Kuai Liang replied without hesitation: "Back to my lord, my family also opened a shop on that avenue, and the business is very prosperous. The roads are wide, the transportation is convenient, and the interior of the shops is comfortable, and many of them are repeat customers. ”

Liu Xin hesitated: "Then why can't the land behind the shop be sold?" ”

Kuai Liang thought for a while and said: "The people like to live together, probably because there are too few people in the new district, or they will forcibly move some people in." ”

Liu Xin said resolutely: "No! We must not do that, everything must be done on a voluntary basis and in accordance with the will of the people. In this case, you go back and start the second batch of shops as soon as possible, and try to boost the popularity of the new town. ”

Waiting for Kuai Liang to say goodbye and leave, Liu Xin walked out of the study, looked up at his governor's mansion, and sighed: "With such a good environment, why is no one willing to live here." ”

Liu Xin calculated that there were still four years before Liu Hong returned to heaven, and the problem of Jiangxia and other four counties had not yet been resolved, and if he wanted to forcibly take it back, there was only one way to use force. However, in this way, it will cause a lot of trouble, cause a large number of casualties, not to mention, and expose one's strength and ambition prematurely. He has no other choice but to concentrate on development now.

The more than 20,000 Yellow Turban prisoners of war have been working harder and harder lately, and this month they were paid for the first time, much more than they had originally imagined, enough to feed their families. As long as they continue to work hard, they will be able to regain their freedom in another year, and then marrying a wife and having children will not be just a dream.

As soon as the enthusiasm came up, the progress of the project also accelerated. Now, these people are mainly responsible for the construction of four roads from Xiangyang to Wancheng, Zhangling, Jiangling, and Jiangxia. These roads used to exist, but they have been unmaintained for many years, and some places have been dilapidated, affecting traffic. Since the end of last year, these roads have been repaired for more than three months, and they are much easier to walk than in the past. The smooth flow of roads has further promoted the development of commerce in Xiangyang.

Liu Xin's words passed day by day in such half-joy and half-sorrow.

On this day, Cai Yong came out of the academy as usual, and inadvertently raised his head and saw a notice posted on the wall. The notice had been slightly yellowed, and it had apparently been posted there for some time, but he hadn't paid attention to it.

After school early today, Cai Yong couldn't help but stop and read slowly, and when he read that Wei Zhongdao was killed by the yellow turban thief Tang Zhou in Drunken Hongchen, he couldn't help but be stunned. After a long time, he came to his senses and entered his house, still looking ugly and his heart full of taste.

Cai Yan asked strangely, "Dad, what's wrong with you, what's the trouble?" ”

Cai Yong sighed and said, "Alas, Wei Zhongdao is dead. ”

Cai Yan's face turned red and said, "This hypocrite, what does Dad sympathize with him." ”

Cai Yong shook his head and said, "Where is Dad sympathetic to him, Dad thought of your relatives." ”

Cai Yan said embarrassedly: "Dad, it's not that my daughter can't get married, so what are you doing in such a hurry." ”

Mrs. Cai happened to come out from behind and interjected: "Yan'er, can you not be in a hurry as a father?" You're sixteen years old, and someone else's daughter is already a mother when you're your age. ”

Cai Yanjiao said angrily: "Mother, don't say it, I won't marry." ”

Cai Yong said solemnly: "Yan'er, my father also knows that you like Lord Liu, but he already has several wives and concubines, what is it if you marry now?" Listening to my father's words, I still dispelled this idea as soon as possible, and waited for my father to help you find a good family. ”

Cai Yan was "poisoned" by Ma Yun, and was no longer willing to accept the constraints of "the orders of his parents and the words of the matchmaker" in his marriage, and said angrily at the moment: "Dad, you pick and choose, not all of them are characters like Wei Zhongdao, such people, daughters don't marry!" ”

Cai Yong was speechless for a while, pointed at Cai Yan for a long time, said the word "you", and couldn't say it anymore. At the beginning, Wei Zhongdao was indeed what he liked, but it turned out to be so embarrassing for him, his vision was not as good as his daughter, Cai Yan objected on the fifteenth day of the first month of last year.

Cai Yan was troubled by her father, and she had a deep sense of crisis, she now only had Liu Xin in her heart, if her father didn't agree, what could she do? What's more, she doesn't know what Liu Xin thinks. In addition, she is not sure what Ma Yun's attitude is towards this matter.

With these thoughts in mind, Cai Yan came to the State Pastoral Mansion again. As Liu Xin's storytelling frequency changed to once every two days, she was embarrassed to still run to the state pastoral mansion every day, and it became once every two days.

After all, I should be able to hear a new story today, but I saw Liu Rui running around with Liu Yu in the yard, Ma Yun was shy with a big belly, smiling and watching them play.

