Chapter 511: Poverty is just one word
Xuanyuan Yichen and Liu Qingyan are different, although they also have to go out to work during the day every day, and they have to be distracted to take care of the baby at night, but in general, they still eat well and sleep well. Therefore, when the sun came as scheduled the next day, Xuanyuan Yichen and Liu Qingyan had already taken care of the baby together, got up, and appeared in the courtyard outside. As they said yesterday, no one is allowed to disturb Xiaoyue and Dongfang Ze, as for whether they are sleeping, or how long they have been sleeping, that is a matter for the two of them, anyway, others are not allowed to disturb.
And today, Xuanyuan Yichen and Liu Qingyan still have their things to do, except for the two of them, the others must be ready, just waiting in the Xianwang Mansion. There are three doctors who were originally doctors in the Xianwang Mansion, one is the most familiar with and understands this border place, and there are also Xuanyuan Yichen who specially went to the official mansion to find a master who is also quite familiar with and understands here. Also, it is the guards who are responsible for serving and protecting Xuanyuan Yichen and others along the way.
Their team, which is composed of people from all walks of life, is led by Xuanyuan Yichen or Liu Qingyan every day, carrying dry food, riding horses, walking everywhere, looking everywhere, it seems that they are aimless, and wherever they go, they are everywhere. In fact, it is true that when they go out every day, they are really not sure where they are going, and they don't know where to go. But they are not really aimless, they are familiar with and understand what kind of place this border is. I'm also looking, looking all the way, looking for something that grows most luxuriantly on this frontier. In other words, look at what is suitable for this place to grow, it can be a plant, it can also be an animal, anyway, as long as it is an animal or plant that can be sold for money and has a certain value, it is all within the scope of their search.
They are doing the same thing every day, they have been doing it for more than ten days, and they can only say that the results are really not very good, except for those herbs that Dongfang Ze discovered last year, there is nothing else. This place, it seems that nothing really grows, the people grow all kinds of crops and vegetables themselves, because of the lack of water and fertilizer, the harvest is not much, enough to eat every year and a little surplus, this year is over, it is already very good.
As for animals, Xuanyuan Yichen and others can at best see domestic animals such as cattle and sheep raised by the local people, but they are just a few sporadic ones. And with the affluence of the people here, even if it is a New Year's festival or something, they are reluctant to be these livestock, and more, they still help with some farm work or something.
The more Xuanyuan Yichen knew about this place, the more he felt that this border was really nothing, and nothing was good! In his heart, he didn't know how hard he felt, but when he thought that his family would have to live here for at least three full years, and now it was just the beginning, Xuanyuan Yichen couldn't help but insist on continuing, maybe if he continued to look for it like this, he would find that maybe the situation was not as bad as he thought. The so-called "after the mountains and rivers are exhausted, the willows and flowers are bright and another village", isn't that what you are talking about?
Of course, it is not excluded that there is another possibility that is diametrically opposed, that is, the more I look at it, the more I feel that this place, the place where they are about to live, is no longer just bitter and can be described as miserable!
The situation in front of us may be better or worse. It's just that Xuanyuan Yichen still believes that his luck since he was a child is not too bad, and since he met Liu Qingyan, his luck seems to have gradually improved. Now, nothing will be said to be at the bottom of your luck!
On this day, it was still Liu Qingyan who stayed in the house to take care of the baby, and Xuanyuan Yichen led the people all the way and continued to go out to take a look.
It's been an hour or two since I've been out of the house, and I look up to see the sun, which is shining right above my head. The sun in spring, as summer approaches, gradually becomes more lethal. I used to feel warm, but now I feel that my clothes are reduced, but I feel hot. In my heart, I used to feel full of hope, but now, it has become a slow disappointment.
Xuanyuan Yichen rode on a tall horse, looking at the endless wasteland in front of him, as well as the endless barren grass growing on the wasteland, Xuanyuan Yichen only felt that he was about to become like these barren grasses, growing year after year, and withering when winter came, although new buds would be sent out in the spring of the second year, but anyway, there was no hope, and there was no pursuit.
Xuanyuan Yichen secretly sighed and looked back at the nearly ten people behind him, all of whom were all sad, and probably didn't have any hope. On the contrary, a few locals who have lived here for generations look fine, but it is likely that it is only because they have not had much hope in the first place. It's just that because of the identity of the prince, I can't help but run in vain like this.
The horses riding under him didn't seem to feel everyone's loss and disappointment, did they walk two steps, shook their heads, and would pick and choose to eat the wild grass on the ground, and then chew gracefully, looking like they were indescribably comfortable, anyway, they were much better off than them.
