Chapter 12: Entering the City
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The sudden voice immediately extinguished some of the small flames that had just emerged from Yue Yang's heart, and at the same time scared the Linglong sisters like frightened rabbits all escaped from his embrace, Yuling said softly as she ran: "Childe, Ling'er go and open the door for Shunbao." ”
More than ten minutes later, Yue Yang, who had already changed into clean clothes, followed Shunbao to the living room in the old lady's courtyard.
After Yue Yang came in, he saw the old lady sitting on the seat in the living room, and the housekeeper Yue Laifu was standing below, Hu Laosan, the nurse of Yuejiazhuang, and several stewards of Yuejiazhuang were standing on both sides, but everyone's faces were all gloomy and very ugly.
Yue Yang walked into the living room, said hello to everyone, and sat down next to the old lady, and then asked curiously, "Grandma, Steward Yue, everyone, what's wrong?" Why are everyone's faces so ugly! ”
Seeing Yue Yang come in, the old lady's originally gloomy face softened slightly, and she barely squeezed out a smile, "Grandson, you're here, you've been worrying about grandma to death these days, how about it, have you brought the things back?" ”
"Grandma, don't worry, all the things have been brought back, and everything is smooth." After a busy night and just woke up, Yue Yang's stomach was already hungry, and after sitting down, he picked up the dim sum on the table and swallowed it in three or two bites, and ate three pieces of dim sum in a row, and only after feeling a little stuff in his stomach did he pick up the teapot and pour it into his stomach. The old lady was distressed when he looked like a hungry ghost reincarnated, and kept persuading him to eat slowly.
After eating a few pieces of dim sum, Yue Yang felt that his originally empty stomach was much better, so he cheered up and asked, "Okay, grandma, it's getting dark this day, why don't you call everyone here?" ”
The old lady sighed lightly, "Grandson, you have grown up, and it is time to take up the burden of the Yue family, you take a look at this first." After speaking, the old lady handed Yue Yang a "name post" on the table.
Yue Yang curiously took the famous post and looked at it, the famous post of this era is like the business card of later generations, but it is much more than the business card, just like the color of this famous post is red, the length is seven inches, and the width is three inches, and the upper right corner of the post is written "Zheng Kui" Three little finger-sized boys, and the middle is written in large letters: "June 15, the head of the Pan Yue family went to the Yamen of the prefect of Yingzhou Prefecture to talk about it." ”
Seeing this, Yue Yang's brows furrowed. In ancient times, the name of the poster was exquisite, and the name of the person who delivered the post should be written all over the post. If you hand a post to an elderly person or a superior, the name written on the "name post" should be large, the name on the "name post" should be large, the name on the "name post" should be considered humble, and the name on the "name post" will be regarded as arrogance. This Zheng Governor wrote his name so small, but wrote the things described so big, which obviously did not take Yuejiazhuang in his eyes.
Yue Yang frowned, "Grandma, isn't this Zheng Kui the prefect of our Yingzhou City, how could he give us a name post and let us go to the prefect's yamen tomorrow to discuss matters, what kind of reputation does he want to make?" ”
"What else can I be famous." The old lady sighed and said, "He just saw that there is no one who can call the shots in our Yuejiazhuang now, and the Li family, the Wang family, and the Lin family are all eyeing our Sanggan River, and they all want to bite a piece of meat off us." ”
Yue Yang's brows furrowed when he heard this: "So, those three families still don't give up on the Sanggan River, and want to dig a canal to divert water?" ”
Yue Laifu on the side also said with a bitter face: "That's natural, right now, the four rivers in Yingzhou are almost cut off in addition to the Sanggan River, the Hun River, the Huangshui River, and the Papaya River, if there is no water, their harvest this year will be in vain, and they can bear it!" A few days ago, only the Wang family was taking the lead, and it is estimated that even the Li family and the Lin family can't help it now! ”
Hu Laosan on the side snorted and said, "But if we let them open a canal to divert water, then it will be our turn to soak in the soup for our summer grain!" ”
Yue Yang took a deep breath, at this time he also somewhat understood why the Wang family would come to grab water by unscrupulous means two days ago, the Wang family seemed to be unable to hold on, if there was no water to irrigate the land, there would be absolutely no hope for this year's summer grain, and the consequences would be unbearable for them. Things have come to this point, and it's useless to tell them anything.
