I was a prince in ancient times

"Feng magistrate?"

If Xie Anlan guessed correctly, the person in front of him should be the new magistrate of Yicheng County that Xie Cangming had sent.

"Yes." Feng Shuchong knelt in front of Xie Anlan, not even daring to lift his head.

"Get up." Xie Anlan raised her eyelids, she has changed from being unaccustomed to being used to this kind of behavior where people kneel to him every now and then.

"Yes." Feng Shu got up from the ground unsteadily, helped the official hat on his head that was about to fall off, and straightened his clothes again.

I didn't expect to meet the prince at the gate of the city. The official uniform and hat were put on hastily in the car, but fortunately the prince didn't care.

Xie Anlan took this opportunity to look him up, and saw that he was of medium build, with a square face, and wearing a green robe, he looked black and thin, like coal.

Feng Shuchong was not annoyed by being sized up without turning his eyes. He cupped his hands and said with a smile, "My lord, I served in the Lingnan area for ten years before I stepped down."

Xie Anlan understood that it was extremely hot in the south of the Five Ridges, no wonder her skin color became like this.

However, it also reflected from the side that this Feng Shuchong should be able to do practical things, otherwise it would be impossible to tan himself so darkly.

Seeing Feng Shuchong's family members standing beside the carriage and watching from afar, Xie Anlan didn't keep him any longer, "You are new here, you haven't resettled your family yet, and there are many things waiting for you to deal with in Yicheng, you go back to the government office to settle down first. Bar."

"Yes, then I will come to see the lord later when I have finished my official duties." Feng Shuchong did not refuse. With so many caravans entering the city right now, food and lodging are problems, so he has to make arrangements as soon as possible, so as not to make any mistakes.

"En." Xie Anlan nodded.

Someone took care of the mess and he could go about his business.

With such a large group of caravans rushing into Yicheng suddenly, the people in the city couldn't bear it long ago, and came out to inquire one after another.

The caravan came to Yicheng to do business with goods, and when someone inquired about it, they naturally answered enthusiastically.

As soon as the common people heard that a caravan brought rice into the city to sell, and the price of the grain was almost the same as when it was stable, they immediately became elated and rushed to tell it.

As a result, the caravan was completely surrounded by the people in the city before it fully entered the city. They simply stopped looking for shops and started selling them on the spot.

This is all right, the road to the city is completely gambled to death.

The caravan that came in at the front was alright, calm and unhurried, but the caravan stuck outside the city started cursing.

After half a month's tiring journey, they could go into the city to find a place to rest and drink hot water, but it was nothing to be stuck outside the city.

If the people in front have made all the money, wouldn't the people behind them suffer in vain.

If you are angry in your heart, you naturally want to make a fuss to vent it.

With great difficulty, Feng Shuchong and his family squeezed through the crowd to the gate of the county government office. Before they even entered the county government office, sharp-eyed people came to report that the caravans at the gate and the caravans outside the city were having a quarrel.

Before he had time to rest, he hurried to the gate of the city to clear the way with a dozen servants brought from home.

Busy and busy until the next day when the light was dim, it was considered that all these caravans were arranged properly.

Tired and top-heavy, he was finally able to go back to the county government office to rest, but his chief clerk told him the news of a bolt from the blue.

The entire Yicheng county government office, not to mention a penny, not even a grain of rice!

Because of the war, the order in Yicheng was basically paralyzed. Even with the caravan, the common people could buy food, but there were still some people who couldn't even afford food and were still hungry at home.

In the past, they had nothing to do when the government ran away, but now that there is a government, they all begged for help.

That's why the new directors got busy with the county government office before they even took a breath when they arrived. The hungry people outside the county government office couldn't afford to wait.

"Where's the money from the county government?" Feng Shuchong didn't believe that the huge Yicheng could be poorer than he was in Lingnan.

The master patted the table wanting to cry, "I asked the former county magistrate to run away."

"What?!" Feng Shuchong was furious, "He just abandoned the people of a city and ignored them, and even took away the life-saving money and food of the people, what kind of fucking parents and officials."

The master said, "What's the use of talking about it now, you can't just watch the people outside starve to death."

Feng Shuchong paced around the house for a while, and sighed, "I will save the food first, and there is no rush for the money. If the food is not enough, I can go to my wife to ask for some money to buy it. As for the former county magistrate, let's issue a warrant and bring him to justice." , with so much money and food, there is no reason to let it go."

Feng Shuchong has been an official for ten years, and this is the first time he has encountered such a difficult matter.

No matter how bad or bad other county government offices are, there are still some silver and food reserves that can last for a while.

This Yicheng County is so good, there is nothing, and it gave him a lot of troubles as soon as he took office.

He is not afraid of troubles, but there is no money or food, so what can he use for construction.

Can't let him go out privately all the time, right now it's still the twelfth lunar month of winter, there is no produce in the field, and new food will not come out until next summer at the earliest.

As a magistrate, how much money can he have to support half of the city's people for half a year?

The anxious Feng Zhixian was lying on the bed like pancakes and couldn't sleep, but Xie Anlan was eagerly preparing to take Lu Chengjia and the others out of the city for a winter tour early in the morning.

