Lin Zimo couldn't see anyone bullying the weak, so he shouted: "Stop." An old man with a wrinkled face pounced and hugged the little girl, his face full of tears. "We paid our taxes, we paid our taxes." The big man said viciously: "Everything belongs to the leader, quickly hand over the mountain ginseng." ”

The black man's empty eyes made Lin Zimo frown, looking at it like this, he didn't take these people in his eyes. The big black man took a step forward, and was about to pull up the little girl who hugged each other, but was pushed to the side by Liu Changlu with a palm: "What is the matter with such a big person bullying the weak?" "Although the other party is not Han, the weak side is distressing no matter what.

The big black man was furious, stood up, waved his hand, and four other men stood behind him: "Who are you meddling?" Our lord is also something that you Han people can manage? Then he said to the two people: "Zay, I advise you to hand over the ginseng as soon as possible and present it to the master, otherwise, you know the consequences." ”

The old man trembled and hugged the little girl: "Please, this is the money for my little grandson to save his life, and the adults raise their noble hands." Several big men were furious, looked at each other, shouted, and all rushed up, ready to snatch with brute force.

Zhu Rui's face sank like water, and he had already prepared in his heart, the border would not be peaceful here, but he didn't expect to rob it in front of him. With a wave of his hand, in addition to the two people left behind him to protect him and Lin Zimo, the remaining five or six people also greeted him, fists and feet, although the other party was strong and wear-resistant, but Zhu Rui's guards were all top-notch talents in the army, and they rolled over on the battlefield, these were opponents, and they were all kicked to the ground in three or two strokes.

Seeing that he couldn't take advantage of it, the big black man got up and said hatefully: "Zay, don't go back." After saying that, he ran away with a few people. Only then did the little girl let go of her body and knelt down with the old man in her arms: "Thank you for the life-saving grace of the masters, thank you!" The thin sallow face was full of gratitude.

Lin Zimo's face couldn't help but soften, in order to avoid trouble, he went out with a cloth towel on his face and a cotton hat, and he could hardly see his true face. He helped him with his hand: "Hurry up, what's the matter with you?" So angry with them? After hesitating, the little girl took out a cloth bag from her arms, opened it carefully, and revealed a mountain ginseng that had become an adult: "Master, you are good, buy this ginseng, and it will be fine with less money." The old man next to him was full of tears, and his whole body trembled: "Yes, a few masters, it's okay to give less money, we can't wait, we have to sell it to save our lives." ”

Lin Zimo glanced at Zhu Rui, and Zhu Rui said: "Ginseng is a good ginseng, I happen to be useful, and the price will definitely not lose you." You just said help? Whose life will be saved? "Good people do it to the end, and it's not superfluous to ask.

The little girl was overjoyed, and ran to a leeward corner, and with her hands she slightly ripped open a patch of hay, revealing a little boy of seven or eight years of age, whose eyes were closed and his face flushed, and who seemed to be very ill. Lin Zimo hurriedly walked over and touched his forehead, as if he could fry the eggs, and was shocked: "Hurry up and take this child back, otherwise, I'm afraid it's over." "Such a high fever, I'm afraid that the child will be stupid.

Lin Zimo gave up his carriage to those people, rode a horse himself, and the group rushed back to the Governor's Mansion. They were placed in the guest room, and the military doctor was immediately called to treat the child.

Sitting in the hall, Zhu Rui looked at the ginseng in his hand and said, "This thing has been formed, I'm afraid it's five hundred years old, and it's not much to give them a thousand taels of silver." Lin Zimo didn't study this, but he knew that it was a good thing, so he took it and looked at it carefully, his arms and legs, and his facial features were vivid: "This thing can become a refinement, right?" Zhu Rui said with a smile: "Whether it is successful or not, since it is in our hands, he can't run, and he will buy it later, and give you a piece of stew to eat every once in a while, which can replenish your body." "Zhu Rui is most worried about Lin Zimo's body, his body is too thin, and he loves to spend his brain, I am really afraid that he will not be able to accompany him to old age, and he has been carefully recuperating him, this ginseng is rare to see, and he can't find a few in the palace, so he must eat it all slowly this time.

After waiting for a while, the military doctor talked back and forth with the old man named XY. The military doctor said: "After suffering from the wind and cold, I have to take care of it, but there is no danger to my life." Zhu Rui nodded: "It's okay if it's not dangerous, you go down and keep an eye on it." XY lowered his head, not daring to look at the person sitting above, he had never seen the world, and he knew that this was a person who was more valuable than the lord there, and knelt down and said, "Thank you for saving your life." ”

Zhu Rui said softly: "Hurry up, in that case, anyone will reach out." Let me ask you, why did that person snatch your stuff so justifiably? Zai said: "That's the villain's lord, and the eldest prince of the Tatar Titan tribe is related, and the villains have to pay taxes to him every year, this time the villain dug up this big ginseng in the mountains in the north, and somehow he knew about it, so he had to let the villain hand it over to him." The villain is old, his son died in this war, his daughter-in-law is gone, and only these two little grandsons and granddaughters are left. ”

Looking at this old man, using clumsy Chinese, telling a bitter history there, Lin Zimo didn't feel good in his heart. Regardless of ancient or modern, once there is a war, it is the common people who will be hurt the most, just look at this person who is struggling to live with his grandson.

