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Nowadays, Zhilian Mountain has undergone overall planning and expansion. It is difficult for outsiders to believe that this place would have been a desolate mountainous area a few months ago.

When Kaifu Li first arrived in Zhilian Mountain, he doubted whether he had arrived at the county seat or an unknown state capital.

A two-foot-wide rammed earth road was built from Zhilian Mountain to the road connecting the county town outside.

Every short section of this rammed earth road, brightly colored stones are pressed into the soil in the middle to form a dividing line in the middle. A wooden sign is erected every few miles on the road, which reads "Civilized and courteous, rely on

Drive right."

The overall road surface is wide and clean, which makes people feel comfortable. It is said that Liu Ge set up a special department called the Highway Bureau for this purpose, and there are about ten people in it who are responsible for looking after various roads.

At the foot of Zhilian Mountain is a vast residential area for civilians, while on the lower mountainside is a newly built residential area, training school and canteen for bandit members. Halfway up the mountain is where a cottage built by bandits was built in the past.

Zhilian Mountain is connected to the upper half of the mountain by a wide stone-step mountain road. In addition to this stone-step mountain road, a wide mountain ring road suitable for driving has been built to connect to the village. It facilitates the transportation and storage of supplies.

At the top of Zhilian Mountain, there was originally a mountain spring more than half a foot wide flowing out, leading directly to the stream at the bottom of the mountain. The reason why the bandits chose this place to build their cottage was because of the mountain spring and stream.

Zhang Rui felt that it would be too wasteful for the spring water to drain away like this, so he had someone dig a large reservoir at the foot of the mountain, and the soil was used to build clay bricks. Then the mountain spring water was diverted to the reservoir for everyone to use.

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When Kaifu Li was still visiting the housing construction area, convoys of vehicles were walking along the rammed earth road leading to Zhilian Mountain. In addition to those transporting supplies, there were also many people who came with their families.

The sun is scorching and the autumn wind is dry, making the mouth dry.

When the convoys passing by on the road brought up bursts of dust.

Although there are many motorcades passing by, because everyone abides by the rules of driving on the right, there will be no congestion. This situation makes the passing motorcades secretly feel surprised.

They haven't had such smooth sailing anywhere else.

Even though the road looks wide, there are quite a lot of convoys coming and going. Without this rule, the convoys would walk separately, and people crossing left and right would not be able to get into a traffic jam.

In addition to consciously observing the smooth roads, there is also the contribution of the "traffic police" mentioned by Brother Liu. It is said that their full name is: "Road Traffic and Transportation Management Police".

People don't understand this name. It's just that Brother Six called it "traffic police", so everyone just called it "traffic police". People's understanding is that it is a "road officer" who manages the rules on the road, so many people also call it "traffic police".

Call them "road officials."

There are not many people in this "traffic police station", only about ten people and ten horses.

They usually patrol the entire road on horseback, and if they find anyone who doesn't obey traffic rules, they will pull them out and "educate" them.

"Brother, are you also here to join Brother Six?"

At this time, Ma Sanzao, a middle-aged man wearing shabby linen clothes and no shoes on the road, opened his mouth and said to Qian Jin, another middle-aged man still wearing shabby clothes and no shoes.

Looking at the convoys coming and going along the way, Ma San did not dare to talk to the people in the convoys.

It wasn't until Qian, a poor man wearing shabby clothes, came in that he realized that he seemed to be seeing his "same kind", so he went over and asked boldly.

"Yeah, I heard people say in my hometown that there is such a place. There is a good man named Sixth Brother, who is the hope of our poor people." Qian came in and saw Ma San, who was also wearing shabby clothes, followed by his wife and son, so

I lowered my guard and spoke to him one by one.

"If you can't survive, you can come to him. He will give you food and warm clothes, and he will also share houses and fields."

"I don't know if there is such a place in this world, but my 'guest' said: 'I can't survive anyway, so why not go and see it? What if it is real?'

Qian came in and said that his wife followed with her son and daughter. He asked Ma San's wife, "Sister-in-law, you also came here to join Brother Six?"

"Yes, the family really can't survive anymore. The landlord Liu Peipi, who was already renting at 40% or 60%, now says that the court wants to go to war and increase the rent, and insists on renting at 30% to 70%. You say, if you pay 70%

We have to pay taxes and grain for the rent, so how much rice can we have left after a year of busy work?" Ma Chen, Ma Sanzu's wife, said helplessly to Qian Xu.

"I heard that Sixth Brother only needs two bushels of grain per acre here. So, the head of the family and I combined the money and we can live here. Anyway, no matter where we live, as long as we can survive and raise my son, that's all."

With that said, Mrs. Ma Chen picked up her five-year-old son and patted his head dotingly.

Ma Chen originally gave birth to two sons, but they both died one after another due to malnutrition and frailty due to lack of food. Every time she thinks about it, it makes her heartache.

However, this is the reality. A person who has not received any education since childhood and has been taught to accept his fate since childhood can only live a compromised life in reality.

In Ma Chen's view, at least her two sons came to this world. However, how many children were strangled or drowned as soon as they were born because their families really had no food to feed them.

What about the one who was thrown into a child's grave?

Ma Chen often thinks of the white bones of children she saw when she went up the mountain to chop firewood, and she can't help but feel helpless and sad. Those are the whole mountain. If one mountain is not enough, they will be thrown away on the second one. Note ①

"Yes, if it can really be rented at two dollars per acre, then Sixth Brother is really a living Bodhisattva for the people in the world." Mrs. Qian Xu clasped his hands together and said with gratitude.

"That's not it. It's almost here now. Just go and inquire about it then." Ma Chen said.

"Yes... I hope the rumors are true, otherwise we really don't know how to survive. We lived all the way in Jiangxi." Mrs. Qian Xu pulled her son and daughter and said worriedly.

"Jiangxi, that's very far away. We came from Hunan..."

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Zhilianshan

Back Hill Office Study

"Brother Six, haven't you noticed that the number of people coming to Zhilian Mountain has been increasing recently?" Liu Musiu said to Zhang Rui, who was writing at this time.

"I've been busy with the workshop and the prisoners these days, and I haven't paid much attention to it. What's going on?" Zhang Rui stopped what he was doing, raised his head, and looked at Liu Musiu who was looking at him and said

"I recently discovered that not only are there more people coming to seek refuge with us, but they also come from places no longer just in Guangdong and Guangxi, but also in Hunan, Jiangxi, and even Guizhou." Liu Musiu said with some confusion.

"Do you know what's going on?" Zhang Rui became a little vigilant after hearing this. On such a large scale, this is not a good thing.

"I asked them about it, and they all said that they heard others spreading your story, so they came to see or come directly to join you." Liu Musiu replied, and at the same time he also blamed Zhang Rui.

After listening to Liu Muchiu's words, Zhang Rui couldn't help but wonder. He didn't go to those places to spread the news! Why did it get spread there?

"God wouldn't play tricks on me like this! It took a lot of effort for me to suppress it and not let the Manchus pay attention. Who is doing this 'good thing' for me?"
Chapter completed!