Chapter 340: Xiao Wang Arrives
Outside the city, the river dragon rode on the snow field and stood by the artificial river.
Behind it are Tudu, Gunty Bak, Qin Yu, and Fan Ren and others.
The grass has sprouted, the temperature has risen, and people have taken off their heavy cotton jackets. Opposite them were women with shovels in their hands digging into the fields, numbering in the thousands. It will not be long before the seeds can be sown, and since an artificial channel has been dug, it is necessary to make full use of it.
Dig up all the reclaimed wilderness on both sides of the river, and plant the seeds when the time comes.
It mainly sows potatoes and sweet potatoes.
These two crops do not pick the ground, and of course, some farm fertilizer should be applied to maximize the yield. When the harvest is in the fall, the seeds will be sown in the fields next year.
After a while, Xiao Fan, who was covered in dust, walked over and said with a smile: "Zhao Yi has already set off, and it has been a month, and I heard that he has only walked half of the trip. ”
Tudu, Qin Yu and the others laughed.
Jiang Long is also Wan'er, "Sure enough, he is worthy of being a child of the royal family, and all the officials along the way are vying to see each other, offering all kinds of treasures and beauties." It is impossible for the emperor to be ignorant of this pomp, but he still didn't say anything, it seems that the emperor also takes great care of this nephew. ”
There is no family affection in heaven!
Xiao Fan and the others shook their heads, not to mention their nephews, even if they were sons, the emperor was just as guarded. Such indulgence now is probably an attempt to be ruthless in the future! If Zhao Yi is moved, then King Pingjiang, who has made great efforts for the emperor, will definitely not escape death.
This is Royal!
In more distant places, the people are digging the second and third rivers, the food is good, and they can get their wages in time, and the people are working very hard. Last winter, many people were fooled into gambling, and some people even became addicted to gambling, but after going to work today, they were tired and couldn't walk after doing things every day, so naturally they didn't have the energy to gamble anymore.
As for not going to work?
How can you gamble if you don't go to work? What do the wives and children and elderly people who don't go to work eat?
The people who really gambled to the point of ignoring their wives and children and the elderly were all arrested and put in prison by the officials, and then swept the streets and latrines, and then made farm manure outside the city. If the prisoner's family is really in difficulty, the county government will give some help. We can't let someone starve to death in Lingtong County.
If you don't change it after you put it in, you will be hit with a big board.
And he had to work with his injuries, and he didn't finish his work and had nothing to eat.
The idlers and scoundrels who organized gambling were basically all caught. Because of the organization of gambling, the sentence is extremely heavy. For these people, Jiang Long hated them very much. These people are basically unconscionable, cold-blooded, ruthless, and ruthless. I don't do things myself, I always want to win other people's hard-earned money, and I plan to get it for nothing. As soon as anyone loses money and is unable to repay it, he lends it to a usurious loan and then rolls over the interest, which is very great.
At the end of the winter, those who lost money basically couldn't afford to sell their children and daughters.
Jiang Long issued a decree for this reason, gambling is illegal, and the gambling account does not have to be repaid after reporting to the official.
For this reason, some people who were forced to go to the county government to complain, and some ruthless scoundrels, especially the earliest ones, did not know the means of the Dao Jianglong, so they acted unceremoniously.
As a result, the few groups of people who were arrested in front of their heads would always have a few heads cut off.
This is a great deterrent for those idlers who open the gambling market!
Thousands of people in front of them labored, digging and filling in pits, leveling the wilderness, and the wind and dust were flying. After a while, a layer of floating ash fell on Jiang Long's body. In addition, there are many people on the Minzhuang side, and the inland river channel is narrower and not too deep, so the progress is extremely fast.
Riding on the snowfield, the river dragon brought it upstream, to the place where the Hunhe River was dug.
I saw that the excavation site had widened slightly, and the flowing water had smoothed out the sharp corners, and there was no danger of further expansion of the embankment, so I was relieved.
The project went smoothly, and until half a month later, people were still coming from other places.
At this time, Jiang Long got the news that Zhao Yi, who was like a tourist, was ambushed by horse bandits halfway and lost dozens of people. Although he successfully killed the horse bandits, Zhao Yi was frightened and fell seriously ill. Five days later, the recovered body sped up and came to Lingtong County.
Although Zhao Yi's army is extremely luxurious, there are more than 1,000 people, and the horse bandits who are not eye-opening are dazzled by the silver and dare to ambush and rob them? After thinking about it carefully, Jiang Long felt that there was something strange in it. Two days later, there was further rumors.
said that the gang of horse bandits was very fierce and left with one blow, obviously they didn't really intend to rob Zhao Yi's team.
It wasn't that the guards in Zhao Yi's convoy were so powerful that they were killed.
Cheng Ze guessed whether it was the emperor's army under his command.
It's not that Zhao Yi really wants to do anything, but to frighten Zhao Yi and let Zhao Yi speed up his travel. It's just that I didn't expect Zhao Yi to be so cowardly, and she actually fell ill with fear, which was really a shame for the royal family. He rested in the same place for five days before he recovered. Although the speed of the march was accelerated, the emperor still did not achieve his goal.
On March 20, Zhao Yi's motorcade entered Lingtong County.
"Bold!" The housekeeper of the Pingjiang Palace's mansion was jumping angrily in the post station at this time, he never expected that Jiang Long knew that Zhao Yi would come here to take office, and Zhao Yi walked very slowly, there was a lot of time here, but Jiang Long did not deliberately arrange a place for Zhao Yi to stay.
