The days passed quickly, everyone was still busy, and the roads were repaired one after another. This time, Anseong and Deqing built a total of six roads. The three roads in Anseong are the road from Anseong to Deokyeong, the road from Anseong to the spring city of Sheung Sue Province in Ha Duong Province next to it, and the road from Anseong to Liseong. Deqing is the road from Deqing to Qingyang City, the road from Deqing to Qingcheng, and the road from Deqing to Sanhe City. As soon as the road was opened, the economy really became active.

Now Deqing and Ancheng include the Licheng of Deqing Mansion, Sanhe City, and Qingcheng want to sell things to Qingyang City or the next province are very convenient, because the roads are very smooth bluestone roads, and the carriage can pull more things, and it runs very fast, so the things that were transported in the past three days can now be transported in one day or even half a day, which is very convenient for the merchants. Especially the Chen family.

The Chen family has branches in five county towns and Deqing Mansion, and now the Bai family has opened a branch in Qingyang City, the provincial capital, and now there are more goods and money in the middle of several stores, because the road is repaired, and it is much faster all of a sudden. First of all, the clothes of Cuijinlou can be sold more, and secondly, the sake produced by the winery in Anseong can also be sold more.

The roads were repaired, and the victims began to return to their hometowns with their wages. When they came, they were dressed in rags and had no food to eat, and when they left, they were wearing spring clothes, winter coats and bedding in their hands, and they still carried the money they had earned from building roads in their pockets.

Among these victims, who are in good condition, have more than ten taels of silver in their hands, because husbands and wives can work, husbands can build roads, wives can go to Cuijinlou to do needlework, older children can also go to repair roads, and younger children can also collect firewood. This money is enough for them to use on the road, and they can save some money to go home for a while, so that they can rebuild their homes.

There are also some victims who have no one at home and no property, so they simply sell their bodies or plan to settle in Anseong or Deokqing, after all, it is more prosperous and the climate is better than that of the northwest. It's not difficult to find a long-term or short-term job, so you just don't leave.

There are still a small number of people who have done a good job here and don't want to go back. For example, Song Sanshi's family was arguing fiercely. Because their family has a shop in the northwest. There is land, although it is possible that the shop was damaged by the barbarians. But the land is still there, and there is still a family business when I go back. But Anseong's career is also developing very well.

Their bean curd workshop is doing very well now, because the road has been repaired, and there are more people from other places who come to Anseong market to buy poultry and livestock, and many people are full of praise after tasting their bean curd, and buy some back, some people see that it is so easy to sell. There is no locality, so they also go to them to wholesale a little bit to bring back to the region for sale, plus their largest customer base is the local merchants in Anseong, and the sales to the merchants are wholesale. So the amount is huge.

Ancheng is actually more suitable for making bean curd than their hometown in the northwest, because Ancheng has good water quality and many beans, so it is too suitable for doing soy products business, and the Song family's workshop now employs more than 100 people. Thousands of cans of bean curd are produced every day, and in addition to being sold in Ancheng, they are also sold to Deqing, several surrounding counties, and even sold to the neighboring province of Ha Duong. Every moonlight silver can earn hundreds of taels. Of course, the money borrowed from the bank before has already been repaid, and now the courtyard of the workshop has expanded, not only renting the courtyard of the Chen family, but also renting the two courtyards next door, of course, also belonging to the Chen family.

If they all return to their hometowns, what will happen to this workshop in Anseong? Their previous shops in their hometown were not so profitable. After heated discussions, it was finally decided to let Song Sanshi's younger brother go back to his hometown, of course, with the silver, and after going back, he would rebuild the house on the original site of the shop, tidy up the fields, recruit tenants again, and buy furniture again. After all, the leaves fall back to their roots, and the old man still wants to return to his hometown. Ancheng's side will be handed over to Song Sanshi's family.

Of course, there are fewer people like this, and there are more than a dozen, so Chen Yuanheng will arrange them separately, and those who are willing to go home will be arranged to go home, and the government will come forward to make unified arrangements to make boats, and the cost of making cars is much less, and it is safe. If you don't want to go back, you can settle down on the spot, which can be regarded as a migrant population.

By the time these things are done, it's already summer. On this day, Chen Yuanheng happily went home with an official document and said to everyone: "The reward of the imperial court has arrived." ”

Chen Wenhui and Bai were very concerned: "What kind of reward, who are they?" ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "Mrs. Hu's court was named a seven-grade lady and gave her the name 'Zhenlie', and she has a fortune to enjoy the seven-grade fortune. “

At this moment, Bai and Chen Wenhui were happy, and Bai said: "Now my sister is glorious, and no one will laugh at her for being a person who has left in the future." ”

Chen Yuanheng nodded with a smile, and said, "Madame also has a reward." ”

