One hundred and nine, travel with a sword

After the autumn harvest is over.

The cold wave came, and Xunyang cooled down.

The night leakage is getting longer and less sleepy, and the autumn clothes are not made timid.

Ouyang Rong's autumn clothes are not lacking, and there are even many more.

Xie Lingjiang, Wei Mei.

Auntie, Wei Lai.

Maybe there's a detached one...... and other familiar female dependents, all of whom pre-made autumn clothes for him early, and they were properly prepared.

This is also the basic ethics of women in this era, even the little sister who is in a hurry and doesn't care much about ordinary housework has not forgotten.

In addition to preparing clothes for the senior brother, she also sent a few pieces to her father who was far away in Luoyang, although the Chen Jun Xie family did not lack this money, but Xie Xun, as an old father, received his daughter's filial piety, and I don't know how relieved he was, a real intimate little jacket, but unfortunately it was already worn on a certain stinky boy...... The old father sighed.

Moreover, what Ouyang Rong didn't know was that in Xunyang Palace, the autumn clothes of his "Tan Lang" were prepared before the head of the family and the eldest son left Fusu, with the highest priority and the best materials used.

Even before the autumn dew, Lixian and Lifu Su took the initiative to remind Wei Mei and other female dependents early that they should not forget to prepare for Tan Lang and must be properly settled.

Repeatedly.

It's the same as last year's Liaodong specialty, the superb fox white fur shawl.

It's just that Ouyang Rong, who was surrounded by the intimate female relatives of warm fragrant nephrite, was blown by the cold autumn breeze when he went out, and his mind couldn't help but drift to Longcheng's Ah Shan's house, worried that his sister Ah Qing and Liu's mother were coming.

Mainly in this era, the problem of freezing has not been completely eliminated, Ouyang Rong looked at the history books of the previous dynasty and the current dynasty, and it was "heavy rain and snow, and many people froze to death." "When it snows heavily, the pits and valleys are full, and the stole freezes to death. "The fish in the river and the stream are frozen to death. Calm depictions of disasters like that.

In just a few sentences, it is shocking.

Ouyang Rong also became the chief official of Jiangzhou, and after receiving reports from various places, he really knew how difficult autumn and winter were for poor families.

Although there is Ouyang Rong left behind to take care of it, but on the side of Longcheng, Ah Qing and Liu Mu are not willing to trouble him too much, unless they have to, Ah Qing and they are all self-sufficient and work to support their families.

Every time Diao County ordered him to come to Xunyang City to report on his work, or Yan Liulang went back to Longcheng to visit his parents and sisters, Ouyang Rong asked them about Ah Qing's side.

Fortunately, the news I get every time is not bad.

Ah Qing's family is doing well, except for the medicinal materials and medical materials that Liu's mother needs to recuperate in bed, Ah Qing has hardly asked Ouyang Rong to get anything.

It is also because he always pays attention to the affairs of Aqing's family that Ouyang Rong, who has no shortage of autumn clothes, is not separated from the masses, and he is particularly sympathetic to the lives of ordinary people in Jiangzhou.

Most of the sad words of the ancients came from the shaking of the grass and trees, the gloomy weather, and the lack of food and clothing for the common people, and the risk of freezing and sleepiness, adding a layer of desolation.

In addition, autumn is not only busy with farming, but also a season suitable for waging war.

The so-called eventful autumn is not an empty sigh.

For civilians with low living standards, how to survive the lack of food and clothing in the autumn and winter is an extremely worrying problem.

At present, Jiangzhou is the front line, and the Jiangzhou Hall has to build a Buddha statue on the one hand, and on the other hand, it has to prepare war materials for the upcoming Jiangnan Provincial Marching Governor, and the finances are quite tight.

The newly harvested grain from the recent autumn harvest is also overstretched.

These days, Ouyang Rong is calculating, calculating, occasionally standing up, and wandering with worry on his face in the autumn breeze of the corridor...... Then sit back and continue to settle accounts.

He somewhat understood the difficulties of Difuzi mentioned in the teacher's letter.