Cai Yan saluted Ma Yun, and couldn't wait to ask, "Rui'er, why don't you tell a story today?" ”

Liu Rui didn't raise her head, and replied casually: "My father said, stop changing for a day today." ”

Cai Yan said in surprise: "What is the stoppage? Where did your dad get so many new words? ”

Liu Rui stopped, glanced at her and said, "It turns out that Sister Zhaoji is here." I won't talk about it today, so I'll come back tomorrow. ”

After speaking, he took Liu Yu around the yard in a circle. It's really difficult for this little girl, although she has a full stomach for Liu Xin's sudden stoppage, she doesn't dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction, for fear that Liu Xin will be angry for a while and completely break off, then the gain will outweigh the loss.

Cai Yan realized that today was a trip for nothing.

Ma Yun looked at her with a lost look, and said with a smile: "Sister Zhaoji, this story can't be told in a day anyway, and you have nothing to do at home, come and listen to it tomorrow." ”

Cai Yan heard her mention home, remembering the dispute with her father today, she couldn't help but feel angry, if her father really married her off, wouldn't this story be heard anymore?

Seeing that she didn't speak, Ma Yun looked entangled, suddenly understood something, and said: "Sister Zhaoji, you don't have to worry, when he finishes telling the story, I will ask people to copy it down, print a few more copies, and then you can take one home and read it slowly." ”

Cai Yan asked puzzledly, "How many more copies?" What is that? ”

Ma Yun covered her chest, it was over, and she was ahead again. She doesn't have to go out now, she is idle at home, so she thinks about movable type printing, but she didn't expect to be in a hurry, and she missed her mouth, so she had to say: "Well, I can't say it clearly for a while, and you will naturally understand when the time comes." ”

Cai Yan originally relied on his talent, and he sat down with some literati and wise men before, and he also answered fluently, and he did not fall behind at all. Since she met Liu Xin and Ma Yun, she has discovered what it means to have a sky outside the sky and someone outside the world.

Looking at the pot-bellied Ma Yun, Cai Yan's heart was sour for no reason, and he didn't know whether he was envious or jealous, so he suddenly said, "Madam, Cai Yan wants to ask you something." ”

Ma Yun liked this beautiful and intelligent girl very much, and when she heard her say that she had something to ask, she took her hand and sat down, and said, "Didn't you say okay, you just call me sister, come, you can say whatever you want." ”

Cai Yan secretly decided that he couldn't give up easily no matter what, so he said: "My sister once said that the happiness of our women depends on ourselves. ”

Ma Yun understood her thoughts, nodded and said, "Yes, I said such a thing. Sister, do you have someone you like? Whose son is so blessed, do you want me to let the master help you? ”

Cai Yan almost blurted out Liu Xin's name, but when it came to the end, he held back for a long time, and finally retreated, and said with a red face: "Not yet, I'll just ask casually." If, I mean, if there is such a person, how can we know what he means? ”

Ma Yun had already seen that she meant something to Liu Xin, and she didn't know if this was her own lure of the wolf. Having said that, Ma Yun doesn't have much opinion on Liu Xin finding a few more women now, this era is like this, everyone else is three wives and four concubines, but if you have a monogamous family, it must be an outlier in the eyes of others. However, if you ask her to encourage the beautiful girl in front of her to chase her husband, she can't say anything like that.

Ma Yun thought for a while and said, "It's just that if it's true, it's hard to say, it depends on the other party's surname." Some people like to be direct, some people like to be subtle, and some people are just a piece of wood, and if you talk to him a hundred times, he may not understand what you mean. ”

"Ahh That's right. Cai Yan was a little disappointed by Ma Yun's answer, but she still didn't give up, and asked again, "I don't know what my sister and adults said at the beginning?" ”

Ma Yungege smiled: "He's a typical big log." ”

For the sale of the second batch of shops, there are too many people who want to buy, according to Liu Xin's meaning, Kuai Liang will hold a public auction, and the one with the highest price will win. As the lord of Jingzhou, Liu Xin also changed into civilian clothes and came to the auction hall.

The auction hall is located in the hall of the county guard in Kuara, and all bidders must pay a certain deposit in advance. It has been half a month since the announcement was issued, and people from all over the world have come to report very enthusiastically. By the time the official auction was held, there was already a crowd of people in front of the county guard's house, and many people who could not enter the auction hall had gathered outside the door to wait for news.

Liu Xin could naturally enter the auction hall unimpeded, and he took Dian Wei and Fu Zhi to find a remote corner and sit down. For more than a year, the kind of modern tables and chairs brought by Liu Xin have gradually become popular in Jingzhou, after all, the climate in the south is humid, and sitting on the ground for a long time will still have a great impact on people's bodies. There were a number of small round tables in the hall, each with four chairs next to it. There is also a number plate in front of each seat, and Liu Xin also has a number plate in front of them, of course, they will not hold up this sign.

A total of 28 shops were auctioned on the same street in the new town. Although it is on the same street, the location is also good and bad, this is the so-called market entrance, so the starting price of each shop is different, which is clearly marked on the announcement, and the people who come to participate in the auction are very clear.

The auctions of the first 12 shops were carried out very quickly, and they were all successfully sold only 2 or 30 percent higher than the reserve price of the auction. When I arrived at the thirteenth shop, the scene suddenly set off a **.