In a short time, the county towns and markets of the Sili region were filled with shops, and then, centered on Luoyang, the trend began to spread in all directions.
The vast commercial network that Liu Hong initially laid out has finally taken shape.
As a result, the imperial court and government obtained a stable and substantial source of revenue: commercial taxes.
March 10th.
As temperatures gradually warm up and various agricultural tools are put in place, spring plowing has officially begun in the northwest, northeast, and northern regions of the Han Dynasty.
At the same time, Liu Hong issued another edict urging officials at all levels to go into the fields and encourage and support the people in spring planting.
To set an example, Liu Hong even led his civil and military officials to the experimental fields behind the agricultural college.
The area around the experimental field was bustling with activity. In addition to the officials present, a large number of students, students from the Imperial Academy, and students from several other academies had gathered there.
Apart from elderly officials like Chen Fan, Hu Guang, and Li Ying, all the officials were forced by Liu Hong to experience the joy of farming.
When the young people at the scene saw that even the emperor himself was driving the ox and holding the plow in the field, they immediately cheered.
For Liu Hong's group of brainwashed fans, whatever the emperor does is glorious and magnificent, let alone something as important as personally going to the fields to encourage agriculture and sericulture, which benefits the country and its people.
"Grand Tutor, look at His Majesty! The furrows he has cultivated are winding and undulating, like... uh... like towering mountains, they are truly beautiful!"
Looking at the winding, uneven ditch behind the emperor, Cao Song couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
"Uh... Grand Minister of Agriculture, you really know how to talk..."
"...."
Cao Song, who could flatter anyone anytime and anywhere, couldn't help but admire him.
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