Zhang Xing told the experience of Quantang Town, and listened to Wei Minwu talk about the recent movements of Yu County. The business of several shops is booming. According to the news from the Ma Gang, the disaster relief in Yuyang is coming to an end, and although the number of casualties is not large, the affected fields are not a small number, and the number of counties along the Huai River has been reported. Shen Huaijin personally inspected the counties and villages that were most severely affected by the disaster and promised condolences. His actions made the Shen family's reputation in Jianghuai rise a lot. Many people say that even the Huaiyang Mansion was inferior to that year.

For these statements, Wei Min Wuzhang Xing just laughed. There is still a huge court above the Huaiyang Palace, how dare you do such a thing to buy the hearts of the people. And the Shen family occupies Anyang, and they already have plans to be the emperor, so they naturally have to behave well at this time.

As for Shen Huaijin's last words, Wei Minwu thought for a while and said, "Could it be that the stone is coming back?"

Zhang Xing also has this idea. According to the letter from the stone, he has taken the post of commander of the left forward battalion and is currently training troops in Yanzhou, near Anyang. Yanzhou is an important town connecting Kyoto, Yanjing and Anyang. So he guessed that Shen Qian's next step might be to go to Yanjing.

This is obviously not in line with Wei Minwu and Zhang Xing's previous predictions. If Yanjing goes to war, there is a good chance that Shen Qian's matter of claiming the emperor will be postponed.

However, the news from the spies in Anyang that the renovation of the new capital was already in progress, and all kinds of signs indicated that Shen Qian had plans to stay in Anyang.

There is a lot of news, and everyone is uncertain.

Zhang Xing and Wei Minwu agreed not to move anything, and waited for specific news from Anyang to make the next step.

In mid-July, Shen Qian proclaimed himself emperor in Anyang, with the country name Wei, and set this year as the first year of Taishi. The news spread, and the world shook. Yanjing, Fujian, northern and southern Xinjiang and other places have issued a payment document, calling Shen Qian "Shen thief", saying that he has a heart of disobedience for a long time, and everyone can be punished, etc., and there are no less than ten charges on display.

Jianghuai and other places are calm, a few years ago there were wars all over here, and the people were not able to make a living, but now they are stable, and life is much better. As long as you have a pair of eyes, you will choose the latter. Moreover, the Shen family has indeed done a lot of practical things.

Xiao Fugui's stall, naturally needless to say. Yuyang's disaster relief was active, and Yu'an guarded the river embankment washed by the flood that had not been encountered in a century, and after the flood, the imperial court sent people to the prefectures and counties to guide and supervise the sowing, and also stated that the tax reduction and exemption for this year and next year. Today, the repair of the Huai River embankment is in full swing. The person who supervised this matter was King Luo, Shen Huaijin, the second son of Emperor Taishi.

After Shen Qian became the emperor, he added the major generals under his command, the eldest son Shen Huailin was the crown prince, the second son Shen Huaijin was the king of Luo, and the commander of the right overseer army, the veteran Jin Chongyang was the protector of the country, the former Huaiyang king Gu Yongfeng was the prince of Wuguo, the general Luo Yong was Pingnanhou, and Cheng Beichen was the scholar of the palace.

Stone was also commanded by the original forward battalion and was promoted to the rank of Loyal General.

The news of Shi's promotion reached Jianghuai, and Zhang Xing took charge of the three-day flowing water mat in Lizhuang Village, repairing the tombs of Li Dazhu and his wife and Shi's grandmother. Li Dahe took several elders of the Li family to propose to Zhang Xing that he wanted to build the ancestral hall of the Li family.

The loyal general is a member of the third grade, and this kind of glorious ancestor is the first of the Li clan in Lizhuang Village.

Zhang Xing readily agreed and took Li Xi to participate in the Li clan's clan meeting. Lizhuang Village was very lively for a while, and many people surnamed Li came from ten miles and eight towns. Li Yousheng took a few capable young men in the clan to take over the hospitality. The cost of the treat, Zhang Xingyuan wanted to be covered by Zhang Ji.

Li Yousheng and Li Dahe, who were in charge, both said no. The Li family now has several families that can be regarded as passable, and Li Yousheng and Li Dahe are all part of it. After consulting with several elders in the clan, they only received half of the silver from the seal, and the rest was paid by the people of their clan. If you have a heart, you can have more meaning, and the meaning of difficult days will be fine.

Fortunately, Lizhuang Village is very concentric, and they also know that the future of the stone will not end here, and most of them are very generous.

The ancestral hall of the Li family was built, and Li Dahe took the old and young people of the clan to kneel in the ancestral hall, bow to the ancestors, and pray for good weather and prosperity in the clan.

