Chapter 261

Yan Chu didn't take him back to the city as Zong Zhengqing Qi wanted. Instead, he wandered in the suburbs for a long time, found several local old farmers and asked in detail about the grain production of this year's crops and the price they sold to the rice shop.

In front of Zong zhengqingqi, Yan Chu also focused on asking about the impact of the drought news in eastern province on the local food prices and the lives of ordinary people after it was introduced into the capital. At this time, Zong zhengqingqi didn't care to be angry with Yan Chu. She listened carefully and even put aside what had just been tangled.

After leaving the palace, Zong Zhengqing Qi knew what kind of life ordinary people outside the palace were living. He also had a meal in a nearby farmhouse, a nest of coarse grains mixed with wild vegetable foam, a pot of soup boiled with pickles and pimples necessary for every family in winter, and chicken soup cooked by old hens because they gave enough money.

That pot of chicken soup was almost cooked in its original flavor without removing the oil slick on it. The heat was not old enough and did not add enough accessories. Zong zhengqingqi felt tired after only drinking one mouthful. If it weren't for his throat, he wouldn't have drunk the bowl of chicken soup that the old farmer gave him. Naturally, he didn't touch any of the hens that were overcooked and looked like firewood, After barely eating one and a half buns, he felt full.

"Don't waste."

Yan Chu picked up the rest of his food and ate it without changing his face. He ate every mouthful of rice and soup very piously.

In his contrast, Zong zhengqingqi felt that he seemed to be too spoiled when he watched several half-aged children of the old peasant family sitting on the side, eating their nests and greedily looking at the pot of fragrant chicken soup on the table sucking and sliding saliva but afraid to touch it.

"Thank you, uncle. Today's lunch is delicious."

For Yan Chu, today's lunch tastes really good. Pure and fresh wild vegetables, kneaded tendons and corn dens are all healthy and natural food in modern times, except that the bract rice is not ground fine when it is ground, the grain feeling is a little heavy, and the dens are mixed with some corn cob noodles, which makes the taste more rough.

The old hen didn't handle the soup well, but the old stove was stewed with firewood. Although she was tired of it, the taste was strong enough. It was still desirable to taste it carefully.

After going through so many worlds, Yan Chu has long known how to accept everything you face and find the wonderful place of food from the details. It is also this reason that Yan Chu can enjoy a meal that Zong Zhengqing Qi seems very unbearable.

"Hey, hey, hey."

After listening to Yan Chu's sincere praise, the old farmer couldn't help laughing, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, which were still stuck with nest debris: "to tell the truth, I didn't think I could live such a good life a few years ago."

The old farmer is not stupid. Judging from the performance of Zong zhengqingqi, the young master, he knows that the food of this family must be much better than theirs. Their family may not be able to drink the old mother chicken soup for the new year. The little childe doesn't like it. He wants to come to the family and eat every meal is delicacies. In this case, the handsome master can eat the rest of his son's nest, After dinner, I sincerely expressed my gratitude. In the view of the old farmer, this is not an ordinary person.

He felt that the master in front of him was kinder and closer to people than all the masters he had seen before. It was reasonable for God to let such people enjoy great blessings.

It's just that a loving father has many defeated children. This little childe seems to be spoiled at home. He has a good heart. It's just that he has some truth in life, which is not as good as his father. Moreover, the little childe is bold and dares to inquire about the emperor and royal guards. I just hope the master can be cruel and go back to take good care of his son, so as to prevent him from causing great trouble at that time.

These thoughts are just a blink of an eye in the old farmer's mind. Looking at the nest with more bract rice noodles and less wild vegetables and bract rice sticks, the old farmer sincerely sighed with happiness.

"In the early years, as the main labor force in my family, I only dared to eat two dens at a meal, and then drank a large pot of water. I never dared to eat with my stomach open. I was afraid that when I was full, the next meal would not be available. Now it is different. I can eat four dens at a meal and drink a bowl of wild vegetable porridge. During the new year's festival, my family is willing to go to the pork shop in the town to buy some pig water and improve pork I'm good at food. I can't even think of such a day. "

The old farmer laughed. This year, the new emperor ascended the throne and reduced taxes. In addition, the royal guards in the capital pay the most attention. Who dares to commit crimes against the wind and treat them hard? In this way, they can save more money this year. When their daughter comes out of the cabinet next year, they can also buy her some decent dowry.