Several palace guards stepped forward, their faces were solemn, and they suddenly pulled out half of their waist knives, and the bright blade of the sword was frightened by the cold sweat of the Yicheng.
These people are the guards of the palace, and they are different from the guards of the Chang family and the Qian family before.
For what?
Because the royal family is superior to others, it is privileged!
Even if he killed someone, Jiang Long had no right to pursue it. The Son of Heaven broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, this is just talk. Not to mention the Son of Heaven, as long as the person has the blood of the royal family flowing in his body, he is the master of the people of Daqi.
"Go to the county office!"
Steward Zheng snorted coldly, got on his horse, rode his horse on the street, and went straight to the county office.
The strange thing is that the people on the street were not hit, and no county officials stepped forward to take people. Behind Steward Zheng were eight or nine fierce guards.
"Jing family boy!"
Just came to the county yamen, Steward Zheng shouted, "The little prince is here, do you dare not go out of the yamen to greet him?" ”
It turned out that Jiang Long did not go to the city gate to greet Zhao Yi's convoy today, which was the second reason why Steward Zheng was so angry. Although he heard that Chang Qian and Qian Dai were driven away by Jiang Long, Zhao Yi was different.
Zhao Yi has the blood of the royal family flowing in his body, how dare Jiang Long?
I thought that Jiang Long would respectfully greet and offer treasures, but it was not like that.
Jiang Long walked out with the county officials at this time, and saluted Steward Zheng, "I've seen the little prince." ”
"Huh?"
Steward Zheng was stupid, "I'm not a little prince." ”
"Bold, you dare to tease this official?" Jiang Long's face changed suddenly, "Since you are not, why did you shout that the little prince has arrived just now?" ”
"I, I'm ......" Steward Zheng blushed.
"What am I? You are just a slave of the Pingjiang Palace, and you don't call yourself a small or grass citizen in front of the official, what's the matter, with your identity, are you worthy of being on an equal footing with the official? ”
Steward Zheng really didn't expect Jiang Long to give himself such a face, and raised his horsewhip and pointed directly at Jiang Long, "You are so bold, this housekeeper is also something you can scold?" Do you want to make a difference? You chose the people! Wait for the housekeeper to invite the little prince to see how you end! ”
With that, he turned his horse's head and led the guards to the station.
There were no blockades, and no people were hit.
Three days ago, Jiang Long asked the officials to go to the street to spread the word, saying that there was a big man coming, and asked the people to be more careful on the street these days.
Steward He rode his horse straight into the post station, the mount did not stop, he jumped down, and then strode into Zhao Yi's house, knelt on the ground, and screamed, "Little prince, it's amazing, this Jing family kid is so blind!" didn't prepare a place for the little prince to stay...... The one who humiliates the little one is not to give the little prince face...... It depends on the owner to beat the dog......"
The reason why he was able to break into the house directly without notification was that he was favored; Second, he was a eunuch.
If it's a big man, then you can't say anything and just break into the house, otherwise the owner is doing that thing, wouldn't it be a good thing to be bumped in?
Zhao Yi is handsome, his originally fair face is deeply tired at the moment, almost bloodless, although he has recovered from his illness, he is still a loss of body and poor spirit, and he waved his hand to prevent Steward Zheng from continuing to shout, and his brain hurts, and he wants to lie on the bed to rest, but it is indeed impossible to have a suitable place to stay.
"Go to the county office."
"Yes!" Steward Zheng was overjoyed, gritted his teeth in his heart, and wanted to make Jiang Long look good later.
Zhao Yi got into the luxurious carriage again, left some people, and led more than 100 people straight to the direction of the county government.
Knowing that Zhao Yi was coming, Jiang Long once again greeted the officials with all the officials.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Yi didn't embarrass Jiang Long, and walked into the back hall of the county government and sat down. Steward Zheng followed closely, wanting to interject and let Zhao Yi help him vent, but not long after he sat down, Zhao Yi waved his hand to let Steward Zheng retreat.
Steward Zheng was inexplicable and confused.
"There's no one left, let's open the skylight and say something." Zhao Yi said directly: "This king is a member of the royal family, and he is not interested in the political achievements of Lingtong County, and on the contrary, he has taken too many political achievements and is in the limelight, which is a bad thing for this king."
Besides, my father has always respected the little marquis, and he only hated that he didn't work hard to develop a good skill when he was young. ”
Jiang Long was a little surprised, and stared straight at Zhao Yi's eyes for a while, before he was sure that the other party was serious, and he didn't want to play any tricks.
Zhao Yi didn't mind Jiang Long's rudeness at all.
Before coming, King Pingjiang gave Zhao Yi a good lesson, and let Zhao Yi know that there are many taboos in being a royal family. If one accidentally provokes the emperor's attention and dissatisfaction, the end will be miserable. The lighter is the deprivation of status and the debasement of civilians.
If it's heavy, it's bound to be full of cuts!
I have to say that King Pingjiang really likes this son.
Zhao Yi used to be famous, but he actually wanted to do something, but although he was unwilling to do it after hearing it, he could only do it. Also because of the loss, so confused for a while, I placed my affection between the mountains and rivers, all the way upstream to play in the mountains and rivers seems to be free, but in fact, my heart is depressed.
What good guy doesn't want to make a career?
But he didn't have a chance!
"Arrange a better place for the king!" Zhao Yi commanded.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that Jiang Long actually asked for money.