Volume 2 A Dream in Huangzhou Chapter 4 The Countryside and the Rebels
After getting along for a while, Qin Zi got to know Mumu better.
At first, he thought that Mu Mu was just like it, innocent and lively, and had a sense of detachment from the world, of course, from the fact that she called herself a "human", she was a little dumbfounded.
And now, he has a deeper understanding of her, and naturally discovers that under Mu Mu's innocent appearance, there is a smart, erudite, and curious heart about the world.
For example, when she faced people other than Qin Zi, she didn't act like a girl who was not deeply involved in the world, but had a strange maturity.
This is a bit strange for Qin Zi, after all, according to her, she has been in the same place for countless years, and her heart is also as if she is still, staying in the appearance of a girl, how did she learn these rather profound interpersonal skills?
Qin Zi also asked her, she thought about it for a long time, but she still couldn't say why, it seemed that she understood naturally, Qin Zi had no choice but to attribute it to the wisdom of the immortals.
The two walked from east to west for nearly half a month, and finally walked out of the continuous mountains.
You must know that the two of them are not ordinary people, and their foot strength is not even inferior to BMW, Rao is so, and they have walked for half a month, not to mention the mountains and mountains that they can easily climb, but in the eyes of ordinary people, they are like a moat.
It can be seen that there seems to be no clear separation between immortals, and there will even be this kind of situation next door, but if someone really wants to seek immortals, then this continuous mountain road alone is enough to reject ordinary people, not to mention the danger of various beast attacks along the way.
It can be said that with Qin Zi's current strength, if he hadn't looked at the map in advance and specially avoided those dangerous areas, he might not have been able to get out of this continuous mountain.
Of course, the distance between immortals and fans is not necessarily too far, although the mountains are continuous along the way, there are still many villages, just sandwiched between the infestations of various strange beasts.
Coupled with the abundance of spiritual energy and the rapid growth of crops, the people here are surprisingly good.
Of course, these villages are still a minority, and when they get out of the mountains, the number of villages suddenly increases.
If it were according to the division on the map, they would have arrived at Dali a long time ago, but if it was actually viewed, it was not until they got here that they officially entered the Dali range.
Judging from this algorithm, Miaoshan Village, where Qin Zi has lived since childhood, is actually not considered to be a big departure, and Miaoshan Village is self-sufficient to a certain extent, with little contact with the outside world, and Qin Zi has only been to the surrounding towns a few times occasionally.
So, in fact, he doesn't know exactly what the situation is here, but he has seen some information in books in the past, and he doesn't know much about the reality here.
The few villages I encountered at the beginning were not large-scale, but they could be regarded as living and working in peace and contentment, after all, there was really nothing to exploit in this kind of ghost place on the border.
To the east is the continuous mountains, among which there are immortal sects, no matter how much Dali attaches importance to border defense, he will not set up too many border troops in this kind of ghost place, so the two of them are just ordinary people, and no one has come to check their identities.
This went on for a long time before they encountered their first guard.
At this time, Mu Mu has become a handsome and lovely-looking maid, but she is not a stunning maid, wearing a gray dress, which looks good on a closer look, but has no sense of existence.
Qin Zi expressed great envy for the exquisite change in her hand, and then obediently took out the robe she had prepared at the beginning and put it on.
Well, now his identity is that of a traveling son, with a maid and a scholar.
After Lu Shui sent him down the mountain, it was naturally impossible to leave the mountain and leave, the Luojian Sect was also a top-level sect, and he often needed to go down the mountain to do errands, so the various roads under the mountain had already been prepared, and Qin Zi even had two identities.
The one I use now is only temporary, and my identity is a young master from a scholarly family, who comes out to play in the mountains and rivers.
This kind of identity doesn't stand up to scrutiny, but it's enough to fool the guards.
Lu Shui also prepared a better one for him, that one is simply true, any information can stand up to scrutiny, and the setting is a stupid son of a landlord's family, Qin Zi is now ready to go to that landlord's house to report first.
After Qin Zi casually threw down a piece of broken silver, the guard who checked his identity sent Qin Zi away with a respectful face.
