Chapter 36 Border Town
In Yanzhou City, the great families of Yanzhou who were waiting to hear the news sent people to wait at the city gate. When they heard that the King of Li really passed through Yanzhou City without entering, and a seventh-rank official was sent to kill him, they did not dare to enter the city.
All the major clans and officials found it incredible. Although the King of Li did not act very arrogantly, he dared to kill Jiang Nansheng and ostentatiously sold treasures in Weizhou, so they thought he was a difficult person to deal with.
I didn't expect it was just a silver-like wax spear head!
The dandies in the city mocked and ridiculed him. They said that what they had heard about the Crown Prince was really just a rumor. With his courage, he deserved to be banished to Yandi by the Emperor.
There was no place for him in the sixteen states of Yan, so he could only go to the border camp. That place only had a few thousand useless Black Feather Camp and Tuntian Camp.
Let's see how long our Prince Li can endure there! The evil of human nature made these Yanzhou dandies feel very happy when they thought that the prince, who used to be high and mighty, was now living in a remote camp, being mocked by others but unable to fight back.
So what if he is a prince of the royal family? He is not as comfortable as the sons of the noble families! When Jin Sui saw the border town mentioned by everyone, he was stunned. You call this a city? In the previous life, in the electronic world, I saw a small town in the Middle East that had just been baptized by artillery fire, and it looked more like a city than this!
There isn't even a decent city wall, and the pile of broken bricks and old tiles is not even as high as a farmhouse wall.
The road was still a yellow mud road, and the yellow dust raised by horse hooves was flying.
There are no tall trees on the city wall, only some pine and cypress trees planted. It is said that planting big trees is not conducive to monitoring the outside of the Great Wall, so the tall poplar trees that had been planted have been cut down.
The only tree with lush branches and leaves was the soapberry tree, which survived because it was too practical.
The houses are all thatched mud huts, and most of them are wooden camps. There is no coughing of the elderly, no laughter of children, not even the crowing of chickens or barking of dogs.
You told me this is a city? Jin Sui looked at Han Xing, who lowered his head in shame, not daring to look into the prince's eyes.
He only whispered, "It's too late today. Your Majesty, go to bed early. I will show you the camp at the end of tomorrow."
Hei Hu whispered, "Brother, the other brothers are waiting to see the prince!"
Jin Sui said hurriedly, "This king is not tired. Let all the soldiers of the Black Feather Camp gather. No one in Yanzhou will host a banquet to welcome this king, so let's host it ourselves."
"Have a bonfire party!"
The Black Feather Camp soldiers, who were originally tired and wanted to go to bed early, became excited upon hearing this. They called their relatives and friends and took action.
More than a thousand Black Feather Camp soldiers gathered and saluted Jin Sui. Jin Sui greeted them with a smile, but sighed in her heart. She had previously thought that the three hundred Black Feather Camp soldiers who came to pick her up were too young.
It now seems that they are still the elite of the entire Black Feather Camp. Among the soldiers who remain in the camp, some are in their forties or fifties, and some have obvious disabilities.
Han Xing also introduced two civilian officials to her, both of whom were eighth-rank clerks. One of them was Wei Qingquan, who was in charge of food and military supplies. He was in his thirties, dressed very neatly, wore a fu hat, and had a jade pendant around his waist. He was out of place in the entire border camp.
The funny thing is, he has a round face, probably because of tooth decay and he only uses one side of his teeth to chew, making one side of his face look bigger than the other. When he speaks, he inhales cold air and makes a painful hissing sound.
He bowed respectfully to Jinsui with a flattering smile, but his whole body was filled with anxiety and eagerness.
Jinsui knew without Han Xing telling him that he must be a Beijing official who was exiled to the border, and he wanted to be transferred back to the capital, not allowing himself to forget for a moment that he was once a Beijing official.
Another clerk, Cheng Yu, who was in charge of military pay and dispatch, had a completely opposite temperament to Wei. He was about forty years old, tall and had a square face.
He was wearing ordinary linen clothes, his hair was disheveled, his eyes were bloodshot, and he reeked of alcohol and staggered as he saluted Jin Sui.
