The black light blinded the fire, Dingxi Changshi got up from the concubine's bed, put on his clothes, and didn't have time to put on his socks, so he trotted all the way to the front of the hall in the rain.

The man from Tianshui was an official of the Longdao Governor's Mansion from the seventh grade, his eyes were red, the rain and tears on his face were mixed together, his expression was sad, he knelt down and presented the letter wrapped in oil paper, and choked up: "My lord, the dragon of Tianshui Mansion turned over, the city wall and houses collapsed, and more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians were killed. ”

During the noon earthquake in Tianshui Mansion, the entire Governor's Mansion and the houses of the Yamen of Tianshui Mansion collapsed.

The governor of Longdao, Tianshui Changshi and all the officials were crushed by the collapsed house, and the scene was extremely chaotic at that time, and it was too late to save themselves, let alone ask for help from all sides.

It was only at dusk that this official received a letter dictated by the governor of Longdao before his death, and he could not find even a single attendant, so he rode a horse and galloped to Dingxi in the rain.

Dingxi Changshi glanced at ten lines, his hands trembled, and after reading the letter with the fingerprint of the governor of Longdao, he shed tears, regretting that he did not listen to Li Jingjing's words and sent someone to the Tianshui Governor's Mansion to inquire about the disaster.

Although he was upright and subjective, he still had the ability to respond to emergencies, so he immediately sent his subordinates to gather all the officials of Dingxi Mansion in front of the yamen, and sent his eldest son to accompany the officials from Tianshui to take the letter to the outside of the city to transfer troops.

The officials lived scattered, and it took two quarters of an hour to assemble. Dingxi Changshi rode to the post station in a robe, and said loudly: "Quick, I have 100,000 urgent things to ask to see the princess!" ”

The officer of the Huben Army, who was ordered to wait here, was taking his soldiers to count the medicines, and before he fell asleep, he said: "Our prince has picked up the princess an hour ago, and now he should have gone on the official road to Jincheng." ”

"Tianshui Mansion Dilong turned over extremely powerfully, the city walls and houses all collapsed, the militia suffered countless casualties, and the governor of Longdi and dozens of officials died." Dingxi Changshi cried bitterly, and said guiltily: "I didn't believe the princess's words. I was wrong. ”

Hearing this, all the soldiers present were sad, and the officer lost his voice: "The princess is like a god, and before leaving, she left a lot of medicines and wrote a letter to prevent the epidemic." This handed over Li Jingjing's handwritten letter to Dingxi Changshi.

Dingxi Changshi read the letter, and his eyes fell on the red seal at the end of the letter with the words "Princess Protector", which is no longer an ordinary letter, but an order of the Princess Protector, and violators will be dealt with by the court.

With this letter, when he arrives in Tianshui Mansion, he can mobilize all the officials in Longdi on the scene to preset the epidemic according to the content of the letter.

This letter was too important, he carefully put it away, and later wrapped it in oiled paper so that it could not be soaked with sweat and rain. Pressing down on his nervous and panicked thoughts, he said, "Take me to see the medicine given by the princess." ”

Six rooms were filled with medicines, which were worth at least 200,000 taels of silver according to the value of the pharmacies in the market.

The officer said quietly: "These medicines are made by the rejuvenation monks, and the medicine is extremely effective. ”

Dingxi Changshi burst into tears and said, "The princess gave so many medicines at one time and solved the biggest difficulty. This official thanked the princess for her great kindness on behalf of the flood victims. ”

The officer said: "The prince ordered that the medicine should be escorted by 100 of us to Tianshui Mansion for distribution. ”

"The lower officials listen to the prince and the princess in everything." Dingxi Changshi knew that He Jingyan was afraid that the medicine would be embezzled by officials and not fall into the hands of the victims.

This kind of thing has been common for hundreds of years, the people have suffered disasters, the court has provided disaster relief, and finally the disaster relief materials have fallen into the hands of corrupt officials, fattening corrupt officials, killing people, and the court has to clean up the broken stalls of the people's riots.

The Huben Army has a good reputation, and he personally distributes medicines, and the officials in Longdi should not dare to be greedy.

