Yunyang Prefecture, Yunxian County, a group of people standing at the city gate seemed to be waiting for something, the first of which was Zheng Mingqiu, the prefect of Yunyang, his face was slightly anxious, and he looked at the horizon in the distance from time to time, looking forward to something, but he waited for a long time, and he didn't see any figures, and the anxiety on his face became heavier and heavier.

"Makino, where has Your Majesty's holy car gone?"

"Lord Zheng, since Your Majesty said that he wanted to come to my Yunyang, he must already be on the way."

Wen Dingzhi, the magistrate of Yunxian County, comforted him on the side, saying that he had only come back from Nanjing not long ago, and he had some understanding of His Majesty's temperament, but he was not as anxious as others at the moment.

"Makino doesn't know...... The old man is really suffering....."

Zheng Mingqiu sighed lightly, although he is also Ning Chu's old minister, but he also has another identity as a distant son of the Zheng family, after the previous coup, the Zheng family was completely expelled from the inner circle, and almost none of the people who stayed occupied any important positions, and now as the prefect, he is also in danger.

Later, when the county order was held, Zheng Mingqiu still had the heart to ask Wen Dingzhi to see if he could say something good to himself in front of the emperor, but before he could open his mind, he got the news of Wen Dingzhi's departure, and he missed this opportunity.

The weather in August was extremely hot, everyone waited until their faces were sweating, but they had not seen the trace of the royal driver, and they were also a little anxious in their hearts.

After the car arrived, Zheng Mingqiu walked forward with someone and saluted the driver.

"The ministers have seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

But the frame did not respond, only to see a middle-aged man walking over from the side, it was the newly appointed director of the chamberlain room Li Wen, the former director of the chamberlain Gao Jing, because of his hard work was arranged to Jiangxi as a political envoy of Zuobu, and then this person took over, compared to Gao Jing, it was more like a spring breeze.

"Lord Zheng doesn't need to be polite, Your Majesty is not in the royal car now......."

Zheng Mingqiu was a little stunned, he glanced at Li Wen, and then at Wen Dingzhi, so he had to continue to ask tentatively: "Then Your Majesty is ......?"

Li Wen smiled, "Your Majesty should go directly to the county and township below now, and I don't know where it is." Let's stay in Yunxian and wait for His Majesty to come back. ”

Zheng Mingqiu immediately became anxious when he heard this, "The people of Yunyang are stubborn, if someone collides with the holy driver, then the minister deserves death, how can this be good?" ”

On the contrary, Wen Dingzhi's eyes lit up on the side, and he smiled: "Lord Zheng don't have to worry, it is a great thing that Your Majesty can go deep into the people, and the life of our Yunyang people is probably going to be better!" ”

Since the time of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the imperial court has continuously sent troops to this place to suppress bandits, but with little effect, it can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and cannot completely solve the problem from the root.

During the period of the Fu Han Army, Ning Yu also went to Yunyang to inspect once, recruited 20,000 troops in Yunyang, and also put forward some development strategies for Yunyang, but this time was different, Ning Yu inspected Xunyang Mansion this time, hoping to find a better solution, at least to balance this situation.

This time inspecting the counties and townships of Yunyang Prefecture, Ning Yu did not bring a large army with great fanfare, but only brought a few dozen people, dressed in civilian clothes all the way forward, of course, in order to ensure safety, the men and horses of the Praetorian Guard Battalion are also not far away, if there is any problem, as long as the signal is issued, they will arrive within a quarter of an hour.

Although the weather was relatively hot, Ning Yu was not impatient, after all, he had also led soldiers to fight, and this kind of environment was really nothing to him.

"Your Majesty, the weather is really a little hot, I think it's better to go back to Yun County first......

Cui Wancai wiped the sweat on his face, he naturally didn't really say this because of the heat, but he was worried that something would happen in this poor and remote country, so he hoped that Ning Yu could return to Yunxian as soon as possible to avoid worrying the ministers in the court.

Ning Yu shook his head lightly, "Cui Qing, my purpose has not been achieved, and I will not go back, as for Yunxian, I can't see anything there." ”

When Cui Wancai heard Ning Yu's words, he had a misunderstanding in his heart, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, although Zheng Mingqiu is related to the Zheng family, he has been quite conscientious since he became an official, so he is not so ........"

