Morning.

Qizhou City, Cao's compound.

After Wu Nian stayed in the Cao family compound. Wu Nian gave the archway of the Cao family's loyalty to the country.

After Wu Nian sent troops to Taiyuan, the Cao family moved back to the compound.

Now a large number of soldiers have destroyed the archway. The Cao family's family members and slaves, the man stripped off the brocade clothes, and the woman took away Zhu Hai.

As if he was a pig or a sheep, he was pushed and shoved by the soldiers and got into the carriage and horse.

The reputation of the Cao family is actually good in Qizhou City. Cao Duan usually pays attention to image management, and does not do less things to repair bridges and pave roads.

But now the news of his smuggling of military supplies to Slavia has spread, and his image has plummeted.

When the people learned the news, they took to the streets to watch. Looking at the young master and young lady of the Cao family who used to be clothed and fed, they became a phoenix with a falling hair and a pheasant, which was very relieved.

I don't know who started first, but the people picked up the stones and threw them at the people of the Cao family.

"That's what you guys, funding the Slavs. The Slavs attacked Shanxi in turn, and let our Shanxi men die on the battlefield. ”

"My son. You defended Shanxi and died at Yanmen Pass. But these moths are behind, but they are prosperous and rich. It's not worth your death. ”

"The emperor is wise. The Cao family deserves such an end. ”

The people were filled with righteous indignation, especially those whose relatives died in Yanmen Pass, or because of the Slavs, all of them were red-eyed.

Should.

Yes.

Although the people of the Cao family were hit by stones and their heads were bleeding, they didn't dare to say a word, hugged their heads and hurriedly got into the carriage.

Among the crowd of onlookers, there were also some local squires and scholars.

Accompanied by two domestic slaves, two scholars gently shook the folding fan on their chests and watched this scene.

The reader on the left said, "This is the so-called prosperity and decline, and the full moon is lost." The Cao family was originally extremely rich. Cao Duan was blinded by lard and relied on smuggling materials to earn a lot of money. was still not satisfied, and offered a beauty to the Son of Heaven, and finally ended up like this. ”

"It's also the wisdom of the Son of Heaven. That Miss Cao is a country and a city. If you faint, maybe your heart will be soft, and you will let the Cao family go. ”

The reader on the right said with emotion.

"yes." The reader on the left nodded slightly. Then, he changed his tone and said, "That's right. It was not only the Cao family that was impacted, but also seven or eight large families in Shanxi. ”

"The gold and silver of these large households must be handed over to the state treasury. But the land can't be taken away. I don't know what the Son of Heaven will do. ”

"I don't know. It may be to set up an imperial village, or to give it to a meritorious general. The reader on the right shook his head and said.

Dust to dust, dust to dust.

The Cao family's years of accumulation turned into dust and smoke.

.............

Morning.

Shanxi, Loess Plateau. Wu Nian, accompanied by Shi Xian, the governor of Shanxi, and a large number of people and horses, walked along the mountain road to the top of the mountain.

"It's really unforgiving." Halfway up the mountainside. Wu Nian stopped and said to Wang Gui with a smile. His face was slightly red, and his breath was steady.

"yes. The years are unforgiving. Wang Gui panted like a cow, bent over, put his hands on his knees, and said.

Most of the civil and military members of the entourage are already out of breath.

Wu Nian smiled and ordered to rest here. has his own inner guard, and he brought water for everyone. Wu Nian came to a big stone and sat down, picked up a bamboo tube and drank water.

After resting for a while, Wu Nian stood up and looked down on the Loess Plateau.

The earth is vertical and horizontal, and it looks like either loess or loess. When a gust of wind blows, dust rolls up.

Shanxi is not poor for no reason.

How many mountain people are begging for a living in this barren land.

But this land, no matter how barren. It is also the land of China, and it is the hometown.

Regardless of the past and present life, Wu Nian is like thunder for the Loess Plateau. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he came to the Loess Plateau to have a look.

Looking at the ravines in front of him, he had some thoughts in his heart.

The team rested for a while and set off again. This time we reached the top of the hill without stopping. As soon as he came up, Wang Gui lay down.

The face of the general is gone.

Wu Nian was also slightly panting, but he felt okay, after all, the foundation was still there.

A village towers. The houses of the mountain people are scattered on the top of the mountain. Some of the big people in the village knelt on the ground with the mountain people.

Wu Nian asked them to get up, and then under the leadership of these people, they visited the mountain village. Gradually, his face became more and more solemn.

After a round trip, Wu Nian came to a dry well and stopped. Wu Nian asked the Ouchi guards to fetch a bowl of water.

A dry well is actually a water tank.

When the rain is abundant, the dry well collects the rainwater that flows down from the mountains. When there is a shortage of rain, the mountain people use the water from the dry wells for food.

This is the wisdom of working people.

Wu Nian held the water bowl in both hands, and after taking a sip, his face showed embarrassment, but he couldn't help but finish the water.

This water is not delicious.

But that's the water. For the mountain people, it is more expensive than gold.

Wu Nian looked up at an old Shanxi man standing in front of him. The old man's face was like the earth, wrinkled and ravine-like, and his back was slightly hunched.

Wu Nian looked at him, his eyes were slightly sour, and asked, "Old Chen." The days on the mountain are bitter. Would you like to go to Kanwai? Although it was cold over there, the land was fertile and rained abundantly. As long as you are willing to work hard, you can live a good life. ”

"That Your Majesty may know. The grass people don't want to go. Lao Chen shook his head and replied simply.

"Why?" Wu Nian asked.

"My parents' graves are on the mountain, if the grass people are gone. Who will pay tribute to my father's mother. Lao Chen said.

"Makes sense." Wu Nian nodded and said.

No matter how difficult it is, it is also the homeland where you are born and raised.

Unless they really can't live anymore, the people are reluctant to leave their hometowns.

But this Loess Plateau.

Wu Nian stood up, looked up at the endless loess, and sighed softly.

And that's not all.

There is also the water of the Yellow River.

Half a bowl of sediment, half a bowl of water.

Wu Nian bent down, stretched out his right hand and grabbed a handful of soil, crushed it, and dispersed with the wind. Wu Nian turned his head and said to everyone, "Zhuqing." Do you know why the water of the Yellow River is so turbid? ”

"And on this high slope of loess, is it so desolate?"

This question stumped everyone.

Isn't this the high slope of loess like this since ancient times?

Yellow River, Yellow River. If the water of the Yellow River is not turbid, is it still the Yellow River?

The old man and old Chen in Shanxi were also blinded.

Wu Nian smiled and said, "You guys." I don't even read books. A long, long time ago, the annals recorded. The Yellow River is not called the Yellow River, and it slowly became the Yellow River later. ”

"That is, thousands of years ago, the water of the Yellow River may have been very clear. This Loess Plateau is not what it is now. ”

Wu Nian wants to govern the Yellow River and the Loess Plateau.

For the people of Shanxi, for the people on both sides of the Yellow River.