A few days later, Qiao Junlin received a letter from Hou Lin. In addition to some daily greetings and reminders, he also told him about something in the court recently.

Earlier, the saint intended to pave cement roads in Hexi. Many officials in the court opposed it, and some agreed. As the autumn harvest was about to come, the two sides still had no disputes.

A few days ago, an official named Cen Wenben wrote a document, starting from the opening of the Western Regions of Emperor Wu of Han, saying that the Hexi land is a corridor connecting the Central Plains and the Western Regions, with extraordinary strategic significance. Now that the world is pacified and the world is returned to its heart, it is just paving a cement road in Hexi. How can you be stingy with money? Then you quote the classics and present the facts and reasoning.

After reading the document, the saint said that Cen Aiqing's words were reasonable. He praised Cen Wenben in the court and immediately decided to make the road construction. If others want to object, it will not work.

Luo Yong remembers the name Cen Wenben. In the original history, Hou Junji returned to Chang'an City after conquering the Western Regions. The judicial department at that time asked the court to punish Hou Junji for his crimes, and then Hou Junji went to prison.

At that time, it was Cen Wenben's love that he asked for, and he also said something that seemed very reasonable.

He didn't know much about Cen Wenben, Luo Yong, but he knew that at this time of the 14th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin's grasp of power and stability in the court was no longer the same as when he first took office in Zhenguan.

The power of the monarch is stable. As long as it is what the emperor thinks, someone will definitely like him and stand up to be the leader of the army. On the contrary, if the power of the ministers is strong, then when these officials in the court speak, they will inevitably have to look at the meaning of the ministers who hold great power.

No matter what, the court decided to build cement roads in Hexi, which was a good thing.

Soon, there was a document coming down, saying that this year, the government would pave a cement road in Hexi, and the county would arrange civil servants nearby, and the county would be sent to the office to serve as a mediocre person. The county and counties near the post road should be prepared in advance. As soon as the imperial court's road construction team was in place, the local government would have to send civil servants to them.

As for the number of people required, there are different places. There are 300 people in Changle County.

If you obey this labor service, you can get three feet of silk in one day. If you use fine linen, it will be three feet and seven inches. In the border area of ​​Changle County, especially for the towns under your jurisdiction, ordinary people cannot earn so much in a day, especially when it is just going to build roads, which is not too hard and not far from home.

As soon as the news spread, many families in the county said that their families had no more cloth this year and they would lose their lives.

In fact, this kind of labor service is not a good thing. The reason why the people in the city are like this is just because they feel sorry for money and money.

In their Changle County, cloth is really rare, and mulberry trees cannot be planted alive, let alone silkworms and silk reels. Even if there is not many hemp fields, there are not many fields. Without cloth, you often have to pay for it. All taxes plus one plus is also quite heavy.

After working hard all year round, most families don’t have much extra money after paying taxes. The county is pretty good, and the countryside is even harder.

These three hundred places were finally distributed to the Fangzhenglizheng, and they were allowed to make arrangements as appropriate based on the situation of the registered households under their jurisdiction.

Most of the small officials in Fangzhengli were respected local people. They played a role in communication and connection between local governments and local people. Although the officials were not big, their functions were very important.

The county will soon start collecting taxes in the past two days, and during this period, the towns of each house are bound to be busy again.

Before starting tax collection, Luo Yong gathered all the officials and servants in the county government office and held a mobilization meeting. He ordered a few tables of delicious dishes from the food shop on the street for everyone to have a good meal, and then asked them to go to the countryside to work.

As for Luo Yong himself, he is a mobile unit and is in charge of the county government. If there is any problem that cannot be solved at that time, he can come to him.

There should be no problem. Changle County is only a little larger in total. With the added households recently, there are only more than 1,200 households. The poor households who do not have classes were all clear last year, so I just need to accept them as the ones this year.

