Cutting 1719

Chapter 346
In Yun County, Yunyang Prefecture, a group of people stood at the city gate as if they were waiting for something. The leader of them was Zheng Mingqiu, the prefect of Yunyang. After waiting for a long time, I didn't see anyone, and the anxiety on my face became more and more serious.

"Muye, where is His Majesty's holy car?"

"Master Zheng, since His Majesty said he would come to Yunyang, he must be on his way."

Wen Dingzhi, the county magistrate of Fang County, was on the sidelines to comfort him. Speaking of which, he had just returned from Nanjing not long ago, and he had some understanding of His Majesty's temperament, but he was not as anxious as others at the moment.

"Makino doesn't know something, the old man is really suffering"

Zheng Mingqiu sighed softly. Although he is considered an old minister of Ning Chu, he has another identity as a distant child of the Zheng family. After the previous coup, the Zheng family was completely expelled from the inner circle. , almost none of the people who stayed took any important positions, and now he, as the magistrate, was also in jeopardy.

Later, at the county magistrate meeting, Zheng Mingqiu still had the heart to ask Wendingzhi to see if he could say something nice to him in front of the emperor, but before he could say anything, he got the news of Wendingzhi's departure and missed this opportunity. Now that Ning Yu is inspecting Yunyang Mansion, it is the last straw in Zheng Mingqiu's heart.

The weather in August was extremely hot. Everyone waited until their faces were sweating, but they didn't see the trace of Yu Jia. They were also a little anxious. At this moment, they saw a cloud of smoke rising from the distance. Wipe the sweat off his face.

After the car driver arrived, Zheng Mingqiu led his people up and bowed to the car driver.

"I have seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

But the frame did not respond, and saw a middle-aged man walking from the side. It was Li Wen, the newly appointed head of the attendant office, and Gao Jing, the former head of the attendant office. Then it was this person who took over, and compared to Gao Jing, he felt a bit more like a spring breeze.

"Your Majesty Zheng, you don't need to be too polite. Your Majesty is not in the royal family now."

Zheng Mingqiu was a little dazed, he glanced at Li Wen, then at Wending, and could only continue to ask tentatively, "Then your majesty?"

Li Wen chuckled, "Your Majesty should go directly to the county below now, but I don't know where. Let's stay in Yun County and wait for His Majesty to come back."

Zheng Mingqiu became impatient when he heard this, "The people in Yunyang are stubborn, if someone bumps into the holy driver, then the minister deserves death, what should I do?"

On the contrary, Wending's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Your Majesty Zheng, don't worry, it's a great thing for His Majesty to go deep into the people. I'm afraid life for the people of Yunyang will be easier!"

The so-called troublesome people came out of the poor mountains and rivers, and the Yunyang Mansion has always been seriously plagued by bandits. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the imperial court has continuously sent troops to this place to suppress bandits, but with little effect. It can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

During the period of the Fuhan Army, Ning Yu visited Yunyang once, recruiting [-] soldiers in Yunyang, and also suggested some development strategies for Yunyang, but this time is different, Ning Yu visited Xunyang this time The government just hopes to find a better solution, at least to balance this situation.

This time when he inspected the counties and townships of Yunyang Prefecture, Ning Yu did not lead a large army with great fanfare, but only brought dozens of people, all the way forward in plain clothes. Of course, in order to ensure safety, the troops of the imperial guard camp are not far away If there is any problem, just send a signal and they will arrive within a quarter of an hour.

Although the weather was relatively hot, Ning Yu was not at all impatient. After all, he had led soldiers and fought in battles, so this kind of environment was really nothing to him.

"Your Majesty, the weather is really hot, I think it's better to go back to Yun County first."

Cui Wancai wiped the sweat off his face. Naturally, he didn't really say that because of the heat, but he was worried about what might happen in this remote village. Therefore, he hoped that Ning Yu could return to Yun County as soon as possible to avoid worrying the ministers in the court. .

Ning Yu shook his head lightly, "Cui Qing, I haven't achieved my goal yet, so I won't go back. As for Yun County, I can't see anything there."

When Cui Wancai heard Ning Yu's words, he felt a misunderstanding in his heart, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, although Zheng Mingqiu is related to the Zheng family, he has been conscientious since he became an official, so that's not the case."

