Chapter 301: A word determines fate
At the end of winter, the rest of the cold looks particularly cold. In the early morning, the sound of stomping feet in the long queue kept sounding, the sound of exhaling with both hands together, and someone whispering, and the voice was also very short, as if he was afraid that the heat in his body would escape.
"Wang Laohan, you are here too. "Someone said hello.
An old man wrapped in thin linen clothes, with a cold wind whirring in, smiled and stretched his brows, "Didn't you come too, huh, the weather is really cold, thanks to our Datang wealth, we won't freeze to death." ”
The old man was rubbing his cheeks, and someone next to him interjected: "Isn't he coming? ”
"Not a son of man, not a son of man......" Wang Laohan blushed angrily: "My old man is not helping his son to lead his mother-in-law, no matter how poor the old man is, he is also a well-known son of Middle Earth, a man of fifty-six nationalities." The son of the old man, how can he marry a barbarian woman?" He was full of pride: "The old man came to receive the silver reward for the late winter, but the emperor said that he could receive three coins of silver, and he would go through this damn bird winter!"
"Haha, are you literate, can you understand the emperor's list?"
The old man couldn't understand it, so he had to read it to the scholar in Dongcheng. Huangbang said that our Datang has won many battles in Fusang, and has come back with a lot of money, and each person will share three coins of silver for the New Year. Wang Laohan's face was full of wrinkles: "Our days are getting better and better, we have received silver for the winter, and when we make up for the spring, my old man took his son to work hard, and saved silver for the iron bolt to ask for a house, so that you don't always preach with barbarians." ”
The man glanced at the linen clothes on Wang Laohan's body, shook his head and said, "Also, in the cold winter, you can't live in this clothes." Come here and lean in, don't it's your turn, you'll freeze to death here. ”
"Cheap mouth, you should be beaten!" Wang Laohan scolded with a smile, and leaned over softly.
Tang Ying heard them talking, and spatted 'ants', which made Agu hear it, and the moment he turned around, the cold light seemed to shoot through his face. The Charm Police Inspector hurriedly pulled him, apologized to Agu, and explained a few words, and that's it.
"Why do you need to explain to him?" Tang Yingwu was unconvinced, "After the Eastern Soil was sent, I Tang Ying was crowned the royal brother, and I was on top of the people, and I was also in the old and dead villages, and I died of hunger and cold." Where were you then, where was the Buddha, and where was the government?"
Agu softened, "What were you doing then?"
"Fate. Tang Ying sighed, "Not all the Tang Dynasty in the human world can eat well, I was a monk in that life, a monk who admits death." I'm not like a bald donkey who has no conscience, the poor can't be turned into a poor family, and the watchdog of a rich family is very powerful, and if I can't turn it in, I can only starve to death in a broken temple in the end. ”
"Can't work, can't work?"
Tang Ying was dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.
Work, work, work, I was a monk in that life, how could I do the work of Hongchen?
Agu smiled, too lazy to reason with him.
Soon they reached the front of the line, and saw several officials sitting behind a desk, next to a row of trays and baskets. In the tray is a piece of loose silver, three coins a piece, bright dazzling eyes, in the basket is a stack of coarse cloth clothes, although the material is not good, but it is three layers inside and outside, enough to block the wind.
Agu stepped forward and asked, "What does this dress do?"
The official was busy scratching his head, and saw the long queue in the back row full of unhappiness. He was so anxious that he waved his hand to drive people away, "Go and go, look at your dress, you are not a person who lacks these three coins of silver, what are you doing here?"
Another official looked at the silk robe that Agu had changed on, lest his brother offend people and attract hatred, and hurriedly explained: "Don't be angry, look at this team, I don't know where to be busy." Naturally, we are responsible for our errands, but the poor people in this are thinly dressed, and if a few freeze to death if the distribution is slow, we won't be able to do it, right?"
Agu smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
The county guard over there took many officials to maintain order, and when he saw this, he walked over, looked Agu up and down, and made a scribe's salute: "This son, please let the officials continue to distribute it." "Half hard and half soft, lead someone to drive Agu aside.
Tang Ying was stopped by the official who had at most 20 years of skill, and sneered: "Agu, you are not very good, the official can drive you away." The Charm Police Inspector tugged at him, but he didn't move.
Agu smiled slightly, didn't say much, but the young scribe county guard was stunned, his neck was stiff, his face was blue, and he turned around and looked at Agu again: appearance, age...... The man in front of him was in line with the one preached by his classmates, and he bowed in fright, feeling that it was not enough, and almost knelt down.
Agu held him up, pointed to the basket and asked, "What are those doing?" ”
The scribe county guard wiped his cold sweat, and when he heard Agu's question, he smiled: "This is donated by a good person in this county, Chen Shanren said that it is not easy to queue up on this cold day, so he let his own cloth workshop dare to make clothes out." There are 300 pieces of this, and there are still 700 years to do, and it is not a matter of a while. ”
"Is it enough?"
