After more than a year of development, Xiaquyang now has more than 10,000 households, more than 50,000 people, and more than 536,000 acres of cultivated land. Compared with when Wen Yuan first arrived in Xiaquyang, the population and cultivated land are fully greater.
One and a half times! This is all due to the military household farming system, which allowed Xiaquyang to gather nearly 6,000 households in just one year and support an army of 5,000 people!
Now, Xiaquyang is already the largest county in Julu, with thousands more people than Yingtao in the county. Because the household registration exceeds 10,000, the new officials in Xiaquyang can no longer be called county magistrates, but county magistrates.
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In addition, Wen Yuan also discovered something in the workshop that made him very happy, a four-wheeled baggage cart!
I remember that Wenyuan told the craftsmen about this idea before he went on the expedition. He didn't expect that the craftsmen would actually develop it. This four-wheeled carriage is one foot and two feet long and six feet high. It needs two animals to pull it. Although it is small in size,
It is huge, but its load capacity is three times that of a two-wheeled cart. One cart can transport nearly a hundred bushels of grain and grass, which greatly improves efficiency!
Now Xiaquyang has already used this four-wheeled carriage, and Qianzhao has also ordered to promote it throughout the county. I believe that if there is a war in the future, Wenyuan will not have to worry about transporting grain and grass as before. In addition, the production capacity of the blacksmith workshop has also increased.
Wen Yuan was very happy. As more and more people moved to Xiaquyang, the production capacity of Xiaquyang's blacksmith workshop also increased. More than 70 sets of iron armor were produced every month, which was almost equivalent to one-third of Julu County.
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Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao had expressions of disbelief. Everywhere they went, they would experience visual and mental shocks. Even if they were beaten to death, they couldn't believe it. This was actually the Xiaquyang City they had led before. I remember that time,
Nearly 100,000 Yellow Turban Army Hedgehogs gathered outside the city. The fields were deserted and businesses were abandoned. The city was littered with garbage, and there were rotting and smelly corpses. The whole city was lifeless.
But now, Xiaquyang has thousands of hectares of fertile land, a dense population, clean and tidy streets in the city, and people's lives are comfortable. How different is it from five years ago? Everything they see in front of them has a strong impact on their defenses that have been stable for many years.
, could it be that this newly followed lord is wiser and wiser than the Great Master? Is it only by following him that the people can live a truly stable and peaceful life?
Every time they thought about this, the two of them were in awe of Wen Yuan.
After staying in Xiaquyang for two days, Wen Yuan did not dare to delay the scheduled meeting with Zhen Yan in one day, so he took Zhang Ning and Zhou Cang with him to Wuji, Zhongshan to attend the meeting.
Since Wen Yuan has been busy with official duties these past two days, Wen Yuan has never had time to spend time alone with Zhang Ning.
Although she didn't talk to Zhang Ning, Wen Yuan could vaguely see from her eyes that this little girl was a little unhappy.
So this time out of the city, Wenyuan specially arranged a carriage for Zhang Ning to sit in.
As soon as he left the city, Wen Yuan took a moment and turned into the carriage.
Zhang Ning was leaning against the car window looking at the scenery with a melancholy look on his face. Suddenly he saw a man getting into the car. He was startled. When he saw clearly that it was Wen Yuan, his pretty face turned red and he turned to look out the window.
Wen Yuan secretly laughed in his heart. This little girl pretended to be relaxed, but her pretty face was blushing and her hands were playing with the hem of her skirt. She was clearly shy and nervous.
Wen Yuan was a little worried at first, but when he saw that Zhang Ning was worse than him, he suddenly calmed down a lot.
Okay, let me tease you!
Thinking of this, Wen Yuan sat down next to Zhang Ning and didn't say anything, just staring at Ning'er with a smile.
Ning'er couldn't stand such attention, and her delicate body was close to Wen Yuan's body. After a while, her whole body felt soft, her face was burning, and she hurriedly moved a little further into the seat.
