A few days later, there was good news from the north, Fang Qifeng led the men and horses all the way to the north, and the northern desert retreated in defeat.

The prince of the Northern Desert came forward to sue for peace, but the various camps in the Northern Desert Dynasty did not agree with each other, and gave Fang Qifeng another opportunity. The prince of the Northern Desert had no choice but to secretly take people to the capital overnight to ask to meet the emperor, in addition to wanting to seek peace, he also wanted Jiaxiang's army to help quell the civil strife in the Northern Desert and help him ascend to the throne. The condition is that in the future, during his reign, the Northern Desert will not provoke wars again, and give tribute every year to bow to Jiaxiang.

The emperor agreed to the conditions of the Northern Desert and promised to help quell the civil strife. The ministers all knew that this was the last order of the emperor's reign, and besides, it was also beneficial to Jiaxiang, so they had no objections.

The emperor sent officials to follow the prince of the Northern Desert back to the Northern Desert, and Fang Qifeng immediately adjusted his tactics after receiving the order. Although Fang Qifeng has always been in a favorable position, after fighting for so long, his prestige has been restored, and he has also avenged the people who were hurt in the north. But this is the territory of the Northern Desert after all, and these soldiers are still a little unaccustomed to the climate in the north, and they are still a little unbearable after consuming it for so long. Now uniting with the prince of the Northern Desert to clear the civil strife can be regarded as a final end.

After regaining power and successfully ascending the throne, Nurbilig immediately wrote a letter of peace with a hundred good horses, fifty oxen, and fifty sheep to show his heart.

Li Mingren looked at the news at the border pass and said to Zhao Yunlan: "The new king of the Northern Desert is not as weak as it seems!" There are quite a lot of eyes. ”

Zhao Yunlan: "These people have been nurtured by open and secret fighting since they were born, don't be deceived by their appearance." ”

Li Mingren nodded, holding the milk doll in front of him: "My Qing'er has been heavier recently." ”

Zhao Yunlan was also very happy to see that the little girl was healthy, but she just looked at the sky, turned her head to look at the father and daughter who were happy, and asked, "You won't go to the county government today?" ”

"Hey, I'll go in a minute." Li Mingren's face collapsed.

Zhao Yunlan couldn't help but urge: "You've been too relaxed recently!" ”

Li Mingren: "No, I worry about the situation in the north every day. ”

"Come on, it's peaceful now, don't be lazy at home every day, I see Chen Yiqing and they are busy working in the yamen every day."

Li Mingren said obediently: "Got it, lady." ”

"Let's go!"

Li Mingren had to reluctantly hand over his daughter to Mama Cui, and turned around to the county government step by step.

After Li Mingren left, Zhao Yunlan fed Qing'er before getting busy. Because of this war, many dolls have dropped out of school, especially the girls, and Li Mingyi is running around these days to call these children back to continue school.

Zhuangzi's side started work normally, and because of the large number of people, it was quite smooth. It's just that the first stage of work is coming to an end, and there is no need for so many people in the Zhuangzi, thinking of those children who work in the Zhuangzi, Zhao Yunlan also has some plans in her heart.

"Mama Cui, I'll go to Zhuangzi in a while." Zhao Yunlan thought of the plan and wanted to implement it immediately.

Mama Cui nodded: "Yes, madam, I will take care of Miss." ”

Zhao Yunlan took Chunxiang and Li Hua to Zhuangzi after finishing the matter at hand, at this time everyone was weeding and preparing the land, and the last piece of land was probably over after finishing this stage of work.

"Li Hua, you go and bring those children to Zhuangzi." After Zhao Yunlan finished speaking, he turned around and went to Zhuangzi. He Wen has been watching the progress of the field in the Zhuangzi for the past few days, and he will also ask the croppers in the surrounding villages at any time about the schedule of planting crops in the north. At this time, He Wen had just come back to sort out the information he had gotten, and when he heard someone coming in, he hurriedly got up and came out and saw that it was his wife, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted with a smile: "Madam, why are you here today?" ”

Zhao Yunlan: "I'll talk to those children." ”

As soon as He Wen heard it, he knew that it was for the affairs of the school, and He Wen should have done it, after all, He Wen is now the head of the county lord's mansion, but he has been too busy recently, and he has little time in the house, so he has little control over the affairs of the school.

"Madame, I ......"

Without waiting for He Wen to finish speaking, Zhao Yunlan waved her hand: "Don't blame yourself, you are also lacking in skills alone, I should just come out and take a walk, it is not a difficult thing." ”

"Yes, ma'am."

Li Hua quickly brought these children over, there were six children in total, two of them were thirteen years old, and they all looked thin.

"Meet Madame." The children saluted in unison.

Zhao Yunlan tried her best to be amiable, and smiled and asked the children to get up.

"Introduce yourselves, tell your wife your name, your age, where you live, and the rest of your family." Li Hua said a long list with a serious face, which frightened several children to huddle together.

Zhao Yunlan waved her hand to signal Li Hua to stand back, and said with a smile: "Calling them over has already scared them, but at this time, you can look at these children." Don't be afraid, I just want to talk to you, because you work very hard in the Zhuangzi, so I want to praise you. ”

Zhao Yunlan's slow tone made the children slowly relax, "Are you working in the field well?" ”

A bold child said, "Shun, we are used to doing these jobs since childhood, and besides, we can eat a full meal every day, we are happy." ”

"What kind of meal is Zhuangzi preparing here today?" Zhao Yunlan followed the child's words and asked.

