Chapter 454: Everyone Is United

Ning Changge took Zhou Jing and his mother 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, with many newly built buildings and wide roads, giving people a sense of accessibility.

Although he was quite nervous from the time he decided to leave the South to boarding the ship to the north, he didn't know whether his decision was right or wrong.

But thinking that he was still young and couldn't stand the faces of some people in the South, he could fight once.

Taking advantage of the gap in eating, Ning Changge introduced him to the basic situation of Liaodong County, "Yes, this is the territory of Liaodong County. Liaodong County is the first place where the governor Lu took office, and its development is better than the other three counties in Pingzhou. Among the 18 counties of Liaodong County, Houcheng is the most prosperous. And Fang County, Anshi, Pingguo, Yao County and Fanhan Five Counties are coastal counties and towns, and they are also developing very well."

Zhou Jing nodded, it looks really good.

"However, since Lord Lu has moved from Liaodong County to Liaoxi County Governor's Mansion at the beginning of this year, Liaodong County has entered a stable development period this year. The three counties of Pingzhou have entered a period of rapid development. I believe it will not 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 talked about the local people's livelihood. After a year, there was a big change, and it was a change for the better.

"Is the life of the people in Liaodong County very good?" Zhou Jing noticed that compared with the sad people in other places, the people here smiled a lot, and they were also very warm and kind to them, the outsiders.

He saw the vitality here.

"Yes, after Lord Lu took office, the lives of the people in Liaodong County gradually got better. This year's life is better than last year. We can eat enough all year round, and occasionally we can eat a few meals of meat."

Zhou Jing and his mother were amazed that the people in Liaodong County could actually eat enough and eat a few meals of meat a year. What kind of fairy life is this?

Just then, the store 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 can arrange it." Zhou Jing said, and then he lowered his head and took a bite of noodles. He unexpectedly found that it tasted quite good. He was already hungry, and he couldn't help but eat two more bites.

After Ning Changge finished eating, he said, "I have found two houses for you at the dental office. I will take you to see them when we return to Houcheng."

"Houcheng has Liaodong Academy, 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 kinds of benefits in Changli, both obvious and implicit, will be tilted towards Changli." Ning Changge said in a low voice.

Zhou Jing looked at him in surprise, then looked around, and lowered his voice, "Can you say that?"

"Well, this is all visible to everyone. When Lord Lu was the governor of Liaodong County, Houcheng was like this. Whether it is Houcheng or Changli, this is the appearance of being the 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 found that the road from Anshi to Houcheng was also very lively.

In addition to donkey carts, there are also many strong men carrying bags on the road.

"Brother Ning, what are they doing?"

Ning Changge took a look and retracted his gaze, "Are you talking about them? They are all civilians who are going to repair the city wall."

Zhou Jing and his mother were quite surprised. How could these civilians who were conscripted to do hard labor such as building the city wall still talk and laugh?

Ning Changge explained to him that this year, Pingzhou had almost requisitioned corvée labor for repairing large infrastructure such as canals and roads, but the city wall must be repaired.

So the government issued a red document to recruit civilians to build the city wall. Of course, in addition to this, there are some battlefield fortifications that need to be built.

The people responded positively, and every household sent their strong laborers.

This year, the government sent people to guide the farming in Pingzhou.

Interplanting, intercropping, rotation, fine seedling cultivation, timely fertilization, and teaching them to make their own plant ash water to kill insects...

They were very busy throughout the year, but the rewards were also rich. The crops they planted this year grew particularly well.

Take rice for example. Now is the heading and filling period. The ears that have been pulled out are longer than before, about a quarter longer.

They can fully imagine that when these ears are successfully filled with grain and completely transformed into rice ears, their harvest will be five or six more buckets than before.

In addition to rice, they have gradually harvested a lot of good things, wheat, sorghum, millet and various beans. The beams at home are full of bags of grain and dried wild animals.

In addition, they also made money and their lives improved greatly.

For the common people, building the city wall is not only the task of the government, but also a solid barrier to protect their lives, their homes and the fruits of their labor.

Therefore, at the conscription office, at a glance, all the recruits are strong men.

There is no way, some aunts who are used to taking advantage want to let their thin sons apply for the army, but they will be despised, and even persuaded to go back before leaving the village.

If she really doesn't listen to the advice, the villagers' saliva can spray her to death.

After listening to Ning Changge's words, Zhou Jing had only one feeling, different, really different.

Xianbei Royal Court

Tuoba Khan sat at the top and asked, "Is the news true?"

I didn't expect that Longcheng actually had what they wanted.

They Xianbei went south year after year, what for, isn't it just for food and salt? !

The generals below said boldly, "Khan, whether it is true or not, we will know after we conquer the place?"

The others laughed.

Now the whole Pingzhou is a fat sheep in their eyes, especially Liaodong County, which Lv Desheng manages very well.

"Wait a little longer, after the autumn harvest, we will go south!"

"Yes, yes, let the Dali people harvest and dry the food for us first, and then we will go to get it, hahahaha——"

"That's right."

"However, Pingzhou has been building a city wall recently, and it seems that they have been prepared for us."

"These southerners are smart! But it doesn't matter, it's not like we haven't done strong attacks and forced their city gates open."

"Hahaha."

No one present mentioned the three-year peace agreement signed with Lv Desheng and others last year. In their eyes, they never thought of abiding by it.