Chapter 8 Begging for Water

Xuannu has done the best she can do, and caught Zhuang Xun in Jinyang, not when Zhuang Xun and Zhao Guo turned their faces, nor when Zhuang Xun was still in the capital, but when Zhuang Xun left the capital to go to the appointment.

The conflict between the two countries was avoided, and the Xia State was handed over to the two northwest places that Zhao Guo felt was hot, without conflict and turning his face.

Because of the existing territory of Zhao State, sticking to the mountain danger can save national strength.

Occupying the two places in the northwest will fall into an endless tug-of-war, and in the case of not being able to make a final decision, it is the right way to give up after obtaining a certain benefit, and Zhao Guo will also get what they want.

It is really well-intentioned, and the cultivation of the whole person has been greatly affected, but Xuannu firmly believes that Zhao Guo can win the world, so this loss is completely bearable.

The point, in the eyes of this great god, Zhuang Xun is more promising than resisting Zhao Guo, in her eyes, Zhuang Xun does not have the so-called protagonist halo, she doesn't think Zhuang Xun has the ability to control Kyushu, she is really concerned, looking at Zhuang Xun's ability to arrange a place for him!

So Zhuang Xun promised again and again in front of her, for example, the elders arranged you to a 935 state-owned enterprise, even if you don't like it, can you blame him? If it weren't for your own good, it would have been able to do this to you.

When Zhuang Xun and Zhao Guo turned their faces, Xuannu could arrest him, bypass the protection of everyone, show the magic power of the gods, and be a hostage threat if he was caught.

Why not, because he loved him, and even put the responsibility on others, saying that it was someone else who blocked it, not Zhuang Xun's own will.

Could he not have known about Zhao Guo's situation? Even if it is like Xuannu said, he is a big cat to unify Jizhou.

But the young man and the two teenagers fought, and a cat came out halfway and scratched and scratched at the young man, and the young man couldn't stand it, because the big cat risked being caught and crushed to pieces, because once the young man freed his hand, it was a cat and not a tiger, and no matter how big it was, it could be pinched to death with one hand.

Zhuang Xun naturally understands these truths, he is not a little white with a tendon in his brain, he is sophisticated, he doesn't understand these things, he has been in a high position for many years and is now as translucent as Spiegel, he should be thanked.

Now that people are under the roof, do you still dare to do it against others? What kind of reincarnation are you as the emperor of heaven, arrogant and treacherous, and you don't care about everything, right?

An ordinary traveler comes to a world that does not know science or theology, and what he can use is the sophistication of the people he has learned.

"Xuannu Niangniang." Teng straightened his waist, and Zhuang Xun found that his back pain had disappeared.

That dream shouldn't be a dream, Xuannu used what she did to Bi Yuewu last time and fed the pill to herself.

"Niangniang has retreated and recuperated, if Your Highness has any orders, just tell Lan Qiu." The beautiful maid with a butterfly bun said respectfully to Zhuang Xun.

Zhuang Xun then remembered that Xuannu caught herself and was injured, and it was not light, the rules were indeed violated, but there was a price to be paid for violating the rules, and this kind of thing was also hurtful to Xuannu.

At least you don't have to worry about any god or Buddha coming to be able to control yourself, but if you can really go back, you should be the king quickly, I didn't pay attention to this aspect before, and I will plug the loophole when I go back.

"I want to write a letter to the lady of the family, can you convey it to me?" Zhuang Xun first asked tentatively, and there was no need to pass on the secret information, the main purpose was to report safety to the family.

"Of course you can, Niangniang confessed, it was your Highness who forcibly rescued you, so you didn't bring your attendants, and the slave maid will be your attendant from today onwards." Lan Qiu's posture was very low, and he said one sentence to His Highness.

"Then thank you, Miss Lan Qiu, now please excuse me, I'm going to get up and get dressed." Zhuang Xun lifted the quilt slightly and gestured to avoid being seen by others when he was dressed inappropriately.

"Good...... After moving out of the Qin Heavenly Prison, more attendants will be arranged for Your Highness, and the slaves and maids will retire. Lan Qiu understood Zhuang Xun's meaning and retreated, and at the same time seemed to be afraid that Zhuang Xun would think that he would snub him, so he first said that the environment did not allow it.

Because according to Xuannu's meaning, Zhuang Xun came to Zhao on his own initiative, not passively, so it was naturally not the treatment of ordinary hostages, and he had to be placed under house arrest.

