At noon, the sun is shining brightly.
Mi Huang walked on the cracked ground, struggling to move forward.
This place used to be a swamp, but now it has completely dried up. Even the silt at the bottom has been hardened by the sun. It only feels soft when you step on it, so there is no need to worry about sinking.
The thirsty earth, withered crops, and wailing people are probably the typical scenes in the Central Plains today.
After passing through this swamp area, Mi Huang stepped onto a flat road.
The road is not long, but very wide.
The road is even paved with some gravel, bricks and tiles, probably the stones were taken from the mountains and burned to make bricks and tiles, and the leftovers were used.
On the other side of the road is a large field of reeds.
The scene that should have been lush and lush, with wild ducks dancing in the wind, is mostly gone. What is left are only short, shriveled or even dead reeds, swaying lifelessly in the wind.
Mi Huang walked along the road and even saw a few dead wild animal carcasses on the road. It seemed that they had just died and someone was cutting them up.
A little further away, by the waterside, there may still be some residual water, but there are piles of wild animals coming one after another.
Someone is organizing a hunt and the harvest is quite rich, but this seems to be just another way of fishing for the best.
After reaching the end of the road, a huge pond came into view.
The water level in Pichi has dropped significantly, and I don’t know if it is even a quarter of what it was at its peak.
A large group of people are busy inside and outside Pichi. Judging from their appearance, they should be taking advantage of the severe drought to dredge Pichi and widen and deepen it so that more water can be stored in the future.
Mi Huang asked the person who led the way and learned that this is the second largest pond in Guangchengze, named "Caiguan Pi", second only to "Shaogong Pi".
After widening and deepening, a manor will be built nearby and will be farmed by the Nanxia tribe.
Mi Huang nodded slightly after hearing this.
Even during a severe drought, I still didn't lose heart and kept preparing for next year. This will is really amazing.
After passing Caiguanpi, we passed through a dry swamp, two struggling orchards and a large sea of ​​bamboo, and suddenly our eyes opened up.
"What a wonderful wheat harvest scene." Mi waved her hands to build an arbor and looked to the south.
The golden wheat fields stretch as far as the eye can see.
In the fields, there were crowds of people.
Some people are cutting the wheat, some are binding it, some are transporting it, and some are picking up the remaining wheat ears in the fields.
In the empty field next to the wheat field, some people are threshing wheat, some are winnowing wheat, and some are spreading it out to dry...
From beginning to end, no one was idle.
Mi Huang couldn't help but walked down.
No one paid attention to him, everyone was concentrating on doing the things at hand, with serious and even pious expressions on their faces.
In a year of great calamity, who can be ungrateful to food?
Mi Huang quickly found Shao Xun.
Wearing a straw hat, he was harvesting wheat sweating profusely.
The sun was very bright at this time, and Shao Xun did not fully cover his neck, and the backs of his hands were all covered with red marks, but he didn't take it seriously and harvested wheat while joking with others.
Who are the people around him?
Dian Shu Cheng Mao Bang, ministers Chen Yougen, Liu Anzhi, academic officer Ling Yuliang, Dianwei Ling Tang Jian, and shepherd chief Wu Qian - the shepherd chief is also called the "stable shepherd chief", he is in charge of animal husbandry, cattle and horse affairs, and is the ninth grade official
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Half of the officials of the Duke of Luyang gathered here to harvest wheat together with the officials, soldiers, and campers, which shows that Shao Xun himself attached great importance to it.
Mi Huang saw it and just sighed.
The Duke of Luyang County spared no effort and went to work in the fields himself. Even if others were unwilling to do so, they had to bite the bullet and work together.
Thinking of the flash of swords and shadows in the capital, his frown deepened.
Situ and the emperor were vying for power, and the aides were vying for women and wealth. They didn't care about anything else. As long as there was no comparison, it was fine. But looking at the heated scene in front of him, Mi Huang didn't know what to say.
The military and political group that Shao Xun put together with his own hands does have the smell of the rising sun. People are united, they can farm, and they can fight. The leader is also very talented and has a clear mind. It is really hard to say where it will go in the future.
, but it looks very good.
"Mi Gong, please wait a moment." After hearing the report from the soldiers, Shao Xun waved his sickle in the field and said loudly.
"Young man, please do as you please," Mi Huang replied.
He could see clearly just now that Shao Xun's face was a little tanned, but it was rosy, and his words were full of energy, which was completely different from many scholars in Beijing who drank too much and drank too much.