This kind of person is as simple as a blank sheet of paper in front of Qin Zi.
At the beginning, when he saw Qin Zi wearing green clothes, he looked like a big family, and he pretended to look through the road guide carefully.
Qin Zi's side played the posture of the son from the city looking down on the countryman, and he didn't even bother to look at him, so he asked Mu Mu to take a grain of broken silver and throw it to him, and the guard immediately released him without saying a word.
After passing this pass, they officially entered the easternmost state of Dali, Yunzhou.
Yunzhou is a border, but it is quite rich.
After all, it used to be part of the richer Huangzhou next door, but after the Huangzhou became rich, it was divided and became a separate state.
Therefore, the area of Yunzhou is not large, and it can even be called quite small, just a wall that exists so that the rich Huangzhou does not exist next to the border.
If Qin Zi and the others want to go to Huangzhou, just continue to the west, the Yunzhou state boundary is long and narrow from north to south, but the east and west are very short, and it will not be long before they can enter the Huangzhou boundary if they continue to go west.
However, Qin Zi's trip didn't just want to go to Yunlu Academy.
If it was just that, he could have asked Lu Shui to send him to Huangzhou in the first place, after all, this distance was equivalent to nothing for him.
What Qin Zi wants to do is to use his own eyes to take a good look at the world and the so-called mortal dust.
For this reason, he now needs an identity, and while going to Yunzhou to deal with the identity problem, he will take a look at the surrounding customs along the way.
Perhaps because of the unknown identity and a slight weakness of heart, the two of them took the small road and advanced from the countryside.
Judging from what I saw and heard in the countryside, Yunzhou's agriculture is not developed, but the yield of farmland is unexpectedly high, at least it seems that the peasants' lives are not bad, as for the deeper ones, it is not obvious now.
Of course, it can't be completely said that he can't see anything, it's just that the information he knows now is not enough, and it is difficult for Qin Zi to form an impression of the entire Dali.
It's just that along the way, most of the civilians he saw on the road were still living and working in peace and contentment, and they could talk and laugh when they were not working.
These are actually nothing to him, after all, Miaoshan Village in his childhood is even more peaceful than this.
It's just that Qin Zi hasn't forgotten one thing-
According to the Shanshui Mansion report he saw in Luojian Sect, there are rebels in Yunzhou, which is detached.
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A few days later, a young man in a green shirt, with a sword at his waist, followed by a gray-robed girl who looked quite delicate.
This kind of staffing is really strange, and many men who work in the fields can't help but secretly look at them.
These two people are naturally Qin Zi and Mu Mu, Qin Zi noticed the gaze of the men around him, and smiled slightly.
He glanced around, found an older farmer, took out a few copper coins and handed them to him, and asked with a smile:
"Fellow, we are outsiders, we came here to travel, and we were accidentally separated from someone, where is Yoshikawa Town?"
Qin Zi's acting skills are naturally excellent, and he played a rich kid who went out to play in the mountains and rivers, of course, in order not to arouse the disgust of the farmer, so his character is not a squirrel.
Mu Mu watched him drive the train from behind, giggling.
Countrymen have never seen the world, and when they meet Qin Zi's current dress that is obviously a rich child, he was born to fall behind, and then he saw that Qin Zi was giving money again, and his attitude was good, he hesitated a little, then took the copper coin given by Qin Zi, and then pointed to one and put it down and said:
"Yoshikawa Town, four or five miles further north."
Qin Zi smiled and thanked him.
The old man looked at the copper coin in his hand, then at Qin Zi and the others, and stopped talking, and finally couldn't help but remind:
"Housheng, I don't see that you don't look like people who often endure hardships, when you go out, why do you dare to run around in this countryside with only a girl, we are honest people in the township, but if you can't keep it, you will meet some bad people, it's still early in the sky, you should go to Jichuan Town."
This time and again, the conversation began.
Qin Zi was in awe, and gave a few more copper coins to express his gratitude, and after some shirk, the old man accepted the copper coins in a daze, and his perception of Qin Zi became more and more friendly.
Qin Zi saw that the time was ripe, so he deliberately showed that he was interested in the farm work they did and wanted to try it.
