Chapter XVII
The weather on Fujian Road is changing, just now it is still sunny after the rain, and at this time it is cloudy, and the raindrops are like beads with broken threads, falling from mid-air, crackling and smashing on the roof, eaves, ground, rice fields, etc., making a noisy sound.
"God, don't you let people be quiet?" Li Gang looked at the pouring rain and said.
"What the hell is this place in Fujian? It's raining endlessly, huh? Xu Biao took off his shirt, revealing a pimple-like black flesh, twisting his rain-soaked clothes and complaining.
"Looks like we can't make it today." Li Sanjian leaned his hand out of the eaves, and said sadly after catching some raindrops.
Heavy rains, flash floods, mountain slopes collapsed, and roads were unusually muddy, so Li Sanjian and the others could not continue to hurry. Not only that, the heavy rain smashed the ground out of puddles of different sizes one after another, and it was impossible to gain a foothold at all, so Li Sanjian and others swarmed into Lan Atan's thatched hut to take shelter from the rain.
Fortunately, although the thatched hut in Lan Atan is simple and dilapidated, it is still relatively spacious, with four or five halls, which is enough for Li Sanjian and the others to rest temporarily.
"It's not bad, didn't someone say it, the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, but it's also a place where bones are buried, just I won't wait, the old death is here, there are outstanding people here, and the little sister who is still alive and well, hehe!" Yao Yu didn't know where to find a shabby recliner, lying on the recliner, and said with a smile.
"Nonsense!" Li Sanjian glared at Yao Yu and walked into the hall.
How could it be possible not to go? Li Sanjian really couldn't wait to rush to Quanzhou immediately.
Li Sanjian and others set out from the capital Kaifeng Mansion in February of the first year of the founding of the Yasukuni Kingdom, and by now the road has been delayed for more than three months.
The documents of the Ministry of Officials were delivered to Quanzhou in March, but by mid-to-late May, Li Sanjian had not yet taken up his post in Quanzhou, so anything that happened in Quanzhou during this period would be counted on Li Sanjian's head.
Therefore, Li Sanjian was blocked in Meiyu Village, Hui'an County due to heavy rain at this time, why was he not anxious?
At this time, Li Sanjian regretted a little, regretting why he didn't hurry up when he first set off?
At that time, Li Sanjian expected that the road would be difficult, but he neglected the bad weather on Fujian Road.
It is better to rush to Quanzhou as soon as possible, Li Sanjian, who walked into the hall, carefully took out the "Quanzhou Quanyu Map" wrapped in layers of oilcloth while thinking about it, opened it, and put it on the table to look at it carefully.
Li Sanjian learned from the limited information in his hand that although Quanzhou was a remote place at the beginning of the sea, it was known as "Zou Lu on the seaside" by the world.
There are seven blind counties in Quanzhou, namely Nan'an County, ** County, Tong'an County, Yongchun County, Dehua County, Anxi County and Hui'an County, with a total of more than 200,000 households and a population of more than 1 million, of which there are more than 20,000 households and more than 100,000 people in Quanzhou.
Although Quanzhou is far from Jingshi Kaifeng Prefecture, it is called "Fuzhou" because of its social stability, economic development, and prosperity of overseas trade.
However, Li Sanjian does not think so, a population of 100,000 is called "Fuzhou"? Even if it is Fuzhou, then where is it rich? Is it because the annual taxes are too much, or are the people living in abundance?
Nothing is counted, Li Sanjian secretly said in his heart, since entering the territory of Quanzhou, Li Sanjian has found that the people are still living a difficult and difficult life. Especially in Meiyu Village, there is no overnight food, no food, no clothing, so Quanzhou is rich, where is the rich? Li Sanjian was puzzled.
Li Sanjian also understands in his heart that he can't generalize. So far, Li Sanjian has not fully grasped the situation in Quanzhou, but Li Sanjian has also secretly guessed some things, that is, Quanzhou is rich, and it is rich in officials and businessmen, not ordinary people.
This is the same as the Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, where the rich are officials, businessmen, magnates, etc., and most ordinary people are still living a difficult life.
"Ah... Pander to... Elder brother... Old... Sir, please drink tea! When Li Sanjian was pondering, the voice of Yaoyao, a girl from the She nationality, suddenly came to his ears.
Li Sanjian woke up in shock when he heard this, turned his head to look, and saw Yaoyao wearing a brand-new She family women's short dress, knee-length skirt, holding a wooden tray, kneeling on the ground, holding it high above the top, and there were several tea bowls on the tray.
Because Yaoyao's dresses are all black, the snow-white skin on her abdomen exposed between the dresses looks unusually dazzling, and Li Sanjian is a little short of breathγγγγγ
The dress on Yaoyao's body was not the clothes on her aunt's body, but several sets of dresses sent by Zhong Cheng, Zhong Cheng was dismissed from the post of Meiyu Village by Li Sanjian, and then left Lan Atan's residence in a panic, so he forgot to take the dress away, so Li Sanjian did a favor and gave the dress to Lan Atan.
Yaoyao felt that Li Sanjian's gaze stayed on her body, her already red cheeks were even redder, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Li Sanjian, but twisted her slender waist crampedly.
