"Who said I was hiding from the princess? I'm just a little bored at home, so I'm just going to take a break! Zhao Yan said with a dead expression, "I haven't turned enough today, let's go to Zhuangzi for a walk, speaking of which, those tenants are also half of the palace, and I haven't been to see them until now." ”

After Zhao Yan finished speaking, he left Lao Suma here, Lao Fu looked at Zhao Yan's back, shook his head helplessly, and followed in Lao Suma's puzzled gaze. It's a normal thing, why is the king of the county just unwilling?

Zhao Yan's courtyard is only separated from Shangshuizhuang by a river, this river is called Qingshui River, the west of the river is Zhao Yan's courtyard, the east of the river is Shangshuizhuang, there is a stone bridge on the river to connect, usually the people of the county king's mansion often go to Shangshuizhuang through this bridge, but if the tenants in the village do not have the permission of the county king's mansion, they will rarely cross this river to the west of the river.

Zhao Yan had passed by Shangshuizhuang twice before, the first time was when he came to the courtyard, the convoy passed by the street in the middle of Shangshuizhuang, and the second time he heard the confrontation between the victims and the villagers, so he ran to mediate, but these two times Zhao Yan was in a hurry, and he didn't have a deep impression of Shangshuizhuang, only remembered the low thatched roofs on both sides of the street, and the children playing with their bare buttocks all over the street, all dirty like mud monkeys.

This is the third time Zhao Yan has come to Shangshui Village, and it is also the first time to seriously look at this village where all the tenants of his palace are located, only to see that the area of this Zhuangzi is not large, an east-west street runs through the entire village, most of the people in the Zhuangzi live on both sides of this street, Zhao Yan probably took a look, the entire Zhuangzi will definitely not exceed two hundred households.

"Lao Fu, how many people are there in Sheung Shui Village?" Zhao Yan asked casually, now it's about to be lunch, there are not many people on the street, an old man is sitting on the millstone on the west entrance of Zhuangzi basking in the sun, a group of tireless little children are playing, and the young people in the village don't see a single one.

"King Qiyu, there are a total of one hundred and eighty-one households in the entire Zhuangzi, and there are nine hundred and thirteen men, women and children together, but the heavy rain some time ago collapsed the house of one family, and three of the five members of the family were stoned to death, leaving only one old woman and one and a half children, so now there should be nine hundred and ten people in the Zhuangzi." Lao Fu bowed down and replied, he was also paying attention to the situation in Shangshui Village at all times.

Hearing that Shangshuizhuang also died due to the flood, Zhao Yan couldn't help but sigh, the terrain here in Shangshuizhuang is higher, and the flood is not strict, but even so, three people died, so it can be seen how many people died in Kaifeng City and other affected state capitals, even if it was the epidemic prevention and control method he provided that saved many lives, but those who died directly in the flood, Zhao Yan was powerless.

Zhao Yan did not hide his identity when he came to Shangshuizhuang this time, in addition to Lao Fu, the palace housekeeper, there were several palace guards around, plus when Zhao Yan dealt with the victims that day, many villagers in Shangshuizhuang had seen him, so as soon as he arrived in Shangshuizhuang, he was immediately recognized by the villagers, and the old man who was basking in the sun at the entrance of the village disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the little children were also dragged back to the house by arms stretched out in the yard, when Zhao Yan wanted to find a villager to understand the situation, But now only him, Lao Fu and others are left on the entire street.

"Don't blame the county king, the tenants have never seen much of the world, and they are worried that their words will collide with you, so they all hide." Lao Fu looked at the empty street and explained to Zhao Yan with some embarrassment.

Zhao Yan also shook his head helplessly, when he was teaching in the village in later generations, he met a county magistrate who went to the countryside to inspect, and the people in the village also hid, almost a copy of the scene in front of him, it seems that although there is a thousand years apart, the tradition of the people in the Central Plains who are afraid of officials has not changed much, and I don't know if this should be the sorrow of the people or the sorrow of the government?

However, according to the consequence of the officials going to the countryside, Zhao Yan should be accompanied by a village party secretary or something like a local snake, but as soon as Zhao Yan thought of this, he saw Zhuangtou Wang Qi, who he saw last time, running over from the other end of the street, panting, and when he saw Zhao Yan, he immediately saluted: "Villain...... The villain Wang Qi has seen the king of the county! ”

"Don't be polite, this king just wants to know about the situation in Shangshui Village, there is just a lack of a guide, Wang Qi, you can be wronged for the time being!" Zhao Yan estimated that no other villagers dared to come out, so he could only let this Zhuangtou Wang Qi help him introduce him, but he didn't know if this Wang Qi had a younger brother, if he had, then Zhao Yan could only mourn for the other party.

"It's an honor for the villain to serve the king of the county!" Wang Qi nodded and said flatteringly, the oil on his face flashed with his smile, and the eyes of the people who were shaking were dazzled.

