The further east they went, the poorer the people became.

The scenery is getting better and better.

The higher the mountain, the lower the houses, the clearer the water, and the more shabby and dirty the clothes become.

A ranger returned to the brigade, carrying four puppies on the barrel of a long gun, and the four dogs were tethered to the barrel of the gun, writhing weakly, and did not seem to be very lively.

Yun Chu summoned the ranger, pointed to the four puppies on the barrel of his gun and said, "Where did you come from?" ”

The ranger replied, "The commander of Qiqi was found from a ravine. ”

Yun Chu grabbed a puppy and glanced at it and said, "You killed the female dog?" ”

The ranger shook his head and said, "No, when the little one saw these four puppies, he didn't see the big dogs. ”

Yun Chu grabbed a few golden melon seeds from his purse and threw them to the ranger and said, "Dog, I want it." ”

The ranger was overjoyed, and immediately untied the four puppies from the barrel of the gun and placed them at Yun Chu's feet.

The weather is too cold, the dog is too small, the four puppies just landed tightly huddled together, this is four very ordinary earth dogs, the color is black, gray and light gray, the production of these four puppies of the female dog is like a printer without ink, printed out of the puppy, a color is lighter than a lighter.

Yun Chu opened Li Si's carriage behind him and let the four little guys huddled in the carriage get down.

Children should be very fond of small animals, but unfortunately, Li Si, Yun Jin, Wen Huan, and Di Guangsi are not ordinary children, even if they like small animals, they also like the kind of tall and mighty, or lively and cute, where can these four dirty puppies in front of them get into their eyes.

"I don't like this ugly dirt dog with a thick mouth."

"I like thin dogs, the kind that can catch foxes and rabbits."

"This dog is so dirty."

"Maybe you can't feed it."

Yun Chu saw that the four young men were chattering non-stop, so he said directly to them: "One person adopts one, and he must raise it himself, take it with him at any time, and take care of it." ”

Li Si cautiously raised his head to look at Yun Chu and said in a low voice, "This is too ugly."

Yun Chu said coldly: "When the old fairy put you in my arms, you cried like a cat, your hair was thin, your limbs were thin, and you just pulled it, I didn't dislike you for being ugly, disgusted with your dirty, I did my best to raise you so big, and you were beautiful, and these puppies are the same." ”

Li Siyan smiled at Yun Chu when he heard this: "I raise it, I will raise it myself, and I will not fake it from others." ”

Yun Chu nodded and looked at Yun Jin again, "When you were a child, ......"

Yun Jin jumped up suddenly, picked up a puppy and said, "Can't I raise it myself, I know that I often wet the bed when I was a child, and sometimes I urinated on Aya's stomach." ”

Without waiting for Yun Chu to turn his gaze, Wen Huan, Di Guangsi had already picked up a dog, and was worried that the puppy would be cold, so he deliberately stuffed the puppy into his arms and smiled flatteringly at Yun Chu.

Yun Chu touched the heads of the four little guys and said, "Raise it well, there will be rewards for raising it well, and if you don't raise it well, the consequences will be serious." ”

Giving the four little guys a meaningful smile, Yun Chu once again entered the ranks of the Chinese army, and continued to move slowly with the team.

The four little ones were left to look at the four shivering dirty dogs and look at each other.

"At this time, the dog should be bathed first."

"Who washed, called the guards?"

"Well, that's right, you go and call."

"Why didn't you call it?"

"Set up a tent and we'll do it ourselves......"

The smile that the master gave when he left was weird and insidious, Li Si and the four decided not to be fooled, they just raised a dog, and it was not bad to do it themselves.

Li Si was assigned a pure black little, so he put this squeaky puppy into the warm water, and the originally clean water immediately turned black......

The dogs of the other three were the same, when Yun Jin put the last greyhound into the water, he realized that what he got might be a white dog.

The army walked eastward without hurry, and the Yellow River always accompanied them on the left hand side.

Even Li Si, who suffered a serious loss in Bianzhou, felt that it was very boring here, this was a barren place that could not attract her desire to make money at all.

The eagles in the sky flew in vain, and there was no prey worthy of their wings on the plains, except for some black people wandering in the winter plains, looking like lonely ghosts.

There was always no bark on the old elm tree next to the road, and the bark was stripped off by the people three years ago, and sent into the mill eye to grind into elm noodles and eaten, and three years ago, there was a plague of locusts.

Even three years later, the aftermath of the famine still afflicts the people here, leaving them with no hope of a better life.

As a result, the elms here always grow strangely tall and tall, and some of the bare branches pierce the blue sky like spears.

Ten years of accumulation are invincible to a catastrophe.

This is the so-called Yonghui Shengshi.

No matter how prosperous Chang'an is, for the people here, it is just an unattainable dream.

