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The sun is scorching.

Outside Lingshui County, Huazhou, Guangnan West Road. Four people and four horses, such as a leisurely stroll towards Lingshui County, did not hurry or slow.

Two young men, both of whom were only sixteen or seventeen years old, walked ahead, and both wore brocade robes that looked very good by hand. A few meters behind is followed by an old man who is dressed cleanly but picking his nostrils, and an old woman who is old but can still see the charm of her youth.

More than 10,000 cavalry of the Tiankui army fell far behind, dozens of miles behind.

The little Taoist Bai Yuchan didn't go down the mountain much, leading the horse and walking beside Zhao Dongting, looking around from time to time.

When he saw Lingshui County from afar, he finally couldn't help but ask Zhao Dongting, "Brother Zhao, why did you want to enter the city first?" ”

He has enough talent to amaze the world in the way of Jindan, but if you speculate on people's hearts, the Taoist priest who always follows his uncles and uncles to meditate on the mountain and recite scriptures is undoubtedly a blank slate.

Zhao Dongting tilted his head and chuckled, "Following the army into the city, I'm afraid I won't see the real situation in this Huazhou." ”

Bai Yuchan didn't seem to have superhuman talent in this regard, and was a little puzzled, "Why?" ”

Zhao Dongting said: "I'll go to your immeasurable view, and your immeasurable view will still be greeted by the ancestors, and there will be a lot of battles." What do you think will happen to state officials? ”

Bai Yuchan finally understood and nodded, "Everyone in the world can't help but go with the flow." ”

Zhao Dongting couldn't help laughing, "You don't seem to be right." ”

"Hey, hey!"

Bai Yu Toad also laughed, "Our Taoists conform to the way of heaven, and it should also conform to the Son of Heaven." ”

It is getting closer and closer to Lingshui County.

The gate, which was no wider than enough for two carriages to run side by side, was vividly visible, and above it was a two-story attic. The city walls on both sides stretch for only a few hundred meters, and there are green hills guarding them.

At this time, the city was not large, even if the Yuan Dadu, which had just been built for less than ten years, was only about 50 square kilometers, but it was already enough to overlook the world. Although Lingshui County is the capital of Huazhou, its area may not last more than five or six square kilometers. This is several times smaller than modern county seats.

Two rows of ten soldiers, dressed in the summer waist-scarring shorts issued by the army, stood at the gate of the city.

Since the little emperor Zhao Yu took charge of the military administration of the DPRK, he has carried out many new policies. Not only the small officials and the towns have been unified in their clothing, but even the guards of the city are also the scattered weather of the past. These styles are somewhat different from folk costumes, and they even bring up a trend among the people.

A little further out are a few paper umbrellas. There are small stalls under the umbrella, and the vendors put up signs next to them, and they do not shout and sell, mostly folk fruits and specialties.

Zhao Dongting walked over and had to buy everything. Then they were distributed to Bai Yuchan, Hong Wutian and Mrs. Xu, and they walked while eating.

When they came to the gate of the city, the soldiers looked at them, and did not hinder them.

Zhao Dongting suddenly threw the oiled paper of the folk snack "dustpan cooking" to the ground, right at the feet of the city guards, arrogant and indifferent.

"Stop!"

A soldier opened his mouth suddenly, stopped in front of Zhao Dongting without doing three or two steps, "Pick up the things on the ground." ”

Zhao Dongting chuckled, "Are you talking to this son?" ”

The soldier with the rank of Wu Chang just repeated, "I advise you to pick it up, otherwise a hundred wen will be transferred." ”

Zhao Dongting still didn't care, "You dare to fine this son, do you know who this son is?" ”

Wu Chang remained silent, "Lord Zhizhou has an order, no one is allowed to litter in the city. ”

"Just the governor, dare to care about me?"

Zhao Dongting sneered, stretched out his hand to push Captain Wu away, "Get out of the way of this son!" ”

Sonorous sounds.

Several of the soldiers drew their swords.

Wu Chang's face turned slightly red, but he still endured his anger after all, "Please don't make it difficult for us, and if we continue to mess around, we can only arrest Childe." ”

Zhao Dongting said meaningfully: "You dare to arrest this son, you are not afraid of death?" Do you think Song Bitao can protect you? ”

Chief Wu really hesitated, but still said: "Where is the responsibility, what does the son want, and pick up this oil paper first." ”

Zhao Dongting laughed, his face suddenly no longer looked arrogant, obediently picked up the confetti on the ground, and walked into the city.

The guards of the city are all inexplicable.

