"This ghost place has modern traffic jams and ancient boat jams!" Zhao Bing sighed while sitting in a boat looking at the congested river.

A twenty-foot-wide city wall is like a main road, and the ditches in the city are streets on the water. Twenty-foot wide is more than seventy meters in modern terms, which is equivalent to ten lanes with non-motorized lanes and external sidewalks.

Main road, but their small boat can only move slowly through the flow of boats.

But Zhao Bing cannot deny that convenient transportation has brought prosperity to the city. The rationally laid out outer and inner canals are connected in series into a system that runs through the city and around the city. The ditches like streets form a transportation network that extends in all directions, forming a spectacular

The scenery of the water city has also led to the development of commerce. The Xicheng area has developed into a commercial street parallel to Haobian. There are Europeans in "suits and leather shoes"; there are Southeast Asians who "spit like blood"; there are people with jingling earrings.

Persian women with "pierced ears" wander among them.

"Hello!" Zhao Bing couldn't help but say hello in English. He didn't know whether the foreigners understood him or not. This shocked several people on the boat and hurriedly coaxed and dragged them into the cabin.

"Why are you nervous? No one in Guangzhou knows me except the people in the mansion. Even if they know me dressed like this, they will think they are the wrong person. But you two are too conspicuous!" Zhao Bing said to Wang De and Ni Liang angrily.

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"Your Highness, we sneaked out. If those adults know about it, we will be the unlucky ones!" Wang De said with a sad face.

The prince had been quiet for two days since the last incident and couldn't hold it in anymore. He said that he wanted to go out of the mansion for a "private visit" to observe the public sentiment. But now, in the name of strengthening the security of the government office, the security outside the mansion has been provided by the Chinese army.

Take over. Everyone knows the meaning of this. This is not to prevent thieves, but to protect His Highness. Although the soldiers of the Chinese army dare not stop them, they will report it to the superiors in time and someone will come to stop them.

Wang De used this as an excuse to dissuade him. Unexpectedly, His Highness had already installed the road. Since there are many people in the mansion now, daily consumption is increasing. Purchases are needed every day. The pond in the Yazhong Garden is used to divert water and is in line with the waterway in the city.

They are connected, so the Imperial Household has prepared a small boat specifically for purchasing daily necessities. The guards are used to this boat coming in and out every day. In addition, no one would have thought that His Highness would stoop to such a small and dirty place.

In the small boat, His Highness took aim at this gap, so today he took a few personal guards to 'hijack' the small boat and successfully climbed over the wall again.

"What's the ghost's name? I'm afraid that others won't know that I'm here?" Zhao Bing glared at Wang De and said, "Keep it in your heart. They all know that it's my attention. At most, I can give you a few lessons. What can I do to you?"

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"Then what should we call you?" Wang De said helplessly.

"Young Master, Young Master, Little Fatty... you can call me whatever you want, just don't let others hear it!" Zhao Bing said nonchalantly.

"Then let's call him Young Master!" Wang De thought for a while and said, His Highness said it casually, but they didn't dare to call His Highness "Little Fatty" casually and let several adults in the mansion hear, and they would not be beaten to death on the spot!

"Okay!" Zhao Bing nodded and said, "**, where are you in front?"

"Your Majesty... Young Master, we passed the brown rice fence and the pig fence before arriving at the Shuiguan Pass, which is the most lively place!" ** often travels between the two places and is very familiar with Guangzhou City. He looked at it and said.

"Let's go over there and have a look!" Zhao Bing said...

The boat sailed to Xihao and docked, and Zhao Bing and his party landed ashore. He looked at the foreigners in strange clothes all over the street, the shops and stalls filled with all kinds of goods, and listened to their half-baked Chinese bargaining, and suddenly felt dizzy.

It was like returning to the "zoo" of the imperial capital of the previous life. He remembered that Qu Dajun of the Ming Dynasty once compared Guangzhou with the Qinhuai River in his book. He said that "the daily cost of tens of thousands of gold, the rich food, and the number of singing and dancing were several times greater than that of Qinhuai"!

Zhao Bing has never seen what Qinhuai was like in the Ming Dynasty. He can only make assumptions. Qinhuai is located in Jinling, which was once the capital of the Ming Dynasty, so it must be extremely prosperous. But he knows that the Ming Dynasty implemented a policy of sealing off the sea and banning trade, and Guangzhou at that time was definitely not as good as the Song Dynasty.

, but he expressed such emotion, it can be imagined that the declining Guangzhou was still the largest commercial city in the Ming Dynasty. Although he had been mentally prepared, what he saw in front of him still exceeded his imagination.

Of course, Guangzhou at this time was not as successful as the Canton Fair in later generations. However, the products were much more high-end than later generations, mainly focusing on various treasures, cloth, spices, medicinal materials and leather goods. The most rare ones were ivory, rhinoceros horn, pearls, coral,

Flowers, agarwood, rose water, **, myrrh, pepper, cloves, fennel, cardamom, ebony, shark skin, rattan mats, peacock feathers and parrots, etc. Oriental countries, Korea and Japan also export fresh goods: sulfur

, gold, mercury, folding fans and mother-of-pearl.

Exported goods include textiles, porcelain, ironware, tea, umbrellas, straw mats, wooden combs, glass products, silk fans, medicinal materials, books, paper, etc. It is not clear whether there is a trade surplus or deficit. But you can see

Most of the items imported and imported are raw materials and local specialties, while those exported are highly processed or high-tech products belonging to this era, which are sold with high added value. This is exactly the opposite of the previous life. It makes people lament that the world is impermanent and the situation is changing.

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"**, how does Qiongzhou City compare with this place?" Zhao Bing asked as he walked.

"Young Master, how can Qiongzhou be compared with this place? The difference is thousands of miles." ** said with a wry smile.

"Qiongzhou is surrounded by the sea, and merchant ships are constantly coming and going. Why is this?" Zhao Bing asked again.

"Young Master, Qiongzhou is a small and sparsely populated area with not abundant products. There are only a few ports where ships can dock, and... my subordinates can't explain it clearly!" ** said, scratching his scalp.

"Look at how many things sold on the market are produced locally and are all imported. Guangzhou and Quanzhou only relied on convenient transportation to accumulate and develop such a situation. What Qiongzhou lacks is not goods and geographical advantages.

, but the trade environment, how can we move Guangzhou to Qiongzhou?" Zhao Bing blinked and raised his head and asked.

"Young Master, how is this possible? If Qiongzhou had 10% of Guangzhou, it would be enough!" ** said in a dumbfounded voice, thinking that His Highness must have not slept well last night and was still dreaming during the day!

"I just want to build another Guangzhou city in Qiongzhou, so that we can have no worries about food and drink..." Zhao Bing still said as if he was dreaming.

"Young Master, the people from the Transportation Department are coming, let's hide quickly!" Just when Zhao Bing was still immersed in his own fantasy, Wang De, who was always vigilant, suddenly pointed not far away and whispered.
Chapter completed!