Zhang Xing is a female dependent, so she just hugged Li Xi and kowtowed. After worshipping his ancestors, Li Dahe invited several respected elders in the clan to come over. The identity of the stone is extraordinary, and Zhang Xing naturally led Li Xi to participate in this matter.

The stone started as a martial artist, and many young people in the clan had the heart to walk this road together. The conscription in the states and counties just happened to come down.

When the elders of the clan said this, they all looked at Zhang Xing. Li Dahe coughed lightly, his old face turned red, and he also asked, "Xing'er, do you think this thing is feasible?"

Zhang Xing thought for a moment. There are people in the DPRK and China who are good officials, and this is the same everywhere. It's just that she and Shi are in a different situation than others. They had no way out, so they took this road. She and the stone are not objects to be relied upon. Shen Huailin became the crown prince, if there was no accident, he would be the next emperor. He wasn't kind to the stone and her, especially her. Out of Yuxian County's drugging such a thing, if he is really in power, will he give them a good face?

Shen Huaijin doesn't seem to be willing to live under others.

The two brothers still have to fight.

And being a soldier and fighting a war is no joke.

Not to mention that Shen Qian's ambition will never stop there, and the princes who are divided from various places will not just stop. Who knows when this battle will be over?

Since ancient times, it has been said that once you will succeed, you will have a heart and luck like a stone, after all, there are only a few.

Although the population of Lizhuang Village seems to be more prosperous than that of nearby villages, this is only slightly better this year. At this time, there are really many young people who choose to join the army, and the village is afraid that there will be a lot of wasteland.

The young man of Lizhuang Village chose to join the army at this time, and Zhang Xing was not optimistic at all. But she couldn't say that.

"Uncles, you have experienced more things than me, you must know that joining the army to fight, although the future is fast, but it is completely fought with your life, after a few years of fighting, it is good to survive one out of ten. Besides, there are not many young people in our village, if they are all gone, there will be some old and weak women and children left, how will we live?"

Li Dahe heard what Zhang Xing meant, and also nodded and agreed: "That's the truth, there are really not many young people in our village. ”

Li Yousheng is also a face-to-face figure in Lizhuang Village, and said at the moment: "The owner is right, this war is really not a joke, don't talk about it far away, let's just say that the year before last, Yinhe was pumped twenty or thirty young and strong, and today, uncles look, how many have come back?"

The year before last, not only Yinhe Village, but also several nearby villages were sucked away. After the battle in Yuyang, only three or five people from these villages secretly returned, and most of them were disabled. Not only can I not help my family, but I also have to rely on my family to support him, and my life is extremely difficult.

Several elders looked at each other. Zhang Xing hurriedly said: "In fact, there is a way to earn a future, in addition to being a soldier and fighting, you can also take the road of studying and taking the imperial examination, you can read and write, even if you can't be an official, you can be a shopkeeper in the shop." ”

Li Yousheng saw that the elders in the clan had all looked over, and couldn't help but touch his nose. Their family turned out to have a difficult livelihood, but when Shi Zhang Xing got married, when his mother was helping in the kitchen, she chatted with Mrs. Li and was listened to by Zhang Xing. Later, Zhang Xing put him in the chapter of Quantang Town as a partner, and made it clear to him at that time. If you can read and write and settle accounts for two years, you will stay, and if you can't learn, you will still go back to the village to farm.

In the past few years of being a partner in Zhangji, his family's life has been getting better and better, and he has built a big tiled house. Last year, the old shopkeeper of the chapter of Quantang Town retired, and he brought it up. Now the mother-in-law and children have taken over the town, and he has also taken a lot of wasteland in the village and leased it out. At present, he has the income of being a shopkeeper, and he also has forty or fifty acres of land in the village, which is not too big or small.

Zhang Xing wanted to dispel the idea of letting the elders join the army, and took Li Yousheng out as an example, and now seeing that they were all a little moved, he added a handful of oil and said: "The most lacking thing in my Zhangji's shop is manpower, as long as there are people in our village who can read and settle accounts, and have a real temperament, they will accept as much as they want." ”

What she said is not false, there are dozens of shops in Zhangji, which originally originated from the Zhao family's grain store, and nearly half of them are the original team of the Zhao family. As these people get older, a new round of manpower will be cultivated.