Waiting for Lan Qiu to leave, Zhuang Xun got up, looked for his clothes, and shouted softly: "Bi Yue." ”

"I'm here." A delicate woman appears at the head of the bed.

"Can you get me out?" Zhuang Xun put on his clothes, fortunately there was still someone there, otherwise he would have been completely trapped in the enemy camp.

"No, I'm in a state where I'm about to be entangled in karmic fire, and I don't have the great mana and great merit of Xuannu Niangniang, dare to use magic on you, Niangniang's kind belongs to interfering in the world, so now I have to retreat, and the general god has cut off the three flowers and fallen into adulthood."

Bi Yuewu didn't have tsundere this time, she clearly refused to say that she had a lot of complaints today, and it seemed that she was in a bad mood when she saw Zhuang Xun.

"Okay, can you send me a message?" Zhuang Xun was a little disappointed, but not surprised, after all, it was really so easy to escape, and Xuannu caught herself.

"Do you think that Zhao is a country like a country of seclusion and a country of Yu? Can you come and go freely?

There are many gods and Buddhas here in Zhao Kingdom, and there are many people whose strength is above mine, and I have done my best to be by your side quietly, and it is also the extrajudicial grace of the Xuannu. ”

Bi Yuewu dispelled Zhuang Xun's thoughts, Zhuang Xun silently put on his clothes, hung up the jade pendant that symbolized his identity, Bi Yuewu came to tidy up his clothes, did not put on a face, but kissed his cheek before Zhuang Xun opened the door, and then disappeared.

"When is the year now, is Mrs. Jiang here?" Pushing the door to let Lan Qiu in, Zhuang Xun sat down at the table.

"Now on the first day of the fifth month, Madame, she is still on the eastern border, and it will take more than ten days to bring your mission to arrive." Lan Qiu predicted that according to the usual time of contact.

"Mission? I see, can I go out for a walk? Just like what Xuannu said, all this was forcibly pulled on the right track by her.

"Of course you can, but you need to be accompanied by a slave maid, to ensure your safety, if you really have an accident in Zhao Guo, then Zhao Guo will not be able to clear the suspicion."

Lan Qiu didn't stop him, and Zhuang Xun didn't mean to leave Jinyang, he just went out for a walk, so there was no need to be a bad guy.

"Okay, let's go out for a walk today, and we'll talk by the way." After making sure that he is safe, Zhuang Xun habitually explores his surroundings.

Qin Tianjian is not in the palace, but on a hill, the top of the mountain can see the scenery of the entire Jinyang at a glance, only the palace is walled, there is no outer city wall, it is already noon, the glazed tiles of the palace are shining.

One by one, the houses are located, even horizontal, surrounding the palace, the more outward, the more simple the houses, to the bottom of the mountain into farmland, there are village settlements.

"This is Jinyang, an undefended city, governed by successive monarchs, inhabited by the population, and finally demolished the city wall to form such a pattern."

"There is a weather of the Son of Heaven, I have heard of it before, and now it looks really magnificent and extraordinary." Zhuang Xun deliberately complimented him, but he didn't think it was so unusual.

This kind of complex is not as good as the provincial capital city of the earth, it is not as good as the documentary that Xuannu showed him, there are dragons swimming in the clouds, and the veins and stones in the ground have become mines, and the power of the gods makes him shocked and stunned, this kind of city, forget it.

"Does Your Highness want to take a carriage to the city?" Lan Qiu took the initiative to bring the carriage over, and there was still a long way to go from the mountain to the city.

This mountain is not high, and Zhuang Xun just wanted to walk, so he refused and said: "No need, just walk around, and don't call me Your Highness, it's scary." ”

Take a step, light and healthy, it is the effect of the elixir, and sure enough, it is still the Xuannu's preference, thinking of what the Xuannu said yesterday, people are quite swaying at the moment.

There is probably a kind of person who has been arrested, should you give up this idea, the wind and rain are smooth, all gods help each other, how can you win, can you really win?

Did he sit in the well and watch the sky before, maybe Zhao Guo was really destined for heaven, what did his traverser bring, and so on, and so on, in Zhuang Xun's mind, he didn't have an answer himself.

Chatting about the customs of Zhao State, slowly walking all the way down, Lan Qiu is a native of Jinyang, so he is very familiar with Jinyang, and he talks eloquently, there are many interesting things, there are black materials of officials, and there are disputes between neighbors, which is very interesting, after Zhuang Xun chatted about it, he didn't think too much.

