Chapter 122
Yao Chunnuan estimated their speed based on the time her uncle set out. When she thought they were about to reach the danger zone, she sent out a cavalry team of 200 people to meet them.
The situation at Xu Chong's place was special, so eight hundred cavalrymen were dispatched just in case.
As for her uncle, since there were no special circumstances, he was just providing support as usual, so he only sent a team of 200 people, which was enough to deter any scoundrels along the way. Furthermore, the soldiers in the military settlements liked to practice their skills against the surrounding evil forces, so with Yichun as the center and radiating outward, the public security in this large area was relatively good.
Xu Yinran took the order and left.
Halfway between the capital and Yichun, Xu Yinran led two hundred cavalrymen to Yishou Pavilion, the only way from the capital to Yichun. Xu Yinran decided to set up camp there, where they would surely wait for Yao Zhubo's uncle and his family.
Before setting up camp, Xu Yinran gave a speech to mobilize his troops. "Everyone, get your spirits up! This mission to pick up Yao Zhubo's uncle and his family is a mission I, the captain, have finally secured. Every one of you, get ready! If anything goes wrong, I'll have to punish you."
The cavalrymen started to jeer, "Don't worry, Boss. I promise nothing will happen to you."
Last time, Kang Xiaodong and his friends were lucky enough to get the chance to pick up Yao Zhubo's family, which made his brothers extremely envious.
After they successfully retrieved the people, the military settlement awarded them merit points based on their completion of the mission, and Chief Secretary Yao privately rewarded them with additional points. This single mission earned them a significant amount of merit points, putting them far ahead of the others. As a result, those dozen or so individuals were promoted faster than everyone else.
Although their mission was just to pick up someone halfway, the merit points they received were definitely not as many as Kang Xiaodong and the others, but the significance was different.
When they set up camp, they also sent out scouts.
Finally, on the afternoon of the next day, the scouts brought back good news, "Here they come!"
"Brothers, get ready!" Xu Yinran led more than ten riders and rushed towards the oncoming people.
Sure enough, not long after they ran, they saw a sign with the words "Rongwei Escort Agency" waving in the wind from afar. It must be the person they were going to pick up.
Xu Yinran went to greet them. "Are you the masters from the Rongwei Escort Agency who escorted the Li family to the Yichun military settlement?"
When they discovered Xu Yinran and others coming on horseback, Rongwei Escort Agency had already stopped moving.
At this time, the chief escort came forward and answered, "Indeed, are you officers from the Yichun military garrison who are here to pick someone up?"
"Yes, I am Xu Yinran, under the orders of Chief Secretary Yao, leading two hundred soldiers to escort Uncle Li and his family."
At this time, the curtain of the third carriage was lifted, and an old man in his sixties was helped out of the carriage by his grandson.
"Young man, was it A Nuan who asked you to pick us up?"
"Yes, Uncle Li. The dozen or so of us are only a small part of the group. There are nearly two hundred more waiting at Yishou Pavilion two miles ahead."
"Okay, okay," Uncle Li said repeatedly. The fact that so many people were sent to pick her up clearly meant that what his sister said was true. His niece had indeed made it big, and she held a lot of influence in the Yichun military settlement.
The Li family members couldn't help but stick their heads out of the carriage. After hearing Xu Yinran's words, they felt valued and felt deeply honored and proud.
"Uncle Li, this area isn't very safe. Why don't we hurry on and once we get into the Yichun military settlement's sweep area, the security will be much better. How about we take a break then? Besides, Chief Secretary Yao and the others are eagerly awaiting your arrival."
"Just as you say." Uncle Li set an example by turning back first and climbing onto the carriage.
At this time, Xu Yinran noticed that there was a small broken carriage following the entire team of Rongwei Escort Agency. When he was talking to Uncle Li just now, the curtain of the carriage seemed to shake, and it was obvious that the people inside were listening to them.
Uncle Li's grandson, Li Xinghe, seemed to see his doubts. He rolled his eyes and stepped forward to whisper, "Master Xu..."
"No, don't call me Lord Xu. Just call me Brother Xu or Captain Xu."
Li Xinghe called out "Brother Xu" knowingly, then said, "Brother Li, I'm sure you're curious why there's such a shabby little carriage following our team?"
