Chapter 082 Road Encounter Again

?? When she saw the scene along the way, Qianniang sighed again, "Madam, it's better near the capital, the fields in our Qingzhou have long been dry and cracked, and many crops have died, and many people have discussed going out to escape the famine." ”

"Escape?"

Wang Qifang looked at the mighty rain-begging procession in front of her, and instructed the thunderbolt who was driving the car to stop the carriage on the side of the road and make way for the crowd begging for rain.

"Yes, if it doesn't rain, the crops are all **, what can those farmers who are counting on the harvest in the field do not flee the famine?"

I think that at the beginning, Qianniang's family suddenly underwent great changes, and she also suffered for a while, until she married Feng Tiezhu and had her husband to help her, and her mother's life gradually improved.

For the little people living at the bottom, Qianniang is still very sympathetic in her bones.

"Well, hasn't the prefect of Qingzhou taken any measures?"

In the face of such a severe drought, the government should take action.

"Prefect? Hmph, it's good if they don't exploit the people, where will they take the initiative to help the people? ”

Perhaps it was the unfortunate experience of her childhood, Qianniang had no good impression of those wealthy businessmen and officials.

Speaking of Qingzhou's parents, she snorted disdainfully, "Madam, you don't know in the capital, if it weren't for the Li family and the Qian family as backers in our plantation, the prefect of Qingzhou would have swallowed the plantation in one gulp." ”

Think about it, wasn't their cotton plantation so greedy?

This is true for wealthy businessmen, let alone grassroots farmers. Thinking of what those people had done, Qianniang sneered, "Since the drought happened, the first thing the county magistrate did was to ask the people for silver and raise money for rain. ”

Just like the people outside, they buy all kinds of valuable offerings and perform a rain prayer ceremony against the big sun.

It's a pity that the money was spent, and the rain didn't come down at all.

"Moreover, the concubine heard that the magistrate had obviously collected more than 100 taels of silver from the people, and there were not even a fraction of what could be used to ask for rain. Madame, think about it, they are greedy for even this kind of silver, what can they expect them to do for the common people? ”

Speaking of this, Qianniang shook her head, "Alas, apart from escaping the famine, the people have no other way to live." ”

When Wang Qifang heard this, her brows frowned slightly, she thought for a while, and said, "Since this is the case, then before we go to Haicheng, let's go to Qingzhou around the corner." ”

"Huh? Madame, do you want to help the poor peasants? ”

When Qianniang heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up.

Yes, others may not care about the lives and deaths of those people, but her own owner, she understands, is the most kind person.

Not to mention anything else, just looking at the disabled women's army and beggars in the Tianzi No. 9 Industrial Park in Beijing can explain everything.

Moreover, the identity of the proprietor is also different now, in the business world, she is the No. 9 Confucian businessman at the top of the Confucian Business Association; In officialdom, she is also a first-class lady, and she is fully capable of rescuing those poor people who have fled the famine.

In fact, Qianniang thought of Wang Qifang too loftyly.

If Wang Qifang knew Qianniang's thoughts, she would be embarrassed.

For no other reason, she was indeed fighting the idea of the peasants who had fled the famine, but the starting point was never to help for free, but to plan for her big estate.

According to the information sent back by Li Jingtian, Wang Qifang learned that at this time, the Liaodong region outside the Guanxi was basically in a state of ownerlessness.

Since the King of Bohai was destroyed by the Great Zhou, the entire Liaodong region, a large area of land, has been barren.

And the Liaodong guard sent by the imperial court only built a guard post in Hushan, Liaodong, claiming to have jurisdiction over the affairs of the Liaodong region, but in fact, the guards of the guard station were simply wandering around the border of Liaodong, and did not involve the areas further east and north at all.

As for the prisoners exiled to Guanwai, they were placed by the guards of Liaodongwei in a small mountain col not far from Lihu Mountain, and there was basically no human population in other large areas of land and mountains.

In this way, Li Jingtian and the others were left with enough fields.

In fact, Li Jingtian is already doing it. He and Tie Chu spent less than 3,000 taels of silver to acquire nearly 20,000 acres of land and mountains in eastern Liaodong.

Listening to what they mean, it seems that they are still choosing a place and continue to buy land.

Wang Qifang did not object to buying land, this was originally her idea. It is in vain to buy back a large area of land, and if there is no one to cultivate it.

After all, Liaodong is not her space, and she can farm with her mind.

At this time, a large number of deserters who emerged were the best candidates to go to Liaodong, you must know that they are all farmers from generation to generation, and they are definitely experts in handling crops, far better than Wang Qifang, a half-man.

Well, it seems that the drought that swept through the northern region is an opportunity for both the Chivalry League and Wang Qifang, who is looking for a way out.

Thinking of this, Wang Qifang's expression became more and more determined, "If you can help, you can help, besides, my Zhuangzi also needs someone to take care of it." ”

"En, there should be no problem," after Qianniang arrived in the capital, she heard about the disgusting things done by the Zhao family, and also knew that the main purpose of Wang Qifang's trip was to go to Guanwai, and she also knew that Wang Qifang was distressed by the shortage of manpower.

