Camels, mules and horses and people of all colors shuttle through the newly built streets of Nanzheng City, adding a beautiful scenery to this city.

Of course, the benefits brought by this scenic line are huge, merchants from all over the world brought many needed goods to Nanzhengcheng, and at the same time, they bought a large number of items produced by Nanzhengcheng's workshops, so that Nanzhengcheng prospered.

The prosperity of the city will inevitably increase the population, and the increase in population can further promote the prosperity of the city, so a virtuous circle, the economy and population of the entire Liangzhou will usher in comprehensive development.

Hua'an took Ma Dang, Zhang Yu and others to patrol the new street to check the operation of the street.

Looking at the bustling crowd, everyone's faces showed a happy expression, nearly a year's efforts have not been in vain, the new streets extending in all directions are finally built, the merchants no longer have to crowd in the narrow old streets, the larger the area of the street, the more complete the variety of goods, the faster the logistics of goods, and the faster the economic development.

"Lord Zhang, the street was completed so quickly, it's all your credit!" Hua An looked at Zhang Yu and praised him.

Zhang Yu smiled and said humbly: "This is all the foresight of the general, and the subordinate only has the merit of supervision, which is not worth mentioning." ”

Hua An looked back at Madang and asked softly: "Lord Ma, the new street has been completed recently, and the number of merchants has increased a lot, and the tax revenue of the treasury must have increased a lot!" ”

"Back to the general, judging from the current situation, this month's taxes. That's at least twice as much as last month! The big box of money in the treasury is not enough. Madang said happily.

Hua An was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "There are so many, it seems that the development of the situation is consistent with what Ben Jiang expected, and it won't be long before the silver taels spent on the construction of the new street can be earned." ”

"Yes! General, according to the current transaction volume of the market, the silver taels of the treasury have increased dramatically, and with enough silver taels, we can also build several cities around Nanzheng. And then develop Liangzhou, Yizhou, and Qinzhou. Zhang Yu said excitedly.

Hua An smiled. said: "With the silver taels, it will be much easier to do anything in the future, even if the army is expanded by another 200,000, the silver taels of the treasury can also be supported." ”

Zhang Yu and Ma Dang heard this. They all nodded approvingly.

At the same time as the construction of new streets. The construction of water conservancy facilities in Liangzhou and Yizhou has not stopped. Through the unremitting efforts of water conservancy personnel headed by Li Shuqu, large areas of wasteland in Liang and Yier Prefectures have become fertile land. The land that could not be leveled into fertile land was transformed into pasture, and as a result, agriculture and animal husbandry in Liang and Yier Prefectures have been unprecedentedly developed, and the lives of the common people have been greatly improved.

With a good life, the people's bodies are stronger, more children are born, the mortality rate of underage children is also greatly reduced, and the population has begun to grow significantly.

The people of the surrounding prefectures and counties, including the northwest and Guanzhong, began to migrate to Liangzhou and Yizhou one after another, which further increased the population of Liang and Yizhou, and caused the population of the Hua'an Metropolitan Governor to grow rapidly.

With a larger population, it means a massive increase in the population of the army, which will undoubtedly strengthen Hua'an's strength.

In Liang and Yi'er Prefectures, where the population is sufficient, the food is sufficient, and the silver taels are sufficient, Hua'an can expand the army on a large scale at any time, with mountains of military rations and more and more silver taels, even if the army is expanded by 300,000.

It is only for the sake of the stable economic development of Liang and Yi'an that Hua'an cannot really expand the army on such a large scale, because the larger the scale of the military expansion, the greater the damage to economic development.

In order to maintain the speed of economic development in Liang and Yi'an, Hua'an's existing main forces will not be expanded, but the training of the common people during the agricultural slack will be further strengthened to enhance the combat effectiveness of these paramilitary forces and prepare for the future Northern Expedition.

After inspecting the newly built streets, Hua'an took a group of people to inspect the suburbs, at this moment, the suburbs were busy farming, and the people were busy harvesting crops.

A few miles east of Nanzheng City, Hua'an and his party stood on a small hill, looking down at a large field in front of them.

The golden ripe crops are not in sight, and the people are busy harvesting in the fields.

"Look, it's been another bumper year! Nan Zhengcheng's official warehouse is afraid that it won't be able to let go again, haha! Hua An laughed as he spoke.

"Yes! This year's harvest is even better than last year's, and fortunately, the general has expanded a number of military granaries in the city, and with these military granaries, no amount of grain can be accommodated. Ma Dang hurriedly said.

When Zhang Yu heard this, he said with a smile: "The official warehouse in the city can't hold grain, and we still have spare military granaries, but if the granaries in the people's homes can't hold them, where should we put them?" ”

"Haha! That's right! What should people do if they can't have enough food in their homes? Hua An also smiled happily.

