Zuo Gui stroked his beard and nodded slowly, sighed, and said, "Yes, I was really scared at that time, the rebels had not yet entered the border of Hezhou, and the people of our Shijing County had already run away for three or four years." At that time, we also wanted to run, but my uncle said that the imperial army was coming, and this rebel army was also benevolent and righteous, and it wanted to buy people's hearts, even if the city was broken, it would not kill and loot indiscriminately. That's why I stayed. ”

Hou Pu was a little proud, and said with a smile: "Isn't it, this rebel army is different from others, Feng Li and Xue Wanzhuna used to be generals of the imperial court, and they were the people of the crown prince and the fourth prince, and they wanted to buy people's hearts and seize the world, so they were still very benevolent to the people." ”

Zuo Shaoyang was really a little surprised, and asked, "This rebellion is in a neighboring state and county?" ”

"That's not it, the rebels are coming, and the closest to our stone mirror is only a hundred miles away! These rebels are very ferocious, burning and looting along the way, many people have died, and the bones are all over the field, I heard that many bones have not had time to be buried now! Also, just last month, a year ago, Wang Xiaochang, the governor of Lizhou, Yi'an, and Liu Deyu, the general of the Right Military Guard, rebelled, and they were also killed all over the field. ”

Zuo Shaoyang's eyes widened when he heard this, although he knew that war was inevitable at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it took several years to suppress bandits in New China. I thought it was just a small battle like banditry, but I didn't expect it to be a big battle full of corpses, and it was all around me.

Seeing their frightened looks, Hou Pu was very proud that he had inside information, but in fact, these news were not blocked, but the ancient transportation and communication were very backward, so ordinary people rarely knew what was happening in the outside world. Because the yamen has official documents to report, they still know about big things.

Hou Pu took a sip of wine and ate another bite of food, and then whispered mysteriously: "The former crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji, that is, the two brothers of the current emperor, although they were killed by the emperor, many of their henchmen have fled all over the country, and they are all plotting to rebel!" Think about it, the world is still like this, who dares to spend unjust money to buy land? The imperial court has long been selling those ownerless abandoned fields, and the common people can buy them for anyone, but from the earliest three taels of silver for a certain high-grade fertile land, it has been reduced to two taels of silver now, and few people are still buying it, and the court is also worried. This is true not only for land, but also for real estate. The big house is so cheap that no one buys it! ”

Zuo Shaoyang's heart moved, he crossed over and naturally knew that the rule of Zhenguan was one of the famous peaceful and prosperous times in Chinese history, although it was only the first year of Zhenguan, and the world would be peaceful for more than 100 years in the future, and there was no need to worry about the chaos of the war, but the people at that time did not know, seeing that the world was still in chaos, after experiencing the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, no one dared to spend money to buy land and houses. So now that I have the money to buy real estate and land, it's too cost-effective.

However, his family is so poor that he gnaws on the black bread with wild vegetables, sleeps on straw, and owes a lot of debts to others, even if the price of real estate is cheap, there is no money to buy it. Even if you grit your teeth and buy it, you can't afford to go up at an idle price.

Thinking of this, Zuo Shaoyang sighed: "Alas! If only I had money, I could buy a lot of land and houses, rent them out and collect rent, and I could sit back and enjoy the results. ”

Houpp laughed and shook his head; "Da Lang, I said it all, even if you have money, don't fight this idea, it's better to keep the silver in your pocket! You can think of this idea of making a fortune that others can't think of? If others don't do it, there must be a reason! ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled and didn't say anything.

Liang said: "Okay, don't patronize and chat, hurry up and eat wine and food." The dishes are cold! ”

The family continued to eat. Zuo Shaoyang told Hou Pu that Hou Pu would go to the yamen the next day to check and see what wasteland had been registered, and the two of them went out of the city to inspect the wasteland at noon.

A pot of wine was drunk by three people, especially the large amount of Houpu wine, so it didn't take long to drink it up. After eating, the family chatted for a while, because there was no charcoal fire, it was very cold to sit dry, and when they heard that it was changing, the Hou Pu family said goodbye and went back.

Zuo Shaoyang took the little squirrel down, fed the pine juice, and then washed and fell asleep.

