Not only did things change, but this person also changed a lot.

Cao Xiaodong and Chenchen have also transformed from a young bird to a complete bird, especially Cao Xiaodong. Guo Dan almost didn't recognize him. Not only did he grow a lot taller, but the lines have also become thicker, and even his temperament has become more stable.

Although Chenchen has grown a little taller, he is still fair and clean and can chat. When he sees Guo Dan, he chatters endlessly.

Indeed, the changes that have taken place in Weihui Mansion in the past or two years have been too great, and there is too much to say.

"Consultant Guo!"

"Ah! It's Consultant Guo here."

"Consultant Guo!"

.....

When Guo Dan and the others came to the northeast corner of the city, they found that there were many people standing on the whistle tower, and they waved to him very enthusiastically.

Aunt Xu said in surprise: "How can this people stand on the mail tower?"

At that time, due to the inconvenience of import and delivery in the city, Guo Dan asked Xu Guangqi and others to renovate the walls of the city. The north walls were basically demolished, but many fortifications were built, and this whistle tower was also one of them.

Chen Chen scratched his neck and said with a little regret: "These are useless anymore. I originally planned to dismantle it, but later I felt that it was a pity to dismantle it, so I kept it for everyone to play. The scenery above is pretty good."

Aunt Xu said, "Go to play?"

Weihui Mansion is well-connected and smooth, and even this little city defense needs to be demolished. You are so heartless!

Guo Tan said: "Maybe there are too many firearms in the Grand Canyon, and the enemy is unlikely to be at the city. They don't think it's necessary."

Chen Chen nodded and said, "The son-in-law is right. There is a reason. And it happened that the big workshops in the city began to move out. Everyone thought that the city walls could not protect the big workshops outside. At that time, Director Zhao and Brother Xu began to plan the workshops to move out, and arranged important roads on those workshops, and all had turrets and mail towers. Once a war broke out, those workshops could become the fortifications of our Weihui Mansion."

Aunt Xu nodded and said, "So that's it."

Guo Dan said depressedly: "If I had known this, I would have just dismantled it. I spent so much money but it was useless at all. It was a waste of money!"

Chen Chen nodded and said, "We all think it's a waste, too."

The renovation of this city wall did indeed cost a lot of money and energy to build it for two or three years, but it just started to be built and it was useless.

Blood loss in blood loss.

A topic that has been mocked by others has also fallen behind.

Many literati often use these city defenses to mock Guo Dan.

This is really worse than God’s calculations!

Whether it is the deputy general who stays here now, or Zhao Shizhen and others, they all think that the city wall has become useless. If the enemy is at the city, it means that all military industries such as the Grand Canyon will be lost.

That's a fucking thing!

The defensive forces must be arranged in the border area. Now the workshops in Weihui Mansion are built very strongly and are built according to the standards of the city walls. However, most of them are paid by merchants themselves, and Guo did not let the money fade.

After all, Guo Dan paid a lot of money for Wei Hui Mansion. He was embarrassed to ask Guo Dan for this small amount of money. After all, if he wanted too much money, it would be difficult to ask for big money.

What’s even more ironic is that the renovation was to facilitate the entry and exit of goods. As a result, all the workshops have been moved out and there are still many fewer cars on the road.

Today, Lu Wang Mansion is full of restaurants, hotels and brothels.

Rental income also changed from the initial 10,000 taels to the current 60,000 taels.

Because restaurants, hotels, and brothels are very profitable, especially in Weihui Mansion, there are too many wealthy businessmen in Weihui Mansion, and the rents are naturally increasing day by day.

When he came to his own courtyard, Cao Xiaodong suddenly said, "Brother Guo, do you know that the courtyard no longer charges our money."

Guo Dan said curiously: "Why is this?"

Guo Dan never bought a property, and until now he doesn't even have a property. He lives in a small courtyard in Weihui Mansion and has always belonged to Chenlou, which must have to pay.

Cao Xiaodongdao: "This is all Chenchen's credit."

"Yeah?"

Guo Dan asked Chenchen: "Did you marry the daughter of the Chen family?"

"No! No!"

Chen Chen shook his head, his face flushed, and then he said, "Since those big workshops moved away, several big rich men also opened hotels here and wanted to steal Chenlou's business, but Chenlou said nothing, and they were helpless."

"What do you mean?" Guo Dan said curiously.

"That is to say, you are living here, my son-in-law! Therefore, the next courtyard is also the most expensive courtyard in Chenlou. If you want to live next door, you have to pay at least three times the price. I think Chenlou can't charge us any more money, which is unfair."

"Boy, that's OK!"

Guo Dan laughed and said, "This is a matter of course. Although I won't move away, since Chen Lou wants to advertise us, he will naturally benefit."

Chen Chen nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right, we live in Chenlou to give Chenlou a face. Many hotels are willing to give us money to let us live."

