The smarter people have noticed that the bandits who were once very rampant in the Mengton Mountains have not harassed the people until now.
Just when all the people were worried about the bandits' anomaly...
A piece of gossip spread like wildfire in the Menton Mountains.
"..."
The banditry that has plagued the mountainous area of Menton Town for decades has been solved by a high-ranking official from the county government.
Many people sneered at this news and expressed disbelief at all.
There was even an old man, leaning on a cane, who said: "Impossible! It's impossible. There are more than a dozen groups of bandits in the Menton Mountains. How much manpower and material resources would it take to destroy them?"
Young people also think that the officials in the county government offices only sit and drink tea in the government offices. How can they do these things for ordinary people?
What would they do? If you tell me, who will believe it?
"..."
However, this news was quickly confirmed by the local village chief, Li Zheng.
Notices with official seals posted at the entrances of various villages and towns also proved that this was not a rumor.
According to the announcement on the wooden fence newspaper, more than a dozen groups of bandits in the Menton Mountain area have indeed been wiped out in Junzhai.
Moreover, Junzhai will soon build a large market for the livelihood and benefit of the people in the mountainous area.
The announcement also said that this time, all construction money will come out of the Yamen.
But labor still needs to be coordinated by the local government, but even if the people are conscripted, everyone who works will still be paid three ounces of wages.
"..."
Faced with the conditions set by the government, people in villages all over the country expressed their enthusiastic support.
To put it bluntly, the big farmers who rely on the fields for their livelihood have nothing but hard work and suffering, which is the basis for their survival.
What's more, this time, it's for my own good.
"..."
Less than three days after the announcement was posted, the people in each village flocked to the Gannan military camp like crazy.
A large number of common people gathered in front of the military residence, patting their chests and saying that there was absolutely no problem in terms of labor.
They don't need to spend any money from the government, and are even willing to work for nothing. They just want this market to be built.
"..."
The terrain of the Mengton Mountain Area is composed of nine mountains, one river, and three thirds of thin fields.
The people living here have relied on it for generations, going into the mountains to hunt wild animals, eat meat, and sell their furs to make a living.
Among them, the young and middle-aged men can also open up some fields and plant some food.
Women also collect ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum and other herbal medicines to supplement their household income.
In addition, the people here have no source of food.
However, even if the common people work so hard and desperately, the money they save is not enough for a family of several people to need firewood, rice, oil and salt for a year...
Poverty, hunger, cold, disease, and banditry have been with them since they were born.
In fact, the common people's requirements are very simple. If they have firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea, they will be rich.
However, the people here cannot even meet the most basic needs of life.
But since Wei Qing came here, he began to make drastic reforms.
Within two months, he eliminated more than a dozen groups of bandits and maintained stability and security for hundreds of miles in the Menton Mountains.
The appearance of Wei Qing caused those vicious bandits to disappear in the Mengton Mountains.
This allows the people in the mountainous areas to avoid harassment by bandits and continue to live without being displaced or leaving their homes.
Ever since Wei Qing came, the Mengton Mountain Area has become a bandit who commits all kinds of evil and is extremely rampant. It is a restricted area in the eyes, and no bandit dares to be active in the Mengton Mountain Area anymore.
"..."
As time goes by, the public security in the Mengton Mountains has begun to improve due to Wei Qing's efforts.
Although they don’t pick up lost things when they can’t reach the road, and they don’t close their homes at night, at any rate, there won’t be any fatalities from time to time.
What makes the people in the Mengton Mountain area even more happy is that after more than a month, they have been busy in full swing.
Wei Qing personally nominated the Ping'an Market, which was built spontaneously by the people and was finally completed successfully.
"..."
After wiping out the surrounding bandits and establishing his own prestige, the people had a high degree of trust in Wei Qing.
It was also for this reason that the people in the Mengton Mountain area helped Wei Qing build the Ping An Market.
Ever since the Ping An Market, a large buying and selling market, appeared in the Menton Mountain area...
Whether it is animal skins, animal bones, or ginseng and herbal medicines to trade, without exception, people choose to go to the Ping An Market.
The reason why people choose Ping'an Market is firstly for safety and secondly for convenience.
Ping'an Market is crowded with people every day. People from villages and towns in the Menton Mountain area come to Ping'an Market every once in a while to see if they can buy urgently needed things.
"..."
For various reasons, the Ping'an Market was crowded with people when it first opened.
The endless flow of people buying and selling has created a special kind of prosperity in Ping'an Market.
"..."
Dozens of soldiers wearing gray leather armor, with their chests held high and their abdomens held high, were patrolling back and forth in a arrogant manner. Every move they made on the bustling market streets showed off the air of an "official official".
The leader of the team, carrying a thick black agarwood stick, patrolled back and forth near the market, spitting and shouting loudly.
"In Ping'an Market, theft and robbery are not allowed, nor are there any shortfalls or malicious fraud."
"You guys, please think about it in your mind. In these good and prosperous days, don't do anything wrong..."
"For those three melons and two dates, it would be bad if someone found out and kicked me out of the market."
"Go around the world and find out where there is such a good place..."
"Which high-ranking official in the government has such a charitable heart as our Lord Sima?"
"You should know it by heart."
"Damn it, if you guys don't know how to be grateful and have done some scandalous things to ruin the market, you'd better tell me earlier, otherwise, don't blame me for driving you out of the market!"
Listening to the cursing scolding by Wu Chang Liu, the vendors around him did not feel dissatisfied at all. They even smiled and nodded repeatedly with sincere gratitude on their faces.
"..."
Hearing this, some hawkers wiped their hands with a rag and said with an apologetic smile: "Master Liu, when will Master Sima come here again? Everyone, we all want to thank him."
Upon hearing this, Commander Liu glanced at him sideways, spit out a mouthful of phlegm on the ground, and replied angrily: "Sir Ma, you are a high-ranking official of the fifth rank, and you have to deal with everything every day..."
