On both sides of the official road leading to Chang'an, as far as the eye can see, there are camps of disaster victims, and there is no edge in sight. A few scattered puffs of smoke rose from the camp and swept into the sky, gradually dissipating into the blue sky.

Adou walked slowly on the official road, listening to the noise coming from the disaster victims' camp in the distance, looking at the confused eyes of those disaster victims, and an inexplicable sense of guilt suddenly rose in his heart. These people originally had their own homes, their own land, and lived a stable life, although they could not be said to have no worries about food and clothing, but they could be regarded as living in peace and stability, and it was precisely because of their own plan to flood Yongzhou that these people became disaster victims. As a result, they lost their land, their homes, and many of them lost their loved ones in the floods.

"Troubled times! These are troubled times! Adou sighed, as long as there is a day of troubled times, these innocent people will not have a stable life in the real sense. Thinking that the troubled times should be like this, the guilt in Adou's heart was slightly reduced, although Adou also knew that this was just talking to himself*.

Looking at the sky, it was not early, and it was impossible to rush to Chang'an City before dark. Adou wanted to order the camp to be set up, but when he looked around, he was surrounded by the large camps of the disaster victims, and there was no place for the army to set up camp.

"Wen Qin!" Adou shouted, and Wen Qin hurriedly walked over next to him, and said loudly: "The last general!" ”

"Find out if there's any place nearby where I can set up camp."

Wen Qin lowered his head and thought for a moment, then spoke. said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, more than ten miles north of here, there is an imperial village, which was built by Emperor Huan back then, and we can go there to set up camp." ”

"Huangzhuang? Okay, let's go and set up camp there. ”

The army marched towards Wen Qin. Ten miles is not too far, and every time it takes, the army arrives in front of the Huangzhuang Gate.

Adou looked up into the distance, faintly. You can see a large manor on the flat ground, and a little glance can see that this manor covers a huge area, occupying a radius of ten miles. Getting closer, Adou only appeared, the appearance of this so-called Huangzhuang looks very dilapidated, the tiles on the wall have been dilapidated, most of them have been damaged, the walls are pitted, but you can still see the traces of the paint, the ground around the root of the wall is covered with all kinds of weeds, and from time to time there are one or two mice running over the edge of the root of the wall, and you know that no one has taken care of it for a long time. The dilapidated gate of the Imperial Village was closed, and the soldiers gathered in front of it, making a mess, and occasionally a word or two of intimidation could be heard.

"Wen Qin, look at what's going on in front of you?" Adou said.

Wen Qin immediately ran forward, and after a while, Wen Qin came back and reported: "Return. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the people in the Imperial Village will not let us in. ”

"Won't let us in, why?" Adou asked a little depressed.

Huangzhuang is the royal property, and now Adou is the prince, so he will wait to go to Huangzhuang. When I go to my home, I imagine that when I go home, I am stopped by strangers and not allowed to enter the house, and no matter who I am, I will feel depressed.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the people in the Imperial Village said that this manor is theirs. No one is allowed to enter. Wen Qin said with a bitter face.

"Theirs?" A Douwei. Slightly stunned, now Liu Bei is the emperor, and Liu Bei has no relatives, and the only people in the royal family in Yongzhou are Liu Bei and Adou. Although there is chaos today, Adou does not believe that anyone dares to do such a thing as occupying Huangzhuang.

"Let's go, come up with me."

Adou stepped forward and came to the front of this imperial village, because no one took care of it all year round, the gap in the steps in front of the door was covered with green moss. The gate of the Huangzhuang was open, and there was a row of strong men standing in front of the door, all holding blades in their hands, guarding the door, confronting the Shu army.

"What the hell is going on?" Adou opened the soldier next to him.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, these people are guarding the door and won't let us in." A soldier next to him spoke.

Adou looked at the shiny blade in the opponent's hand, and then asked, "No one was hurt, right?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, I see that they haven't fought yet, and no one should have been injured yet." Wen Qin interjected.

"It's good that no one is hurt!" Adou breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the big men holding blades in front of him, and said, "Who is the leader of you here, come out and answer." ”

A middle-aged man in a fancy costume immediately came out of the gate, came to the front, and said: "In the lower Chang'an Wang Hu, Your Excellency led the troops to the land of my king's family, I don't know what the so-called thing is?" ”

"Where is your royal family? Isn't this Huangzhuang? Adou asked strangely.

"Yes, this used to be the Imperial Village, but three days ago, His Majesty had mortgaged this manor to our Wang family." Wang Hu said.

"This Huangzhuang has been mortgaged to your Wang family?" Adou's eyes widened and he asked in disbelief.

"Yes, now that there is a shortage of food in Chang'an City, Your Majesty will use this Huangzhuang as collateral to borrow grain from our Wang family." Wang Hu said, pointing to the back: "Our Wang family now has the title deed certificate given by His Majesty personally, and the jade seal is stamped on it. No matter who you are, even if you reason in front of Your Majesty, our Wang family is not afraid of you! ”

"Hugh is rude, this is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Zhang Wei immediately said from the side.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Wang Hu was obviously taken aback, and it was a crime to yell so loudly in front of the crown prince.

