When I woke up, I was fine

Now that you have come to Zhuangzi, you must have the consciousness of being the master.

Cao Li took his maidservants to check around and found that these people's food was pretty good.

Although there is no meat, but more or less full, everyone can eat less when they are not busy, and when the farming is busy, they can eat enough to go to work in the fields.

Now, looking around, this is already a very good day.

The old ladies in these Zhuangzi are responsible for chatting with Cao Yang.

While they were doing the work in hand, they talked with Cao Qiang, "Life was pretty good more than ten years ago. Let alone when I was young, it was really not a life for people at that time."

"More than ten years ago, the old man in our family said that he was finally living a normal life, but he didn't expect that now that the emperor is sitting in the court, he is living the old life again."

This means that from Yang Jian's later years to Yang Guang's present moment, in the past ten years, the palace was overhauled.So the life of the common people is like the scuffle in the past, and the people everywhere are struggling.

The old lady said next to her: "You don't know that a few years ago, people were brought to Luoyang to build a palace. As soon as the news came, everyone fled to the mountain with the whole Zhuangzi. If you don't escape, there is no way. Anyone who does not escape will be caught." Going to work. Just like that, many people were arrested and never came back.”

Cao Yang nodded, and then went to the east. After the people over there caught him, he trained them hastily and began to conquer Korea.The place in the middle has been repairing warships, the Grand Canal and palaces.

Cao Li once heard someone say that those ship repairers were soaked in water because their upper body was in the air and their lower body was in water.It has been like this for several months, so that the waist is all tattered, and maggots have grown. Just like this, there is still a chance of survival, if it is once a battle or a palace is built.That is one out of ten will lose their lives.

"Hiding like this is not a solution. There will always be those who are greedy for wealth and honor to find you out and drive you out with whips and sticks to work hard."

These old ladies shook their heads one after another, and one of them put down the sole of the shoe in his hand, "Young lady, I don't understand this. Why are we going out to work hard, and it will give us some benefits. This is our life." Going out to do so much work, even if I come back by luck, there is no benefit. My natal family is on the other side of the mountain, and a nephew of my family was dragged to Luoyang to repair the palace. When I came back with an injury, the wife and mother in the family ran away, and the child was lost. , the house collapsed, and the fields were taken by others. He came to join me not long ago, and now he lives in our house. When it is windy and rainy, he can’t move, and he needs me, an old man, to serve him food Have a drink."

There were sighs all around.

Because the atmosphere wasn't good enough, some of the old ladies could tell some stories that were worse than their own to brighten up the atmosphere.

"Have you heard? A little further to the west, isn't there a large field over there? Oh, it's all flat land, and you can't see the end at a glance. I heard that there are many rich people there. The emperor wants them to move to us. , people have never lived in the mountains, and they don’t want to come here. Those who don’t want to, they will immediately ransack their homes and go into exile. Those young men and girls who are pampered at home will be driven out. These children have never suffered such a crime, and some of them don’t live well. The sky is dead."

This statement did not activate the atmosphere at all except to comfort myself that I was a little stronger than others.

On the contrary, it made Cao Yang feel sad, and he hoped that the rebels would come out quickly.It would be best for the Li family to win the world. At that time, he would be able to intervene in the affairs of the court to some extent, so that the people would not be so miserable.

At noon, because Cao Li was here, in order to welcome Cao Li, many people went to the mountain to hunt and brought back a few pheasants, and put them in a big pot to cook a big pot full.Next to the chicken soup, he pasted multigrain pancakes and brought them in for Cao Qiang and Li Jiancheng.

At this time, Cao Li was talking to Li Jiancheng about these Zhuangzi matters.

"Because there is a habit of storing food in previous years, it is not enough to eat now. The emperor came here and brought so many dignitaries. The dignitaries will definitely want to enclose the land, and they will also arrest some people as slaves. In addition, this Zhuangzi Being missed by those assassins again, I think we should resettle this Zhuangzi first, and bring the people inside who can be taken away to our house. Those who can’t be taken away should be put in other places.”

That is to say, all the young and strong ones were brought home and put in Luoyang City to serve as guards.Old and weak or old and weak, women and children, they moved to other places.

Although the land in this place is wet, but because of the difficulty of farming, Cao Li does not feel that it is a pity to give up, but the old and weak women and children who have lived here for several generations are unwilling to go elsewhere.

During the meal, these people also said that the young and strong at home can no longer face the loess and turn their backs to the sky like the older generation, and only know how to work. They have suffered so much and suffered so much, and they are still like this in the end.It can be seen that working honestly and honestly in this world cannot feed oneself and raise children.

The young and strong at home now have strength, so why not go outside with your master and send them back if you can earn some money. If you are really miserable and die somewhere else, it is worse than dying on the construction site of the palace and digging the Grand Canal Up strong.

This can be regarded as a discussion. When Cao Li left with Li Jiancheng after lunch, he was followed by dozens of people, and others would go to Luoyang one after another.

