Datang Nongwang

Chapter 613 Huayang
Li Chongyuan looked at the old men, then at Li Zheng, and then turned his head to look at the people of the Wu family outside the ancestral hall of the Wu family.

Li Chongyuan saw expectations in their eyes.

Perhaps it was because they had been oppressed for too long, but now finally came Li Chongyuan, Master Li, who was a big man to them.

Moreover.

When the officials publicized Li Chongyuan, it was Li's clan that was publicized.

However, in the propaganda, neither Li Chongyuan's title nor his official position was mentioned, but it did mention Li Chongyuan's self-demotion as a farmer.

Li Chongyuan will not say much about how the imperial court promotes him.

Anyway, Li Chongyuan's reputation at this time is considered a god-like figure in the hearts of the people of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Seeing that a god-like figure had finally arrived, these Wu family even brought Li Chongyuan to their Wu family's ancestral hall. It can be seen that this matter is definitely much more serious for the Wu family.

At this time, Li Chongyuan didn't know how to answer the appeal of the Wu family.

Take care, that must be taken care of.

But now he is here to inspect, so he can't send people back to Xixiang right now and call the government officials to deal with it.

Li Chongyuan, who was already thinking about it in his heart, cupped his hands towards those old men and said: "I understand what you are asking for. However, this matter cannot be resolved in a short while. This matter will have to wait until the boy returns. Mention it to the officials again. As for whether it will be successful, I can't guarantee it today. But I can be sure that someone will take care of this matter."

"Then, on behalf of all our Wu family members, and all the peasants and peasants in Wuyue Town, I salute Master Li." After hearing that Li Chongyuan agreed to their request, the elders immediately had expressions on their faces. Looking forward to it, he saluted Li Chongyuan.

Seeing this, Li Chongyuan quickly raised his hand to help, "Everyone, don't do this."

This matter is considered to be an end.

Everyone thought that Li Chongyuan, a person of status and status, was willing to help and speak a few words. The Wu family already believed in their hearts that this matter could definitely be handled perfectly.

afterwards.

Li Chongyuan and the others sat outside the Wu family ancestral hall and talked about the Zhou family.

of course.

Li Chongyuan also asked about the mountain goods one by one.

With the in-depth chat, Li Chongyuan also knew how the Zhou family in Yangyuan County bullied the common people and farmers.

Just like a perfect hare.

According to the market price, the meat and fur together can be worth at least ten renminbi.

But in the hands of Zhou's family, let alone ten pennies, you may not be able to get even one penny.

As for the wild boar, a wild boar weighing one hundred catties, according to the market price, the price of a wild boar weighing one hundred catties must be three to five hundred yuan.

But the Zhou family, twenty pennies a head.

If you don't give it, then grab it hard.

If you get this kind of wild game, you can eat it at home without saying a word, or share it with others, it's okay.

But once the family members heard about it this week, it would be a trivial matter to be beaten.

but.

This week, the Zhou family seemed to know that some things should not be overdone. Up to now, Li Chongyuan has never heard of any death from the Wu family.

Therefore, Li Chongyuan also knew that Zhou's house was not cleaned this week, and this was also a reason.

The day.

Li Chongyuan once again ate Baijiafan.

In this town of May.

Li Chongyuan stayed for three days.

Three days later, Li Chongyuan and his party secretly left Wuyue Town before dawn in order not to disturb the common people.

Before leaving Wuyue Town, Li Chongyuan asked Xing Ba and the others to leave some money for the people of Wuyue Town, which is probably an explanation for the hospitality these few days.

If you eat other people's food and live in their house, if you don't give money, you will become the same as the Zhou family.

And after dawn.

All the people of Wuyue Town came together and found some copper coins in front of their house. At first, they thought that someone lost the money.

But who would have thought that when everyone asked, they all ran towards Li Zheng's house.

When they saw that Lizheng's house was already empty, they saw that there was a letter left behind, and all the people looked at each other in blank dismay.

After Li Chongyuan and his party left Wuyue Town, Li Chongyuan and others did not stop there, and left for other villages in Yangyuan County.

fifteen days later.

Li Chongyuan and the others returned to the wharf of Yangyuan County and went north by boat.

After returning to Li Village, I saw that there were not many urgent matters.

Li Chongyuan and the others set off again to continue his inspection journey.

This time, Li Chongyuan and the others took the land route directly, heading for Huangjin County, which is located on the edge of the Han River.

