When the group arrived in Xinliang, it was just past noon, and Chen Dianyi was leading people to open the granary and distribute rice.
The area around the granary was filled with people, queuing up, their faces beaming with joy.
Someone with sharp eyes spotted Gu Yuzhi's carriage and immediately knelt down, shouting, "Long live His Highness Prince Wen!"
It started with just a few people shouting, but it grew to several thousand, the sound deafening, startling the birds in the vicinity into the air.
Gu Yuzhi was taken aback by the enthusiasm of the people. He patted his chest and thought to himself, "Thank goodness, I let Xueye go before we even entered the city. Otherwise, such a commotion would have scared Xueye so much that she would have run out of the carriage."
Soon, a smile appeared on Gu Yuzhi's face, and he turned to Xie Changshi with great interest: "I want to go out and take a look."
He felt that since the people liked him so much, they would be disappointed if he hid in the carriage and didn't go out.
Moreover, this is Xinliang, and these are the people of his fiefdom, so they should be safe.
Chief Secretary Xie smiled slightly, and Guard Zhang immediately understood, quickly opening the carriage door and jumping out first.
Gu Yuzhi stopped at the carriage shaft, waved to the people, and then noticed that guards had already protected the carriage.
He stared intently with his big, round eyes, feeling that the one in the lead looked somewhat familiar.
Gu Yuzhi cleared his throat, straightened his back, put his little hands behind his back, and spoke in a childish voice with an air of authority: "Everyone, please get up quickly. It's more important to receive your food and meat. Once you've received them, hurry home. It's freezing cold, so be careful not to catch a cold."
With the Li family pharmacy in trouble and several thousand people migrating from Jiangnan, Gu Yuzhi sent people to search for doctors. With the help of Consort De's sister-in-law, he finally managed to hire several doctors from Suizhou at a high price to ensure that the people would not suffer from a lack of doctors.
While he was speaking, the area around the granary was unusually quiet. Only after he finished speaking did the people start to talk.
"Your Highness, my husband hunted a pheasant in the mountains. Would you like it? I'll take it home and get it."
"Pah! You dare to bring out a pheasant!"
A man chimed in, "That's right! Your Highness, my wife is an excellent cook. I've asked her to bring it over to you right away."
That's one of the good things about winter in the northern desert: if you can't finish the meat, you can dig a snowdrift in the yard, bury the meat, and eat it slowly without worrying about it spoiling.
Gu Yuzhi listened with a smile to what the people were saying, feeling as if many images were forming in his little head.
Just then, some children heard the commotion and rushed over, surrounding the guards and looking at the little prince, who was about their age, with great curiosity.
Gu Yuzhi turned around, went inside, and took some candy to distribute. Watching the children grab the candy and laugh and giggle, Gu Yuzhi's little face never stopped smiling. He stared intently, finding everything very new and interesting.
He had never seen so many children running and playing together when he was in the palace.
They didn't seem to be afraid of the cold; they were wearing linen clothes, and once they got the candy, they ran off, laughing and chasing each other.
Gu Yuzhi stared for a while, a hint of envy in his eyes.
From a very young age, as far back as he can remember, he was required to stand properly, sit properly, and walk and run with composure.
Although he was not favored, he was still a prince and had learned etiquette from his governess since childhood. He had never run around so freely before.
After the children had all run far away, Gu Yuzhi waved his little hand again and climbed back into the carriage.
The city guards escorted them inside, and Gu Yuzhi heard the people outside shouting in unison, "Respectfully seeing off Your Highness."
The noise gradually subsided once they entered the city. Gu Yuzhi gently patted his ears and heard Guard Zhang call out to Liang Yao, the man next to him.
So it was Huo Liangyao!
Last time Marshal Huo came to Xinliang with his deputy, Gu Yuzhi told him not to rush back and to train his troops here.
Upon hearing Huo Liangyao's name, he immediately rolled down the car window and looked over: "Senior Brother Huo."
Huo Liangyao hurriedly rode over and bowed: "Your Highness, you are too kind. My name is now Tian Shu."
There are so many people in the world with the surname Huo, so they didn't really need to avoid it like this. But since they are now in Xinliang, so close to Quanzhou, they have to think about some things more carefully.
Gu Yuzhi scratched his head and said "Oh" twice: "Is it the Tian Shu of Tian Shu and Tian Xuan?"
Huo Liangyao nodded in agreement.
Gu Yuzhi immediately became interested and started asking Xie Changshi a barrage of questions, like he had a million questions: "Xie Changshi, Xie Changshi, I overheard you mention Tian Shu and Tian Xuan once before, what does that mean?"
That sounds pretty impressive.
Chief Secretary Xie smiled slightly: "Does Your Highness still remember what I taught you before, how we find our way in the wilderness at night?"
Gu Yuzhi raised his little hand, looking proud: "I know, I know, the Big Dipper! They are seven particularly bright stars in the night sky, and they look like a ladle for scooping wine."
"Yes." Chief Secretary Xie subconsciously looked up, but could only see the top of the carriage, and it was not dark yet. "The names of these seven stars are Tian Shu, Tian Xuan, Tian Ji, Tian Quan, Yu Heng, Kai Yang, and Yao Guang."
Gu Yuzhi nodded his head as if he suddenly understood, and lowered his voice: "Then are there seven people like Senior Brother Huo?"
Just like the former Deputy General Yuan, he might have changed his name too.
Gu Yuzhi felt that he had reached the age of enlightenment and was already a big kid. He could understand many things after thinking about them more. He was no longer the little brat who knew nothing and only knew how to ask Xie Changshi.
So he could probably understand why Senior Brother Huo and the others changed their names.
Chief Secretary Xie thought for a moment and slowly nodded: "I don't know about this either. Sometimes these are just titles."
Gu Yuzhi responded with an "oh," and then Xie Changshi said, "Since Your Highness has brought up the Big Dipper, why don't I take Your Highness to identify it after dark tonight?"
Your Highness has come to the northern desert with a mission. You must not only learn these survival skills, but also put them into practice.
Gu Yuzhi had no idea about any of this; he just thought that looking at the stars was a very happy thing. He nodded his head repeatedly, held his chin in his hands, and smiled broadly.
"The starry sky!" In her previous life, Shu Xiaohan lived in a first-tier city with severe pollution. Not to mention seeing the starry sky, even the morning star seemed very dim!
Upon hearing that they could see the stars tonight, Shu Xiaohan wished she could fly out of Gu Yuzhi's mind.
Wen Xiuzhu wasn't about to miss this opportunity and retorted sarcastically, "Ha, we're from a thousand years in the future, and Teacher Shu from such a technologically advanced era has never even seen the starry sky!"
Shu Xiaohan...
She was too hasty, and Wen Xiuzhu seized on this and attacked her again!
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