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"Tomorrow night, the Marquis of Qinghe will set off the Divine Thunder Fireworks in Qinghe Town?"

In the county government of Pheasant County, Liu Tong, who was sitting around the edge of the fire pond to warm up and read official documents, stood up in surprise.

"Yes, I just heard from a passing merchant that said that it was conclusive, and he said that this matter has been spread throughout Qinghe Town!" A young scribe with a black face and a short beard sat opposite Liu Tong and said.

"The Divine Thunder Fireworks only hear its name but don't see its shape, and it is said that it is a fairy spell, and now the Marquis of Qinghe is going to perform it in Qinghe Town, this God-given opportunity cannot be missed!" Liu Tong walked around the county hall excitedly.

"What the county zun said is that tomorrow night I must go to Qinghe Town to block the true face of the immortal family's methods, otherwise I will regret it in this life!" The young scribe smiled and nodded.

"Since it has been spread, Pheasant County is only a hundred miles away from Wancheng, it is estimated that this news will soon reach the ears of the county guard and the county lieutenant, it seems that Qinghe Town will be very lively tomorrow, and people from nearby counties and townships will definitely gather, if one accidentally causes trouble, I am afraid that you and I will both have to suffer, Lord Zhou, you go and inform the county lieutenant Fang of this matter, and let him arrange for the soldiers to go to Qinghe Town to patrol in advance early tomorrow morning in case of accidents......"

"Yes, Bo will do it!" The young scribe got up and left.

And when Liu Liu, the county commander of Pheasant County, informed about this matter, with the word of mouth of the caravan that came and went to Qinghe Town to buy and sell goods, on the afternoon of the second day after Chen Xu set off fireworks in Xiaohe Village, the news had spread to Wancheng, the county town of Nanyang, and after learning the news, Wancheng was a sensation from top to bottom, up to the county guard and county lieutenant, down to the peddlers and pawns, and the streets and alleys began to talk about this matter, and many Fang Dao warlocks couldn't help it at first, and rode horses and cars to Qinghe Town as soon as they heard the news.

"I'll go, why are there so many people in town today?"

On the day of the scheduled fireworks, Chen Xu had lunch at home, and Chen Hu, Han Xin and others rode a tall horse to escort a family in a four-wheeled carriage to Qinghe Town, followed by hundreds of guards and servants and almost all the villagers of Xiaohe Village, and came to Qinghe Town together to prepare for the fireworks of Shenlei at night.

But as soon as I got out of the valley, I heard that the entire Qinghe Town was boiling like a pot of boiling water, and the noise could be heard from miles away.

And when they arrived at the entrance of the town, they saw that the whole Qinghe town was full of people, the streets were crowded with people by the small river, the merchants in furs, the officials in long robes, the peasants in short jackets, the samurai with narrow sleeves, the Confucian students with wide sleeves, the warlocks with their cloaks, the monks with Taoist buns, men, women and children were bustling with people, more than ten times more lively than usual.

"Qinghe Hou is here~"

Seeing Chen Xu's luxury four-wheel drive car coming under the escort of a group of guards, the town immediately became a sensation.

Tourists who were playing and laughing suddenly began to churn like a fish pond for feeding, and thousands of people gathered from all directions, blocking the road in front of them in an instant.

Dozens of guards immediately became nervous, all of them pressed the hilt of their swords and held bows and crossbows to guard Chen Xu tightly in the middle.

"Don't be nervous!" Chen Xu rode on horseback and whispered.

But even so, all the guards did not dare to relax as if they were facing a great enemy, and dozens of pairs of eyes patrolled back and forth among the people, and as long as they found anyone doing wrong, they would immediately pounce on them.

"Meet the Marquis of Qinghe~" The many people gathered around began to bow their hands.

"I'm waiting to meet the Marquis of Qinghe~" Driven by these people, the excited crowd followed and saluted.

"No courtesy, no courtesy~" Chen Xu smiled and waved to the crowd around him in a group of guards.

"Master Hou, I heard that you are going to perform the immortal technique of Divine Thunder Fireworks tonight, is it true?" Someone in the crowd shouted.

