Chapter 75: Rebirth of Parents

After staying at home for several days, Zhou Yu hurriedly took Zang Ba's scout camp back to Juchao with him. Xiao Yuer, Yang Ci, Lu Qian and others led a dozen female soldiers along the way.

After returning to Juchao, Zhou Yu asked Kan Ze to buy an empty house next to the county government. After a little tidying up, Xiao Yuer and his party lived in as the residence of the female barracks.

Zhou Yu's task to the female barracks was to practice martial arts defense, learn nursing skills, and inspect the military disciplines in the city. In order to facilitate their missions, Zhou Yu assigned them more than ten Western Regions war horses that Zhou Dao had just bought, and also equipped their armor and weapons neatly.

For a time, there was a beautiful scenery in Juchao City. Every day, Xiao Yuer led a group of female soldiers to patrol the city. Each of them was bright and bright in armor and had a picturesque appearance. He rode on the tall Western Regions war horses and looked heroic, and the rate of turning back was definitely 100%.

The only drawback is that the riding skills of these female soldiers still need to be trained. Often under the admiration of the people on the street, a female soldier was immersed in his good feelings and suddenly let out a low cry, falling under the horse with a "bang".

The new embankment in Panwan has been repaired. Zhou Yu braved the snow and inspected it. He saw that the embankment was wide and flat, five feet above the water surface, and was built into a slope near the water edge. He threw a lot of bluestone and stones to protect the soil of the embankment from being washed away by the water flow.

Zhou Yu was very satisfied and said to Yuan Huan: "Yaoqing, I didn't expect that you would build this dam so quickly and so well. It seems that your body has lost a lot, and you must have put in a lot of effort."

Yuan Huan's thin face was filled with a smile and replied, "It is impossible to do such an errand without enduring hardships. I am not afraid of enduring hardships. Moreover, seeing that the people of Panwan suffer from this flood every year, I feel miserable."

Zhou Yu held Yuan Huan's hand affectionately and said, "Yaoqing, from this matter, you can see that you are a person who can shoulder heavy burdens. Food is the most important thing for the people, and farmland water conservancy is an important guarantee for a bumper grain harvest. Winter is here, and it is time to overhaul water conservancy, so I'm afraid you will have to continue to worry about it."

Yuan Huan said seriously: "Gongjin, where are you talking about this? You don't know my ideals and wishes. Let's put it this way, as long as you give me people and food, I will guarantee that it will be beautiful, practical and beautiful. How about it?"

"That's a big deal!" Zhou Yu laughed.

The two were talking happily. Pan Bo, who was white-bearded and white, led the people of Pan Wan. Pan Bo held a banner high in his hand, embroidered with four big words: "Rebirth of Parents". The rest of the people were either holding more than a dozen eggs, holding a few big white steamed buns, or carrying hot tea. When they saw Zhou Yu and Yuan Huan, the people rushed up one after another.

"Mr. Zhou, you are the rebirth parents of our Panwan people!"

"Mr. Yuan, you should come back and see it often!"

"May God bless our Master Qingtian!"

The people surrounded Zhou Yu and Yuan Huan and expressed their gratitude.

Bo Pan shouted: "Master Zhou!" He bent his legs and knelt in front of Zhou Yu. When the rest of the people saw it, they all fell to the ground.

Pan Bo raised the banner in front of Zhou Yu and said tremblingly: "Mr. Zhou, our Panwan is flooded every year, and the people are suffering from floods. Fortunately, I have received the help of my great help to clear the rivers and build dams. In the future, there will be no floods in Panwan. Our Panwan people will never forget the kindness of our Panwan people. You are our reborn parents!"

After saying that, Pan Bo led the way, and the people began to kowtow. Seeing this, Pan Hu, the captain of Zhou Yu's personal soldiers, kowtowed.

Zhou Yu, who had never experienced this scene, seemed in a hurry. He signaled Yuan Huan and his personal soldiers to help everyone up quickly. Zhou Yu helped Pan Bo up with his own hands and said kindly: "Yu just did a little thing, everyone doesn't have to do this! What's more, being an official is a matter of benefiting the people, so why bother to make a big fuss? I will regard the actions of the villagers as encouragement and encouragement to me. This winter, we will seize the time to sort out the entire river of Juchao, and next year, everyone will have a good harvest!"

Pan Hu knelt down and refused to get up, and said with red eyes: "Sir, I am also from Panwan. I am grateful to you and respect you from the bottom of my heart. I will not say anything. Pan Hu will go through fire and water for you in the future!"

Bo Pan insisted on giving the banner to Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu had no choice but to accept it. After returning, Zhou Yu and his party were getting farther and farther away from Pan Wan. Looking back, the people in Pan Wan were still standing on a high place, looking at Zhou Yu and his party.

Zhou Yu was deeply moved and said to Yuan Huan: "Yaoqing, our people are so kind. If you give them a drop of water, they will repay them with a clear spring. If officials from all over the country can put the people first and the people's livelihood first, and manage a peaceful and prosperous era, in my opinion, Zhang Jiao and others are not worth worrying at all. What are the Yellow Turban Army, the Baibo Army, the bandits, and the bandits, there will be no living environment."

