Chapter 99 Shocking Changes in Shouchun

Author: Ximen Yangzhou

Chapter 99 Shocking Changes in Shouchun

Xu Village is a large village with thousands of households. Xu Ding and Xu Chu, as village leaders, have trained their own armed forces. In fact, they are also considered local powerful, but they are smaller in scale, so their horizons are wider than Feng Zhong and Tang Wei.

The people of Xu Village were properly resettled. Long Xiang assigned the former Hefei Duwei Mansion to the Xu family brothers to live in. Xu Ding did not refuse because of his large family.

The administrative level of the Marquis of Hefei is the same as that of the county. There are four large mansions in the city, namely, the Marquis of Hefei, the Prime Minister's Palace, the Chief Secretary's Palace, and the Duwei's Palace.

The prime minister has the same position as the county magistrate, assisting the king in taking charge of the military and political affairs of the vassal state; the prime minister has the same office as the county magistrate, and is in charge of civil affairs, documents, and warehouses; the captain and the county lieutenant are in charge of public security.

As the county magistrate, small counties with less than 10,000 households are the county magistrate)

As the population of Hefei increased, the official structure gradually improved.

Originally, as Lu Su's chief registrar, he should have moved to the Prime Minister's Mansion or the Chief Registrar's Mansion, but in order to facilitate his consultation, Long Xiang left him to live and work in the Junsima Mansion (Hefei Marquis Mansion).

Seeing that all the generals agreed, Lu Su nodded and said: "Since Yun Qi has decided, I will allocate them according to the roster when I get back, so that everyone can move into the new house as soon as possible."

"Um."

Long Xiang responded, turned around and continued walking forward.

After taking only two or three steps, he stopped. He felt something hard hitting his feet. He lowered his head to see that it was a small stone.

There must have been too many people visiting, so it was stepped on and protruded from the ground.

"You can actually move a few days later. If you apply a layer of cement mortar on the floor, the room will not only be smooth and not scratch your feet, but it will also be much cleaner for daily cleaning."

Long Xiang pointed to the small stone at his feet and made kind suggestions to the people next to him.

Due to the shortage of materials in the early stages of construction, Long Xiang not only used a large number of public walls in the planning and design, but also eliminated the delivery standards for indoor wall plastering, ground leveling and plastering, and road hardening in the community.

Lu Su frowned and questioned: "Yunqi wants to plaster the whole house? It is estimated that it will be at least half a finger thick. How much cement will be used for 100 houses? I am afraid that the cement workshop will work day and night, and it will take two months. Although the idea is wonderful,

But it’s been too long to wait.”

"Yeah, that's fine now, let's not make it too complicated."

Feng Zhong had more contact with Lu Su, and because he was in charge of the craftsman camp, he knew the supplies in the city very well, so he immediately stood up and agreed.

"A hundred apartments are plastered?"

After hearing this, Long Xiang waved his hand and quickly corrected: "I mean it's voluntary. You can just live there."

"What do you mean? Is there anyone who doesn't want to live in a good place?"

Tang Wei looked confused.

Long Xiang explained with a smile: "Although these new houses are allocated directly, the additional cement is not free. It needs to be paid in exchange for salary. Of course, hiring craftsmen for construction also requires salary."

"What?"

Tang Wei scratched his head when he heard this. The generals and subordinates in the room all looked at each other, wondering what Long Xiang meant? Did he change his ways to steal his salary and food?

Lu Su vaguely thought of something, but kept stroking his beard in deep thought and did not open his mouth to guess.

Long Xiang explained sternly: "You think I want to exploit my salary? In fact, this is not the case at all. You are all my arms and legs in Hefei, and you know a lot about the things in the city.

The food in Hefei comes from farmers, and the food produced is taken from the people and used for you, soldiers, craftsmen, officials, etc. When there are few people, it can still be distributed properly, but when there are more people and less land, and there is more salary and food,

The official warehouse will be unable to make ends meet."

Long Xiang explained clearly and everyone could hear it clearly.

A small city is like a small country. If the government cannot make ends meet, big problems will arise. At worst, the people will flee into exile, or at worst, it will trigger civil unrest.

