I was a famous teacher in ancient times

Chapter 586
As night fell, there was no starlight in the night sky tonight. After the team had dinner, Yang Xi and his wife returned to rest in the carriage. The refitted carriage was like an ancient small caravan. Sleeping in the carriage at night was more comfortable than a tent.

There was a bang, and it rained heavily along with the thunder. Fortunately, the preparations for this trip were well prepared, and the tents were enough for everyone to shelter from the wind and rain.

Yang Xi and his wife were awakened by thunder in the middle of the night. Their resting place was far away from the hillside, and they were not afraid of sudden landslides. The only thing they should worry about was how to get on the road tomorrow.

Yang Xi wore a woolen shawl and looked at the faint light outside the car through the glass window, "This rain is not small."

Zhou Yu's mind is full of potholes and dirt roads, "No matter how good the performance of the carriage is, the muddy and dilapidated road is still not suitable for driving."

Yang Xi was also very worried, "I just hope that the heavy rain will stop soon."

It's a pity that Yang Xi's wish didn't come true, the heavy rain didn't stop, and the potholes on the road were full of water.

Holding an umbrella, Yang Xi looked up at the still gray sky, "It seems that we are going to stay here."

With such a heavy rain, they couldn't pack up their tents and leave. Instead of rushing in embarrassment, they might as well rest in place.

Zhou Yu looked at the muddy stream, "The water source here is unusable."

Yang Xi pointed to the direction when he came, "I remember there is a village not far away, you can go to the village to get water."

"we can only do this."

Zhou Yu asked the servant to go to the village to have a look. His servant, Cheng Jin, was with him two years ago. On the surface, Cheng Jin was a servant, but his real identity was the personal guard arranged by Xixuan.

Yang Xi doesn't like rainy days now, no matter how much he likes rain, he will become numb in rainy seasons. After seeing a lot of rain in these years, Yang Xi can no longer arouse his love for rainy days.

After a brief wash, Yang Xi returned to the carriage. It rained half the night last night, and there was already moisture in the carriage.

After a while, Zhu Hong brought a charcoal basin and put it in the carriage to dry the moisture.

When Cheng Jin came back, he also brought back two middle-aged men in coir raincoats, and Zhou Yu got out of the carriage himself to show respect.

The two middle-aged men looked tense, and they encouraged themselves as upright men, "There are many vacant yards in the village. If the nobles need to rest, these vacant yards can be used for the nobles to rest."

Zhou Yu looked at Cheng Jin, and Cheng Jin replied, "The courtyard in the village is not bad. I don't know when the rain will stop. Why don't you go to the village to shelter from the rain, sir."

Zhou Yu looked back at his daughter-in-law in the carriage, "What do you mean?"

Yang Xi looked at the tent, she thought it was too troublesome to clean it up, "It's too troublesome."

Zhou Yu didn't want to bother, and said to the man, "Please take this trip, we won't go to the village."

Lizheng's eyes were a little sad. Why did he dare to come here? It was all because he observed the team yesterday and heard that the water in the village was needed. He could feel kindness, so he dared to move his mind. When you are poor, you become more courageous to be poor.

Yang Xi suddenly said, "Are you Lizheng in the village?"

Lizheng remembered that he hadn't introduced himself yet, so he replied cautiously, "The villain is Lizheng of the village."

Yang Xi pointed to the patrolling guards, "There are many people in our group, and we need a lot of vegetables every day. Because of the heavy rain, I stopped here to rest. I want to buy vegetables from the village. Of course, it would be better if there are eggs."

Li Zheng's eyes widened and he hurriedly responded, "I'll send it to you in a while."

Yang Xi had a gentle smile on his face, "We will give you a fair price, so Lizheng can rest assured."

Lizheng was already ready to sell vegetables at a low price in his heart, he didn't dare to look at the noble lady, and said in an excited tone: "The noble is kind, and the villain is grateful."

Li Zheng left quickly with his brothers. Their entire village was too poor. The village needed money as well as food. Li Zheng was afraid that the nobleman would repent, so he walked faster and faster and finally ran.

