Time flies and flies. In the blink of an eye, I couldn't help but reach February 15 of the thirteenth year of Zhizheng, and half a month passed like this.

And on this day, on a country road more than ten miles away from Xiangyang City, more than 20 elite horsemen in black clothes and black armor couldn't help but surround a young man with gorgeous clothes and extraordinary manners, and several men dressed as officials of the Southern Song Dynasty.

"My lord, as you can see. In front of it is a township for the resettlement of immigrant people, Ge Town. One of them, a middle-aged man with a fat white beard, a crimson official uniform, and a silverfish bag (note 1) around his waist, said with a smile on his face to the gorgeously dressed young man.

"Well, okay. Let's go over and see now. Walk! When the young man heard this, he nodded, and said so. As soon as he was urged to get off his horse, he couldn't help but rush to Ge Zhen first.

When everyone saw the young man like this, they were also busy whipping and urging the horse, and followed the young man in the direction of Gezhen.

This young man, I don't need to say that you can guess it, there is no doubt that it is Zhang Shihua himself.

Yes, he came here from the city today to see for himself the resettlement of the immigrants. Of course, this is not a micro-service visit, but a swaggering inspection out of the city. That's why he was followed by so many officials.

However, when he came to Gezhen, he had a whim before he set off. Therefore, it is impossible for the officials to play face engineering and deceive him.

There were dozens of people in the group, and they came here in a huge way, so naturally they immediately alarmed Li Zheng and one of the officials who stayed here.

Therefore, these two people couldn't help but trotted to the gate of the town for the first time.

"The villain Yao Ping (Mao Jie) meets all the adults, and meets the adults." When these two people saw such a formation, their brains couldn't help but short-circuit. Therefore, after coming to the gate of the town, he was busy kneeling in front of the horses of Zhang Shihua and others, and kept kowtowing to Zhang Shihua and others.

"Hehe, okay, you all get up, I'm just here to take a look, you don't have to be so restrained." Seeing the two of them like this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but smile at the two of them, then waved his hand and said something like this to them.

When the two of them heard this, they first pouted their butts, cautiously raised their heads, glanced at Zhang Shihua's appearance and everyone's attitude towards Zhang Shihua, and naturally couldn't help but guess Zhang Shihua's identity under the sharp turn of their minds.

So in the next second, the two looked at each other, and when they guessed Zhang Shihua's identity, they couldn't help but kowtow to Zhang Shihua, and said excitedly: "I'm waiting to thank the lord, I'm waiting to thank the lord!" After thanking them twice in a row, they slowly stood up from the ground.

"Alright, let's all get off the horse now." When you come to the gate of the town, it is naturally impossible to ride into the town on horseback.

So Zhang Shihua greeted him like this, and he couldn't help but be the first to turn over and dismount. Then after everyone dismounted, Zhang Shihua ordered the guards to watch the horses at the entrance of the town, and he took four or five guards such as Li Wu and the accompanying officials such as Thursday and Jiu, a total of more than ten people, into the town.

The town is very small, and now it is only a thousand people, that is, two or three hundred households.

Therefore, this place can really be said to be a glance that can be seen in its entirety. So nothing got better.

And because Zhang Shihua came here suddenly, no one gave vaccinations to the people in the town. Therefore, out of fear of the government and the ruling class, even though many people in the town have set up a shrine to Zhang Shihua. But at this time, they were still quite afraid to hide in the house, not daring to come closer.

And this kind of psychology and behavior of the people, if you use one word to describe it, it is also 'respecting and staying away'.

So after taking two steps like this, Zhang Shihua, who felt bored, couldn't help waving his hand and called Yao Ping and Mao Jie, who were carefully accompanying him, over and prepared to ask them directly about immigration.

But at this time, a small ball of bamboo weaving that came out of nowhere rolled to his feet.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua looked down, couldn't help but smile dumbly, bent down and bowed his head to pick up this little kick from the ground.

