Generally speaking, after the completion of the military city, in addition to the official office and military land, other areas are allowed to be privately occupied by the people to build houses, if there is a dispute, there is mediation by the local government, and after a period of time, after the dust settles, the government will confirm the right to issue certificates, and collect some fees by the way.

The people took possession of the land, and it is understandable that the ending was a happy ending.

After the completion of Gushan Town, because of the remote geography, it was necessary to search and check the identity of entering and exiting the city gate, and to pay taxes for carrying goods, so there were not many people who were willing to move here, even if they were businessmen who saw the commercial potential in the city, they were not willing to move their families.

Therefore, Li Mao did not encounter much resistance to accepting the vacant land in the city, and the dozen or so families scattered in the city were placed in the center of the city by him, and each family was allocated a piece of land free of charge according to the capitation to compensate for part of the construction costs, and the transportation of soil and stone was also exempt from tax. The people are afraid of the power of the city bureau, and they have also tasted some sweetness, and they have no opinion on this relocation.

The overall situation has been decided, Li Mao began to build roads and ditches in the city, 120 soldiers of the city defense battalion every day, except for those on duty, were driven to build roads and dig ditches, not only the city defense battalion, but also other officials were not idle, the task of building roads and digging ditches was distributed according to the head, every ten years, and the rewards and punishments were clear. Li Mao appointed the old official Feng Bu to handle the daily affairs of the city bureau, and he himself only went to the city bureau once in the morning and evening to deal with the major events of the day, and spent the rest of the time on the road construction and ditch digging construction sites.

With a lofty ideal in his heart, this kind of intense and heavy work does not feel tired at all, but for the rest of the city bureau, it is bitter, complaining and insulting in private, needless to say, some people openly began to slack off, some people threatened to teach Li Mao a lesson, and some people did not say anything but did it, and threw stones at Li Mao's house after dark.

One day, when Qin Niang came back from going out to buy vegetables, she accidentally found a dead mouse that had been disemboweled, which scared her into Li Mao's bed for two nights and refused to leave.

Li Mao gave a tough response to this naked threat, Feng Bu and Zhang Xuan were instructed to investigate the incident of Qin Niang's threat, and the results of the investigation were surprising, the main messenger behind the scenes was actually Zheng Quanan, the nephew of Lu Ru, Zheng Quanan, who was originally a lowly general in the army, and suffered an arrow wound in the war, so he often talked about this arrow wound.

Lu Ru is a nail planted by Li Shigu in the Qing Navy, the current soldier and horse envoy Tongzhi, the head of the Ma Bu Army, although the official position is not high, but because of Li Shigu's backing, he is arrogant and arrogant in the army, and is very arrogant.

When the city defense camp was first built, Lu Ru wanted to intervene, so he sent Zheng Quanan over, and Li Mao let him co-organize, Zhang Qi and Xia Chun saw him unpleasantly and suppressed him everywhere. Zheng Quanan didn't want to come to the city defense camp, he was suppressed everywhere, and his heart was increasingly dissatisfied, and he complained all day long. Li Mao sent everyone to build roads and open canals, day and night, everyone dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, but Zheng Quanan relied on his uncle Lu Ru as a backer, and often said some crazy things that were weird and yin, Li Mao saw that Lu Ru's face was tolerant, but Zheng Quanan would be wrong, thinking that Li Mao was afraid of his uncle's power, and he didn't dare to do anything with him, and he was even more fearless.

One day, he instigated thirteen battalion guards to strike, causing a big turmoil, Li Mao couldn't bear it, and immediately ordered Zheng Quanan to be dismissed, Zhang Qi and Xia Chun received the order to let him pack up and get out.

Zheng Quanan left in embarrassment, not repentant in his heart, but resentful, which instructed people to intimidate Qin Niang.

