Chapter 36: Sahuan
"Mother, you just let the third brother and sister go," Boss Lu said, "The third brother and sister are capable, and everyone knows this way." ”
Boss Lu followed He Jiuniang to Liukouwo, and admired He Jiuniang so much, now he just went to Jingzhou City to buy some things, it shouldn't be a problem.
But he didn't want Sun to wait for him viciously and scolded: "It's not your daughter-in-law, you don't feel distressed!" ”
Boss Lu was embarrassed, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
But who told Jingzhou not to accept strong men, otherwise it would not have allowed the third brother and sister to run like this.
"Okay, okay mother, I know you feel sorry for me!"
He Jiuniang hugged Sun and shouted: "This is only ten miles away, I can still ride a horse, it won't be long, don't worry!" I'll come back and buy you something good! ”
She was like coaxing a child, making Sun lose his temper and scolding: "Who feels sorry for you, you are so thick-skinned, you don't know how to panic!" ”
He Jiuniang still won the opportunity to go out alone, she unloaded a horse from the car and got down, jumped on the horse's back and rushed out.
Everyone was stunned, and Lu Guilan couldn't help but sigh: "When will the third sister-in-law ride a horse?" That's amazing! ”
"The third aunt has always been very powerful!"
The girl looked at the little aunt very proudly, as if she was the one who could ride a horse.
Not to mention that this group of women was surprised, even the group of old men were also dumbfounded, and the equestrian skills were beyond their reach.
Many people gave a thumbs up, which was admiration from the bottom of their hearts.
He Jiuniang didn't think about this, although she hadn't ridden a horse before, but didn't you just look at this thing?
finally came out by herself, she was still very happy, and rode a horse to spread joy.
In fact, I just want to buy some cosmetics to make some scar makeup, these things may not be available in Jingzhou City, but I still have to go there, so that the things she takes out of the space can cross the clear road, otherwise it is easy to arouse suspicion.
The most important thing is that I want to go to the city in advance to find out the news and see if it is really not a strong man?
It was really fast to run ten miles on a fast horse, and it didn't take long to arrive, and there was a line of people waiting at the gate of the city to enter the city.
There were men and women in the crowd, but most of the men were older, and it seemed that they all knew the news.
He Jiuniang led the horse forward and asked people, and the last one in line happened to be a hunchbacked old man, so she asked: "Uncle, is this Jingzhou really not accepting strong men?" ”
The old man sighed when he heard this: "Isn't it? My family was originally four sons, only two of them were left after fleeing, and they all went to the barracks, and now I am the only old man with this group of orphans and widows, how can I live this life in the future! ”
The old man began to wipe his tears as he spoke, and there were several women and children standing in front of him, also with red eyes, which clearly came out of the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den.
The others listened with earthy faces, and did not interject, but their expressions were also full of sadness.
Although Jingzhou is rich, they are all croppers, and they also have to farm, and there is no strong laborer in the family, so the old and young of this family must not starve to death?
This is indeed the fault of the imperial court, that is, I don't know how they will end, if they are not handled well, civil strife may break out again.
However, these are not what He Jiuniang should consider, she is only responsible for letting the Lu family live their own lives.
The people queuing up here are waiting for the officers and soldiers to check their household registration, and then they have to go to the special place set up by the yamen to wait for the place to go.
He Jiuniang just went into the city to buy some things, and she didn't need to queue up, so she led the horse and went directly to the city gate, took out the documents that could prove her identity, checked the household registration for the officers and soldiers, confirmed that they were good citizens, and let them go.
She went directly to the yamen to see what the situation was now, only to find that the yamen was full of refugees and were waiting for the yamen to arrange.
"Brother Guancha, how should the yamen settle these refugees?"
She squeezed forward, and before she could say anything, she shoved some copper coins into the officer's hand.
The official was about to reprimand her for obstructing official business, but looking at the money in her hand, she suddenly couldn't say anything.
"Listen to your accent, and you're not a native of our Jingzhou?"
The official looked at her with the silver in his hand, with a bit of scrutiny in his eyes.
He Jiuniang followed everyone to eat and sleep all the way, and she didn't deliberately pay attention to dressing up and maintenance, and she was not ordinary tanned, which made people look unappetizing.
Therefore, even if the official looked at her blatantly, he did not arouse any bad thoughts.
"Yes, our family also fled, but everyone is still behind, send me to inquire about the situation."
He Jiuniang smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.
The officers and soldiers saw that she was really ugly like this, turned their heads to the side in disgust, pointed to a group of refugees and said: "Our Jingzhou is the fief of His Royal Highness King Chen, and I shouldn't have taken care of you, but His Royal Highness is benevolent, not only takes in women and children, but also is willing to give you a settlement fee, so you can have fun secretly!" ”
Subsequently, following the mouth of the servant, He Jiuniang roughly understood some basic information.
Jingzhou is rich, and King Chen is also rich in his hands, for the sake of most of the refugees are women and children who are powerless, one is counted as one, no matter how old they are, each person will be given two taels of silver for a settlement fee.
Two taels of silver is a lot, in the past, these two taels of silver were enough for a family to eat for a year, but now each person gets two taels, and it is already the ancestral tomb with green smoke.
In addition, there were many people in Jingzhou, and the land was not enough, so the government could not directly distribute fertile land to them, so they could only temporarily send them to the village to settle down.
Of course, if the conditions are good and those who have surplus money in their hands can also buy fertile land from the local people, there are still many people who buy and sell land in these years, as long as it is legal and reasonable, and the trade is free.
"I see, His Royal Highness King Chen is really a good person! Thank you, big brother, thank you! ”
He Jiuniang's eyes were full of praise, and the officials were proud.
After doing the surface work, he disappeared into the crowd and left, so that he was in the mood to slowly walk around the street.
Jingzhou City is worthy of being second only to the prosperity of the capital, and Qianzhou City is not at the same level at all, the streets are full of all kinds of vendors' shouting, children's frolicking, restaurants and shops are full of family, this is the most prosperous city He Jiuniang has ever seen in this era.
The streets were more than twice as wide as the city of Qianzhou, and there was no damage to the drought, except for the disgraced refugees, everyone else was happy and happy.
Looking at this scene, He Jiuniang was very satisfied, if the Lu family could settle here, life would only get better and better.
The city is very large, and it will definitely not be able to finish shopping for a while, He Jiuniang went shopping, bought some snacks for the children and prepared to go back, and it is not too late to go shopping when everyone enters the city tomorrow.
The crowd not far away suddenly became bustling, and He Jiuniang came up to take a look with the mentality of eating melons, good guy!