"Big brother, can you ...... Woo~" picked up this little juju from the ground, and Zhang Shihua couldn't help but hear a little girl's voice.

And when Zhang Shihua turned around when he heard the sound, he couldn't help but see a little girl standing in front of the courtyard gate of a house in front of him, with two horns, who looked like she was only four or five years old and looked skinny.

But at this time, perhaps because he was worried that Zhang Shihua would blame this child for this.

So his father, a dark-skinned and not tall man, looked like a middle-aged man in his thirties, and couldn't help covering his daughter's mouth with his own hands, kneeling on his knees, and stammering to Zhang Shihua: "My lord, forgive me, this girl is young and doesn't know anything." If you offend an adult, you will forgive you, and you will forgive you. ”

Saying this, he couldn't help but kowtow to Zhang Shihua.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua frowned slightly, and then couldn't help but wave his hand at the man and said, "Okay, do you think I will blame a doll for this, get up quickly." ”

"Hey, Lord Xie forgives sins, Lord Xie forgives sins." Hearing that Zhang Shihua didn't pursue the idea, this man couldn't help but thank him again.

However, Zhang Shihua didn't pay attention to him, but took the bamboo bow and walked in front of the little girl with a smile.

"Little one, is this your keju?" Leaning down with a smile, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but raise the juju in his hand, and asked the little girl who was hiding behind her father because she was afraid.

"Yes, that's my keju. My mother made it for me, big brother, can you give it back to me? Seeing the juju in Zhang Shihua's hand, the little girl couldn't help but muster up her courage, looked at Zhang Shihua with two big watery eyes, and said such words again.

When Zhang Shihua heard this, he glanced at the father of the little girl who was lonely because the little girl mentioned her mother, and naturally understood what happened to the little girl. So looking at this little girl, Zhang Shihua couldn't help squatting down and said with a smile: "Okay, if you want you, tell my brother your name, and I'll give it back to you." ”

"Well, my name is Xiaoya, and my name is Xiaoya." The girl replied obediently.

When Zhang Shihua saw this, I smiled slightly, and I couldn't help but put the juju in my hand in the little girl's hand, and said with a smile: "Little girl, En is really a good name." ”

"Little girl, thank you, big brother. The mother said that if someone praises Xiaoya, Xiaoya will say thank you. Xiaoya took the juju handed by Zhang Shihua, and her two big eyes couldn't help but smile like crescents. Then he thanked Zhang Shihua very politely.

When Zhang Shihua heard this, he couldn't help touching her head and praised with a smile: "Yes, that little girl's mother is really a good mother." ”

"Well, mother, she is the best person in the world, but she is ...... now" Xiaoya said, her big eyes like a crescent moon couldn't help but be covered with a layer of mist.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but feel a burst of pity in his heart, so he looked at his father standing next to him, and couldn't help but change the topic and said, "What, can I sit and drink saliva in your house?" ”

"Hey, of course." Hearing this, Xiaoya's father couldn't help but hurriedly agree. Then he leaned down and said a few words to his daughter Xiaoya, which made her stop her tears.

Then this man was looking at Zhang Shihua and the others, he was quite restrained, his hands kept rubbing, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

However, that Li Zheng still has some eyesight, and when he saw where this man was standing, he couldn't help but remind: "Old Qian, don't you invite your adults in quickly." As he spoke, he couldn't help but laugh twice when he looked at Zhang Shihua and the others.

And the man was reminded like this, and he was finally able to open his mouth to speak, and he couldn't help but stammered to Zhang Shihua and said, "Everyone, my lords, please come in, please come in." ”

Seeing this scene, Zhang Shihua didn't say anything, nodded to the man with a smile, and then walked into this small courtyard with Thursday Jiu and them wearing official uniforms behind him.

After all, it was a yard that was built in a hurry, so this yard is very small. So much so that if Zhang Shihua and the others all walked into the courtyard, they would almost be able to fill the courtyard.

