The Three Kingdoms: Summoned generals at the beginning, shocking Cao Cao

Chapter 341 Journey to Tianshui, a long history of Fufeng

Seeing Wang Lin's resolute attitude, Liu Bian said, "Forget it, when Song Ying returns to Chang'an with Mrs. Song, I will ask the queen to match you."

Song Ran didn't speak, but smiled and patted Wang Lin's shoulder. They had already arrived in Tianshui.Looking for a house that was smoking, two young children were playing in the yard.Song Ran reached out and knocked on the door: "Is anyone home?"

"Who is it?" came the voice of an old woman.

"A passing merchant wants to buy some food."

The old woman walked out of the house and let Liu Bian and others into the yard. She was terrified to see so many people carrying knives, so she sent the two young children into the house, knelt on the ground and said: "The food in the house is on the side. Room, enough for the uncles to eat for a while, please spare our lives!"

Liu Bian helped him up and let her sit on the chair: "Don't be afraid, we are not horse bandits. We are not here to kill people and grab food. I saw smoke from your house in the distance, so I came here to buy some food."

Seeing that Song Ran took out a five-liang silver ingot, the old woman did not dare to take it. Song Ran put it on the table and asked the two guards to go to the kitchen to have a look.

There was a woman cooking in the kitchen. What happened outside did not alarm her. Just when Liu Bian was confused, the old woman said: "This is my daughter-in-law. She is deaf-mute."

The old woman even asked her to cook more meals with gestures, and asked her two grandsons to inform her husband and two sons who were building roads in the village to come back.

Pour a bowl of water for Liu Bian: "There is no tea at home, so the distinguished guests can just drink it."

Liu Bian took the bowl, took a sip, and said to Wang Lin, "Go and feed the horses, and go straight to Tianshui City after eating."

After a while, the old woman's two sons and her husband came back, and the old woman also went to help in the kitchen.

Liu Bian asked: "What's the name of the old man? Why are you still building roads in the cold weather?"

"My name is Zou Hou. My eldest son Zou Shun and younger son Zou Fang damaged the newly paved road a few days ago. The three of us want to fix it ourselves." Zou Hou said a little embarrassed.

Liu Bian continued to ask: "Did the government ask you to repair it?"

Zou Hou drank a bowl of water and said: "No, the government said they would send people to repair it, but after all, it was my son who broke the road. How can we let them stay idle at home and let the government repair the road? You said yes Such a gift, right?"

His two sons also smiled honestly. After a while, the food was served, and it was quite rich. There were two large pots of stewed pork and cabbage, and a basket of noodle cakes.

Everyone was already hungry, and quickly ate up the food. It could be seen that the Zou family's tutoring was not bad, and his two sons did not rush to eat.A few days ago, Liu Bian had dinner at a farmer's house and paid two taels of silver, so he was not late for many dishes.

After he was full, Liu Bian asked Song Ran to take a look around, and he asked Zou Shun to take him to the official road to have a look.

The newly built official road can accommodate two horse-drawn carriages driving side by side. The road surface has been hardened, and the road has not become muddy even after it rained just now. Obviously, the standard of construction is very high.

Liu Bian stomped his feet, feeling that the ground was hard and firm.

Pointing to the road extending far away, he asked, "Where does this road lead to?"

Following the direction pointed by Liu Bian, Zou Shun said, "Go straight to Tianshui."

"Did you suffer any losses from the Qiang rebellion this time?"

Zou Shun shook his head and said: "No, the Qiang people were driven into the mountains, only a small number of Qiang people came out to plunder, and there was no loss. The imperial court also sold us grain at a low price. This year will be a good year."

Liu Bian nodded in satisfaction, and Song Ran came from a distance and said, "It's ready."

Liu Bian flipped over and threw five taels of silver to Zou Shun: "Take it, I don't have the habit of not giving money for meals, buy something for the child."

Take Song Ran to meet Wang Lin and go straight to Tianshui.

It was already night after entering Tianshui City, not long before the city gate closed.After finding the station, there were no rooms, and the inns were overcrowded, so Song Ran had no choice but to find a family nearby.

On the way, he rescued an injured barbarian, and learned that the guards of the prefect Ji Zuo had intercepted them and robbed them of their goods.

Liu Bian and the others went to the restaurant for dinner. As soon as they entered the room, they saw that the room was full of barbarians dressed up as foreigners. Xiaoer led them to the second floor.

Song Ran asked: "Xiaoer, why are there so many barbarians?"

Xiao Er smiled and said, "It's not that the end of the year is approaching. These barbarians are eager to sell their goods, hoping to get a good price during the New Year."

Song Ran nodded, ordered a few dishes, and asked Xiao Er to leave.

Two Han people were eating at the next table, seeing Song Ran looking at them, one of them nodded politely to Song Ran.

Seeing Song Ran staring at the person at the next table, Wang Lin asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just think this person looks familiar."

Hearing that Song Ran looked familiar, Liu Bian regained his energy and looked intently, who else could it be if it wasn't Yu Yuan.

Song Ran changed his clothes, Yu Yuan probably didn't recognize him for a while, Liu Bian pointed to the two of them: "That's Yu Yuan, let him wait for us in the small courtyard after dinner."

"Yes."

After eating, Yu Yuan followed the guards to the small courtyard in shock and trepidation. He never expected to meet Liu Bian here.He guessed that Liu Bian came to Weifu for a private visit, probably to ask about what he had seen and heard these days.

Waiting anxiously for Liu Bian in the small courtyard, he was accompanied by people from the Overwatch Council who accompanied him all the way, but they didn't get the chance to face the Holy Spirit with him.

Liu Bian pushed the door open and entered: "Yu Yuan, long time no see."

Yu Yuan knelt down and saluted: "Sinners, please bow to Your Majesty."

"Get up, how long have you been in Tianshui? What have you learned?"

"The guilty minister has been in Tianshui for more than a month." Yu Yuan replied respectfully, "The Tianshui government office seems to be related to the recent robbery by horse bandits, and the criminal minister is looking for evidence."

Liu Bian nodded, and the inspector who was with him had already told Song Ran.In the past six months, he accompanied Yu Yuan to visit various counties in Kansai. Yu Yuan carefully inspected the governance and visited the people wherever he went.

Liu Bian said: "Your wife, Mrs. Zhao, has gone mad. The two sons depend on each other in Huayin. I have sent them to school. You can choose a county in Kansai to be the county magistrate.

Bring your two sons over again, I think Yu Jian is still very talented, and he will be good at training in the future, so as to cultivate a talent for the big man. "

Yu Yuan didn't expect Liu Bian to let him be an official, so he knelt on the ground and said, "I don't dare, I just want to travel all over the counties and counties in Kansai, organize the detailed information into a book, and present it to Your Majesty."

"I still appreciate your character very much. I asked you to come to Kansai to inspect you. You have lived up to my expectations of you. If you don't choose, go to Fufeng to be a long history."

"My lord, I would like to obey the holy edict and thank God for his grace."

(End of this chapter)