Among the nine cities in Chang'an, Your Highness can choose one of them.

After Chao Cuo said that, he looked at Liu Rong with a smile.

If it were other princes who had been raised in the deep palace since childhood, I would probably not be able to tell which nine cities in Chang'an City are, let alone management.

But this is not a problem for Liu Rong.

The "Chang'an Zhi" records that the nine cities are East City, South City, West City, North City, Liu City, Direct City, Jiaomen City, Xiaoli City and Jiaodaoting City.

Except for the four cities in the southeast, southwest and northwest, all the other five cities are located outside Chang'an City.

The city is surrounded by walls, separated from residential areas, and transactions can only be carried out in the city.

There are guards in the city gate and they open and close on time.

In order to facilitate customers to purchase and government inspection, stores are arranged according to product types in the city.

In "Mulan's Word", "Buy a horse in the east market, buy a saddle in the west market, buy a bridle in the south market, and buy a long whip in the north market" is a portrayal of this professional market.

The topics Chao Cuo this time are not only examining Liu Rong's insights and abilities, but also his mind and courage.

The management difficulties of these nine cities are different, so the final results are naturally different.

Liu Rong just thought about it briefly and eliminated the five cities outside Chang'an City.

After all, compared with the four cities in the city, the five cities outside the city are not only far behind in popularity, scale and influence.

No matter how good Liu Rong did, he would be just a middle-to-high evaluation at most.

This is not what he wants. Since he does it, he must do his best.

Dongshi gathers most of the giants and merchants in Chang'an City, among which the pawnshop is the most famous.

Since ancient times, the pawn industry has been read as a classic, and is used as a loan shark.

The loan shark merchants in the Han Dynasty were more and more fierce than the other. According to historical records, after the Wu and Chu rebellion began.

Zhou Yafu led his army to quell the rebellion. Because of insufficient military expenditure, he had to borrow three thousand gold in usury merchants from Chang'an.

Even the imperial court dared to lend money!

Finally, the principal and interest were successfully recovered!

With this alone, you can imagine how hard the backstage of those usury merchants is!

Among the 100ths, those who stood behind were the princes and kings from all over the country and the nobles from Chang'an.

Liu Rong had no doubt that as long as he dared to touch the usury merchants in the East City, he would be able to drown him with a tide of attacks the next day.

"It's just a bunch of fat sheep raised in captivity!"

Historically, the Emperor Wu of Han was very good at wiping wool. Every time he had no money, he would walk around here and make the treasury rich every time.

Since Liu Yao did it, Liu Rong could do it too.

It's just that time has to be moved back.

There are many foreign Hu merchants and various shops in the West City, which is the starting point of the Silk Road. Officials and business travelers are constantly coming and going all year round.

I heard that there are many orioles from Persia there, so if you have the chance, you can go and have a look.

Liu Rong knew how valuable Chinese silk and porcelain are in Western countries.

But if you want to intervene in this business, you need strong enough strength and capital.

At present, he does not meet this condition.

As for the remaining two cities in the north and south, the South City mainly focuses on handmade products and some small and medium-sized workshops, while the North City focuses on most of the catering and service industries in Chang'an.

Among these four cities, the two cities in the east and west have the most oil and water, followed by the North City and the South City ranked last.

"Your Highness, have you ever thought about which city to choose?"

Chao Cuo hated Liu Ronggui, but he did not completely deny the other party's talents.

After all, those two memorials that are enough to be passed down through the ages are placed there. Blindly belittling the opponent will only lower your IQ.

"After thinking about it, choose Nanshi."

Liu Rong said confidently.

Chao Cuo couldn't help but show a small look of surprise on his face, thinking that the other party didn't know the inside story.

"Your Highness can tell that these nine cities in Chang'an are especially the east and west..."

Halfway through his words, Chao Cuo saw Liu Rong waving his hand, and guessed that the other party had already learned about the general situation of Chang'an City before he came.

But he was still curious about how the other party would make this decision.

There is no need to say much about the oil and water in the East and West markets. Even if Liu Rong is worried about causing misunderstandings among the forces behind these wealthy and Hu merchants, he can still choose the second Beishi.

Don't think that the prince doesn't need money.

Don’t think that the prince doesn’t need money!

Don’t think that the emperor doesn’t need money!

Chao Cuo had served as the crown prince's family order, so he naturally knew how important money was for a prince who was determined to be the crown prince.

The biggest reason why Chao Cuo was able to climb to his current position is not because he had a deep relationship with his father.

It’s because he understands economy and manages finances.

When I was the Crown Prince's family order, I cleaned up all the financial affairs inside and outside the Crown Prince's Mansion, so that the Crown Prince Liu Qi would not have to worry about making money.

Does Liu Rong need money?

Of course, it is necessary.

In these days, there is nothing that doesn’t cost money if you want to do things.

Ask a literate scholar to do chores like paperwork.

Every year, I have to pay at least two thousand yuan of salary and fifty or sixty stones of corn, and also give fabrics.

If you give him a piece of meat during the holidays, it will be worth at least 10,000 yuan this year.

According to the minimum standards, each city recruits twenty scribes to be responsible for sorting out various documents, and that year it would be a expenditure of 200,000 yuan.

One gold from the Han Dynasty was about 10,000 yuan, which was equivalent to the twenty gold that Liu Rong had to spend every year.

This is still the most basic staff. If you are other senior intellectuals and people with special talents, you won’t be able to dump you if you don’t have dozens of gold.

The white paper in the palace has not even been made yet. Even if it is made, it will be difficult to achieve large-scale production in the short term.

So, Liu Rong is really short of money now.

Maybe many people have questions, since Liu Rong is so short of money, why did he choose such a poorest and least expensive place?

But as long as Liu Rong speaks a noun, everyone should understand.

High-tech development zone.

Anyone with some common sense will know the role of this place in promoting modern big cities.

In Liu Rong's eyes, Nanshi is the high-tech development zone of the Han Dynasty.

Although it may not be comparable to Shaofu in terms of scale and top technology.

But Shaofu is not Liu Rong's own garden. As one of the nine ministers, Shaofuqing ignores him as the prince at all.

In the south city, there are small vendors and small and medium-sized workshop owners.

Liu Rong doesn't have to worry about interference and obstruction from the powerful and noble class.

He can realize the grand blueprint in his heart as he wishes as he wants.

However, there is one thing he must make plans early.

Guanzhong has had the spirit of a ranger since ancient times.

Among the rangers, the categories are complex. Those who are noble see injustice, draw their swords to help each other, promise a thousand gold, and live and die.

The bad ones may call friends, swagger through the market, or make arbitrary countryside, dominate the countryside.

Looking at the Han Dynasty, there are many rangers who have left their names in history.

There is a brother from the Ranger, Guo Jie, and a recent drama about Dong Da Hero.
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