On the second day, Meng Juren took Yang Zhumu and Yang Zhulin to stay responsible for harvesting high-yield sweet potatoes and other crops, and Zhou Shuren and others continued to rush to Lizhou City.

Although people are left to harvest crops, the city of Lizhou is still waiting for food to save lives, and collecting cheap old grain from farmers passing by while rushing on the road, resulting in a larger and larger convoy, in order not to delay the journey, sometimes they will continue to rush at night, and rest in the car.

Halfway through the journey, Zhulan was secretly fortunate to spend money to buy ginseng when she was in the capital, this time not only her father and mother had to make up for it, but she and Zhou Shuren also needed it, and the two of them were also tired these days.

Arrived at the boundary of Sichuanzhou, as soon as she entered Sichuanzhou, Zhulan found a lot of apple trees, some are patches of apple groves, and suddenly remembered, she remembered that apples were introduced to the northwest in the Han Dynasty, and remembered that there was a hometown of apples in the northwest in modern times, Sichuan and Lizhou are close to each other, and the geographical location is similar, Zhulan's eyes are bright, and the fruits of ancient winter are precious, "Shuren, look at the apple groves." ”

Zhou Shuren put down the ledger in his hand and looked in the direction pointed by Zhulan, it was indeed an apple grove, "What's wrong?" Craving apples? ”

Zhulan, "No, I'm thinking that Lizhou City is so close to Chuanzhou, it must also be suitable for growing apples, I want to buy mountain land, and then buy apple trees from Sichuan Prefecture to plant, what do you think?" ”

Zhou Shuren was naturally supportive, "Listen to you." ”

Zhulan calculated, "I still have to build two ice cellars, and I will build a few more cellars, and the apples will be stored for a few more days, and the more winter the price, the more expensive it will be, and I will be able to make a lot of money at that time." ”

Zhou Shuren listened to the ice cellar, the most important thing for him at present is to solve the food and clothing of the people of Lizhou City, so that this year's spring plowing can go smoothly, and the other things to increase income will not be thought about first, and then the two major problems will be solved.

There are a lot of apple trees planted in Sichuan, and there are also abandoned fruit forests in many mountains and wilderness, which will not grow apples, and the apples taste bad, so they will not be planted without income.

Bamboo orchids will not be planted, and the planting still needs to be done by professional fruit farmers, and they will come to Sichuan to invite people when the time comes.

The journey to Lizhou City is getting shorter and shorter, and there are more and more refugees who can't eat and beg for food.

Entering the area of Liju City, there are many people digging wild vegetables on the mountain looking for food, but fortunately, it is not a drought that does not cause any grass, as long as the high-yield crops are successfully cultivated, there is hope for life.

Lizhou City is Shangzhou, but also Zhili Prefecture, Zhou Shuren's status as the governor is parallel to the prefect, although Zhou Shuren is still from the five-rank official position, but because he is the governor of Zhili Prefecture, Zhou Shuren's Zhizhou is more than Sanzhou's Zhizhou Yulu.

Moreover, Lizhou City is a county under the jurisdiction of Zhili Prefecture, and the rights of Zhou Shuren, the governor of the state, are not ordinarily large.

These are all explained by Zhou Shuren to Zhulan later, and Zhulan knew that there were so many things to say in the state city.

In the boundary of Lizhou City, Zhulan saw that the children were all thin and thin, this is the disaster of the war, the most bitter is still ordinary people, no silver, and can not farm in their hometown, the escape silver is gone, can only beg, finally finished the war, returned to the hometown without a penny, spring ploughing seeds can not be bought, plus the family's rations, to make matters worse.

Lizhou City is poor, there are few merchants, some rich big families have not returned, let alone hire helpers, and there is no additional source of income, so they can only sell their sons and daughters.

Lizhou City currently has the most people.

Zhulan felt uncomfortable when she saw a good team with some children, all of whom were bought by people.