Wang Qi first introduced the situation of Shangshui Village, mainly that is, the households and population, which Lao Fu had already introduced just now, and then Wang Qi led Zhao Yan to the Qingshui River, pointed to the fields by the river and introduced: "The king of the county, please see, although there are not many fields by the Qingshui River, they are the most fertile, and they are convenient for watering, so the tenants in the village are used to grow vegetables, and when they are ripe, they are sent to the city to sell, which is much more cost-effective than growing grain." ”

Zhao Yan heard this and looked at the fields by the river, sure enough, there were some residual vegetable leaves in the fields, but more of them were the silt left when the river flooded up before, and then Zhao Yan pointed to these vegetable fields and said: "Wang Qi, this year's water has flooded the vegetable fields, but I see that these vegetable fields are not repaired now, don't you plan to plant vegetables again in the second half of the year?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's question, Wang Qi immediately bowed down and explained: "The king of the county doesn't know, the vegetables planted in the first half of the year looked like they could be put on the market, but this time the flood came, most of the vegetables were flooded, and the roots were rotten, and finally the river overflowed, leaving only a place of rotten leaves, and in the second half of the year, the Zhuangzi planned to plant radish, which could be stored until winter and then taken out for sale, and the price would be higher at that time, but now the river has just receded, and the fields are still too sticky, and they need to be dried for a few days to be planted!" ”

Zhao Yan nodded when he heard this, he had eaten a lot of vegetables in his previous life, but he didn't know anything about growing vegetables, at most, he had seen Uncle Liu, the school janitor, grow vegetables when he was teaching, and he had also eaten cucumbers and tomatoes planted by Uncle Liu, but unfortunately he never asked how people planted them.

Next, Wang Qi gave a detailed introduction to the vegetable field and other fields, which also made Zhao Yan slowly have a comprehensive understanding of Shangshuizhuang, although the land within a radius of dozens of miles belonged to him, the king of the county, but in fact, most of them were mountainous and saline-alkali land, and there was not much land that could be cultivated, which was why there was only one village in Shangshuizhuang within a radius of dozens of miles. The reason why Lao Fu was able to buy this place with little money was also because of the barren land.

According to Wang Qi, although the area of the vegetable fields by the river is not very large, each family only has about one or two acres of vegetable land, but these vegetable fields are the main income of each family, and the meager income in other fields can only be used for a few months.

Zhao Yan walked along the river while listening to Wang Qi's introduction, just when he just walked to a relatively open river, suddenly the calm river water broke open, and the guards behind Zhao Yan were startled, and they pulled out their knives one by one to be on guard, only to see a half-sized man rushing out of the river, holding a big black fish tightly in his arms, with a thick calf and a thick tail constantly slapping the water, but no matter how it struggled, it couldn't break free from the young man's arm.

"Erdan, you are fucking looking for death, you almost disturbed the king of the county to know!" Seeing the half-grown boy in the river, Wang Qi immediately jumped out and scolded, but although he scolded fiercely, he was actually kind, for fear that Zhao Yan would be angry and blame this young man called Erdan, so he jumped out and scolded the other party first.

"Seven...... Uncle Seven, I didn't mean to! When this young man saw Zhao Yan by the river, he was also a little stunned for a while, he naturally recognized His Royal Highness the county king, but he didn't expect to meet here, let alone disturb the other party, so he didn't know what to do for a while, just holding the fish and standing in the water stunned.

Before Zhao Yan could speak, he saw Wang Qi turn his head and smile at him: "Don't be surprised, the country boy is used to it, and he accidentally collided with the county king, but speaking of which, this second egg is also a bitter fate, a few days ago, the rain collapsed their house, Lao Tzu Niang and the eldest brother who had just become an adult were stoned to death, leaving only him and a blind grandmother, and his grandmother was sick again, so the second egg went to the river every day to catch fish and sell it for money." ”

Zhao Yan didn't intend to blame, but after hearing Wang Qi's words, he agreed a little: "Just now I heard Lao Fu say that Zhuangzi died three people, but I didn't expect it to be this young man's family, it's really pitiful to say, you call him up, this king is not so careful!" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Wang Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately beckoned Erdan to go ashore, but the other party was very obedient, stepped on the water and came to the shore, and then came to Zhao Yan, but the fish was still held tightly by him, shaking his head and tail and looking a little funny.

Zhao Yan looked at the young man, and now the other party was a very ordinary peasant boy, dark and thin, not tall, and his face looked a little nervous because of fear, he didn't know what to do, and he didn't dare to look up at Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan also knew that it was torture for Erdan to stand in front of him, so he directly smiled and said: "Erdan, this king called you up to buy this fish of yours, how much do you plan to sell it?" ”

"Huh?" Erdan was obviously stunned, and then instinctively said, "Ten...... Ten Wen, I want to grab medicine for my grandmother, and the guy at the pharmacy says at least ten Wen. ”

Hearing Erdan stunned Zhao Yan asking for money, Wang Qi next to him couldn't wait to kick over, this land belongs to the county king's mansion, and everything on the land is also the county king's in name, how can there be any reason for the county king to spend money to buy his own things?

However, Zhao Yan was not as stingy as Wang Qi imagined, I saw him smile and said to the old Fu next to him: "Give him twenty wen, and there is one less helper in the yard where Lao Suma raises livestock, I think this young man has a good character, arrange for him to do things there." ”

After Zhao Yan finished speaking, he turned around and left here, Lao Fu also hurriedly gave the money to Erdan, and then said a few words to Wang Qi next to him, and followed with the fish. After a long while, Wang Qi reacted, patted Erdan's shoulder and said, "Boy, fools have foolish blessings, you will be from the county king's mansion in the future, maybe Uncle Seven will slap you in the future?" ”

Helping a lonely teenager is just a gesture for Zhao Yan, and he doesn't take it to heart, it's just that he is now worrying about what Cao Ying told him that day that he was going to enter the city, and he has been hiding for a few days, and he has to give the other party an answer today.

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