Dress up as a brother and speed up the advanced strategy

In the evening, with a cool breeze blowing, Liu Cuishan woke up shivering.Before Lu Jielin, who was snuggling by his side, opened his eyes, he saw a burst of Dada horseshoes coming loosely on the road from the east.

Liu Cuishan had a full beard, and made a few gestures of stroking his beard and pulling his beard as he pleased, patted Lu Jielin on the cheek, and whispered, "Someone is here."

Lu Jielin rubbed his eyes, surprised that he fell asleep.Squinting his eyes, he saw that the person who came was a young and handsome boy in white clothes, riding a big gray horse, stomping his hooves, swaying towards this side.

The gray horse, the saddle and buckle are all exquisite!Lu and Liu exchanged a look.

When the horse stopped, the handsome face with fluttering sleeves was like a fairy, if it wasn't for his Adam's apple which was not obvious but rolled down the ground, I would have believed that this was definitely a woman in disguise!

Strange, what is he nervous about?Liu Cuishan thought.

The most alluring thing is that there is no one with such fair skin and bright starry eyes. He gracefully and gently rolled up his long sleeves, dismounted sideways, and straightened the hem of his clothes. His long black satin hair was pulled back behind his orchid slender fingers.

Under the setting sun, the light silk white gown fluttered in the wind, surrounded by the young man's beauty, and came slowly.

Liu Cuishan stared intently, stood up like a daze, bowed slightly to the other party politely, and bowed respectfully.

After the other party returned the salute with a quiet expression, he first glanced at Lu Jielin dressed as a farmer under the poplar tree, then at the two skinny ponies by the stream, and then turned his gaze back to the beard on Liu Cuishan's face.

After a pause, the man said with a very slight accent: "The two brothers need help?"

"Well, we... this..."

Lu Jielin stepped forward and said, "It's like this. All the horses in our village are sick, and only these two can be used. We are here to search for horse medicine on behalf of the villagers. I heard that not far from the past, horse dealers often gather. Maybe they will have some connections and introduce some good medicines."

The man's thin lips were slightly parted, revealing a small smile with white teeth.It seems that he doesn't make this expression very often, it's a little blunt but he has to, obviously he really wants to laugh.

After thinking about it, the man said, "If you want to believe me, please come with me!"

Lu Jielin rolled his eyes at Liu Cuishan, who nodded.The two picked up the pony and followed behind the young man in white.

"Well, why, don't we ride horses? Will it be faster or something." Liu Cuishan looked at the man in front of her intoxicatedly, and couldn't believe that a man can be so beautiful!

Liu Cuishan didn't want to miss any movement or expression of that person.He was so glad that the man slept next door last night.He began to fantasize that the man's bed must be as white as a cloud, and it must be fragrant!

The man chuckled and said, "No, I still want to talk to you two, is that okay?"

Liu Cuishan thought, that laughter is really nice!That smile, whether you want to laugh or not, is amazing!

Lu Jielin stared straight at Liu Cuishan, not knowing what to think.

After a while, the man seemed to be full of curiosity and polite and thoughtful, and a few words were delivered softly and warmly: "I heard that Zhou's horse restriction order has been in place for a long time. It is regulated by the county government, and the military trains horses." , feeding. I don’t know, which village is so special that it can raise horses by itself, but it is not under the care of the imperial court, and it has to travel thousands of miles to find this horse medicine?”

Lu Jielin was too embarrassed to speak, and quickly searched for those exceptional villages in his head.

Liu Cuishan seemed to have been hit by a Gu, lost her soul, and was about to talk nonsense!Lu Jielin held him implicitly, hoping that he could restrain his speech.

Liu Cuishan patted the back of his hand, and then said like a bird in a forest: "It's nothing, the county government sometimes has poor regulations, right! There are not many villages that have cooked horses and grains, let's start a reserve racecourse or something. , How to meet the demand for horses in this huge country!

Moreover, raising horses in rural areas can provide horse farming training.If you want to improve some farm tools and farming techniques, how can you develop them without raising some real horses to practice with them, right? "

Liu Cuishan is obviously very satisfied with her quick wit.Lu Jielin kept walking with his head down.