Bai Shi wondered: "How can I still have a reward?" ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "You and Huang Tingzhen's wife have rewards, yours is a five-grade lady, and hers is a seven-grade lady, but you have no title and no money." Originally, these should be yours, because the husband has an official position, he can ask for a seal for his wife, the seventh to fifth rank is a lady, the fifth to third grade is a widow, and the third to one is a lady, but my dynasty generally only asks for a seal for a lady, and a lady and a widow can only ask for a seal for a lady or a virtuous woman. So although you don't have a title, it's very beautiful without Yulu. ”

Bai Shi was very happy when he heard this, and asked again: "But where can we get the reward?" We didn't treat and save people like Sister Hu? ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "Madam, you have presided over two childcare centers in Ancheng and Deqing, and resettled countless orphans among the victims, isn't this a credit?" Mrs. Huang was also sealed because of this. ”

The Bai family was happy, and the subordinates and Wen Hui all gave the Bai family a blessing. Wen Hui asked, "Does my father have a reward?" Who else has been rewarded? ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "Because I just became the prefect of Deqing before, I was not promoted, but the emperor personally rewarded me with a pair of words, which has been shipped, and there are some rewarded silk and imperial wine." ”

Bai Shi was even happier when he heard it, but Chen Wenhui was not interested, what is this, what is a word worth, and what is silk and imperial wine, if you don't get promoted, you should at least be rewarded with gold and silver. In the play, the emperor will reward 10,000 taels at every turn, why don't you have it at home? I thought about it in my heart and said it unconsciously.

Chen Yuanheng heard his daughter's muttering and laughed: "Why does Hui'er love money so much at such a young age?" The emperors of our dynasty are all very simple, and there is no bounty of 10,000 taels, besides, now that the imperial court has an empty treasury because of the war, where is the money to reward the ministers. ”

Chen Wenhui thought about it too.

At this time, Bai scolded with a smile: "You little monkey, where is the appearance of a daughter and a noblewoman, you have been in the eyes of money all day long, you know what a great honor it is for the emperor to reward a word, it is more rare than ten thousand gold, and the house with the word of the royal gift is a crime, and it cannot be confiscated." Our family has been an official in the previous dynasty, but now there are only two pairs of words rewarded by the emperor in the ancestral hall, you should be easy? “

Chen Wenhui suddenly realized, it turns out that this word is a gold medal for avoiding death, and it is good to have this, it is still this guarantee point in this privileged society.

Chen Yuanheng said: "There are still many officials who have been rewarded, some have been promoted to the next level, and some have received some imperial wine and silk like me, and they are all very happy, and everyone has not worked hard in vain." ”

Chen Wenhui nodded, everyone has worked too hard during this time, but fortunately, it has passed.

Chen Yuanheng said again: "This has another advantage, that is, the restaurant business opened by our family in Qingyang City, the provincial capital, is very good, and no one comes to make trouble. ”

Chen Wenhui was happy to hear this, this is a real benefit, and said: "This is good, so our business is better, because the road from Deqing to the provincial capital has been repaired, and it is much more convenient for us to travel to and from the provincial capital, which is very suitable for us to do business." ”

Chen Yuanheng said with a smile: "Yes, I didn't dare to open a restaurant shop in Qingyang City before, just because I was afraid of the history of thorns, but now I am not afraid at all. In fact, Xu Zhijie went to the provincial capital to serve before, and he had already found me once, that is, when he was in charge of the agricultural affairs of a province, he said that I did not plant serious crops, but promoted the planting of beans in Deqing Mansion for personal gain. But at that time, it was the time to resettle the victims, and the assassin was not triggered, waiting for a period of time, and now this reward is down, the assassin not only does not blame me, but also praises me in front of people, saying that I have talent, which is good for Deqing's economy. also deliberately gave Xu Zhijie no face in front of others. ”

Bai Shi took a sip when he heard this and said, "This Xu Zhijie is really shameless. At the beginning, because Sister Hu's maiden family was defeated, she abused Sister Hu in every way, and later wanted to make a dirty idea on the master, and now she is stabbing history to deal with the master, which is really shameless. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "This Xu Zhijie knows that Lord Hu has been reinstated, and I don't know what his expression will be, what do he think?" What do you think when you know that Aunt Hu has won a reward, has a title, and has a fortune? By the way, Aunt Hu is a seventh-grade, he seems to be an eighth-grade, and Aunt Hu is actually higher than his official position? If they meet, he will still salute Aunt Hu. ”

Everyone thought about it for a while, and they all laughed. Hu said: "Yes, it has to be like this, let him be snobbish, let him look down on people, this is the retribution of this world, in my opinion, this is nothing, he will suffer greater retribution." ”

Chen Yuanheng smiled and said: "Okay, let's not talk about this person, there are many happy events in our house, Mrs. arranged it today, we invited Mrs. Hu to come over and drink together to celebrate." ”

Bai Shi hurriedly said: "Yes, it should be, and I want to reward the people, everyone has worked hard during this time, and they should all celebrate if there is a happy event." I'll arrange it. ”