As we all know, it is bitterly cold and uninhabited wild land outside the border, if it is not really impossible to live, it is estimated that no one will take the initiative to go there.

However, now it is different, those people who fled the famine have no way to live in their hometowns, so they have fled to become refugees.

If Madame provides generous conditions and ensures that they are fed and clothed, Qianniang believes that those people will be willing to go with Madame.

By that time, Madame's troubles have been solved, and many people have been saved, isn't it the best of both worlds?

Thinking of this, Qianniang stroked her palms excitedly, "Oh, madam, then let's hurry up, I'm worried that I'm going late, and the people are running out." ”

"Hehe, okay"

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced out of the car, and saw the team begging for rain walking by, Wang Qifang patted the carriage and ordered to leave.

She decided to find a time to send a message to Li Jingtian later, so that they could also pay attention to the movements of the victims, and if they could, they could collect some of the victims first.

……

As the saying goes, on a June day, a child's face changes when it is said.

As the carriage slowly moved south, the weather began to get moody.

"Oh, this hell weather, the sun was shining just now, and it's raining again"

Sitting in the carriage bored, Qianniang and Wang Qifang held a cup of hot tea and drank tea slowly.

In the front seat of the carriage, Lei Ting and Feng Tiezhu, who was driving together, also spoke quietly.

"Isn't that great? It's been dry for so long, it's time for rain. ”

Wang Qifang didn't complain too much, she had long been prepared for rain on the road, and the waterproof and rainproof equipment of the whole carriage was very perfect, not to mention the light rain outside, even if it was pouring rain, she was not afraid.

Moreover, there was food and drink in the carriage, as well as dry firewood and charcoal, so even if it was rained in the wild, it could be cooked in a pot, and life was not affected at all.

"Alas, I'm afraid that the crops will die of drought a long time ago, but the rain can wash away the replanted grain"

Qianniang has been in Zhuangzi all the year round, and she still knows a lot about farming. After listening to Wang Qifang's words, she shook her head not very optimistically.

“……”

Wang Qifang thought about it, and then nodded, that's right, the rain outside is not very heavy, but the clouds are extraordinarily heavy, and it is estimated that it can rain for several days. While the drought has been alleviated, it is highly likely that waterlogging will be added.

The situation is still not optimistic.

Realizing this, Wang Qifang and Qianniang both sighed helplessly and sat silently.

At this time, Qingfeng and Lei Jun, who were sitting in the back seat of the carriage and were in charge of guarding, suddenly knocked on the back door.

"What's wrong? Is there any situation. ”

Wang Qifang heard the sound and raised her voice to ask.

"Madame Hui, there is a carriage behind us, heading towards us."

"Oh? It may be someone passing by," Wang Qifang disagreed, their location was a small fork in the official road, although it was raining now, but you could still see sporadic passers-by and carriages.

"Madam, something is wrong, they seem to have come to us"

Lei Jun stared at it for a while, and then replied in a deep voice.

"Huh? Running to our carriage? ”

Wang Qifang was stunned, because of her big size and strange appearance, her carriage attracted the attention of many people along the way, but so far, no one dared to beat their idea.

Is there really anyone who doesn't have long eyes?

"Yes, ma'am, they stopped, and came down alone, and ran toward our carriage."

Qingfeng pushed open the rear door and reported the situation behind him as he crossed his sword in front of his chest and prepared to attack.

"I saw it, belch, it's a little girl, don't do it yet, I'll see the situation,"

Wang Qifang saw the appearance of the person from the car window, well, it was a little maid with a double bun, the clothes on her body were already wet, and the whole person ran over a little shrunken.

"Slave Bai Xiang, meet this grandmother. In the back carriage was our young grandmother. ”

Although the little girl was a little embarrassed by the rain, she knew how to be polite, she squatted under the car window in a proper manner, curtsy Wang Qifang, and then said, "Dare to ask this grandmother, is there a dry charcoal fire in your carriage?" My little master is caught with the wind and cold, and needs to stew some soup, but the charcoal in our carriage is drenched in the rain and can't be used, and there is no shop in front of the village here, you see-"

As she spoke, the little girl took out a silver ingot from her sleeve pocket and held it above her head, "This is the silver of charcoal, and I would like to ask this grandmother to make it convenient." ”

"Oh, charcoal, we still have some carriages," Wang Qifang liked it a little when she heard the little girl's articulate and well-organized speech.

Besides, there are inconvenient times when you go out.

She has space, and there may not be many places to ask for help, but it is human nature to help a little.

Wang Qifang instructed Qingfeng, "Wrap the dry charcoal in an oilcloth and give it to her, and forget the silver." ”

"Thank you, sister," the little girl gratefully took the oilcloth bag from Qingfeng's hand, and when she saw the sword hanging from Qingfeng's waist, she suddenly showed a surprised expression, "This sister, are you a chivalrous man of the Chivalrous League?" Oh, what a coincidence, our young grandmother is the sister of the leader of the Chivalrous League. ”

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