Beautiful step by step

Chapter 111

The first thing Yan Heng did after he took office was to rush into the sea of ​​fire in Youzhou City without hesitation. After putting out the fire in the courtyard, he worked tirelessly to clean up the "ruins" with the Northwest Army, and cleaned up the first scene of the fire. .

Only the husband and wife knew how much of it was for Wei Kui's personal belongings, and he reluctantly added a little Ayun who was playing crookedly.In the eyes of Emperor Qinglong, the people of Youzhou, and even the herdsmen who came from afar, although the officials of Youliang and Liangzhou were also organizing firefighting, most of them stayed outside the city, and there was no trace of a wrinkle in their official robes. On the body, concentrate on doing command work.

Among such a group of well-dressed officials, the commanding envoy of Yan Dai, who took the lead, was particularly eye-catching.Especially when he rode out of Youzhou City on a horse like a black charcoal head, the people who saw him along the way were very moved. This is the source of rice, flour, grain and oil piled up to half a person's height.

Facing so many things, Wei Wei felt a little headache.The rice and noodles are easy to handle, just put them away and eat slowly, but what about the pile of vegetables that are obviously just picked this morning, and the leaves are still covered with dew?They won't last for two days.

"Madam, why don't we send it to the victims?" Gu Yu suggested.

Wei Wei nodded: "I've thought of this a long time ago, it's fine to send these over today. If the common people send them over tomorrow, why don't we continue to send them to the victims?"

"There's nothing wrong with that."

Seeing Gu Yu's face as a matter of course, Wei Wei looked around.This area is full of officials' families cooking, and at the time of meal time, many servants came from the east with vegetables and meat.The two temporary tents on the east side are disaster relief agencies urgently established by the imperial court, and their biggest function is to distribute supplies.

She remembered that the Northwest Army said from door to door that they could receive daily necessities there during the firefighting period.And these things were urgently dispatched from the nearest town. There was a shortage of supplies in a short period of time, and each household had a ration.

"There are so many meat and vegetables distributed by the Disaster Relief Agency?"

Seeing her doubts, Gu Yu explained with a smile: "Those are not enough, the extra part was brought here spontaneously by the common people."

"Spontaneous? Give money?"

Gu Yu looked at her in surprise: "How could they ask for money, this is the receptionist."

She knew it would be like this!It is an honor to invite the leader to dinner, and there is no reason for the leader to pay for it out of pocket.But now there are so many officials outside the city of Youzhou, and the fire will not be extinguished in a day or two, so should they just keep eating like this?

Wei Wei has been in the millet business, and from the mouth of the patriarch Yan, she has a certain idea of ​​the grain yield per mu of Dayue.Unlike the various improved seeds of later generations, most of which are mechanized and often produce more than a thousand catties per mu, ancient agriculture is purely manual and at most relies on cattle farming, and the grain output is also extremely low.It sounds exaggerated to have more than ten acres of land per person. In fact, the yield of these ten acres is not necessarily greater than the one mu of later generations.

After a year of hard work, the food is harvested and the head tax is paid, and the rest is the rations of ordinary people for a year.This year is a bumper year, and every household has surplus food after the autumn harvest.Even so, it is impossible for so many people to eat it every day, and all the people's food is provided to the officials. Could it be that they will drink the northwest wind for a whole year?
"Ah Mao is still angry?"

Realizing that his status is not comparable to that of the crown prince in a short period of time, Yan Heng, who broke away from him for a while, went out.Seeing Wei Wei's appearance, his heart skipped a beat.

"Yes."

Didn't you coax it just now?Although he was puzzled, Yan Heng still felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

"In the afternoon I..."

It's all going on, Wei Wei hurriedly stopped him: "That matter has been explained clearly, and the story has already been turned over."

Yan Heng breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What's going on?"

Although I thought a lot in my heart, Wei Wei was still a little unconfident when I said it: "I don't know if I think too much about this, after all, everyone has been doing it like this. If I want to say it, you have to make sure you don't laugh at me .”

Yan Heng looked solemn: "Ah Mao's thinking is definitely not wrong."

That's about the same.With her assurance, Wei Wei looked in the direction of the Disaster Relief Agency.

"The Disaster Relief Administration didn't seem to have enough vegetables and meat for everyone, and the people in Youzhou sent some more. But what they sent was this autumn's harvest, and they sent it for nothing after a busy year. We ate all the food, and the next year What do they eat? Ah Heng, I'm afraid that after the fire in Youzhou City is extinguished, there will be another batch of victims."

Wei Wei actually understood very well in his heart, in fact, the matter of sending food and vegetables was just like offering love in the past.When I was in school, my homeroom teacher said to show love, and after work, the leader asked everyone to help the disaster-stricken area. How many people are actually willing to show and help?However, under the absolute power and influence, no one dared to speak out against it, and most people could only follow the trend.Not only that, occasionally encountering real family difficulties, classmates or colleagues who can't afford money, everyone will secretly despise him.

The same is true for the people of Youzhou today, who is willing to take out the rations they have harvested after a year of hard work.But the emperor is here, the officials want to look good, and if they are suppressed layer by layer, ordinary people can only be taken advantage of.

