On January 10, the fourth year of Jianzhong Jingguo in the Song Dynasty, it was covered with snow.

The temperature around Kaifeng Prefecture is not too low, at least it is much warmer than north of Hengshan, but it is still not enough to melt the auspicious snow that fell before the New Year.

The large areas of fields on the roadside are all white.

A warm wind blowing from the southeast slightly dispelled the cold air that enveloped Kaifeng Mansion, making people feel the upcoming spring atmosphere.

Going further forward, you can see the red city wall. This should be a new wall built after the city expanded slightly westward. It adopts the rammed earth brick process and covers the surface of the city wall with countless red bricks. It exudes an indestructible and vigorous aura in the sun.

Because the canal was not yet freezing, the commercial activities in Kaifeng Prefecture were not very active, and there were not many cars and horses coming and going outside the city.

Wu Haogu rode a horse and walked along the official road surrounded by dozens of utility knights and staff. While he was breathing in the familiar and slightly unfamiliar air, he felt a little home-oriented.

It’s been months since we parted, I wonder how at home? Can the Eighteenth Sister be safe? How many children have grown taller?

Perhaps after experiencing real battles on the battlefield and seeing the destruction of other people's families, Wu Haogu is now cherishing his wife, children and family. When he thinks of them, he feels sweet in his heart. The closer he is to the red city wall, the more tired he feels of a warrior returning. Mi Youren and him walked side by side, and were frowning along the way.

Mi Youren met from Jiehe Shangshi to Xiangzhou and Wuhaogu, and reported to Wuhaogu along the way.

I don’t know if it was because of the lack of Wu Haogu, the great god or the war between the Song and Xixia caused panic. People were worried that once the Liao Kingdom was involved in the war, Jiehe Commercial Market would become the target of the Khitan cavalry. In short, the commercial market is now panic, and real estate prices have also fallen for the first time since the opening of the market. Moreover, after several months of falling, many real estate prices have lost 30%.

In addition to the decline in real estate prices, what is even more worrying is that the former Cangzhou Tongzhe Lu Yihao proposed that the secret memorial to take over Jiehe Commercial City and establish Jiehezhou during the Song and Liao dynasties was a secret memorial, but Mi Youren was also Zhao Ji's confidant, so he naturally knew it.

Mi Youren said: "Teacher, the official has not shown Lu Yihao's secret memorial to the magistrates. They may ask you for your opinion first. You have to think about how to answer."

"What do you think should answer?" Wu Haogu asked.

Mi Youren shook her head: "The students don't know..."

"Don't know what the officials are thinking?"

"I wonder if the Khitans will really go to war with us..." Mi Youren analyzed, "If the Khitans don't fight with us, our unilateral takeover of the Shang market will undoubtedly declare war on the Khitan. The battle in the northwest has not yet been settled, and no one dares to open another battlefield in Hebei."

Wu Haogu nodded, not commenting.

Mi Youren said again: "If you can be sure that you will not go to war with the Khitan, then the teacher should appear more selfless... Anyway, the court did not dare to touch Jiehe Shangshi.

If a war is possible, the teacher will finally return to Jiehe Shangshi soon. In this way, even if the court wants to take over Shangshi, the teacher will become the first Jiehe Superintendent."

Wu Haogu smiled softly: "I won't be the first governor of Jiehe! I can't fight, how can I defend Jiehe Market?"

Mi Youren was stunned, "Teacher... Jiehe Market is our foundation!"

"Then you can't be the governor of Jiehe." Wu Haogu sneered, "After becoming a governor, there will be a large number of officials... These are all civil officials of the court! Can a military officer be a military officer?

I can't be the magistrate! Don't pick him up! No one from us can pick him up!"

"Not our people answered?" Mi Youren was stunned, "Who will let him go?"

"Who?" Wu Haogu sneered, "Lu Yihao and Cai You are okay! The responsibility of defending the territory, who will not go?"

Mi Youren suddenly realized, "What the teacher meant is to turn Jiehe Market into no one dared to take over?"

Wu Haogu snorted and said, "It's time for people to know that the market is hot... Everyone thinks we have made a lot of money, but I'm afraid there are many people who are jealous! I want to see who has such a great courage to compete with me for the He Market!"

"But what if Lu Yihao really dares to accept it?" Mi Youren thought for a while and asked again, "Cai You was timid, so he didn't dare to go there. But Lu Yihao is brave and good at riding horses and arching swords. Maybe he dares to go to Jiehe."

Wu Haogu said lightly: "Then he will die!"

For Wu Haogu, it was too simple to let a person die in Jiehe Commercial City, even if he was a civil servant and the prefect of the Song Dynasty.

When the master and apprentice spoke, they had already arrived at the Xinwanshengmen construction site in the west city of Kaifeng Prefecture. Xinwanshengmen is not the official name of this unbuilt city gate. Its name is Wanshengmen. The reason why the word "new" was temporarily added is because there is an "old Wanshengmen" on the "old Western Wall" that has not been demolished. When the new Western Wall is completely built and the old Western Wall is demolished, there will be no longer a new and old Wanshengmen, but only one Wanshengmen.