The man looked back clearly, Liu Cuishan thought that the stars in the sky were falling in front of his eyes, and his face was full of silly smiles.

Lu Jielin simply closed his eyes, walked blindly, and listened to the sound to identify his position.

"Looking forward along the way, there is a temporary horse market. You two really want to go, so get on the horse!" The man turned on the horse, like a white butterfly fluttering its wings and perching lightly on a horizontal birch. Every movement is so beautiful!

"Hey son, can I ask you for your name? I'm so sorry to ask you to lead the way when we meet by chance! You must know how to call him?" Saying this, Liu Cuishan stepped on the pony.

The man let out a string of crisp laughter like the sound of nature, and looked back with affection in his eyes, and said, "If I tell you, the two of you will tell each other by your real names? Or, when you two are ready, we will exchange names." ,how?"

"If this, where is this, we have something to hide, isn't it just the name! I, Tan Zhong, change my name or surname if I want to sit or not!"

"Oh, then this is..."

"You can call him Zhang Xi, oh, his eyes are uncomfortable, it doesn't matter, anyway, the horse can walk him hunchback. May I ask who you are?"

"Well, just call me Mujin." After speaking, Gao Jun waved his white sleeves lightly, and Gao Jun's gray horse galloped silently.

The hem of the soft silk dress on Mu Jin's body fluttered in the wind, as if she was about to fly in the next moment.

Don't think that I can't catch up with your horse, Tan Zhongxin thought, equestrianism is a royal horse, not a horse.See how my little black man chases after your tall big gray!

Swinging his whip and pinching his legs, Tan Zhong followed Hibiscus at a five-horse distance and galloped all the way to the temporary horse market outside Song State.

Zhang Xi was left far behind.He thought, who is training whom today?

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The originally endless dry soybean fields were gradually replaced by withered yellow pastures.

The sky was getting dark, and in the distance, a herd of horses could be seen running wildly in front of the shepherd's long whip.

The yelling and heying sounds of the herdsmen, mixed with the sound of the new wind in the ears, and the smell of scorched grass and horses after the cool autumn in front of the nose, immerse people in the open world of the Northwest grassland.

Not far away, you can see the lights of several houses; more recently, they are all campfires and wooden torches around the fur tents.

Slowed down the speed of the horse and approached slowly.There are about two rows, with [-] large tents on one side, forming a street.

Inside the tent, you can do business, live and sleep; outside the tent, groups of horses are locked in simple wooden fences for the night, and there are faintly visible mares surrounding their cubs, resting peacefully.

The street market is very lively, and there are men and women horse traders in thin cotton short jackets, with curly hair and machetes coming and going.Most of the people who stopped talking were loud and laughing.

There were also strong men and women who rolled up the solid hay and piled it beside the wooden fence.

There are also women with buns and buns hoisting a big tripod to cook hot pot over the campfire outside the tent.The men who were waiting to eat were bragging about their decorated saddle bridles, and some were gesturing at their forged knives. They were all talking and laughing, and it was peaceful.

Some boys and girls who looked like twelve or thirteen years old were wrestling and joking around the campfire, and some were playing with small bows they made themselves, competing with slingshots.There are also some children who are taking care of the pony cubs they care about very much. Maybe those will be mounts in the future and will accompany them for a period of time.

Hibiscus was adjusted to a very slow horse gait, and the big gray horse was strong and stable without any panting.

The big gray horse seemed to know its way, and moved to a fence with food and water.After Mu Jin got off the horse, she closed the fence lightly, tied Tan Zhong's horse outside the fence, arranged some hay and water, and put them at Tan Zhong's horse's feet.

All the movements were gentle and graceful, Tan Zhong felt that he couldn't close his eyes, and followed every step.

Entering a clean fur tent, it is surprisingly spacious inside!There are rows of bamboo lamps on the hanging beams, and under the feet are woven flowers and plants, green and yellow

plush carpet.The compartments in the tent are all white curtains embroidered with cloud patterns.

A fresh scent of tea and milk came from the small table.

No one has come back yet, and everything has been well served.Tan Zhongxin thought, this man is really amazing!

Mu Jin stretched out her hand, signaling Tan Zhong to sit down at the small table.The seat is a futon made of cotton wool, which is very soft and warm.