"Dingxi Changshi really said what the princess said, although she is subjective and arrogant, she is upright and cares for the people." After the officer waited for Xi Changshi to leave, he called the post officer, transferred twelve carriages, oilcloths and other items, wrapped all the medicines in oilcloth and carefully moved them into the carriage, and then led the troops to escort the carriage to the city gate.

Half an hour later, the rain falling from the sky turned into filaments.

Dingxi Changshi appeared at the gate of the city with four officials and 10,000 catties of grain and 2,000 local defenders in Dingxi, and joined the convoy of medicine and horses of the Tiger Ben Army, and hurried to Tianshui together.

If you arrive at the earthquake area early, you will be able to rescue more people who are crushed under their houses.

Let's say that He Jingyan and Li Jingjing's convoy rushed to Jincheng in the rain overnight, and the family members sat in the carriage and bumped all the way, sleepy and fell asleep.

"The prince said that he will go to Jincheng City Mansion in half an hour, and breakfast will be used in the city mansion, and now he will set off after a quarter of an hour!"

The family held their urine all night, and hurriedly took a bucket to solve it in the carriage, and after letting the next person pour it out, they did not get out of the carriage, but looked forward to reuniting with their husbands as soon as possible, and the panic caused by the previous earthquake gradually subsided with the passage of time.

The chef of the Yanwang Mansion in Jincheng City Mansion over there had already started to make breakfast, and the two housekeepers also sent people to the surrounding restaurants to buy a lot of steamed buns, fried dough sticks, steamed buns, mutton soup and other food.

At the end of the day, after the rain, the blue sky is like washing, the morning light is sprinkled on the ancient and old golden city, and the mother river, the Yellow River, which has raised tens of millions of children, is gurgling.

One day is in the morning, and the people of Jincheng City Government get up as usual, dressing their children, washing them, cooking breakfast, going to school, going to work, and going to the market to buy vegetables.

The south gate of Jincheng was different from the past, and all of them wore silver armor and rode on horseback, and the murderous Tiger Run sergeant replaced the soldiers guarding the city gate.

The city gate is temporarily closed, and only let out and not let in. This is sad for the peasants who want to send vegetables, meat, chickens, food and other items to the city to sell.

The officer of the Tiger Ben Army said in a loud voice: "You all go to the side and wait, it won't take a quarter of an hour for the prince and the princess to protect the country to pass by." ”

After hearing this, the peasants did not have to wait long and could not delay the transaction, so they were relieved, and then talked about the owners of Jincheng in the next ten years -- He Jingyan and Li Jingjing.

Soon, more than 1,000 majestic cavalrymen opened the way, and a convoy of nearly 100 carriages slowly drove into the city gate.

A sharp-eyed middle-aged officer rode at the end and roared loudly: "The prince and the princess of the country have an order, and the stalls and shops in the city will be tax-free for three days today!" ”

The people's booth fee is one copper plate a day, and three copper plates in three days. Mo Xiao looked at the three copper plates, which can buy a pound of official salt, which can be eaten for a month, and the batter will have a taste.

According to the size and geographical location, the shops collect 20 steel plates a day at least, and charge more than 5 taels of silver at most.

This is the first time in a thousand years that Jincheng has been exempted from commercial taxes, and it is really a precedent for several dynasties.

Countless people's thunderous cheers and cries of gratitude sounded outside the south city gate, reaching the ears of He Jingyan and Li Jingjing in the carriage.

He Jingyan took his little wife into his arms and said with a smile: "Jincheng's monthly commercial tax is more than 7,000 taels of silver, and Jincheng's three-day exemption is only more than 200 taels. The lady used seven hundred taels of silver to buy the hearts of the people, which was really worth it. ”

Li Jingjing squinted her eyes slightly and muttered, "All the taxes you said belong to me." I still think three days are missing. ”

The purpose of the commercial tax of the city government is to pay a small half to the state treasury, and most of it is paid to the officials.

Jincheng is the largest city government in Longdi, and the commercial tax is not enough to pay the annual salaries of officials and officials, and it is impossible to invite money to the treasury every year, and at the end of the year, local officials can only send local products to the palace and the magnates of Chang'an.

Li Jingjing wanted to make Jincheng's commerce prosperous, and the fastest and most direct way was to exempt the commercial tax and attract merchants from the south to come and do business, so as to drive the economy of the entire fiefdom.

