Lao He Tou took the shop, returned to the courtyard he rented, found a bench, sat down, and shook the fan.

Shake and shake,

Old He couldn't help but put the fan in front of him,

It's been a few months, why haven't you seen a cold yet?

Also, it's been a long time since it's rained.

The emperor overlooks the world every day,

And the most common thing that the people below do most often is actually to look at the sky.

Because the common people basically rely on the sky for food.

Although Lao He has been in charge of the pork business for most of his life, in the final analysis, he still has not departed from the rustic spirit of the half-amputated leg.

"If the drought continues, this year's harvest will ........."

Old He Tou began to worry.

The people at the foot of the capital have an atmosphere, that is, even if it is a force on the dock, when he is at leisure, he can chat with you about the court.

When Lao Hetou's shop is not busy, the owners of several shops also like to grab a handful of sunflower seeds or something and put them together in Kankanshan.

In their mouths, Lao He Tou "saw" scenes of court dramas.

Although it is definitely not true, and some of them are even more ridiculous, but it is probably red and green, and it can still be distinguished.

For example, his uncle is the prince of the household department.

So

Old He has reason to be anxious about this drought;

He has no concept of royal relatives and relatives, nor has he thought that his father is noble with his daughter, and all his thinking and ways of doing things are in accordance with his years of experience in Nan'an County.

Because the experience and cognition of those years allowed him to support the He family until now, he didn't think there was anything wrong with that.

The drought continues, the grain harvest is directly gone, what is the household department doing, does the old man know, isn't it just in charge of the world's money and grain?

Money and food, money and food, it's okay if you don't have money, but if you don't have food, that's really going to kill you!

As a father-in-law, he is worried that his son-in-law's errand will not be good, and then his daughter will have a bad life, and then his grandson will have a bad life.

Ouch yo ......

Perhaps, several families living nearby really didn't expect that one of their neighbors, an old man with a pu fan, was expressing the purest concern for the country and the people at this time.

He Chu walked in with a cart.

"Did you send it?"

"Send it."

"No one left you to eat?"

"If you don't say anything, I'll go back."

"Bastard!"

Lao He scolded a little.

A few days ago, he asked a matchmaker to tell his son about his protégé.

It is a family in Xibian Lane, and it is not an official house, and the man in the family works as a small steward on the dock, and he talks about his daughter, surnamed Xiao.

On the other side, I received the invitation of the matchmaker, which means that this matter can be discussed.

Tomorrow is the birthday of the old mother of the Xiao family, and the matchmaker came to the He family's pork shop to buy pork.

Talking about the media,

In fact, it's the same as talking about buying and selling.

Why should there be a matchmaker?

It's not because it was said that two young people wanted to get together as a family, and the family talked about money and hurt harmony, but they had to talk, so they had to ask a matchmaker to spread the word.

This is not someone who has to do an errand at home, needs meat, and came to you to buy it, this is what you mean.

Are you willing to be this in-laws, do you value my daughter?

get

Let's start with an attitude.

People can make it clear that they don't care about money or bride price, what they value is an attitude;

But Lao He Tou himself knows that if you don't have money, you can't put on an attitude.

Lao He Tou is a person who knows a lot, which can be seen from why he Sisi bought the dowry at the beginning;

In the eight hundred years of Dayan, there is only one who dares to distinguish with the emperor in terms of dowry.

But the two sides have not officially negotiated, and they can't be officially hired, so this pork can't be sent, this is disrespectful, at least, Lao He Tou thinks so, so he collected the money, but only charged less than half of the market price, and let He Chu send it is still the freshest.

But the Xiao family accepted the meat and didn't keep their son for a meal, which is a bit unreasonable.

Leave a meal,

Ming'er, your family is doing errands, and then let Chu'er do a favor, move things and do work or something, if you really plan to deal with it, this is the attitude that your Xiao family should have.

He Chu doesn't care, he has a big heart.

Old He Tou was already angry and scolded:

"This daughter of the Xiao family, we can't afford to climb it, people think that we are not from Beijing, and we are ashamed."

He Chu scratched his head and smiled.

"Smile and smile, you know how to laugh, people look down on you, what are you laughing at!"