Therefore, except for Li Wu, the commander of the personal soldiers who has been protecting Zhang Shihua every step of the way, the remaining four armored guards simply stayed outside the courtyard and did not come in.

But even so, Zhang Shihua, Li Wu, plus five or six officials such as Thursday Jiu, as well as Li Zheng Yao Ping and the official Mao Jie, made this small courtyard seem full all of a sudden.

"Great, my lords, please come in, please come in." On the other side, Xiaoya's father, who seemed extremely restrained from the beginning, can only talk to Zhang Shihua and them stammering.

But at this time, compared to him, who is a father, the little girl of four or five years old is much more generous.

She didn't bounce, and after walking into her yard, she also said to Zhang Shihua quite generously: "Big brother, please come into the house, and the little girl will bring you a stool." ”

So just like that, Zhang Shihua and the others couldn't help but walk into the house.

But this time it was obviously impossible for them to enter the house in full, after all, the yard was not big, and the house was even smaller.

Although the room that Zhang Shihua invited in is also the main house, this main house is not as big as Zhang Shihua's study.

So except for Zhang Shihua, Li Wu, Thursday Jiu and the Li Zheng Yao Ping, the rest of the people stood in the courtyard and waited.

And in this way, it naturally made Xiaoya's father, Qian La, more restrained and uneasy. After all, for a person like him, Xiang is already an unattainable big man in the rankless and rankless Lizheng Xiaoguan.

But now, the officials and gentlemen, who are several times and several times bigger than a big man like Li Zheng, are standing in their own courtyards like this. You say that's how he could be as casual as he always was.

Therefore, he was already nervous and didn't know how to walk and step on that leg first, and after entering the back room of 'his house' in a daze, he was stunned for a while, only to realize that he was patronizing to take a bowl and pour water, and still has not brought a stool for these adults in the house.

But fortunately, his daughter is much more generous than him. The newborn calves were very well-behaved and brought two stools for Zhang Shihua and them. Let Zhang Shihua and Thursday Nine sit down.

There were a total of four stools in the house, and after Zhang Shihua and Thursday Jiu sat down, the little girl Xiaoya also sat opposite them generously. Therefore, by the time Qian La reacted, there were still three people standing in the room, including himself, but there was only one seat left.

"This, my lords, ......" Looking at the empty stool with no one, Li Wuhe, who had been silent all the time, and stood with a knife behind Zhang Shihua, also looked extremely restrained, and Lizheng Yao Ping, who was also standing with his head down, was Qian La, who was the master, but he didn't know who to let sit on.

When Zhang Shihua saw this scene, he shook his head and smiled, and finally couldn't help but say: "Haha, this brother of the Qian family, don't be busy, sit down first." Don't forget, here you are the host, we are the guests, you say that just us as guests sitting, but you, the host, have to stand. You say, that would make us seem unreasonable. So, sit down now, you don't need to be so restrained. ”

"Hey, okay. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Although Zhang Shihua said that he was the host, he was a guest. But when Zhang Shihua asked him to sit down, he still couldn't help but thank Zhang Shihua.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua shook his head with a dumb smile, and then couldn't help but look at him chatting and asked, "Where is the brother of the Qian family from?" ”

"If you go back to the adult, the villain is the Anlu Mansion people." After sitting down, Qian La relaxed a lot. Therefore, when I heard Zhang Shihua's question, I could answer decently.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Shihua nodded, and began to chat with Qian La and Thursday Jiu, the three of them, some of whom didn't, and talked about some parents.

So just like this, after going back and forth and chatting for a while, Qian La couldn't help but let down her guard and seemed no longer so restrained.

So at this time, Zhang Shihua took a sip of the water in front of him, and couldn't help but ask him about the immigration matters of the past two days very casually.

For example, the fields have been measured enough; How much money is collected for farm tools, and how is the money collected; Have the seeds been distributed in full number? And so on and so forth, these are the most sensitive issues that officials are most likely to do behind their backs.