Chapter 74: The City of Famine (7)

Lu San, an unknown ordinary dart head, for Li Chongwen at this time, for the hungry people in a county at this time, he is the light in the night, and he is the hero who saves the world!

When Li Chongwen saw Lu San, he grabbed his arm and asked, "Grain?" Is the grain princess on time? ”

Lu San wiped the hot sweat on his head: "It's right!" 20,000 stone is all right! ”

"What about the grain? When will it arrive? ”

Lu San licked his chapped lips: "Tonight!" The convoy is still twenty miles away from the county seat! When I rode a fast horse, and when I passed through Shuangliu County, I first went to the owner of Tang Zhuang and gave him your letter. He promised to ship the remaining 1,890 stones at once. However, there were not enough chariots and horses, so we could only transport 200 stones first!

Later, I rushed to the palace and gave the letter to the guards of the Duanli Gate, saying that it was an urgent letter from the prince of the world, and that I should report it to the princess immediately. It is said that the eunuch handed the letter in and handed it to Lao Cao's father-in-law...... This was the day before yesterday. The day before yesterday, I waited in front of the Duanli Gate for a whole day! It wasn't until the evening that the little eunuch came out and called me, saying that the princess had granted permission! ”

"Is 20,000 stone all right?" Miss Liu walked out of the back house while wearing a coat, and Xiaolan followed behind with a yawn and a candle. She and Xiaolan live in the east house of the third hall, and Li Chongwen lives in the west house, separated by the main hall.

"Yes, Miss!" Seeing the distraught Miss Liu, Lu San had a dirty smile on his face. It's just that in the dimness, no one can see clearly.

"You, hurry up and continue!" Li Chongwen urged Lu Sandao.

"Yes, Mr. Lee! In the evening, a little eunuch called me and said that the princess had approved 20,000 stones. The official document for the grain transfer was personally arranged by Father-in-law Cao, so that we did not have to worry about running out of food. Just get things done here. ”

"What else did the princess say?" Miss Liu interjected and asked.

"Oh, Miss Liu, the little eunuch said that the princess was happy to receive the letter! said that Master Shu's students were amazing, and 20,000 stone grains bought back a county for the palace! In the future, Master Shu's students will use it more! Mr. Li, you are a student of Master Shu, you are really a famous teacher and a high apprentice......"

"Did the little eunuch personally hear what the princess said?" Miss Liu continued to ask.

"Oh, it's not. It was he who heard what Lao Cao's father-in-law said, and what Lao Cao's father-in-law heard the princess say. ”

Li Chongwen saw that Lu San's tongue was knotted, so he had to come out and explain to Miss Liu: Lao Cao's father-in-law's name is Cao Yicheng, who is the big eunuch next to the princess and the godfather of Cao Sanbao, the big eunuch next to the prince.

"It's complicated!" Miss Liu muttered and asked Lu San unrelentingly, "Didn't the princess praise anything else?" For example, the letter is written fluently, the font is beautiful, etc.? ”

Li Chongwen didn't have time to talk to Miss Liu. He grabbed Lu San's shoulder and said, "The grain sent tonight is only two hundred stones from Lord Tang Zhuang?" ”

Lu San nodded.

"Two hundred stones! Twenty miles! Li Chongwen kept chattering.

"The centaurs can't walk anymore! I'm afraid that Mr. Li will be in a hurry, so the big guy asked me to come back first to report the news. Lu San hurriedly complained.

"Two hundred stones is only enough for 10,000 people to eat for two days." Miss Liu's tone was cold, "If we have to hold on for a few more days, we still have to eat six taels a day!" ”

"What? There are already 10,000 people in the county? Lu San asked in surprise.

"And that's not all! Nong didn't know that in the past two days, people had been returning to the city all the time. Nong's Mr. Li registered the population, and his hands were swollen! ”

"Oops, that's amazing!" Lu San felt that he should express his concern for Mr. Li's health, but he didn't know where to start.

"It's okay! With these 200 stones, no one will starve to death for at least five days! Li Chongwen patted Lu San's shoulder with both hands and praised: "Lu Tou, you did a good job this time!" I bowed to you for the people of the city! After saying that, he really bowed to him.

