Started as a mute girl? I prospered in the lean years

Yun Qi didn't introduce her identity, and Jiang Huaixu didn't intend to reveal which royal family member he was. She didn't know exactly who he was, but she only knew he was a county king.

From a distance, I saw villagers and a group of soldiers talking, and the two walked back quickly.

Jiang Zhengmao's voice could be heard from far away, "Master, we have never committed any crime. We have received the wooden sign and felt our pulse. Why did you bring all these people here?"

"If you don't believe that even the big people who were elected are with us, you can ask the Master of Juren." Jiang Boliang also rubbed his hands and said.

The leading military commander raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down and asked Jiang Zhengmao: "Are you the leader of the team?"

Jiang Zhengmao trembled and admitted bravely, "Yes, I am."

"follow me."

Jiang Zhengmao wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered to Jiang Boliang: "Aliang, take care of the villagers. I'm going."

Jiang Boliang nodded with worry, watching Jiang Zhengmao follow the military master to a nook and corner to chat quietly.

The second grandfather stretched his neck to look at the situation on Jiang Zhengmao's side, but couldn't figure out why. He touched the silver bag in his arms, walked to Jiang Boliang and took it out.

"Bo Liang, this is seventy or eighty taels of money collected by the villagers. If something happens, if you use this money to be active in front of those military masters, maybe nothing will happen? They won't do it either. Let me be clear, old man, I have no idea..."

When Jiang Boliang heard this, his eyes were slightly moist, and he comforted: "Uncle, the matter is not that serious. We don't know what the situation is now. It is not necessarily a bad thing. Besides, if you give away all the money, how will you settle down in the future? You Take it back first.”

"Second Grandpa, Dad, look at my uncle's expression. Doesn't he look like he's doing something bad?" Jiang Erlang pointed at Jiang Zhengmao, who was beaming with joy.

The two of them looked in the direction of Jiang Erlang's finger. Jiang Zhengmao, who was still shivering before, wanted to smile at the military master. It was obviously not a bad thing, and it might be a good thing. The stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground. .

Jiang Zhengmao was overjoyed to learn that his group could settle down without paying any money. He gritted his teeth and took out a money bag from his arms, "Thank you, Master Jun, for taking the trouble for us. Do we have to queue up to enter the city?"

The military master weighed the money bag with a satisfied look on his face, "Queue in line and receive licenses by household. It's up to you to choose whether to open up wasteland and settle in each village or directly settle in each village."

Jiang Zhengmao thought for a while and said: "Master Jun, you have also seen that there are many of us. Is there any way to separate us together? We are all related to each other. It will be troublesome if we are separated too far. It is best to separate them together." It’s better, whether it’s land reclamation or something like that.”

The military master stuffed the bag into his arms, rolled his eyes, and thought of making a trick, he asked in a low voice: "What is the relationship between you people and His Highness the County Prince?"

Jiang Zhengmao was stunned for a moment, and finally understood why they could not pay. But when did they leave His Majesty's back door? Who is His Highness the County Prince?

His mind was spinning rapidly, and he quickly put away his confused look, and bowed his hands respectfully, "It is an honor for us to have the favor of His Highness the County Prince. I don't know your surname, military master? If I meet His Highness the County Prince in the future, I will definitely I will say a few kind words for the military master in front of His Highness."

Upon hearing this, the military master and Jiang Zhengmao looked at each other, and they understood each other tacitly. He coughed twice and said, "It's not difficult to separate them together. It's just that the place we are separated from is remote and requires land reclamation. Are you willing?"

"Of course I am willing!"

On the way back, Jiang Zhengmao's steps were a little unsteady.

His mind was still wondering who the prince was. When he came to his senses, he realized that the villagers were surrounding him like an iron barrel.

"Village chief, what did the military master tell you? Why do you look so happy?"

"Can we settle down?"

"With ten taels of silver per person, what's the use of settling down? How can I have so much money at home?"

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"Don't make any noise, don't make any noise. Let's go to the queue for entering the city tomorrow morning. Don't bother or ask anything else. Let's go eat while we wait for my letter!"

Jiang Zhengmao wanted to drive him away, but the villagers who were worried about something could not eat in peace, so they still gathered around him and kept asking questions.

