Chapter Eighty-Six: Can't Leave
At noon, the sun is blazing.
Mi Huang walked on the cracked earth, struggling to move forward.
It used to be a swamp, but now it has dried up completely, and even the bottom of the silt is so hard that it feels soft to step on, so you don't have to worry about sinking.
The thirsty earth, the withered crops, and the wailing people are probably the typical scenes of the Central Plains today.
After passing through the swampy area, Mi Huang ascended to a flat surface.
The road is not long, but it is wide.
The road surface was even paved with some gravel and bricks, which were probably used after opening the mountain to take stones and burn bricks and tiles.
On the other side of the road is a large patch of reeds.
The sight that should have been lush, dancing in the wind, and wild ducks flying together is probably not seen. All that was left was the small, shriveled and even dead reeds, swaying lifelessly in the wind.
Mi Huang walked along the road, and even saw several dead wild animals on the way. It seems to have just died, and someone is cutting.
A little farther away from the water, there may still be a little residual water, and there are piles of wild beasts, coming one after another.
Someone is organizing a hunt, and the catch is quite good, but it seems to be just another kind of fishing for the sake of fishing.
At the end of the road, a huge pond came into view.
The water level of Pichi has dropped considerably, and I don't know if there is a quarter of its heyday.
Inside and outside the pond, a large crowd of people were busy with their work. Judging by their appearance, it should be that they took advantage of the drought to dredge the pond and widen and deepen it so that more water can be stored in the future.
Mi Huang asked the person who led the way, and learned that this is the second largest Pichi in Guangchengze, named "Caiguanpi", second only to "Shao Gongpi".
After the widening and deepening, a manor will be built nearby, which will be handed over to the southward tribe for farming.
Mi Huang listened and nodded slightly.
Even during the great drought, I still didn't lose heart, and I have been preparing for next year, which is really amazing.
After passing through a dry swamp, two struggling orchards, and a large sea of bamboo, the eyes suddenly opened up.
"What a wheat harvest." Mi shook his hands to build a pergola and looked south.
The golden wheat fields are as far as the eye can see.
In the middle of the field, there is a crowd of people.
Some people are mowing wheat, some are bundling, some are transporting, and some are picking up the ears of wheat that remain in the field.
In the open field by the wheat field, some people are threshing wheat, some people are raising wheat, and some people are spreading out to dry......
From start to finish, no one was idle.
Mi Huang couldn't help but go down.
No one paid attention to him, and everyone was concentrating on the task at hand, with a serious and even reverent expression on their faces.
Who can not be reverent about food in a year of great calamity?
Mi Huang quickly found Shao Xun.
He was wearing a straw hat and was sweating and harvesting wheat.
At this time, the sun was very strong, Shao Xun did not cover his neck completely, and the back of his hands was full of red marks, but he didn't care, and while laughing with people, he was harvesting wheat.
Who are the people around him?
Dianshu Cheng Mao Bang, Shilang Chen Yougen, Liu Anzhi, Xueguan Ling Yu Liang, Dianwei Ling Tang Jian, and Shepherd Wu Qian - the shepherd, also known as the "stable pastor", is in charge of animal husbandry, cattle and horses, and is the ninth official.
Half of the officials of the Luyang Mansion gathered here to harvest wheat with the officials, soldiers, and tunding, which shows the importance of Shao Xun himself.
Mi Huang saw it and only sighed.
The public of Luyang County worked tirelessly and personally worked in the field, and even if the others were unwilling, they had to do it together.
Thinking of the sword and sword shadow in Jingzhong, his brows furrowed even deeper.
Situ and the Son of Heaven are fighting for power, and the staff are fighting for women and goods, and they don't care about other things, if there is no comparison, it's just that, but looking at the hot scene in front of him, Mi Huang directly didn't know what to say.
Shao Xun's single-handedly pinched together this military and political group does have such a smell of the rising sun, the people are united, they can farm, they can fight, the leader is still very talented, he has a clear mind, and it is hard to say where he will go in the future, but it looks very good.
"Mi Gong wait a moment." After Shao Xun heard the report of his own soldiers, he waved his sickle in the field and said loudly.
"Xiao Langjun is at his own convenience." Mi Huang replied.
He could see it very clearly, Shao Xun's face was a little tanned, but it was ruddy, and he spoke with a lot of energy, which was completely different from many scholars in Beijing who were drunk and drunk.
Those people have fair skin, some are still very handsome, their ten fingers do not touch the spring water, and they are whiter and more tender than women.