There was a layer of mist in Yuan Huan's eyes. These days in Panwan, he ate and lived with these villagers and formed a deep friendship. Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Yuan Huan came to his senses and said, "Yes, people like Pan Hu are good people, but they are forced to be bandits. Gongjin, the world is getting more and more chaotic, and what we do is far from enough to save the people from water and fire. There are still many problems that have not been solved. We must hurry up."

Shu County, County Government Office Council Office.

The outdoors are icy and snowy, and the eaves are covered with ice, flashing and reflecting the sunlight.

The interior is as warm as spring. A large iron stove is placed in the middle of the house, and the charcoal inside is burning. A pot of water is burning on the iron stove, and the heat is gushes.

Gao Shun hurriedly walked in from outside the house, and a cold wind followed him with Xue Mozi and slammed into the house. Gao Shun stomped his feet and saw Gan Ning, Zang Ba, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Wang Yue, Yuan Huan, Zhang Cheng, Zhang Fan, Kan Ze, Zhou Hui and others were all sitting in the house. Even Zhou Dao and Zhou An rushed over from Shu County and hurriedly said to everyone: "Sorry, sorry, there are some things in the camp, it's too late."

Zhou Yu got up and picked up the kettle from the stove, poured a cup of hot water for Gao Shun, handed it to him, and said with concern: "It's cold outside, come and drink some hot water."

After Gao Shun sat down, Zhou Yu said to everyone: "Today's meeting is of great importance. There is a very important thing I want to discuss with everyone and then make a decision. Before the discussion, I also want everyone to explain what they are responsible for, and take a look at the next action plan."

Zhou Dao looked at everyone, cleared his throat, and said, "Let me talk first. My main responsibility is logistics support. Juchao has the money, food and materials needed, and Shuxian has it. I have to try every means to transport it. Some of the family are taken from home and those that are not at home are purchased from outside. As for Juchao's current needs, it is still more than enough."

"Yesterday, I felt like living in the territory of the cave. I saw a completely different scene from other places. The government is harmonious, the people are in trouble, the public is serious, the people are beautiful, and many water conservancy construction sites are crowded and they are working very enthusiastically. I am so happy in my heart."

Zhou Yu smiled and replied, "Brother, you have a great contribution to this. Juchao area is small and the population is small, and all industries are withered. I have exempted another year of taxes. All our expenses in civil affairs and military are borne by ourselves. Without your support, how can we be today?"

"Yes, our overall expenses are still very large now." Kan Ze stood up and said, "The costs of recruiting soldiers, raising soldiers, and suppressing bandits account for half of our total expenses. Of course, many of our new recruits are engaged in the construction of water conservancy facilities and farming. Over the past few months, just for disaster relief and porridge, they have spent more than 500 stagnant of porridge to poor people outside the four city gates every day."

"Building water conservancy facilities is also a big expense. The money flows like water every day. You have to control food and accommodation. You can't eat badly. You need meat for each meal. All kinds of materials and tools used for construction are not enough to be distributed. Some people bring their own tools to the dam."

"The free rice seeds, iron plows, sickles, and oxen also cost a lot of money. Now there are more than 5,000 registered households. The expenses of recruitment and school colleges are considered small, but there are 400 children in the school. In addition to free teaching, they also provide free food, which will be a considerable expense in the long run."

"The business is progressing well. Some foreign merchants have already gone to Funiushan to mine three iron ore, and although they were exempted from their taxes in the first year, the iron ore mining requires a large amount of manpower, which can be regarded as helping our people have a stable income."

"Since the promulgation of preferential policies for the handicraft industry, the surrounding blacksmiths, doctors, shoemakers, etc. have slowly gathered to Juchao. Nowadays, the market is full of industry, hotels, teahouses, iron shops, rice shops, cloth shops, clinics, etc., open one after another, and the business is good, and it feels like a peaceful and prosperous era."

Zhou Yu asked: "How is the sea salt trading market planned to be established in Hengjiang?"

Kan Ze replied: "It has been half built and it is estimated that it will be opened next spring."

"Well... OK." Zhou Yu nodded and said, "You can hurry up and do publicity now. If we can achieve our expected goals there will be a lot of revenue."

Zhou Hui also stood up and said, "Let me talk about the situation of the papermaking workshop. At present, the papermaking workshops in Shuxian and Juchao produce 10,000 pieces of bamboo paper per day. Half of them are used by our printing workshops, and half are traded on the market, and they earn fifty tons of income every day."

"The printing workshop has just printed the first batch of books, including "The Great", "The Analects of Confucius", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Tao Te Ching", and "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic". These books have been ordered. The second batch plans to print books such as "Gan Shixing Jing", "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", "Shennong Bencao Jing", "Treatise on Febrile Diseases", "Zhou Feng Affiliation", "Baihu General Theory", "Book of the Sage of the Sage" and other books."

After saying that, Zhou Hui picked up a stack of bound books from the table behind him and sent a copy to each of the people present. The dark blue cover, snow-white inner pages, clear text, and exquisite binding were so lovely that it was hard to let go.

Zhou Hui continued: "After the printing workshop is operating normally, it is expected that 500 books of various types can be supplied every day, including astronomy, geography, medical skills, and poetry, and lyrics. There is no one on the market that can compete with us, which is a very considerable income."

When Zhou Yu saw the happy expressions of everyone, he also said loudly: "Papermaking and printing are already the main sources of our income. In the future, we will continue to expand production in this area. Zhou Hui, you have done a good job."

Zhou Hui grinned and smiled happily.
Chapter completed!