Chapter 969: Hope
On the official road of Hebei, a number of horsemen walked slowly on the official road, the person headed by was only about thirty, the person under the chin was short-bearded, the appearance was heroic, the light between the eyes flowed, full of a trace of majesty, beside him was a handsome beautiful young woman, dressed in white, holding a sword, heroic posture.
"San Lang, if you go, I'm afraid Lord Cen and they will be in a hurry, the white dragon fish suit is not a good thing!" The beautiful young woman beside her had beautiful eyes and waited for the man to take a look.
"There are Jinyi guards around me, not to mention, here are all the rivers and mountains of the Tang Dynasty, is there anyone who is not good for me?" The man waved his hand indifferently, and then quipped: "What's more, with you alone by your side, which person who doesn't have long eyes will rush up?" The young woman was blushing, bowing her head, and her charm was infinite.
These two people are Li Xin and Dugu Feng, who returned to the dynasty from Lu Longsai's division, Li Xin and Dugu Feng led a few guards to break away from the large army, ready to inspect the people's livelihood in Hebei, of course, more importantly, Li Xin still did not let go of Dugu Feng, and still ate this beautiful girl in Lu Longsai's line, this time out, Li Xin thought that it could be regarded as taking Dugu Feng out for a walk, which was called "tourist marriage" in the past.
"When I left Chang'an, it was only a short time after the New Year, and now it is the end of autumn when the class teacher returns to the dynasty." Li Xin took a deep breath as he watched many people on both sides of the official road grabbing crops there.
"Yes! It was still Saburo who was wise and martial, and ended the battle before winter came. Dugufeng glanced at Li Xin, with a look of pride on her face, she had waited for a long time to wait until today, only by following Li Xin's side, she could feel that Li Xin was different from others, and the more she indulged in Li Xin's arms.
"The fighting is over on our side. But Su Dingfang didn't know what was going on, and it was about to enter winter, winter on the grassland came earlier than in the Central Plains, and it would snow heavily soon after. Li Xin still felt a little sorry.
The army was pursuing Jieli Khan at this time. It is to let Jieli Khan not have enough time to recover his strength after the defeat, but once the snow falls, Datang's soldiers and horses can only retreat, and Jieli Khan may take advantage of this opportunity to restore his strength. That's why Li Xin felt a little nervous.
"San Lang, I think that Jieli Khan is just a grasshopper after the autumn, and it won't last long." Dugu Feng persuaded him: "Although the concubine goes to the grassland less often, she is in the grassland. It was the weak and the strong, Jieli Khan used to control hundreds of thousands, and the Ashina family became the golden family on the grassland, but this time it was different, Jieli Khan's tooth tent elite soldiers suffered heavy losses, and what he was doing now made many tribal leaders in the grassland feel ashamed and decided to fight. If it weren't for the first retreat of Jieli Khan, otherwise. When Ashina Simo came, the absolute situation of the Battle of Dingxiang would definitely be a different situation. Unfortunately, at the last moment, Jieli Khan withdrew. ”
"Jieli Khan still has a bit of a reputation on the grassland, there are still many people loyal to him, the Ashina family is the golden family on the grassland, although it was defeated this time. But it was difficult to think that if you could make Jieli Khan bow down because of this. Li Xin was silent for a moment before shaking his head and saying.
What kind of character is Jieli Khan, Li Xin thinks that this person is similar to himself, he is the kind of person who would rather bend than bend, and would rather die than give in. Even if he loses the battle, as long as he is given a chance, he can still get back on his feet, so if he can be beaten to death with a stick, he will definitely not be allowed to get back up again.
At this time, although he failed, but at this time, as long as Jieli Khan did not die, everything could be started over. Of course, the possibility that Dugufeng said is not impossible, and it is also possible that various tribes in the grassland have rebelled and abolished the position of the Great Khan of Jieli Khan.
"It makes sense for Saburo." Dugu Feng glared at Li Xin dissatisfied. Although she is twenty-seven years old, a woman who is in love still has a trace of innocence.
"Old man, what are you planting here?" Li Xin looked at the old man who was doing farm work in the field not far away, jumped off his horse, held a horsewhip in his hand, and went up to say hello with a smile.
"Back to this Lang Jun's words, the little second child will serve some radish." When the old man saw that Li Xin was dressed luxuriously, accompanied by a few samurai, Dugu Feng was even more noble, and his figure was lowered.
"The turnips are a good thing, especially the turnips of your place, which are big and sweet. Green round and crispy. Li Xin squatted on the ground, looked at the seedlings in the field, and couldn't help but smile and said. His current location is Jinan, Li Xin had been to this place on a business trip in his previous life, and Jinan's radishes are like this, green and crispy, and they have a unique taste to eat.
"What Lang Jun said is very true, I heard that even the emperor likes to eat the radishes on our side!" After hearing this, the old man immediately laughed, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, but the front teeth were missing, which showed that he was old.
