Don't make trouble, let's build infrastructure!

Seeing that the cub in his arms woke up, Tong Ran rubbed its hairy head, took the jerky from Dongqing, and fed it to the little tiger.

The little tiger only glanced at it, and its big, round green eyes fixed on Chu Shuang.

Chu Shuang saw the little tiger coming out of Tong Ran's arms just now, and thought it was very lively and lovable, but now under its gaze, her back was straightened, and she became tense for no reason, as if she was under some kind of oppression.

The aura of this tiger cub is terrifying.Chu Shuang muttered in her heart, fortunately, it is still young, so it shouldn't cause me much harm.

Chu Shuanglu shrank her hands outside her wide sleeves and wrapped them all in her clothes.

The little tiger took a look at the catkin tucked into his wide sleeve, and was very satisfied. He opened his mouth to bite the jerky that Tong Ran handed over, and ate it with his hand.

Tong Ran didn't notice the silent confrontation between the little tiger and Chu Shuang. He held the jerky in one hand for the little tiger to eat, and supported it with the other to prevent it from rolling under the seat in the bumpy carriage.

"Sorry, I interrupted you just now, let's continue." Tong Ran said.When he looked away from the little tiger, his smile faded a little.

"Yes." Chu Shuang nodded, and said in a low voice, "Here Mrs. Liu's husband used to deliver food from my house. Later, I found out from the maid that her husband passed away, and she brought her granddaughter to live a difficult life, so she helped her from time to time. Some.

"When I came a few days ago, Mrs. Liu's granddaughter was sewing a wedding gown. I saw tears on her face and asked, but the girl didn't say anything. I was worried. I sent someone to ask the villagers here. Knowing that Mrs. Liu had to agree to the rich family in the next county to marry her granddaughter to him because of her poor life.

"As far as Minnv knows, the old man is already in his 60s. I secretly used some tricks to force him to give up the idea of ​​marrying that girl, and to help Mrs. Liu a bit.

"Unexpectedly, the old man actually sold the marriage contract to the bandit leader in the mountains, and that gang entered the village and took Grandma Liu's granddaughter away."

After Chu Shuang finished speaking, she bit her lips tightly, with strong emotions in her eyes, she couldn't tell whether it was resentment or regret.

No wonder the villagers were a little nervous and defensive when they saw him just now.Tong Ran thought to himself.

The rich old man sold the marriage contract to the bandit leader. According to the people here, Mrs. Liu's granddaughter belongs to the bandit.The villagers would not help Mrs. Liu about such things, and in ancient times when communication was underdeveloped, the government often would not know about it.

Many times, a human life is just drowned in time.

"Do you know where the stronghold of those bandits is?" Tong Ran asked Chu Shuang.

Chu Shuang thought for a while and said, "I don't know, I only heard that there is a mountain going east from here."

"Understood." Tong Ran nodded, and ran his hands over the top of the little tiger's head, all the way to the neck, and then to the body.The little tiger stopped eating a long time ago and listened carefully to Chu Shuang's story.

Chu Jungao sits in the temple, and all he knows is the overall situation of a region.I followed Tong Ran in Xiaoguo County and Jinhejian before, and saw many details of life, but it was the first time I heard of what Chu Shuang said.

In the territory of Dacheng, there are such rampant bandits.

The little tiger frowned tightly.Not only was it rampant, but the attitude of the villagers was acquiescence and no resistance. Does this mean that there are many similar things, and there will be no good results if they protest, so the villagers collectively chose to remain silent.

When Tong Ran heard this, he was also greatly shocked, but what he thought of was not quite the same as that of the little tiger.The arrogance of the bandits and the numbness of the villagers are one aspect. For Mrs. Liu’s family, the reason why they fell into this abyss was because they had no source of income. Otherwise, he believed that Mrs. Liu would not be willing to marry her only granddaughter to an old man .

The feedback here is not only public security issues, but also women's employment issues, mass education issues, and the imperial court's control over the areas under its rule.If the relevant officials could immediately get the news as soon as the bandits appeared, then they would never dare to be so arrogant.

None of these problems can be solved in a short while.

Tong Ran suddenly felt that the burden on her body was heavy.

First send Chu Shuang back to the Chu Mansion, and Tong Ran takes the little tiger back to the Governor's Yamen and asks Yuan San to call You Yang.

Those long-term problems will slowly cause headaches in the future. The current plan is to get rid of the arrogant bandit leader who occupies the mountain as king first.

You Yang was training soldiers, and after receiving the news, Feiqi rushed back from the outskirts of the military camp.

There are troops stationed in each province of Dacheng, part of which is managed by the commander of the province, and part of which is managed by the military towns.After You Yang airborne Dunan Road and became the commander, the number of soldiers under him changed from one hundred to 3 in one breath.

However, these people are only under his jurisdiction. If the number exceeds two hundred, they need to be reported to the court, otherwise they will be punished as treason.

You Yang stopped his horse in front of the governor's yamen, got off his horse, entered in uniform, and went straight to Tong Ran's office.

When Yuan San came to him, he only said that there was something urgent, but he didn't explain further. He could only come back to meet Tong Ran as quickly as possible.

Entering the study room where Tong Ran works, You Yang saw at a glance the complete map of Dunan Road that had just been nailed to the wall, and a small red flag was inserted in one place as a mark.

"Master Tong." You Yang cupped his hands in salute.

"Don't be too polite, sit down." Tong Ran said, and then briefly told You Yang about the bandits.

When Tong Ran spoke, You Yang quickly analyzed the information he provided, and finally narrowed down the possible bandit strongholds to two places, both of which are mountains to the east of Yutou Village, and the terrain is complex and easy to hide.

