When the couple heard what the shopkeeper said, they were stunned for a moment, listening to the meaning of this, this mudslide is not small! The two of them were not at ease, so Xiaohu stood by the window, opened the window and stretched out his head and asked, "Shopkeeper!" Will that mudslide affect people's homes? ”

The shopkeeper replied loudly: "Please rest assured, guest officer! No one will be affected! Where there is a place where the sediment will fall when it rains, it is basically known that no one will make a home in that place. ”

Xiaohu nodded reassuringly, and asked again: "Then if this road is blocked, how long will it take to dredge it?" ”

The shopkeeper replied with some embarrassment: "Guest officer! I can't say for sure, it depends on how many people can be found in the town over there to work! If there are many people, it can be dredged in less than an hour, and if there are few people, two or three hours may not be good! ”

Xiaohu looked back at his daughter-in-law and asked, "If this road is blocked, I'm afraid we won't be able to walk this morning, what's wrong with us?" Do you want to go or stay here for a day? ”

Er Ya can't be sure, if they don't get it right in half a day, they will be in trouble if they don't walk on the road in front of the village and don't have a store in the back of the village.

"You'd better go out and ask the shopkeeper how far away from the town is and how long will it take to get there?" Is there a village in between? Stop standing in front of the window and shouting, it looks rude! ”

Xiaohu said yes with a smile, he was also lazy because he hadn't washed up well enough to meet people. After the daughter-in-law said that thinking about it this way is indeed too casual. After all, the younger brother is a big official, and as an elder brother, he must also pay attention to his behavior so as to leave a good impression.

Xiaohu, who went out to chat with the shopkeeper for a while, came back, but he had a lot of big and small things in his heart.

"Daughter-in-law! Listen to the shopkeeper. Xiaolong's official is not easy to be! There are people from the West who come to grab food outside, and there are bandits and robbers inside! Listening to the shopkeeper talk about the fierceness of those bandits and robbers, they are much stronger than the ones we have seen before. ”

Er Ya frowned. said: "What's all the fuss about! Corruption is inevitable in extremely rich places, and public order is inevitably extremely poor in extremely poor places, and this is a normal social phenomenon. However, for the sake of insurance, I still sent a letter back and asked Liu Wenzhu to help select twenty or thirty children who had undergone special training, had good skills, and did not plan to achieve anything in the imperial examination. ”

The original Silk Road was destroyed during the foreign rule of the previous dynasty and has never been restored. Although the Damin Dynasty was economically and commercially strong. But now the trade routes are mainly based on rivers and seas, and this road is basically abandoned. If there is no commercial value, of course, there will be no trading houses, and there will be no caravans walking. It is impossible for the world to set up a dart line here, except for a few scouts who inquire about the news and shuttle back and forth. Therefore, the personnel in this force still have to be transferred by Erya himself, and he can't rely on others.

Xiaohu nodded: "I also have this plan, but after those children come." Do you want to assign them any positions? I've heard that every state capital has at least 500 soldiers. Why don't you let Xiaolong put them into the government soldiers?! ”

"Forget it! Which of the children from our family is not able to be literate and martial, and one is ten? Let them be government soldiers, and they are not afraid of wasting talents?! ”

"Then they must have a name in the government! Otherwise, even if they have made meritorious contributions, how can they be rewarded? ”

It's a problem, too, but it seems early to say this, "When they arrive, let's see what the little dragon does!" Have you inquired about everything? Can you go today? ”

"You can go! The shopkeeper said that it was not far from the past, and there were gradually more places to live. When you go to the village for a night's rest, you will usually be received. It's just that we can't get used to the house they live in. ”

Xiaolong was in a hurry, and he didn't care what his brother and sister-in-law said about the house he couldn't live in. After a light breakfast, we set off.

They finally reached the section of the road that the shopkeeper had estimated to be clogged with mud and sand, and they did suffer from mudslides, or the locals knew the local geography best. The foundation of this road was well laid, and even though it was hit by a mudslide, it did not hurt the foundation. Just turn the mud and sand on the sides of the road, and the road will be passable.

Because Lizhen heard from Xiao Er, there was a prefect who was in a hurry to leave, so he brought a lot of people. By the time Xiaolong's convoy arrived in front of him in a hurry, the road had been completely cleared. On both sides are the villagers standing neatly with shovels. When they arrived in front of the convoy, they knelt on both sides at the command of Lizhen.

Xiaolong saw it and hurriedly called the parking team, hurriedly got out of the car, walked quickly to the leading Li Zhen and bent down to help him: "Qu Li Town, please get up quickly!" Folks, please hurry up!"

"Thank you, sir!" Quli Town stood up with the villagers, and Xiaolong couldn't leave immediately, so he stood and chatted with Quli Town about their living conditions, production conditions, etc.

According to the shopkeeper of the inn, this Quli town is okay! Although he was not a great good person, he did not rely on his authority to deceive the people or do any great evil. If someone else finds him, he can do his best, and if he doesn't find him, he won't take the initiative to care. Belongs to the kind of person who is not good or bad and has no pursuit.

