Chapter 449

Spring has gone and autumn has come. Another year has passed.

Song Xintong stood by the river, looking at the green shade gradually emerging in the sky of loess, feeling: time flies, she has come to Shahe county with warm and twins for five years, and they will return to the capital in a few days.

Although the time of five years is fleeting, what he has done in these five years has left a permanent mark on this desolate land. The green color is Lu Yunkai's six-year achievements at the border.

The potatoes, grapes, watermelons and cotton in the field were originally planted in several small counties near Shahe county. Later, because of the good yield, they expanded year by year to other desolate counties. Although the yield of the apprentices surveyed by song Xintong was not as high as that of their apprentices, it was enough to improve their lives.

Song Xintong looked at his jujube and apple trees. After several years of growth, the trees had grown up and began to bear fruit. With the arrival of autumn, the fruit on the trees was gradually red.

Song Xintong picked a green jujube on tiptoe, wiped it on his handkerchief, and then took a small bite. The taste was slightly sour, but it also had the unique fragrance of green jujube.

"Try it. Song Xintong will eat their own half jujube feed to accompany himself out of the loitering Lu Yunkai, "acid?"

Lu Yunkai tasted a little, slightly sour and astringent, with a little sweet, "no acid, in a few days should be able to pick."

"Well, when the order comes down, these dates should be able to be picked." Song Xintong looked at the fruitful jujube forest and was very happy. I'm not only glad to have a good harvest this year, but also glad that Lu Yunkai can be promoted to Beijing.

In recent years, Lu Yunkai turned the border town into a fertile land. The emperor was very satisfied with this. He praised Lu Yunkai's ability in handling affairs in the court. At the same time, he planned to recall Lu Yunkai to the capital when his term of office expired.

Lu Yunkai had been informed before, but the edict was issued two months late and had not yet been delivered to Shahe county.

"My wife has been with me these years." Lu Yunkai holds song Xintong's hand, ten fingers cross buckle, "wronged you."

"I'm more comfortable with what I've wronged." Song Xintong yearns for the prosperity and wealth of the capital, but also likes the vastness and freedom here. By comparison, she prefers the simplicity and freedom here.

"But in the end, it's no better than the capital." Lu Yunkai looked at the shade in the distance, "thanks to you too. If it wasn't for your proposal, maybe Shahe county would not be as it is now. If a woman can be an official in the world, you must be better than me

"Even if I could, I would not take such a big responsibility." Song Xintong thinks that she doesn't have enough city government and ingenuity to fight with those sophisticated people. She can live to the present by relying on the aura of the female leader given by the author.

Lu Yunkai knew his wife's temperament. If she could, she wanted to be lazy all the time and said, "you..."

"Well." Song Xintong smiles back.

After more than ten years, knowing each other's words and smiles, Lu Yunkai clenched song Xintong's hand and led her slowly to the front.

They walked slowly back to the county along the gradually clear Shahe River. After entering the city gate, they heard the sound of Hawking in the streets. If you look carefully, you can see many foreign businessmen in gorgeous clothes.

In recent years, Shahe county has changed from a desolate border town into a brand-new one, because every summer businessmen come to buy a large number of potatoes, grapes and cotton. In order to gain a foothold, many businessmen set up a shop in the county to sell goods from outside.

In order to meet the accommodation and food needs of business customers in the county, many infrastructure facilities have been built. Pubs, food shops, inns and grocery stores have appeared on the streets. Of course, it's not just business customers who go to buy. People from nearby counties will come to the county market to buy what they need. Basically, they can buy what they want here.

In addition, Shahe county is not far from the border, and it is the most bustling county around in recent years, so people and businessmen from other countries come to do business. Of course, the development of border business must be allowed by the imperial court, otherwise it will be the crime of treason!

So a year ago, the emperor accepted the proposal of the envoys of other countries and opened up several small counties along the border for trade pilot, one of which is Shahe county. So Shahe county can often see the activities of businessmen from other countries.

However, if you want to enter the territory of Dazhou for business, you must have a pass issued by the imperial court. When you enter each other's countries, you must be checked by the soldiers guarding the border before you can let them go. If someone tries to enter without a license, the soldiers can directly kill him. In short, it is basically impossible to sneak in.

Moreover, Shahe county is now more lively than most parts of Xinzhou, and the nearby garrisons often come to Shahe county to buy, which also makes the public security of Shahe County better. Although there is nothing left to be found, there will be no petty theft.

Song Xintong and Lu Yunkai go back to the county government through the bustling streets. When they walk on the road, many people are greeting them: "county magistrate, madam, are you out of the city for a walk again?"

Lu Yunkai held song Xintong's hand and said with a smile, "how's your business today?"

"Fair."

