The convoy slowly approached the road in the distance, stirring up countless dusty clouds.

Halfway through the journey, Xu Jiao's carriage could already feel the bumps, and it was even more obvious near Zhong Xiangcheng.

The roads here are so poor, with potholes, and the official roads near the national capital seem to be two worlds.

At this time, it was noon, there were some fields outside Zhongxiang City, and the old farmers were busy all morning, sitting on the edge of the ridges to rest, and children came to bring water and food to their own families.

Looking at the huge convoy coming from afar, the old farmers were a little surprised.

"Look at this posture, it should be that the nobleman from the top has come to us, and I don't know what to do."

"It's none other than us, let's go to work."

After a discussion, they dispersed and went on to work, which was about whether they would have enough food to feed their family in the coming year.

Zhong Xiang counted the time, and waited at the city gate for the past few days.

"Princess, there is Zhong Xiangcheng ahead." Lin Hai came to Xu Jiao's carriage.

Xu Jiao opened the curtain and looked, the city wall in front of her was tattered, but it was still quite tall.

There were several officials guarding the gates, and a group of soldiers.

The carriage slowly marched to the gate of the city, and Taishou and his subordinates came to salute: "I have seen the princess in my humble position." ”

A voice came from the carriage: "Well, take us to where we live." ”

Zhong Xiang Taishou wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "A few months ago, His Majesty's decree was given, and his subordinates immediately began to build the princess's mansion, but this place is too barren, I don't know if the princess is satisfied." ”

They had inquired before the princess came, and the princess's palace in the palace was built by His Majesty who summoned skilled craftsmen from all over the world to search for rare treasures.

The princess's mansion they are building now may only have an area that can reach the passing line.

"Then go and have a look, don't block here at the city gate." Xu Jiao said impatiently.

The crowd hurriedly gave way, and the soldiers on horseback drove ahead to lead the way.

The official road in the city has been cleaned up, and only Xu Jiao's convoy is on the road at this time. The houses on either side were made of wood, covered with pitted marks, and a few pairs of eyes appeared in the crack of the door, where curious people were peeking.

I drove on the official road until I approached the center of the city, and the house was made of blue bricks.

Most of these houses are the mansions and official residences of officials, and the official houses are rented by some officials who do not have houses or can only be moved in by scholars with meritorious names who are rushing to take the exam.

As the carriage continued to move forward, the road suddenly became very smooth, and her specially made carriage did not even feel like it was moving.

When I opened the curtain, I saw that the road was obviously newly paved, and there was a huge mansion at the end of the road, which should be the princess's mansion.

It can be seen that this mansion is still newly built, and it uses fine blue bricks and red tiles, which is naturally incomparable with the white marble glazed tiles in her palace.

But looking at the other scenes around her, Xu Jiao believed that they were still doing their best, so she didn't think much about it.

"Shang Ke, you go back to deal with official business, you don't have to accompany me." Xu Jiao commanded.

Taishou knew that the princess had worked hard all the way, and probably didn't need to be disturbed, so he took someone to leave.

Walking into the princess's mansion, Xu Jiao hadn't complained yet, Lan Ruo complained first: "This is even worse than the mansion of the five-grade official in the national capital, and there are not even rare plants in the courtyard." ”

Zhu Qing usually talks the least, but he has always been down-to-earth and steady. After looking around, he instructed his servants to bring in the cart and begin to pack up the mansion.

Since Lianxin and Mei Xiang made a mistake last time, they didn't have any sense of existence when they returned to the princess, so they cleaned up with Zhuqing at the moment.

Lan Ruo also shut up and accompanied Xu Jiao to the main house to have a look.

Xu Jiao also suffered in her previous life, and this house is not bad in her opinion, at least it is clean and tidy, simple and generous.

The servants, fearing that the princess was too tired, cleaned up the house in a quarter of an hour, and covered the beds with velvet silk upholstery and incense.

"Princess, let's take a shower and change your clothes first."

The servants were dressed in Xu Jiao's bath and were twisting their hair, Xu Jiao suddenly remembered the soldiers who had escorted her all the way, and asked aloud: "Where did the Taishou arrange Lin Hai and them?" ”

The maid who served her with her hair didn't know about it, Xu Jiao looked at her expression and didn't embarrass her.

"Zhuqing, you go out and ask."

Zhuqing is more stable in doing things, and Xu Jiao has always been more at ease when she sends her to do things.

Zhu Qing came back after less than a pillar of incense, "Princess, Taishou arranged them in the barracks outside the city. ”

"What was the accommodation like? They've worked hard all the way to here. ”

Zhu Qing replied fluently: "The slave maid inquired, saying that the Taishou tried his best to make up for it, spread a thin quilt on them, and killed more than a dozen sheep for food, and there was no more, which was squeezed out of the account and bought by the people." ”

Xu Jiao had never seen the poverty of Zhong Xiangcheng before, but she didn't expect that such a large city would have to squeeze even 2,000 thin quilts and more than a dozen sheep from the account.

In Qianyue City, I'm afraid that any random activity will cost hundreds or thousands of times more than this.

"Go, take my private treasury and buy them some clothes, shoes, and meat, buy more, and I will keep my money there."

Xu Jiao's private treasury is indeed rich and scary, her father and queen mother have sent her any good things, countless gold, silver and jade, rare treasures can't be filled in a house, just clothes, shoes and food for 2,000 people, it's nothing at all.

"Wait."

Xu Jiao stopped Zhu Qing, who was about to go to do something, and added: "It's one percent higher than the market price to buy it, and try to send it to them today." ”

The garment shops in the neighborhood are particularly happy to do this business, and the old farmers who raise chicken and mutton all sell their things to them.

Taishou knew about this, and felt a little guilty: "The minister also wants to be kind to the soldiers, but unfortunately he is really incapable." ”

So Taishou sent some people to accompany the servants of the princess's mansion to carry those things.

In the barracks, Lin Hai is arranging for his soldiers to live in their respective barracks, although Zhong Xiangcheng is barren, but there are many branches of rivers, so there is no shortage of water at all.

"Everyone has worked hard all the way, let's take a shower and rest in a while, and we will rest for three days before starting daily training."

Just as the soldiers were about to disband and take a bath, Zhu Qing came over with someone.

"Eh, there's a girl in a green shirt at the barracks gate." The soldiers below couldn't help but start talking to each other.

When Lin Hai heard this, he looked back and recognized it as Xu Jiao's personal maid.

"Is there anything the princess has to tell the girl to come here?" Lin Haiqian asked.

Zhu Qing nodded and said, "The princess is grateful to you for escorting you all the way, and specially ordered me to send clean clothes and shoes, as well as some raw poultry, you have a good rest these days." ”

Several truckloads of supplies were brought in, several old farmers drove a flock of sheep and chickens, and some people carried a seriously injured cow that did not die.

Cattle are a tool of production, and the people are not allowed to eat beef, only officials can eat it, and it must be an injured cow that cannot continue to engage in farming.

Today, a cow accidentally fell from the dirt slope and was seriously injured, Xu Jiao spent money to buy it, specifically to make up for the soldiers.

"Then we'll eat beef soup and mutton soup today." Lin Hai yelled at the soldiers, accepting the princess's kindness.