Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Travel Miscellaneous
Liang Nian now consciously serves as Lin Si's subordinate, and his attitude has also improved a lot when participating in court discussions.
In the past, no one paid attention to her speeches in court meetings, and naturally they were rarely recorded. Even when Lin Si was about to come to Li County, many people were in a mood to laugh at her.
Let's see how she will deal with such a troublesome county lady who is also a royal relative.
Therefore, Liang Nian always listened but did not speak about the court discussions in Xihe Road.
But now it is different. She has reached a common goal with Lin Si. She recognizes Lin Si as the head of the family. She not only listens but also speaks in the court meeting.
It was another boring day of court discussions. The only useful information was that after a year-long tug-of-war between the imperial court and Nanzhao, the two sides finally reached a peace agreement.
Guo Zi and Xu Chuo were driving the ox cart in front. Guo Zi had a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth. In the ox cart was Yang Yidong sitting next to Liang Nian.
The world outside is not peaceful now. When Liang Nian goes out to discuss court affairs, Lin Si sends Wu Gengtian and his troops to protect him.
Liang Nian lifted the carriage curtain and looked out. Perhaps it was her mood that influenced her, but she felt a sense of gray and deadness shrouding the withered grass and trees beyond the official road. In the past, the grass would have been lush and the birds would have been flying, but now even the butterflies were gone.
After the court meeting, the county magistrates all looked unhappy. After all, they had to pay money and cloth to negotiate peace, and everyone was afraid of another tax increase. Every time the tax was increased, there would be an uprising. Not only would it be difficult for them to report it, but if it was a large-scale uprising, the county magistrates might not be able to save their heads.
Everyone lamented that it was becoming increasingly difficult to be an official.
Liang Nian said it was impossible for her not to be disappointed, but at the same time she was disappointed, she quickly and calmly withdrew.
She is now working for Lin Si, not Dachen.
Let Dachen rot.
Xu Chuo is now a sixteen-year-old man. He has been well fed and well-fed in Li County for the past two years. He can speak Chinese just like the locals. Sometimes Xu Chuo himself wonders if those hard days on the grassland were just a dream.
Xu Chuo chatted with Guo Zi while driving, "Your sister has been away with Grandma Qian for more than a month, and I don't know when she will come back."
There was more than just Guo Han who went out with Qian Sui at Wugengtian. There were seven or eight people in total. Their purpose was to select a new batch of orphans to bring back for training.
"We're going to many places this time, not just Xihe Road. I estimate it will take at least half a month, and by then we'll be able to hear those kids calling me senior brother." As soon as Guo Zi finished speaking, he suddenly pulled the reins.
Ahead on the road were several refugees with fierce looks on their faces, but they stood still and seemed a little hesitant. After all, Xu Chuo's advantage as a Hu person was fully revealed after replenishing his nutrition. He was tall and made these refugees look like little chicks.
Yang Yido quickly understood the situation through the gap in the curtain of the ox cart. She was carrying a decorative crossbow, a small concealed weapon that was only twenty centimeters long and extremely concealed.
Xu Chuo just wanted to go back and eat quickly. His mother would make stewed lamb for lunch today, and he didn't want to waste time here.
Liang Nianyan sighed, the number of refugees was really increasing.
When these people saw the sword behind Guo Zi, they panicked and looked at each other. Finally, they hurriedly ran into the bushes on the side and dared not come out again.
This man is armed, how can they afford to offend him?
The ox cart continued to move forward, but Yang Yidong turned his head and observed from behind to prevent the refugees from attacking from behind.
Xu Chuo: "This is the nth time today that there have been a steady stream of refugees since leaving Lingzhou City. We haven't seen this many times in previous years."
Liang Nian also noticed something was wrong, or rather, he felt something strange during the court meeting.
Let’s go back and report to Lin Si.
The ox cart returned to Li County smoothly, and the few people relaxed only when they saw the big words "Li County" written on the big rock.
Guo Zi leaned back, "I like the feeling of being home."
Xu Chuo said happily, "The time is perfect. I can still go home and have lunch."
The city walls are now guarded and patrolled by soldiers.
When the gatekeeper saw the people on the ox cart, he let them pass quickly and even greeted Xu Chuo and Guo Zi.
Wugengtian and Buqu are two different systems. Half a year ago, Lin Si held a field attack and defense exercise with only 20 people from each side. Wugengtian attacked and Buqu troops defended.
The winner will receive a reward of silver and can have mutton for lunch, while the loser will have to run 3,000 meters.
The troops were initially confident of victory. They were dealing with a group of eleven or twelve year old children, and they were afraid that this was child abuse. How could they not win? Their only concern was to be gentle and not hurt the children.
Seeing the slaughtered mutton on the table, the victorious party could take the meat away. Everyone in the army was smiling and said, "We are eating mutton today, how do you want to eat it?"
There are all kinds of cooking, including steaming, stir-frying, boiling and deep-frying. Anyway, no one thinks that Buqu will lose.
When the exercise began, the troops were treated like dogs for a walk. When the troops' messengers got to the destination, they were suddenly shot by a non-aggressive crossbow soaked in paint.
This was considered an exit. After all, if it was a real crossbow, he would have been dead.
He launched sneak attacks at dawn, used dirty tricks, ambushed people, and appeared and disappeared mysteriously. In short, he never fought his troops face to face.
