Li Qi listened to Zheng Lin's words, found the village chief first, and said, "Trouble the village chief to tell the villagers, we will come back for dinner in the evening, and now we have something to go to Pengcheng." I'm sorry Nayi Village Chief, I can only trouble you to prepare some food for us at night. ”

Na Yi Village Chief's real name is Na Yihong, and after hearing Li Qi's words, he smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll just go and talk to them, you guests must come at night, we are waiting for you." After watching the village chief leave, the group of four rushed straight to Pengcheng, and on the way, Zheng Lin said to Li Qi.

"Lord Wang, when you arrive in Pengcheng, everything will be troublesome to listen to me for the time being, and the token given by King Nanzhao will also be handed over to me for safekeeping for the time being." Li Qi took out the token from his arms and handed it to Zheng Lin, looking at Zheng Lin's appearance, he didn't suspect anything at all, after arriving in Pengcheng, the people who defended the city saw the token of King Nanzhao, and hurriedly took them to the mansion of the Fu Ling, that is, Qianpu's house.

After entering Qianfu, they soon saw Qianpu, Qianpu was a middle-aged man, fat, and couldn't even see his eyes when he smiled, and when he saw Zheng Lin and the four of them, Qianpu hurriedly said: "Knowing that you are my king's envoys, the lower officials have specially prepared a banquet, I hope you can appreciate your face." ”

Zheng Lin shook his head and said: "There is no need for dinner, we are here for an important matter, my king has an order, because the soldiers have made great achievements, so they specially distributed some silver taels to their families." By the way, the poorest place in Pengcheng is Butterfly Village, I remember when was the last time you compensated them? ”

Qianpu thought for a moment and said, "Wait a minute, my lord, I'll go get the account book." After a while, Qianpu came out with the account book, looked for a while, and said, "Yes, five years ago, my king compensated Butterfly Village with five hundred taels of silver. ”

Zheng Lin looked at Li Qi's surprised and angry expression, coughed twice, and said: "Very good, presumably Butterfly Village should also be regarded as worry-free, given that the young and middle-aged people in their village are in the barracks, so my king allocated them another five hundred taels of silver this time, and they must be sent to Butterfly Village tomorrow, understand?" In addition, there are five hundred taels, which are distributed to other villages, and you can distribute them at your own discretion, okay, you can collect the silver, and tomorrow the ones from Butterfly Village must be delivered, and we will leave first. ”

After that, Zheng Lin asked Li Qi to take out a thousand taels of silver and give it to Qianpu, and the four of them left Qianfu, and after leaving, Li Qi said angrily: "Why did you stop me just now and let me cut this beast with a sword!" ”

Zheng Lin shook his head and said: "Don't worry, Lord Wang, if you cut him unexplained, then King Nanzhao will definitely be disgusted, it is better for us to wait quietly, everything will be known tomorrow, if you want to deal with Qianpu, the future will be long!" ”

Li Qi covered his stomach and said, "I'm half hungry, you didn't let me eat just now, let's go, let's go eat something." Suddenly, Zheng Lin blocked Li Qi and said: "Don't forget, there is still a banquet waiting for the prince in Butterfly Village, don't be in a hurry for a while, now that you are full, you won't be able to enjoy the real food after you go back, let's go, go back and enjoy the food!" ”

Around dusk, the four of them returned to Butterfly Village, at this time, the village chief was already waiting at the entrance of the village, and when he saw them returning, the village chief hurriedly took them to the widest mill in the village, which is the place where the village is polished after harvesting on weekdays. In the middle of the mill, there were four or five tables, and the more important old people in the village were already waiting, but most of the others could not go to the table to eat.

And the food in Zheng Lin's mouth is just some green vegetables, eggs, etc., the best dish should be the fish, not even a piece of meat was found, Na Yihong smiled awkwardly, and said: "I'm sorry ladies and gentlemen, our village is poor, so only these entertain everyone, there is a jar of wine here, and it is also the last jar in our village." Normally, we are reluctant to drink, you are all distinguished guests, so we can only use it to entertain you, and this is also the only jar of wine in our village that can be used. ”

Li Qi looked at Zheng Lin, and now he finally understood why Zheng Lin didn't let him eat, Na Yihong gave a few of them a skirt and a bowl of wine, and then raised a glass and said: "We in Butterfly Village, welcome all distinguished guests, and then you can eat, distinguished guests, you eat quickly, eat vegetables." ”

Li Qi looked at the few children who were staring at them eating, the fish in his hand, it was so difficult to open his mouth at the moment, he put down the bamboo chopsticks, and said: "Village chief, let a few children eat together, anyway, a few of us can't eat it all, this is all the hard-earned food of the villagers, and we can't starve these children." ”

Under Na Yihong's introduction, he learned that these children were orphans, and since they lost their parents, the villagers saved them to give them a bite to eat. Two more people died of illness in the first two years, and their conditions were that they couldn't get sick at all, and the villagers didn't have the money for medical treatment, so this was their fate, and no one could do anything.

This special banquet made Li Qi eat very painfully, and for the dishes that looked dark in front of him and were not delicious to chew, in Li Qi's eyes at this moment, it was better than a delicacy. At the same time, it was also the most difficult to swallow for him, because they carried everything in Butterfly Village, and after eating, the village chief found a place for them to rest.

The houses were all contributed by the villagers, and they went to other people's houses to squeeze each other, freeing up four empty rooms for Li Qi and the four of them. And what made Li Qi the most sad was that they only had one oil lamp in the whole village, which was originally given to Li Qi by the village chief, and Li Qi took care of Wei Rousi, so he gave it to her, but Wei Rousi did not light the oil lamp, because she was also completely moved by the poverty of Butterfly Village.

At that time, Li Qi found Zheng Lin, and the two left the room together, and when they arrived next to the Butterfly Village, Li Qi sighed and said, "Actually, Datang... There are many such villages, right? ”

Zheng Lin nodded and said: "No way, there are too many poor people in this world, they can only rely on themselves, the prince must have never seen what it was like when there was a famine, starvation everywhere, that is like purgatory on earth." In fact, they have never been dissatisfied with the villagers of Butterfly Village, but like Wang Ye, they will only feel shocked after seeing it. ”

"Not only is it shocking, I'm not afraid of your jokes when I come out, I even feel like a sinner, I used to waste so much food, food... Now I know that they are the lives of ordinary people! ”

Zheng Lin patted him on the shoulder and said, "You better restrain yourself, I'm afraid that when you get to Ming, you will be even more angry and heartbroken, but it's okay, I've already thought of a way to improve the poverty in Butterfly Village, leave the rest to me, don't worry." ”

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