Peiguoqiao County may not be conspicuous in later generations, and many people have not even heard of its name.But at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was the seat of Yuzhou.If I have to make an analogy, the administrative status is slightly higher than that of the provincial capital city.Because there were only thirteen states in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was far smaller than the number of provinces in later generations.

The prefecture of Yuzhou is in charge of Yingchuan County and Runan County, two rich and large counties.Therefore, it is conceivable why Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have a strong relationship, and Yuan Shao is from Runan.It is not difficult to understand that the Xun family, Guo Jia, and Xi Zhicai worked hard for Boss Cao. They are from Yingchuan.Because the imperial examination has not yet been adopted, geographical relationship is the most important natural relationship in Eastern Han society besides blood relationship, compared with the teacher-student, same-student, and same-year relationship that prevailed later.Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and the Xun family are all from the same state, so they are naturally close.

Of course, Ah Sheng, as an outsider, knows nothing about the above things like a real child.The biggest feeling Ah Sheng can express is: Qiao County is so broken.The city wall is fairly solid, but the street planning and infrastructure construction are really like scum.She used to live in Luoyang, the capital of the country, so she had a big misunderstanding about the city of this era.It was only when I arrived in Qiao County that I realized the reality: the roads were full of potholes, and there was a puff of yellow sand in the air when riding a horse; there were no public toilets, and the slums smelled like a plague, as if the plague would break out at any time; Starved corpses are left unattended for three days...

That is to say, the inner city where the state shepherd and governor were located gathered dignitaries, it seemed like a place where people lived, but it was also very crowded.Under such a premise, it is understandable that the Cao family lives outside the outer city walls.

A large river named Wohe ran obliquely down through the northeast of Qiao County and became the outermost barrier of the city.The Cao family's old house and the Cao family's ancestral tomb are both located between the Guohe River and the outer city wall, surrounded by a large area of ​​fertile land belonging to the Cao family.Due to the raging refugees in recent years, high walls have been built around the complex, like a small fortress.This is the favorite Wubao of the Hao clan in the Eastern Han Dynasty, where the tribes, tribesmen, and diners gather, and they can be self-sufficient in drinking water, crops, and meat.

The Cao family guards the tomb here.

Every day, you can climb up and look at the tomb of Cao Teng hundreds of meters away. If you turn your perspective slightly, you can see the Guohe River and farmland, and then you can see the city wall of Qiao County in the distance.

Since the arrival of the Fuling troops at the beginning of March, they were ordered by the old lady Wu to thank the guests behind closed doors.It wasn't until the end of September, when the north wind started to rise, that the gate of Cao's old house was slowly opened, and it ushered in the emperor's envoy.

The person who came was an eunuch.

But it was no longer the eunuch Wu knew.After the fall of Liang Ji, the palace was inevitably cleaned up, and a new generation replaced the old.This eunuch surnamed Zhang was very arrogant, and took away Fei Tinghou's official seal directly in front of Cao Teng's coffin, and the dog legs behind rushed up to snatch Fei Tinghou's guard of honor and the so-called "excessive items".The Cao family is no longer a marquis, so many things are naturally unusable, and they have to be handed over to the court, which is as it should be.But according to their posture, they simply want to grab something valuable when they see it.

Fortunately, the Wu family buried most of the gold and silver in the ground in the name of keeping filial piety, and everything they used was as simple as possible.Otherwise, let these "locusts" search it again, the Cao family will really be hurt.

"Great Changqiu, hehe, the little Marquis Ting is nothing special. Shabby, really shabby. To be an eunuch, you should look up to the five marquises, that's the style! Master Shan is a chariot and cavalry general, and he is better than Sangong!"

This face-faced little Huangmen walked away triumphantly with the booty, leaving the Cao's house covered with chicken feathers.Even one end of the white linen hanging from the lintel fell off.

Cao Song's face was pale and his back was covered with sweat.The news of Liang Ji's downfall was too shocking. He just realized that if his adoptive father hadn't died half a year ago, the whole family might have been involved.Now except for the fear of losing energy and getting angry.

But Hu was so angry that he trembled: "Too much bullying! Too much bullying! Langjun and A's family just let them mess around. What's the face?!"

Cao Song was also saddened by what she said, and couldn't help crying: "Father! Father, open your eyes and look at us! The general has fallen? Is my family really going to be reduced to common people?" He cried again, Mrs. Hu: "You are unlucky. You have to suffer with me just one year after entering the door." The brothers and servants of Cao's family were infected, and they also burst into tears.

Hu bit her lip, straightened her back, and said loudly: "Mr. Lang, I was much poorer than I am now before I got married. Now I still have land and property, so how can I suffer?!"

Mrs. Wu raised her eyebrows when she heard this, which was quite unexpected: "Ahu, please take someone to clean up the house. Then send someone to deliver letters to Ding's and Xiahou's homes. When the angel leaves Yuzhou, we will open the door and lift the ban."

Hu rolled up the cuffs of the sackcloth mourning clothes, and led the people to work in person.

The appearance of Wu's old god made the nephews very puzzled. "Mother (fourth aunt)?"

"It's just some humiliation. If you have done things in the palace like me and Ji Xing, you should know that this is good, at least you saved your life. Wouldn't it be good to be humiliated by the eunuch? Really bad? ?”

