It takes about forty miles to go to Lanling. If the cavalry runs rapidly, they can reach it in half an hour.

Since the war had ended, the Longyou cavalry was not in a hurry to rush, but slowed down their speed and rushed forward slowly.

This is because cavalry loves to cherish war horses and almost regards them as their second life, so until the last resort, the cavalry never lets the war horses run wildly.

Instead, it is not a cavalryman. When riding a horse, he wishes he could rush at lightning and whip hard, and never cares whether the horse will run away from strength.

However, there is another more important reason why the Longyou cavalry walked slowly. They wanted to carefully observe the folk customs of Lanling and report to the Jiedushi after returning to Longyou.

So along the way, they walked very slowly, and sometimes even got off the horse and walked to the horizon to check...

...

Although the speed of traveling is very slow, compared to running wildly, even if the speed of war horses is slower, it is much faster than that of pedestrians using hikes.

It takes two or three hours to walk for forty miles, but the horses can still reach within one hour when they walk slowly.

There was a shadow in front of me, and a city appeared. Just looking at the height of the city wall, you can already see the majesty of the giant city.

"Look, that's Lanling City where General Guo is in charge. It's very big, very powerful, isn't it particularly powerful..."

The person who spoke was the young gatekeeper of Langya County. He was now the guide of the Longyou cavalry. He was said to be a guide. In fact, he had not passed by Lanling. He knew how to go on the road. In addition, the city gate order was sent to him to serve as the guide due to the selfish intention of a secret gang.

The boy pointed at Lanling New City from afar, his face full of excitement and longing, and kept shouting, looking extremely proud.

The dozen generals of the Longyou Cavalry were shocked at this moment. Suddenly, one of them turned to look at the others and asked in a deep voice: "If our Longyou also wanted to build such a big city, how much do you think our general would need to call?"

"this……"

The other generals opened their mouths, but couldn't answer for a moment.

On the contrary, the general at the beginning spoke again and said slowly: "It takes at least two million guan to build four walls, and it is just to build the city wall... If we include the buildings in the city and various shops and residential buildings, it is possible to have at least five million or even eight million guan."

hiss!

More than a dozen generals all took a breath. "This... how is this possible? Brother Liu, are you joking? Eight million yuan, how could Guo Ziyi have so much money?"

The general just now looked solemn, and seemed a little confused in the solemnity, and murmured: "I also find it incredible, but the fact is that it costs at least five million chunks to build a giant city. If the city is slightly more prosperous, it will cost at least eight million chunks of money..."

He said a little, looked at everyone, and said, "This amount is not something I guessed, but what our Grand Marshal said in person. The Grand Marshal once wanted to build a giant city in Longyou, so he entrusted the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue to help him do the calculations, and the final conclusion was that it would cost 8 million yuan."

More than a dozen Longyou generals were dumbfounded and suddenly looked at the Lanling New City ahead. Although they were still far away, they could see clearly, especially the towering city walls, which gave people a sense of majesty and heavyness. Even if the stupid or stupid person could see that it was a giant city.

A city that can only be built in eight million!

Suddenly a general murmured and said incrediblely: "How could Guo Ziyi have so much money? How could he have so much money..."

Another general next to him couldn't help but speak, and said incrediblely: "Eight million coins, not eight million coins, not eight hundred and eight hundred million. Even if our Grand Marshal has served as the governor for many years, he has been a vassal state and has independent tax revenue, but we all know that Grand Marshal will never be able to afford eight million."

"And Guo Ziyi, he, he..."

"Although he has been among the generals, he has only been a general for more than a year. Before he became the general, he was said to be a poor and poor pauper."

"How could a pauper suddenly be so rich? Even if he has been plundering the place since he took office, it is impossible to plunder eight million in a year, right..."

"Lao Qi, don't talk nonsense, you won't be able to get out of trouble. Although Guo Ziyi is not our general, he is a general after all. How dare you call him the word "pauper"? Even if our general listens to this, we will punish you."

"Ah? Yes, yes, Brother Liu is right, I know my mistake, I know my mistake."

"Well, you can wake up in time. The saying of a pauper must not be used by a general. Although he is not a military governor of the vassal state, his military position is as good as that of our general. Therefore, he needs respect."

"But then again, this general was indeed poor at the beginning, so the jingle of his poverty was the real situation."

"Yes, yes, Brother Liu is right. I mean that just now, but I just used the words inappropriately."

"It is said that General Guo was a death row prisoner in Chang'an death row at the beginning. He offended Prime Minister Li Linfu and almost walked on the road to the underworld."

"My comrades, can you think about it? Is it considered rich in the case of a death row prisoner? Isn't it just a pair of prison clothes on his body? "

"The most important thing is that he offended Li Linfu at the beginning."

"You all know Li Linfu, you are the treacherous minister in the court. Our general hates this old mao the most and often scolds him after drinking."

"Ahem, Lao Qi, shut up, the topic is off-topic. What we just discussed is why Guo Ziyi is rich."

"Ah? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,

"Hahahaha, my mouth is so often caused trouble, often..."

"Let's talk about why Guo Ziyi is rich."

"But this is equivalent to answering the confusion just now, why did he suddenly have so much money?"

...

After all, he is a group of military generals, who are good at slashing people with swords. Once he is involved in other industries, all of them will be lost.

No one understands economics.

