A yellow leaf fell from the tree, rolled a few times in the air, fell to the half-yellow and half-green grass, and then was blown up by the wind, tumbling all the way, falling into the Fenshui, rolling all the way and drifting away with the waves.

The fate of life is the same, the body is involuntarily, and it is easy to be at peace with the encounter, especially in the troubled times when human life is like a mustard, sinking or floating, which is unpredictable.

It was close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sun was still hot at noon, turned over the hillside, wiped off the sweat on his face, looked at the faint city wall in the sky, his clothes were tattered, unkempt, and Liu Xingping, who looked like a beggar, instantly lost his sight with tears.

He knelt down, kowtowed a few times, and wept bitterly.

Taiyuan City, Da Song River East Road Road Governance.

Liu Xingping kowtowed, and said intermittently in his mouth: "Too ...... Originally, I replied ...... Here it comes! Daddy, Mother...... I...... It's back!"

Haunted by his hometown, born in the place where he grew up, finally, three years later, he returned.

Jin Bing went south, his parents were killed, and he fled his life in a hurry, first escaping into Henan, and then down the canal, all the way to Huainan.

How much suffering he has endured and how many sins he has suffered in the past few years, even he does not remember. drove a boat, worked as a coolie, worked as a shopkeeper, and was also coerced to be a bandit for a few days, and being a beggar is even more commonplace.

Look at people's faces, humiliated, how many times is just one step away from death, sometimes he really wants to die, why stay in this world to suffer, but fate is so magical, when the Mid-Autumn Festival family reunion, Taiyuan City is recovered.

He couldn't remember how he lived after hearing about the recovery of Taiyuan, he was in a trance all day, and when he heard that there was a cargo ship going north, he immediately settled his wages and went north on the ferry.

I spent all the way and was entangled, and when the mountains and rivers were exhausted, I finally saw Taiyuan.

I'm finally going home!

Looking at Liu Xingping, who was crying bitterly and beating his chest next to the official road, Lu Er, the shopkeeper of the tea stall under the pergola next to the official road, couldn't help but sigh.

Rather be a peace dog, don't be an outcast!

A bowl of hot tea went down, took out the only few copper coins on his body, picked up two baked cakes, and before he had gone far, Liu Xingping was attracted by the notice posted on the big tree.

“…… All residents of the original Taiyuan City who participated in the construction of the city without compensation, in addition to providing rations, after the new city is repaired, each person can get a new house with the original title deed. Other people who participated in the construction of the city were provided with rations and wages, and after the completion of the new city, there was a priority to buy ......"

Liu Xingping couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and touched the title deed inside his clothes, but fortunately it was still there.

"From now on, you don't have to worry about going hungry again!"

Liu Xingping felt a snickering joy in his heart, and then became puzzled again. What does this new city look like?

yes, what does a new city look like?

"It is Taiyuan, the town of Benwei Domain, covered with mountains and rivers, and the city walls are high and deep, causing traitorous courtiers, disobeying the heavens and refusing orders, because of their rebellion, misleading the army and the people. Now both dangping, the discussion must be changed, when the order of the public, forever safe and peaceful, its Taiyuan old city and from the destruction, is changed to Pingjin County, different from Yuci County founded and state. ”

Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, conquered the impregnable Taiyuan City, and under the annoyance and anger, he burned the water and destroyed the thousand-year-old city, causing the Jin people to go south and take it easily.

Once the emperor, the Ninety-Five Supreme, only wanted to strengthen the weak branches, suppress the national blood, and even couldn't tolerate a city, his self-confidence and tolerance are really smacking.

It is impossible to be as narrow as the old city, "less than ten miles", and it will not be as exaggerated as more than 40 miles and more than 20 city gates in the Tang Dynasty.

Everything has to be adapted to local conditions, and since the old city is dilapidated, a new city is inevitable. The old city is east of Fenshui, and the new city is west of Fenshui. There are not more than 40 miles, but there are more than 30 miles.

There are sewers, sewers, roads, toilets, green belts, etc., but the most important thing is to repair the walls and gates first.

After all, the walls of the old city could be repaired quickly enough to be used as temporary offices, but the new city should be built as soon as possible before frost, especially the walls and gates.

And, of course, the dwellings in the city. When the people returned, they could not all sleep in the wilderness.

When Liu Xingping came to the construction site west of the Fen River, he found that it was crowded with people, shuttling back and forth, and it was very lively, becoming a sea of people.

The construction site is full of cement, bricks, stones, etc. Shovels used for construction, pickaxes for excavation, buckets, etc. are piled up. On the official road next to it, all kinds of ox carts, horse-drawn carts, rickshaws, and wheelbarrows are transporting all kinds of materials for building the city like flowing water.

Due to the requirements of the construction period, the increase in the amount of work, and the lack of manpower, even the loyal soldiers in the city had to work for half a day each to speed up the construction of the new city.

After more than half a month of investigation and preparation, the new city finally started as expected.

Combined with the topography, the new city extends ten miles from east to west and five miles from north to south, forming an outer city with a circumference of 30 miles. On the north, south, and west sides, there is a city gate on each side, and only the east side of the water side has two gates.

As an important military fortress and barrier of the Great Song Dynasty against the northern nomads, Taiyuan City must be impregnable, as strong and strong as Chang'an City, which is the location and embodiment of Chinese civilization.

