Approaching the end of the year, Danling County has a lot of differences from previous years because of the workshop army this year.

Because the suffering of the arrival of the bandits has been greatly alleviated, the people of Danling County bought various things from outside the workshop army camp at a much lower price than the market price, so that the workshop army created by Zhao Yuan is even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Originally, Zhao Yuan was going to hold the annual meeting, but because there were not many people in Danling County, it was temporarily stranded, and he could only find time to hold it after everyone returned after the year.

Dealing with the affairs of the completed Fang military camp, Zhao Yuan and Wan Yunjun held a banquet in Danling Funing Building, and invited all the famous officials, merchants, gentry, students and some generals of the Gongfang Army in Danling City.

"Lord Wan, Lord Zhao, congratulations, you have done a good thing for the people of Danling."

"Awards, Boss Tian, please inside."

"Congratulations to the two adults, thank you for the good things you have done for us, my boys are clamoring to join the Workshop Army."

"Boss Li has won the award, please inside."

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Although with Zhao Yuan and Wan Yunjun's current status in Danling, the banquet guests no longer need to be greeted at the door, and only need to arrange a steward to greet the guests at the door, but the two are still young after all, in order to leave a better impression, the two still greet the guests at the door of Funing Building.

When everyone arrives, sit at the table according to their status.

"The hero is a young man, Lord Wan and Lord Zhao, if the two of them don't stand, they will clean up the bandits in the territory, keep one side safe, and do something unprecedented, the old man admires!" The tumbler of Danling County, the old man Wang, who has many protégés, stroked his long beard and said.

"The boss is serious, I don't deserve to be called an adult, just call us a kid directly, or if you don't support us at the beginning, we can't achieve this little achievement." Wan Yunjun said respectfully.

Mr. Wang is from the Danling Wang family, and he should be Wang Pinxuan's great-grandfather according to his generation, but the tree has large branches, and after a few generations, there is still some incense left in the line with the Wang family.

The old man's life can be called magical, because the problem of status will basically not do anything in the official career, and after he is smart, he is like a retreat, and he came to Danling to take root in such a small county, and he is drunk on farming and reading all day long.

The college where all the students go to Danling now is founded by Mr. Wang, and over the years, many of the students of the old man have a half-official position, although there is no special outstanding, but the number is very amazing.

Although Mr. Wang is very respected, he is always humble and sincere, and he can be called an optimus prime in Danling.

Wan Yunjun and Zhao Yuan were able to successfully develop the workshop army, on the one hand, of course, there was a relationship between the Wang family where Wang Pinxuan was located, but more importantly, the old man Wang, who had amazing influence in the local area, spoke.

"This is also the boss's discernment and discernment, plus the two abilities, so that we have the current stability of Danling, my lord, I propose, let's drink this cup full." The county magistrate Zhu Congwen echoed and said.

On the main table, there were only Zhao Yuan, Wan Yunjun, county commander Zhu Congwen, old man Wang, and Miao Shijie, the commander of the workshop army, and the other three were also several famous old men in Danling County.

"Congratulations for Dan Linghe, congratulations for the two Junjie!" Everyone raised their glasses, and the atmosphere in the Funing Building began to be lively.

Several generals of the workshop army came to the front, the atmosphere was warm, and many people surrounded at once, most of them were young people who came to the banquet with their families, and several soldiers of the workshop army did not refuse, and kept talking about some things in the process of suppressing bandits, which caused a burst of exclamations from time to time.

"I didn't expect that I, Qi Biao, would be able to eat and drink with the county master today!" Qi Biao sighed and drank wine.

"When, when did our soldiers become so sought after, it's all Lord Zhao's ability!" Miao Shijie, who had been a soldier before, looked at the respected general of the workshop army, and the look in his eyes became extremely firm.

The purpose of Zhao Yuan and Wan Yunjun to organize this banquet was to stabilize the impact of the achievements of the Workshop Army this time, and on the other hand, it was the road repair plan that Zhao Yuan had planned for a long time, and he was ready to explore everyone's tone at this banquet.

"Zhao Yuan boy, the first time I heard that you still saw your "Journey to the West", when I heard that it was written by a guy who was not as weak as the crown, I have been inquiring about you, and I knew that we had a masterpiece in Danling." Old Man Wang said with a smile.

"I didn't expect the old man to like to read this funny script, and the kid smiled generously." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"What is fun, old man, I have lived for most of my life, I haven't seen through anything, people live, isn't it just for fun." Old Man Wang shook his head, took a sip of the wine in the glass, and said with a smile, "Good wine." ”

"The old man is right, people live for peace and joy, farmers plow, harvest grain to fill their stomachs, feel happy; Businessmen do business, bring the things that people need to the hands of those who need them, get a return, and feel happy; Readers read, gain knowledge, be nominated for the gold list, and get happy; Officials govern one side, so that the people on one side can live and work in peace and contentment, realize the ambitions in their hearts, and feel happy......" Zhao Yuan picked up his wine glass, toasted a circle of people on the table, and said with a smile.

