Chapter 644: The domestic situation is very good
After the border blockade, Zhuangzi is no longer sneaky. A carriage was hired, and the three of them got into the carriage and walked the official road during the day, and found an inn to stay in early in the evening.
Now Zhuangzi can look at the world inwardly and grope to go to strange places.
Before! He can only go to the familiar places in the inner world. Right now! He can grope his way to a strange place in the inner world, as if he had gone to it himself. It's just that! It's slow, a bit faster than in the real world. But! As long as you go, when you come back, the speed will be faster, and you can think about it in a flash.
Every night, Zhuangzi would look inside to inquire about the situation in the Song Kingdom and eavesdrop on the speeches of other guests in the inn.
Yang Qing'er is in charge of daily life, her duck throat and temper, any inn people are afraid of her, and they all serve her well.
Rong'er is still like that, she can eat and sleep, she doesn't need to walk and take the carriage, she still feels very tired and wants to sleep.
Zhuangzi was worried about whether she was sick and asked her to check herself, but she said that she was not sick and that everything was normal except that she felt sleepy.
The situation in the Song Dynasty was the same, and the people scattered everywhere were forcibly driven together to live together. Everywhere there is a 10 percent standard, and those who are strong and those who voluntarily relocate to the border or to places where the land is fertile are concentrated.
The Song State also made a bloody investment, allowing the nobles of various territories to take out their belongings to settle these relocated people.
In a word! It is your people, and you must settle it. If it is not your people, but those who have been relocated from other territories in accordance with the policies of the state, you should take care of them.
Right now! Under the preaching of wise men, everyone knows that population is the productive forces and national strength. So! The nobility and officials everywhere were particularly concerned about the population. Especially those who have relocated in accordance with national policies and regulations, you should treat them more preferentially. They were provided with thatched huts, agricultural tools for clearing wasteland, and seeds. In terms of eating, I also try to take care of it as much as possible, so that people can't starve to death.
Generally speaking, there is public resentment, but it does not cause riots among the people.
At first the people were very reluctant, and later! I felt that in the long run, it would be better to move to live together, so I slowly accepted it.
In the Song Dynasty, changes were also made in the army. It is no longer the army that stayed in the barracks as before, but an army that went out. The armies guarding various important military areas have pulled people out, one is to conduct training competitions, and the other is to participate in the maintenance of social order, and it is no longer the kind of meal for nothing.
And! They were also often sent to the countryside to help those who had been relocated to build thatched huts, cut down trees, and build water conservancy sites.
24/7 combat readiness is needed, but not absolutely. The armed forces in the interior are to protect key military checkpoints and to protect the security of one side and prevent local riots. Although he is always ready to fight, he is not always in the barracks waiting for battle.
Being ready to fight at all times versus standing still and waiting for a battle is not the same concept.
So! By understanding this meaning, the army will be able to exert its remaining strength. Otherwise! Not always ready to fight, but raised a group of people who ate for nothing.
Along the way, from the border to the mainland, Zhuangzi is still very satisfied.
But? Regarding the international situation, Zhuangzi feels that it is not optimistic.
According to the guests who came from all over the inn, not only were there many volunteers who crusaded against the Song State on the border of the Qi State, but also many volunteers who crusaded against the Song State stayed on the borders of Korea, Wei State, Zhao State and other small surrounding vassal states.
The border checkpoints between Song and South Korea have been closed on both sides and are in a state of first-class combat readiness. Nearly 10,000 volunteers in South Korea could enter the Song State at any time, and war was about to break out.
The border between Wei and Song was semi-closed. The Wei State also adopted the same method as the Qi State, and only Song people were allowed to enter and exit the checkpoints. Song people can come to Wei, and Song people in Wei can also return to Song.
But! Others, especially the Wei and Koreans, were absolutely not allowed to enter the Song through the Wei State. Foreigners in the Song State could also enter the Wei State through the Song State.
Wei differed from Qi in that Wei amassed a large number of troops on the Song border. And! Troops are still being added to the border. Looking at that frame, there is a possibility of invading the Song Kingdom at any time.
Wei may have seen that Song was in crisis this time and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.
The Zhao State also followed the example of the Wei State and added a lot of troops to the border of the Song State, looking like it would invade at any time.
Several other small vassal states, on the border leading to the Song State, also gathered a lot of volunteer armies to crusade. It's just that! These volunteers were not in a hurry to enter the Song Kingdom, but! Stationed in the inn on the side card, wait for the moment.
There are also quite a few people who smuggled into the Song Kingdom, but! didn't go far before they were stopped by the border army of the Song Kingdom.
According to those who had fled, the Song authorities imprisoned the men and worked for them.
It is precisely for this reason that these volunteer troops who stayed on the border cards did not rush into the Song Kingdom.
After many days of investigation, Zhuangzi still did not find anyone from the revenge alliance.
He believed that Han Si'er's father and son had such a revenge alliance. It may be that the number of these people is too small, and the hiding is too deep, so he didn't find out.
After more than ten days of walking, the three Zhuangzi finally arrived at the capital of the Song Kingdom.
The three of them did not enter the capital, but found a small inn outside the east gate of the capital and stayed there. In order not to attract the attention of others, all three rarely go out.
Yang Qing'er's male duck voice and her big man are beautiful, which are the most likely to arouse the suspicion of others, so! Zhuangzi did not let her engage in diplomacy.
All diplomatic affairs were handed over to Rong'er.
Since arriving in the capital, Rong'er's body seems to have improved, and her face has become ruddy.
Yang Qing'er changed to a new task, that is, to protect Zhuangzi.
Except for eating, sleeping, fulfilling her husband's duties, and going to the toilet, Zhuangzi spends the rest of his time exploring. He is conducting a city-wide search, looking for the whereabouts of his mother Dai Liu'er, and looking for the whereabouts of the unknown person at the end of the world.
It made Zhuangzi feel strange that no matter how he cleaned up, there was no news about his mother, about the unknown world and Dai Daguan in the capital of the Song Kingdom. These three men, and about it, seemed to be unknown to the people of the capital.
"How is that possible? What about my mother? What about the unknown brother at the end of the world? ”
After two days of searching the whole city, finding nothing, Zhuangzi became anxious.
"Do you remember your mother and the unknown brother of the end of the world?" Yang Qing'er asked.
"Why don't you remember? That's my mother! ”
"That? Do you remember the nameless brother at the end of the world? ”
"Why don't you remember? Brother Tianya Unknown was an adult back then, and it won't change much. ”