He Jingyan stretched out her hand and patted Li Jingjing's cheek, and said softly: "Lady, wake up quickly, you are about to go to our new home, can you comb your hair for your husband?" ”

Li Jingjing sat up, turned her head and said, "Then you have to comb it better." ”

Little Bie is newlywed. The two separated less than a month after their wedding, and they met again last night, and hurried to Jincheng in a carriage in the rain, without caring about intimacy.

He Jingyan took advantage of Li Jingjing a lot in his mouth and hands, but he didn't enjoy it, and his heart was itching.

When he coiled her hair, he looked at her snow-white neck, almost unable to hold it, thinking that there were still many things to do during the day, and said in a low voice: "Lady, when you get to the house, I will love you well for my husband at night." ”

Li Jingjing stretched out her hand and twisted the tender meat on the inner thigh of He Jingyan, took out the bronze mirror from the small cabinet, looked back and forth, and said with satisfaction: "It's better than last time." He turned his head and kissed him on the lips, smiled like a flower, and said, "Reward!" ”

There was a joyful sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers from outside the carriage, and soon the carriage stopped in a noisy noise, the curtain was lifted by the coachman, and He Jingyanjun got out of the carriage with a smile on his face.

Hundreds of Jincheng officials, celebrities and other people who had been waiting here for half an hour saw a stunning young woman in a pink dress personally helped out of the carriage by He Jingyan, and they didn't dare to look at it, lowered their heads and knelt down and kowtowed, and shouted in unison: "The prince, the princess who protects the country, Chitose Chitose." ”

They secretly said in their hearts: This is the granddaughter of Tiansha Xing, Li Shi, who looks delicate and sweet, with a kind face, why did she marry the king of Yama?

He Jingyan didn't know that because he didn't like to laugh, he killed dozens of corrupt officials in these days when he was inspecting the fiefdom, and got the nickname of "King of Yama".

"Flat." Li Jingjing looked up at the new home that used to be the Governor's Mansion and now has become the Yanwang Mansion, the door wall has been newly painted, the vermilion gate is shiny, and there are two big stone lions in front of the door.

She saw that the main gate was not big, smaller than the Hou Mansion in Tanzhou, let alone the palace in Chang'an.

After she entered the gate, she found that it was very large, larger than the Li Wangfu in Chang'an, and the empty courtyard of the main courtyard alone could set up a hundred tables, and there was enough space for horses.

She remembered that in the past, the courtyard of the Hao Du Governor's Mansion in Hunan Province in Tanzhou was not so big.

"The courtyard of the main courtyard is big, I think you are here, you can plant whatever tree you like." He Jingyan took Li Jingjing's hand into the wide and bright hall of the main courtyard, and sat on the left and right Taishi chairs on the main seat in the center.

All the officials and celebrities came in to see Li Jingjing again. This time, Di Yurong and Wang Haoran introduced everyone one by one.

He Jingyan didn't wait for the introduction, so he said: "The princess is tired all the way, and it doesn't hurt to recognize people in the future." You all stand down. ”

He got up and took Li Jingjing's hand and left under the respectful gaze of everyone.

Because Li Yunxiao is Li Jingjing's second brother, everyone can't talk to her, so they can only talk to him.

After Li Yunxiao arrived in Jincheng, he listened to countless flattering words, which was more than he had heard in the four years in Chang'an combined. He knew that this was because his brother-in-law and sister would be the heaven of the entire Golden City in the next ten years.

He Jingyan saw Li Jingjing walking and looking at the whole place of the new home, and said: "Lady, time is too tight, so my husband only asked people to paint the walls of the house and buy some furniture." ”

Li Jingjing had just seen the sandalwood furniture in the hall of the main courtyard, although it was not as expensive as rosewood, it was also more expensive, but it was also in line with the identity, and said softly: "As soon as you arrived at the fiefdom, you went to inspect non-stop, and you did so many things along the way, and you had to take care of cleaning up our small home, which was really hard." ”

He Jingyan received a compliment from his wife, his handsome face smiled even brighter, leaned his face over, and said, "Lady, give her husband a kiss." ”

Li Jingjing looked at Li Huan and Li Xi, who were standing silently outside the door, stretched out her hand and pushed He Jingyan, and said shamefully: "You are shameless, I still want it." ”

The new home has a total of 14 yards, including 6 in 5 and 8 in 4, two attics, two gardens, one pond, nine rows of miscellaneous houses for the next people, and two stables.

