Today, Fengdu City is even more prosperous. This is the most central place where the imperial power of the entire Dafeng is located. Caravans from the south and the north all come here. The people and vendors on the street are several times more than usual.

The new emperor is wise and governs well. The Dafeng Dynasty is peaceful and the people live and work in peace. Business has also developed.

In the past, merchants were ranked at the bottom of the list of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. Now the emperor has opened a special examination and recruited talented officials. As long as you are ambitious and have a broad mind, you can serve as an official in the court regardless of your identity. The children of merchant families are also allowed to participate in the imperial examination and serve as officials in the court. Those with excellent grades are also selected to be owned by the court. Therefore, a group of children from merchant families have emerged to serve as officials in the court, and the status of merchants has gradually improved.

The business exchanges in the Great Phoenix Dynasty became more and more frequent, forming a densely connected network.

After the capital was replanned, the entire city became more organized. The city was divided into pedestrian paths and carriage paths. On both sides of the pedestrian paths, vendors could set up stalls to sell goods, and in the middle, pedestrians walked. Stalls were not allowed to cross the carriage paths. Only carriages and horses could walk on the carriage paths. Carriages and horses were not allowed to walk on the pedestrian paths. Otherwise, if they were caught by patrolling soldiers, no matter how high-ranking they were, they would be punished. If they hit someone and caused an accident, they would be dealt with according to the laws of the Great Phoenix.

After this division, the entire Great Phoenix looked much more orderly than before.

Small vendors were allowed to sell goods in the city, entering in the morning and leaving in the evening. They had to pay two to five copper coins depending on the amount of goods they carried. Only with a badge could they enter the city to sell goods. Those who brought cattle, sheep, carts and horses in had to pay two more copper coins as management fees, and had to leave the city before the sun went down and the city gates closed. There were many people in the city, so naturally there were many people buying things. Even those who carried a basket of vegetables could make a few copper coins.

If a caravan entered the city, the entry fee would be charged according to the amount of goods, and some other management fees would be charged separately.

In other words, the legalization of trade gave these vendors and merchants something to rely on, so they were not afraid of being bullied by officials when they entered the Fengdu City. They could get the protection of the government by paying a little money, which was what these merchants wanted. Therefore, there was a fee for entering the city, and vendors and merchants did not object. They were more willing to spend a little money to buy a safe and smooth journey. Those who were unwilling to spend money and set up stalls outside the city to sell goods did not have to pay the entrance fee, but there were not many people buying things outside the city, so it was better to enter the city and sell early and go back early, so that they could return home before sunset. At first, the ministers in the court opposed the emperor's policy, but in the end the emperor shut all the ministers up with facts.

The commercial tax revenues quickly filled the treasury this year, and the soldiers' salaries owed by the previous emperor were paid. The emperor Yongchang completed all the things that the previous emperor promised but did not complete, so that even the ministers who initially opposed it had nothing to say.

Every year on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the city is very lively, with pedestrians on the street rubbing shoulders and the sound of shouting in the ears.

Please come in, sir. There is a constant flow of guests in front of the gate of Yipinzhai. Fang Ziye is upstairs in the private room facing the street, and Han'er and Jiu'er are beside him.

Brother gives it to you. "Xiao Jiuer can speak all the words now. He has been growing up with his mother. He looks very much like his mother. He is a handsome boy. He is also quiet and well-behaved. He never cries or makes a fuss when he is with his mother. He is a very obedient child.

Fang Yuhan started to study with a teacher when he was four years old. He learned everything from poetry, songs, astronomy, geography and arithmetic from the teacher.

Fang Ziye arranged for the child to He arranged several teachers, who were very strict with the child in terms of study, and also arranged for a master to teach Haner martial arts. Before the age of four, Fang Yuhan lived a relaxed and happy life. After the age of four, he was busy with his studies every day and did not even have the time to spend time with his brother Jiuer.

However, the child did not complain, knowing that he had to work hard to take good care of his brother Jiuer in the future. Jiuer, his little brother, is so well-behaved and pretty. What will he do if someone takes his little brother away?

Jiuer, you eat it. I won’t eat it. Fang Yuhan took the candy passed to him by little Jiuer and fed it to Jiuer. Jiuer likes to eat candy, but Am said that he can’t eat too much candy because it will damage his teeth. He secretly glanced at Am, then looked at the candy passed to him, and thought about it. After thinking for a while, he shook his head, "Brother, eat it." Seeing that his brother didn't eat it, he added in a low voice, "It's delicious."

Fang Ziye, who was standing by the window, turned his head. He could clearly hear the whispers of the two children behind him. He turned around and saw Xiao Jiuer staring at the candy and drooling. Finding that his father was looking at him, Jiuer widened his eyes and quickly clarified, "Father, Jiuer didn't eat it. Jiuer gave it to brother."

Fang Ziye always went out as a man, and the two children in the family called him "Father."