Ning Yu shook his head and smiled wryly, "I know what Zheng Mingqiu is doing, but I don't have much relationship with him, so I wouldn't have traveled so far for a magistrate."

"Then what does His Majesty mean?"

"Let's go, we have to take a look and see to understand."

Among the counties in Yunyang Prefecture, Fangxian County is a place that Ningyu and Chongqing pay more attention to. The main reason is that besides the sturdy folk customs here, it is also an important geographical location, because Fangxian County is also known as "Fangling". The reason why it got this name is because it has the saying that "thousands of miles across, mountains and forests are everywhere, and its solid high mausoleum is like a room".

A group of people did not go directly to the county government office, but went directly to the village below. They saw lush mountains and forests along the way, and the terrain was dangerous. However, it is more of a battleground for military strategists.

"Your Majesty, back then my Fuhan army was still here and entangled with Nian Gengyao's Shaanxi soldiers here for a long time. At that time, those Qing soldiers didn't know the geographical advantage. Even though they had several times their strength, they were still played around by my army and suffered heavy losses. Then I had to leave this place.”

The face of the guide who led the way showed a bit of pride. Many soldiers who fought in Yunyang at the beginning stayed in Fangxian County after the battle and became their families.Therefore, when Ning Yu came to inspect this time, he, as the bravest and intelligent one of the soldiers back then, became Ning Yu's imperial guide.

Ning Yu nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Fang County is known as the throat of Qin and Shaanxi, and the Jingxiang barrier is not so easy to fight. Nian Gengyao is also smart and gave up the attack early, otherwise the tens of thousands of people relying on him will Sooner or later, it will be eaten by our army."

"What a throat of Qin and Shanxi, and a barrier between Jing and Xiang. Your majesty is right. This place is very prosperous. It used to be called Shangyong County, but now it is called Fang County. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Land." Cui Wancai also had a smile on his face.

While they were talking, they heard a tiger howling from the sky. The sound pierced through gold and cracked rocks, which made everyone feel flustered. Then came some human voices, but they were noisy and some could not be heard clearly.

The guide's expression became a bit dignified, and he knelt on the ground and said: "There is a tiger ahead, please stay away from this place, Your Majesty, the villain is willing to drive away tigers and beasts for Your Majesty."

Ning Yu's face was also a little dark, and he didn't speak. He just took the musket from the guard at the side and walked forward without the slightest fear on his face.

"The emperor can't."

Gan Fengchi and Cui Wancai shouted at the same time, they felt somewhat panicked at the moment, it didn't matter if the others died or not, but this is His Majesty the Son of Heaven, how could there be any accident?
Ning Yu didn't care about them, but walked straight forward. The guards on the side had no choice but to keep up. Gan Fengchi stood in front of Ning Yu, so that in case of any accident, he could be there immediately. Reflected, and then pounced on.

A fierce tiger appeared in their field of vision. At the same time, there were three hunters standing side by side. Their faces were covered with sweat, but they didn't know whether they were hot or scared. One of them held a bow and arrow, and the other two Take the hatchet.

"Ow"

The tiger let out a roar, obviously it had spotted the approaching humans, which made it a little flustered, and began to step back gradually, but it still seemed a little hesitant.

"boom--"

Ning Yu pulled the trigger very decisively, and saw that after the huge roar, the tiger rushed forward a few steps, but his body was struggling a bit, and seeing that there were bloodstains everywhere on the ground, it seemed that he had been shot just now. One shot, now it's just stiffening.

The guards hurriedly stood in front of Ning Yu, they were worried that the tiger was not dead, and it would be very dangerous to think about it if it was dying, so they stood in front of them one by one.

When the hunters saw the tiger was injured, they rushed over. With the concerted efforts of the three of them, the tiger was brought down to the ground.One of them pulled out a knife and carefully pierced it into the tiger's eye. The tiger let out a roar, and then died.

"Thank you for your help, the villain is grateful!"

One of the leading hunters knelt down on the ground with a look of fear on his face. He glanced at the brother who was skinning, gritted his teeth and said, "This tiger skin, tiger bone, tiger whip and other things are given to all the nobles. , can you give me the rest of the tiger meat?"