There were guards outside Xinwansheng Gate, tax collectors, Xiang Bing and others. When they saw Wu Haogu and his group coming, an old prison gate in his fifties smiled and carefully welcomed Wu Haogu and Mi Youren into the city.

It took only a few months since I left Kaifeng Prefecture, and the appearance of the city, at least in the west, was very different.

As soon as I entered Xinwanshengmen, I saw the "landmark building" Gonghe Building. Huaxian Temple and the three-story Christie's Main Store are the original tube building used for experiments. Now, after some reconstruction and expansion, they have become the main store of Christie's.

By the way, the plan for New West City was made by Huang Silang's clan brother Huang Wulang. Needless to say, it is naturally to maximize the interests of the Republic.

Gonghe Building, Huaxian Temple, and Christie's main store have now become the center of the New West City commercial area and are a real prime location.

In addition, Wu Haogu also acquired a large piece of land around the Gonghe Building in the early morning. Now it has become a construction site, and Wanjia Real Estate is responsible for the construction and development of Wanda Wazi Kaifeng Store.

In Gonghelou, opposite the Huaxianguan, Christie's Main Store and Wanda Wazi Kaifeng Store are the industries of the Pan family, Mi family, Gao family, Wan family and Su family (Su Dalang family).

There are the Pan family's Xiao Panlou and the Pan family's Gold, Silver and Silk Store Main Store (new main store); the Mi family specializes in selling southern goods and seafood; the Mi Gaomei Hotel jointly opened by Gao family (Gaoqian) and the Mi family; the Marriott Hotel opened by Wanjia; and the Su family's Suguozi Store.

The buildings of these businesses, hostels, restaurants and banks are all three-story and four-story tall buildings, similar to the Republic Building. Because the buildings are tall, the construction time is relatively long. Now they have just finished the foundation, and at least it will take more than a year to complete the main building construction. As for the interior decoration, it is not accurate.

If all these buildings are built, then the Xinwanshengmen Street where Wu Haogu is now located will look like the commercial center in the west of Kaifeng City.

To the south of Xinwanshengmen Street is the luxury residential area and Qionglin Palace in Kaifeng New West City. To the north is the large area of ​​"Shikumen" and "Tongzilou" Yuqianfangnu's favorite house, right there!

Compared with the new city wall project in Kaifeng Prefecture and the Xinwanshengmen Commercial Street project, these houses that are favorite in front of the imperial house slaves have the fastest construction progress. Even during the annual holiday, the project has not stopped.

From time to time, carriages dragging red bricks were entered on Xinwanshengmen Street. In order to build houses as soon as possible to meet the needs of the house slaves and warriors, Zhao Ji had to open the "Red Wall Ban" last fall, allowing the people to use red bricks to build houses. The Zhao family was first afraid of rebellion by generals and secondly, they were afraid of mutiny by big-headed soldiers.

If the house slave soldiers who used the enemy's heads to exchange for houses returned to Kaifeng Mansion and could not get the house, the heads of civil and military officials in the court were in danger! Compared with the possible mutiny, the color of the brick was not important at all.

"Isn't this Wu Xuanzan? Is it back sometimes?"

"Ah..." Wu Haogu was riding a horse on Xinwanshengmen Street when he suddenly heard someone calling him. When he looked around, he saw an eunuch riding horse not far away. It turned out to be Liang Shicheng.

"Official Liang, where are you going?" Wu Haogu asked curiously as he looked at Liang Shicheng in a hurry.

"I just went to see the house."

"House? Are you going to buy a house?"

"It's not that our family wants a house, it's the house of the Dragon Martyrs and the Knights in front of the Palace... The official asked our family to supervise every day, for fear that the construction would not be completed on time. Now, it's good that you're back, and this job will be yours in the future."

"Haha," Wu Haogu and Liang Shicheng are very familiar with each other. Although they can be said, "Official Liang, you have to do this. A certain family is going back to Beijing to report their duties, and after that, they have to go to the northwest to fight."

"Also go to war? Will you?"

Wu Haogu shook his head, "No, but it doesn't matter... It's enough to have a house deed! How can I fight Taiwei Gao and Taiguan Tong? I will be in charge of issuing a house deed.

By the way, has the Imperial Martial Arts Office been in this year? How many warriors have been selected?"

"It's done, it's done." Liang Shicheng said, "More than 2,100 people were selected...all of them were ready to go to the northwest to make contributions."

"That's great," Wu Haogu smiled, "Now it's time for the Northwest to make contributions. Liang Daguan, has your five-year term of office expired? Do you want to go to the Northwest to make contributions?"

Liang Shicheng laughed and said, "I don't dare to go. I heard that the Western thieves are very fierce. We should serve the officials in the Qionglin Palace."

"The official's family is in the Qionglin Palace?"

"Yes," Liang Shicheng said, "After the palace fire broke out in October, the government has been living in the Qionglin Palace."

"There is a fire in the palace?" Wu Haogu asked hurriedly, "Is it burning a lot?"

"Not amazing," Liang Shicheng smiled, "If the old ones don't go, the new ones don't come... Xuanzan, Qionglin Palace is not far from your pear blossom courtyard, and it will be much more convenient for you to enter the palace in the future."
Chapter completed!