And in the words of Xie Lingjiang and others from the perspective of a bystander, Ouyang Rong, the chief official of Jiangzhou who specializes in people's livelihood, is really walking on thin ice, worrying about this and that every day, and he has never seen such a busy Xunyang chief official.

In the past, those who participated in the Xunyang Poetry Club and talked with celebrities and celebrities.

Although he heard the distress in the words of the little junior sister, Ouyang Rong still found it difficult to be idle.

Two days ago, after receiving a certain news, Ouyang Rong began to prepare to go out of the city and plan a long trip.

Of course, as a governor of the first state, many people and officials in the Jiangzhou hall surrounded him, and there were many eyes staring at him......

On this day, near the departure in the morning, Ouyang Rong crossed the street early in the morning and came to Xunyang Wangfu early.

"Where are Tan Lang and Da Lang going this time?"

Xunyang Palace, in a warm pavilion, Xie Lingjiang, Wei Mei, and several daughters are all there, Wei Mei led a group of pretty maids, around Ouyang Rong in the center of the house, and Lifu Su Tuan, sorting out their clothes and bags, Wei Mei looked up curiously and asked.

Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes, straightened his cuffs, and explained:

"Inspect the lower counties, it's about to go through the autumn and winter, you have to go down and take a look, supervise it, and see if there are any local county officials, because of the excuse of Kuang Fujun's war, they have slackened their duties and abandoned the civil affairs of their own county.

"There is also the task of the court, and the matter of transferring food to the army must also be supervised to prevent forced expropriation in the countryside......

"It just so happens that the general manager of the Jiangnan Road march hasn't come yet, so let's go out for a walk while there are still two days, otherwise when the people arrive, the autumn war will begin, and the eventful autumn will be busy again."

Ouyang Rong shook his head.

In addition to the daily petting of the cat, Wei Mei and other female relatives were stunned when they heard it, and Xie Lingjiang interjected:

"Senior brother is just worried and suspicious, he sits in the lobby all day long, listening to the kind words and reports of the people below, he is always not at ease, for fear that these slippery officials will find out his personality preferences and coax him with good words, so he has to run to see it."

"Part of it." After a pause, Ouyang Rong nodded: "I have to guard against it." ”

Xie Ling Jiang Xiang's cheeks puffed up: "So don't persuade your aunt, let him go shopping, it's hard work." ”

Ouyang Rong smiled.

Wei Mei had no choice but to nod, and glanced at Ouyang Rong's eldest son, who was silently tidying up his new official uniform, and she couldn't help but worry:

"Tan Lang, do you have to go?"

Hearing this, Lifusu raised his head, and his tone was helpless: "Mother." ”

Libao'er, who had been listening, replied for his brother:

"Brother is not a child now, he can no longer shrink at home to study, he is the second-in-command in Jiangzhou.

"Mother, brother always has to go to the front of the stage, this time I went out to inspect with Ouyang Lianghan, sympathetic to the people's feelings, it is a good opportunity to make my debut.

"Everyone is watching, and Brother has to behave well."

Wei Mei immediately understood the deep meaning of Ouyang Rong taking him away from Fusu.

I can't help but sigh.

The mother of the child is worried.

But even if Wei Mei is short-sighted, she also understands that in this era when imperial power, wealth, and resources are smoothly inherited among the family bloodline, and the primogeniture inheritance system is respected,

A stable faction or force with great prospects needs to be inherited in an orderly manner, that is, it can make outsiders and potential refuge people see the line of inheritance from a distance.

Therefore, if Xunyang Wangfu wants to get off smoothly, it is not enough to have the golden banner of leisure, and the issue of heirs is also very important.

There is no doubt that the eldest son of the eldest son of Fusu is the successor of the Xunyang Palace, and was once canonized as the imperial grandson by Emperor Gaozong of Daqian.

It's just that later, with the idle three-month emperor experience card running out, it expires together.

Although there are other sons who are idle,

Some were born to concubines during the period of the concubines, and some were born to concubines before they were degraded.