Song Bitao used to be a grain official in the Southern Song Dynasty, and later returned to the Yuan Dynasty, and was a grain transportation officer, with no experience in governing the city. After going to Huazhou, he wrote to the Ministry of State and asked Lu Xiufu and others for advice on how to develop Huazhou. After Zhao Dongting learned of this, he personally made a reply, based on grain and business first. And if you want to get rich, in addition to building roads first, you must also let the city have the city and the weather should have it, and the people can live in peace in order to be happy. In addition to this general approval, Song Bitao highlighted two points, public security and city appearance.

Now it seems that Song Bitao has obviously performed quite well. These guards of the city finally have the backbone to be the martial arts personnel of the imperial court.

If it was in the past, it was really a boy like Zhao Dongting, who was just littering, even if it was a robbery of people's daughters, how many people would dare to care?

Entering the city, there are many small stalls and vendors as far as the eye can see. It's just that there are horizontal lines drawn on the ground, and the stalls are placed within the horizontal lines, just like two small markets at the gate of the city.

Most of the shops on both sides of the street are hung with "Banyan Tea" signs.

Banyan tea is also a specialty of Huazhou and can be preserved for a long time. It is one of the few products in Huaju that can be opened to trade.

Even in this scorching sun, you can see a lot of vendors shuttling between these shops and outside. There are also several horse-drawn carts pulling goods, which are stacking goods.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Dongting's mouth, and he was completely relieved from then on.

Although the current prosperity of Lingshui County is far from being comparable to that of Haikang County, under such governance, over time, it will eventually embark on the road of living and working in peace and contentment.

He took Bai Yuchan, Mrs. Xu, and Hong Wutian to find an inn and sit down on the side of the main street.

There were guests drinking tea and eating in the inn, most of them dusty, apparently vendors from other places.

When the little guy came over, Zhao Dongting asked him to bring all the good wine and meat, and then asked, "Is the business better now than before?" ”

The little guy looked at Zhao Dongting's rich son dressed up, and he was not afraid that he would come here to open an inn to grab business, and said sincerely: "It's much better than before, where were so many foreign guests and officials entering the restaurant to eat in the past." Speaking of this business, it has become smaller, "Our chef is the chef of the old man's mansion in the city and county in the past, and his skills are good, and our shopkeeper now counts the money every night and can't keep his mouth shut!" Guest, you wait to taste the food in our inn, and you must feel that these silver bills are worth it. ”

"Okay."

Zhao Dongting smiled: "Then hurry up and bring it up and taste it." ”

All afternoon, I drank tea in this inn. Just look out from time to time.

Surprisingly, until the sun turned west, there was no movement on the streets. It's just that more hawkers are pouring out from inside and outside the city.

There are more pedestrians who go out for a walk after dinner, men and women, as well as children and the elderly. There are young men and women walking hand in hand, and the people next to them don't think it's weird.

Mrs. Xu smiled lightly: "Gongzi once said that the defense of men and women is too heavy, and he advocates free love among the people, and it seems that the effect has been remarkable. ”

Zhao Dongting nodded, "I only hope that in a few years, every city in the Great Song Dynasty will be like this." ”

In recent years, Leizhou, as his main place of development, can have such a climate, which is very gratifying, but it can also be said to be expected. And out of Leizhou, it is obvious that this will not be the case again.

In the five years of the Song and Yuan dynasties, the Song Dynasty could finally take a breath militarily, and Zhao Dongting's next main goal was undoubtedly to develop the people's livelihood and economy in the territory.

Ignoring the people's livelihood and blindly pursuing reckless military force will only lead to self-destruction in the end. There are too many bloody examples of this in history.

After waiting for dozens of minutes, there was finally movement on the main street.

More than 100 well-armored light horsemen passed through the streets, and pedestrians gave way to the side of the road and stopped to watch.

After that, more than 100 foot soldiers with guns and more than a dozen officials wearing crimson and green official robes walked towards the city gate.

Zhao Dongting caught a glimpse of Song Bitao from afar.

The people on the side of the road bowed their heads.

Song Bitao walked to the gate of the city with the officials and soldiers, looked out of the city, and there was no other movement.

Hong Wutian said: "This Song Bitao seems to be a practical official, and he has no plans to hold on to his feet temporarily." ”

"If even he can't avoid doing these things, then I don't dare to imagine the rest of the officials."

Zhao Dongting smiled lightly and put the broken silver on the table, "Let's go, let's go to the mansion and wait for them." ”

See the small and know, and see the big from the small.

Zhao Dongting was obviously in an extremely good mood at this time. If every official of the Great Song Dynasty can be like Song Bitao, it will be difficult for the Great Song Dynasty to prosper.

After Yue Peng led the Tiankui army into the city, Song Bitao learned that the emperor had entered the city first and held a banquet in the palace to receive Zhao Dongting.

During the banquet, Zhao Dongting was not stingy with praise words, so that the officials who could get on the stage in Dehua Prefecture were all red-faced.