Ning Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I know how Zheng Mingqiu is doing, but it doesn't have much to do with him...... I didn't go so far for the sake of a prefect. ”

"Then what does Your Majesty .......mean?"

"Let's go, let's see, see before we understand."

Among the counties of Yunyang Prefecture, Fang County is a place that Ningyu pays more attention to, the main reason is that in addition to the fierce folk customs here, it is its important geographical location, because Fang County is also known as 'Fang Ling', the reason why it gets this name is because it has the saying that "it is thousands of miles long, the mountains and forests are jammed, and its solid high tomb is like a room".

The group did not go directly to the county government, but went directly to the township below, only to see that the mountains and forests were lush all the way, the terrain was dangerous, and the more people walked, the more frowning they were.

"Your Majesty, when my Han army was still here and Nian Qianyao's Shaanxi soldiers were entangled here for a long time, those Qing soldiers did not know the geographical advantages, even though they had several times the number of troops, but they were still played by our army, and they had to withdraw from this place after heavy losses."

The guide who led the way in front showed a bit of pride on his face, and many of the soldiers who fought in Yunyang at the beginning stayed in Fang County and became families after the battle. Therefore, when Ning Yu came to inspect this time, he, as the most brave and intelligent one of the soldiers that year, became Ning Yu's imperial guide.

Ning Yu nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Fang County is known as the throat of Qin and Shaanxi, and the Jingxiang barrier, but it is not so easy to fight, and it can be regarded as Nian Qianyao's cleverness, so he gave up the attack early, otherwise the tens of thousands of people who relied on him alone would be eaten by our army sooner or later." ”

"What a Qin-Shaanxi throat and Jingxiang barrier, what Your Majesty said is extremely true, the location here is prosperous, which is not ordinary. In the past, it was called Shangyong County, and now it is called Fang County, which has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. Cui Wancai also had a smile on his face.

was talking, but heard a tiger roar from the sky, the sound was like a golden cracked stone, so that everyone only felt panicked in their hearts, and then some voices came, but they were a little noisy, and some couldn't hear clearly.

The guide's expression was a little solemn, and he knelt on the ground and said: "There is a tiger ahead, please stay away from here, the villain is willing to drive away the tiger beast for Your Majesty." ”

Ning Yu's face was also a little heavy, and he didn't speak, but just took the musket from the guard on the side, and walked forward, without the slightest fear on his face.

"The emperor can't ......."

Gan Fengchi and Cui Wancai shouted at the same time, they were a little panicked at the moment, and it didn't matter if the others died or not, but this is His Majesty the Son of Heaven today, how can there be any accidents?

Ning Yu didn't care about them, but walked forward directly, and the guards on the side had to just follow, and Gan Fengchi followed and stood in front of Ning Yu, so that if there was any accident, he could reflect it as soon as possible, and then pounce on it.

A tiger appeared in their field of vision, and at the same time three hunters were standing side by side, their faces were sweaty, but they didn't know whether they were hot or frightened, one of them was holding a bow and arrow, and the other two were holding a hatchet.

"Whew......."

The tiger roared, and it was clear that it had spotted the approaching human, which made it panic a little and began to retreat gradually, though it seemed to hesitate.

"Bang-"

Ning Yu pulled the trigger very decisively, only to see that after the huge roar, the tiger rushed forward a few steps, but his body was a little struggling, and then he saw that there were already blood stains everywhere on the ground.

The guards hurriedly blocked in front of Ning Yu, they were worried that the tiger was not dead, and if it was a dying fight, it would be very dangerous to think about it, so they pushed in front one by one.

When the hunters saw that the tiger was wounded, they rushed over, and the three of them worked together to put the tiger to the ground. One of them drew his knife and carefully plunged it into the tiger's eye, which let out a roar and then died.

"Thank you for your help, the villain is grateful!"

