In Zhaoyuan, Shuozhou, there are chimneys in the city, and thick smoke is coming out. A large number of private houses and the "air conditioners" operating in the residences require a lot of coal. Shuozhou produces coal, so everyone can burn coal vigorously, which makes such a "miracle".

People who were unaware of the situation were far away from inside and outside the city, and they thought that there was a fire in Zhaoyuan, while the business trip, which was still in the suburbs, knew that Zhaoyuan was about to arrive when they saw the smoke rolling in front of them.

On the official road, dozens of cavalry rushed over, seeing the endless stream of merchants and travelers in the middle of the road. Instead of shouting "Give up", they walked out of the wilderness and took a detour.

Travelers on the road saw the crotch clothes worn by these cavalry outside the armor, and knew that they were patrol cavalry sent by the government to ensure safety along the official road.

The cavalry entered the city, and after they reached the barracks, they took off their armor one by one, still wearing military uniforms, and walked out of the gate together and headed towards the north of the city.

Zhaoyuan City was bustling with bustling business and traveling in an endless stream. There was a rail carriage station in the north of the city, and there were even more crowds in front of the station. The soldiers struggled to move forward among the crowd. Looking at the crowded road in front of them, they couldn't help but sweat.

The market in front of the station is filled with large and small residences. Each store is booming in business, and every inch of land is valuable. There are rare treasures from all over the world for sale here. The soldiers weighed the amount of their money bags in their hands, gritted their teeth and "killed" them at the market.

It is said that the rail carriage was only found in Huangzhou on the Yangtze River and Ezhou's boundary, but now it also has Shuozhou in the ancient city. It comes from Zhaoyuan City to the north, turns west, winding between the mountains for nearly 200 miles, and goes straight to the edge of the Yellow River.

Since the imperial court operated Hetao and stationed heavy troops on the front line of the Yinshan Mountains. Shuozhou, which was originally a border, suddenly became the "inland". In addition, with the support of steamships in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, a large number of personnel and materials traveled between Guanzhong and Hetao. Shuozhou's status as a "large town in the north" was quickly lost.

However, Shuozhou has abundant coal mines, and there are many coal mines around Zhaoyuan, so coal mines of all sizes spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain. The new identity of the "coal distribution center" has made Zhaoyuan lively again.

The coal produced in Zhaoyuan not only needs to supply the increasingly strong demand from all over the state, but also needs to be transported to the west, transported to the Yellow River, and supplied steamships that "eat coal". For this reason, the court spent a lot of financial resources to build the "Shuohe Railway" railway that traveled west from Zhaoyuan from the east bank of the Yellow River.

To this end, not only did the amazingly powerful "explosive explosives" be used to cut mountains and split stones, but also needed a large amount of iron to cast the railway tracks.

In addition, the Shuo area is already producing iron, and the iron ferry adopts the "coke iron smelting" technology reported from Daye, Ezhou, and the iron production volume has increased greatly, so the "Shuohe Railway" was completed and opened to traffic.

The shipping of steamships in the middle reaches of the Yellow River is becoming increasingly prosperous with the large-scale supply of coal in Shuozhou.

The Shuohe Railway not only brings benefits to the Yellow River shipping, but also strongly stimulates the development of the coal industry in Shuozhou. Every day, a large amount of coal is transported to the bank of the Yellow River through railways. At the same time, a large number of foreign specialties and overseas treasures have entered Zhaoyuan through shipping and orbital transportation.

So, the soldiers who were carrying their money bags to buy large-scale purchases in front of the station soon rushed out of the crowd with big bags and went somewhere in the city.

After three turns and two turns, I came to a lifang. There was a blacksmith shop beside the yard. It was noon but I went to the door panel with red paper on it, and wrote a note to the reason for the business: the owner of the shop is happy, and will be closed for three days from the 13th of this month.

The soldiers carrying large and small bags quickly turned to a house in front of them. When the doorman saw them coming, he greeted them with a smile and led the guests in.

When I walked into the courtyard, I saw many high-legged round tables in the courtyard, and many guests were sitting there. Before the host could come out to greet me, more than ten people were already sitting there. When the soldiers came, I instantly became excited: "I am late, I will be punished by wine, and I will be punished by wine!"

It turned out that it was Lin Pao Head of Xinghe Massage and his party, and they were old acquaintances with the soldiers. Both sides immediately started to laugh and scold.

In the lively moment, the head of the household appeared, but a young man in his early twenties, with a burly and dark face. Seeing this, the soldiers who visited came forward to salute: "Governor Yuchi, I would like to congratulate the Governor on his happy son!"

"Haha, you are late, you will be fined, and you will be fined!"

Yuchi Rong smiled and took the gift from his subordinates and signaled the servant to carry the wine jar: "You each have one jar, you are not allowed to leave until you finish drinking!"

