Chapter Ninety-Two: Post-War Reconstruction Is a Last Resort

Desolate mountain villages, messy streets, dilapidated houses. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This is the true portrayal of the place after the Nanban invasion, and you can see the carrion on the roadside and in the wilderness almost everywhere. Since ancient times, there must be a great epidemic after the catastrophe, and Liu Xuewu ordered that anyone who saw a corpse should be cremated on the spot anyway to prevent the spread of bacteria.

200,000 troops went out of Shu to resist the Southern Barbarians, but now there are only more than 100,000 horses left. The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will not return. Tragic, courageous, defending the country, life and death have nothing to do with it.

There is no way to count the number of dead and wounded civilians, and the victory was a tragic victory. Therefore, Liu Xuewu also dispelled the pursuit and entered the wilderness, and spent his time and energy in Wenchang County, which was greatly injured, and presided over the post-disaster reconstruction work. Orphans were all arranged to learn from the concept of self-education, the lonely and widowed elderly were all distributed rations, and Ding Zhuang concentrated on building city houses.

In this difficult time, Liu Xuewu hurriedly transferred a large number of grain and grass materials from all over Yizhou, and summoned famous medicinal materials from all over the country. It wasn't until the eldest brother Liu Fan arrived that Liu Xuewu retired.

But after this leisure, the problem came again. Facing four wives and concubines and four seven or eight-year-old children, Liu Xuewu had a headache and was very entangled. The guilt and helplessness in my heart can only make up for it to the best of my ability now. After the transfer of power, Liu Xuewu dragged his family and returned to the Yizhou Mansion with the four major and four elementary schools to meet Cai Wenji. Compared with Liu Xuewu, Cai Wenji is more intimate with the four sisters. In the days when Cai Wenji was sick, the four sisters took care of their daily life and diet, and did not leave until Liu Xuewu arrived. And Liu An, the kid, has also become the head of the four little children, compared to Liu Yang, who has a big age gap, Liu An, the weak second brother, is more popular. Liu An's personality is more inclined to Cai Wenji, and he gets along well with everyone with his indisputable temperament. On the contrary, Liu Yang grew up beside Liu Xuewu since he was a child, and to put it mildly, he was taken bad by Liu Xuewu, and the ambition of that heart was even worse than when Liu Xuewu was a teenager.

In the eyes of the four little children, Liu Yang, the eldest brother, is too wild, and there is always a sense of oppression. So they have become the followers of the second brother Liu An, although Liu An has also studied martial arts, but he has fewer days by Liu Xuewu's side, and he has been taken by Cai Wenji's side. It can be said that he is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and Xuewu is just regarded as a kind of fitness. But these can't stop the hidden talent in him, don't look at his weak culture, five years younger than Liu Yang, if he really wants to fight, Liu An will not necessarily lose. I don't know if I thought that Liu An also crossed over, and his means of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger were deeper than Liu Xuewu.

The weather was not good on this day, Liu Xuewu accompanied Cai Wenji and the four sisters, and asked Liu Yang and Liu An to take these four little children to walk on the street together. A large family dressed in gorgeous brocade clothes, all wearing gold and silver, suddenly walked on the street and immediately attracted onlookers. Fortunately, I brought more than a dozen guards with me, but it was fine.

"Wife, come and see, a big nobleman is passing by our door." A little brother who sells tofu flowers shouted loudly to the mother-in-law in the house.

"Where, where?" I saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl dressed in Hanfu and ordinary looking running out of the house.

The young couple who sold tofu and tofu flowers looked at this noble family with envy. Unexpectedly, the person who came came to his house and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Boss, the bean curd is in good condition, come and give each of us a bowl." Liu Xuewu walked to the bean curd stall and said to the couple selling tofu curd.

Seeing that the little couple was a little stunned, Liu Xuewu smiled, took out a string of copper coins from his waist and shook it in front of his eyes, and put it on the table of the stall with a bang. With the sound of copper coins, the vendor came back to his senses and exclaimed, "My good boy, the noble man has come to eat my wife's tofu." “

Hearing this, Liu Xuewu's face was full of embarrassment, and he couldn't help scolding: "Whoever eats your wife's tofu, Lao Tzu is here to eat bean curd." ”

I couldn't help but leave a joke for the local people to talk about after a home-cooked meal, and then this bean curd also became popular.

Liu Xuewu and his entourage, each holding a bowl made of bamboo tube filled with bean curd, ate while walking. Liu Xuewu also paid the money for the bowl, and seeing that his family was happy and harmonious, Liu Xuewu suddenly had a feeling of satisfaction and enjoyment.

One afternoon after strolling, under the leadership of Liu Xuewu, each person held a string of rock sugar gourds in one hand, and the other hand carried a large bag of snacks and items. The day of indulgence finally ended successfully, but when the news spread, it caused a stir of joy. has become the laughing stock of princes everywhere, and even his father Liu Yan specially asked Liu Xuewu to ask him.

In ancient times, such willful behavior was undoubtedly deviant in everyone's eyes, but it was okay if it didn't start, and it couldn't be restrained at the beginning. Liu Xuewu and his family seem to be addicted to shopping, and they go shopping every few days, and the route is different every time, and every time they spend money. As long as Liu Xuewu's family goes out, then which street is full of snack stalls. Of course, there are more people who watch the excitement, and the true face of the first marquis of the Han Dynasty is not so easy to see, and many outsiders come here in order to get fresh and meet this legendary figure.

Everyone has a wrong perception of Liu Xuewu, thinking that he is greedy for money and lustful, and enjoys it. It's right to love enjoyment, greed for money is not necessarily, Liu Xuewu is a rich country, Xuewu Chamber of Commerce has transactions with princes from all over the country, and the arms and materials are making a lot of money, so why care about this little money. is lustful, although Liu Xuewu has taken five wives and concubines, he has always restrained himself and is very self-loving.

But there are people who are making a fuss here, and all the major families have sent their own beautiful girls who have not yet come out of the cabinet. appeared in front of Liu Xuewu intentionally or unintentionally, hoping to be taken by Liu Xuewu and accepted as a wife and concubine casually, which is beneficial and harmless to the family, and it has also climbed the biggest and most powerful thigh now.

"Look, isn't that the third girl of the Li family? Isn't she known as the most beautiful in Hanzhong? How did she come here to sell Chaos? A fat man dressed as a rich man with barely visible facial features asked his friends next to him.

"What is she, look there, that's the eldest lady of our Yizhou Wang family, it is said that she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is a famous talented girl in Yizhou, and she also sells rock sugar gourds here." A Yizhou native said with some resentment.

Now there are all kinds of young beauties selling things on the street, and there are more than a dozen bean curd rock sugar gourds alone. Seeing that Liu Xuewu's family was dumbfounded, Liu Xuewu suddenly found that there was one less person beside him, and when he looked back, he saw Liu Yang chatting with several young and beautiful women not far away. Liu Xuewu couldn't help but smile and said to Cai Wenji beside him: "Wenji, you see Yang'er has grown up." “

Cai Wenji made a 180-degree twist around Liu Xuewu's waist, looked at Liu Xuewu's pretending face, and scolded with a smile: "Yang'er has been learning from you since childhood." “