In the early spring, the Jialing River flows slowly southward, the mountains on both sides of the river are undulating, the mountains are covered, but the sky is dark and full of haze.

In the first year of the rise, the Great Song Dynasty issued a decree to exempt the two roads of Lizhou for three years, so that the people could recuperate. With the imperial decree tilting towards the two roads of Lizhou, the government built water conservancy, repaired official roads, added city walls, and the infrastructure of the two roads in Lizhou, everything began to be built.

The official road of Lizhou West Road, from Chuzhou to Chengzhou to Xihezhou, this is the western route; From Chuzhou to Chengzhou to Tianshuijun, this is the middle line; From Chuzhou to Fengzhou and then to Dasanguan, this is the eastern route.

These three lines are three main lines, and the rest of the branch lines go to the counties of Lizhou West Road.

Lizhou East Road, because of the Hanzhong Plain is a straight line from east to west, so from the road of Lizhou West Road to the west county of Lizhou East Road, and then to Xingyuan Mansion, and then to Yangzhou line, it runs through the entire Lizhou East Road.

The construction of wide and straight official roads is also convenient for civil transportation, but also for the transportation of heavy grain and grass for the sake of the war in the near future.

After all, many of the supplies from Shukou have to come from Sichuan.

For the people of the Great Song Dynasty on the two roads of Lizhou, they naturally raised their hands in favor of the tilt of the imperial court's policy. The imperial court has reorganized its armament and strengthened the defense of the border fortresses, so they will naturally gain more security.

The government built water conservancy to facilitate irrigation, and the fields were naturally getting better and better.

The construction of roads, bridges, and cities has brought endless employment opportunities, and the people have income, and their lives are naturally getting better and better.

Also benefiting the old, weak, sick and disabled who have been eliminated from the army, who have land to cultivate, and can also earn extra income by building roads and cities in their spare time.

As for those young and vigorous strong men, they have joined the army. They are not like their parents, who work in peace and mind, but dream of making a career and breaking through the world on the battlefield.

On the road construction site in the south of the city, countless soldiers and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty are in full swing to build and pour cement pavement. Compared with a year or two ago, the official road that used to be potholed and not spacious is now flat, not to mention the width of the newly built official road, which is five zhang, enough for six or seven carriages to pass side by side.

Every three and five miles, there are always public toilets that appear in all directions to meet the needs of pedestrians.

His gaze swept over the towering city walls of Canzhou City, and among the crowd building roads, the young and thin Song Wu withdrew his gaze.

"Second brother, the city wall of Chuzhou is so high, I'm afraid it's more than two and a half feet, right?"

Song Wu asked curiously to the burly man with a dark face beside him.

"After it is heightened, it is three zhang. Reinforced with cement to heighten, strong and fast. The east of the city has increased by five miles, and now the city of Chuzhou is probably worth Lin'an City! ”

The second brother did it with his head stuffed and didn't raise his head.

"Second brother, is there too much money in the government and there is no place to use it, why is the road repairing so wide?"

Song Wu continued to ask, glancing at the overseer.

"What do you care about? The wider and longer the better, and we will always have work to do, and we will always have something to do! ”

The second brother stuffed his head and did not raise his head.

In his opinion, if you take other people's wages, you must do things well, otherwise you will be sorry for your conscience.

"Second brother, do you still want to do this rough work for the rest of your life? You see the two brothers Cao Youwen of Tongqing Mansion, who went to Jinling City once, and when they came back, they all became generals, and the governor of the state had to pay tribute to him. But majestic! ”

Song Wu said with a smile again.

"Old Five, what do you mean?"

The second brother raised his head and glanced at Song Wu in surprise, the work in his hands did not stop.

Although the overseers of the government do not beat and scold people, no one wants to be accused of being lazy.

"Second brother, didn't your brother take the Jinling Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and when he comes out, he will be an officer, and then you will wait to enjoy Qingfu!"

The old five mouths are sweet and compliment the second brother.

"Like the Cao Youwen brothers, there are not many in the entire Great Song Dynasty. Jinling lecture martial arts hall, although he can be an officer, but it is a better life and a future. He just takes care of himself, I don't drag him down! ”

Saying this, the expression on the second brother's face was much more relaxed.

is a brother of his own, and when he is an elder brother, he naturally has a bright face.

"What the second brother said is. Nowadays, the imperial court severely punishes corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and if anyone dares to take bribes, they will be imprisoned or even killed. The original Sichuan envoy Zheng Xianggong brought a large boat of gold, silver and jewelry when he went back, all of which were seized and the people were beheaded! ”

A dismissed officer joined the group.

Due to the popularity of newspapers in the Great Song Dynasty, anti-corruption and anti-corruption incidents have been repeated one after another, and the people are no strangers to the fall of Gu Song, Zheng Zheng and other court officials, and they are also applauding the fate of corrupt officials.

"That being said, are there any officials who are not greedy these days? I'm afraid it's a symptom but not a cure! ”

Lao Wu shook his head, not optimistic about the court's anti-corruption and anti-corruption.

"It's better to be anti than not to be anti, right? In the past, those who were officials were killed, but how could there have been an anti-corruption division before? I heard that the senior official of the Anti-Corruption Department is the uncle of the current dynasty, and in my opinion, the emperor wants to sincerely punish those corrupt officials and corrupt officials. As long as there are no corrupt officials, life will be much better! ”

The words of "military to civilian" made everyone nod their heads.

