When I arrived at Chaojiazhuang, Du Qian, who was in charge of logistics, was already waiting for the queue, and when he saw the newcomer, he came over immediately.

"Brother, and all the brothers, you have worked hard all the way, the camp has prepared meals, and everyone is waiting for you." Du Qian said.

Chao Gai said: "Is the house arranged for Sun An and Feng Sheng proper?" ”

Du Qian said: "It has already been arranged, the brand new house has been cleaned, all the furniture has been completed, and it is ready to move in at any time." ”

The leaders of the army do not share houses when they come, they generally live in military camps to facilitate management, but there are exceptions, that is, those with families, so they will be given houses.

Gongsun Sheng led the team back to the barracks, Chao Gai, Jiao Ting, Pang Wanchun, and Du Qian took Sun An and Feng Sheng's families to Chaojiazhuang New Village, although the name is Chaojiazhuang New Village, but the people who live in Chaojiazhuang are not from Chaojiazhuang, but the families of officers. The planning is a small yard, although it is not luxurious, but it is definitely enough.

There is a watchtower at the entrance of the village, and two soldiers stand guard, straight and straight. There are horses blocking the main road, and there is a small road next to it for pedestrians to enter and exit freely, and when the team is coming, the soldiers pull away the horses with wheels and let everyone in. The well-groomed road is for horse-drawn carriages, and the roads are lined with green trees, and although the transplanted trees have not yet grown, they can be expected to be beautiful in the future. The courtyard of blue bricks and red tiles looks simple and durable, and the main house, distribution room, stove room, stable, and toilet are all available in the courtyard.

Du Qian said: "In these two courtyards, there are neighbors on the front and back, left and right, so it is lively to live in this way, and it will not be boring." ”

Pang Wanchun saw that Sun An had arranged for him to go to his front yard, and when he was fine, he could come to Sun An to discuss martial arts. However, Pang Wanchun's family rarely comes back, Pang Wanchun's sister Pang Qiuxia is busy educating students, Pang Wanchun is in the military camp all day, where is there time to come back.

Chao Gai said to Sun An Fengsheng: "The two of you will go first to see if you are satisfied, if you are not satisfied, we will change it." ”

Sun An didn't even look at it, and said to Chao Gai: "The general of the defeated army, thanks to Chao Tuanlian for taking him in, is already grateful to Dade, and now he has arranged a residence for his family, Sun An is grateful." ”

Next to Feng Sheng said: "I, Feng Sheng, am a rough man and can't speak, but in the future, Feng Sheng will follow Brother Ding, obey military orders, and fight bravely." ”

Chao Gai said: "The two of you don't have to be like this, this is all deserved courtesy." Originally, Du Qian had already prepared a reception banquet for the two of them, Xiang Zhong and Xu Yue in the camp, but I think that the family members of the two had been working hard all the way on the saddle horse, and they needed someone to take care of them, so today's reception banquet will not be held, and it will be postponed for a few days. It's good for the two of you to settle into your new home today. ”

Sun An said: "Everything is according to the meaning of Chao Tuanji." ”

Immediately, Chao Gai arranged for Sun An and Feng Sheng to live first.

The barracks were in order, Jiao Ting arranged for his soldiers to take turns to recuperate, and the horses that traveled long distances also had to recuperate.

Chao Gai didn't feel tired, after all, Chao Gai's body was much better than ordinary people.

Chao Gai asked: "Jiao Ting, Wan Chun, are you two tired?" ”

Jiao Ting said: "It's okay, I've been riding a horse all the way, but my legs hurt a little from grinding." ”

"That's not tired, you're not used to riding a horse, you still need time to become proficient, you can rest too." Chao Gai said.

Pang Wanchun is used to riding a horse, and it's okay, it's better than Jiao Ting.

The second day was August 14, Chao Gai took Pang Wanchun and Wu Song all the way, Gongsun Sheng took a few Taoist children all the way to deliver moon cakes, as for Wu Yongzheng was busy with the training of the new army, Zhu Wu was busy with the transportation of strong men, coordinating the navy and caravans and many other matters.

Pang Wanchun has participated in such an event, but it is the first time for Wu Song to participate, and it is still very novel to send moon cakes to poor households, like a curious baby along the way.

Wu Song said: "Brother, I recently heard that our Yuncheng County has a bumper harvest of Tianwang rice this year, and the average yield per mu is also 800 catties. ”

Chao Gai said with a smile: "Erlang has been training in the military camp all day recently and has not gone out. The projects you just mentioned are basically very successful, of course, there are three most powerful, the first is Tianwang rice, all farmers who buy Tianwang rice have an average yield of more than 800 catties per mu, excluding the seed money, and the yield of one mu is more than 400 catties higher than that of ordinary grain. The second project is the sale of cattle, horses, and donkeys on credit, and last year they returned large livestock on credit, which improved the efficiency of labor and saved labor. Some have already given birth this year, which is a huge harvest for the people. The third is rice field fish farming, an acre of rice field received an average of 150 catties of fresh fish, sold to the grilled fish factory, a net income of more than 200 yuan, more than 10 acres of land at home is twenty or thirty runs, this money is enough to marry a daughter-in-law. ”

Pang Wanchun also sighed sincerely: "Rice and fish farming has turned Yuncheng into a land of fish and rice, regardless of whether you sell money or not, it is convenient for big guys to eat fish, and the people on the street are not dish-faced." ”

"These three projects have the greatest profits, and as for chicken, duck and goose breeding, ordinary farmers raise very little, although there are many benefits, but they are not too significant." Chao Gai said, "This year's poor households are much smaller than last year's, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled, ordinary people can eat even if they raise 50 chickens." ”

The group soon came to a small mountain village in front of them, and there were two people in the village who needed help, one was a seventy-year-old man and an old man from the mountain.