Because of this, the old moat, urn city, suspension bridge, horse face and other urban defense facilities in Taiyuan City, the new city also has everything, but the sheep and horse wall has been demolished.

The Great Song Dynasty has entered the age of firearms, and it is based on its own self-confidence and the changes of civilization that the sheep and horse wall can be removed and a trading market can be established outside the city.

When Liu Xingping arrived at the construction site, he couldn't take a break, so he worked hard in full swing.

Didn't the notice of the government say that after the new city was completed, there was also a house for the aborigines. I can finally have a new home.

"You're new here, why didn't anyone tell me about it?"

The foreman came over, saw an unfamiliar face, and couldn't help but scratch his head.

"This brother, I'm new here, I don't know what to do first, so I'll do something first."

Liu Xingping hurriedly stopped and took the opportunity to catch his breath. To be honest, he had never done such a rough job before, and he had exercised a lot in the past few years after fleeing.

"I said it!"

The foreman suddenly realized, and then smiled: "You young man is sincere. When you finish your work and eat, I'll take you to the place where you live, although it's a little shabby, it's better than the wilderness. ”

Liu Xingping hurriedly nodded and said, "Then thank you very much!"

The foreman looked at Liu Xingping and saw that although he was okay, he was too thin, so he explained to a few craftsmen on the side and asked them to help Liu Xingping more.

In the past, when he was fetching water, he saw a young man instructing the coolies to stir the sediment and other things for the construction of the city, and Liu Xingping hurried up.

"The sand and soil cement are mixed, and the water should be added appropriately, not like the Yellow River bursting its banks, nor can it be stirred, it should be like this."

Ma Wu personally became a teacher, and until the men operated correctly, he shook his head and left.

There are a lot of new people joining every day, many of them are novices, and sometimes he has to go into battle himself, answer questions, and teach by hand.

Seeing that Xincheng looks like a new city day by day, he is naturally very pleased. In order to build this new city, he spent a lot of thought.

"Master Jun, I'm from Taiyuan, after the new city is repaired, can I really get a new house?"

Liu Xingping's words made Ma Wu, who was in good spirits just now, very unhappy, and he immediately straightened his face and looked dissatisfied.

"You guy, your house has been destroyed by Fanzi, if it weren't for Wang Xianggong and his brothers to fight back, would you be able to go back to Taiyuan City?"

Ma Wu said unhappily: "Wang Xianggong built a house for you and didn't charge you money, shouldn't you be grateful?" You can't trust the court, can't the prince believe it?"

Liu Xingping didn't get a good face, but his heart blossomed. It seems that the government will not lie, how could an official as big as Wang Xianggong deceive him as a small common man.

"The military master is angry, I believe and I believe. Wang Xianggong is a living Bodhisattva, the great hero of our Song people, how can I not believe it. ”

Liu Xingping said with a smile on his face: "Official, please tell the villain, go there to sign, what should I do with this title deed?"

"That's not bad!"

Liu Xingping's attitude satisfied Ma Wu, he nodded, his face softened, and he pointed to the officials behind a few tables and said: "See, those few are officials in charge of civil affairs, and they will do it in the past, and they will not take your money, just sign and draw a pledge."

Liu Xingping thanked him and was about to leave, but was stopped by Ma Wu.

"Don't call us any official in the future, military master, just call us military brother, this is the rule in the army, pay attention to the equality of individuals, this is Xianggongjiao, you have to remember!"

Liu Xingping hurriedly agreed, turned his head and shook his head slightly. This loyal army really has a lot of rules, but it makes people's hearts warm when they listen to it.

The registered officials were very kind, and they carefully checked Liu Xingping's title deed and asked him to sign it. After Liu Xingping finished registering, he got a receipt with the official seal of the government, and the registered official solemnly confessed.

"Brother Liu, this is a receipt, take it, when the time comes, take the new house with this, don't lose it, otherwise it will be very troublesome!"

Liu Xingping received the receipt, thanked him a thousand times, and left with the foreman of the construction site. The officer looked at his back and shook his head slightly.

"There is a huge Taiyuan city, there is a land deed, this is the 178th, it is sad to think about it."

Another official also sighed: "Fanzi besieged the city for more than 200 days, and after the city was broken, the people in the city fought desperately to kill the enemy and lost everything. When the people fled for their lives, they naturally had to bring something urgent. These 178 people are all the people of Taiyuan City, and they have left their blood!"

Dinner was pickles and white flowers, Liu Xingping had a full stomach, followed the foreman and his party, walked about two or three miles south, and saw several abandoned villages, they stopped in one of the villages, it turned out that this was the place where he was going to live temporarily.

"Don't dislike it, this dog's troubled world, we can't pick and choose, just be alive."

The foreman was also full of sadness, he pointed to a few dilapidated houses and handed over a bag of worn-out cotton mattresses.

"Have time to clean up after yourself. This is a cover for you, and it will be changed in a few days. ”

When the foreman left, Liu Xingping pushed open the dilapidated wooden door and looked at the bleak simplicity of the four walls, but a glimmer of hope rose in his heart.

After carefully cleaning the room, he went to the river to fetch water and came back, washed the deformed copper basin and thick bowl, and did not even pull down the broken copper mirror on the table.

Lying in bed until the night was dark, listening to the sound of insects outside the window, through the broken window was the sky full of stars, he still tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Finally, he could settle down with peace of mind.