Chapter 352： contempt

On the second day, Meng Juren took Yang Zhumu and Yang Zhulin to leave crops such as sweet potatoes in charge of harvesting high yields, and Zhou Shuren and others continued to rush to Lizhou City.

Although there are people left to harvest crops, Lizhou City is still waiting for food to save lives. While rushing on the road, it collects cheap old grain from farmers' homes, which leads to an increasingly large fleet. In order not to delay the journey, sometimes they will continue to travel at night. Rest in the car.

After walking most of the journey, Zhulan was fortunate that she was willing to spend money to buy ginseng when she was in the capital. This time, not only did her parents have to make up for it, but she and Zhou Shuren also needed it. The two of them were also very tired these days.

Arriving at the border of Chuanzhou, as soon as she entered Chuanzhou, Zhulan found a lot of apple trees, some of which were full of apple groves. She suddenly remembered that apples were introduced to the northwest area in the Han Dynasty. What a hometown of apples, Chuanzhou and Lizhou are close to each other, and their geographical locations are similar. Bamboo orchid's eyes are bright, and the fruits of ancient winter are precious, "Shuren, look at the apple grove."

Zhou Shuren put down the ledger in his hand and looked in the direction Zhulan pointed. It was indeed an apple grove, "What's wrong? Want to eat apples?"

Zhulan, "No, I was thinking that Lizhou City is so close to Chuanzhou, it must be suitable for growing apples. I want to buy mountains and then buy apple trees from Chuanzhou to plant. What do you think?"

Zhou Shuren was naturally supportive, "Listen to you."

Zhulan calculated, "I will build two more ice cellars, and I will build a few more cellars. The apples will be stored for a longer period of time, and the price will become more expensive in the winter, and I will be able to make a lot of money."

Zhou Shuren listened to the ice cellar. The most important thing for him at present is to solve the food and clothing of the people of Lizhou City, so that this year's spring ploughing can be carried out smoothly. For the rest of the income increase, let's talk about it when the two major problems are solved.

There are a lot of apple trees planted in Sichuan, and there are many abandoned fruit forests in the mountains and fields. These are not able to grow apples. The taste of apples is not good, and there is no profit.

Bamboo orchids can’t be planted either. The cultivation still requires professional fruit farmers.

The distance to Lizhou City is getting shorter and shorter, and more and more refugees are unable to eat and beg. After seeing the huge grain trucks in the convoy, there are more and more people behind the team. Fortunately, the officials are not far behind. There are wild vegetables in the spring again, and they are not so hungry that they come up and grab them.

Entering the city of Lizhou, there are many people digging wild vegetables in the mountains to find food. Fortunately, the drought is not barren. As long as some high-yield crops are successfully cultivated, there is hope for life.

Lizhou City is Shangzhou and also Zhili Prefecture. Zhou Shuren's status as a prefect is parallel to that of the prefect. Although Zhou Shuren still holds a fifth-rank official position, because he is the prefect of Zhili Prefecture, Zhou Shuren's salary is higher than that of the Zhizhou Prefecture in Sanzhou.

Moreover, Lizhou City is a county under the jurisdiction of Zhili Prefecture, and Zhou Shuren, the prefect of the prefecture, has an unusually large power.

These were all explained by Zhou Shuren and Zhulan later, and Zhulan knew that there were so many things to talk about in Zhoucheng.

In the boundary of Lizhou City, Zhulan saw that the children were all skinny and thin. This was the disaster of the war, and the people who suffered the most were still ordinary people, who had no money and could not farm in their hometown, and had no money to escape. He could only beg, and after the war was finally over, he returned to his hometown without a penny, and he couldn’t afford the seeds for spring ploughing. In addition, the family’s rations made it worse.

Lizhou City is poor, there are few merchants, some wealthy big families have not returned, and they will not hire helpers. There is no additional source of income, so they can only sell their sons and daughters.

Lizhou City currently has the most teeth.

Zhulan felt uncomfortable when she saw it. She saw that a group of people left with some children, and they were all children bought by people.

Zhou Shuren hugged Zhulan tightly, "Don't look at it."

