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Anlu County, in front of the Wei Mansion, is full of cities. From the county magistrate to the 100-year-old, and even the nobles of the other counties, when they heard that the "Changnan Marquis" returned home, they all came to visit each other for a hundred miles. This was the first Guannei Marquis in Nanjun in more than a hundred years...

But everyone was blocked outside the door, and a handsome young man bowed politely outside the door lintel:

"Everyone, Changnan Hou just returned last night and traveled thousands of miles. He was too tired, so he would not see guests for the time being. I hope he would not blame him."

Everyone couldn't help but feel disappointed, but the boy said with a smile:

"But the Marquis of Changnan has always been nostalgic, so how could he forget the friendship between the village party? The next day, he will prepare a banquet in the county, and then invite the elders of Anlu, the three elders of each village, and those who have the doves given by the court, to attend the banquet! At that time, the Lord and the Marquis will drink and chat with the villagers!"

After hearing that Changnan Hou had specially invited the county people, everyone praised him and said that the king and marquis were honored but did not forget the villagers. They later dispersed, but some people came forward carefully to ask if they were qualified to participate, and the young man patiently answered them one by one.

On the corner tower in the Wei Mansion, you can see what happened at the door. Heifu looked at the young man and nodded: "This guy handled it properly, it's good."

"Yes, he is the best among the old children of Zhongdi."

Heifu's brother nodded from the side: "Li Xian gave birth to a good son, good tutoring, can do things, and is a show of talent. Hey, to be honest, if Li Cang had not been married to the daughter of Dongmen Bao, I would have liked to give Xiaoyue to him."

The young man was Li Cang, the son of Li Cang. More than ten years ago, when Hei Fu was a small official, he went to Li Cang's house to meet him. Li Cang returned to his hometown to manage the land. When Hei Fu returned, he came to visit him. There was a shortage of people around him, so he asked him to help pick up people and treat things.

Heifu is thirty-three, and his old subordinates are nearly forty years old. His former ambitions are fierce. Now they are all middle-aged, while the younger generations are growing up. It is time to talk about marriage.

Wei Yang's marriage has been decided. Zhang Cang likes Wei Yang very much and promises to marry a daughter to give him Zhang Cang a high-yield and has many children. He said that Wei Yang could choose between seven or eight daughters of the right age, and also gave him a book of equal age as a dowry...

Heifu's niece Xiaoyue is already 14 years old and is about to be in her prime. She can get married. There are many people asking for marriage in Anlu, but as Heifu's status becomes increasingly revered, most of them retreat when they see the difficulties and dare not mention it again.

This made Zhong a little distressed, so he could only ask Heifu’s opinion and see if there are any suitable families among his friends and colleagues?

"It's only 14, it's still early."

Heifu shook his head: "It's better to do this. Let her go to Nanyang County to live with Zijin for a while."

He smiled and said, "My Wei family doesn't have to be very virtuous, but I have to learn the ability to control my husband and not be humble or arrogant."

The two went down the corner building and walked towards the hall. As they walked, they were the Tianshoufu of Anlu County, and they were still talking to Heifu about the local grain production.

"In the past few years, the weather was good, and Nanjun had good harvests year by year. The grains were piled up in the warehouse. A lot of cattle and horses were transported from the north. Each of them was divided into several heads, so that every family could take turns to use cattle to plow the land. The land officials also taught them to fertilize and water... The people said, thanks to you, Zhongdi, and thanks to our family."

He was proud in his words, honest in his heart, and had no great ambitions. His family was booming and was the best in Nanjun. He was not only rich but also respected by others. He was satisfied.

From the brother's narrative, Heifu learned that in addition to the public toilets built by the government in Anlu County, many private toilets appeared like mushrooms after a rain. The owners of the toilets would also find special people to clean, mainly to collect feces. The industry and commerce in Anlu County would also use toilets or feces to excrete, and then carry them out the next morning to those who specialize in collecting feces. The feces would be used in public fields or sold to farmers, which is also a new industry.

It is similar to Jiangling City. In addition, there are water trucks, water wheels and other machinery on almost every river. The people of Nanjun who lived a little better than before will also grind rice into powder in the mill and make rice noodles for consumption, which has become a trend.

Over the past ten years, Nanjun, which has had hundreds of years of development foundations in the Chu State and has a wide range of waterways, has become a relatively developed agricultural area in the country. The annual grain output is comparable to that of the major counties in the Central Plains.

This also made Nanjun the most important military ration export site for the southern expedition of Baiyue...

"The year before yesterday, a total of 80,000 people went to Changsha through Nanjun and then to Lingnan to guard the country. The food and clothing of these people were all supplied by Nanjun and Changsha."

What I am talking about is the western route among the three armies, 40,000 soldiers, 40,000 civilians, and people, and their food, clothing, and food, plus the loss along the way, they need at least 2 million stones of food and fodder each year!

Even though Nanjun is rich, there is little left in the warehouse in two years. Now the south is defeated, but the garrison is still there. Nanjun is no longer able to bear the military rations this year, and it is probably going to be transported from Bashu and Nanyang.

His words became worried: "We are the land officials and the warehouse officials complained, and the people complained endlessly. Not only was the food being confiscated, but the tuition was increasing day by day, but also because every time we transported grain, we often sent villagers to work, and many of our children died in the defeat last year..."

Heifu was helpless: "No wonder my mother was a little angry when she heard that I was going to continue the southern expedition when I came back this time."

Their mother was gray-haired and her most talented second son was very happy to come back, but when she heard that he was going to continue the war, she immediately turned gloomy.

