Chapter 698: Poor Henan
Qin Li is now a general of Pingnan, but it is ridiculous that he does not have a single soldier or general of the imperial court. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info was busy almost all night, and after settling down the four beautiful wives, Qin Li set off early in the morning of the second day. This time, he brought his 700 private soldiers, 20 special forces, as well as Yu Dayou, Huang Tian, Zhou Fan, Wei Zu, Li Huan, and Matteo Ricci.
Some time ago, I went to Di Dao to dig up the treasure of the dragon vein, but because Xu Wei had a cold and his health was very poor, he didn't follow. These days, Xu Wei has been well recuperated, and his body has recovered as before, and he is even stronger and healthier than before. went to the southeast to exterminate the Japanese invaders, Xu Wei naturally had no reason not to go.
Speaking of which, I have been in the capital for some days, as Qin Li's staff, I always nest in the Pingnan General's Mansion all day long, and sooner or later I will be depressed and sick, and I have to go out for a walk. Besides, the stakes are very high this time to exterminate the Japanese invaders, and without Xu Wei, a good military advisor, it will not be possible after all.
In a word, Qin Li's men and horses are pouring into the nest this time. Anyway, he is now General Pingnan, so naturally he doesn't dare to attack his family. Besides, his fourth wife is a dignified eldest princess, and with her supporting her at home, no one dares to bully their family after Qin Li leaves.
From the capital to the coast of Zhejiang, the road is long. Although Jiajing did not give Qin Li a single soldier, Jiajing was also interesting enough, and he gave Qin Li a full 500,000 taels of silver for military expenses. As long as Qin Li is a little bit of a person, 500,000 taels is a flower, and it can't be spent! There's no way, whoever makes the current Daming rich, who makes Jiajing feel sorry for Qin Li, will show favor to Qin Li from other aspects!
Without saying anything all the way, this day entered the territory of Henan.
It's June, and I don't know how to do it this year, but the hottest time in previous years was in July, but this year it's June, and the sun bakes the earth every day like a big fireball. The space between heaven and earth is like a huge steamer, and it is very hot.
Henan has always been plagued by droughts, and it seems that this place has never been rich in history. As far as the eye could see, they were all withered seedlings. The field that has been cracked cannot be cracked anymore. But in that field, there were clearly croppers scooping up the muddy water from where they didn't know where to come, and they were working hard to water the seedlings.
A ladle of water was sprinkled on the roots of the seedlings, and immediately there was no trace of the water, and even the ground did not mean to be wet.
OMG! Drought, this year is another year of great drought.
Qin Li saw with his own eyes that there were bare arms on both sides of the official road from time to time, burning incense and praying to God, "God! Have pity on us poor people, and let it rain a little! Let's survive this year! ”
The sound of chapped lips was very poignant.
Seeing such a scene, Qin Li's heart couldn't help but feel sour, and his eyes were hot. It's not just Qin Li, it's even the people around Qin Li, those special forces, and private soldiers all have red circles under their eyes. Alas! This is the people, there are actually many poor people in the Ming Dynasty. They can't even eat, they're on the verge of starvation!
Especially Wei Zu, when he saw such a scene, he wiped a handful of tears with his sleeve from time to time. He came from a small place, and he knew the people's suffering best, and he was most distressed by the people. said that his father and mother were starving to death, how much he wanted to have no hunger in this Daming. Now that he is mixed with Qin Li, he can't say that he has fine clothes and food, but every meal has meat. This kind of life actually made him very uneasy.
Qin Li is thinking now that he has dug up the treasure of the dragon vein from Di Dao, Jiajing should also put it into action, those treasures are used on the people, the people have silver in their hands, and it may be much easier to develop agriculture again.
I hope that the life of the people of the world will be better soon.
Qin Li felt more and more that although he was a traversal, some of his thoughts were very advanced, and some of his ideas were also very realistic. But his strength alone is too small after all, and the development of this big tomorrow depends on him alone, no matter how he says. It has to be a team effort.
I hope that those old ministers in the court will stop infighting, take a good look at the situation in Henan, and think about how to let the people live a good life.
This time, I went to the southeast to exterminate the Japanese invaders. The southeast is in danger, and the life of people who want to come to it is not much better than in Henan. The situation in Henan was naturally solved by the governor of Henan and the political envoys. According to Qin Li's current official position, Henan's political envoys, governors and the like should have come to greet Qin Li. But Qin Li quietly entered Henan, and no one was alarmed along the way.
Low-key, it has to be low-key.
Qin Li was thinking wildly in his mind, and suddenly a flash of inspiration occurred in his mind, and he turned his head to look at Xu Wei and Yu Dayou said, "This is Henan, and there is still a long way to go from Zhejiang." Mr. Xu, senior brother, this team will be handed over to you next, you go to Zhejiang to contact Hu Zongxian first, and follow Hu Zongxian's arrangement!
Oh me! There are some things in Henan that will not be delayed for a long time! ”
Boom! The southeast is in danger, but Boss Qin is going to stay in Henan for a few days, what is this Boss Qin thinking in his heart, is the matter in the southeast in a hurry?
Since Qin Li didn't say what he was going to do, the two naturally wouldn't ask more. They thought that Qin Li would definitely have his reason for delaying in Henan for a few days.
In this way, Xu Wei and Yu Dayou led the team forward, and Qin Li only left Zhou Fan, Li Huan and Wei Zu.
Huang Tian and Zhou Fan are almost Qin Li's bodyguards many times. But this time, Qin Li didn't leave Huang Tian. In Qin Li's opinion, Huang Tian is the descendant of Huang Zhong, and his lifelong wish is to go into battle to kill the enemy and be shrouded in horse leather like his ancestors.
Let him go to the southeast a day earlier, so that he can join the battle a day earlier.
"Boss, what are we going to do?" Zhou Fan and Qin Li walked very closely, and he asked softly behind Qin Li.
"Huh! When I arrived in Henan, there were poor and hungry people all over the land, and I felt uncomfortable! If you don't scatter your heart in Henan, how can you be in the mood to go to the southeast to exterminate the Japanese invaders? Qin Li said indifferently.
"Yes, yes, Henan is a big problem, no matter how the southeast is, the people who want to come there will have a better life than here." Zhou Fan said.
However, Boss Qin wanted to relax in Henan, which made him puzzled by what he heard. Henan is like this, what can you distract, I'm afraid that the more distracted, the worse the mood!
In the evening, Qin Li and the four of them stayed in an inn, and Qin Li wrote a letter overnight and sent Wei Zu to the emperor of the capital.
Naturally, the letter reflects the situation in Henan. The reaction of the governor of Henan and the political envoy was their personal affair, and Qin Li's reaction was Qin Li's matter.
At the moment, when Qin Li thought about it, he could only do so much. On the second day, Qin Li and the three of them got up early to have breakfast, and Qin Li said casually, "This is not far from Songshan, let's go to Songshan today to relax!" ”