The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

Xia Jiang took out some dry noodles from the carriage and gave one to each of Xia Qingshan and Xia Dashu, "I'm afraid we won't have time to go out this time until after the autumn harvest. Are we going to open up wasteland this year?"

Xia Qingshan took the cake, listened to his words, and said: "Lingnan has a small population and a lot of wasteland. If we don't buy more wasteland now, when the population of Lingnan increases, even if we want to open up wasteland, we may not be able to get one close to Fucheng." Wasteland."

Xia Jiang took a bite of the cake, "Father, how do you know that the population of Lingnan will increase in the short term?"

Xia Qingshan glanced at him, chewing the dry bread slowly, without any intention of helping him.

Xia Dashu saw the swollen cheeks of his eldest nephew, and kindly helped him to solve his doubts, "We went to Jingzhou for business, and we also ran twice, and we passed Jingzhou to escape, so it can be said that we have been to Jingzhou three times in total. Have you noticed any changes in Jingzhou?"

Xia Jiang looked at Xia Dashu, tried to recall, and shook his head: "Every time I go there, I find that the streets, people, and shops have not changed much. The only change is probably the weather. Is there any problem?"

After hearing his words, Xia Dashu couldn't help laughing, "No change is the biggest problem. Think about it, even the remote Lingnan is getting better, but Jingzhou, which occupies the land of fish and rice, has not changed. If any natural or man-made disasters happen again, the neighboring state capital Will the people in this country run to Lingnan?"

People need to live in peace to work happily. If the turmoil in the Central Plains continues, who will the local people be able to farm with peace of mind?At that time, the population may be completely lost, and there will be no people living in hundreds of miles.

Lingnan is separated from the Central Plains by a natural barrier, which is the Nanling Mountains where they are now.

For people in the Central Plains and other places, Lingnan is remote and desolate, and the people are barbaric and uneducated.

But they don't know that the southern part of Lingnan is a safe place, which is suitable for recuperating and recuperating in this troubled world.

Of course, recuperating and recuperating requires hard work and hard work to lead an ideal life, so their Xia family had to take advantage of the autumn harvest in the first year to open up more wasteland.

Xia Jiang opened his mouth, and when he was about to say something, the bell rang again on the mountain road.

Everyone looked up at the mountain road that had just come down, and there was another mule and horse carriage on the winding mountain road. There were dozens of mule and horse carts, no smaller than their Xia family's convoy.

And the bell they just heard was the sound of the bell hanging around the neck of the mule and horse.

This kind of bell is generally only hung on the necks of mules and horses walking in the front and rear.

Walking at the front reminds the mules and horses behind to follow closely, and walking at the back reminds not to fall behind.

When the team approached, the team leader walking at the front naturally noticed the Xia family caravan.

The leader of the team leader noticed the flag of the Xia family caravan planted on the carriage, with a big Xia character on it, so he smiled and stepped forward and cupped his hands: "We are the Chen family caravan from Changsha County, and we met your Xia family here today. The caravan is really fate, may I ask if you came from Lingnan or Jingzhou?"

Xia Qingshan took a step forward, cupped his fists and replied, "Xia Family Leader Xia Qingshan, we just came down from the mountain here and are preparing to return to Lingnan."

The team leader of the other party returned a salute, "I'm the team leader of the Chen family, Chen Yongtian, I have long respected you!"

Xia Qingshan smiled and said: "Brother Chen, you are welcome, we have had enough rest and are about to set off. It just so happens that this open space can be vacated for you to rest."

Chen Yongtian looked back at his caravan. He needed to take a rest because he was tired and exhausted, but he noticed that the guards of Xia's caravan were all strong and energetic. It was safe and secure to go on the road with such a caravan.

Thinking of this, he immediately said: "It's getting late, staying in the mountains is a safety hazard after all, why don't we go down the mountain with the back of your caravan."

Xia Qingshan understood the other party's concerns very well, and he had to be very cautious when going out, otherwise, if something unexpected happened, the caravan would be destroyed.

"Okay, let's go down the mountain together. We will walk ahead. The road down the mountain is not easy. We will try our best to walk steadily. Don't worry if you follow behind. Let's go slowly on the way down."

Chen Yongtian was grateful for Xia Qingshan's careful care, "Then it will be hard for you to explore the way ahead. It's hard work. I'll treat my brother to a drink when we get to Lingnan Prefecture."

Xia Qingshan raised his hand and refused, "Everyone should take care of each other when they go out, it's not hard work, just treat them."

There are hundreds of people in a team, he doesn't want to treat the Chen family caravan he met for the first time, it's too expensive!
It is not easy for anyone to make some money when they are away from home.

