The Peng family has already started preparations.
The game is scheduled for the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, which gives us 20 days to prepare.
They won't stop regardless of the weather; they won't accommodate you just because you're a girl.
The hilltop was determined, and the Peng family sent people to clear out the wild animals on the hill to prevent anyone from getting lost and running into the big guys during the event.
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At the same time, the imperial court's rewards were also announced.
Because the official road from Kunzhou to the capital had been repaired and put into use, the emperor, accompanied by the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and the Empress, along with dozens of officials of the second rank or above, personally traveled from the capital to Tongzhou and back. He thought it was good, so he issued this reward.
The journey from Kunzhou to the capital used to pass through five prefectures and took a month, but now it only takes twenty days, saving a lot of time.
The official road from the capital to Jiangnan has also begun to be repaired. The Ministry of Works has sent people down to set up cement workshops in every prefecture. Once the official road is completed, the people can buy cement to build houses. This business will naturally belong to the imperial court.
This time, the reward was given to Gu Shouxin, the magistrate of Kuncheng County, and his family members from the Duke of Dingguo's mansion.
The Duke of Dingguo's mansion is the Peng family. They are just a family that doesn't live in the capital, but the title is real.
Gu Xin laughed at herself when she heard the news, saying that on the way to the capital, Brother Yuanyuan had given her and her older sister a lot of information about the high-ranking families in the capital. As a result, she had forgotten that the Peng family was low-key and that the Duke of Dingguo's mansion belonged to them.
Zhang went back to her room, closed the door, and laughed loudly. Good heavens! The Peng family is a Duke's mansion, and her eldest daughter married the eldest grandson, who would inherit the title!
Zhang increasingly felt that many of the things Cai Xiaolian had told her before were correct. At that time, she didn't know the Gu family's identity and thought that it would be enough to find Huihui a wealthy family or a scholar. Cai Xiaolian told her that wouldn't that be an insult to Huihui? Huihui would definitely find someone better.
Zhang didn't believe it at the time, but now she sees it and realizes, wow, she's the eldest granddaughter-in-law of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion!
What she didn't know was that Cai Xiaolian's words weren't meant to look down on scholars or those who had passed the imperial examinations. She simply felt that the people Zhang introduced were unreliable, and Gu Hui was someone with her own ideas. Moreover, in Cai Xiaolian's opinion, Gu Hui was still quite young, so she was trying to persuade Zhang on behalf of the child.
The emperor rewarded the Peng family with gold and silver, while Gu Shouxin was rewarded with a promotion, directly appointing him as the prefect of Kunzhou.
Previously, Kunzhou only had one place, Kuncheng. Now, Kuncheng has a growing population, and Gu Shouxin has submitted his idea of expanding the city and adding a county seat. The emperor approved it and promoted Gu Shouxin accordingly.
At the same time, the Ministry of Works sent people to repair the prefectural government office for Gu Shouxin after the New Year, so that Gu Shouxin could use the county government office for the time being.
As for the location of the government office, the emperor didn't care at all. He just wanted to promote him to a higher official position. It was agreed that Gu Shouxin was in charge of Kunzhou, so he wouldn't ask for trouble by meddling in everything!
During this twelfth lunar month, the number of people in Kuncheng did not decrease, but rather increased.
The expansion of the city walls and houses outside the city is almost complete. Recently, many merchants from other prefectures have come to inquire when they will be available for sale. Some merchants may buy them to live in themselves, while others may buy them to store and then resell them to others to make money.
Some people with better financial means came to inquire; these were people who planned to settle down in Kunzhou, while others were originally from Kunzhou but had fled the city due to the war and were now returning.
Anyway, the people in the county government are very busy every day.
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