The Reborn Wife is Farming

Fan Zijin and Qi Haoran stood at the entrance of the town, looking at the disaster victims sitting on the ground in surprise, they scratched their heads, and said doubtfully, "I haven't heard of a disaster in the south of the Yangtze River recently."

This is a fairly large town, and there are nearly 200 disaster victims gathered here at the entrance of the town, which can be seen in other places.

The two of them frowned and walked in, finding an inn to rest.

They didn't sleep well last night, and they didn't have breakfast or lunch today. They were too hungry to walk, so they decided to stay for a day's rest and leave after eating, regardless of the fact that the sun was at noon.

Because they have a lot of money, they sleep in the best guest rooms and eat the best meals. After they are full, they remember to ask the waiter, "Why are there so many victims outside? Could it be that there is another flood somewhere?"

Drought and flood are the most common natural disasters in the south of the Yangtze River. Drought is impossible this month, but flood is possible.

Xiao Er glanced at the two of them, and saw that although their clothes were wrinkled, they were brocades, and the two of them had delicate skin and tender flesh. At first glance, they looked like sons of rich families. People from the south of the Yangtze River came from the Northland, and I heard that last winter Dajin went south to hunt the Grass Valley and burned many villages, and some entire towns were slaughtered. These are refugees who escaped from the Northland.”

Seeing that the two of them couldn't bear it, Xiaoer said: "Our place is not bad, after all, it is close to the capital. If you go further north, you will meet more refugees, with families and children. I heard from the merchants who came and went. , Some refugees were so hungry that they ate human flesh, and when they left Lin'an Mansion, bandits were rampant, most of them were forced to become bandits."

Qi Haoran's eyes widened and he asked, "Don't tell me the court has no countermeasures?"

"Hey, the young master is still counting on the emperor? He even lost half of the country left by his ancestors, and now he is in the capital. How can he care about the lives of the people?"

Xiao Er wiped his hands and left.

Qi Haoran was so angry that he breathed out, "How is the emperor so different from the faint king?"

Fan Zijin knew better because he was trained by the master, and said: "In fact, the imperial court has allocated food for relief, although it is not much, but it will not be completely ignored, but the emperor is extravagant, and the officials below are also greedy. , The allocated food money started to be corrupted by Prime Minister Qin, and when it was in the hands of the common people, none of it survived, so there were so many refugees who fell into bandits."

"Then the emperor doesn't care?"

Fan Zijin said indifferently: "How do you manage it? He is the biggest corrupt leader. Since the capital was moved to Lin'an, the palace in Lin'an has been expanding. The project just finished last year. It is said that the emperor has taken a fancy to the warm soup on Daming Mountain in the western suburbs. To build a palace on it, to keep warm in winter, and to escape the heat in summer, the household department has to pay part of the money, and the other part has to be paid from his internal treasury. Over the years, the emperor has been building a lot and selecting beauties. Do you think he still has money in the internal treasury? How much?"

Fan Zijin is naturally sensitive to numbers. Although he doesn't know the inside story of the emperor's internal treasury, he has only set his capital in Lin'an for more than ten years. As long as he has the heart, he can calculate some, and the cost can be estimated by simply inquiring about the size of the palace. What's more, his father was an official of the Ministry of Households before, so he could always get some news. After making a comprehensive guess, he said: "Part of the relief money went into the emperor's internal treasury, but it was just to find a reason to transfer the money from the Ministry of Households to the internal treasury. Ku, he himself is greedy, so naturally he can't control the officials below, otherwise they wouldn't dare to be so blatant near Lin'an Mansion.

Qi Haoran opened his mouth wide, filled with grief and indignation as if blocked by a stone, could this be his country? Will he be loyal to such an emperor and court in the future?

Seeing that his eye circles were red, Fan Zijin sighed slightly, patted his shoulder and did not speak.

He was also very sad and confused when he deduced this matter. For a moment, he felt that studying was useless, because even if he entered the imperial examination, he was loyal to such an emperor and such a court. thing.

But seeing his father oppressing his mother like this, making his mother and him angry, seeing his uncle insulting Haoran like this, he always felt a fire in his heart, and he couldn't swallow that breath.

Both my father and my uncle belong to people who are weak when the enemy is strong, especially my uncle. It's not that Fan Zijin despises him, but from his point of view, my uncle is a mercenary villain. If one day he has more power than him If he is big, then he must submit to him, and then he will stand up for Haoran and see how he bullies Haoran.

With such a goal in mind, Fan Zijin steadfastly studied hard even though he hated it.

But now that he ran away from home, it seemed that he was far away from being an official in the imperial examination. Fan Zijin no longer blindly comforted himself, but began to face up to the problems of the empire.

Fan Zijin looked at the refugees passing by on the street outside, and Qi Haoran said: "If the imperial court doesn't resettle these refugees, I'm afraid it will lead to a catastrophe."

He lowered his voice and said, "Military disaster!"

Qi Haoran was immediately worried.

Fan Zijin patted his head and got up and said, "Okay, no matter what disasters happen in the future, let's take care of ourselves first. After riding for more than a day, my bones are about to fall apart. Let's go buy two Put on your clothes, come back, take a hot bath and have a good sleep."

Qi Haoran nodded thoughtfully, and followed Fan Zijin to the clothing store to choose two sets of clothes for a change of clothes. When they came out, they didn't bring anything. It was all kinds of conveniences, but they found all kinds of inconveniences when they went out.

The clothes need to be bought new, and the shoes and socks need to be replaced. The two teenagers who visited the ready-made clothing store for the first time expressed their mental and physical exhaustion.

When the two of them finally bought everything and went back to the inn, it was past noon. They called Xiao Er and asked him to prepare two buckets of hot water for them to take a bath.

Xiao Er stared at the two of them with wide eyes, then turned his head to look at the bright sun outside, and asked in surprise, "Now?"

Qi Haoran nodded solemnly, "It's now."

Xiao Er twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "You two young masters, what should you do if you can't sleep in the middle of the day and sleep at night?"

The two teenagers said that such a thing would never happen, Fan Zijin said seriously: "Master, I can sleep for three days in one sleep, do you believe it or not?"

Xiao Er suppressed the smile on the corner of his mouth, and said in harmony: "Those two are waiting, you are not too busy now, two buckets of hot water will be delivered immediately."

Fan Zijin nodded in satisfaction, took out a dime from Qi Haoran's pocket and threw it to him, saying, "This is your reward."

Xiao Er was overjoyed, bowed again and again and said: "Just wait, the hot water will be brought to you two immediately."

After taking a bath, the two teenagers immediately spread out on the bed. Fan Zijin kicked Qi Haoran and said, "I'm asleep, so you should be more alert, don't let anyone tie us up or take away our money."

Qi Haoran stuffed the oiled paper bag with the bank note under the pillow, turned over sleepily and said, "Don't worry, with me here, who would dare to be a thief?"

Fan Zijin fell asleep in peace of mind, and Qi Haoran started snoring after a while. The two of them were hungry and tired last night, and they were out in the wild, so they couldn't sleep well at all. Now that they are in a warm inn, they naturally opened their doors to sleep. .

And when they were sleeping in the dark, the people Xia Tong and Fan Siwen sent to find them rushed ahead of them and went all the way north to find them, successfully missing the two teenagers.