The distance from Yizhou Town to Jiaoxi Hot Spring Area is about 40 kilometers, which is almost 100 miles when converted into Hanli. And this 100-mile distance is not close, and it is not far away. To put it mildly, if you put these dozens of kilometers in modern society, you can drive a car and get on the highway, and you can get it in ten minutes.

Of course, Shirley's group had neither a car nor a highway, but they had horse-drawn carriages to use their feet, and it was almost enough to wander on the road for a few hours. And the group of them walked on the road, Sun Shangxiang looked at the scenery along the way, and finally couldn't help but ask Shirley: "Sister Xue, it's really okay for you to travel like this?" I heard that Lu Servant is in Jingxiang all the year round, so you are taking care of all the business here, so it is not an exaggeration to say that you are the person in charge here in Yizhou. But you come out like this......"

Shirley smiled: "I'm very busy when my senior brother is away, but no matter how busy I am, there will always be a time when I can be busy, right?" In fact, we are an overseas island here, and we don't actually have too many things to do, and there are generally no major events in the city, and don't Lingqi and them stare at ordinary things? ”

Sun Shangxiang thought for a while, then nodded and said, "It's the same!" Just like my eldest brother and second brother, after assigning things, they often go out on safaris. ”

After chatting a few more words, Sun Shangxiang found that some of the residents he met on the road would respectfully salute Shirley when they saw Shirley, and Shirley would also nod to these people as a return salute, obviously very familiar with these residents, so he asked curiously again: "Sister Xue, you often run on this road?" ”

Shirley nodded: "The distance between the small town and Jiaoxi is not too far, and the flat land in this area is quite fertile, and the mountainous areas are abundant, so those Shanyue tribes who escaped the war and came to Yizhou have more than a dozen large and small tribes who choose to settle in this area. There were a few dozen people, and a large number of two or three hundred.

"Most of these tribes will sell the collected Yizhou specialties to the small city in exchange for daily needs such as grain, rice, cloth and silk, while the senior brother and I will ship these Yizhou specialties to the Central Plains for resale and then make a profit. Passing through these tribes, we can live and play as we please. And to tell you the truth, although I'm out with you now, I still have a lot of business to talk about when I pass through these tribes. ”

Sun Shangxiang nodded suddenly: "Oh, I see." didn't miss Sister Xue's business much, and Shang Xiang was a little relieved. ”

In fact, Shirley's business talk is true, but it also has the intention of delaying more time on the road, how can Sun Shangxiang know whether the business between Shirley and the clan has been negotiated?

But these are not things that Sun Shangxiang will care about. is still the same sentence, Sun Shangxiang just feels comfortable in Yizhou. And at this time, she is also a little used to the light cool clothes that Shirley forced into her, and she feels much more comfortable than her original clothes.

In addition, the scenery along the way is still very good, and Sun Shangxiang also chatted with Shirley and Minchan. After chatting for a while, Sun Shangxiang still got to the point: "Sister Xue, you guys are really good here." But I still can't figure it out, why did Lu Servant come to Yizhou in the first place? As far as I know, Yizhou a few years ago was a barbarian land! ”

Shirley had already prepared her words, so she sighed lightly and then smiled, "According to Senior Brother's words." Barbarian lands are often quiet places that no one covets. Fang is in troubled times. How fierce is the competition between the candidates of the Central Plains? And who fought and killed among them, who really thought about the people of Li in the troubled times? Senior brother, he came to Yizhou with all his might, in order to avoid the war and have a peaceful place where he could live quietly. ”

Sun Shangxiang said thoughtfully: "No quarrel with the world? ”

Shirley looked at Sun Shangxiang, sighed lightly and nodded.

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Let's start with a few words of gossip that can't be considered gossip.

The current small city of Yizhou is actually divided into regions of influence. Basically. The industries that are linked to land, agriculture and other aspects are basically controlled by the Mi clan; Industries such as water transportation, shipbuilding, and manufacturing were controlled by the Lu clan headed by Lu Ren. Therefore, in terms of the division of power in the small city of Yizhou, the Lu clan is mainly the coastal area in the north, and the more fertile land area in the south is dominated by the Mi clan.

This so-called division of territory. Lu Ren and Shirley also had no choice. At that time, people's concept of family foundation was very important, and once the area occupied and profited by their family was established, it was often impossible for other families to intervene...... This is not only common in ancient times, but also in modern society. And Lu Ren's family background is actually very thin, so he must rely on the strength of the current two major clans of Yizhou Mi and Lu, so the so-called division of power between the two major families is also helpless. Because if you don't have the strength to change the environment, you have to adapt to the environment.

