An hour later.

A horse-drawn carriage, which was not luxurious, left the south gate of the capital and drove towards Qingyuan County.

"Teacher, didn't you say in advance that you were going to Qingshan County to inspect? Why did you temporarily divert to Qingyuan County? ”

In the carriage, the three of them sat in silence.

It was the Yongxing Emperor Li Zhaoyang and Fang Xiu who were preparing to go out of the city and pay a private visit to Weifu.

In addition to the two of them, there is also the red bean oiran of the red sleeve move, and Fang Xiu, a scholar of Wenchang Pavilion, spoke, and the steward of the red sleeve move did not dare not let the red bean oiran out.

Along the way, the three of them can be regarded as companions.

As for the diversion to Qingyuan County, it was Fang Xiu's temporary idea, not only was the red bean Oiran curious about who the original author of the poem was, but Fang Xiu was also curious, so he went to Qingyuan County to find out.

"Qingshan County and Qingyuan County are not much different, they are the same everywhere." Fang Xiu replied casually.

"......" Li Zhaoyang was speechless.

If there is no red bean oiran today, the two of them will definitely go to Qingshan County.

But now he suddenly changed his route to Qingyuan County, and it was obvious that the teacher took care of a girl's family in Red Bean Oiran and went to Qingyuan County to find people, which was inconvenient. The red bean Oiran is naturally grateful to Dade for this, and plays a song or something on the way.

The two also have each other's needs and each has their own needs!

But it's hard for Li Zhaoyang!

It's just a big light bulb on the road.

During the chat, the carriage quickly drove out of the capital.

After leaving the city gate, the scenery in front of me suddenly changed, which was completely different from the prosperous scene of the capital, and the outside of the city seemed desolate and desolate, and it seemed that it had not fully recovered from the heavy snowfall a year ago.

Li Zhaoyang lifted the corner of the curtain and walked all the way to see the road, feeling heavy.

In the past few years, Daji has had a hard time, and the people of Daji have been even more unhappy, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued, and Li Zhaoyang has taken over a mess, is deeply trapped in it, and can't extricate himself.

"Teacher, have you ever heard of the exodus of Qingyuan County and fled to Linxian County? Qingyuan County has ten rooms and nine emptiness. ”

Li Zhaoyang lowered the curtain and asked casually.

Fang Xiu nodded lightly and responded: "I've heard that this matter was discussed in the court two years ago, when the first emperor made an exception and summoned the county magistrate of Qingyuan County on the Golden Palace, but in the end, he didn't discuss a solution...... Qingyuan County has few people and poor, many mountains and ravines, the roads are not good, the people are not easy to survive, and they can't eat, so they go out to find a way to live, people go more, Qingyuan County has slowly become a dead county, walk half a day's way, you can see a village, and there are not many people in the village......"

"But the slave family looks, there are not many people who go to Qingyuan County."

Through the car window, the red bean Oiran saw both sides of the official road, and not far away saw the people dragging their families with their mouths, and the direction was to Qingyuan County.

"Red Bean Girl doesn't know." Fang Xiu sighed and explained, "If someone goes back, it's because of a decree of the imperial court a year ago...... All the people who return home in Qingyuan County will be rewarded with ten taels of silver each. ”

There is no way to do it.

The imperial court could not watch the serious outflow of population from Qingyuan County and slowly turn into a dead city without doing anything. Qingyuan County is less than 20 miles away from the capital and is the land of Gyeonggi, which plays an irreplaceable role in consolidating the urban defense of the capital.

This county must not be empty.

"But Rao is like this, the rewards are rich, and not many Qingyuan people are willing to go home, for them, it is better to settle in nearby Qingshan County and Yunhe County than to stay in Qingyuan County and wait for death."

In the carriage, the three of them were silent for a while.

Li Zhaoyang and Fang Xiu were helpless and deeply sad. The red bean Oiran looked puzzled, she couldn't help it, and lifted the curtain to look out again.