Shang Shulang He Sui, who had just been killed, was the grandson of He Zeng, the founder of the country.
He was extravagant, costing 10,000 yuan a day for meals, and he complained that there was no place for him to put down his chopsticks.
He Shao, the son of He Zeng, has a solar eclipse of 20,000 yuan.
He Sui, He Ji, and He Xian brothers, on this basis, intensified and became more extravagant than their grandfather.
After He Sui's death, most of the family wealth could not be saved, although Situ did not order the house to be raided.
The way of this world, alas.
The group of people above was in the wind and snow, and the people below were bleeding and crying, isolated from the top and bottom. The two parties are either the few in the upper class who are aware of the people's feelings, or the few in the lower class who have risen to the top, but there are very few people in both groups.
Shao Xun belonged to the latter, and he took a group of subordinate officials to work in the fields, not necessarily to torture them, but probably to let them know more about farming and the difficulties of Tian Shefu.
Some people don't care about the life or death of Tian Shefu at all, and they are desperately squeezed.
Some people really don't know what kind of life Tian Shefu lives, and they can't count it.
Shao Xun probably wants to save the latter group of people.
The kid from Yu Chen's family was originally a very handsome young man, but now he is tanned and tanned, and he was tossed miserably by Shao Xun, right?
Mi Huang walked around casually and continued to watch.
At the foot of the mountain not far away, someone is polishing a stone plate, which is supposed to be to make a stone mill and grind wheat.
During the drought, a lot of water mills are unusable, and the animal-powered grinding disc is the best choice.
This thing is not uncommon in the manor of the noble clan, otherwise they would not be able to eat pasta such as hu cakes, steamed cakes, and soup cakes. However, it is less common among the lower people, because they are generally accustomed to growing millet.
Unconsciously, the agricultural production habits in some parts of Sizhou began to change.
Some people are trying to change the world and benefit the people.
Several carriages came along the paved road.
A woman with a hood got out of the carriage with a food box in her hand.
She was followed by more than a dozen guards and servants, who would take out the food boxes from the carriage one after another, waiting for orders.
The sound of "poof" sounded, and it was the sound of the retreating soldiers in the army.
Shao Xun straightened up, beat his waist slightly, and walked over with the subordinate officials.
The sergeants and soldiers also finished their work one after another and went to the other side, lining up to receive corn, pickles, and fish soup.
It turned out that it was time to eat.
When the farm is busy, three meals a day is very good.
Mi Huang and Shao Xun and others finished greeting each other one by one.
Shao Xun confessed, came to the elm tree on the side of the road, and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?" β
The woman lifted the curtain under the brim of her hat, and it turned out to be Princess Lu of Fanyang.
When he saw Shao Xun's expression of surprise and not fake, his heart warmed, and he secretly said I'm here to deliver a meal, is he so happy? Thinking about it, I was a little overjoyed.
"Lang Jun worked hard to mow wheat, and the concubine made some meals at home, but I don't know if Lang Jun likes it or not." Lu Shi said with a raised face.
"I like all of what Kaoru Niang did." Shao Xun chuckled lightly and took Lu's hand and got into the carriage.
Mi Huang glanced at it, and then didn't look at it anymore.
It turned out to be Princess Fan Yang, why not...... She?
"Mi Zihui came to find Lang Jun, is he going to go on an expedition again?" There was a small desk in the carriage, and Lu asked as he fiddled with the plate.
"Maybe, but I can't leave right now." Shao Xun took the steamed cake, took a bite, it tasted good, and ate two big bites in a row.
Lu Shi saw that Shao Xun liked the food she made very much, and couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and then thought that the man in front of him was going to go on the expedition, and he was stunned in his heart, he had just found someone to rely on, but he had to go to the battlefield again.
Shao Xun continued to eat, and he didn't ask why Lu Shi brought him foodβthis was the first time.
In the end, the Lu family couldn't help it, lowered his head and said, "The three brothers and sisters of the Jing family of Uncle Wang have come to Guangchengze. β
Shao Xun nodded, not very concerned, but praised: "Xun Niang's craftsmanship is so good, I will try it more in the future." β
The corners of Lu's mouth smiled, and the hand that had been pinching the corner of his skirt finally let go.
"Liu Qingsun sent someone to pursue the Jing family, but I bumped into him and scolded him back." Lu Shi said again.
Shao Xun was surprised.
