Chapter 243

Finally, the sea like the moon left with deep melancholy.

In the shaking carriage, holding a mirror in one hand and stroking his cheek in the other hand, he was carefully looking for the defects on his face?

Are you old? Not old! From the hidden eyes of the men around her, she can confirm that she is very familiar with that kind of eyes and knows what those men want to do to her, which is the desire to take off her clothes.

However, whether it is Yuan Gang who speaks coldly or Niu Youdao who speaks frivolously, they can't find the eyes she wants to see in their eyes, which makes her very insecure.

you 're right! Instead of violating her desire, it makes her feel insecure.

Put down the mirror in his hand and look out of the window. When he came, his uneasiness still didn't calm down. Niu Youdao didn't admit that he did it.

Now she is no longer the girl who loved Shang Jianbo. She doesn't believe that there is such great help in the world that she doesn't ask for return for no reason. There is no exact answer. She always feels that there is a huge black hole behind her, as if she is going to devour her at any time

After seeing off the guests, Niu Youdao came back and saw Gongsun Bu standing outside the hut.

"What's up?" Niu Youdao asked with a smile.

Gongsun Bu asked, "haven't you heard from Lu Shengzhong yet?"

Niu Youdao: "either Shao Pingbo killed him, or he obeyed Shao Pingbo. In short, Shao Pingbo can't let him back."

Speaking of this, he looked a little deep. After reflection, maybe his decision missed the chance to save Lu Shengzhong.

People from the three factions should not be stopped to meet Lu Shengzhong in the state of song. If Shao Pingbo can't see the person who meets him, he knows that he has been exposed and can't let Lu Shengzhong back. Otherwise, Shao Pingbo may use Lu Shengzhong as an enemy.

Gongsun Bu said, "it's best to die."

Niu Youdao smiled and said nothing

Another midsummer, a year later.

The waterfall poured down from the cliff. On the stone under the waterfall, a human shadow was immersed in the water curtain and did not move.

The Black Peony came flying and shouted, "Lord Tao!"

The figure in the water curtain suddenly flashed, and the pouring water began to shoot up.

Upstream, the speed is very fast, and there is no abnormal spray.

People draw their swords in the water curtain, bang! The water spray exploded above the waterfall, and a figure pulled out his sword and rushed out of the water.

The sword turned over in the air and returned to its sheath. The man turned and floated down and landed next to the black peony.

The black peony was stunned. The huge water poured down. How could it feel that there was no resistance to this.

His body was steaming hot. Niu Youdao pestled his sword and asked, "what's up?"

Black Peony replied, "I asked what you said. It's not a spy. Today, the population of Qingshan county is increasing rapidly, and businessmen gather. It's not too far from the county city. It's normal for someone to break in here by mistake from time to time. The Lord learned that he had disturbed the Taoist priest's cleaning and repair, and had ordered someone to rush out some inscriptions that were forbidden to pass. He will let people stand around later."

i see! Niu Youdao nodded. He heard Yuan Gang mention it before. He said that someone always tried to break in here, so he asked.

"Listen to you, is Qingshan county very prosperous now?" Niu Youdao asked.

"Prosperous!" Black Peony nodded, "it's too prosperous. The difference between the previous year and the following year is just a difference between clouds and mud."

"After the Lord implemented the new policy, the number of refugees from all directions came to the two counties. The number of people in the two counties increased seven or eight times, and most of the cultivated land abandoned in the early years of Qingshan county has been reclaimed. In order to keep the refugees and let the refugees settle in the two counties, the Lord not only divided the land, but also specially allocated 100000 gold coins to summon a large number of scholars as teachers, and set up book schools free of charge in all parts of the two counties There are fields for the refugees, and all the children of the refugees can go to school. Nowadays, villages are taking shape around the fields and where the school is located. In LAN ruoting's words, as long as their family business is here, if they have to, these refugees will not easily leave the two counties. "

"The gathering of a large number of people and the reduction of commercial tax have attracted merchants from all over the world. In turn, merchants employ a large number of refugees. Today's Qingshan county is really different. The city is too busy, but there are also troubles. There are too many people, the shops are not enough, and those merchants have demand. Mr. LAN is negotiating with those merchants."

"Negotiation?" Niu Youdao was stunned. "What are you talking about?"

Black Peony: "the Lord is going to take the current county city as the inner city, take the inner city as the center, expand five miles to the periphery, and build another outer city on the periphery."

Five miles around? Niu Youdao was a little surprised. "Where did he get so much money?"

Black Peony: "That's why Mr. LAN wants to negotiate with those merchants to provide free land in the outer city for those merchants to build shops, but the premise is that those merchants should invest in the construction of the outer city wall, and measure the amount of free land in the city according to the length and distance of the wall, so as to find something to support their families for those refugees who can't settle down in the short term It is said that we have talked about almost, and there are still some contradictions and conflicts of interest under negotiation. "

Niu Youdao asked, "are these all LAN Ruo Ting's political views?"

Black Peony nodded: "it seems so. In terms of internal affairs, the Lord seems to delegate power to LAN ruoting. The Lord mainly focuses on military affairs."

"This lanruo Pavilion is really a talent, big pen!" Niu Youdao sighed, but his thoughts flew to beizhou.

He meditated here and hardly asked about the two counties. On the contrary, he paid more attention to the things in beizhou.