On the contrary, the young guard in Langya County City seemed extremely proud at this time and said, "Dear generals, please stop making jokes, okay? I just listened to it for a long time, and almost suffocated myself to death..."

"Tell you the truth, General Guo's huge city did not cost money. It took only half a year to mobilize as many as 70,000 strong laborers. However, he didn't spend a penny. Instead, General Guo still made more than one million."

uh-huh?

What did you say?

The eyes of more than a dozen Longyou generals shot over in a flash.

The eldest brother Liu looked fierce and obviously suppressed his displeasure. He said coldly: "Little brother, are you coaxing us like a fool? You look at it as a very honest person along the way, but I didn't expect that he was a verbal guy."

The young soldier was stunned at first, then reacted, and his face became unhappy, and he said angrily: "Why? Don't believe me? Don't think you are a general, and I am just a little pawn, but I might as well say something to you. I really look down on you... Not only you, but you, one or two are all rustic bullies, all rustic bullies who are unsavory."

"Don't believe me, do you? Do you question my statement?"

"Okay, let's continue walking forward. When you meet someone from Lanling, you can just ask someone for a question. Then you will know how ridiculous your experience is."

...

"Okay, just do what you said."

He is worthy of being a military general, and he is very straightforward in character. He is not like a scholar who reads, but his stomach is full of twists and turns.

The elder brother Liu suddenly reached out and slapped the young soldiers heavily, saying solemnly: "Let's have a bet on this matter. If we lose, you will admit your mistake. But if you lose, don't blame me for slapping you."

"I'm afraid of you!" the young soldier shouted, his face full of confidence.

Brother Liu looked at him deeply, then slapped the horse gently and said in a deep voice: "Let's go, keep moving forward! I don't believe it. There are still innocent people in this world who can make money... a giant city that can only be built for millions of yuan, and it can be completed without spending a penny. Ha, if there is such a good thing in the world, wouldn't it be all giant cities?"

The young soldiers stopped arguing, but just sneered a few times.

...

In the following time, they didn't even say a word, and each had a gloomy face and continued to move forward along the official road.

Since they had entered Lanling, it was easy to encounter pedestrians on the official road, but for some reason, the Longyou generals have never stopped people and asked questions.

Until I passed by a large field, there was a lush river bank in the distance, countless strong men were shirtless and sweating profusely digging the ditches.

Brother Liu finally had his eyes flashing, and he jumped off his horse and walked into the field.

When the other generals saw him dismount, they all dismounted, while the young soldiers from Langya City sneered and followed slowly without stopping them.

The group of people walked all the way to the ditch. Brother Liu stopped a man carrying a pole to carry soil and asked with kindness: "Membersman, I'm busy. I've just watched for a long time. After digging the soil, I didn't pile it up on the edge of the ditches, but put it in a basket and carried it out with a pole... What are you doing? Don't you think of wasting your energy?"

While carrying a load, the common man waved his hand at him with a smile and said, "You don't understand, you don't understand. Ejie is carrying soil to make money, so how can it be considered a waste of energy?"

Brother Liu was stunned and blurted out subconsciously: "My fellow villager, you have a very familiar accent. Could it be that he is from Guanlong?"

The people still carried the load and nodded in panting, grinning and said, "Your kid guessed it right. The Ezu was from Guanlong, who came from fleeing the famine, and the whole family came."

Brother Liu's eyes flashed and he tentatively said, "The whole family fled to famine, wouldn't that be a refugee? In this way, fellow villager, you must have been hired to work. Is the employer harsh? Can you give you a pound of food for a day of work?"

The face of the commoner suddenly pulled down.

The burden on his shoulders suddenly fell down.

Then, the people raised their hands and looked at the Longyou generals fearlessly, and said angrily: "It doesn't matter if your baby doesn't understand, but you can't be careless. If you dare to say this, you will slap you to death."

Brother Liu was obviously stunned again. He didn't expect that a refugee was so brave. Facing these generals wearing armor, they dared to raise their hands and slap them...

At this moment, the people in front of him spoke again and said loudly: "You baby, please give me a um. You are not a refugee now. The whole family is not an refugee. The whole family has Lanling household registration."

"Well, when the general was building the city, he participated in work from beginning to end. The whole family of seven and five were working. There were only two little babies. He was too young to go."

"Well, my family of five people have worked on the construction site for more than half a year. In just the first month, I am no longer refugees, do you know?"

After all, he is an ordinary person and his words are not very meaningful, but Brother Liu heard a detail, that is, this person is no longer a refugee in the first month of participating in the construction of the city.

He seemed to have suddenly realized, and couldn't help blurting out, saying, "I understand, Guo Ziyi is a waste of money. He used the household registration of Lanling County to exchange for refugees to help him work. No wonder he could build a huge Lanling New City without spending a penny... This is exploitation, it is even more cruel than placing corvee."

The eyes of the people suddenly became fierce.

The raised slap actually sucked over.

But the group of generals from Longyou raised their hands casually and gently blocked their slaps.

The people were blocked, and their anger became even stronger. They suddenly shouted and cursed: "Your baby's heart is blind, you actually say that, you general. Do you know, how kind, you general are..."

"At the beginning, the burden of tens of thousands of refugees and tens of thousands of mouths was pressed on him, and it was as heavy as a mountain."

"At the end of a day, you will get dozens of trucks of food, and there are big pots of porridge cooking everywhere, and the firewood is as red as the sun."

"Then the expenses are so big? Do we refugees have money to give?"
To be continued...