An hour later, Lizheng brought the villagers to deliver the vegetables. There were not only vegetables in more than a dozen baskets, but also a lot of fish and eggs.

Zhou Yu personally paid the money, and also gave an extra two catties of salt as a reward for water.

After Mr. Li waited for the villagers to leave, his eyes were complicated. Several villagers were in tattered clothes, as if they had fled.

Zhou Yu saw that Young Master Li was still staring at the villagers' clothes: "I can't afford food, let alone cloth."

Third Young Master Li lowered his eyes, the more he compares, the more he agrees with Yang Xixuan's rule, this is really not a good sign!

In the capital city, the door of Ye Shun's house was smashed, and Ye Shun and Qi San walked out of the house. They looked at each other and could hear the pleading voices of the neighbors.

The door of Ye Shun's house was smashed down again, and Qi Sancai went to open the door, and there was an official standing outside the door, followed by five or six soldiers.

The officer's face was sour, seeing Qi San yelled, "Are you deaf?"

Qi San carefully apologized, "The villain was frightened at first, please don't care about the villain."

As he said that, he took out a money bag from his arms, and there were more than 30 copper coins in it, all of which were stuffed into the hands of the officials.

The officer opened it and looked very ugly, "Bah, poor ghost."

Qi San nodded and bowed, "My lord is right, the villain will definitely earn more copper coins to honor my lord in the future."

The officer's face looked better now, "Okay, you hurry up and bring out twenty catties of grain, I have to go to the next household."

Ye Shun pursed his lips and stepped forward, "My lord, there are a lot of people in this villain's house, and there are no shops selling grain in the city, so there really isn't much food in this villain's house, please forgive me."

The officer heard a lot of similar words along the way, snorted and raised his hand, and the already impatient soldiers rushed into the yard with a clear goal and went straight to the kitchen.

Qi San clenched his fists, and Ye Shun ran to the kitchen one step ahead, only to see that the large vat containing grain was opened, and the soldiers were filling the bags with grain.

Ye Shun hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it, "Master, this is the last food in the family, please do me a favor and leave some food for our family."

The soldier's movements were not slow, he had already filled more than [-] catties of grain, and he didn't stop until the grain in the tank bottomed out. He looked at the kitchen again, saw dried pickles hanging in the kitchen, and confirmed that the whole kitchen was worthless. Yes, and then left with the food.

Ye Shun sat down at the door of the kitchen, muttering, "Food, the last food in the house."

The officials didn't care about the life and death of Ye Shun's family, and went to the next household with food, and then the same situation happened again.

The whole street resounded with cries. The people in this street were doing well. Like Ye Shun's family, many families were either accountants or stewards.

This time the compulsory food collection, every household has no food storage, and the life of the whole street has become sad.

Qi San closed the door. Fortunately, there is a secret passage in their house, and there is enough food stored in the secret passage. Qi San carefully helped Uncle Ye up, "Uncle, this time is for food collection. Next time, is it compulsory for conscription?"

Ye Shun was worried about this, "Hey, I'm worried about conscription."

Qi San patted his chest, "Uncle, if you want to be drafted, let me serve as a soldier."

At least he can survive with his skills, and the other half-children can only die if they go to serve as soldiers.

Ye Shun frowned, "There is no conscription yet. The most important thing is that every household has no food. How can we live on?"

Qi San cursed in a low voice, "Damn the world."

The next day, the heavy rain in Yizhou finally stopped, and Yang Xi and his party set off again. The muddy road was very difficult to walk, and they managed to find a town to rest in the afternoon.

The town is not as prosperous as it used to be, the streets are very depressed, and the people passing by are hurrying with their bags in their arms.

When Yang Xi entered the town, he saw a row of children with straw stuck in their heads. The children were skinny, and their parents or relatives were squatting or standing behind them.

Yang Xi and his party booked the entire inn. Seeing that it was still early, Yang Xi was thinking about the children, and the husband and wife left the inn with guards.

When we arrived at the entrance of the town, there were only a few scattered children left in the row just now. The children were all eleven or twelve years old, and they were all boys.

(End of this chapter)