For the future life, the old farmers yearn for it. The days are really more and more running.

"Yes, I can eat two Wo Wo tou, too."

The seven year old grandson of the old farmer's family held up three fingers and said with a smile. He showed his open teeth and his thin face. He looked energetic.

Two Wowo heads, each of which is the size of a child's fist, are already supreme happiness and greatest satisfaction for farm children.

If only grandpa could let him drink the rest of the chicken soup. The little boy wiped the saliva flowing from the gap in his teeth, bowed his head and skillfully nibbled up the miscellaneous grain nest.

Zong Zhengqing Qi listened and felt a lot depressed. When he was still picky about his food and appetite, his people were so satisfied because they could eat and wear. It can be imagined how bad their previous life was.

"Now we grow rice and wheat, as well as the bract potatoes and sweet potatoes introduced by the imperial court from the other side of the sea. That thing has a high yield and does not have so many requirements for the climate. Now even the original wasteland on the hillside has been planted with these new crops. We don't have to be hungry anymore, and there are those high-yield grains. We want to alleviate the famine in Eastern Province soon."

The old farmer noticed that many of the questions Yan Chu asked before were about grain production and grain prices. He thought the other party was concerned about the drought in eastern province. He couldn't help but comfort the other party. Now the imperial court's words are so wise. The drought in eastern province won't last long. I believe the imperial court will be able to give a solution.

After listening to the old farmer's words, Zong zhengqingqi was even more ashamed.

The introduction of corn, potatoes and sweet potato seeds was also attributed to Xiao Chu. At that time, he organized a maritime caravan to trade in countries on the other side of the sea. At that time, no one was optimistic about Xiao Chu's decision. On the contrary, because he built a large merchant ship, it cost people and money, and hollowed out half of the national treasury. At that time, the former court and the harem criticized his decision and hated him, In private, he scolded him for being treacherous and treacherous.

At that time, Zong Zhengqing Qi was younger. Under the influence of the people around him, he was also one of the people who scolded Xiao Chu.

Facts have proved that his approach is correct. The changes brought by the opening of maritime routes to big businessmen are worth recording in history.

Zong Zhengqing Qi could not help being silent. When he stubbornly believed that Xiao Chu was a treacherous minister, for the people of big business, he might be more worthy of their trust than the former Emperor of big business and his father.

Is such a Xiao Chu really qualified to slander him and disdain him?

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"Do you still want to visit?"

After lunch at the old farmer's house, Yan Chu took Zong Zhengqing Qi into the carriage and returned to the city.

He walked behind and let Zong zhengqingqi drill into taverns, bookstores and street vendors. In the next half day, he accompanied him to listen to the sour scholars in the tavern, attacked the current situation of eunuchs in power with obscure words, and listened to the street vendors' satisfaction with today's life and expectations for the future.

He looked at his eyes, from doubt, to reflection, to the contradiction and complexity of many emotions.

Yan Chu knew that the little boy had been secretly aiming at him, but he didn't like each other. Even after listening to the criticism of those sour scholars, his face was still calm.

Zong zhengqingqi knew his mind. The other party must have seen through it long ago. In this way, the Little Emperor didn't mention how frustrated he was. Compared with the man, he seemed to be separated by countless mountains. He doubted whether he had climbed to the same height as him.

"You, hum."

Zong zhengqingqi wanted to ask the other party why people secretly talked about the emperor's royal guards and arrested people. As the governor of the East Hall, the actual master of the Royal Guards was evaluated by those sour scholars, but he didn't see any reaction from the people of the East Hall.

In a place as big as the tavern, Zong Zhengqing Qi didn't believe that Dongchang's eyes and ears didn't notice this scene. It seemed that for the man in front of him, whether his external reputation was good or bad was never within his scope of attention.

Just before the question was asked, Zong Zhengqing Qi regretted that his relationship with Xiao Chu was so kind that he could ask such a question. Therefore, he took back his words and ended the topic that had not yet started with a proud and charming hum.

