After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1113 Past Prosperity

Wang Wei laughed loudly: "The Golden Plains has a good reputation, and others think that our Julu Kingdom is very poor."

The pride is beyond words.

The land of Fanguo was called Julu Kingdom more than 160 years ago.

Of course, only the name Julu Port remains today, and its territory has shrunk by one-third.

The door panel was also looking left and right: "Actually?"

"I used to be so poor that my family couldn't eat meat for half a year. But in the past few years, we have become more comfortable every year."

Walking off the trestle, two figures squeezed out of the crowd in front of them, one big and one small.

The younger one rushed over when he saw Wang Wei, shouting: "Daddy, Daddy!"

This was a five or six-year-old girl with a bun on her head. She ran like a cannonball and knocked Wang Wei back two steps in one fell swoop.

The girl was very stocky, and it was a bit difficult for Wang Wei to pick her up.

There was a boy about fifteen years old who came with her, whose facial features were somewhat similar to Wang Wei's.

When he saw Wang Wei, he was also happy.

"A Sheng, come!" Wang Wei waved to him, "This is Mr. He and his team, good friends I met on the ship."

Wang Wei then said to He Lingchuan: "These are my two children. The older ones are called Asheng and Wanggesheng, and the younger ones are named Xuanxuan."

Both children were polite and said hello to He Lingchuan and others.

"Come and stay at my house! You have to find a place to stay." Wang Wei invited again.

He Lingchuan couldn't refuse the kindness, so he had to agree.

Everyone walked through the streets and alleys towards Wang's house.

Along the way, there are all kinds of businesses, restaurants, inns, and grocery stores are open all over Hong Kong. The two markets are also full of goods. It seems that supply and demand are both prosperous.

He Lingchuan and others felt that the market was full of vitality and the smell of fireworks was everywhere.

It happened that there were several streets here that were in the same position as later generations, and it took He Lingchuan some trouble to identify them. The noisy teahouse at the corner of the street was later transformed into a crumbling warehouse, with only the sea breeze and rats as regular visitors.

This feeling of intertwining time is particularly sad.

The Wang family is on the east side of the harbor, only six or seven hundred steps away from the dock.

Wang Wei's private school is not small. In addition to two large and small classrooms, there are seven or eight guest rooms. Apparently he also accepts boarding students here. But now it is the busy farming season, and the rooms are all vacant. It is time to tidy up and arrange the furniture, and temporarily change it into a guest house.

He Lingchuan and his party of ten occupied four rooms.

After drifting on the sea for seventy or eighty days, everyone could smell the rancid smell on their clothes. No wonder A-Xuan was far away from them. Then the next step is to take a shower, rub the dust, change clothes and shave, and clean yourself up.

Wang Wei was also a man who knew how to do things. He called a few foot massage masters from a nearby soup restaurant to give everyone a massage on their backs and relax their muscles and bones.

When the guards walked out of the guest room, they all felt like they were alive again, and even their bodies seemed to have lost a few pounds——

The old ashes were rubbed away.

The food has been put on the table, and ten people are enjoying seven or eight dishes, including fish and meat, all very homely.

What delicacies have you not tried in He Lingchuan? But the potato cake with shredded radish on the table still surprised him.

There are thousands of people who know how to make this stuff, but each person has a different taste. Wang Wei's shredded radish pancake has a vegetarian filling. There is no meat at all except the eggs, but it tastes good.

Other teammates also recognized the goods, and the pile of shredded radish pancakes like a hill instantly disappeared. Wang Wei quickly called the cook to bake another pile.

Wang Wei smiled and introduced: "This is the white radish grown by my student. It is very delicious."

He Lingchuan remembered that large vegetable plots were opened up in Shuping Academy and Yuheng Academy, called "school fields". Students usually had to attend labor classes, and the fruits and vegetables grown were collected and cooked by the school for students' lunches.

He pulled out a large piece of greasy pork belly from the door panel and put it into the steamed bun: "Master Wang is born to be a good businessman. Why don't you do business and open a private school instead?"

"It's safe to open a private school. Every time I accept a student here, Julu Port officials will give me some money. The more students I accept, the food and drink expenses of my family can at least be guaranteed."

As a breadwinner, he had to provide a guarantee first and then consider how to make more money.

Hu Minqi asked: "You also have subsidies here?"

"Yes, our country has not been established for a long time and its foundation is unstable. It needs a literate person like me to teach and educate people and civilize the people. Otherwise, if the people of a country are illiterate, how can they produce pillars of talent?"

Everyone looked at each other in surprise.

They say it takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. Education is a systematic project that requires a lot of investment and is slow to produce results. If those in power do not plan for the long term, they will not be able to think of the effort and spend the money.

On the Golden Plains, the rise and fall of families and countries is the norm. How can a small country be so far-sighted?

He Lingchuan sighed: "It is rare to have a good monarch, and the people of Julu are blessed."

He and Wang Wei were on the same boat for a long time, and he also learned a lot about the past of Julu Kingdom from this person.

The territory of the Julu Kingdom was larger than that of the later Fan Kingdom. It was founded only seven years ago. The monarch's surname is Ran. He is less than forty years old and can be said to be young and powerful.

