In the end, Hai Ruyue left with deep melancholy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the swaying carriage, holding a mirror in one hand and caressing his cheek with the other, carefully looking for blemishes on his face?

She could confirm from the hidden eyes of the men around her that she was familiar with that look, and knew what the men wanted to do to her, the desire to strip her naked.

However, whether it was the cold-spoken Yuan Gang or the light-hearted Niu Youdao, the two couldn't find the look she wanted to see, which made her very insecure.

That's right! It didn't violate her desires, but made her insecure.

Putting down the mirror in his hand and looking out of the car window, the inner uneasiness when he came still did not calm down, Niu Youdao did not admit that he did it.

Now she is no longer a girl who can die and live for a Shang Jianbo, she doesn't believe that there is such a great help in this world for no reason and no return, there is no definite answer, she always feels that there is a huge black hole behind her, as if it is about to swallow her at any time......

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

"Something?" asked Niu Youdao with a smile.

Gongsun Bu asked, "Isn't there any news from Lu Shengzhong?"

Niu Youdao: "Either he was killed by Shao Pingbo, or he surrendered to Shao Pingbo, in short, Shao Pingbo could not let him come back." ”

Speaking of this, his expression was slightly dark, and he reflected afterwards, maybe one of his decisions missed the opportunity to save Lu Shengzhong in the end.

The people of the three factions should not be terminated to go to the Song Kingdom to connect with Lu Shengzhong, Shao Pingbo can't see the people who connect, so he knows that it is exposed, and it is impossible to let Lu Shengzhong come back, otherwise maybe Shao Pingbo may use Lu Shengzhong to make a rebellion.

Gongsun Bu said, "It's best to die." ”

Niu Youdao smiled slightly, noncommittal......

It's the height of summer again, and it's a year later.

The waterfall cascades down from the cliff, and on the stones below the waterfall, a figure is submerged in the water curtain and does not move.

The black peony flew over and shouted, "Dao Ye!"

The figure in the water curtain suddenly flickered, and shot up with the pouring water.

Swimming against the current, it was fast and did not provoke any unusual splashes.

The water above the waterfall exploded, and a figure drew his sword and pointed to the sky, rushing out of the water.

The volley flipped in the air, the long sword returned to its sheath, and the man turned and slid down again, landing beside Black Peony.

The black peony was stunned, and with such a huge flow of water pouring down, how could he feel that there was no resistance to this one.

With a steaming steam on his body, Niu Youdao asked with a pestle and sword, "What's the matter?"

Black Peony replied: "I asked what you said, it's not a spy, but the number of people in Qingshan County has increased dramatically now, and merchants gather, this side is not too far from the county seat, and it is normal for someone to come by mistake from time to time." When the prince learned that he had disturbed Daoye's cultivation, he had already ordered someone to hurry up and make some inscriptions that were forbidden to pass, and he would let people stand around when he turned around. ”

I see! Niu Youdao nodded, he heard Yuan Gang mention it before, saying that there were always people trying to break into this side, so he asked.

"Listening to what you say, is Qingshan County very prosperous today?" asked Niu Youdao.

"Prosperous!" Black Peony nodded: "It's just too prosperous, the difference between the year before and after is simply the difference between cloud and mud." ”

"After the implementation of the new policy, the displaced people from all over the world heard the news, and the population of the two counties increased by seven or eight times, and most of the cultivated land abandoned in Qingshan County in the early years has been reclaimed. In order to keep the displaced people and let the displaced people really settle down in the two counties, the prince not only divided the fields, but also specially allocated 100,000 gold coins to gather a large number of scholars to be teachers, and set up free study schools in various parts of the two counties, so that all the displaced people have fields and all the children of the displaced people can go to school. Nowadays, villages are rapidly taking shape around the fields and where the study school is located, and in Lan Ruoting's words, as long as the family business is here, these displaced people will not easily leave the two counties unless they are forced to do so. ”

The concentration of a large number of people, coupled with the reduction of commercial taxes, attracted merchants from all over the world, who in turn hired a large number of displaced people to do things. Today's Qingshan County is really different from what it used to be, the city is too lively, but there are also troubles, there are too many people, there are not enough shops, and those merchants have needs. Mr. Lan is negotiating with those merchants. ”

"Negotiation?" Niu Youdao was stunned for a moment, "What to talk about?"

Black Peony: "The prince is going to treat the current county town as an inner city, with the inner city as the center, expand five miles to the periphery, and build another outer city on the periphery." ”

Niu Youdao was slightly surprised, "Where did he get so much financial resources?"

Black Peony: "That's why Mr. Lan has to negotiate with those merchants, and is ready to provide free land in the outer city to those merchants to build shops, but the premise is that those merchants should pay for the construction of the outer city wall, and measure the amount of land in the city for free according to the length of the construction of the city wall, so that those displaced people who cannot settle down in the short term can find something to support their families." It is said that the talks have almost been discussed, and there are still some contradictions and conflicts of interest in the negotiations. ”

Niu Youdao asked: "This is all Lan Ruoting's political opinion, right?"

Black Peony shook his head: "It seems that yes, in terms of internal affairs, the prince seems to have given power to Lan Ruoting, and the prince mainly focuses on military affairs." ”

"This Lan Ruoting is indeed a talent, a big deal!" Niu Youdao sighed with emotion, but his thoughts flew to Beizhou.

He was meditating here, and he hardly asked about the affairs of the two counties, but he paid more attention to the affairs of the northern state.

