The weather in July was already extremely hot, the scorching sun hung under the sky without a trace of clouds, casting the fire-like light to its heart's content, the air was filled with a hot air, and there was not a trace of wind, and even on the street trees on the side of the road, the cicadas that had been chirping non-stop in the past had stopped making noise, lying under the small shadow of the leaves, shaking their wings weakly.

Under the shade of the trees, crowded with merchants in a hurry, such weather, such an hour, it is really not suitable to walk under the sun, the crowd of people who are crowded to rest their feet is happy with the vendors who set up stalls on the roadside, all kinds of snacks with a pot of herbal tea, that is, to satisfy hunger, and quench thirst. In front of each stall, there are a lot of customers, busy with the smiles of the farmers who came out to do some small business temporarily.

In such weather, it is definitely not possible to work in the fields, but hard-working people are always idle, picking up at home, boiling a large pot of herbal tea, and then making some local snacks, mentioning the roadside, you can make money.

Thanks to King Han, farmers like them who temporarily set up a stall on the side of the road, there is no tax difference to collect taxes, which is very different from previous years, that is, at this time last year, they set up a stall on the way, and the final income is not enough for a day's meal, but this year is different, and collecting one is even if it is earning.

The merchants on the road are also full of joy, whether it is a large caravan or a small trader, in the territory of Dahan, there is no longer that endless checkpoints around the country, after you pay the tax in a place, no matter where you deliver the goods, as long as you show the proof of paying the tax, there will be no official to find you trouble, and there will be no evil officials to extort and exploit, which makes the cost of goods drop significantly, although the price of goods has been reduced, but the merchants have earned more. This also made them a lot more generous along the way, and often after drinking and eating, they would reward the vendors with a few copper tips, earning a burst of thanks and compliments from the boss for smooth sailing and making a fortune, and both parties were very happy.

When you go out, you always have to have an auspicious wish!

It has been more than half a year since the Han King ascended the throne, and during this half year, the entire Han Kingdom has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the farmers and merchants who have benefited the most have benefited.

Basically, all the landless peasants have their own land, although they still owe the government a sum of money, but compared to the value of the land, this money is really nothing, every family is calculating how long it will take to pay off the interest-free loan given by the government and really belong to this land, the farmers who are accustomed to careful budgeting, only after understanding this account, in the slack season are no longer at home, but go out of the house, and try to make some money to subsidize the family, or repay the loanIf you pay it off one day earlier, you will be at ease one day earlier. Now there are more ways to make money, and the merchants in the city are hiring people everywhere, and there are many short-term workers like them, and the roads and ditches that are being built at the government's expense also need a lot of manpower.

The new king ascended the throne is good, in the past, this kind of work, that there was a salary to take, that was a servant sent by the government, every family had to send people, and now, if you are willing to do a day, you can get a day's wages, you are not willing to do it, and no one will force you, of course, for them, of course, you have to do it, the salary is rich, there is free sour plum soup on the construction site to drink, although there is no food, but bring a little dry food from your own home, just sour plum soup, you can eat to your heart's content.

In addition to the peasants, the second benefit is the merchants, first of all, their political status has been greatly improved, because of the existence of the four seas trade, so that the merchants of the Han Dynasty have their own spokesperson in the imperial court, can seek benefits for them, although the commercial tax has increased a lot compared with before, but there is less of the previous miscellaneous taxes, axle fees, up and down the cost of dotting, by the local powerful officials extorted additional expenditures, the cost is greatly reduced, the Han Dynasty, the road and bridge, the improvement of the road, Speed up the circulation of goods, before from Jishi City to Jicheng, there is no one or two months of effort, can not go at all, but now, although the road is still being repaired a section by section, but the time has been saved by one-third, rough estimates, after the completion of the longest gallop road in the Han Dynasty, the distance of the trade road will be shortened by half, for businessmen, time is equal to money.

And the second benefit is the influx of money. Those big landlords in the former Yan Kingdom, because the national policy of the Han Dynasty did not allow individuals to own a large amount of land, they had to sell their land to the state in accordance with the regulations of the state, and the large amount of money they got had no way out, so they could only invest in business. The influx of a large amount of capital has made the competition in business more intense, but it has also allowed businessmen to have sufficient liquidity.

In short, every qiē of the Han Dynasty is undergoing earth-shaking changes, and every qiē is thriving, bursting with vitality everywhere.

This is the most intuitive feeling for Dong Zhuang along the way.

Dong Zhuang, a month ago, just returned from Dongsan County. He was subordinate to Chen Bin, the 3rd Division of the 1st Army of the Northern Group Army, and was a battalion commander of the combat battalion.

And two years ago, he was still an ordinary soldier of the former Yan New Army, after the Battle of Yuyang, after the defeat of the Yan New Army in the Eastern Army, he became a prisoner and was escorted to the Hetao area, that is, this experience of being a prisoner completely changed his life. He was favored by his current boss Fu Xiao and became a soldier of the Eastern Army, and then with the Eastern Army in Hetao and Donghu, he fought for two years, and he rose all the way, and now he has become a field battalion commander commanding thousands of soldiers.

