Cannon Fodder [Quick Transmigration]

Since Zijin Road was built, there has been an endless stream of businessmen passing by here every day.

Some people found the business opportunities, and they built restaurants, inns, and teahouses on both sides of Zijin Road to provide resting places for passing merchants.

Once these restaurants and inns opened, they made a lot of money.

Seeing this situation, other people followed suit one after another. Gradually, shops lined up on both sides of Zijin Road.

In addition, many people set up small stalls on the side of Zijin Road, which can also increase a lot of income for their families.

Many businessmen from other places came to Fencheng by boat. When they heard about Zijin Road, most of them would choose to take Zijin Road.

Especially in March every year, there are countless foreign tourists on Zijin Road.

Unknowingly, the name of Zijin Road spread throughout the Great Southern Kingdom. Many young men and women came to Zijin Road to promise each other for life after hearing the love story between Wu Bai and Xiao Zimo.

The fame of Zijin Road not only brought many merchants to Fencheng, but also brought many merchants to Yancheng, increasing the commercial prosperity between the two cities.

Naturally, the Xiao family and the Wu family would not miss the benefits brought by these merchants, and they also built countless restaurants and inns on both sides of Zijin Road.

The change of Zijin Road didn't affect Wu Bai much, it's just that he needed to look at more books.

Xiao Zimo came to the study with Xiao Taotao in his arms, and said to Wu Bai: "Fu Lang, let's see later, today is Xiao Taotao's birthday, how about we take him out shopping?"

Wu Bai put down the account book in his hand, looked up at the father and son at the door, and said with a slight smile, "Okay."

"Father, hug~" Xiao Taotao, who just turned two years old, reached out to Wu Bai.

"He's been talking about you since just now." Xiao Zimo handed the child to Wu Bai.

"Xiao Taotao's birthday is today, is there anything you want?" Wu Bai coaxed the child in his arms.

Xiao Taotao was nestled in Wu Bai's arms, he shook his head and said, "No, Xiao Taotao doesn't, I want to hug."

"Okay, hahaha..." Wu Bai pinched his little cheek and replied with a smile.

Soon the family of three went out.

On the street, someone shouted: "Roasted sweet potatoes, fresh and sweet roasted sweet potatoes~"

Hearing this voice, Wu Bai thought about what he saw in the space, and he walked towards the stall selling sweet potatoes.

"Old man, how do you sell your sweet potatoes?" Wu Bai asked.

The old man smiled and replied, "I have sweet potatoes worth ten cents each. How many do you want the guest officer to buy?"

"Give me three." Wu Bai said.

"Okay." The old man happily packed three sweet potatoes and handed them to Wu Bai.

It was inconvenient for Wu Bai to hold the child, so Xiao Zimo took the sweet potato over.

"Old man, did you grow these sweet potatoes yourself?" Wu Bai asked.

"Yes, these are the seeds from the imperial court. Only a few families in our village went to receive the seeds, and I was one of them." The old man replied.

Hearing this, Wu Bai knew in his heart that this sweet potato has not been fully popularized yet, no wonder the price is so expensive, but he remembered that it was described in that book that the price of this sweet potato is very cheap.

Wu Bai took Xiao Zimo to find a tea stand and sat down.

Xiao Zimo asked: "Fu Lang, this sweet potato is so dark, where should I eat it?"

"You can eat it after removing its skin," Wu Bai introduced.

"I see." Xiao Zimo nodded.

Wu Bai warned: "Be careful of burning."

"En." Xiao Zimo peeled the sweet potato, and then blew on it. He waited until the sweet potato was not so hot, and then he handed the sweet potato to Wu Bai's mouth.

Who knew that Wu Bai hadn't eaten yet, so Xiao Taotao took the lead in biting it down.

Seeing the small tooth marks on the sweet potato, Wu Bai burst out laughing.

Xiao Taotao smashed his small mouth, he looked at the sweet potato in front of him with wide eyes, and stretched out his small hand to take it.

Afraid of scalding his hands, Xiao Zimo quickly took the sweet potato back.

Seeing the water in Xiao Taotao's eyes, he quickly broke off small pieces of sweet potatoes and fed them to Xiao Taotao's mouth.

"Hahaha..." Wu Bai couldn't help laughing as he watched the interaction between the two of them.

"Fu Lang, give me the baby, and I'll feed him." Xiao Zimo suggested.

"Here." Wu Bai handed the Taotao in his arms to Xiao Zimo.

This time, Xiao Taotao didn't stick to Wu Bai's arms, he kicked into Xiao Zimo's arms very readily.

Wu Bai took the sweet potato on the table and peeled it, then fed it to Xiao Zimo, and Xiao Zimo took the sweet potato in his hand and fed it to Xiao Taotao.

Seeing this, Xiao Taotao's eyeballs rolled, and he stretched out his little finger to point to the last remaining sweet potato on the table.

"Father, I, hello."

The meaning is obvious, he wants to feed that sweet potato to Wu Bai.

Wu Bai chuckled, picked up the sweet potato and peeled it.

He felt that the sweet potato was not as hot as before, so he confidently handed it halfway to Xiao Taotao's hand, and held his hand underneath.

Xiao Taotao wobbled and fed the sweet potato to Wu Bai. Wu Bai took a bite and praised: "This sweet potato is really sweet."

"Hehehe..." Xiao Taotao thought Wu Bai was praising him, so he couldn't stop laughing happily.

