The old man was a little uneasy, but he still replied honestly: "Three Wen and two coins."
"How much is an egg of normal size?"
"Two cents a piece."
Man Bao nodded in satisfaction. The price is not very low, which means that there is still a market for the products in this market, but it is worse than those in Yongzhou and Beijing.
"How long does it take to get from here to Liyang County? I heard that the eggs in Yongzhou are sold for three Wen each."
"Who says it's not, but it takes about three hours to walk from here to Yongzhou, and it takes only 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."
Man Bao just remembered, yes, it takes about an hour for them to ride a car and ride a horse, but it takes about three hours for them to walk
Man Bao counted the time, turned his head and said to Ming Da: "Ming Da, it's settled like this, build a road from your Huangzhuang to the new city, and everyone can take this convenient road."
Mingda had no objections, but she knew nothing about road construction, so she asked, "Should I hire someone to repair it?"
Man Bao was familiar with it, and said: "I will do labor labor in my food town later, and with some money, I can undertake one-third of the journey. I will discuss with the county magistrate of Yueyang County and let the county government undertake one-third of the journey. One, and the remaining third is up to you."
She smiled slightly and said, "The road across Huangzhuang will take up your land, but you can take advantage of it. The new road directly leads to the shops on the street in the new city, which is equivalent to directly cutting off the road from Liyang and Wannian counties to Yongzhou. passenger flow."
Bai Shan interjected: "In fact, Wannian County and Chang'an County have always been overcrowded, and the houses in the two counties are particularly tight. If there is a road on this side, the distance 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 choose some wild land to build some houses, which can be slightly smaller, but the environment should 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, "Aren't there enough houses in the capital?"
Bai Shan nodded.
"But I see that you can easily buy a house in Changqing Lane, and there are often people renting that area."
Bai Shan said with a smile: "The houses in the capital are not easy to buy. Although Changqing Lane is on the edge of the inner city, the price of buying a house there can buy more than ten sets of yards of the same size in other counties. "