Xu Yinran nodded, feeling a little strange.
"Don't look at the shabby appearance of the carriage. Inside it are Aunt Chunnuan's niece Yao Xing and her husband's entire family." As Li Xinghe spoke, he had a smile on his face but his eyes were full of sarcasm.
Xu Yinran frowned. "What's going on with the Rongwei Escort Agency? Did they even bring them along?"
Yao Xing was a complete ungrateful person. Earlier this year, after Kang Xiaodong and his men had brought Yao Zhubo's family back to the military settlement, they'd been complaining about Yao Xing's wickedness. In any case, everyone in the settlement who'd heard of her deeds disliked her.
Li Xinghe said quickly, "Brother Li, you misunderstood Master Liu and the others. They didn't take the initiative to take the Chen family with them. They probably heard the news that we were about to move our family to Yichun Military Village when we were dealing with the property. Before we set off, they showed up on time and followed us stubbornly." Once you stick to them, you can't get rid of them!
Xu Yinran nodded, indicating that he understood, "Forget it, let them follow if they want. Once we get to the Yichun military settlement, if they dare to come here again, someone will take care of them!" The military settlement was not a place where they could act wildly.
"Hurry up and get in the carriage. We'll be leaving soon."
Upon hearing this, Li Xinghe hurriedly climbed onto the carriage.
After they advanced two miles and joined the cavalrymen waiting there, Xu Yinran made a gesture and the two hundred cavalrymen changed their formation, some in front and some in the back, escorting the team towards Yichun.
The only thing missing from the protection was the carriage Yao Xing and the others were riding in, which was left outside the circle. Furthermore, their carriage was already damaged, so they had a hard time keeping up with the main force.
Amidst the turbulence and shaking, Chen's mother still instructed her eldest daughter-in-law, "Your sister-in-law has really made it. When we get to Yichun, I don't care what method you use, you must make your family forgive you!"
Last time, Yao Chunnuan had only sent a dozen or so people back to fetch her parents and family, but this time, to meet the Li family midway, she had actually dispatched two hundred cavalrymen. Such generosity made them both envious and regretful. They really shouldn't have offended the Yao family so terribly, otherwise they would have had so many opportunities to benefit from them now. Furthermore, they had heard that after the Yao family arrived at the Yichun military settlement, all the male members had become officials. If they hadn't been so shabby before, with their in-laws, at least her two sons would have been officials too, right?
Yao Xing remained silent at Chen's mother's command. If there were any regrets, Yao Xing's heart ached no less than Chen's mother's. She deeply regretted not listening to her grandmother. If she had been more obedient and less stubborn, she would have surely benefited from the Yao family's prosperity and lived a good life. Perhaps, she could have leveraged the Yao family's influence to marry a high-ranking official in the Yichun military settlement and become their wife.
After walking for two or three days, Xu Yinran and his companions miraculously met Zhou Yushu, Xu Chong and their team of more than 800 people.
When the two sides met, they found that they were both returning to Yichun, so they decided to join together and go together.
When Xu Chong, Zhou Yushu and others learned that the person Xu Yinran was escorting was Yao Chunnuan's uncle, they took the opportunity to go up and greet him during lunch break.
Seeing that Zhou Yushu and Xu Chong, two extraordinary figures, treated their old man with great courtesy, the Li family was filled with smiles.
To be honest, when his father initially decided to sell his property and head to Yichun to join his niece and cousin, they weren't very optimistic about the future. People are often despised when they leave their hometowns, so they sold their shops and land, gave up their previous relationships, and arrived in Yichun, where they had to start all over again. Although their aunt wrote back, saying they could come and that everything would be prepared in Yichun for their arrival, who knew if it was just a polite gesture? This pessimistic mood persisted until Xu Yinran led his troops to pick them up. And now? They were finally relieved.
Not to mention that Yao Xing and the Chen family felt even more regretful after seeing the two teams merge into one.
As for Juntun, when Zhou Yushu and Xu Yinran's teams set out, the planning and construction of Juntun's commercial district had just begun. During their absence, the construction of Juntun's commercial district was in full swing.