"Another batch of disaster victims?"

Yan Heng smacked these five words, and finally made up his mind after a while.

"Ah Mao is right, I'm going to see His Majesty right now."

Looking at the surprised faces of the servants around, Wei Wei had a premonition.In this way, Yan Heng and her, who were already excluded, would be further isolated.But now that she is a dead pig, she is not afraid of boiling water. Anyway, she has been isolated.
"By the way, Ah Heng took Batu with him."

Seeing Yan Heng's puzzled face, she explained: "The emperor said in the oral order that Batu's father is a Mongolian warrior, and he will go with him to thank him no matter what."

Ulan's mother, who has been busy with the barbecue, raised her head, her expression was a little excited, and her babble was a string of Mongolian.Although I have come into contact with many Oirat merchants and Mongols, their national language, Weiwei, is still darkened and I can't understand a single word.

Fortunately, she had Yan Heng as an interpreter, and Yan Heng approached her in a low voice, "Mother Wulan meant that the emperor meant to praise me. Papa Batu is just an ordinary person and cannot be called a warrior." .”

Not only that, but he also explained the most puzzling point by the way.

"In the hearts of the Mongols, a warrior is a very solemn title. Just like Dai Viet has many cabinet ministers, but only the chief and assistant cabinet ministers can be honored as the prime minister. The Mongol warriors must be brave and fearless, and they are bestowed by the Khan The hero of the golden sword."

It turned out that there was a cultural difference between Mongolian and Han. Wei Wei walked up to Ulan's mother and said, "Our emperor is your khan now. No, the emperor is more powerful than your khan. The emperor said it all, Batu My father is a warrior, so Ulan's mother asked him to go with him."

"Mom, I'm the only man in the family, I want to thank the emperor on behalf of my father at Changshengtian."

Seeing Batu speaking so firmly, Ulan's mother did not object after all.Following behind Yan Heng, the two walked towards the luxurious royal tent with the golden roof in the center of the camp.

When Yan Heng arrived, Emperor Qinglong had just finished his dinner, and while watching the urgently sent memorial at eight hundred miles from the capital, he was distracted and listened to the report of the day's interesting events.

The reason for being distracted is because everyone in Youzhou City is currently fighting the fire, and there is nothing important at all.After listening for a long time, there are two interesting things today.First, the people of Youzhou spontaneously organized and sent rice, flour, grain and oil, which completely eased the tense situation of the Disaster Relief Department; second, Yan Heng, the newly appointed commander of Liangzhou Wei, rushed to the city to put out the fire on his first day in office.

"Oh? He really rushed in like that?"

Asked suspiciously, Emperor Qinglong was not very happy.The most important thing for an official is not to do it himself, but to position himself in time and know what he should do.The most important thing for Yan Heng's new commander is to trap the subordinate officials and reorganize [-]% of the troops in the northwest held by the Liangzhou guards.

"That's right, many people saw it just now, Master Yan rushed out of the scene of fire with a face of ashes."

Thinking twice and speaking without hesitation, Emperor Qinglong frowned more and more: "Go and call Yan Heng to me."

Those important officials in the court were right, Yan Heng was too young after all.There are not so many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, and many times he doesn't know what he is going to do.But this is not a big flaw. People who are stupid and greedy are hopeless. Those who are inexperienced can be taught slowly, and those who are smart will always get it right.

Sansi led the order to go out, just opened the tent door, he saw the person he was looking for was in front of the imperial tent, begging the guards to see His Majesty.

"Master Yan came just in time, the emperor is ordering our family to pass you on."

Taking Batu forward, Yan Heng cupped his hands and said, "You have to think twice about father-in-law. This is Batu, the son of my savior. Today, the emperor personally named the benefactor a Mongolian warrior. pass it on.”

After finishing speaking, Yan Heng still cupped his hands and bowed slightly.

After following Emperor Qinglong for many years, think twice about what kind of person you haven't seen.Those ministers in the capital were fine individuals, and they were more polite to him in front of him, but they still laughed at him as an eunuch in private.However, although Lord Yan in front of him only spoke in a normal way, for some reason, he felt equal in his bones.Regardless of whether he is an eunuch or not, and regardless of whether he is favored or not, in Lord Yan's eyes, he is a person worthy of equal treatment. This recognition makes Sansi feel at ease from the bottom of his heart.

"Master Yan, wait for a moment, our family will go pass the transmission."

Sansi came out again not long after entering the account. After the two entered, Batu expressed his thanks in fluent Chinese.

Emperor Qinglong was surprised: "You Mongolian boy, you speak Chinese so well, are all Mongolians like you?"

Batu shook his head, and said with a simple and honest face: "Master Yan taught me Han Chinese. He is the best teacher. The emperor is very kind. He even brought us food when it snowed heavily in winter. Many Mongolians are grateful to you." , I really want to learn Chinese.”

The more honest and straightforward a person is, the easier it is for people to believe what they say.The Mongols wanted to be naturalized because they were grateful to him. Emperor Qinglong immediately believed this word from a straightforward Mongolian child.Under Long Xin's joy, looking at Yan Heng who was kneeling on the ground, he also became patient.

"Commander Yan asked to see him, why?"

(End of this chapter)