Chapter 217: Two years.

Before you know it, two years have passed.

During these two years, the situation in the Eastern Han Dynasty also changed dramatically.

Because of Emperor Ling's inaction, coupled with the continuous disasters, the darkness of officialdom, and the exploitation of the people by the family gatekeepers, the world is becoming more and more chaotic, and the situation of Yi Zi and eating is almost all over the world.

In the past two years, there has been a generation in Jizhou who claims to be a great sage and good teacher, who created Taiping Dao, shouting the slogan that the sky is dead and the yellow sky should stand, often using rune paper to save people, and there are so many believers that the yamen dare to be angry with them but dare not speak.

Of course, Wang Yi also knows about this, but what he means to Zhang Jiao now is to let him grow and cause the Yellow Turban Rebellion as soon as possible, and then the day when the heroes compete for hegemony will be the time for him to start completing the task!

In order to start the Yellow Turban Rebellion as soon as possible, Wang Yi didn't know how much money he had sent to Zhang Jiaoshu in private, and Zhang Jiao did not disappoint, he really wanted to stand up for the people, so he did his best, so that in just two years, Zhang Jiao's believers already had 30,000 people, and in time, it won't be long before the imperial court should send someone down to quell the matter.

Wang Yi's Changshan County is too guarded and comfortable, and the entire Changshan County is also thriving under his control, so that the name of this great sage and good teacher has not made any name in Changshan County.

On this day, when Wang Yi was drinking tea in the lobby of the villa, a young man suddenly ran in from outside the house.

"Master, there are many refugees outside the city." The young man looked handsome and chic, with long black hair tied behind his back, wearing a white boy's robe, and said hurriedly.

"Xiaoyun, how many times have I told you, do things steadily!" Wang Yi put down the teacup in his hand and slowly stood up: "Tell them to let them live outside the city now, and let them enter the city after the house is built in a few days." ”

"Master, why are we doing this kind of loss-making business?" Zhao Yun asked suspiciously.

"You kid, haven't you been to the east of the city recently!" Wang Yi stared at him and asked a little angrily.

To tell the truth, half of Zhao Yun's current success is due to himself, because in recent years, Changshan County has received a lot of refugees, so that the entire Changshan County is more and more populated, and the business contacts in the city are also extremely trade.

And Zhao Yun likes to go around the east of the city because he is young, so that now he has developed some market atmosphere.

"No, no, I've been reading poetry and books in the villa all these days." Xiao Zhao Yun looked at Wang Yi's appearance, his face turned obviously pale, and he said in a panic.

"I see your kid has itchy skin!" Wang Yihu was stunned and said, "One word horse!" ”

"Huh?" Zhao Yun's mouth opened wide.

"What are you! Hurry up, word horse! Wang Yi's eyes widened.

Zhao Yun looked at Wang Yi's appearance and could only say that he had a bitter face, and squatted up.

"You give me a good squat here! Punish you for squatting until dark! ”

After that, Wang Yi walked outside without looking back.

After a while, Wang Feng, who was covered in tendons, ran in, looked at Zhao Yun, who was punished for squatting on the horse, and asked suspiciously: "Xiaoyun, did you make the master angry again?" ”

"Brother Feng, save me" Zhao Yun said with a bitter face: "The master wants me to squat until dark, I don't want to die yet!" ”

"I can't save you, because of you, I'm punished now!" Wang Feng also had a bitter look on his face, thinking of what the master said to him just now, Wang Feng felt a grievance in his heart, why did Zhao Yun go out to play and be punished for himself!

"You've been punished too?" Zhao Yun asked suspiciously.

"Punish me for looking at you, it's not because you sneaked out to play, so that the master even punished me with him! I originally wanted to go out to play with Xiaocui today, it's all up to you! Wang Feng stood aggrieved aggrieved, standing straight, his feet 60 degrees apart, his legs straight, his thumb attached to the second joint of his index finger, and his hands naturally drooping and clinging.

After Wang Yi finished punishing them, the two of them walked out on the street alone.

At this time, the perennial population of Changshan County was stable at 300,000 people, and the floating population was as high as more than 200,000, while before Wang Yi managed Changshan County, the population of Changshan County was only 70,000 or 80,000 people, and the floating population was even more pitiful.

