Blade of Wind

The patriarch called us early the next morning, brought us two sets of coarse clothes, and arranged for Li Guang and I to go to the river with other men in the village.

Ah Ao came out to see me off.

He didn't come back until midnight yesterday. I lay in bed pretending to be asleep and didn't talk to him.

Today I went to work, but he still stayed at Li's house. The patriarch repeatedly assured that she would take good care of my "sick" brother.

To be honest, with Mo Yekong following, and I left Qinglong behind, I wasn't too worried about his safety. What made me worry about Ao was that he was under too much pressure recently and lacked self-confidence.

But this pressure... I gave him most of it, although I said that to Li Guang yesterday, it was really not an evasion.Before my own problem is solved, I really don't know how to comfort Ao.

So he simply didn't say anything, just smiled and nodded with him, and started on the road with the others.

The construction site is not far from the village, so these people are allowed to go every morning and come back at night.It is said that the husbands in the villages farther away sleep directly in the temporary camp next to the construction site.

The villagers were very dissatisfied when they talked about this.If they are like this, at least they can help the family with some work when they come back at night. If they are forced to eat and sleep at the construction site, I am afraid that this year's harvest will not be expected at all.

I didn't say a word, but Li Guang persuaded me a few words, saying that river governance is the achievement of thousands of years, and this year we will work harder to repair the river. Even if we miss a year of harvest, it will be better than flooding every year and everyone will be displaced, right?

But the villagers are still very reluctant.For them, the future is too far away, and it is not as good as the current family's food and clothing.What's more, don't talk about 100 years or 1000 years. Maybe the person on the throne will change in a few decades.

I couldn't help laughing at myself when I heard them express such meaning piecemeal.After all, these people have no confidence in the new king, and they don't think there will be a long time of peace, so saying that they can benefit future generations is not as good as a full meal tonight.

There were a few cautious ones in the villagers who probably guessed that we were not ordinary people. Seeing that the topic was vaguely disrespectful to the new king, they immediately interrupted each other, changed the subject, and talked about ordinary things on the construction site.

They are very sympathetic to the people who are forced to live on the construction site. On the one hand, of course, it is because of the farm work mentioned earlier. On the other hand, these people are always afraid of demons and feel that living in a place without wood Too dangerous.

It can be seen that everyone respects and relies on Limu very much, so even if there is a disaster, once it gets better, they will still rebuild around Limu.

I couldn't help but quietly asked Li Guang, "Does Limu grow on its own or can someone grow it?"

Li Guang scratched his head and said: "The common saying is that all the trees in the whole country come from the road trees in the imperial palace. If you break off the branches of the road trees and insert them on the land of your country, the wood will grow. But In my memory, I have never heard of any king doing such a thing."

"Why?" I asked, "If you only need to cut off the branches of lumber trees and plant them, why can't you grow them in the whole country? A place with a better geographical environment?"

This question actually existed when I watched the animation before.Since demons will not attack people under the li tree, and the li wood is the foundation of everyone's life and production, why is there only one tree in every village and every mile?

"Is this? I don't know." Li Guang's expression was a little embarrassed, "Maybe it's because the growth cycle of limu is too long, so it's not easy to plant. Besides, every country has areas with harsh environments and relatively good areas. , if only the wood is planted in places suitable for people's living, although the people here may live in a better life, won't those difficult places become more deserted?"

That's right.In other words, regardless of whether Limu grew by himself or was first planted by manpower, the balance of the country's development must still be considered.

So I let go of this question and followed them silently.

When we arrived at the construction site, there was an official in charge of counting, counted the people one by one, and then arranged the work for today.

We are responsible for moving stones.In a team of two, one pushes and the other pulls, and moves the stones to the river with a small cart.I am naturally in the same group as Li Guang.

The stone was heavy and made deep ruts in the road, but it wasn't unbearable for me.I just feel that the thick hemp rope is not comfortable on my body.In the end, Li Guang tugged on my sleeves after I didn't go far, and said softly, "Little Jie, take it easy."

"Huh?" I turned around and looked at him a little puzzled.

"Too fast." Li Guang raised his chin to the side, motioning me to look at others.

I glanced left and right, and sure enough, I had come to the front, even surpassing those who started before us.

Li Guang lowered his voice and chuckled: "Even if you are strong, Xiaojie, you don't need to attract too much attention. Besides, you have to move for a day today, so don't be in such a hurry, lest you lose stamina in the afternoon."

It is true that a few people looked at us with strange eyes, but most of them obviously didn't care, and they bowed their heads and went about their own business.

But...it doesn't seem to have any motivation, just completing the task.

After a morning's work, this feeling became even stronger.

