The clouds of war enveloped the West, but it was a perfect opportunity for the East. This was the opportunity for Zhao Zhen to wait for many years. Since he suggested that Henry III launch the Crusade, Zhao Zhen was waiting for the conflict between the West and West Asia.

This is not only a war between the Holy Roman Empire and the Seljuk Empire, but also involved many other countries. Fundamentally, this is a war between Europe and West Asia.

Zhao Zhen's carriage has begun to set off. Xingqing Prefecture has been officially renamed Xingjing in the Song Dynasty. With Zhao Zhen's arrival, it has begun to develop rapidly. The original Xingqing Prefecture could no longer meet the needs. The vigorous transformation began before Zhao Zhen arrived. However, the difference is that the three departments only advance the payment and will be repaid by Xingjing's taxes in the end.

This can show the scale of Xingjing in the future. The cities of the Song Dynasty rarely undergo such transformation. Generally, they are directly funded by the court or fundraising from local governments.

This time, Sansi paid in advance, and the money came from the money house in Shendu City. I just heard that the people had borrowed money, but I didn’t expect that the local prefectures also started borrowing money.

It was not that Zhao Zhen had no money, but he had a huge fortune when he moved to Xingjing. However, Zhao Zhen deliberately used this new model to transform Xingqing Mansion in order to achieve the purpose of experimentation.

Xingqing Prefecture was changed to Xingjing, and its future development was unlimited. It will become a place for trading in the northwest of the Song Dynasty. A large amount of goods and wealth will flow to Xingqing Prefecture, and transactions here will become more and more.

It is well known that the people of the Song Dynasty have to pay taxes when buying and selling. No one is worried that Xingjing would not be able to pay back the loans from the bank. The interest generated in this way is the income of the bank, and in the end they would take out part of it to the people who saved money. After all, the money from the bank was also obtained from the people.

Deposits will generate interest and will be released by the money shop for use. However, the objects of lending are no longer limited to private merchants, official business operations in the Song Dynasty, state government offices, local cities, etc., which will become the objects of lending. This is a means to greatly promote the financial industry.

The people are becoming more and more willing to deposit money into money houses to obtain additional income, and the construction of local prefectures will also speed up, and merchants will not worry about not being able to borrow money for turnover.

The first convenient place to be built in Xingjing was the money house. The previous money house was too small to be suitable for Xingjing's financial business in the future. So a huge money house rose to the ground. The scale of this money house even surpassed that of the money house in Shendu City, which was very amazing.

The original city walls were also expanded outwards. How can there be no sufficient land to attract and resettle an increasing number of people?

Like Tokyo City back then, the original city became an inner city, and the expansion of the outer city was beginning. When Zhao Zhen's carriage left Xingjing, the construction of the outer city had already begun.

There were no strong enemies around the Song Dynasty, and it was impossible to have the possibility of being attacked by the enemy in Xingjing. Therefore, we will build the outer city first, bring the outer city to build it well, and finally build the city wall, which will avoid many troubles and problems.

Although Zhao Zhen left, the construction of Xingjing did not stagnate at all. On the contrary, it became even more lively. The reason was that the women in Zhao Zhen's harem "stand out"...

These noble empress dowagers and imperial concubines appeared in Xingjing. The people often saw their carriages. Xingjing was the ultimate move of the emperor.

The official family will always be in Shendu City, but Xingjing is where the official family lives now. The Queen Mother and the Concubine are all here, and they are not as closed-door as they were in Shendu City.

Although he did not show up in public, he often saw the car in Xingjing. This noble woman was of course supervising the construction of Xingjing according to the will of the official family.

In fact, this is not the case. They are supervising according to Zhao Zhen's will, but at the same time they are also using their imagination. You should know that Zhao Zhen's harem is not a group of beautiful "vases", and even Vera has her own extraordinary knowledge.

Not to mention the queen who was in charge of the world and Xiao Tali, who once ruled the world, of course, there were also the black clouds who once mastered the rise and fall of Western Xia.

These women are completely capable and talented. Zhao Zhen believed in their abilities and gave them the opportunity to show their talents. Before leaving, he explained the main needs of Xingjing construction. The rest was: "Who said women are inferior to men?!"

This sentence gave such women the greatest encouragement. No matter how the Song Dynasty developed, women's status was not very high. Of course, unless they reached some special heights, such as the women in Zhao Zhen's harem, would be different.

Zhao Zhen's carriage slowly passed through the outer city under construction, but saw a beautiful figure on a high platform. Zhao Zhen knew Xiao Tali's reluctance, but he still nodded slightly, looking at Zhao Ren's slightly tender face in his arms and said, "Your mother is still worried about you. This time she just went out to see the West with me, which made her so reluctant. If you regret it, I will send you back."

Although Zhao Ren's eyes were full of reluctance, he still said, "Mother often said that the little eagle hiding under the eagle's wings could not fly higher or farther!"

Zhao Zhen patted Zhao Ren's head: "These words are so meaningless. Only by being protected under the eagle's wings can the eagle gradually grow up. Otherwise, they would have been killed by hunters long ago. I am that eagle. Your mother is at most a mother who protects her cubs... Forget it, let's not say it..."

"Father, the West is really as strange as Nick said?"

Zhao Zhen shook his head seriously: "No, it's even stranger than what he said!"

During this period, Nick Little has been trying to describe a complete Western world to Zhao Ren, but the result must be that Zhao Ren "blind touches an elephant". Fragments and things are almost impossible to make up a complete description.

And he did not explain clearly in logic and thought, so Zhao Ren used the word "strange". Zhao Zhen did not stop Nick from describing the Holy Roman Empire and the Western world to Zhao Ren. Even if there were any mistakes, he would not deliberately remind him. Zhao Zhen hoped that his son would see all this clearly.

Zhao Ren is a very smart child, and he has the ability to learn from others. Why do you need to guide him deliberately? Nick's words sometimes have contradictory places, and they will soon be discovered by Zhao Ren.

But Zhao Ren did not say it on the spot, but asked Zhao Zhen quietly in private, so logic is a good thing...

The carriage rolled forward, and the beautiful figure on the tower disappeared. Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, Zhao Zhen himself was still a little burdened when he brought Zhao Ren with him this time. After all, this child is still young, but what he has to face in the future is a complex and changeable environment.
Chapter completed!