Domineering Daming

I saw that this was a lantern shop filled with lanterns. The young man was wearing the clothes of a government official. Opposite him was a middle-aged man and three little girls, all of whom were under 14 years old.

The middle-aged man held a lantern in his hand, his face changed, but he didn't speak.

The young guard looked parched, and said, "Tell me, who has spare money to buy this lantern now? It's not a problem for you to sit here and eat the mountains and sky. You don't care about yourself, you have to think about the three daughters, right? You are old enough to marry, can you come up with some dowry? If not, who would dare to marry? Even if you marry back, can you live a good life?"

The middle-aged man looked up at the guard, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he hesitated to speak.

The three girls kept silent and lowered their heads.

The guard continued: "It's not that I lied to you, and it's not that I didn't come back. Besides, this is something that was promulgated by the imperial court and the governor's office. As long as you are willing to go to Liaodong, you will be given twenty acres of land. No money for three years, and a subsidy of 100 taels of silver every year. This is a great thing. Think about it, can you have such a good thing before the current emperor ascended the throne? That is the great grace of the emperor. In the past, you starved to death No one cares..."

The middle-aged man finally spoke at this moment, looked up at the young man and said, "I'm not saying that the emperor, the imperial court, and the governor's yamen lied to me, but our ancestors have been here for hundreds of years, so we can leave as we please, because we are not familiar with the place." Yes, there is no one who died outside to collect the corpse..."

When the guard saw that the middle-aged man was loose, he quickly said: "You are talking nonsense. This arrangement is all about being together in the village. Every time, our Shaanxi guards will accompany the escort. They will only come back when the arrangement is settled. The imperial court will give you money. Why did you die when you were given food? You were not asked to do something dangerous... Your Majesty, why did the imperial court immigrate from Shaanxi? Isn’t it because the natural disaster is too severe and the fields can’t grow crops?”

The middle-aged man stopped talking again, and turned the lantern in his hand around.

The guard's eyes lit up, he stared at the middle-aged man and said: "You know what's going on now, not to mention our Qingshanzhuang, the entire Nanyang County, Hanzhong Mansion, there are many people with no crops, it's been several years, if you do this again Go down, let alone you, I have to go, if I don’t go, I will starve to death! There are cracks in the ground where people can fall in, how can we grow things? Liaodong is good, it was taken back by the emperor who defeated Jiannu a few years ago The land here is several times larger than our Shaanxi, and there is a lot of land, and all of them are fertile fields, all of which are newly reclaimed, but there is a shortage of people, don't you think this is a good thing?"

The middle-aged man looked up at the guard and said, "Then, what about my property here?"

The guard's eyes were hidden with a smile, and he said with more certainty: "How many times have I told you this, for the first three years, the right to use it belongs to the governor's office, and the land deed is still in your hands. As long as you come back in these three years, this land is still yours. However, those in Liaodong will belong to the Liaodong Governor’s Yamen. In short, within three years, choosing one of the two will definitely not harm you. You see, this is a bill from the Royal Bank. It can be withdrawn for three years, 100 taels per year, and 300 taels in three years. After you sign, I will go to the Royal Bank to stamp this bill and it will take effect..."

Zhu Xu listened outside, his expression still and thoughtful.

Immigration is also a major item of expenditure, tens of millions of taels of silver every year. Apart from the imperial court, there is also a place for Liaodong to share, but the imperial court is still under pressure.

The guard continued, and said: "Anyway, you have almost listened to what should be said and what should be promised. Didn't some of them come back to move things a while ago? You can inquire about it. After asking clearly, whether to go or not?" It's up to you to decide where to go, but don't blame the big nephew. I'm ugly. The disaster is serious now, and it's all over the country. If you want to have enough food, you have to find a way by yourself. Let go of the benefits given by the court and guard these broken lanterns. You are hungry It doesn't count if you die, there are three younger sisters, and those who are not big or small will be miserable..."

The middle-aged man frowned, his expression constantly changing, as if he was quite uncomfortable.

Zhu Xu showed a smile on his face. This errand must have done a lot. This principle is smooth, and he also knows carrots and sticks.

However, it is difficult to leave the hometown. If it were not for the end, no one would want to leave their hometown, and the matter of emigration is also complicated.

In the end, the middle-aged man gritted his teeth and nodded. In fact, what he should understand, what he knew, he understood everything, but he couldn't make up his mind, but the reality was in front of him, and he was unwilling to pick up the hoe and go to the ground, not for himself. Several daughters.

The young guard watched the middle-aged man sign the name, and then said happily again, turned around and went out, looked up at the sky, and said infinitely beautifully: "Finally, the family is settled again!"

When he noticed that Zhu Xu and his group were all looking at him with strange eyes, they immediately snorted, looked at him a few times, and strode away.

Zhu Xu smiled, turned around and walked forward. Shaanxi was better than he expected, at least in terms of humanities, and he didn't see the bad situation of unruly people in poor mountains and rivers.

This put him in a good mood and his impression of Shaanxi changed somewhat.

Zhu Xu walked slowly, and as soon as he returned to the entrance of the restaurant, he heard a middle-aged woman's voice coming from inside.

