Wang Mai was very disappointed, very disappointed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He never imagined that the county seat he expected would be like this. Low, rammed-earth walls, pedestrians, and chaotic streets. In less than half an hour, Wang Mai walked around the county seat, which is probably the size of a small town in the future. The largest building in the city is a granary, followed by the county government.

Wang Mai was standing outside the county office at this moment, looking at the building with interest. The rich man on the side was holding a large sheet of hot oil cakes for two pennies and eating them in full swing.

The county government is very conspicuous, it is the only blue brick building in the county, but now it looks a little gray, and the two officials are listlessly standing at the door of the county government and chatting in a low voice. Wang Mai glanced at the notice board again, and on it was a notice of Anmin that Wei Gong Li Mi had just sent a while ago. The above roughly means that now I, Li Mi, am already a minister canonized by the imperial court, and I am no longer a bandit leader, you are all my Li Mi's people, as long as you obediently pay the protection fee on time, I will protect you. There is no difference between the ancient warlords and the underworld, sometimes it is not as good as the underworld, the underworld collects protection money, and finally takes people's money and people to eliminate disasters, but these warlords fight around all day long, only knowing the fish and meat of the common people, but never do practical things.

"The two officials are the eldest brother, the younger brother is the little Wang Zhuang clan outside the city, and he entered the city today to find an errand and drive the two to give the younger brother one or two." After speaking, he took a jar of wine from Fugui's hand and handed it over, "A little turbid wine is not a tribute." ”

"Well," the official said, "I don't think the little brother is an ordinary peasant family, and I don't know what kind of errand the little brother wants to find." ”

"It's not a secret, I read a few years in my early years, I knew a few words, and when I entered the city today, I wanted to find an errand in the accounting room, but I was ashamed that I asked all the shops in the city, and there was no shortage of people."

"Our Licheng is a small county town, coupled with years of war, a few shops have also closed eight or nine out of ten, you might as well go west to Jeju Mansion twenty miles away to try, maybe you can find a satisfactory errand." One of the officials said.

"So, thank you both."

"Little brother doesn't have to be polite."

"Brother Mai, are you really going to Jeju Mansion? I heard from the villagers that Jeju is bigger, and the oil cakes are better than Liseong. "The rich and noble are tall and big, but after all, they are still just children, and they talk endlessly when they mention food.

When the two officials in front of the Yamen in Licheng County were discussing who would drink after the errand, an uninvited guest came in front of the Yamen.

"Zhang Laosan, you accept other people's wine again." The man said.

"Master Qin, why are you back?" The two officials were first startled when they saw the visitor, and then changed to a smile on their faces.

"Today is my father's death day, come back to his old man's grave, and deal with some official business by the way. Can the prefectural lord be available? "Qin Ye asked Lord D County Cheng to go to Jeju Mansion today, and now there is only Lord H County Lieutenant in the yamen."

"That'll do fine." After Qin Ye finished speaking, he hurriedly stepped into the yamen.

Xiaowangzhuang was not far from Licheng, only four or five miles away, and the two of them returned to the village before noon. The countryside at this time is strikingly similar to the countryside in the 21st century, with many old and weak women and children in the village, and there are almost no people of Wang Mai's age. The difference is that later generations of rural prime-aged people all went to the city to work, while most of the current rural prime-aged people died in the war.

"I'm back." Pushing open the door, the old man was fanning the shade under the jujube tree in the courtyard.

"The county seat is too small to have a suitable errand." Wang Mai replied, "By the way, I brought back a jar of wine for you." ”

"It's okay, the old man hasn't drunk in many days."

Wang Mai took two bowls and poured them separately, and the wine in ancient times was only about ten degrees, but because the grain was precious, drinking alcohol was also a luxury for ordinary people.

The old lady took a sip of wine: "I still have a few old friends in the Yamen of Jeju Mansion, if you really can't stay at home, the old man will repair a book with a thick face, and it is no problem to raise a knife for you." ”

"Thank you grandfather for bothering, but the boy has decided to serve his grandfather and grandfather well at home."

"Oh, why is that?" The old lady was a little surprised, "Why did you change your mind after going to the county seat?" ”

"It's not peaceful outside now, and I want to wait for two years before I go out to get a job."

"The old man was born in troubled times, only because he avoided disasters, he abandoned the official and did not do it, but the world has never been peaceful, the old man's three sons died in the war, if the heroes rise together today, how can you be sure of the arrival of the peaceful and prosperous era?"

"Grandfather, does you know that Tang Gong Li Yuan and Jinyang raised troops?" Wang Mai asked.

"A little sniff."

"In the future, the Tang Dynasty will rule the world, and then Li Shimin will be the emperor, he is amazing, he will create a prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty for 300 years, and the people will live a good life...... Wang Mai tried his best to recall what was said in the history textbook.

"It's ridiculous, even if Tang Duke Li Yuan rules the world, the successor should be the eldest son Li Jiancheng, so how can Li Shimin say that he will ascend the throne?"

"Oh, that's right, Li Shimin later carried out a coup d'état, called the Xuanwumen Rebellion, killed his eldest brother and fourth brother, and then became emperor himself...... And then there will be a female emperor named Wu Zetian...... In the end, the rule of the Tang Dynasty will be overthrown by a person named Huang Chao. Wang Mai's words told him all about the history of the Tang Dynasty, and he drank all the wine in the bowl in one breath with a dry mouth. He was very satisfied with the results of his speech, but when he looked down, he found the old lady lying on the mat under the tree, and he did not know when he fell asleep.