Feng Zhong understood Long Xiang's concerns and advised: "We really can't accept fewer refugees, and we should build fewer houses. It's good to keep Hefei as it is."

Lu Su immediately stood up and retorted: "General Feng is wrong. Maintaining the status quo is tantamount to being complacent. Although we want to be independent from the world, we cannot stop others from coveting us. Only by developing and growing can we protect ourselves. Let's hear what Yun Qi says."

"Yes, yes, listen to the clouds."

Tang Wei tugged at Feng Zhong's sleeve.

Long Xiang nodded and continued: "There is no business in Hefei now, and no money is used. Private transactions are exchanged for grain;

If houses are all waiting for the government to allocate them, and bricks and cement are provided free of charge by the government, the grain stored in the official warehouse will be emptied sooner or later;

If green bricks and cement become paid purchases, part of the grain will flow back into the official warehouse, and a healthy turnover will be achieved."

"Plenty and frugality are left to one's own, this is a wonderful method." Lu Su stroked his beard and nodded.

Feng Zhong took the lead in echoing: "We don't understand this. Yun Qi can just make the decision directly. Anyway, the brothers will not go hungry if they follow you."

Long Xiang smiled and said: "I will discuss the standards with Zijing when I come down, but this kind of thing needs an example. Uncle Zhong, you take the lead in replacing some cement. When the floor at home is finished, others will naturally follow."

"Okay." Feng Zhong nodded solemnly.

Tang Hui smiled and walked over: "Hey, if Lao Feng's salary and food are not enough, I will make up for him. I must get more."

"Then I will be disrespectful."

"Hahaha"

Accompanied by Tang Hui's laughter, the group followed Long Xiang and continued their visit, and soon walked out of the south gate of the community.

Looking at the empty entrance, Long Xiang always felt that there was something missing.

Suddenly Long Xiang slapped his thigh and said to Lu Su: "Zijing, later on, you can give this hundred-household courtyard a name, and then hang a plaque at the gate. It can also be regarded as giving this place a place name."

"What word?" Lu Su asked with his eyes raised.

Long Xiang held his chin and thought, recalling that the names of the communities in later generations were all kinds of weird, some were Western, some were Chinese, some were classical, and some were modern, but most of them were out of place today.

"Let's just call it Hefei No. 1. If similar new houses are built in the future, it will be convenient to continue to move down the list."

"I think it works"

While Lu Su was thinking about his answer, he was suddenly interrupted by the sound of horse hooves.

He and the others instinctively turned around, only to see a rider coming from the north, raising dust, who seemed to be a ranger scout under Cao Xing's command.

"There may be something going on in the north."

Cao Xing clasped his fists at Long Xiang in embarrassment, and then trotted to meet him with a dark face. He was worried that the scout would run too close before he stopped, and everyone would be covered in ashes.

After a few brief words with You Qi, Cao Xing immediately turned around and ran back, his eyes filled with surprise.

Cao Xing glanced at Tang Hui first, then clasped his fists and reported to Long Xiang: "General, Luo Yicheng sent someone to bring news. Yuan Shu died of vomiting blood a few days ago. Shouchun is now in panic."

"What?" Tang Wei's eyes widened.

Feng Zhong and others were all shocked, but Long Xiang remained calm.

"I had expected that Yuan Shu would die, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. Alas."

Lu Su sighed, and then frowned: "Yuan Yao is a mediocre martial artist. I'm afraid he won't be able to succeed in his great career. I don't know who will fall into Shouchun's hands."

Cao Xing added: "It is Yuan Yin who is in charge of the overall situation."

"The clouds are rising, Yuan Shu's big tree has fallen, then the Qiao family," Tang Hui reminded in a low voice.

While Long Xiang frowned and thought deeply, Lu Su murmured again.

"Yuan Yin is also a mediocre person. He was driven out of Danyang by Sun Ce last year. If Cao Cao takes the opportunity to go south, Shouchun will not be able to resist at all."

"That bridge."

Long Xiang’s eyebrows were squeezed into the shape of the character Sichuan.

Lu Su knew that Long Xiang was worried about the Qiao family, so he comforted him with a smile: "Don't worry when the clouds rise. Yuan Yin didn't fight to the death in Danyang, and he will definitely not stick to Shouchun. He should escape in advance."

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