44 Conscription (Revised)
Only when you get on Yingying's boat can you really feel how romantic and thrilling it is to travel with wind and rain.
A stone statue of a frog wearing a hat and poncho sits on the deck, staring solemnly at the dark clouds that blacken the blue sky with big eyes.
Seeing this kind of scene, most of the people who ran the sea had weak legs, and they were afraid that they would die here, and only Lu Yingle was the only one.
The villain rolled up his sleeves and asked Lan Shan and the flag officer to inform the ships to hang their sails, and even said what angle the sails were, and when the wind and rain came, the whole fleet was in a state of "woohoo take-off", and flew out directly.
It's just too exciting, sometimes you can see the waves of Lao Gao, and on the ancient sea boat of the Yu Dynasty, Qiu Yu's heart beats like a drum.
Generally in this scenario, Lu Ying's reaction is: "Either the situation is not serious, don't panic, or the situation is very serious, it's useless to panic, calm." โ
The reaction of the rest of the crew was more concise and clear, and it sums it all up in one word.
Wail.
Listen to Young Master Sun's words, worship the frog in your heart, and everyone will go home safely.
Do you know what's the most magical part of this?
That is, no matter how high the wind and waves are, Lu Ying really took this fleet back to Qiongya Island safely, and even the boat was not damaged, doing daily maintenance, and she could continue to go to sea to deliver goods in less than a day.
What a miraculous weather child!
Qiu Yu had an unreal feeling when he stepped on the land of Qiongya Island, and then recalled the sea beasts that followed the fleet along the way, He couldn't help but ask Lu Ying: "Yingying, do you know Disney?" โ
Lu Ying: "What Disney?" Is it the person in the same story as Ye City Lord and Hu Hansan? โ
Qiu Yu: "Disney is not a human being, it is a ...... Adjectives, such as you who can talk to animals and are particularly good-looking, can be called Disney's Little Prince. โ
Lu Ying pursed her lips and smiled: "You used to call me the Frog Prince, my Lu family's ordinary portal, where did so many princes seal it for you." โ
Qiu Yu: The portal of the old Lu family is not ordinary.
The villain didn't take this seriously, and Qiu Yu didn't expect Officer Lu, who used โกโก hidden thunder and hand-torn devils as bedtime stories, to tell Lu Ying about Disney, he was about to vomit after eating seafood this time, and he wanted to change his taste, especially Rouyu, he didn't want to see that thing again in the short term.
I don't know why, the sea beasts love the soft fish (squid) one by one, Qiu Yu crossed the previous surname swim, and was jokingly called "squid" by unscrupulous teammates when playing volleyball.
As he wished, Lu Ying first turned his head to dismiss the crew members, distributed the money, let them go back to rest, turned back to meet Lu Fang, and after telling Lu Fang what he had seen and heard about this outing, he made a request: "Grandfather, I want to eat something on the ground tonight, I'm tired of eating things on the sea." โ
"The road vegetables are rough, and when you go home, you should eat some fine supplements." Lu Fang bowed his head and pointed at Qiu Yu, "You can come too." โ
The delicacies of the ground, namely chicken, duck and fish, seasonal vegetables from the field, and fresh fruits from the trees, were all served that night.
The Lu family doesn't have any rules for eating and sleeping, as long as you don't eat, your mouth is chirping, and your chopsticks are good at knocking on the bowl.
Lu Fang pointed to the dish in the middle: "This is the chicken from Wenchang, the meat is fresh and tender, and the soup is stewed in coconut water, the soup is fresh and sweet, and when you add shrimp meat to eat together, it will be fresher." โ
Lu Ying took a few bites: "It's not bad, there are a lot of coconut trees blown crooked during the typhoon season, right?" โ
Lu Fang: "Not to mention coconut trees, mulberry trees, sugar cane, and farmland have been damaged a lot, I followed the whole process, so that the northeast of Qiongya Island, where the typhoon blew the hardest, was well protected, and some losses could not be avoided." โ
Lu Ying: "Alas, when it comes to the typhoon season, this island is inseparable, but fortunately you are here." โ
Lu Fang: "One day I will be gone, then it will be your mother and you to guard the island, are these five hundred people who went out with you obedient?" โ
Seeing that Lu Ying responded, Lu Fang said: "In the future, they will all belong to you, and you also have land in two counties, so it is no problem to raise 500 soldiers." โ
This is to start slowly transferring part of the military power at hand to Lu Ying, Qiu Yu is holding a bowl and eating wildly, while sighing in his heart that Lu Ying's life is actually quite good.