Fresh herbal tea boiled with mare's milk, served with pastries smoked with soy butter, every bite is rich and delicious, full of sincerity!

Tan Zhongxin thought, it would be even better if he could live for a few days to study the food and life here!

Mu Jin rested her chin on her hand and looked at Tan Zhong, who was looking happy, and asked, "Are you used to eating?"

"I'm not used to it, how can I get used to it, this is the royal enjoyment!"

Tan Zhong said it lightly, not frivolously.Hibiscus' eyes moved slightly.After a while, he said, "You look like a friend of mine."

"Yeah, what happened to your friend?"

"I don't know, I'm looking for him."

"You, come out in person...it's a long journey, and everything...you're doing well!" Tan Zhong said very carefully.

Mu Jin's eyes immediately sparkled.

Tan Zhong cleared his throat and asked, "How did you guys know each other?"

"Planting medicine."

"Important? Of course it is important! How you start with a friend may determine how long you can walk together!"

Hibiscus laughed softly and said, "I mean, grow herbs."

"Oh, that's it, that's good, good thing, it must be a long way!"

Mu Jin's eyes moved again, she thought for a while, and said, "What a coincidence, my friend also told me that mountains are long and rivers are far away."

"Oh, this sentence is often said... Hey, but I think, if your friend would say that, it must be serious! He...is very important to you?"

"Yes. I don't want anything to happen to him." Mu Jin said quietly.

"What if... something happens? I'm not cursing your friend, but man, you have to take a step back, don't you think?"

Hibiscus looks slender and melancholic with downcast eyes, and her long hair hangs halfway across her chest.He stood up, took out a package of things from a small wooden cabinet in the inner room, handed it to Tan Zhong, and said, "One of the horse medicines here can calm the wound and prevent it from festering; the other can make the horse feel at ease. It’s not easy to get hurt again. There are signs, you take it first.”

"I'm afraid I offended the young master, I really don't mean any harm."

"nothing."

"Well, people, sometimes it's not a bad thing to disappear for a while. It turns out that what others are doing, but now you have to do it yourself. Only by doing it yourself will you know how difficult it is, or how complicated it is, or how interesting and interesting it is. Fun! Don't you think so?"

Mu Jin finally smiled from the bottom of her heart and said, "I know. I will stay in Song State for a while."

"Oh, but I see that you are very skillful and clever. I think you are fine, right! This... I will come and see you when I have time!"

Mu Jin laughed like a silver bell this time, his eyes were clear, as if he was really amused by Tan Zhong.

"Well, it's time for my friend who was traveling with me. How could I have forgotten him?" Tan Zhong wiped his mouth with his hands while pulling his beard, got up and said, "I'm just... Go out and have a look."

As he spoke, he went out of the tent, looked around and did not see Zhang Xi coming.It stands to reason that if Zhang Xi saw Tan Zhong's horse, he should be able to find Tan Zhong, and he shouldn't miss it.

In the vicinity of Fangyuan, these two best horses are the only ones out of ten thousand.

Tan Zhong was about to lead his own horse, when a voice came from the tent: "Ride on my big gray, young master, be careful all the way."

What a wonderful person!Borrowing the mount and exhorting to be careful, tsk tsk tsk!Tan Zhong walked into the fence while clicking his tongue.

The handsome big gray is tall and majestic, and if you look closely, it is not a stallion.The mare is even more loyal and loyal.

Thinking about it again, maybe my own short and thin one is more capable of finding another thin and short one, so I obediently led my own horse, kicked my feet, and threw a sentence into the tent: "The mountains are long and the rivers are far away, each takes care of it. !"

Walking out of the horse market, all you can hear are the prairie poems sung by the well-fed horse merchants and guests.The content of the poem mostly tells the story of life.

The singing voice is powerful and high-pitched, full of energy.

Another string of long smiles burst into the air, as if sincerely welcoming and sending Liu Cuishan who should be very familiar with all this.

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Liu Cuishan, who left the horse market, ran wildly towards the way she came.The more I walked, the more frightened I was, I really shouldn't have left Lu Jielin alone!

But he didn't really leave him behind, he just rode faster with Hibiscus.How could he be so clumsy even though he was a chief catcher?Liu Cuishan muttered in her heart.