Those people have fair skin, and some are very handsome. Their fingers are not stained with spring water, and they are whiter and tenderer than women.
The minister, He Sui, who had just been killed, was the grandson of He Zeng, the founding hero of the country.
He was so extravagant that he spent 10,000 yuan on meals every day. He also complained that there was no place worthy of his chopsticks.
He Zeng's son He Shao had a daily eclipse of twenty thousand qian.
Brothers He Sui, He Ji, and He Xian, based on this, intensified their efforts and became even more extravagant than their grandfather.
After He Sui's death, most of the family wealth could not be saved, although Situ did not order the house to be raided.
This world, alas.
The group of people at the top are in love, and the people at the bottom are bleeding and weeping, and the top and bottom are isolated. The people who connect the two sides are either the few in the upper class who understand the public sentiment, or the few in the lower class who have jumped to the upper class, but both types of people are very few.
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Shao Xun belongs to the latter group. He took a group of subordinate officials to work in the fields, not necessarily to torture them, but probably to let them know more about farming and understand the difficulties of farmers.
Some people don't care about Tian Shefu's life and death at all, and squeeze him to the death.
Some people really don't know what kind of life Tian Shefu lives, and they can exploit him in countless ways.
Shao Xun probably wanted to save the latter group of people.
That boy from Yu Chen's family was originally a very handsome young man, but now he is tanned and tanned. Was he tortured by Shao Xun?
Mi Huang walked around casually and continued to watch.
Not far away at the foot of the mountain, someone was polishing a stone plate, probably to make a stone mill for grinding wheat.
During severe drought, many water mills cannot be used, and animal-drawn millstones are the best choice.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in the powerful manors of the nobles, otherwise they would not be able to eat noodles such as Hu cakes, steamed cakes, soup cakes, etc. It is rare among the common people, because they are usually used to growing millet.
Unknowingly, the agricultural production habits in some areas of Sizhou began to change.
Some people are trying to change the world and benefit the people. How magnificent!
Several carriages came along the paved road.
A woman wearing a curtain hat got out of the carriage, still holding a food box in her hand.
Behind her were more than a dozen guards and servants, who all took out food boxes from the carriage and waited for orders.
The sound of "dang" sounded, and it was the clang of retreating troops in the army.
Shao Xun straightened up, tapped his waist a little, and walked over, chatting and laughing with his subordinate officials.
The sergeants and garrison soldiers also finished their work one after another and went to the other side to queue up to receive corn rice, pickles, and fish soup.
It turns out it's time to eat.
During the busy farming season, three meals a day is very good.
Mi Huang, Shao Xun and others finished greeting each other one by one.
Shao Xun apologized, went to the elm tree on the roadside, and asked in surprise: "Why are you here?"
The woman opened the curtain under the brim of her hat, and it turned out to be Princess Lu of Fanyang.
When I saw Shao Xun's surprised expression, which didn't seem to be fake, I felt warm in my heart and thought to myself, "I'm here to deliver a meal. Is he so happy?" After thinking about it, he actually jumped for joy.
"My husband has a hard time mowing wheat. I made some food at home, but I don't know if my husband likes it or not." Mrs. Lu said with her face raised.
"I like everything Xun Niang makes." Shao Xun chuckled lightly and took Lu's hand to get into the carriage.
Mi Huang glanced at it and looked no further.
It turned out to be Princess Fan Yang, why not...her?
"Mi Zi came to see your husband, are you going to go on an expedition again?" There was a small table in the carriage, and Mrs. Lu asked while playing with the dishes.
"Maybe, but I can't leave now." Shao Xun took the steamed cake and took a bite. It tasted good, and he took two more bites.
Seeing that Shao Xun liked the food she made, Mrs. Lu couldn't help but feel happy. Then she thought that the man in front of her was going to war, and she felt disappointed. She had just found someone she could rely on, but he had to go to the battlefield to sacrifice his life again.
Shao Xun continued to eat without asking why Lu gave him food - this was the first time.
In the end, Mrs. Lu couldn't help it any longer, lowered her head and said, "The three Jing brothers and sisters from Uncle Wang Guo's family have come to Guangchengze."
Shao Xun nodded, not very concerned, but praised: "Xun Niang's craftsmanship is so good, I want to try it more in the future."
With a smile on her face, Mrs. Lu finally let go of her hand that had been holding the corner of her skirt.
"Liu Qingsun sent people to pursue the Jing family, but I caught them and scolded them back." Lu said again.
Shao Xun was surprised.
