I am old in the Han Dynasty

"Can't I come by myself?" Liu Che asked back.

Xie Lang had a headache, "I'm not trying to quarrel with you. If you don't ask Zhongqing to follow, you should let others follow."

The majestic emperor is still a childless emperor, if something unexpected happens on the road, the world will be in chaos.

The world is in chaos, and it is ordinary people who suffer.

"Third Young Master, we are here."

There are a few more heads at the door.

Xie Lang breathed a sigh of relief, couldn't help but glance at Liu Che, and moved the quilt to the side to make way for him to come in.

Liu Che snorted, entered the room and saw Xiao Qi, "You don't need to go to school today?"

"Rest." The child put down his pen and looked behind him.

Liu Che suddenly felt short of breath, "Your grandpa Zhongqing didn't come, and he won't come again in the future."

Xiaoqi picked up the pen and continued to write.

Liu Che took off his shoes and walked in, "Didn't you hear what I said?"

"I don't believe you." Xiao Qi shook her head, "I only believe in my third master."

Liu Che turned his head and shouted out, "Sanlang!"

"Busy. No time." Xie Lang said.

Liu Che gasped for breath, put on his shoes and went out, "What are you busy with?"

"Hatch the chicks." Xie Lang turned around and went to the stove to take out the eggs.

Liu Che frowned, "The plague has just passed."

"It was after the plague passed that I hatched the chicks." Xie Lang glanced at the eggs, "It took more than 20 days to come out. At that time, it happened to be warm and the plague disappeared completely. There were insects and vegetables everywhere. I don’t need to raise it. Speaking of the plague, is everything okay in the city?”

Liu Che: "Some chickens and ducks died. People are fine."

"That's good." Xie Lang immediately put the eggs in the chicken coop, "I almost ate up all the chickens and ducks, I didn't dare to ask the three of them to go to the mountains, today I can only eat stewed tofu with vegetables."

Without even thinking about it, Liu Che said, "I didn't come to your house to eat."

This is really fresh.

Xie Lang resisted the urge to complain and said with a smile, "Then you go in." After closing the door, he went to the kitchen.

Liu Che followed into the kitchen and saw him holding a ladle, "It's still early noon."

"Boil water and make tea. Your Majesty isn't thirsty?" Xie Lang asked.

Liu Che wasn't thirsty at first, but he was a little thirsty when he told him, "Nothing to eat?"

"The mulberries are not yet ripe, only sugar cane and bananas. You have to peel the sugar cane yourself, and the bananas will choke you." Xie Lang reminded him.

Liu Che only heard from Xiao Qi, but he has never eaten a banana, "Give me one.

Xie Lang hurriedly looked outside.Liu Che raised his hand to close the door, and Xie Lang had an extra bunch of bananas in his hand.Break open one and hand it to Liu Che, and put the others on the stove, "Take off the skin."

Liu Che took it, peeled off the skin and took a bite, rolled his eyes almost choked, "Why are you so choked?" After swallowing, he couldn't help complaining.

"You eat too much." Xie Lang always wanted to ask, but seeing his unswerving expression, he didn't dare to ask. Now seeing that he was in a better mood, he asked, "How come you lost so much weight after a while?"

Liu Che: "The food in the palace is not good."

"Delicacy from mountains and seas, Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng are not delicious?" Xie Lang almost wanted to knock him unconscious with a fire stick.

Liu Che seemed to know what he was thinking, "You like durian, I let you eat it every day, are you tired of it?"

Xie Lang was speechless immediately.The firewood was stuffed under the pot, and I went to get the kettle.

The purpose of Liu Che's coming here was not to quarrel with him, to break another banana, and to sit down and ask, "How is your village?"

"A few chickens and ducks died, and I killed them. They were buried in the ancestral grave of our village."

Liu Che was very surprised, "Did those women make trouble with you?"

"This matter is neither big nor small, no one dares to take chances." Xie Lang said.

"Sanlang, come out."

Liu Che frowned, "Are you usually so busy?"

"Really not." Xie Lang said, "I seriously suspect that they just saw you here and knew I wouldn't dare to get angry, so they picked you to look for me when you came. But this is not an outsider, it's my aunt."

Liu Che: "Let her in?"

Xie Lang nodded, and poured boiling water into the kettle.

Liu Che went to the living room with a banana in one hand and a kettle in the other, Xie Lang went to open the door, "What's the matter?"

Yao Guizhi took a look inside.

"The eldest son is in the house." Xie Lang said proactively.

Yao Guizhi: "Let's go to the courtyard and talk."

"What happened?" Liu Che asked after putting the tea in the kettle.

