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Chen Xingyao also saw this huge funeral procession at the post station. He learned from the postman that the whole city came to bury the eight women who died in vain.

He found it both incredible and natural.

Whatever happens where Princess Ling is around is nothing new.

While in the restricted area of ​​Chang'an, in Princess Ling's heart, the patient was more important than anything else.

In Youzhou City, in Princess Ling's heart, the people were more important than anything else.

For some reason, at this moment, Chen Xingyao felt like, "It's great to be from Youzhou."

The people living in Youzhou suffer from the bitter cold in the north, turmoil at the border, invasion by foreign enemies, and rogue bandits.

But having King Ling and Princess who protect them like this should be much better than living in a state city where harsh government is suppressing, corvee oppression, and noble clans are causing trouble!

At the very least, the people of Youzhou have much straighter backs than the people of other states and cities.

In the past three days, Chen Xingyao rode a horse and wandered around the outskirts of Youzhou City every day. When he met a farmer working, he would stand on the embankment to look at their farm tools.

When you encounter a river, you will see waterwheels, laborers digging canals, and strange tools.

The huge iron frame is three feet high. There is an iron ring on the top with a groove in the middle. Thick hemp ropes are hung on it, and there is an iron hook below.

A man adjusted the direction on the bank, and the man digging mud in the canal directly hung a basket of mud on the hook.

The iron frame turned in one direction and the mud basket was sent to the shore. It not only eliminates the need for manpower to run back and forth, but also greatly saves physical strength and time.

He curiously asked the people, "What is this?"

The people casually said: "Small pulley crane." Then they proudly added: "Our Youzhou Military Industry Department makes it, and it cannot be found anywhere else."

Just one sentence filled Chen Xingyao's heart with doubts. Small, that means there are also large.

Small ones are used for farming and urban construction, but what about large ones? Naturally, it is used for building cities, building military strongholds, and military purposes.

He squinted his eyes and glanced at the majestic Youzhou City in the distance. Even the things outside the city were so strange, so the inside of the city must be even more magical.

He hoped that Princess Ling's attitude towards him would change soon so that he could go to the city for a visit as soon as possible.

In addition to the mechanical assistance that surprised him, he also discovered the people doing corvee work here.

There is no expression of numbness or pain on the face like that of people in other places. Instead, they are very energetic. From time to time, loud voices can be heard talking and laughing.

There are no overseers walking around with whips in the crowd. No one will be beaten because they work slowly, no one will cry because they are too tired, and no one will be injured.

Chen Xingyao was very curious and couldn't help asking the people: "Why do you look so happy when you are serving as corvees?"

Yes, just happy. The people here have bright eyes, rosy faces, and straight backs. There are no supervisors, but no one is lazy.

The common people didn't mind his strange question and said with a smile: "We serve as corvees, and the government calculates work points on a daily basis, and we still have two meals to eat. Why are you unhappy?"

"What are work points?"

"Haha, you're from out of town, right? The work points are the vouchers given by the officials in Youzhou City. You can go to the private office to exchange for food, cloth, salt and sugar."

"Anyway, it can be used as money in the city, and the prices of things are cheaper than those sold in shops."

"If you save more work points, you will also have priority to open up wasteland. I will work here until the autumn harvest, and the work points I have saved will be enough to open up ten acres of wasteland!"

In the past, there was a lot of wasteland in Youzhou that was uncultivated. Now, there is no room to even open up wasteland. The wasteland enclosed by the court can only be approved by the people with more work points to open up wasteland.

Chen Xingyao was thoughtful. He didn't understand common people's affairs, but these people spoke in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

It seems that King Ling has worked hard to manage Youzhou City.

For some reason, he instinctively felt that Princess Ling had come up with this work-point system.

In the inn, you will also encounter groups of foreign traders, who bring large quantities of goods, including precious herbs, fur materials, wood, etc.

Make a tip at the inn, and immediately rush to the city to sell it.

According to the postman, in the past, no one was entertained except officials.

Later, the prince specially ordered the inn to be renovated, expanded in scale, and divided into areas.

Now the backyard welcomes officials, and the front yard welcomes businessmen, foreigners, and ordinary people.

Chen Xingyao also discovered that many businessmen left clerks at the inn, and as soon as the foreign businessmen came, they would immediately make deals with them.

A glimpse of the leopard shows the prosperity of Youzhou City's business.

Chen Xingyao couldn't help but think that when he was guarding Youzhou City, not to mention the foreign merchants, even the Han merchants were almost gone.

He also remembered this inn. It was small and shabby. In the cold winter months, only rice soup was provided. Unlike now, the supplies are abundant, almost as good as the restaurants in Chang'an City.

Sometimes he rode a horse far away and came to a small town a little further away from the city. He also remembered these towns. When he was there, the people had long since disappeared and they were all deserted.

But now, people are coming and going, the old people are coughing, the children are laughing, and the vendors are shouting.

This doesn't look like a small town at the border, it's not much different from the small town near Chang'an City!

Even when he was at home, he rarely went to the manor and fields, and he also discovered the differences among the people in Youzhou. That is, no matter men, women, old or young, they are all well-dressed.

Everything here is complete, including clothes, pants, shoes and socks, and some young girls wear brightly colored skirts.

Don't think this is unusual. As far as Chen Xingyao knows, people in many places don't wear clothes when working in summer.

Because they are afraid of wearing out their clothes, they have nothing to keep out the cold in winter, and some people even go without shoes three seasons a year.

Clothes without holes, thick winter clothes, are a very important asset for the people. They can be exchanged for money at a pawn shop.

And the people of Youzhou actually have clothes to wear!

Soon Chen Xingyao also discovered that in the yards of many farmhouses, long ropes were pulled, and off-white threads were drying in the sun.

There are children standing guard with sticks to prevent birds and wild cats from stealing food.

From time to time, a woman would come out with a big dustpan and dry the thread-like things.

After observing for a long time, he found that there were vendors driving short carriages to collect the items from house to house. After weighing them, they paid with one hand and delivered the goods with the other.

He was so curious that he asked the vendor, "What is this?"

The hawker was even more surprised than him: "Rice noodles! Have you never eaten them before?"

Has anyone in Youzhou ever eaten rice noodles?

"But this shop makes kudzu powder. Sir, would you like to buy some to try?"

Chen Xingyao then remembered that almost every meal at the inn was served with rice noodles, fried rice noodles with vegetables and eggs, and stewed meat.

He also ate rice noodles in Chang'an. It is said that he bought them from Guangzhou, but he had never seen anyone make them.

He asked curiously: "This rice noodle is not produced in a workshop? But is it made by every household?"

The hawker said with admiration in his eyes: "This is the land where the princess teaches. During the slack season, people can make rice noodles at home, and then our private company will purchase them."

"In this way, people can make some money at home to support their families. Not only rice noodles, but also silk, hemp, silk, eggs, dried vegetables, etc., are purchased door-to-door by private companies."

The hawker added: "Thanks to the princess! Life for ordinary people like us is so much better!"