In the following days, Luo Yong sat in the county government every day to check the progress of the work they handed over. He placed a plate of fried beans on the table, and the crackling sounded.

The weather has been getting colder recently. County Magistrate Luo felt hungry all day long. Unfortunately, Changle County in the 7th century AD was a small yellow mud city. It was not bad, and there was not even a dried sweet potato. The county was the head of a county, and when he was greedy, he could only eat beans. The beans were fried with some malt sugar. The taste was not bad, but they would always deflate if they ate too much.

"Don't always eat this, be careful to break your teeth." Er Niang said to him when she saw it.

In this era, there is no place to see a dentist. If you break your teeth, you will have no place to repair them. If you lack it, you will be missing, and you will be missing for the rest of your life.

"I always want to eat all day long," said the magistrate of County Luo.

Then the next morning, Luo Erniang brought a basket of food to the county government office, where there was a plate of sprinkler, a plate of red date cake, and a whole braised chicken.

County Magistrate Luo accepted the basket of food and was so happy that he was so scared that he closed the door alone and sat in the room to eat slowly.

The reason why we have to close the door is to guard against the children of the county magistrate and the chief clerk.

Except for the county magistrate Luo Yong and county magistrate Guo Fenglai, all of the other officials in the yamen have families. This time, most of them brought their wives and children to the post. The county magistrate even brought a concubine.

I heard that elsewhere, most of the officials such as the county magistrate and chief clerk do not live in the county government office, because the county magistrate usually has a family and has no place to leave for others to live in. Those county magistrates basically search for a yard in the city, renting or buying it.

However, Changle County is a border area after all. When they moved into the county government, they didn't want to move out. Later, when they were scared by the big cannibals, they didn't want to move out. Luo Yong didn't drive people away. If he and Qiao Junlin were just living in such a big county government, it would be very deserted.

There are many people living now, and it is quite lively. On weekdays, those children are very cute to run in and out.

If they didn't look at Luo Yong with those pairs of black grape-like eyes and asked him: "County Magistrate, what are you eating?" That would be even more cute.

Since this day, Luo Erniang has been sending some food with Luo Yong almost every day.

She always thought Luo Yong was too thin, and there were many things in the county that he had to worry about. Now she was happy to see him that he was reluctant to let him rest.

Isn’t it just some food, and how much can I eat? Her two cashmere workshops combined have so many people supported her, and she still has the only one left?

"Sister, are you enough money and silk on hand?" On this day, Luo Yong asked Luo Erniang.

Luo Erniang's cashmere workshop has attracted so many people, and she has to eat and pay for wages. She has to spend a lot of money every month. In addition, since she started this cashmere workshop, she has purchased a lot of cashmere, which is also a lot of money.

But not many Hu merchants came to them this year. Her cashmere workshop is now just producing and not selling goods. After a long time, I am afraid that the capital chain will be broken.

"No problem, at least I can last for another year or two, so you don't need to worry about me." Er Niang found a seat and sat down, poured another cup of tea to eat.

"But it comes from Liangzhou City?" Luo Yong asked her.

"Not." Luo Erniang swallowed a mouthful of tea and waved her hand, "I don't know how much manpower and material resources will be spent along the way, which is not cost-effective."

"Then where did your money come from?" Luo Yong was a little curious. He thought that if his sister had no money, she would definitely get it from Liangzhou City. Could she have any other channels?

"You don't know this, right?" Luo Erniang smiled and said to Luo Yong: "This year, because of the war in Gaochang, the business road was blocked, and Hu Shang in the Western Regions were no longer here."

"I know this." Luo Yong continued.

"As soon as this business road is blocked, not only is it difficult for us to live here, but many Hu merchants in Dunhuang have no source of goods, so there is no business to do this year." Luo Erniang said again.

"So what?" Luo Yong also understood a little in his heart at this time.