And why did the population of Changshan County increase from 70,000 to more than 300,000 in just two years? Because for the past two years, Changshan County has been growing very high-yielding crops, such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes.

The yield of these crops is not only earlier than that of corn and wheat, but also can be harvested many times a year, and the harvest is also extremely gratifying, more than ten times that of today's crops, so Changshan County, which has only 100,000 people, has grown ten times the yield of the previous one, stored more than ten years of inexhaustible grain, and absorbed three times as many displaced people, which is not a problem at all.

The food is easy to solve though, the biggest problem is the house.

At this time, Wang Yi appeared, funded them to build houses, build bridges and pave roads, and get paid for their daily work, with these wages, they can buy some daily necessities in Changshan County to improve their lives, at least they don't have to live on bark and weeds like before.

And Wang Yi also promised them that after the house was built, they could all live in it, and even give them land and seeds, so that they could have food to feed themselves, but they would take out 10% of the grain every year to pay off the mortgage, and as long as they repaid it for 30 years, the house would be completely owned by themselves.

This is completely in vain, the displaced people have never seen this kind of good people, they work very hard every day, they only hope that they can repay Wang Yi's kindness as soon as possible, with the help of the displaced people, the construction of Changshan County is getting better and better, the mud city wall that was only four or five meters high before has now been replaced by a stone city wall with a height of more than 15 meters.

Not to mention the construction in the city, compared with the town outside, it is simply a cloud and mud difference, now the west of the city is a living area, a piece of two-story small buildings rise from the ground, the north of the city is a farming area, where there are all acres of farmland, the north of the city is an industrial area, here, all the city residents can find a suitable job for themselves, and the east of the city, as mentioned before, is a commercial area, where it is full of mobile traders.

In September of this year, a red-faced man came to sell dates with a small wooden cart.

He has been opening his mouth since he entered the city, he remembered that he had come to Changshan County a few years ago, when Changshan County was just a backward town, but now, the scene in front of him made him not dare to fully believe what he was looking at, five or six meters of mud city wall has become a stone city wall more than ten meters high, the houses that used to be just scattered are now patches of houses, and the north of the city, the cost is the most surprising place for her, I remember where there used to be a wasteland, but now it has all become fertile farmland, The bazaar in front of him was completely different from the outside, and the passers-by were all ruddy and smiling, completely different from the people outside, which shocked the red-faced man.

"That man, what are you selling?" A tea vendor on the side of the road asked.

"Red dates." When the red-faced man heard someone ask, he came back to his senses and said, "The one that just came down is sweet and crispy." ”

"I don't care what you sell, find a place where no one is on the side of the road to sell, don't get in the way." The tea seller said, "Don't you see that we are all lined up on both sides!" ”

"Oh?" The red-faced man saw that it was true, all the small vendors selling things were lined up on both sides of the road, and none of them were in the middle of the road.

"Thank you." The red-faced man clenched his fists, pushed the car to a roadside open space not far away, opened the bag containing dates, and sat silently.

But after a long time, there was an endless stream of pedestrians on the road, and other small vendors sold things, but he was the only one who didn't sell a single date, but was tried to eat more than a dozen of them, but he still didn't buy them after eating, which made the red-faced man very depressed.

A small vendor selling peaches next to him was kind and smiled: "Brother is here for the first time, right?" ”

The red-faced man glanced at him and nodded, "Hmm." ”

"You can't do that." The vendor shook his head and said, "Look at your arrogant face, as if someone else is asking you to buy something from you, even if you want to buy it, you won't buy it." You have to smile and welcome people, be kind to customers, customers are our food and clothing parents, how can you do this attitude towards your parents? You say, isn't that the truth? ”

The red-faced man was stunned, and when he thought about it, it seemed to be true. But...... He used to sell dates in other places, and he has always been like this, and there are still people who buy his dates, so why can't he work here?

"Thank you, brother." Although he couldn't figure it out, the red-faced man was very affectionate and hugged his fists to thank him.

"No thanks, I also learned from others." The vendor smiled and waved his hand: "Remember, smiling faces are welcome, and people here don't eat other people's stinky faces." ”

The red-faced man nodded and tried to greet the guest with a smile, but the big man's smile was stiff and his expression looked funny. In this way, it caused passers-by to laugh, including a seven or eight-year-old girl who laughed and had a stomachache: "You laugh so ugly!" ”

The red-faced man's smile stiffened.