The carriage did not go far, but there were more and more pedestrians on both sides of the official road, and without exception, they were traveling in Qingyuan County. If Qingyuan County can't survive, why do so many people have to rush to Qingyuan County?

Strange, really weird.

This strange phenomenon was soon discovered by the other two, and Li Zhaoyang spoke up, stopped the carriage, and helped Fang to rest.

casually stopping a family of three on the road, Li Zhaoyang asked:

"You guys, are you going to Qingyuan County?"

"Exactly!"

"They're too?" Li Zhaoyang pointed to the others on the road.

"Exactly!"

Li Zhaoyang was stunned!

According to what was said in the fold a few days ago, the effect of the decree on the return of population in Qingyuan County has not been very obvious since the implementation of the decree, but how to look at the current situation, the road is full of people who drag their families back to Qingyuan County, which is different from what is said in the fold.

Qingyuan County County Order, why do you have to lie!

"Why? Don't you know that there is no way to live in Qingyuan County? Or is it only for the ten taels of silver issued by the court after going back? Fang Xiu said.

Passers-by were stunned, what did this old man say nonsense.

Seeing that the passers-by were a little unhappy, Li Zhaoyang hurriedly grabbed Fang Xiu and took the initiative to step forward to deal with the passers-by.

"Why are you going home?"

"Why not?"

The passer-by asked rhetorically in his tone, confused.

Li Zhaoyang thought about it and said:

"Didn't you say that you won't be able to survive when you go back? Even if there are ten taels of silver per person issued by the imperial court, it is only enough to live for a few months, what will I do in the future? What to eat and drink? ”

"This son, you know so much, you must also be from our Qingyuan County, right?"

Li Zhaoyang nodded.

The passer-by opened the conversation box and said, "I used to go back and there was no way to live, what is ten taels of silver enough for?" Food and clothing, which one can get away from money? Everyone said, whoever goes back is a fool, but now it is different from before, I heard that there is a big businessman from the capital in Nanshan, he built a winery in Nanshan, the scale is boundless, and there are more than 2,000 rooms in the wine-making house alone. ”

"The big businessman also said that as long as we go back, each person will receive two taels of settling-in allowance."

"Two taels?"

Li Zhaoyang suspected that he had misheard, what could not be solved by the imperial court with ten taels of silver, what could two taels do?

"Childe is not in a hurry, and listen to me...... The big businessman said that his winery recruits workers, as long as we work hard in the winery, we can receive 30 yuan a day, and we will get more money every day, of course we have to go back...... Okay, don't tell my son, I'm going to Nanshan quickly, and I won't be able to report if I'm late. ”

Passers-by left in a hurry, leaving only Li Zhaoyang and Fang Xiu with confused faces.

Back in the carriage, the red bean Oiran saw that the two of them had a little wrong on their faces, and they didn't dare to speak indiscriminately.

It was a long time before Li Zhaoyang muttered:

"How big a brewery does this have to be to take in so many people?"

"Big, big, big!"

Fang Xiu said it three times.

……

……

After walking for seven or eight miles, the carriage slowly stopped, and Li Zhaoyang lifted the curtain and glanced out.

"What's going on? How did it stop? ”

The coachman did not know what to answer, because not far ahead, about a dozen zhang away, dozens of paving workers cut off the official road, and they were laying stones into the foundation of the official road, and then pouring mud-like things.

When Li Zhaoyang was puzzled, Fang Xiu probed and said: "This is a rebuilt cement official road, based on stones, cement plastered, flat and abnormal!" Not afraid of wind and rain! ”

Fang Xiu remembered the scene when he first arrived in Qingshan County, and at that time, it was exactly the same scene now.

"Cement?"

Li Zhaoyang frowned slightly, puzzled.

Fang Xiu laughed and patted Li Zhaoyang's shoulder:

"Let's go, let's get out of the car and have a look, I'm sure you'll be surprised......"