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Chapter 311 Xinyi Road

"Old Ren," Lei Er winked, "Do you want to visit the new Misty Sheriff?"

Ren Ning glanced at him lightly, "Do we have a lot of time?"

"Yes!" Lei Er touched his nose.

It is now the middle of May, and we have to arrive at Yingshan Daying before July [-]th at the latest.Times are already pretty tight.

And having already decided to leave the Grand Master's Mansion, Ren Ning never wanted to contact them again.

After eating and drinking enough, I left Wuliang City.

Not long after walking, the eyes of the two people brightened.

There is a new north-south road in the swamp ahead.

The road was wide and strewn here and there with logs and stones.

"one two Three!"

Amidst the shouts of the team leader, countless corvees were trying to move heavy stones and sand to the south.

"I don't know when this post road leading to Qingshi County will be opened?" Lei Er said.

There are wars everywhere now, and it is the time when iron is urgently needed.

If the post road is not opened, the empire's pig iron reserves should be almost exhausted.

Without the sharp iron and solid armor, when fighting with the surrounding wolves, tigers and leopards, I don't know how much more blood will be shed by the good man Yun Chui.

"Looking at the stones all over the ground, it should take a long time."

As Ren Ning said, he raised the black bow behind his back.

He has already lost a lot of his proprietary black arrows, and he should replenish them when he goes back.

There were many people at the intersection and materials were everywhere, so the two had to get off their horses and walk slowly.

Bypassing a pile of stones, Ren Ning and Lei Er looked at each other.

In front were a dozen corvée with miserable faces.They formed a circle, and in the circle lay a skinny commoner, and beside them were a few monks who were reciting the Sutra of Rebirth.

It turned out that some people were serving corvee, and they fell to the ground after serving, dying.

Ren Ning was a little lost.

Meng Jiangnu cried on the Great Wall, the ancients never deceived me.

The Great Wall coiled among the mountains in northern Xinjiang was built in the same way.And there was no crane at that time, and I don't know how many people will fall...

"Old Ren, that's Master Hongguang from Longshou Temple." Lei Er reminded softly.

When they were heading west, this old monk was the one who helped them, otherwise it would have taken a lot of effort to pass through the messy Laigu County.

Ren Ning had seen it a long time ago, and couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

Master Hongguang is no longer young. He could have been his abbot in Longshou Temple in peace and stability, but he has been working tirelessly outside.

Before, whether it was the epidemic in Yunzhong County or the civil unrest in Laigu County, he could be seen.

At this time, the monk was a little older and his back was bent a lot. Fortunately, he was still in good spirits.

The two didn't bother him, and after putting some ingots of silver in a disciple's bowl, they continued walking east.

After that, all the way was smooth, and the two finally returned to Guangxin County after one and a half months.

"Old Ren," Lei Er licked his mouth, "it's only July, why don't we go to Nanshu City first."

After going to the west for so long, he was a little greedy for the fried chestnuts with garlic in Yuqian Street, Nanshu City.

Ren Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Then let's go."

He will also go to Li Hebai's General's Mansion, and ask Li Hezhu to send a message back to Xingji City to report to Yingpan that he is safe.

Entered the general's mansion.

The old housekeeper was surprised and delighted, "General Ren, long time no see."

"It's been a while." Ren Ning handed over the gift with a smile, "I'm busy with work, so there's nothing I can do about it."

"Is your girl at the house now?"

The old housekeeper's face froze, and it took a long while before he let out a long sigh.

The big girls in their family are not just "big" girls now, they are all old girls.

In the past few years, the three aunts and six wives in the entire Nanshu City have come to Li Hezhu's door to promise marriage, but they have never been able to get married.

I don't know what she was thinking.

"The eldest girl went to inspect Zhuangzi some time ago, and she just came back yesterday. The old slave will send someone to report."

Not long after, Li Hezhu rushed to the front hall with her maid.

Yo.

She looked Ren Ning up and down, her voice full of yin and yang.

"It turned out to be General Ren, who is really a rare visitor. Look at your dusty appearance, have you traveled tens of thousands of miles?"

Ren Ning heckly wiped the dust off his face.

"It's indeed a long way, and now I'm tired and hungry."

"No, I happened to pass by Nanshu City, thinking that there are old friends here, so I came in to bother the girl."

The old butler next to him was very clever, "This old slave is going to prepare meals for the general."

"Really went to a very far place?" Li Hezhu looked at Ren Ning suspiciously, "Speak if you can, and don't if you can't."

She was also a general, so she naturally knew what military secrets were.

Ren Ning smiled without saying a word.

Li Hezhu understood, and her tone suddenly softened.

The two slowly chatted about the changes in Guangxin County in the past two years.

"Guangxin has become more active now, but it is still not enough. We have a lot of forests and fields in our hands, but we lack people to cultivate them. The rubber trees on the mountains are also lacking people to manage and harvest them."

Ren Ning nodded and gave Li Hezhu a batch of lists.

"After a while, the people on the list will come to Guangxin Land to settle down. They are all family members of the soldiers in the fortress. You are the host family. If you have time, help them. Let them live and work here as soon as possible."

"It's natural." Li Hezhu took the list, with a slight worry on her eyebrows, "I'm also a family member of Yanzhen Fortress."

Her grandfather Tieguai Li is still guarding the tomb near the fortress.

There was war and epidemics over there, and Li Hezhu hadn't received a letter from his grandfather for a long time.

"Don't worry." Ren Ning understood her worry, "Old General Li is fine now."

Li Hezhu was thoughtful.

She looked at the gray man opposite, her eyes brightened.

cough!
Ren Ning coughed, and chatted with Li Hezhu about the rent set by Yingpan.

"Miss Li, tell Yingpan to lower the rent later, just say I meant it. We have run out of money, so there is no need to charge such a high rent."

"Return?" Li Hezhu was stunned, "Panpan... Madam Zun's rent is the same as that of our General's Mansion. But our rent is already the lowest in the whole Yunchui."

Ren Ning shook his head, "It's not that you set the price low, but that other landlords and gentry charge too high. It's so high that the common people can't survive."

"You don't want Guangxin in front of you to experience the situation of the four counties in the west, do you?"

Li Hezhu couldn't help being silent.

Ren Ning said again: "Nowadays in many places, there are many people who can't pay the rent, so they can only survive by selling their sons and daughters."

"You lower the rent and ask Gu Shengnan to help promote it when he is in business. They will come to the south. Doesn't this solve the problem of Guangxin's lack of people?"

Li Hezhu thought about this problem before, "But when the refugees migrate, the guide is a big trouble."

Ren Ning didn't take it seriously, he laughed.

"What is Luyin? Officers and soldiers can seal the road, and even seal the mountain?"

As long as the people know that they can live a stable life here, they can find a way to come across thousands of mountains and rivers, let alone mere roads.

Li Hezhu suddenly burst out laughing.

She had also heard the story of Gu Shengnan's husband.

Back then, the cycad tree didn't have any guides, and with bare legs, it followed the caravan through several counties.Lei Er, who was the banker for the first time, almost lost all his money.

Say Lei Er, Lei Er arrives.

He came in with a big bag full of fried chestnuts with garlic.

what!
"Miss Li, did you find a treasure or a pie fell from the sky? What's so happy about it?"

whee.

Li Hezhu looked at Lei Er's face and smiled even more happily.

(End of this chapter)