Ning Yu showed a bit of curiosity on his face, and said with a smile: "Everyone knows that the most valuable part of a tiger is usually tiger skin and bones. Why do you only want tiger meat?"

"Thanks to the help of the nobles, this tiger was killed just now. This tiger should have been given to the nobles in the first place, but my brother and I still need to exchange the tiger meat for salt, so I also hope that the nobles can give me the tiger meat. .”

When Ning Yu heard this, he immediately asked, "Change salt? Is it possible that Fang County is still short of salt?"

"What's lacking. It's not just lack of salt, everything is lacking. The villain is also helpless, so he took his brother to hunt in this mountain forest. It was unexpected that he met a tiger." Orion sighed a little helplessly.

Ning Yu's face was a bit gloomy. He knocked on the dead tiger, then glanced at Cui Wancai, and said gloomyly: "It seems that the tiger can really eat people."

Cui Wancai heaved a long sigh, staring at the tiger in a daze.

For the Orion, the tiger was the hope of his family, but for Yu Ningyu, it was nothing. He gave the whole tiger to the Orion, but there was only one small request, that is, to follow the Orion back home. Check out the village.

When Orion saw that the nobles did not want the tiger, he was elated, and naturally he agreed, and he yelled at the two brothers to lift the tiger up, and took Ning Yu and others back to the village along the path.

It is called a village, but it is actually a dozen or so farm families at the foot of the mountain. They have opened up about [-] acres of Susukida. Obviously, it is difficult to feed more people. It is not difficult to imagine how Orion and others live in their daily lives.

"Father, you are back! You even killed such a big tiger!"

A seven or eight-year-old child saw the crowd from a long distance away. He jumped over and looked at the ferocious tiger without any fear. On the contrary, his smile was even brighter.

Orion picked up the child, with an honest smile on his face, "Son, we can have a good meal today!" After saying this, he carried the child to one of the courtyards. At the same time, the two brothers greeted Ning Yu and the others, and squeezed into the not-so-spacious courtyard together.

Ning Yu looked at the yard, and saw that although the yard was cleaned cleanly, it looked very poor. There was hardly any furniture that could be seen, and even the barn was empty, and the grain in it just covered the bottom of the tank. .

Orion's wife is a simple and honest woman. She didn't even dare to look at Ning Yu and others. After taking over the tiger, she began to skin and kill the meat. meals.

Ning Yu ate this meal, but it was very sweet. He didn't seem to have the worry just now. He waited until everyone had finished eating, and then dragged Orion to start chatting about the daily routine.

"Brother, I think you are also a man, but our family's life seems to be not so good. After we finish this meal, the rice in the barn is empty!" Although Ning Yu was chattering, but these words It's also really blunt.

Orion was a little embarrassed, rubbed his hands together, lowered his head and said, "Isn't all of us ordinary people living like this, before my family starved to death?"

Ning Yu suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a low voice: "Then why? Could it be that the local county magistrate never cared about you?"

Before Orion opened his mouth, the brother Orion on the side muttered: "The magistrate of the county is far away from our emperor Tiangao, how can he take care of it? The land protection here is not a good thing, and he forced my brother to go Pick old mushrooms for him in the mountains."

Orion was a little unhappy immediately, he pulled his younger brother, and then smiled wryly: "The master's business, the villain just does it."

Hearing this, Ning Yu gradually understood in his heart, but there is still one thing to ask, and he said kindly: "Brother, I heard you said that you want to trade that tiger meat for salt?"

"Yeah, this man can't live without salt. The salt at home has been cut off for a long time. I'll take it to the landlord to exchange for salt. It's a hundred catties of tiger meat, and it shouldn't be a problem to exchange ten catties of salt."

"Why go to exchange salt with the landlord?"

Ning Yu was gnashing his teeth a little bit. He really didn't think that his people didn't have enough salt until now. You must know that when Ning Yu came to this era, the first thing he did was to make salt. A slap in the face was slapped hard.

Orion seemed to feel something was wrong. He obviously found that the actions of the people in front of him were not ordinary people, so he could only say: "We ordinary people have to go to the land insurance company to buy salt, and those peddlers can't get in. The price is naturally high." We have to settle for land insurance, but it is much more expensive than outside."

(End of this chapter)