Yichuan, in the sunshine that has become docile, shows in front of everyone, is a piece of vitality, a piece of peace, in this dark world, there is a feeling of paradise.

After a half-moon of fierce confrontation, the people of Yichuan finally got what they dreamed of. The thief is gone, the king is here, and the government is gone.

Gao Yingxiang left, took his subordinates to Shanxi, and never came back, with Gao Yingxiang's east, the pole in the bitter cold land of northern Shaanxi, those who did not want to be bound by Lu Shi, also followed suit, under Gao Yingxiang's response, they also rushed to Shanxi to eat, in order to survive this difficult summer, especially Li Zicheng, the most serious disaster in the north, also under Gao Yingxiang's greeting, became a member of Gao Yingxiang's fierce generals, officially known as the general.

Without the encirclement and suppression of the border army, without the oppression of Lu Shi, there was a relatively rich plunderable land, a dense population of Ding Zhuang, Gao Yingxiang roared back and forth, not only recovered his vitality in Shanxi, but also strengthened his strength, and in just half a year, he gathered more than 100,000 horses again, which can be described as a soldier with enough food.

After this period of hard work, Lu Shi finally got what he wanted, Yichuan, which was really in his pocket, so he pushed the defense line to the north for hundreds of miles, truly isolated the danger from the heart of the base area, made the base area and the factory that had just been built safer, and brought rolling financial resources to the base area. The militia was disbanded, Guangwu was transferred, manpower was transferred, policies were implemented, and production was developed.

Yichuan County Zun Zhao Zi also got what he wanted, the last time he reported to the new governor Hong Chengchou's report, he was in the decisive battle to the death, and finally drove the high thief across the Yellow River, in an accident, after picking up hundreds of heads outside the city to report for merit, he was greatly praised by the governor, reported for merit, reported to the imperial court, and promoted himself to the next level, with six grades of Yichuan County Order, the thousand households were also promoted to a level, added a deputy general rank, and got a lot of money rewards.

As for the punishment of the high thief after crossing the Yellow River, it is not a headache for the governor of Yansui, let alone a headache for his Yichuan County Zun.

In the countryside, the people live and work in peace and contentment under the governance of the thieves to develop production, their own Yichuan City is also peaceful, urban commerce is becoming more and more developed, and the tax revenue of the city gate tax officials has begun to gradually increase.

When the first salt convoy in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province entered Yichuan, Zhao Zi stood at the head of the city, watching those salt merchants happily pay the city gate tax, and soon after being happily pulled away by a group of men after paying the city gate tax again, as for where to pull, who cares about him, Zhao Zi is very satisfied and very happy.

Standing at the head of the city every day, looking at the thriving fields outside, the large and small windmills that are constantly erected in the sound of trumpets along the river, looking at the people who work hard in the fields like ants, and looking at the people who enter and exit the city gate with happiness and laughter, Zhao Zi smiled with satisfaction, isn't this exactly what he wants, but he also wonders, how can the same land, the same people, and the same sky become another in this short period of time?

Now, what Zhao Zi is most willing to do is to take one or two children to look at the people coming and going in and out in the ventilated, cool and pleasant city gate tower on all sides, drinking tea leisurely, reading books leisurely, and looking out of the city leisurely from time to time. Hoping to look for the reason for this change in the book, but rummaging through the classics of the sages, no, there is no such answer.

As for the county government that smelled of mold, he didn't want to, and there was no need to stay any longer, the reason why it was unnecessary was that he really had nothing to do.

The people outside the city don't come to their own place if they want to go to court, and there is Lu Shi's government outside the city, where there are fairer and more reasonable laws, and more capable personnel to judge, where do you have to take care of yourself?

In the city, it is even more peaceful in the world, the homeless beggars who were originally begging in the city to make a living, when the city opened, they had already swarmed out of the city, looking for Lu Shi to divide the land, this time, Gao Yingxiang has made a great contribution to Lu Shi, and the "ownerless" land is enough to enter the Yichuan homeless people.

In fact, this Yichuan is located on the riverside, there are not many displaced people, there is a base of Lu Shi in the south, there are no displaced people, the north has been almost coerced by Gao Yingxiang, and there are almost no displaced people, and the Yellow River in the east is moat, and it is difficult to come over. Haha, what a treasure.

Originally, the splashes in the city settled down, and they also thought about going to Lu Shi outside the city to fight an autumn breeze, but this time they obviously miscalculated, that Lu Shi left a cavalry in this base area, it is said that Lu Shi's own nephew led the team, and the means are ruthless, for them, they will definitely not be soft, a few quick splashes who saw the opportunity to settle down and fled back in embarrassment, all like seeing the king of Hades, hiding at home and no longer daring to go out arrogantly, taking advantage of this east wind, Zhao Zi also ordered the third class of officials, and sent a ruthless meal, as a result, they had to be good, As for the others, they are busy with business. Or if you work in a merchant's place, where can you care about being a traitor?

A few days ago, at the feet of Zhao Zi, a few thousands of military thieves and thieves, with knives and guns, said that they were out of the city on business, Zhao Zi laughed, didn't say, just let them out of the city, and then watched them stop a Lu Shi administrative official in the distance, after talking for a while, he handed over the knives and guns in his hands to others, and then happily followed them, and Zhao Zi didn't see them come back at night.

