Chapter 82 The Happy Time of the Idiot
After listening to Dong Shisan's words, Xie Yanyan suddenly understood what Xu Xiangpu said. In the eyes of some people, natural disasters are good opportunities.
Because of the arrival of the Crown Prince and Prince Xi, the inspection at the Xiangyang city gate was particularly strict.
In Xiangyang, even ordinary people cannot walk around freely on the streets these days. There are too many nobles and the county magistrate is afraid of something happening.
The governor of Xiangyang mobilized all the 20,000 garrison troops stationed there, and the city of Xiangyang was surrounded like an iron barrel.
When you enter the city, your documents will be checked, and if they are not suitable at all, you will be driven out of the city.
Dong Shisan was the prince's personal bodyguard, so he was much more lax in his inspection of Zhou Shaoyu and the others.
He entered the city and rushed towards the palace where the prince was.
They washed up first and then went to see Crown Prince Fu Hong together.
The prince came out excitedly, stood on the steps, accepted their greetings, and let them into the room.
Seeing Xu Wenrong, he asked in surprise: "Is this Mr. Xu?"
Xu Wenrong bowed respectfully: "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The prince hurriedly gave him a fake support and was extremely polite.
"You and Miss Xie?"
"Yan Yan is my cousin, and General Xie is my uncle."
The prince was overjoyed. This was great. Both the Xu family and the Xie family could be used by me. My father was indeed the closest to me.
The prince looked at Xie Yanyan, his eyes shining like stars: "Are you tired from the journey? It's hot, you must have worked hard."
Xie Yanyan:
"Bring the tea."
Zhou Shaoyu watched the prince show his courtesy without blinking, trying to figure out from which angle he could kick someone to death.
The palace prepared a special scented tea for cooling off in the summer, and it tasted pretty good. After some polite words from everyone, Xie Yanyan just drank the tea slowly and sat quietly.
After talking for a while, the prince ordered the meal to be served.
The meals in the palace are quite exquisite, and they are prepared by the most famous local chefs. They also take the summer heat into consideration and prepare a lot of meals to relieve the heat.
"This trip to the northwest to treat the disaster is very important to the emperor. There is no limit to the number of people involved. Anyone who can treat locusts can go. If one person can treat the locusts, he will be rewarded. If everyone cooperates to treat the locusts, everyone will be rewarded. You must help the people of Daqin survive this disaster."
Therefore, several groups of people have gathered in Xiangyang City, all preparing to go to the northwest to control locusts.
Zhou Shaoyu asked: "Your Majesty, where do you want to stop the locusts? West of the Qinling Mountains?"
"Of course the farther the better. We must stop them west of Chang'an."
Xie Yanyan said to the prince, "Your Highness, please send a message to all the counties as soon as possible, dig ditches to divert the locusts, dig trenches to block them, drive the locusts into the trenches, gather them together and kill them. Then prepare a fire and lure them to kill them."
The prince said: "This law has been recorded in ancient books, and the county magistrate has already implemented it."
Xie Yanyan’s meaning was that no matter whether the locals wanted to use it or not, the prince should tell everyone about this method first.
The prince understood immediately and immediately arranged for Dongliu to do it.
[Miss Xie is plotting for me to win the support of the people]
Disaster relief was urgent, so after everyone finished their meal and chatted for half an hour, the prince and his entourage headed for Chang'an.
As soon as the prince's carriage left, all the troops from Xiangyang caught up.
No one wants to run ahead of the prince, but no one wants to fall behind him either.
Xie Yanyan was speechless after listening to Zhou Jin's report.
The road to the west of Xiangyang is not easy to travel. It is an area with a lot of mountains and rivers.
The prince is not very old, about the same age as Zhou Shaoyu. He is elegant and kind, and looks a bit weak. However, in order to set an example, he gritted his teeth and persevered even though he was tired.
Since leaving the Xiangyang Palace, I ran all the way to Gucheng before slowing down. I ran for more than 90 kilometers. The road at this time was not like the highways in the 22nd century. It was bumpy and still a dirt road.
The prince had indeed reached his limit after walking such a long distance in one breath.
