Liu He unknowingly stayed in this carpentry workshop in Meng Ban for nearly two quarters of an hour.

When he crossed the street and returned to the carriage, Dai Zong was already in a bit of a hurry.

Dai Zong saw Liu He's gloomy face, thinking that Liu He was angry in the carpentry workshop, so he hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Doorman, is there anything wrong, do you want to go out?" ”

"No, get in the car and go out of town." With that, he got into the carriage.

Dai Zong didn't dare to ask more, and jumped into the carriage with him.

After about a quarter of an hour, the carriage passed through the north gate and came out of the city.

Outside the north city and inside the north city are full of alleys where people live, except that there is a north wall that is considered a dividing line, there is not much difference between the two.

The alley outside the north city is even wider than the alley in the city, but because it is developed freely, it is inevitable that there will be some chaos.

In addition, there is no special market outside the city, and small business vendors can be seen everywhere, which is very prosperous.

In this era, the commodity economy has already developed in its infancy, and although bartering still exists, money has become the main means of payment.

In particular, the five-baht coin implemented by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is of high quality, stable in value, and not easy to cut, which is very popular with the common people.

If there is any drawback, it is too heavy and not easy to carry.

The officials can receive millet or money directly, and there are not too many restrictions.

Commodity prices are related to the lives of every people, and they can also understand the situation of the entire Han Dynasty from the fluctuation of commodity prices: for Liu He, who cannot leave Changyi at will, this is also an important means of obtaining information.

Because the alleys outside Beicheng were even more chaotic, Dai Zong had to slow down the speed of the carriage, which was also convenient for Liu He to instruct him to get off the car at any time to inquire about the prices of various commodities.

"Under the door, the millet in that grain store is now one hundred and fifty yuan."

"Now is the time when the green and yellow are not connected, and it is not expensive to increase by fifty yuan, it seems that the surrounding counties are quite smooth."

"Under the door, the lamb is two hundred dollars a head, and the dog is one hundred and fifty dollars a piece."

"This should be sold for three months, the sheep cubs are enough for a hundred yuan, the people's life is acceptable, otherwise people can't eat, where is the time to serve these animals and think about eating meat?"

The life of the people was reasonable, but the barefoot children, the vegetable-colored faces, the sewage-ridden streets, the patches on the sackcloth...... All made Liu He's eyes tingle.

However, this is already a peaceful year with no natural disasters and no man-made disasters.

This kind of "rough security" is fragile, not to mention the sudden outbreak of war, perhaps even the flood brought by a torrential rain will completely reduce the lives of hundreds of people.

Liu He felt that the people of this big man deserved a better life.

After the carriage passed through these lively and chaotic alleys outside the northern city, the population gradually became scarce. At this time, Liu Hecai told Dai Zong everything he had just asked in Mengban's carpentry workshop.

When Liu He said that the Changyi County Engineer required each carpentry workshop to pay a fixed miscellaneous fee, Dai Zong was also very angry and dissatisfied.

"When we gave the drawings to the engineers, we told them clearly and clearly that they were not allowed to charge any miscellaneous fees, so how dare they make their own decisions?"

"That's a good question, but let me ask you, how can this engineer not dare to call the shots?"

"This ......" Dai Zong was dumbfounded for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

How could an engineer not dare to call the shots?

Not to mention that the words of a few of their confessors do not have any binding force, even Liu He's words do not have any binding force on the workers.

Moreover, Liu He has said too much and done too much, I am afraid that he will be charged with interfering in state affairs.

"Do you want An Le Xiang to come forward?"

"This should be a decision made by the Changyi County Engineer without authorization, and when the Engineer arrives, he will knock that Ma Yanshou and let him deal with this matter."

Ma Yanshou is the engineer of the entire Changyi country, so he is the direct official of the engineer of the rest of the counties, and it is only appropriate for him to deal with this matter.

If everything needs to be brought forward by An Lexiang, then Liu He's small actions will sooner or later attract the attention of the central court.

Having said this, Dai Zong, who had talked a lot along the way, seemed to suddenly fall silent.

Liu He roughly guessed the other party's thoughts, he first took the leather pot filled with honey and drank it himself, and then unscrewed the leather pot filled with water and handed it to Dai Zong.

Dai Zong didn't have any points, so he took it and poured a few sips.

Although it was not filled with wine, it still made Dai Zong ask what he thought.

"Your majesty, the subordinate has something to ask."

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"That may be a bit of a paradox."

"Hahaha, you didn't know me on the first day, is there anyone more rebellious than me?"

Dai Zong thought about it again, and finally said as if he had made a lot of determination: "Your Majesty, we, Lang Zhong and the confessors, are all subordinate officials selected by Lang Zhong Ling for you, and we get along day and night, we know that you are not as arrogant as outsiders seem. ”

"Everything you did was for the good of these people in Changyi Kingdom, so Lang Zhongling took the risk to make us obey your command, and we were willing to do those things that were ridiculed by other Confucian students."

"In the past two years, although the officials in this country are also willing to help, the subordinates always feel that their names are not right, their words are not good, and sometimes they are even unable to exert their strength."

"Just like today, if you hadn't happened to go to that workshop, we don't know when we would have learned about it."

"This little Changyi County worker dares to be so disobedient, there are so many officials in the country, I don't know how many are doing the same thing."

"If that's the case, what's the point of us following the door?"

"Disciple, this is not only my Dai Zong's doubts, but also other people's doubts, the subordinate is a straightforward person, I want to ask you, why are we doing these things?"

In the past, Liu He would definitely answer Dai Zong with the simple four words "for the people", which was also the "excuse" that Liu He had used in the past two years.

Dai Zong and they are all young and vigorous, and they still have a persistent belief in the so-called "great harmony in the world" and "the world is for the public".

The four words "for the people" are enough to make these "unqualified" Confucian students go to the soup for it.

But this is not a long-term solution, after going through the polishing of success and failure, they will think deeper, this is human nature.

It's not just Dai Zong, it's Yu Wuwu them, and even Gong Sui and Wang Shi are counted...... Many people are more and more curious about what Liu He is going to do.

So Liu He understands that at this time, the words "for the people" must not be the answer Dai Zong wants.

Even if these Langzhong and confessors are really dedicated to the people, they also need a clearer answer.

Liu He wanted to wait a little longer, and then make it clear to them, but since he talked about it today, it was better to simply say it.