He Chu still laughed.

Lao Hetou's face was gloomy, and he scolded: "Do you think that you are a nobleman, and the Xiao family is not attached to you, so you are funny?" ”

He Chu was stunned.

"As an elder brother, prop up a tile for your sister, that's your duty, the brother who wants to touch the girl's light is his mother's unproductive!"

He Chu drooped his head.

"Go, boil the lard, Ming'er will send it to the palace, if your sister leaves you to talk, ask about your marriage, the affairs of the Xiao family, you are not allowed to mention it."

"Yes, Dad."

"Ouch, this is really far away, I heard that my father is training my eldest brother."

The courtyard door was pushed open, and Ji Lao Liu walked in, followed by He Sisi in civilian clothes.

Father-in-law Zhang stayed outside the door with Father-in-law Zhang, and at the same time, there were a group of masters nearby on guard.

Since the last time he was scared into a cold sweat by the crazy woman of the county lord on his wedding night, Ji Lao Liu has become as cautious as his brother surnamed Zheng.

Every few months, Ji Lao Liu will bring his wife over to see the He family's father and son, as for the child, it is inconvenient to take him out of the palace, he is the eldest grandson of the Ji family's generation, whether he can be taken out of the palace or not, it is not up to Ji Lao Liu to decide.

"Yo, my uncle is here."

Every time Lao He sees his own uncle, he is a little awkward, and other people's Taishan can still take care of the score, but he can't do it here.

Ji Lao Liu didn't pose any "ordinary people" with the He family's father and son;

Everyone is like this, be polite, you are comfortable and he is comfortable, and it is good.

"I'm going to cook."

He Sisi got up and went to the house to come out for her eldest brother, she came with vegetables, so she didn't have to go out to buy vegetables.

Fortunately, the He family doesn't think He Sisi cooking is anything now, since Da Sisi grew up, the father and son have eaten her cooking every day.

The princess is not the princess, they don't feel anything, in the end, it is their own daughter's own sister-in-law, eating a meal she cooked, what's wrong?

As for this uncle,

forehead

Ji Lao Liu sat on a bench,

Old He Tou and He Chu sat on a small bench,

Men's room,

You still have to behave.

"Dad, how is business going these days?" Ji Lao Liu asked.

Whether the people's livelihood is good or not, look at the excerpts submitted by the magistrates, and if it is not real, the one who really has the right to speak on the people's livelihood is actually the one who sells pork.

When people's livelihood is good, pork will naturally sell well;

The people's livelihood is poor, and this pork is naturally not easy to sell.

Old He Tou sighed, shook his head, and said:

"This business is not as good as a day, this is still Jinglili."

Hearing this, Ji Lao Liu nodded.

This is to be expected.

A national war made Dayan, who was already in need of cultivation and recuperation, start to work again, and the various yamen in the imperial court are also continuing to run for this war, and countless people are running around for this, collecting materials and supplying the front line, and so on, and all the measures have completely dug a big hole in Dayan's already weak production and people's livelihood.

Move, yes, you can still move, but this blood has some unstoppable meaning.

"It's been a long time since it's rained." Old He Tou whispered.

Ji Lao Liu sighed.

Oh, yes

The drought situation in various places has come up.

Ji Lao Liu has been worrying about this for a while, Dayan's finances have already been eaten by Yin, so it can be said that the taxes and output of next year and the year after tomorrow and even the year after tomorrow have been included in the plan, just waiting to come up and make up for the hole.

The most feared thing about an overloaded chariot is that a certain part will suddenly collapse, and the drought presented this year is likely to crush the entire Dayan.

Because no one knows how long the drought will last.

This year, it's not the hardest, it's the hardest, it's next year.

Let the people tighten their belts and support the war, the old Yan people can do it, after all, this is a tradition engraved in the bones of the old Yan people.

But when everyone has no food in the house, they start starving to death, and they start to eat their children, if you still have to fight, no matter how reasonable the people are, it will be difficult to understand, and the people's grievances will naturally arise.

but

Because the tone set by Emperor Yan is there,

Because the commander of the army in front of Chu is Jingnan Wang Tian Wujing,

So

Up and down the opposition,

Even if he is the sixth child, he doesn't dare to write a book to suggest stopping this war.

