I really don't want to be a rebel [infrastructure]

In fact, these people may not be tired. The division of civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty was not so obvious. Maybe they were still fighting the Turks with the army one month ago, and they became prime ministers when they returned to the court next month.

This is also the coming and going.

Therefore, the civil officials in the Tang Dynasty were not only not weak, but they might even beat three of them when they picked up a guy.

Among this group of people, Luo Shixing was the only one who was really exhausted to death.

As for the others, exile, who would be happy.

It's just that people are easy to be infected. Although Luo Shixing's body has been damaged, he is in a good state of mind. He always smiles when talking to people, and the people who just talked to him are also let go of his influence.

Now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, it is better to accept it with an open heart than to sigh.

So there is the scene of having fun in the bitterness in front of you.

Luo Shixing almost fell to the ground, shouting, "You jump, you jump, I'm exhausted!"

The soles of his feet are hurting to death, and he doesn't know how to live tomorrow, what kind of dance should he do!

This group of people did not toss for too long, and soon became quiet amidst the shouts of the guards.

When Luo Shixing opened his eyes the next morning, he realized that it was raining outside.

Although it was not big, the wind blowing in front of him was cold, so he had to wear two more layers, and when he was picking up the coir raincoat, he found the tiger-head hat in his luggage.

Luo Shixing stared at Chang Xiao with wide eyes: "Did the Daling find this?"

Chang Xiao was a little dazed: "I don't know either."

Luo Shixing didn't ask any more questions. He was very familiar with this tiger-headed hat. It was the one that King Luo Bin made for him himself. He happily put the tiger-headed hat on his head, which immediately warmed him up a lot and made him feel better. a lot.

The road to exile doesn't seem to be that hard anymore.

The journey of three thousand miles took several months, from early spring to early autumn, that is, because they went south, they were not so sensitive to the change of seasons.

Since entering Shu, this road has become more difficult to walk, until this time he realized that he seems to have made a very wrong choice.

In the past, when looking at historical materials, I always felt that those who died on the road to exile were murdered. Now it seems that being able to persist in going to the place of exile is a manifestation of outstanding physical fitness.

If everyone didn't take care of him, I'm afraid he would really die on the way.

And after entering Shu, some people began to stay in a certain place and began to do hard labor. After all, everyone was in trouble together, and parting was always sad.

By the time of Jiaozhou, only Luo Shixing and Wei Siwen were left.

Jiaozhou has nine counties under its jurisdiction, and Wei Siwen and Luo Shixing were assigned to Beidai County.

On the way here, Luo Shixing already knew that they would have to do hard labor for a year after they arrived here, and during this year, there would be a big pot of rice - don't even think about delicious food, and it might be difficult to eat enough.

After this year, each of them will make a living.

When they arrived in Beidai County, they were handed over to the local government officials, and those who were responsible for guarding and escorting them checked the list and left.

Chang Xiao stayed in the place assigned to them.

Luo Shixing was already mentally prepared when he saw the local situation when he arrived in Beidai County.

This is a mountain city, the place is not big, the overall situation makes him feel as if he has traveled to the level of the stone age - even the county government is not a brick house but a rammed earth house, with a bamboo roof!

Probably because few people came here, so the local people came out to watch them.

Because Luo Shixing and Wei Siwen were exiled, their clothes had been replaced with those worn by ordinary people, and the fabrics were naturally not very good.

However, the clothes here are still much better than the clothes of the people here. The people here are better than the naked clothes, let alone the pursuit of fabrics.

Luo Shixing grew up in a well-to-do family although he was not a wealthy man. He was a little silly when he saw such a battle.

On the way to sign and pledge with the yamen servants, Luo Shixing looked at the bumpy dirt road and the bamboo houses on both sides of the road. Oh, the bamboo houses are all good, and some people even lie in the thatched huts built with four bamboos!

Even ordinary people are treated like this, he suspects that he and Wei Siwen are going to be together!

It's just that he didn't expect that when he arrived at the county government office, it was the county magistrate who responded in person.

After the county magistrate came over, he went straight to Wei Siwen, speaking elegant words with a local accent. Luo Shixing didn't want to admit that he was speaking elegant words, because he didn't understand a single word the other party said.

It wasn't until this time that he remembered the most important thing—the dialect system in the south seems to be very complicated.

Not to mention thousands of miles apart, even villages separated by dozens of miles may have different dialects.

Luo Shixing's language system, which he had just upgraded, seemed to be forced to upgrade again.