The last battle with the Grassland Ministry really injured the Grassland Ministry. Marquis Weiyuan dispatched many scouts to investigate Jingcheng, which was occupied by the Grassland Ministry, and found that they spent most of their time in the city. Out, the guards outside the city gate were heavily guarded, and it seemed that there was no intention of attacking Yicheng again in the short term.

Fu Zheng and Huo Sen, two people who were not easy to deal with from the beginning, have eased their relationship after a battle, and are preparing to join forces to take the initiative to attack the grassland department and take back Jingcheng.

It's just that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the soldiers have just fought a battle, and they still need time to recuperate, so the active offensive plan is postponed until the new year.

Xie Anlan was able to leave the city precisely because the surroundings of Yicheng were safe, otherwise neither Fu Zheng nor Huo Sen would have let him go out.

This time, Xie Anlan brought more than 200 guards with great fanfare when he left the city. Pedestrians walking on the road would get out of the way if they saw it from a distance.

The carriage left the city and drove eastward. Along the way, there were some withered and yellow vegetation, and there were no farmers. Xie Anlan couldn't help but wonder, "Is there no one planting these lands?"

Lu Chuyi glanced out of the window, and took the initiative to explain, "My lord doesn't know, the northwest region is dry and water-scarce all the year round, so it's not easy to farm. Many farming families put their homes around the lake, which is far away from the water source. the land that no one tills it."

Xie Anlan nodded, expressing understanding.

The carriage drove for about an hour before they arrived at a lake. Sure enough, there were many people around the lake. When they saw Xie Anlan's mighty team, they all hid in fright, and the fence at the entrance of the village was also surrounded. Be strong.

Even Xie Anlan saw the men in the village organize their hands, holding simple hoes and other things on guard.

From the looks of it, they almost regarded them as enemy troops.

Xie Anlan sent a team of guards to explain the situation to them from a distance, and did not enter the village to disturb them, so she took Lu Chengyu and prepared to take a stroll around the lake.

The lake is very clear now, without any pollution from plastic garbage bags. The pure blue sky is reflected on the lake, and the water waves are rippling.

Lu Chengjie wore a blue down jacket today. The young couple held hands and walked on this beautiful lake. Looking at the reflection in the water, everything looked so beautiful.

Before they walked around, they saw a house built in the middle of the lake, and there was a little smoke rising from it. The two were curious when they saw a young man coming out of it and saluted them, "Jin Lei has seen two nobles .”

He didn't know the identities of the two, but seeing that they were dressed in extraordinary clothes and surrounded by so many guards, he knew that their identities were unusual.

Moreover, their guards did not attack the village. After knowing that it was not the enemy, they took the initiative to greet them.

Xie Anlan saw that he was well dressed and that he was able to build a house on a lake, so she knew that his status here was not bad, so she asked bluntly, "Why can you build a house on this lake."

Seeing that the two nobles did not disclose their identities, Jin Lei was not disappointed, and explained with a smile, "Back to the nobles, this house is not owned by the villain alone, but belongs to the entire village."

"Our village grows a kind of red cabbage, which can be used to make sugar, and the house on the lake is a sugar-making workshop."

"Can you show me your red vegetables and sugar?" Xie Anlan was aroused by what he said, and wanted to meet him.

Jin Lei's face became a little embarrassed.

Lu Chengjie laughed, "We won't enter your workshop, we just look at the beets you plant and the sugar you make."

Only then did Jin Lei turn his worries into joy, "This is fine, please wait a moment, I will go and get it."

After all, Jin Lei went into the wooden house on the lake through the wooden porch erected on the lake.

Not long after, a bamboo basket was brought out, and there was a dish similar to carrots and some brown sugar cubes in it.

Xie Anlan was amused when she saw it. Isn't this a modern beet, no wonder it is called a red vegetable.

"Nobles can taste it." Jin Lei was very careful. The beets in the bamboo basket had been washed. He was afraid that Xie Anlan and the others would think it was not clean, so he took out a white silk handkerchief and wiped it again and again in front of them. She handed them the unstained Sipa.

Xie Anlan was about to make a move, but was stopped by Chen Gui. He picked up the red cabbage that Jin Lei had wiped and inspected it carefully, and then used the knife he carried with him to cut off a piece and tried it in his mouth. After a while After a while, after confirming that there was no problem, he nodded to Xie Anlan.

Xie Anlan, "..."

Xie Anlan suddenly realized that this was the first time he ate outside food after leaving the imperial capital, so Chen Gui was helping him test the poison all the way?

Thinking this way in her heart, Xie Anlan didn't show it, and took a bite of the beet that Chen Gui had cut into a piece with her normal expression.

so sweet.

Like eating fruit.

After tasting it, Xie Anlan handed the beet in his hand to Lu Chengjie, "Try it too."

Lu Chengjie didn't dislike that it was Xie Anlan who gnawed it, and after taking a bite, his eyes lit up, "Not bad."

Immediately afterwards, Xie Anlan tried again. The brown sugar made from beets tasted similar to sucrose, but the taste was slightly rough.

He asked with some regret, "Is there no sugar?"

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him strangely.

The author has something to say: Ah, I’m sorry it’s late today. After yesterday’s update, I was a little tired and planned to lie down and rest for a while, but I fell asleep until this afternoon. It was the neighbor who noticed something was wrong and knocked hard on the door to wake me up. Face) Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2020-06-1617 08:07:2020~06-1723-50 33:[-]:[-]~

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