Seeing Yun Chu's long silence, he thought he was brewing poetry, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't see Yun Chu chanting poetry, so he asked curiously: "Why don't you chant poetry?" ”

Yun Chu looked at him strangely and said gently, "Why do you want to chant poetry?" ”

Said gently: "Isn't this situation and this scene worth chanting a poem?" ”

Yun Chu shook his head and said: "My mind is full of poems where white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crow for thousands of miles, and new poems can be made there." ”

Di Renjie nodded and said, "When Cao Mengde went to Caozhou back then, it was probably like this. ”

Gently shook his head and said: "It was the war years, and now it is peaceful." ”

Yun Chu pointed to the bare barkless elm tree and said, "Is there any difference?" ”

Said gently: "Isn't that a disaster?" ”

Yun Chu said: "In the past six years, Chang'an County has suffered floods, droughts, insect disasters, and frost disasters, but has it had too much impact on the lives of the people? ”

Gently glared at his eyes and said: "You say this, but you are raising the bar, the Yellow River is constantly swaying here, how can people here live a good life in the east and west, you and I both understand that the premise of wealth is stability, and unstable and fart wealth."

Moreover, when the first emperor came here, he saw that there were many swamps here, and the haze did not disperse all day long, so this place was clearly named Donghuang County, until the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the emperor felt that this name was not good to change the name to Dongming County, and the place was foggy all day long, and it was not easy to govern. ”

Yun Chu pouted and said: "Governance is a good way, you can't help it, it doesn't mean that others can't do it." ”

Gently arched his hand and said, "Don't just say, you come." ”

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "It's better for me to continue to stay in Chang'an." ”

Gently laughed and said: "I think so too, Your Majesty crossed the river to Jeju, and placed us in Caozhou on this side of the river, across the river from us, tell me, what is the reason?" ”

Yun Chu sighed and said: "Guard the Caozhou Yellow River pontoon bridge for him, in case, if there is disharmony in Jeju, you can retreat to Caozhou from the bridge." ”

Di Renjie said: "Your Majesty thinks that with Pei Xingjian and Xue Rengui's two armies, can't you guarantee his thoroughness?" ”

Yun Chu said: "Since the army is rich, Your Majesty will naturally arrange how to be safe, after all, Your Majesty will enter Shandong and Hebei this time, and what he is going to do will cause many people to hate him." ”

Gently gritted his teeth and said, "Pei Xingjian, this guy is too lawless to slaughter 3,000 people a day in Juye, right?" ”

Yun Chu was silent.

Pei Xingjian is a guy who likes to convince people with reason, and when it comes to killing people, it is really not his strong point, the reason why he went against the sky this time was that he did it after getting the emperor's will.

Obviously, the emperor had already felt threatened and was ready to retreat to the Hou army Yunchu, so that he could liberate Xue Rengui's army and continue to participate in the arrangement of Shandong and Hebei.

This cannot but be said to be a very wise method, and at the same time, it also gives Yunchu unprecedented trust.

Since the emperor arrived, Yan Liben's authority in the local area was naturally removed, and the matter was handled by Jeju Assassin Shi Pei Shouzhen.

Since the formation of a gang of thieves began to appear here, Yan Liben was restless, although he was old and frail, Yan Liben still personally guarded the gate for the emperor.

The emperor asked him several times not to do this, but Yan Liben said that if the emperor did not leave Puyang City, the seat of Jeju governance, he would not disarm for a day.

There was no way, Li Zhi didn't have any way to take this old stubbornness, so he invited Yan Liben to go on the line and personally guard his side, first, to declare to Yan Liben that he trusted him, and second, he didn't want this old courtier to suffer outside.

"Your Majesty, the army of Yunchu has arrived in Caozhou as scheduled, I heard that the army has only arrived in Caozhou, and it has already controlled most of Caozhou, if Your Majesty can cross the river to Caozhou at this time, it will be a blessing for all the people."

Today, Yan Li had just come to be on duty, so he chattered to the emperor, hoping that Luan would be able to cross the river.

Li Zhi looked at Yan Liben, who had a gray beard, and said with a smile: "In Aiqing's eyes, am I a cowardly person, there are only a few thieves in the wilderness, and I am about to retreat across the river, isn't it growing the morale of others and destroying my Tang prestige?" ”

Yan Liben swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "Your Majesty is related to my Tang Jiangshan Sheji, how can I get into danger lightly, there are a few thieves in Shandong and Hebei, and the army will naturally disintegrate as soon as it arrives, but this Puyang City is a bitter cold place, Your Majesty has always been sick, it is better to go to Caozhou, which is warmer, to escape the cold." ”

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "I won't go anywhere, just stay in this Puyang City and see how my Tang Erlang clears the demonic atmosphere." ”

Yan Liben took a step forward and said: "In this case, Your Majesty and let Lao Chen personally go into battle to clear up the ministers for Your Majesty as soon as possible." ”

As he spoke, he pretended to leave.

I thought that Li Zhi would stop him, but I didn't expect Li Zhi to sit there with a smile on his face.

Yan Liben took two steps, and reluctantly turned back and said, "It seems that Your Majesty really doesn't pity the old minister's life." ”

Li Zhi waved his hand, and the eunuchs in the palace rushed up to unload Yan Liben's armor, and put a fox fur on him at the emperor's instructions.

Li Zhi beckoned to Yan Liben and said, "The matter on the battle array is checked by Pei Xing, Xue Rengui and they will think about it, Aiqing might as well come over and see if the "Giant Bear Gnawing Bamboo Picture" drawn by me has entered the room." ”

Yan Liben smiled bitterly: "The old minister hopes that His Majesty can discuss the current situation with the old minister. ”

Li Zhi laughed and said: "There are only a few thieves, He Laozhen's right side is annoying." ”

(End of chapter)