You can see some people wearing simple clothes patrolling the city walls. Although they are not wearing armor, they give people a very weak feeling, but as long as those who have practiced martial arts know that the aura of these people is relatively very stable and does not look like ordinary people at all.

However, they are indeed the people here, so they had already inquired a long time ago that about 100,000 people began to return to Lianyue City one after another.

Every commoner's face was filled with a happy smile, no longer as bitter and grudged as before, or had ragged clothes and pale faces and thin skin.

After entering the town, I found that the construction of each house was built according to the system of this strict military defense system. When it was fine, it was a place where the people lived and worked in peace. However, once a war started, it might become an indestructible fortress, because the architectural style of each house was completely different from what they saw.

You can vaguely see some weapons placed there from the small corners of some houses, which means that almost everyone in this town is learning martial arts.

When I arrived in the middle of the town, in the square, a group of children who had just learned to walk were not distinguished. Men and women were holding small sticks and following the teacher to learn martial arts and lay the foundation.

There was once a grand occasion where countless emperors dreamed of being the whole nation, but it was completely realized in this town.

The real city is full of soldiers.

"Do you think this is just a superficial illusion? It is not as powerful as you imagined. It is just to show us?"

A young official raised a question. After all, I have seen too many superficial kung fu things. I once heard that an official in Jiangnan even sent someone to forge a meter-high rice in order to brag about how powerful his ingredients were.

Later, it was found that it was just purchased from other chambers of commerce.

Is it possible to make the illusion of authentic prosperity just a superficial disguise?

The young official's eyes turned gently. Because they were all on patrol in a squat, the people in the city didn't know who they were. Now the officials approached one of them, sat at the door, sucking smoke, and asked: "Old man, ask, which direction Chen Zufu is going to go?"

"The City Lord's Mansion is there, are you here to attend the first anniversary ceremony of the City Lord's Mansion?"

"Yes, I didn't expect that in a year, it would develop so quickly. When did the old man come here?"

"Young man, I tell you that I should be the first batch of people to join here. Can you imagine that a year ago, all the yellow fields here were actually covered by yellow sand. The people who came back followed the prince and picked out all the yellow sand on the land bit by bit?"

The old man showed pride on his face when he said this, "The Prince Xian made us stronger at all costs, and said that this town is our home, so we must learn to protect ourselves. No one does not want our home to be rich, so with our joint efforts, this town will be what it is."

"In the past, because of the war, we had to leave this city and become bandits and spread in the desert. We often had to eat enough or wear warm clothes. Almost every few days, one person would starve to death and couldn't survive. When the prince came here, the first step was to suppress the bandits. At the beginning, I was still one of the bandits, but the prince did not dislike us, those who became bandits, but gave us a chance to survive, gave us a bite of food to make atonement bit by bit, and now we are given an equal identity without any difference."

"There are no beggars in our city. In fact, there were only a few 10,000 or 20,000 people who escaped from this town back then. In fact, most of them were beggars who escaped from other towns. But those beggars were treated indiscriminately and were still treated as people of this city, and then they were given work and living. Look, there was no other person in our town, because we were all full and we were dressed warm."

When the young official heard this, he couldn't help but think that the old man was too exaggerating. However, after searching around, he found that there was indeed no other person outside.

Even in a rich country, begging people will appear.

Why not here?

"The prince will treat everyone's towns equally without slaves or beggars. The rights between nobles and ordinary people are exactly the same. Although the grain yield in our town is not as much as imagined, by planting other crops, we gradually can eat and wear warmth several times a year. In the past, we were poor and could only eat bark, but now we can eat broth. All of this is thanks to the prince."

The young officials who listened to these words were like seeing ghosts. They did not last long to enter the court as officials. Some of them entered the cottage after Xia Jiuli left, so all they knew was a deposed prince who failed in the power struggle and was even driven out of the capital.

"The Prince Xian is really amazing, but the Prince asked you all to join the army. Aren't you afraid of going to the battlefield?"

"Don't be afraid, this town begins to become rich, and then we all hope to have more troops to protect the prince. After all, there are too few such good princes in the world. But I heard that the court stipulates that the prince's private soldiers should not exceed 5,000, otherwise they will be punished for treason."

"We can't let the prince get into trouble, so every household will spontaneously take an hour every day to strengthen their bodies and bones. Since the court does not allow the prince to have private soldiers, we ordinary people will become stronger by themselves, and then protect the prince, protect this town, and protect our home."

"So there are very few troops in our town, but every household, regardless of gender, age, will spontaneously take an hour to train their bodies. Only when they become strong can they protect the prince. This is not called an army, but a spontaneous physical exercise, so that the court will not say anything."

"With a good official, we must protect it well, so we can't say anything nonsense. We must strengthen our bodies and be healthy, but it's not about the prince's business."

Several officials had a complete experience when they heard this, but there were still many things that could not be understood. Suddenly, a white-haired old man rushed directly towards another old man in the distance, and then held the other person's hand hard, "Huh? Is this Mr. Qing? Haven't you retired and returned to the countryside and retired to the mountains and forests? Why are you here?"
Chapter completed!