"Boy, you can see it thoroughly, but there are too many people who don't understand this truth, for example, these bandits who were taken down by you, they made too many people unhappy, and after taking them, they can save more people from losing their happiness." Old Man Wang looked at Zhao Yuan in surprise and said.

"Brother Zhao, you are the real wise man." Zhu Congwen said in shock.

"Zhu boy, don't look at your high knowledge, but in terms of understanding the world, you may not be as thorough as Zhao Xiaozi, I really don't understand how Zhao is so young and thinks so thoroughly, old, the old man is really old." Old Man Wang seemed to be a little drunk.

"The boss is right, Brother Zhao, help me a lot in the future!" Zhu Congwen agreed.

"Everyone, eat vegetables, my lord, this is your favorite braised pork, it is very soft, come and taste it, please everyone." Wan Yunjun greeted everyone.

"Good, good, hahaha!"

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Halfway through the wine and food, Zhao Yuan stopped and stood up to toast everyone.

"Thank you for appreciating the light, come together a year ago, Danling is the place where we all live and live, everyone's home, we all want Danling to be stable and rich, the workshop army started from a group of refugees who have no food and clothing, and has made some achievements today, which is inseparable from the support of everyone, I respect everyone." Zhao Yuan said hello to the people at the main table and began to toast one table at a time.

"Lord Zhao's words are serious, it is all Lord Zhao's own investment of a lot of money that can lead to today's results, we have not done anything, I am deeply ashamed." Boss Huang, who sold the land to the cement workshop, said.

"Yes, you are capable, but there is nothing to do with us, Yuanba cement, it is really a good thing, we have also received the favor of Lord Zhao and Lord Wan, and the house is now built with cement, which is firm and safe." Boss Tian said.

"Yes, yes!"

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Everyone complimented, talked and laughed, and drank the wine in their glasses.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Zhu, bosses, heads of families, the benefits of cement have also been seen, although because the initial production is not enough, but this problem will be slowly solved after the year, and our Yuanba cement workshop will expand its output after the year, and the price will also decrease."

"It is rainy in Shudi, especially in our Danling, the official roads have not been repaired for a long, long time, and the roads are long and obstructive, which seriously affects everyone's travel. Now that cement is a new thing, we plan to start building cement roads in the territory. But we can't do it by relying on our family, so we need a lot of support from everyone. With the wine, Zhao Yuan said.

"The investment in building roads with cement is too large, even if the cement is cheaper, but the cement used in a road is indispensable."

"Yes, even if everyone contributes, how much can they make?"

"Lord Zhao's idea is good, but it's unrealistic, who is willing to throw so much money!"

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Hearing Zhao Yuan's words, the atmosphere suddenly became low, and when it came to their own interests, everyone's nerves were very sensitive.

Zhao Yuan had long expected that this would be the case, and he was not annoyed when he saw this, he smiled with his wine glass, and looked at the rich businessmen and family heads.

Everyone lowered their heads and thought silently in their hearts, it wouldn't be for everyone to donate money.

"Okay, don't look like this, Zhao boy, you tell all your thoughts." Old Man Wang couldn't look at it and said loudly.

"The boss can see clearly, yes, there is a lot of investment in building cement roads, but he will not force everyone to donate money, even if I want to, Lord Zhu will not let it." Zhao Yuan nodded at Zhu Congwen and said with a smile.

"Cement, I also learned about it, it's a good thing, but the price is not cheap, Brother Zhao, how to repair this road?" Zhu Congwen asked.

The road to Shu is difficult, although everyone knows this, but there are very few who want to change it.

If you can build a road into a concrete road, think about that scene, it's a good thing for everyone.

"Let's calculate a separate account first, for example, if we transport a stone of grain, let's go to Tongyi, because the road is not easy to walk, in the absence of rain and snow and other weather, the time spent on the road is four days, and the grain needs to be transported by livestock and people, and how much grain and grass need to be consumed in these four days. After the cement road is repaired, this time will be greatly shortened, at least half, using our new carriage transportation, the loss will be less than half......" Zhao Yuan told everyone about the benefits of building cement roads.

"You don't have to worry that the money invested will be invested in vain, after our cement road is repaired, because the investment is huge, it will not be used in vain, we will charge at the necessary point of the cement road, the money invested in the road repair will always be recovered, and so on in the future, the transportation of goods will be more, the cost will be considerable, and everyone can also get a long-term income according to the money they have invested......" Zhao Yuan continued.

"Brother Zhu, this needs a lot of support from you. I'm also mentioning it now, so you don't have to worry about making decisions. Of course, even if you don't join in, we will build this cement road. Zhao Yuan concluded.

"Building roads is a good thing, and it is also a matter of great benefits, but this investment, Lord Zhu, Lord Zhao, let's think about it." Everybody said.

"There's no hurry in this matter, it will start after the first half of next year at the earliest, after all, even if you want to build roads now, there is not so much cement, after all, there are still scheduled cement here that have not been obtained." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

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After the party, Zhao Yuan and Wan Yunjun arranged to send off the guests, and the matter of coming to Danling was over, and it was time to go home.

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