When you come to the foot of the mountain, the first thing you do is to come to the farmland, where the farmers are working hard to weed, and Zhuang Xun bypasses them to avoid causing them trouble, just to look at the wheat seedlings.

Touching the wheat seedlings with his fingers, and thinking of the documentary that Xuannu showed herself, the yield is several times that of her own land, the intervention of mysterious powers, and the blessings of the gods in agriculture will indeed make people feel a sense of powerlessness.

"Childe, do you think of your days in Jiannan Dao?" Lan Qiu was following Mrs. Jiang in Jiannan Province at that time, and Zhuang Xun often went to discuss agricultural affairs with the peasants, and he also knew it.

"Huh? Sort of, Niang Niang said, the grain production here is several times that of our Xia country, so I'm looking at what the difference is. Zhuang Xun walked on the ridge.

Grain, salt and iron, these are the foundation of a strong country, if a country, the people's grain warehouses can not be filled, clothes can not be worn all seasons, if you want to defeat such a country, it can only be that the upper structure is unstable.

And now, the rumored King Zhao is a Ming monarch, knows how to make good use of people, rectifies soldiers, and is a very powerful monarch, so this country is naturally the strongest country.

"It's nothing more than the blessing of the gods, this is about to be the tenth year of harvest, and the prince doesn't have to be surprised, if Zhao unifies the world in the future, it will be such a grand occasion, under the protection of the national fortune, the food in the world will never be eaten."

Lan Qiu's words have an ideal component, and they do sound very beautiful, and Zhuang Xun was also slightly touched, because it is similar to his hometown, but there is a problem of unevenness.

Because Zhuang Xun is the kind of person who eats meat and drinks soup for others, he is happy, and he also wants the people at the bottom to get by, but communism has not been thought about, because the reality he has come into contact with has not been realized, just various distortions, but the politics of the royal road seems to be achievable, and the model is in Zhao State.

Zhuang Xun was silent, do you want to be a mantis arm to block the car? Is it to turn back the wheel of history, go against the tide of history, and be washed and crushed by the torrent?

Just like the impact of industrialization on agriculture, the power of the gods is a dimensionality reduction blow to human production activities, the dragon hovering in the dark clouds can solve the rainfall balance that cannot be solved in the era of industrialization, and the continuous mineral veins can solve the problem of resource depletion.

"I'm thirsty, go to the village and ask for a sip of water." No longer dwelling on this question, Zhuang Xun staggered towards the village.

In order to guard against jackals, tigers and leopards, the houses in the village are all repaired together, the mountain looks more conspicuous, but it is not easy to walk down the mountain, because it is necessary to bypass the main road, some remote paths, but fortunately Zhuang Xun is walking, walking everywhere down the mountain, if you take a carriage, you will never come to this village.

The avenue is reserved for the people who go up the mountain to worship the gods and Buddhas, and the mountain is not only Qin Tianjian, but also the temples of the gods and Buddhas, and there are also some food and sweet water on the way, but Zhuang Xun They went to the back, too far away from them.

"The slave and maid go back to the mountains to get some tea, and soon, the water in the mountains will drink the stomach." Lan Qiu heard Zhuang Xun thirsty.

"It's too troublesome, don't you bring any money? I brought it. Zhuang Xun chuckled and took out a few copper coins from his pocket.

Because Zhuang Xun had the habit of talking with the people before, that is, he did a private interview with Weifu, and he did not fall behind in compiling agricultural books, rather than pointing fingers in areas that he was not good at, it was better to do something meaningful.

So he usually carries a copper plate, but he doesn't dare to go out when he arrives in Youguo, the new law and policy offend the family, going out is equivalent to increasing the pressure on security personnel, Zhuang Xun doesn't want to hurt people innocently because of his willfulness.

But there has always been a habit of carrying copper plates, and he took it out at this time, but then Lan Qiu smiled and took out a small bag of money from his cuff.

"The slave maid also brought it, the water in this mountain village is easy to breed sick stoves, Your Highness, you wait for the slave maid to get water." The cultivation has not reached the level of Madame Jiang, and she cannot take water out of thin air.

"Don't go, I'll go back after a while, don't run back and forth, waste mental energy, let's go."

Zhuang Xunren walked forward, not impressed, the water can still be high and low, and he has not drunk it in Jiannan.

Walking into the village is quite simple, but it is not like the kind of birds and animals everywhere in his impression, that is, people see him trembling and closing their doors one by one.

"Am I that scary?" Zhuang Xun was puzzled and said, don't say anything about the jade tree in the wind, but he is upright and straight, how can he feel like he has seen a ghost.