The matter of planting medicinal materials is just Zuo Shaoyang's long-term plan, and the first thing to consider at the moment is naturally how to make money quickly to pay off debts, so that the whole family can live a normal life without eating wild vegetables. Therefore, Zuo Shaoyang didn't think much about this matter, but he didn't know if the medicinal material dealer was interested in buying the Jinshi medicine concocted, if the medicinal material dealer was satisfied and willing to buy it, maybe it would be better in the future.

Before dawn the next day, Zuo Shaoyang woke up, he was woken up by freezing, and the temperature dropped again the first night, although it didn't snow, it was colder than snow. Zuo Shaoyang's two quilts are very thin, and he still can't bear the cold. Listening to the sound of bangzi in the distance outside, knowing that there was still some time before dawn, he was so cold that he couldn't sleep, so he got up and went down the stairs, lit the oil lamp, and continued to concoct half of the gold and stone medicinal materials that were concocted yesterday.

All he needed to do was to crush the medicine that had been calcined and quenched and cooled yesterday afternoon into powder, which would not take long to complete, and because of the lack of activity, he still felt very cold when he was done. Zuo Shaoyang then prepared the medicine powder for Miao Peilan's younger brother and wrapped it in paper, and looked out the window, it was not yet dawn.

Unable to bear the cold, he decided to make artillery and medicinal materials. In this way, you can not only keep warm, but also take it to the wholesale market after dawn to see if there is a market.

Concoct medicinal materials to make a fire to keep warm, and it will not be cold. After concocting a few commonly used medicinal herbs, the sky was also bright. He then took the bucket and went out to fetch water. I remembered that my little sister had to help her wash her clothes a few years ago, and it happened that she was delayed by an emergency that day, and then it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and no one carried water. The first day of the Lunar New Year was spent in Laohuai Village, and the afternoon of the second day of the Lunar New Year was busy concocting medicinal materials, and then having dinner with my brother-in-law's family. I finally waited until today.

He remembered that this matter was not for anything else, but that the girl finally said that she wanted to help her wash her clothes, but she didn't go that day, which made the family lose face, which was not good, Zuo Shaoyang was unwilling to wronged the girl.

Pushing the door out, it was freezing cold, and the cold wind cut his face like a knife, and drilled into his clothes like a cold poisonous snake, even though he had just made artillery and medicinal materials, but he still shivered from the cold. Bending his neck and carrying the bucket, he walked quickly to the stone steps of the riverside well. When I looked down, I didn't see anyone carrying water.

It was a bright day, he came earlier than ever, and the little sisters shouldn't have come yet.

Zuo Shaoyang scooped the water slowly, and after a while, a few little daughters-in-law and big children came to carry water, Zuo Shaoyang had to pick up the water back to the pharmacy, pour the water into the bucket, and then pick it up.

When a bucket of water was about to be full, Zuo Shaoyang lost confidence and decided to pick the last one to pick up the water, at the well, he finally saw the young woman with his little sister carrying a bucket and lazily coming down the steps.

Zuo Shaoyang was very happy, but found that the young woman was not followed by the little sister, which was very strange. The young woman came down with a bucket, glanced at Zuo Shaoyang, and there was no smile on her face, and she passed him lightly: "Hey, pick up the water and leave, how can you pick up water in this house?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly put the bucket aside. He handed the ladle to the young woman. The young woman took it and began to scoop up the water, and in three or two times she filled the two buckets of water, and was about to leave.

Zuo Shaoyang was anxious, and plucked up the courage to say: "Sister-in-law, where is the little sister?" Why didn't you come to fetch water? ”

The young woman stood still and glanced at her: "You're embarrassed to ask!" Ask yourself to ask her to go! ”

"What's wrong with her?"

"You ask me, I want to ask you!" The young woman put down the bucket and crossed her waist and said, "Xiao Langzhong, I said that my little sister will help you do your laundry, why are you dishonest?" ”

"I ......, sister-in-law, you misunderstood, I really didn't lose my trust, that day we had an emergency in the pharmacy, it was Aunt Li from Laohuai Village, who quarreled with her daughter-in-law, and because she was angry, she had a stroke. So it's delayed. Chinese New Year's Eve On that day, I came to the well early in the morning to fetch water, trying to explain it to my little sister, but she didn't come......"

"Come on, what." The young woman listened to Zuo Shaoyang's explanation, her face softened slightly, but she still didn't feel good and said, "My little sister is sick." I'm still in bed! ”