The old man naturally wouldn't agree, Qin Zi took the opportunity to ask a few more questions about farm work, and even a few men around him came and went.
It's not the busy season, and there's not much work in the fields, and everyone is willing to find something to do.
Qin Zi was as good as a stream, satisfied their preferences, and began to brag about enriching the characters.
"I came from the capital, because I don't like fame and fortune, I was accompanied by a few friends, I want to travel through the famous mountains and rivers, I heard that Yunzhou is mountainous, so I invited to travel here, but I never thought that there was an accident on the road, unfortunately separated from my friends......"
Those farmer men asked what the capital was like, just kidding, how did Qin Zi know that the biggest mortal place he had ever been to in his life was the town more than ten miles away next door to Miaoshan Village.
But it doesn't matter, although he doesn't know what the capital is like, he is not a countryman who has never seen the world.
Bragging about this kind of thing, who wouldn't do it, anyway, it is impossible for these croppers to go to the capital in their lifetime, Qin Zi brags a little more vainly, and does not talk about the actual place name, even if someone asks in the future, it is difficult to find any clues.
Of course, even if you find out, it's useless.
The biggest characteristic of these countrymen is that they have an honest personality, and at the same time, they see low, Qin Zi satisfied their curiosity in three or two sentences, and then slowly dominated the right to speak quietly, and unconsciously, it has become Qin Zi to ask, and they answer.
The most important thing is that although Qin Zi dominates the right to speak, he will not let them have any unhappiness, everything follows them, and even makes them 'This prince from the capital is really a good person!' 'Feelings.
"It's too much, this surname Zhang is so a common man, it's simply intolerable, although he is not an official family, but his father is still an official in the court, this time I will go back to tell my father, let him participate in this Yunzhou Zhizhou."
Of course, this kind of thing is to say, the words of this kind of peasants are actually not credible, they can't even tell who is good and who is bad, there is no way, the information is too bad.
When they meet the gentry of those fish and meat towns, as long as they occasionally build a road and a bridge, these peasants can lift them up to the sky, without realizing that these guys are the source of their suffering.
Moreover, if there is any reform, these people will also be easily instigated by the gentry, and will not have the slightest ability to judge themselves.
What Qin Zi needed was not their attitude, but wanted to understand the Great Departure, or at least some of the situations in Yunzhou, through them.
From their hateful attitude towards Zhang Zhizhou, we can know that these people are usually instigated by the gentry.
As we all know, the officials that the gentry don't like are either really too bad, or the reform touches the interests of the gentry.
Qin Zi knew with his toes that the situation in Yunzhou should be the latter, after all, the former was so fierce, usually in the last years of the dynasty, and Qin Zi knew that Dali had not yet reached this point based on the sporadic intelligence he saw on the mountain.
I asked those Zhizhou what they had done, and a few men talked a lot, all kinds of things said that Zhizhou was bad, and the people couldn't live or something, and there were only two words in the whole article - Qingtian!
Qin Zi didn't bother to say this, these people couldn't see it just now, but they didn't expect that they were all tenants, and it is estimated that many of them are black households, it seems that Dali's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes have not yet reached the point where the landlords are crazy about exploiting tenants to be able to make all kinds of wine ponds and meat forests, well, it seems that Dali should still be saved.
In fact, Qin Zi is also half an insider, and he can't see it clearly, it has been hundreds of years since the founding of the Great Li Dynasty, and although the problem of land annexation has not reached the end of the dynasty, it is already very serious.
There is no way, this world is a super martial arts world, and 10,000 flat-headed people together may not be able to beat a real powerhouse, and this is still without considering the morale of these 10,000 people.
Of course, some people may think that the real strong should not look down on this land, but those under the strong need it, and the strong also need money to cultivate!
So in fact, in this world, the most serious land annexation is actually those sects.
There are too many of these problems, and Qin Zi is difficult to sort out, and at the same time, he is too lazy to care, and he followed a few guys who are very likely to be black households to continue to blow cattle for a while, and scolded the dog officials for a while, so he secretly pulled the topic back, and finally pulled it to the topic he was most concerned about.