"Uncle, give me two strings of sugar gourd."

Yan Chu took out four Wen money from his purse and handed it to a vendor. From the target he was carrying, he chose two strings of big and red sugar gourd.

Such a big man still eats such things?

Zong Zhengqing Qi didn't have enough to eat when she was in the old farmer's house. Now she has been shopping for most of the day, and her stomach has long begun to sing empty city plans. It's just because of face that it's hard to speak.

Sugar gourd is a novel food he has been staring at since he left the palace. He just noticed that there are a group of childish milk dolls of four or five years old around the sugar gourd vendor. Zong zhengqingqi thinks he is already an adult. How nice to open his mouth to buy these children's food.

Now, regardless of his image, Xiao Chu bought two strings of sugar gourd and stared at him.

Two, one for him?

Zong Zhengqing Qi swallowed her saliva and glanced at the sugar gourd in Yan Chu's hand. She thought that if Xiao Chu had to give it to him, he would take it. This was not what he wanted to buy. His majesty of the emperor was still preserved.

Contrary to Zong Zhengqing Qi's expectation, Yan Chu gave him the two strings of sugar gourd in his hand.

"After all, things outside the palace are not as fine as those made in the palace. Your majesty, just taste them. If you like them, you can let the imperial chef in the palace learn to do them."

His eyes were faint, as if he had bought the two strings of sugar gourd.

Zong Zhengqing Qi couldn't help but grin in the face of the delightful sugar gourd. After a long time, she found that this had a greater impact on his emperor's image. She quickly covered her mouth and looked left and right. It seemed that she wanted to see how many people saw that scene just now.

Two strings of candied haws, one for him to eat, and one for his mother. She hasn't been out of the palace for more than ten years since she entered the palace. She should also care about these gadgets outside the palace. Giving her this string of candied haws may make her happier.

Although the mother never said, Zong Zhengqing Qi could feel that the mother was not happy in the deep palace.

Yan Chu looked at the little emperor who said that his mood changed and was very happy to get two strings of sugar gourd. He could not connect him with the emperor in his original memory who grew up after countless times of honing and was resolute and resolute.

In his previous life, it was unclear which was more wrong between the original body and him. Out of the original position, he just wanted to kill all the people of the patriarchal royal family, including the son of the woman he loved.

From Zong Zhengqing Qi's standpoint, he became a puppet emperor for several years. Seeing that the big business rivers and mountains were in deep water because of their original deliberate revenge, the border cities were full of wolves. Everyone wanted to take a share in the vast territory of the Central Plains. Natural disasters were rampant and the people revolted. Under this situation, he made a quick decision and pretended to die to get out.

Under his control, the patriarchal government and the royal family gradually and completely perished. Similarly, the great Shang River and mountains were divided, the heroes were separated, the war was raging on the originally peaceful land, and the people were displaced.

Ten years later, Zong zhengqingqi appeared again in front of the original body who was about to complete revenge at that time. He was not what he used to be.

At that time, the original body found that Zong Zhengqing Qi was not dead. He was the northwest king who suddenly emerged five or six years ago and successively defeated several small countries.

In the harem, there is only one person who can help him fake death and escape, but he can't guard against, that is, the woman he loves deeply but doesn't dare to meet.

Between him and Zong zhengqingqi, the woman chose her son after all.

At that time, the original body was long gone because of old diseases. The confrontation between the two did not last long. On the one hand, there was a withered and decadent old court, and on the other hand, there was a high morale and popular northwest king. Naturally, the original body was defeated by Zongzheng Qinghui.

After he took office, he reorganized the imperial court, calmed the rebellion and recovered the country. He spent another ten years dealing with the mess left by his original body, and spent another twenty years, making the big business prosperous all over the world and peaceful all over the world.

The history books call that turmoil the change of Qingning, and take it as the two words on the Qing emperor and the Jingning empire. This war that affected the big business for more than 20 years has been remembered by everyone, and Xiao Chu, the culprit of the war, has also become a treacherous and treacherous conspirator who was denounced by historians in the history records.

