Four years is enough time to change a lot of things.

This year is Jiang Wenyuan's sixth year as the prefect of Suzhou.

In fact, his term of office expired as early as three years ago, but the people of Suzhou were reluctant to let him go.

When his three-year term was about to expire, he jointly wrote a book of all the people and sent it to the capital, and he was forcibly retained.

Jiang Wenyuan was also reluctant to let the people here, so he stayed again, and this term was six years.

This year is the sixth year, but I am afraid that this time, even if the people of Suzhou go to the book of ten thousand people, they will not be able to stay.

In the fourth year of coming to Suzhou, Jiang Yuchuan returned to his hometown in Qingzhou to participate in the township test, and won Xie Yuan in one fell swoop, he was thirteen years old this year.

In the same year, he entered the Guozijian to study.

The eldest brother Jiang Yujiang, who was referred to with him, also took the fifth place in the Lingzhou Township Examination, and Jiang Wenyuan recommended his nephew to the Guozijian in the name of "Jiang Guogong".

The brothers lived together in the palace of the Duke of Chiang in the capital.

Jiang Yuhe, who was in the second line, reluctantly took the Xiucai fame test, but secretly left a book and ran away to join the army.

He was still quite smart, knowing that his third uncle was in Suzhou, and he didn't dare to come to the northwest.

ran to the southeast coast and said that he was going to fight the Japanese invaders, but his mother was so angry that she threatened to cut off the parent-child relationship with him.

The third brother Jiang Yuhuzhi no longer studied, and did not continue to study after being admitted to Xiucai, but chose to do business.

Jiang Wenyuan simply went to the letter and gave him all the family's property to take care of.

He was also the only one of the seven brothers to marry.

That girl Jiang Yuqing also knows, and she can even be regarded as half a matchmaker. It was Chen Yingying who met in Jeju Province at the beginning.

At the beginning, the master and apprentice stayed in Chen's mansion, and overheard Chen Yingying's father, the head of the Chen family, sigh that things in Lingzhou were good, but they had no way out and couldn't talk.

When Jiang Yuqing left, he left a note and helped them.

Later, when the head of the Chen family went to Qingzhou to pull goods, Chen Yingying also followed, and somehow they looked at each other with Jiang Yuhu.

Jiang Yuhu likes to do business, and Chen Yingying is also from a businessman's family, not to mention that these two people are really a match made in heaven.

When they got married, Jiang Yuqing also specially followed her mother Lu back to Qingzhou to attend their wedding.

The Jiang family does not have to be an elder brother and then a younger brother now, and the elders in the family require them that as long as someone is willing to marry, they don't care about the order.

Otherwise, they are all like the eldest and second, and they refuse to marry on the grounds that they don't have a crush, so what can they do? So let's be one of them!

In the words of Old Man Jiang, these bastard boys are here to collect debts one by two, and they don't have to worry about becoming a parent, and they are picky.

It's like them at that time, it's good to be able to marry a warm quilt, as long as you don't lack arms and legs, no matter what is beautiful or ugly, anyway, it's the same if you blow the lamp, and you can have children.

This happened to make the old Hu family hear it, and the old lady was so angry that the big broom immediately beckoned up.

The old man was chased all over the yard, and if he hadn't been stopped by everyone, there might have been a few more bags on his skull.

As for the four and sixth, they are still studying in Grandpa Lu's school, and they will be out next year at the latest.

Jiang Yuqing's uncle's two cousins, the eldest cousin Lu Huai, has already passed the examination, and now he has entered the Bailu Academy among the four major academies.

The little cousin Lu Jin was also admitted to Xiucai, studying in Qingzhou County, and he will be examined next year.

All in all, everything is pretty good.

Three years ago, her second brother Guo Xie also got married and had a son last year.

Jiang Yuqing personally carved a strengthened version of the peace jade talisman and gave it to the child as a full moon gift.

As for the third senior brother, he and his grandson Shu have been pulling and pulling for so many years, and finally achieved a positive result at the end of last year.

On the day he got married, Doctor Qiu was so happy that he finally cleared the goods at the bottom of the box, and almost smashed his hand. It made the big guy laugh half to death.

It's another year of autumn wind.

When the leaves in the courtyard fell again, Jiang Yuqing knew that their family was not far from returning to Beijing. After some deliberation, the day of returning to Beijing was set for the third day of the eighth lunar month.

Lu is already packing the luggage he wants to bring on the return trip, and after going back this time, he is afraid that he will have to live in the capital for a long time.

Doctor Qiu has always been where the little apprentice is, he is there, as for Lu Yi, he bluntly said that he prefers the freedom of Suzhou and does not want to return to the capital.

Besides, this place is also close to Wanjian Villa, and it is convenient for his daughter-in-law to go back to her parents' house. Jiang Yuqing respected his choice and directly entrusted him with the He'an Hospital here.

As for others, such as the warm wool workshop, Jiang Yuqing also made proper arrangements one by one.

Before leaving, Jiang Yuqing flew around the entire Suzhou. I first went to see the desert where "the desert is lonely and the smoke is straight, and the sun sets over the long river".

After that, he turned to the grassland where "the sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, and the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep".

They flew further east to the black wolfberry planting base in Shaqing County, and gave them another chance to live.

Turn southeast and then come to Zengping. It's a pity that his uncle Lu Pingzhang was transferred back to Renzhi County, Lingzhou after his three-year term expired.

Because it is close to home, I can take care of my elderly grandparents.