"Shopkeeper, this is my niece, from Fengxiang Mansion. She really couldn't survive there, so she came to join me. I know you are short of people, just give me food..."

Zhu Xu looked up and saw a middle-aged woman leading a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, begging with the shopkeeper of the restaurant.

The shopkeeper looked at the girl, sighed softly, and said, "Okay, if you can save one person, I'm not short of food here, so stay here and help tidy up the room, wash the dishes..." The shopkeeper It's a kind heart, so I agreed.

When the middle-aged woman heard this, she quickly looked at the girl and said, "Lu'er, don't thank the shopkeeper..."

The girl quickly bent over and said timidly, "Thank you shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper nodded and said: "Go back first, bring the bedding over here, and then get familiar with it."

"Thank you shopkeeper, thank you shopkeeper..." The girl thanked the shopkeeper a thousand times, and turned to go out with the middle-aged woman.

Just happened to have a face-to-face with Zhu Xu, and Zhu Xu was startled when he looked up.

The girl lowered her head. Although there was some dust on her face, she still couldn't hide her aura. Even if she was dressed in rough clothes, she had her own temperament. She was not a girl from an ordinary family.

The girl lowered her head, took the middle-aged woman's hand, and left quickly.

Zhu Xu pinched his chin, showing doubts, and immediately went upstairs with a smile, greeted the shopkeeper and went upstairs.

The girl is naturally Zhang Lu. The moment she missed with Zhu Xu, she couldn't help but take out the dagger from her arms, stabbing Zhu Xu with chills, but thinking that Chu Fuyao was still in Zhu Xu's hands, she couldn't bear it. Hold back.

Chapter 783 Surprises

Not long after the heavy rain in Shaanxi, the weather in Shaanxi gradually became hotter and hotter.

The water here is very precious, no matter how much is saved, I dare not use it. No one knows when the rain will come again, and it is a little bit of saving.

Cao Huachun and others were extremely uncomfortable, but Zhu Xu didn't care. These few days, he went out early and returned late, wandering around Hanzhong Mansion, and got a rough idea of ​​Li Banghua's version of the farm.

This was formed under the power, with realistic threats and lures, and under the control of the army, it can be said that it is quite weird, not at all what Zhu Xu thought.

However, this is also a product of the real situation. Zhu Xu recorded the advantages and disadvantages, and planned to talk to Li Banghua at that time.

This is Zhu Xu's eighth day in Hanzhong. He leaves early and returns late every day. When he comes back from the outside, he writes his "travel notes", recording what he saw and heard in Hanzhong, especially the "farm". He is very concerned about the extremely effective means of disaster situation.

Zhang Lu had already discovered that Chu Fuyao was locked in a corner room on the second floor, and had been looking for a chance to rescue him, but he never had the chance to go to the second floor.

At the same time, she also found that the dog emperor came in and out every day, either going out, or not coming out on the second floor, and she couldn't get close.

While wiping the table that she didn't know how many times, Zhang Lu looked towards the second floor from time to time, racking her brains to go up to the second floor, but two door gods kept blocking her, preventing her from going up.

"Do you want to give them some medicine?" Zhang Lu murmured in his heart.

Things went well for Zhu Xu in Hanzhong, but the capital was in chaos.

Wang Yizhou sent people into the palace to fetch medicines, and they were all expensive medicines. These kinds of medicines are definitely not for ordinary people, and they are related to human life.

Li Jieyu once stayed in the Tai Hospital for a while, and the caring people in the Tai Hospital quietly passed the news to her.

Li Jieyu's nearly nine-month-old belly frightened her into disbelief, and she panicked for a while, so she had to go to Queen Mother Zhang.

Empress Dowager Zhang became even more flustered. Although she didn't care about government affairs, she was clear about the outside affairs. I don't know how many people often came to the palace to talk long and short. Now that the court situation is at a critical moment, Zhu Xu is the core. Once something happens to this core, Daming may collapse in an instant, and the consequences will be disastrous!

Empress Dowager Zhang had no idea, so she had to recruit Bi Ziyan, Sun Chengzong, and Fu Changzong into the palace overnight.

The three of them were also shocked when they heard the imperial doctor's words.

Fu Changzong stared at him solemnly, and said, "Are you sure, this is a serious illness? How dangerous is it? Please make it clear! If you dare to say a word wrong, I will kill your head now!"

Sun Chengzong and Bi Ziyan looked at this imperial doctor with fiery eyes, like knives, as if they wanted to eat people.

The imperial doctor trembled in his heart, knowing that this matter was no small matter, he wandered in his heart, and said very cautiously: "These three medicines are mainly for detoxification. If you want to use them all at once, it is very... serious..."

The imperial doctor did not dare to talk too much, the emperor's affairs were all big matters, and now he regretted sharing the news with Li Jieyu.

Li Jieyu and Empress Dowager Zhang all looked nervous, flustered and not knowing what to do.

With a sullen face, Bi Ziyan turned his head to look at Sun Chengzong, and said, "Do you have any news about Mr. Sun?"