Jianghu I am the only one

Chapter 71 Human Heart
"Shenmu helped these people... actually sweep the streets for us?" Master Huang stuttered in surprise.

"Maybe they want to dig up the street to see if you have hidden treasure underground." Young Master Huang said seriously.

"Fart, I bury all my treasures in the bed..." In the middle of speaking, Master Huang stopped his voice suddenly, glared at Young Master Huang and said, "You unfilial son, are you joking with your father again? See how I deal with you! "

Seeing the serious work of the members of the Shenmu Gang, Master Huang felt relieved, and began to "clean up" Young Master Huang.

Seeing Master Huang got off the ladder, Young Master Huang picked up a twig, and knew something was wrong, so he hurriedly jumped down the ladder and fled to his mother in the backyard...
Jitangguan gradually prospered due to the development of the timber and medicinal materials industry after the restrictions on mountains and forests in Dayu were loosened in the past few decades. It is not an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River that has hundreds of thousands of years.

Therefore, the ground in the town is not paved with green bricks like the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, but mostly dirt roads. There is only one main street, and the people spontaneously paved a layer of gravel due to the constant pedestrians and cars and horses all the year round.

But because the pavement is not too thick, and the blocks are not large-scale, after a few years, it becomes like a dirt road, full of potholes, and it becomes muddy when it rains. Pedestrians, carriages and horses all suffer because of the road.

This time Ouyang Ye did not plan to build the green brick floor in one step, because he really didn't have the money, and second, it would take a long time to pave the road with green bricks, which would delay his follow-up plan.

What Ouyang Ye had to do was to level the ground in the formation, throw several layers of gravel and fine sand in the main streets and alleys, and then let people use stone rollers to compact it firmly.

Whether it's gravel or fine sand, there are plenty around Jitang Pass, so it doesn't take much money to build this road according to Ouyang Ye's idea.According to the calculation of a cashier under Chen Yan, only two or three thousand taels of silver will be enough in the end.

However, such a road is already better than Dayu's official road.

It should be noted that the general official roads in Dayu are just rammed earth roads, not paved with gravel and fine sand, and it is still muddy when it rains, but it is not enough to sink the mud feet of cars and horses.

But in the past few decades, because the Dayu court has been in decline in all aspects, and the official road has not been repaired for a long time, it has become even more difficult to leave.However, some of the ancient official roads built in previous dynasties, and even the straight roads built in the Great Qin Dynasty, are still easy to walk up to now, benefiting the people everywhere.

In addition to building roads, Ouyang Ye also plans to build a wharf.

And Ouyang Ye at the dock was also not prepared to do it all at once, for the same reason as road construction.

In the first step, he is only going to repair all the trestle bridges that were broken before, and then sort out the river beaches and river beaches, and add a few trestle bridges so that more boats can dock at the Jitangguan river port.

Even so, the construction of the port is larger than the road paving, and it may take a month or two to complete.

Fortunately, whether it is repairing or building trestles, or sorting out river beaches and river beaches, they can be done one by one and section by section, and they are not afraid of affecting the daily entry and exit of boats and docks.

When Ouyang Ye in the town commanded Shenmu to help the brothers who took turns to clean up, the construction of the port also started.

On the big wooden raft on the river, Shi Tianhui and Chen Yunfeng frowned as they watched the crowd combing the river beach not far away.

Looking at it, Chen Yunfeng yelled, and said in a very sour tone: "Hmph, if the Shenmu Gang didn't take a share of the profits from us, how could they have so much money to build roads and ports? And those ship owners , even praised the Shenmu Gang, don’t you know that the Shenmu Gang is using their money to do this?!”

Shi Tianhui next to him heard this, but he seemed to have no emotion and said: "Before Tiexianmen took their money for more than ten years, and never saw a port repair. Now the Shenmu Gang only took it for a few months, and then started to build it." This matter naturally makes them grateful to Dade."

After finishing speaking, regardless of Chen Yunfeng's expression, he took the wine gourd and went to sleep in the wooden hut on the row.

