Chapter 284: Friends from Far Away
Regarding Lu Desheng's request to move the county guard mansion to Houcheng, Song Mo, the son of heaven, only felt annoying. The first time he pressed it down and ignored it. The second time, he was so angry that he rebuked him. But Lu Desheng, who has no face and no skin, just doesn't know what it is to be rejected, and he has repeatedly handed over the fold to Chang'an. Just for one thing, move the house!
At this time, there was a big flood in the south, and Song Mo was annoyed to death.
Every day, bad news comes back to Chang'an.
The village here is flooded.
The embankment there was washed away.
The grain was either washed away, or soaked in water and moldy, and the affected people waited for the rescue and relief of the imperial court. There were even ordinary people who were affected by the disaster and revolted and robbed the local county government guards.
All kinds of bad news followed. The court is also arguing about disaster relief.
On this day, he received Lu Desheng's request to move the mansion, and when he saw the excerpt, he said that if the emperor refused his request to move the mansion again, he would really not move the mansion, but he would also explain the reason to the people.
Song Mo's face was green at that time, it was something that this guy would do!
He gritted his teeth and waved his hand, and it was ready to play.
At the same time, Song Mo made a hard note for him.
Of course, Song Mo knew that what Lu Desheng said was reasonable, and he moved the county guard mansion to Houcheng, so that the people could be reassured.
He, the emperor, can also worry less about dim sum.
However, the relocation is troublesome. If he agreed, with Lu Desheng's virtue, he would definitely ask the court for money to move the house, and now that the treasury is tight, how can he have money to give Qian Huohuo. That's why he didn't want to pay attention to it. The most important thing is that if the government is not moved, there will be no problem in Liaodong County, but the people will have to live in fear for a while.
But the spies he arranged sent back a secret report that this guy had already been cut first and then moved.
He is not surprised at all, Lu Desheng has always been bold and willful.
If it weren't for Lu Desheng's great achievements, he was worried that if he clicked, Liaodong would be chaotic, and he really wanted to kill him.
Liaoyang, Liaodong County
The little steward took the booklet and took the roll call:
"Little Chicken Village, after a month of service, you can leave in the afternoon!"
"Qiaotou Village, after a month of service, I will leave in the afternoon!"
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The villagers of the named village were both happy and reluctant, and they were happy to go home, but they felt reluctant to think that they would not be able to drink these delicious soups provided by the government in the future.
In the afternoon, countless men carried their bags and walked home in groups of three or five with their fellow villagers, talking and laughing.
They walked on the official road that had been repaired, and at a glance, they were in a beautiful mood. They built such a wide road, proud.
"This road construction is easier than last year's river repair."
"Of course we are relaxed, the most tiring and hardest work is taken care of by bandits."
"Dad, are you still fat?"
"It shouldn't be fat, but it's not like in previous years, the whole person seems to be squeezed dry after serving servitude, tired and thin."
"Dad, go back and rest for two days, and I'll go to the town to find a job." It was a young man who spoke.
This time it is said that a month of service is a month. Unlike in previous years, the period of conscription had to be extended before the work was completed, sometimes for a month or two. After serving the service, he had to recuperate for a long time before he felt alive, and this time he felt that he only needed to rest for two days to recover.
The old man also felt sorry for his son, "Don't worry about this, your mother and second brother came to send us dry food a few days ago, didn't you say?" The family bought a limited amount of affordable grain. There are dozens of catties of grain, save a little to eat, and together with all kinds of vegetable leaves, you can spend a long time. ”
The young man nodded, "Okay, I hope that after a while, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce will still have cheap grain to sell." ”
When others heard this, their hearts said, Who would not want it?
"Let's cheer up, our days will get better and better."
"Yes, now that the cottages in our counties have been removed, I don't have to worry about being robbed and robbed when I walk on the road, and I can sleep more peacefully at night. This year's crops are growing well, and it will be good to wait for the grain to mature. ”
"At least life is hopeful now, not as desperate as it used to be."
"Lord Lu is really good, he came, Xianbei didn't go south, and the bandits were also caught."
"Not only that, but this Liaodong Chamber of Commerce is also the only one he came here." Only then can they buy affordable grain.
"It is said that this Liaodong Chamber of Commerce was specially approved by Lord Lu."
"I heard that this time, only Houcheng, Liaoyang, Wangping, Wuxi, and Gaoxian counties can buy it. None of the other counties are sold. ”
"Therefore, we must actively respond to the call of the government in the future." Anyway, they just need to be obedient, and Lord Lu won't forget them.