Yao Guizhi was taken aback, her first reaction was to look at Xie Lang.

"Let's talk. The eldest son is not an outsider."

Yao Guizhi was worried, opened the door and looked around, and made sure there was no one to say, "I heard from your sister that the chickens and ducks in their village are killed and eaten directly, and some are even sold to people in the city. What do you say?" If the people in our village find out, will they come to trouble you?"

"It's just right. Saburo is going to the city with me." Liu Che said.

Yao Guizhi immediately regretted saying this in front of him, "It's useless even if you go to the city. They have long legs, as long as they don't hide in the ends of the earth, they have the ability to find Saburo."

Xie Lang smiled and said, "Don't worry. I know how to deal with this matter."

"You know?" Yao Guizhi asked in surprise.

Xie Lang: "We have me in our village, so sick chickens and ducks are buried. Other villages can't do it. They don't have as much money as people in our village. They don't want to throw it away. They will definitely cook and eat it.

"It's okay for them to cook and eat, but I can't tell the people in our village that you can also cook and eat. There are so many sick people in the village. If they drink chicken soup before they die, even if their family members know that they died of illness, they can blame them. Come on me. You forgot about Xiao Qi's grandfather?"

"The people in Shanhuangli are poor, and they send them six pennies to Qian Xiaohua. If you have money, if you give them ten pennies, it may not be successful." Yao Guizhi said.

Xie Lang nodded, "They still blame me, so I'll ask them to write a letter, next time there is a plague, don't come to me, what do you want to do."

"That's right, I forgot about it when I was in a hurry." Yao Guizhi was relieved, "You should be busy. I'm going back." After speaking, he opened the door and left.

Liu Che couldn't help saying, "The people in your village are really annoying."

"Aren't the ministers bothering you?" Xie Lang looked at him with a smile.

Liu Che choked for a moment, glared at Xie Lang, turned around and left.

Xie Lang followed up and said to Liu Che's guards, "When someone comes to see me later, just tell them like this."

The guard nodded knowingly.When Xie Lang entered the room, he took out the chess game.

Liu Che waved his hand, "I'm not in the mood."

"Play five pieces." Xie Lang took out five black pieces and put them on the chessboard, "If you form a line, you win."

Xiao Qi put down the brush, "I will do this."

"Write your handwriting." Xie Lang pointed to the paper spread on the floor, "There are still three articles left. If I don't finish writing, I will eat vegetables and tofu today. I won't even make pancakes."

The child quickly sat down, picked up the brush, and muttered softly, "It will scare people."

"If you think I'm scaring you, then stop writing." Xie Lang said.

Xiao Qi turned his back to him.

Xie Lang moved some cases to his side, away from the child's desk, and took out a bag of melon seeds from the cabinet under the bookshelf behind him, and handed it to Liu Che.

With melon seeds in his right hand and tea in his left hand, the room was quiet and not lacking in popularity, Liu Che immediately felt comfortable.

Within a cup of tea, Liu Che won over Xie Lang, with a genuine smile on his face.

Only then did Xie Lang ask him, "Is Zhongqing in the barracks?"

Liu Che nodded slightly, "Let's go in a few days."

"Can't wait until the cotton is harvested?" Xie Lang asked hastily.

As soon as Liu Che entered the silkworm farm, he found that there was more cotton and less wheat, so he didn't ask because he was in a bad mood.Now that Xie Lang took the initiative to mention it, Liu Che casually asked, "Are you from the village?"

Xie Lang nodded, "Isn't it necessary for the imperial court?"

"It's very necessary. I just didn't expect..." Liu Che shook his head, "Zhongqing's coats are enough." After a pause, "No accident, they will be able to come back before the heavy snowfall."

Xie Lang wanted to say it was impossible.

Two of the four armies lost their way and returned without success. Only Wei Qing returned triumphantly.But Dragon City is far away from Chang'an, so it would be nice to be back by this time next year.

But he couldn't say it, because Xie Lang couldn't explain it.What's more, Xie Lang was also worried about saying that Liu Che would not let Wei Qing lead the army, or send Wei Qing more manpower, and something happened in the middle, and he couldn't reach Longcheng, so he asked, "Then, do you want cotton, Your Majesty?"

"Yes. We need a lot." Liu Che said, "Let them plant like this year next year."

Xie Lang: "What about the price? There will definitely be more cotton planted next year than this year."

"What's the price in your village this year will be the same next year. But I can't guarantee the next year." Liu Che said.

Xie Lang smiled and said, "With your words, the grassroots can rest assured."

"Uncle Saburo!"