It's just that after being demoted, most of the concubines returned to their prominent mother's house, and the children also went with them, not around.

Over the years, the only people who have been with him are his wife Wei Mei, and Lida Lang and Libao'er.

This pair of sons and daughters has the highest status among the children in the family.

In addition to the feelings of sharing hardships and hardships, it is also related to the fact that Lida Lang and Libaoer are the biological flesh and blood of Wei Mei, the main wife.

After all, she is a strict wife, and she has the style of her father Gaozong.

And the only eldest son left Fusu, which is Wei Mei's heart and liver.

The other concubines, with their strong and strong personalities, are not very welcome, and of course, they can't threaten the inheritance of her eldest son in the slightest......

This time, His Majesty found another way and named Lidalang, who had always been a low-key student and had no sense of existence, as Jiangzhou, which was a faint push of the Xunyang Palace, and in the eyes of the government and the opposition, the Xunyang King took another step forward.

Ouyang Rong turned his head, glanced at Li Fusu, who had a somewhat nervous expression, and patted him on the shoulder.

Lifu Su took a deep breath and nodded heavily at him.

Under the cleaning up of Wei Mei and other female dependents, Ouyang Rong and Lifusu were ready and got up to go out.

Xie Lingjiang stood up, picked up a piano case that he was not leaving, and followed.

She goes too.

Wei Mei and Libao'er mother and daughter glanced at the piano box, and the weak crown long history with a calm face ready to go out.

tacitly withdrew his gaze.

On the street at the entrance of the palace, the autumn breeze is bleak.

The princess who was a little worried and the little princess with plum makeup who hugged the cat watched Ouyang Rong and the others leave with their backs......

In the case that King Leng Ran of Jiangzhou Thorn Shi did not come out in a low-key manner for some reason.

As the governor of Jiangzhou, Ouyang Rong and Lifusu, who were separated from Jiangzhou, went out of the city together to inspect the counties, and at the same time led the Jiangnan Province to appease the ambassador and the king of Xunyang, and appeased the newly returned officials and people of the counties.

Along the way, they were warmly welcomed by local officials and gentry.

Thanks to the quick "surrender" of the previous two times, the main focus is flexible, and the people in the counties under the jurisdiction of Jiangzhou have not been affected by too many wars of Kuang Fu's army rebellion, and the autumn harvest has not been affected.

For the people who planted rice and harvested wheat in the countryside, the situation between the Jiangzhou Wang Division and the Hongzhou Kuangfu Army had nothing to do with them.

The so-called righteousness of Kuang Fu and Qianqian is also far away from them.

On the contrary, it is the family ethics drama staged by several emperors of the Qianqian royal family and the empress of the Wei family, which is still serialized today, so that the big guy has eaten melons for many years and is more relished.

After all, compared with the righteousness of the legal system, this kind of bloody family affairs can be more understandable and even sympathetic to the fathers and villagers who have a literacy rate of less than half of them.

But these are not as important as the question of how to spend the autumn and winter in front of them.

Therefore, for the people of Jiangnan Prefectures who have been peaceful for many years, as long as they are not apportioned harshly taxes and forced military service,

At most, it was the news that a certain border army in the north had won another great victory in the war of expanding the frontier, which was a little inspiring and aroused the pride of the Han in their bones.

In fact, this is also thanks to the system of the Great Cadres and the Great Zhou Guards.

These wars are all in charge of a large number of professional soldiers composed of good families, that is, the government soldiers of each and every one of the prefectures.

This has enabled the majority of the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

is also because the channel for military promotion still exists, so in the face of the war of expanding Xinjiang, many government soldiers are happy when they hear the war.

After all, another way to study in the imperial examination has just opened up, in the past, Qian, Zhou and Zhou were monopolized by the gate valve family for hundreds of years, and the difficulty coefficient is still too high, not everyone is as scholarly as Ouyang Lianghan

In the people, most people are not even considered to be from the Han family, and most of the aspirants at the bottom can only take the road of military exploits.