Cao Song was stunned for a moment, his red eyes were filled with Wu's indifferent expression.That's right, don't they just want to get rid of their reputation as eunuchs?

Cao Song thought of it, and naturally Cao Chi, Cao Yin, Cao Yu, and Cao Kun also thought of it.One by one they calmed down. "Been taught a lesson."

"Cao Chi, Cao Yin, you two, since the dust has settled, go back to your own home."

The faces of the two young uncles turned blue and white.They seemed to want to stay, but in the end they paid three respects to Mrs. Wu: "Please resign to the fourth aunt, and thank the fourth aunt for taking her in."

"Go."

Cao Kun's wife, Meng Shi, didn't wait for them to walk out of the main courtyard, and snorted coldly: "The two of them are ungrateful just like their father. They borrowed the light of the fourth uncle, and ran away if they were in trouble. Bah, what? thing!"

Although Cao Chi and Cao Yin's father, Cao Bao, was Cao Teng's third brother, he was very close to the scholars of the anti-Liang faction, and now he is still sitting firmly in the position of Yingchuan prefect.The third room of the Cao family had a very tense fight with the second room and the fourth room of the eldest room because of camp issues. Although there was no apparent breakup, the whole family had already moved to Yingchuan.When Cao Teng passed away, Cao Bao didn't even show his face, and was busy pushing down the broken wall of the Liang Party.

No wonder Mrs. Meng scolded behind her back.

When Liang Ji was strong at the beginning, they hid in Cao Song's house; when Liang Ji was over, they ran back to their own home. "It's too ugly to eat!"

Wu frowned and stopped her: "Don't say a few words, I told them to go back. They are all from the Cao family. It is our good fortune that the third brother can still stand."

"Fourth aunt, will the third uncle really help us? Don't believe in the wrong person. Anyway, my husband is a keeper, but Brother Song and Brother Yu will rely on them in the future. Ha, that third uncle has been promoted."

The fighting between the houses of the big family made Ah Sheng's brain ache.She didn't want to pay attention to these relatives any more, she sat on the straw mat used for filial piety and dozed off with her eyes open.

Cao Cao looked at her amusedly, and pulled out half of the straw from the straw mat to tickle her palm.

Ah Sheng woke up with a jolt, and the movement attracted Wu's attention.Her eyes widened: "Why are you two still here? Go back to the backyard! Take care of the group of people in the nursery hall, and don't let them cause trouble."

Ah Sheng couldn't get what he wanted, so he turned his head and bowed: "Retire!"

Running out of the turbulent main courtyard, taking a breath of the fresh autumn air, Ah Sheng jumped up and down on the dirt.Cao Cao, who came out after him, expressed his feelings to her: "I like Uncle Wu quite a bit, but I never thought about it, but he left me and left."

Uncle Wu refers to Cao Chi.

"Uncle Wu also said he would teach me archery."

As he walked towards the Yuyingtang, Ah Sheng waved his hands: "I don't think the things of the previous generation are simple."

"not simple?"

"The two uncles in Sanfang clearly disagreed with their father's political views, and his father was indifferent to them, but why did his grandfather warn them before his death to prevent them from being involved in this bloody coup?"

"Well."

"And they treated the two of us too kindly. Even if it's eye-catching, they don't cast like this."

Cao Cao tore a stalk of dogtail from the corner of the wall, and shook it in his hand. "The fifth uncle and the sixth uncle are not married yet, so you should miss children."

"Uncle and Uncle's family also have children." Ah Sheng rubbed the space between his brows. She actually had a guess, but without any evidence, thinking too much would only add to her troubles.

If you want to see what is there in the family, it is better to go and see the children in the Yoying Hall.

The women's medical hall remained in Luoyang, canceling the large-scale lectures, mobilizing working women to promote correct reproductive knowledge, and doing some free delivery work.But the Yuyingtang had to be transferred, and she planned to wait for her grandfather to finish his anniversary, and then start to do the teaching work by herself.Kindergarten basic teaching is over, it's time for the orphans to go to primary school.In fact, under the arrangement of Ah Sheng, the children over the age of nine have secretly learned to read characters and recite multiplication formulas.

The transfer was a big project. The children left in batches. They needed both the care of the servants and the guards of the courtyard. It took four months to complete the transfer.At the same time, Liu's chickens were also relocated.According to Ah Sheng's feeding rules, millet porridge is nothing, but an egg a day is fatal.What can be done?Only the chickens can follow the children, as many children as there are, and as many chickens as possible.Fortunately, there are no famines in Sili and Yuzhou this year, otherwise these chickens would definitely not be able to reach Qiao County.Not only is the problem of feed difficult to solve, but also the very hungry refugees who come to steal chickens.

Because of their transfer, Ah Sheng was heartbroken, but fortunately, his grandfather left manpower for her, which made things a lot easier.When the girl Ah Shi Tijian appeared in front of her and said in a serious manner, "The total loss of the chicken farm in this transfer is 10%", Ah Sheng was pleasantly surprised.

Not only was he pleasantly surprised by the small amount of losses, but also because Liu's mathematics was completely able to describe the problem in terms of percentages.

Mrs. Liu is the children's new math teacher, so she decided happily.As for the work of the chicken farm, let the prudent Ah Hong take over.

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