Chao Gai and the others quickly found the old man's house with moon cakes, snacks and other condolences, this yard is not small, but there can be a half-acre of land, and dozens of chickens are eating in the yard. Chao Gai knocked on the chai door and asked, "Is this Uncle Shan's house?" ”

After a while, Uncle Shan came out of the house and said, "Who is looking for me?" ”

Although Uncle Shan is seventy years old, he is improving very well and is in good health.

"We are practicing in Yuncheng, this is not the Mid-Autumn Festival, we sent some moon cakes, snacks and so on." Chao Gai said and asked Wu Song to bring the condolences over, Chao Gai is still very realistic, the condolences are real condolences, not a hypocrisy to take so little things and fool around.

Uncle Shan said: "Come on, sit in the yard." I'm just trying to give you a reaction to this. ”

Chao Gai and the other three made it to the top of the wooden pier in the yard, and said, "Uncle Shan, if you have anything, just say it, and those who can help you do it will definitely help you." ”

Uncle Shan said: "I don't accept the condolences for the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the New Year, you tell the county that my old man has taken 30 catties of food every month, and it is uncomfortable to receive this condolences again." ”

"This, why is Uncle Mountain uncomfortable?" Wu Song asked.

"Look at me, although I am seventy years old and I can't grow much land, I have half an acre of vegetable land and one acre of dry land. Wheat and Tianwang rice are planted on dry land, and more than 800 catties of Tianwang rice have been harvested this year. Usually I can't eat these grains, so I use them to raise chickens, raising fifty chickens, so many chickens lay more than 20 eggs every day, and there are vendors who come to collect eggs every once in a while, and I also save some pocket money when eggs become money, so I don't need condolences, or give them to those who need them more. Uncle Shan said.

There are still many situations like this in Yuncheng County, and many people are living okay at home and don't need condolences anymore. It seems that the winter time will have to re-verify the situation.

After walking in one day, more than a dozen families were sent, and strong men like Wu Song were tired and their legs were sore.

There are also some villages that are remote and barren because of the remote terrain and poor land, and the whole village is relatively poor, but because of the back of the mountains and the abundance of grass, the goats are developed according to local conditions. Each family can make do with the days of raising ten heads and eight heads. The barren mountains and remote fields can also be cultivated to grow barren-resistant peppercorns, honeysuckle, salvia, etc., such things are actually more expensive than grain, and there are always benefits.

Wu Song said: "It seems that as long as the work of the county government and the village is done in place, the life of the people is still passable, and there are always more ways than difficulties." ”

Chao Gai and the others visited the needy households, and then went to the Salesian Bureau, nursing homes and other places to go around, but these places don't need to send condolences, they all have things.

Seeing the rapid development of Yuncheng, Wu Song was very happy. But Pang Wanchun had a deep apprehension.

This year, Yuncheng grain, animal husbandry, fishery are developing well, nearly double that of last year, recently today, Wen Bin's blood pressure is high, every day is happy to close his mouth, Huang Chengcheng's Tianwang rice is really good, not only practical, but also can make wine, process feed, etc., there are too many uses, full of treasures, even straw is a good thing to raise livestock.

In addition to the great development of agriculture in Yuncheng County, more important is the great development of industry and commerce, such as iron and steel mills, wood factories, prevention and control factories, shipyards, pharmaceutical factories, spice factories, feed factories, porcelain factories, etc., although most of the industries are run by Chao Gai, but under the drive of Chao Gai, many wealthy families have also begun to set up some handicraft workshops one after another, such as porcelain, printing, woodware, etc., and there are many categories. Commercially, the establishment of the trade city in Yuncheng has brought great benefits to the development of Yuncheng commerce, and businessmen from all over the world gather in Yuncheng to discuss the development of commerce. At the same time, the prosperity of commerce has promoted the enthusiasm of industrial production.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and the whole Yuncheng is jubilant and happy. But there are also people who are unhappy, and Song Jiang is one. Recently, Chao Gai has been in the limelight, whether it is the yamen or the rivers and lakes, Song Jiang is out of breath. On this day, Song Jiang was leaving the meeting after work, planning to go back and let Yan Poxi cook a small dish and drink some wine, when he was walking suddenly a man with a hat stopped the way and said in a low voice: "Song Zhisi?" ”

"It's me? You are? Song Jiang asked.

"We're in charge and I'll let me bring you something, and I ask you to take it." As he spoke, the man took Song Jiang to a remote place. Then he took out a burden from his body and said: "I am from the mountains of Qingzhou, and last time the second master thanked you for saving my life and sent five hundred taels of silver." ”

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