Although these people are all serving to build roads, their families bring them dry food every once in a while, and they will also bring them all kinds of news.
There are a lot of people who serve together, no, they really have heard all kinds of news.
After Lu Desheng came to power, several things he did in the name of the government were closely related to the people's livelihood, and the effect was immediate, and the feelings of the people were the most obvious.
The junction of Liaodong County and Liaoxi County
Zhou Congguang said, "Master, the front is Liaodong County." ”
They are currently in Changli County, and they went directly from Changli to Wuxian County in Liaodong County.
At this time, Zhan Fuzi's group of four people has become a group of six.
The extra two were picked up by them in Youzhou and Youbeiping County respectively.
One is full of talent, and he was taken by the master of Youzhou, and wanted to leave him as his clerical officer.
The other is that the entanglement is exhausted, but fortunately, Youbeiping County is not far from Liaodong County, and he plans to walk over slowly.
When James heard what was going on with them, he invited them to come along.
"It's finally time to get to Liaodong County!" Zhan Fuzi sighed.
It's really a lot of hardships, Cheng Yi, the little disciple and his second sister's filial piety, he has a clear conscience. You must know that when they passed through Youzhou, they firmly refused the invitation of Bo Dali, the lord of Youzhou, to stay.
When they came out of the foot of Yandang Mountain, they saw a road that was twice as wide as the official road they were walking now extended to their eyes, and on the side, a boundary monument was erected, and the three words of Liaodong County were written on the tablet.
On both sides of the official road, two rows of houses were built, and there was a dam paved with large stones in front of the house, and two large trees were specially left in the dam area without cutting down, and a few bamboo chairs and wooden chairs were placed under the trees.
A banner that reads 'Liaodong Wuwu Tea Shop' is waving in the wind.
Seeing the carriage of Zhan Fuzi and his entourage, Lu Wei greeted him with a smile and greeted, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you need to be sharpened?" We can provide tea, light meals and help feed the horses......"
In the eyes of Zhan Fuzi and others, although the person in front of him has a harmless face of humans and animals, it is difficult for people to be wary, but he is too thoughtful and enthusiastic.
"Don't worry, our tea shop is a government franchise, not a black-hearted shop." As he spoke, Lu Wei took out a piece of paper and handed it to Zhan Ruoshui, who was the leader.
Zhan Ruoshui carefully identified it, and the meaning on the document was indeed a franchise of the government as he said, and the bottom left was also covered with the big seal of the county guard of Liaodong County.
Taking advantage of his efforts, Lu Wei said again, "If you are still not at ease, there is a garrison of Liaodong County less than a kilometer away from here, if our store is a black store, we don't dare to make trouble under people's noses, right?" ”
Of course, this garrison was to guard against the Liufu Village across the mountain.
When Zhou Congguang and the others heard this, they looked into the distance along the direction he pointed, and they did see the figures of soldiers in the distance, as well as the shouts of generals and soldiers.
They were relieved.
Jeffrey handed the horses over to Lu Wei's men to feed.
As for them, they solved the three emergencies of life here, washed up a little, ate some simple meals, and rested a little.
During this period, Lu Wei accosted them.
"Ladies and gentlemen, are you planning to go to Hou City?"
"How so?"
"Recently, there have been a lot of guests coming to our Liaodong County, and you are not the first to do it."
"Your official road in Liaodong County is newly repaired?"
"yes, it just been repaired."
"Are the official roads in your entire Liaodong County so wide?"
"The government has this plan, and at present, it has only built this route connecting Wuxian County, Liaoyang, Wangping, and Houcheng."
"It's all so wide, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources, right?"
"Fortunately, the little ones believe that the adults above will arrange it. At least when building this official road from Wuxian County to Houcheng, the common people who served did not complain. If you don't believe me, you can take a look at it and ask more questions in the coming time. ”
Zhan Fuzi and the others nodded and decided to ask along the way.
When they left, the other party only took a small amount of money from them.
Lu Wei said, "Guests walk slowly, I hope you can have a happy and pleasant trip in Liaodong County." ”
"Master, this Liaodong County is very different." As soon as you step into the boundary of Liaodong County, this spacious official road alone is obviously different from other places.
They have passed through a lot of places on this trip, there are places where the people are simple, and there are also bad places, as the saying goes, poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, and some people are really unreasonable.
They thought that Liaodong County was no better, after all, it was too remote.