Zhang Xuan persuaded Li Maodao: "Lu Ru is a nail planted in the Qing Navy in Yunzhou, General Yu still respects him, Zheng Quanan has made Lu Ru dissatisfied with the previous reform, but we have the whole reason, he has nothing to say." If you dig deeper, you're only afraid of trouble. Li Mao said: "What is the trouble you are talking about, I only want to ask you one sentence, this matter can be investigated." Zhang Xuan said: "The ironclad evidence is like a mountain and can stand the test." Li Mao said: "That's good, I've already done the first year of junior high school, so I'm not afraid to do the fifteenth again, I'll take Zheng Quanan to kill chickens and monkeys, and see who dares to make trips behind their backs." ”

Li Mao asked Zhang Qi to send Zheng Quanan to the magistrate's office, and the magistrate said: "Zheng Quanan has been fired in your city defense battalion, and now he is no longer a soldier. Zheng Quanan was deported back to the city bureau, and the people in the city bureau were afraid of Lu Ru's power, and pushed back and forth, but no one dared to preside over the trial.

Feng Bu couldn't look at it, so he took the initiative to take over the trial, and broke off the charge of coercing the official's family, and Li Mao passed the retrial, sentenced him to 30 canes, and expelled him from Gushan Town.

The city bureau has the right to govern the people, and the judgment made has legal effect, coercing the family members of officials is not a big case, and the judgment will take effect as soon as it comes out, Zheng Quanan was ordered to leave the city on the same day, and the soldiers and civilians in the city saw Zheng Quanan slipping out of the city, and they were immediately impressed by the city bureau, and the big and small soldiers in the city defense camp suddenly became honest, and everyone weighed it in private, Li Mao even dared to start with Lu Ru's nephew, and who else he didn't dare to move.

Under the strong impetus of Li Mao, the city of Gushan has undergone earth-shaking changes, the whole urban area is divided into 28 squares, the land of each square area has been leveled, the water supply and drainage system layout is reasonable, the system is perfect, the streets in the city are paved with sand and gravel, elm, poplar and willow are planted on both sides, and the streets and alleys in the square are paved with bluestone slabs.

The banquet is ready, and the next step is to wait for the guests to go to the banquet.

In the early autumn of this year, because of his meritorious service to the victims, Su Zhen, a gentry from Su Nu Township, Chengwu County, was awarded by the imperial court as the Zheng Jiupin Xuanyi Lang, Xuanyi Lang is a loose official, and there is no specific charge, the official award is to show Su Zhen's merits in helping the victims, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, which is full of scattered officials, Jiupin Xuanyi Lang does not have much significance. After more than two months, someone suddenly brought up the old story, and compiled Su Zhen's good deeds in the township and the matter of the imperial court officials into songs and sung around.

Su Zhen was very puzzled, his original intention to send food for disaster relief was to move the disaster north, and drive the victims gathered in Su Nu Township to the county seat, so as not to be affected, and later because of Li Mao's coercion and temptation, and he also wanted to have a long face for his son who was supervising the imperial history in the capital, so he reluctantly did a good deed, and the court sealed his official, and his son's face was bright, and his goal was achieved.

The incident was strange, Su Zhen was very uneasy, and after many inquiries, all kinds of clues pointed to Li Mao, the city envoy of Gushan Town, and it was Li Mao who contributed money and efforts to stir up the matter behind his back. Li Mao, Su Zhen has dealt with him, and his impression of him is not good, Su Zhen is very puzzled, and he can't understand what Li Mao means, so he doesn't think about tea and dinner, and he is worried for several days. Seeing this, her daughter Su Qing sneered: "People pay for you, what's wrong, now my brother is far away in Chang'an, and his face is also bright." ”

Su Zhendao: "What do you know, he is a profiteer in his bones with official skin, and profiteers can't afford to make profits early, he is so hard to praise me, is it really a good intention?" ”

Su Qing muttered: "Good intentions, bad intentions, you just go and ask." ”

Su Zhen shouted: "Nonsense, how can you ask such a thing?" Su Qing stuck out her tongue and said, "It's inconvenient for you to come forward, I'll ask my brother-in-law to ask, they are colleagues and can always speak." ”