The soldiers also laughed: "Governor, there is no room for a jar of wine, why do you have to raise two jars!"

"Boy, this wine is a strong wine. You can drink it first!" Yuchi Rong stretched out his arms and "driven" his subordinates into the seat, then shouted to the guests and friends present: "Everyone is here, drink and drink!"

The guest of honor drank and talked happily. After several rounds of wine, Yuchi Rong asked his wife Su to come out with her son and meet everyone.

Looking at the guests in the hall and his wife and children, he felt extremely warm in his heart. Now that he has a son, his wife is righteous in managing the family. The "getting a family" in starting a family is a complete success.

Next, even if you don’t do it for yourself, you have to “establish a career” for your wife and children.

Although Yuchi Rong's surname was Yuchi, his family had nothing to do with the treacherous minister Yuchi at that time, and he was not even distant relatives. After all, during the Daxiang period, Yuchi Yi, the son of the King of Shuozhou, did not recognize his relatives with his family when he was appointed as the governor of Shuozhou.

This is not surprising, because Yuchi Rong's great-grandfather and grandfather were both officials of the Wei State (Eastern Wei State) and Qi State, and had no relatives with the Yuchi family of the Western Wei State and Zhou State.

Besides, even if there is some connection, their dilapidated family could not reach the former Shu King (Yuchi Jiong) family back then.

After the fall of Qi State, Yuchi Rong's grandfather was also the governor of Jizhou in Zhou State. He died of illness soon after. Yuchi Rong's father also died young. Therefore, Yuchi Rong, who lost his father at a young age, had a bad situation and made a living by slapping iron when he was young.

But his father's old friend Su Qian did not forget his "senior nephew". Although the Yuchi family had lost their family and was no longer an official family, the "senior nephew" had become a blacksmith and had no hope of becoming an official, Su Qian still married his daughter Su to Yuchi Rong.

With the support of his wife's family, Yuchi Rong's life was easier. The small iron shop gradually expanded, and later he met Lin PaoTou, a great man Xing and the escort business.

Lin Paotou was from Bingzhou. He worked in the famous Xinghe Paotou business and was a patrol leader. He had a lot of knowledge and had a wide range of social interactions. Once he came to the iron shop in Yuchi Rong, he had a custom-made sword. After a while, he had a friendship.

The escort business sent an escort team to transport escorts. When traveling around, the horse's hooves were mostly worn, so they had to nail the horseshoes and change them from time to time. Lin's escort head, who was familiar with Yuchi Rong, made Yuchi Rong's small blacksmith shop become the "horsehoe supplier" of Xinghe escort business.

With the order from this big customer, the blacksmith shop "Yuchi Shop Master" became famous and its business was booming, and its scale quickly expanded. Because of the sufficient manpower, Yuchi Rong no longer had to make a blacksmith in person.

But he was unwilling to do nothing all his life. Seeing that his family improved, he had the intention of joining the army and making achievements, but he had no way because his father-in-law had passed away.

And the enthusiastic Lin Pao Head has a way.

Dai land was adjacent to the grassland and there were high mountains and steep mountains, so there were many bandits. Even though the official army built a base in key areas and defended against Turks from outside and inside, merchants and travelers were still attacked from time to time. Therefore, the government decided to form a "Passing Horse" to eliminate horse bandits.

Yuchi Rong was recommended by Lin's apprentice, and relied on Xinghe apprenticeship as a guarantee, becoming the leader of the "Pastorm Horse". He led his subordinates to defeat the horse bandits several times and clear out the bandits, making a lot of contributions.

With his outstanding performance, he entered the military palace and served as the governor.

Since he had a formal military position, Yuchi Rong followed the popular practice now and replaced the name with his name. Because his name is Jingde, Yuchi Jingde, the governor of the Shuozhou Military Prefecture, would continue to work hard to serve the court.

At this moment, Yuchi Rong toasted Lin Biaotou during the meal, thanking him again for his repeated help. The generous Lin Biaotou didn't care, patted Yuchi Rong's shoulder and said half drunk and half awake:

"Respectful! You are good at using horse spears and skillful archers. Being a governor is a waste of talent!"

"Now the court is employed. Have you ever thought about further study in the military academy?" Lin PaoTou patted Yuchi Rong on the shoulder, "For the emperor to attack the unjust ministers from all directions, make achievements, grant his wife and son, and glorify his ancestors!"

"Ah? This..." Yuchi Rong asked with some expectations, but he was puzzled: "Aren't military academies all the children of officials?"

"Who said? Good families, soldiers in the army can go, but they must pass the exam..." Lin Biaotou looked at Yuchi Rong and suddenly laughed: "Jingde, how are you... knowledge?"

Yuchi Rong became embarrassed when he asked this question. He could only say that he could recognize words, but his knowledge was not enough: "Uh... Could it be that he could not be a child, so he would not be able to take the military academy?"
Chapter completed!