In mid-August, Juyang City, Shanggu County.

After the spring of the third year of Chuping, most of the trades in the northern grassland were cooperated by merchants and government officials, and the intervention of local aristocratic families was eliminated. This situation was rare in this era. Throughout the first half of the year, vendors from all over the country first watched for a while, and then moved into the land, workshops and shops, which continued to increase. At the same time, there was a lot of way out for the people of Heishan who moved there, and gradually began to complement each other.

It was a hot season. In the entire Shanggu County, except for the direction of the garrison, there were convoys everywhere. The horse teams were shuttled from north to north. The streets in the city were crowded with people. The goods were delivered and unloaded. Laborers and vendors gathered in this scorching light to form a hot heat wave. Employees who were sweating profusely loading and unloading goods came and went. When they were tired, they stopped drinking water and wiped the sweat on their faces. The merchants who were anxious to rush to shout at him loudly, asking them to seize the time. Then they clamored that the big counties, which were originally on the border, would have been harassed and robbed by the Xianbei and Wuhuan, and drove away horses, cattle, sheep, and bones, and flesh from the northern regions, were mostly large caravans of aristocratic families, or merchants affiliated with these families, who dared to come here with the protection of guards.

Now, after the recent death of the Xianbei and Kebineng in Liaoxi, nearly half of the originally huge forces have been subordinated to Gongsun Zhi, the governor of Youzhou. One of the southern Xiongnus in Yanmen County is also under the jurisdiction of the trade routes, and the danger has almost dropped to the extreme. Although the nearest business route, Yanmen and Juyong, was closed, the mountain road on Taihang Mountain was protected by the Heishan Army, and after clearing out several bandits entrenched on the mountain roads, it became the hottest road. The people on the mountain roads near Shangdang County also set up restaurants and hotels on the side of the road.

If you look down from the sky, there will be endless caravans coming and going on across the Taihang Mountains.

Compared with the prosperous business, in addition to wealthy businessmen and gentry and simple people in Juyang City, there were also many literati in single-robed clothes and long robes riding horses and carrying swords, or traveling long distances to come here with caravans. Although some of them praised Gongsun Zhi for his contribution to resisting foreign tribes, they also called on him to close the use of talents in random ways. Another literati of ordinary or bad origins refuted to the other party. For a time, the business of the wine shop was full and lively. After all, most of them came to Juyang Dongfangshengmen to sign up for the Xianbei, and the Xiongnu served as a teacher for one year, and they could become officials after returning.

The Han Dynasty wanted to become an official was a bit narrow. Many big families even monopolized such promotion ranks in some places. Now this approach has given them countless hopes, and how can they be easily destroyed? For a time, literati gathered, moduled and made friends, and began to slap in a tit-for-tat way. In a sense, the rise of literary essays was the rise of great literary essays.

Outside the city, a man was holding a horse, hanging his sword at his waist, coming from Juyong Pass to the west, the terrain changed from rugged to flat, and the passing fields became crowded from deserted to crowded, Lu Yi kept coming from beside him, and in his vision, the mountains were covered with the lush summer, and the man looked at the various smokey workshops ahead and the noisy and neighing cattle and sheep market entrances. Such a prosperous scenery made him feel excited, and he felt a sense of security in a chaotic world.

"People say that the governor Gongsun is so fierce that he is killing everywhere, but his rule is so prosperous that his outsiders cannot be truly told!"

"No, this brother seems to have just arrived in Shanggu County?"

He walked through the market of livestock, looking at the bargaining figures everywhere, and sighed. On the side, a vendor who was collecting a deposit in a livestock hut turned over. Seeing the other person dressed, he had respect for scholars on his face, and replied with a smile.

The scholar stopped and looked at the vendor with interest, but did not speak.

"If you do business in troubled times, you can lose your head at any time. If the governor had not embraced us merchants and ensured the safety of the northern region, how could we have such a stutter?" The vendor was a northern region. He was tall and stopped. When he saw the other party stopping, he started talking about his nature: "But we can see here that I came from Youzhou. The Liaodong Xianbei and Wuhuan are not so easy to get along with. If one is not good, the goods will be lost, and the life will not be saved. So it is better to be in Shanggu County. The Suonu of the Xianbei of Liaoxi and the Xiongnu of the Xiongnu were all under our governor. The caravans went to the grasslands and were polite. To be honest, you have to say that there are many scholars like you in their tribe. After a year, they will come back to become officials next year. Is this brother also here to ask for a way out?"

"I'll take a look first. If it's true as you said, I'll probably be here to seek an official position." The scholar did not hide it.

The vendor slapped his thigh and said, "I just see that my brothers talk nonsense. I can definitely succeed in asking for an official position in the past, but I can always have a good horse when I go to the grassland. The horse I hold in my brother is old and not only will I walk slowly, but it will be difficult to survive the winter. I happen to have a good horse here. By the way, there is also a fur for winter to keep warm. I will take it to the city for the tailor to make a cloak, and the wind and snow will not stop it."

