Lonely non-good minister

Chapter 317 There is no hope in poverty

"It's a bit late today. Early tomorrow morning, Mr. Lao An will follow me to have a look." Song Yuan looked at Zhang He: "Is it convenient for Mr. Zhang to take a look?"

Zhang He nodded hurriedly: "Convenient and convenient."

He immediately asked someone to clean up a clean room for Song Yuan and others to stay in. Dinner was also a pot of porridge with wild vegetables, which looked like a green mess. Because Song Yuan came, they specially added two dishes, A dish of roast rabbit, a plate of boiled and mushy potatoes, it was the few good things they could come up with, but it was still poor and simple.

Seeing this, Wei Yan hurriedly took out the dry biscuits in his bag and shared them among everyone. These biscuits were bought from wheat and ground into flour before departure, and he asked the kitchen to make them according to An Zhoushi's instructions. But it's an excellent thing.

They buried their heads in eating, and went to bed early after eating.

The next day, everyone got up before it was bright. They left the city and followed Zhang He to the nearest farmland outside the town. The sun had not yet appeared. An Zhoushi was helped to go to the field to take a closer look. Zhang He also took the officials who were responsible for farming. Following him, Song Yuan stood on the field ridge and looked around.

It is said to be a farmland, but it is actually a slightly flat place. The soil is not fertile, loose and loose, like soil, more like sand. The things in the field do not grow well, sparse and low, not as good as the weeds in Leping. I dug a well and threw a stone down. The sound of the response can clearly tell that there is not much water in it, but even so, the well is dug on a water vein. If the city is short of water, people will come here to fetch water Life.

"Your Highness, look." Wei Yan stared into the distance.

The sun didn't show up, so he couldn't see things in the distance carefully. Song Yuan stared at them for a long time before he noticed an inconspicuous shadow shaking.

"People?" Song Yuan couldn't see clearly: "They should be common people who get up early and go to the fields."

Wei Yan looked solemn: "It's not like there are wolves in the northwest. Even in broad daylight, few people dare to go out alone. What's more, it's not dark yet. It's too dangerous to go out at this time, and the farmland here is lived in the town. Of the common people, if they were the common people who went to the fields, how could they come from there?"

This makes sense, Song Yuan turned around: "Look at it, there is no shortage of people who can be the eyes and ears of the Huns in the borderlands."

She didn't take this matter to heart, but Wei Yan had to be careful. He informed the guards next to him, and everyone became careful.

Song Yuan is both the prince and governor of Liangzhou. She was supposed to bring hundreds of soldiers to protect her when she traveled, but she set off with a total of five people. Such a simple team, although not eye-catching, But once the news is leaked, it will inevitably be dangerous.

As the sun rose, they also walked a lot of places. An Zhoushi, Zhang He and the Sinonong officials crowded in the bullock cart to talk. They are also collected and mixed in the soil, and when they are waiting for cultivation, the soil can be more fertile. The officials of Sinong listened carefully and wrote carefully.

After some inquiries, Zhang Xi learned that An Zhoushi also had several students who had followed him in Leping, and immediately showed great interest. He hoped that An Zhoushi would arrange for his favorite disciples to come to Jiuquan, An Zhou Shi Ye was also refreshing, telling him that the students who followed him had not accumulated enough experience to be on his own, so Zhang Yun had no choice but to give up.

"Your Highness." Wei Yan was always vigilant: "You are still following him, do you want to get rid of him?"

Song Yuan yawned: "Yes."

Being stared at her all the time is also very disturbing. If the other party recruits the Xiongnu, she is not sure that she will kill him with one enemy and a hundred. She will only choose to run, the farther the better, and make sure of herself Let's talk about the safety of others.

After getting permission, the guards started.

They continued to move forward, and the ox cart stopped beside a village. An old man in ragged clothes rushed up to pull the ox cart with a dead wooden cane, his cloudy eyes stared at Zhang Yun who was sitting on the ox cart.

"My lord, let me decide for the villain. This bastard steals the chicken of the villain." The old man pointed his fingers like dead branches to the old woman who followed closely behind him. The old woman was also dressed in rags. Small cut off the road, almost tripped several times.

Zhang He got out of the car immediately, straightened out his shabby and dilapidated official uniform, and put on a posture: "What happened?"

"She stole the chicken." The old man shouted angrily, "That's the only valuable thing in the house."

As soon as he finished speaking, the old woman knelt down on the ground, clasped her hands together and looked at Zhang Xi pitifully with her trembling lips. Before she could speak, this appearance already made people feel sympathetic and unbearable to criticize.

"What's the relationship between the two of you? Why did you steal the chicken?" Zhang Yun asked very carefully, and the officials next to him also turned the booklet to a clean page and took a pen to record it.

The two of them are so proficient, it can be seen that this is not the first time such a thing has happened, but it is reasonable to think about it. The people of Jiuquan are scattered. Although there are county magistrates, they are far away. The person in the official uniform just opened his mouth. At this time, he didn't care whether the other party was a county lieutenant in charge of justice.

The old man answered first: "This is a villain's wife, the most lazy. The villain just went outside to collect a bundle of firewood, and she killed the chickens at home."

"My lord." The old woman rolled down two lines of tears as soon as she opened her mouth: "The daughter-in-law gave birth to a child. She was skinny and had no milk. The child was crying from hunger. The villain had no choice but to kill the chicken."

After she finished speaking, the old man cursed again: "I'm just greedy, can't I eat wild vegetables? Do I have to drink chicken soup?"

The old woman lowered her head and wiped her tears without arguing with him, but the old man refused to give in. The more he thought about it, the more righteous he felt. He raised the crutch in his hand and hit the old woman with curses.

"If you don't go to the house for three days, you are a glutton, a slacker."

Zhang He stopped immediately: "Stop, my daughter-in-law just gave birth, and there is no milk to raise the child. What's wrong with eating a chicken to make up for her body? As a father-in-law, don't you want a chicken for your grandson? How dare you do it in front of me?" He beat the old woman in front of her and didn't stop."

"My lord, there is only such a valuable animal in the family, which is more precious than human gold." After speaking, the old man squatted on the ground and cried: "A chicken can exchange three catties of grain, and a pot of wild vegetables is mushy. It can last for half a month, if you eat it now, you will die."

Zhang He, who was used to suffering and poverty, was feeling a bit stuck in his throat at this moment. Song Yuan and the others were even more silent. The cries of the two old people were full of helplessness. Poverty tormented them, and they saw no hope in the wasteland.

"Where's your son?" Zhang Yun asked, his tone much more relaxed.

The old man wiped his face and said, "It's dead. The sheep was lost two months ago and he went to look for it. It was eaten by wolves."

Several people became more and more quiet.

(End of this chapter)