It's a long journey, and the summer is long!

At this time, it is the height of summer, and the flowers are brilliant and the scenery is abundant.

In Jinzhou County, Liaoning Province, Wang Mang, who had been walking slowly for nearly two months, finally came here.

Before Huo Rongsheng and the others came here, in the entire Liaoning region, except for a few cities in Chaoyang County near the border of Qingzhou, the rest of the place was a wilderness, with few people, just like a wild ancient land.

Later, Huo Rongsheng and others took care of the construction here for nearly a year, but there was also a little bit of humanistic atmosphere.

After that, when the 40,000 people who followed Wang Mang came here, the population was slightly prosperous.

At this moment, Wang Mang and Wang Jingyan walked in the newly opened town, inspecting and watching everywhere.

When they looked around, they saw a series of courtyard-like houses with bamboo and wood structures towering, well-organized and orderly. Between the courtyards, there are some smooth stone paths.

The newly built courtyards stretch out in rows, giving people a sense of rebirth, as if this place is paradise on earth.

The site selection and construction pattern of these courtyards were designed by Huo Rongsheng himself, and he supervised the construction of the soldiers, which was quite beautiful and comfortable.

Since then, when the 40,000 people came here, every family, regardless of size, rich or poor, was allocated a house and more than ten acres of fertile land for recuperation.

When the people had been allotted houses and fertile land, they rejoiced. Then they dressed up according to their own hobbies, planted food extensively, and reclaimed the rest of the wasteland.

In the past few months, a lot of fertile land has been reclaimed from the wasteland, which is enough for more than 100,000 people to cultivate.

"Okay, well, this will be the turning point of my Han nation, and it is also the initial place for the proud cohesion of my Han people. I am determined to create a free sanctuary and a paradise on earth that everyone yearns for. Wang Mang laughed.

Wang Jingyan smiled all over her face, and kept nodding and said, "Xianggong, it's really good to live here, it's very comfortable, it's much better than the General's Mansion." Last evening I went out for a walk alone, and saw many people talking in harmony, and there was no such miserable scene as a result of war.

Even, I saw that there were many families with doors closed, and they didn't seem to worry about anything bad happening here. It can be seen that there are already some of the kind of things you said about not closing the door at night and never leaving behind the day. ”

Wang Mang replied: "At the beginning of human beings, nature is good. Here, those people have put down the burden of defense in their hearts and devoted themselves to this place as their own homeland. As long as this is maintained, the people's customs and morale will be even more prosperous. ”

The two walked arm-in-arm, and the passers-by on the road all smiled and nodded, polite.

Even the peasants who carried hoes and burdens became like scholars.

As for the children, they cheered and played on the road.

After walking for a long time and watching for a long time, the more Wang Mang looked, the more relieved he became.

When they returned to their residence, the mansion of the main city of Jinzhou, Huo Rongsheng, Gongsun Ce, and Chen Chong all waited here for a long time.

When Wang Mang first arrived here, they did not come to disturb the discussion, lest Wang Mang be tired from the fatigue of the boat.

Wang Mang nodded with a smile at everyone, came to the top seat and sat down, and laughed: "You have always been good? ”

Everyone replied in unison: "Thanks to Lord Wang's concern, we are fine." ”

Wang Mang glanced at Huo Rongsheng fixedly, and sighed: "Huo Shao, you are much darker than you were at the beginning, it seems that you have suffered a lot here." ”

Huo Rongsheng smiled slightly, "Brother Wang, as the saying goes, only when you suffer hardship can you become a superior person." At the beginning, I said that if I give me three or five years, I will definitely create a prosperous state and county for you. Now that a year has passed, the scene of a prosperous state and county has appeared, and this time I haven't broken my promise, right? ”

"Hahaha, no broken promise, no broken promise." Wang Mang laughed and said, "Seeing that you can work together, it seems that my wish will always come true." ”

Speaking of this, he turned his gaze to Gongsun Ce and asked, "Mr. Gongsun, I remember that I told you earlier that if you want to work with me, you must have children first, don't you know this?" ”

Gongsun Ce scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Lord Wang has a word first, how dare his subordinates disobey?" She has been pregnant for several months. ”

"It's so good that once people have a small family, they will become more motivated." Wang Mang said with satisfaction.

Chen Chong asked: "Lord Wang, now the people live and work in peace and contentment, and strive for development. Those wealthy businessmen who came with us have also returned to their old jobs, gone to other places to make a living, and contributed to our construction.

However, although this place has been built quite properly, it will take a long time to develop outward and expand the foundation of strength. ”

Strategist He Jin also got up and said: "Lord Chen's words are reasonable, although this Jinzhou City has been built well, but after all, the foundation is still slightly insufficient. If a strong enemy invades, it will still be difficult for us to hold on. According to statistics, we have about 50,000 people, and among these people, we also include local people. As for the soldiers and horses, there were 7,000 infantry and more than 2,000 cavalry. ”

As soon as his words were finished, other civil and military generals also said the problems they had summed up, so that Wang Mang could make a decision.

Wang Mang quietly listened to everyone's questions, and when everyone basically said the questions, he replied: "Be prepared for danger in times of peace, this is the road to survival." What is not enough in population and shallow in foundation, we can slowly expand outward. Try to unify the entire Liaoning tribe by relatively gentle means, and gather the nomads of the major tribes.

When acting, you must not easily clash with other forces in Kyushu. And according to my estimate, many of the rest of the people of Kyushu will come in the next few years. In this way, we can also expand our roots quickly.

As for humanities education, this is a top priority. All the people living in our state and cities, the children of every family, including their daughters, have to go to school. Boys go to school and are provided with three meals by the state town. In addition to providing three meals, girls are also given a certain amount of money and food subsidies when they go to school.

We must change the people's concept of preference for sons, and let girls also understand the way of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. And let the people put down the hoe is the soldier, and pick up the hoe is the people.

As for the professors' work, they can be divided into agriculture, commerce, politics, literature, elegance, military, martial arts, medicine, and so on. As long as it is a good study, it can be taught and opened if it can be used in the current world.

In other words, we want to make sure that everyone who goes to school can learn a skill. Even those farmers who can't read and write, as long as they have rich experience in farming, can ask him to teach others so that others can cultivate better and more reasonably.

As for dealing with the major forces in Kyushu, this matter is not a trivial matter. Although we can only recuperate and recuperate now and not participate in the turmoil in the outside world of Kyushu, we must also find out their specific situation and movements. It is necessary to build a network of information to listen to the news of the world. We must not be made blind and deaf and ignorant of the great things of the world.

And then with regard to laws and regulations, this matter must also be improved as soon as possible. When establishing laws and regulations, the opinions of the people can be sought. When the punishment is imposed, unless it is a heinous and unforgivable crime, the human life of another person is deprived as little as possible.

In addition, if someone violates the rules, they can also be given a certain opportunity to make amends. For example, let those who commit crimes help the people and build their homes free of charge, and then we can give a certain degree of reduction in punishment. In this matter, we must uphold the principle that people are not sages, and who can do nothing to set it up.

As for the construction of the city that Yuan Qing just said, after the people are busy with their own farming, if they have free time, they can be called on to dig reservoirs and build bridges and pave roads. While this is going on, we have to post monetary compensation, which is equivalent to giving them a lucrative job.

In addition, in addition to the people going to other places to invest and do business, we must also have our own livelihood. For example, if any of you are good at business, you can also do business first and expand our available finances. As we all know, we are currently strapped for money, and we have to find a way to earn money from other sources. ”

(End of chapter)