The policies implemented by King Julu have been effective. After years of recuperation, the government of Julu is now harmonious, people's livelihood has recovered, and the country is prosperous.

Not only Wang Wei, He Lingchuan also chatted with several other seafarers on the ship. Everyone praised the Julu Kingdom for its gradual recovery in commerce and recovery of people's livelihood in recent years, and that it was a rare and clean place on the Shining Gold Plains.

When he got off the ship today, he saw that the Julu King had indeed taken care of the country well.

Life is bright, civilians have hope, and businessmen are willing to come here to do business. Based on He Lingchuan's current experience, he knows that running a country is not easy, and it is not possible to lead the people to a prosperous age by casually issuing a few decrees on levies and recuperating people's livelihood.

Which king doesn’t want the country to be rich and powerful and the people to be prosperous? Some can do it, like King Julu; some can't, like King Wei in later generations.

No matter how good the method is, it must be combined with the environment and cannot be applied mechanically.

At least the people of Julu during this period enjoyed rare peace.

After everyone chatted for a while, Wang Wei's eldest son Wang Gesheng came back, carrying meat and vegetables in his hands.

He Lingchuan saw that he was holding three legs of lamb, which weighed at least twenty kilograms, not counting other fruits and vegetables, but he could lift them easily, so he knew that this young man had some cultivation.

He asked the boy: "Want a drink?"

Wang Gesheng inherited his father's character and said happily: "Okay!"

So He Lingchuan filled a cup and threw it away.

He exerted great force, and the cup slowly flew to Wang Gesheng as if someone pushed it flatly. The latter reached out to catch it without even a drop of wine spilling out.

He looked at He Lingchuan with a hint of surprise, then raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

He Lingchuan pointed to the seat next to Wang Wei: "Come and sit."

His tone was calm, but he had an unquestionable dignity.

Wang Gesheng was a stranger to him, but he couldn't help but walked over. When he got to the table, he felt strange. Why was he so obedient?

But Wang Wei immediately pulled his son and sat down.

He Lingchuan poured him another glass: "Are you in the Julu Port Guard?"

"Yes."

Wang Wei looked proud: "I was selected last spring. At that time, there were about twenty young men, and the guards only selected two, and Asheng was one of them."

"It's good to be paid." Hu Min pointed to everyone, "We are all paid."

Everyone laughed.

Isn't working under Commander He just a paycheck?

Is this an army? The young man was curious: "Where did you come from?"

"Have you ever heard of the Panlong Wasteland to the west?"

Wang Gesheng shook his head honestly, having never heard of it.

He Lingchuan didn't care either. It was too far from Panlong Wasteland to Gold Shining Plains. "Have you ever heard of the Bejia Kingdom?"

"I heard that he is very powerful, rich, and powerful."

"The Coiling Dragon Wasteland is to the west of Bejia." He Lingchuan smiled, "We traveled across the ocean to the Shining Gold Plains to find something. Have you heard of Baimao Peak?"

If he hadn't heard that Wang Gesheng was on duty in the Hong Kong City Guards, He Lingchuan would not have stayed at Wang Wei's house.

He just came to get information.

Shao Jian's letter to Zhong Shengguang contains code words, which can be interpreted as:

Bright Light Grass was born in Baimao Peak, which is now the territory of the bear demon.

The Wang family father and son looked at each other, and Wang Gesheng asked: "The White Bear King's lair?"

"It seems you all know."

"Baimao Peak is named after the White Bear King." Wang Wei said, "I don't know where it came from. It took over the mountain as its king about twenty years ago and made a nest in Baimao Peak. There used to be a lot of good products in the mountain, and people from nearby came in. Hunt some game in the mountains and pick some mushrooms. But since it appeared, no living person should be allowed near Baimaofeng. Oh, there seem to be forty bears in the den."

"Dad, all you know is the old almanac. There are more than this number a long time ago." Wang Gesheng said immediately, "The White Bear King's lair contains more than 80 white bears, more than 3,000 wolves, in addition to foxes, badgers, and leopards. Wait, and conquered some of the bird monsters."

"That's a big monster that has become a big thing." He Lingchuan also felt that this number was amazing, "Occupy the mountain and become the king, there are many tribes."

What is a great demon that has become a phenomenon? Zhu Erniang is.

In the past, it lived in the Panlong Wasteland and had hordes of heirs under its control. Even General Nan Ke and his troops entered its territory and died at its hands.

A big monster that can threaten local political power has become a phenomenon.

But Zhu Erniang's evil forces are all composed of her own children, and there are almost no other monsters.

This white bear king has many demon species under his command.

The big demon and the big demon have different tempers.

Wang Wei exclaimed: "Oh my God, there are already so many? These white bears and wolves often come down the mountain to eat people."

The door panel immediately said: "More than eighty bears, three thousand wolves? The number is a bit large. Bai Maofeng should not be able to feed so many big eaters."

Carnivores usually have their own feeding territory because food is limited. The bear demon summoned a large number of men to guard the lair, and it was difficult for Bai Maofeng to support so many ferocious beasts.

It becomes inevitable for them to go down the mountain to look for food.

What kind of prey is plentiful and easy to hunt at the foot of the mountain? Of course it's human.

Hu Min interjected: "Haven't the authorities suppressed the bear monsters over the years?"

(End of this chapter)