The Three Spirit Stones

Chapter 135 Changes

It was the autumn harvest season again. The Liao emperor, Yelu Ruan, met with the leaders of the Khitan tribes in the temporary palace.

The leaders filed in one after another, and after seeing the emperor, they performed the etiquette between monarch and subject.

In recent years, the lives of these tribal leaders have become more and more comfortable. They receive dividends from the wool mill every year, and the dividends are increasing every year.

If you have money, you have to spend it. Today, Youzhou Yanjing City is no worse than Xiongzhou, and is even more prosperous.

There are also Yanjing Songliao Supermarket, shopping malls, restaurants, song and dance theaters, chess and card teahouses and other leisure and entertainment venues that will make people linger.

Most of these leaders now have houses in Yanjing or Xiongzhou.

Although the house is expensive and they have to pay interest, they get dividends every year.

These houses are comfortable and retain their value, only a fool would not buy them.

In spring and summer, when the weather is warm, they will occasionally go out to the grasslands outside the Great Wall. In autumn and winter, when the weather is cold, they will return to their own houses.

These houses are sturdy, warm, convenient and comfortable!

The whole house was heated with floor heating pipes, coal briquettes were burned outside, and a fireplace was lit inside to heat kumis.

It feels so comfortable!

In the cold winter, water pipes usually freeze over, but there are places selling hot water everywhere. Just ask the servants to tell them how many pots of water you want, and someone will deliver the hot water to your door.

Here, even if it is raining or snowing, you can still go shopping in the nearby supermarkets and shopping malls with an umbrella, or go to the opera house to listen to music.

Unlike the bitter cold land outside the Great Wall in the past, all you can see except the white snow is snow.

Those who bought the Fei Chi brand carriage had more convenience.

There was a heater on the bus when I got out of the door. I sat in the warm compartment humming a tune and arrived at my destination in no time.

Since moving here, they realized that life can be so good!

Inside the palace, the Liao emperor ordered people to open the box on the ground.

Looking at the stacks of banknotes inside, the tribal leaders' eyes lit up.

These banknotes are the dividends of the Liao Emperor, which were sent by Cheng Yu some time ago.

Every year, Emperor Qiu Bo would reward these leaders with various treasures as a token of his favor.

But in recent years, the leaders hope to be rewarded with paper money instead of gold and silver.

Because now in the Yanyun area, almost all supermarkets, shopping malls, restaurants and other commercial places only accept banknotes issued by Cheng. If you don’t have them, you have to go to the money shop and queue up to exchange them.

This kind of paper money is not like the previous Jiaozi, which has a very good reputation and is easy to carry.

It is not as heavy as copper coins, which require servants to carry when going out, nor is it as large-denomination as gold and silver, which makes it difficult to make change for small businesses.

So, nowadays people are used to using paper money.

The leaders felt so happy holding the thick stack of banknotes!

They whispered to each other in private. Some said they had to quickly pay off the house loans they had taken out a few months ago, some said they had their eyes on a Mercedes-Benz carriage but had never had the money to buy it, and some said there was a new house available somewhere and they wanted to go and take a look.

Seeing the current state of these people, Yelu Ruan didn't know whether he was happy or sad.

He always felt that the changes around him in recent years were too great, and he felt that he could not control these changes, which made him very uneasy.

Many Liao nobles stayed in Xiongzhou or Yanjing all year round. Unless summoned by the emperor, they would never return to the border areas.

Even many dignitaries from Shangjing Linhuangfu, Dongjing Liaoyangfu, Zhongjing Dadingfu, and Xijing Datongfu moved here to live.

If you want to live here, you must buy a house here.

Nowadays, the house prices in Yanjing City are rising rapidly. Many people who bought houses before have made a lot of money by reselling them.

Therefore, Cheng Industries bought land in various states to build houses, and many houses were sold out before they were even completed.

In addition to these changes, he felt that the shadow of Cheng Industries was everywhere now.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation,

Clothes, except for silk and satin, wool sweaters and quilts for keeping warm are all Cheng's products.