Talking about eating, the child must have been excited: "The radish stew I ate at noon today, as well as the big bone broth." ”

Zhao Yunlan looked at He Wen, He Wen nodded, Zhuangzi usually eats meat every seven days when he works here, and he happened to meet it today.

"Madam, can we stay in Zhuangzi all the time and do things? We can do anything other than work in the fields. The child was still immersed in the smell of meat at noon, and for a while he said that he wanted to stay.

Zhao Yunlan smiled and said, "Okay, then can you tell me what your name is?" How old is this year? I know you so well that I can stay with you to do things! ”

When all the children heard this, their glasses lit up, and they all raised their heads to look at Zhao Yunlan when they were still burying their heads just now.

The bold child first introduced himself: "Madam, my name is Qin Di, seven years old" The child who was introduced here remembered what Li Hua said at the beginning, and continued: "The family lives in this Qinjia Village, and there is still my grandmother at home, but she has bad legs and feet, and she can't walk for too long, otherwise the village chief and uncle should let her come to work, and my grandmother will be very good at work." Well, there's no one else in the house. ”

The child realized that he had said a little too much, smiled shyly and stood back.

Zhao Yunlan nodded and was not unhappy, and said, "Okay, which of you will talk about it next." ”

The older child stood up and said, "My name is Qin Da Niu, I am thirteen years old, and I also live in Qinjia Village, which is the one with an apricot tree at the end of the village. "Qin Daniu's parents were killed because they went hunting in the mountains with Qin Di's parents a few years ago, and both passed away. When I found the person, my flesh was blurred, rotten and stinky.

Zhao Yunlan nodded and looked at the other child.

"My name is Fang Jun, I am thirteen years old and I am also from Qinjia Village, and I live at the end of the village, next to Da Niu's house. There is also a younger sister who is five years old. ”

Fang Jun's grandfather used to move from other places, and he came to Qinjia Village very late to get married, and he came late to get a son, that is, Fang Jun's father, and later Fang Jun's father got married, and waited until Fang Jun's sister was born to join the army, and the next year because of a small war, Fang Jun's father died on the battlefield. Fang Jun's mother knew the news and followed Fang Jun and his father away, leaving only a pair of children for the old couple.

There was no pillar in the family for a while, Fang Jun's grandmother was already weak, and she couldn't bear the blow and fell, all the burdens were on the head of the old man Fang, and he had to take care of his old wife, and he had to take care of the two children in the family, but fortunately, the county government issued a pension, which maintained that difficult stage, but after all, the years were not forgiving, and the grandmother passed away after a long time, and the old man Fang held on to wait for Fang Jun to die at the age of twelve.

Without waiting for Zhao Yunlan to signal, the remaining three children introduced themselves one by one.

"My name is Qin Daniu, eight years old, from Qinjia Village, and I live with the family of three uncles and three aunts." This Qin Daniu's third aunt is the third sister-in-law who came to work in Zhuangzi, and she is quite happy to deal with people, but only when there is no entanglement of interests. Although it is not to treat Qin Daniu harshly, after all, she has been raising her for so many years and has no intention of selling her daughter, but she is not so wholeheartedly devoted to Qin Daniu, in general, she can only ensure that Qin Daniu does not freeze to death or starve, and has a place to live.

"My name, Dog, I should be seven years old this year, the village chief uncle said, I live in the ancestral hall of the village, I don't know where the family is, or they are still there, since I can remember, it has always been the village chief and the village uncles and aunts who are taking care of me."

Zhao Yunlan looked at the dog, as if he wasn't talking about himself when he said this, his tone was flat and his expression was calm.

"I'm Qin Zhuang, ten years old this year, the head of Qinjia Village, my father and mother left last year, leaving only me and my two younger siblings. My brother and sister were four years old, and they were born together. Speaking of the back, Qin Zhuang had tears in his eyes, and couldn't help but raise his head as if not letting the tears fall.

Zhao Yunlan sighed in her heart, tried to pull a smile on her face, and said gently: "Then do you know how to read?" If you want to work in Zhuangzi for a long time, you must be able to recognize some words. In fact, Zhao Yunlan knew that they were illiterate, so she just wanted to see what kind of attitude these children had towards learning characters.

It's just that a few children said: "Yes, I know Qin, Qin of Qinjia Village, and my name, as well as heaven, earth, and mountains."

"I also know Fang, his name is Fang Jun."

A few children giggled, Zhao Yunlan was a little surprised, but she could see that they were very interested in literacy.

He Wen said at this time: "I recorded in the field before, and a few of them came around to watch, so I couldn't help but teach them a few words. ”

Zhao Yunlan nodded, this should be He Wen paving the way for these children to enter the hall.

"These words are definitely not enough, so do you want to learn more words? Or do you want to go to school? ”

Fang Jun: "Literacy...... Of course we are willing, but we don't have any money, I heard that it costs a lot of money to study, and it is already our blessing to be able to learn a few words from Mr. He. ”

Zhao Yunlan: "Hey, your age should be the age when you are studying in the academy, you don't have to think so, it's just that everyone has their own experience." If you want to study, I can let you go to my school, and you should also know that Xingshu Village has opened a new school and will not be restricted. ”

A few children looked thoughtful with their heads down.

"How? If you want, you can go to the school to feel it. ”