Chapter 229: But the Immortal
"yes, I think so too."
Ying Zheng felt his shoulders being held by himself, his hands tightened unconsciously, and there was a shallow smile on his face.
Suddenly, he felt that something was holding up on his waist, and when he looked down, he saw Gu Nan putting Wuge in the middle of the two.
He sneered, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes, and let go of Gu Nan's shoulder. A strand of green silk hung down his back and ran between his fingers, causing his hand to pause.
The old man looked at the appearance of the two of them, smiled and shook his head: "Did you quarrel?" ”
After speaking, he said to Ying Zheng: "I said that you are also a man, and such a fairy-like wife doesn't know how to quarrel." ”
"Hehe, yes, it's my fault." Ying Zheng put down his hand, grabbed his hair and smiled.
Secretly looked at the people around him, looked at the eyebrows, lips and teeth, and suddenly thought.
Perhaps, she is really a fairy who has fallen into the world······
Gu Nan sat there with a dark face, but he didn't notice Ying Zheng's gaze.
"Okay, let's eat something, I guess it's very tiring for you to move here."
As he spoke, the old man took a steamed cake and put it in his mouth and took a bite and ate it. He had also been working in the fields for half a day, and he was also a little hungry.
"Well, thank you, uncle."
Ying Zheng picked up the steamed cake and took a bite, Gu Nan also sighed, and also thanked him for taking one.
The steamed cake is steamed soft, and there is a slight sweetness in the mouth, but it is delicious.
The fields are a little cool wind, so that the summer is not too sultry, looking at the fields, everywhere is a light green sloppy, and farmers in short shirts are watering the fields.
There were still a few children in the corner clutching frogs or playing with mud, and they would always touch one or two seedlings when they ran through the fields, and they would inevitably be scolded by the people watching the fields for a word or two, and then they ran away with a laugh.
Sitting under the straw shed and eating steamed cakes, I felt that my mouth was dry, so I drank a sip of cold water, and a cool feeling went straight into my stomach, which was very pleasant.
"Hey, that little baby over there, don't pull out the seedlings in that field!"
The old man called out to a child who was curiously picking up the seedlings in a nearby field, sat down again, and shook his head at Ying Zheng and Gu Nan.
"Hey, now this little baby is getting more and more careless." said that he drank the water in his bowl in one gulp, and it should be called dry mouth: "At such an old age, the baby is still pulling out seedlings, and I can go to the field to plow the land when I hit him like this." ”
As he spoke, he picked up the kettle and poured himself another bowl of water: "We were hungry all day at that time, how could we dare to get things in the field, and we didn't get caught and killed." ”
"Look at the present." As he spoke, he looked at the little baby in the field: "Just play in the field all day long." ”
In the early years of the Warring States Period, young and middle-aged people were fighting outside, and children and old people had to go to the fields to work. Now, in addition to serving a month of conscription and military service every year, men are at home on weekdays, and naturally they don't have children and old people to work.
Ying Zheng sat on the side of the old man and listened to the old man's complaints, but he was not annoyed, but looked quite interested in listening, interjecting two sentences from time to time, and the two talked very hotly.
Gu Nan sat quietly on the side, watching the tender green crops in the field in the distance undulating in the summer breeze with the warm color of the sun, but the scenery of the countryside was quiet. Occasionally, there were the calls of peasants and the laughter of children.
While holding Wuge, she looked at the paths around with attention, and if there was any abnormal movement, she would also shoot as soon as possible.
"Uncle, how has the harvest been in this land in the past few years?" Ying Zheng looked at the seedlings in the field and asked.
"Whew." The old man said with a little smile on his face: "It's not for me to say, you can ask about the land around here, it should be the best harvest in the past few years." ”
"The officials above are good, each family has land." The old man sighed as he spoke, and the wrinkles on his face widened.
"In addition, it has been smooth in recent years, and every family now has some surplus food. Some of them can go and exchange some copper plates, and they can also go to the street to buy some things. ”
"It's been a lot better these days." The old man put the last corner of the steamed cake into his mouth and ate it.
"How can I say it, compared to the days when I was young, the current days should be lived by people."
seemed to recall the past, and said in a deep voice: "I really don't dare to make people think about living back then, and there is no day to live." ”
After speaking, the old man looked down at his hand: "If only the old woman was still alive, she could enjoy a few years of happiness." ”
"Who knows, when you come back from the battle, you say that you have taken the land, but when you return home, you only see a grave······"
Under the grass hut, Ying Zheng was silent for a while, and he didn't know what to say.
The old man waved his hand and laughed: "Hey, don't think about it, but the old man makes it difficult for you." But seriously, you two are still young, live a good life, this year is a rare time. ”
"Well, we get it." Ying Zheng said with a serious face.
Gu Nan on the side could only respond stubbornly: "Well, thank you, uncle." ”
After eating the steamed cakes, the two left.
On the path in the field, there was short grass mixed with the road, and Gu Nan followed behind Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng looked at the suburbs in the distance, and asked with a smile: "Sir, you won't blame the widow for what happened just now, right?" ”
Gu Nan, who was following behind, hung his shoulders helplessly.
"Your Majesty, it's better to make fewer jokes like this in the future."
"Hahaha, but is Mr. really not thinking about starting a family?" Ying Zheng turned around and asked.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty also knows about the affairs of the ministers, so it's better not to spoil the girl." Gu Nan smiled bitterly.
Ying Zheng, who was walking in front, choked and coughed, who asked you to go to the girl.
Looking behind him, Gu Nan had already taken out his visor again and put it on his face, and a bitter look flashed in Ying Zheng's eyes.
Look back and keep looking ahead.
Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and said with a smile.
"Sir, the widow wants to patrol all parts of the country, observe the people's conditions in various places, and establish a system to improve the people's livelihood. Visit the mountains and rivers in various places, seal the altar and offer sacrifices, and ask for the mountains and rivers to be prosperous in the year. Applying for the Qin Law, propagating Weide, and inspecting military and government affairs in various places. What does the gentleman think? ”
Gu Nan was stunned: "Out on patrol? ”
"Yes, the widow wants to patrol to the country of Qi."
The Qin State destroyed the Qi State without blood, and the manpower and material resources of the Qi land were preserved. Qi is surrounded by mountains and seas, prosperous in commerce and developed in economy, and it is a powerful country, which is not only the base for the Qin people to levy grain, but also the material basis for shaking the rule of the Qin Dynasty. Qi was the last of the Six Kingdoms to be destroyed, and the Qin regime's rule over Qi was therefore coarse and weak.
And now that the leather system of Yanqi and Chu has not yet been perfected, Yingzheng wants to go out to patrol the Qi country, and obviously has his own plans.