Su Zhen hesitated for a moment and said, "Your brother-in-law's ...... Or bother him less. ”

Su Qing said: "What, are you afraid that you won't be able to call him?" If you don't dare to speak, I'll say it. ”

Su Zhen shouted: "You dare." But with his hands behind his back, Shi Shiran went back to the study. Su Qing stuck out her tongue at her father's back, and when she went to Caozhou on the second day, she went to Wang Xun's house to tell Wang Xun about the matter in person. Wang Xun said: "This matter is not difficult, I will go to Gushan Town on a business trip in two days and help my father-in-law ask him." ”

Li Mao didn't see Wang Xun much, but he was very impressed, and when he asked about it, he said: "Forgive sins, forgive sins, the old gentleman has done good deeds in the township, and the younger generations are very admired when they hear it." A few days ago, a few storytellers came to Gushan Town to say some obscene words and mixed rice to eat, I was afraid of immorality, so I called them to reprimand them, and asked them to preach more good and good deeds of real people, and promote righteousness, they made up the deeds of the old gentleman into a song and sang, I thought that this matter was beneficial to Kuang Zheng's weathering, so I funded some entanglement to them, so that they could spread the praises of the four towns, how do I know that it will make the old gentleman uneasy, this is really an unintentional mistake, I hope that the judiciary will explain on behalf of me, and I will come to the door to make amends another day. ”

Wang Xun said with a smile: "Don't dare to work as an envoy of the city bureau, I'll go back to Ming on my father-in-law's side." ”

Sending Wang Xun away, Qingmo said: "You listen to what he said just now, 'I'll go back to Ming' over there, this has a deep meaning, whose father-in-law is it, and his father-in-law is still the father-in-law of the two of you." Interesting. ”

Li Mao scolded with a smile: "This kid is talking nonsense again." Then he asked, "How is the matter with you, that you are coming back so soon?" A few days ago, Li Mao asked Qingmo to find thirty storytellers and gave them a sum of money, so that they could spread the story of Su Zhen's good deeds in the township and the imperial court. After the storyteller took the money and left, Li Mao sent Qingmo, Mo Qishentong, Zhang Xuan and others to visit around to see if they were really working hard to publicize it.

Qingmo said: "Mr. Wen is so talented, the lyrics are very well compiled, those singers like it very much, and they are all very hard-working, and now even Yanzhou, Puzhou, Songzhou, Caozhou, and Xuzhou have been sung, and even children can sing two sentences." I met a man in Songzhou who was engaged in the silk cloth business, and he asked me about Su Zhen and asked me if the garrison of Gushan Town really sent people to Su Nu Township to protect the Su family's industry when the displaced people were scattered.

"Of course I said yes, I said that the Qing Navy in Gushan Town is the most trustworthy and grateful person, Su Zhen sold grain to the Qing Navy in the year of the disaster, and solved the urgent need, his family is in trouble, how can the Qing Navy sit idly by and not save it? He was very emotional when he heard it, saying that he had been in the layman for more than ten years, and he had earned some money, but he didn't know where to put it safely. Now the place has been plagued by famine for many years, and the officials are harsh, causing displaced people to rise in all directions, and those who rob homes and houses have robbed their wealth and harmed people. Those who have become the climate, like Haizhou Que Laosan, even the wealthy families like the Qin family in the East China Sea dare to infringe, like us small people, where is the place to live?

"I said that Liangjing is good, no matter how big the thief is, he doesn't dare to go, he said that Liangjing is stable, but rice is as expensive as a pearl, and it is a foreign country. When he heard that Gushan Town was built steadily, and General Yu was a good man who valued his love and trustworthiness, and many rich people were vying to buy land in the city, he was moved and asked me to bring his son over to buy a piece of land. I said that I was afraid that I would not be able to set the price, so he found six rich businessmen who had become martial artists, and I saw that the matter was almost over, so I came back. ”