Cao Li still has a lot of gold and silver in his hands. After thinking about it, even if he buys food, he can support so many people.

But it's not an option for these people to just follow themselves, they have to find something to do.

Li Jiancheng thinks it's okay to keep these people now, let them find a place to start training, and soon they will be an elite army.

The two discussed on the road for a while, Cao Li listened to Li Jiancheng's arrangement, but after returning to the city, he sent a message to Guan Lengyan, asking Guan Lengyan to come to his home.

A day later, Guan Lengyan came to find Cao Qiang. Before the two of them talked about the Zhuangzi, Guan Lengyan scolded Yang Guang at Cao Qiang.

Seeing Guan Lengyan's fury, Cao Qian couldn't help asking, "Why are you so angry?"

Guan Lengyan held back her anger and lowered her voice, "Do you still remember the maid named Xiaoman next to me?"

Cao Li nodded, Guan Lengyan's temper has always been that she can't see anyone being bullied.This maid named Xiaoman, when she was passing by on the street, she found a few hooligans bullying her.I couldn't bear it, so I asked people to drive these ruffians away. It turned out that this maid named Xiaoman was an orphan. Guan Lengyanran took this maid with him out of kindness, because the maid's mother was from the Western Regions. , the long eyebrows are different from those of the Central Plains people, so Guan Lengyan named her Xiaoman.

Just yesterday when Guan Lengyan took her maid to the street, it happened that Xiaoman was seen by others. These people were the Yellow Gate in the palace, who specially recruited beauties to fill the harem.

"Xiaoman looks different from people from the Central Plains. Some people from the palace came to me and said they wanted to bring Xiaoman into the palace to present to the emperor."

For Xiaoman, this kind of thing is a big deal, but for Guan Lengyan, it can be big or small.

"At that time, I wanted people to bring some gold and jewelry to bribe the people in the palace, saying that Xiaoman had a disease. Besides, the emperor didn't see Xiaoman with his own eyes, but those people in the palace thought that Xiaoman was a rare commodity, so they offered her as a gift. To be able to win favors in front of the king."

Cao Yang nodded, it was nothing to do, except for the loss of a lot of treasure, people can stay.

But Xiaoman didn't think much about it. There was such a road leading to heaven, and she couldn't wait to grab it. "

This was another reason why Guan Lengyan was angry.

After Cao Qian heard it, he knew the cause and effect. It must be that Guan Lengyan's good intentions were not understood, and people felt that Guan Lengyan blocked Qingyun Road.

Thinking of this, he laughed and patted the table.

"If she wants to go, just let her go. What are you angry about? There are so many people like this. Haven't you seen less of them in the past few hundred years, whether they are men or women?"

Guan Lengyan has really learned a lot, but she is still angry.

"I have saved so many people over the years, and I don't ask them for anything in return, but none of them treat my kindness like this."

Speaking of this, he patted his chest, "Forget it, let's not talk about that person, she has nothing to do with us. Is there anything you want me to come today?"

Cao Li opened his mouth to speak out his plan, and when the two of them were discussing, they saw a servant girl rushing over with her skirt in hand.

Because the doors and windows were all open, Guan Lengyan stopped talking at this moment, picked up the cup and took a sip of water, watching the maid who rushed in frowned and reprimanded her.

"What's it like to be in a hurry? Is there anything you can't say slowly?"

"Ma'am, it's Xiaoman...she sent someone over."

Cao Qiang and Guan Lengyan looked at each other for a moment, and Cao Qiang wondered why this maid named Xiaoman was haunted all this time?

It didn't take long before a Huangmen hurried over and glanced arrogantly at Cao Qian and Guan Lengyan who were sitting.

"The nobles in the palace accepted their favor in front of His Majesty yesterday, and His Majesty ordered Madam to come to the palace today."

Guan Lengyan nodded after listening, and asked someone to decorate the yellow gate with gold and silver.

Taking advantage of no one in front of him, Cao Qian quickly asked Guan Lengyan if someone had discovered about Yuxi, or whether Xiaoman had discovered Yuxi.

Guan Lengyan shook her head.

"Don't worry about this. I'm hiding Yuxi in a safe place. Whether it's the two of us taking it back or I secretly bringing him to Luoyang, only I know about it, and no one else knows." Then he narrowed his eyes and thought After a while, "It shouldn't have happened to the two of us. After so many days, I didn't realize that Xiaoman is a very scheming woman. Maybe the root cause lies in Xiaoman."

Cao Qian nodded, "Be careful when you enter the palace. Do you remember when we competed for the jade seal in front of Yang Guang? He knew you and me very well. You must be careful when you come to her this time." .I have absorbed all the energy in the dagger in the past two days, and try to raise my head a bit during this period of time. It saves the time when the two of us stand together, which makes people suspicious."

Guan Lengyan felt that it was very appropriate to do so, "Yang Guang is in order to have fun, even if I go to the palace, I may not be able to see his face. Let's take a step and watch, you sit at home first, I will go to the palace at this time Go and see what's going on."