Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Li Lijun and his party left Saga Mountain Villa smoothly.

They are such a large group of people, traveling by car and horse, not to mention the interior of Bieye, even the nearby villages and towns, it is impossible not to see them. Little lady of the palace, where are you planning to go?Are you going back to Chang'an?
Since Madam Cui had not carefully told the people in the other industry to keep quiet in advance, no one told the villagers nearby what happened in detail, so everyone believed that the young lady of the palace had gone back to Chang'an.

I heard that this little lady came here to keep her filial piety. It has been almost a year and she is going back to Chang'an.As for whether they will come back?God knows!
Different people have different ideas, and all kinds of reliable and unreliable guesses are flying all over the place. Even the Zhao family can't help but want to ask Yuebai for information.But she lives in the inner courtyard, she can't come out, and she only has two days off in a month.Before the holiday came, it was impossible for the Zhao family to find out what the result was from their daughter.

Mr. Li Li doesn't know about these things. The group of them seems to be traveling in a low-key manner, but the scale is based on this scale. The carriages and horses are all first-class, and the entourage is also very dignified. The guards don't wear official uniforms, but they are also well-dressed. The neat ones are the new clothes that Li Lijun asked them to make for them.They still had knives and guns in their hands.With this posture, anyone who saw it would know that the rich family was going out, so they didn't dare to go forward to provoke him easily.

On the first day they spent the night at Zhuangzi by the Jing River.Shi Qing also took the Rat King to see its "former residence" by the way.Due to the severe drought, the crops in the Jingyang area are not growing well, and some plants barely survive in the fields next to the Jing River, and most of the other villages have basically declared no crops.People in Liujiazhuang were all frowning, and more people went to the Earth Temple to burn incense and worship gods.At this time, no one dared to say anything to complain about the unblessing of the gods, and they only hoped that the gods would show up one day.

Li Lijun took Lu Siyun on a long trip earlier, and went to areas outside Guanzhong without drought to buy some grain, and collected some river water during the flood season of the river passing by, which also meant to avoid the local flood disaster.Now she didn't dare to disturb others, but quietly called the heads of the Liujiazhuang and the neighboring Liuerzhuang over, took out some food for them to collect, and asked them to supervise each other.If the disaster worsened and the villagers were too hungry, they would take out the grain and cook porridge, so as not to let the people of the two Zhuangzi starve to death.

The two heads of the village were so grateful that they cried.Although they are backed by the little masters of the palace, it is impossible for them to have nothing to eat, but they are all kind people by nature, and seeing the suffering of the villagers who live with them day and night makes them feel uncomfortable.Now the fourth wife of the Sui Palace is willing to give up food to save the suffering, she is simply a living Bodhisattva!If it wasn't for Nanny Cui and Erhong who stopped her, they would have kowtowed to Li Lijun on the spot.

Mother Cui told them: "Don't make a fuss, and don't show off when you have food! How much food can our little lady have? It's impossible to really save everyone. It's not easy to keep you. You can't Bring disaster to the little lady!"

The two Zhuangtou repeatedly said yes, how dare they mess up? …

Li Lijun asked Liu Erzhuang's Zhuangtou again: "How is Uncle Shen recently? I haven't heard from him for a few days."

The head of the village had a bitter face: "Mr. Erlang has never been back since he accompanied the old prince to Mount Li. I don't know how he is now, but I haven't heard any bad news. I want to come to the old prince, The old child, the king, the concubine, and all the lords and wives are safe!" In fact, if Li Shen hadn't been here, he wouldn't have been so troubled.If there is a backbone behind a person, it will always be different.

Li Lijun didn't hear any bad news about Prince Zou's mansion, so he didn't continue to ask.When she left Liujiazhuang the next day, she quietly added some clean river water brought back from other places to the wells and ponds in the village while no one was paying attention before sunrise.

That's all she can do.With a powerful person above her, she dared not make many things too obvious.

The same is true for the area around Mt. Saga.The water conservancy facilities on my field are well done, and there are many ditches and ponds dug. Adding river water to them will help to some extent, but if the surrounding area is a piece of bare land, it will be too late for her family’s field to have a good harvest. Hate a little.Therefore, she just quietly performed the small cloud and rain technique on the field at night, and drizzled at a position three meters above the ground, barely ensuring that the crops could absorb the most basic amount of water, so that they would not dry out.During the day, she asked people to use hay to shade the sun, so as to reduce the evaporation of water in the ground.Therefore, the crops in her family's field have survived half-dead, and the production will definitely be reduced, but even if they can only have [-]% of the previous year's harvest, that is better than no harvest!
People from nearby villages and towns often came to visit, and they all commented that this was because their water conservancy facilities were well done.Anyone with extra money said that next year they must dig ditches and build water conservancy for their homes, so they can no longer save money and be lazy!
There are quite a few well-to-do families in Guanzhong like Li Lijun, so it doesn't seem that she is too prominent.It's just that Li Lijun couldn't help but feel aggrieved, and I really wish I could catch that powerful man who is doing something wrong and beat him up!
At sunset the next day, Li Lijun and his party arrived in Chang'an, but instead of entering the city, they turned south and found a larger inn in the Duling area to live in.

There are often literati and scholars in Duling gathering here, and it is not uncommon to see noble people.Seeing the scenes of their group, at most they just commented, and didn't add much.

After leaving Duling on the third day, they headed south all the way. All they saw along the way were dry crops in the fields. The farmers stood there with numb expressions, which made everyone feel depressed.

They have lived in Saga Mountain for a long time. They thought that the drought suffered by their own Zhuangzi was severe enough, only slightly stronger than the surrounding ordinary people. Unexpectedly, in other places in Guanzhong, their situation is actually better, and there are more people than others. They are a hundred times worse!If this is the case in the rich and prosperous places in Guanzhong, what will happen to the places outside Guanzhong?

Everyone was silent, not daring to think too much about the answer to this question. They just kept their heads on the road and arrived at Taipingyukou before dark.

Nanny Lu got the letter in advance, and took people to the side of the Yukou road to greet her. When she saw the little lady Li Lijun and her party after a long absence, she almost burst into tears.

Nanny Cui pulled her into the carriage, held her hand tightly, didn't know what to say for a while, and said after a while: "Ah Lu, you have worked hard outside. You have been here for the past two months... Are you not guilty?"

"Of course I suffered! You don't know how troublesome it is to clean up the whole villa!" Mother Lu didn't know what the old sister was asking, but after she figured it out, she sighed, "The disaster in Guanzhong Seriously, the people are naturally having a hard time. But we live in the Qinling Mountains, and it is not difficult. It is cooler here, with mountains and trees, and there is no shortage of water in the mountains. The fields behind the mountains are all planted with crops, melons and vegetables. She looks pretty good! When the young lady comes back, she can always have fresh melons and vegetables! I think, in this season, living in Taiping Valley is much better than staying in Saga Mountain."

She had hoped that the little lady would come here sooner.Saga Mountain also suffered from drought during these days, and she heard about it from the letter.

Mother Cui couldn't figure it out: "Guanzhong and Qinling Mountains are right next to each other. Why is Qinling Mountains not only free from drought, but also living well?" Isn't this situation a bit strange?
Li Lijun sneered in his heart.This is of course not surprising.There are so many cultivators in the Qinling Mountains, and the Temple of True Immortals is also here, how could Da Neng let them suffer that crime?
There is no record of a severe drought in the Qinling Mountains in the history books!