Although Luocheng is called a city, in fact, except for a few barracks in front of it and a few shops on the street, the rest of the area is very empty.
The area around Beicheng is particularly deserted, with a row of thatched houses, a vegetable patch, and a hill-like compost pile not far away.
An old man in short clothes and carrying a dung bucket scooped out the golden juice from the back of the hut, filled two buckets, and then shouldered it, staggered along the path in the middle of the vegetable field to the manure pile and poured it down, and then mixed the crushed weeds with the soil and manure juice, the summer temperature was high, and the manure could ferment and mature in only one or two months, and the other side of the manure pile was facing the north gate, and the tunfu would use a small cart to load the manure from there and transport it to the field.
Tunfu is also a soldier, but not responsible for the war task, but only responsible for the tuntian, and the ordinary peasants are no different, but the peasants are farming for their own families, but their tunfu is state-owned, and the living conditions are worse than ordinary peasants and even tenants, which is no wonder that the tunfu have no intention of cultivating the wasteland, and they will flee with their families at the first opportunity.
Xia Xun stood far away, looking at the old man who was in charge of managing, although he had never met, he also knew that the person in front of him must be the prefect of Fuzhou.
A scholar who had been a prefect was now in such a situation, and it would be false to say that there was no blow to his spirit, Wan Zhifu mechanically carried manure, like a walking corpse, and did not notice that a person was standing not far away, quietly looking at him.
After a while, Xia Xun raised his hand to stop the guards from following, and walked alone to the Ten Thousand Worlds Domain.
Wan Shiyu finally noticed that there was someone next to him, and looked at Xia Xun, his eyes were a little dazed, but he didn't ask questions.
Next to the vegetable field, an old farmer with a dung pick, a son with big sleeves and a wide robe, the two of them faced each other, and for a long time, Xia Xun asked: "This governor summoned you to the shogunate to do things, why did you refuse?"
Wan Shiyu only then knew that the person in front of him was the Auxiliary Guogong, he looked at this person who changed the fate of his life with some surprise, and said toughly: "Old and stupid, incompetent, if you serve the ministry, you are afraid of ruining the country's major affairs, so you dare not accept it." ” Xia Xun smiled and said, "Oh, it's not that being a fat old man now is what is suitable for you."
Wan Shiyu raised his head and said awe-inspiringly: "The old decay is like a gluttony." ” Xia Xun said: "Your family, are you also happy?"
Wan Shiyu's cheeks twitched, but he didn't speak.
Xia Xun pressed the placket of his robe, sat down on the ridge, and said in a homely manner: "I know very well the reason why Lord Futai is fighting in Liaodong.
Your Excellency upholds the will of the people of Fuzhou, and the Governor is also very clear.
In fact, what I did was the same as yours, and when the governor suppressed the widows, he imposed some harsh punishments, but the purpose was also to make the coastal people live a better life.
Now that the country has tasted the sweetness, the suppression of bandits has become more and more diligent, and the life of the coastal people has not only returned to normal, but also is better than before.
Chen Zuyi, a thief on the southeast coast, is now mostly at ease in the South Seas, and he easily does not dare to invade the coasts of Guangzhou, Fujian and Zhejiang. ” Xia Xun said unceremoniously: "Facts have proved that the strategy of this governor is correct, and your opinion is not clever Moreover, this is just that you and I have different political views, and it is not this governor who devalues you to defend Liaodong, you resent this official for this, and it makes no sense that this official has decided to use you now, because he values your virtue and talent, and it is not this governor who you want to serve, but the imperial court."
Tianxingjian, the gentleman with self-improvement is now an excellent opportunity in front of you, can benefit the people of Liaodong, can show your lifelong ambitions, but you refuse to accept because of your unwarranted resentment against the governor, and so on, is it wise to Wanzhifu, the governor can govern Liaodong without you, I want to use you, just value your talents, I hope you can Sasuke the governor.
But without this governor, your only result is to fight Liaodong forever and be a side citizen."
Xia Xun stood up, patted the dust behind his buttocks, looked to the northwest, and said, "From here, there is the grassland, and there are many wolves on the grassland.
Each wolf pack has a leader, and only the leader has the right to reproduce, and when it loses its position as leader, it also means that it loses the right to pass on the bloodline. ” Xia Xun turned to the world domain again, and said in a deep voice: "The human world is not as cruel as the wolf world, but it also has many similarities.
You can choose to be a tunfu willingly, now that Liaodong has just risen, when it is revitalized, it is normal for a family to have ups and downs.
If you lose this opportunity, the ten thousand families that have been passed down from generation to generation will be descendants in Liaodong in the future."
Xia Xun glanced at Wan Shiyu deeply, and said, "Perhaps, in a certain generation, your family will have an outstanding descendant to revitalize the portal, but that's just maybe."
