Li Chaosheng looked up and saw that every house on the street outside had hung up red lanterns with the word "happy" on them, and there were red couplets on the doors. From a distance, it looked like the New Year.

Li Chaosheng was stunned and looked at Gu Zi, who was among the guards. Gu Zi had a puzzled look on his face. He didn't know either.

At this time, Li Chaosheng looked at Guo Bao, and Guo Bao said at this time: "Your Majesty, I did not arrange this, and our fifty thousand silver dollars do not include this."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng frowned and said, "Then who can give me an explanation?"

After listening to Li Chaosheng's question, Shi Xiaolei, who is in charge of the investigation department, said: "County Lord, this matter really has nothing to do with us. It is all done voluntarily by the people. I heard that because of the county Lord's wedding, there have been several county weddings among the people.

The people in the preparatory department were all voluntary. At first we thought it was some kind of secret gathering to prepare for rebellion, but when we found out that they were planning to do this, we ignored it."

"spontaneous?"

Li Chaosheng's brows widened and he looked at Shi Xiaolei and said, "There aren't any of us adding fuel to the flames, right?"

After hearing this, Shi Xiaolei said: "I promise not."

Li Chaosheng felt relaxed after hearing this, and then said to Shi Xiaolei: "Don't let up on your investigation department. After my wedding, we will see if these so-called wedding preparation departments will disband themselves. If we find that they have any intention to deceive the people,

Any behavior involving hard-earned money, or any illegal behavior, will be arrested immediately."

"yes."

Shi Xiaolei saluted and said yes.

Li Chaosheng nodded, that's fine, and followed the team forward. Li Chaosheng passed by the door. There was a couplet written on the door of this house: Happy days when the flowers are full and the moon is full, and the peach blossoms are red and the willows are green.

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After passing this house, I immediately came to the door of another house, and then I saw a couplet that read: The branches are connected to the earth with joy, and the winged birds fly into the sky with joy.

It's another family: a good relationship lasts for a lifetime, and a couple lasts for hundreds of years.

Li Chaosheng walked past each house, and immediately he saw a head appearing on the wall of these houses, and then they stretched out curious faces. A little girl sat on his father's shoulders and appeared, just in time to see

When Li Chaosheng looked over, the little girl said sweetly to Li Chaosheng: "Happy wedding, Mr. County Lord, hehe~"

Upon seeing this, Li Chaosheng waved to the little girl: "You are happy too, you woke up so early."

"Well, I want to get up and see the bride's sister. I heard from my mother that the person who can marry the county magistrate must be the kindest and most beautiful woman in the world."

The little girl looked at Li Chaosheng innocently, her big eyes flickering, and she was indescribably beautiful. Li Chaosheng burst out laughing when he heard this, and then a big head came up from under the little girl and said to Li Chaosheng awkwardly.

: "Hey, sir, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the kid is ignorant."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng laughed and said, "It's okay. Okay, I won't chat with you today because I have something to do. I'll say goodbye."

After saying this, Li Chaosheng sped forward. If he kept talking like this, Li Chaosheng might not be able to leave Lantian County today.

The brigade moved forward and soon left Lantian City. When they approached the farm outside, Li Chaosheng saw farmers standing outside the cordon blocked by the militiamen. When they saw Li Chaosheng coming, they would burst into cheers.

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Li Chaosheng waved to everyone. This was the people's support for him. Li Chaosheng was quite moved when he saw this. He had just taken two steps when he suddenly heard a shout: "Happy wedding, county magistrate."

The next moment, Li Chaosheng saw that the villagers had taken out red silk cloth at some point, with black silk thread embroidered on it: I wish the county magistrate a happy wedding.

Li Chaosheng raised his hands to the villagers and said, "Thank you all."

Everyone shook their heads when they heard this, and all said it was their honor.

Li Chaosheng was also very moved after hearing this, and the team continued to move forward. A spacious official road had been built from Lantian to Xi'an long ago. The road was wide and could allow three carriages to run parallel without affecting it.

Since this road only carries carriages, it is also called a road by the people.

Li Chaosheng rode in front, looking at the lush crops and well-proportioned farmyards along the way. He felt quite proud. These were all his achievements, especially when he saw those tile-roofed houses built with red bricks and blue tiles.

I can't help but ask where this is?

Guzi on the side immediately replied: "This is Kangjia Village. Most of the sweet potato workshops in our county are concentrated here. Kangjia Village has also become prosperous because of the processing of sweet potatoes. Now every household has built a red brick house. It's from our county."

What about imitation village?

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng nodded and looked at these red brick and blue tile houses again. This house already looked a bit like the tile houses he saw in modern rural areas.

It's just that the glass on the window doesn't look like glass, but oil paper. As for glass, Lantian currently has two large glass factories, but all the glass they produce is sold to Jiangnan as luxury goods, becoming Lantian's stepping stone for the upper class in Jiangnan.

Help Lantian earn money like crazy.

The workers at Lantian Glass Factory have become proficient in glass blowing technology. Especially after experiments, they have been able to change the color of the glass by adding some elements to the glass. This makes the color of the glass colorful, which is even more popular among Jiangnan people.

The praise of wealthy businessmen and local tycoons.

Of course, pure and flawless glass is also marketable, because there are a group of officials in the Jiangnan officialdom who like this kind of pure and flawless glass, because these officials are very proud and usually compare themselves with jade, but several shops in Lantian in Jiangnan have come up with several

He presented a pure glass handicraft to several officials and said, "Your character is as pure and flawless as glass."

This thing created a trend in Jiangnan, making the gentry in Jiangnan who didn't have one or two of these high-end colored glazes symbolizing their character, as if they were inferior to others.