Zhu Rui said: "This ginseng is sold to us for a thousand taels of silver, do you think it's okay?" Zay waved his hand again and again: "Don't do so much, just now in the bazaar, the highest price was only given to the villain two hundred taels, this price is too high." "What's more, the two masters still have a life-saving grace for them.

Zhu Rui waved his hand, An Le handed Zai ten silver tickets, one hundred taels each, and the provincial one went out with a silver ticket of too large denomination, and was targeted: "Take it, your hometown will be returned first, I will open a way for you, buy a house here to live." "After going back, those people will definitely not be finished with their family, and a thousand taels of silver is enough for the three grandchildren to live here.

Watching Zai go away happily, Lin Zimo's mood was a little heavy. It is said to change the pattern of the north, but it seems that there is a long way to go, and the situation of the border is complicated, what does it look like to go deep into the northern hinterland? He didn't dare to imagine.

Zhu Rui patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, you're not alone, as long as you figure out a way, I will stand in front of you." Lin Zimo was moved, his hands and Zhu Rui crossed together, and they were held tightly, as if they had become a whole.

In any case, the overall result of the mutual market between the two sides is good. They all got what they wanted, which greatly alleviated the crisis caused by the heavy snow disaster in winter and spring.

In April, a large number of experienced farmers from the mainland arrived. When the old farmers arrived, they had to go to the field to investigate, and in his previous life, Lin Zimo knew that the land in many places in the north was fertile, and even produced world-famous rice.

In the end, it was decided that Zhu Rui and Lin Zimo would take this group of people around to take a look.

In the endless grassland, a layer of green shoots has already sprouted on the bare earth. The wind was still a little cold in early spring, but the air was surprisingly good. Lin Zimo took a closer look, although he looked at the young shoots everywhere, but in many places, because the herdsmen only knew how to graze and did not know how to maintain a piece of land, the land had been exposed, and these places would become yellow sand if they were not remediated.

From time to time, herders came up to say hello, and they knew that this group of people was working hard for them. The Northland is vast and sparsely populated, and it took several days to walk in one place.

In the evening, Lin Zimo, Zhu Rui, and Master Wang sat in the set up tent, sitting on wool felt and talking: "It's not okay to go on like this, when we come over, the daylily is gone." Master Wang also said: "No, divide it into several roads, let each person take a road and turn the allocated place down." ”

Lin Zimo only knew the general direction, at that time, in the north, not only rice, corn and wheat could be planted, and the yield was not bad. But he couldn't say it explicitly, so he could only say: "Let all the people bring the seeds, find a suitable place to plant them, and send someone back to report back when the time comes." "You don't need a lot of output in the first year, you just need to know what you can grow in that place, and if you have experience, you can do a lot of work next year.

and pulled a little bit by himself and patted the wool felt under his hands: "This thing is ignored, in fact, this is transported to the Central Plains, and it is also very good, spread on the bed, moisture-proof, soft, and warm." "It's just a yellow-white color, a little sheep's cheek, the average nobleman can't look at it, and the merchants' eyes are on high-end products, no one pays attention to this, it's just that the herdsmen use it to build tents.

Master Wang said: "Is there a way to get rid of the smell of sheep?" Lin Zimo shook his head: "You can't get rid of it completely, but it's better than now, and you can't do anything without equipment."

Nodding, Master Wang said: "As long as that's the case, it's good, too rich people can't look down on it, and ordinary rich people and civilians can still use it." Zhu Rui tapped his fingers: "As long as the people's lives are settled, then, the next step is to demarcate a fixed place, so that the people of the north also have a fixed place to live, and when they are completely settled, the world will be a lot more peaceful." ”

Master Wang also sighed: "Yes, as long as you settle down, there are a few people who can't jump out, and they can't jump out of anything, and the people's lives are stable, who wants to fight?" ”

Lin Zimo said: "Now gather all the tribes to explain that the grassland can't be so huo, and a piece of land must be left to plant grass and seeds full-time." Elsewhere, after the cattle and sheep have been herded, the grass seeds must be sprinkled again. Master Wang was puzzled: "Why?" Lin Zimo said: "After being spoiled by animals, the land couldn't slow down for a few years, and when it slowed up, people went to graze again, so many times, it was abandoned and became a land where no grass grows." "This is the experience that later generations have exchanged for the lessons of blood, and it has really become a desert, and if you want to govern it, the difficulty is simply impossible to say, and it takes several generations to work hard.