"Hurry up, hurry up, why do you do so much courtesy?" Seeing this, Li Sanjian hurriedly looked away from Yaoyao's abdomen, took the tea bowl with one hand, and after holding Yaoyao with the other, he thanked him: "Thank you, Yaoyao." β
"No... No... It's okay... It's okay... Yaoyao saw Li Sanjian thanking her, and hurriedly said in fright.
Although Yaoyao hadn't witnessed everything that happened before, Yaoyao, who was only separated by a wall, knew it clearly. Let's do it
With the change of Li Sanjian's identity, Yaoyao's heart has also undergone earth-shaking changes.
In Yaoyao's mind, Li Sanjian suddenly changed from an amiable big brother to a feared lord of the government...
Because of this, Yaoyao changed from talking and laughing with Li Sanjian to being tied, a little afraid of Li Sanjian, as for what Yaoyao was afraid of, Yaoyao herself couldn't say.
"Master..." Yaoyao then said with a wince.
"Yaoyao, I still like you to call me Brother." When Li Sanjian saw Yaoyao's appearance, he couldn't help but feel a little funny in his heart, so he smiled and said, "Yaoyao, there are some things you don't know, in fact, I'm not completely Han. β
"You're not Han? Are you one of my people? Hearing this, Yaoyao asked with a pair of beautiful eyes wide, with a hint of surprise in her expression.
"Haha, silly girl." Li Sanjian smiled when he heard this: "I said that I am not completely Han, not that I am not Han, nor that I am a member of the She ethnic group. Yaoyao, do you know that in addition to the Han and She ethnic groups in this world, there are many other ethnic groups, such as the Qiongtaili ethnic group. β
Probably in the heart of this simple She little sister, in this world, except for the Han people, she people are She people, Li Sanjian said secretly in his heart, but it is no wonder that Yaoyao has been to the county seat of Hui'an County as far away, and she has only been there once, and the people she meets on weekdays are Han people except for She people.
"Li?" Hearing this, Yaoyao looked at Li Sanjian and asked.
"That's right, it's the Li people." Li Sanjian nodded and said: "The Li clan developed from a branch of the 'Baiyue', and later lived in Qiongtai. Li's father is Han, but his mother is Li, so Li should be a half-Han and half-Li person, and my Li family is also commensurate with brother and sister, and there are few titles of masters. β
Li Sanjian is particularly disgusted by others calling himself master, which sounds like he is seventy or eighty, but there are many times when Li Sanjian can only endure it, the reason is that this is just an honorific title.
"Brother... Hearing this, Yaoyao changed her words and said, "Brother, where is Qiongtai?" β
Under Li Sanjian's deliberate "set of almost", Yaoyao finally changed her name to call Li Sanjian her brother, which not only made Li Sanjian feel comfortable, but Yaoyao herself also felt a lot more relaxed, and began to talk and laugh with Li Sanjian.
"This..." After hearing this, Li Sanjian thought about it, and took two tea bowls, one in the east and the other in the west, and then said with a smile: "Quanzhou is located in the southeast, and Qiongtai is located at the bottom of the southwest... β
"Hmm... Yaoyao lay on the table, supported her chin with her hands and looked at the two tea bowls, and asked, "So, Qiongtai is also on the beach?" β
"Clever!" Li Sanjian praised when he heard this: "Qiongtai is indeed a seaside, and it is a seaside place even more than Quanzhou, because it is surrounded by the sea and is an island. β
"So the view must be beautiful, isn't it?" Yaoyao held her chin with both hands, and suddenly asked with a yearning look on her face.
"Of course it's beautiful, it couldn't be more beautiful." After Li Sanjian took a deep breath of the air with a hint of salty sea breath, he carefully described the beautiful scenery of Qiongtai to Yaoyao.
"I really want to see the sea!" Yaoyao said fascinatedly.
"Huh? Yaoyao, you... You haven't been to the beach? Haven't seen the sea yet? Li Sanjian asked in surprise when he heard this.
"No... Abba kept saying to take me there... But it never worked... Yaoyao's expression was gloomy and she replied in a low voice.
Li Sanjian suddenly didn't know what to say when he heard this.
Hui'an County, Quanzhou is only more than ten miles away from the sea, and it will not exceed twenty miles at most, but Yaoyao has never been to the beach and has never seen the sea?
"Yaoyao, it's not early, let's rest early." Li Sanjian was silent for a long time and then comforted Yaoyao and said: "If he has a chance one day, Li will definitely take him to the beach and see the sea." β
It's not early, it's already dark, if the rain stops tomorrow, Li Sanjian and the others will rush immediately.
The most important thing is that in order to avoid suspicion, Li Sanjian and others have begun to make fun of Li Sanjian at this time, and at this time, the lonely man and widow are in the same room, if it is delayed for too long, Li Sanjian will be full of mouth, and he will not be able to speak clearly, so Li Sanjian euphemistically issued an eviction order.
"Hmmm... Brother go to bed early, Yaoyao will wait for you to rest. Yaoyao nodded when she heard this.
Yaoyao said that, and began to untie her clothes.
"Yaoyao... You... What are you doing? Seeing this, Li Sanjian was stunned and stammered.
"Yes ... Be... Abba asked Yaoyao to serve you. Yaoyao even turned red at the base of her ears, and said hesitantly.