"It seems that everyone is very well-informed, yes, after dark tonight, Ben Hou will set off the thunder fireworks on the river beach in the east of the town, don't crowd, wait for it to get dark......" Chen Xu rode slowly forward in the crowd cheering in the middle of the road, looking calm, and he was no longer surprised by this welcoming scene.

Chen Hu, who was following behind, looked at Chen Xu, who was talking loudly and waving to the crowd on both sides, although his face was calm, his mood was churning like a tide.

And Han Xin, who was also riding a horse and following behind Chen Xu, looked at Chen Xu's back, nervous and excited, and his eyes were full of fiery light.

"Didi~~"

As a hurried sound of bamboo flutes sounded, only the sound of kicking and stamping neat footsteps was heard, and I saw a group of soldiers holding Changge coming down the street, and the leader was riding on a horse and pressing the hilt of his sword, and kept shouting loudly for the crowd to disperse.

"Pheasant County Lieutenant Fang Kuan to meet Qinghe Hou!"

The soldiers quickly blocked the people on both sides of the street, and a passage more than two feet wide was vacated in the middle, and Fang Kuan, who was on a horse and wearing leather armor, jumped off his horse and saluted.

"Lieutenant Fang, thank you for coming to maintain order today!" Chen Xu nodded kindly.

"Don't dare, this is the responsibility of the subordinates!" Fang Kuan looked at the young man on the horse excitedly.

"It's a guest from afar, Lieutenant Fang must remember not to hurt people roughly, especially after dark, you must be careful, don't let people take the opportunity to cause trouble!"

"Don't worry, Master Hou, Fang Kuan must be careful!"

"Report~~" A soldier rode his horse and galloped from a distance, jumped off his horse and reported on his back, "The county lieutenant, the county commander and the county guard have arrived at the east entrance of the town!" ”

"Since the county guard and the county lieutenant have arrived, Ben Hou will go to greet them!" Chen Xu didn't care too much, and told Han Xin and his father to take care of the carriage and his family, and then followed Fang Kuan with the guards to meet the county guard and the county lieutenant.

"Brother Xu, you're finally here!" As soon as they walked near the elementary school, Niu Dashi, Liu Po and others also hurried out on horseback, and after seeing Chen Xu, Niu Dashi was sweating profusely and complained.

"How did I know there would be so many people?" Chen Xu couldn't help but have a dark face.

At the moment, there are at least thirty or forty thousand people in Qinghe Town, and there seems to be an endless stream of people coming in the distance, many of them are carrying bows and arrows and swords at their waists, although they are dressed differently, but they can see that many of them are not ordinary people.

Although Chen Xu is not too worried about these people gathering to make trouble, but the people of the Qin Dynasty in this barbaric era are full of wildness, whether it is a peasant or a scribe who does not like to be reasonable, he will draw his sword and face each other if he is not right, and street fights are simply commonplace, and when he kills someone, he will slip away and hide elsewhere, and the emperor dares to kill the era, don't say anything wanted, it is impossible for the soldiers in the county to chase after him, and a few years later, he is a good man when he mixes elsewhere.

The reason why so many people came today is actually to blame a group of villagers in Xiaohe Village, who watched Chen Xu's fireworks the night before yesterday, and came to work in the town's workshop yesterday, so they will naturally add oil and vinegar to the big event to promote the beauty of fireworks, and also reveal in advance that Chen Xu is going to Qinghe Town to set off the fireworks of Shenlei.

So it spread for a long time, and not only the villagers in the town knew about it, but even the caravans that came to sell goods also knew about it.

Chen Xu and Niu Dashi headed to the east of the town, and not long away, they saw several carriages coming under the escort of a team of hundreds of soldiers, and the black flags were waving in the cold wind.

"Parking Parking Parking ~"

The county guard and lieutenant of Nanyang, who were sitting in the car, looked at Chen Xu who was riding a horse, and hurriedly patted the handrail of the carriage, and before the car stopped, they all quickly jumped out of the car and strode forward to meet Chen Xu.