There is no moon tonight, and the surrounding fields are dark.

Relying on the knowledge of the way, the old horse ran for tens of miles, only to see two clusters of torches dangling in the soybean field far away from the Long Dao.

Liu Cuishan teased the horse, kissed the horse's ears, and spoke softly to the horse, asking it to feel at ease and approach softly.

Slowly, slowly, the human voice became clear.

A farmer said in an old voice: "...If it is still the same as in the past, harvesting twice a year and destroying the grain is like a felony. Now, the harvest is difficult, the land is not fertile, and no good seedlings can grow. The horse herders have come and occupied I can’t say how much land I plundered. In this way, we don’t even have a reason to appeal. If we fail to pay the grain, we will be fined by the superior. Mr. Lu arrests the head, this field is the painstaking efforts of several generations of us, isn’t it We don’t farm, you have seen it, God doesn’t give us food, you have to uphold justice for us!”

A young peasant boy was holding a torch, and his thin arms and broad shoulders could be vaguely seen.He said: "Uncle Gang also said that the seeds brought by the herbal doctor many years ago will grow a kind of safflower. After the flowers fade, the land will become fertile next year, and you can harvest every year without leaving the fields. Listen. It is said that the imperial court will take over this kind of safflower, but I wonder if farmers can be allowed to grow it for fertilizer?"

The uncle in the mouth of the young children said: "I think back then, every soybean field was covered with safflowers, red and bright, very beautiful! It is our wish to solve the land problem with the land method. Mr. Lu arrested the head, this Blocking the way to petition is really a last resort, but for this land and the people it can support us!"

"Master, old man, brother!" Lu Jielin's voice came from a solid voice: "We all know that a good herb can also be a poisonous weed. Some people use safflower to fertilize the soil, and some people are poisoned by safflower. Poison, If you go deep into military households and peasant households, the state of Zhou will not be protected.

Safflower, needs management.On this point, please believe that the county government will definitely ask the court for an explanation on behalf of everyone.At present, the most important thing is that farmers need food and money to pay taxes.Everyone please listen to me, before the safflower situation becomes clear, we need to find new livelihoods. "

"My lord!" A middle-aged man who hadn't opened his mouth trembled slightly and said, "In the past few decades, there have been countless young and strong men who moved south from the village! If the rest of us can't hold on to this Mutian, there is no longer a foothold..." Speaking of excitement, he shook the torch in his hand.Perhaps, others are not very sober?

Lu Jielin's horse suddenly felt threatened, raised its front foot and neighed in the air!Lu Jielin took the reins back, stepped on the pedals to stand up, and clamped the horse's body with his feet to stabilize the horse.

Behind the horse, lit torches appeared one by one.There are more people moving here.

It turned out that this place is so close to the peasant villages in the northwest mountainous area!

Lu Jielin turned around, turned his horse's head, and faced the crowd.

The torch is surging, and I am afraid that hundreds of people will gather here.

Lu Jielin tore off the black cloth belt from his waist, wrapped the horse's eyes gently, and gently stroked its ears.

When the crowd gathered a little bit, and before the crowd dispersed to surround him, Lu Jielin took out something from his sleeve, which was the bean branch fan with poplar handle that he had woven himself in the afternoon.

He held up the fan in his hand and showed it back and forth in front of everyone on horseback, with a firm gaze.

Then, he began to speak to the crowd.

"Father and elders, my brothers and sisters!"

Everyone raised the torch, trying to see Lu Jielin's face clearly.

People whispered to each other that he was the head arrester of the Wu County Yamen.

"Soybean fields feed everyone. Cultivation is an important policy to protect the territory. If you don't cultivate it, you will lose your land!"

There was calmness in Lu Jielin's high voice, and the crowd began to listen more quietly.

"Of course, the land is not only harvested. Look, the fan in my hand comes from dried soybean branches and leaves. Proper use can also transform decay! Black-hearted safflower is a double-edged sword that can fertilize the soil and poison people!

Just now, the elders in Guixiang have fulfilled their duty of informing. Some villagers once suffered from poisoning during the process of making soil and fertilizer.I, Lu, would like to humbly ask for advice and find a solution! "

Someone in the crowd who arrived later held up a torch and wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Lu Jielin.