It is much better to kill the prestige of those corrupt officials than to do nothing.

"This new emperor seems to want to do something. I heard that he abolished the music of all official prostitutes in the Jiaofang Division, and let them all be good. This time, those corrupt officials and corrupt officials were dumbfounded, so they could only go home and hug the yellow-faced woman! ”

The fifth child's words made everyone laugh.

The overseer glanced at the crowd and saw that they were just laughing, and no one was lazy and did not interfere.

I'm about to have lunch, and it's acceptable to have some mouth cannon after working all morning.

"Speaking of official prostitutes, I heard that the emperor's lecture hall also recruits female students. The year before last, there were only a dozen, last year there were nearly 50, and this year there are almost 100. Second brother, didn't your brother say this? ”

"Turning military to civilian" asked with great interest.

"Anyway, the letter was brought by my brother to an old student who graduated from the martial arts hall. Eleven in the first year, forty-eight last year, and ninety-five this year. My brother also said that those military uniform factories, shoe factories, soap factories and so on in Jinling City, as well as many female workers, can earn three or four yuan a month in addition to eating and drinking! ”

The second brother's eyes also seemed to be a little suspicious.

Men plough and weave, and even women help with farm work. But will the women of Jinling City really come out to work and earn money?

"It's amazing for a woman to go out to work!"

Lao Wu shook his head, his eyes were full of yearning for Jinling.

"It's not a big deal for a woman to work. Let's just say that when it comes to making shoes and clothes, women are always more careful than men. If we make clothes and shoes, can we wear them? ”

Song Wu's words made everyone laugh.

"Lao Wu is right. There are some things that women are much stronger than men. The splendid scenery of Chengdu Mansion is famous all over the world, but those needlework are only done by those ingenious women. If a man did it, he would spoil the silk! ”

"Military to civilian" echoed Song Wu, and then the topic changed, and suddenly asked:

"Second brother, how many people does Jinling City have, is it more than Chengdu Mansion?"

"Well...... this"

The second brother remembered what his younger brother was thinking, and he talked more.

"I heard my brother say in the letter, Jinling City is very lively, with a population of one million, which is even more lively than Chengdu Mansion, but it's amazing!"

"Of course not! The emperor founded the Jinling Lecture Hall and the Jinling University Hall in Jinling, and implemented the new policy on Jiangnan East Road, organized and trained the new army, and everyone from all over the world ran to Jinling City, Jinling City must be lively and prosperous, different. In my opinion, the emperor may have to move the capital to Jinling! ”

The "military-to-civilian" analysis was carried out with great interest.

"Not to mention moving the capital to Jinling City, if you want me to say, it won't be long before the emperor will send troops north to restore the Central Plains. Otherwise, why train so many soldiers and build so many firearms? ”

Song Wu was very professional in his analysis, which made many people shake their heads.

"Don't fight! Look at our Lizhou West Road, how many people were ten years ago, and how many people are now. A few more battles, and the people will die! ”

An elderly man was worried and said with a sigh.

Lizhou West Road is in a border jam, the war is raging, and the population is insufficient. If you do it a few more times, you're going to die.

"Master Song, I don't like to hear what you say. There are so many people missing from Lizhou West Road, that is the sin done by the Jin army, not that we provoked them. Now the imperial court is training troops, which is a good thing. If we don't do anything, won't there be more people killed in the war? ”

The second brother was obviously brainwashed by his younger brother who was talking about martial arts, and immediately refuted it.

"What the second brother said is true! If you want to live a peaceful life, it depends on whether others are willing or not. Look at those officers and soldiers training, all of them are fierce and vicious, and the firearms in them are the same as those that thunder, which makes people's hearts furious! They deal with the Jin army, and it is useful to keep them! ”

The fifth brother also agrees with the second brother's statement.

Shukou is located in the border area, the people are fierce, these villagers are the same, they are familiar with it, most of them are not as afraid of war as the people in the south.

"Now this recruitment is not the same as before. Not to mention being young and strong, it is better to be literate. When he entered the camp, he did not get sashimi. It's just that the training is too hard, and I only have a day off for seven days, and I practice every day. You say, can those recruits be recruited? ”

It seems that Song Fuzi has studied the training of the military camp quite a lot, and what he said is also the head.

In fact, because he has the habit of reading newspapers, he has dabbled in all kinds of new things, so that he can talk eloquently and attract everyone's attention.

"It's about training well, so that they don't have the strength to come out and cause trouble. Besides, if you don't train well, how can you come out to protect you? Now the camp is practiced every day, and it is all about the training method of the martial arts, don't underestimate it, it's amazing! ”

"Turning the military into a civilian" solemnly said to everyone in a serious manner.

"It's time to eat!"

The voice of the overseer sounded, and the people put down their tools and walked out.

The second brother was eating multigrain cooking cakes and pickles, looking at a few officers riding majestic horses on the road, and his imagination fluttered.

It won't be long before his brother will be like this.

On the official road in the southeast of Chuzhou City, several horses came out of the dust, and the knights on the horses were fierce and fierce, shouting loudly:

"Everyone, listen to it, Lizhou Rongsi military order, Lizhou two roads are clear, everyone go home quickly to clean up, and immediately withdraw into the city of Chuzhou!"

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at each other, all in a daze.

After so many years, they couldn't have known what it meant.

It's going to be war again! This time, I don't know if it was the Jin soldiers who came to attack, or the legendary Tatar army invaded?