On the way back to Sanshui Village, Zhang Miao was very happy.

With the consent of Huyang Ling Cheng Qi, Sanshui Village can expand the encirclement and occupy the land in the future, and can accept as many displaced people as possible. And the stronger the strength, the safer Sanshui Village will be!

"It's easy to wipe out Ge Gang and seize these gold and silver, but it's cheaper for that dog official!" Zhang Ping muttered, a little dissatisfied.

Zhang Miao glanced at Zhang Ping with a smile: "Ah Ping, you, your eye sockets are still a little shallow." ”

"At present, the most important thing in my Sanshui Village is to gather displaced people and form more township soldiers. When there are more people, the demand for food will be greater, so we can't go to Xiangyang to buy it at every turn, self-sufficiency is the king.

With the permission of the fat county order, we can enclose the fields around Sanshui Village and cultivate them for these gathered people, so that we can produce more food in the coming year.

And the most important thing is that these fields that we have reclaimed will belong to Sanshui Village in the future. For a family, the people of the fields are the foundation, with enough land, our Zhang family will play a pivotal role in Huyang, and it is unknown that the future will be transformed from an ordinary poor family to a scholar family.

Compared with the future of our Zhang family, what is a mere gold and silver? ”

Zhang Ping smiled bitterly: "I know Ah Miao, you're right, but I'm just a little distressed." ”

"Hahaha" Zhang Miao, Zhang Chuang and the others all laughed.

Huyang County is about 30 miles away from Sanshui Village, a group of five or six people take a carriage, set off from Sanshui Village in the morning, and now it is just after noon to finish things, and they can rush back to the village before sunset.

It is the official road from Dengyi to Huyang, but there are very few pedestrians on the road. When we were about seven or eight miles away from Dengyi, a small stream flowed by the side of the official road, and the clear water made everyone stop. Let the horses pulling the cart rest and recuperate, and everyone will eat something.

Zhang Chuang took two village boys to untie the horses from the wheels, loosen the reins and feed some forage.

Zhang Ping swept a flat stone next to the stream and asked Zhang Miao to sit down.

Zhang Miao stretched her legs relaxedly, stretched her body comfortably, but her eyes looked not far away.

A sickly, charred woman sat crooked on a pile of dry grass, with a large sackcloth wrap beside her. In front of the woman, a young man was standing by the stream with a sharp stick in his hand, staring intently at the stream.

"He seems to be catching fish." Zhang Ping followed Zhang Miao's gaze and said casually.

Zhang Chuang found a few stones and built a stove, picked up some dead branches and dry grass to make a fire, and Zhang Ping scooped water from the river with a clay pot and put the clay pot on the stone stove.

Soon, the water in the crockpot was boiling, Zhang Ping took out a cloth bag, grabbed a few handfuls of millet and threw it in, and began to boil the porridge.

"Haha." With a cheer, everyone turned their heads to look, and saw the young man carrying a wooden stick, and a half-foot-long fish was stuck in the head of the stick.

"Is there such a big fish in this stream, let's catch a few and grill them." Zhang Chuang said with a smile.

Zhang Miao shook her head: "It's too troublesome to catch fish and grill fish, just drink porridge to pad your stomach, don't delay time, we have to rush back to the village before dark." ”

Zhang Chuang could only give up.

At this moment, the boy who caught the fish came over.

"Guys, can you start your fire? My flint doesn't work very well. The boy saluted and said to everyone.

Zhang Miao smiled: "Of course you can." ”

After the boy thanked him, he stuffed a dead branch into the fire under the crockpot, and when it was lit, he carefully guarded the flame and went back to start lighting the fire and grilling the fish.

The porridge was cooked quickly, and Zhang Chuang scooped it into a wooden bowl with a wooden spoon and distributed it to everyone one by one.

Zhang Miao glanced at the crockpot and found that there was still some leftover, so he brought the crockpot to the young mother and son.

"We have made a lot of porridge, so let's give it to your mother." Zhang Miao said to the young man with a smile.

"It's not going to be done." The young man hurriedly excused himself and said, "I caught the fish, and it will be grilled soon, and we have something to eat." ”

Zhang Miao looked at the fish inserted in the wooden stick and shook his head: "How can such a fish be enough for your mother and son to eat, looking at your mother's face, she should be sick, and drinking some porridge is good for her health." ”

The boy looked at the crockpot, then looked back at his sick mother, and finally took it.

"Gongzi's kindness, Li Chen keeps it in mind, and he will be rewarded in the future."

Zhang Miao shook her head: "It's just a little gruel, how can you repay it?" ”

Zhang Miao drank the porridge, glanced at the young man, and saw that the young man was helping his mother's body and carefully scooping the porridge with a wooden spoon and feeding it.

The people drank rice porridge, washed the wooden bowls in the stream, and when they were about to continue their journey, the young man carried the cleaned clay pot and sent it back.

"Childe, can you leave your name?" The young man said to Zhang Miao.

Zhang Miao shook her head: "It's just a trivial matter, don't worry about it." ”

The young man insisted: "If you don't repay your kindness, you will be in vain, and you dare to ask your son to leave his name." ”

Zhang Ping smiled at Zhang Miao: "Since people insist, it's not a bad thing, what's the point of leaving a name?" ”

As he spoke, he turned to the young man: "Listen, this is the young patriarch of our Sanshui Village, Zhang Miao and Zhang Sanjiang are also, I am his cousin Zhang Ping." ”

The young man said: "I remember it below, in Xia Li Chen, a member of the Nanyang Ping clan." ”

Zhang Miao asked curiously: "You are from the Ping family, how did you appear in Huyang?" ”

The young man Li Chen said: "Nanyang is in turmoil, there are bandits everywhere in Pingshi County, and my mother and son want to go to Xiangyang to find a way to live." Who knew that as soon as she arrived in Huyang, her mother fell ill and the trip was delayed. ”

Zhang Miao said: "In this case, you should find a place to treat Lingtang, and when you heal your body, it will not be too late to go to Xiangyang." ”

Li Chen said: "What Childe said is true. ”

Zhang Miao said: "You go to Xiangyang, just go with us, so let's take your mother and son for a ride." From here, you will walk seven or eight miles to Dengyi, which is a large city, where you can find a doctor to treat Lingtang. ”

Li Chenxi said: "Thank you, son!" ”

So, there were two more people in the group, but fortunately there were two carriages, which could sit down.

They are all young people in their teens, and everyone will quickly become familiar with each other after talking about it. Zhang Miao learned that this Li Chen was born in an ordinary farmer, and his father was a pavilion chief, and he was killed in the hunt for thieves, and Li Chen and his mother depended on each other for their lives from then on. The Ping family was in chaos, so Li Chen sold his property and took his mother to Xiangyang to make a living, and by the way, he studied in Xiangyang to make a future.

Let's talk about it, and soon we will arrive at Dengyi. To help people to the end, Zhang Miao personally entered Dengyi, found Deng Niu, asked Deng Niu to find a place to live for Li Chen's mother and son, and helped Yan ask a doctor to treat Li Chen's mother.

"Brother Deng Niu, please." Zhang Miao said with a smile.

Deng Niu waved his hand: "What kind of friendship our brothers have, it's just a trivial matter." ”

As he spoke, he looked left and right, and said quietly: "Brother Zhang Miao, I have collected almost two hundred catties of iron material these days, when will I send it to you?" ”

Zhang Miao smiled: "You can do it at any time." ”