One of the leading hunters knelt on the ground with a look of fear on his face, he glanced at his brother who was cutting his skin, gritted his teeth and said: "This tiger skin, tiger bones, tiger whips and other things will be given to all the nobles, can you give me this residual tiger meat?" ”

Ning Yu showed a bit of curiosity on his face, and said with a smile: "Everyone in the world knows that the most valuable place of this tiger is usually tiger skin and tiger bones, why do you only need tiger meat?" ”

"With the help of the nobles, I killed this tiger, and this tiger should have been given to the nobles in the first place...... It's just that my brothers and I still need to exchange tiger meat for salt, so I hope that all of you can give me tiger meat. ”

As soon as Ning Yu heard this, he immediately asked, "Change salt?" Could it be that today's Fang County is still short of salt? ”

"Missing...... is not only lacking salt, but also lacking everything, the villain is also helpless, so he took his brother to hunt in this mountain forest, and met a tiger before he thought about it. Orion sighed softly with some helplessness.

Ning Yu's face was a little gloomy, he knocked on the dead tiger, then glanced at Cui Wancai, and said gloomily: "This tiger seems to be really capable of eating people.......

Cui Wancai let out a long sigh and looked at the tiger in a daze.

For the hunter, this tiger is the hope of his family, but for Ning Yu, it is naturally nothing, he gave the whole tiger to the hunter, but there is a small request, that is, follow the hunter back to the village to have a look.

Orion was elated when he saw that the nobles didn't want the tiger, so he naturally agreed, so he shouted at the two brothers to lift the tiger up, and took Ning Yu and the others back to the village along the path.

Speaking of a village, in fact, there are more than a dozen farmhouses at the foot of the mountain, and they have opened up about 20 acres of thin fields, which is obviously difficult to feed more people, and it is not difficult to imagine how Orion and others live on a daily basis.

"Dad, you're back! And killed such a big tiger! ”

A seven or eight-year-old boy saw everyone from afar, and he jumped over and looked at the bloody tiger, but he was not afraid at all, but his smile was a little brighter.

Orion hugged the child, and a little innocent smile appeared on his face, "Son, we can have a good meal of meat today!" Saying this, he hugged the child and went to one of the courtyards, and on the other hand, the two brothers beckoned Ning Yu and the others, and squeezed into the not very spacious courtyard together.

Ning Yu looked at the yard, and saw that although the yard was clean, it looked very poor, there was almost no eye-catching furniture, and even the barn was empty, and the grain inside only covered the bottom of the jar.

Orion's wife was a simple and simple woman, she didn't even dare to look at Ning Yu and the others, after taking the tiger, she began to skin and kill the meat, and then built a fire, and made a peasant meal with the remaining grain.

Ning Yu ate this meal very sweetly, he didn't seem to have any worries at all, and waited until everyone finished eating, and then pulled the hunter to start chatting.

"Big brother, I think you are also a man, but our family is not in a good situation, we finish this meal, the rice in this barn is empty!" Although Ning Yu was nagging, he was really polite to say this.

Orion was a little embarrassed, rubbed his hands, lowered his head and said, "Don't all of us ordinary people come here on such days...... My family used to starve to death. ”

Ning Yuqiang held back the anger in his heart and said in a low voice: "Then why is this? Could it be that the local county master didn't take care of you? ”

Before Orion could speak, the younger brother of Orion on the side muttered: "The county master is far away from our Emperor Gao, how can he take care of it, our land protection here is not a good thing, and I forced my brother to go to the mountains to pick old mushrooms for him....."

Orion was immediately a little unhappy, he pulled his younger brother, and then said with a wry smile: "The master's business, the villain just does it......."

When Ning Yu heard this, he gradually understood in his heart, but there was still something to ask, and he said with a pleasant face: "Big brother, I heard you say that you want to take that tiger meat and exchange it for salt?" ”

"Yes, this man can't stay up without salt, and the salt in the house has been out for a long time....... I'll take it to exchange salt with Dibao, these hundreds of catties of tiger meat, it shouldn't be a problem to exchange a dozen catties of salt......"

"Why did you go to exchange salt with Dibao?"

Ning Yu has already gritted his teeth a little, he really didn't expect that his own people don't have enough salt until now, you must know that when he Ning Yu came to this era, the first thing he did was to make salt....... But now this scene is simply a slap in the face.

Orion seemed to feel that something was wrong, and he obviously found that the actions of these people in front of him were not ordinary people, so he had to say at the moment: "We ordinary people have to go to the land security to buy salt, and those merchants can't get in...... Naturally, the price has to be determined, but it is much more expensive than the outside. ”