The town where Lijia Village is located was the hardest hit by the plague, and countless people died. For example, in Lijia Village, there are more than 30 families, and less than 20 people survived.

Now that the plague is over, most of the people who survive are gone, and the food is no longer as tight as before, and the mob and bandits are much more secure.

It is precisely because of this that Li Tianci locked his sleeping daughter in the house, planning to try his luck in the mountains.

Xu Jinyi took out the key, pushed the door in, and the first thing he did was to look at the little girl on the bed.

The girl was sleeping, but there were tears on her sallow little face, probably waking up in the middle, crying for a while and falling asleep.

Xu Jinyi wiped the little doll's face, and then left the main house lightly, planning to go to the kitchen to make some porridge. This body has been hungry for a long time with its chest attached to its back, and the female doll has not eaten all afternoon, so she must be very hungry.

Suddenly becoming a widower with a two-year-old girl, where can Xu Jinyi adapt immediately? But he also knew that he had to be a good father to shelter this little girl from the wind and rain.

And it's not just because of the game.

Fortunately, in the last different world, Xu Jinyi adhered to Zhao Chengli's cooking skills for a period of time, and had half a month of mountain and forest life, and there are more memories of the original owner, even if you use a rural stove, it should be okay to cook a few bowls of gruel.

"Who!" After experiencing the hungry tiger, Xu Jinyi's nerves have been tense, his ears are erect when he is panning rice, the kitchen is the east side room, and he can feel the slightest movement at the door next to him.

Xu Jinyi looked through the crack in the door, there was definitely more than one man standing outside the door, and suddenly, his left hand clenched the stick hidden behind him.

It was an eventful autumn, and Rao is Xu Jinyi did not change his face in the face of the tiger, and he was a little more apprehensive at this time. After all, although he had learned life-saving boxing in modern times for a few years, he had no chance of winning against these big men, not to mention, there was a child in the house.

"Disturb the little brother, the three of us hurried here, the sun has set at this time, and we still can't find the inn, can the little brother take us in for one night?"

"Sorry, it's not convenient at home." After thinking about it, Xu Jinyi added two more sentences, "There should be no one in the courtyard next door, you can stay there for one night." ”

No one, but the whole family is gone because of the plague.

"The deceased is the greatest, and we can't disturb his former residence without permission. In addition, to tell the truth, a few of us have run out of dry food so far, so please ask the little brother to help. ”

Before Xu Jinyi could frown, another rather cold voice came in, "This is the reward." ”

A yellow lumpy object was thrown in, Xu Jinyi dodged it, and when it fell to the ground, he realized that it was a piece of gold.

Xu Jinyi grew up in a pile of gold, silver and jewelry, and knew at a glance that it was not a fake. After the plague, the price of grain fell slightly, and according to the size of this piece of gold, it was enough to weigh five taels, which was more than enough to buy a few carts of grain.

The dilapidated yard, with the two sacks of coarse grain hidden in the cellar, and the yellow-skinned widowers and children, were not as valuable as the gold.

So what exactly are they going to do? Is it really just a one-night stay?

Xu Jinyi picked up the small gold ingots on the ground, rubbed his fingers twice inadvertently, and suddenly found that the bottom surface was uneven.

Official Bank.

The current dynasty is called Daqing, and although the official silver can also be circulated among the people, the number is very small, and it is almost exclusively for the children of the official family and even the members of the royal family.

So the identities of these people --

Thinking about it is only a few seconds. Xu Jinyi put down the wooden stick behind his back and pulled out the latch.

Three reckless men. One person entered the door first, and his status should be the highest, and the other two walked behind the man, obviously in a protective posture.

"Excuse me." The two big men gave a fist salute, and Xu Jinyi also returned the salute with a fist.

"The three of us can eat anything, and we're tired of the little brother." One of the subordinates, who had a full beard and looked quite kind, laughed, and the voice was the first person to speak outside the door just now.

Xu Jinyi bowed his head and pointed to the main house where Li's father and mother lived, "You can sleep on that one tonight, there is a quilt in the cabinet in the house." I'm going to cook. ”

"Thank you, little brother."

There are two pots on the stove, one large and one small, the big one cooks rice, and the small Xu Jinyi uses it to brand more than a dozen batter cakes, although there is no dish, but the batter is salted, and it can be regarded as an enter.

Xu Jinyi smiled bitterly twice, thinking that he used to be rich and noble, but later he was pampered by Zhao Chengli, and the next time the kitchen was purely exciting. Now, he is waiting for others.

If Zhao Chengli knew, he might feel so distressed. Xu Jinyi's hand trembled, and the batter in the pot poured more.

It's useless to be multi-directional, and it's only right to live well. The few people sitting in the courtyard he couldn't mess with at the moment. Counting the game, Xu Jinyi has lived for a hundred years, so he still doesn't know the truth of being able to bend and stretch?

There was still a little bit of batter left, and Xu Jinyi was about to cook the last one again, when the cry of the girl came from the house. Suddenly, he didn't care about this little bit of batter, so he directly put down the things in his hand and rushed into the house in three steps and two steps.

The big man with a full beard and a full beard who was smiling, teasing her with a rattle that was originally placed next to the girl's pillow.

The girl looked at the beard in front of her and cried louder and louder.