"Alas, in this world, the people of Pingtou really can't live, fellow, I heard that there are rebels in Yunzhou, I walked cautiously along the way, and even accidentally separated from my friends, but I was lucky not to meet the rebels, what do you usually say, will there be those bandits looting?"
"Rebels?" The old man repeated the name in a low voice, as if he couldn't understand what Qin Zi was saying for a while, and after a while, he finally realized what Qin Zi was saying, and waved his hand again and again:
"How can there be any rebels, we usually live hard enough, if there are any Rausch rebels, how can they survive!"
At this time, another young man suddenly interjected:
"Uncle Seven, you still don't know about this, when I was in the city some time ago, I heard Mr. Storyteller say that there are indeed rebels. But Wang Gongzi, what Uncle Seven said is also right, we have been living a tight life these days, if there are really rebels, how can we survive. ”
Hearing this, Qin Zi turned his head and glanced at him with a smile, but didn't say anything.
The man, on the contrary, was looked at by him like this, and lowered his head a little ashamedly.
The surrounding croppers, hearing his statement, regardless of whether it was true or not, followed suit.
"Yes, yes, if there are really any rebels, how can we survive as small families!"
Qin Zi also nodded in agreement, regretfully saying that he shouldn't have listened to those people's nonsense, causing him to be separated from his friends!
The men also agreed, and together with Qin Zi, they denounced those who liked to be alarmist.
After chatting a few more words, the old man at the beginning looked at the sky, estimated the time, and began to drive away the people around him.
"Okay, okay, just talk a few words, and you still want to blow it all the way in this area? The prince is going to the city, so let's all disperse! “
The old man obviously still has a bit of prestige, and when he said this, the men around him also dispersed.
Qin Zi still looked at him with a smile like that, and he didn't stop or help.
When the people around him were almost scattered, the old man known as Uncle Seven turned his head and said in a flattering tone:
"Wang Gongzi, it's not too early now, you hurry up and get on the road, the road in the countryside is not as good as in the city, it is very difficult to walk, you set off now, you should be able to get to the city before dark."
Qin Zi naturally agreed, and after begging the old man for saliva, he took Mu Mu on the road.
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When he walked out of the men's sight, Mu Mu jumped up and down to follow Qin Zi, pulled his sleeve and asked:
"Childe, what were you doing just now?"
Qin Zi turned his head and looked at her: "What do you think?" ”
Mu Mu closed his eyes, pursed his mouth and thought for a while, and then said:
"Oh, I see, what are you trying to ask for that, news of the rebels!"
Qin Zi smiled, which could be regarded as a tacit acquiescence.
"Then don't you rest assured now, those rebels don't seem to be here, they should have run away, after all, those people really didn't know the news of the rebels just now."
Qin Zi shook his head, and said as he hurried:
"If they plunder the people, I am not so worried, but I am afraid that they will not."
"The guy who just said that he had heard about the rebels, do you think about what he is wearing, like the kind of person who has the money to go to the teahouse?"
"Although I have never been to a teahouse, I probably still know that most of these farmers go to the city to buy things and go home, and these people don't have spare money to go to the teahouse to listen to books."
Mu Mu listened and nodded, "He was a little strange just now, but he doesn't look like a bad person." ”
Qin Zi glanced at her with a little surprise, it was a little strange before, but now it seems that Mu Mu should really be very sensitive to people's hearts.
"Well, he probably just heard a few words outside, and just said that, just trying to brag."
"Yunzhou is so big in total, even if the rebel army is part of the country, it will not be too far, after all, there are mountains outside, so how can the people of Yunzhou not hear of it?"
"It can only show that these rebels must not be simple, at least not those ordinary rebels."
"As for whether they have completely controlled Yunzhou, or whether there is another conspiracy behind it, let's wait until we get to Jichuan Town to see."
When Mu Mu heard this, he no longer discussed this topic, but asked him what was interesting in the world.
After all, for her, in the long years, the change of dynasty is only a moment, and it is really not worth her to care much.
On the contrary, it was Qin Zi, when he answered Mu Mu's words, he was still a little absent-minded, he hadn't forgotten the well-trained "bandits" who killed his parents back then!