Since Jiangbei Pavilion and Gao Yan were arrested, a group of officials of all sizes in Wancheng have been replaced from top to bottom, the newly appointed Nanyang County Guard used to be the Yuyang County Guard, Chen Xu didn't know it, and the county lieutenant heard that he was also transferred from Taiyuan County, Chen Xu didn't know it either, but he passed by Wancheng and hurriedly met him when he came back last time.

For Chen Xu, the pride of the people of Nanyang, the county lieutenant and the county guard naturally did not dare to slack off, and just came to watch the Shenlei fireworks today, so he specially came to visit Chen Xu with gifts to reminisce about the old Lala relationship.

After the meeting, Liu Tong, the county commander of Pheasant County, who followed behind, and several other officials all stepped forward to salute and greet, and Chen Xu took a group of people to a foot house in the town to drink tea and chat.

Originally, Chen Xu planned to take his father, mother and two wives to take a good look at Qinghe Town today, but it seems that it will not work now, officialdom has the rules of officialdom, Nanyang County Lieutenant and County Shou are all third-grade officers, and their official positions are on par with him, and they can cover the sky with one hand in almost the entire Nanyang County, and it is still necessary to have a good relationship with the two chief officials.

Niu Dashi went to make a pot of tea, and Chen Xu personally poured tea for the county guard, the county lieutenant and Liu Tong and others.

A group of people were flattered and stood up to thank them, and after another chaotic salute, they quieted down to drink tea and chat.

Chen Xu roughly inquired about some of the situation in Nanyang County, and learned that the entire Nanyang County had a bumper harvest in the summer and autumn of last year, increasing production by at least 50% compared with previous years, and now the tax grain in Nanyang warehouse has exceeded 1.8 million stones, and the winter sowing has long been over, the whole county vigorously promotes new agricultural tools and deep ploughing and fertilizer measures, and the winter sowing area is also tens of thousands more than last year, as long as the wind and rain are smooth, next year's summer grain will be at least double this year.

This news is naturally what Chen Xu is most happy to hear.

If the grain output increases, the surplus grain in the hands of the people will naturally increase, and without the impact of the war, the people can cultivate and weave and farm with peace of mind, as long as this situation continues for two or three years, the lives of the people of Nanyang will be greatly improved.

"In addition to continuing to encourage farming, we must also relax regulations to encourage people to find more opportunities to make money, and be too strict with ordinary people to do business and trade, and boldly allow them to sell the items they grow or make, especially farmers and craftsmen, you look at Qinghe Town, when I was a pawn the year before last, it was still a poor and remote place, and the villagers did not have enough food and clothing, but it has only been two years and there is basically enough food and clothing. At present, there is no war in Daqin, and in peacetime, we must vigorously develop the people's livelihood industry, and let the people eat and drink without worry, which is what parents and officials should do. ”

"Now Dongfang Road is preparing to build, there is still a need for a large number of manpower, you also have to encourage farmers to take advantage of the leisure time to work on the construction site, a month and two months can earn tens of hundreds of money, with these income, they can buy more tools to buy more living goods, Dongfang Road has invested a total of nearly 40,000 yuan, and my Nanyang and Dongfang Road construction site is so close, we must seize this opportunity to let the people profit from it, and the money earned by the people will eventually be consumed in my Nanyang County, in terms of the theory of domestic demandThis is an opportunity to promote the rapid development of my Nanyang. ”

"Also, at present, the cement factories in various places are being built on a large scale, and you, as the chief official of Nanyang County, should also do your best to help the authorized businessmen to open cement factories, if possible, you can also organize the same method of building the Oriental Road published in the newspaper, and organize the powerful businessmen in the territory to start planning to build some of the main roads in the territory into cement roads, with the rapid promotion of four-wheeled carriages, the flat roads will greatly speed up the transportation of goods and the convenience of travel, and the people under the rule are not well fed and clothed, which is a shame for the officials, Now is not the time for the princes to fight, we have no enemies now, everyone needs to change their way of thinking, and shift more energy to national construction, build roads, build canals, open factories, just like Qinghe Town, sell and buy manufactured goods all over the country, so that a lot of money will be earned, and the people will have enough money in their hands, and they will slowly become rich......"

In response to a group of officials in Nanyang, Chen Xu bluntly expressed his opinions.