Chapter 229 Using Other People’s Money to Do Your Own Business
This was the first time the brother and sister had such an unpleasant quarrel since they fled from famine.
In the end, Hu Yan did not go to find He Qiuniang. He made up an excuse and returned to the army early.
When Yirun came back and heard that the brother and sister had just had a fight and parted on bad terms, he immediately regretted it.
If he had known Hu Yan would be back today, he would never have gone out to look for a way out. In the end, he didn't find a way out and missed the meeting with Hu Yan.
Listening to Hu Dangui's sobbing, Yi Run felt disgusted. This woman was too stupid. How could she not even control her own brother?
He spent so much time and money...
But now, no news can be spread. If the high-yield grains of Lingnan can be passed back to the Western Rong, they will have no worries about lack of food to feed their troops. Not to mention the Great Zhou, even annexing the entire Central Plains would not be a problem.
He secretly resented the border defenses, which were as strong as a fortress. He didn't know what magical power this couple possessed, but the people were all on their side, and the soldiers at the border were all united, making him face obstacles at every turn.
He gritted his teeth secretly and decided that he must report the situation in Lingnan to the young master as soon as possible, otherwise Lingnan's rapid development would eventually become a serious concern.
Just thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel strange. Didn't the young master find an ugly woman to report Lu Shiyan's situation at any time? Why did such earth-shaking changes happen in Lingnan, but there was no movement over there?
Did the young master not receive the news? Or was the war outside so stalemate that he couldn't pay attention to this side?
Thinking about the ugly woman who suddenly disappeared from the village, his brows were furrowed so tightly that they could kill a mosquito. Could it be that Lu Shiyan discovered something?
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Jiang Tangtang originally planned to leave for the capital in early November, but the actual departure time was much later than she expected.
There were so many miscellaneous things to do, and I had to arrange them one by one. By the time I was finally able to travel, it was already mid-November.
Fortunately, it was not urgent for either of them to go to the capital, so it would only be a little later in the evening, which was not a big deal.
It is worth mentioning that the person Lu Shiyan arranged to pick up Anyang Bo had found the person seven days ago and is now on the way to escort him back.
Jiang Tangtang was relieved to hear that the original owner's father was safe. Finally, a worry was resolved.
They set out on this trip with the caravan.
The people in the caravan were all found by Lu Shili from all over the place.
Although these people are not soldiers, they are well-disciplined and each of them has extraordinary skills.
The leader of the caravan was Cheng Jiashu, who was only in his twenties, but he was an expert in wielding a broadsword.
Not only is he a master of martial arts, he is also good at managing his subordinates.
In order to prevent anyone from smuggling important information or seeds from Lingnan out, he was very strict with his subordinates.
In addition to self-inspection, caravans are also subject to strict inspection like other people when leaving the country.
In addition, there is a special group of people like supermarket loss prevention officers who are hiding everywhere, paying attention at all times and suppressing any forces that are detrimental to Lingnan.
Looking at the ironclad security, Jiang Tangtang couldn't help but marvel at the wisdom of the ancients. Although they didn't have modern technology, their security was no less than that of modern customs.
Once you leave Lingnan, the world becomes completely different.
Different from the youthful and vigorous Lingnan.
There was dead silence outside the city.
Some of the refugees outside the city looked numb, some looked miserable, and more people looked anxiously in the direction of Lingnan, wondering when they could enter the city.
These are refugees who fled to Lingnan and wanted to enter the city.
However, the refugees had to stay where they were and their identities had to be verified before they could enter the city. In addition to preventing spies from sneaking into the city among the refugees, it was also to prevent the plague.
Refugees fled from all over the place. The sanitary conditions on the road were poor, and so many people gathered together. Especially since there were wars in many places, countless casualties occurred, and no one knew what disease anyone would get.
Therefore, officials arranged for people to come and provide porridge and check the health of the refugees.
You can only enter the city after you are in good health, have no problems with your identity verification, and your clothes have been disinfected.
Although Jiang Tangtang has formulated a series of measures to settle the refugees, the number of refugees outside the city walls is increasing every day. The refugee office that took over has repeatedly added staff, but there are still not enough people.
Compared with the people living and working in peace and contentment in the city, the appearance of these refugees is really heartbreaking.
Not to mention, the further you go towards the capital, the more desolate it becomes.
There were large tracts of fertile land on the road that were uncultivated, and ragged refugees would occasionally pass by the convoy, looking at it with hungry eyes.
If the convoy was not full of strong men equipped with sophisticated weapons, Jiang Tangtang was sure that these refugees would rush over and eat the convoy until nothing was left.
When they reached Cangwu, they found corpses scattered across the wilderness with no one to collect them. Although Jiang Tangtang had known that the outside world was cruel, she was still terrified.
"Why are there so many deaths here?" Jiang Tangtang called Cheng Jiashu over to talk.
Others don’t know her true identity, but Cheng Jiashu knows it.
This time Jiang Tangtang came out dressed in men's clothes and treated Lu Shihou Yan as a brother.
Cheng Jiashu bowed to Jiang Tangtang and said, "Second Young Master, you don't know that the prefect of Cangwu not only did not send people to provide disaster relief to comfort the refugees, but he also sent a large army to guard the city to prevent the refugees from entering."
Jiang Tangtang asked, "Why don't these refugees go to Lingnan?"
At the beginning, it was indeed because Wei Haohan wanted to harm them that he deliberately spread her reputation and attracted a large number of refugees to Lingnan.
But later, Jiang Tangtang needed labor, so she personally sent people out to tell supernatural stories or sing folk songs to promote herself and Lingnan, so that these refugees could go to Lingnan and continuously expand Lingnan's labor force.
Cheng Jiashu said, "Second Young Master, you don't know. The journey to Lingnan is long. Many families have long been so poor that they have to trade their children for food. It's already difficult to reach Cangwu, let alone Lingnan. Most of those who can escape to Lingnan have a certain amount of family background, or have someone to help them along the way."
"Is the county magistrate of Cangwu rich? Are there any wealthy families there?" Jiang Tangtang narrowed his eyes and had a bold idea in his mind.
Cheng Jiashu was filled with righteous indignation and said, "That bastard Shan Yun is a corrupt official. He hasn't done a single good thing since he took office. He has eighteen concubines and is extremely wealthy, but he's so reluctant to spend even a little to help the refugees. It's really a disgrace to his official position..."
He enumerated all of Shan Yun's crimes, but Jiang Tangtang's eyes became brighter and brighter.
Everything will be easy if we have money and food.
What she likes most is to use other people's money to do her own things.
Then, she and Cheng Jiashu asked about the rich families in the city, especially those who were rich but unkind.
After finding out everything, she waved Cheng Jiashu away and looked at Lu Shiyan with a smile.
Lu Shiyan was very familiar with her smile. He guessed what she wanted to do without her saying anything. "You want to enter the city?"
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