He was originally from Tianhe County, and after settling the troops and handling his official duties, he took leave of absence from his superiors and took ten guards all the way to his hometown.

Fresh clothes and angry horses, momentum like a rainbow, compared with the miserable and miserable relatives who joined the army because they couldn't eat, how much different is it? Once developed, if you can't return to your hometown with glory, isn't it like walking in brocade at night? At that time, the Dong family, because of its large number of children, was one of the poorest families in Dongjiazhuang.

Sigh! Dong Zhuang reined in the war horse, the horse stopped in the neighing, and the ten guards behind him also reined in the horse at the same time, these are all his own soldiers, the elite division who killed from the sea of corpses and blood together, and the cooperation between each other has also reached the point of knowing a little bit of Cheng dù, each other's movements, a look, can be understood.

"Boss, what's wrong?" One of the guards stepped forward and looked at Dong Zhuang, and what he saw from the other party's eyes was endless confusion.

"I, I seem to be lost!" Dong Zhuang muttered, his face a little embarrassed.

"Lost?" The guard's mouth opened wide, "Boss, you've only been at home for two years, why don't you recognize the way home?"

Dong Zhuang scratched his head and pointed to the end of the road in the distance, "I remember that in the past, there was a muddy road leading directly to Dongjiazhuang, and our Dongjiazhuang is also a famous poor village, all of which are thatched huts, rotten and messy, but now you see, where is it like my hometown?"

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and at the end of the road, there were rows of blue brick houses, neatly arranged, where was the miserable appearance that the previous boss had depicted for them? There was a confused look in everyone's eyes, "Boss, you used to tell jokes, right?"

"!" Dong Zhuang said angrily: "Am I a person who talks about it? At the beginning, it was because there were many people in my family and I had a big appetite that I could eat alone enough to meet the rations of several people, so I had to go to the army."

"Go and see, just ask if you can't!" Another guard said.

"Let's go, let's see!" Dong Zhuang reined in the reins of the horse and slowly rode the horse forward.

On both sides of the road, the crops have been half a man deep, although the sun is scorching in the sky, but these crops are still very energetic, the reason is nothing more than that on both sides of the road, there is a ditch all the way to the distance, the ditch Gugu flows clear water, every other section of the road, there is a mouth to separate a thin water flow out, irrigating the crops along the way.

The more he walked forward, the more familiar scenes appeared in front of Dong Zhuang's eyes, and the scenes in the old days came to his heart, his hands unconsciously carried the reins of the horse, and the horse walked slower and slower.

"Boss, isn't it?" A guard behind him asked.

"No, it should be, it should be." Dong Zhuang muttered, he can now be sure that this is his home, born in Dongjiazhuang, where he grew up, but two years have passed, and Dongjiazhuang, like him, has also become unrecognizable.

There was the noise of children in front of them, no matter where they were, no matter what the season, the children were always in good spirits, and although the sun seemed to be roasting a qiē to the point of smoke, the children were still happily chasing and playing in the village.

The sudden appearance of the knight clearly frightened the children, and seven or eight of them crowded together, looking with some trepidation at the samurai on tall horses and swords at their waists.

"Little doll, don't be afraid, is this Dongjiazhuang?" Dong Zhuang immediately stepped forward, trying to make his tone softer, he knew that his current dignity was a little not good-looking, when he captured Helin, he was stabbed in the face, from the eyebrow bone to the ear, dragged a long gap, and then the injury was healed, but it also left an eternal scar.

Sure enough, when the child saw Dong Zhuang's respectful face, the fear on his face was even stronger, and he actually stepped back in unison, Dong Zhuang was helpless, looked back at his guard, and wanted to find a good-looking guy to come out and ask, but he never thought about it, and the group of guys behind him all looked fierce and vicious, and they were even more unbearable than themselves.

"Are you the eldest brother of the Dong family?" In the middle of the night, a slightly larger female doll poked her head out of the pile and asked timidly.

"Yes, yes, I am, I am, there is a big pine tree outside the door, Dong Zhuang!" Dong Da was overjoyed and said loudly.

"It's Big Dong!" A group of dolls, apparently remembering who the person in front of them was, cheered at once, and ran towards the village.

"Big Dong is back!" The big guys shouted in unison.

A group of guards looked at each other and looked at Dong Zhuang together, "Boss, it seems that your reputation among them is not very good!"

"What's not so good?" Dong Zhuang said a little embarrassedly: "Didn't you have enough to eat at the beginning, sometimes I was hungry and panicked, so I just asked these little dolls to cheat some food."

Everyone was stunned at first, and then laughed out loud, that kind of scene, everyone naturally imagined, the big bad wolf and the little white rabbit! (To be continued......) R1292