What surprised him was that Wei Siwen seemed to know a little bit of the local dialect. He gestured with the magistrate while talking to the county magistrate, and after a paragraph came to an end, he said to Luo Shixing who was next to him with a blank face: "The magistrate has arranged a house for you and me." She, does the lynx cat live alone or with me?"

If possible, it would be better to live together, but Luo Shixing remained vigilant.

It was true that Wei Siwen took good care of him along the way, and his attitude was so good that he was a little puzzled.

Luo Shixing didn't want to doubt good people, but at this point he couldn't trust anyone casually, so he said cautiously: "Let's take a look first."

Anyway, if they are all straw huts, where is the difference?

Wei Siwen responded with a good temper, and then followed the yamen servant all the way to where they lived.

Luo Shixing originally thought that the two of them, as criminals, should live in the most remote place with the worst environment, but what he didn't expect was that the county magistrate stopped after walking a few steps out of the county government office, and pointed at the two neighboring buildings. The bamboo house said a few words.

Luo Shixing still couldn't understand what he said, but from the meaning, he understood that this should be the residence for him and Wei Siwen.

He looked at the two obviously good bamboo houses and looked at the few families in the distance, he was a little puzzled for a while-is it really okay to let them live in a house that is better than ordinary people's house?

Wei Siwen looked carefully and pointed to one of the buildings, and said, "This one is in a better location, the lynx cat should live here."

Luo Shixing tugged at his sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Weng Wei, is this really for us to live in?"

Wei Siwen patted his head and said, "I'll explain to you later, settle down first."

Luo Shixing swallowed the question in his mouth, did not choose the one that Wei Siwen liked, chose another one with a sweet smile and said, "I just want this one."

Wei Siwen shook his head: "That room is in the dark, and you're still growing, so it's not good for you."

Luo Shixing quickly said: "Anyway, I'm not always in the house. The stairs in that room are a bit higher, so give it to me."

On the way, Luo Shixing noticed that Wei Siwen seemed to be a little rheumatic, anyway, whenever it was cloudy or rainy, he would feel uncomfortable.

Wei Siwen looked at the love in his eyes and said with a smile: "That's fine."

At this time, Chang Xiao hadn't left yet, and after Luo Shixing confirmed his residence, he put the luggage he was carrying into that room.

Luo Shixing stepped up the bamboo ladder carefully.

The building here is somewhat similar to the building on stilts, but not exactly the same. The characteristic is that there is no foundation, and the floor is higher than the ground, presumably to avoid the ground moisture from rising up.

Because the floor is also made of bamboo, it is soft and elastic to step on.

The whole house is just such a room, and the area is not big. There is only a bamboo bed inside, plus a shelf like a horizontal bar and nothing else.

Luo Shixing looked around and found that there was no place to put the clothes, so he asked Chang Xiao to put the luggage down directly, and he made the bed first.

It is said that making a bed is actually just a thin coarse cloth sheet plus a thin quilt. Cotton has not been introduced these days, so the thin quilt is really thin.

Even so, among the exiled prisoners, his luggage was the best and most complete.

After making his own bed, Luo Shixing turned to Chang Xiao and asked, "How do you go back by yourself?"

Chang Xiaohan smiled and said, "Just go back with the officials."

Seeing that he knew what was in his mind, Luo Shixing didn't say much, let him rest in the bamboo building, turned around and went to Wei Siwen, ready to see if he needed help.

Although he didn't want to please the other party, in this place, Luo Shixing still subconsciously approached Wei Siwen, after all, he was the only one he was familiar with.

Wei Siwen was fiddling with his luggage at this moment.

When Luo Shixing passed by, he couldn't help but rolled up his sleeves and said, "Weng Wei, you've been tired for a day. Rest first, I'll come."

It looked like Wei Siwen hadn't done much work before, and he was very unfamiliar with housework.

This room was similar to his, except that there was an extra wardrobe, and Luo Shi was going to wipe the only few pieces of furniture.

Wei Siwen looked a little surprised at his quick movements and said, "The lynx cat can still do these things."

People who can do housework and those who can't do housework can tell the difference at a glance.

Before Luo Shixing came here, his family was not well-off, and he was not very rich. When he grows up, he will naturally have to take care of himself when he goes out to go to school.

While tidying up, he said nonsense: "I also see that the servants at home have learned how to do it."

There is no other explanation, this body has been taken care of by servants since birth, and it is his turn to do it himself.

Wei Siwen didn't ask any further questions and instead took the initiative to explain what happened today. He said, "We are lucky to not have to do hard labor for that year."

