Chapter 296: The emperor is in the countryside
Every time Nanfeng Qi goes out on patrol, it is an unprecedented pomp, this time to go out of the city, everyone no longer takes a sedan chair, but goes out in a carriage.
It is said that this is already a simple pomp and circumstance, but there are still more than 300 people, and the column is four or five miles long.
So many people going out of the city together, of course, will arouse the curiosity of the people in the city, and some even follow behind, wanting to take a look.
This road out of the city was fortunately repaired by Cheng Yangyang, so that they could walk so smoothly, otherwise they would have turned around and gone back by this time.
"Lord Xu, this road is very smooth, but Lord Xu ordered someone to repair it?" Nan Fengqi looked at the road under his feet outside the window and asked casually
Why did Xu Weimin only build this one road, and the road they entered the city before was not so comfortable.
"Back to the emperor, this road isใIt was repaired by the owner of the Cheng family department store......" Xu Weimin was ashamed, none of these things praised by the emperor were his credits.
"Oh, is this Cheng Family Department Store owner again?" Nan Fengqi has been calloused when he hears the word "Cheng Family Department Store" these days.
Whether it is a department store and supermarket full of specialties, or the Shimen tabloid, or even the current lychee, it is all related to the owner of the Cheng family department store.
Who is the owner of the Cheng family department store? He was very curious!
"Brother Huang, it's just a road, what we want to see is the field that feeds the people of Nanyi!"
In the car of Nanfeng Qi, there is a third person, Nanfeng Sheng!
He offered to sit down just to remind him not to forget to see the living conditions of his people!
"Brother Huang, look, the life of the people is still hard!" Nan Fengsheng pointed to a field not far from the car window, and said heavily.
That field is the field of Zhuangjia Village, which mainly relies on hunting and going to the city to do coolies as the main way of survival, and the field is just a farm that they take care of at will, so the things in the field do not grow well.
At a glance, the crops in the field are first seen on the sparkling water surface under the sun, and then the crops are sparsely planted, the crops are of different heights, thin and sparse, and those who don't know think that there are aquatic plants planted in the ground!
In such a field, I am afraid that when it is harvested, it will not even be a hundred catties!
"Lord Xu, how much was the grain tax last year?" Nanfeng Qi ignored Nanfeng Sheng's words, he turned around and suddenly asked.
"Back to the emperor, last year, the yamen collected nearly 10 million stone of grain a year", Xu Weimin remembers very clearly, because almost half of it is grain from Wangjia Village.
"Ten million stones?" Nanfeng Qi was also frightened by this number, this is just the grain collected by a small town of less than 100,000 people, "Not bad!"
Xu Weimin finally had one thing to be praised by the emperor, and his old face was finally no longer frightening sweat, but smiled happily.
"Lord Xu, don't open your eyes and talk nonsense, how can such a field afford to harvest 10 million stone of grain!" Nanfeng Sheng didn't believe it, he thought that Xu Weimin was a nonsense to hear.
"Third Prince, what the lower officials said is the truth, and they did collect 10 million stone of grain last year!"
"This king doesn't believe it!" Nanfeng Sheng insisted that it was impossible, "The grain harvest of 10 million stones, that is comparable to the town near the capital, how is this possible!"
"Hey...... Third child, you are a prince, don't argue with a magistrate about these issues, you lose your identity", Nanfeng Qi spoke gently, but the meaning of his words was obvious, let him shut up!
This third child has been competitive since he was a child, and he always thought that he and Ah Huan were more favored than others, because they had a mother who was a queen.
Now even if he becomes the emperor, he still often disagrees with him, if it weren't for the balance of the power of the various palaces in the capital, he would have attacked him.
This time, he wants to take his younger brother back, just to let the Four Princes' Mansion replace the Three Princes' Mansion and help him balance the power of the DPRK and China, so that he can take advantage of the situation to weaken the power of the Three Princes' Mansion.
"Brother knows his mistake!" Nanfeng Sheng replied indignantly, and after speaking, he also glanced at Xu Weimin fiercely with his eyes.
Xu Weimin was stared at by him and his scalp was numb, not long after he was praised by the emperor, he offended the prince again, he was really difficult!
The emperor's convoy on patrol entered the narrow mountain forest from the vast fields outside the city, and there were high mountains not far on both sides, and various strange sounds were heard from the mountains from time to time, which made the guards on the road more vigilant.
Nan Feng sat in the second carriage, and there were Chu Xingyun and Lin Jingzhi in the car, while the two of them were enjoying the beautiful scenery in the mountains, Nan Feng was immersed in memories.
During this journey, he and Cheng Yangyang walked together many times, and she couldn't stop playing with his hair and singing to him.
It's just that now, he is walking with two big men who talk a lot, it's really a bad scenery!
After passing through this mountain forest, everyone arrived at the territory of Yanjia Village, except for the few pieces of land planted by Cheng Yangyang, the other lands in Yanjia Village were the same as what they had just seen.
After Yanjia Village, it was soon to Chendong Village, Chendong Village is next to Wangjia Village, although the two villages are separated by a distance, but their fields are not separated, at a glance, it is a different scene from what I saw before!
"Wow, what's that place?"
Nan Fengqi, who was sitting in the car with his eyes closed, heard the low exclamations of the guards and maids outside the car, he was slightly frowned by the noise, and when he wanted to reprimand, his eyes saw the scene of red and green collision in the distance.
In the distance, the land is half red and half green, and the things planted are invisible, but they are incomparably magnificent.
"What kind of place is that?" Nanfeng Qi couldn't help but ask, of course it was Xu Weimin who asked.
And Xu Weimin usually doesn't care about what is planted in Wangjia Village at all, so he doesn't know what is planted there, "Go back, go back to the emperor, that, that's ......"
He stammered and couldn't say a complete sentence, and he really regretted that he usually didn't care too much about things outside the city.
"Your Majesty, go to Wangjia Village a little further, the lower officials should leave some suspense, let the owner of Cheng's Department Store answer for the emperor!"
"Did you mean the Cheng family?" Nanfeng Qi was really curious about this Cheng family, and he also wanted to hear the owner of the Cheng family's department store tell him in detail.
The convoy arrived at the fork in the road, and after Xu Weimin's guidance, everyone walked towards Wangjia Village together.
At this time, Wangjia Village is a piece of rice fragrance, frogs chirping, dragonflies hovering in the field, forming a different scenery, here than the village seen before, have more rural taste.