Chapter 423: Civilians in Troubled Times
Poof.
The pig cage enters the water and makes a splash.
Some people applauded, but their eyes were obviously full of laughter, not on which side.
Most people are like Lao Zeng, smiling and looking at them with sweat and cigarettes, as if they are reminiscing about their young selves decades ago.
Until.
Wow.
The pig cage was lifted again, but it was empty, where was there still half a figure?
"!"
"What a fucking bad luck!"
"Fucking let him run away again!"
The man who was stolen scolded and scolded, and suddenly stopped abruptly in the middle of the conversation, knowing that he had missed his mouth. Another word is meaningful, which makes everyone next to him laugh.
"Haha. ”
"It's slippery, let's go our own way, don't let the old brother of the Wang family lose face. ”
Some people pretended to be kind and dispersed everyone, but the smile between their eyebrows could not be hidden.
"The surname is Sun, don't laugh! You will also be embarrassed when you look back!"
"Hahaha, I'm worried about Brother Wang, our girls don't have the ability to hook people like my sister-in-law......"
With a burst of laughter and scolding, the crowd by the river dispersed, so lively.
Tuk Tuk!
Lao Zeng was satisfied and knocked the cigarette pouch in his hand.
"Hey. ”
"This kid has some skills from the time I did!"
"Lao Zeng, are you talking about water, or is it your old boy's ability to steal people?"
The laughter and scolding were still there, but they spread from the river to the surrounding crowd.
Lao Zeng glared at the man angrily: "Do you still need to ask?"
After speaking, the other party could not continue to taunt, and turned his head to look at Li Yunyilin.
"Let's go, two little brothers. I guess the goods over there are almost loaded, so we can leave before dark. ”
Lin Jian looked at Li Yunyi inquiringly, only to see the latter smile and nod.
"Then I'm going to bother Brother Zeng. ”
Lao Zeng laughed: "Haha, what's the trouble, how can we not want the silver sent to the door?"
Lao Zeng was very hearty, did not hide his thoughts, and walked towards the west gate.
It wasn't until he stood up that Li Yunyi realized that one of the latter's legs was lame, and he walked with a sway, but his spine was straight.
Soldier?
Li Yunyi's expression remained unchanged and followed behind. At this time, Lin Jian was obviously a little overwhelmed.
"Temple...... Master, we're in a hurry......"
Lin Jian almost lost his voice? Hurriedly changed it, expressing the urgency in his heart. In his opinion, even if there is no flying spirit animal? At the very least, buy a few fast horses to get on the road.
Follow the team of the dart master to Yuejing? Then you have to go to the Year of the Monkey?
Li Yunyi waved his hand gently: "Don't worry? Make it. ”
Make it?
Lin Jian was helpless, he didn't know what Li Yunyi wanted to do, but it was instinct to obey military orders? He doesn't ask any more? I had to follow honestly.
to the West Gate.
Sure enough, a caravan has been prepared, see Lao Zeng return? Someone immediately greeted him from afar? How many words were spoken? But it's ready or something? Lao Zeng coped with them one by one? Until the latter comes to light? turned around and was about to return to the team, but was stopped by Lao Zeng again, and pointed at Li Yunyi Lin.
The two little brothers followed along. ”
As he spoke, Lao Zeng seemed to remember something, turned his head and asked, "Haven't asked the two brothers yet?" Where are you going?"
"Carriage or horse? Silver is different. ”
Don't even know where people are going?
The faces of the people around Lao Zeng are full of black lines? Li Yunyi smiled lightly.
"Yuejing. ”
"Carriage. ”
"Silver is not a problem. ”
Lao Zeng's eyes lit up.
"Haha? Little brother, refreshed people!"
"So, three hundred taels of silver? It's a month away, and I'll take care of the old man on the way!"
Three hundred taels?
It's not expensive.
It's even a bit cheaper.
Li Yunyi had already seen the stunned on the faces of the people on the side, as if he didn't expect Lao Zeng's iron rooster to be so big.
"Good. ”
"Lin Jian, give money. ”
Lin Jian was still chanting these three words for a month, so he had no choice but to take out the silver taels and hand them over, Lao Zeng didn't have a hand, so naturally someone next to him took it, and he was knocked on his hand by Lao Zeng's cigarette pot.
"What's the point? Why don't you get the carriage ready?"
The person next to him was reprimanded, so he ran back. Lao Zeng laughed: "Dog, I haven't seen the world, so the two little brothers laughed." ”
"But he works steadfastly and meticulously, and if he needs anything on the road, just give orders!"
Lao Zeng's son?
Lin Jian was noncommittal when he heard this, and Li Yunyi nodded slightly.
"Good. ”
The deal is done, and the guests and hosts are happy.
Sure enough, before dark, the convoy successfully went out of the city, straight into the hinterland of North Vietnam, and when it went out of the city, there were no soldiers even asking.
"This veteran, he's quite mixed up here. ”
Border cities have always been important, especially border cities such as Zhenyue City, which have a supreme position in North Vietnam, and it stands to reason that whether you go in or out, you must be heavily censored.
Lao Zeng has a big face.
Li Yunyi nodded lightly, did not comment on Lin Jian's evaluation, and closed the door to rest.
The carriage swayed.
The night passed.
There was nothing to do during the day on this day, after all, it was very close to the border pass, and the road was too peaceful, only to see Lao Zeng busy in the team, and together with his son Zeng Shu, he settled down and took care of it for a busy day.
At dusk, Lao Zeng came over with his son, carrying two bottles of good wine.
"Two brothers, come out for a drink?"
