Tobu Castle is the seat of Liu Cun's upcoming governorship, and this city is very ordinary compared to the cities of the surrounding counties, but it is of great significance to Liu Cun.

First of all, this is the key place for Liu Cun to "fall from the sky", although he only took half a day from arriving here to fleeing here, and he has not yet seen the true face of the city, but in a sense, Tobu City is undoubtedly the birthplace of Liu Cun.

Secondly, this city is the place where Liu Cun and his wife Sun Wan met, and it was precisely because of this encounter that the two finally came together and became a husband and wife who loved each other and loved each other.

Therefore, when Liu Cun inspected the city under repair, accompanied by Ji Wei, the new county magistrate, there was an indescribable sadness in his heart, although Ji Wei was entrusted by Liu Cun to find more than a dozen corpses of Sun Wan's original husband's family and bury them, but at this moment Liu Cun saw that there was chaos everywhere in the city and outside the city, and the traces of the original Yellow Turban burning city could be seen everywhere, and there were still bursts of sadness and emotion in his heart.

Liu Cun saw that the progress of the entire renovation was very slow, and after asking the reason, he couldn't cry or laugh: most of the 25,000 displaced people who were in charge of the construction had fled to Langya County and the rebuilt Tongcheng.

Returning to the county government in the city, which was still relatively intact, Liu Cun summoned the remaining 11 officials to listen to the report, and only then did he learn that the total number of residents inside and outside the county town was only about 14,000, most of whom were peasants from the surrounding villages, and there were only more than 3,400 aborigines.

After understanding the general situation, Liu Cun ordered to stop the repair of the four city walls, concentrate all his labor to clean up the ruins in the city, and seize the time to build houses.

Faced with the map of Dongwu County taken out by the officials like a freehand landscape painting, Liu Cun was distressed and helpless, picked up the brush and drew four thick black straight lines running through the city on the map, threw down the pen and commanded loudly: "Record!" ”

The fifty-year-old Gong Cao, who was left in the previous batch of officials, hurriedly found Mu Du and pen and ink, and several new sword and pen officials picked up the bamboo slips in a panic and lifted the brush.

Seeing this, Liu Cun sighed secretly, lowered his voice and patiently explained: "Now that most of the houses and land outside the city have no owners, you should collect it as official property, register and make a register, and take advantage of the fact that there is not much population now, and there is no need to pay too much compensation, you should replan the four narrow and crooked main roads in the city, widen the streets for future development, build drainage ditches for the health of everyone, clean up the ruins and leave a few large vacant land, in order to build a county school and build a military camp in the future." I dare say that in a year's time, Tobu Castle will return to its heyday, and there will be 50,000 to 80,000 people living inside and outside the city, or even more, so everyone will have to do everything on this scale. ”

Seeing the stunned looks on everyone's faces, Liu Cun didn't bother to explain too much, and directly said his decision: "Later, I will write an IOU to Master Ji, and you will get the much-needed bricks, wood, cement and food when you get the Zhushan Chamber of Commerce in Xiahe City. ”

"At present, there are three things that need to be worked together: first, to repair and expand the residential areas in the north and west of the city, which are still intact, and strive to accommodate 10,000 people within two months. Second, according to the four lines I draw, build two horizontal and two vertical four main roads through the city, the roadbed is required to be five zhang wide, the road surface is tamped with triple soil, and the two sides of the main road are built with masonry and cement to build a solid drainage culvert, which is covered with stone strips to undertake the diversion in the rainy season and the sewage discharge in the homes of the residents of the city; Third, at each intersection and alley, a deep well should be drilled, and the territory around the wellhead should not be less than ten zhang square, and the well platform should be built with stone slabs and cement to facilitate the people to get water. As long as you do these three things well, it will be easy to do anything else. ”

After Liu Cun finished assigning the task, he entered the backyard to visit Xu Sheng's family and Ji Wei's family, and stayed to eat together at Ji Wei's request.

