Volume 4: The Son of Heaven's Family Affairs, Chapter 9, Luoyang Xing

It's really nothing! Yuan Qing'er said in a firm tone.

Putting the lantern in his hand aside, Yang Yong undressed his coat and gently draped it on Yuan Qing'er: "Be careful of catching a cold." ”

Looking at Yuan Qing'er's thin face, Yang Yong couldn't help but blame himself for a while, over the years, Yuan Qing'er has not had an heir, and the pressure on his body can be imagined.

Fortunately, Yun Meier, Xing'er and Xing'er gave birth to three sons and two daughters for Yang Yong one after another, but it did not relieve Yuan Qing'er of any pressure, among the royal family, it is often the mother who relies on her son, and having no heirs is a big deal, if it were not for the queen's support for her, Xing'er is her girl's background, I am afraid that the status of the crown princess will also be shaken.

Although the Dugu clan allowed Yang Yong to accept the side concubine, and also loved Yang Yan, Yang Ge and other grandsons, they hated their biological mothers very much, because of this, Yang Yan and Yang Ge are now over ten years old, and Yang Yu is also eight years old, and they still have not been crowned kings, nor have they set up a son, but the two daughters have been knighted as princesses since they were born.

It is said that it is normal for the emperor and grandson to be crowned king after adulthood, but Yang Yong knows that if Yuan Qing'er can give birth, I am afraid that there will be an edict of the king in the palace immediately, which is certainly a grace for Yuan Qing'er, but also a deep pressure.

Yang Yong's coat was covered with dust, but Yuan Qing'er didn't care about it, she only felt that her clothes were full of Yang Yong's warm and ambiguous breath, and Yuan Qing'er's eyes were already covered with a layer of mist: "Your Highness treats the concubine like this, and the concubine is worth it even if she dies immediately." ”

"Don't say stupid things, you always talk about these bad words." Yang Yong scolded softly.

"Hey, hasn't Your Highness never believed in the way of ghosts and gods?"

"This, isn't there a saying, if you believe it, you will have it, and if you don't believe it, you will not have it?" Yang Yong argued. In his previous life, he resolutely did not believe in ghosts and gods, but now that something inexplicable has happened to him, he must believe it if he doesn't believe it, but he will not affect himself for the ethereal ghosts and gods.

Yuan Qing'er chuckled: "Yes, don't talk about it in the future." ”

The two of them carried lanterns, just walked on the corridor of the East Palace, there was no sound around, there seemed to be only the figure of the husband and wife between heaven and earth, Yuan Qing'er only felt very warm, wishing that this corridor was as long as possible.

A row of lanterns shone in front of me. A noisy voice came: "Father, father is back." ”

With Zhang Qiu Taiyi, Lu Mulin and others returned to the East Palace first, Yun Mei'er and Xing'er naturally knew that Yang Yong had returned, but only Yuan Qing'er could enter and exit the inner palace casually, that is, Yang Yan, Yang Ge and Yang Ge If they wanted to enter the palace to accompany the emperor and queen, they could only wait for the edict from the inner court. And Yun Meier and Xing'er can only enter the palace and meet the emperor during the royal reunion during the New Year, and the queen meets the news that Yang Yong has returned, and the two daughters can only wait for Yang Yong to return in the East Palace with their children.

I heard the cries of several children. Yang Yong's heart was full of ambiguity, Yang Yan, Yang Ge, and Yang Yu were the elders. It's a boy again, but he knows how to be restrained, Yang Yan. Yang Lan and the two are five years old. A four-year-old. When I saw Yang Yong, I didn't have any manners. Throwing down the lantern in his hand, he ran over carefully, hugged one of Yang Yong's thighs, raised his head and shouted vigorously.

Yang Yan was born to Yuan Xing, Yang Yu and Yang Lan were both born to Yun Meier, Yang Yong simply picked up the two little girls one in one hand, and the corridor was suddenly filled with Gege's laughter.

In his previous life, he lived for twenty-five years, and he only lived for eighteen years in this world, and in his previous life, he was twenty-five years old, and he was just a poor worm who had just come out of school for two years and was still running around on the food and clothing line, but in this life, he was not only a prince, but also had five children, Yang Yong secretly made up his mind in his heart, even for the children in front of him, he must not become a failed prince.

Another day passed, the sky just dawned, the whole capital was lively, first from the Daxing Temple, the bell from the Miaoguan, followed by the East Market, the West Market to sell, the Buzheng Fang came from the sound of the loom, the sound of reading in the Qunxian Fang...... The whole Daxing City came alive at once.

Although the weather is dry, several canals around the city are almost dry, but the vitality of the city has not been reduced by half a point, Daxing City is parallel to the north and south of 14 streets, east and west parallel to 11 streets, the huge city is divided into 114 miles, each square has its own special well as a water intake point, the well water here is sweet and clear, the water level is only slightly lower than before the drought, enough to maintain the water in the city.