Unexpectedly, Wen Yuan didn't intend to let her go at all. She moved inside, and Wen Yuan followed her. After a while, Wen Yuan was squeezed into a corner of the carriage.
Wen Yuan looked intently and saw that she had black hair like a waterfall, eyebrows like distant mountains, slender eyelashes that trembled, her eyes were full of waves, her pretty face was shy, like a ripe pink peach, and her crystal-white teeth were light and soft.
Biting his lip, Wen Yuan's heart was swayed by the sight of such a beautiful woman.
The beauty was shy, Wen Yuan's courage surged, and he put his arms around Ning'er's slender waist.
"Bad guy, bad guy..." Ning'er just twisted twice and gave up resistance, letting Wenyuan hug her slim waist.
Seeing this situation, Wen Yuan seemed to be greatly encouraged. He took Ning'er into his arms and enjoyed this wonderful moment with a happy face.
I don't know how long it took, Wen Yuan whispered in the beauty's ear: "Ning'er..."
Ning'er's body trembled, she bowed her head shyly in Wen Yuan's arms and refused to respond.
Wen Yuan couldn't help but said with a bad smile: "If Ning'er doesn't respond, I will keep calling you! Ning'er... Ning'er..."
Ning'er was embarrassed and anxious when Wen Yuan repeatedly called her close to her ear. She hit Wen Yuan with her pink fist, but unfortunately her fist was so weak that it was no better than a touch.
Wen Yuan took advantage of the situation and put Ning'er's jade hand on his own, and caressed it lovingly. He felt that the jade fingers were lush, warm and white, and the touch was so good that it made people ecstasy and refused to let go.
Ning'er felt the tingling sensation on her hand, her face was already flushed, and her heart was pounding. She instinctively wanted to take out the hand being caressed by Wen Yuan, but there was a voice deep in her heart calling out: "No!"
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After a while, Wen Yuan said again: "Ning'er..."
"Hmm..." Ning'er murmured softly, her voice sounding like the moan of a mosquito. She was really afraid of Wenyuan's endless rogue tricks to tease her.
Wen Yuan's heart was filled with excitement and his face was tense and stiff. It took him a while to summon up the courage to say: "I... like you."
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"Boom!" After hearing these words, Ning'er felt that her mind went blank, and her already fluctuating inner lake seemed to have set off a huge wave! Her whole body was completely stunned, but that sentence kept echoing in her ears.
"I like you......."
Seeing that Ning'er didn't respond, Wen Yuan was a little frustrated. He picked up Ning'er rather arrogantly and looked at Ning'er's extremely delicate face with burning eyes.
At this moment, Wen Yuan didn't know where the courage came from, and said word by word: "Ning'er... I found... I... I fell in love with you. Are you willing... to... be with me?"
A huge sense of happiness had already filled Ning'er's heart. She wanted to say "yes", but her daughter's family's reserve made it difficult for her to say it.
Wen Yuan asked several times, but he couldn't tell that Ning'er was just shy and embarrassed to speak. He felt happy and said, "Since it's hard for you to say it, how about I ask and you just nod or shake your head."
Ning'er nodded with great difficulty.
"Will you stay with me?"
Ning'er trembled all over, but finally nodded firmly!
Wen Yuan was ecstatic in his heart. He couldn't help but hugged Ning'er tightly and said without hesitation: "Ning'er, I'm so happy! Do you know? I will take good care of you for the rest of my life and will not let you suffer even a little bit.
I want to make you the happiest bride in the world, Ning'er, do you believe me? I will, I will definitely do it, and I will do what I say!"
When Ning'er saw Wen Yuan's true feelings revealed, she was as excited as a child. Her heart was full of warmth and she nestled in Wen Yuan's arms full of attachment. This man would be her support for the rest of her life!
The second update, ~continues at 3pm, apprentices will have a break~~Please give me flowers and sincerely collect them~~