Huangjin County, one of the five counties in Yangzhou, belongs to Zhong County like Xixiang.

The main reason is that the geographical location is good, and it is located on the edge of the Han River. This level of prosperity is even better than that of Xixiang.

Li Chongyuan and his party spent a short time in Huangjin County, and after only ten days, they set off again, heading for Xingdao County in the northwest.

Xingdao County is also one of the five counties in Yangzhou. It is also located on the bank of the Han River, and like Zhuoxixiang, it belongs to Zhong County.

There are a total of five counties in Yangzhou, and there are three middle counties in the five counties.

Xixiang is the seat of the government of Yangzhou, so it should be Zhongxian County.

Whether it is Xingdao County or Huangjin County, if it is not because of the good geographical location, Hanshui provides a large amount of material transportation for it, and it will naturally become prosperous.

In contrast, the other two counties in Yangzhou.

Yangyuan County in the upper reaches of Yangshui, and Huayang County in the north of Yangzhou, these two counties can be said to be lands with many mountains, and it is normal for them to be poor.

In Xingdao County.

Li Chongyuan, just like in Jinjin County, only stayed for ten days before continuing to go north.

It doesn't matter whether it is Huangjin County or Xingdao County.

Although there are problems in these two counties, they are minor problems.

Perhaps because of the proximity to the Han River, relatively speaking, those so-called evil things are much less than those in Yangyuan County.

"Xiao Langjun, if we go ten miles further, we will enter Huayang County. According to my information, as long as we pass the mountain pass ahead, we will easily encounter bandits." Ba pointed to a county road ahead and said.

Li Chongyuan stood against the unhealthy wind, followed Xing Ba's direction and looked at the past, and asked the crowd: "Are you afraid?"

"Mr. Xiaolang is just joking. How could we be afraid of those bandits? I really want to meet bandits. It just so happens that my hands have been itchy recently. I haven't used this firecracker since it was made. What about it?" Xiang Bayi expressed to Li Chongyuan that he wanted to fight bandits very much, and he was not afraid of bandits at all.

In addition to him to eight, nine to ten they are the same.

And people like Xingba are even more fearless.

On the other hand, Tang Li and Liu Xiang seemed to be in a leisurely mood. From their faces, no fear could be seen at all.

Li Chongyuan smiled, "If any bandits don't open their eyes and come out to rob us, then we can also help the common people clean up these bandits. Let's go, let's meet those scary bandits together for a while .”

Qing mountain bandits.

It's really not that simple.

Huayang County is located at the southern foot of Zhongnan Mountain, where wild beasts gather.

As far as Li Chongyuan knows.

Huayang County is tens of miles away from Foping County, the hometown of giant pandas in the previous life, and also the hometown of dogwood.

In such a place, it can be seen that the wild beasts are rampant, and it is difficult for ordinary people to reach.

But the bandits here use this place as a den, with high mountains and dense forests as cover, and wild beasts as guards. It can be said that they live a prosperous life.

Even if the imperial court sends troops to suppress the bandits, don't try to catch them all.

not to mention.

This is still at the southern foot of Zhongnan Mountain. If the imperial court sent troops to wipe them out, a single piece of news would cause these bandits to rush into the depths of Zhongnan Mountain to find their traces. It would be even more difficult.

Therefore, the bandits in Huayang County also caused headaches for nearby merchants, so they could only leave some money to buy roads every time they went to Huayang County, in order to be safe.

And this time.

Li Chongyuan inspected all the way from the south to the north.

In the end, they came to Huayang County.

When Li Chongyuan and his group of ten people came to the junction of Xingdao County and Huayang County, Li Chongyuan stopped suddenly and looked up at the high mountains on both sides of the county magistrate, "According to the people, the county one mile ahead Dao is the place where the bandits must guard. Tang Li, Liu Xiang, you two climb up the mountains on both sides to have a look and see if there are really bandits?"

When Tang Li and Liu Xiang heard the words, they ran straight to both sides of the county road without saying a word.

Come on.

It's not that Li Chongyuan is afraid.

I'm just worried that once my group passed the narrow county road ahead, if bandits suddenly appeared on the two cliffs, if they didn't leave money for the trip, the road would be impossible.

If they didn't stay, then even if Li Chongyuan and the others had firecrackers in their hands, they would have nowhere to use them.

