After arriving in Guanzhong, Sima Shu was accompanied by local officials to make rounds around, and after a long time, he gradually got a little bored. After all, the things he watched were all arranged by the military and political chief of Guanzhong, and sometimes he wanted to see the living conditions of the people at the bottom in person, so Sima Shu had no choice but to force Huangfu to allow him to come to Weifu for a private visit.

Early in the morning of this day, Sima Shu and Huang Fuzhen and Xiao Dengzi prepared a private visit to the microserver, of course, it is impossible to do a real private visit to the microserver with Sima Shu's current identity, so along the way, the Intelligence Agency, the Military Intelligence Agency, and the Su Guard Army successively sent elite forces to secretly protect him.

After disguised and disguised, Xiao Deng Zi had already found a carriage and waited on the side of the road, and said according to the pre-agreed Xiao Deng Zi: "Sir, your car has arrived." ”

"Mr. Huangfu, please!"

"Childe first, please!"

"This car runs quite smoothly!" Sima Shu got in the car first, and he couldn't help but comment on the car.

Xiao Dengzi was in charge of catching the car, and Huangfu Zhen then followed the car, and after listening to the emperor's emotion, he said: "This is all thanks to Your Majesty, when Your Majesty ordered the road to be renovated with cement, the traffic situation in various places has been greatly improved." Coupled with applications such as springs, horse-drawn carriages are now much more comfortable than before, and passengers can hardly feel bumps even when they are not on the road. ”

"Hahaha, Aiqing has won the award, this is all the credit of the craftsmen! For a while, Aiqing shouldn't say that she leaked her mouth, right? ”

"Weichen remember, don't dare to forget! Alas, Weichen will definitely have to teach the old chief Jiang a lesson when he goes back this time, and I don't know if the cabinet will punish the ministers for this! Huangfu really showed a wry smile, and now he can only pray in his heart that this private visit to Weifu can end smoothly and the emperor will be safe.

"Hahaha, Aiqing don't worry, everything is for you!"

When the emperor heard this, he was even less hopeful, once this matter was known by the cabinet, they would not dare to take the emperor out of anger, but they would definitely not spare him, the 'initiator'.

Since the implementation of the new policy, the living standards of the people in Guanzhong have been getting higher and higher year by year, and they are changing almost every day.

"Hey - big meat stuffed buns, freshly baked meat stuffed big buns, one penny, come and taste it!"

"Delicious and satisfying eight-treasure porridge! Don't miss it! ”

"Sell sugar gourds!"

Sima Shu lifted the curtains and saw it with relish, along the way the carriage passed through the business district, residential area, and industrial area of Chang'an City, and finally under the guidance of Huangfu Zhen, everyone gradually moved away from the downtown and walked towards the hidden countryside, and the usually quiet path suddenly became lively.

Sima Shu turned a blind eye to the 'little tail' that followed behind him, and pretended that nothing had happened. After a long time, Sima Shu sat in the spacious carriage and felt a little bored. Huangfu Zhen's eyes rolled, ready to tell a joke to relieve the emperor's boredom.

"One day, a man went into a steamed bun shop and asked the shopkeeper, do you have a hundred steamed buns? And the shopkeeper said, No. The next day, this person came again and asked, shopkeeper, do you have a hundred buns here? The shopkeeper still said, no. On the third day the man came again and asked, and the treasurer said, Yes. The man said happily, "Then bring me two ......."

Sima Shu was stunned at first, how could there be such a boring person? Thinking of the shopkeeper's expression of wanting to cry without tears, he finally couldn't help laughing.

"Hehe, there's another way to tell this story! The next day, when this person came to ask if there were a hundred buns, the shopkeeper got angry and said, "They all said that they would not ask you again, and then ask me to beat you to death with a hammer." On the third day, the man came, and asked the shopkeeper, do you have a hammer here? The shopkeeper huffed, no...... Childe guessed, what would this person say? "The emperor really sold it.

Sima Shu drank tea, thought about it, and said seriously: "Do you have a hundred buns here?" Ah, hahahaha! ”

Along the way, amid laughter and laughter, the carriage passed through a field and entered a small village of more than 100 households. Sima Shu got out of the carriage, and the small village in front of him was already full of smoke, and the figures of people were longing, and from time to time there was a burst of cheerful laughter from children, and it was a peaceful color. The open space in the village is full of straw harvested this year.

"This year's harvest is good!" Xiao Dengzi pointed to the straws and said with a smile.

"That's natural, since Your Majesty ascended the throne, the world has a bumper harvest, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the country can be stable and prosperous." Huangfu really agreed.

"It's just that midwinter is approaching, I don't know if there are still people who lack food and clothing, and there are many lonely old people in some places, but it is a difficult situation.

The emperor opened his mouth and everyone was self-conscious, followed by more than a dozen entourages dressed as guards, and walked towards the nearest village, which was a bit desolate in late autumn.

Entering the village, there was immediately a group of children surrounded by, country children, one had never seen any distant visitors, the other was also bold, but they could not follow, some guards were about to drive away, Sima Shu hurriedly said: "A group of children, it's okay, we just want to visit the people, too careful, we can't visit privately." ”

The sudden "visit" of Sima Shu and his entourage naturally alarmed the people in the village, but they did not watch like the children, but just watched from a distance and whispered.

