Roujia got married in late August, and the city of Tokyo was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations.
On the wide road, luxury cars and fine carriages were like dragons, as princes and nobles rushed to the royal palace for a grand banquet.
Envoys from various countries also presented exotic treasures.
Some say that this wedding was not just a simple royal wedding.
The emperor certainly did not simply find a husband for Princess Roujia.
This means that a rising star is emerging in the sky of the Song Dynasty.
Li Bao was a highly decorated military strategist and a disciple of Yue Fei.
But at such a young age, if he wanted to gain a foothold in the power structure of the Song Dynasty, he needed an even more prestigious identity.
Undoubtedly, becoming the emperor's son-in-law gave this already renowned young general even greater advantages.
In the future, he will surely be like Yue Fei, commanding a war zone and becoming a general who helps the emperor expand his territory.
By the first year of the Jingkang era, Tokyo was already the most prosperous city on the planet.
By the eleventh year of the Jingkang era, the city of Bianjing (Kaifeng) had expanded fivefold in area and its population had reached over five million.
To maintain order in the city, the Imperial City Guard numbered 30,000.
Furthermore, a mature management and control mechanism has emerged.
The West Market had merchants from the Abbasid Caliphate, as well as from India and even further afield, the Roman Empire.
The tribes on the grasslands also began to try to come to this international metropolis.
Originally, they both hated and longed for the Central Plains, but because of the war between the two sides, their people dared not cross the border easily.
But things are different now. I heard that the emperor and his ministers have promulgated the "Law for Trade Throughout the Land," which stipulates that wherever the sun and moon shine, everyone can enter the Song Dynasty to trade after being reviewed by the Song Dynasty's Entry Administration.
More and more people from the northern grasslands were transporting leather and animal hair to the Song Dynasty.
The cement road from Tokyo to Taiyuan, and from Taiyuan to outside Yanmen Pass, has also been paved.
This is so much more convenient than before.
More and more people are beginning to believe that business can make life better.
In that year, the Song Dynasty's grain output also reached its highest level in history.
In various prefectures and cities, there was a large surplus of grain.
In the past, people lived hand to mouth, not because they were lazy. Even if they worked hard in the fields, they still couldn't keep warm or have enough to eat.
Now, as long as you have hands and feet and are willing to work hard, you will always reap the rewards and have food to eat.
This may be the biggest change of our time.
The Song Dynasty still faced many problems, some of which were quite serious.
But this could not stop the Song Dynasty from moving towards a better future.
After the emperor executed a group of officials who abused their power for personal gain and merchants who privately maintained armed forces, a nationwide crackdown on such incidents began.
As time went on, this situation did not recur.
In September, the weather gradually turns cooler.
The leaves on the trees along the Bian River are beginning to turn golden.
The roasted sweet potato shops and hot pot restaurants are clearly doing booming business.
Roujia left Tokyo with Li Bao and chose to go to the South China Sea.
Zhao Huan was naturally reluctant to part with her, but he supported Roujia's decision.
A memorial from Zhao Chen arrived from the north; he had already taken office as the prefect of Xianzhou.
Furthermore, in just one month, they conducted an on-site investigation of Xianzhou and proposed a series of constructive solutions.
Upon seeing these plans, Zhao Huan immediately knew that they must have been Zhao Shen's idea.
One example is the construction of a large textile factory in Hyeonju.
The official textile factories of the Song Dynasty were already unprecedented in scale, and in addition, various textile factories sprang up in the private sector every year.
Logically speaking, Zhao Chen's textile factory has no advantages whatsoever.
However, Zhao Chen's textile factory did not produce silk.
Instead, they produce mink coats and leather goods.
Whether it was the nobles in the capital or the wealthy families in major cities like Dongjing, Youzhou, and Chang'an, they all had a special fondness for mink coats in winter.
For Zhao Huan, he would support any good idea, no matter who came up with it.
The next day, the government office stamped the document and allocated five million strings of cash to Xianzhou.
All of this money was used by Zhao Chen to improve people's livelihoods.
A month later, Sima Junru from the Imperial City Guard sent a secret report that fifteen wealthy individuals with assets exceeding one million guan had already contacted Zhao Chen.
They hope to acquire more land in Hyeonju at a lower price.
These wealthy people want to build textile factories there.
Among these wealthy individuals was Zhu Qing, the richest man in Tokyo.
There's also Xue Donglai, a rising star in Chang'an.
Zhang Yuan of Youzhou Prefecture.
Lian Chengzhi of Taiyuan City.
These are all newly rich individuals who have risen to prominence under the new policies in their respective localities.
Their wealth has skyrocketed over the past decade.
A while ago, someone compiled a list of the top 100 richest people in the Song Dynasty, and these people were on the list.
And these people have all now found Zhao Chen, the prefect.
Moreover, he was the prefect of a small town outside the Great Wall that had just been ravaged by war.
How bored must they be, with nowhere to spend their money?
Or is it that this prefect has a great opportunity to make money?
If we're talking about the most lucrative opportunities right now, it's definitely He Yongzhi's Guangnan New Prefecture; Xianzhou is not even in the running.
Could it be that the wealthy people are after Prince Zhao Chen's status?
There were quite a few wealthy princes in the capital city of Tokyo, and at least several of them had not been taken to the South China Sea islands by Zhao Huan.
In fact, wealthy businessmen do not like doing business with royalty.
Because those members of the royal family were firstly brainless and liked to give orders blindly, secondly greedy and always thinking about taking the lion's share, and thirdly, they were people you couldn't afford to offend.
Therefore, the reason why these wealthy merchants suddenly flocked to invest money in Zhao Chen was not because he was a prince.
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