Liu Che's eyebrows twitched, and he snorted coldly, "Your aunt was right."

"Don't care about them." Xie Lang said, "I made two quilts for Zhongqing."

Liu Che suddenly looked at him.

Xie Lang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty wants it, and I will make it for Your Majesty when my cotton is collected."

Liu Che glanced at him, lowered his head and put down Heizi, "You lost."

"Third Master is stupid."

Xie Lang laughed angrily, "You're smart. What about you? Good idea. Write for me!"

The child who was about to put down his pen and ran over sat back down again, "I'm hungry." He looked at Xie Lang pitifully.

Xie Lang poured him a glass of water, "Drink!"

"The more you drink, the hungrier you get."

Liu Che said, "Then just bear with it."

The child's expression changed slightly, relying on Liu Che's back to him, he made a grimace and buried himself in writing.

"Your Majesty, Caomin is twenty this year." Xie Lang said, "According to the imperial court's regulations, next year he has to perform military service."

Xiao Qi suddenly turned to Xie Lang, "Where are you going?"

"Write your handwriting!" Liu Che turned his head and glared at him, "Go to the battlefield with your grandfather Zhongqing, and you will live with me in the palace. Do you want to?"

Xiao Qi said without hesitation: "I don't want to!"

"Then what are you asking?" Liu Che said, "If you interrupt us again, your third master is not willing to beat you up, so I will beat you up."

Xiao Qi looked at Xie Lang with anxious eyes, "Third Master, I, I will go too!"

"I haven't finished yet. Your grandpa Meng Da promised me that I don't have to go." The child heaved a sigh of relief and lay down on the table.Xie Lang shook his head and smiled, "But the villagers don't know." He looked at Liu Che.

Liu Che: "Call Dongfang Shuo over tomorrow."

"He will faint from fright." Xie Lang reminded him.

Liu Che snorted, "Scared him to death."

Xie Lang opened his mouth to say something, but when he heard footsteps, he swallowed the words back suddenly, "Who?"

"It's me, Third Young Master." The guard walked in, saluted Liu Che, and then said to Xie Lang, "I'm gone. Third Young Master, do you have anything else to order?"

Xie Lang shook his head, and the guards withdrew.

Liu Che frowned slightly, and looked in the direction of the door, "You are the only one in the whole silkworm farming who does not have to do military service. Will the villagers have any objection?"

Xie Lang smiled and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know who they are. If my eldest brother and second brother don't have to serve, they will definitely make trouble. I am the only one in silkworm farming, but they won't. On the contrary, they don't want me to Get out. It’s best to nest in a silkworm farm for a lifetime.”

Thinking about the changes in silkworm breeding over the years, Liu Che couldn't help nodding, "It's the same with me."

"Yes." Xie Lang suddenly had an idea in his mind, "Your Majesty, let Dongfang Shuo come over next year."

Liu Che put down the melon seeds, "Why?"

Xie Lang drank saliva, with a smirk in his eyes, "I will tell them tomorrow that I will take Xiao Qi to Zhongqing's house for two days in a few days, let Xiao Qi get used to it, and when I go to serve in the military next year, I will send Xiao Qi there directly. That's it."

"Will the people in your village be too worried to sleep?" Liu Che asked curiously.

Xie Lang: "Try tomorrow."

In the morning of the next day, Xie Lang sent Xiaoqi to the school, and took Brother Hou, Huzi and Xiaolang up the mountain to hunt.When I came back, I stopped at Xie Lang at the east end of the village.

Before the villagers could open their mouths, Xie Lang sighed and said, "Thinking of leaving next year, I feel kind to the mulberry trees in our village now."

"What did you say?" asked the villager who was about to chat about the plague with Xie Lang.

Xie Lang pointed at himself, "It will be twenty in a few days. I have to do military service next year. I heard that it takes one and a half years from going to returning. I don't know what will happen to silkworm farming when I come back. .”

"Submit, do military service?" Everyone was shocked, "Why do you still want to do military service?"

These words are fresher than what Liu Che doesn't want to eat.

Xie Lang asked back: "Why don't I use it? I'm also a man of the people."

"Yes, but you are the head of the village."

Xie Lang: "The imperial court stipulates that the head of the village does not have to serve? When the imperial court needs it, the pavilion chief has to go."

The word "Pavilion Chief" reminds the villagers of Emperor Gaozu.

But today is different.

Everyone was very anxious, "You go out, who will take care of the sericulture?"

Xie Lang said coolly, "Love whoever you want. The cow will still drink water, the donkey will still eat, and the sun will continue to turn without me."