The war cannot be stopped, so many manpower and material resources have been invested, and if it does not produce results, all the previous investments will be regarded as useless work.

But if the war continues, Dayan will really not be able to hold on.

Floods in Jindi are also frequent, if there are human factors in the bursting of the embankment of the Wangjiang River, then the torrential rain, mountain floods, floods, and the affected places are really not just along the Wangjiang River.

Even, it was precisely because of the frequent floods that the embankment of the Wangjiang River burst, and the imperial court did not have to hide it, because it was already very inconspicuous.

Nowadays, Dayan's territory is vast, and the population is large, but this burden is really heavy.

"Don't talk about that." Ji Lao Liu took his wife back to her mother's house to relax, turned his head to look at his eldest brother, and asked, "How is the marriage?" ”

"Okay." He Chu replied with a smile.

The father-in-law wants to arrange the marriage for the eldest brother in person, and Ji Lao Liu can't interfere, plus he has too many things to do these days, and it is difficult to put enough attention to the He family; Hearing this answer, he nodded and said:

"Is the wedding date set?"

"No, not yet, how can it be so fast, you have to discuss it carefully." Lao He hurriedly replied.

"It's going to have to be discussed."

Inside the house, the smell of food was already wafting out.

Although He Sisi has become a princess, her skills have not fallen in the slightest, in the palace, Ji Lao Liu's diet is basically in charge of her personally, and Ji Lao Liu also likes to eat the dishes she makes.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of the shortcomings of his original family that Ji Lao Liu likes the atmosphere of the He family, this kind of family, it is really the atmosphere of a family.

Many times,

Ji Lao Liu also can't help but think about it,

If the father is a kind father, maybe, that is, there are more women, which is also normal, a rich family, which family does not have rows of aunts?

I and my brothers can ride horses together, have fun together, laugh, and laugh sincerely, unlike now, even Xiaoqi has learned to pretend to be well-behaved and cute.

But these thoughts are only fleeting every time, and Ji Lao Liu knows that he still has to live in reality, because he now has a son.

meantime

My father's body is gone,

day

Finally have hope,

Every day after waking up, I can have an expectation, looking forward to how long it will take for my son to die.

"I heard that the dry people in the south are starting to get restless?" He Chu asked cautiously.

The Chu people are too far away, separated by the Jin land, the Qianren are very close, and they border with Dayan.

Going south to attack the dry was once a game that most Yandi children played in their childhood.

Ji Lao Liu smiled and said: "Dry people, don't worry, just do some small actions, they originally had a good handsome, but they died of illness a while ago." ”

After Zhong Wendao's death, the secretary of the state did not mourn, and he hid it for a long time.

The decree of mourning and the appointment of the new trilateral commander were sent together.

After a series of consultations in the Qianguo court, Zhong Wendao's younger brother, Zhong Wenmian, was appointed as the new trilateral commander.

The original little Zhong Xianggong was promoted to the old Zhong Xianggong.

However, on the second day after the new trilateral commander took office, there was infighting among the western army in Mianzhou City, and it is said that sword soldiers were also used.

This infighting, even the secret spy department of the Yan people can detect it, is enough to show the scale of it.

The reason for the infighting is unknown now, although it has been controlled, it must be related to the death of the original Zhong Wendao.

The Western Army of Daqian was taken by Zhong Wendao to the three sides to defend the Yan people, three years have passed, and the fourth year is coming, the Western Army is homesick and cordial, and the war-weariness is even stronger, as a guest army, they have no enthusiasm for defending the land at all.

Therefore, Ji Laoliu's comprehensive intelligence guessed that it was estimated that when Lao Zhong Xianggong was there, he could still suppress this sentiment in the Western Army, so that they could continue to honestly fight for the big cadres here;

When the news of the death of the old Zhong Xianggong spread, the newly appointed Zhong Wenmian estimated that he had given a hint to prepare for the Northern Expedition, which became the cause of the infighting.

Once the accumulated emotions explode, won't it be a mess?

