Spring and Autumn I Am King

Chapter 65: late spring in March

Thank you book friends for drifting with the wind 1234, the reward is also a reward!

In late spring in March, on the official road outside Xinjiang City, a small group of people and horses came, with a horse-riding chariot in front, and three or five saddled horses behind them.

The weak-crowned gentleman in the chariot was tall and tall, with dark black hair on his head, dark clothes with wide sleeves, a white jade ring, and a two-foot long sword hanging diagonally around his waist. His charioteer was a middle-aged scholar with a square face and an old-fashioned four-inch beard. The only thing missing from the car was Rong You.

It was Zhao Wuxi, Wang Sunqi and the others.

Zhao Wuxi looked at the straight and wide official road outside Xinjiang City, and couldn't help but sigh in admiration: "The poem says, Zhou Dao is as straight as an arrow. I see that the official road of Jin State near the capital is not far behind!"

He pointed to the mansion he just passed by and asked, "What is this place?"

On the side, there was a man in soapy clothes and flat buns, who came over and said with a coquettish smile: "This place is called Sangtian, and it is the last cottage on the road to the capital city. If you go ten miles further, you will arrive at Xinjiangcheng, gentleman. , those black roofs in the distance are the dwellings outside the city."

Zhao Wuxi followed the direction of his fingers and leaned against the railing to look, and it really was. From here, the houses covered with black tiles form a line, extending to both sides, and there is no end in sight. It is indeed a prosperous city with more than 10,000 households and a population of 60,000 to 70,000.

The one who rode was Shurenkuan, and the Shuren was a child servant. He was originally a follower of Wu Xie’s father, Zhao Yang, who ran errands. This time, he was ordered by Zhao Yang to urge Zhao Wu Xie to enter Xinjiang City. wizard.

Zhikuan's status was low and he couldn't get on the car, so he could only ride a docile packhorse, and immediately prepared a new saddle, a new saddle made by Junzi Wu-shirt, and followed the shirtless car side by step, ready to answer his questions at any time. talk.

This gentleman has been paid more and more attention by the emperor recently, and even the vertical temples who have a very good sense of smell in the lower palace have begun to hold stinky feet without shirts. What's more, although this gentleman has a reputation for being ruthless towards the clans in the village, he loves the people like a son, and he will not scold the lowly retainers such as Shusi, and he does not regard them as arrogant.

Zhao Wuxi didn't have this kind of self-awareness. It was purely out of the inertia of his previous life. He was looking around curiously. This was the first time he went to the capital since he came to this era.

Xinjiang, also known as Xintian, is located in the later Jinnan Basin, extending in all directions, reaching Taihang in the east, Yanchi in the south, Fen River in the west, and the old capital in the north. When Jinjing Gong moved the capital, Han Jue suggested that one of the reasons for choosing this place is that it has thick soil and deep water, with fen and shu flowing in between, and the mountains and forests are dotted, and it will not cause environmental degradation in the long run.

Like most of the cottages near the capital, the mulberry fields are also located on the main road. There are large fields on both sides of the straight official road, but most of them are only scattered with some bean sprouts, and there is very little winter wheat. In the fields, there are twos and threes of servants and savages wearing trousers and working shirtless inside. The landowners and people of the country also occasionally go to the fields themselves, but most of the time they supervise them with their hands behind their backs.

Although the snowstorm raged last year, this year has seen plenty of rain since the beginning of the spring, and the year is very good. Unfortunately, the agricultural technology is outdated and cannot be used properly.

Originally, Zhao Yang wanted Wu Xie to report to the public school in the capital in the first month of spring, but for the past six months, he has been busy with the affairs of the lord, and it has been delayed until now.

After the war crisis of last year's winter solstice, Wu Xie hurried back to Chengyi to arrange winter planting affairs. After that public meeting, the landowners and the people also agreed to try his Daitian method on each family's land. With the help of Ji Qiao, Dou Pengzu and others, winter wheat has been planted all over the land of Chengxiang, with the exception of Chengshi Manor and Sangyang Wengjia.

In the middle of November, the wheat was finally planted, but it snowed again. Originally, for wheat farming, snow is a good thing. There is a saying in later generations that wheat is covered with a three-layer quilt and sleeps with a steamed bun. But the snow kept getting heavier and heavier, so big that it blocked the mountain road for Chengyi to go out, and it was so big that it overwhelmed many old and disrepaired houses in Qili.

Zhao Wuxi hastily organized disaster relief. With Wuxi's mobilization, the 200 soldiers under his command really became soldiers of the people, and rescued the victims one by one from the ruins. Wu Xie gritted his teeth again, and distributed the old grain and Gebu in the central government's treasury, so that the savages who had no clothes and no browns could survive the cold winter.

After the snow disaster subsided, Zhao Wuxi couldn't help but feel fortunate that he didn't enforce winter wheat, but borrowed the divination of witches pretending to be ghosts.