"First of all, the soybean field must have a new start! On the [-]th of next month, my county government in Wu County will send a team of soybean farmers to Guixiang to show you the production of a new soybean grain, which is convenient for storage and transportation.

Before the bean fields in the northwestern border are fully restored, we can turn the existing bean crops into more valuable bean grains.

However, this requires everyone to work together!As long as we make finished products, we will pay tribute to the capital and sell them to the Song Dynasty; if the soybean fields can be cultivated, we will cultivate them; if we cannot cultivate them, there are high-priced soybean grains that can be sold!

Secondly, the black-hearted safflower needs to be ordered by the court.Before the instructions come, I, Lu, are willing to plead for everyone. Black-hearted safflower can make the land fertile and keep plowing a year.The imperial court needs to know this matter and seriously consider the real needs of border farmers.

But we must ensure that it can only be planted officially, and cannot be harvested by the people.In this way, we can put an end to previous mistakes and prevent innocent folks from continuing to be poisoned by flowers.

Everyone must promise Lu Mou to cooperate with the court.Otherwise, when the supervision order comes down, black-hearted safflower will be banned, and there is nothing Lu can do!

Before that, don't forget that on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the Wuxian county government will bring you a new method of making soybeans and grains.At that time, everyone is invited to help the old and the young, to comment and give advice! "

Thinking that Lu Jielin's impassioned speech was over, his voice sounded again: "Lu is sincere and wants to help everyone, just like the Lu family's chief arrester in the past! But tonight, Lu has a friend who got lost in the northwest grassland. I have to find him, please raise your hands high, let Lu Mou go in time, don't tell him something happened, Lu Mou..."

He was panting and couldn't lift his breath, why?Liu Cuishan thought to herself, if she doesn't show up, she won't have enough friends!

There was a sound of hooves on the back of Lu Jielin who was carefully protecting himself from being surrounded.In the light of the fire, a bearded figure stepped out from the darkness.

Suddenly someone was the first to exclaim: "Liu... Liu... Doctor Liu!"

"No, Doctor Liu is not so young!" The villagers murmured.

"Doctor Liu must be in his eighties? This is... a young man!"

"Hey, that's Boss Lu arresting the head, so this one should be Liu... Liu..."

"But owner Liu Cuicui...isn't she a woman?"

"No! Master Liu is a man!"

"Yes! I heard that they are married, let's resolve the feud!"

"There is a head arrester, so shouldn't there be a deputy head arrester too?"

There was quite a commotion among the crowd.

Lu Jielin looked at Liu Cuishan, who was slowly being hunched by the horse, and heaved a sigh of relief; but it seemed that his whole body was electrified, and the current burst into him.

Getting closer to Lu Jielin, Liu Cuishan suddenly noticed a scorched mass on the ground not far away!It doesn't look like wood, it doesn't look like hay, and it doesn't look like a carcass of cattle or sheep!That is……

Looking up, I saw Lu Jielin's eyes sparkling, not good!

Liu Cuishan made a decisive decision, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the onlookers: "According to the chief catcher's words, on the fifteenth day of the second lunar month, we will teach bean skills and hand over safflower seeds to relieve the land's poverty!"

Then he walked around Lu Jielin's horse, forcing the crowd to back off a little.He quickly pulled out a small bamboo tube hidden in his waist, coming from the hibiscus, with exquisite cloud patterns, bit the lead wire with his mouth, and threw it fiercely into the sky!

I thought, unfortunately, it was supposed to be taken back to study the fingerprints and ingredients.

A ball of fireworks, sparkling and exploding in the night sky!

Everyone looked up for a moment, Liu Cuishan led Lu Jielin to turn the horse's head, and said: "The fifteenth day of the sun, see you there or leave! Farewell!"

After getting out of the crowd, they ran up the Long Road, and the two headed east side by side, heading straight back to Beishankou Official Post.

After entering the official post, the boy said that there were no other guests.Leave a pot of hot tea in the room for the two of you.

On the bed, Lu Jielin fell over, his limbs slumped.He held Liu Cuishan's arm tightly and didn't speak until he fell asleep.

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