Seeing that it is about to enter winter, Zhuang Yi has already visited the townships under his rule, and there is no need to pay too much attention to it, after the young and strong are successively transferred in place, the progress of the project is accelerated, and the task is assigned, and it is presided over by Zhang Yitai, and a group of officials of the government are called by him.

Zhang Yitai was also appointed, as the director of the Yingzhou Provisional Military Control Office, and a doctor of medicine, in fact, he also has an official name, usually everything is in charge, everything is done, he has a certain experience in the matter of building the city and Tuntian, Zhuang Yi does not need to interfere too much, and after personally supervising the start, he will sit in the office every day to listen to the report, and inspect around, which can be regarded as idle.

But Zhuang Yi couldn't be idle, and that afternoon he took a few guards and went to the camp of the Murowei people in the north of the city, but he saw that there were many small vendors at the gate of the camp, and they were noisy like a vegetable market. In front of the stalls everywhere, there are women in twos and threes, picking and choosing all kinds of small goods. Some idlers took the opportunity to come forward to tease and coax, causing a burst of scolding.

Groups of children drill around in the stalls, more gather in front of the stalls selling biscuits and pancakes to salivate, greedy but have no money to buy, occasionally when the stall owner is not paying attention, grab one and run, the vendors scold, but they can't catch up. These children who grew up on the grassland are very wild, they are not very afraid of people, and occasionally go to the city to play in groups, and their families do not care much.

Zhuang Yi was not interested in visiting this kind of stall, so he went directly to the inside of the camp, because the young and strong laborers were all transferred by Zhuang Yi to build the city, and the people of Muwei were still guarding the camp by themselves, and a fifty-year-old man named Ante brought five hundred-year-old soldiers to maintain order on a daily basis. In addition, for every 500 accounts, that is, 500 households, they have a head in charge, so it can be regarded as orderly.

But now the leaders have taken the young men to the construction site to participate in the construction of the city, and the only people who defend the camp are Ante and some veterans. When the children who were playing saw Zhuang Yi coming with the soldiers, they immediately ran to report it. Hearing the news, Ante hurriedly led someone out and invited Zhuang Yi to his tent.

"The military envoy came to visit, I am poor, and there is no refreshment to entertain, I am very sorry!" Ante said with some embarrassment.

"It doesn't matter! I'm just here to see what's going on here, and I'm going to tell you something. Judging from the roster handed over a few days ago, there are too many elderly and widowed women and children, but very few young and strong, and it is not possible to continue like this. So, I decided to open a school, send the children to read and write, and the women could do something at home to support themselves, such as sewing the soldiers' winter clothes, making cotton shoes, boots, cloth, leather and other materials, I would have people send them from the city, and they would come regularly to collect and pay the wages. Zhuang Yi said with a smile.

"Oh...... That's good! The kids all go to school, so ...... Do you need to apprentice to hand over rice and grain, we don't have this! There are some livestock such as horses, cattle and sheep, which can be crossed...... In winter, the livestock don't need to be released, and we can take care of these old bones. ”

"You don't need to pay rice and grain, those under the age of fifteen and over the age of five are sent to it, go in the morning and come back in the evening, and the school will provide food at noon, without any charge."

"And when are you going?"

"In three days, I'll send someone to pick it up, and you just need to call everyone to inform you before that. In addition, if there are widowed women who are willing to remarry, I will send people to bring single soldiers to them within these two days, so that they can see for themselves, and if they have a picture, they can register on the spot, and get married on their own day, do you think it is feasible? Zhuang Yi said with a smile.

"That's a good thing, it's doable...... Those women who died in battle and their husbands are also pitiful, there is a man at home to support them, and they can live a stable life, and the military envoy is thoughtful! Ante readily agreed.

"That's good...... I'm going to go back and put together the roster, and I'll bring someone in early tomorrow morning, and you can tell everyone about both things. ”

"Okay, okay!" Ante happily replied.

Zhuang Yi said goodbye and returned to the mansion, went to the house to find Duan Zhongzhong, told him his plan, and the two immediately sorted out the roster by hand. Most of the Xi soldiers had families, but they hadn't brought them yet, and a few of them didn't have families because they were young, only more than 500 people; And the hundred and eight soldiers from Diexiu Village and White Wolf Mountain, plus a group of people brought by Gao Baonu in Qinglong Mountain, a total of 1,500 people are single.

Looking carefully at the household registration of the Muwei people, the young girls are not counted, and there are more than 2,000 widowed women with children, which makes Zhuang Yi feel for the first time that there are still too few bachelors under his command. This matter fell on Duan Zhongzhong's shoulders, and he would take Duan Renzhen, Zu Xiangrong, and Yuan Jingsi to handle it tomorrow.

The other is to reopen the school, this is not a primary school like Diexiu Village, at least there will be hundreds to thousands of students, and the ordinary small house cannot accommodate so many people. Zhuang Yi first thought of the mansion in the west of the city that was often used to entertain guests, but it was not big enough, and finally decided to look for it in the city.

Turning down one street after another, I finally took a fancy to a small street located in the southeast corner of the city, two adjacent mansions, each covering an area of about 20 acres, and the courtyard wall separated in the middle was demolished to become a school. But the problem is that one of the houses is inhabited, and it is a large family.

Zhuang Yi stood at the foot of the front steps and looked at the plaque on the door, and saw that there were two big characters "Li Fu" on it. Asking the guards to go up and knock on the door, an old servant came out, and when he saw the soldier in bright armor, he was startled, and asked cautiously what was the matter. The guard unceremoniously let him in to report and call the master out.

The owner of the house soon came out, but it was a young beauty of twenty-seven or eighteen years old, she was dressed with light makeup and picturesque eyebrows, her high-combed bun was full of precious beaded hairpins, she was dressed in a brocade red short jacket, a collared half-skirt with red flowers on a white background, and an emerald green tunic skirt.

How can there be such a big family in a small city like Yingzhou, Zhuang Yi was wondering to himself, but the woman greeted with a smile: "Yo...... Isn't this the newly appointed envoy of Zhuang Jun? ”

Zhuang Yi couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "Exactly...... Madame recognizes me? ”

"Zhuang Jun is young and promising, and the new official has just married Princess Xi, who doesn't know these major events in Liucheng! And...... The wedding of the military envoy, the concubine and the wife are inconvenient to go in person, but if the subordinates give gifts, it is common for the military envoys and nobles to forget things. The beautiful young woman replied with a smile.

"Thank you so much! I wonder who Madame's main family is? Look at this lintel, it should be famous! Zhuang Yi asked with some confusion.

"The concubine is a servant of the Xian family, her husband's surname is Li, her name is Congyou, and she also served in the Liucheng Mansion, after going to office two years ago, she traveled to and from Silla and Youzhou to do business, and she went to Silla for half a year, and has not come back yet. When the Servant Immortal Clan heard this, his face was full of doubts, but he still warmly invited.

"Oh...... I see! It's okay......" Zhuang Yi hesitated for a moment, then took his guards up the steps and stepped into the courtyard gate.

The servant fairy led them across the courtyard to the front hall to sit, and then went to call the maidservant to serve tea, and then sat on the side to accompany them.