Kuai Liang has always been calm and steady, Liu Xin has never seen him so flustered, his heart tightened, and he asked, "Zirou, what happened?" ”

Frustrated, who was just about to go out, also stopped and looked at Kuai Liang worriedly.

Kuai Liang trotted all the way just now, and now he was sweating profusely, panting and said, "Lord, the north gate has taken away the water." ”

Liu Xin was shocked, he knew very well that the buildings of this era used a lot of wood, and the area around the north gate was the old city, and the density of houses was very large.

Fu Zhu was in charge of the Phantom Spy, and asked sensitively: "No, it's daytime, how can you go out of the water?" ”

Kuai Liang wiped his sweat and said, "The specific situation is not very clear, but the fire is spreading very quickly, and now it is about to burn to the state governor's mansion." The local army and the errand have all been dispatched, but the fire is still not under control, and the lord is also asked to send troops for reinforcements. ”

Liu Xin jumped up from the chair all of a sudden: "What! It's almost burning here! ”

Kuai Liang hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, my subordinates didn't make it clear, it was about to burn to the original state pastor's mansion." ”

Liu Xin glared at him angrily, and said to Fu Zhu: "Quick, inform Xu Huang to send three thousand soldiers from the First Army to participate in the firefighting." In broad daylight, this fire is coming strangely, you send someone to check again, what is going on. ”

After speaking, he turned to Kuai Liang again and said, "Let's go, take me to the fire to have a look." ”

Kuailiang's Governor's Mansion was originally located in the center of the old city of Xiangyang, and with the overall expansion of Xiangyang City to the east and south, the location of this mansion has been biased to the northwest of the city. There used to be a large vacant land in the northwest of the Thorn Mansion, but because the Thorn History had been vacant for a long time and no one was in charge, many people took these lands for themselves and built houses. The houses were disorganized and overcrowded, with many laneways that could only accommodate one person.

The fire was burned here, and although Kuai Liang arranged for many people to rush to put out the fire, he couldn't get through it after he arrived at the Assassin's Mansion. On this day, it happened to be a northwest wind, and the fire was blowing, and I saw that the flames were about to reach the Thorn Mansion. In the southeast area of the Thorn Mansion, there were all gentry families, and Kuai Liang was anxious, so he hurriedly asked Liu Xin for help.

Liu Xin has just arrived at the Thorn History Mansion, Xu Huang has already arrived with a large team of men and horses, although there are many people, but the road is narrow, but it can't be used, even if there are 30,000 more horses, it will be useless. Liu Xin looked at the fire, pointed at the assassin mansion with his hand, and immediately said: "Come on, quickly demolish all these houses!" ”

Kuai Liang hurriedly stopped him and said, "Lord, I can't help it, this is official property." ”

Liu Xin waved his hand and said firmly: "Demolition!" ”

Xu Huang's soldiers swarmed up, and the house was demolished. Liu Xin said to Kuai Liang at this time: "Zirou, there is nothing to worry about, if this house is not demolished, it will be burned down soon." What's more, after the house is demolished, isn't it still official property? As long as this place is completely demolished, the fire will not spread, and a large number of houses to the south will be safe. ”

As soon as the Thorn Mansion was half demolished, the fire burned. But in this way, there is a large open space in front of the fire, and the people can already spread out, and suddenly everyone is busy putting out the fire with their burdens and buckets. At this time, the advantages of the strength of the number of people were finally revealed, and the open fire was gradually extinguished.

Liu Xin breathed a sigh of relief and instructed Kuai Liangdao: "Zirou, arrange for people to carefully inspect to prevent the recurrence, and take stock of the disaster situation and properly settle the lives of the victims." ”

These are originally Kuailiang's duties, so naturally there is nothing to say.

When Liu Xin returned to the mansion, he still felt smoke coming out of his throat and eyes, and now that he thinks about it, he is really a little afraid, if he hadn't moved to this new mansion, it would be really unimaginable now. Liu Xin secretly congratulated himself on how wise his decision was, and wondered whether it was time to renovate the old city.

At this moment, little Liu Rui jumped in from outside, threw herself into his arms, and shouted, "Dad, you haven't told me a story for two days." ”

These days, Liu Xin has to deal with government affairs on the one hand, and on the other hand, he has to insist on going to the academy to teach, and he still needs to ask Ma Yun for advice when he doesn't understand something at night, and make up for it, which is really busy. Today's fire made him even more upset and irritable, and when he saw Liu Rui pestering him to tell stories again, he couldn't help yelling at her: "Okay, didn't you see that my father was busy?" I'll talk about it tomorrow! ”

Now not only Liu Rui is waiting to listen to his story every day, but Liu Rui, the little girl's ass, is followed by a bunch of people, Bian Yu, Cai Yan, Qiao'er, and Ying'er are now her loyal listeners, and even Ma Yun seems to be listening to it with relish. Every time she brings back new content from Liu Xin, a group of people will immediately surround her, and at this moment, the little girl will always feel like a princess, and she is already a little tired of it. Hearing Liu Xin yelling at her, the little girl suddenly felt very aggrieved, stunned there for a long time without moving, and then cried "wow".

