A quarter of an hour later.

Li Wei woke up slowly, only to see that at this time he had been dragged under the big tree on the side of the road, Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting not far away to rest, and the little girl who was chased and killed was guarding him at this time.

"Engong, you're awake!"

Seeing Li Wei wake up, the little girl shouted happily, and then hurriedly took a water bladder.

"Eun Gong, drink some water."

Looking at the water bladder handed to his mouth, Li Wei was not polite, took a few sips, and then glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang again, yes, it seems that this escape was a failure!

"And a bandit?"

Li Wei asked casually.

"Run, let's sweep it over, and he will be scared to the point of urine, and he will run away."

Li Wei felt that these words were pointing at himself.

But then again, although this old man is not young, but the fight is really fierce, thinking of the situation just now, Li Wei couldn't help but shudder slightly.

"You're too timid, so you're scared? We thought you weren't afraid of death! ”

"I ...... I'm fainting blood, isn't it scared? Forget it, I told you, you don't understand! ”

In the face of Zhu Yuanzhang's ridicule, Li Wei forcibly saved his respect.

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and did not comment.

"By the way, little girl, how can you be alone in this desolate place, your family."

Li Wei changed the topic and asked the little girl.

"My family was killed by bandits, and now I'm alone."

As she spoke, the little girl's eyes were misty and she wanted to cry.

Li Wei was a little flustered for a while, this kind of bridge in TV was encountered by himself, and he really didn't know how to deal with it.

After thinking about it, Li Wei looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head to look away.

Li Wei was suddenly unhappy: "Lao Zhu, why don't you be a good person to the end and take in this little girl." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows: "What do you call us?" ”

The situation was urgent just now, and he didn't care, but now when he heard this title, his face suddenly turned unkind.

"What is that called, you can't call it back...... So right? ”

If you are out of the house, you must no longer be able to open your mouth and close your mouth to call His Majesty the Emperor!

"Our real name is Zhu Baba......"

Li:......

How can you give yourself seniors? But I don't deserve it!

"You can call us the eighth master!" Zhu Yuanzhang continued.

Li Wei rolled his eyes after hearing this, he didn't want to call his father or the eighth master.

"Then do you want to accept it?"

"Why don't you ask the little girl what she means?"

Zhu Yuanzhang reminded.

Li Wei looked at the little girl, and the little girl looked at him timidly, with a begging look in her eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so cruel just now, and the little girl also saw it in her eyes, and she was also very afraid of this old man.

Li Wei also understood the meaning of the little girl, but he couldn't protect himself now, and he really didn't know how to place this little girl.

"Engong, the little woman is willing to be a slave and a maid, serve by Engong's side, and hope that Engong will take her in!"

The little girl fell to her knees and begged.

Li Wei hurriedly held her up, he was a modern person who couldn't stand this kneeling at every turn, he didn't want to kneel to others, nor did he want others to kneel to himself.

"It's not that I don't want to take you in, it's just that I can't help myself now!"

Li Wei sighed, and glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang after speaking.

"Don't worry, we won't care about you anymore wherever you like in the future." Zhu Yuanzhang understood what he meant.

"Really?" Li Wei was pleasantly surprised.

"Of course, you don't have ...... A gentleman's word, words count. ”

Li Wei was overjoyed in his heart, with his words, he finally didn't have to run around, and he didn't have to play in the wilderness to survive, and he could go back to the city to develop openly.

"Okay, we still have something to do, you can follow if you like, and if you don't like to follow, you can go wherever you want!"

Zhu Yuanzhang patted his ass and stood up, packed up his knife and package, got up and walked away.

Li Wei thought about it and decided to follow this old man, he was afraid that he would encounter some robbers or gangsters again, and he would lose his life again, so it was better to follow him safely, and then kick him away when he returned to the city.

Zhu Yuanzhang took Li Wei, and Li Wei followed the little girl and started a formal private visit to Weifu.

Li Wei didn't know the road, and wandered around the hillside in the forest, but Zhu Yuanzhang was different, under his leadership, the three of them walked for a long time, and they saw a field.

To be exact, in the wasteland being cleared, a few peasants in coarse linen clothes are wielding hoes with great difficulty.