Xuanyuan Yichen couldn't help but secretly smiled bitterly again, looking at the BMW he brought out from the Xianwang Mansion in the capital and was eating the grass on the ground, and it looked like it was very delicious, an idea suddenly popped up in his mind, and he immediately said: "There is such a lush wild grass here, why not use it to breed cattle, sheep, and horses?" ”
The people behind him were stunned for a moment, and then they all began to think about the feasibility of the method that the prince said. However, a few local fellows immediately laughed, and they didn't know if they were laughing happily, because the prince's idea was so good, or they were laughing at it, and the prince would come up with such a solution.
Xuanyuan Yichen saw it in his eyes, and he had already seen from their smiles that they wanted to laugh and didn't dare to laugh that this method was not feasible. Recall that in the ten days I was away, what I saw the most in my eyes was the green grass in the sky, which was not much better than the yellow sand in winter. But if you think about it carefully, it's not that he hasn't seen cows and sheep or something, but they are just three or three, not on a scale, and what else does he not know about it?
Xuanyuan Yichen is still very good at asking questions if he doesn't understand, so he immediately asked more: "Why?" ”
The master in the official mansion Lala talked a lot of miscellaneous things, and Xuanyuan Yichen was about to get impatient when he listened, but fortunately, the master finally stopped after speaking, in fact, there is only one word in the whole - poor!
It's not that the people here don't want to hide some cattle, sheep, horses or something, but which one doesn't have to spend money to buy first, and then you can raise it, and the horses in them cost a lot of money, not to mention. Even in the barracks here, the number of horses is pitiful, not to mention that there are many old horses among them, not to mention going to the battlefield to fight, they are simply so old that they can only wait for death.
If you really want to talk about it, maybe it should be attributed to the invasion of the country. In the border area, the emperor is far away, and the emperor is not a person who likes to take care of things, all along, although there are people from the border from time to time to harass and plunder or something, the emperor basically turns a blind eye and doesn't take it seriously. So although there are also troops stationed here, not to mention the lack of horses, in fact, there are not many soldiers. However, because of this large-scale invasion of Liguo, there were many more generals and horses in the barracks at once, although the number of horses increased compared to the number of soldiers, in fact, there was not much comparison. But at least, after the war, everyone's life is a lot more peaceful, and there is no need to live in such a fearful way, although it is still the same poverty.
Therefore, it's not that the people don't want to raise it, it's not that they can't support it, but they don't have to support it at all, because they don't have money to buy it!
Of course, in fact, there is another problem, that is, the people here have finally grown something to eat, what livestock to raise, and maybe when, a group of robbers will suddenly come over from the Liguo side and rob them of the harvest they have finally obtained. Just imagine, the cows, sheep and other things that I have worked so hard to raise, are suddenly snatched away by others, not only do I have nothing, but it is very likely to have a lot of accounts, people with a little brain know that this is destined to be a loss-making business, and nothing can be done. It's just that you can't eat less, and you can't stop planting. As for domestic animals or something, if you don't have them, you don't have them, it's better than being robbed by robbers again!
Now, although Li Guo has been defeated twice, he should not and dare not come to Daliang to fight again, but who can be sure that the common people will not dare to come to grab things again. Adhering to the tenet of being careful, so everyone's lifestyle has not changed much, and what they didn't dare to do before, they still don't dare to do, like raising livestock. The habit that I developed in the past is still this habit now, as if everyone has to go to the fields to do farm work together.
Xuanyuan Yichen rode on a horse, looking at the endless grass in front of him, the farthest point of sight, the distant horizon, where he seemed to be able to see the outline of the city of Liguo. Quietly watching all this, his mind was full of thoughts and could not be calm.
The vast land in front of you, with the lush weeds on the land, is undoubtedly the most suitable place to raise livestock. Unlike the weeds, yellow sand, desolate, and lifeless in winter, the border in spring is verdant and verdant, wildflowers, thriving, and vibrant. In fact, as long as you are good at discovering, you will know that life in the border is not so difficult. Coupled with his own efforts to transform, whether it is the people in the Xianwang Mansion, or all the ordinary people living on this border, as well as the soldiers in the barracks, everyone's lives can be greatly improved!
Xuanyuan Yichen already has a good plan in his heart, but if he continues to think about it in depth according to this plan, he will find that this plan will only face as many difficulties as the grass here, and when it is really implemented, then I don't know how many troubles and difficulties there are, and it will only be much more troublesome and difficult than getting rid of the grass!