"Han'er, eat it. Jiuer can eat another piece if he likes it." Fang Ziye walked over and found at a glance that there was only one piece of candy missing from the plate. He picked up one and put it in Xiao Jiuer's hand, and said, "This is the last piece. "He pinched a piece and put it in his mouth. He also liked to eat sweets. Xiao Jiuer was very much like him in this respect. He took a bite and it tasted good.

There were several new mooncakes on the plate. They looked exquisite. He sat down and tasted two. The two children also followed him to eat a small mooncake and pastry, and then drank a cup of tea to fill their stomachs. When they returned from the upstairs, Xiao Jiuer had fallen asleep. Fang Ziye held the child in his arms, and Xiao Haner followed behind Am.

A carriage passed by the alley . , the person sitting in the carriage lifted the curtain and looked outside, then put it down again.

The moon is full on the 15th, and the night is clear and windy tonight. A full moon hangs in the sky, and the wind blows the white clouds. On the table in front of the courtyard in the small courtyard, there are fruit cakes for the moon worship. The two children are beside him. Fang Ziye listens to the two children talking. Little Jiuer talks a lot to his brother, chattering and asking questions. Haner, the brother, will patiently answer Little Jiuer's questions.

"Is there really someone living on the moon?" Jiuer asked.

Yes, there is a fairy living on it. "Han'er said that these words were told to him by the master, and then he told Jiu'er. Although he had never seen the fairy living up there, the master would never lie to him.

At night, both children went to bed, and the courtyard became quiet.

The man sitting under the moon was dressed in white, holding a wine pot in his hand, and from time to time he tilted his head back to drink a sip of wine, looking at the moon in the sky with confused eyes, and the corners of his mouth were raised in an arc that seemed to be smiling. The light moonlight fell beside him, coating him with a layer of light. This man was very beautiful, as if the years had never left any traces on his face.

If you say that people are lonely, it is actually the loneliness in their hearts. People in this loneliness Days passed by, and he got used to it slowly.

The emperor's heart was filled with the world, and his heart was filled with the emperor, so his deep affection was destined to be betrayed.

Fang Ziye never dared to expect anything. He did not fight or compete. He seemed to be living in a confused state, but in fact, he lived more clearly than anyone else. In fact, what's the point of fighting and competing? It's better to live his life so cleanly. It doesn't matter if there is such a person, and it doesn't matter if there is no such person, his life will be the same.

The wine in his mouth rolled down his throat, and the spicy taste rushed straight to his heart, and he smiled. In fact, it is better for people not to live too clearly.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fang Ziye took his two children to Nanyang City without even informing the emperor. Along the way, he inspected the branches of shops in various places. Every year, he would leave Fengdu City under the pretext of inspection and go out for a walk. The emperor could not do anything to him. The two of them were together less and more often than not in a year, and the emperor was busy with state affairs every day, so in the next few years, the two of them had very few days to spend together.

"Send a few more people to follow." The emperor knew that when people left, he was still in the study reviewing memorials.

Yes, I will arrange it now. "The old steward followed their Emperor and served him. He was the one who arranged and managed all matters, big and small, for their Emperor.

The emperor paused for a moment with the red pen in his hand, and he wanted to continue reviewing the memorials in front of him. But after a while he put it down again, and sat there with no expression on his face. Only the steward who had served their Emperor for many years knew that their Emperor was unhappy because of the departure of that master. Their Emperor wished to tie that master to his side, and only that master was not afraid of their Emperor. You know, nowadays the ministers in the court knelt obediently in front of their Emperor and dared not say a word.

The people who left Fengdu City felt much more relieved. "Master, we're here.

Well, Jiang Dongyi served by their master. As for the two children brought by their master, the younger one looked exactly like his master. He didn't dare to say much about their master's affairs, but he always liked these two little masters. The two children also liked their uncle Jiang very much. Little Jiuer liked to run in his uncle Jiang's arms and ride a big horse the most.

Little Jiuer was born in the season of chrysanthemums blooming in the chrysanthemum month. Fang Ziye celebrated the child's birthday on the way. Little Jiuer is one year older. Fang Yuhan has been following his father to inspect shops and branches in various places since he was a child. It was Fang Ziye who taught the child to read the account book and check the accounts. So when other children were acting coquettishly in their mother's arms, Fang Yuhan learned to read the account book and practice arithmetic with the account book at a young age. After the child was ten years old, basically, as soon as he turned over the account book in his hand, he knew whether there was a problem and where the problem was.

Fang Ziye intended to let Haner take over all his industries. Jiuer is a little brother, born to be loved by others. He was reluctant to let this child suffer the same hardship as him. Han'er is a boy. This child should have been the Crown Prince in the palace, instead of following him around. But the mistake had already been made, and it had become an unchangeable fact. He could not give the child the world, but he would not hesitate to give the child everything he had. Han'er had been raised by his side since he was a child. Except that he could not really love this child in his heart, Fang Ziye never treated this child badly. Han'er had everything that Jiu'er had.

Seeing the two brothers getting along in harmony, he was also very relieved. Fang Ziye only hoped that after the child knew everything in the future, he would not hate his biological father in his heart.

They arrived in Nanyang City before winter.