Then, later, a few more groups of soldiers went out of the city, and Zhao Zi was still smiling, seeing that they made up ridiculous reasons to leave, and they just laughed.

One day, Zhao Zi, who hurried to the city, came to find Youzai and reported that the military households had escaped badly, and asked the county to give a way, and asked the county to order those soldiers not to go out of the city.

Zhao Zishu, who was lying on the low floor at that time, didn't put it down, just squinted his eyes and listened to him, and then smiled lightly: "It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, who cares?" Let him be. ”

The thousand households were stunned, but thinking about it, how could the intermittent money and food stipulated by their own court be as great as the temptation of their own land outside the city for generations? However, everyone is gone, so who are you calling for nothing? Why is his majesty still there?

"But, but if they all escape, what if there is a pole to raid the city?" Chiho argued in a low voice.

That Zhao Zi squinted at him at this time, a sneer came out of his mouth, and he said in a slow voice: "Pole to sweep the city? My Lord of a Thousand Households, is there still a pole outside the city? ”

As soon as this remark came out, the thousand households were speechless at that time, yes, there were originally many poles outside the city, either went down the mountain to farm, or were absorbed and scattered by the thieves, this is the world that I have never had since I grew up, where is there a pole to plunder the city? Besides, if you really have to have a pole to raid the city, the thieves outside the city are definitely the first to come to relieve the siege.

What kind of world is this, the dignified court and the government have to rely on a group of thieves to protect it, which makes anyone feel unbelievable when they hear it.

"Actually, you should be happy, I don't say it, if you don't say it, wouldn't those vacancies-"

"Thank you, thank you, your lord." The thousand households hurried to salute and did not fall, and then hurried down the city.

Don't say it thoroughly, everyone still knows it.

As a result, in the afternoon, there were military households out of the city one after another, and when they arrived at the city gate, they all unified their calibers, saying that they were justifiable: "Thousands of households have orders, go out of the city to suppress bandits." "It is said that it is to suppress bandits, but I don't see a single person with knives and guns, I think that the thousands of households are reluctant to lose knives and guns, maybe in the future, when they go to the peak inspection, they will have to use these knives and guns to recruit temporary personnel.

At this time, a burst of eager footsteps rushed towards the city wall road, the footsteps were eager, but they could hear cheerfulness, Zhao Zi didn't get up, turned a page of the book, and continued to read with relish.

"Proprietor, it's so leisurely." As soon as the sunlight at the door dimmed, his most intimate master rushed in, and when he saw the leisurely proprietor, he couldn't help but quip.

"Zixiu, come back, sit over there." Zhao Zi nodded, put the book down, and then watched Xiao Tong pour a bowl of herbal tea for the sweaty master, and then walked away with interest.

"Herbal tea to relieve the heat, drink it quickly." For this closest master, who is also a friend, Zhao Zi still takes care of him.

The master was not polite, he raised his neck and drank a fine drink, put down the tea bowl and smiled and waited for the proprietor to ask.

"How's our ferry business?"

"What a good word." After the master finished speaking, he was immediately excited and couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and walked quickly on the ground, "Now, we control the ferry, and use the sheepskin raft to ferry back and forth, those merchants from all over the country are like carp crossing the river, it is dense, the goods from Shanxi, and the goods from the south are endless, and they are really prosperous." ”

Zhao Zi nodded, this is all in his own calculations, his own Yichuan is just the intersection of the four counties of Weinan and Shaanxi, what the thieves need, and the thieves need to sell it to the north, it is the most convenient to go here, especially the salt that the thieves need, and they can trade justifiably here. As long as you pay taxes, and the old white dry and potato vermicelli produced by the army are liked by the people in the north, especially the northern nomads, the spirits are a hot commodity in the grassland, those warless Tartars are completely soaked in the spirits all day long and can't extricate themselves, and almost all of them have become drunkards, haha, this is what Zhao Zi is most willing to see, if the cheap spirits are exchanged for countless cattle, sheep and horses, and then turn those Tartars into drunkards, is it a benefit to the stressed border army?

"It's a pity that we have too few rafts, and we don't rush to build ships now, if we had been—"

"Haha, Zixiu said cautiously, we didn't have the beginning, hahaha."

"Yes, yes, yes." The master also smiled and diverted the topic. "In just a few days, our ferry income is this amount." The master raised his slap and flipped it, and then said excitedly: "The ferry tax is righteous, and he didn't interfere, it turned out to be this number." He slapped it again.

Zhao Zi smiled and said: "It's all Zixiu's hard work, this business is all your hard work, this time the account will be divided according to five or five, as for the tax burden, we still don't move, allocate some to those soldiers who haven't left, so that they can also live." ”

"Thank you, thank you, don't be five-five, it's my thirty percent, I'm already satisfied."

"And-"

Suddenly, a burst of cold wind through the body, swirling into the city tower, the city tower window blowing the clattering noise, vaguely seemed to be in the northwest, there was a dull roar to remember, looking out, the original sunny sky, seemed to be a lot darker, was stunned, suddenly there was a burst of cheers inside and outside the city, before the two of them asked, the two scholars had already hit the door with the head, directly fell to the ground, did not wait for the master to ask, even shouted with a crying voice: "Master, master, it's raining, it's raining- ”