The two caravans set off together, and it was already two days after they completely walked out of the Nanling Mountains.

Xia Qingshan noticed that Chen Yongtian was obviously relieved as he wiped the sweat off his face, so he walked over and asked with a smile, "I think Brother Chen seems very nervous walking all the way down?"

After hearing what he said, Chen Yongtian smiled wryly and said: "It's really not easy to live outside these days. I'm not afraid of Brother Xia's jokes. I have been in business for more than ten years, and it's just that every time I go out in the past few years, I am worried. I was tense, I didn’t reach the destination safely, I didn’t dare to relax for a moment, for fear of being robbed halfway, and years of hard work would go to waste!”

Xia Qingshan couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "Brother Chen is worrying too much. I didn't dare to talk about it before Lingnan, but today's Lingnan can be said to be free from banditry."

When Chen Yongtian heard this, he had doubts in his eyes, "What do you mean by Brother Xia?"

Xia Qingshan had a proud look on his face, and said: "Now Lingnan is the fiefdom of King Qian, you should know about this, right?"

Chen Yongtian nodded, "Everyone in the world knows about this matter if they care about current affairs."

Xia Qingshan pointed to the farmland on the side of the road, the rice in the field has turned yellow, "Ever since King Qian and Princess Wang came to Lingnan, they re-measured the land, checked the hidden households, and re-registered the fields, and the people at the bottom of Lingnan basically have fields. Farming, their enthusiasm for farming is unmatched by the people in other places.

Coupled with the vigorous rectification of the place by the Qianwang Mansion and the elimination of banditry, it can be said that the bandits in Lingnan have basically fallen, and the rest have fled to the surrounding state capitals.So in the Lingnan area, you don't have to worry about being robbed by bandits in the future. "

Chen Yongtian couldn't believe it, and asked with confirmation: "Is this really true?"

"Haha, how could I lie to you about this kind of thing, of course it is true."

Chen Yongtian heaved a sigh of relief, whether this is true or not, he will wait until he arrives in Fucheng to inquire.

The rest of the journey was just as Xia Qingshan said, the road was safe and sound, and he arrived at the boundary of Fucheng without any danger.

Xia Jiang was very excited when he saw the familiar scene, he trotted to Xia Qingshan's side, and shouted excitedly: "Father, we are almost to Fucheng, and finally we are almost home!"

Xia Qingshan was equally excited. This time he went out to run a business and returned safely, "Hehe, it's been two months since I left home!"

Chen Yongtian trotted to the front of Xia's team, bowed his hands to Xia Qingshan and said, "Congratulations, you have a smooth journey home."

Xia Qingshan clasped his fists in return, "Congratulations, Brother Chen has also arrived in Fucheng smoothly."

"Haha, brother Xia is right, we are all happy!"

Talking and laughing all the way, the caravan turned a corner along the post road, and the city wall of Fucheng could be seen from a distance.

"Huh!" Chen Yongtian who was riding a horse saw farther than Xia Qingshan who was sitting in a carriage.

He pointed to the front and asked, "Brother Xia, it seems that there are a lot of people gathered in front of you. What's going on?"

Chen Yongtian didn't suspect that there were bandits in front of him. After all, this place was not far away from Fucheng, and it was impossible for there to be bandits running so close to Fucheng.

Xia Qingshan stood on the shaft of the carriage and raised his eyes to look into the distance, saw the shaking head in front of him clearly, shook his head and said: "I don't know either, maybe there is some dispute."

As the convoy moved forward slowly, the line of sight became clearer. It seemed that there were many people surrounded by the roadside.

"Isn't it two villages gathering to fight?"

Chen Yongtian looked a little serious, "It's possible, I think we should send two people to explore the road, if it is really two villages fighting, then we must avoid it, so as not to be accidentally injured by them."

In fact, the accidental injury is small, and it will be troublesome to take away their goods while taking advantage of the chaos.

Xia Qingshan agreed with his proposal very much, and immediately asked Xia Jiang to ride his horse to find out what was going on?

Not to be outdone, Chen Yongtian hastily sent his servant out to check with Xia Jiang.

While waiting for the news, Chen Yongtian chattered with Xia Qingshan again, "What kind of dispute is this? I see that there are quite a few people gathered. If the two villages are fighting to grab water, but at this time, Tian The rice in the field is almost harvested, so there is no need to water it anymore.”

Xia Qingshan didn't want to waste his time guessing, so he said: "I'll find out later, Brother Chen, please be patient."

Chen Yongtian nodded, looked ahead, and frowned unconsciously.

Not long after, Xia Jiang came back with Chen Yongtian's servant.