The commercial district's construction was overseen by Chih Ying-shan, who participated in its design and planning. Although not a professional, Chih seemed to have an innately precise grasp of the preferences and psychology of clients and consumers, a talent he incorporated into the design of the commercial district, requiring additions, deletions, and modifications to the designers' draft plans.
The buildings in the commercial area adopt the architectural features of Hui style blue bricks and white tiles.
Because Yao Chunnuan has always paid attention to recruiting talents, Yichun Military Village now has brick factories and tile factories, and there is no shortage of bricks, tiles and other building materials. The master craftsmen there are all recruited from all over the place when the caravans traveled around.
They came here with trepidation, but once here, they were reluctant to leave. They still worked in their old jobs, but now they have a great deal of autonomy and unprecedented pay. As long as they work hard, the more they do, the more they earn.
Because the interests of the commercial district are closely linked to the residents, the residents work very hard. Furthermore, there is strength in numbers, and with so many people involved, the commercial district is changing dramatically day by day.
The commercial area was completed in about two weeks. The completed commercial area is really eye-catching. It is hard to say what is so good about it, but when people look at this commercial area, they feel comfortable from the bottom of their hearts.
Many visitors from other places witnessed the entire process of the Yichun Juntun commercial area from scratch, and they couldn't help but be dazed. The speed was too fast. While dazed, they couldn't help but feel proud. Many of them, from other places, also participated in the construction of this commercial area. They moved bricks and mud, so they also participated, right?
Yao Chunnuan thought this speed was acceptable. After all, there were over a hundred thousand people in the military settlement, so it would be strange if the pace of infrastructure construction was not fast.
After the commercial district opened, just as Yao Chunnuan had predicted, it was bustling. This was because the Yichun Juntun Commercial District was a gathering place for outsiders, and the military settlement itself was home to over 100,000 residents, who served as hidden consumers. Many Yichun merchants came to the commercial district, carrying goods on their shoulders or in horse-drawn carts, to rent stalls and trade. This fueled its popularity.
The military settlement also arranged patrols for this commercial area.
When a new business district opens, there are bound to be some thieves, and that's where the patrols come in handy.
For thieves and pickpockets, the patrol team of Yichun Juntun is the devil.
In the past, when they were arrested by the police and taken to Yichun Prison, they could get out by paying bribes and a little more money. After all, they hadn't hurt anyone and were in trouble for money, so it was natural for them to pay to avoid trouble.
But it's no use falling into the hands of the patrols from the Yichun military settlement. They're ruthless and ruthless. They're paid bribes, and they'll take the money, but they won't let you go. All these thieves and pickpockets are forced to work in the fields. Depending on the severity of their offense, they're forced to work for varying lengths of time, ranging from three days to two weeks. This is outrageous.
Oh my god! They were already lazy and ignorant people, and they hated work. And the military settlement people punished them by making them work? I don't know who came up with this method to torture them.
All the cursing stopped after seeing how coldly and ruthlessly the military settlers treated the Di Luo prisoners.
Work, work, it's just three to five days' work, hurry up and finish it! After I get out, I will never come to this broken place in Yichun Juntun again. It's really too unfriendly to these empty-handed people.
Later, these empty-doors learned that patrols elsewhere didn't care, but in the Yichun military settlement, stealing was forbidden. If caught, they would be taken away and forced to reclaim wasteland, with no mercy, and no amount of money would stop them.
The people of Yichun Military Village applauded the punishment they inflicted on thieves and pickpockets, as they finally had a way to control these empty-door pickpockets.
The patrol team even announced that as long as you do business on the territory of Yichun Military Village and are robbed, they will be responsible for all losses.
The toughness of the Yichun Juntun patrol team gave peace of mind to the merchants who came to the Juntun commercial district to do business.
But the patrols told the merchants not to take it lightly. Their promise was conditional, applying only within the boundaries of the Yichun Military Village. But beyond the boundaries of the Yichun Military Village, sorry. It wasn't under their jurisdiction, so they couldn't control it, right?
Finally, the patrol team gave the merchants a suggestion: if they were really worried about losing their money after leaving the Yichun Military Village, they could deposit it in a bank run by the Yichun Military Village. Alternatively, they could consider buying property in the village.
Two suggestions were given, but the patrol team didn't care whether the merchants listened to them or not. After they finished speaking, they left without any hesitation.
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