Xu Jinyi hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the girl, learning the memory of the previous owner and patting her gently behind her back. As soon as the child saw the familiar father, he immediately stopped his throat and taught the bearded man to be stunned.

The child is the most beautiful angel in the world, Xu Jinyi hugged the little guy who only drilled into his neck, and his heart softened into a puddle of water.

Carrying the little guy out of the house, a table had been set up in the yard, and the more indifferent subordinate was carrying food from the kitchen.

The bearded man also hurriedly stepped forward, and scooped up a few bowls of rice in a moment, in addition to the three of them, there was obviously a bowl left for Xu Jinyi.

Xu Jinyi nodded and sat opposite the master.

The four of them ate silently, and occasionally the girl whimpered twice, and Xu Jinyi's voice of gently coaxing her to eat was quite quiet.

Except for the occasional glance at the owner.

There is no hostility, but Xu Jinyi is like a man.

Li Tianci's body looks good, his facial features are tough and clean, and his fox eyes soften his hard face because he is used to doing farm work. Obviously, more than ten years later, his daughter inherited his appearance, so that Jiang Minshan could not die of a thief when he married the county lord.

Even if the face is yellow and thin, this face can be regarded as one in a hundred, but what surprised Zheng Ronghan was not his appearance, but the elegant temperament that Xu Jinyi unconsciously exuded was almost the same as those powerful people in the capital.

Even when holding the child, the man's back is still straight, and when he lowers his head and raises his hands, every movement is pleasing to the eye. His eyes occasionally skimmed over them, and he did not have the joy of getting five taels of gold, nor was he afraid, three points of defense and seven points of alienation.

Not at all like a farmer who makes a living by digging in the fields!

Zheng Ronghan was surprised in his heart, remembering the mission of leaving Beijing this time and the intention of following this villager, he couldn't help asking, "I don't know what to call it?" ”

Xu Jinyi looked at the ice-like owner, "Under Li Tianci." ”

"Do you have a book?"

"I've read it for a few years."

"Is it famous?"

"Lucky to be in the exam."

Li Tianci is the eldest grandson of the Li family, before the death of Li Tianci's grandfather, he has been favored by his grandfather and grandmother, and he is also the only grandchild of the Li family who has entered a private school.

At the age of sixteen, Li Tianci participated in the children's examination, and he won the name of Xiucai, and then participated in the examination but unfortunately fell to Sun Shan. At this time, the grandfather and grandmother were no longer there, and Li's father fell behind in the division of the family property with his brother, and the family was also struggling, so Li Tianci broke off his intention to seek fame and fame, and obeyed his parents' orders to marry a wife and have children.

Zheng Ronghan nodded, "Now that the plague has passed, the drought is getting worse day by day, and the people are miserable, can God give you a countermeasure?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Jinyi's heart moved.

Thinking of the suffering of the girl in her arms, even if the original owner had no desire to take revenge, Xu Jinyi couldn't bear it, and she couldn't wait to let those who had bullied her taste a thousand times the pain she suffered.

But now he's just a mud leg.

Don't say that Sun Peirou, who will be Princess An in the future, Zheng Yanran, who will be the lord of Yanran, and Jiang Minshan, who will be the top student in the Jiang family, will be powerless.

The word power is easy to say, but difficult to say. Xu Jinyi was worried about how to start, and this person threw an olive branch.

Looking at his bearing, and then thinking of the gold ingot, Xu Jinyi has already come to a conclusion in his heart.

"Relief and disaster relief, work for relief, migrants to eat, water into drought, divide and conquer."

"The border war the year before last, the treasury is still empty, how to provide relief?" Zheng Ronghan shook his head with a somewhat wry smile on his face. The first battle was a million pieces of silver, although it was a big victory over its neighbors, Daqing also suffered heavy losses.

"If there is no silver in the treasury, there will be no silver in the whole country?"

Zheng Ronghan asked anxiously, "Who has silver?" ”

"Corrupt officials have silver, and rich people also have silver." Seeing that the girl in her arms no longer opened her mouth, Xu Jinyi picked up a coarse cloth towel to wipe her mouth, and finally took care of her stomach.

"How to get money from corrupt officials and rich people?" At this time, Zheng Ronghan had lost his previous coldness, and turned to a state of urgency.

"Give it what it needs. The most precious thing for corrupt officials is their heads, if they get evidence of their greed, and then show the evidence in front of the corrupt officials, they will naturally obediently hand over the silver taels. Xu Jinyi wiped his mouth and continued, "Shinong businessmen, the rich hate the most is low status, if you can get the reputation of a good person rewarded by the government, you are naturally willing to hand over the silver taels." ”

Zheng Ronghan stroked his hands and admired, "Very good, very good!" Facing Xu Jinyi, his eyes were already unprecedentedly eager, "What is immigrant food?" ”

In this way, the two asked one and answered the other, and when Zheng Ronghan came back to his senses, an hour had passed, and the little girl had already slept sweetly in Xu Jinyi's arms.

Zheng Ronghan felt a little apologetic in his heart, but he couldn't bear to leave, so he stood up and said in person, "Sir, are you willing to help me?" ”

Xu Jinyi groaned, and only then did he speak, "I don't know if Your Excellency is ......"

"I am Zheng Ronghan, the king of An, and please help me."

Ann Wang? It turns out that you are King An! Xu Jinyi's clenched fists burst into green tendons.