When they entered Gucheng, the prince's personal guards had already arrived in Gucheng in advance and delivered a message to the prince. All the officials of Gucheng had already left the city and were kneeling on the roadside to greet them.
The carriage stopped at Yazi Lake for a rest. The prince looked tired and his hair was a little loose. Eunuch Liu Qi hurriedly combed his hair and washed his face.
Zhou Shaoyu said outside Xie Yanyan's car window: "Come down and take a rest?"
Xie Yanyan came down and looked in the direction of Yazi Lake. Zhou Shaoyu immediately said, "Come on, I'll go with you to take a look?"
Xu Wenrong followed immediately.
Duck Lake is quite large. Due to the drought, the water level has dropped significantly. The aquatic plants around the lake are particularly lush, and the rocks by the water are covered with snails.
Xie Yanyan was wondering if he should get some snails and stir-fry them with sauce?
When Zhou Shaoyu saw her catching snails, he said that they were dirty and could not be eaten.
"Do you want to eat fish? There must be fish in Gucheng. I'll get it for you." Zhou Shaoyu watched her twisting the screws and thought that maybe she was craving for seafood?
"Can we not go to the prince's social event later?"
"You don't want to go?"
"Well, trouble."
Zhou Shaoyu said if you don’t want to go then don’t go, since they are receiving the prince anyway.
As the two were talking, they saw something floating in the lake. Zhou Jin shouted, "There's a fish."
Even if there are fish, I can’t catch them because I don’t have the tools.
Xie Yanyan silently looked at his space: Yes! There are fishing rods and fishing nets!
However, she only took a simple metal pole scoop net.
She took out a scoop net from her "magic carriage" and handed it to Zhou Shaoyu.
When the bait was thrown into the water, small silver carp half a foot long gathered immediately. Soon, big fish came, and several big black fish swam over.
Zhou Shaoyu pulled up the front of his clothes and tucked them into his waist, then bent down and got ready.
When the fish started to take big bites of the bait, Zhou Shaoyu emptied his net with lightning speed.
Zhou Jin shouted, "Caught! The prince caught a big fish!"
There was a bucket on the carriage. We added a little water and put the fish in. The fish weighed at least 20 or 30 pounds.
"It's a bream." Zhou Shaoyu reached out and scooped it up to show Xie Yanyan, and asked proudly, "Is it big?"
Xie Yanyan looked at it for several times. Isn't this a mandarin fish? Why is it called a ji (jì) fish?
The fish struggled and flapped its tail hard, splashing water all over Xie Yanyan's face. Zhou Shaoyu didn't even think twice and immediately reached out the back of his hand to wipe the water off her face.
After wiping it, he found that the water was not wiped off and a piece of fish scale was left on it, so he pulled the hem of his clothes to wipe her face.
His movements were too fast and Xie Yanyan didn't react in time, so she let him wipe her a few times.
After noticing it, he tilted his head back and said, "No need to wipe it."
Zhou Shaoyu seemed unaware and said excitedly: "How are we going to eat them later? We need to catch a few more. This one is not enough."
Seeing that the two of them didn't care at all, Xu Wenrong thought he was overthinking it. A fool just helped his friend wipe his face, right?
No matter what, quickly cover up this scene.
"Prince, give me the net, I'll try it too."
Xie Yanyan scattered some more bait and stood by the water watching Xu Wenrong fishing.
Xu Wenrong seized the opportunity and cast his net, catching a mandarin fish, which was estimated to weigh about 4 kilograms.
Although we have enough money and food, we are still excited to catch the big fish with our own hands.
The idiots were crying and the prince was itching to go and said to Liu Qi, "My dear, I want to go and see it too."
Liu Qi reminded him, "Oh, Your Highness, you can't go there. The prince likes to play, and it's okay to get covered in mud, but the civil and military officials of Gucheng are waiting for you, so you can't get covered in mud!"
The prince looked at Zhou Shaoyu and his companions with envy, as if they had picked up eight million silver coins, and they were crying as they walked towards the official road.
The big bucket was brought to the front. The prince was delighted to see such a big bucket of fish. "So many?"
Xu Wenrong said seriously: "The presence of big fish in the lake indicates that the Qin Empire is rich and prosperous, with surpluses year after year."
(End of this chapter)
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