It is a good place, relatively affluent, and peaceful.

The territory of the empire is vast, and many things do not depend on one place, and the state mainly supplies salt and grain for itself and the rest of the states, and there is nothing for the rest.

Although it is a place close to the sea, the main cities and prosperous areas of Lanzhou are concentrated close to Tongzhou and Yunzhou, and there are only a few poor people and salt workers and fishing towns by the sea.

The seaside is not a good place to live until there is no need for maritime trade, and until technology is improved.

Houses near the sea are more prone to problems, the demand for fresh water is higher, and before the improvement of tap water purification technology, the seaside is only suitable for a small number of people, and is not suitable for the development of a large city with a population of hundreds of thousands.

In this era, the main source of drinking water for most people is groundwater, not water from rivers and lakes, so it is useless even in the estuary.

In addition to the sea, there is no natural danger in Shanzhou, and the place near Yunzhou is the main vein of the river, which can support a huge population.

The proximity to Tongzhou is fertile land suitable for farming, and most of the population prefers to gather in places close to civilized areas.

Lishui Wanyue came to Wang Lanling today as usual to ask for advice on water control.

"There will be floods in our side every summer, not only from the sea, but also from the near rivers, every time there is a heavy rain, the underground water always has a strange smell, and the family has to prepare several tanks of water in advance."

Wang Lanling asked, "Are there any islands outside of Lanzhou that can stop the storm?" ”

Lishui Wanyo shook his head, "No, it would be nice if there were, for example, there is a big island and mountain outside Haizhou to help block the wind and waves." ”

Wang Lanling is not an expert in this area, but has a reputation in this area.

"There's no way around it, it's caused by the power of heaven and earth."

Lishui Wanyue didn't have any expectations for this, and quickly said: "Tongzhou is a good place here, even if there are a few places with bad locations occasionally, it doesn't matter." ”

Wang Lanling said: "Which place are you going to govern? ”

"A small county at the foot of the mountain has a population of 70,000 or 80,000, as long as the loss is within the specified range, I am qualified." Lishui Wanyue said very easily, and he was also a little proud.

Soon Lishui Wanyue found the location of the small county town on the map, and there was a local map on the academy's side.

However, there is only a map of Tongzhou, and there are no maps of other states and counties.

As an official of Yunzhou, Wang Lanling naturally knows the map of Yunzhou, so now he knows the general mountain range and river direction of Yunzhou and Tongzhou, as well as the railway transportation routes.

In this era, this kind of information is a military secret, and only people in the system like Wang Lanling can access it.

Even the people who lived near the railroad knew very little about the local area, and few people had access to anything like a map.

As reserve and former water officers, both Lishui Wanyue and Wang Lanling have access to these maps within the rules.

The location where they are located is the library, which is open to officials and officials for free, but only some core materials, which require certain requirements to be consulted.

Although it is difficult to be a water officer, Lishui Wanyue is still very confident in this matter, and his family is also moving around, spending a lot of contacts and resources for him to be able to become an official smoothly.

If the position originally reserved for Lishui Wanyue was robbed by the rest of the people, then some people would definitely be unwilling at that time.

Wang Lanling said casually: "What has Lishui Yingzhuo been doing recently? It's been a long time since I've seen him. ”

Hearing this topic, Lishui Wanyue sighed, "Don't talk about it, the family is unfortunate, he is now the male companion of Princess Heyin, and the guest of the scene." ”

There are more princesses in the empire, as long as they are not in Longzhou, they are not worth anything.

Many princesses are not the daughters of the current emperor, and there are also the first emperors, after all, the first emperor has only been dead for three years, and it is not uncommon for some princesses in their twenties to be left to harm others.

Wang Lanling asked curiously: "Are they the ones from the last ball?" ”

Lishui Wanyue nodded, very sad.

Wang Lanling had a doubt and said, "These people are also officials?" ”

Lishui Wanyue felt that Wang Lanling still didn't understand some things, so he said: "No, you don't think that everyone is here to come in and learn to be an official, right?" Like Lord Zhidai and Miss Long Xiang, they don't know how to be officials. ”

Wang Lanling has always felt that some high-class people are doing things, so he ignored the reason why these people came to the official school.

Lishui Wanyue continued to explain: "There are still many princes and grandsons who come to the official school to learn something, and then successfully obtain the official position, but some noble daughters are different, in fact, many princes and nobles come in just to play. ”

"Not only women, but even some sons and brothers, in fact, come in to please some women."

Wang Lanling didn't believe it, "Really? ”

Lishui Wanyue saw that Wang Lan didn't believe it, so he said with emotion: "You are all around you to learn, so you can't feel that there are many people who sing in private and do things in the club." ”

Wang Lanling sighed helplessly, looked at the clean and bright library floor around him and said, "No matter how clean the place is, it will become dirty if no one cleans it." ”

Those people didn't come to provoke Wang Lanling, firstly, because Wang Lanling was a foreigner, and secondly, Wang Lanling was more thorny, and if he provoked him, he would be in a commotion.

The sacred attributes of the official school have been lowered by some people.

Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, judging from some of the faint traces I saw with my own eyes, it was indeed very dirty.

In other words, even if it is clean, that is, it was clean for a while at the beginning, and this official school itself is a place to gild some people, and it is also the backyard of some related households.

Since they are all related households enrolled in school, it is not uncommon for them to indulge after gathering together.

Suddenly, I felt that the persuasion mechanism set up by the founder of the school was very powerful, one person fell out of class, and the whole class was punished with him, and he used the collective strength to force away the black sheep.

"Can those people keep up with their classes?" Wang Lanling was curious about this.

Lishui Wanyue said disdainfully: "To put it mildly, there are no minor officials yet!" They don't come to study themselves, and after coming to school, they pretend to take a few classes and don't go, and they are busy partying and having fun every day, so where do they have time to listen to classes? ”

These people are tired of being officials, where will they go to lectures to learn endorsements, and even martial arts will not be learned.

Now from Emperor Yanwu to the present, there are still a few older generations, so some meritorious nobles still maintain some combat effectiveness and rules.

In another twenty or thirty years, there will only be fewer people who can do martial arts, and only a small number of people will be willing to learn.

Wine bags and rice bags will only increase.

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