According to the report, Shao Pingbo's hand was even bigger, and he wantonly recruited well-educated people and skilled craftsmen, and in this troubled era, he actually wanted to open up the water conservancy network of the entire Beizhou, and it is said that in just over a year, the results were extraordinary, and the population also exploded.

It seems that Shao Dengyun gave Shao Pingbo more power, making Shao Pingbo less constrained.

Today's Shao Pingbo is in charge of military affairs, under the internal affairs, extraordinary ability, with superb skills and governance ability, in just over a year, almost the entire Beizhou has changed a lot, the strength of the entire Beizhou is increasing rapidly in a snowballing way, almost the surrounding human and financial resources are directly absorbed and used in the past, making the surrounding states embarrassed and sad, but they have no temper with Beizhou.

In this regard, Niu Youdao himself has to admit that he is far inferior to Shao Pingbo.

Because of this, the changes in Beizhou made Niu Youdao faintly worried, the stronger the strength of Beizhou, the greater the power of the cultivation world that Shao Pingbo could use.

The news from Beizhou said that Shao Pingbo's ability made Dachan Mountain highly valued, and he sent a master to protect Shao Pingbo.

came back to his senses, looked at the radiant black peony he was talking about, and the corners of Niu Youdao's mouth hooked a touch, and found that this woman was different, and gradually cared about these things, otherwise the head of the talk could not be said.

"What about Yuan Gang?" Niu Youdao asked.

Black Peony: "It seems that he went to the craftsman's workshop, and he has been walking more frequently to Gongsun Tieniu recently." ”

Niu Youdao was silent for a moment, and then waved his hand and said, "I haven't been out of the mountain for a long time, let's go, go to the county town to have a look." ”

Black Peony immediately went to the three factions and invited some masters to escort them.

As soon as he approached the county seat of Qingshan 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 coming and going on the official road, and the situation of cars pulling horses and horses abounds, and there are small officials who are measuring, marking, and driving wooden stakes outside the city, and it seems that the expansion of the city is imminent.

As soon as I entered the city, I walked casually, the streets were bustling everywhere, and the noise was endless, compared with the slightly deserted streets at the beginning, Niu Youdao almost thought that he was in the wrong place.

Although many people are dressed in tatters and undignified, and there are even many people who are begging with bowls, it is really very different from before.

There are people everywhere, so Niu Youdao, who has been cultivating for a long time, is not very adaptable, and he has no interest in walking around anymore, so he went directly to the county guard's mansion.

Shang Chaozong's personal guards knew him, asked the guards who stopped him to retreat, and personally led Niu Youdao in.

When he came to the outside of the council hall, he heard the voices of Shang Chaozong and Lan Ruoting discussing inside.

Niu Youdao stretched out his hand to stop it, and asked the guards to pause the report and listen outside.

Lan Ruoting's voice sounded inside, "Lord look here, the seaport in the south is our advantage, in the face of the surrounding blockade, it is a shortcut to import and export materials by sea, and it is also a great convenience for businessmen, it is recommended to synchronize the way of expanding the city to the seaport here, and build another city near the seaport, which is convenient for the transfer and storage of materials for merchants..."

"Ahem. The guard on the side suddenly coughed, he really felt that it was inappropriate for people to eavesdrop on the prince's conversation, ignoring Niu Youdao's obstruction, and reported, "The prince, the Taoist is here." ”

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

Shang Chaozong and Lan Ruoting also walked out, both of them were a little surprised, but this one was not seen all year round.

"Master Dao, why are you here?" Shang Chaozong arched his hand and asked, "But what's the matter?"

Niu Youdao followed them into the council hall, saw the map hanging in the house at a glance, walked to the map and looked at it, "It's nothing, I just listened to a few words outside, what's the matter, is the surrounding area blocking us?"

Lan Ruoting: "For the time being, it hasn't reached that intensity yet, but the progress here has already aroused the vigilance of the surrounding area, and it is a matter of time before the trade routes here are blocked, and no one will want to see this side sit big." The sea is boundless, there are roads everywhere, and the forces in the surrounding areas can only cut off the land route, and it is not so easy to cut off the sea route. Another point, once the blockade is strengthened around the periphery, I am afraid that it will be more difficult for the war horses to come in, and it is not a bad idea to take the sea route. ”

Niu Youdao bowed, "Mr. Lan has a high opinion, think long-term!"

Shang Chaozong frowned and said, "The people from the three factions and the Tianyumen who went to the Qi country have not given an answer for a long time. ”

Lan Ruoting explained: "Dao Ye, what the prince means is that our development progress is not slow, once the people around us feel that the threat is huge, I am afraid that it will be more than a blockade, so we must have a strong force to deter, we urgently need war horses here, otherwise the speed of the movement of troops cannot keep up, we can only wait to be beaten! The more the force here cannot keep up, the more it is easy to cause the invasion of foreign enemies!"

Niu Youdao: "You can't blindly count on the Qi country's side, our side didn't think of another way?"

Shang Chaozong: "I have purchased some horses from the surrounding areas, there are thousands, but there is still a big gap between war horses and ordinary load-bearing horses, and the proportion of those who can run quickly and fight is very small, and the original war horses here are also gradually aging, and the gap of war horses here is tens of thousands, and it is impossible to loot from the surrounding areas in the short term, but there are countless good horses on the pastures of Qi State." ”

Niu Youdao was silent......