Li Fushun, the original village leader of Li Zhuang Village, has passed away, and now his family supports the courtyard by his eldest son Li Dashu, who is the same generation as Li Dahe and Li Dazhu. immediately said with a smile: "Xing'er is in charge of such big shops, and she has seen a lot more than a few of our old guys, if you want me to say, just listen to her." If any of us in our clan really want to fight for a future, we won't stop us, but we have to say it in advance, and we can't smear the face of our Li family! As for those who want to be literate and take the road of the imperial examination, we can set up a school together. ”

Zhang Xing laughed, and then said: "Uncle Dashu is right, our Li clan should also set up a school." This money is counted in our family. ”

Li Dahe was about to speak, Zhang Xingzhi said: "Uncle Dahe listened to me, I know that your uncles don't want to trouble us too much, but Shi Hexi's surname is Li, they are part of the clan, and they should contribute to the growth of the Li family." In the case of running a school, we bought some sacrificial fields and leased them to people, and the income was counted as the expenses of the school. But all those who have reached the age of six in the clan can study in the clan, and the shackles of the gentleman do not need to come out, but the pen, ink, paper and inkstone rely on their own. After the children of the clan study have reached the age of eighteen, if they have achieved nothing, they must not stumble in the clan study any longer. Uncles, would you like to take a look at this?"

The elders of the Li family listened to Zhang Xing's words and nodded one after another. Although the situation is slightly better this year, many families in the Li family are still having a hard time. It was really difficult for them to come up with money and materials to run the clan study committee, and Zhang Xing should take this matter down, and they were naturally happy.

It's just that Li Dahe feels a little uncomfortable, he is the current village leader of Lizhuang Village, he feels that he should take the lead in this matter, but his family background is too thin, and he can't do it if he has this heart.

After agreeing on the matter of clan studies, Li Dahe, Li Dashu and others set more than a dozen clan rules, clarified the rewards and punishments, and asked Li Yousheng to write them down and frame them in the main hall of the Li ancestral hall.

After the clan meeting dispersed, Li Dahe said to Zhang Xing: "Xing'er, I'm bothering you again." Zhang Xing smiled and said, "Uncle Dahe, don't say that, I am also from the Li family." ”

Li Youshi grabbed some candy, stuffed it in Li Xi's hand, and said, "Let's trouble Xing'er, are they still less?"

After talking to Li Dahe and his wife and telling them about Li Jinlian's situation in Yu County, Zhang Xing led Li Xi to the grave of Li Dazhu and his wife. Zhang Xing had already taken Li Xi here a year ago, and Li Xi knew that his grandparents were sleeping in this dirt bag, and he was very well-behaved and kowtowed to Zhang Xing at the moment.

Zhang Xing led Li Xi to Li Hong's grave to kowtow to incense, and told Li Xi: "This is your grandmother." ”

Li Xi kowtowed, and Zhang Xing led him back to the village. He An waited at the head of the village with two guards, and Zhang Xing got into the carriage. Li Xi saw a lot of people today, and he also received a lot of courtesies, and he was excited, so he asked his mother: "Mother, grandma, why did they sleep in the soil?"

Zhang Xing told Li Xi about her experience of fleeing when she first arrived here. After Li Xi listened, his eyes turned red. The carriage was passing under the river embankment, and Zhang Xing lifted the curtain and looked out a few times. Li Xi pointed and said, "Is the embankment broken here?"

Zhang Xing touched his son's head and replied vaguely, "This is it." ”

Li Xi could see it. The wind was strong by the river, and Zhang Xing was afraid that he would be blown by the night wind, so he lowered the carriage curtain.

After Zhang Xing lived in the town for a few days, he received a letter from Wei Minwu. Stone's letter reached Yuxian, and he would be back soon.

After receiving the letter, Zhang Xing hurriedly asked Sun Baozhu and the others to pack their luggage and prepare to return to Yu County. As a result, in the middle of the night, I heard Mrs. Li shouting and knocking on the door: "Madam, the general is back!"

Zhang Xingcai fell asleep, and hurriedly asked Sun Baozhu to open the door, got up and put on a dress, and as soon as she turned around, she heard a cold wind coming in, her feet suddenly left the ground, and the whole child was picked up.

Li Xi also woke up and was staring blankly. Zhang Xing felt a heat on her face, and said in a low voice, "Put me down." ”

The stone put Zhang Xing down. Zhang Xing looked at the door, and Sun Baozhu was smiling and leading the door out. Zhang Xing looked up at the people around her. The stone was still strikingly tall, more than a head taller than her, and she had to look up to see his face.

There was a smile on the stone face in the flow of lights, this time it was not the beard on the face last time, the face was very neatly trimmed, a pair of Danfeng eyes were black and bright, and the hair was combed smoothly, and it was tied up with a jade hair crown. The clothes on the body are made of excellent materials, smooth to start, and the embroidery on them is elegant and generous. He was originally tall and strong, but when he was dressed like this, he looked extraordinary.

Seeing Zhang Xing looking at himself, Shi straightened his chest more and more, with one hand behind his back, the other on his waist, and the smile on his face was slightly retracted, making a rigorous and deep appearance.

Zhang Xing couldn't help but purse her lips and smile.