"Childe, the slave feels a little weird, why don't we leave first." Lan Qiu also felt weird.

Just as Zhuang Xun was about to leave, someone walked out with a cower.

"Childe, miss, are you lost?" A thin, blackened young man scorched in the sun stopped in front of them, his eyes full of vigilance and fear.

"Hello big brother, I was traveling with my friends, I was a little thirsty, and I wanted to come to the farmhouse to ask for some water to drink." Zhuang said politely asked.

"Is that so? Childe, wait a minute, the villain will fetch water for you. The young man breathed a sigh of relief, and turned back to his house, where there seemed to be a small door.

After a while, he came out with a scoop of clear water, and held his hands in front of Zhuang Xun with apologetic hands: "Please forgive me for having a female dependent at home, who has no clothes to cover her body, and I can't ask my son to sit inside, and look at Haihan." ”

"Thank you big brother for giving water, I see that Zhao Guo has been in good weather in recent years, and the grain has increased in income, is there no development of textiles?"

Zhuang Xun took the water scoop, and after listening to the young man's words, he saw that he was in tatters, his clothes were patched several times, and he was wearing thin, as if he was trying to save key fabrics.

So I blurted out, does Zhao grow all the food? No matter how the people's clothes are guaranteed, they can't guarantee it.

"How is it possible, Zhao Guo's Jin weaving is famous all over the world, palace, don't ask the prince." Lan Qiu felt that Zhuang asked a stupid question, which might annoy others, and the other party was obviously poor and couldn't afford to wear clothes, you asked this kind of thing.

"Childe is naΓ―ve and doesn't understand the poverty at the bottom." After listening to Lan Qiu's words, the young man also knew that Zhuang Xun didn't mean it, so he didn't get angry.

"Let the nobles laugh, I really have no money to buy clothes, and I am about to pay the Chen family's land rent and the taxes of the imperial court, so I don't dare to spend money indiscriminately."

The young man was a little ashamed and said, and took the initiative to help Zhuang Xun play a round, his black face was red, and it seemed that he had received a little bit of etiquette and discipline.

"Is Tian renting someone else's?" Zhuang Xun had a desire to talk and wanted to know about this place.

"Well, the land here belongs to the Chen family, we have been tenant farmers for their family for generations, and their family is a prominent family here, and it is from the Taizu Emperor to create a foundation."

"At the foot of the mountain, these are these?" Zhuang Xun looked at it and said that this land is big.

"Yes, even this mountain belongs to the Chen family, and later Emperor Taizu wanted to build a temple here, and the Chen family gave it to Emperor Taizu."

The youth said according to the memory passed down by word of mouth.

"It's been okay for the past ten years, the grain has been harvested, and there is any serious illness at home, so it's so difficult now." Zhuang Xun continued to ask, thinking of poverty due to illness.

"There are no symptoms, there are hard, the son laughed, my family is okay, these people have no clothes to wear, so they are closed to outsiders, my family still has a replacement of clothes, only a few female relatives have not prepared."

Speaking of this, the young man was faintly proud.

"As for the bumper grain harvest, the land rent is high, where can I save any money, but the harvest is good, I can still keep a little more grain, at least dare to have more children, and save food to feed people."

"When you are close to Jinyang, don't you do some small business?" Zhuang Xun listened and felt a little pity.

"That's all monopolized, these things have to be allowed by the Chen family to dare to do, there is a poon in the next village, and he took his wife to sleep with the Chen family's housekeeper, and then he got the permission, as for going to Jinyang, he has clothes to wear, and he can't afford to marry a wife for what he does, and he doesn't have any children."

The young man had a little regret and envy in his mouth, and a little bit of contempt.

"At the feet of the Son of Heaven." Zhuang Xun sighed, not knowing what to say.

"It's all settled here, at least the old man of the Chen family will help us in the disaster year, no money, and if you can't pay the land rent, you will be free!"

At this point, the young man's face became proud, and he looked extremely glorious.

"Because our ancestors are all surnamed Chen, and they are all Ming households, the big families in other places are too lazy to care about your life or death, I heard what the steward who came back from the New Year said, anyway, people are all black households, and they will grow when they die."

"Is this the case in the whole Zhao Kingdom?"

"Then I don't know, Childe will know when he walks around."

Didn't the prosperity and development of Zhao State be shared with the people at the bottom? This is still the case at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

Suddenly, his position was firm.

(End of chapter)