It was already ten days later when the convoy entered Xiping. The climate here is warmer than that of Luoyang. Because of the sowing in full swing last winter, the fields on both sides of the road are now covered with high-stretched wheat.
From the moment he entered Yuzhou, Zhao Yi was shocked by the vitality here, which was very different from the scene in Luoyang.
People walking on the road had smiles on their faces. Zhao Yi had not seen that smile of satisfaction and happiness for many years.
In my memory, I only occasionally saw it on some people's faces when I was a child.
But now, most people in Yuzhou are like this. From them, he feels the vitality of spring.
There were still many fields on both sides that were uncultivated, but they were also cultivated. There were wheat, millet, sorghum and beans that he recognized, but there were also many that he couldn't name.
Entering Xiping, the shock turned into shock.
Most of the fields as far as the eye can see are green and lush, with wheat, millet, beans and sorghum growing high and low.
At this time, there were also people standing in the fields, carrying wooden buckets to carry fertilizer and spread it. When they saw an army passing by, they did not panic like the people in Luoyang. Instead, they turned around and took a look. When they saw their troops
The flag in the middle even showed a smile.
There were half-grown children rushing from the fields to the roadside, running barefoot on the grass and following their convoy, singing songs, "Liangzhou horses, running rampant in the world. Liangzhou owl, the bandits are gone. Ouihao
Pianpian, afraid of killing people."
Zhao Yizheng was curious and heard the children singing happily: "Xiping's iron cavalry is rampant in the world. Xiping's majestic phoenix, the bandits and thieves are gone. The majestic phoenix is shining, and it's scary to kill people!"
Zhao Yi's face changed slightly and he couldn't help but look at Geng Rong, "Is this the third sister singing?"
Geng Rong nodded, "It's the girl and Xiping Zhao Jiajun."
"If the third sister is directly compared to a phoenix, wouldn't it cause criticism if it spread?"
Geng Rong said nonchalantly: "This is a song sung by folk children for fun. Who would take it seriously? What's more, even if word spreads, so what? Who do we girls need to be afraid of now?"
Xiping is the safest place. Since Zhao Song and Zhao let this nursery rhyme spread in Xiping, it means that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Why should they worry about this kind of thing?
Zhao Yi was speechless.
The children gathered in the motorcade and sang all the way back to Xiping City. When they got closer to the county seat, they saw that they were not going to the county seat, but were turning around to Zhao's Wubao. The bolder children asked loudly: "Are you from the Zhao family?"
Zhao Yiqi looked condescendingly at the children who followed them and refused to disperse, and nodded, "Yes."
The children roared, became excited, and chirped, "Is your surname also Zhao?"
After receiving a positive reply, he asked: "Is that young man working with a girl?"
"Master, do you need a follower? I can be your follower."
"Me too, I don't want money."
"I don't want it either, as long as I can see the girl in the future."
Girl has almost become synonymous with Zhao Hanzhang in Xiping.
Geng Rong saw that they were getting more and more excited as they talked and were about to pull the carriage, so he quickly waved his hand to drive them away, "Go, go, go back to the school to study, and be your followers. If you want to see the girl, learn your skills well, and wait until the girl returns to Xiping."
You can see it."
"We are stupid and have difficulty in literacy. We really can't read, but we can still be followers."
In this world, there are smart people and stupid people, but the writing of this era is really difficult to read, and generally smart people have to learn it very hard.
It is generally difficult for people who are not smart to continue learning. The school will advise them to only learn some conventional words and then focus on learning crafts.
Such as farming.
Yes, farming is also a craft, so the parents of the children took their children home when they were taking this class, waved their whips and let them learn in their own fields, and they could answer all the questions.
Unlike in the past, when they followed their elders to farm in a sparsely populated area, and only slowly mastered the essence of farming after their elders left until they reached adulthood, now a child of around ten years old in Xiping can recite the twenty-four solar terms and speak to them.
During the farming season, recite what needs to be done in farming.
There are a lot of things that even their parents don't know, which has given them a lot of experience.
When the topic came back, the children who were rejected by Geng Rong stopped and could only jump on the spot and wave to Zhao Yi, "Master, if you want to follow, you must remember to choose me. I am very cheap, so you can learn from it."
Learned a lot of things.”
Geng Rong and Zhao Yida said: "Master Yi, don't take it too seriously. If you want to choose a follower, you can go to the school to choose, but you have to prepare more money."
"Why?"
"Because if you want to recruit people from the school, you have to settle all the expenses for their education over the years," Geng Rong said, "This is a new rule issued by the girl last year, just to let the students in the school have more and better things."
There is no way out, and people who come out of the school must not sign a death contract to be a slave, but can only sign a living contract to hire someone."
Although Geng Rong and Zhao Yi did not interact with each other after arriving in Luoyang, he had vaguely heard some rumors. Moreover, he was from Xiping, and his father was the chief registrar of Xiping County. He had also heard about the fight between the two direct branches of the Zhao family.
Some.
He was afraid that Zhao Yi would cause trouble and cause trouble to the girl, so he warned: "In Yuzhou, the girl's orders are the law. Within this scope, everyone must obey the girl's orders.
Even the Fifth Master and the Seventh Master in Wubao are no exception."
Zhao Yijie's back stiffened. He knew that Zhao Hanzhang was not what he used to be, but he didn't know that her influence in Yuzhou was so great.
Even the fifth uncle had to obey her, so it was no wonder that my grandfather would retreat again and again, even never mentioning the succession of the clan leader.
Zhao Yi was still thinking about how a group of them entered Wubao.
Zhao Yi looked at the bustling Wubao and felt a little confused for a moment.
How long has it been since he saw such a prosperous scene?
The road in Wubao is not very wide and can only accommodate three carriages driving side by side, so there are only two lanes on the road, and the remaining space is for horses and pedestrians to pass.
Unlike Luoyang, which is separated from the city, here, there are shops in the front and residences in the back. Zhao Yi has been back to Wubao three times. In his memory, although the front of the house can be used as a shop, not many people actually use it.
Most people in Wubao still make a living by farming.
But now, the front doors on both sides of the road are open. There are a dazzling array of goods inside, and there are many customers shopping.
As he rode by on horseback, he could still hear the people inside haggling loudly, and the accents of some people sounded like they were not from Yuzhou.
Geng Rong sent them to his old house and left.
When Zhao Changyu was here, their house was not separated, and they were always called the second house and the second house. But in fact, their old house was not separated.