The ruined village was eventually abandoned.

Sun Nian looked at the desolation in his eyes, and he was very distressed. Thinking that this place will be able to attract many migrants after the drought has completely passed. But now, it doesn't matter.

After writing and drawing in front of the bookcase for an hour, I finally came up with the arrangements for the surrounding villages in Donghua Town. He never forgot the purpose of his visit. Some people say that if people do not do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed. He understands that everything he is doing now is for him, for him and his son's country.

Donghua Town, there is an empty venue, but it is not popular. How good is that? In desperation, he had to send someone to take his token to the neighboring county and ask the county commander to bring the caravan over.

Not to mention how Yuan Yuan, Jiang Wei and the others were surprised by Sun Nian's domineering behavior, but said that the county seat of the neighboring county received the token personally sent by the Baijia soldiers, and he was still worried about dying. He really didn't believe that His Majesty would come to the demon cave in Donghua Town.

Yes, in the eyes of the county magistrate, it is just a man-eating demon cave, not a gold cave.

It can't be a fraud, right? This white armor, it's not impossible to fake.

This timid and cautious county magistrate vaguely looked the little general who came to give Sun Nian token up and down, making the people angry and ridiculous.

"Ye County Order, Your Majesty has an order, please go with the caravan. Go there, the caravan will not lose money, at least it can make some money. ”

Ye County Ling was still doubting the authenticity of Sun Nian's token and the details of the people who came, and he didn't get angry and chased people away, nor did he immediately agree, just haha, "General Mu, Xia Guan is just a county order, and he doesn't have the right to force the caravan to go anywhere." This, if it is really to let the subordinate officials use their power to force people, it must not be what His Majesty wants? ”

General Mu is a martial artist, upright and impulsive. As early as when he heard the county order and doubted the truth of His Majesty, he had suppressed his temper, and now he was still shirking, and his anger could not be suppressed even if he moved stones, and with a snort, the saber came out of the sheath, and he smashed the low table next to him with a bang, and said in a cold tone: "You knew that Donghua Town was inappropriate, but you deceived your subordinates and deceived your majesty to this day, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”

Ye Xianling was threatened at this time, but he was fearless, "It's not that Xia Guan didn't report to His Majesty, but no one paid attention to it." Xia Guan can only take care of the one acre and three points of land here. After speaking, regardless of General Mu's face, he continued: "There are not many senior officials that the lower officials recognize, and the Imperial Doctor is one of them, and the messenger of the rice field. The rest ......"

"You can't even recognize His Majesty's token, you should squat here for a few years without moving your nest."

"That's right." Ye Xianling was not angry.

At this time, one of his doormen walked in, listened to Ye County's order, took the token, and when he saw it, his legs were weak, and he wailed: "My county honor!" ”

"Sir?" Ye Xianling's heart beat faster, and he asked uncertainly, "Is this true?" ”

The gentleman was unable to answer, and only nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Ye Xian Ling immediately turned around and said with a solemn face: "General Mu, the lower officials have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, please forgive me." The lower officer will go and invite the caravan master to come now. ”

General Mu knew that the matter was in a hurry, so he didn't say much, and just waited for the county order to persuade the caravan.

In less than an hour, all the caravan leaders came to General Mu to express their loyalty to Sun Nian...... General Mu couldn't deny it, waited another day, and headed for Donghua Town with the caravan.

In Donghua Town, there are no local specialties. The main thing is that the strange items in the gold cave that Lu Qiong made out were left by Sun Nian to distribute to the newly settled people, so that they could trade freely. And Sun Nian had more things in his hands, which was to trade with the rich men of the caravan, and he got a lot of money, which was just used for the distribution of salaries in the army. In addition, it is used to rebuild channels and divert water to irrigate farmland.

The gossip city in Donghua Town leads Tianshui into the city. Don't ask for thousands of miles of fertile soil, but hope that the seedlings in the soil are not short.

Because the area around Bagua City was deserted, Sun Nian settled some of the generals who were willing to settle down in Donghua Town. First, he wanted to open a canal to water the fields in Bagua City, and second, he wanted to build a military town here.

It wasn't his whims. It's the result of a lot of thought.

Donghua Town has a special geographical location, west to Luoyang, south to Fuyi, north to the mountains, east to Gunzhou. If the military town is together, why worry?

I have to say, this decision is really wise. Not only did it turn the dying town into a bustling town, but it also created a whole military town. The people have more ways to survive. Grain, melons and vegetables, cloth, silk, salt, iron, all of which can share a piece of the pie with the army.

Sun Nian was very happy to see that things went according to his plan, and after thinking about it, he thought of his wife and children at home, and he missed him very much. It is planned that the excavation of the aqueduct will be completed, and it will take another two months to be completed. When the water is opened, it is natural to call those rice field messengers who have learned the time to come here to teach the farmers to cultivate new and improved seeds.

Time flies. Sun Nian dug the canal in two months, brought a lot of stones over, and taught the farmers to make half of the stones to cover the rice fields. This made the peasants respect and revere him even more.

Everything has been done more or less the same. It's just that because of the widespread drought, there is no water in the canal. Because the channels for fear of drought will suck away the pitiful amount of water.

In this regard, Sun Nian had no choice but to order someone to bring in a trough made of large wood to bring it in, which solved the problem of a small amount of water in the farmland around Donghua Town and some people who could not enter Bagua City.

That's it, Sun Nian still felt that he didn't do well. But the people didn't think so. It is unanimously agreed that he works tirelessly and wholeheartedly serves the people, which is comparable to Dayu in ancient times.

Seeing that things were basically done, except for the soldiers who stayed, Sun Nian returned to Luoyang with the rest of the white-armored soldiers.

Before the army returned to Luoyang, the people already knew what good things Sun Nian had done.

At this point, Sun Nian's prestige has increased.

The prestige is good, and for Sun Nian, it is more about convenience. When he followed the advice of Queen Thirteen Niang and proposed that female officials could be included, the entire Daqi was boiling. This time, although the people below were puzzled, they did not listen to some people's provocations to make trouble.

The old ministers who were afraid that women were more powerful than men were angry and worried, but no one dared to openly refute Sun Nian's proposal in the court.

However, a young courtier stepped forward, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is not the right time. ”

"Why?" Sun Nian asked in a flat tone.

"Women have long hair and short knowledge, they don't know benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, they only know that their parents are short, and asking them to take exams and become officials is undoubtedly a disaster for the people. I hope Your Majesty will think twice. ”

After hearing this, Sun Nian didn't laugh angrily, and asked, "Do you know, why are so many women with little knowledge, and they are just short of parents?" Sun Nian paused for a moment and relieved the man's doubts: "Because there are no academy chairs in the country to teach them, most of them come into contact with the things that the men deliberately arrange for the women's rings. In this way, how can they learn from the scholars? ”

Ignoring the man's black and red face, Sun Nian said in a cold voice: "Today, the widow has decided that women can participate in the trial at the same time as men, and if they meet the requirements, there will inevitably be arrangements, and there is not much gap between them and male students." If you have any doubts or denials, return to the wall and come back to talk to the widow in March. ”

After finishing speaking, Sun Nian led the waiter to brush his sleeves and left. It's like being chased by a dog.