However, compared to before, there are still many differences in Daxing City, there are many farmers in the city who want to go into the city to find work, in addition to the weaving factory opened by the agricultural college, many privately opened weaving factories have reduced wages, making the female workers working in the weaving factory even worse, no one dares to leave, although the money saved by the weaving factory in January has dropped to only enough to buy a bucket and a half of rice, compared to those who have no work to do it is much better, women, it is good to be able to save so much, when there was no weaving factory before, women can not only stay at home.

There are more and more rumors on the street, some say that the drought is because there are monsters to make fun, the emperor has to find immortals to get rid of the monsters in order to lift the drought Yunyun, there is a drought is the former Yuwen royal family

Scattered, this is the key to the Great Sui River, and there are also direct rumors, such as rumors that the drought is because the emperor repaired the Renshou Palace and damaged the dragon veins in the capital, of course, this kind of legend can only be carefully mixed in the rumors.

However, although this statement is mysterious, but not many people believe it, but it has attracted more people to build the Renshou Palace of the envy of the people, I knew that the construction of the Renshou Palace should have taken the initiative to participate, now there is no production in the field, the price of rice in the capital is jumping up day by day, that is, there is a little savings, it will not last long to boil up, and then do it, how can I stand it, if you can find a job like building Renshou Palace, that is, you have to break your head and go in.

Wang Laoshi is an ordinary peasant in the capital, he is 52 years old this year, he was the father of four sons and five daughters, and finally only supported two sons and three daughters, and now the three daughters have been married, leaving only his wife and two sons by his side.

The eldest son has become a family, grandson, granddaughter Zhongda is ten years old, Xiaodi is eight years old, seven years old, five years old, daughter-in-law works in the Li Fu weaving factory, the family has 30 acres of good land and more than 50 acres of wasteland in the early years of the emperor, now after more than ten years of cultivation, these wastelands have become fertile land, once a year in rotation, the family can collect more than 80 stone of grain a year, deduct taxes, but also net more than 60 stones, enough for a family to eat and drink, plus the daughter-in-law into the weaving factory, can also save nearly two times a year money, Life at home is getting more and more prosperous every year.

It's just that this year's drought has wiped out the family at once, and the family has nine mouths, and the grain left over from last year has been almost eaten, and June is the time to harvest new grain, but this year there is no harvest, although the court has been exempted from taxes, seeing that the food in the family is getting less and less day by day, but the daughter-in-law's salary has been reduced by half, Wang Laoshi and his two sons are panicked, the fields can no longer be cultivated, and the two sons can only find a little odd jobs everywhere in the city to subsidize the family.

On this day, it was not yet noon, and the two sons, who had come home when it was getting dark, came back together, and the eldest son shouted when he entered the door: "Dad, good news, good news." ”

The best news is that it rains quickly, so that you can also replant a crop, and you can harvest it in October, which is enough for a family to chew for a year. ”

"Dad, it's not asking for rain."

"What's that?"

"The court wants to recruit people, as long as it is a strong laborer, how much you will collect, not only will you be able to eat two meals, but a strong laborer will have a minimum salary of 400 yuan per month."

Four hundred wen, if it was okay half a year ago, but the price of rice in the capital is only three buckets of rice now, this price is really low enough, but Wang Laoshi didn't want to think about it: "Then what are you waiting for, have you two signed up?" ”

The two sons had a little hesitation on their faces, and finally the younger son spoke: "Dad, it's good, it's good, it's just that the place where we go is a little far, and we have to ask Dad before we can decide?" ”

"How far, isn't it just into the mountains, more than a hundred miles, you can play a round trip in two days, the boss is afraid of leaving his mother-in-law, what are you afraid of?" Wang honestly said disapprerovingly.

"Dad, it's not going into the mountains, it's going to Luoyang, I heard that it's more than a thousand miles." The eldest son replied.

"Brother, the government said that it is only eight hundred miles, not more than a thousand?" The youngest son hurriedly retorted.

How far is 800 miles? Wang Laoshi had a vague concept in his heart, he had been to Tongguan back then, and it was more than 300 miles away from the capital, but with the brigade, he walked for a full seven or eight days, so he said that Tongguan would have to walk another 500 miles to arrive, Wang Laoshi was silent for a while.

"Medium! Go with confidence. "Wang Laoshi is still making a decision, if it is peaceful today, he is working for the government, what are you afraid of.

"Then what should I do with my aunt and a few babies?" The eldest son asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, with me and your mother taking care of you, something will happen?"

On this day, the whole capital was in a sensation, and the news that the court wanted to recruit a large number of workers to Luoyang spread all over the streets and alleys of the city within a day, although some people hesitated because Luoyang Road was too far, most of the people who couldn't go on immediately chose to sign up.

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