Wang Mai shook his head, brought a bucket of water from the well in the courtyard, and wiped his whole body up and down with the cool spring water to cool himself. In this era, there was no air conditioning and no fans, and the summer was particularly difficult. However, fortunately, the groundwater in Licheng is shallow, and a well has been drilled in the courtyard of people with conditions, and the cool well water makes the head sober a lot. Summer is still like this, how to spend winter, there is not even a quilt in this era, Wang Mai has noticed that the winter quilt at home is also made of linen, hard and heavy, he has no confidence in the warmth of this quilt. In this era, there should be no heating, and when the time comes, you can produce some honeycomb coal, make some stoves, and sell it to large households, which is a way to get rich.

"Knock knock", Wang Mai was thinking nonsense, and there was a quick knock on the door outside the hospital.

"Coming, coming, coming", Wang Mai hurriedly put on his clothes, opened the door and found an old man about fifty years old standing outside the door, "Uncle, what is the matter with you?", Wang Mai asked.

"Wheat, this is the Pavilion Master." The old lady was also woken up by the knock at the door, and put on her shoes and came to the door.

The pavilion chief arched his hand to the old lady: "Brother don't come to harm?" ”

"My old bones are quite tough, Pavilion Master, sit inside."

"No, I came here this time on official business, and just now the county officials came and asked us to convey the instructions to every village and every household before sunset."

"Oh, what's so urgent?"

"The county lieutenant has an order, all the households in Licheng County, each household will have one ding, and the assembly will be completed at the gate of the county government before three o'clock in the morning, and it shall not be postponed."

"Does the Pavilion Master know what's going on?" The old lady asked.

"It is said that the grain from Lichengcang is urgently transferred to the front line, but my brother doesn't have to worry, this time the grain is transported by the Yellow River waterway, and the people of our county only need to transport the grain to the Luokou wharf."

After sending off the pavilion master, the old lady hurried back to the house to change clothes.

"Grandfather, you're old, let me go!"

"No, your foot injury isn't healed yet. And you're new to the county and don't know what's going on in your county. Besides, the pavilion chief is sympathetic to the villagers, and he will not arrange a very heavy job for my old man. The old lady said that she was about to go outside the courtyard.

Wang Mai hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the old lady: "My foot injury is basically fine, and now I have been living at home for so many days, seeing your two elders working hard for me, I really don't want to go." Besides, it's only more than 20 miles away, not too far, and there are neighbors taking care of each other, so there will be nothing to do, so you can rest at home. ”

"Alright then, but your foot injury hasn't healed, so be careful."

This time, because he was going to do heavy work, Wang Mai deliberately changed into his own sneakers, he was really not used to wearing straw shoes, and the cloth shoes were not strong. However, outside the sneakers, Mrs. Wang had already sewn a layer of cyan linen for him, and if you don't look closely, it is no different from ordinary cloth shoes. The sportswear that just crossed over can't be worn, and the eye-catching English letters on it are too easy to attract the attention of others.

When Wang Mai arrived at the head of the village, he found that the people in the village had almost arrived one after another, and there were many people he didn't know, who should be from the neighboring village. The pavilion chief counted it and confirmed that there was no omission, and the group walked towards the county seat.

"Pavilion Lord." Wang Mai hurried a few steps.

"Oh, it turned out to be the little brother from the prince's family." The pavilion chief recognized him at a glance, "What's the matter?" ”

"That's right, my foot was injured a few days ago, and I was just able to walk on the ground recently, but I didn't dare to exert my strength yet, but the work of moving and lifting is still possible, and I bothered to arrange some lighter work for the kid."

The pavilion elder turned around and nodded after confirming the situation with the other villagers in Xiaowangzhuang behind him: "I will consider it for you as appropriate." ”

"In this way, thank you Pavilion Master." Wang Mai bowed to the pavilion chief and walked back to the crowd.

"Brother Wheat." Fugui beckoned to him in the crowd, "I'm here." ”

"I've seen you big guy a long time ago, and I haven't had a chance to say hello to you just now. Aren't you under the age to serve? How did it come. Wang Mai walked up to Fugui and asked in a low voice.

"I'm not old enough, but the pavilion chief said that if I go this time, I can avoid half of the autumn endowment, and my mother will call me here."

After walking for nearly an hour, everyone finally arrived at the predetermined meeting place - the gate of the county office. There is a small square at the entrance of the county government, and there are already many people squatting on the ground waiting, and the pavilion chief asks everyone to eat first and wait for the arrangement. I brought my own food, and the county government didn't care about it. Wang Mai took out a burlap bag from his arms, which contained two corn cakes and a wild vegetable dumpling prepared by Aunt Wang.

Wang Mai broke half of the corn cake and handed it to Fugui, as the saying goes, half the size of the child eats the poor old man, Fugui is already tall, and in adolescence, the meal is always not enough.

"Brother Wheat, I'm full, you can eat." Fugui reluctantly glanced at the corn cake, but still pushed it back.

"I've already said hello to the pavilion chief, and he won't arrange heavy work for me. It's you, who are hungry after the work, and keep the remaining half for you. ”

When Fugui heard this, he no longer shirked, and reached out to take the half of the corn cake. The two of them ate the food in their hands one bite at a time, according to the faint light of the torches in front of the ya.