"Aye..." In a small village not far from Changle County, on this day, a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old wanted to speak to his Aye but stopped.

"What?" His Aye looked quite old. He was sitting in front of his house at this time, weaving a basket with red willow paper strips.

His palms were dark, covered with scars and calluses, but his movements were quite agile, and the baskets he woven were also very detailed.

In their place, such baskets were quite cheap, and few people were willing to buy them. Since the wooden track from Changle County to Jinchang City was opened, merchants' exchanges between the two places gradually became very prosperous.

A basket of such a large one can be sold for a penny. He can make three or four a day. If they are sold, he can get three or four a day. It is also good to fiddle with it during the slack season and add some input to the family. This work is lighter than grinding needles and no eye-consuming.

"Aye..." His youngest son called again.

"What are you talking about?" Today, how many times have you called me? The old man was a little impatient.

"..." His son hesitated for a while, and finally said: "I want to go to the car manufacturer in the city to do work."

I heard that a young man like him went to the car manufacturer in Changle County. Even if he only did the most ordinary physical work, he could get two or three cents a day. If he could learn some craftsmanship, the salary would be higher, just like the craftsmen in the needle shop. Many people in and outside the city were jealous and envious.

However, once you become a craftsman, if you become a craftsman in the future, you will no longer be a farmer. In this era, the social status of craftsman is lower than that of farmers.

"If you want to go, go, what are you going to do?" Unexpectedly, Aye said so.

"Aye?" The young man was very surprised. Wouldn't Aye worry that he would become a craftsman in the future?

"The county magistrate never said that he would change all those who work in the workshop to craftsmen's household registration. You are so panicked that you can go when you want to go, and you will come back when you see the wind direction is wrong." The old man was very open-minded.

"The Luo County Magistrate is naturally a good thing, but if someone else comes to be a county magistrate in the future, what should I do if I force my household registration to work?" Seeing that Aye was so easy to talk to today, the young man expressed all the troubles in his heart.

"Then you won't run away." The old man said to his stupid son: "How high is the Great Wall? Are you still afraid that you can't get over it?"

"..." The young man was shocked. He Aye actually asked him to cross the Great Wall!

"If there is a bad thing next time, many people will have to run away. Then you will run away, and you will be more than you, so you are afraid." The old man said again.

"If the government wants to implicate father, brother and family, what's the best?" The young man was still worried.

"That can't." The old man said calmly: "If the government wants to act like that, then we will follow us. Then you can see that there are still a few families left in Changle County."

Normally, as long as officials are not too evil, they should not be so mean to local people. If they really get such evil, no matter whether they are farm or strike, they will not be easy.

For these days, not far from his house, there were carriages coming and going on the two wooden tracks every day. Those carriages could run so steadily and fast on the tracks. If he hadn't seen them with his own eyes, he would have never imagined that such a thing would have happened in this world in his life.

His youngest son wanted to go to the city to learn skills, which was a good thing. He had thought about it these days, and wanted to ask him to learn craftsmanship in Changle County, earn some money, and go out to see the world in the future. Even if the water is dry one day, he can still find a way elsewhere to live. Unlike them, who have been born and raised here for the rest of their lives, and they will not be able to live without this familiar land.

"You go with peace of mind. If you have the ability in the future, don't forget your brothers and sisters. If you encounter something bad, just run away. You can live without sheep outside the pass. I don't expect you to be filial every day. It's good to bring me some mutton during the holidays..."

Two days later, the young man ate a bowl of ginger cooked by his sister-in-law for him, put a few pancakes on him, took a bunch that his mother packed him, and then went to Changle County with several villages.

The eldest son of the Munmasa's family drove a ox cart to take them into the city, and the villagers took them out of the village entrance. This time, there were many people who went with them, some older and some younger. The youngest son of the Munmasa's family also went.

The village family is considered a big family in their village, but in a wilderness village like their borderland, even the best family in the village is not much better.

Although he was the name of the village chief, he did not have much salary. A few years ago, his village chief suffered a serious illness, which was delayed intermittently for several years. He emptied his family. After spending all the money and food, he refused to ask his family to hire a doctor and didn't take medicine. He said he refused to accept the land and dragged it on like this. He never thought that he would get better again in recent years.

In the past two years, he often traveled between their village and Changle County, helping the villagers get some needle grinding work from the city. The county and his hard-earned money were also a supplement.

Their family has many sons, and now there are several grandchildren. This time, these people in their village plan to enter the workshop, and the youngest son of the village official family took the lead. He said that he wanted to go out to earn some money and send his two older nephews to the county school to study. Whether it is good or not, he can recognize a few words.

The eldest son of Muramasa's family also said that after they settled in the city, he would go there himself in the future. He would do a lot of work in that workshop for several months than in his own fields. He was not afraid of natural disasters and man-made disasters, but just work and get money to save worry.

But everyone felt that he couldn't go because he had to stay in the village and be the current village official.

The ox cart slowly left the entrance of the village. At the intersection of the dirt road in the village and the cement road outside, there were large areas of white flowers.

The largest one is from the village chief. After last autumn, he bought some of them in the city and brought a lot of them with the villagers. Every time he went to the city, he would take two or three days to come back. I heard that he was sitting at the entrance of the county government to pick up seeds.

The wheels were slowly turning, and on both sides of the cement road, there were large areas of white flowering land. In the past, some barren alkaline lands that could not plant crops, but now many of them have white flowering land.

It is late spring now, and there are not yet white flowers blooming in the field, just green seedlings. If you don’t recognize them, you will just treat them as ordinary crops.

Several young people sat on the ox cart and talked, thinking about a better life in the future, mainly how to spend money after making money.

In addition to them, there are also carts carrying loads, some driving donkey, horse, ox, and camels.

Not far ahead of them, there were also a few people who came into the city by ox cart. At this time, they were discussing the matter of the white flower.

“…”

"I don't know how much this white bun is?"

"If there are too many, Luo Erniang's cashmere workshop may not be sorted out."

"I heard that the white folded flower heart is hard to peel."

"We won't be asked to peel it and sell it?"

"Which year and month will you take it?"

"Can the magistrate of Naluo County be like this."

"I guess there must be something exquisite about their cashmere workshop that can overcome this white flower heart."

"What's so exquisite?"

"I don't think there is any other way to peel this white flower heart except by hand."

"That's right, what kind of exquisite thing can be more delicate than fingers?"

“…”

After hearing their words, a few young people in the car imagined the exquisite thing about peeling white and stacking flowers. It was probably a few wooden fingers, and they were peeling white and stacking flowers quickly there. It was impossible to think about it.

"Will Luo Erniang's cashmere workshop be recruiting people again this year?" The eldest son of Muramasa, who was driving the car, said at this time.

I heard that the cashmere workshop's workhouses were all full of people, but now I refuse to accept people anymore and want to go in again, unless someone comes out or their workhouse is expanded.

The white flower heart is so difficult to peel, and so many of them have been planted in the county this year. The eldest son of Muramasa felt that they would definitely continue to recruit people there.

Now the wooden tracks from Changle County to Jinchang City are also connected. There is also a manned carriage. Each person only costs three cents, and it costs only six cents to get back and forth. I heard that the carriage was very fast and very stable, just like sitting on a cloud, from Changle to Jinchang, it arrived in a flash.

If the cashmere workshop is recruiting people this year, I am afraid that many young ladies from Jinchang City will come to work in the cashmere workshop, which will be at least forty or fifty cents a month, which is more. The tax of three cents is nothing to them.

At this time, they were walking on the cement road here, and on the wooden track next to them, a carriage ran over every once in a while, and it was very fast.

I heard that the drivers who drove the car were specially trained, and each car had a number, so not everyone could get on the wooden track.

The ox carts were walking slowly on the concrete road. The sun was getting bigger and bigger. The closer it was to Changle County, the more lively it became. In several villages near the county town, farmers came to the city to sell vegetables every day. I heard that the prices of vegetables have been very good recently, and those villages that live far away were very envious.

Not far from the city gate, there is a platform where wooden carriages are all on the tracks, and there are dedicated people responsible for maintaining order. How long does it take to get a car, there is a regulations.

It costs a few dollars for those carriages to be on the track. I heard that they have to be used for the repair and maintenance of wooden tracks and the operation of this track. The matter here is quite complicated, and they don’t understand it very well. They just think that this wooden track is too convenient and the carriage runs too fast on it.

When they reached the city gate, another wooden-rail carriage slowly walked to the platform and stopped. Then the door opened and more than ten people walked out of the car.

At this time, a team of neither long nor short had been lined up. Several officers guarded the city gate and asked about the identity of the visitor.

"Why are there so many people entering the city today?" Changle County is a small town after all. On weekdays, they rarely encounter situations where they need to queue up when they enter the city.

"You haven't heard of it yet?" A farmer selling vegetables said to them: "The disciples of Luo County Magistrate are selling cotton gins in the city these two days. I heard that it is very useful. Five pieces of silk cloth can be exchanged for one. In the past two days, many Jinchang people come to buy it."

"Just started selling yesterday?"

"That's right, I just sold it yesterday morning. After noon, the people from Jinchang came. You see, there are so many more coming today, and I don't know if the cotton gin is enough to sell it."

"Five pieces of good silk cloth, but there are also quite a few."

"It's not expensive anymore. I heard that there is fine iron on the cotton gin."

"How come there are not so many silks."

"If you are local, if you plant white flowers at home, Qiuli will exchange the white flowers for it, and there are official documents posted at the county government office."

“…”

When the group entered the city, they saw two streets on the left and right side, surrounded by various stalls, including wine, vinegar, baskets, straw sandals, firewood, rice and flour, and various pastries and snacks.

Since the wooden tracks of Changle County and Jinchang City were opened, Changle County has become much more lively than before. Not only are there many merchants and vendors from Jinchang City coming and going to Changle County to do business, but there are also a few percent more pedestrians and goods between Dunhuang City and Changle County than before.
Chapter completed!