"Report ~ The king has returned to the dynasty from the Qiang country, and brought back the Qiang country's offerings this year, and helped the lord of the Qiang country to pacify the country, and the king is currently on his way back to Xiqi with tribute and the book of the Qiang country's ministers."

"The king is virtuous and capable, and he is mighty and powerful."

"The king is both civil and military, and he has made this unfortunate merit."

Taigongwang was very happy, and all the officials knelt down and bowed in the direction of Ji Fa's return.

"The Qiang State is a minister to my Zhou State, this is a big thing, and the Minister of Rite quickly ordered the royal craftsmen to pour the casting tripod and engrave an inscription on it, which is recorded in everything." Taigongwang immediately ordered.

"It's Taigong."

"According to the king's itinerary, the morning after tomorrow, everyone will follow me out of the country thirty miles and kneel down to welcome the king back to the dynasty, and those who do not arrive will be killed for treason."

"It's Taigong."

So all the officials dispersed, and at this time, Zhou Gong smiled and grabbed Taigong.

"Does Duke Zhou have something to say?" Taigong Wang also looked at him with a smile.

Zhou Gong said mysteriously: "You don't tell others, but I know that according to the normal itinerary, the king should come back tomorrow night, but you arrange the morning after tomorrow." Do you want to be more addicted to being an acting minister? ”

"Oh, hey, Zhou Gong don't want to make fun of me, you also know the king's virtue, he must be bless the people on the way back, this time he will definitely come back slowly, but he will go very steadily." Taigong said meaningfully.

"Well, I heard that the persecution of the king there is not light, the people are miserable, the people are not happy, it is estimated that it will make our king sad for a few days, hey, this king is really bad."

"Then how long do you calculate the national fortunes of the Shang Kingdom?" Taigongwang said with a smile.

"Hey, hey, it's man-made, and the heavenly machine can't be revealed. It's not time yet. Zhou Gong touched his beard, and then left with a smile.

Taigongwang looked at his back with a smile and said, "What an old naughty boy and a shrewd ghost." Hahaha. ”

Taigongwang also left the Hall of Virtue with a smile.

Zhong Haotian looked at the carriage behind him and thought, "This is a bumper harvest, as soon as the tribute ceremony enters the treasury, it will be able to strengthen the power of my Zhou State again." ”

The surrounding scenery made Zhong Haotian feel very depressed, very desolate and dilapidated, the people were dressed in tatters, and the hungry were all thin and thin, and they looked at them with frightened eyes.

"Is this the border of the Inurong Country? How do you feel like you've come to a slum village? Zhong Haotian asked suspiciously.

"The king is indeed a village on the border of the Inurong country, I heard that the king of Xuan has implemented some royal decree and collected the grain of these people, so the people can't open the pot."

"It's not enough for him to have a meat forest wine pool, he still wants food for the common people, does he want all the people to starve to death? The tyranny of the King of the Rings has reached such a point, it is simply outrageous! ”

When the convoy passed through a village where the dog Rong and the Zhou kingdom met, Ji Fa and others rode through the village, and suddenly Ji Fa heard a miserable scream, and he dismounted and came to a nearby farmer's house.

I saw the body of the man in charge of the peasant family, lying on the ground, looking to be out of breath, his wife holding his corpse, kneeling on the ground and weeping bitterly, and there were two three-year-old dolls beside him, crying there constantly, looking hungry.

"Come on, take off a bag of grain and give it to this farmer, and the king of Zhou will reward them."

"Oh King."

Soon the soldiers brought in a bag of grain, then opened the bag, took out some grain, and began to cook porridge for the farmer's family.

Soon the aroma of porridge came over, and after the dolls smelled the aroma, they smiled happily and stopped crying and making noise.

"Thank you King Zhou, thank you King, my family will be for you from now on." The peasant woman kept kneeling, and her face was full of hope and joy, but also a lot of sorrow.

Ji Fa couldn't bear to look at the corpse on the ground, so he ordered the soldier to bring a bag of knives and coins and give it to the peasant woman.

"Bury your husband well, and then raise your children well, these should be enough." Ji Fa said.

"Thank you, thank you, I'm so happy, you can rest in peace when the child's father is underground, do you hear? The Holy King's mercy has mercy on us, it was the King of Zhou who helped us, not the previous King of Shang, and we will only follow the orders of the King of Zhou in the future. ”

The peasant woman kept kneeling down and worshipping Ji Fa, and then kept saying to her dead husband.

"Hurry up, please." Ji Fa couldn't bear to look at the peasant woman like this, so he hurriedly helped her up, and then asked.

"Why is it that the family is so barren that no one cares? Isn't there anyone else to help you? Ji Fa asked.

"Woo woo, the king of Zhou, who should be killed, didn't know how to make the lord of the dog Rong succumb, and looted a bunch of grain and grass from the country, and then said that it was to pay tribute to the king of Zhou, and everything that could be eaten in the house was taken away, and the child's father was looking for food, and accidentally fell to his death, but we didn't even have anything to bury him." When the peasant woman said this, she couldn't stop crying.

Ji Fa couldn't bear it: "What about the surrounding villagers? Isn't there anyone who reaches out to help you? ”

"Everyone is already very good to our mother, these days are relying on everyone's relief we can survive, otherwise our mother would have starved to death, but everyone's situation is the same as ours, all of them are not much better, so everyone may have the same fate, all have to starve to death, the king of the king he doesn't care, I heard that he took all the domestic meat, all for himself, let the whole country pay tribute to food, regardless of our life and death."

Ji Fa had heard of the shortcomings and drawbacks of the Shang Kingdom for a long time, but he didn't expect that after encountering it in person now, there would be such a bad relationship between the people, and it was simply on the verge of breaking out at any time.

"Hey, you're too miserable, live a good life in the future, I will send someone to take care of you regularly." Ji Fa said helplessly.

"If you want to save everyone, you should have the people of this country in your heart. The people are not stupid, after seeing this, they will obey your command, and the one who kneels for the people will be held very high, and the man who is a cow and a horse for the people, everyone will always remember him, and the one who rides on the head of the people and makes a fortune will be thrown very badly by the people. ”

"Damn, the ancient text said that the Shang people were brutal, and now it should seem true, even if the king is not a faint king, at least he is a tyrant, there is no doubt about it, there is no room for whitewashing." Zhong Haotian said angrily.