"The convenient place in Hexi is like this. It's hungry and full year. There are a few Hu merchants in Dunhuang who plan to go to Chang'an City to do business. I heard that Chang'an City is very rich, and everyone in Chang'an is generous and very stable and peaceful." Luo Erniang said and took another sip of tea: "They plan to buy me a batch of cashmere sweaters and trousers to take to Chang'an City, and the price is agreed."

"Ship from Liangzhou City?" Luo Yong asked with a smile.

"That's right." Luo Erniang said with a smile: "I told them to give me money and then I would write a letter with them. Then, based on the letter, they would pick up the goods directly from Liangzhou City. But they didn't believe me and asked me to send a manager to go with them. They were discussing these two days."

"Then what were you planning?" Luo Yong asked her.

"If they really refuse, I have to arrange a manager to go with them. The money and silk that I get from here will save time and effort than Baba transports money and silk from Liangzhou City." Luo Erniang replied.

"I have a way to do this," Luo Yong said with a smile.

"What's your solution?" Luo Erniang asked him.

"Those Hu merchants refused to believe you. After all, it was just because there was a reassuring token between you." Luo Yongyan said.

"What kind of stuff you have on hand can be used as a token?" Luo Erniang said with a smile: "The bamboo stick is not good."

"You wait here, I'll go back to the house to show you." Luo Yong said, putting the unfinished sprinkle in his hand back on the plate, then picked up a cloth towel on the table and wiped his hands, then took the stuff.

After a moment.

"...What is this?" Luo Erniang held a round bead and shone again and again at the light coming from the window.

Why is this bead so transparent? It looks like there is no impurity.

What is the red object inside? How did it be put in?

"You use these first, it's not enough for me." Luo Yong picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of braised chicken liver from a plate on the table to eat.

Luo Erniang bought a few chickens with someone yesterday, and they all killed them early this morning. She stewed soup with the young ladies in the cashmere workshop, and fried chicken hearts, chicken gizzards and chicken intestines. She added a dish to the managers in the workshop, but the chicken liver was left behind.

Luo Yong loved to eat chicken liver. He loved to eat it in the 21st century. However, when the chickens were eaten too much hormones and antibiotics, the liver was a detoxifying organ, so he didn't dare to eat it.

The plate in front of him at this moment was full of pure natural and pollution-free chicken livers...

"...Why don't you talk? I'll ask you where this thing comes from?" Luo Erniang asked.

"It was obtained by chance. Sister, don't ask again, just say if you want it?" Luo Yong said.

"Why don't you want it?" Luo Erniang hurriedly put away the things.

Only these beads are not imitated by others, but they can’t be imitated. It’s also very safe to use them as a token for buying and selling cashmere sweaters, but...

"Your bead, no one else?" Luo Erniang confirmed.

"It shouldn't be there." Luo Yong really can't guarantee whether there are other time travelers, but he thinks the possibility should be very small.

"Then I will use it." If others could really take out many such rare things and go to her cashmere workshop to change into cashmere sweaters, she would recognize them.

"What do you think if those people are ignorant of my beads?" What if those Hu merchants took these beads directly to Chang'an City and didn't go to Liangzhou City to pick up the goods?

"Then you set the price of this bead a little higher." Luo Yong gave her an idea:

"This red one represents fifty sets of cashmere sweaters, this green one is one hundred sets, and this yellow one is one thousand pairs of socks. Look, there are two colors and three colors..."

Luo Yong said while imagining in his mind that when these Tang Dynasty people showed off their wealth in the future, they could take out a glass marble from their waists—

"Wow! Purple beads! These are a thousand sets of cashmere sweaters!"

"What's there to do, look at mine."

"What! You actually have two-color beads in your hand."

"Hmph, it's rare and weird."

"Oh my God! Three Colors! In life, you can see the Three Colors Beads once, and you will die without regrets!"

To be honest, Luo Yong was not worried that someone would not pick up the beads. He still had this kind of glass marble in his hand.
Chapter completed!