After the sweet potatoes were finished, Wu Bai and the others went to the temple in a carriage, begged for a safe jade pendant for Xiao Taotao, and then returned to Xiao's house.

At this time, the lights of Xiao's house were already brightly lit.

Father Xiao and the others saw Wu Bai's family of three coming back from the outside, they stepped forward and asked, "Where did you go?"

"We took Xiao Taotao out shopping." Xiao Zimo explained.

"Eat, Shushu." Xiao Taotao said excitedly.

Mother Wu took Xiao Taotao from Xiao Zimo's arms, and then she took out the rattle she had prepared and shook it in front of Taotao.

"Xiao Taotao, do you like it?" Mother Wu coaxed.

"Hee hee!" Xiao Taotao reached for the rattle.

Then Father Xiao and the others each took out their own birthday presents for Xiao Taotao.

Ten years later

Xiao Zimo took Wu Bai and the two children to Zijin Road in a carriage.

Looking at the gray and clean road in front of him, Wu Bai exclaimed, "Could it be 'cement'!"

"It turns out that Fu Lang knows 'cement'! I plan to give Fu Lang a surprise!" Xiao Zimo said in discouragement with his head down.

"I don't know cement, I just heard about it." Wu Bai comforted.

"Really?" Xiao Zimo raised his head to confirm.

"Well, you have a heart." Wu Bai looked at Xiao Zimo sincerely.

"I transported this cement from the capital through my relationship. I heard that all the roads in the capital have been paved with cement." Xiao Zimo asked for credit.

"Thank you." Wu Bai stepped forward and kissed Xiao Zimo on the cheek.

Xiao Zimo was still not satisfied, he pouted and said, "Fu Lang, here."

Wu Bai didn't refuse, and kissed him generously.

Xiao Yue stood beside the two of them, he looked at the younger brother in Xiao Zimo's arms, and looked at each other with some sympathy.

"Wow... wow..." Xiao Chen couldn't help crying.

Xiao Zimo and Wu Bai hurriedly separated, they looked at the red marks on Xiao Chen's face, and touched their noses in embarrassment.

The two hugged and coaxed the baby for a while, but it still didn't work.

In the end, it was Xiao Yue who took out the rattle and shook it in front of Xiao Chen to coax him.

Xiao Chen held the rattle, his attention was quickly attracted by this thing, he kept shaking the rattle in his hand, and gradually showed a smile.

"Hehehe..."

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"East Xiao's family, Fulang Xiao."

After so many years, Xiao Zimo and his wife are very famous in Fencheng and Yancheng, and many people know them, especially the shopkeepers of these shops on Zijin Road.

"Is Mr. Xiao's family planning to take Fulang's child back to Yancheng?" A shopkeeper greeted them.

Xiao Zimo nodded, and replied: "Yes, now that Zijin Road is paved with cement, it must be faster to go back to Yancheng this time."

"Indeed, it's much faster. A few days ago, I heard from the merchants from Yancheng that they only need five days to reach Fencheng." The shopkeeper answered.

"Really? Thank you shopkeeper for letting me know." Xiao Zimo cupped his hands.

"It's easy to say, logically speaking, we should thank Dong Xiao's family, thanks to you who built this road, you can find a way out for us, hahaha..." The shopkeeper said with a smile.

"This Zijin road is developing so well today, not entirely due to my personal credit, it is inseparable from everyone's support." Xiao Zimo said modestly.

Not far behind Wu Bai and the others, a young man listened to their conversation, and he looked at Wu Bai's family curiously.

Seeing Wu Bai's family enjoying themselves in harmony, he couldn't help but feel emotional.

This person is Shu Zian.

Shu Zian is now in a high position, and the reason why he is here is because his hometown is Yancheng.

Wu Bai held Xiao Zimo's hand and walked on the road when he suddenly felt someone watching them.

He turned his head to look at the other party, but the other party didn't seem to expect that Wu Bai would suddenly turn his head back, he was stunned for a moment, and then nodded slightly to Wu Bai to show his friendliness.

Not feeling Shu Zian's malice, Wu Bai was a little relieved, and nodded slightly at the other party as well.

Xiao Zimo tilted his head and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"I didn't see anything." Wu Bai turned around and said.

Xiao Yue tugged on Wu Bai's sleeves, pointed to the carriage in the distance, and said excitedly: "Mother and father, look quickly, it seems to be grandpa and the others."

Wu Bai followed his gaze and said, "It's true."

Over there, Wu's father and his two also saw Wu Bai's family driving slowly towards here in a carriage.

"Brother Bai, where are you going?" Mother Wu asked.

"We are planning to visit you in Yancheng!" Wu Bai replied with a smile.

"Hahaha, that's a coincidence, we came by ourselves." Father Wu laughed.

He looked at Xiao Zimo and said with satisfaction: "It's thanks to Zimo that Zijin Road was paved with cement, otherwise we would not have come here." Their bodies in the past two years can't bear such a long journey, but the cement road is not Similarly, it not only saves time, but also the road surface is much smoother, without any bumps.

The family chatted and laughed, and walked into the restaurant beside Zijin Road.

When Shu Zian returned to the capital, he thought of what he had encountered on his trip back to his hometown, so he couldn't help picking up his pen, and soon a poem "Zijin Fu" came to life on the paper.

In later generations, whenever people mention Shu Zian, in addition to mentioning his contribution to the country and the people, they will also talk about his "Zijin Fu", especially for college students, this is a must-see poem fill in the blank.

The author has something to say: Two more, this short story is over, and the next one is about to begin (〃'▽'〃)