Sima Shu walked in the village for a while, and noticed that most of the families in the village were building new houses, and the grain hoards in the courtyard were obviously **, and many people still had bacon hanging in their yards, and it seemed that the people's lives were not bad.

As he was walking, he saw two sturdy men in their thirties coming towards him: "I don't know where the guest officials are, and what is the matter with our village?" ”

Xiao Deng Zi was about to reproach him for being rude, but Huangfu Zhen had already said first: "I don't know who the two are?" ”

When the two of them saw Huangfu really reading the appearance, they first had a little respect, and the man at the head arched his hand and said: "Below is the village of this village, and this is the person in charge of the militia of this village. "The village leaders and militia leaders have the responsibility of maintaining local law and order.

Huangfu really bowed his hand and said: "I'm waiting for Chang'an to visit friends, passing by the treasure land, I want to take a break and then hurry, this is our son-in-law, if there is any trouble, I hope the two of you don't want to be surprised!" ”

When the two of them heard this, they relaxed, "It turned out to be a distant guest!" Welcome, welcome! It is really a blessing for our village to visit. The village was paused for a moment, looked back and instructed the militia leader, "Hurry up and report to the third uncle, ask him to organize the old man, set up a banquet, and welcome the guests." ”

Although the village chief and deputy village deputy are the "chiefs" of the village, the tradition in ancient Chinese rural areas is that there are still respected "elders" to be the last "speak", and at the same time, the elders accompany each other to show respect for the guests.

"What's so bothering?" Sima Shu said.

"It should be, it should be, the nobles are here, and they should fulfill the friendship of the landlord. To tell the truth, it is also thanks to the emperor and his old man Shengming, we can have a good life, if a few years ago, even if we had the heart, I am afraid we would not have been able to come up with anything to entertain you. ”

"Since the village is warm, we are disrespectful."

When the village heard this, he said happily: "That's right, here's where you are invited to sit at the third uncle's mansion." "According to the village is the most magnificent mansion in the village, it seems that the third uncle must also be a rich family in the village.

Huangfu really knew the purpose of Sima Shu's trip, so he opened his mouth and suggested: "Thank you to the village, it's just that I have just arrived, everything is novel, and the villagers are simple and simple, and they want to walk around. ”

The village was busy saying, "How is it inconvenient? In the next place, I will lead you around the village. ”

So Sima Shu and the others were accompanied by the village and walked around the village, and some children continued to follow, and the village was busy waving: "Go, go home." The children laughed and dispersed, but they were not far away, but they gathered together, but this time they did not dare to get closer, and followed from afar.

"Looking at your village below, it is rich, and I think it is a village that governs the village in a good way." Sima Shu asked for the first time.

Hearing this, the front of the village was quite complacent, but he said: "How dare you dare, it is still the emperor of the current Shengming, and now in these ten miles and eight townships, the common people are much better, and our Lijia Village is a medium in this county." ”

"There are a lot of new houses in the village?"

"I don't hide it from you, the locust plague and flood broke out in the sixth year of Yuankang, and there were riots in the middle. We have a lot of houses here, and then there was a lot of trouble, and naturally a lot of them were destroyed, and there are still three of the ten houses left. Originally, everyone thought that they had to build a thatched hut and they would pass it. I didn't want the prince in the capital to personally order the reduction of tax exemption at that time, and found a lot of ways out for everyone. In recent years, the wind and rain have been smooth, every household has a surplus, and we ordinary people have money, so we naturally want to build a new house and marry a daughter-in-law. ”

After Muramasa finished speaking, he smiled quite proudly, Sima Shu was naturally proud and happy in his heart when he heard this, and he also laughed, and the others naturally laughed too.

After a long time, Sima Shu finally visited Lijia Village, and generally speaking, the lives of ordinary people have been greatly improved compared with before, and after five or six years of the implementation of the new policy, the results have begun to appear.

The last group came to the third uncle's house, where a few tables had been set up, the third uncle was a man in his sixties, with a rich face, and two young people on the side, one in his early forties and the other in his thirties, respectively, the two sons of the third uncle.

Mura Zheng introduced, everyone saluted each other, the third uncle and his eldest son, as well as Mura Zheng accompanied Sima Shu and Huangfu Zhen. There was another table in the back hall, and Xiao Dengzi and the guards were accompanied by the militia leader and the second son of the third uncle, and they ate in the hall.

At that moment, the guests and hosts greeted each other, chatted a little, and naturally talked about the harvest in the village, the life of the people, etc., the third uncle is an old man, and he can be said to be leaky when he speaks, and the eldest son is also cautious, except for toasting, basically does not speak.

After eating, Sima Shu and the others said goodbye, and the group continued to walk towards other villages. In the following period, Sima Shu visited no less than 100 small villages, and the living standards of each village were uneven, but in general, the problem of food and clothing had been realized, which made Sima Shu feel very gratified. (To be continued.) )