The members of the tribe have the physical advantage of adults, and their chances of winning in a face-to-face fight are slim.
The whole time, the troops never saw the faces of these little kids they looked down upon! Not to mention their faces, they didn't even hear their footsteps or their voices.
Lin Siwugengtian had stopped studying cultural subjects in the first half of the year. He had almost finished learning Chinese and mathematics, and had read a lot of historical books. He had also learned some basic physics and chemistry. These were enough for him in Dachen.
What followed were more rigorous physical education classes, wilderness survival classes, special hand gestures, silently climbing onto roofs, sneaking into other people's homes, anyway, whatever was required of them to do it stealthily.
Lin Si spent a long time rummaging through the system mall before he found these things. The reason why he increased the emphasis on physical education classes at this point was because the children were older and could withstand more rigorous training.
Not surprisingly, the troops lost, and the loss was extremely shameful!
Yin Sheng lowered his head on the spot without saying a word. He felt very embarrassed.
When Mr. Zhong put his sword against his waist, he subconsciously wanted to turn around and grab the other's hand, but the other party sprinkled a handful of ashes on him, and he suddenly became blind.
The members of the troops were all dejected, while the Wugengtian were in high spirits.
"It's time to eat mutton, Di Yan. What can you do with this mutton? You have seen the world, so tell me about it." Guo Han asked expectantly.
Zhong Diyan thought for a moment and listed many dishes in one breath: "Steamed soft lamb, embroidered lamb, thousand-mile lamb, lamb hoof bamboo shoots, finely diced lamb head, and lamb pigeon." (Note)
The five-eighth-day warriors happily left with the mutton, and before leaving, they did not forget to say a mocking remark, "Thank you, my brothers, for your courtesy. You know we are still young and growing."
Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao looked at Bu Qu's distraught look and shook their heads.
Someone said aggrievedly, "They're here to sneak in... We agreed to a battle of offense and defense, but they won't even come out to fight."
Nan Qiao glared at the man and said, "If someone really came to attack Li County, they would have given you a heads-up in advance, right? You're dreaming."
Yin Sheng felt that Nan Qiao was right. If a fight really broke out, no one would care whether you did it covertly or openly.
Nan Shuang doubled down on his taunting. "You guys, you can't even beat a teenager, and you lost with zero points. The refugees before were undisciplined and unorganized. If we really meet a well-trained one, are you going to protect Li County? Then I think our Li County is really doomed."
Everyone hung their heads and dared not say a word.
Everyone felt that Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao were right to scold them.
Yin Sheng raised his head at this time, his expression firm. "They didn't communicate at all. I have very good hearing. They didn't speak a word the whole time. Even if it was a tactical plan that was discussed in advance, our positions kept changing. It's impossible for them to not communicate at all. I would like to ask Mr. Nan Xi to answer my questions."
Nan Qiao snorted twice, "You still have some brains. This is what you will learn next, tactical hand signals."
"What is... a tactical hand signal?"
"Want to know? Go and finish the 3,000 meters first!" Nan Qiao said angrily.
In this way, the troops also learned tactical gestures, but some of the gestures were exclusive to Wugengtian, which they could not learn. The two sides have been communicating in a friendly manner and have a good relationship.
The ox cart drove into Li County. There were now more two or three-year-old children on the streets, all of whom were born after Lin Si arrived.
Lin Si set a rule in the first half of the year that the legal marriage age for Dachen is fifteen. People in ancient times had short lifespans and generally got married early.
But this is not very friendly to girls. Fifteen is the age of growth, and the body is not fully developed, which is a high incidence of dystocia and death.
Everyone in Li County is precious to Lin Si, and she will try her best to prevent anyone from getting into any accidents.
Lin Si raised the marriage age to nineteen. If anyone was dissatisfied, he would treat them the same way as if they were unwilling to send their children to school. Therefore, no one dared to get married secretly.
The price is too high, which is equivalent to cutting off the livelihood in Li County.
The best way is to take things step by step and boil the frog in warm water. Lin Si plans to gradually abolish divorce and replace it with only divorce by amicable consent, and gradually implement maternity leave for both men and women.
The road is still long, take it slow.
Liang Nian had dinner and came to find Lin Si.
Lin Si was eating barbecue and motioned Liang Nian to sit down and eat something.
Liang Nian wanted to say that he was full, but when he smelled the tempting aroma of the barbecue, he couldn't help but sit down and take a few bites.
Liang Nian first talked about the main issues conveyed in this court meeting, and then talked about her speculation about the complex relationship fluctuations among the officials.
"County Magistrate Chen and County Magistrate Luo are having a disagreement. They originally wanted to get married, but one of them suddenly broke off the engagement, and now things are looking ugly..." and so on.
Chunyi listened and took notes for Lin Si.
These are all important information, even if they are trivial, they should be recorded.
Liang Nian finished the last piece of lettuce and barbecue, "One more thing, I feel like Lingzhou has been a little strange lately, there are too many refugees."
Lin Si raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Then we really need to send someone to investigate."
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The author has something to say: Steamed soft lamb, embroidered lamb, thousand-mile lamb, lamb hoof shoots, fine lamb head, and lamb pigeon are from "Song Dynasty: The Golden Age of Foodies"
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