"My Lord and madam, I just bought a big fat pig today. Now I'm killing it. I'll send you some good meat and bones later." The butcher who used to only sell mutton now sells both pork and chicken, duck and fish, because now with the arrival of many businessmen in Dazhou, they have brought a lot of living habits in the south of Dazhou. The people in Shahe County gradually accept and integrate, and also begin to raise chickens and pigs. The fish is caught from the river. It's convenient for the butcher to come here and buy directly.

"Good." Lu Yunkai doesn't care about this, but because his wife helped him out, the people are grateful. Every time he passes through the downtown, someone always stops him and says he wants to send some fresh vegetables and meat. Because the family needs to buy meat, so it should be under the door and then give money.

The butcher said, "yes, my Lord, I'll send you the good ones later."

"Madam, my family AVA cut some beehives and came back. The honey inside is sweet. I'll send it to the county government in a moment." Someone came out again.

"No, there is honey at home. You can keep it at home or sell it." Song Xintong is also telling the truth, there is no lack of these at home.

Another person came out and said, "wait a minute, madam. Our family is making a pot of cakes. Before, the young master said that our cakes are delicious. Please take some back."

"If you don't bring them, they'll be fat." Song Xintong politely refused everyone, pulled the landing cloud to leave the downtown quickly, and rushed into his restaurant.

Yes, the courtyard built in those years was finally opened into a restaurant last year. All kinds of food that were popular in the capital were finally put on the table here. In addition, the price was not expensive, which made many garrisons who were fond of spicy food fall in love with it and come to have a tooth sacrifice whenever they had time.

Because there is song Xintong's restaurant, next to Xu's business, and a small square, it has gradually become the center of Shahe county.

Two people into the restaurant, there are a few tables of guests, guests see Lu Yunkai two people come in, and said hello.

Some businessmen from the north and the South knew that Lu Yunkai's term of office was coming to an end, so they asked, "Mr. Lu, do you want to leave when your term of office is coming to an end?"

Lu Yunkai knew this businessman. At the beginning, he bought half of the watermelon produced in the first year at one go. This gamble made him make a lot of money in that year, which made all businessmen in the north and South envy him.

Shahe county can become so lively in just a few years, thanks to the businessman who spared no effort in publicity.

Lu Yunkai nodded, "it's true."

The businessman complimented, "Congratulations, my Lord. If you have such achievements here, you will be promoted."

"I'd like to borrow your good words from Mr. Liu." Lu Yun arched his hand, said a few words, and then went to the back of the restaurant with song Xintong.

The twins are looking at the farmed rabbits and shrimps in the backyard of the restaurant.

Yes, in order to maintain the characteristics of the restaurant, we had to move the farm here. Because there were two or three acres of land left in the back, after a little planning, we raised rabbits and lobsters.

However, they didn't raise much, because not all people like to eat this kind of spicy food, so feeding is mainly for people who like to eat spicy food. Because they don't raise much, they are limited daily.

Now the twins, who are eight years old, have grown very tall. After finishing the homework arranged by Lu Yunkai every day, they will come to the restaurant to have a look, and they will also go outside the city to ride a horse and shoot arrows. Although they look very delicate, their riding and shooting skills have achieved little.

"Mom and dad." The twins are helping the cooks to catch shrimp. When they see them coming in, they wash their hands and walk over: "mother, we've caught all the shrimp. Let's have some tonight."

"Good." Song Xintong wiped sweat to two people, "homework done?"

Steamed bread nodded: "ready."

The scroll said, "Dad, I have a question."

Lu Yun raised his eyes and looked at his youngest son, "what?"

Huajuan said: "my son saw the imperial examination topics over the years today. One of them is that Wu of Jin Dynasty conquered Wu by dogmatism and Fu Jian defeated Jin by dogmatism; Qi Huan was in charge of Guan Zhong, and Yan Kuai was in charge of his son, but he was defeated. What's the difference between the two? "

"We all know that water can carry a boat and overturn it. It's the fate of destruction to be dictatorial. Why did the number one champion win by dictatorial method?"

Lu Yunkai knew who his son said it was because the style and gorgeous words of the number one scholar flattered the saints at that time. The number one scholar of that year was not tested, but pushed out.

But the book does not elaborate on these, twins do not know is normal, so Lu Yunkai and his sons will explain up.

Song Xintong knew that it would take a lot of time for Lu Yunkai to talk to his sons, so he quietly stepped aside and explained things to the shopkeeper of the newly invited restaurant. Because soon, they will leave here, so there are many things to explain.

When father and son finished their homework, it was getting dark. A family of four sat in the lobby of the restaurant and had dinner.

Two years ago, after their study tour, Dabao and Xiaobao came to Shahe county again. Before they left, they took their mother and Nuan Nuan back to the capital, because Nuan Nuan was eight or nine years old at that time, so they should go back to the capital to learn more about etiquette and handkerchief.

Song Xintong stayed with his younger twins in Shahe county to land in Yunkai. Two years later, it was time to return to Beijing.