Shangyuan is very lively today, and the villagers from the four fields and eight townships on the left have gathered here to fill the huge platform.

Today is not a New Year's Day, but the reason why so many villagers gather here is a little more important than the New Year's Festival, because today is the day when Shangyuan Li Lang is newly married and returns to his hometown for a banquet.

Naturally, there is no love and hate in the world for no reason, and most of these villagers who flocked to Shangyuan have never seen that Li Lang, but if you talk about Li Lang's deeds, especially the help and improvement brought to the township, everyone can talk endlessly.

Generally speaking, the waterways formed by the rippling blue waters of Luoshui and its tributaries, the deep wells and culverts distributed between the plateaus and slopes, the fertile soil irrigated by these canals, the lush and green wheat and corn in the fields, and the various workshops distributed in the riverside townships, all benefited from Li Lang's unremitting efforts to promote.

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In short, all the harvest of the villagers' millet and mulberry can be freely and conveniently exchanged for various necessary materials, and the needs of food, clothing, housing and transportation have been greatly met compared with previous years.

As long as the villagers are hardworking, they will have a variety of jobs to choose from, and if they work hard, the income of one ding is enough to support the daily living expenses of a family of five.

But there are few villagers who are so disrespectful to Ding Li, and the woman in charge only needs to put a loom to weave diligently, and the harvest in a year is not even inferior to half an acre of fertile land. Some skilled women who were able to weave high-end fabrics such as Kira and Aya brocade were able to become the breadwinners of the family and have a surplus.

In addition, the female concubines in the household who are physically weak and overwhelmed by heavy work can also receive livestock cubs in Shangyuan with their township registration and raise them at home, and then sell them in Shangyuan after they are raised, which is also a great subsidy for family income.

Even young men and women who have not yet grown up have a place to learn literature, engineering, arithmetic and martial arts, and if they perform well, they can also get subsidies such as schools and workshops, although it is not a huge investment, but the cost of maintaining growth and learning art is more than enough. There is no need to even consume food and clothing in the household, and these village teenagers can grow up and have a skill.

Although Li Lang has rarely settled in the township in recent years, the changes that have taken place in the township as a result of this cannot be said in a day.

The villagers are cunning, and the poor life makes them extremely sensitive to any petty profits, so that they are scheming and messing around. The villagers are simple, they can't learn the intrigue of the big guys, the mouth of the honey belly sword, morality only exists in the township, and then the calculation of interests and the implementation of rules.

A few days ago, the news that Li Lang was going to return to his hometown to entertain the villagers spread along Shangyuan.

Although most of the villagers were close to Li Lang, either the men and women of the household worked in their workshops, or the children of the households were taught in their schools, or they took out a loan of relief grain from the Qu League, or they could have received spring mills for free.

Therefore, although most of the villagers did not have an explicit invitation, when the time came to this day, they all put down the things at hand and gathered directly to Shangyuan, even if it was just a few cheers and a distant thanks, it could be regarded as a little expression of gratitude in their hearts.

When Li Tai's ferry boat was still approaching the opposite side in the Luoshui River, the scene of people surging and thundering on the riverbank surprised him, but fortunately, although the voices were chaotic, but with the distance getting closer, the excited voice could still be slightly distinguished, and it was basically nothing more than Li Lang was the light of Shangyuan and the first hope of the township, and he was deeply grateful and loved by the villagers.

Li Tai was not surprised that he could accumulate such a deep reputation in the township. He has never been a stingy ghost who raises his own fat behind closed doors, and with the growth of his own industry and power, Shang Yuan, who has the deepest stakes and shares weal and woe with him, has also benefited a lot.

His contribution to Shangyuan was not just as simple as repairing canals, digging wells, and watering a few more acres of fields, but also improving and creating the status quo of upgrading the entire local industry and greatly improving the quality of life.

Although Li Tai has not been in this world for a long time, he has done a lot, and a considerable part of them are based on Shang Yuan and other Luo

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The construction of water conservancy and the improvement of the foundation of industry and agriculture made Shangyuan one of the most important grain-producing areas and large-scale hydropower facilities in the Guanzhong region. The elimination of bandits in the territory has made the living and production environment safer, and has also provided a foundation for the development of commerce and trade.

The establishment of the Qumeng has made the local personnel resources more effectively dispatched, no longer limited by the constraints of the large estate economy, so that the villagers can get the opportunity to join the integration of local resources and industrial development regardless of the size of the industry.

Of course, aside from this series of specific steps, one of Li Tai's greatest contributions to Shangyuan was to protect the development of industry and order here through the improvement of his own potential.

