Tianshui Village, only more than 20 miles away from Jingyang County, can be reached in less than half an hour by taking a carriage.

Coming out of the county seat, the road to Tianshui Village became more and more muddy.

If it weren't for the sturdiness of the carriage, it would have fallen apart a long time ago.

"Lord Wang." After walking most of the distance, Liu Hua suddenly walked forward and shouted.

"What?" Ye Qiange got up from his seat and took a long breath, only to feel sore.

Liu Hua took another step forward, bowed his head and said, "Lord Wang, I may need to trouble you to come down and take a walk." ”

Ye Qiange lifted the curtains and looked at it, and found that the road was really too narrow, just a small road, overgrown with weeds on both sides, and it was difficult for carriages to pass.

Ye Qiange got out of the carriage and stretched his whole body.

"How far is it?"

"Back to the prince, the mountain in front of you is it." Liu Hua pointed to a mountain road in the distance.

Ye Qiange looked at it, there were still four or five miles away.

"Who are you?" Mo Mo shouted.

"Meet the prince!"

Just then, a voice came from behind.

Ye Qiange looked back, and saw dozens of people kneeling on the ground, and the guards on the side were waiting for him, drawing their swords to surround Ye Qiange in the middle, staring at this group of people tightly.

"Put away all your swords." Ye Qiange's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly trotted over. "Old man, we're meeting again."

"I don't know where I'm going on this trip?" The old man's eyes crossed with a cowardice, and he bent down slightly.

"Tianshui Village." Ye Qiange smiled and said.

All the tenants were stunned, and they all looked at Ye Qiange quietly.

"Tianshui Village?" The old man was stunned, his expression was a little more nervous, and he hurriedly said: "Xiaomin is bold, dare to ask the prince what is the important matter of going to Tianshui Village?" ”

"Bold, the prince's affairs, how can you know about the grass people?" Liu Hua drank violently and glared angrily.

The old man's face changed, and he was almost frightened to the ground.

Ye Qiange hurriedly supported the old man, glared at Liu Hua fiercely, and said, "It's just a little thing, and it's not confidential." ”

Liu Hua was stunned, and stepped aside with a respectful face.

"The old man doesn't need to be nervous, this king will go to Tianshui Village, in order to survey the feng shui terrain, if it is suitable, he will build a mansion here." Ye Qiange smiled and said.

Hearing this, all the tenants present were overjoyed, and their eyes suddenly became blazing.

"The prince has this consideration, which is really the blessing of our Tianshui Village." The old man's eyes also lit up, "Xiaomin will lead the way for the prince." ”

We?

Ye Qiange was slightly stunned, and finally understood, it turned out that this group of tenants were all from Tianshui Village.

"Old man, how many families are there in Tianshui Village this day?" He glanced at the dozens of tenants behind him.

"There are thirty-two households, a total of one hundred and sixty-eight people."

"The old man remembers it so clearly." Ye Qiange was slightly surprised.

The old man smiled, the wrinkles on his face were twisted together, a few teeth were missing in his mouth, and he said honestly: "Don't doubt it, the little old man is the village leader of Tianshui Village, and he naturally knows how many people there are in the village." ”

Ye Qiange was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that the old man dressed as a tenant in front of him was actually the village of Tianshui Village.

The village head of Daxu is often held by a person with high moral standing in the village, and is deeply respected and loved by the villagers.

In addition, there are also those appointed by the gentry.

The two talked all the way and learned that the old man's name was Li Changtong, who had grown up in Tianshui Village since he was a child, and it had been fifty-eight years.

Five miles of road, it is only half a cup of tea.

Soon, Ye Qiange and his party came to Tianshui Village.

As the distance closes, the whole picture of Tianshui Village gradually comes into view.

It's a peaceful and peaceful little village.

In the distance, there were scattered houses, and it was noon, and smoke was already rising.

The environment of the village is very good, and the scenery is very beautiful.

The so-called three sides of the mountain are very different from the reality.

Half of the mountain is called Zhushan and half is called Fengshan, and the local villagers call it Fengzhu Mountain.

It is named because half of it is covered with bamboo willows and half of it is covered with maple trees.

Ye Qiange praised again and again, exclaiming the spectacle.

At this time, in the late autumn season, the maple leaves on the mountains have turned red, and the mountains seem to be dyed red when viewed from afar.

On the other side, the bamboo willows are verdant, still vibrant, full of green, not affected by autumn at all, reflecting the other half of the mountain into dark green.

At this moment, a gust of autumn wind whistled by.

I saw that on the bamboo mountain, the bamboo willows were surging, as if setting off a shocking wave, one after another, and spread all the time. After arriving at Fengshan, the green waves subsided, and the rest was like a flame jumping, swaying, and swinging.

Ye Qiange held his breath and stared, his eyes widened, and he refused to miss every second of the beautiful scene.

The rest of the people stared blankly, without making a sound.

It wasn't until the autumn breeze stopped for a while that everyone slowly came back to their senses, but they still showed intoxication on their faces and lingered in their hearts for a long time.

"What a maple bamboo mountain!"

In this situation, Ye Qiange had an urge to make a decision immediately.

He took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and paused for a long time before following the tenant to the village.

The village of Tianshui Village is very small, more than 30 families are scattered at the foot of Fengzhu Mountain, and when they saw Ye Qiange and the village entering the village together, they rushed over.

"What are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and meet the prince." Li Changtong frowned and shouted.

The villagers were stunned at first, but they didn't expect the prince to deign to come to Tianshui Village, so they reacted, plopped, and fell to the ground.

"Meet the prince."

Ye Qiange raised his hand and asked them to get up.

The easy-going appearance made the villagers very uncomfortable and their faces were restrained.

When the tenants returned to the crowd and told the news that the prince had increased his rent to sixty percent, the villagers not only did not complain, but were very happy.

Looking at Ye Qiange, there was a little softness in his eyes.

The situation in Tianshui Village is no better than in other places.

Most of the dilapidated houses are made of wood and bamboo, and they have lived for many years, and the bamboo and building wood are rotten.

It was crumbling as if a gust of wind could blow it down.

Ye Qiange retracted his gaze, followed Li Changtong around the village, and then walked outside the village.

Outside the village is an endless field, with no mountains or hills, but small patches of woods dotted among them, which have not been cut down.

At this time, the wheat in the farmland has long been harvested, and only the empty fields are left, and at a glance, the grass is yellow.

"Li Cunzheng, how is this year's harvest?" Ye Qiange asked.

Speaking of the harvest, Li Changtong smiled from the bottom of his heart, "This year's rain is good, and the harvest is a little more than last year." ”

As he spoke, there was a faint sound of the river rushing in his ears.

After walking for less than a few minutes, a spacious river came into view.

The river water is turbulent, the flow is very large, the river surface is more than ten zhang wide place, only a few zhang in the narrow place, it is a few days of rainfall, the river water is somewhat turbid, and the water level of the river surface is quite high.

There were several fishing boats floating on the river, and several fishermen were busy, standing on the shore, and faintly, a singing sound was heard.

The song seems to be whispering, like a whisper, flying into the ears, but it has a different taste.

"Lord Wang, the other side is Chiyang County." Liu Hua pointed to the opposite side.

Ye Qiange glanced and found that in the distance on the other side of the river, there seemed to be a palace mansion, and the white fog by the river had not yet dissipated, but it was not real.