Zhou Shuren hugged Zhulan tightly, "Don't look at it." ”

Zhulan listened to the cheers behind her, and her heart became even heavier, "Fortunately, we collected grain as we walked." ”

Zhou Shuren nodded, several convoys carrying grain followed, Zhou Shuren sighed, "There is not much silver left in my hand." ”

Zhulan was silent, there is indeed not much left, there are still fifteen thousand taels left, and there will be more places to use silver in the future, "Think about it, the silver followed you to Lizhou City, at least there were not a few hands in the middle, we all used it on the refugees, do you feel more comfortable thinking about it?" ”

Zhou Shuren smiled, "It's really a lot more comfortable." ”

If this is put down layer by layer, 50,000 taels of silver will really reach Lizhou City, and there will be 20,000 taels Thank God.

It was noon when I arrived at Lizhou City, and the Tongzhi and Tongju outside the city gate had been waiting for a long time.

Zhou Shuren got out of the carriage and saw the haggard face of Tongzhi and Tongju, he had the information given by the emperor, Tongzhi and Tongju were newly transferred, Tongzhi was originally the Zhizhou of Sanzhou, Sichuan, and was promoted from the fifth grade to the fifth grade, although it was raised, Zhou Shuren looked at the haggard appearance of Tongzhi, and estimated that he would rather continue to be in Sanzhou as a Zhizhou slowly.

The general sentence is also newly transferred, from the Jiangnan Prefecture, obviously in his thirties, but his haggard appearance looks like he is in his forties.

Tongzhi Chen Chen, forty-three years old, he is not only anxious but also always worried about whether his head will move, after receiving the holy decree of the new branch list to become the Zhizhou of Lizhou City, he directly burst into foul language, a list of people who have never been an official, how can he deal with the mess of Lizhou City, and when the time comes, won't he move his head together.

Now looking at the new Zhizhou Lord Zhou, and then looking at the huge convoy, he knew at a glance that the grain trucks behind him were all grain trucks, and he put away his contemptuous heart, and the emperor must be justified in valuing it.

He Yun, thirty-six years old, saw the team breathe a long sigh of relief, and the helper came.

Tongzhi Chen Chen and He Yun stepped forward, "Lord Zhou." ”

Zhou Shuren returned the salute, "Lord Chen, Lord He." ”

Chen Chen and He Yun glanced at each other and realized, they didn't believe that Lord Zhou investigated them in advance, Lord Zhou accurately said their surnames, it must have been told by the emperor, no wonder Lizhou City was newly transferred, and the two of them knew in their hearts that the emperor really valued this Lord Zhou.

The emperor values it, they don't dare to despise it, the eyes of the two can't help but look at the officials in the team, who knows who is the emperor's person inside, Lizhou City is a mess, the two of them have not alleviated the situation in Lizhou City, the emperor must be dissatisfied, they are still honest.

Chen Chen said: "Lord Zhou has worked hard all the way, please go to the city." ”

Zhou Shuren said: "The two of you go first, I will explain to my family, and then go back to the yamen with the team." ”

As soon as the words fell, the sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, and Zhou Shuren looked at Wu Chun, who was the first to take the lead, this was the one who knew the news and came to pick up the Yang family.

Tongzhi and Tongju and the others were stunned, why did General Yang who was stationed here, they soon knew why they came.

Wu Chun dismounted and saluted, "Uncle has worked hard all the way. ”

Zhou Shuren smiled, "I was still thinking about waiting to enter the city to give you a letter, but you know that the news is coming." ”

Wu Chun explained, "I sent someone to guard outside the city gate all the time, and I knew that the city would welcome my uncle today, so I came from the station, uncle, how are my grandparents all the way?" ”

Zhou Shuren said: "The body and bones are okay, but I need to recuperate for a few days after rushing home all the way, so let's go back to my uncle's house first, and wait for my uncle to come back at night, and our family will get together." ”

Wu Chun knew that his uncle had something to ask him, and said with a smile: "Okay." ”

Tongju and Tongzhi were silent, but they knew that because Lizhou City was close to the frontier and Shangzhou, there were more soldiers and generals stationed in it than in other states, there were 4,000 people, and the supreme commander was General Zheng, this General Yang was the person with the second right to speak, these two generals made great contributions, and the emperor personally trusted him, but he didn't expect it to be the eldest nephew of Lord Zhou!

The two of them really didn't have any careful thoughts this time, if they remember correctly, General Yang also saved General Zheng's life!

(End of chapter)