The textile industry supporting the large spinning wheel told the development, so that Shangyuan had a strong grasp of the capital, and then Li Tai through the activities in northern Shaanxi, Longyou, Chang'an and other places, so that Shangyuan accumulated abundant funds in exchange for rich commodities, as well as a variety of first-mover industrial layout.

In the future, with the progress of the unification of the world, the decrees of the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasty will be extended further, Li Tai's prestige and power will become higher and higher, and the development of Shangyuan will be more outstanding. One day, although Huazhou is the nominal overlord of the Yuwen family, it is all Li Tai's appearance inside!

He felt the enthusiasm of the villagers here, and imagined a better future, but soon faced a more embarrassing situation, you came to welcome me but occupied all the riverbank docks, how can I go ashore and go home? Is this a warm welcome, or is it to kick me out of the village?

Fortunately, the villagers who welcomed them on the riverbank also noticed this after seeing Li Taizuo's boat coiling in the river but not docking, and when Li Zhusheng, Zhao and others commanded the villagers to lead some of the villagers backwards, they finally vacated the wharf.

The long history of returning to his hometown with Li Tai made Hu Yanbao not very aware of Li Tai's reputation and prestige in the township, and when he saw such a grand scene, it was a bit like facing the enemy's formation, so the crew drove the boat over Li Tai's boat, and first let the guards board the dock to form a formation, and then invited Li Tai to land.

When Li Tai set foot on the ground, the family protégés and villagers who stayed in Shangyuan greeted him one after another, and they greeted Li Tai with a courtesy.

Looking at the familiar and not-so-familiar faces, Li Tai felt very cordial. Shangyuan was the first place he stood after coming to Kansai, and in his mind it was like his hometown, listening to many local sounds at this time, and his heart was full of joy and excitement about the return of his wanderer.

Looking at the enthusiastic crowd around him, Li Zhusheng said with a look of shame: "Ah Lang's marriage is a great joy in the family, and the servant secretly plans to have fun with everyone, so he did not keep the date of Ah Lang's return secret. But I didn't expect so many villagers to rush to hear the news, and the situation was a little difficult to control......

Li Tai looked around and said with a smile: "Last year, the Eastern Thief soldiers came to Yubi for a few months, and the villagers were worried for a long time. Although we can't all have feasts and entertainment, we should try our best to satisfy the entertainment and meat soup and cakes, and the villagers will disperse when they are happy, and do not violently expel them!"

After hearing this, everyone hurriedly nodded yes, although there are a lot of villagers gathered here, but now Shangyuan City is also one of the largest township grass markets in the lower reaches of Luoshui, from the previous Shangyang Shu, the current Shangyang Fangcheng has been extended to the northern section of Shangyuan, more than ten miles along the river, the warehouse shop stretches in the meantime, and many shops are full of goods, enough to entertain these villagers.

Taking advantage of the crowd gathered here, Wu Jingyi, who had been in charge of the Qu League for a long time and had a large number of people in the township, climbed on the dock and shouted, announcing Li Tai's decision to the villagers.

When the bride Miaoyin and the lady docked by boat, Li Tai personally helped the lady into the car, and he also boarded the car and sat down, and a group of relatives and subordinates surrounded him and went up to Shangyuanzhuang.

Wherever they passed, the masses avoided one after another, spontaneously vacated a road, and constantly threw the flowers and herbs collected in the fields to Li Tai's car. It didn't take long for the carriage to be decorated as a fragrant and brightly colored float.

It was not the first time Miao Yin had come to Shangyuan, but after feeling the enthusiasm of the people on both sides of the road outside the carriage, her pretty face was also full of pride, and her eyes were full of admiration when she looked at Li Tai: "So many villagers have come to welcome the husband, my family is higher than the mountain and deeper than the river, and it will definitely be more prosperous in the coming year!"

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He even wrapped his arms tightly around Li Tai's arms, and his eyebrows and eyes were full of longing for the future.

When Li Tai heard this, he also laughed, took down the flowers from the car window, knitted these flowers into a wreath and put them on the top of the lady's head, and said with a smile: "It is certain that my family will be prosperous, but the prosperity of the family business is by no means the work of one person, and the lady has a lot to do. The villagers are so happy, not only to welcome me back to my hometown, but also to congratulate me on finally having a virtuous and beautiful lady in my household."

When Miao Yin heard her husband's compliment, she immediately smiled like a flower, and replied a little shyly, "They don't know me at all, how do they know if I am beautiful and virtuous!" It's just that I love the house and Wu, and I think that the one who can be worthy of the husband must not be an ordinary woman. Of course, I'm not the best today, but with my husband for a long time, close to Zhu Zhechi, I will always become a good ......."