I was the richest man in Da Song

Chapter 78

According to He Anwen's recollection, Kaifeng City is only four to five hundred miles away from Jinyang, and the bullock cart can travel a hundred miles a day to reach Jinyang in at most five days.

He Anwen, who is about to return to his hometown in Jinyang, is very happy, talking about things from his childhood along the way.

In He Anwen's memory, Jinyang City is not only a big city not much smaller than Kaifeng City, but also a grand pass. Back then, Jinyang City was backed by the Han Dynasty, which frustrated Emperor Taizong's Northern Expedition.

And Nanwa is thirty miles south of Jinyang City, and the ancestral graves of his parents are buried under a pagoda tree in Nanwaao.

Now it's October and the weather is just right, originally He Shao wanted to walk back slowly, after all, he was afraid of He An's body being bumpy all the way through the long journey.

But He Anwen felt good about himself. After leaving Kaifeng, he kept urging He Si to hurry up, as if he couldn't wait for a moment.

After driving almost two hundred miles in one breath, even He Shao couldn't take it anymore, so He Si stopped the car, helped He Anwen get out of the car, took a rest, and continued on the road.

"We should be on Hedong Road now, and Jinyang's hometown is on Hedong Road." Although He Anwen was a little haggard, he was in good spirits.

After a long drive, He Shao was a little bored. He saw a wooden stake the size of an arm stuck in the field beside him. The back of the head is two slaps.

"Stinky boy, are you restless?"

"What about a stake?"

He Shao rubbed his mind, He Anwen really hurt this time, and he was beaten for nothing.

"This peg tree is used to measure the farming season. If you step on it, how will you plant it next year?"

While scolding He Anwen, he straightened the tree, and compared it with other places, and he didn't stop until he saw that it was almost the same.

He Si took some food from the car and handed it to He Shao and He Jing. He Anwen's eyes were on the yellowed land, and many people in the field were harvesting crops with their sleeves rolled up.

He Anwen dragged his lame leg to the field, pulled out an ear, rubbed it in his palm, and blew on the round grains left in his palm.

"Brother, good harvest!"

He Anwen chatted with the old man who was harvesting the fields.

"Isn't it? It's raining enough this year."

"In my opinion, our loess is better, the land is rich"

He Shao and He Jing didn't feel anything, but this strong accent made He Anwen almost burst into tears. The two old people were talking about farming in the fields.

Although He Anwen doesn't farm, he is actually an old farmer who has been trapped in Kaifeng for so many years, and he is also very concerned about farming. It seems that he can't get enough of the land in front of him.

"This is the busy time of farming, there are not enough people in the family, why is Brother He not so free?" the old man asked.

"There is no way to compare with my old brother. I left my hometown for more than 40 years in the early years of war, and the land has long since disappeared. Now I open a restaurant in Kaifeng City"

"Really? Then you are enjoying yourself."

"It's far worse than yours. One of my two sons is still in the county school, but he is very smart. Maybe he can become an official in the future. The other is not good. He is lazy and unfilial. He doesn't do any work. , all the family affairs fell on me, and I was so angry that my teeth itch. How can I compare with you, brother, your three sons can tell at a glance that they are all good at tending the crops."

He Shao felt even more aggrieved when he heard He Anwen speak like this, and saw He Jing, who was laughing beside him, kicked his ass.

"What are you laughing at? The old man doesn't have his conscience when he speaks."

"I'll sell all the restaurants later, and the whole family will go to farm," He Shao complained angrily.

The weather in October is not so hot anymore, but the sun at noon is still a bit unbearable.

He Shao just wanted to find a shade to rest for a while, but found that there was not even a tree in the field.

"Why isn't there even a shade tree?" He Shao complained.

"I know, the gentleman of the county school said that during the spring and Autumn period, Duke Huan of Qi saw that the people of Qi State were hungry and cold, and the houses were not cured, and the walls were not built. One was lazier than the other. It was a headache. Guan Zhong came up with an idea to cut down all the roads Trees, people have no place to rest." He Jing said.

"Will such a fucking method work?" He Shao expressed his doubts.

"Historical records record that a year later Qi State was really prosperous and powerful. People wore silk, houses were improved, and walls were built. Duke Huan was happy and ordered no trees in the fields. Since then, it has become a custom.

He Shao didn't know why the county school would teach this kind of cold knowledge that hadn't been used for 800 years. Not having trees in the fields became the second most influential habit of Qi State on later generations. As for the number one habit, of course it was brothels.

After listening to it, He Shao still admired him a lot. Guan Zhong is really a genius, comparable to Li Yunlong.

Just as a few people were resting, a group of soldiers came riding dozens of horses, and finally reined in front of He Shao's ox cart.

"Who is He Shao?" one person shouted.

"looking for me?"

He Shao is a little strange, he doesn't have many friends on Hedong Road.

After hearing someone's acknowledgment, the leading soldiers jumped off their horses and bowed their hands to He Shao.

"I am Xue Cheng, the eldest son of the Longde Prefecture, the county magistrate Xue Cheng, and I invite He Langjun to enter the city under the order of the Economic and Strategic Appeasement Envoy."

"Do I know the Jinglue appeasement envoy?"

Because he had reviewed the memorials for Li Han before, He Shao knew that the economic strategy appeasement envoy was unusually a feudal official, and only high-ranking officials from the two governments could serve.Responsible for militia affairs along the way, prison lawsuits, money, grain, and armor, can replace the emperor to decide all affairs along the way and have the privilege of making cheap decisions.

It's just that because of too much authority, such a position is only set up at special moments.

"I don't know about this general, please be sure to come with me."

Xue Cheng came to He Anwen again and bowed his hands.

"You are Mrs. He, the economic conciliator ordered you to be invited too."

The old man next to him was already frightened and stupid. To him, the county magistrate was already the emperor of the earth, and the county magistrate was not much better than an ant in front of the economic appeasement envoy.

"Brother, I'm leaving now"

Watching the stunned old man, He Anan, say goodbye, then poured the wheat grains in his hand into his mouth, chewed them like peanuts and ate them.

He Shao also tried chewing one ear, but it was dry, hard and tasted like scum. He didn't know how He Anwen could swallow it.

"Xue Tongpan, how did you find us?"

"The last general also happened to meet. There are many bandits in the mountains of Hedong Road. Recently, the Liao army often appeared on Hedong Road.

The Master Jinglu appeases you for fear that you will encounter some danger, so he ordered all the prefectures to go out and look for them, and once they find you, they will escort you to the Taiyuan prefecture."

It was only then that Xue Cheng guessed He Shao's identity that he was able to let the Economic and Strategic Comforter personally order it. It is said that the imperial army has already arrived in Taiyuan Mansion.

"We are going to Jinyang City, what happened to sending us to Taiyuan Mansion?" He Anwen was a little reluctant.

"Master He, don't worry about being the last general. This is the order of the pacifier. You can make other plans after meeting the pacifier."

Looking at it like this, they should not be able to leave for the time being until they meet this mysterious pacifier, so they can only follow Xue Cheng to Taiyuan Mansion.

(End of this chapter)