After that, I went to Jinma County and came to Jingma Ridge. Here, she and her father borrowed troops from the battalion, exterminated the bandits entrenched here, and rescued seventeen poor girls.

After the baptism of blood and fire, now, each of them can stand alone, and has become the iron lady and living signboard of He'an Hospital.

There are even a few who have found lifelong happiness.

She went to Xia Chenyi, the village that had been slaughtered and burned down by the Tartars.

Once here she promised a mother to avenge her and the child in her womb, and she did.

Now that the Si people are gone, the land has a new owner. The fields outside the village are also full of lush crops.

They are the remnants of a small number of tribes who have moved in from outside the Yumen Pass in recent years, or people who have moved from the south and whose homes have been destroyed by floods.

Now they are back in the roots, thriving and living in peace.

Everything is developing in a good direction, which may be the meaning of the soldiers who protect this place with their lives.

After leaving Xia Chenyi, she went to the gentle slope sixty miles away from Tongluo Pass.

The shrubs and weeds here may be because of the more than 5,000 flesh and blood used as fertilizer, and they grow extraordinarily lush.

Jiang Yuqing even saw gerbils haunting it, and at the entrance of its hole, rusty scimitar fragments could be faintly seen.

The Gobi is indeed the best cemetery to bury all sins.

Finally, she came to the cemetery outside the Yumen Pass again. As in the past, flowers and wine were placed in front of each tombstone, and they sat with them for a long, long time.

Here left the most unforgettable emotions of her two lives, those unforgettable memories of blood and fire.

As she left the cemetery, she took out a large wooden box with white flannel, and by spell took a small pinch of earth from each grave and put it into the box, which was also full of it.

She gently stroked the box and said softly, "Comrades-in-arms, I'll take you to see the bustling capital!" ”

On the third day of August, the day when the Jiang family set off. In order to avoid another scene like Qingzhou, Jiang Wenyuan had no choice but to leave the mansion with his family in the early morning.

As soon as Fang opened the door, he was startled by the torches all over the street. The people seemed to have expected this, and they waited silently outside his mansion with torches all night.

When they saw him come out, they fell to their knees.

Jiang Wenyuan was startled and hurriedly helped everyone up one by one: "Hurry up, hurry up, it's cold on the ground, what is this!" Go back and go to sleep. ”

The people didn't get up, and an old man said with tears in his eyes: "Can't you stay any longer?" ”

Jiang Wenyuan shook his head with red eyes and said, "I have been re-elected for two consecutive terms for six years, and I can't stay any longer." This is not in accordance with the system! ”

The old man also knew that this matter was a foregone conclusion, and said: "I hope that my lord will go to the capital and rise step by step." If you have free time, please take your wife and the princess back to Suzhou to have a look, and the people of Suzhou will never forget you. ”

"Okay, I'll be back. Suzhou is also my second home! Jiang Wenyuan choked up and said: "Go back quickly, it's cold at night, but don't catch the cold." ”

The old man cried and said: "My lord has worked hard for the people of Suzhou for so many years. Let's send it to adults! ”

The people next to him also helped: "My lord, let us send you!" That's the only thing we can do for you! ”

"Good!" Jiang Wenyuan held back tears, he knew that if he didn't leave, they wouldn't get up. So he decisively ordered to get on the carriage and go out of the city.

The carriage moved, and the people shouted: "The mountains are high and the waters are long, take care all the way!" The shouts along the way, wave after wave.

Finally the carriage arrived at the gate of the city, only to see the gate of the city wide open, and the soldiers guarding the city also knelt on one knee on both sides, shouting in unison: "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the county lord." The mountains and rivers are long, take care all the way. ”

Jiang Wenyuan burst into tears. Out of the city gate, he took his whole family out of the car and made a deep gesture to all the soldiers and people who saw off him in Suzhou Mansion.

"Take care!" Watching the convoy gradually move away until it disappeared, the people of Suzhou reluctantly wiped their tears and returned to the city.

When it was dawn, the carriage stopped for a short rest in a wilderness.

Jiang Wenyuan's mood was very low, he was really reluctant to this land and the lovely people here.

It is not so much that he has achieved Suzhou, but that Suzhou has not made him.

If he could, he would like to stay here as a prefect for the rest of his life, but he had to go. His Majesty the Emperor urged him to enter Beijing, and he had already urged him twice.

Lu Shi poured a glass of water and handed it to her husband, pretending to be relaxed and comforting: "Let's come back and have a look when we have a chance in the future."

To be honest, I'm reluctant to put that land in my backyard too. In the past few years, I have raised fertilization, and the harvest of what I have planted has increased year by year. ”

Jiang Wenyuan held his wife's hand: "Okay, if there is a chance in the future, let's come back and have a look." ”

The autumn was crisp and the road was smooth, and the convoy went out of Suzhou Mansion smoothly and smoothly and went straight to the capital.

Capital.

The emperor looked at the note handed by the secret guard: "Yuan, in the middle of the night, the people kneel along the street with torches." Yuan knelt down with tears in his eyes! ”

Emperor Xia Jing sighed, being an official like Jiang Wenyuan is really unprecedented.

When he was in Qingzhou, he spent three years to feed the people of the county, and every household had surplus grain.

In Suzhou for six years, he forcibly turned a bitter cold place that everyone could not avoid into a "plugged Jiangnan", which became another granary in Daxia. Since then, the Great Northern Wilderness has become the Great Northern Warehouse.

How fortunate Great Xia is to have such a good minister.

Emperor Xia Jing has even begun to imagine a bright future for Jiang Wenyuan after he made a certain Shangshu......