Lu Fenghe ate his breakfast smoothly, and Shen Nanxun, who had been traveling all night, also stopped to prepare some hot soup and rice.
"Master, Mr. Xie has arrived." As soon as Shen Nanxun dismounted, Lu Shun stepped forward and said.
Shen Nanxun threw the reins to the people behind him and took the lead into the almost empty restaurant on the roadside. There were indeed two people sitting in the corner.
Shen Nanxun squinted his eyes to adapt to the dim light in the room, and recognized that it was Mr. Xie and his long-term entourage.
This Mr. Xie was the wife that Shen Nanxun once found for Brother Bao. Mr. Xie was born in a peasant family. Although he passed the Tongjinshi examination, he was not lucky enough to become an official. After wasting several years, he never thought of becoming an official. Become a staff member under Shen Nanxun.
One of the reasons why Mr. Xie had no luck in becoming an official was that Mr. Xie was good at farming. Business in Dayong was so popular and most of the daily taxes came from here, so the court did not pay much attention to farming.
Particularly little attention is paid to non-cash crops other than staple foods.
When farmers don’t have enough to eat, they will naturally plant it. When cash crops can be sold for money, merchants will naturally ask tenants to plant them.
Therefore, when it comes to farming, Mr. Xie has no knowledge but no use for it.
Shen Nanxun was able to take him under his command at that time because he only thought that he could be used for land reclamation in the northwest.
Shen Nanxun talked to Xie Ji about the situation in Shu.
"What Mr. Liu said is indeed true. You cannot cut down trees to open up wasteland in Shu. But the prince's suggestion is also very good. I will visit Shu in detail when I go there."
"Perhaps we can go further south. The land of Shu will still be mountains if we go further south. There are different things between the mountains and the mountains." Xie Ji continued.
Going south, Shen Nanxun thought of someone.
"Perhaps you can go to Mengli." Shen Nanxun thought of it and said, "Luxun."
"What are your orders, Master?"
"You and Xichun will escort Mr. Xie to Mengli. There is no need to turn back in a hurry. You can wait for Mr. Xie to settle down in Shu before returning to Kyoto."
Lu Shun paused for two seconds, and then saw that Shen Nanxun didn't seem to be faking, so he accepted it with his hands.
It's a long journey, so since you're going there, you have to do everything you need to do so that your trip won't be in vain.
Lu Shun has a token of the Crown Prince of Dingxi County, so there is no rush to convey the matter at this time, and the same will apply to the letter later.
Shen Nanxun just chatted with Xie Ji about the Shu land, farming, and how to get more food and grass.
"In a famine year, the grain tax is paid, and the leftovers are not even enough to eat. How can we have extra grain and grass?" Shen Nanxun was very worried.
"Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. It is true that the main food in the military camp is rice and flour, but that is not necessarily the case for farmers. There is a saying in the countryside that vegetables and melons are enough for half a year. Even if it is not a famine year, there are many farmers in the lean years."
Shen Nanxun really didn't know that he did lead by example in the military camp, but life in the military camp was still different from the life of ordinary people.
"Your Majesty, I have no other merits, but I am somewhat involved in this matter."
It's useless even if Shen Nanxun doesn't feel at ease. Every time he thinks about it, he feels like he has so many things to worry about.
After saying goodbye to Xie Ji and his party over soup and rice, Shen Nanxun continued walking eastward, passing Lizhou and then taking a detour to explore Qianzhou before boarding the boat again late at night and meeting with several husbands from the Lu family at dawn. Entering Kyoto together.
After entering Kyoto, the two parties stopped communicating. The Lu family ignored Shen Nanxun's advice and fled into the city, heading for the house in Shunhefang. They even sent two long followers to stop Shen Nanxun, don't follow him. Already.
Shen Nanxun stood at the entrance of the alley with a lonely expression. It was not until everyone in the Lu family entered the house and the alley became quiet again that Shen Nanxun took the people back to the Prince's Mansion of Dingxi County.
Naturally, everyone in the Prince's Palace received the news that Shen Nanxun returned to Kyoto alone, and their consciousness was as silent as a chill. Could it be that they were really separated? If so, then Shen Nanxun and even the Dingxi Prince's Palace would really become a joke in Kyoto.
He has children and a daughter, no illness or disaster, and both parents are well together, but they are divorced.
Shen Nanxun went to the Prince's study first. Shen Li didn't ask anything, just waved his hand, "Let's go and have a rest first. We'll talk later."
Shen Nanxun was indeed tired. He had not slept soundly in the past few days. When he returned to Tingzhuyuan, he took a quick bath first and then took the medicinal bath that he should have taken the day before yesterday. Shen Nanxun Xun felt that the delivery was much faster.
It was almost time to leave, and drowsiness came over. Shen Nanxun fell asleep, but there was a quarrel over Shen Erlang's side.
However, this is not the first time that such a quarrel has occurred in the short half month since Shen Nanxun left the house. Aunt Xu can even handle it with ease.
Shen Nanxun fell asleep, and Lu Fenghe also boarded the boat back to Piling.
On the boat trip again, Brother Bao had no fresh energy at all and stopped running on the deck. He occasionally came out to play and spent most of the time sitting in front of the window reading. Lu Fenghe said it several times to no avail, so he could only find a way to bring it with him. Brother Lao is playing on the boat.
Looking at Brother Bai who was in a completely different state from the previous two times, Lu Fenghe thought of a possibility.
Could it be because Shen Nanxun was not on the boat this time?
It has only been a few days, how can such a young child have such serious thoughts?
During the two days on the ship, no matter how the servants played with Brother Bao, Lu Fenghe always felt that Brother Bao was not interested in playing. Indeed, as Qin Ling'er said, he didn't look like a child at all. .
Fortunately, after getting off the boat, I found my brothers and sisters, and my brother's symptoms improved a lot.
At night, Lu Fenghe took Brother Lao to bed.
"Mom just came back and she's a little bit in love with the bed. How about you accompany me?" Lu Fenghe asked Brother Bao.
Brother Bao patted his chest and abdomen, "Don't be afraid, Mom, Brother Bao will accompany you."
Standing still, Brother Lao still doesn't realize that it looks quite long when lying on the bed. It's almost half the length of the bed. Is it true that a person who looks so small is already so big?
Lu Fenghe held Brother Bao in his arms. Even though Brother Bao had stopped breastfeeding a long time ago, he still felt that there was a faint fragrance of milk on him. Lu Fenghe couldn't help but rub Brother Bao's fleshy flesh. With a small face, Brother Lao frowned a little unhappily.
Seeing Brother Bao's pretending to be mature, Lu Fenghe couldn't help but take action again. Now Brother Bao couldn't bear it anymore, frowned and pushed away Lu Fenghe's hand and hid aside.
"Mom, I'm a grown-up child." Brother Go said.
Lu Fenghe laughed loudly.
"Mom, you can't rub my face anymore like you did when I was a child."
Lu Fenghe was really happy now. How old is he? As a child, those who didn't know would have thought he was at least eight or nine years old.
"When you grow up, won't you let your mother rub your face?" Lu Fenghe pretended to be sad.
Brother Bao was very confused for a while, closed his eyes, and put his little face in front of Lu Fenghe, "Then... let me rub it for you?"
Lu Fenghe was overjoyed.
Originally, she planned to talk to Brother Bao about something, but after a ridiculous fuss for a while, Lu Fenghe felt that there was no need to talk about anything, and it was good like this.
The next day, Brother Ba went to school. When he came back at noon, he didn't even need soup or rice. He ran directly to Lu Fenghe happily and learned from Lu Fenghe how to praise him.