"Zhang Wei, you step back first." Adou repelled Zhang Wei, and then said to Wang Hu: "Mr. Wang, I led the troops to pursue the Hu people, and was about to return to Chang'an City. I really don't know about the mortgage, don't be surprised if you offend. ”

"How dare you, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has killed the villain!" Wang Hu instantly put on a smiling face, and then said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, and it is already a capital crime for us to fail to go out to greet us." Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to rest in this village, it is the honor of our royal family, His Royal Highness the Prince, please come inside! ”

Adou showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and then said tentatively: "I'm afraid this is not good, after all, I have an army of 30,000 here, and I am afraid that so many people will ......."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have to be polite, just come in together!" Wang Hu replied immediately.

A smile appeared on his face, nodded with satisfaction, and said at the same time: "Then bother." ”

Many of these big families living in Chang'an have been inherited for hundreds of years, and there are also many officials in the clan, all of whom are very shrewd. Although this imperial village was mortgaged out by Liu Bei, but now that Adou is here in person, how can he keep His Royal Highness the crown prince out of the door. Besides, for people of Xiang Adou's status, these families don't have a chance to tie up on weekdays, but now this good opportunity is sent to the door, how can Wang Hu not grasp it.

……

In order to entertain Adou, Wang Hu invested enough money, not to mention the abundance of wine, and even the dinner of the 30,000 army was provided by the Wang family.

And in the side knock, Adou also got some news from Wang Hu's mouth. For example, how Pang Tong provided disaster relief, and how to use the royal property as collateral to borrow grain from various families, Wang Hu told Adou 1510.

After listening to this, Adou also sincerely admired Pang Tong. Pang Tong's approach reminded Adou of the pawnshop in later generations.

There were no pawnshops in the Three Kingdoms period, so there was no such thing as pawns. As for the money bank ticket number, it appeared much later than the pawnshop.

Without pawnshops and money banks, the circulation of goods and money would be much worse. However, I didn't expect Pang Tong to be able to come up with a method similar to a pawnshop, "pawning" these royal industries, using "live", in exchange for not gold and silver, but food.

"It's worthy of a phoenix, the things in my head have crossed this era!" Adou sighed slightly.

"Era, what era? What do the words of the prince mean? Next to him, Wen Qin asked Zhang Wei quietly.

"Lao Wen, I don't understand, let me tell you, our Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the most unfathomable, and if you hear something you don't understand in the future, just listen, don't ask...... Anyway, you don't understand if you ask! ”

At this moment, a subordinate came to the door, hurriedly broke in, and at the same time shouted: "Master, it's not good! Something is wrong! The third son of the Cai family was killed by Mrs. Pang! ”

"What a noise! Don't you see His Royal Highness the Son of Heaven here, what's the matter, let's go back and talk about it, Hugh is going to disturb His Royal Highness the Prince! Wang Hu rebuked angrily.

"Hehe, don't blame him, I also want to know what happened, just tell me!"

The house slave looked at Wang Hu hesitantly, and Wang Hu hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants you to say that you still haven't reported it!" ”

"News has just come from Chang'an City, saying that the third son of the Cai family was beheaded by Mrs. Pang!" The house slave said.

"Who is the third son of the Cai family?" Adou asked.

"Returning to His Royal Highness the Prince, the Cai family is also a big family in Chang'an City. The third son of the Cai family is the third son of the head of the Cai family, and the third son of the Cai family is very good at management, and he is in charge of most of the Cai family's industries on weekdays. Wang Hu replied immediately.

"Then why did Taifu Pang kill this third son of the Cai family?" Adou then asked the house slave.

It is said that the third son of the Cai family recruited the major grain stores in Chang'an City, saying that he wanted to double the price of grain. When those who sold grain were discussing the matter in the Cai family's village, they were led by Pang Taifu to break in, and the third son of the Cai family resisted and was beheaded by a general named Zhang Yi. ”

"Good kill! Such a bad profiteer dares to take advantage of the catastrophe to sit on the ground and raise the price, he should be killed! Adou said.

"Hehe, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right, you should be killed!" Although Wang Hu had a trace of sadness in his heart, he still followed Adou Ying and reconciled.

Adou also heard a hint of insincerity in Wang Hu's voice, so Adou smiled and said to Wang Hu: "Such a bad profiteer should be killed, but Pang Taifu is not a person who loves to kill. This time, my Yongzhou suffered such a catastrophe, and the people were displaced, and it is necessary for loyal people like your Wang family to contribute money and efforts to overcome this difficulty. When these victims are settled, I think my father will definitely reward him for his meritorious deeds! ”

After listening to Adou's words, Wang Hu finally took a reassuring pill, and Wang Hu immediately got up and said: "Sharing worries between Your Majesty and the crown prince is within my equal responsibility." ”

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In July of the third year of Zhangwu of the Shu Han Dynasty, the crown prince Liu Chansheng captured the western Xianbei Shan Yu Budugen and escorted him to Chang'an, and the officials of Chang'an City went out of the city for ten miles to greet him......