Yunzhong County, so many years...... Nothing has changed...... That's weird! Originally, I wanted to sing "Chang'an County" and sighed with emotion, but I found that Yunzhong County was completely different from the one in my memory unconsciously.

The entire city has already expanded outward, and according to this scale, it is estimated that it can become a big city like Luoyang and Chang'an.

The outer city is made of Sanhe soil, which was originally used in Baiyun County, and then used in various border counties of Bingzhou, and the new city wall of Yunzhong City was built with this material.

"When did the expansion begin?" It was the first time Liu Tao knew about this.

"Since the beginning of the previous year, I have written a special song at that time......" Jian Yong was very strange, so he reminded carefully.

Year? Liu Tao was stunned when he heard this, his memory of the year before was very vague and strange, after all, it seemed to have disappeared suddenly that year, and he didn't know what was going on. Anyway, after a whole year, the memory is very vague.

There seemed to be one thing, as if there was no such thing, and the spirit of thirty o'clock did not let him remember what happened that year, it was simply a year hidden by God.

"I don't remember exactly, what is the specific reason for the expansion?" Liu Tao asked curiously.

Jian Yong didn't care why Liu Tao couldn't remember, anyway, as a secretary, he could only recall it carefully, and then replied: "The population has skyrocketed, so that the original city is no longer inhabitable, so I applied for expansion." His Majesty's approval is to build this place into the most prosperous city on the border, and at the same time an important logistics transit point...... It seems that the reply at that time was like this. ”

I don't remember doing that at all...... Liu Tao silently complained in his heart, but this is very in line with his character.

"But isn't this expansion too broad?" Liu Tao sighed.

"It's nothing, just after the construction of the railway, a large number of people are waiting for the distribution of farmland. But even if the distribution is completed, it will not be until next year to start farming, so take the opportunity to gather them all together and help build the city wall, which is what Du Gaoguan meant. Jian Yong explained.

Senior official Du is Du Xian, and he can be regarded as an old man who started with Liu Tao, and is currently a senior official in Shanxi Province. It is like him that he can keep up with Liu Tao's train of thought, at least he can roughly know what to do next.

For people who do not have an actual income at present, it is not bad to be able to exchange wages for construction work. Anyway, I was engaged in construction before, so it was good to follow the original preparation directly, and I didn't have to rearrange it.

Now the whole Yunzhong County is a big construction site, the city wall is being repaired little by little, and a group of local people have been recruited to participate, many of whom have come out to help since the second year of junior high school, and have been working for more than a month.

If you calculate, it will be about two months before you go back to farming. As the old saying goes, here in the clouds, April is only suitable for farming, otherwise it will be too cold and the seeds will not grow.

It was already a little late, and what would have taken two days to travel was compressed into one afternoon, which was already a very remarkable result. On another ride, it's almost the middle of the night, and dinner is also a problem.

Jian Yong thought about this problem and proposed to rest in the clouds tonight and go back tomorrow night, and Liu Tao also agreed.

When I entered Cloudsdale, I found that there was a construction site outside, and there were construction sites everywhere inside. A large number of buildings are being built, but many of them have the feel of a logistics hub.

Large quantities of goods are stored here and then loaded onto trucks and shipped away. Many of them go to the grasslands, and more to the south.

Too Guarded in the Clouds...... Oh, now it's going to be called the prefect, the prefect here is Guan Jing, who was originally under the command of Gongsun Zhan, and later with the surrender of Yan Han and after being assessed, he is now serving as the prefect here.

Knowing that Liu Tao was going to stay here for one night, he immediately arranged a carriage to pick him up and drop him off all the way.

The people of the Jinyi Guard, they were originally one person and three horses, so although they were a little slower, they still arrived one after another about half an hour after Liu Tao came here, and began to escort them on the side. Coupled with the concealment of the carriage, people who are not familiar with it should not be able to see that it is Liu Tao who is here.

"How do you feel about being the prefect here for a year?" In the carriage, Liu Tao looked at Guan Jing.

"It's hard to imagine that this was originally a border county. Everything is developing very well, and if it continues, it is very likely that it will be more prosperous than Jixian or Jinyang. Guan Jing replied truthfully, without the slightest exaggeration.

At the beginning, Liu Tao planned very well, even if he left, Yunzhong was developing little by little according to the predetermined plan.

Don't look at the library and the college have moved to Jinyang one after another, there are still branch campuses here. In addition, there have already been a group of people who have participated in the imperial examination, so the style of study here is also very strong.

Many people are preparing for the imperial examination in two years, and at the same time, because of the original martial style, many scholars have the potential to be both civil and military.

A large number of logistics has brought a large number of jobs, and people can earn money while studying.

Maybe the trend of extravagance has not yet formed, and most of the scholars are not even considered to be poor, they can study while making money. On the contrary, those who rely on the money in their families and do not come out to work have become the objects of contempt. Of course, there is also some hatred of the rich.

Most of the outer cities were later settled, or where the Great Chamber of Commerce was located. The inner city was the original residential area, but as time went on, the wealthy gradually occupied it, so the outer city gradually became a slum settlement.

There are no pure paupers in the clouds, after all, there are jobs everywhere and money can be made everywhere. If you can still be poor like this, you can only say that you don't want to work hard, so no one is to blame.

Perhaps it could be put another way, not in the 'poor' area, but in the residential area where the family does not have much money.

Yes, Liu Tao also found a very good phenomenon along the way, that is, there are no beggars in this city!

Close to the city centre, there are plenty of hotels, pubs and eateries, and the dilapidated green buildings are now very well restored. You can still vaguely see some colleges, cram schools or something, and even night schools.

And not only the state-run ones, but also the private ones...... Knowing the importance of the imperial examination, and having spare money at home, parents of course hope that their children can study more and then have the opportunity to participate in the imperial examination.

Unless you reach the age of forty and your dream is shattered, you will naturally have to give it a go.

"It is rumored that when Your Majesty unifies the world, this official position will eventually be filled. At that time, as many officials are needed every year, as many jinshi will be admitted, and it may take a long time for people to become officials, so everyone will study hard. Guan Jing obviously also noticed that Liu Tao cared about this, so he came forward to explain.

"It's not a rumor," Liu Tao didn't hide it...... "When the officials are completely sufficient, the role of the officials will really be brought into play." At that time, personnel transfers will indeed be determined on the basis of actual vacancies. However, as long as the examination is passed, the number of Jinshi will still be issued, the officials will have a deposit, and local vacancies will be prioritized. ”