Chapter 165 Another Year
"Master, why are you calling me so urgently today?" She has been coming to the palace every day these days.
Not long after I went out this morning and finished arranging Yuyan's affairs, I was called back.
"It's like this, I plan to ask you to go back to South City and bring a letter to my mother and others." Seeing her come in, Xia Yutong said with a smile.
"I will listen to the master." Going back to South City, she hasn't been back for some time?
I don’t know how my wife is doing now.
"Well, then you should go back and pack up now. The sooner you go back, the better." She wrote this in the letter, hoping that her father could understand her thoughts.
"good."
After Liu'er left, Xia Yutong began to watch the children sleep stupidly again.
After seeing this, Xia Xiang shook her head helplessly.
Liu'er can travel much faster alone than with a group of people.
She is a martial arts expert and can endure the hardships on the road.
It took less than a month to reach Nancheng.
South City was also hit by the disaster. Looking at the people outside the city, she felt a little sad.
Fortunately, she was bought by the lady back then.
As soon as she returned to the Xia Mansion, she took out the letter and handed it to the master.
Both Father and Mother Xia were very happy to see Liu'er come back.
Everyone surrounded her and asked about Xia Yutong.
They received a letter saying that she was going to give birth, but they didn't know how she would
Mother Xia wanted to go to the imperial city, but the disaster happened again. Along the way, she was a woman and no one was at ease with her.
"Replying to the master and the madam, the princess is doing well, the two young masters are doing well, and the eldest young master is doing well too." They are all doing well.
"That's good, that's good." Hearing that everything was fine, the two felt relieved.
"Then Liu'er, you should go down and have some rest, and have dinner with the lady in the evening. You haven't been home for a while, and the lady must miss you." Father Xia was holding his daughter's letter in his hand, and he was a little anxious to read it.
"yes."
Liu'er didn't delay either, she was indeed tired.
I rushed back in great haste and suffered a lot along the way.
Father Xia opened the letter and after reading what his daughter wrote, he sighed, "As a father, I want to help, but now is not a good time to do anything." How could he dare to take action in front of the court when the governor had not arrived yet.
Not only him, but the An family as well.
All that could be done was to have the wife take the disciples to distribute porridge outside the city gate.
Mother Xia also read the letter, her eyes reddened: "Husband, why don't we go ask Brother An." She was reluctant to refuse her daughter.
"No, I heard the governor will be here soon. The rest of the country has been pacified and food has been distributed. At least not too many people have starved to death."
Father Xia shook his head and disagreed.
"The An family is different from ours, so it's better to avoid it." He thought a lot and was afraid that his daughter would be suspected after people in the imperial city knew about it.
"Alas, I will listen to my husband."
As a woman, she is indeed not as considerate as her husband. She only thinks about her daughter and doesn't know what is good for her and what is bad for her.
Seeing that his wife didn't ask any more questions, Father Xia decided to wait a little longer.
Liu'er's return finally brought a smile to the Xia family's face.
"Sister Liu'er, my elder sister is really that powerful." Rongrong is the one who clings to Liu'er the most.
"Of course, the young lady is very capable." She could never praise her master enough.
"Of course, Miss Rongrong is not bad either. Her needlework is much better than that of the eldest lady." Liu'er also praised Rongrong.
"Hehe." Hearing this, Rongrong was so happy, "I will definitely make a lot of clothes for my nephew this time. When Sister Liu returns to the imperial city, remember to give them to Big Sister for me."
"no problem."
She might not be able to go back to the imperial city for a while.
So he said something extra: "Then Miss Rongrong must make the young masters' clothes bigger. Liu'er still has to stay in South City for a while."
"Yeah." Rongrong didn't ask any more questions.
Mother Xia would ask about Xiaotong's life in the imperial city every day. Liu'er did not hide anything and told her everything she knew.
It will also reassure the lady.
The person Xia's father was waiting for didn't make him wait long.
As soon as the governor arrived, he started to get busy.
"Governor Li, this matter still depends on your arrangements." Father Xia and Father An both appeared at the yamen today.
Normally, they would avoid this place, but now, they had no choice but to step in.
Governor Li is a disciple of Lord Lu. He is an upright person and loyal to Dayan.
"I'll have to trouble you two with everything." Lord Li knew that if Nancheng wanted to keep peace, it would depend on them to take charge. It was thanks to the court that he could retain such a face.