The people who have lost ten thousand families are your Wanshi Domain, your wrong choice will make you sorry for your ancestors and descendants, do you still feel very proud Do you still think that your integrity is enough to shine in the future, who will remember you" Wan Shiyu's face was as pale as dirt, but he still sneered stiffly: "Lord Mintang is so sharp-mouthed, do you think that if you condescend to your dignity and twist your posture, I, Wan Shiyu, will be grateful to Dade and serve you?"
Xia Xun smiled leisurely and said, "Today, I'm here to invite you."
But don't expect me to invite you back to the shogunate, for Liaodong, it just needs a correct path of development, if there is an outstanding official, maybe there will be fewer detours, but no one is indispensable, I am not, and neither are you.
Therefore, you don't have to think of yourself as an indispensable and important person, and I will wait for you when I return to the shogunate, just until the end of the day.
If you come, you and I will release our suspicions and work together to do something for the people of Liaodong.
Lord Wan, now I am the only one who calls you a Wan adult, hehe, this governor is all here, you are so thoughtful, farewell" Just after noon, a rare scene appeared in Kaiyuan City.
An old man, twisted by two women's arms, pushed and shoved into the city, and went straight to the seat of the Liaodong shogunate, followed by two young men, and two younger women, two younger women, one holding a naughty boy in his hand, and the other holding a child who was still nursing in his arms.
Behind is a group of idlers watching the excitement.
The old man shouted with a bitter face: "Don't push it, I won't go, I didn't say I won't go, I really go, you're afraid that I won't run."
"You are an old immortal, God knows what ideas you are fighting and you can't succeed, I don't see you enter the mansion of the ministry with my own eyes, I don't worry about you being an old thing, it is not enough to harm the family, but also to harm the children and grandchildren, the ministry of the hall is gracious, giving you this good opportunity, you are putting up a shelf" The more the half-old spoke, the more angry she became, she slapped her head again, and said fiercely: "The old lady is out today, if you are obsessed, don't enter the house, our whole family doesn't recognize you as an old thing."
The old man said sadly: "Woohoo, lady, you are also from everyone's beautiful background, why do you speak so vulgarly" The mother-in-law didn't give him face, and slapped him on the neck again: "Everyone can eat as a meal, and the family has been harmed like this by you, what do you want?"
This old man is Wanzhifu, Xia Xun's words really moved him.
But although Xia Xun invited him, he also put up a shelf, so that Wan Shiyu wanted to bow his head, and some couldn't put down his body, and went home hesitantly, not wanting the family to be preached and instigated by Huang Zhen, I heard that the lord of the ministry personally came to invite his master to be an official, and he could also arrange for his two sons to work in the public gate, Wan Zhifu's family was overjoyed, and was grateful to Dade for sending Huang Yu'an away, so he stretched his neck and waited for the master to bring back the good news, and he didn't want Wan Shiyu to return home, but he still hesitated and refused to comply.
In fact, Lao Wan doesn't want to be an official, but the younger generations are also in front of him, he usually educates his son, what mighty can not bend, wealth can not silver reprimand, at this time embarrassed to pretend to be weak, anyway, it is still very early to fall, as long as the old wife again to persuade it, when the time comes, the donkey Wan Zhifu thinks well, but the family is already impatient, this is probably the last chance for the Wan family to change their fate, if you give up, what will happen to the Wan family As a result, the angry old wife turned into a tigress, waved her arms, and led the whole family to make the old man's rebellion.
The old wife and concubine of Wanzhifu, the two sisters worked together to send the master over, and the son and daughter-in-law hugged their grandson and granddaughter to express their support.
Wan Zhifu wanted to cry without tears, but he was helpless, until he reached the vicinity of the yamen of the Liaodong Shogunate, and saw the soldiers guarding the door from a distance, Wan Zhifu broke free from the hands of his old wife, and said embarrassedly: "I'll go I'll let go quickly, are you afraid that your husband's old face will not be clean?"
Only then did his old wife let go, glared at him fiercely and said, "Go to you old thing, if you don't accept the kindness of the minister, then don't even go back to the house."
Wan Shiyu straightened his clothes, looked at the eager eyes of the family, sighed, and hurried towards the shogunate yamen.
Wan Shiyu arrived at the gate of the mansion, and just reported his identity and intention to the guards Ding Ding, he saw a few people hurriedly walking out of the house, and he recognized the middle one, which was Yang Xu, the governor of Liaodong, as for the next few, there were civil and martial, but it was Huang Zhen, Zhang Xitong, Yishuha, Ding Yu, Zhang Jun and others, he had been guarding the gate in Luocheng, and these officials did not recognize any of them.
Seeing that the governor seemed to be in a hurry, he hurriedly walked out of the mansion, Wan Shiyu was hesitating to step forward, Xia Xun had already seen him, Wan Shiyu saw it, so he stepped forward and arched his hand: "Fuzhou Wan Shiyu, I am here to serve the ministry and am willing to serve the ministry Xia Xun smiled and said, "It's a refreshing person, let's lead a horse to Lord Wan, let's go to Hada City together and take care of something."
To be continued: