eurekapd Chapter 178 Awesome Fellow Villager
Chapter 178 Awesome Fellow Villager
But this fellow is really amazing.
It seems that he is doing well now.
At least he was the prefect's aide, and the policies he proposed were adopted.
It seems that this fellow villager is also a respected aide.
"Yes, this policy is good. I said I had never heard of this policy before."
"It will take at least several months to register the entire Jiangcheng Prefecture. It will be even more difficult to register remote areas. We can only take it slowly."
"The prefect is really a good official who cares about the people!" Liu's father flattered him at the right time.
"Yes, in the three years since the prefect took office, Jiangcheng Prefecture has been getting better and better. In the past, many people disliked Jiangcheng Prefecture because there were more mountains and less fields, and the transportation was bad, so they were unwilling to come. After the prefect came, he first rebuilt the official road along the foot of the mountain to connect the villages. Then he vigorously developed arable land. If there was no good land, he asked the villagers to plant more land and actively encouraged the people to plant sweet potatoes, planting two crops a year. The problem of food and clothing was soon solved. In the past, people had never thought that they could plant two crops of sweet potatoes. After the people's lives improved, they developed water transport, expanded docks along the mother river and its tributaries, and actively traded with the outside world. In the past, those merchants were unwilling to come here to do business. You can go outside the city and take a look. The business at the dock is so good."
"Yes, yes, we came in from outside. It's really lively!"
The scholar wanted to say something, but at this moment someone came over to read the notice, so he went to read it to them.
The two looked at each other. Father Liu said, "That's enough. We have learned almost everything here. If we ask more questions, we will be annoying. Let's go."
"Well, let's go. Let's ask other people."
Liu Caixia and the others had already walked a distance, but along the main street, they could still see the figure of the carriage at the back. They immediately quickened their pace and followed it.
When Liu's father and Luo Hong caught up with them, they stopped in front of a tea shop on the corner.
Liu Caixia ordered a pot of tea at the teahouse and asked the owner about the inn. They walked along the main street and came across an inn, but the business was so good that there was no room for all these people.
"Boss, I want to ask you about the situation in the city. We want to stay in an inn, but there are no rooms in the inns on this street. Where can we go to find a suitable inn for us to rest?"
"There are too many merchants coming and going on this street every day. If you want to live together, there will definitely be no room for all of you. Let's go to the east. There are inns a few streets away, and the environment there is not bad. There are also inns in the west, but there are more people living there."
"Okay, thank you boss."
A pot of tea only costs six cents, and the main thing is that you can sit down and rest. If you don’t have money to go to a restaurant, you can also eat some simple buns here.
Liu Caixia simply wanted to find out about the situation at the inn. It is the same in modern society. If you want to inquire about the situation at a convenience store, you can buy something and then ask people. It is also more legitimate and the owner's attitude will be much better.
After getting the information, Liu Caixia said to Lin Weizhong and the others, "Let's go first and find a place to put the mule cart and horse carriage. Let's leave one person to wait for my father and Uncle Luo."
Before Lin Weizhong could arrange for people, he heard Allen Chu say, "Brother Lin, have you decided where to go? I saw Uncle Liu and Uncle Luo coming in our direction. Let's wait for them to come and go together!"
Sure enough, Lin Weizhong saw two people walking towards them from afar, "Keyu, tell Aunt Caixia that Grandpa Wang and Grandpa Luo are here. Let her lead the way first, and we will follow behind."
"it is good!"
The group finally found an inn in East City and settled everyone down.
Father Liu was thinking that he couldn't find an inn that could accommodate everyone, so he divided the people into two groups and housed two inns.
Fortunately, we finally found an inn at the end of the street. Maybe because of its location, the business of this inn was not as good as other inns.
After everyone settled down, Father Liu gathered everyone in a room to discuss the next arrangements.
The main thing this time was to discuss who would take the ship and who would continue to travel by land, so the purchased servants were not avoided.
Including the children, everyone gathered in one room, and the room was packed.
The bed and the stools were filled with people, and benches were brought in from the two adjacent rooms.
After everyone was seated, Father Liu began to speak.
"When we were at the dock, I asked the steward of the Su Family Chamber of Commerce about some things. After hearing that, I had an idea. I would arrange for some people to take a boat to Shanqing County first. After arriving, they would register to settle down, and then go to the village where they would settle down to buy some land. If there is an existing homestead or an old house, they would buy one and live there. If not, they would rent a room from the villagers. Then they would find someone to build a house themselves. When the others arrive, at least everyone will have a place to live. As for other arrangements, there will be plenty of time during the Chinese New Year. We will discuss it slowly then."
Seeing that no one else had any objections, he continued, "Taking a boat can save at least half the time of our current journey, or even less. That means there are three more counties to go, which will take about ten days. If nothing goes wrong, it will only take three days by boat, and we can reach Shanqing County on the fourth day. We can reach a county in one day.
Of course, it is also because it is convenient to get to Sanqing County from here. If you arrive early for six or seven days, you can do a lot of things. So, I think adults who can work should go first. Children can take the bus and go slowly, and they can also broaden their horizons along the way.
Another major reason is that the shipping fee is very expensive, eight taels of silver per person. Livestock and other things are even more expensive. I originally thought that everyone would go together, but after calculating the shipping fee, it was too uneconomical. After a calculation, the shipping fee alone would cost nearly three hundred taels. Not to mention the food and drink expenses along the way. "
Except for Lin Weizhong, the others also looked worried when they heard the fee. Their families had almost no money. Liu Xianxue's bracelet was still with Liu Caixia, and the Liu family paid for her food, drink, and toilet along the way.
Luo Hong's family and Liu Hao's three children were even poorer.
Liu Hao and his friends had a space, but after living in the apocalypse for too long, they didn't have many things left. Plus, they were men, so their gold and silver jewelry weren't saved after three years of the apocalypse.
The only things that can be exchanged for money are probably some daily necessities.
So, they basically have no money left now.
The Fang siblings and Lin Weizhong had space and stored some things, so the situation was slightly better.
In addition to the money Lin Weizhong collected from collecting Ganoderma lucidum with them, and the money he earned from selling wolf skins saved from hunting, he gave Liu's father a lot of money along the way.
Now that I have sold all the Ganoderma lucidum, I should have some left after spending.
I guess there aren't many left.
So when Liu's father mentioned that he needed so much money, everyone became even more silent. Even those who had some ideas just now fell silent.