After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

Liu Yunxiang and the beggar went to the outskirts of the city for a few days. As he said, the land here was deserted and uncultivated.

Zhenbeiguan is not far from here, and it's the same drought, but they grow grain there because the Mu River flows there, and the young and strong soldiers can carry water for irrigation.

Liu Yunxiang found a map, pointed to a place and said, "If we dig a river here leading to our Yangui City, we can solve the irrigation problem."

The beggar pointed at the map, "Do you think this section is no wider than your little finger and should be very short and easy to dig through?"

"What do you want to say?"

"I would say ten or eight years will not be a problem."

Liu Yunxiang shook his head, "If tens of thousands of people dig here, how long do you think it will take?"

"Where did the tens of thousands of people come from?"

“When you walk out onto the street, there are people.”

"Ha ha."

"You said if I gave them food and asked them to dig rivers, would they be willing to do it?"

The beggar thought for a while and said, "Let's do it."

"Then we will open up the land, give them seeds, and let them plant them. One family will manage a piece of land, and the food grown will be enough for the whole family, and the rest will be handed over to the grain store. Will they be willing?"

"In the current situation, everyone is hungry, so they must be willing, but are you too whimsical? You don't want to collect taxes for the imperial court without changing anything?"

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "So I want to buy these wastelands on the outskirts of the city first."

The beggar stroked his beard and said, "You have to buy it from the government, and it seems that the new Yangui City government office is about to take office."

After saying this, the two of them came up from the small road and came to the official road. They saw a group of ragged beggars gathered around, and there seemed to be someone inside.

"Why should we give them food but not us? If you don't give it to us today, you will be wanted to leave!"

"Yes, everyone is hungry, and no one is easy to mess with."

"It's okay to give money if you don't have anything to eat. It's true that we are beggars, but if we give less, we don't care."

The beggar clicked his tongue next to Liu Yunxiang, "They must be from outside. I don't know the situation here. I kindly gave food to a few beggars. When other beggars saw it, they swarmed to beg for food, but when it was not available, they stopped."

Liu Yunxiang sighed. She had encountered this kind of situation before, but there were officials in the city and they didn't dare to be too presumptuous.

The beggars were noisily trying to grab it, and then they heard a shout from inside: "Let me see if any of you dare to come forward. My man has practiced Shaolin boxing and flying eagle kicks. He is known as the best master in the world. Why don't he do it?" , you will definitely see blood when you put your hands on it.”

There were so many people that Liu Yunxiang only saw a wooden stick stirring up the crowd of beggars. Then the crowd moved back a few steps, and then a man and a woman climbed onto a big stone.

The woman was wearing a hazy-colored long gown and carried a medicine box on her back. The man was wearing a plain robe, a square scarf on his head, and a book basket behind his back. This outfit really did not match that of a martial arts master.

The beggars obviously didn't believe it either, so they surrounded them tightly.

Liu Yunxiang took a closer look and couldn't help but wonder: "Why does that woman look so like Dr. Qu?"

The beggar snorted, "That's not it."

Liu Yunxiang's eyes widened, "Who is the man next to you?"

"Shen Yunzhou."

The stone was uneven and Shen Yunzhou staggered back, but Qu Moran caught him.

He coughed dryly and said to the beggars, "I don't take action easily. I always convince others with my virtue."

"Hmph, just have fun, otherwise there would have been a mass of corpses by now!"

"Ahem, madam, don't scare them."

"Husband, these people are too arrogant. Kill one or two so that we can relieve our anger."

"Who can I kill?"

"The one who rushes to the front!"

Qu Moran pointed his stick at the tall and sturdy male beggar who rushed to the front. The beggar looked at Shen Yunzhou, his face was obviously that of a scholar, but his eyes were indeed extremely cold, revealing a murderous aura.

His heart trembled and he took two steps back unconsciously.

Shen Yunzhou sighed, "That's all, he is still young and ignorant. I am used to convincing others with virtue. In this case, I will help you reason. The Master said: How to repay virtue? Repay virtue directly, repay virtue with kindness. What? What it means is that when we are bullied, we should not use our own virtues to influence them, which is wrong. But we should use our own way to repay them under the law and thanks. For example, now, we are within the scope of our ability You gave those beggars food and they thanked them. This is repaying kindness with kindness. But we have no food, but you don’t let us go. You still want to steal our things and even hurt us. I hurt any of you, This is called repaying kindness directly. Do you understand?"

The beggars looked at me and I looked at you, and then they all looked at Shen Yunzhou, all with confused expressions on their faces.

"Let me tell you about Buddhism again. The "Za Agama Sutra" says: What kind of good knowledge is there? If there is a good man who is not sloppy, not loose, not false, and not dangerous, such knowledge can comfort him well. The sorrow and pain that have arisen can prevent them from arising; the sorrow and pain that have arisen can enable them to become enlightened; the joys that have not yet arisen can enable them to be born quickly; the joys that have arisen can protect them from being lost. This is called a good man with good knowledge."

Liu Yunxiang was confused when he heard this. He turned back to the beggar and said, "Should we go over and help them?"

After all, it is quite cold today, so we must choose good weather to save all sentient beings.

The beggar looked back and said, "It's really not necessary."

Liu Yunxiang turned around and saw a young man dressed up leading a group of officials.

She understood immediately, "So he has been stalling for time."

The official came and immediately dispersed the group of beggars.

Some people who were confused after hearing this didn't forget to ask Shen Yunzhou: "Master, what does this Buddhist saying mean?"

Shen Yunzhou smiled, his eyes sparkling, "I don't know what it means, and I don't worship Buddha. But I can give you a piece of advice, that is, read more, and you will be less fooled."

After Shen Yunzhou and Qu Moran got off the big rock, Liu Yunxiang passed by.

"Sister Qu!"

Qu Moran followed the sound and saw Liu Yunxiang. He was first surprised and then happy, and hurriedly ran to meet him.

"Yunxiang, why are you here?"

Is Liu Yunxiang smiling? "I walked north from Shengjing and settled in Yangui City. It's been half a year in the blink of an eye."

"Great, I will keep you company from now on."

"Well, I'm so happy to see my sister."

Qu Moran pulled Liu Yunxiang aside and said, "Jinyan has taken the child to Yaowang Valley, you can rest assured."

Liu Yunxiang held Qu Moran's hand tightly, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red. She missed her son so much, but no matter how much she missed him, she could only keep it in her heart.

"There will always be a time when you, mother and son, meet."

"Ah."

"Thank you sister."

"There is no need to be polite between us sisters."

Qu Moran introduced him, and Liu Yunxiang stepped forward to salute Shen Yunzhou.

"Shen Futai, it's been a hard journey."

Shen Yunzhou had already displayed the arrogance and dignity of a civil servant. He nodded slightly and said, "Ms. Liu, no, now it's time to call Madam Marquis Jing'an. It's a pity that Marquis Jing'an still keeps his filial piety to you."

Qu Moran pinched Shen Yunzhou's arm and said, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't know anything."

Shen Yunzhou snorted softly, "I have heard about the affair between Mrs. Jingan Marquis and Commander Yan, but I don't know whether it is true or not..."

"Really." Liu Yunxiang said.

Shen Yunzhou sneered coldly, "Madam, you are quite brave."

"If Mr. Shen has a long tongue, you can write a letter immediately to inform Xie Zian."

Shen Yunzhou flicked his sleeves and said, "I'm not that free."

Liu Yunxiang smiled, "Then let's talk about something serious."