Luo Shixing turned his head to look at Wei Siwen in some surprise: "Don't need to do hard labor? Why?"

Wei Siwen said: "The county magistrate here is short of documents, but there is no one who can read and write in Beidai County. Doesn't this let us catch up?"

Luo Shixing's eyes widened slightly: "Is there no one who can read and write?"

Wei Siwen beckoned to him, Luo Shi walked over and heard Wei Siwen whispered: "Don't talk about ordinary people, even the county magistrate here is not very literate."

Luo Shixing had question marks all over his head, and looked at Wei Siwen suspiciously: "Impossible?"

That's the county magistrate. The Tang Dynasty was a county system. If you have to say it, the county administrative unit at this time is similar to the city in later generations, but the scale is definitely not comparable, but how can illiterate people come?

Wei Siwen asked him to sit down and explained: "There is a reason for this. Lingnan Five Economic Management is located in a remote area and has many tribes, so it is very difficult to manage. For example, in Beidai County, there are mixed fish and dragons, and there are many tribes. However, there are not many Han people. , In this case, send a Han official over, not to mention management, but to say whether he can survive."

Sitting on the bamboo stool, Luo Shixing put his hands on his chin and asked, "So they all chose locals?"

Wei Siwen shook his head: "It's not chosen, but hereditary. The father of the current county magistrate is the previous county magistrate."

Luo Shixing was shocked: "Family biography?"

Wei Siwen was helpless: "It's useless if you don't have a family history. This is the only family in Beidai County who is proficient in Chinese characters. Who will come if they are not allowed?"

Luo Shixing nodded: "Since the county magistrate is here, other officials can be selected by the court to assist."

Wei Siwen said in a low voice: "People who are sent here don't always stay for long. They either resign or bury their bones in other places. The people here somewhat reject the Han people."

Luo Shixing was very nervous when he heard that: "Then we..."

Wei Siwen pressed his shoulders and said, "I'm telling you this to prepare you mentally. The people here may not be friendly, but don't worry, they reject the officials sent here."

Luo Shixing suddenly realized that the officials sent by the imperial court might fight for power with them, or had bad intentions towards them, but the two of them were exiled here, and they would not have any conflicts with the county magistrate at all. The order to exempt them from hard labor is equivalent to a kindness, and they are afraid that it is too late to be grateful.

After thinking about it this way, he calmed down, and asked again: "Then what does he need a document for?"

"A few days ago, the imperial court sent a new Annan Jiedu Envoy. This Jiedu Envoy was originally from Lingnan, and he is very familiar with this place. His soldiers and horses are also very strong. He seems to be a little dissatisfied with Annan's state of disunity. He is starting to sort out the situation in various places. , This requires the county magistrate to report the population and land, and the county magistrate of Beidai will call back all the people who have reported before, and if they don't report it again, I'm afraid it will be bad."

To put it simply, the new Annan Jiedu envoy has relatively big fists and understands the local conditions. The county magistrates dare not confront him, but the imperial documents, especially those related to data, have a certain format, and they need to follow that to write.

Unfortunately, the magistrate of Beidai County is semi-literate, let alone the format, let him tell how many residents there are under his jurisdiction, and the names are all written incompletely - the local people's names are all given according to local customs. It is also the local dialect. To translate the name of this dialect into elegant dialect, even a doctor from Chang'an may not be able to do it well, let alone him.

So Wei Siwen and Luo Shixing's coming here simply gave the county magistrate of Beidai hope. Luo Shixing didn't pay much attention to him, but Wei Siwen was the main one.

Wei Siwen became Li Jingye's counselor because he was demoted to Liuzhou. It can be said that those under Li Jingye's subordinates are all frustrated in officialdom.

Before Wei Siwen was demoted, he was promoted to Doctor Yushi, among other things, he knew all kinds of documents in the court very well.

Luo Shixing was considered to be in Wei Siwen's favor. Of course, Wei Siwen also praised Luo Shixing in front of the county magistrate, and said clearly: "I am not as good as this guy in the paper."

The county magistrate of Beidai didn't care much about literary talents, but he also welcomes those who work more than one.

So on the second day after settling down, Luo Shixing and Wei Siwen began to register names and count ages.

There is no need for them to go door-to-door to ask about this. If someone who is familiar with the situation in the county will report the name next to them, they will transliterate it into Chinese characters and write it down.

Among the strange and weird names, Luo Shixing heard a slightly familiar name: Cheng Jingwei.