Chapter 29 Gu Sang and Gu Da
After the brief sharing of hardships just now, Gu Feixue still admired the two men's actions of standing in front of her even if they were no match for her.
It just so happened that the two were not refugees, but had been separated from their families, so the family decided to take them in temporarily.
These two half-grown children, a boy and a girl, were both about ten years old, and their bodies were stronger than those of ordinary children.
This is understandable, as the northern nomads are indeed stronger than those in the south.
Otherwise, those bandits wouldn't have targeted the two of them. After all, being a bandit definitely requires a good foundation.
Gu Feixue told Gu Tingchuan about this idea.
Gu Tingchuan was a man who doted on his younger sister. When he heard his younger sister say that she was afraid of encountering such bandits and kidnappers on the street in the future, he immediately agreed to let Gu Feixue take the two of them in temporarily, so that they could be playmates and he could protect them.
Gu Feixue did indeed suddenly decide to recruit a subordinate.
When she saw the two people standing in front of her, in addition to admiration, she also realized that in the eyes of others, she was just a seven-year-old child.
Such a difficult flying kick is really not something a seven-year-old child can do.
Fortunately, the group was not suspicious and took the two of them in. When the time came, they would pretend to do daily physical exercises and learn some basic skills, which would definitely not attract attention.
As for how Gu Feixue learned Mongolian, Gu Tingchuan gave everyone an answer.
Originally, Gu Lang was a first-rank official, so naturally he had many servants in his house. Among them, there was a nomadic family from the north who worked in the kitchen, taking care of the cows and milking them.
Gu Feixue was not very old to begin with. She often drank milk and talked to them until she was five years old, so it was not surprising to Gu Tingchuan that she could understand the nomads' language.
"Would you like to follow me for a while? Once you find your family, you can always go home."
Gu Feixue's question was quickly answered by the two of them nodding in agreement.
They had no relatives here and couldn't speak the language, and they were grateful to Gu Feixue for rescuing them just now. Knowing that they were not bad people, they naturally agreed.
Later, in order to make it easier to address them, Gu Feixue gave them names in the Central Plains dialect, one was called Gu Sang and the other was Gu Da. The two were very happy.
Yuchi Shuo was so happy to see Gu Feixue suddenly gain two playmates that he smiled brightly, but for some reason he felt a little jealous.
Especially when he saw the ten-year-old nomadic boy, who was not only as big as a calf but also taller than him, almost catching up with him, he felt an unfamiliar sense of crisis in his heart for some reason.
Although he knew that the reason why the two agreed was because of Gu Feixue's act of saving people just now.
"Brother, please have someone take them to a clothing store and buy them two sets of suitable clothes."
The two men were affected by the refugees, and their clothes were somewhat ragged, especially their furs, which were torn here and there.
The reason why they didn't let anyone take it back to the prefectural government to change it was because the prefectural government was at least half an hour away from here. It would be too troublesome to rush back to change it, and it might not even be possible to make it back in time.
In addition, the Gu family is only staying temporarily in the prefectural villa. After the disaster is over, they will definitely buy their own property.
It would be somewhat inappropriate to ask the two of them to return to the prefectural villa where they are unfamiliar with the place.
It’s better to stay beside her so that you can get to know each other.
Since there were outsiders present, Yuchi Shuo did not let everyone address him as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to avoid leaking out the news. After all, one must always be on guard against others.
It just so happened that at this time, most people in Liangcheng did not know that the Crown Prince had come here. The only ones who knew the truth were the Gu family, Duke Zheng and his confidants, and the prefect himself.
Even Yuchi Shuo's servants who were temporarily staying in the prefect's villa were unaware of this.
The group then hid it very well. In fact, Gu Sang and Gu Da could not understand a few words of Central Plains dialect at all. Even if they did not avoid suspicion, they would not be able to understand what was said.
After a while, Gu Sang and Gu Da came back, dressed neatly. The group delayed for a while, and when they saw that everyone was there, they immediately set off for the next inspection point.
Everyone first went to the city wall construction team and found that the people repairing the city wall had already started work. Since they were paid in exchange for food, these people were very motivated.
"In reply to your Excellency, once the walls of Liangcheng are repaired, there will be no more bandits coming into the city to commit crimes."
Yuchi Shuo nodded slightly. With fewer bandits and robbers, the people's property would be more secure. This disaster relief grain would be of great use.
“How is the naturalization and settlement of refugees going?”
After saying this, he was about to move, but was stopped by the prefect.
"Your Excellency, you don't know that there are many refugees in the refugee settlement, and we don't know if there are any who are infected with the plague..."
Yuchi Shuo waved his hand and asked Zhuifeng to come forward. Zhuifeng said with a cold face, "My master wants to see it, and no one can stop him."
The prefect groaned inwardly upon hearing this, but he also knew that the person in front of him really wanted to see it, so he naturally did not dare to stop him.
However, he was even more worried. Last night, he received a message from Duke Zheng saying that His Highness would personally inspect the disaster tomorrow. He and Duke Zheng did not sleep the whole night just to put an end to the chaos among the refugees.
Now he can only pray to God to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, otherwise he will be in big trouble.
Then everyone rushed along the city wall to where most of the refugees were accommodated.
During this time, Yuchi Shuo looked at the refugees repairing the city wall and remembered what Gu Feixue said yesterday about dividing the refugees into local and non-local. He became interested and asked:
"Why should the refugees be divided into two groups and governed separately?"
Gu Feixue was speechless. She had initially thought that Yuchi Shuo was a good person, but she didn't expect that he couldn't understand her expressions again and again.
No matter what, she is just a seven-year-old child. Isn't it a problem if she can really say that?
However, Gu Feixue was stubborn and she didn't hide her feelings if she wanted to compete with him.
Otherwise, if the other party asked her a question and she couldn't answer it, wouldn't she be embarrassed because she was inferior to the other party?
So, Gu Feixue gritted her teeth and said:
"Of course it's because the local refugees are more familiar with Liangcheng's geographical environment and topography. Most importantly, the locals know where the plague has occurred. They are afraid of being infected and will avoid places where the plague has occurred." Gu Feixue paused and pretended to be childish.
"If they're not local, they certainly wouldn't know there's a plague there. With the city walls built in all directions, who knows if someone might pass through the plague area and get infected? So, have them all go and reclaim some wasteland not far from where they live."
The reason why it is the closest is that the Liangcheng prefect had already resettled the local refugees well. It was only because there were no crops in the wasteland that they fled to the east.
Now that they have returned to their residence, these people can get food as long as they build the city wall, allowing those from outside the area to live closer to the wasteland and avoid cross-infection with other people in the city.
Gu Feixue's words made everyone suddenly enlightened.
Especially the prefects, they looked like they had benefited a lot and it didn't seem like they were pretending.
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