After hearing his guess, Tong Ran immediately said: "You send people to investigate first, and find out the specific location of the bandits, as well as their terrain, defensive strength, etc. I will give a note to the Ministry of War to explain the situation, and try my best when you inquire clearly. , I have already got the documents, and brought the bandit den to me in one go."

You Yang nodded, got up and said: "The last general takes orders."

Tong Ran didn't say where he got the news, and You Yang didn't ask either.He was born in the military, and he understood the meaning of the military order Rushan, so he bid farewell to Tong Ran and rushed to the camp without any delay.

Phew, Tong Ran let out a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, Chu Jun transferred all the people he was familiar with, so that he didn't have to worry about the problem of his subordinates not being under control, which relieved a lot of burden.

"Wow." The little tiger had been on the museum shelf just now, but now it jumped down and onto Tong Ran's lap.

Tong Ran stroked the little tiger's head, his heavy expression eased a little, and he finally smiled a little: "You're hungry, I'll have lunch after my brother finishes writing the paperwork, and I have to inspect the construction site in the afternoon."

The little tiger didn't object, and these days he was usually very cooperative with Tong Ran's arrangements.

When Tong Ran was waiting for You Yang, he had already written more than half of the notebook, and now he quickly finished it, and then called Sang Le in and asked him to send someone to the post.

Before going to bed at night, he will talk to Chu Jun about this matter through the jade pendant. With His Majesty personally supervising it, I believe the efficiency will be greatly improved.

Hey, I have the golden finger of jade pendant, but other local officials don't. Dacheng's communication system is still a little backward. Even if the concrete road and railway are repaired, it is still not satisfactory to only rely on letters to transmit news.

I don't know if it is possible to make such things as telegraphs. Tong Ran has only seen inaccurate drawings and knows some principles, and this is much more difficult than steam locomotives, and it is too abstract for the current Dacheng.

Put these things aside.Tong Ran rubbed his face. He still had other things to do. He picked up the little tiger to have a meal, and then took a carriage that complied with the governor's regulations to the concrete road closest to Chuzhou Mansion for inspection.

On the way, Tong Ran thought about Mrs. Liu again.

Among the problems he just summed up, some cannot be improved immediately, such as the speed of information transmission and the government's control over the village, but some can be promoted to a certain extent.

For example, economic issues, more employment opportunities, and even a certain number of employment opportunities for women.He did this when he was in Jinhejian. Most of the employees in his cotton factory were women.

By the way, the rich families here like to wear cotton fabrics, but ordinary people still can't afford them. This is contrary to his business strategy of civilianizing cotton factories.Tong Ran has some guesses about this, but further confirmation is needed.

While his thoughts were diverging, Tong Ran's carriage had arrived at the scheduled inspection point. Tong Ran got off the carriage, and the officials in charge of the place led several workers to salute. I know Wu Fuqiang.

Tong Ran was very impressed with him, he was a loyal and capable person.

Tong Ran released some righteous energy to investigate, and was pleasantly surprised to find that Wu Fuqiang now has a low-rank Xuan rank.He remembered that when he first met, Wu Fuqiang was just an ordinary farmer who had not yet condensed the seeds of righteousness.

It seems that he has done a lot in the past few years.

Because he had to work on the construction site, Wu Fuqiang seldom wore official uniforms. Knowing that Tong Ran was coming today, he deliberately changed into clean clothes in advance, and washed off the sludge on his arms and legs with water.Since Tong Ran came to Wujia Village, his life has undergone earth-shaking changes.

At first, he followed Tong Ran into the cement road construction team, and gradually became a proficient hand, and managed most of the workers.Later, he also participated in the construction of cement roads in Chongxian County and Zhuoyang Mansion, because he was the first batch of workers, and he was appreciated by Tong Ran and got many opportunities.After being promoted to the Xuan rank, he directly entered the Ministry of Industry and became the official secretary of the Ministry of Industry to supervise the construction of cement roads in various places.

He was very happy to see Tong Ran at this time, and he stepped forward to salute, "Welcome to the governor." The officials and workers behind him also saluted.

"You don't need to be too polite, you take care of your work, Mr. Wu, you can accompany me to look around." Tong Ran said, holding the sleeping tiger cub in his arms.

Wu Fuqiang and the people behind him took orders respectively, and the others scattered to continue their previous work, while Wu Fuqiang walked to Tong Ran's side.

"Brother Ang, don't be cautious." Tong Ran smiled at him, and then asked about the situation at the scene.

Tong Ran's actions greatly relieved Wu Fuqiang's originally tense emotions, and he couldn't help talking too much. He took Tong Ran around, not only told him a lot about the construction of the cement road, but also told him some stories about the workers on the construction site. Condition.

Tong Ran didn't think he was long-winded, and listened carefully, asking questions from time to time.

Through Wu Fuqiang, Tong Ran learned more about the overall blueprint of the Ministry of Industry for building cement roads and its impact on various parts of Dacheng.Now it seems that, except that some residents need time to adapt to the new life after the demolition, the other impacts are mostly positive. For example, a large number of young and middle-aged people joined the construction team and got a stable income.

It's a pity that road construction is heavy physical work, and there are very few women who are willing to join the construction team, and most of them are in charge of food.

Tong Ran doesn't think that only men can do heavy physical work, but at the same weight, women's upper body strength is only about half of that of men, so they are naturally less suitable for heavy physical work.

However, it seems that women workers have a greater advantage in weaving, which requires patience and dexterity.

If we want to provide more employment opportunities for women, why not build more cotton factories?

Tong Ran suddenly had a new idea.

It may be that the environment on the construction site is relatively noisy. Just as Tong Ran thought of this, the hairball in his arms moved, and then stepped on his arm and stood up, laying on his chest and yelling loudly: "Wow!"

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