Or like Yan Liulang before he met Ouyang Rong, he cast a good baby, can have a father who is a petty official, can inherit his father's business, and reluctantly take the road of an iron rice bowl.

However, this peaceful era, where you can eat with a high probability as long as you work, is much better than the hundred years of war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the unsafe ten rooms and nine empty rooms when the Hu and Han dynasties shuffled and merged.

The expansion of the territory is a great victory, all countries come to the court, and open up trade routes, at least it can reduce the involution and let the people of the ten provinces get some cake.

It is worth rewarding a few places in the history book with a few strokes in the blank pages.

This is the current situation of most of the low-level people in the Great Zhou Dynasty, hovering on the food and clothing line, and rowing forward.

And there are very few people who can purely represent and defend their interests.

Although in the court, there are people almost every moment who are "asking for life for the people", and even denounce the emperor for this.

Ouyang Rong took Da Lang away this time to travel and inspect the place, in addition to making his appearance, the prince of Xunyang, and another reason, the most important thing is to let Da Lang, who is bored to study and has no shortage of food and clothing, see the truth and current situation.

Instead of nesting in the Xunyang palace all day long, surrounded by strategists, guest kings, and careerists, he only had the dispute between the guards, the glory of the ancestors, and the Confucian sages and sages in his mind.

Ouyang Rong also only leaves Fusu for his friends, and will guide him subtly in this way.

For a certain little princess with plum makeup, Ouyang Rong will not bother at all.

Because unlike her brother, she doesn't know, she knows too much, even if she doesn't know, she can understand it at all, but she will only make an "oh" sound.

Because she's smart.

What is a smart person?

Only cares about the interests of yourself, your family, and your allies, and the more you know, the smarter you become, the more you will only help the previous point.

It is not impossible to share weal and hardship, prosperity and prosperity together, and even sacrifice for the sake of the family, just like being chased and killed by Wei Shaoxuan and turning around to buy time for his father and brother to escape.

But these are only for the people and allies she approves of.

But it's fair to say that there are also changes in the separation of the wrappers.

personally experienced Ouyang Rong's unity in Longcheng County to control the water and fight the bullies outwittedly, and witnessed the tragic death of the three brothers Liu Ziwen, who were also smart people, and the fate of being destroyed by Ouyang Rong and the people.

Libao'er silently agreed with what the little junior sister said before, and she was in awe of even a small spoonful of "water".

At least from now on, when their own interests stand on the opposite side of the interests of the majority of the people, they will hesitate and dare not take a peep.

This change made Ouyang Rong look a little different.

At least it's not so "different".

Patrol all the way down with Da Lang.

Ouyang Rong easily dealt with more than a dozen corrupt officials who tried to get away with it.

Other than that, the journey was generally smooth.

In addition, I don't know if it's intentional, the end point of this trip is Longcheng County.

In the next two days, the group passed through Jishui, Hukou and other counties in a row.

The convoy is ready to go to the countdown of this trip

In the evening of this day, approaching the 10,000 years, the sky was burning with clouds, and the traveling carriage slowly stopped to rest, leaving Dalang to send back the guards, and boarded a familiar carriage in the team, only Xie Lingjiang was left in the car.

When I passed by the post station for dinner just now, there was still Ouyang Rong's figure here, and now he disappeared.

also disappeared, as well as the piano-shaped wooden box that Xie Lingjiang held all the way.

Lida Lang asked quietly:

"Gone?"

"Hmm. On the side of Dragon City, the people are all together, earlier than expected, he has to go early. ”

"It doesn't matter if you go alone, there's no danger here, or Miss Xie will go with him."

"No need, bring the sword." On the seat, Xie Lingjiang leaned forward, supported his elbows on his knees, quietly bit his cardamom nails, and bowed his head and muttered: "He said last time, now he can be a little junior sister with a sword." ”

“……”

Li Fusu couldn't help asking: "Then ...... we now?"

"Now continue to inspect, these two days are the same, pass by Dragon City, and then pick him up."

"Okay."