He is a very realistic person.
"The court must come first to open the granary and release the grain. If there is not enough, then I will trouble Patriarch Xia and Patriarch An."
"We will follow the orders of Lord Li." The two men recognized each other's identities.
Just cooperate fully.
After the discussion, the three of them had a meal together, and then began to settle the people living around South City.
Nancheng can be said to be the granary of Dayan.
This place has been implicated this year, not to mention other places, so Lord Li also wants to quickly appease the people and prevent them from leaving their hometown.
Once the rain comes, someone still has to do the work in the fields.
After the meal, the head of the An family left first.
Lord Li also grabbed the head of the Xia family who wanted to leave.
"Master Xia, when I came here, His Majesty gave me an order that if I have anything to ask after I arrive in Nancheng, I can come to you, Master Xia." Lord Li did not hide it.
Of course the emperor knew the Xia family's current capabilities.
It is still possible to help the people of a city.
If it’s too much, he doesn’t have the face to ask for it.
This country is still his country.
When Mr. Xia heard this, he quickly said that he was not worthy of it.
I became a little wary of this matter.
There is indeed enough food at home, but it is impossible to take it all out, as his Xia family still has to support disciples.
"Master Xia, there is no need to do this. I know that Master Xia is a man of high moral character, and Princess Li is also a rare talent, otherwise she wouldn't be able to grow such divine grain."
As one of the officials in charge, he was clear about some things.
Father Xia opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
"This time I came here mainly to discuss the sweet potato planting with the head of the Xia family." He had received a lot of information from King Li.
I heard that sweet potatoes are not drought-resistant and can be grown as long as there is soil, the only difference is the size.
Even if the output is affected, it will not be worse than it is now, and there will be no harvest at all.
"I understand what Lord Li means, but what we have at home is really not enough for the needs of the entire South City." He really had no choice on this point.
He only found out about the whole thing when someone took away food from the farm.
Now, he really didn't know how much surplus food there was in the village.
"No matter how many there are, I don't think Master Xia wants to see the people of Nancheng eating their own children." This year's disaster is more serious than expected.
If the court hadn't acted quickly, and if the treasury hadn't had enough grain reserves, I'm afraid...
Exchanging children for food was nothing, but he was afraid that the entire population of Dayan would be severely affected. When that happened, foreign invaders would come, and he didn't dare to think about it anymore.
"Hey, Lord Li, why don't you come with me to take a look? To be honest, if there hadn't been a war on the border, I wouldn't have known about this." Father Xia said with an embarrassed look on his face.
It is true that he bought Zhuangzi, but he was not in charge of the matter and had no knowledge of any of the matters involved.
Thinking about how his daughter had cheated him out of the grain he had grown, he felt a little unhappy.
But I also knew that I was really useless at that time.
Of course, Lord Li was more than happy to accept this. "Then I'll have to trouble Patriarch Xia."
Father Xia brought Lord Li directly to the farm outside Xiaowai.
Everyone in Zhuangzi was working in the fields.
When they saw Xia's father arriving with the soldiers, all the servants stopped what they were doing.
Surrounded.
The manager had been keeping an eye on the fields and knew when the master came.
Run over here.
"Master, why are you here?" It was so hot today.
"This is Lord Li, the governor of the court. He has something to ask you." Father Xia directly handed the important task to the manager of the manor.
There are some things that the manager knows better than him.
Lord Li was very kind and did not look down on the steward when he saw him.
Instead, there is a little more respect.
"Hello, Lord Li." The steward was also well-trained. When he saw the governor, he did not try to fawn on him and just greeted him normally.
"Sir Li, this is Manager Zhou from my farm. He is in charge of everything here." Father Xia helped introduce.
"Hello, Manager Zhou. I won't be polite to you. I wonder if there are many sweet potatoes. I want the other people in South City to plant some as well." With the relief from the court and their own hard work, they should be able to overcome this disaster.
Manager Zhou frowned, and he understood what was going on.
I finally understand what Uncle He meant by leaving some behind.
I see.
After receiving Uncle He's order, all places received a private letter asking them to reserve some just in case.
He lived close to his master's house, so he kept more food there. In addition, over the years, the grain in their warehouse was indeed much more than that in other places.
"Sir Li, the master has already given instructions on this matter. If anyone from the court comes to inquire, then the seeds reserved in the warehouse will be handed over to the court master." Manager Zhou is a sensible person.
