Chapter 49: Human Essence Plum (Thanks to Gagen)
The next day, as soon as it was dawn, Meng Yi began to shout.
"Let's go, go faster today, and be able to get to the place after noon."
With Meng Yi's voice, the Ouyang family got up.
Even the youngest Ouyang Philo sat up, raised his hand and rubbed his worried eyes, and asked softly, "Mother, is it dawn?" ”
"Yes, it's dawn, and we'll have to leave after breakfast. It's December now, and the weather is getting colder and colder day by day, so let's get there early, and General Meng and they can go back sooner to resume their lives. ”
"Uh-huh."
Today is the last day of their trip, and although breakfast is one cake per person, today I added a bowl of wild vegetable paste to make people's stomachs a little more.
After breakfast, they set out again, heading towards their destination, the land of exile in the mouth of the people.
Because they were almost at the place, everyone felt a little apprehensive in their hearts, and the speed of movement slowed down a little.
Along the way, Meng Yi urged several times before arriving at the end of noon.
Seeing that the person who came turned out to be a military uniform, Li Zi, who was in charge of managing the exiled prisoners, hurriedly greeted him and said, "You soldiers have worked hard, please inside." ”
Meng Yi waved his hand and said: "Manager Li, Meng Yi was ordered to send someone over, and I also asked Manager Li to receive the official document in advance." As he spoke, he handed over the official document in his hand.
Li Zi was slightly stunned, this was the first time that Li Zi had encountered it in the five or six years since he was in charge of managing exile prisoners.
It turned out to be an exiled prisoner escorted by soldiers from the barracks?
It seems that this exile is not easy!
took the official document and looked at it carefully, instantly raised his head and looked at the Ouyang family and his party, blinked his eyes, turned his head to look at Meng Yi and asked in a low voice: "General Meng, what arrangements do these people have?" ”
"None."
A simple word made Li Zi a little suspicious of life.
The third-grade master, the fourth-grade Shaozhan Shi, this exile is so miserable?
I came here to open up the wasteland and farm, but I didn't even buy some farm tools or anything?
How weird this looks.
Although Li Zi understands it in his heart, this verification is necessary.
After reading them one by one, he nodded, looked at the only five baskets, and asked people to bring them in without charging a penny from the Ouyang family.
Seeing the group following a guard towards the inside, Meng Yicai spoke: "Steward Li, Meng was entrusted by an adult, and asked Steward Li to take care of the little doll's family within the scope of his ability, and the doll was still injured in the head when he set off from the capital..."
"Little doll? That little doll with big eyes? ”
Meng Yi nodded in response: "Well, I'm tired of managing Li." As he spoke, he shoved two silver tickets into Li Zi's hand, and then waved his hand and left the place of exile in this man's mouth, Yushan.
Yushan, it sounds like a mountain, but it's not.
Yushan is actually a county, but this county is very barren, and because of the barren land, no one wants to live here.
Gradually, this place became known to the authorities of the current dynasty, so they sent some prisoners here and asked them to build Yushan, and after a long time, it became a place of exile.
Yushan, although not the most barren place in the northwest, is one of the most barren places in the northwest, and there is also a place that is an unnamed wasteland five hundred miles away from Yushan.
Yushan is connected to the nameless wasteland, and the prisoners who came here before have already built a part of Yushan in a good way.
Although the land is still very barren, the seeds are planted and the harvest is much better than when the people first came a few years ago.
Li Zi, who was in charge of managing Yushan, looked at Meng Yi and the others who were drifting away, and when he thought of Meng Yi's entrustment, he didn't have the slightest reluctance.
Li Zi, who had also fought on the battlefield in the northwest, could see that the other three people who were walking with Meng Yi were not simple characters, so he was a little curious about the little doll's family.
looked down at the silver tickets stuffed in his hand, and it turned out to be two silver tickets of five hundred taels, which added up to one thousand taels.
Looking at Meng Yi who was far away with some doubts, Li Zi thought that those people were a family, but Meng Yi's entrustment was only the little doll's family, it seems that this family still has a story...
Standing in place and thinking for a while, Li Zi turned around and walked in the direction where the Ouyang family and his party had left before.
Coming to an open place, Li Zi saw the Ouyang family standing there, and stopped to look at the family.
At first, I didn't think there was anything, but after a closer look, Li Zi found a clue.
This family is divided into two factions, how does this look like a family, it's a bit interesting...
Having made up his mind, Li Zi walked over, looked at the Ouyang family and said coldly: "You are very lucky, you will have a place to live as soon as you come." It's just that the yard is a little small, so you have to live separately. ”
As soon as she heard Li Zi say something, Ouyang's old lady Chen Yanhua complained in a low voice: "Live separately? What the hell is this? It's not easy to walk around with potholes, and even the place to live is very small..."
Although Chen Yanhua's voice was very small, he was still heard by Li Zi, squinting his eyes slightly and hooking the corners of his lips, Li Zi did not speak, but turned around and walked to the left.
Seeing this, Ouyang Jin and Ouyang Qin walked up to follow, leaving Ouyang Hong and his wife and Ouyang Hui's family there with disgust and complaints.
Seeing that the two uncles' people had already followed the steward, Ouyang Mingqing and Mingyan brothers also walked over quickly, wanting to see what the place they lived was like.
Ouyang Hong looked at his eldest son Ouyang Hui and said in a low voice, "Let's go, let's go and see where we live first." ”
"Yes, father."
When Ouyang Hong and the others followed to a courtyard with a half-person high earthen wall, Ouyang's old lady Chen Yanhua immediately exhaled: "We live in such a place?" This yard is full of dirt, and whoever loves it lives will live. ”
Ouyang Jin and Ouyang Qin, who had already untied their shackles, looked at the earthen wall courtyard in front of them, walked in, and looked carefully.
Two main houses, a stove room with a utility room, a thatched toilet in a corner, although the yard does not look very big, but there is a backyard where you can grow some vegetables.
After the two Ouyang Jin brothers discussed, Ouyang Qin looked at Li Zi and said with a serious face: "Lord Steward, our family lives here. ”
Li Zi asked solemnly: "Have you thought about it?" ”
"I've thought about it. Is this courtyard wall, can we build some more? ”
Listening to Ouyang Qin's words, Li Zi understood in his heart, and then nodded in response: "You can build it again, but you need to find a way to build this adobe brick yourself, you can make it yourself, or you can exchange it with other villagers." ”
After speaking, Li Zi saw him nod in response, and then turned around and walked to a courtyard not far away.
This courtyard has one more room than Ouyang Qin's, and the others are almost the same, seeing Chen Yanhua's disgust, Ouyang Jin settled down.
At this time, Steward Li Zili had already observed almost, looked at Chen Yanhua, who had been drooping his face, turned around, and walked in another direction with the group.
When the group came to a courtyard with an earthen wall more than one person high, Steward Li stopped.