It turned out that after so long, he was buying things. The scholar smiled and shook his head, and left the horse with his horse. Not long after, he walked into the city and walked through several resting halls that were born. After he booked a small house. After the old horse, he went to the street to search for the government office. A long queue was already lined up there, and dozens of literati dressed like him registered the list there. There were many similar wine stalls near the street, most of which gathered the scholars there and talked about the future. Some people shouted loudly that such actions were inappropriate. In the future, merchants were seeking profits, and all the princes in the world were following this move.

"The dignified government does not do serious business, but actually distributes dividends and profits with merchants. It is so chaotic that the world laughs at me for being so fond of the world's profits and customs."

"Although Governor Gongsun has the reputation of expelling foreign tribes, he is a joke in politics."

"A father is just like a son."

"Don't shout at you. How many people will be raised by Gongsun's move? The move to open up this promotion has also made us scholars who have no promotion. Why did it turn into a joke among you? In my opinion, you are ignorant and short-sighted!"

"I support him with these brothers! Who doesn't agree?"

Amid the noise, the scholars in the queue were also pondering and understanding the meaning of their words. Then, it was his turn to line up. The pen clerk wiped the sweat stains on his face, unfolded a new roll of bamboo slips, picked up the pen, and looked up at the scholar in front of him.

"In Shimota Yu, whose courtesy name is Guorang, was twenty-two years old." He started his hand and his tone was calm.

The pen with ink was written down the name, but compared with Gongsun Zhi's name in this time period and in this environment, this name does not seem very special, and not many people care about it.

"I'm working." Thank you, the young man named Tian Yu received a token engraved with a special government official, turned around and left here. On the way back, he saw a team of cavalry leading his horse into the city squeezed across the long street, passing by in front of him, and passing by. This cavalry was Cao Chun, who was burly and strong. He found a mansion at the address and walked in.

"Zi Xiu, it's time to go home."

Seeing the figure coming happily, he spoke like this. Cao Ang, who was resting at home, his smile diminished, he pinched his fists, and looked at the opposite side with firm eyes, "Uncle, I don't want to go back."

"But your mother thinks that you are seriously ill on the bed." Cao Chun's eyes slightly moved, and he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "Follow me to the leader Gongsun to say a few words."

The firm eyes were shaken.

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It was almost noon, and the sun was warm in the courtyard, wearing small shoes, the child who was staggering and walking two steps fell to the ground. Amid the screams of "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

There were many people nearby. Stephanie sat on a small stool and looked at her family with her chin. Gerald started to wrestle with Dian Wei under the eaves of the corridor. The stuttering sounded loudly. Pan Feng bought a bunch of food and sat on the stone steps and whispered with Li Ke. Hearing the wife's words, he muttered in a low voice: "Remember, a kind mother is a bad son. In the future, you should be careful if you marry a wife and have a baby."

While speaking, Gongsun Zhi was wearing a single dress and looked light. He walked over and hugged the crying and wriggling child from his wife, walked back to the courtyard, shook his head: "Who told you to press his name more than you can't do, I will fight the country, and my son will sit in the country. If he can't sit steadily, the whole family will be finished."

"The sage has never beaten Jiangshan's husband and started talking nonsense again. Be careful that the Confucian scholars outside will hear it, and there will be another word to criticize you."

Cai Yan sewed a piece of cuffs and said as he spoke, his fingers were stabbed by an embroidery needle. She put them in her mouth and sucked: "Why is it better to be careful when you are a husband in the country? And you are still young. Just put this big burden on his head. Would it be too early?"

On the other side, I put my son on the ground and stood up. Gongsun Zhi helped him take two steps slowly, and then let go of his hand, "My son can't be too weak, so I won't be beaten in the future. My father-in-law has to run over to help, which is a joke."

The child who took a step slammed and lay in front of him again. He was afraid of his father's trouble. He hugged his arms, closed his calves and rolled them on the ground, rolling around but preventing Gongsun Zhi from hugging, which made Cai Yan and Xianglian under the eaves laugh.

Stephanie, not far away, was thinking about how to consolidate her own rights when she returned to her hometown. When she heard Gongsun Zhi suddenly say something, a bold idea in her mind began to connect. When she looked at the man holding the child over there, she had a different emotion in her eyes.

On the other side, Pan Feng suddenly got up from the ground, squeezed Li Ke next to him and yelled: "What are Pan Wushuang doing in a hurry?"

"Hurry out to find a wife and have a baby soon!"

The answer was heard from the gate of the courtyard. Immediately, when Li Ke heard a chuckling sound from the other side, he hurriedly ran over and saw Pan Feng's fellow and a figure colliding into a ball and sank on the ground. Next to him, Cao Ang frowned and looked over in a depressed mood: "Is the leader here?"
Chapter completed!