This is called arty.

What works from above will be effective from below.

And when it comes to glass, Lantian is still classified as confidential. It's not that Li Chaosheng doesn't want to sell it, it's mainly that he can control the quantity to sell it at a high price. Therefore, these two glass factories are now directly under the control of the military factory.

Why is it a military factory? Because glass is currently being studied as a strategic material. You must know that telescopes are a very important military material to be produced by the glass factory.

In addition to these, in March this year, Lantian developed his first low-power microscope. It took Lantian's best mirror grinder more than a month to grind the lens, and then processed it into shape.

, that microscope is also called the Lantian No. 1 Microscope Telescope. The entire microscope is made of special steel used in Lantian Cast Steel Cannon.

Then it was made by the glass factory in cooperation with the Lantian Steel Factory. Although the magnification that can be seen is very low, only 300 times, which is far worse than the ultra-high-power optical microscope that Li Chaosheng brought from modern times, it is still considered high-end.

Invented the world's first microscope for observing microorganisms.

Leeuwenhoek's microscope was decades earlier. You must know that Leeuwenhoek's first microscope was invented and manufactured in 1665, the fourth year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty.

The birth of this microscope also means that Lantian's basic science can be further improved. After all, all ultra-high-power microscopes were sent to top laboratories in the past.

Li Chaosheng brought only a dozen units in total, but now that Lan Tian can make his own, this means that microscopes will soon be popular among the educational class.

This is of immeasurable value to the development of basic science in Lantian and the development of education in the world.

Li Chaosheng was thinking about the development of Lantian, but the wedding team did not stop. Because they were taking the newly built straight road, the speed from Lantian to Xi'an was much faster. Li Chaosheng watched the cheering villagers all the way to Ba

Bridge, after crossing the Ba Bridge, you will reach Xi'an Prefecture.

When they arrived at Baqiao, Li Chaosheng saw a group of officials wearing Ming Dynasty official uniforms standing at the foot of Xi'an City. At this time, Wang Huade, the prefect of Xi'an, and the magistrates of the 28 surrounding counties stood outside the city gate to greet them.

These officials of the Ming Dynasty now have an embarrassing status. They are nominally the magistrates of their counties, but the administrative system of Lantian excludes these people at all.

Small matters are handled by the chief of the district, and major matters are dealt with by the chief of the middle district. This leads to the fact that all these county magistrates are just commanders. Except for one person, he retains two yamen servants. Of course, they are all their domestic servants. You must know that the serious yamen servants have long been

Give it up and quit.

Some families divided their fields and returned home to farm, while some who still wanted to have careers returned home to prepare to apply for the militia examination, and continue to earn official meals as militiamen.

As for the elders who still follow their own family, that's nonsense.

Of course, these county magistrates are living a good life. Those who were corrupt back then made a lot of money and lived a good life. Unfortunately, because they are in Lantian, and the court has almost given up on Lantian, so they are one point.

The money and salary are gone too.

The smarter ones will find ways to move themselves around and continue to serve as officials in other places, but those who have no connections can only stay in Lantian, continue to live a life with only two followers, and cannot leave the city of Xi'an.

Of course, many of these people want to seek refuge in Lantian and make a living in Lantian. After all, Lantian is now prosperous and the people are so rich that the magistrates and magistrates are very excited.

It is a pity that Lantian's attitude towards them is not to accept them. Guo Bao even proposed in an internal meeting of Lantian: Even if there is no one available, even if we hold multiple positions, we must completely abandon the old literati, and we will never allow these stinky meats to be used.

It ruined the pot of soup in Lantian.

In this regard, some people say that Guo Bao is a bit extreme. There are also good old literati, such as Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng.

Doesn’t this explain the problem?

If Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were willing to defect to Lantian, Guo Bao would be willing to give in.

Li Chaosheng agreed with the views of this meeting. Li Chaosheng's purpose was to eliminate all the remaining poisons of feudalism in this land and provide the people with a peaceful and happy living environment.

Therefore, Li Chaosheng always kept a respectful distance from these county magistrates and prefects who were trapped in Lantian.

However, a group of people stood at the city gate to greet him, which made it difficult for Li Chaosheng to refuse in person. At this time, the prefect Wang Huade came to Li Chaosheng in person and saluted Li Chaosheng: "Congratulations to the county magistrate on your wedding."

Li Chaosheng looked at Wang Huade and said: "President Wang, I am a small magistrate of Lantian County, how can I trouble you to salute me and allow me to dismount my horse and return the salute?"

After hearing this, Wang Huade waved his hands and said, "Bye bye, the groom is the best today."

When Li Chaosheng heard this, he looked at Wang Huade and said, "Then just listen to the prefect."

Wang Huade quickly raised his hands and said, "Then I will lead the horse for you."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at Wang Huade and said, "It's not appropriate."

"Hey, sir, you have worked so hard for Lantian. I am very happy that I can do something for you. Don't you think so, colleagues?"

After hearing this, Wang Huade asked the magistrates behind him. After hearing this, the magistrates repeatedly said yes.

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at Wang Huade and said, "Master Wang, you want something, right?"

After hearing this, Wang Huade said: "Yes, sir, it's like this. It's not an option for us people to stay idle in Xi'an all the time, so we want to ask you to find us a job. If you are willing, we are willing."

I will serve as the head of the district under your command. I can serve as the head of the district. I would like to ask you to take me under your wing."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at Wang Huade. Wang Huade felt very uncomfortable when he was looked at by Li Chaosheng. However, he still looked at Li Chaosheng and looked at Wang Huade. Li Chaosheng looked at Wang Huade and said, "Master Wang is a smart man. Lantian is like this now."
To be continued...