"Didn't it mean that the world has been unified? Isn't it okay to live a good life? Why do you have to fight? Every few days, a former neighbor came to cry and said that his children died in the dense forests in the south and could not even return their bodies! Zhongzi, although you have become rich and honored as a marquis, you cannot forget your roots."

My mother raised her hand, and it was a pair of calluses.

"We are also the common people in Guizhou!"

After saying that, she went to the vegetable garden angrily and continued to take care of the fruits and vegetables, chickens and ducks. The old man only had this hobby.

Heifu just couldn't tell the "Sugar Woman". It was not him who caused the war, but the greedy desire of the Shaofu, merchants and southern military meritorious landlords, was sweet sugar...

Plantation, sugar, slaves, slave hunting teams, war, Heifu returned to Nanjun and couldn't help but be shocked.

This is not JAC, it has clearly become the southern United States!

Heifu left for too long, and he did not expect that the small seeds he planted would grow into a greedy beast so rapidly. When the sugar industry was incorporated by the government and combined with the military and national machinery, it seized more slaves, opened more plantations, and produced more brown sugar to make profits for the Shaofu, it became one of the reasons for the war.

In addition to the Shaofu, the most supportive class was the military landlords who owned a large amount of land but lacked slaves. They were the ones that the Heifu would have a banquet the next day. However, the ideas of these people had already made a big turn of 180 degrees...

The largest brown sugar dealer in the world, Heifu's cousin, was strolling in the hall anxiously at this moment. Seeing Heifu coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to pay a visit.

"I have met Junhou."

"No need to be polite. If you ask me to inquire about things, can you ask clearly?"

Heifu never fought unprepared battles, so he naturally had to send someone to investigate the attitude of the military and landlords of Nanjun.

Yan said: "My messenger has secretly asked me that most of the landlords with more than ten hectares of land in Nanjun are unwilling to fight again."

"oh?"

Heifu sneered: "When the war started two years ago, they were not very supportive, and they were ready to take their children to fight, and they would hold their heads on the left and hold their heads on the right?"

Not only these military landlords, Yan also jumped up and down at that time, writing letters to persuade Heifu to support Nanzheng.

Yan smiled dryly and said, "We are short-sighted. Who knows that Baiyue will be so difficult to fight, and it has been fighting for so long..."

Heifu laughed in his heart: "What a false enthusiasm for war!"

Two years ago, from officials to people to ordinary soldiers, the reason why the people of Nanjun supported this war was not because they were so brave. Instead, they believed that this was a devastating battle, which lasted very short, would not affect their livelihoods, and could also obtain a large amount of benefits and titles and slaves in a short period of time.

Unfortunately, this is obviously an illusion. The empire went to war on all sides, not only requiring government finances, but also requiring exploitation of the people's wealth and manpower.

As the war extends, food is tight, prices soar, and wealth shrinks. It is inevitable that the longer the war lasts, the more amazing it will extract the wealth of the people. In addition, bad news is constantly being passed back from the front, and the sacrifices made for the war are getting bigger and bigger.

Once great sacrifices are made, the passion of those who originally supported the war will end here.

So the black man could already guess what the villagers would say to themselves in the future.

"I must talk about the inconvenience of the Southern Expedition, so I would like to stop the Baiyue!"

But this is obviously impossible. Qin Shihuang no longer cared about the entry into war, the soldiers and civilians were killed and injured, he only cared about one thing:

The face of the empire!

In Jieshi Palace, Heifu and Qin Shihuang had a serious conflict and dispute. After several games between the king and his ministers, they finally let go and change the time from an almost impossible half a year to two years. How could they expect the emperor to change his mind and stop the Baiyue?

At the moment, the trouble is that if you want to clean up this mess, Heifu has to rely on the power of the people of Nanjun.

But at this point, no matter whether it is military merits, titles, or even slaves and interests after the war, they can no longer attract the people of Nanjun. They only want to cease the war and just want to restore their prosperous and peaceful life two years ago...

While he was thinking, Li Cang came to report that a guest wanted to see Hei Fu.

"Didn't you say you won't see guests for the time being?"

Hev is not going to reveal his own plans to anyone.

Li Cang bowed his head: "But the one who came was the magistrate of Dongting County! I once heard from my father that the king and the lord had a close relationship with him."

"Why didn't you say it earlier!?"

Heifu showed surprise and immediately stood up and walked out the door. The lintel of the Wei Mansion opened one by one, and finally there was a thick red painted front door.

A thin elderly official was standing in front of the door with his sleeves in his arms. He was still the same, wearing a magic crown and a black copper seal on his head, but there was a lot of grayness in his beard and a slightly thin face. After all, he had just recovered from the gates of hell by a doctor.

The county magistrate is only six hundred stone officials, and it is nothing compared to the black husband who is a marquis and a general...

But the dignified Marquis of Changnan bowed to him in awe. Heifu respected this person no less than that of Emperor Qin Shi!

This country was finally unified because of the courage and determination of the emperor throughout the ages.

But as noble as Emperor Qin Shi, he is just a mortal standing on the top of a huge building. Those who see far away are called because they climb high, and those who hear are called out because they shout out because they are as wind.

The howling wind is the desire of the people of the world to unify and end the war, and the unstoppable trend of the times!

The huge building under the emperor's feet is built of 30 million Guizhou heads and is bonded by hundreds of unknown, diligent and hard-working "Qin officials"!

They are the bricks and tiles of the empire and the cornerstone of civilization.

Heifu and the visitor were solemnly greeted:

"Xijun, it's been a long time since I was gone!"
Chapter completed!