In the years of ancient traders

It was not yet daylight.

On the side of the mountain road outside Linzhou City, several people squatted behind a big and thick tree

"Is he really coming here?"

"I will come, my cousin said that Song Silang's brother would go to the mountain every morning, and he would stay for at least an hour, and at most two hours. Song Silang would never go with him. Put your hearts back in your stomach!"

"Here it comes, isn't it which one?"

"Which one?"

"Be gentle, don't let people find out!"

They poked half their heads out from behind the tree, and saw a young man in cotton clothes coming from the direction of the city.

"It's him, Song Silang's brother who doesn't like to talk!"

"Shh, follow him, wait until you get inside before you do anything."

Song Anan quickly stepped into the mountain and walked up the mountain unconsciously.

Those people followed all the way, using the trees along the way as a shelter.

There are no temples or Taoist temples on this mountain. Generally, few people come here. The trees are very thick, but they can well block the figures of those people.

However, for Song Anan, blocking it is the same as not blocking it.

It was nothing more than a few unprofessional Xiaoxiao, Song Anan ignored them and went straight to the deeper part of the mountain.

After coming to Linzhou, he was the same as before at the Song family, working hard and not talking, and in recent years, Yicheng has become more and more popular, this place is still the territory of the imperial court, and Song Anan does not want to be too ostentatious. In Hengzhou, he was more low-key, and he practiced boxing in the mountains alone.

I didn't expect him to be so low-key, but it attracted Xiao Xiao.

Are these people blocking here to catch him?

Song Anan has kept a low profile for the past few days, and his hands are already itchy, but it's a pity that such a few people are really not enough to watch.

Those in Youli Village thought that Song Anan hadn't noticed, and followed the deep mountain unsuspectingly.

Song Anan turned around a tall old tree, and they followed suit, but as soon as he turned the corner, Song Anan disappeared.

"Where did it go?"

"It's all you, I told you to follow closely but refused."

"Hush, don't talk, he might still be around!"

"Everyone, looking for me?" Song Anan jumped down from the tree.

"you……"

Before turning around, Song Anan has already tapped their acupoints neatly.

These people brought ropes and knives, and Song Anan confiscated them one by one.People also formed a circle and tied to the trunk of a thousand-year-old tree.

"Say, what are you doing?" Song Anan took out the knife they brought and patted one of them on the face.

"Don't, don't..." The person next to him was so scared that his face was pale and his mouth was wet.

"Aren't you stupid?" In shock, one person blurted out.

Silly?

Song Anan's veins twitched, he looks stupid?

"Who said that?" Song Anan said grimly, with the knife directly on the man's neck, "Say."

"He... he he he..." The man pointed to the one who took the lead, "his cousin."

Song Anan nodded, so honest, he said it before he was forced, it was boring.

These people were all ordinary farmers, and they had no power to resist in front of Song Anan, and they vomited cleanly after being intimidated by him a little.

Only then did Song Anan realize that he didn't speak, and some people thought it was a problem with his brain?

When he went back, he asked Song Shu to open the screwdriver.

Those people brought ropes, and Song Anan made use of waste, tied them into a string, and led them down the mountain.

"What's going on? How were those people tied up?"

"The leader holding the rope seems familiar."

"I feel a little too."

"That's Song Silang's younger brother. I heard that he is not his own, but Song Silang treats him very well and even cooks for him."

"How did I hear, it's not my brother, it's..." The man blinked ambiguously.

Song Anan has good ears, and he heard all these gossip.

what is itWhy not?

What annoys people who are half-talking.

Song Anan led the group of people into the city, attracting many onlookers.

There have been many wars in the north of Jianghuai these years, but Jianghuai has always been peaceful. They have not seen many people tied up in a string like this.Someone recognized Anan and even came up to ask.

Song Anan didn't speak at first.

These people knew that he didn't talk much, so they didn't blame him, but they couldn't help the curiosity in their hearts, and continued to ask.

In the end Song Anan got annoyed by the question, and dropped three words: "Kidnap me."

kidnap me?

The questioner stopped asking, and everyone thought about Song Anan's Three Character Classic.

This means that these people want to kidnap Song Anan?

But looking at the situation, he is the one who kidnapped others, right?

Such a big commotion on the street soon spread to the Zhoumu Yamen. Lin Zhoumu was shocked when he heard about it.

Someone is going to kidnap Song Silang's younger brother?

Hurry, hurry, save, save.

"Lord Lin, there's no need to save him. Brother Song is fine. He's already in the yamen."

"It's okay? It's okay." If something happened to the Song family in his territory, it would be bad if it affected his friendship with Song Silang. Fortunately, it's okay, "Where are those troublemakers? Where are they?"

"My lord, I have been kidnapped by Brother Song."

"Abducted?" Lin Zhoumu was taken aback, he also didn't know Anan's identity, he just thought it was Song Shu's somewhat confused younger brother.

"Yes, it's here, my lord, you should be promoted quickly."

"What church is promoted?! Go and invite Song Silang to me first!" Linzhou Mu said.

The yamen servant left in a hurry.

Song Shu is in the workshop garden of the Song family.

The south side of the mountain where Song Anan practiced his kung fu, and his park was in the north. Before the news came, the workers of the Song Family Workshop Park gathered around a freshly baked cement road to see the freshness.

After arriving in Linzhou, Song Shu successively bought large tracts of land on the outskirts of the city, which were several times larger than the ones in Hengzhou. Now it is called Songji Workshop Garden.

Beer workshops, soybean oil workshops, hot pot base workshops, cotton cloth workshops, bamboo paper workshops, and other workshops of Songji can be found here.A few days ago, when he came back from Rila Mountain, he built a new cement workshop.