The folks are just delaying the time to complete the task, and the officials who oversee the work are even more lazy and muddling along.

The whole project is basically a slowdown.

I couldn't help but feel a fire in my heart.

Fortunately, I sent the army to repair the river, and sent the idle personnel of the Falcon Palace to repair the river. I tightened my belt and tried my best to get money. In the end, they created such a scene.No wonder the folks complained when they mentioned it. How long will it take to practice such a law?

"How long will it take to practice such a law?"

Just as I was thinking this, I suddenly heard someone call out.

Startled, I looked up.

At this time we were having lunch in the camp by the river.Next to it is the place where the peasants and the army who repaired the river live. Beyond that, there is a row of wooden houses. Although it can be seen that they were built temporarily, they are much better than the work sheds here.

The voice just now came from that side.

When I looked up, I saw a man slamming the door.

The man was only about thirty years old, he looked like a civil official, but his green shirt was covered with mud, and his face, which was supposed to be upright and handsome, was full of anger, without any trace of the gentleness of a scholar.

I looked over there a few more times, and a Wangxia villager who came next to me pulled me, coughed lightly, and said, "Eat, don't meddle in your own business."

"Oh." I responded quickly, lowered my head to gnaw on the cornbread, and asked in a low voice, "Where is that place over there?"

"The place where the high officials from the palace live."

"What? What high official from the palace?" I blinked in shock. When did I send someone here?Or did Yuexi send someone and didn't tell me?

"Hush." ​​He made a gesture of silence, and then said softly, "They are people close to the Lord. They used to live in the palace and work for the Lord. They said they were sent to repair the river, but …After they got here, they didn’t do anything, they obviously didn’t understand anything, and they sang and drank and ordered indiscriminately every day, making us do useless work…”

"What?" I couldn't help standing up.

What high official in the palace?What is the master of the people around you?It sounds like this, why are they all the idle people I drove out of the palace?

Yuexi was originally worried that they would make trouble at the spring festival, but she didn't expect that they didn't come that time, and they were here waiting for me.

"Little Jie." Li Guang held me back and winked.

I took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in my heart, and asked again: "Then what about the people who were in charge here? Just let them?"

The villager seemed taken aback by my sudden movement, and didn't answer for a while, but another man who didn't know him sighed, and replied: "There is no way, the official rank can crush people to death, let alone someone from the palace. from."

I froze there.

That being said, it was my fault.Originally, I thought there was nothing wrong with those people in the palace, and the release from the palace was just a transfer, so I didn't even think about demoting them.I didn't expect that it would cause trouble to the place.

When there was a commotion here, the man who slammed the door just now turned around and took a look, then walked over frowning.

Several civilian husbands quickly bowed their heads in salute.

I was still angry, and my reaction was a bit slow before I bowed my head with everyone.

That person stopped right in front of me and asked, "Are you new here?"

He was also full of anger just now, but now he is very gentle, with a smile on his face, very kind.

I didn't speak for a while, and he asked again: "I haven't seen you before, today is the first day?"

I came under someone else's name, and I don't know the identity of this person, so I don't know how to answer. Fortunately, the patriarch of Wangxia probably expected this kind of thing and made arrangements in advance. Before I even opened my mouth, I ran up from behind A middle-aged man bowed to the green-clothed official, and explained: "Returning to Mr. Liu, this is the son of Erniu in our village. His father is sick, and he has been here for two days. Don't look at him being so tall. In fact, it's less than sixteen..."

It was only then that I realized that this conscript was limited to sixteen, I didn't say anything, but I couldn't help but think in my heart, fortunately I have a tender face, if Chang Liguang is found out, I don't know how they will explain it.

But Master Liu didn't seem to have doubts, but his face became heavy. He patted my shoulder for a long time and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Don't come here tomorrow, take good care of your father at home. Anyway, this kind of practice, one more One less person makes no difference."

The latter sentence clearly carried a heavy sense of anger.I don't even think about it, what if all the local peasants come to complain and ask for leave when he speaks like this?

Saying such things in front of a civilian husband, and just slamming the boss's door... I think this person must not have a high official position, and he probably has never been able to get promoted.

But at this time, he could only thank him with the people next to him.

He nodded, and said a few words of encouragement to the nearby peasants before turning around and leaving.

I gently asked the middle-aged man who just helped explain, "Who is this person?"

"It's Mr. Liu Shenghe from the state capital. Before the adults in the palace came, he was in charge of the river work here." The middle-aged man paused for a while, as if he was afraid that I might misunderstand something, and added, "Actually Mr. Liu is a very pragmatic and good official. I'm probably just out of breath today."

I responded and didn't say anything more.After eating and resting, I continued to work in the afternoon.

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