After his death, there was a statue of a kneeling eunuch standing in front of many mass graves of big merchants. Everyone who went to the grave would spit and throw mud at the statue, and the prototype of the statue was the great traitor Xiao Chu. Even if the rivers and mountains changed, the story about Xiao Chu still spread in the oral accounts of generations and could not get rid of it forever.

The culprit of everything was Emperor Cheng Qing, and it was the people who bore all the suffering instead of him.

In this mistake, the original body is innocent, and Zong zhengqingqi is also innocent. One of them has endured the curse for thousands of years, and the other has become an eternal emperor, but no one knows how much pressure he has endured in the years when he became a puppet and in the years when he pretended to die, just because he was born with half of the blood of emperor Cheng Qingdi.

Zong zhengqingqi was eating candied haws and felt Yan Chu's complex vision. It seemed that this was the first time that the other party showed such an uncontrolled expression today.

What is he looking at?

Zong Zhengqing Qi looked down and saw that he had only one sugar gourd in his hand. It was so sour and sweet that he reluctantly put the sugar gourd in front of Yan Chu.

"You gave it to me."

Zong Zhengqing Qi muttered in a low voice. He's really a cheapskate. Since he wants to eat, he can buy another string himself. He won't laugh at him.

"Just one." Seeing that Xiao Chu didn't move his mouth, Zong Zhengqing Qi put the sugar gourd in front of him again, and then stressed.

"Click."

Bitten the outer layer of sugar coating, the Hawthorn inside is slightly pantothenic, and the acidity is just in line with the sweetness of the outer layer of sugar coating. It is sour, sweet and delicious, stimulating the taste buds and opening people's appetite.

Yan Chu bit off the top sugar gourd as he wished under the little emperor's painful eyes. It seemed that he was afraid of him eating more. After he bit off the sugar gourd, the little emperor quickly took back the sugar gourd string.

Walking through the streets and sharing the same string of candied haws together, Zong zhengqingqi felt that he seemed to have different views on Xiao Chu, the eunuch he hated in the past.

Such a change seems not bad.

"Dong, Dong, Dong, Dong..."

The grievance drum outside the palace was sounded ten times. Lilai would only be sounded if major grievances required to face the holy abyss.

You know, since the founding of the great business, the grievance drum has only sounded twice. It is not just these two grievances in the world, but the price of being sounded. It is very big.

The son of heaven is not so easy to see today. Since you have grievances to tell, you must prove your determination to redress them.

Ringing the grievance drum is only the first step to redress grievances. After ringing the grievance drum, the people who redress grievances will have to go through "knife mountain" and "sea of fire" before they can see the emperor and tell their grievances.

"Knife mountain" is a nail board made up of 1000 sharp nails. Each nail is one inch long. People who avenge their grievances need to wear thin spring clothes and roll over the nail board about three feet long.

The "sea of fire" is a long road paved by a pile of burning charcoal. People who avenge their grievances have to walk barefoot from the "sea of fire". Only when they complete the above two tests and are still alive can they get this precious opportunity to avenge their grievances.

It's really because such a challenge is almost impossible to complete. Unless there is a major grievance, ordinary people won't think about it at all and don't have the courage to sound the drum of grievance.

At this time, Zong Zhengqing Qi was following Xiao Chu back to the palace. When he heard the grievance drum sounded, he immediately opened the curtain of the carriage and jumped down from the carriage.

For every emperor, the sound of this grievance drum outside the Palace door means that something big has happened. How could Zong Zhengqing Qi not care.

At this time, a group of people who heard the sound of grievance drums and came to see the excitement had gathered outside the palace gate. Zong zhengqingqi still wasted the power of nine cows and two tigers before passing through the crowded crowd and walking to the innermost part.

"Do you have any grievances?"

The steward of the palace gate came out and looked at the young man kneeling outside the palace gate with a drumstick.

"Cao min is Yan Chu, the son of Yan Zhaonan, a former general of the town. I accuse the supreme emperor of sending people disguised as bandits to massacre my Yan family, falsely accusing my father of treason and conspiracy against several crimes. I also ask the new emperor to give justice to my Yan Family's people who died in vain and to my Yan Family's loyal ancestors."

Suddenly, all the voices around us stopped talking.