After Huaizhou is Hengzhou.
Like Lord Song, the governor of Huaizhou, Lord Lu of Hengzhou also cooperated very well with Wei Yunlan and Princess Daning.
In just three days, the new grain seeds were promoted in the farmlands near the city, and even dozens of acres of land had been planted.
When we left Hengzhou, it was the fifteenth day of the lunar month. As one of the few continents in the north of the Central Plains of Dayong that was not affected by natural disasters, Hengzhou had a strong festive atmosphere, with lanterns hung all over the streets. In the evening, when it was getting dark, many young boys and girls came out to parade, look at the lanterns, and guess riddles.
"It's so lively. It's been a long time since I saw a day like this." Princess Daning couldn't help but sigh.
During the nearly two years she had been involved in disaster relief in Huangzhou, she had seen too many human tragedies and too many separations of life and death. These were scenes she had never imagined when she lived a wealthy life in the capital.
It was only after the new grain was introduced this year that the people of Huangzhou were much better off. But they could only avoid starvation, and there was still a long way to go before they could have enough food and warm clothes.
At this moment, listening to the bustling voices on the street, looking at the smiles on the faces of the young boys and girls, the lanterns all over the street, and the steam coming out of the food shops on the street, Princess Daning couldn't help but feel as if she was in another world.
"The people here are so lucky." This should be one of the few places in Dayong that has not been affected by war or natural disasters.
"It would be great if people from all parts of Dayong could live like this in the future."
Facing the sighing eyes of Princess Daning, Wei Yunlan nodded seriously, "Yes, when everything calms down, the people of Dayong will be able to live like this."
"Princess, you should believe in His Highness, and also believe in ourselves."
Each of them is doing their best for this common goal.
Every day, they are getting closer and closer to this goal!
"I wonder where King You is now?" Princess Daning looked out of the carriage window.
Wei Yunlan counted the days and found that six days had passed since they separated from the army before arriving in Huaizhou. At this time, King You's army should have met the army coming from the northwest.
I don’t know what the situation is over there. Did they go to war and successfully persuade Peng Yue to withdraw his troops?
Just as Wei Yunlan was thinking, the wheels of the carriage seemed to hit some stones, and there was a bumpy feeling in the carriage.
"Miss Wei, the road surface is a bit uneven. Please sit tight, we will be on the official road ahead." Zou Yun rode his horse closer to the carriage and said in a low voice.
In fact, before arriving at Hengzhou, Wei Yunlan and Princess Daning also rode horses, and the carriages in the team were loaded with grains to be sent to various states. However, when they arrived in Hengzhou and headed for the farmland around the city, Lord Lu specially prepared a carriage, and then the princess had her period and felt a little uncomfortable in her abdomen, so the carriage was kept and is still used today.
As soon as Zou Yun finished speaking, the carriage shook violently again.
Wei Yunlan used his hands to block Princess Daning's back, thus preventing her from falling and hitting the wall of the car.
Even so, Princess Daning's arm still bruised slightly, and she couldn't help but take a deep breath, "Hiss... Why didn't I realize that the roads near Hengzhou City were so difficult to walk on when I came here?"
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.
Wei Yunlan suddenly became alert, reached out to grab the wooden edge of the car window, and looked outside, "Stop first."
While speaking, as if sensing her nervousness, Heiyun, who was lying at Wei Yunlan's feet, stood up suddenly and leaned over vigilantly to sniff the surrounding air.
Although Wei Yunlan and her team had a large number of people and more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages carrying grain seeds, everyone in the team was well-trained and they immediately stopped on the spot at the command.
The next moment, a warning voice suddenly came from the front of the team.
"Princess, Miss Wei, there are ambushes ahead!"
Wei Yunlan took out the "Thousand-mile Eyes" that Qi Xu gave her when they parted, and looked forward.
On both sides of the fork in the road near the official road, I saw figures squatting behind rocks or big trees.
A quick glance showed that there were at least hundreds of people.
The reason why the team failed to notice anything unusual before was not because the other party was good at hiding, but because the distance between them was too far.
"Take a look." Wei Yunlan handed the Thousand-mile Eye to Zou Yun.
Zou Yun took it and looked at it, frowning slightly, "Miss Wei, why do I feel that those people don't look like soldiers, nor do they look like bandits..."
Zou Yun did not have the ability to identify the other party at a glance. The reason he said that was because the group of people in the distance were too perfunctorily hidden. Rather than being in ambush there, it would be more like a group of idle people squatting casually at the entrance of the village.
As soon as their team stopped.
Someone in front stood up and looked over here.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been noticed by people in the team even though he was so far away.
"Miss Wei, they are coming this way." Zou Yun said with a frown.
"Be alert and don't let them get close to the grain trucks. Otherwise, act according to the situation." Wei Yunlan said as he patted Heiyun's back gently.
The black figure jumped down, but did not rush towards the group in front, but ran to the back and stood guard next to the last grain cart.
The carriage that Wei Yunlan and Princess Daning were riding in was in front of the dozen or so grain carts, and Heiyun was at the last grain cart.
In this way, no matter what unexpected changes might happen, Wei Yunlan would have enough time to store the dozen or so carts of grain seeds into the space, so that these most important things would not be affected at all.
The people in front kept pouring into the team, and when they got closer, it was not difficult to see that what Zou Yun said before was correct.
This group of people were indeed not organized soldiers or bandits. Except for the 20 or 30 men in the front, most of the others were old people, women and children. Some were holding hoes, some were carrying shovels, and some were carrying baskets on their backs. They just ran over.
"Are you the ones who asked us to plant that clod of earth?"
"I have been taking care of the crops for decades, but I have never planted such monsters. You asked us to dig up the crops in the field and plant these. What is your intention?"
"We in Hengzhou are only living a little better than other states. Why should we be bullied by you?"
The person running in front rushed towards the carriage, cursing all the time.
One of the old women, who already had silver hair, took off the basket on her back, took out a few rotten cabbages from it, and threw them at the guards next to the carriage.
Another person beside the old woman pointed to the carriages behind her and said, "Those carriages at the back must be pulling those clods of earth."
"Let's burn them down and see what they'll give us to plant in the future!"
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