The news of the collapse of the lord of Shang and the succession of the new lord spread throughout the Taicang within three days, and the sound of mourning resounded throughout the Taicang, and the people spontaneously took to the streets with white lanterns to see off the lord of the country, and every household prayed for the gale, hoping that the gale could escort the former lord of the country to the court of heaven and no longer suffer from the boundless wilderness.

Ji Xia was dressed in ordinary clothes, walking in Taicheng, he first ascended to the position of the lord of the country, but he only knew a little about the situation in Taicang and Cangcheng, this time he left the palace with Ji Qianqing, of course, the purpose was to understand the livelihood of Taicang people.

In addition to him and Ji Qianqing, there is also a girl beside him, this girl is dressed in gray simple clothes, but she can't hide her beautiful appearance and good posture, but she always keeps her eyes on the road and doesn't communicate with Ji Xia and Ji Qianqing.

Ji Xia looked at her embarrassedly, this girl's name was Jing Yu, and she was the woman who was rescued by Ji Qianqing from Ji Xia's bedroom that day.

At that time, the situation was urgent, and Ji Qianqing arranged for her to live in the palace, and now that the dove dog was defeated, she had time to deal with this girl.

Even if Ji Xia tried his best to deny that he didn't move Jing Yu with a finger, Ji Qianqing's eyes looking at him still made him feel cold.

The facts are indeed as Ji Xia said, this girl was just captured by the prince and didn't have time to do anything, the Taicangyu incident occurred in the east window, the lord of Ji Shang collapsed, and the prince was kicked to death by Ji Qianqing.

Originally, Ji Xia also hoped that Jing Yu could tell the truth and save his face as the new lord of the country, but he didn't expect that after she was rescued, she never said a word, but always stared at Ji Xia with a pair of misty eyes, which made him quite uncomfortable.

So Ji Xia decided to take advantage of this trip to personally send Jing Yu back, so as not to endure the torture of "embarrassment" all the time as the new lord of the country.

"This area is the main urban area of Taicheng. The street in front of him was very dilapidated, with only a dozen or so small stall owners selling what was in front of him.

This is obviously abnormal, Taicheng, the population of 400,000 people, in the era of cold weapons with extremely underdeveloped transportation, is a very terrifying number, theoretically it should be prosperous in business, and the new prosperity of society is, think that Taicheng is restricted by barren land and scarce production.

Relying on a small piece of planting land behind Taicheng, Taicang stumbled through more than two hundred years, food was distributed by the royal court, clothes were distributed by the royal court, and even the medicine after a serious illness also needed to be distributed by the royal court.

Ji Xia knew that this was an extremely sick system, but he also understood that in such a difficult environment, the Taicang Royal Court could only do this - the dove dogs, Zhou Qing and the two kingdoms were eyeing each other, and the giant beasts in the Gobi and the rainforest were waiting for the Taicang people to send them to the door to have a full meal, in this situation, if the Taicang Royal Court did not retract the right to control food and let the society develop, then in the end everyone would face the embarrassing situation of having no food to eat.

As the former prince of Taicang, and the current lord of Taicang, he naturally knows how honest the royal court and the hundred officials of Taicang are.

Ji Qianqing watched Ji Xia be silent all the way, thoughtful, and couldn't help asking, "Now that you are the lord of the Taicang Kingdom, what are your plans?"

Ji Xia looked at a few young children who were lying on the street to kill time because of hunger, and said softly: "When the dove dog and the crocodile country further south reach an agreement on a temporary truce, they will make a comeback, and then it will be another big war, let's completely solve the dove dog country first." ”

Ji Qianqing nodded, knowing that the reason why the dove dog was silent, more was to guard against the crocodile country whose strength was not weaker than theirs, once the dove dog was willing to sacrifice something in exchange for a temporary truce in the crocodile country, Taicang would face a terrifying blow to the entire dove dog.

Ji Xia walked to a hut facing the street, an old man with a thin face and a sluggish spirit, he closed his eyes and leaned on a stone pillar to rest.

"Old man, is there only one person in the family?" Ji Xia suddenly asked.

The wilted old man turned his head with great difficulty, towards the source of the sound, and he opened his eyes, which were blank, and it was not difficult to see that this was a blind old man as he groped.

He replied loudly: "The two juniors went out to work before dawn, and now is the season to receive the goods, how can they stay at home?"

"Why can't you stay at home? The food is provided by the royal court according to the capitation, stay at home and go to work hard, and the food you get is the same, why do you have to work so hard?"

When the old man heard Ji Xia's words, his face suddenly gloomy, and he said unswervingly: "Which family are you a child of? Why are you so ignorant? I have always worked hard for hundreds of years to support my family and country, if everyone had the same hateful thoughts as you, I would have been eaten alive by those earth dogs and monkeys." “

"The soldiers are working hard for Taicang, the daughters are reproducing children and grandchildren for Taicang, constantly replenishing the strength of the Taicang army, and young people who live at home and do not have outstanding cultivation talents, naturally have to take care of the land that is related to the lifeline, what's wrong?"

"And we old people, it's best to die quickly, so as not to drag down the lord, the soldiers, and the cang, but unfortunately I am not sick and disaster-free, and the first lord of the country explicitly forbade the old man not to commit suicide......"

The old man talked about the former lord of the country, and two tears flowed from his cloudy eyes: "The lord of the Shang country has worked hard for Taicang all his life, and now that he is gone, it is also a good thing, there is no need to worry about us old decays." ”

Ji Xia silently listened to the old man's words, and an indescribable feeling welled up in his heart, and he asked, "Why can all the people of Taicang achieve such a degree of dedication to Taicang?"

"Taicang is our home country!" the old man muttered, "This land was carved out by the sages with a sword and a sword, we have lived here since childhood, and there is no place in the world that can accept us except Taicang." ”

"And how can it be said that we are dedicating ourselves to Taicang? Everything we have done is not so noble, we are saving our lives! Just like the daughters of the family who have suffered from pregnancy in October several times, it is not that they are willing, but they can only do this!"

"If there are no children, the number of births cannot keep up with the number of dead people, and then what awaits the heavens is that all people will be eaten alive, or cut into human beings for the amusement of those beasts!

Ji Xia took a deep breath, silently stroked the old man's chest, straightened his waist, and continued to walk forward.

Jing Yu looked at Ji Xia without saying a word, as an ordinary low-level citizen of Taicang Country, she could clearly see some strange emotions in the eyes of the new lord of the country that she originally hated.

He's shocked, he's moving, he's pitying, he's making up his mind.

Ji Qianqing looked at this scene, her eyes seemed to be burning with vigorous hope, the long skirt on her body supported her more and more beautifully, she came behind Ji Xia in a few steps, and said softly: "Lord of the country, there is Nanqing Street in front, and Jing Yu's home is about to arrive." ”