Mr. Li bowed, and Lu San hurriedly held on, even saying that he couldn't help it.

Li Chongwen said: "You saved the lives of the people of a county, you deserve it!" In a few days, I will play the mark for the prince to ask for credit for you! It's just that tonight, I'll have to work hard for you to run again! I'll go and gather two hundred men at once, and you lead the way, and we'll go and push the grain together!" Tomorrow morning, the whole city will have food! After speaking, Li Chongwen waved his hand to Miss Liu, and disappeared into the darkness of the porch in the front yard with Lu San.

"Nong, this weirdo, is he here to be an official, or is he here to be a cow and a horse!" Miss Liu scolded in a low voice, stomped her foot, turned around and went back to the room, leaving the maid Xiaolan to stand alone in the courtyard holding a candle, stunned and at a loss.

On the morning of the sixteenth day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, when the first rays of sunlight in the east shot out from the cracks of the undulating hills in the distance, on the official road from Renshou City to Chengdu Mansion, twenty carts pulled by two horses appeared, and there were more than ten people pushing behind and on both sides of each car.

The wheels swayed on the potholes, making a strange clattering noise, merging with the neighing of the horses and the shouts of the cart men. Li Chongwen was in the first rear cart, and his mount was already tied to the front of the cart, acting as a poor horse. It turned out that the horse had broken its foot on the road and had to replace his BMW.

"Mr. Lee is back! We have food to eat! I don't know who shouted in the city.

This shout, like a stone falling on the calm water, soon caused huge ripples in the county. Soon, hundreds of refugees poured out of the city gates and rushed towards the sparsely stretched convoy of grain in the distance!

The backyard of Renshou County, the West House where Li Chongwen lives.

"Nong is a fool! The county official is not right, and he runs to be a coolie! The scholars in the world are like Nong, and no one in the court is the official, and the emperor is really called a lonely widow! ”

"I'm not a true knowledge county! I am a poor scholar and a head of a royal house. Li Chongwen was half-lying on the Taishi's chair, and he was powerless to argue. After running around for most of the night, his eyes were red, his whole body was gray, and there was a hole in the knee of his new robe.

Xiaolan brought a bowl of water, and Miss Liu took it and walked to Li Chongwen's side, handed it to his mouth and said, "Nong, really don't treat yourself as the head of the village!" My father used to write to me to tell me that the head of the big family in the county was more nourishing than him. It's big fish and meat every day, and I'm tired of the delicacies of the mountains and seas! Think about it, how many fields can they have, how many people can they manage? How many fields does Nong have now, and how many people does he manage? According to my nickname, Nong is bigger than Zhixian, and he is powerful and rich! ”

"I'm not the kind of person who is used to being happy. I am a talent in distress and a foreign land; Penniless and destitute...... The son of the world is eloquent and strategic, benevolent and generous, knowing that I use my grace, I dare not forget it for a while! Li Chongwen groaned, struggling to prop up his tired body with his hands.

Miss Liu was collecting the bowls, and when she saw that Li Chongwen was about to get up, she hurriedly pressed him back to the Taishi chair and scolded: "Nong, where are you going to mess around?" ”

"With a few days of grain stockpiled, I wonder if I should quickly divide the fields. Those wheat seedlings and millet planted in the ground, someone must keep an eye on them, otherwise they will be plagued by animals! Besides, there will definitely be people coming back today, and they will come to register later, what if there is no one in the lobby? There are more than 10,000 people in the city, how can they do if they have nothing to do? As the old saying goes, nothing does more! ”

"Alright, alright! Nong, don't say it! Miss Liu stomped the bowl on the table and said impatiently: "Nong is rotten into a loach, and he still wants to do this and that!" Well, the registration is left to Miss Ben. In the matter of dividing the land, Miss Ben first gave Nong a charter. Nong has a good night's sleep first, and when I wake up, I will show it to Nong again. Xiaolan, Xiaolan, where did this Nizi die in a blink of an eye! ”

Miss Liu was scolding, and Xiaolan hurriedly ran out of Gong's house. Seeing this, Miss Liu hurriedly instructed her to bring a bed quilt for Mr. Li so as not to catch a cold. When Miss Liu went back to the room to change clothes and go out, Xiaolan, who was carrying the waistband of her pants, muttered hatefully under the eaves:

"I don't know if anyone has a wife, so I hurriedly posted it myself! Not to mention serving tea and water, but also making beds and quilts! Hmph, if you can't make it, you can only make a small one! Don't be torn apart by the big ones after watching Nong! Break your legs! ”

The princess specially approved 20,000 stones, and Tang Fatzi Wang Zhuang sent another 200 stones, and Renshou City, which was in the midst of hunger, finally saw signs of easing the food crisis. However, this crisis is only temporarily alleviated, and it is far from being resolved.