In addition to the Zhuozhou wool factory, Cheng also opened several wool factories in Danzhou and Shunzhou, because Cheng Yu said that the product was in short supply and needed to be expanded.

When a wool factory is opened, there must be corresponding supporting industries, such as food and accommodation.

Originally, these places were strategic locations, and the Liao emperor did not want to agree, but when the royal relatives heard that there was money to be made, they all voted in favor.

Yelu Ruan knew that this group of people had been speculating in real estate like crazy recently, and everyone was scrambling to make money and buy a house.

With so many powerful people agreeing to open a wool factory, there is nothing he can do even if he is the emperor.

Food, it is undeniable that food is indeed many times more abundant now.

Lin Luo's supermarket was filled with all kinds of food, even fresh vegetables in the cold winter.

Although the price is high, this was simply a myth in the past.

In the past, when there was a snow disaster, cattle and sheep froze to death, and people on the grassland also starved to death one after another.

Now, the herders have income from selling wool, and they have bought food early. Even if they don’t have cattle or sheep, they won’t starve to death if they have food to eat.

Many people even go here to work and earn money, which they can use to buy food and supplies to take home.

In this way, many people survived the deadly white plague year.

There is no need to say more about living.

The most popular house nowadays is the house built by Cheng family.

It's true that this kind of house is very comfortable. In terms of heating and safety, it is much better than a felt tent.

As long as the doors and windows are closed and the floor heating is turned on, it is still warm inside even if it is windy and snowy outside. Even if there is heavy hail, there is no need to worry because the house is solid.

It is the dream of countless people today to have a house here.

As for traveling, the Cheng family was not at an advantage because the Khitans were born knights and horses were a specialty of the Liao Kingdom.

But since the advent of the Feichi brand carriage, this advantage has become less prominent.

This kind of carriage is now sought after by many dignitaries of the Liao Dynasty because it is so comfortable!

The carriage is spacious and the ride is smooth, these advantages cannot be replaced by riding a horse.

Especially some elderly royal relatives, who had suffered from illnesses in the wars when they were young, and whose legs and feet were not flexible enough to ride horses, fell in love with horse-drawn carriages after riding them once.

Therefore, even though this carriage was very expensive, it immediately attracted a large number of orders once it was released.

Looking at these tribal leaders with happy faces, Yelu Ruan felt mixed emotions.

Everyone's life has obviously improved, so why does he feel uneasy?

What went wrong?

In fact, Yelu Ruan's feeling is correct.

Today, Cheng's industry has touched every aspect of people's lives in the entire Yanyun region.

They brought a convenient and comfortable life to the rich here, and provided jobs and opportunities for the poor here.

Human nature prefers leisure and hates work. Once you have enjoyed a comfortable life, it is difficult to go back to the past unless you have no choice.

In addition, the most commonly used currency today is the paper money issued by Cheng's Industry.

This kind of banknote is printed with special ink, which makes it less likely to be counterfeited. Because it is easy to use, people would rather use it than gold, silver or copper coins.

In modern times, the country whose currency can be used globally will be the world's hegemon.

Even when necessary, it can be used to reap the wealth of the world.

Now Cheng Yu is using the same routine.

When the paper money issued by Cheng's Industry was circulated as credit currency, it had the power of life and death over the economy of this region.

This is Cheng Yu’s ultimate weapon!

When the royal relatives of Liao looked at the stacks of banknotes they were given every year and laughed heartily,

Little did they know that Cheng Yu had plenty of ways to take their money out of their pockets.

The tricks commonly used by modern people are always effective on this group of rich people.

As a wise monarch, Yelu Ruan must have a keen sense of touch.

But how could he, a man in his forties living in ancient times with scarce information, compete with Cheng Yu, a man who had lived for a thousand years?

So he just felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong?

He felt that people's lives were indeed getting better, but this improvement made him feel uneasy.

This feeling of losing control is terrible!