Wei Zhubo's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could kill a fly, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with his "colleague".
Jinsui invited the two chief clerks to sit down, while the others prepared for the bonfire party, stewing or roasting the goats and chickens they bought on the way, steaming the rice, and making cakes with the flour.
More than a thousand soldiers were as happy as if it were New Year's Day. Jinsui listened and found that many of them said that they had not eaten rice and flour for a long time.
Cheng Zhubo happily contributed his stored wine, but there were only ten jars, which was not enough to share.
Jin Sui took out all the energy bars stored in the space, boiled them in a big pot until they melted, and ate them with bread. This is the best way to eat brown sugar that Hei Hu figured out on the way.
Jinsui took the opportunity to take out the four wolves as well. Although everyone was surprised to see the wolf meat, her training along the way was still very useful, and no one asked where it came from.
When the meal started, Jinsui noticed that there were many people gathered in the distance. They swallowed their saliva and stood on tiptoe to look at the fire over here.
When she asked, she found out that they were soldiers who were hoarding land.
Hei Hu said: "Don't think they look down on us, in fact, they eat worse!"
Jin Sui was amused. These two armies were obviously the worst in the entire Yan area. You are still comparing who is worse! She said to Han Xing, "Since they are all soldiers from the border town, please invite them all to attend the king's welcoming banquet!"
Wei Zhubo stroked his beard and smiled, "Very, very, very much. Your Highness should take this opportunity to win over the hearts of the people and make these soldiers who store farmland serve Your Highness."
Cheng Zhubo laughed and said, "They are all old, weak, sick and disabled. What's the point of selling them? It's a waste of food."
Han Xing tried to smooth things over: "It will be more lively with more people."
When they heard that the prince invited the soldiers to attend the party, they were all very excited. However, they did not come empty-handed, but carried some beans and grains.
They all came to pay their respects to Jinsui, who responded with a smile. Seeing some children and women, they watched from afar and did not dare to come forward.
She was mindful of her current status, fearing that she would be called a pervert again, so she did not call the women over. She only asked Hei Hu to give the children some energy bars.
Because there were too many people, the barbecue was cancelled and all the food was cooked into soup, so that everyone could at least get some broth.
The moon was already at its zenith, and all around was quiet. Above our heads, the bright moon was hanging high in the sky, and the stars were shining brightly.
The entire border town seemed to have been thrown into a corner of the universe, outside the primeval world. Within a hundred miles, there was no trace of human life except this place.
Jin Sui did not feel exiled or abandoned. Instead, he liked it very much. From now on, this small border town will be his territory!
Haha, I worked so hard in my previous life that I couldn’t even afford a house and had to live in a dormitory all the time.
I didn’t expect that after traveling through time, I actually had a city!
Of course, she did not forget that the identity of the King of Li was "borrowed". She was very open-minded and thought that when Gu Changxiao came, she would return the border town and the identity to him.
But I have worked hard during this period, so it should be okay for you to give me one mu of land, right? I will be a landlord here, reclaim wasteland and plant potatoes and tomatoes, open a clinic, and take in apprentices...
"Ugh! What's put in this pancake?" The bitter taste in his mouth interrupted Jinsui's fantasy.
Cheng Zhubo took a bite of the cake and said sarcastically, "Salt mud! Your Majesty has never eaten it, right? There is no green salt to eat at the border."
Of course Jinsui had eaten salt mud before, but the salt mud here had a salty and alkaline taste, which was much more unpalatable than the salt mud in the Central Plains.
She always took salt out of the space on the road, and hadn't eaten salt mud for a long time. Maybe there were too many people tonight and there was not enough salt, so she used salt mud again.
She found that Cheng Zhubo was decadent and world-weary. He was not targeting King Li, but he hated everyone equally.
Wei Zhubo hurriedly scolded, "Master Cheng, how can you talk to the prince like that?"
Jin Sui felt that Wei Zhubo was a bit arrogant, so he said quickly: "It's okay, I am really not familiar with the border matters."
I sighed in my heart, the border is in such a mess, but they are still not united. It seems like this team is not easy to lead!
(End of this chapter)
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