This is also one of the main purposes of why Lu Ren tried his best to fool Zhen into coming to Yizhou at that time. To put it simply, since there is no way to completely control it, there is only a few more to form a situation in which several families are mutually beneficial but mutually contain and balance each other, so as to prevent one family from dominating. Lu Ren asked himself if he didn't have the same means as Lao Cao or Sun Quan, Lao Cao was helping the family to fight the family, and Sun Quan was arresting and beating whom after he completely mastered it in his later years.

As for Lu Ren, here...... It seems that he can't make such a ruthless hand, or it is not to the point of last resort, and Lu Ren doesn't want to make such a ruthless hand. After all, no matter how you say it, Mi Zhen is also one of Lu Ren's righteous wives, and the Mi clan can be said to obey Lu Ren's instructions because of this, and there is really no need to destroy the city wall.

It's far away, stop. It was only said that Shirley and the others came out of the small town of Yizhou and headed south to the Jiaoxi Hot Spring area, and the main agricultural areas they passed through were basically the territory of the Mi clan.

Although Lu Ren is developing Yizhou in the way of business and trade, Lu Ren, as a traverser, has been mixed for so long in the late Han Dynasty, and has also mixed up with a lot of official positions and the chief secretary of Tuntian, so he knows what "the country is based on agriculture", and he has never dared to relax the development of the agricultural foundation.

Yizhou rice crops twice a year, and now it is mid-March, and the rice planted at the beginning of the year will mature in two months at most. So at this moment, Shirley's group is walking on the road, and from a distance at both ends, there are patches of rice fields that are turning from green to yellow. At this time, the farmers are not very busy, that is, they are weeding and removing insects in the fields, or they are checking the irrigation or something.

This little day is rich, and the people are naturally at ease, and most of them have smiles on their faces. And when they saw Shirley's car from afar, almost all the people would respectfully salute Shirley. You must know that most of the people in Yizhou were poor and hungry people at the beginning, and now they can live a stable and prosperous life in Yizhou, and they are very grateful to Lu Ren. And Shirley is in charge of all aspects of management on behalf of Lu Ren, and Shirley is a goddess in the form of a goddess...... Anyway, don't underestimate the influence of idols.

In short, along the way, Sun Shangxiang saw a peaceful and happy scene like a peach source...... Although Sun Shangxiang doesn't know what "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring" is.

Not long after noon, the group took a break for dinner in a small village of several hundred people, and by the way, they avoided the scorching midday sun. Shirley called the village elders over to ask about the situation, and when she looked back at Sun Shangxiang after making sure that there was nothing wrong, she saw that Sun Shangxiang was playing with a group of children in the village there, and she was actually having a lot of fun......

It was probably about two o'clock in the afternoon, three hammocks were hung under the shade of a tree in the village, and Shirley lay on the hammock and smiled at Sun Shangxiang and asked, "Why did the county lord play with those children?" ”

Sun Shangxiang smiled a little shyly: "When I was their age, I didn't have any playmates around me, only a group of servants and maids to accompany me to practice martial arts. Seeing them having so much fun, I couldn't help it for a while...... Oh yes, Sister Xue, I found that these children are literate, what's going on? ”

Shirley raised her hand and pointed to a building in the village: "This is what Senior Brother originally stipulated. Most children who are seven years old here in Yizhou have to go to the local primary school to study. After graduating from elementary school...... Generally around the age of twelve, they are all sent to the middle school in the small town for further study; Those who have completed secondary school are generally fifteen or sixteen years old, depending on their personal wishes and grades, and those who meet the conditions will go on to higher education. ”

This is a copy of the modern society's primary and secondary school system, in which the primary school and middle school are still mandatory, and Lu Ren did this for the necessary population quality for the future development of Yizhou. However, the practical significance of high school, which is also high school, is similar to that of vocational schools in modern society, because the university that really has the significance of research and further study, Luren's Yizhou town does not have the corresponding conditions at present. Of course, it is not that there are no institutions that conduct research in certain areas, but the number of people is too small and it is confidential as far as the situation is concerned.

But these are quite surprising to Sun Shangxiang: "But all children must go to school?" They, can they afford to learn? "Don't be surprised, think about the ancient literature and the monopoly of the knowledge industry by those scholars, you will understand why Sun Shangxiang is shocked.

Shirley explained with a smile. First of all, there are teachers in Yizhou, you must know that Zheng Xuan and Zheng have been settling here in Yizhou for a long time, so there are naturally a lot of disciples of Zheng Zheng, and these knowledgeable and educated disciples are not in vain for Lu Ren?

If these Zheng disciples are a little worse in their research, it is still possible to disperse to various villages to give children enlightenment education, anyway, the curriculum of primary school is to let children basically recognize words, basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, to put it bluntly, it is Chinese and mathematics in modern primary schools. And the disciples of the Zheng family who can't handle this thing, then please go to farming honestly to make a living...... (To be continued.) )