Otherwise, people with ulterior motives, such as the Cheng clan, might describe the snow disaster as messing with the land, making Haotian angry, or even causing a riot in the country. Although he has the confidence to rely on his armed forces to quell any resistance, but if that is the case, the lower palace can keep watching, and this year's political achievements can only be hehe.

Fortunately, this winter, Chengyi did not freeze to death and starve to death!

Cheng Wu, Dou Pengzu and others were all sighing, this is something they haven't encountered in many years, and the savages and the people are also grateful to Wuxi again, and they worked even harder to cultivate and plough the fields for him.

In this regard, Zhao Wuxi is very proud and has a sense of accomplishment.

But the price was that the money, silk and food that Wu Xie brought from the lower palace was almost exhausted. One of the reasons why Ji Qiao stopped him from launching winter planting was that after living within his means, he found that the budget exceeded the standard and was not enough to support the consumption of winter planting.

Fortunately, after looting Cheng's Manor last winter, there was still a lot of surplus grain and money, enough for Wu Xie to last until April, the season when the wheat is ripe.

But looking at the empty treasury, the people of the country were also muttering in secret, is this little gentleman going to leave after the summer? Wu-shirt is now considered poor and white. If the wheat cannot be harvested in summer, let alone the annual budget, he estimates that he can only declare bankruptcy and go back to the lower palace in despair.

In addition to having a headache, Zhao Wuxi had to find a way in other directions. Apart from letting the soldiers pay close attention to the construction of the water conservancy project, do they have to use industry and commerce to increase their income?

So he called the craftsmen and personally gave instructions to make some things that no one had ever seen before, and he was busy until March.

Now Zhao Yang couldn't wait any longer, so he sent Shuren Broadband to urge him with a talisman, Zhao Wuxi then reluctantly put down the things he had not done, and followed Shukuan to Xinjiang City.

This time, because the Royal King and Sun Qi are required to bring them, they have to stay behind. The two have the highest status among the military attachés under Wu Xie’s command. Hundred Soldiers.

As for Wu Xie's three cronies, Mucha, Yu Xi, and Tian Ben, they are not qualified enough, and they have to practice for a few more years.

The three of them also shouted that they would go to the city with Wu Xie to meet the world, but Wu Xie said that he would only bring one of them. Dig trenches for water conservancy.

So at Tian Ben's suggestion, the three of them played Wu Xie's new "elephant play". Whoever wins will get a round of vacancies and accompany Wu Xie into the city.

In the end, Tian Ben, who is experienced in gambling, won. He grinned with joy.

Wu Xie thought about it, that's fine. The evil boy Tian Ben is not afraid of the sky and earth. He often causes trouble everywhere in Chengyi. In addition to Zhao Wu Xie, the only person who can hold him down is Wang Sunqi. If he is left alone in Chengxiang, Wu Xie is really a little worried.

Looking at the past along the way, although the official road is brand new, the suburbs of Xinjiang are indeed not rich, not only not as good as the upper and lower palaces, but even not as good as Zhao Wuxi's governance of Chengyi, which has achieved initial results.

"When the people hear the public order, it's like fleeing from the enemy." A large number of people simply depend on Liuqing's private room because the government's wealth is too heavy~www.wuxiahere.com~ This is the portrayal of the current suburb of Xinjiang.

At this time, it was not long before the middle of the day, and there were many pedestrians on the road. There are single-clothed and cloth-wearing Chinese people with short swords, Zheng Wei, a businessman with a soap coat on the outside and a literary talent on the inside, and a Limin wild person in ragged clothes.

When they saw the shirtless Sima Rongcha, they knew that this was at least the specifications of the heirs of the doctor, and they all avoided it. Tian Ben beat the horse in front of him, chatting with passersby from time to time, showing off his might, Wu Xie also knew that he was suffocating in Chengyi, so he let him go.

Not long after, a river appeared in front of it. It was the Hui River. There was a long wooden bridge on the river, which could only accommodate a horse-horse chariot to pass through.

But unfortunately, across the wooden bridge, there was also a long motorcade, the leading horse-drawn carriage, at first glance, it was the outfit of Doctor Qing or his children.

This time, both sides saw each other, but neither of them planned to stop. However, the wooden bridge was narrow, and one of the two sides must take the initiative to give way.

Seeing that the opposing team didn't want to let go, Tian Ben said angrily, "How brave! Seeing the gentleman's car, he wouldn't let it go, so let someone drive them away!"

After speaking, he stroked his cuffs, and he was about to go over and yell.

Zhao Wuxi's eyes were sharp, and he had already seen the appearance of the carriage on the opposite side. It had a canopy and a curtain. It was gorgeous and elegant, and the patterns painted on it were very familiar.

He stopped Tian Ben and called Shukuan over to ask, "Is it the Han family's motorcade on the opposite side? I saw their family's special decorations painted on the carriage."

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