Chapter 454: Everyone is united
Ning Changge took Zhou Jing and her son to a shop to eat.
"Brother Ning, is this Liaodong County?" After Zhou Jing settled his mother, he looked around.
This place looks more prosperous than the south. There are many newly built buildings and wide roads, giving people a sense of accessibility.
Even though he was quite nervous from the moment he decided to leave the South to the moment he boarded the ship heading north, he didn't know whether his decision was right or wrong.
But when he thought about it, he was still young, and he couldn't stand the attitude of some people in the South, so he could afford to give it a try.
During the meal break, Ning Changge introduced him to the basic situation of Liaodong County. "Yes, this is the territory of Liaodong County. Liaodong County was the first place where Governor Lu took office, so it has developed better than the other three counties in Pingzhou. Among the eighteen counties in Liaodong County, Houcheng is the most prosperous. And Fang County, Anshi, Pingguo, Yao County, and Fanhan County are also developing very well because they are coastal counties and towns."
Zhou Jing nodded, it looked really good.
"However, since Lord Lu moved from Liaodong County to the Liaoxi County Governor's Mansion at the beginning of this year, Liaodong County has entered a period of stable development this year. The three counties of Pingzhou have entered a period of rapid development. I believe it won't be long before they can catch up with Liaodong County." Ning Changge's tone was quite proud. He also contributed to this. Although the role was small, it was really pleasant to see this land change little by little.
Zhou Jing looked at his good brother who was talking about local people's livelihood. After not seeing him for a year, he found that there had been great changes, and they were changes for the better.
"Do the people in Liaodong County live a good life?" Zhou Jing noticed that compared with the people in other places who had sad faces, the people here smiled a lot and were very warm and kind to outsiders like them.
He saw vitality here.
"Yes, after Lord Lu took office, the lives of the people in Liaodong County have gradually improved. This year's life is even better than last year. We can eat our fill year-round, and even have meat occasionally."
Zhou Jing and his mother were amazed that the people in Liaodong County could actually have enough to eat and even have meat several times a year. What kind of wonderful life was this?
Just then, the restaurant brought the food they ordered - four bowls of chewy noodle soup.
Ning Changge called them, "Come, let's eat something first, and then go back to Houcheng to settle down!"
"Okay, Brother Ning, you arrange it." After Zhou Jing finished speaking, he lowered his head and took a bite of noodles. He unexpectedly found that it tasted quite good. He had been hungry for a long time, and he couldn't help but eat two more bites.
After Ning Changge finished eating, he said, "I've found two houses for you at the dental office. I'll take you to see them when we get back to Houcheng."
"There is Liaodong Academy in Houcheng, so it is more convenient to live in Houcheng. If you don't want to live in Houcheng, Changli in Liaoxi County is also good. The governor's office is located there, and all the obvious and implicit benefits of Changli will be tilted towards Changli." Ning Changge said in a low voice.
Zhou Jing glanced at him in surprise, then looked around and lowered his voice, "Can you say that?"
"Well, everyone has seen this. When Lord Lu was the governor of Liaodong County, Houcheng was like this. Whether it's Houcheng or Changli, this is the appearance of a governor's residence."
After eating noodle soup to fill his stomach, Ning Changge rented a carriage to return to Houcheng.
After getting on the carriage, Zhou Jing discovered that the road from Anshi to Houcheng was also very busy.
In addition to the donkey carts on this road, there are also many strong men carrying luggage.
"Brother Ning, what are they doing?"
Ning Changge glanced at it and then looked away. "Are you talking about them? They are all laborers repairing the city wall."
Zhou Jing and his mother were quite surprised. How could these civilians, who were conscripted to do hard labor like building the city wall, still be talking and laughing?
Ning Changge explained to him that this year Pingzhou was building canals, roads and other large-scale infrastructure, and the corvee labor had almost been requisitioned, but the city wall must be built.
So the government issued a red document, conscripting civilians to build the city wall. Of course, in addition to this, there were also some battlefield fortifications that needed to be built.
The people responded positively, and every household sent their strong laborers.
This year, the government sent people to Pingzhou to provide guidance on farming.
Interplanting, intercropping, crop rotation, careful seedling cultivation, timely fertilization, and even teaching them to make their own wood ash water to kill insects...
They are very busy throughout the year, but the rewards are also generous. The crops they planted this year are growing particularly well.
Take rice for example. Now is the heading and grain filling period. The ears that emerge are longer than before, about one-fourth longer.
They could easily imagine that once these ears of rice were successfully filled with grain and completely transformed into rice ears, their harvest would be five or six more dou than before.
Besides rice, they had already gradually harvested a good crop: wheat, sorghum, millet, and various beans. The beams of their house were filled with bags of grain and dried game.
In addition, they made money and their lives improved greatly.
For the common people, building city walls is not only the government's task, but also a way to build a solid barrier to protect their lives, their homes and the fruits of their labor.
Therefore, at a glance at the recruitment office, all those who come to apply are strong men.
There was no way around it. Some aunties who were used to taking advantage of others wanted to send their skinny sons to apply for the army, but they would be looked down upon and even persuaded to go back before they even left the village.
If she really doesn't listen to advice, the villagers will spit at her to death.
After listening to Ning Changge's words, Zhou Jing had only one feeling: different, really different.
Xianbei Royal Court
Tuoba Khan, sitting at the head of the table, asked, "Is the news true?"
They didn’t expect that Longcheng actually had what they wanted.
Why did the Xianbei people keep moving south year after year? Wasn't it just for food and salt?!
The generals below bravely said, "Khan, whether it is true or not, we will know after we conquer the place."
The others burst into laughter.
Now the entire Pingzhou is a fat sheep in their eyes, especially Liaodong County, which Lu Desheng manages particularly well.
"Wait a little longer. After the autumn harvest, we'll head south!"
"Right, right, right. Let the Dali people harvest and dry the grain for us first, and then we can go get it later. Hahahaha——"
"That's absolutely right."
"However, Pingzhou has been building a city wall recently, and it seems they have been taking precautions against us."
"These southerners are quite clever! But it doesn't matter. It's not like we haven't attacked aggressively and forced open their city gates before."
"Hahaha."
No one present mentioned the three-year peace agreement signed with Lu Desheng and others last year. In their eyes, they had never thought about abiding by it honestly.
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