He also knew his master's current status and knew how to speak in the most stable way.
When Lord Li heard this, he was so happy: "Haha, good, good, good, Princess Li is still more righteous."
Father Xia is like an outsider.
However, he was also happy for his daughter.
Her family was unable to give her daughter much confidence, but now, she has earned a great merit.
When Father Xia saw Lord Li busying himself, he immediately found Manager Zhou.
"Let me tell you something. You are like this, like this... like this..."
Father Xia was afraid that his daughter would be alone in the imperial city. Her contribution this time was so great that it should be known to the world.
"I will listen to the master's instructions." Manager Zhou was a shrewd man, so how could he not know what the master meant?
They were originally a little dissatisfied with the direct pulling of grain out, but since the master had given the order, they had to obey.
Now is the perfect time to bring the grain to clear the master's name.
When thinking about the throne, they felt that their master should establish himself.
Soon, many people in the south city knew about sweet potatoes.
I also know that this item was contributed by the current Princess Li.
At this moment, the people were in an uproar, and the refugees almost set up a longevity card for Princess Li.
The starting point was Nancheng, and then all the places where there was Xia Family Manor began to take action.
Most places in the Great Yan Dynasty knew about this.
Princess Li was also worshipped.
When Xia Yutong found out, she was stunned for a moment.
Then she shook her head. She never cared about reputation.
With so many farms and two seasons a year, the harvest is huge.
There are so many soldiers at the border that they can never be exhausted.
It is just right to be used inside the Great Wall, so that everyone can gradually resume planting.
Whether it is sweet potatoes, potatoes or corn, everything can be planted, but if the weather is too dry, the yield will be affected to some extent.
But it's better than getting nothing.
In the winter of the 26th year of Dayan, God finally blessed Dayan.
The heavy rain that lasted for half a month brought all the farmers in the fields back to life.
The people stood there in the rain, thanking God, the court, and Princess Li.
But things are not so smooth here at the border.
The battle lasted for so long, but the Huns still could not be defeated.
Even though they won every day, the Huns were still willing to risk their lives and charged forward fearlessly every day.
Everyone can understand their behavior. Without food, it is better to die in battle than to starve.
Wen Li hadn't written home for three months. Near the end of the year, he wrote a letter to Xia Yutong, telling her that he might not be able to come back to spend the New Year with her this year.
I can't even go back to see my sons.
He seemed very depressed in the letter, but even so, he guarded the border tightly and did not let the Huns enter at all.
In December, Xia Yutong received the letter. After reading it, she sighed.
"Geng'er, Chang'er, your father may not be able to come back to see you this year." It has been almost three months since the child was born.
Their father had not yet been seen.
"Princess, is the prince okay?" Xia Xue and others were also worried about the prince.
Xia Yutong shook her head. "He's fine. It's just that if the Xiongnu issue isn't resolved, it's probably going to be hard for him to come back."
"What should we do then?" Xia Xue and others had never experienced war and could not understand what it was like.
But they still knew about the deaths on the battlefield.
"I don't know what to do either." She couldn't fight, so this was really of no help to him.
Headache.
Seeing their master like this, they all shut up.
In the 26th year, the emperor stopped writing.
He knew that Li'er could not return, and he felt very disappointed. He did not even hold the family dinner this year.
On New Year's Eve, he left the palace in private.
Arrived at Li Wangfu.
When Xia Yutong saw her father coming, she hurried to greet him.
"No need to be so polite. Where are Gen'er and the others? Are they awake?" Since he couldn't see his son, he came to see his grandson.
"They're awake." The emperor would come to see the children from time to time, and the people in the palace were used to it.
"That's good. I was afraid they would fall asleep again." He came ten times, and they were sleeping at least eight times.
"Xia Xue, go ask Nanny Huang to bring the children over so that they can have New Year's Eve dinner with their grandfather, the Emperor." Xia Yutong said to Xia Xue who was beside her.
"yes.",
Nanny Huang is now always serving the children.
Apart from the wet nurse, she is one of the people who spends the most time with the children.
Xia Yutong was unable to breastfeed two children by herself, and finally had to ask a wet nurse to help her.
Every wet nurse’s food passed through her hands.
There are a lot of good things in there.
The wet nurse for the two children is much better now than before.
Whether it's physical or otherwise.
As soon as the meal was ready, Nanny Huang brought the wet nurse and the children into the hall.
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