It can be said that Zhao Yanxun's brief speech has a much better effect than the gorgeous rhetoric.
After finishing his speech, he entered Tongchang County and observed the recovery situation in the city.
After half a year of being abandoned and destroyed by zombies, the situation in the city can be said to be a mess.
After the people moved in these days, renovations were carried out one after another, and now the streets in the city are generally restored to cleanliness.
In fact, Zhao Yanxun's visit to Tongchang today was essentially a show.
Therefore, after a whole day of performing, he himself felt extremely tired. When it was getting dark, he took advantage of the martial law in the city and went out of the city alone to find happiness.
It was more dangerous to go out of the city at night. All the civil and military officials in the city wanted to accompany him to escort him, but they were all sent back by Zhao Yanxun.
Under his absolute authority, such an extremely unreasonable thing was carried out.
So Zhao Yanxun rode out of Tongchang City Gate and ran all the way to the dock.
With powerful force at his side, Zhao Yanxun was naturally not afraid of walking at night. At this moment, he just wanted to get to the dock as soon as possible.
It was getting dark now, and dinner was being prepared on the big ship at the pier.
The meals of the three princesses maintained basic decency even in the most difficult times.
Now that the situation has improved, the food quality has naturally improved, but it is still not as good as in the heyday.
"The prince is back!"
Hearing this voice, the three princesses in the room all looked sideways, then stood up and came to the window.
Sure enough, they saw Zhao Yanxun jumping off the horse on the dock and handing the reins to the guard.
"See you, my lord!"
Looking at Zhang Meng who was kneeling on the ground, Zhao Yanxun stopped and asked, "There are no surprises today, right?"
"Peace and peace!"
After saying "Yeah", Zhao Yanxun asked Zhang Meng to stand up, and he walked onto the ship along the gangplank.
"See you, my lord!"
All the eunuchs and maids encountered along the way saluted Zhao Yanxun.
After taking off his armor, Zhao Yanxun quickly arrived on the second floor, where the three princesses were already waiting at the door.
After seeing his three wives, Zhao Yanxun's mood immediately improved.
He said he was bored after staying in Tongchang for a long time. To put it bluntly, he just missed women.
"See you, my lord!"
"Hey, my dear, you don't need to be polite!"
Walking into the room, Zhao Yanxun found a chair and sat down at random, while the maid brought tea.
After taking a sip of warm tea, Zhao Yanxun felt physically and mentally happy, secretly thinking that this is how people live.
"Your Majesty, you have been tired all day, so you must be hungry now!" Xue Baoyun came closer and gently squeezed her husband's shoulders.
Zhao Yanxun touched his wife's jade hand and said with a smile: "I'm really hungry!"
Xue Baojun looked at Yuzhu who was standing outside the house and said, "Go and urge the people in the kitchen to pass the food quickly!"
"Ask them to bring out the wine, let's have a few drinks today!" Zhao Yanxun added.
"Your Majesty, can I have three drinks tonight?" Huang Rongrong squeezed to Zhao Yanxun's side and asked.
She had a bad ability to drink. She would feel dizzy after even one or two drinks without eating, and then she would lie in Zhao Yanxun's arms unable to get up.
"It's up to you, you'll sleep when you're drunk anyway!"
When he said this, Zhao Yanxun glanced at Lin Jingyu and saw her sitting on a chair, peeling a melon seed and putting it in her mouth.
"Concubine Jade? Why are you so unhappy?"
In fact, Zhao Yanxun knew that Lin Jingyu was not unhappy, and she would not be jealous just because she was nice to someone.
The reason why he asked this was just so as not to neglect Lin Jingyu. After all, he wanted to try his best to get even the rain and dew.
Unexpectedly, Lin Jingyu said: "There are many monsters outside the city now. I am just wondering when the world will be restored to peace!"
Lin Jingyu raised such a big question that Zhao Yanxun didn't know how to answer it.
But I heard Xue Baoyun say: "Sister Yu, as long as the prince is here, the world will return to peace sooner or later, so don't worry!"
Even Huang Rongrong, who had always disliked Xue Baojun, now helped: "The princess is right, as long as the prince is here...the world will definitely return to peace!"
At this moment, Lin Jingyu and Zhao Yanxun looked at each other, and she saw indifference and determination in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, Princess... the meals are ready, do you want to pass them on?"
After hearing the report from outside, Zhao Yanxun stood up and said, "Pass the meal around!"
As night fell, above the Bahe River, with the bright moon hanging high, fine wine and delicious food, and beautiful women by his side, Zhao Yanxun felt very happy.
His little life was warm and comfortable, but some people are going through life and death right now just for food and clothing.
At the other end of the Bahe River, a fishing boat was wandering in the river, and soon they entered a tributary of the Bahe River.
This tributary leads directly to Jingdong County.
At this moment, Huang Tianyan was sitting on the bow of the boat, with seven Chinese characters behind him, sorting out the fishing nets and harvesting fish.
"Brother, today's harvest is good... there are two hundred catties of fish!"
Hearing the cheers behind him, Huang Tianyan couldn't help but turn his head and cursed: "You are so happy with only two hundred pounds. You have never seen a fish in your eight lives?"
"Hey, I don't have the same vision as my elder brother!"
Huang Tianyan couldn't help but shake his head. He had no intention of joking with his men at this moment. He really thought that two hundred catties of fish was nothing.
Half a year ago, he and Zhang Ziming fled to Wujiabao, took the place as their own, and relied on this place to survive.
The Wu Family Fort is the property of the Wu family in Yuanyang. A large amount of grain is stored in the fort, which has allowed them to survive until now.
In the past six months, they have gradually absorbed many refugees, and the original number of dozens has grown to 400.
It's not that Huang Tianyan and Zhang Ziming have good intentions, but that after a series of developments, they deeply realized the importance of manpower.
Only with a large enough population can they join forces to stay warm and survive, otherwise they will be trapped in the fort.
If there are more people, things can be done, but a lot of food will also be consumed.
Even if there is a lot of food stored in Wujiabao, after more than half a year of consumption, there is not much left now.
So now they try to eat as little food as possible, either hunting or fishing like Huang Tianyan.
There were more than 400 people in the fort, and two hundred kilograms of fish were not enough to last for a day, so Huang Tianyan couldn't be happy at all.
As they entered a tributary of the Bahe River, they encountered three more fishing boats along the way, each harvesting about 400 kilograms.
The total weight is 600 kilograms, which can only be said to be barely enough. It is still difficult to survive this winter.
Seeing the joy of the harvest on the faces of his men, Huang Tianyan couldn't help but laugh at himself: "I am a bandit, robbing women for money and goods is the business, but now I have become a fisherman!"
But he also knew very well that compared to those who died, he was lucky enough.
It's just that he has had enough of this hopeless life.
If you survive this year, what will you do next year? What about the year after that?
Sometimes he thought that maybe it would be easier to die, but living like this was really too painful.
The fishing boat moved forward slowly, people's chatter gradually became quieter, and then the whole world became quiet.
Quietness is the best, because silence means safety, and there will be no zombies to attack.
The fishing boat slowly docked, and a dozen strong men each carried a large bamboo basket, which contained the fish caught today.
They quietly landed at this place, which was five miles away from Wujiabao and was nicknamed Guimen Pass by them.
On the same night, some people are having their lovely wives and concubines drunkenly and dreaming of life and death, while some people are walking on the thin line of life and death under the stars and night.