As long as he is not a wicked person, Xiaolong respects it. Xiaolong was chatting with Lizhen about how many crops there would be in a year, what the harvest would be, etc., and the people who were standing a few steps back looked at such a young prefect, and they were all beating drums in their hearts. muttered secretly: There are times when the Son of Heaven does things unreliable! It is said that he can't do things well without hair, such a young man, I'm afraid that he can't even manage his family, and he has to manage such a big state capital. What can you manage? I thought that the Son of Heaven personally chose officials for our land, and how much attention must be paid to this land! Now it seems that this son of heaven doesn't really care much about our very vicious place. Ay! When will we have a good official to help us live a good life!?

The town said that their main crops, millet and red sorghum, can only be planted once a year, and the harvest is still very low. Those who have a large labor force in the family can open up wasteland and grow crops, and they can barely get by in life, but if they have less labor, life will be difficult. What's the matter, it's common to sell children and daughters.

"Then there are so many weeds, why don't you raise livestock?"

What Xiaolong has been unable to understand all the way is that in such a good grazing ground, only occasionally one or two flocks of sheep are grazing, and nothing else is seen. Cows, horses, donkeys, pigs, geese, these are all livestock that can create no less value than rice, why don't they go to the stock?

When the official in Lizhen heard this, his face turned straight, and he said solemnly: "Lord Prefect, I don't know, the Benna of raising livestock is not small. The weather here is not good, snow disasters occur at every turn in winter, and mudslides occur at every turn in summer and early autumn. In addition, there are wild wolves and wild dogs, and the prefect can't see a single wolf here. However, after the first snow of winter, the wolves and wild dogs roamed the wilderness in bursts. Sometimes when the two teams meet, they are all bitten for a while, and if they are touched, they can be scared to death without being torn by the wild wolf and wild dog. If this livestock breeder encounters it, can there be a good one? Whoever encounters it has to take the life of a large family. I'm an honest man in this place, who would dare to take this risk to raise livestock!? ”

"Oh! I see! Xiaolong nodded suddenly in understanding, while thinking about how to make the people not only feel at ease and bold to raise livestock, but also ensure that the livestock will not be lost. It's better to wait until you return to the mansion and discuss this matter with your brother and sister-in-law.

The convoy restarted, Quli Town led the way with the villagers in an ox cart in front, and Xiaolong followed behind. When the two were chatting, Li Zhenshun invited the prefect to his house as a guest, and Xiaolong also wanted to see their food, clothing, and housing on the spot, so he readily agreed at that time.

After walking for more than an hour, there were more and more crops on both sides of the road, and more and more farmers were busy walking in the fields. A little later, you can see the doors and windows embedded in the loess slope. Wen Yue had already seen the caves on the road when he came, and they were fresh, but when he saw this kind of closely connected and large-scale cave group, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Mother! Look, there are rows of doors! ”

Erya looked at the rows of cave houses connected together, and she really couldn't understand it in her heart. It is said that to be able to make such a dense cave, the soil should be clay, and it is not easy to flow with the water, but why is it that on the other hand, it is sandy soil that is easy to cause mudslides?

Quli Town led the convoy to the highest cave, the ox cart climbed very easily, but the carriage was a bit laborious. Although the new carriage has a propeller shaft as a driving force, which makes it much easier for the carriage to walk, this advantage is not very obvious when climbing hills. In particular, the slope is quite large, just like an old-fashioned horse-drawn carriage. The old man who was driving the ox cart in front of him, seeing the struggling appearance of the carriage behind, finally took pride in his own ox cart, and grinned and rushed off the carriage The boys laughed. There were few people in Quli Town to see the prefect's house, and the two of them couldn't push a car, so they beckoned the men in the car to get out of the car to help.

Of course, Erya also saw that the eyes of those fellows looking at their carriage were useless in the muttering in her heart, but she didn't care about it.

The cave complex was indeed the largest she knew. Although in her original world, she could see the shadow of the cave when the train passed by, and she could also see the cave scenery filmed on TV, but those were all caves in twos and threes. I haven't seen anything like this neat, one-size-fits-all cave group. Even she was surprised when she saw it, no wonder Wen Yue screamed.

The caves are located on the highest slope of the land, and are topped with grassy ground, on which no crops or grazing are allowed. In front of the cave door is a very, very large open space, it is estimated that it is the same as the use of the Central Plains area for drying fields, it is also very smooth and strict, and it has only rained heavily at night, and the carriage has not pressed out too deep ruts at this time.

The children, who had been playing nearby, saw the carriages driving to the door of their homes, and they all shouted at each other with curiosity and ran back to have a look. The women in the house heard the shouts of the men outside, and they all came out of the cave. The originally empty large venue was surrounded by a crowd of chattering people in an instant. The standing horses were a little restless and restless, dodging the children's touches with one hand and one palm. (To be continued......)