Whether it is Qin Shuyan or Lu Fang, Lu Ying's elders are not particularly greedy for power
force, as long as the successor is determined, he will begin to pave the way for Xiao Yingying, which makes Lu Ying's road to succession particularly smooth, and there is no major damage caused when the power is handed over, making it more convenient for Yingying to develop her career after succeeding to the throne.
This is also the unanimous opinion of later historians, but according to Qiu Yu's experience of worshipping frogs on the ship for a while, in fact, as long as Lu Ying has a heart, what power he wants, that force will definitely belong to him in the end.
It's not that Qiu Yu hasn't seen the Lu family's navy, and the five hundred people who followed Lu Ying to the sea are completely different, the five hundred people who have been trained by Lu Ying are obviously more loyal and disciplined, and the order is forbidden, Lu Ying commands the fleet like an arm, it can be seen that the five hundred people have clearly become the shape of Lu Ying!
Qiu Yu even opened a brain hole, that is, if Yingying and his uncle are not infertile, but have their own children, and Yingying, who grows up, wants to be the emperor, with his temperament, there is a high probability that he will open the Ming robbery mode, and with his combat effectiveness, Emperor Cheng'an's non-existent cub is afraid that it will end up tragically.
Therefore, history is full of accidents, but some things are inevitable, such as what Lu Ying wants to get, he will definitely get.
Of course, the two children slept together that night, thanks to Hua Meijing's blessing, Lu Ying's body and bones were good this time, and she never got sick from long-distance work, but she needed to take more medicinal food for a month to replenish her vitality.
As long as the child is not sick, the big guys are relieved.
Lu Ying gave Hua Meijing and the maids who went out with him a holiday, and only let a few servants pour hot water to wash them at night, and then got into the quilt that had been warmed by Qiu Yu.
When Qiu Yu saw him coming, he hurriedly moved the blanket and covered him: "Your Qiongya Island is hot, it's July now, and you still have to cover things." โ
Ying Ying lay down and put a corner on Qiu Yu's lower abdomen: "If your stomach is cold, you will have diarrhea." โ
Qiu Yu did not refuse the kindness of the children, hugged the soft little body, and patted Lu Ying on the back: "Do you want to listen to the story?" โ
"Disney story?"
Qiu Yu thought for a while: "Well, would it be okay to tell you a story about "Snow White"?" โ
Lu
Ying responded casually, in the gentle voice of the young man, accompanied by the sound of cicadas outside, and the never-ending sea breeze on Qiongya Island, the incense burner in the corner of the wall was quietly burning a thin incense of insect repellent.
Although the story of Snow White told by Qiu Yu fell in Lu Ying's ears, it was the conspiracy of the princess in the west and the queen to snatch the imperial power and finally be picked up cheaply by the prince of the country next door, and the happy ending of the kind little princess in Qiu Yu's mouth getting love.
However, Lu Ying was also tired, he didn't interrupt Qiu Yu's narration, just closed his eyes and leaned on the young man's chest.
That night, Qiu Yu entered a dream, and he saw a young man standing next to a grave bag with a view of the sea, and a conch hanging from the tombstone.
The young man was very tall, one meter eight or eight by eye, the other party was wearing a blue brocade, the sleeves were dark lines, and his thick long black hair was fluttering in the wind.
Qiu Yu found that he had regained his appearance and height from his previous life at some point, because he could look down on the other party.
He took a few steps forward and shouted, "Who are you?" โ
The young man turned around, his beautiful and vulgar face like the god of spring was full of indifference, and there was loneliness in his eyes, but when he saw Qiu Yu, his eyes instantly lit up.
The beautiful Harujin happily called out, "Loach! The whole person pounced into Qiu Yu's arms like a little pigeon, and a faint sandalwood invaded Qiu Yu's nose, and he subconsciously hugged the other party, just like every time Lu Ying pounced.
Qiu Yu, who was embraced by a great beauty for the first time in his life, woke up, his arms were empty, he got up with a grunt, and reflected the panicked face of the young man in the ancient mirror.
The child who fell asleep in his arms did not know when he had disappeared, according to past experience, Qiu Yu would get up early and squat and box, this is the biological clock he left in Wudang, Lu Ying must sleep until three poles in the sun, but where is this child running now?
Wouldn't it be that Sect Master Yan looked at the chopped fingers and couldn't understand his thoughts, so after thinking about it, he would better go to Qiongya Island to steal the child!
Qiu Yu hurriedly jumped out of bed, wanting to find Lu Ying, but saw Lu Ying sitting in the yard blowing the morning breeze, the sky was faint, the gardenias, hydrangeas, and bellflower in the yard were blooming warmly, and the fragrant aroma was rubbed together, and when the wind blew, it smelled very good, Lu Ying was holding a bellflower in her hand, and her hair was scattered.
