After Xiao Cheng died, the situation in Yizhou changed.
All the people couldn't believe this fact. In their hearts, Xiao Cheng was the best prince. Many people even hung white cloth in their homes to commemorate Xiao Cheng.
But soon it was revealed that Xiao Cheng was plotting a rebellion and deliberately creating conflicts with the Nanman, leading to the Nanman attacking Yizhou, and all the people were stunned.
The prince who treated them like his own sons in their hearts deliberately let the southern barbarians attack Yizhou. Although the southern barbarians retreated in the end, many families were broken up because of this incident.
This was difficult for the people to accept, but they had to accept it. The court sent someone else to be the governor, and Pei Yun's reward also arrived.
"No, Eunuch Cao, you call this ten thousand taels of gold?"
Pei Yun was a little confused when he looked at the reward brought by Eunuch Cao. The so-called ten thousand taels of gold was not all gold, but also some copper.
And the purity of gold is also very low. That's okay, after all, the metallurgical technology of that era was not very advanced, but it is too much to use copper instead.
Even if you use silver instead, it is better than copper. You can't deceive me just because copper and gold are similar in color.
I really thought it was ten thousand taels of gold, but this is what happened.
Cao Rui said with a smile: "Master Pei, this is how the imperial court's ten thousand taels of gold are. You should also be considerate. After all, the imperial court has been at war with the northern barbarians every year, and the finances are a bit tight."
"And the reward is secondary. The fact that you have been appointed as the deputy commander of Yizhou is a cause for celebration. This is a third-rank position, and it comes with real military power, which is much more valuable than any gold."
Pei Yun was speechless, but he knew that the reward was given by the court and had nothing to do with Eunuch Cao, so he took out a few bottles of perfume and gave them to Eunuch Cao.
Cao Rui immediately smiled.
The two chatted for a while, Cao Rui asked about trade, Pei Yun smiled and said: "Eunuch Cao, do you want to go and take a look?"
"Go ahead, so I can report the progress to the Emperor when I return to the palace."
"I'll go take a look too." Xue Wenju said.
Pei Yun achieved such a great achievement and was even promoted to a third-rank official, which made his face full of smiles.
Back then, he wanted to establish a relationship with the nobles just to move up a position, even if it was just a lateral transfer.
Ruifeng County is too close to the border town, and it would be difficult to escape if the southern barbarians attacked.
For example, last time, when the southern barbarians attacked, he had no choice but to hide in the fortress.
But now Xue Wenjuan does not want to be transferred. Once trade is established, the southern barbarians will not attack. As the county closest to the border town, it will definitely prosper.
He also knew that Pei Yun had specially ordered people to build a road from the trade market to Ruifeng County. By then, as the magistrate of Ruifeng County, he would probably collect a lot of commercial taxes.
Fortunately, when my daughter wanted to marry Pei Yun, I did not stop her, otherwise such a good thing would not have happened.
Ruifeng County can finally get rid of the label of a poor county.
Pei Yun asked Chang Wei to take the gold back to the Qianhu Office, while he accompanied Cao Rui and Xue Wenju to the place where the trade market was built.
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Southern Xinjiang border.
After several months of construction, this place has changed a lot.
Thousands of craftsmen are working hard, and everyone is working hard and extremely actively.
Here they have free food and lodging, and they get three times the wages. The food is also very good and they can have meat every day. This is much better than when they built houses for the nobles before.
In order to be worthy of the wages, almost no one is lazy.
The foundation has been laid and the overall framework has been built.
Eunuch Cao was a little confused, "Master Pei, why is there a city wall here?"
He originally thought that he just needed to level the ground, build a large square, and then have merchants from both sides bring their goods over and set up stalls in the square, or build some shops, so that he could develop trade.
Why is there a wall here?
Moreover, the construction speed was too fast. He knew that Pei Yun had only spent a few months to build the trade market. Not only the walls were built, but also the frameworks of shops, warehouses, and residences were laid.
This is not building a trade market, this is building a city.
And judging from its scale, the market is not small. Although not as big as the border town, it is not far behind.
Pei Yun smiled and said, "With a city wall, we feel safe. Even if the southern barbarians are unpredictable, we are not afraid. I am also preparing to mobilize some troops to maintain order."
In the past, he could only command 1,000 people, but now it is different. He can mobilize all the soldiers in Yizhou. Of course, there are not many troops in Yizhou now.
The border troops and the government troops were all transferred to fight against Northern Liang, so he needed to recruit new soldiers. However, Xiao Cheng had carried out two large-scale conscriptions, and most of the young and strong men in Yizhou had served in the army. Even if Pei Yun recruited soldiers, he could not recruit many.
But there is no rush for this matter, Pei Yun does not need so many troops now.
After walking around the construction site, Eunuch Cao kept sighing, especially when he saw the cement and steel bars, he was shocked.
After all, he was a man who had seen the world, but he had never seen such a construction artifact. It was precisely because of cement that the construction speed was so fast.
"It will take about three months for the market to be completed, and we should be able to open for trade before the New Year."
Pei Yun estimated the time and spoke.
In fact, if it weren't for the need to build such a large market, trade could have been opened long ago. However, since Pei Yun was going to do it, he had to do it to the best of his ability.
Let the southern barbarians see the scale and prosperity of the market, so that they will be more convinced of the court's determination to trade with them.
"Eunuch Cao, it stands to reason that building the trade market is the responsibility of the imperial court, but now I am paying for it out of my own pocket. You can see that the construction is quite large, so shouldn't the imperial court give me this part of the money?"
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