Yue Yang thought for a while and said to the old lady: "Grandma, let's do it, let my grandson go to this appointment tomorrow!" ”
"What? You go? The old lady was slightly startled at first, and then nodded slowly: "Yes, grandson, you have also grown up, and it is time to take on the burden of the family." But grandma wants to sue you, after you go tomorrow, you will face the joint coercion of the Wang family, the Lin family and the Li family, and maybe even the Zheng Governor's Mansion will be on their side! Grandma wonders, how are you going to deal with these greedy guys? ”
After the old lady finished speaking, Yue Laifu, Hu Laosan, and several housekeepers on the side also looked at Yue Yang, and they all wanted to know how the only head of the Yue family coped with this crisis. This is a dilemma, if you refuse the Yue family, you will inevitably be suppressed by the other three families and the government, if you agree, the Sanggan River, which does not survive much, will definitely not be enough for everyone to share together, so that Wulizhai's summer grain this year will definitely be affected, no matter what choice you make, Wulizhai will suffer losses.
However, to everyone's surprise, Yue Yang smiled slightly, and said nonchalantly: "Grandma, what's so difficult to choose, since the Wang family, the Lin family, and the Li family want to dig a canal to divert water in the Sanggan River, then let them dig it, why should we refuse?" ”
"What?"
As soon as Yue Yang's words came out, not only the people around him, but even the old lady made a surprised voice.
"Grandson, can you tell Grandma the reason? Do you know what the consequences of this are? ”
"What's wrong with that?" Yue Yang smiled, isn't it just a lack of water? If he couldn't do it two days ago, but now......
"Grandma, you don't have to worry about this, your grandson not only brought back the seeds you told you two days ago, but also brought back a good thing, with this kind of thing, we don't have to worry about running out of water to irrigate the land in the future!"
"Oh, and such a good thing?" As soon as Yue Yang's words came out, all the people in the living room looked at each other, and their faces showed a look of disbelief.
Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, Yue Yang also knew what everyone was thinking, but he didn't plan to say anything, thinking that they would know what a miracle would be after a while......
Seeing Yue Yang's confident appearance, the old lady also muttered in her heart, but out of trust in her grandson, she still chose to believe Yue Yang, and after everyone discussed the matter for a while, the old lady let everyone go back.
Early the next morning, Yue Yang took Shunbao and Hu Laosan and more than a dozen family members to ride towards Yingzhou City. At noon, everyone saw the gate of Yingzhou City.
To be honest, this was also the first time that Yue Yang had seen a city with complete city walls since coming to this plane. The circumference of the city wall of Yingzhou City is 26.7 miles, the city wall is two feet high, and there are some soldiers patrolling on it. When Yue Yang and his party approached the city gate, there was a big basket on the right side of the city gate, and the people who entered the city would realize that no one in the basket threw a copper coin. Next to the basket stood two men in blue robes, who seemed to be tax collectors of the city tax.
On both sides of the city wall, more than a dozen soldiers wearing tattered red mandarin duck battle jackets lazily leaned against the city wall with spears in their arms, listlessly looking at the passers-by, and from time to time there were people yawning.
Seeing the appearance of the people entering the city and the soldiers at the city gate, Yue Yang's brows couldn't help but wrinkle. Originally, he thought that the tenants of Wulizhai were not having a good time because Wulizhai was not as good as the city after all. But looking at it now, even the people of a big state city like Yingzhou City are not living well.
However, Yue Yang is not too sure, but when Shunbao paid the entrance fee, after everyone entered the city, they saw a person on the street who was still dressed in rags and had vegetables, and his mood began to gradually become heavy......
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