According to the news report, Shao Pingbo's hand is bigger, wantonly soliciting learned people and skilled craftsmen, and even trying to get through the water conservancy context of the whole beizhou in this troubled time. It is said that in just over a year, it has achieved extraordinary results, and the population has also increased sharply.

It seems that Shao Dengyun gave Shao Pingbo more power, which made Shao Pingbo less constraints.

Today, Shao Pingbo is in charge of military affairs and internal affairs. With his superb skills and governance ability, he has almost changed the whole beizhou in just over a year. The strength of the whole beizhou is rapidly increasing in a snowball way. He has almost directly absorbed the surrounding human and financial resources and used them in the past, which embarrasses and saddens the surrounding states, But I have no temper with North State.

Niu Youdao has to admit that his ability in this regard is far inferior to Shao Pingbo.

Because of this, Niu Youdao is worried about the changes in beizhou. The stronger the strength of beizhou, the greater the power of Shao Pingbo's spiritual circle.

The news from beizhou said that Dachen mountain attached great importance to Shao Pingbo's ability and sent experts to protect Shao Pingbo.

He looked back at the glowing black peony. Niu Youdao smiled at the corners of his mouth. He found that the woman was different and gradually cared about these things, otherwise he couldn't speak clearly.

"Where's Yuan Gang?" Niu Youdao asked.

Black Peony: "it seems that he went to the craftsman's workshop. He recently went to Gongsun Tieniu more frequently."

Niu Youdao was silent for a moment and immediately waved, "I haven't been out of the mountain for a long time. Let's go and have a look at the county city."

Black Peony immediately went to the three sects and invited some experts to protect them.

As soon as he approached Castle Peak County, Niu Youdao, who had not been out of the mountain for a long time, immediately felt a different atmosphere.

There is an endless stream of people on the official roads, and there are many cases of cars pulling horses. Some officials are measuring, marking and driving wooden stakes outside the city. It seems that the expansion of the city is imminent.

As soon as he entered the city, he walked casually. The streets were bustling and noisy. Compared with the slightly deserted streets at the beginning, Niu Youdao almost thought he had gone to the wrong place.

Although many people's clothes are shabby and disgraceful, and even many people beg with bowls, they are really very different from before.

There were people everywhere. Niu Youdao, who had been repaired for a long time by Qing Dynasty, didn't adapt very well. He didn't have the interest to walk around and have a look. He went directly to the sheriff's house.

The personal guard of the emperor of the Shang Dynasty knew him, asked the stopped guard to step down and personally led Niu Youdao in.

Outside the assembly hall, I heard the voice of Shang Zong and LAN ruoting discussing inside.

Niu Youdao stretched out his hand to stop it and asked the guard to suspend the notification and listen outside.

The sound of lanruo Pavilion inside sounded, "look here, Lord, the south harbor is our advantage. In the face of surrounding blockade, it is a shortcut to import and export materials by sea, which is also very convenient for businessmen. It is suggested to synchronize the way of city expansion to the harbor here and build a city near the harbor to facilitate the material transfer and storage of merchants..."

"Cough." the nearby Pro Wei suddenly coughed. He really felt that it was inappropriate for people to eavesdrop on the Lord's conversation. Regardless of Niu Youdao's obstruction, he reported, "Lord, the Lord is coming."

Niu Youdao stared at him, smiled and walked to the house.

The emperor of Shang Dynasty and LAN ruotang also came out. They were all surprised. This one didn't show up all year round.

"Taoist, why are you here?" the emperor of Shang Dynasty arched his hand and asked, "but what's the matter?"

Niu Youdao followed them into the Council hall. At a glance, he saw the map hanging in the house. He went to the map and looked at it. "Nothing. I just heard a few words outside. Why, are we blocked around?"

LAN ruoting: "We haven't reached that intensity yet, but the progress here has aroused the vigilance of the surrounding areas. Blocking the business routes here will happen sooner or later, and no one will want to see it sit here. Take precautions, we should quickly get up the sea routes here. The sea is boundless and there are roads everywhere. The forces in the surrounding areas can only cut off the land routes, and it's not so easy to cut off the sea routes. One more thing, Once the blockade is strengthened, it will be more difficult for the war horses to come in. Taking the sea is a way. "

Niu Youdao nodded, "Mr. LAN has great ideas and thinks about the long term!"

The emperor of the Shang Dynasty frowned and said, "the three factions and tianyumen who went to the state of Qi have not given an answer."

LAN ruoting explained: "Lord Tao, Lord Wang means that our development progress is not slow. Once people around us feel that the threat is huge, they are afraid that it will be more than blockade. Therefore, we must have strong force to deter. We urgently need war horses here, otherwise the mobilization speed of troops can't keep up, we can only wait to be beaten! The more the force can't keep up, it will be more likely to cause the aggression of foreign enemies!"

Niu Youdao: "we can't just count on the state of Qi. We don't have another way?"

Emperor of Shang Dynasty: "I have purchased thousands of horses from the surrounding areas, but there is still a big gap between war horses and ordinary weight-bearing horses. Very few of them can run quickly and fight. The original war horses here are also aging. There are tens of thousands of war horses here. It is unlikely to find them from the surrounding areas in the short term. There are countless good horses on the pastures of Qi."

Niu Youdao is silent