Liu Xin was also stunned, patted his head, he is a muddy ball, no matter how busy he is, he can't get angry at a child, he can't hold his breath when he encounters a little thing, what can he achieve in the future? Thinking of this, Liu Xin hurriedly picked up the little girl, coaxed her for a long time, and promised to tell her a story now, and Liu Rui broke into laughter.

When today's story is finished, Liu Xin emphasized: "Rui'er, Dad is really busy now, and it will be changed to a shift every two days in the future, okay?" ”

Liu Rui's face was still stained with tears, but she had already smiled, tilted her little head, and asked puzzledly, "Dad, what is a shift every two days?" ”

Liu Xin said with a smile: "It's just a story every two days." ”

Liu Rui blinked her eyes and said, "So three days and one change is three days to tell a story?" ”

Liu Xin pinched her nose and said, "Well, Rui'er is so smart." However, you have to listen to your father in the future, and if you don't obey one day, your father will break off. If you don't understand it or not, you won't talk about it again. ”

Liu Rui said nervously: "Dad, if you don't stop changing, Rui'er will be very well-behaved." ”

Liu Xin laughed and said, "If Rui'er is really good, go to my mother quickly and let my father do things well." ”

Liu Rui got out of his arms very obediently this time, and before leaving, she didn't forget to wave her little hand at him and said, "Goodbye, Daddy." ”

The results of the visit soon came out, and there was no conspiracy in the fire, and it was set up by a few children while they were playing. When a few children saw a pile of bamboo left there and no one cared for it, they thought about setting off firecrackers to play, which caused a fire. Liu Xin was speechless for a moment, the firecrackers at this time were not like a lot of gunpowder added to them in later generations, it was a real bamboo, and it could even cause a fire, which really made him a little crying and laughing.

The task of renovating the old city was quickly assigned to Kuai Liang, who was the Taishou of Xiangyang, so he was naturally duty-bound. But how to do it, Liu Xin still made clear requirements. A piece of land was set aside in the southwest corner of the new town to build a number of new brick and stone houses to house the residents who had been relocated from the old town. As for the gentry who still lived in the old city, the government provided the land and built their own houses, but the requirement was to use as many masonry materials as possible. In order to encourage the people of the old city to take the initiative to move into the new city, Liu Xin also promised that the government could give appropriate subsidies.

The development of Xiangyang New Town is very fast, since the beginning of spring, both sides of the avenue have been planted with neat street trees, each avenue selected street trees have their own characteristics, there are those who choose laurel trees, there are those who choose green sandalwood trees, and those who choose plane trees. The middle of the avenue is paved with bluestone, which is solid and durable, and suitable for vehicle traffic. The paths on both sides are made of special green bricks, which are wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and have a strong water absorption surname. There are also drainage culverts on one side of the green bricks, all of which lead to the water gate in the northeast of Xiangyang City. In addition to the location of the three courtyards such as Xiangyang Academy and the area where Jingzhou officials lived, a row of shops has been built on both sides of the avenue in other areas. The new town has also organized a special cleaning team to ensure the cleanliness and hygiene of the urban environment.

After Liu Xin implemented the policy of halving the commercial tax, although the time was not long, the effect was very obvious. The halving of commercial taxes reveals a signal that Liu Xin attaches more importance to the development of commerce, and the scholars can rest assured to increase their investment in commerce. At the same time, the reduction of commercial taxes has further reduced the cost of doing business, and the price of goods has also fallen, which in turn has promoted the purchase of the people. For the people, some goods that could be bought or not bought can now be bought.

The development of commerce will inevitably bring a large demand for shops, and the first batch of shops for public sale by the government are said to have been sold out before the Spring Festival, and many merchants are waiting for the sale of the second batch of shops with money.

In fact, Liu Xin's original idea of expanding Xiangyang City was to make money. The city expanded, and the land that used to belong to the suburbs of the city was now transformed into urban land, and the value of the land naturally rose sharply, which could bring him a lot of wealth out of thin air. However, the development of the fact is not as he expected, the shops are selling very well, but it has not led to the hot sale of land in the new city at the same time, so far, for those used to build residential land, very few people have said to buy **.

Liu Xin looked at the report in front of him and was puzzled, this report was just sent by Kuai Liang, and it was a summary of the development of Xiangyang New Town in February. Due to the use of Xiang paper, according to Liu Xin's suggestion, this kind of report has adopted a very modern table style, which looks clear at a glance, and has now been extended to Xiangyang and other five counties of Jingxiang.

Liu Xin threw the report aside, closed her eyes and thought for a moment, and said, "Zirou, how is the business of those shops that have been sold?" ”