Lu Shi couldn't help but raise his head, and pretended to write lightly: "Liu Qingsun used to be a long history in Fanyang Palace, and he didn't dare to make a mistake in front of me. β
"Xun Niang is really a heroine among women." Shao Xun said with a serious face, and even put down the food utensils in his hand and bowed his hands to express his admiration.
Lu Shi couldn't hold back, covered his mouth and smiled.
She knew that Shao Xun was playing around with her.
She has a lively temperament, and is often said by Concubine Pei that she is a thirty-year-old and a seventeen-year-old person, and she unexpectedly feels very relaxed talking to Shao Xun, which can make her feel happy.
Shao Xun finished eating steamed cakes and a few side dishes, and he was already eight points full.
Lu Shi quickly cleaned up the tableware, took out the tea pod, scooped out the tea soup from it, and poured it into the tea bowl.
Shao Xun grabbed one of her hands, rubbed it gently, and sighed contentedly.
In his thirty-seven years of life, King Fan Yang probably never enjoyed this kind of service a few times. And he Shao someone, if he wants, can enjoy it every day.
After pouring the tea, Shao Xun pulled Lu into his arms and asked, "Have you thought about it?" β
This was asked by Yang Xianrong to Shao Xun, and now he borrowed it to ask Lu.
Lu Shi didn't dare to look him in the eyes, and only responded as lightly as a gnat.
"That's good." After asking clearly, Shao Xun nodded and said, "Stay in Liuhuayuan tonight, make water cakes for me to eat." β
If Lu Shi is unwilling, he is too lazy to provoke.
His current status and status are too many women who can play. To put it mildly, tonight he went to sleep with the princess Sima Xuan of Xiangcheng, as long as he kept quiet and made it known to everyone in Luoyang, Wang Yan and Wang Dun would not openly turn their faces with him.
Of course, the woman is willing, and there are additional benefits, such as unlocking more moves, which Shao Xun loves.
It's like when he gets excited and slaps Lan Ji's big white cheeks red, it will only provoke coquettishness.
But if Lan Ji is already very resistant to him, if you do it again, it will be humiliating, if you are not careful, the beauty can't think about it, maybe that's it.
Uh, Lan Ji seems to like being slapped by him a little bit now, which Shao Xun didn't expect......
"Lang Jun, Captain Mi is here." Tang Jian reported in a low voice outside the car.
Shao Xun answered, pulled his hand out of Lu's two crotch shirts, kissed her forehead, and got off the car proudly.
Well, I first adjusted the position of the trouser pleats, and after waiting quietly for a while, I moved forward.
Lu's face was flushed uncontrollably, only his head was buzzing, his heart was pounding, his chest was hot, his legs were twisting unconsciously, and his whole body was sore.
After a long time, the voice outside the carriage was faintly heard.
"I'm going north and I'm not going to Hanoi." This is Shao Xun's voice.
"And where do you want to go?" It's Mi Huang's voice.
Lu Shi listened quietly, a little worried.
"I have a dock fort in Yiyang, which is just for the troops. If elite soldiers are sent to Hanoi, who will guard Yiyang? β
"The Huns are not necessarily interested in your dock fort."
"Let's go to Hebei instead. Mi Gong might as well say to Situ Zhi, if I garrison Yiyang, I will definitely not teach the Huns to pass easily. β
"Alas, you dare to bargain with Situ."
"I haven't officially bargained yet. What about the money? What about instruments? β
"There is really no food. During the great drought, no one dared to move the grain in Taicang. Even if it's only a thousand hundreds, it can only be allocated with Situ's consent. You can give some money. Equipment, scavenge the arsenal, there is always there. If you want a new one, you'll have to wait. In the past two years, the newly made equipment of the Shaofu has been given priority to the forbidden army and the Yu and Yan sergeants. β
"Mi Gong will go back first, when will Situ agree, when will I send troops again."
"Alas, you don't plan to give Situ the steps."
"It's already very face-giving. According to my original thoughts, there shouldn't be a war this year, can't we do disaster relief? β
The voices of the two faded away.
Lu Shi also slowly came back to his senses.
I quietly touched my face, and it was still hot.
She touched her chest again, as if she could still feel the strength of the man's rough palm.
"That's not right!" Lu Shi reacted suddenly.
There's still someone living in the house, not tonight.
She lifted the hem of her skirt and hurriedly got out of the car, but she had long since disappeared from Shao Xun and Mi Huang, and she was suddenly a little dumbfounded.