Zhu Yuanzhang bypassed those who were busy, found an old farmer who was resting, chatted for a few words, and asked about the farming situation.

Seeing that he had an extraordinary temperament, the old farmer did not dare to slack off, and replied cautiously.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care, after chatting with the old farmer, he continued to walk forward, passed by a village, went in to have a look, chatted with the people who lived a hard life, and distributed some of the dry food he brought to those who couldn't eat, and left in the gratitude of those people.

Li Wei followed him and stopped, watching these ancient people work hard, and couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

He was also a farmer, and when he was a child, he often followed his parents to work in the fields, but at that time clockwise was not completely mechanized, but most of it was done by machinery, and there was not much work that needed to be done manually.

And these old farmers in the Ming Dynasty, especially at this time in the early Ming Dynasty, basically all had to rely on manpower from clearing wasteland and weeding to farming and harvesting, although there were also cattle, but not every family had them.

In order to have more cattle for the common people to cultivate, the current law prohibits the eating of beef.

"We overthrew the tyrannical yuan, but what was followed was a ruined country, the Central Plains at that time, arable land everywhere abandoned, after more than ten years of our operation, gradually resumed farming. You see, these people have worked diligently all their lives, just to have a full meal, how difficult it is! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed for a long time.

Li Wei nodded in agreement, and he also had a feeling of empathy for this.

As the so-called people who are all over the place, not silkworm breeders, the common people have been farming all their lives, but every time there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster, there is not enough food to eat, and the first people to starve to death are these people who have planted the land all their lives, and the people in the city do not farm, but those scholars and businessmen will not starve, even if they are workers, they must be ranked behind the peasants.

In the final analysis, it is because the laborer does not have the right to distribute the fruits of labor, just like later generations said, the harder you work, the richer the boss becomes, and the hard work to get rich means that you work hard and he gets rich, not whoever works more will get more.

"Li Wei, didn't you say that you are a person from the next generation? Tell me what future generations will say about us? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang asked suddenly.

"Tyrant!"

Li Wei told the truth that he was also resentful after being detained for more than a month, and he would not be polite to say this.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not angry at this, this evaluation is within his expectations, not to mention future generations, even now there are people in the court who openly and secretly scold him as a tyrant, especially those officials he himself sealed.

"You don't need to say this, let's talk about something else!"

"Later generations think that you are a legend, from a beggar to an emperor, driving out the Tartars and restoring China, which is an unprecedented feat, although you were ruthless and killed countless people, but also punished corrupt officials and corrupt officials, so most of the people think you are a good emperor."

Li Wei relied on the little historical knowledge he got from film and television novels to summarize it simply.

"What beggar? That's fate! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little displeased: "Although there are many people we kill, they are all corrupt officials and rebellious soldiers who oppress the people and bend the law. ”

"Not really, right? For example, in this Hu Weiyong case, you killed 70,000 or 80,000 people who should be killed? ”

"Nonsense! There are only 20,000 officials in our Ming Dynasty, how can we kill 70,000 or 80,000 people! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, his eyes widened and he glared at Li Wei.

"Uh, don't you have any relatives?"

"It can't be seventy or eighty thousand! Most of the family members of the convicts have been sent to cultivate the wasteland!

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of waste were waiting to be rebuilt, it was a time when there was a shortage of people, how could tens of thousands of massacres be slaughtered at this time? Do you think we're really a faint king? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang is telling the truth, this time Hu Weiyong case at least so far he did not massacre, except for Hu Weiyong and a few other main criminals who were executed, most of the others were killed, their families were exiled, and even some people like Lu Zhongheng and others Zhu Yuanzhang also let them go and did not punish them, of course, ten years later, these people were killed together, but there were other reasons at that time.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what he would do ten years later, and Li Wei, a novice in history class, didn't know either. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang glared at him angrily, and he was also afraid in his heart.

"Well, maybe I'm mistaken."

"Humph! No matter how you slander us, as long as we are good to the people, the people will have us in their hearts, even if thousands of years later, there will be people who question your statement for us! ”

Li Wei pouted secretly, what do you call you, what's the matter with me!