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Chapter 71 The life of ordinary people

The group finally returned to the county government office at sunset.

"My lord, the county magistrate is back."

Cao Lao has been sitting in the hall waiting for them.

"Master Zhao, Lord Wang, I have ordered some houses in the backyard to be cleaned up. You can rest here during this time."

"That's right, the conditions of our county government are not very good, I hope the adults don't dislike it."

Wang Deng knew it. He also lived here in previous years. The environment is very ordinary but much better than in the village.

"There are also a few soldiers outside. There are not many rooms in the county government office, and they may have to squeeze in."

Cao Lao was talking about the captain who followed Zhao Jun all the way.

"It's okay, I'll tell them later and let everyone make do with it."

Zhao Jun is not hypocritical, since he is going to the countryside, the living conditions are not so good after all.

"Master Zhao, Wang Taicang, I'll have someone take you to your room to rest first, and I'll have someone cook dinner later."

Lu Jing had just finished his work, and his body was not clean, so several of them went back to their houses and came out at dinner time.

Zhao Jun was indeed a little tired, and slept in the same room with Qingliu for a while.

She didn't wake up until it was completely dark.

Zhao Jun stayed on the bed for a while, before realizing that this is not the Xianyang Palace.

It's very dark outside, unlike Xianyang, where there are many candlelights even when it's dark.

There is almost not much light here, and from a distance, there is only a faint light near the hall of the county government.

However, what Jun Zhao didn't expect was that.

Thousands of years ago, the starlight here was so beautiful.

I don't know if there is no pollution, but when she looked up, she saw the stars all over the sky.

I don’t seem to have noticed it before, is there such a starry sky in Xianyang?
"My lord, you got up, and it happened that County Magistrate Lu called for dinner."

Qingliu was not used to the darkness here, so she led Zhao Jun to the dining hall.

As soon as she entered, she saw a few people standing by the table with several dishes already placed on it.

"Everyone stop standing, sit down quickly, don't be polite."

Zhao Jun will stay here for a few months in the future, and he doesn't want to be too far away from people.

"Where is Master Lu?"

Qingliu sat down and looked around but saw no one.

"I'm coming."

As soon as he was mentioned, he came in with something.

"Come on, everyone, try the boiled edamame. It's delicious."

Lu Jing changed his clothes, it looked like he had been washed, and his fresh look made him look younger again.

"You, did you do it?"

Qingliu couldn't believe that there are men who can cook, even though it's just boiled edamame.

"Yeah, what's the matter, I usually cook dinner by myself." Lu Jing said very normally.

Zhao Jun was also a little surprised, although it is very common for men to cook in the future.

But this was the Warring States period, and Lu Jing was simply a weirdo in comparison.

"Master Zhao has been in Xianyang and may not know much about the lives of ordinary people like us."

Lu Jing said with a smile, although it was a joke, but others would have been angry.

Qingliu glared at him secretly, but Zhao Jun didn't mind.

"I really don't know, everyone sit down and eat, and talk while eating."

There were six people sitting in the not-so-big place, namely Jun Zhao and the others plus Lu Jing, Mr. Cao, and Kong Zheng who was talking during the day.

Zhao Jun grabbed a handful of edamame because she felt it was the only thing she could eat.

"Have you not used iron pans to cook vegetables here yet?"

Zhao Jun glanced at the table, it seemed that there were some steamed vegetables and boiled water, and there was also a bowl of corn rice with some shells on it.

"The kind of stir-fried dishes you mentioned have long existed in Zhouzhou and counties, but there are almost none in our county, mainly because iron pans are difficult to handle."

"Although there is iron now, iron is basically used as a farm tool."

Zhao Jun ate a few edamame and thought it tasted good, so she understood what Lu Jing meant.

At this time, the iron was almost all pig iron, which could not be purified, and what could not be used as weapons was used as agricultural tools. Even so, it was not easy for ordinary people to obtain iron agricultural tools.

"You said you know how to cook, do you do it by yourself every day?" Zhao Jun asked again.

"I'm alone in the small county office where there is a dedicated cook. I basically cook it myself. If I don't have time, I go to Cao's house for dinner. Today's dishes are also delivered by Cao's daughter-in-law."

While eating, Lu Jing said that he really didn't regard Zhao Jun as a high-ranking official, and he could speak very casually.

"It turned out to be Mr. Cao, and he was really honored by Mr. Cao."

Zhao Jun looked at Mr. Cao with a smile, and jokingly said that he had no airs.

"Magistrate Lu said something right just now. I don't know much about the lives of ordinary people here. I want to ask you, what is their life like?"

Daqin is not only Xianyang, every ordinary county is Daqin.

"The lives of ordinary people."

Lu Jing paused and then said.

"Fangling County should be regarded as a good county in the whole Hanzhong County. The terrain here is flat and the grain harvest is good."

"Every ordinary person works very hard. During spring plowing, they get up before dawn, praying every day for good weather and good crops. But even so, in the most stable and natural disaster-free years, everyone just has enough to eat."

"Most of them have no knowledge, they wear patched clothes, and they can barely accommodate themselves."

"They don't care whether there is an iron pot or how the dishes taste. What they care about is whether there are farm tools, whether they can grow some food, and whether they can eat enough."

"They live here all their lives, and their children and grandchildren will live here all their lives."

Speaking of these people at the table are a little silent.

Mr. Cao has lived here all his life, and he has the most say in this place.

"Fangling County is very good now. When I was young, the country was not peaceful. There were fights outside every day, and many people fled. At that time, I hoped that the world would be peaceful so that we could farm safely."

"In recent years, the Qin State has been strong and prosperous, and the people have devoted themselves to farming, and far fewer people have died of starvation."

When Mr. Cao said this, he was smiling, obviously satisfied with his current life.

"Yes, the number of people who died of starvation has decreased a lot, but there is nothing left for them except barely starving to death."

"Although life is better than before, it's not enough. Who wouldn't want to live a better life?"

What Lu Jing said was high-spirited.

Qingliu felt very uncomfortable when she heard it. Although she suffered a lot when she entered the palace when she was young, she was not so poor.

"My lord, what is the life of the people here, you can see for yourself in two days."

Lu Jing said with a smile, skipping this topic, and the atmosphere relaxed a little.

Zhao Jun ate the peeled edamame and forced a smile.

Yeah, she'll know about their lives.

In fact, I have been mentally prepared.

(End of this chapter)