Chen Yunfeng frowned and stared at the river beach, and said to himself depressedly: "Damn it, the Shenmu gang is getting bigger and bigger. Could it be that I am going to be crushed to death in Babei all the time?"

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Five days later, the streets and main alleys in the town were repaired, and only some small alleys were still being repaired.

After all, it was inconvenient for the common people and traders to do business outside the town, so Ouyang Ye let them go back to the town that day.

Of course, stalls must not be placed randomly like before, and must be in a prescribed area-neither blocking the front of other people's shops, nor blocking road traffic.

As a result, the original space in the town was naturally not enough, and some vendors had no choice but to move along the newly paved gravel road to the entrance of the town.

Because of this, no one dared to speak ill of the Shenmu Gang in public. On the one hand, they were afraid of the influence of the Shenmu Gang, and on the other hand, they were really surprised by the appearance of their feet.

Stepping on the solid road paved with several layers of gravel and fine sand, no one can help but be happy.Because no matter how ignorant and ignorant they are, the common people know that if they walk on such a road in a rainy day, they will not get muddy legs or even splash muddy water on their faces.

Vendors think more - if the road surface is better, even if it rains, there will not be too many fewer pedestrians, so their business will not be bad because of the rain.

Therefore, even though they were made uncomfortable by the new rules set by the Shenmu Gang, and even the stalls were forced to move to the town entrance or outside the town, and some people complained in their hearts, they still couldn't conceal the joy rippling in the crowd.

Ouyang Ye led Gao Qiang and four guards on the smoother and easier streets than before, seeing the joy of the people around him, and "seeing" that the power value of the system interface had risen to 817, he couldn't help but Show a smile.

He was also happy.

Not only because of the rising influence value, but also because he has a deeper understanding of influence value.

The growth of influence value does not only depend on other people's superficial obedience to him, but also depends on people's hearts.If someone has a heart for him, he is not a member of the Shenmu Gang, and it will also increase his influence.

If you can gather people's hearts, that's called power!
Walking half a circle on the street in a happy mood, Ouyang Ye frowned suddenly, because he was keenly aware that someone was following him, or peeping at him.

In his previous life, he was able to flee for more than a year from the pursuit of several big bosses, so the anti-stalking ability is naturally good.Therefore, although the few people who followed and observed him were well concealed, they were still discovered by him.

Ouyang Ye didn't stop in his footsteps, nor did his expression change. Instead, he naturally stopped in front of a small jewelry vendor, and picked up a hairpin to look at.

The small jewelry vendor was obviously very nervous. As the stall owner, he was supposed to greet the customers, but now he didn't even dare to say anything, and kept swallowing, as if he was afraid that Ouyang Ye would draw his sword and kill him.

Just when the small peddler finally calmed down and was about to greet Ouyang Ye with a smile, he saw Ouyang Ye put down his hairpin, and with a flash of a figure, he ran across his booth to the rear, as fast as a cheetah!

When the merchant was frightened, there was a man in a bamboo hat running towards the alley in the direction Ouyang Ye was running.

However, the man not only reacted a beat slower, but also was not as fast as Ouyang Ye, and he was chased behind by Ouyang Ye within two or three breaths.

Seeing that there was no hope of escape, the man took off his bamboo hat and threw it at Ouyang Ye, and then shot three darts with his other hand.

The man's "bamboo hat hidden dart" has caused many heroes in the world to suffer. He believes that even if he can't hurt Ouyang Ye, at least he can delay Ouyang Ye's breathing time.

Who would have thought that after Ouyang Ye broke the bamboo hat with his hands, he would not dodge or dodge the three darts behind him, and his speed would not decrease at all, allowing them to hit him.

As a result, the three darts that hit him with a strong wind, whether it was the one that hit his arm or the two that were shot at his chest, all fell to the ground without a trace of blood as if they were blocked by something. .

After the man shot the dart, he continued to run away without looking back, but he knew something was wrong when he heard the sound.

However it was too late.

A big iron-like hand had already grabbed the back of his neck, and with a gust of wind, it pressed his head to the ground like a hungry tiger...
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