Lao Zeng had a tired face, as if the fatigue of the day was a lot of burden on him at his age, but he had a lot of divine light.
Li Yunyi Lin got out of the carriage, Zeng Shu lit a bonfire on the side, and roasted the pork legs brought along the way and the pheasants and hares that had just been hit, which were very hearty, but the eyes of his father Lao Zeng were a little strange.
He knew his father.
is a military weapon, never fake the color, and almost everyone has a face, whether it is a beggar in the market or a general in the city lord's mansion.
Can be on Li Yunyi's eyes......
He didn't dare to talk much, and served honestly.
Soon, the wine passed three rounds.
Lao Zeng is still showing off the glorious achievements of his life, exterminating how many mountain bandits and wild bandits, Li Yunyi smiled lightly: "My brother has been fighting horses all his life, and he has made outstanding military achievements, why don't you stay in the army and walk the dart?"
"There are many wars in North Vietnam, so I shouldn't treat veterans like my brother badly, right?"
Lao Zeng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "I definitely won't treat it badly, but ......"
Lao Zeng smiled wryly.
"In the past, my brothers gave me this old face, and we can't just eat dry rice, right?"
"The general has raised us all our lives, and we are content. It's quite okay to get mixed up at this point, how can you bother the general again?"
"Hit, I can't beat it. But my son, it's okay......"
Lao Zeng looked at his son, and his slightly drunk eyes showed a little hesitation, as if there was something unspeakable.
Seeing this, Li Yunyi didn't break it, and ate meat and drank wine as usual. Soon, the two pots of wine were drunk, and Lao Zeng didn't have the amount he boasted about, so he fell asleep and was carried back by Zeng Shu.
Lin Jian glanced at them.
"Your Highness, did he misunderstand?"
No matter how Lin Jian looked, it looked like Lao Zeng was trying to find a place for his son to settle down, and it seemed that he had misunderstood the identity of himself and Li Yunyi.
Li Yunyi smiled lightly.
"Nothing. ”
"To each according to his needs. ”
After speaking, Li Yunyi went back to rest, leaving Lin Jian surprised.
To each for what you need?
He could see Lao Zeng's purpose, but Li Yunyi ......
What needs can this ordinary caravan bring to him?
Isn't the biggest purpose of their visit to North Vietnam the regent of North Vietnam?
Be.
Li Yunyi's purpose is, of course, this, and it is still now. Otherwise, I wouldn't have continued to Yuejing.
But when he entered North Vietnam, or rather, when he traveled through Southern Chu, he had already found that this problem was more pronounced only after entering North Vietnam.
How to govern the people.
How to govern the country?
Li Yunyi will lead the troops, there is no doubt about it, it comes from the many things that were heard and seen in Shenzhou in his previous life. If you want to talk about the ability to lead troops to fight, not to mention others, if you give him enough soldiers and horses, Li Yunyi will have the last laugh against Ye Xiangfo.
But governing ......
It's too complicated.
Much more complicated than the leader.
The Great War of Southern Chu is imminent, even if Li Yunyi has issued countless royal decrees based on his own knowledge to settle the people's livelihood, but he has seen the current situation with his own eyes, and it is not as easy as he imagined.
Li Yunyi knows that this is his weakness.
If he was just a martial artist, he wouldn't need to pay attention to it at all, but right now, he's not.
He is not only the king of Jingguo, but also the regent of Southern Chu!
The issue of people's livelihood and grievances must be resolved.
But, how to solve it?
Li Yunyi pondered this question all the way and did not find an answer. Until, he entered the city of Zhenyue.
The folk customs are simple.
The people are fierce.
And that's just one of them.
Li Yunyi's most important thing is the people's livelihood in Zhenyue City.
It's peaceful.
There is no depression in sight.
Li Yunyi was surprised, because it was almost impossible for him to think about it before.
The Southern Chu War was imminent, and the form was urgent, but it was known that North Vietnam had just experienced a dynastic war with the Great Zhou. It has not subsided for half a year.
In less than half a year, the livelihood of the people in North Vietnam was stabilized?
No way.
Destruction is easy, recovery is hard!
This is true no matter what, let alone the livelihood of a great dynasty.
What's more, the congenital conditions of North Vietnam are far inferior to those of Southern Chu. The terrain of Nanchu is close to the south, the wind and rain are smooth, the plains are the majority, the fertile land is innumerable, and the annual grain in addition to meeting their own needs is also extremely rich.
On the other hand, North Vietnam, almost half of the year is shrouded in ice and snow, not to mention the war, that is, there is no threat of the Great Zhou, and its annual food is also quite tight, not to mention that there are major frictions between the Great Zhou and it every few years, and it is common to be invaded and occupy the city, and displacement is the norm.
In such a situation, how could North Vietnam still exist?
In troubled times, how did it stabilize the national situation and appease the common people?
This.
is the answer that Li Yunyi wants to get from Lao Zeng and his party.
It's not a small thing, it's a big thing about the national situation!
Today, although there is not much to talk about, Li Yunyi still has gains.
He found that most of the guards in this caravan were veterans, veterans who had long passed the age of disarming and returning to the fields, although most of them were wounded and suffering from old diseases, but they were full of energy and were fully capable of the tasks assigned to them by the old man.
"Militia combined?"
This seems like a viable route. It was more thorough than when he sent a large army to assist civilians in evacuating and integrating.
However, as I said just now, governing the country and the people is not a trivial matter, and it is too complicated.
One night.
Li Yunyi spent all his time in deduction.
The next day.
He knew that Lao Zeng would definitely come back, but he didn't expect that early in the morning, Lao Zeng would come crookedly.