Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 713 Beautiful Woman (Please Subscribe!)
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Tokyo suburbs.

A convoy of fifteen carriages was approaching from afar.

When the convoy got closer, some passers-by were shocked to find that the owner of the convoy turned out to be a beautiful woman.

This beautiful woman is wearing a white floor-length dress, with pink patterns embroidered on the wide hem, and a smokey purple light silk that is about ten feet long is wrapped around her arm. She has a thin waist and is tied with a purple emerald brocade belt. On the top, the black hair is tied with a lavender ribbon, and a few strands of hair hang down mischievously on the shoulders, making the fragile skin even whiter. No makeup is applied on the face, but it still cannot hide its stunning appearance , Her expression is indifferent, like a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world.

This beautiful woman's surname is "Li" and her husband's surname is "Zhao". They were originally left behind in Zizhou.

A year ago, the Jin people were defeated and went south. Zhao Liushou was promoted to an official because of his meritorious service in calming down deserters and disrupting order. Seeing that the future was brighter.

Unexpectedly, after only half a year, the Jin people went south again, and Li Yan, the king of Liaodong, also sent troops to the Central Plains.

Zhao Liushou is a man who has read a lot of poetry and books. How could he do the things of the second minister?

In the Chinese army, um... At that time, it should have been called the Liangshan Army. When it hit Zizhou, Zhao Liushou was really powerless to resist, so he could only leave with his seal.

After that, Zhao Liushou and Li Shi lived a pastoral life of farming and weaving.

The couple wanted to live like this until they were old.

Unexpectedly, not long ago, Zhao Liushou heard the bad news that his mother died in Jiangning (later Nanjing City), so he hurried south to attend the funeral.

Soon after Zhao Liushou left, the Li family got the news that King Zhao Kang had ascended the throne in Yingtianfu, Nanjing and became the tenth emperor of Zhao Song.

Not long after, the Li family heard another news that the Sino-Kim war broke out, and the Song army was defeated and retreated to the south of the Yangtze River.

Seeing that, the Zhong Song Dynasty will draw the river and rule it.

Mrs. Li couldn't help worrying—although the distance between Zizhou and Jiangning was not too far, once the Song Dynasty ruled the river, the two places would belong to the two countries.If the relationship between the two countries becomes more tense, it will be very difficult for her to see her husband Zhao Liushou again. Maybe they will part ways.

After thinking for two days, Mrs. Li made a bold decision-go south to find her own officials.

Mrs. Li didn't want to do that either, but Mrs. Li knew very well that officials were unwilling and would not be ministers. Therefore, once the Song and Song Dynasties belonged to the two countries, the officials probably would not come back.

Therefore, in order not to be separated from the officials, Mrs. Li started to sort out, select and collect and prepare to go south.

Mrs. Li is not an ordinary person in the world, except for the classics in her collection, there is nothing she can't give up.

However, just books and some clothes, Li still loaded a full fifteen carts.

This made it difficult for Mrs. Li - it was an impossible task to transport fifteen carts from Zizhou to Jiangning in this time of chaos!

Mrs. Li wanted to take the water route to the East China Sea, cross the Huai River with boats, and then cross the river to Jiankang.

But now the waterway has been blocked by the Chinese army. Years of famines and military disasters have caused a large amount of food shortage in the Central Plains, and the people in the Central Plains have suffered from hunger. Korea, Japan, and Taiwan simultaneously delivered food to the Central Plains. At the same time, the Ministry of Communications also ordered all ships to be conscripted for a fee, all waterways to be temporarily closed, and all forces to deliver food to the Central Plains.

Under such circumstances, Li's plan to go to Jiangning by water is naturally difficult to implement.

As a result, Li can only go to Jiangning by land.

To be honest, Mrs. Li was very reluctant to go to Jiangning by land.

In Li's view, bandits and bandits are bound to run amok on the land route, and it is very unlikely that she can reach Jiangning smoothly.

But Mrs. Li was even more unwilling to part ways with her husband.

So, gritting her teeth, Li finally chose to go to Jiangning by land.

however--

What Li Shi never expected was that the road was far safer than she imagined.

Along this road, there are Chinese troops everywhere to maintain order.

Moreover, Mrs. Li also heard that the Chinese army is suppressing bandits everywhere, and, so far, all the famous bandits in Shandong have basically been wiped out by the Chinese army.

In addition, there is a hall in thirty miles, a post station in ten miles, and a pavilion in five miles. Li can find a safe place to rest wherever he goes.

That is, the prices of post houses, post stations, and post kiosks are several times more expensive than other places.

But Mrs. Li can also understand that these posthouses, posthouses, and posthouses have a large number of guards to maintain security, and it is normal to supply seasonal vegetables, fresh fish, and fine wines that are urgently needed at the moment, which are more expensive than private stores.

All in all, Mrs. Li, who thought it would be a difficult journey, came to Tokyo from Zizhou without any surprises.

After walking all the way and looking at it all the way, Li Shi had a faint idea: it seems that it is not bad for the king of Liaodong to sit in this world.

Mrs. Li, who often discusses people's livelihood and livelihood with her husband, knows very well how miserable the people in Shandong, Hebei and other places have been in recent years.

Not to mention the two years when the Jin people went south, the people in the two places are almost living in hell.

Even the few years before the Jin people went south, the people in the two places were miserable. There were rebels and bandits everywhere, and people starved to death everywhere. hoped.

Along the way, Mrs. Li observed:

Although the faces of the people were still pale, there were no people who starved to death on the road, let alone rebels and bandits.

There are help points everywhere.

Near each post house, there is also a medical point for the common people to watch soldiers for free, and even the medicinal materials are given away for free.

Moreover, there are paid jobs everywhere, roads are being built everywhere, rivers are being cleared, posthouses are being built, schools are being built, medical centers are being built, banks are being built, and all kinds of infrastructure are being built. As long as you are not lazy, a grown man can do it One day's work can get one bucket of food and two cents of money, which is enough for a family of five to eat for two or three days. Even women and children can also be recruited to do some work that does not require a lot of effort. You can also get half a bucket of food and a penny of money. It can be said that all the people have a way of life.

How could the Li family who has read poetry and books not understand that the Dazhong court is doing work for relief?
Seeing the common people regain their vitality bit by bit, they may live a life of peace and contentment, and hearing the praises of the new emperor and the new court everywhere, and the Li family who has been loyal to Zhao and Song along with her husband, he couldn't help being a little shaken, he kept asking himself : "Will the restoration of the Zhao family be better than Dazhong?"

This question has troubled Li all the way, and he still has no answer.

The convoy entered the area of ​​Tokyo and walked forward for a while, when a posthouse suddenly appeared in front of it.

Far away, there was a postman who shouted loudly: "Guest officer, let's go in and have a rest. This is the last posthouse before you reach Bianliang City. If you miss it, you can only drive in the dark and come in tomorrow morning." the city."

In early spring and April, although the weather has warmed up, people can still freeze to death at night.

Besides, Mrs. Li is not in a hurry to hurry, she even plans to visit relatives in Bianliang City, stay with relatives for a few days, and then go south.

So, upon hearing the postman's call, Mrs. Li rushed to the errand boy sitting on the shaft and said, "Shunzi, please go and inform us that we will rest at the posthouse tonight."

The boy named "Shunzi", after hearing the master's order, complied with his promise, and then notified the carriage drivers one by one, and then led the team to the posthouse...

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(End of this chapter)