Li Chongwen has been highly nervous and anxious in the past few days, and he has not slept for more than two hours every night. As soon as the food arrived, he relaxed and fell into a deep sleep, not waking up until sunset. He lifted the big red quilt on his body, got up from the Taishi chair, and moved his torso and limbs, except for a hungry sparrow chirping outside the window, there was no sound in or outside the room.

After all, he was still a young man, and he woke up in good spirits. Li Chongwen was dressed upright, strode out of the courtyard, thinking about what he was going to do today, and walked towards the county government hall.

As soon as he walked behind the screen behind the lobby, Li Chongwen heard a man's voice angry: "Miss Liu, are you unreasonable!" There is a reason in the world where you have been working for a long time and fleeing from the Lord's house privately! ”

Somehow, the voice sounded very familiar. At this time, Li Chongwen heard Miss Liu respond in soft Wu language: "Guo Xiucai, you are going to slander our palace." Your family has been in our palace for many years, have you seen it with your own eyes, or have you caught it with your own hands? ”

"Of course...... Yes, of course! Ben Xiucai was about to take someone, but was blocked by this scoundrel......"

"You're a fucking scoundrel!" Lu San's roar.

"You dare to humiliate Ben Xiucai? Ben Xiucai wants to take you to the official! ”

"Official?" Miss Liu smiled, "Guo Xiucai, if you want to see my father, I'm afraid you will have to go to Huangquan Road!" Guo Xiucai, this girl asks you, where did you see your family year in our palace? ”

This sentence clearly choked Guo Xiucai's question, because Li Chongwen waited behind the screen for a while and didn't hear him answer. At this time, he heard Miss Liu say again: "Your family is not a slave of your family!" If he doesn't want to do it, of course he can leave by himself, and the main family can't stop it! You take people at will on the streets of the county seat, do you still have Wang Fa in your eyes? In vain, you have also read poetry books and made a name for yourself! ”

Guo Xiucai was very angry. He shouted: "Who here doesn't know, your palace has occupied all the county seats!" There are seals of the palace everywhere, and even the city gate is so big! Now you're good, with a posture that has nothing to do with you! Good men don't fight with women, so this show doesn't quarrel with you as a little woman! What about Li Chongwen? Li Chongwen, you come out for me! ”

Li Chongwen already knew who the man who quarreled was. He straightened his clothes and walked briskly into the lobby.

"Brother Shiyu, I haven't seen you in January, like every other autumn. I don't know what happened to call my little brother? Li Chongwen first made a gesture to his old classmate and friend Guo Shiyu.

It's really like every three autumns. When Guo Shiyu saw Li Chongwen, he was first taken aback, and his eyes were staring at the hole in the knee of his robe. Li Chongwen politely gave up his seat, and explained with a smile that it was broken by accidentally falling off the roadblock when transporting grain last night, and by the way, he gave Miss Liu and Lu San a look and asked them to avoid it.

Miss Liu snorted and twisted her waist away.

Guo Shiyu shook his head and sighed: "At the end of last year, Master Shu asked a few of us, do you want to go to the palace to be a copywriter?" I was so busy with New Year's Day that I didn't take it to heart! Later, I heard that Brother Chongwen and Brother Guoping had registered. Brother Guoping has a family hatred and national hatred, and he is Master Shu's own nephew, so it is understandable to go to the palace to do things. It's just that your brother Chongwen has an innocent family background, why did you also vote for the palace, isn't this a mistaken future? Brother Wei didn't know what to do at the time, and he was really confused for a while!

Now that the thief is crossing the border, he has broken his wealth for his brother's family, which has seen the majesty of Brother Chongwen, and he knows the foresight of his brother! ”