The overall area is similar to that of Qingwangfu, but there is a lack of trees, and the flower varieties in the garden are also very ordinary, and there is a lack of elegance and luxury.

The courtyard where He Jingyan and Li Jingjing live is called Baihao Courtyard, which means a hundred years of good harmony. This is a five-entry courtyard, in which Li Jingjing's dowry - pineapple flower furniture.

"Husband, this is much better than I thought." Li Jingjing took a turn in Baihao Garden, and after a simple wash, she went to the dining room of the main courtyard with He Jingyan.

All the family members from Chang'an were in the dining room of the main courtyard, waiting for Li Jingjing to take a seat and enjoy the first meal in Jincheng together.

The family members have not eaten and slept well in the post house these days, yesterday they were frightened, and they sat in a carriage all night, and now they felt relaxed when they heard the cheers of the people at the south gate of the city, and when they entered the palace just now, they heard joy and firecrackers, and then they had a delicious and hearty breakfast, and finally relaxed their whole body.

There is a lady who has been to Jincheng, and said happily: "This is Jincheng's famous mutton bun, slurry water, sauce mutton head meat, I eat it very well, the mutton is not tasteful at all, you can taste it." ”

A lady asked curiously, "What kind of surface is the slurry water?" ”

"This bun tastes different from Chang'an's baked cakes."

"The mutton soup is so fresh, even I, who don't eat mutton, drank half a bowl."

After breakfast, all the family members thanked Li Jingjing one after another, and they were picked up by the husband who took the carriage to the gate of the palace.

The home of the officers of the Huben Army was built on the outskirts of Jincheng, with more than 200 independent courtyards and the barracks of the Huben Army next to it, which was convenient for the officers to go home and for their families to pass the time.

The mansions of Wang Haoran, Di Yumin, Qu Duo and others were set up in the city mansion, and they were all bought and given to them by He Jingyan and Li Jingjing.

Qu Duo took the slave and returned to his new home with Ma and his five children.

Ma Shi has never received a letter from Qu Duo, just now on the road to hear him say that these days are too busy to touch the ground, early and late home tired like a dog, no time to look at the new home, so I mistakenly think that the new home is small and broken.

As soon as Ma entered the house, he couldn't wait to take a look.

I saw that the courtyard of the three entrances, each of the seven rooms, was several times larger than the home of Chang'an Academy, and the furniture was all brand new mahogany, even the Qu family in Chang'an City Mansion was not so magnificent.

The only drawback is that the yard is empty, not a single tree or flower is planted, and it looks lifeless.

"Madame, this is the title deed to this house. You're done. Qu Duo said: "After the academy is built, the academy will give me a mansion." ”

Ma took the deed and looked at it carefully, he was very surprised, he was sleepy, and asked excitedly: "Duolang, who else has the prince to send the house besides you?" ”

Qu Duo said proudly: "There are all the officials who followed my sister and brother-in-law to Longdi this time. My official position is not low, so I got this house. ”

He used to be only a deputy in Chang'an Academy, but this time He Jingyan handed him a recital to the imperial court and promoted him to a regular position, and he has become a middle-level official in the Ding Dynasty from the fifth grade.

This was something he would never have dared to think of before.

Ma Shi said: "I heard from several ladies on the way that the housing prices in Jincheng are slightly lower than those in Shaanxi Daochengfu. I see that the location of this house is less than two miles away from the palace, and the house price will not be less than three thousand taels, and the furniture in the house can also be worth two or three hundred taels of silver. ”

Qu Duo nodded, and said in a low voice: "My sister and brother-in-law have doubled the salaries of all the officials in our fiefdom, and said that if you do a good job, there will be a red envelope at the end of the year." ”

He Jingyan and his wife treated them so well, and the reward they got was their hard work, and Qu Duo was one of them.

Today, He Jingyan gave a day off to the officials who took over their families, and Qu Duo felt that he couldn't get over his conscience when he didn't work, and he was going to do more work in the next few days to make up for the work he didn't do today.

