At this time, Liujiabao seemed to be pushed to the forefront, Liu Feng asked Liu Yanxi and Liu Yanbei to form several caravans, in the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Later Han Dynasty, the exquisite porcelain vase made a ** advertisement for Liujiabao, and also made an endless stream of people to visit Liujiabao. （）

When it was nearly the end of spring, Liujiabao was more lively than usual, Liu Feng concentrated all the farmers and villagers of the four farms in Liujiabao, and moved the fort wall to the south and built a restaurant. The streets of Liujiabao are also different from the past, and various shops have also opened in the fort, and there is also a hint of the taste of the city.

The villagers who work in Liujiapu can receive food or silver money every day, which makes the merchants on the street more popular, but more than half of the merchants are run by Liu Feng himself, and the rest of the merchants are also full of energy, showing their magical powers, which makes Liujiabao's business taxes rise frequently for a while. The villagers in the fort had smiles on their faces, and they were living a life like never before.

In the twenty-seventh year of the Han Dynasty, the life of the whole Later Han Dynasty was not good, during the spring ploughing, Luzhou Baozhou Cizhou was in a great drought, which means that there may be no harvest after the autumn, and the people who have no food and clothing will either become homeless people and go to various places to beg for food; or rise up, kill officials and grab food; Before the end of summer, there was this sign, and the villagers who went to Liujiabao to defect were in an endless stream, and Liu Feng was anxious about this matter at this time.

As a villager of Liujiapu, I don't have much intuitive feeling about the suffering of the people in other places, but the villagers from all over the country who come to join us in an endless stream have brought everyone the oppressive power of survival, but they also enjoy the peace brought by Liujiabao at this moment.

The tranquility in other places in Yubao is different, but the meeting hall of Liujiabao is extremely tense, people come and go everywhere, busy quickly, as if there are too many things to chase, and there are indeed many things, so urgent that people can't stop.

A carriage stopped in front of the council chamber, and a fat man with squinting eyes stepped down, and the council chamber in front of him smiled slightly, but his eyes were gone, and the two pieces of flesh on his cheeks kept shaking up and down with the movement. When the fort was being built everywhere, the castle lord Liu Feng did not repair the council hall, nor did he arrange too many guards in front of the door, and even the vermilion gate was a little old, and the copper ring on the door also looked mottled, with a little green rust remaining, and the vermilion paint in some places had also faded.

Moving his two stubby legs, with a big round belly, really like a hobbling duck, he walked to the tiger guards on duty and handed over the greeting post, and said in a straight voice: "Huainan Xu Fu came to visit Commander Liu Feng. ”

When the guard saw that there was a greeting note and a gift list, but it was a formal visit, he said goodbye and went to the hall to report.

At this time, Liu Fengzheng was confused, and the previous money and grain inventory list, and the Liu brothers Pan Qingyun and others were also at a loss. Liujiabao's cultivated land is less affected by the drought, but it will not have grain until after the autumn harvest, and the endless stream of displaced people who come to defect can't wait for the autumn.

When I was thinking about it, I heard Liu Yanying report outside: "Commander, Huainan businessman Xu Fu came to visit, handed over the greeting post and gift list, and was waiting in the outer hall at this time. ”

"Huainan Xu family!" Liu Feng groaned, took the post, and handed it to Liu Yanbei beside him, Liu Yanbei was responsible for the trade routes in the direction of Huainan, and Liu Feng didn't know what the purpose of the Liu family in Huainan was to visit.

And Liu Yanbei was very familiar with it, and said a little excitedly: "The Xu family in Huainan is a big family in Huainan, and the grain, cloth, salt and iron are all operated, and the scale is not small, and our "luxury and harmony" is purchased by the Xu family for 5,000 taels of silver. ”

Hearing Liu Yanbei's introduction, Liu Feng took a breath of cold air and said secretly: "It's really rich!" Although he knew that the south of the country had not been war-torn for many years, and foreign trade was also very developed, he did not expect that the Xu family in the south of Tang and Huainan would have such great economic strength. This made Liu Feng, who had made some achievements some time ago, have to be ashamed.

After sighing, he turned his head and thought, this Xu Fu will not come to visit for no reason, I think it is a plan, maybe this is a turning point for the current predicament, thinking of this, Liu Feng raised his voice and said: "The person who comes is a guest, let's go to receive this wealthy businessman from afar." ”

"Why don't you let me go and test the Xu family's intentions, if we all go to receive him, won't we let the Xu family and my Liu Jiabao." Liu Yanbei suggested

Liu Feng thought for a while and said, "I'm going with the fifth uncle, after all, people are going to visit me by name, and for what purpose." ”

Everyone said yes.

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Liu Feng and Liu Yanbei arrived in the guest hall of the outer hall, and saw a behemoth come into view, maybe a few years older than Liu Feng, but there was shrewdness in their eyes.

Seeing Liu Feng and Liu Yanbei coming out, Xu Fu got up and saluted Liu Yanbei, and said, "Please forgive me for coming rashly to disturb Lord Liu Bao." In a hurry, Yanbei took a step back and gave up the main position to Liu Feng. Only then did he suddenly understand that the castle owner was the young man in front of him. hurriedly stepped forward again, and said apologetically: "Xu has eyes that don't know the true face, so he made Lord Liu Bao smile." ”

Liu Feng waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm used to it!" Young Master Xu doesn't have to be so polite! ”

After greeting and taking a seat, Xu Fu looked at Liu Feng, and saw that although Liu Feng was a teenager, the calm temperament in his demeanor was undoubtedly revealed, although his words were straightforward, but he also revealed a sense of pride, not losing to the children cultivated by those families, and he secretly wondered in his heart.

Liu Feng didn't have time to entangle this dead fat man too much in words, and after chatting for a while, he said straightforwardly: "Young Master Xu, this time I came to our Liujiabao, is there anything important to do, do you need Liu's help?" ”

A little surprised by Liu Feng's directness, Xu Fu smiled: "Then forgive Xu for being abrupt, there are two important things to come to Liujiabao this time, discuss with the lord of Liubao, the first one is the exquisite porcelain vase of Liujiayao, my Xu family wants to buy a few more; The second thing, when Xu came, he was on the road, and he saw a waterwheel and an animal-powered waterwheel, and he wanted to entrust the castle to make some. ”

Liu Feng smiled slightly, sure enough, he had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, but these are not what he needs for the time being, exquisite porcelain, the yield is too low, there are only more than ten in the library, he wants to stay for the bidding will be guaranteed, and the cost of those waterwheel processing is not high, and the craftsmen do not have the energy to make waterwheels for the time being.

After thinking for a while, Liu Feng said: "If it's just these two things, I'm afraid I will disappoint Young Master Xu, the finished rate of porcelain is too low, and there is no rich inventory in the castle for the time being; The craftsmen in the fort are now busy building the fort walls, and they don't have the energy to make waterwheels for a while. ”