In fact, the grain is dead, the people are alive, the grain can't be saved, the people will naturally take it to the market to sell, this is inevitable, but the two of them joked like this, so that everyone experienced the joy of the harvest.

Hua An looked at the busy people in the distance and said softly: "The people here are finally living a good life, but do you know? There are still many places in the world where the common people are hungry. ”

When Zhang Yu heard this, he hurriedly replied: "What the general said is that the lower officials traveled to Kyushu, but there are many places where the people are poorly clothed and hungry, and even human life is not as good as the life of dogs, especially in Hebei. ”

"Shi Hu of Zhao State is deliberately hard to serve the Jin people, this person is vicious, he really deserves to be thundered by the sky, but unfortunately the strength of the general is still insufficient, I am afraid, only when Shi Hu returns to the sky, can he have the ability to go north to the Central Plains to rescue the suffering people there." Hua An said with some regret.

"The general can rest assured, we will do our best to assist the general and prepare enough military food and salary for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, so that the general will have no worries." Ma Dang continued to make a positive statement.

"The general's ambition will definitely come true, and Zhang Yu is willing to serve the general before and after the saddle." Zhang Yu also expressed his full support for Hua'an.

"I'll follow the general to the death." Everyone unanimously expressed their support for Huaan.

Seeing that everyone expressed their desire to support him, Hua Anxin was very moved, nodded his head, and said that he would definitely live up to expectations and recover all the land lost by the Great Jin.

"The soldiers and horses are all left in place, and the adults will follow me to the fields to have a look, and ask the people here how they are living." Hua An looked at the people behind him and said.

Naturally, everyone had no opinions, so they followed behind Hua An and walked towards the field where they were busy farming, and the reason why Hua An and the others had to go on foot was to prevent the war horses from being frightened and trampling the wheat.

At this time, it was afternoon, the weather was very hot, and the people who worked had to pull up their clothes and wipe their sweat every time they worked.

Seeing Hua'an and his party walk in, the people who were working stopped, although they didn't know Hua'an, but from the outfit of Hua'an and his party, they began to see that they were all officials of the imperial court.

Hua An looked carefully, and there were five people working in front of him, two men and three women, specifically an old man, a young man, two young women and a young girl.

These five people look like a family, especially the old man and the young man in the prime of life look very similar, like father and son.

Since they had never seen a big official, the family of five was suddenly stupid, and stood there motionless as they watched Hua'an and his party approach.

From the sluggish expressions of these five people, it can be seen that they are all honest farmers, and they are the most industrious and simple kind.

Hua An walked over with a smile, looked at the five people, and said softly: "The weather is so hot, are you tired of harvesting crops." ”

Seeing Hua An's question, the old man hurriedly bent down and saluted, and smirked: "My lord, we are all suffering lives, we don't feel tired, we don't feel tired." ”

Seeing that the old man was a little nervous, Hua An smiled and asked again: "Old man, how is this year's harvest, is life good?" ”

"The harvest is very good, better than any year, and the family is almost unable to save, hehe!" The old man smiled stupidly when he finished speaking.

As soon as they heard that they couldn't save it, everyone looked at Zhang Yu, and then they couldn't help laughing.

Seeing that Hua'an and his party were very approachable, and the old man's family was not so nervous, the atmosphere at the scene became harmonious.

Hua An looked at the few people behind the old man and said softly: "Old man, these are all your family!" How blessed you are! ”

"My lord, this is my third son and youngest daughter, as well as my eldest daughter-in-law and second daughter-in-law." The old man was very happy to be praised by Hua An, and he was no longer restrained in his speech.

Hua An smiled and asked again, "Old man, what about your eldest son and second son?" Why didn't they come to work? ”

When the old man heard this, his face was proud, and he hurriedly said: "My lord, my eldest son and second son are both on errand in the army, especially my eldest son, what is the chief?" After saying that, there was pride on his face.

When Hua An heard this, he learned that his two sons had joined the army, so only two daughters-in-law were working, and then took a closer look, although his two daughters-in-law were not beautiful, they were very healthy, and they were typical hard-working and simple women.

"Old man, your two sons have joined the army, do you want them to come back?" Hua An asked softly.

"Yes!" The old man blurted out, then shook his head and said: "No, my son wants to stay in the army and serve the imperial court, the imperial court makes our lives better and better, and we also have to do something for the imperial court." ”

Seeing that an ordinary old farmer's ideological consciousness was so high, Hua An nodded with satisfaction and praised the old man.

After chatting with the old man about the agricultural harvest, Hua An and his group left the field and returned to Nanzheng City.

In this day's investigation, Huaan accurately understood the situation at the grassroots level, which can be described as a great gain. (To be continued......)