Chapter 351 The burden on my shoulders

Eunuch Liu, the emperor's close eunuch, did not hide his departure from the palace. The capital is a very interesting place, and everyone who should know about this will soon know it. The marquis knew that the emperor had warned him, and he also knew that the emperor really valued Zhou Shuren. Thinking of the rotten stalls in Lizhou City, the emperor should really value it.

Other officials were wondering why Zhou Shuren had caught the emperor's eye. If he had caught the emperor's eye, why was he sent to Lizhou City? Could he really be capable?

The transmission of news in the capital is no worse than it is now.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren didn't care at all, they were leaving anyway.

The next day, Wu Ming set off early, so Chang Lian didn't need to find a convoy so he could follow him.

After Wu Ming left, the Yang family's carriage arrived, and Zhulan had also packed up. The Yang family rested for a night and set off with the Zhou family the next day.

There were many officials escorting along the way, plus the team escorting the silver, the long convoy was quite spectacular.

Zhulan sat in the carriage, calculating the fifty thousand taels of silver, which was given by the court to the farmers in Lizhou City to buy seeds and alleviate famine. It was not a lot of silver, but the court had no money after the war, and the emperor had to sell his house to get the fifty thousand taels.

When she thought of this, Zhulan's mouth twitched. It was the first time she saw the emperor publicly selling a house, and he was still keeping a house for reward. It was really amazing. He sold two houses and earned a lot of money, but there were too many places to spend the money, so he could only spare 50,000 taels.

The day before leaving, Zhou Shuren was summoned to the palace and came back with more detailed information about Lizhou City. Zhulan felt very heavy after reading it. Even though it was spring and there were wild vegetables, many people still starved to death in Lizhou City.

Zhou Shuren heard Zhulan sighing and hugged her, "Take a rest and don't think about it."

How could Zhulan not think about it? It was only 50,000 taels of silver. The emperor really thought highly of Zhou Shuren. How many villages and towns were there around the entire state city? Moreover, Lizhou City was originally an upper state, one of the six upper states with the largest population.

Even if some people have been lost, the population is still not small. Zhulan's head hurts just thinking about it. Forget it, she won't think about it today. She wants to sleep for a while.

The convoy moved very quickly. There was no waterway to Lizhou City, so the only means of transportation was horse carriage. They arrived at the nearest post station at night, and Zhulan got off the carriage to visit her parents.

Yang Dayong and Sun only had one night's good rest in the capital. After continuous travel, both of them looked very tired.

Zhulan helped her mother to the room, "Mom, I'm sorry to have made you suffer along with me."

Sun waved her hands, "What are you talking about? I was originally worried that it would be dangerous to go to Lizhou City, but now I am only able to go with you because of you. I am not suffering."

Zhulan looked at Sun's white hair and felt very sad. She hadn't seen her mother for more than half a year and she looked more than five years older. "Mom, you and Dad should rest first. I'll go get you some hot water."

Sun didn't hold back. She knew that the girl felt bad and wanted to be filial to them. "Yes."

Because there were too many people, they had to wait a while before eating. Zhulan first helped her parents wash up. After everything was cleaned up and the food was ready, Zhulan, Zhou Shuren and Xuehan had dinner together.

We had ginseng chicken soup for dinner. The ginseng was brought out by Zhulan, specially for my parents to nourish their bodies.

After dinner, Zhulan and Zhou Shuren returned to their room.

Zhou Shuren pressed Zhulan's shoulders and said, "Let me rub your shoulders for you."

Zhulan was indeed tired. She was either taken care of by Zhou Shuren or by Li. Except when Zhou Shuren was drunk, she had never served anyone else.

Zhulan carried hot water back and forth, and washed clothes for her parents. Her shoulders really hurt. "I have done my best for my original self."

Zhou Shuren thought to himself that he was not partial to Zhulan, he just felt that Zhulan did much better than the original person.

Zhulan felt better on her shoulders and motioned Zhou Shuren to sit down. Zhou Shuren was not idle in the carriage, either reading materials or looking at the map he got from the emperor. He was also very tired, "Let me give you a massage."

Zhou Shuren was not polite either. He had been writing a lot recently and his shoulders were indeed sore. "Yeah."

After Zhulan and Zhou Shuren rested for a while, neither of them went to sleep. Zhou Shuren wanted to break the silver into eight pieces and count them, while Zhulan helped him with the calculation.

It was already late by the time I went to bed, and I had to get up early the next day.

After breakfast, they continued on their journey. The situation in Lizhou City could not wait for anyone, so they arrived at Qizhou City five days later. As soon as the convoy stopped, Zhou Shuren took Boss Zhou out.

Zhou Shuren came back after the meal was ready. After dinner, he returned to his room and said, "I went around the grocery stores in the state capital. There are very few sweet potatoes and potatoes. Every grocery store mainly sells cornmeal and other products. If we want to buy in bulk, we still have to go to the village to buy."

Zhulan knew this would happen, "We won't be able to collect much along the way."

Zhou Shuren also knew that "something is better than nothing. It's useless to go to Lizhou City with money if you can't buy food."

Zhulan compensated, "And the price is too expensive."

Zhou Shuren walked back and forth in the room, and after a few turns, he said, "I'll leave this matter to my elder and second brothers. They and the police will go in different directions to collect the spoils. The more they can collect, the better."

Zhulan, "Yeah."

Zhou Shuren said, "I'll go get some money first. Fortunately, the emperor agreed to my request to use the money on the way. Otherwise, it would be even more difficult for us."

(End of this chapter)