Xia Jiang said excitedly: "Father, the road ahead is being built, and most of the people on the side of the road are watching curiously."

Xia Qingshan felt relieved when he heard the words, and said with disgust: "It's just a road, why are you excited?"

"That's right." Chen Yongtian also asked, "It's just road construction, why are so many people watching?"

Seeing that they didn't take it seriously, Xia Jiang shouted excitedly: "Oh, you may not know who paid for the repair of this road, it's Princess Qian!"

As he said that, he blinked at Xia Qingshan. In front of outsiders, they didn't want to reveal their identity as Xia Jing's mother's family. The first reason was to prevent trouble, so that no one would come to their door for work.Secondly, they were afraid that the enemies of the Qian Palace would not be able to deal with the Qian Palace, so they used their Xia family to blackmail the Qian Palace.

Chen Yongtian found it incredible, and said in amazement: "Just because Princess Qian paid for the road construction, these common people came to see it. The road construction is not the same. What is there to see?"

After hearing his words, Xia Jiang was immediately overjoyed, "You only know one thing, but not the other. There are details."

Xia Qingshan thought of the cement used to build the house. He heard that it was used for infrastructure construction. His eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything.

Chen Yongtian became interested, and smiled slightly: "I would like to hear the details."

"Wangfei's road is as flat as a mirror, do you believe it?" Xia Jiang raised his eyebrows at him.

Chen Yongtian expressed doubts, "Is there such a way in the world?"

In this era, even post roads cannot be as smooth as a mirror, unless the stone road is paved without any gaps.

Xia Jiang smiled very complacently, "Of course, the princess built it. If you don't believe me, let's go and have a look."

As he spoke, his voice changed, "However, the road is being repaired now, and the one-way street is open to traffic. Our speed may be very slow. You must be mentally prepared."

When the caravan's carriage slowly passed the maintenance section, Chen Yongtian saw the craftsmen filling the road with a kind of gray mud, and then the people behind smoothed the mud. This way of repairing the road made him even more puzzled. Can drive a carriage?Are you afraid that the carriage will get stuck in the mud?

However, his idea was quickly slapped in the face. When their carriage drove towards the repaired and hardened road, everyone felt that the carriage was running smoothly with almost no bumps.

Chen Yongtian took out a piece of silver from his sleeve pocket, about three or four cents, and threw it to a craftsman who was pouring water on the road, "May I ask where the road is going to be repaired?"

The watering craftsman accidentally got a sum of money, and his smiling face narrowed into a straight line. He looked at the long caravan and said, "According to the original plan, the road was going to be built to Qujiang, because there is a lot of money in Qujiang." There is a branch factory for our princess, but the current manpower is limited, and it will be temporarily built in the next town, and will continue to be built after the autumn harvest."

Not only Chen Yongtian, but the people next to him gasped after hearing his words. Fucheng is not close to Qujiang, so how much money would it cost to build it to Qujiang?
In fact, Xia Jing doesn't have that much money for the time being when he actually reaches Qujiang. Fortunately, the cement is produced by his own factory, and labor is still very cheap in this era. For the time being, the road can be repaired to the next town. When Annan succeeds in suppressing the rebellion, Capture more captives and let them build roads to save money.

Chen Yongtian didn't understand some conditions in Lingnan, so he asked again: "I see you use this gray mud to pave the road. What kind of material is this gray mud? Why haven't I seen it before?"

"Haha." The watering craftsman laughed loudly after hearing this. He found that this rich master was not as knowledgeable as he was.

However, because he received the money, he still knew how to control his emotions a little. After laughing, he explained: "This gray mud is called cement. It is an adhesive specially used in construction. It is very easy to use. You can see that it is covered with this kind of cement." , when the road is dry, it will become as hard as a stone, and it will be no problem for a carriage to drive on it.”

"Where can this kind of cement be sold?" Chen Yongtian's eyes lit up when he heard this, as if he saw a road paved with gold ingots.

The watering craftsman looked at the dime and reminded: "There is a cement factory on the outskirts of Fucheng, and there are also shops selling cement in the city. If you want to buy it, you'd better go to these two places and ask."

Chen Yongtian got a general idea and wanted to understand the details more clearly. He also knew that there would be no delay until he entered the city. Thanks to the craftsmen, the team speeded up.

Fortunately, this section of the road has already been paved with cement and hardened. It is flat and straight, and the carriage is fast and stable on it, which is really comfortable.

Xia Jiang looked at the paved road and felt a toothache, aunt, how much money will it cost to repair this road?

Really walking on it, Xia Jiang felt that he was walking on the silver surface.The government doesn't think it's expensive to build roads, but how can he think it's a waste of money to build them with money?
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