After having a simple meal, Liu Cun asked Ji Wei: "Isn't it good to send you the East Courtyard of Xiahe City?" Why move to this dilapidated place that has not yet been built? ”

Ji Weile replied: "Under the teachings of my sister, my subordinates have figured it out, since the lord has raised his subordinates to the high position of the county prince, the subordinates must be worthy of the lord's trust, and be able to rebuild a new city on a piece of ruins, which is enough to make people proud for a lifetime!" ”

Liu Cun looked at Xu Mu and Xu Sheng, who were happy to laugh on the side, nodded and laughed in a low voice: "I wanted you to be a civil official for a period of time, accumulate some experience in governance and then transfer to the military, but now it seems that being a civil official is also quite suitable for you, since this is the case, let's stay up for a few more months, if it goes well, how about you take over the post of Dongwu County Commander in the spring of next year?" ”

Ji Wei was taken aback: "Where is the Lord going?" ”

Liu Cun said with a smile: "I'm not going anywhere, I just need to focus on the expansion of the army, in addition to doubling the scale of infantry and cavalry, but also expanding our naval army." It is estimated that you have also heard about the shipping fleet, so far, we have eight 1,600 stone cargo ships, and there are five 6,000 stone cargo ships under construction on the slipway of the Zhushan Workshop, our fleet has already transported goods between Langya and Donghai County, and opened the sea trade route from Zhushan Port to Bohai County in Jizhou last month, and transported two batches of ten ships of Zhushan ceramics, Langya wine and other goods to the Jizhou Gongsun family every month, and transported back to Jizhou fine iron, grain and war horses, etc., the income obtained by sea is very large, and after opening up the sea trade route between Liaodong and Sanhan, The profits will increase dramatically, and then we won't have to worry about money. ”

Ji Wei was stunned, and Mother Xu on the side slowly put down the teacup and listened attentively, only Xu Sheng, who followed Liu Cun to learn more about it, was full of smiles.

Liu Cun continued: "Over the past year, the Zhushan Chamber of Commerce and the fathers and villagers of the major workshops have been working hard, desperately making all kinds of utensils to sell to make money, everyone knows that with money can live better, and can also settle batches of miserable homeless people who have suffered the same as themselves, reclaim more wasteland to grow food, build more and better houses to live and work in peace and contentment, and all this must have a stable living environment, and must establish a strong army that can protect the fruits of their labor." With the increasing number of displaced people who need to be resettled, it is urgent to expand the infantry cavalry, and as the fleet becomes more and more profitable, sooner or later it will be envied and robbed, so it is impossible to have enough warships and sailors to protect the cargo fleet. ”

Ji Wei couldn't sit still anymore: "Lord, my subordinates want to enter the army in their dreams!" We can't move the navy, it's always okay to be an infantry soldier, right? ”

Liu Cun couldn't help but smile and said: "When you become a military candidate, let's be a civil official for a while, and wait for Dongwu City to be repaired before leaving, not only can you have a beginning and an end, but more importantly, you can understand the administrative procedures, be familiar with the demand for various materials, accumulate experience in overall planning, and develop the habit of looking at problems and solving problems from the overall situation, which is good for you." ”

Ji Wei immediately understood Liu Cun's good intentions, nodded heavily at the moment, and no longer made any requests.

Mother Xu, who understood the righteousness, walked slowly and saluted Liu Cun respectfully: "Thank you Lord for your support to the younger brother and the dog!" ”

Liu Cun hurriedly returned the salute: "You're welcome, it should be right for me to say thank you, Brother Ji seems to be rough, but in fact he is meticulous, can write and calculate, has rich experience, and is a rare general, but he didn't have the opportunity to show his talent before; Xu Sheng is very good, diligent and practical, extremely talented, and over time, he will definitely become a powerful man in the world! Isn't it a great blessing for me to work with them? ”

"Lord ......" Xu Mu and Xu Sheng called in unison, so moved that they couldn't speak.

Liu Cun looked at the six and a half children gathered around Ji Wei's wife: "After a while, let's go back to Xiahe City to live in peace, Langya Academy will be able to use it on the ninth day of the next month, and there will be many celebrities who are willing to go to the newly built Langya County in the east of the city to learn to be a gentleman, and it will be convenient for the children to study." ”

Xu's mother and Ji Wei's wife hurriedly thanked him, Xu Sheng and his younger siblings were also very happy, the magnificent and prosperous Xiahe City is no longer what it used to be, the population has increased to 120,000, the city is neat and clean outside the city, each street is flat and wide, all kinds of trees are planted on both sides of the street, the buildings with unique shapes are neatly arranged, the shops are lined up one after another, the wine shops are full of people, and even the big medical halls that are rare in other places have opened three, everywhere is orderly, stable and prosperous, it can be said that today's Xiahe City has become a place that countless people yearn for.

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