The priest who returned to the court had arrived in Dading Prefecture, Beijing. Zhongjing, which was originally a Khitan, has now become Beijing of the Song Dynasty. However, although it is Beijing, the prosperity of Dading Prefecture is far better than Shangjing City.

This was originally the most prosperous city of the Khitan. The Song Dynasty seized Zhongjing Road very quickly. The defenders of Dading Prefecture did not fight to the end, so they retained the complete city and commerce.

Xiao Tali, who entered the city, then realized the power of the Song Dynasty. The Zhongjing Dading Prefecture, which once belonged to the Khitan, has now completely changed its appearance. The city is still the same, but the scale has become completely different.

From far to near, the huge city has already shocked Xiao Tali. The towering chimneys exuded black or white smoke. Where are those places?

Dading Prefecture, a city with extremely developed industry and commerce, would be amazed even if Zhao Zhen came once. Such a city was unprecedented in the Song Dynasty. The original city was preserved and became a living and commercial area for people. The city re-expanded outside was a wider industrial area.

This is the largest industrial city in the Song Dynasty and the first city in the Song Dynasty to specialize in planning functional areas.

Most of the factories in the Song Dynasty had already been put into use of steam engines, and the manufacturing foundation of steam engines was completely in the hands of the court and was strictly controlled and governed.

The main reason why the steam engine has driven the development of industry is that it is replacing part of manpower and making the production and life in the factory completely different.

Of course, the most direct impact is that the scale of the factory is expanded, and the number of workers not only does not decrease, but increases. This is a strange phenomenon. The more advanced the factory equipment in the Song Dynasty, the more workers it needs.

Because in the eyes of merchants, these steam engines are not subtraction, but addition.

Countless factories rose to the ground and their scales increased day by day, so the scale of the city in Dading Prefecture was also increasing, as if a small tree had grown into a towering tree in just a few years.

Xiao Tali entered the city. Don’t be amazed at the wonders outside, but the inside of the city made her speechless. The prosperity here is several times, dozens of times, and the city has obviously been rebuilt.

Cai Bo became her and Zhao Zhen's tour guide. Because the construction of Shangjing City had been completed, he retired with success. After all, he was a relative of the foreign country. It was impossible for him to be a chief official in the local area for too long. If it were not for the central government, the impeachment of the court would have buried Cai Bo.

"Officials and nobles, this street market in Dadingfu City has been rebuilt, and all the unnecessary and inappropriate houses and streets have been removed, and on the original basis, it has been changed to more convenient houses."

Zhao Zhen nodded: "How many have you changed?"

Cai Bo looked at Xiao Tali and coughed dryly, "Seven out of ten... but these changes have made the people in Dading Mansion more residences, more shops, and more convenient, and the same is true for the roads. It is more than twice as wide as the streets in the selected book."

Indeed, Xiao Tali found that the streets in the city were wide, and even four carriages were unobstructed in parallel, which was something that had never been seen in Zhongjing City.

All the buildings next to them are about three floors, and there are also four floors of buildings in some places.

The house built with bricks and stones is sizing outside and is brushed with white paint. It is clean and neat, and looks particularly beautiful.

The biggest advantage of this is that it saves land. It is much more expensive to live in an ordinary house than living in a small courtyard. The Song people seemed to be not very concerned about real estate and were not very knowledgeable. In their opinion, no matter how small the courtyard is, it is much more decent than the second and fourth floors.

As a result, the housing prices of multi-story buildings became extremely cheap. In a market, the price of small courtyards costs hundreds of thousands of guan, while the price of small buildings is only a few dozen guan.

At first, many families were unwilling to do so, but they didn’t dare to spend money randomly when they arrived at Dading Mansion, so they bought a small building. It doesn’t matter if they live there, as the convenience and tidyness of the small building are reflected.

People always have to look forward. The compact house design makes people living in small buildings feel convenient and enjoys comfort. Glass has begun to become popular in the Song Dynasty, but the price is not cheap, but there is not much use in the house.

However, the savings required for a small courtyard are too much. The real estate in Dasong can be sold together with decoration.

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment when he looked at the light from the glass houses on the street. This seemed to be no different from the communities in later generations. There were more and more houses, and naturally became a market.

Xiao Tali and Zhao Zhen curiously entered the house for sale. Each floor was more than 200 square meters, which was more than 400 square meters in total. In later generations, it was the standard of luxury houses, and there were stairs inside the house, which was 1 meter high!

Although the top is as big as the bottom, it is full of bedrooms, which are spacious and beautiful. If you buy a house, you will get a complete set of furniture. This is different from the things that fool people in later generations. It is a real set of furniture.

Perhaps due to the shadow of the high housing prices in later generations, Zhao Zhen himself wanted to buy two houses and put them in, and maybe it would appreciate that day.

There are many such houses in Dading Mansion. Cai Bo took a bird's-eye view of Dading Mansion and kept explaining to Zhao Zhen: "You see, this area is full of such small buildings, and next to it is a small courtyard. Now people living in the small courtyard want to move into the house!"

Zhao Zhen was speechless for a moment. It took only a while for how long the real estate industry began to show signs. With the growth of the population of the Song Dynasty and the advancement of urbanization, this real estate is undoubtedly a big cake and an economic catalyst, but it sounded the alarm for Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen did not want to follow the old path of later generations from beginning to end, and there was no way for later generations. In the environment at that time, he could only rely on real estate to drive the economy, but the Song Dynasty does not need it now.

"This small building is good, but some places need to be properly handled. First, it cannot be sold at more than twice the price that exceeds the cost. The cost I mentioned includes all materials and wages, and second, the land cannot be sold at a high price in the local prefectures and even Jingji Road."

Bo Cai quickly understood what Zhao Zhen meant and nodded repeatedly: "What the officials said is that these humble ministers have not thought of..."

The people actually don’t ask for much, just like these food, clothing, housing and transportation. Everything else is easy to say. You must not be careless about food and accommodation. Especially now that the lives of the people in the Song Dynasty have improved and there are many opportunities, it is inevitable that some people will go on wrong paths and focus on the wrong paths.

Zhao Zhen had a deep understanding of the speed of making money in real estate, but the Song Dynasty could not rely on real estate. On the contrary, it had to rely on industry and sell goods to the world. The economic center of the Song Dynasty was the economic center.

Cai Bo knew that there was nothing good in the city. In addition to the houses, there were shops in the city and various like sheds and warehouses. These things were available everywhere, so there was no need to see them. The only place left to see was the factory in the outer city.

Xiao Tali was most interested in the factory. Zhao Zhen's compassion for the people also made her admire him because she knew that when she was an emperor, she would not consider the trivial matters of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Chapter completed!