"Where is enough?" the scribe shook his head, "the twine is ready-made, and it is somewhat stocked, but it takes a lot of effort to weave the twine into cloth and then make it into clothes." Wei Chen has calculated, this team needs at least 3,000 clothes, and now there are only 300, so he can only pick the ones that are about to freeze to death and be fed with Mahu water. It's not that Weichen is not unsatisfied, it's really ...... All Middle-earth is in need of clothing. ”
"Where's the food?"
"The food is still enough, it's the same as before. ”
"Same?"
"Brown rice mixed with bran, plus wild vegetables, our small county here is not as rich as Chang'an, so we eat these. ”
Tang Ying looked at Agu and asked patiently, a cold face gradually melted, and his eyelids lowered as if he was pondering something. At this time, the Charm Police Inspector pulled him, he raised his head, and saw Agu raising his eyebrows at him, and the appearance of smiling was really annoying. Snorted coldly and asked, "Look at what?"
"Nothing. Agu shook his head.
After taking two steps, he suddenly turned around and said: "Buddhism looks down on the world, what do you keep saying about ants, but it's different from the kind of Buddhism." ”
"I'm not a bald donkey!"
"Thankfully not. ”
Agu laughed, so angry that Tang Ying almost rolled up his sleeves and moved. Fortunately, isn't it? What does this mean? Could it be that if you say yes, he Tang Ying can't survive today......? Suddenly, the whole person was dumbfounded, to say that he was like a bald donkey, he really couldn't live today.
Agu is Agu, not a stubborn monkey after all.
Tang Ying sighed, tears rolled in her eyes, she couldn't hold back, and fell. The Inspector clapped his hand as a sign of comfort.
Seeing his expression change, Agu moved the hand in his sleeve and put the multicolored divine stone he took out back into the spell in his sleeve. "How about a favor?" he asked kindly.
"No, I don't. ”
"Go to the human realm and get some clothes, and tell the hooked snake that he will be ready. ”
Agu waved his hand, and the aperture of the teleportation array appeared in front of him, and Tang Ying, who simply refused to 'help', glared at him and strode in. The Charm Police Inspector wanted to follow, but Agu lost a look, and after thinking about it, he stopped.
"Just wait. "Tang Ying is very gentle with the Charm Police Inspector.
The two were greeted by the scribe and county guard, and they were originally brought to the county office, but after saying a word, Agu walked towards a compound on the west side of the city. He left the teleportation array behind, guarded by the officials.
Along the way, the police inspector remained silent, and when he arrived at Chen Shanren's house, he was greeted by everyone and sat down, and served tea, so it was difficult to speak. Agu put her aside and looked at the kind man in the county guard's mouth, smiling kindly.
Chen Ming, 57 years old, has a merit value of 6,000. A mortal has 6,000 merit points, and it is not easy.
In the face of a character like him, the great good people who called for wind and rain in this small city didn't even dare to say a word, and smiled flatteringly with their families. He has two sons, the eldest son is polite and polite, and the second son Kong Wu is powerful, one is named Chen Wen and the other is Chen Wu, which complement each other well.
The county guard made a strong look, and it was rare to enter the eyes of Lord Agu, this is the road to the sky. Chen Shanren understood in his heart, but he couldn't say anything - let him face a big man like Agu, he wouldn't dare to make a sycophant.
Agu knocked on the table and said with a smile: "1,000 pieces of clothes have been sent out, you must have a few years of cold conditions in this cloth workshop, right?"
"Don't dare, you shouldn't dare. Chen Shanren was trembling and could only say these two words.
In fact, Agu was right. It is only a small city, with a radius of no more than 100,000 miles, and a population of less than 100,000, few people can afford to wear clothes made of silk, and most of them are linen. Chen Shanren used up all the remaining twine and accumulated it again from other places, which obviously cost several times the price.
Agu thought of this and said, "I asked people to do something, and you won't be able to open this cloth workshop in the future." ”
"Then don't open it. Chen Shanren didn't dare to fight back.
The eldest son, Chen Wen, opened his mouth and didn't say anything, and the second son Chen Wu couldn't help it and said loudly: "Father." He waved his thick arms and asked angrily: "What we do is the business of the cloth mill, if we don't do this, what will the clans eat?"
Agu smiled: "Do you think your father did something wrong?"
"Yes, if I would have given clothes, but not we'd be killed. ”
Agu looked at Chen Wen: "What about you?"
"The Chen family is good at running the family, and what my father did was certainly right. Chen Wenbin replied politely: "It's just that the small city still needs a cloth workshop, needs the Chen family, and begs the adults to give a way out." ”
"Not bad. Agu picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea.
"Luo Xian's kid always flirts with the girl of the Ethereal Peak, so he should find something to do. Chen Wu, you like to practice martial arts, take my words and go to Chang'an City, I think this kid is an impatient character, he can't keep up with the army, and he will go back soon.
Chen Wen...... You followed Li Zhengfeng, and his doctrine is suitable for a sharp-toothed guy like you. ”
Chen Wen smiled embarrassedly, then widened his eyes and rubbed his ears. What did he hear? There was nothing wrong with his ears, right? Chen Wu was still wondering there, and the second monk was confused. Who is Luo Xian? He had heard of the big names of the Tang Dynasty, and he had also heard of Lin Zixia and Bai Angzhi and others around Agu, but Luo Xian ...... Which is it?