"The prince and princess didn't reveal anything in Chang'an before, who would have thought that they would be such a big deal as soon as they made a move." Ma Shi put away the deed, met Qu Duo's eager gaze, and said softly: "Duolang, I'll go to the children's room first to settle it." ”

At the same time, the family members of the Huben officer took a carriage out of the city to the suburbs, and lived in a new home in an independent courtyard.

"The prince said that only officers whose families have come and have settled in Jincheng for more than five years can get such a house."

"Even though this house is in the suburbs, it can be worth 1,600 or 700 taels, plus the furniture is about 2,000 taels."

Now that the imperial court does not fight with the Xiongnu, the Tiger Benjun will not be able to make war money, and the money issued by the imperial court is only enough to support the family, and it cannot save money.

Two thousand taels of silver is a lot of money.

Those family members who said yesterday that they were going to return to Chang'an have dispelled their thoughts so far, and they have never said a word in front of their husbands.

Let's say that Li Jingjing woke up at noon after making up for sleep, and He Jingyan had just finished handling business and came over to wait for her to have lunch together.

Li Yunxiao came one step earlier than He Jingyan, and he had been waiting for almost half an hour.

His current position is the secretary of the palace, and his official position is from the sixth grade, and he has been in Jincheng for more than 20 days, which is to record He Jingyan talking about big and small things with various officials, and occasionally expressing his opinions.

A few days ago, he accompanied He Jingyan to inspect the entire fiefdom, and he had to walk two counties a day, so tired that he was riding a horse in his dreams at night, and it was normal for his skin to darken and lose weight.

"Second brother, husband, I'm sorry for making your stomachs hungry." Li Jingjing changed into a pale green dress, which made He Jingyan's eyes light up.

He Jingyan said softly: "Lady, I didn't wait for you for long, but the second brother waited for half an hour." ”

Li Yunxiao smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm not too hungry yet. "He's known for his patience, but that depends on whom.

Li Jingjing said with concern: "Which courtyard does the second brother live in, I'll take a look after lunch." ”

He Jingyan also gave Li Yunxiao a house a few days ago, but Li Yunxiao didn't live there at all, and said that he wanted to supervise him for Li Jingjing, so he lived in the palace.

Li Yunxiao responded happily and said, "Sister, I live in the yard next to the pond, not far from here. ”

Li Jingjing asked, "Have you ever lived in a habit?" ”

Li Yunxiao said with a big grin: "I have been in Longdi for more than 20 days, and after sleeping in this courtyard for a total of two nights, I followed my brother-in-law to inspect the fiefdom. ”

He Jingyan said softly: "Lady, Longdi is windy and sandy, the climate is dry, I used to be in the north all the year round, and it is similar to here, and I am used to it." He added: "It's just that the second brother wakes up every morning and says that his throat is smoking." ”

"Sister, I'm fine. It's okay. Li Yunxiao is not only smoky in his throat, but also constipated.

Another depressing thing is that when he followed He Jingyan on his inspection, there was no white rice in the post station in the county, only flour, even if he ate ten big steamed buns, he felt that he was not full, and he would be hungry if he was not on time.

Li Jingjing said: "Second brother, I'll make some anti-fire medicine for you to eat." Then he advised, "Eat more fruit." I heard that the melons and fruits in Jincheng are very sweet, you should eat more. ”

The meals in the dining room have been prepared, six dishes and one soup, cucumber mixed with small river shrimp, old vinegar peanuts, braised Yellow River carp, fried mutton with green onions, stir-fried rape ginkgo seeds, steamed pork ribs, scallop egg custard soup, the staple food is rice, hand-rolled noodles, three fresh buns, cold noodles.

Li Jingjingxin said: It is the end of May now, and Jincheng can still eat green vegetables, but once it enters September, the weather begins to be cold, and it will not be able to eat.

Li Yunxiao was finally able to eat white rice, and he was overjoyed to eat two bowls.

He Jingyan was accompanied by his wife, and he was in a comfortable mood, and he ate more than usual.

The three of them ate at the same table, because they did not have the habit of eating and not speaking, they talked while eating, and they were happy, as if they were in Chang'an.

After the meal, Li Jingjing went to look at the courtyard where Li Yunxiao lived, and He Jingyan went to the study, and looked at the emergency flying pigeon from Chang'an, frowned, sighed, and felt sad.

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