Although the smile is stiff, at least it is a smile to welcome customers, and the red dates are indeed freshly beaten, sweet and crisp, and they are still sold out quickly.

Looking at the five-baht coin in his hand, the red-faced man exhaled, rubbed his stiff face, turned his head and asked the small vendor who also sold peaches: "This brother, is there a small drinking shop here?" ”

"Yes! The hot wine in the north of the city is a must, clear as water, but fierce as fire, and it is not allowed to drink it if you are not a hero. The peach seller looked at the red-faced man and said, "I think brother, you are tall and brave, worthy of being a good man, you can go and have a drink." ”

"Oh?" The red-faced man was curious: "Is it really as good as my brother said?" So you have to taste it. ”

"Keep going until you enter the North District, and the tallest building will be." The peach vendor said as he helped people pack peaches.

"Thank you, brother, there will be a date later!" The red-faced man clenched his fists and pushed the cart straight to the restaurant that the vendor said.

According to the signs on the road, I went around and around, and soon I saw a four-story brick building, and when I looked around, this building was the tallest, and the red-faced man walked over slowly.

This restaurant is very high, at least more than ten meters high, the outside is all built with a kind of red bricks, take a closer look, the red-faced man is even more shocked, the floor of this restaurant is actually paved with a white shiny stone!

From the road just now, the red-faced man noticed the difference here.

The outside world, even if it is an official road, is uneven and very difficult to walk, but the road surface here is very smooth and hard, and the buildings here are all brick buildings, which are completely different from the civil engineering buildings and even thatched buildings in the outside world, and it is simply a paradise.

With doubts, he put down the cart and walked into the restaurant, where the decoration made the red-faced man dry again.

Please forgive him, anyone in the Han Dynasty would be stunned when they saw a restaurant full of modern decorations.

A waiter walked briskly with a professional smile on his face: "Guests, please take a seat, this is the menu, please order." ”

"......" The red-faced man looked at the names on the menu and the names of the drinks, as well as the prices listed behind, his hands were shaking, his heart was shaking, his eyes were straight, and his head was clouded: "This ...... So expensive? ”

The cheapest dish costs 50 five baht (purchasing power equivalent to 20 yuan), but he sold 50 catties of red dates before and only sold 56 five baht, and the wine here is even more expensive.

Hero wine (1 pot): 100 five-baht coins;

The red-faced man was annoyed and angry, and slapped the table: "You can't do it in a black shop here!?" ”

A loud noise, a roar, alarmed the other drinkers in the restaurant, most of the drinkers here are dressed in silk and satin, at first glance it is a rich family, a few are burly, strong men with blades, hearing this loud noise, one of the black-faced men scolded: "Straight thief!" This is a high-end restaurant, the price is expensive, and the poor ghost can't afford to eat it, so get out! It's a shame to say that this is a black shop! ”

The black-faced man's voice was several times louder than that of the red-faced man, and the ears of everyone in the restaurant were buzzing.

The red-faced man was ashamed and annoyed when he was scolded: "You black guy, your face is as black as the bottom of a pot, but your mouth is blacker than your black face, I'm afraid your heart will be even darker!" Isn't it a bandit and robber from somewhere!? ”

"Fart!" The black-faced man was furious, and was about to break the wine glass in his hand, but suddenly stopped, and carefully put down the wine glass, "Straight lady thief!" Dare to scold you Grandpa Zhang! Watch and hit! ”

The red-faced man kicked the table and chair in front of him: "I'm afraid you won't make it!" ”

The two immediately ping-pong and pong, and after a while, they knocked over several tables and chairs in the hall of the restaurant, but the other drinkers were not afraid, but applauded.

"Good! Well played! The black-faced, the black tiger digs out his heart and attacks him in the middle! ”

"Be careful, red-faced, make a loud drape and smash the black-faced head!"

"Sweep the legs! Fast! Sweep the legs! ”

"The dragon wags its tail! That's right, Shenlong...... Day! Is this a dragon tail swing? This is clearly a black donkey's upside-down hooves! ”

"Red-faced, he dares to use a black donkey to reverse his hooves, he doesn't have to talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes, the monkey steals the peach!"

(End of chapter)