Tang Li and Liu Xiang climbed up the cliff and ran towards the top of the mountain in front of them.

Li Chongyuan and the others stood on the county road, quietly looking at the high mountains on both sides of the county road, and pricked up their ears to listen quietly for any movement ahead.

After two quarters of an hour.

Tang Liliu returned to the two of them, "Young Lord, there are no bandits ahead, but there are traces of people's activities. Moreover, the traces of people's activities on the top of the mountain are not small. Depending on the situation, those bandits may be It didn't happen because the weather was getting colder."

"Oh? The weather is getting colder, and bandits stop moving?" Li Chongyuan didn't know.

Liu Xiang looked at Li Chongyuan and explained: "My lord, as the weather gets colder, no matter whether it is bandits or some bandits who rob houses, they will not act when the weather is cold. After all, when the weather is cold, It is inconvenient to move, and some bandits even have resentment in their hearts, and maybe they will make trouble themselves by then."

"Why? Just because it's cold?" Li Chongyuan is still unclear.

The cold weather has become a reason not to go out of the mountain to rob?

but.

After Li Chongyuan asked this question, he realized that he was a bit of an idiot, and the embarrassment on his face suddenly appeared.

Seeing that Li Chongyuan seemed to understand, everyone stopped explaining.

Come on.

The weather in this era is really not as predictable as Li Chongyuan's previous life.

One day it will snow, and one day it will rain.

Moreover, in the current era, without the support of cotton cloth, ordinary people can only use linen or other things that can keep warm to keep warm.

But no matter how warm it is, it can't match cotton cloth.

Moreover.

Not everyone is as dedicated as Li Chongyuan. It's already November and he's still on the road.

Even some merchants have basically ended their long-distance business at this time, let alone places like Huayang County.

Furthermore, if the weather is cold and there is a sudden heavy snowfall, this road will be impassable.

It may even freeze to death.

In this era, it is common for people to freeze to death, and it is also considered normal by everyone.

When Li Chongyuan had figured everything out, although he was still embarrassed, he waved his hands, "Since there are no bandits, let's hurry up and try to get to Huayang County in the evening."

Everyone will not cancel Li Chongyuan, and follow Li Chongyuan's words, and move forward.

It was safe and sound all the way, and it can even be said that there was not even a little wind. Everyone rushed to Huayang County in the evening.

After finding a random guesthouse to live in, Li Chongyuan couldn't take it easy, so he spent money to invite a bunch of guys to come to him.

just now.

When the guy in this inn served Li Chongyuan and the others, there was some curiosity in his eyes, and in his words he vaguely reminded Li Chongyuan and the others to leave Huayang County as soon as possible.

This is not.

Li Chongyuan, who couldn't relax, was also curious about what the guy's reminder meant.

"I think you should be much older than me, so I'll call you brother." Li Chongyuan looked at the guy sitting in front of him, and started his way of questioning.

The guy is 24 and five years old, and he looks smart. When he saw Li Chongyuan call him "brother", he couldn't bear it, "Guest officer, you're flattering me. You can just call me by my name, guest officer. If you have anything to say, feel free." Ask, as long as the little one knows, I will tell the truth."

The buddy Wang Mingben didn't expect that his reminder would be exchanged for two pennies.

Two strings of money can cover his two months' wages.

This is not.

There is a saying that if you are rich, you are the uncle, and the uncle is the best. Wang Ming naturally knows that if he can get the affirmation of the uncle in front of him, there may be a reward.

"Wang name? What a good name! Since you said that, bro, I'll ask directly. Just now, when we were eating, what did you mean by asking us to leave Huayang County as soon as possible? Could it be that Huayang County What can't be done?" Li Chongyuan stopped being polite when he arrived, and asked about the business directly.

The waiter Wang Ming looked sideways at Xingba and the others around him, then looked back at the door, and said nervously and in a low voice: "I don't know what the guest officer is. Our Huayang County has not been very peaceful recently. I heard that , the bandits in Zhongnan Mountain have already rushed down the mountain, hiding in Huayang County, saying that they want to rob some rich people. And the little one also heard that the bandits in Zhongnan Mountain even put down their words , saying that they want to rob the Huayang county government."

"Oh? There is such a thing? The bandits here are so bold, dare to rob the county government?" When Li Chongyuan heard the guy's words, his expression was flat, but he was very suspicious in his heart.

(End of this chapter)