Mrs. Lu couldn't help but raise her head and wrote in a nonchalant way: "Liu Qingsun used to be the chief historian in Prince Fanyang's Mansion, but he didn't dare to make any mistakes in front of me."
"Xun Niang is indeed a hero among women." Shao Xun said with a serious face. He even put down the food in his hands and bowed his hands to express his admiration.
Mrs. Lu couldn't hold back any longer, so she covered her mouth and laughed.
She knew that Shao Xun was playing with her.
She has a lively temperament and is often said by Concubine Pei that a thirty-year-old has the temperament of a seventeen-year-old. Unexpectedly, she feels that talking to Shao Xun is very relaxing and can make her feel happy.
After Shao Xun finished eating the steamed cakes and several plates of side dishes, he was already eighty percent full.
Mrs. Lu quickly put away the tableware, took out the tea cauldron, scooped out the tea soup, and poured it into the tea bowl.
Shao Xun grabbed one of her hands, rubbed it gently, and sighed contentedly.
King Fan Yang probably never enjoyed this kind of service a few times in his thirty-seven years of life. But he, Shao, could enjoy it every day if he wanted to.
After pouring the tea, Shao Xun pulled Lu into his arms and asked, "Have you thought about it?"
Yang Xianrong asked Shao Xun this question, and now he borrowed it to ask Lu.
Mrs. Lu didn't dare to look into his eyes and only responded as lightly as a gnat.
"Okay." After asking clearly, Shao Xun nodded and said, "Stay in Liuhuayuan tonight and make Shuiyin cakes for me to eat."
If Mrs. Lu didn't want to, he didn't bother to provoke her.
With his current status, he has too many women to play with. To put it harshly, tonight he went to sleep with Xiangcheng Princess Sima Xiu. As long as he didn't make any announcement, it would be known all over Luoyang, including Wang Yan and Wang Dun.
I will openly fall out with him.
Of course, if the woman is willing, there are additional benefits, such as unlocking more actions, which Shao Xun likes.
Just like when he gets interested and takes pictures of Lan Ji's big white buttocks, it will only arouse jealousy.
But if Lan Ji is very resistant to him, if you do it again, it will be humiliating. If you are not careful, the beauty can't think about it, and that may be the case.
Well, Lan Ji seems to like being slapped by him now, which Shao Xun didn't expect...
"Lang Jun, Colonel Mi is here." Tang Jian reported in a low voice outside the car.
Shao Xun responded, took his hands out of Lu's crotch shirt, kissed her forehead, and got out of the car with great satisfaction.
Well, I first tactically adjusted the position of the pleats of my pants, waited quietly for a while, and then moved forward.
Lu's face turned red, her head was buzzing, her heart was pounding, her chest was hot, her legs were twisting unconsciously, and her whole body was sore and weak.
After a long time, the sound from outside the carriage was faintly heard.
"I won't go to Hanoi even if I want to go north." This was Shao Xun's voice.
"Then where do you want to go?" This was Mi Huang's voice.
Mrs. Lu listened quietly, a little worried.
"I have a fort in Yiyang, which is suitable for garrisoning troops. If the elite soldiers are sent to Hanoi, who will guard Yiyang?"
"The Huns may not be interested in your Wubao."
"Let someone else go to Hebei. Mi Gong might as well tell Situ Zhi that if I station troops in Yiyang, I will definitely not let the Huns pass easily from now on."
"Oh, you are the only one who dares to bargain with Situ."
"We haven't formally bargained yet. Where's the money and food? Where's the equipment?"
"There is really no food. During the severe drought, no one dared to touch the food in Taicang. Even if it is only a thousand dendrobiums, it can only be allocated with Situ's consent. I can give you some money and silk. As for the equipment, search the arsenal.
There are always some. If you want new ones, you have to wait. In the past two years, the new equipment made by the Shaofu has been given priority to the Forbidden Army and Sergeants Yu and Yan."
"Mr. Mi, please go back first. When did Situ agree? When will I send troops again?"
"Hey, you don't intend to step down for Situ."
"It's already a great honor. According to my original intention, there shouldn't be a war this year, but why don't we just do disaster relief?"
The two voices gradually faded away.
Mrs. Lu also slowly came back to her senses.
I touched my face quietly, it was still very hot.
She touched her chest again in a strange way, as if she could still feel the strength of the man's rough palm.
"No!" Lu suddenly reacted.
There are still people living at home, not tonight.
She picked up the hem of her skirt and hurriedly got out of the car, but she didn't see Shao Xun and Mi Huang's figure for a long time, and she was dumbfounded.
Chapter completed!