His old face turned red with anger: "What did I say? Huh? What did I say? Are you deaf or something like that? I'll ask you guys to think of your own ideas again! Go, go, go, do whatever you have to do!" "

Seeing that the village chief was angry, the villagers did not dare to come forward and swallowed the porridge with full of questions.

Jiang Zhengmao took Jiang Huaixu, who was eating porridge, to a corner and said, "Girl Xu, tell me, is the man named Yun Qi a county king?"

Jiang Huaixu answered honestly: "I don't know, I only know that his surname is Cang."

"Cang?" Jiang Zhengmao reacted and his voice got louder uncontrollably, "The national surname?!"

Jiang Huaixu nodded.

Jiang Zhengmao, whose legs were a little weak, took a step back and staggered.

Jiang Huaixu hurriedly stretched out his hand to give him a hand, not quite understanding why Jiang Zhengmao suddenly became like this.

"Uncle..."

Jiang Zhengmao thought about how he used to be called Yun Qi 'boy', and how his little girl wanted to climb up to Yun Qi without knowing the heights of the world. He suddenly felt that his head was not stable.

Waving his hands, he asked with a trembling voice: "Girl Xu, Yun... Your Highness the County Prince doesn't hold grudges, right?"

"That's not possible." Knowing what Jiang Zhengmao was worried about, Jiang Huaixu said, "We saved his life, not to mention how could he spare us the money to enter the city if he had a grudge?"

"Ah, yes, yes." Jiang Zhengmao patted his head and responded repeatedly, becoming energetic for a moment, "That's good, I still have to discuss it with the villagers... Girl Xu, you and uncle, are you ready?" Just tell me what you think."

Jiang Huaixu didn't refuse. Normally she only had to sit in on such occasions.

In order to prevent outsiders from overhearing, Jiang Zhengmao asked one family to find a person who could make the decision and follow him to a place far away from the refugees to discuss whether they should open up wasteland together or settle separately.

I thought there would be some controversy, but the result was far beyond Jiang Huaixu's expectation - everyone unanimously agreed to open up wasteland together.

"You should think carefully. If we open up wasteland together, we may not be able to grow a crop of food next year. Don't complain if you can't have food then." Jiang Zhengmao said uneasily.

"Harm! Chief, what are you talking about? No matter what you say, we have walked all the way, and we all know the basics. If we are really separated, we may be looked down upon by the locals, and that's not possible!"

"The money we save can last for a year, so it's time to tighten our belts!"

"That's right, I'm so scared! You have arms and legs, and as long as you have the strength to do the work, you're not afraid of anything!"

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Listening to the villagers' words, Jiang Huaixu couldn't help but bend his eyes, filled with light of expectation.

"Then it's settled!" Jiang Zhengmao made the final decision, "Tonight, everyone can't relax. We still have to stay on duty. There are many refugees. If there is chaos, people will be trampled to death."

Then he called several people by their names.

After arranging the night watch, the group returned to the simple tent as it got dark. Jiang Zhengmao rushed to the Lian family again and felt relieved knowing that they could settle down directly.

Along the way, even the family took care of the villagers. If the relationship can be maintained, they will still take advantage. When the situation improves, they will return the favor.

After discussing with Jiang Boliang, Qian Xiuzhu of the Jiang family did not take down their own tents, nor did they make anything else to eat. They only took out some pancakes to eat. There is nothing wrong with keeping a low profile when there are more people.

At night, many people slept in tents set up outside. Jiang Huaixu, Fu Tuan, Jiang Rong, and Xiao Feng slept in one of the carriages.

Since arriving outside the gate of Qianzhou City, Jiang Huaixu was worried that Fu Tuan might offend someone else, so he kept him huddled on the carriage. Although Fu Tuan complained, he also knew that there were many people outside and did not dare to show his face.

At midnight, when she was feeling sleepy, Jiang Huaixu vaguely heard movement outside. She woke up the sleeping Fu Tuan, turned on the light screen to check the situation outside, and found that another wave of people had arrived.

The soldiers who were awakened treated the group of people very badly and cursed endlessly.

Jiang Huaixu looked at it for a while and didn't notice anything strange, then fell asleep again.

Early the next morning, she heard Jiang Sanlang shouting "Yao Mei" at the top of his lungs. She thought she was dreaming. As soon as she lifted the car curtain, she heard Jiang Sanlang say: "Yao Mei, Qian Dazhi and his family are chasing me!"