"This is natural, the price of official salt is much more expensive than the price of rice." said the Grain Tank.

"When working, the people exchange rice for salt, and exchange it hand in hand. When the people have salt and we have food, the problem of eating will be solved. The people take the food and eat it themselves."

A gentleman said, "I couldn't drink two meals of porridge that day, so I didn't order pickles or anything."

Liu Cheng opened the canvas of another cart, took out a large jar of old pickles, and said, "We have chili sauce, leek flowers, and old pickles here. Aren't these all eaten by the people on a daily basis? Only those who actively participate in the road construction are qualified to obtain new farm tools and vehicles. This time, when the road construction is completed, everyone must participate. Everyone supervises me to see if I work every day."

"Yes." Everyone had nothing to say this time.

Because the delivery of government orders in this year is slow, it is not easy to mobilize too large.

Liu Cheng decided to build the road in sections, mobilized the people in Guangling City and its surrounding areas first, and transferred 20,000 strong men. Among these 20,000 strong men, two thousand people could obtain the qualification to use farm tools, and two thousand people could obtain the qualification to use racks and wooden ox carts.

On the first day, fierce evaluation started, and everyone worked very hard.

Liu Cheng was wearing a vest and an official hat on his head. He worked with everyone, building roads, and was so tired that he was sweating profusely. He wore a vest to cool down, and so he wore an official hat on his head to let the people see that he, his parents, did not leave.

It is not easy to work in hot weather, work in the morning and evening, and you have to take a lunch break at noon.

These wealthy and gentry families saw that the county magistrates went to work in person, so they dared not be lazy. Those who had money paid, and those who didn't pay money also sent monks to work.

There are so many people who work hard, and the road construction is still very fast. Especially with wooden ox carts, the chariots transported the cribs and quickly paved the road.

The stone mill crushes and flattens back and forth, and this road is good. This road seeps quickly on rainy days, does not stick to feet, and is strong and resistant to erosion.

It took fifteen days and 20,000 people worked together to repair the 100-mile official road north of Guangling Prefecture. The new official road was flat and easy to walk on, and it was not sticky when it rained.

Since everyone is working very hard, the tools and vehicles can only be distributed by drawing lots.

Basically one-fifth of people can obtain new farm tools. Although these things are not free, the people like these things very much. They will continue to build northwards, and the people of Guangling are bleeding and sweating, working hard to build roads together.

Seeing that Liu Cheng was determined and led by the leadership, the gentry class began to support Liu Cheng, because after the road was repaired, the biggest beneficiary was actually the gentry class.

Just when Liu Cheng was building the road, Zhang Liao was busy suppressing bandits. To the east of Guangling is a surging Sheyang Lake. Sheyang Lake is very big these days. With such a big lake, the people around the lake cannot fish, and cannot enjoy the natural gifts of the big lake. It turned out that there was a group of bandits in the lake, with a small number of about hundreds of people. The leader was called Scar San. Scar San was originally a fisherman in the lake. He was lazy and later became a pirate and was not allowed to fish. Their two or three hundred fishing boats almost monopolized the fishing in Sheyang Lake.

The people hate it to the core and dare not speak out.

After repeated reconnaissance, Zhang Liao finally found out the details. Scar San settled down on the reed island in the lake, and there were about 400 pirates.

Such a few people are not enough for Zhang Liaojun to charge, but these people are very cunning. When they drill into Sheyang Lake, they are as slick as catfish.

Zhang Liao was not in a hurry and arranged four hundred Hun horses and cavalry on the shore, one hundred men and patrolling back and forth. The bandits of Scar 3 were unable to rely on the shore. The people by the lake had to go down to fish in the lake and supported Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao found a pond and dispatched a thousand soldiers who were proficient in water, mainly the deputy general Xiang Bin. It turned out that Xiang Bin was born on the beach and had a good water quality. The 300 people he brought were all fishermen on the beach. The other 700 people were just good at swimming, but the water quality was not good. Zhang Liao was only at that level. The powerful generals on the shore were drools in the water.

The group recruited more than 100 fishing boats, and the soldiers from Xiang Bin's troops drove the boat, while the others practiced boat rides.

In order to eliminate everyone's concerns, Zhang Liao remembered the drowning-proof and life-saving design set up by Lu Bu, and arranged for woodwork to make fir blocks. A big fir board was carried on his back. With this thing, it would not sink even if it fell into the lake, and swimming would save effort.

Zhang Liao also worked hard. He actually learned to swim in more than ten days, so he would not be afraid of standing on the boat.

Before dawn, Zhang Liao led a thousand soldiers to prepare spears, bows and arrows, and drove a small boat. Under the leadership of nearby fishermen, he went straight to Scar Three's nest.

Scar San was still sleeping, but he never dreamed that the group of land ducks actually attacked him.

Arrows were fired at once, and Scar Three could not afford any effective resistance from this organization.

The moment he stepped on the ground, Zhang Liao was in his hand and led the soldiers to rush up like a tiger.

Scar San waved the ghost-headed sword and wanted to compete with Zhang Liao. How could he know how powerful the world's generals were? He was stabbed into the chest with a shot and raised it high above his head.

"The evil one is dead, surrender to avoid death."

In these days, when the thief was just a bite of food, more than half of the casualties were killed and half of the remaining weapons were put down and they were tied back one by one.

The bandit suppression won a great victory, and Xiang Bin made his first contribution.

Xiang Bin didn't expect that it was still beneficial to come from the beach.

This battle annihilated more than 200 enemies and captured more than 200 prisoners. Only a few of them were killed on their own side. It can be said that it was a huge victory.

The more than 200 thieves captured were not the leader of the bandits, and they did not have any serious crimes except bullying the market. They were all organized into Xiang Bin's team. They practice ships in the lake every day.

Because Zhang Liao discovered that ships in Guangling were very important, and often ships were used. There were rivers everywhere and ports everywhere. Cavalry was not as convenient as naval troops, so a small naval army was needed.

When the news of the Scar 3 was exterminated, the people were shocked. Such a group of water bandits could be wiped out so easily. It was really amazing.

Liu Cheng formed a police officer to maintain social order, and there were a large number of patrols at all traffic intersections. Each county town appointed county magistrates, and there were pavilion chiefs, lizheng, clan chiefs, etc. below the county magistrates who were not included in the system.

The government advised the people to cultivate more mulberry seedlings, and there are many kinds of mulberry trees in the coming year. The Guangling area has the tradition of raising silkworms and is still very enthusiastic about raising silkworms.

The road was then built down, and the official roads from Guangling to each county were also flat and unobstructed, including more than a dozen bridges. These bridges built with steel and concrete support were fully utilized to fully exert the enthusiasm of the people.

The report was sent to Xuzhou. After seeing it, Lu Bu was overjoyed and smiled, "I didn't expect that Liu Zhubo would have some troubles. However, Guangling is full of rivers, and road construction can only be regarded as the smallest job, and the big head is still behind."
Chapter completed!