After the cement was successfully fired, Song Shu led a few craftsmen to pave a path from the cement workshop to the canteen in the park. It was just dried and put into use today. All the workers in the Songji Workshop came to watch the excitement.

"This road is really flat! The carriage runs on it, it won't shake at all!"

"And the cement is like a rock after it dries, even if it rains, you won't get muddy when you step on it!"

"Can this road really go all the way to Luzhou? That's my hometown. It takes three days and three nights to go from Linzhou without stopping."

"When the straight road is repaired, we can arrive in half a day." Song Shu said.

"really?"

Song Shu nodded, Yan Zhuo and Sanniang came to Jianghuai early, and when he went to Lila Mountain, they had already taken people from Linzhou to Luzhou to conduct a survey.

Not to mention the dirt roads that connect the two places now, there is no unified plan, and it will take a lot of time to go around.

Their straight roads are different. Not only are they uniformly planned, bridges will be built in some places to ensure the shortest distance between the two places, and the commercial route from Luzhou Port to Linzhou will be opened to drive the development of trade along the route.

The road in the park has been completed, and Song Shu has to start recruiting workers and start building straight roads.

It's just that the amount of this project is huge, and it takes a lot of effort.

"Boss, there are people coming from the yamen."

The steward of Songji Brewery ran in, and before he could catch his breath, he said hastily.

"Yamen?" Song Shu was puzzled, Zhou Mu always went directly to Song's house when looking for him, and never sent yamen servants here.

"Treasurer Song." Within a few words, two yamen servants had already entered and bowed their hands to Song Shu.

Song Shu returned the salute and asked, "The two of you are here in person, but is Master State Shepherd busy?"

"Yes, I took the liberty to bother shopkeeper Song. It's just that the matter is urgent and your younger brother is involved. Please follow me to the Zhoumu Yamen." One of the yamen servants said.

"Anan? What happened to him?" Could it be beating someone?

Song Shu remembered that Song Anan taught Liu Dalang a lesson in the street before, Anan would not hit people casually, and it must be some unsightly person who provoked him.

"Shopkeeper Song, don't panic. Brother Ling is fine. It's just that Xiao Xiaoyao, who has no eyesight, kidnapped Brother Ling and was kidnapped by Brother Ling to the yamen." The yamen servant said, a series of tying and tying made people dizzy.

Song Shu: "..."

It's fine, why would anyone want to kidnap him?

Song Shu followed the yamen servant to the state animal husbandry yamen.

"How are you?" Even though he knew Anan would not be hurt by these people, Song Shu couldn't help asking.

"Nothing." Anan said.

After confirmation, Song Shu and Zhou Mu greeted each other.

"Let's talk." Zhou Mu ordered those Xiao Xiaoxiao to be escorted up.

First they were rebelled against by Anan, and then they were sent to the yamen. These people were frightened out of their wits. When Zhou Mu asked, he honestly told them all.

"You think...he is stupid?" Song Shu interrupted the man's statement, looking at Anan with a half-smile.

The person who was asked was about to cry, if he was not afraid of being beaten for telling lies, how would he dare to say that again, Song Silang's brother is not stupid, he is fierce!

"Continue." Song Anan ignored him and said something fierce to the man, who continued tremblingly.

The man spoke in an orderly manner. After he finished speaking, Zhou Mu and Song Shu asked a few more questions, and the matter was settled.

"Song Silang, how do you want to deal with these people?" Linzhou Mu asked.

According to the law, Song Shu shouldn't be asked about this matter, but he always wanted to sell Song Shu well, so he was specially called to ask him.

"What should the law be?" Song Shu asked.

"Attempted kidnapping is not a felony. Thirty slaps are enough, but the land they reclaimed privately is all official land, so this is a serious crime. It could range from exile to beheading." Linzhou Mu said.

Now that the imperial court is in decline, these things are no longer as tight as they were in previous years. If they hadn't kidnapped Song Anan, no one would be able to pursue the matter of reclaiming official land.But since the Song family got into trouble, it always depends on Song Silang's attitude. If the Song family doesn't want to let them go, they have no choice but to kill them as an example. ,

"My lord, please forgive me, Song Silang, I have a wife and children at home, I don't want to die!"

"My lord, spare my life! Song Silang, spare my life!"

Everyone panicked when they heard the word beheading, and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

"In that case, I ask Lord State Shepherd to sentence them to exile." Song Shu said, "Is it possible to choose Lila Mountain as the place of exile? I need a lot of stone materials for this straight road, and it is remote and barren, so it is really difficult to recruit workers."

Lin Zhoumu pondered for a moment: "It's not difficult. Lila Mountain belongs to the boundary of Lizhou. Lizhou Zhoumu has long wanted to get acquainted with you. He is also very interested in this concrete road. It's just that there are tribes near Lila Mountain. Those people are fierce. Incomparable, I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with."

"Don't worry about Mr. Lin, I have my own way. If Lizhou State Mu likes it, I can also build another concrete road from Lizhou to Linzhou." Song Shu said.

Anyway, the entire Jianghuai River is going to build cement roads, and there are not many of them.

"It's so great!" Lin Zhoumu was overjoyed.

Busy asking people to write paper and ink, he first sent a letter to Lizhou Zhou Mu to finalize all matters, and then went through a formality for the promotion, and this matter can be finalized.

Song Shu said a few more polite words to Zhou Mu, and then took Anan away.

When approaching Song's residence, Song Shu suddenly turned around.

Anan has been silently following behind him, when he turned his head, Anan staggered and almost hit him.

"I said, now that you know you need to talk more, don't be fooled again." Song Shu laughed.

"I'm not stupid!" Song Anan frowned.

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