Zhulan listened to the cheers behind her, and her heart became even heavier, "Fortunately, we collect food while walking."

Zhou Shuren nodded, and several food convoys followed behind. Zhou Shuren sighed, "I don't have much money left in my hand."

Zhulan was silent, there is indeed not much left, and now there are 15,000 taels left, and there will be more places to use the silver in the future, "I think about it, the Lizhou City where the silver came with you, at least a few in the middle. Daoist exploitation, we all use it on refugees, do you feel more comfortable thinking about it?”

Zhou Shuren smiled, "It's really comfortable."

If this was put down layer by layer, 50,000 taels of silver would really be worth 20,000 taels in Lizhou City, thank God.

It was noon when we arrived in Lizhou City, and Tongzhi and Tongjuan outside the city gate had already led people to wait for a long time.

Zhou Shuren got off the carriage and saw the haggard-faced Tongzhi and the sentencing. He had the information given by the emperor, and the Tongzhi and the sentencing were all newly transferred. Tongzhi was originally the governor of Sanzhou, Chuanzhou. Although he was promoted to the fifth grade, Zhou Shuren looked at Tongzhi's haggard appearance, and estimated that he would rather continue to work slowly in Sanzhou as a Zhizhou.

The general sentence was also newly transferred. He came from Jiangnan Prefecture. He was obviously in his thirties, but his haggard appearance looked like he was in his forties.

Tong Zhi Chen Chen, forty-three years old, he was not only devastated, but also worried about whether his head would move. After receiving the imperial decree, he became the second prefect of Lizhou City. No. 2, how can we handle the mess in Lizhou City? Will we move our heads together at that time?

Now looking at the newly appointed Lord Zhizhou Zhou, and then looking at the huge motorcade, at a glance, he can see that the grain trucks behind him are all grain trucks.

He Jun, thirty-six years old, let out a long sigh of relief when he saw the team, and came to the rescue.

Tongzhi Chen Chen and Tongju He Jun stepped forward, "Master Zhou."

Zhou Shuren returned the salute, "Master Chen, Master He."

Chen Chen and He Jun looked at each other and realized that they did not believe that Lord Zhou investigated them in advance. Lord Zhou accurately stated their surnames, which must have been told by the emperor. No wonder Lizhou City was newly transferred. Second, People knew in their hearts that the emperor really valued this Lord Zhou.

The emperor valued it, and they dared not take it lightly. The two of them couldn't help but stare at the officials in the team. Who knows who the emperor's people are, Lizhou City was originally a mess, and the two of them never eased Lizhou City. The emperor must be dissatisfied with the situation, they are still honest.

Chen Chen said: "Master Zhou has worked hard all the way, please enter the city."

Zhou Shuren said: "The two of you will go first, I will explain to my family, and then return to the yamen with the team."

As soon as the words fell, the sound of horseshoes came from a distance. Zhou Shuren looked at Wu Chun, who was at the head. He knew the news and came to pick up the Yang family.

Tongzhi, Tongju and others were stunned. Why did General Yang, who was stationed, come? They quickly understood why he came Wu Chun dismounted and saluted, "Uncle has worked hard all the way."

Zhou Shuren smiled, "I'm still thinking about waiting for the letter to come to you when I enter the city, but you know the news is coming."

Wu Chun explained, "I have sent people to keep guard outside the city gate. Knowing that Fucheng welcomes my uncle today, I came over from the station. How are my uncle and grandparents going all the way?"

Zhou Shuren said, "I'm fine with my body and bones, but I've been on the road all the way to go home and need some recuperation. Today, I'll go back to my uncle's house first. When my uncle comes back in the evening, our family will have a good time together."

Wu Chun knew that his uncle had something to ask him, and said with a smile, "Okay."

Tongju and Tongzhi were silent, but they knew that because Lizhou City was close to the frontier, and it was Shangzhou, there were more soldiers stationed than other states, with a total of 4,000 people. The highest commander was General Zheng. This General Yang is the person who has the second right to speak. These two generals have made great contributions, and the emperor personally seals them very trusting.

This time, the two of them really didn't have the slightest thought. If I remember correctly, General Yang saved General Zheng's life!