Chapter 177: Back to Huiji
On the vast field, two war horses were galloping, and it was Fan Li and Zimei who were riding on horseback.
On the plains, on the farmland that has been cultivated, green wheat seedlings have spilled up to the ankles. In the spring stubble field, the old ox pulls the plough and ploughs the land.
In the fields, groups of people are working. A few children play in the field. It's an idyllic setting.
Fan Li and Zimei left the hustle and bustle of the capital, and their mood became open and relaxed. Zimei's waist trembled with the horse's trot, looking soft and extremely elastic.
This immortal family has become an extremely beautiful woman after thousands of years of cultivation. More glamorous than a real woman. Fan Li has always been helped by Zimei. I don't see her as an outlier anymore. Nor has she ever been inquired into what kind of animal she is incarnated.
They are good friends, and they didn't die or live like Xi Shi Zheng Dan, so the two got along much easier.
The sunset burns, and the western half of the day is a brilliant persimmon red. The glow fell on Zimei, and the girl looked extremely beautiful. Fan Li was stunned for a while.
Zimei Hao Ran smiled and said, "Silly, what are you looking at?" ”
Fan Li said: "I remembered a sentence: beautiful and delicious! ”
Zimei "giggled" and laughed: "Are you going to eat me?" ”
Fan Li said: "I want to taste what you taste." ”
Zimei patted the horse's back, and the horse rushed to the front, Zimei turned around and smiled: "I'll give you food tonight." ”
That night, they slept in a small mountain pass.
Wake up early the next day and leave early. Zimei said, "Fan Jun, what are your plans?" Do you have a goal?"
Fan Li said: "There is no goal for the time being. I'm going to go back to the meeting and report back to the king, and then I'll find a way to find the engineer. ”
Zimei said: "That's fine." Anyway, King Wu said that there is no deadline, and it doesn't matter if it's late.
The two stayed day and night, and returned to Huiji in less than a day.
The king and queen of Yue still lived in a stone house. Queen Yayu and maid Meng Ji were weaving, while King Yue and Jiang He went to open up the wasteland.
The policy he set was that each person must reclaim five acres of land. He himself, like the common people, wants to open up five acres of land.
The people of Huiji secretly helped him open up wasteland, but he found out and resolutely put an end to it. He wants to make an appearance for the people to see. The common people of the whole country were able to accomplish this task, and the cultivated land of the country was suddenly expanded several times. As long as there is no catastrophic disaster, the problem of food and clothing will be solved at once.
The common people of Huiji once knelt down outside the stone house, begging the king to move back to the palace with tears in their eyes, but the king of Yue politely declined.
There are also common people who take the initiative to send wooden beds and ask the king to sleep on the bed and stop sleeping on the grass bunk. After expressing his gratitude, the king of Yue persuaded the people to move the bed away, and he still slept on the grass of salary.
Fan Li saw that on the Yuewang grass shop, there was still a bitter gall. That is to say, King Yue had to taste the bitter gall every day.
This kind of masochistic treatment of oneself is just a reminder to oneself from time to time, not forgetting hatred, and not forgetting to return to the country.
He does not eat meat, he does not approach women, he does not wear new clothes. Strict self-discipline, almost extreme.
Fan Li felt a kind of fear in his heart, although the king was still cultivating wasteland outside the city, he already felt the existence of the king's aura.
When Fan Li saw Yayu like a peasant woman, wearing coarse cloth clothes, spinning and weaving, he couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, and he stepped forward and bowed to the ground: "Minister Fan Li to meet the queen!" ”
When Yayu saw Fan Li's sudden arrival, he couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up, General, why are you going back to Huiji?" ”
Fan Li said: "I just returned to Huiji. and came to the queen. ”
Zimei also stepped forward to greet each other. Meng Ji put down her work and said, "Meng Ji has seen adults. "Take the stool," "Your Excellency, please take a seat." ”
Zimei knew that Yayu had a feeling for Fan Li that others didn't know, so she pulled Meng Ji and said, "Sister, let's go out to talk." "Out of the stone house.
Only Fan Li and Yayu were left in the house. Yayu burst into tears, choked up and said, "Brother, you finally came to see me." Do you know how lonely my sister is! ”
Fan Li hurriedly said: "Sister, don't be excited, Fan Li knows your suffering." Fan Li only hated himself for being useless and couldn't help you. ”、
Yayu said: "No one can help me, I only regret that I didn't cut my neck when the Wu army besieged Huiji Mountain." ”
Fan Li said: "Sister, don't think like this. Do you know how much influence you have on the common people when you spin and weave here, and they worship you more than the king, and this is your honor. You will go down in history. ”
Yayu shook his head and said, "Brother, Yayu is not rare. My sister is a woman, and it is in a woman's nature to want a man to rely on. When you give everything for this man, you are disliked by this man. How do you spend your days? ”
Fan Li said: "Is the king still like that to you? ”
Yayu nodded: "It's still like that." In front of outsiders, he was like a normal person, and when we were alone, he never looked at me or said a word to me. ”
King Yue's arrogance, roughness, coldness, and narrow-mindedness hurt Yayu deeply. Fan Li felt sad for Yayu and felt worthless, but he was helpless.
Fan Li said: "Sister, bear with me, wait until the day when the restoration is successful, you may be at the end." ”
Yayu said, "I know him too well. I can only be used as his ornament, as his pawn, as a tool for him to deceive the support of the people, and when the day of the restoration of the country is successful, if I don't die, he will abolish me. ”
Fan Li said: "Sister, let's talk about something else." I'll come to see you every chance I get. ”
Yayu said: "Thank you brother, Yayu is alive, and my brother is my only thought." ”
At dusk, King Yue and Jiang He returned. Fan Li has finished. King Yue said excitedly: "Young uncle, I have good news for you, my five acres of land will be reclaimed tomorrow." With a little tidying, you can sow seeds, just in time for farming. ”
Fan Li said: "The king's reclamation of these five acres of land is equivalent to leading the people to open up millions of acres." ”
King Wu laughed and said, "That's what the widow wants." Thanks to the change to a shovel, the work is fast and labor-saving. ”
Fan Li said: "When the country's farm tools are replaced with iron products, the efficiency of work will be increased many times." ”
King Yue said: "Young Uncle came back this time, what's the matter?" ”
Fan Li made a report on the instigation of King Wu to build Gusutai. said: "The minister came back this time to find an engineer for King Wu, otherwise, Gusutai would not be able to be repaired." ”
King Wu said: "This is a good idea, young uncle, you are too powerful, and the treasury of Wu will be empty when Gusutai is repaired."
Fan Li said: "The minister will not only empty his treasury, but also impoverish the common people of King Wu, so that we can hope to restore the country." ”
King Yue said: "Young uncle, you need support over there, say it, the power of the country will support you." ”