So

Although Zhong Tianlang's kid became even more crazy because of his father's death, and began to frequently lead the treasure cavalry of the Qianren to attack the border of Yanguo Yinlang County, under the dispatch of the eldest prince, the Qianren have not taken any advantage.

In the follow-up large-scale Northern Expedition, the cadres have not been able to fight, and the materials, ordnance, grain and grass can be transported, but in the end, it is still people who want to fight?

The Western Army, as an army recognized as the strongest in combat effectiveness among the three sides of the cadres, no matter who is the new commander and wants to go on the Northern Expedition, he must regard the Western Army as his own Chinese army.

Ji Lao Liu remembered that his brother surnamed Zheng had mocked people in front of the Qianguo officials......

In fact, this is indeed the case.

The official of the Qianguo Dynasty threw the Wensheng Yao Zizhan to the position of the governor of the three sides, which can be described as the civil leader of the three sides, and indeed to a certain extent, changed the embarrassing situation of the original civilian officials of the three sides dominating the layman and commanding the insider;

Yao Zizhan was indeed there to win over and mediate the relationship between the soldiers and horses of the three sides, so that the atmosphere of the three sides became harmonious.

But his mother's army is used to fight wars and kill people, where are you making peace?

After harmony, how can you still fight?

The Northern Expedition can't be Northern Expedition or something, isn't it good for everyone to continue to be in the city?

The Qianguo Imperial Court wanted the Northern Expedition, which can be clearly seen from the report from the secret spy department from the Qianguo.

No matter how stupid the cadres are, they all know that it is not right to watch the Chu brothers being beaten by Yan Guo at this time!

But after the will of the imperial court reached the three sides of the Qianguo, it was actually pushed back;

Then

The imperial court had to consider the situation fed back from the three sides, and in the end, the imperial court, which was originally full of confidence and decided to go on the Northern Expedition, was also suspicious.

Probably

The ministers and the officials of the Qianguo family began to beat drums in their hearts,

In this state, the trilateral troops were forcibly sent to the Northern Expedition,

Can it be done?

In addition, because the main force of the Western Army continued to move north, the southwest region began to show signs of instability again, and when the news of the death of the old Zhong Xianggong reached the southwest region, several Tusi immediately began to rebel!

In this case, the possibility of the Northern Expedition of the Qianren was reduced again.

Ji Lao Liu knew that He Chu asked this because he also wanted to be drafted into the army.

"In the south, if you can't fight, when the fight is over in the Chu State in the east, we can rest, the people, it's too bitter."

In fact, in Ji Laoliu's opinion, it doesn't matter whether the people work hard or not, he, Ji Laoliu, is really about to die of exhaustion, and he has been trying his best to make up for Dayan's finances all day long, but this hole has already shown signs of getting bigger and bigger.

"Oh."

He Chu was a little disappointed.

Old He Tou glared at He Chu.

"Let's eat."

He Sisi came out with the dishes and motioned for the men to build chairs and cook tables.

On weekdays, in the palace, it is brocade clothes and jade food, but He Sisi still thinks that at home, the family gathers to eat together, which is called the real taste of life.

At this moment, Grandpa Zhang walked in.

Ji Lao Liu knew that if there was really something wrong, it was impossible for Father-in-law Zhang to disturb his comfort so blindly.

rise

Leave your seat,

Ji Lao Liu walked to the door,

Father-in-law Zhang hurriedly handed over the fold,

anxious road;

"Master, this is the excerpt that Huwei County just presented, and it is urgent."

Ji Lao Liu took the excerpt,

Open it

Then he opened his mouth, his teeth, and bit his lower lip so hard that he almost bit out blood:

Under the prolonged drought, one of the most terrible consequences has appeared.

The excerpt is an expedited excerpt personally stamped by the Taishou of Huwei County, which shows that many places in Huwei County suddenly appeared, and there is a tendency to intensify and even affect the land of Gyeonggi, that is, Tiancheng County:

That is,

Locusts!

"Hehehe, hahahaha........."

Ji Lao Liu pinched the fold in his hand,

Squatted down,

began to red-eyed and laughed;

While laughing, he said:

"I can't live this day."