"Old man, such a large field, you can serve it alone?" Li Xin glanced at the distance and saw that this field was big enough, so he couldn't help but ask: "When this farm is busy, can you do it alone?" ”
"Our family has 30 acres of land, plus 50 acres of meritorious fields, together there are 80 acres, when the farm is busy, only the old man, the wife, the younger son, the eldest daughter-in-law, the younger daughter-in-law go into battle together, naturally it is not enough, in recent years, when the farming is busy, the village chief and the chief of the township will also bring people to help, so they can barely serve these fields." The old man said proudly.
"Meritorious field? My father-in-law's family is a military family! In the next faux pas. After Li Xin heard this, he couldn't help but stand up and salute the old man. Dugu Feng and the guards beside him also bowed to the old man.
"I can't help it, I can't help it!" The old man didn't expect that a person of Li Xin's status would salute him, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, but looking at his dirty hands, he was afraid of soiling Li Xin's clothes, so he stood there for a while and didn't know what to do.
"Old man, this is how it should be, if it weren't for your son to fight on the battlefield and protect the country and the people, where would there be Datang Baixin's peace and contentment!" Li Xin stepped forward and patted the old man and said: "If you have any difficulties on weekdays, you can respond to the local garrison, you are a military family, no matter how hard you are, you can't make you suffer!" ”
"What this Lang Jun said is that the current emperor is a good emperor, according to the past, all three of our family have to be soldiers to eat food, and where is there any meritorious field! It's good to have something to eat. Once you encounter a famine, you will have to flee the famine. Now I can plant the fields, and the family can take care of the crops, which is a very happy thing, and now the little daughter-in-law is also pregnant, and she will soon have another grandson, hehe, the old man must hurry up, lest my grandson starve after me as before. The old man remembered the old years, and couldn't help but sigh, but soon a happy smile appeared on his face.
"Old man, this day is getting better and better, and there will be no need to fight in the future, everyone can live a peaceful life. It's still a lot worse! Li Xin looked at the clothes on the old man's body, patches on patches, and couldn't help but sigh.
In this era of extremely low productivity, the most bitter is the people below, in this Shandong and Hebei land, because of the perennial war, the people live in hardship, even in the past two years, Li Xin recuperates, but the situation outside is tense, where can you really recuperate, the pressure on the people is still very great, the old man planted eighty acres of land a year, maybe even food and clothing have problems.
"That is, in the past, when we were busy farming, we were not necessarily happy, because you had to pay rent! Half of the annual harvest has to be handed over to the owner, and then the remaining part has to be handed over to the imperial court, and there is even less that you can really have left, white rice is unlikely, and it is already very good to be able to drink a bowl of porridge every day. Now, it's a little better, at least this porridge is much thicker. A smile bloomed on the old man's face.
Li Xin's feelings are relatively heavy, if the common people can just eat a bowl of thick porridge and feel happy, this is not only a pity, but also a kind of irony for Li Xin.
"San Lang!" Dugufeng saw that Li Xin's face was not good-looking, and couldn't help but push Li Xin.
"This Lang Jun, but what did the little old man say wrong?" The old man looked at Li Xin with some worry, he was old and fine, and he also saw that Li Xin's face was not good-looking, and his face couldn't help but show a trace of panic.
"No, the old man laughed, it's good that this porridge is thicker, the key is that porridge is porridge after all, you work on the ground all year round, how can you drink a bowl of porridge every day? Hey, it's because the court is weak that the people will be happy because of a bowl of thick porridge. Nobunaga sighed.
"San Lang, this is much better than the previous dynasty, Feng'er walked the rivers and lakes back then, and once saw that the common people only ate two meals a day, and each meal was a bowl of gruel with wild vegetables, in fact, the gruel was a bowl of rice soup. At the very least, they can still eat a bowl of thick porridge now. Dugufeng looked at Li Xin, and felt a pain in his heart, only the emperor who loved the people like a son regarded the people's meal as a major event. I feel guilty because the common people eat porridge every day.
"Yes! This Lang Jun, this is much better than before, the old man eats a bowl of thick porridge every day, and he has no regrets in this life. After hearing this, the old man said loudly: "This is all the credit of the emperor, so the old man asked my eldest son to join the army and serve His Majesty the emperor." I didn't expect that kid to be brave and make a little contribution, so the last time the court rewarded fifty acres of Yongye field. ”
"Fighting, if you can not fight, that's the best." Li Nobunaga sighed.
"Tian Laohan, Tian Laohan, congratulations, your daughter-in-law has added a grandson for you!" A few men shouted in the distance.
"Ahh Haha, I have another grandchild! The old man danced and laughed happily.
"Congratulations, old man." Li Xin was also moved by him, and couldn't help but arch his hand.
"Haha, happy today, this Lang Jun, why don't you come to my house and drink a bowl of sugar water." The old man invited Li Xin to say. (To be continued.) )