Yes, he let the maids rest, head
No one combed my hair for the time being.
Qian Aquan was standing in front of him, reporting official business with Wang Xiaoyi, the county of Wenchang County, obviously they were all adults, and Lu Ying was only wearing obscene clothes, holding bellflowers, and her hair was scattered, and her feet couldn't reach the ground when she sat on the stone bench, so she could only shake it, but they were all very respectful.
Lu Ying mentioned one thing: "Has the conscription after the typhoon begun?" โ
The typhoon season will cause damage to Qiongya Island and coastal areas, and there will be landslides in some places, and the government will inevitably levy conscription to repair various public facilities, and the people will have to serve conscription in addition to paying taxes every year, which is the common sense that Qiu Yu learned from his prefect father.
Qian Aquan said: "It's already on the levy, what's wrong?" But is there something that needs more attention? โ
Lu Ying said unhurriedly: "I want to say, don't conscript this year." โ
Qian Aquan didn't have anything to say, because there was no forced labor in Ding'an County, all death row prisoners were working, and those prisoners had no human rights, as long as they didn't die, they would die and eat every day.
Wang Xiaoyi asked: "There are not so many death row prisoners in Wenchang County to build roads, what should I do if I don't levy forced labor?" โ
Lu Ying said: "Conscription is to let the people bring their own dry food to repair roads and canals, it is too hard, the typhoon has just passed, everyone is not having a good time, if you must recruit people to repair something, let the government pay." โ
Wang Xiaoyi was puzzled: "Where does the money come from?" โ
Lu Ying said: "Just deduct it from the land tax, don't let the people do day labor." โ
Speaking of this, the child's expression became distant: "I went out this time and found that the logistics of the Yu army, especially the convoy that sent the grain, were all conscripted from the people, so as long as the local gentry detained people and dragged them out, the front army would be constrained, and the people did not get the benefits, but they dragged the grain back, but this delay would miss their agricultural time, you must know that from the hometown to the front line, and then from the front line back to the hometown, this time will be gone for a few months, and it will not be able to catch up with the autumn harvest." โ
Qiu Yu leaned against the door frame, a little surprised, he had been on the front line for so long and didn't expect this one, and Lu Ying had only been there for less than two days before he discovered this.
This kid is too sharp, isn't he......
Lu Ying continued: "So in the future, if we want the people to do anything, we still have to pay them wages, let's do it from now on, and in terms of money, we have collected taxes from the people, and we will deduct this tax if we want to do anything." โ
If other people say that the money for repairing forced labor is deducted from the tax, then the officials of the various official offices and even the landlords who have been charged the tax on the acres of land will be unhappy, but Ding'an County is different from Wenchang County, because the landlords and disobedient officials of these two counties have gone to the death row, and Lu Yingfa has a kind intention to improve the living conditions of the road builders, and even give them food, which is a welfare.
After saying this, Lu Ying turned back to Qiu Yu and smiled: "Eh, are you awake?" Come and comb my hair. โ
Qiu Yu picked up a sheep's horn comb and walked over, pulling up Lu Ying's thick black and smooth hair.
A stream of sandalwood slid into his nose, and Qiu Yu's hand trembled, and the hair slipped from his fingers like silk.
Qiu Yu was stunned, there was a soft little hand holding his index finger and shaking it, he lowered his head, and saw Lu Ying's concerned eyes, there was no loneliness in this child's eyes, and Qiu Yu's figure was full.
Qiu Yu subconsciously lowered her voice: "It's okay, I'm just thinking about what hairstyle to comb for you." โ
Ying Ying was relieved to turn around and sit down, her calves still dangling in the air.
Qiu Yu combed his hair, thinking to himself, Yu Wuzong is a great beauty, this thing that has not even changed his political enemies and hated third brothers, it should be a sure fact, right?
"Our Yingying must be a big beauty when she grows up, and she can charm countless people with a casual smile."
Lu Ying replied without looking back: "Of course, when I grow up, I will definitely be a heroic man who will not lose to you." โ
It seems that in the heart of this little majesty, Qiu Yu's evaluation of Qiu Yu's appearance is quite high, Qiu Yu coughed, quite complacent: "That's it, I'm also a Wudang faction." โ
Lu Ying bent her eyes and said, "I dreamed of you, Qiu Yu." โ
"In the dream, you are grown up, as tall as I thought, a beautiful man who is not lost to my grandfather, seeing you so good-looking, somehow, I am also very happy in my heart."