Guo Dan asked again: "Are those big landlords still making trouble now?"

Chen Chen said: "Last year, it was a big deal, but it was not because of our problem. They heard that the son-in-law would give them subsidies at that time, so the matter was not mentioned again. They all believed that the son-in-law would not lie to them. Last year, it was mainly for hydraulic power, because the big workshop also needed water power, which conflicted with farmland irrigation.

In the end, the landlords and merchants went to the court and fought for a full three months to sue. In the end, Brother Xu and others came forward and re-planned the farmland irrigation area by moving out of the workshop. In fact, if they planned it reasonably, they would not use so much water."

In the past, irrigation was all agricultural, but now the workshop also requires hydraulic power, so the landlords are of course very unhappy.

Cao Xiaodong said again: "Now I am not in the mood, but in the big landlords, but in the businessmen. Because many mountains and forests are the Feng Shui of the villages, merchants want to break ground there, and they have to stop them when they encounter villagers. The court has the presidents all gentry. Of course, they favor the villagers. In order to prevent merchants from destroying Feng Shui, they also formulated the fishing and pastoral law of forests according to the Book of Rites and Monthly Orders. Now it is difficult to cut a tree in Weihui Mansion."

"It's the Book of Rites again, what's the month, I still have my period."

Guo Dan was a little annoyed when she heard this and said, "Even if you can't escape the Book of Rites, their court really took itself seriously. It's just now, and you can't move, that's all that!"

"If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense."

Aunt Xu said: "I believe that the court is not favoring the villagers, because the monthly order mainly explains the laws of growth and reproduction of all things. It is necessary to make appropriate requests and cannot fish through the pond. Isn't this reasonable?"

This is because China pursues the unity of man and nature. This can be seen from ancient buildings. Try to combine buildings and mountains and forests as much as possible, which looks very harmonious. The people in the court are all gentry, so they don’t like to destroy the environment.

Guo Dan wondered, "The Book of Rites still cares about this?"

Aunt Xu said, "Don't you go to read books yourself?"

Guo Dan said: "Let's talk about it after I finish reading "Zuo Zhuan".

Cao Xiaodong smiled and said, "The layman is very right, that's what the court said."

Chen Chen said: "Actually, we have also gone to the court before, but they said that you must support me, son-in-law."

Guo Dan wondered: "When will I support them doing this?"

Chen Chen said: "Because Kaifeng Mansion is more strict, that is all the rules you set by your son-in-law."

Guo Dan said excitedly: "They really know how to change their concepts. Kaifeng Prefecture is because I planned to build a study holy place where birds and flowers are singing, so I did that. But Weihui Prefecture focuses on industry and commerce, which is not the same thing. This..., has this matter been resolved now?"

Chen Chen said: "It's been solved for the time being. Didn't I say that those big workshops are now built at important intersections. If war breaks out, they will be requisitioned for city defense. Those places have been requisitioned by garrisons, and the military camps are willing, and merchants are willing. After all, they are all at intersections to facilitate transportation of goods.

Some were built on the wastelands of the past, but there was no wasteland in Weihui Mansion. Everything can grow on the ground. Now there are so many people, so you don’t have to worry about selling anything. Even feces can be robbed to make everyone’s heads bleed.”

Guo Dan said in surprise: "Fat?"

Aunt Xu frowned slightly.

Cao Xiaodong immediately said: "Brother Guo, don't underestimate this feces. Now the largest feces merchant in our Weihui Mansion has earned 10,000 taels per year, and is also a well-known wealthy businessman in our Weihui Mansion."

Guo Dan was stunned when he heard this, "You kid is fooling me. I know that this feces can be sold for money, but it is impossible to say that you can make so much money!"

Chen Chen hurriedly said, "Xiaodong's words are all true, because now our Weihui Mansion is full of large farms, and there is no feces in this family. At the same time, people go to the mansion to work, and they don't farm, so this feces are useless. Therefore, at first, the big farmer sent people to transport them. Even if the prisoners were punished to transport feces, the big landlords had to pay the pickets.

Later, a thief named Bo San was punished to transport feces. After he was released from prison, he started doing this business. Later, he took the initiative to take charge of the work of cleaning the streets in the city, and asked him to give it to him. In the past, we paid for the money for cleaning the streets, so of course we agreed to him and gave it to him. As a result, the kid sent it.

But in the past two years, due to the relocation of a large number of workshops, workers were not concentrated in the city. Many people started to grab the deal. There were several fights and the quarrels were irrelevant. I never thought that Bosan was a locksmith before. He invented a flushing machine, but it was convenient. He helped some workshops to build such flushing cottages for free, and the request was that the cottages belonged to him. Of course, the big workshops agreed, and there were fewer troubles. Now he monopolized 70% of the feces in our Weihui Mansion.
Chapter completed!