A year later.

"Mother's ......"

"Shhhhhh

Butterfly Wu stuck out her tongue and quickly changed her words, "Madam, it's been more than two months since we came out, when will we go back?"

"Don't worry, there is a lot of rain this year, I'm afraid that the river will flood, anyway, it's been out for so long, and I don't care about delaying a few more days, just turn around and go to Kaesong to have a look." ”

Butterfly Dance pouted, "You're really worried about your life! The king asked you to go back to the Fire Phoenix Country to visit the lord, you are out of the Fire Phoenix Country, turn around here to take a look, turn around there to take a look, even if you don't go back to the palace, you are not afraid that other women will take advantage of the situation?"

Feng Shanyue smiled faintly, "This year, how many problems did such an old minister give his senior brother, which made him anxious, how could he have the heart to think about these things." Besides, he sits in the court all day long, and I can come out and help him walk around, which can be regarded as understanding the people's customs and feelings, and it is also good for him to govern the country. ”

"The slave thinks that the king is so blessed to marry his wife!"

Feng Shanyue sighed, "Marry me as a wife, he has been under too much pressure. Although you usually hide it from me, I know that those old ministers all want to send their daughters to the palace. It was because the senior brother sternly refused, so they deliberately stumbled him and caused him problems. ”

"Hmph! Your Excellency is not afraid of them! One by one, relying on their old age, they rely on the old to sell the old. Now that Master Gan has entered the palace, I see that those old ministers are waiting to go home and retire!"

"Senior Brother can invite Master Gan into the court, which is indeed a wise move. With Master Gan in charge, those old ministers can't play tricks. Besides, Senior Brother has been deployed for a year, and it won't be long before he thinks about those old ministers. ”

Butterfly thought for a moment, "Madame is talking about those Inspectors?"

"Hmm!" Feng Shanyue nodded, "These old ministers' families are huge and intertwined, so naturally it is impossible to be completely free of omissions. That's why I suggested that Senior Brother choose some young officials who are energetic and promising, but have no foundation, to be the Supervisors, they are not very qualified, but they have a lot of power in their hands. I heard that after they traveled to various places, they already had a lot of evidence that the big family had violated the laws of the land. When these evidences are sent to the senior brother, those old ministers should think about how to protect the family. ”

"Hehe, then you have to resign and don't do it!"

"You think simply," Feng Shanyue shook her head, "I didn't expect to wipe out these old ministers through this method at all, after all, they have indeed contributed to the big merchants, and the strength of the family behind them should not be underestimated." I only hope that they can abdicate and let the young people in the family stand up, even if these people have a family background, but after all, they are young and inexperienced, and it is much easier for the senior brother to rule them!"

Butterfly Dance nodded again and again, the longer she followed Feng Shanyue, the deeper her admiration for her, and she felt that she seemed to be an inexhaustible treasure, always able to help you when you needed it.

"Okay, I've eaten the dry food, I've rested enough, let's keep going!"

Feng Shanyue said, turned over on her horse, pulled the reins, and ran in the direction of Kaesong. Butterfly Dance hurriedly stuffed the remaining dry food back into her baggage and rode her horse to follow.

The river water is the Yellow River in later generations, but the river course is a little different. Kaesong was built on the edge of the river, where the river made a big bend and then flowed southeast. This is a flood-ridden area, and every year the state treasury allocates a large amount of money to repair the embankment here. But even then, if there is too much rain in a given year, the embankment here can easily be washed away and flooded by Kaesong.

When the master and servant of Fengshanyue were about to approach Kaesong, they encountered a group of slaves on the way. They had been transferred from elsewhere to repair the riverbank, and the official in charge of leading the slaves was very fierce, flicking his whip all the way, as if the slaves in front of him were not people, but animals.

Feng Shanyue had been in the Shang Dynasty for several years, and she still couldn't accept the slave class, she watched the official's whip slam on the slave, and wanted to rush up to stop him. Knowing her temper, Butterfly quickly rode up to her, took her hand, and shook her head.

Feng Shanyue took two deep breaths and suppressed the anger in her heart. At this time, one of the slaves caught her attention. The man was very tall and bearded, and although he was tied with ropes like the other slaves, he walked in a very straight posture, unlike the other slaves who bent their waists like shrimps.

Maybe it was because she felt Feng Shanyue's gaze, and the slave looked back at her, and that look instantly calmed Feng Shanyue. She couldn't describe the look in her eyes, she didn't look like a cowardly slave, but like a hegemon, looking at the world.

"Butterfly Dance, look at that person!"

"Which one?"

By the time Butterfly looked over, the man had turned around and continued walking.

Feng Shanyue stared at his back, frowned, and then whipped a horse, "Let's go to the city first!"

After entering the city, the whole Kaesong was in a relatively panicked atmosphere, it turned out that the river had begun to rise, many rich families were preparing to move to other places, and the poor families could not afford to move, so they could only resign themselves to fate, just hoping that God would open their eyes and not let the flood flood.

"What about those slaves?" Feng Shanyue didn't see any slaves in the city, "Didn't you say that a lot of slaves were transferred from other places to repair the river embankment?"

"How could they go into the city? I just heard from a passer-by that all the slaves were working on the embankment, and that they were working on the embankment in rotation!"

Feng Shanyue remembered the slave she met on the road again, she frowned, and made a decision.

The next day, there were two more women in the ranks of the slaves, and they were the master servants of Fengshanyue who had mixed in disguise. Like other female slaves, they were mainly responsible for cooking for the slaves on the construction site. With so many slaves working, eating was the most important thing.

Diewu and Feng Shanyue are in charge of a pot stove, she refuses to let Feng Shanyue deal with those officials, for fear that she will beat people up when her temper comes up, so she goes to get the food and vegetables for the day.

"Madame, I'm back!"

Feng Shanyue had just lit the fire and was about to boil the water, when she saw that Butterfly Dance was back, she hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Butterfly Dance gently took a straw bag from her back and opened it with a grunt, "Madam, you see, they give these slaves to eat this!"

"What is this?" Feng Shanyue stepped forward and grabbed the contents of the bag, which looked like rough particles, but they didn't weigh much, "Is this chaff?"

"If it's bran, it's still good!" Butterfly Dance was so angry that her face changed, "It's made by grinding sun-dried wheat straw into flour and mixing a small amount of grain bran, and it's mixed with mud and sand." ”

Feng Shanyue's face changed, she looked back at the slaves who were carrying stones on the embankment, these people were doing heavy work every day, sleeping on the muddy floor, so she gave them these things that were not even pig food, "Isn't this forcing them to rebel?"