The food here is the most delicious, the water here is the sweetest, the people here are the most honest, the flowers here are the most beautiful, and if possible, the pigs here have big smiling faces.
Yun Zheng hadn't slept so happily in a long time, sniffing the moist wind. In his dream, he was flying freely. The green earth seemed to have no end in sight, and every grass there was swaying happily.
"Tofu, fried tofu -'
A familiar hawking voice suddenly pulled Yun Zheng out of his deepest dream. He sniffed, ignored Lu Qingqing's surprised look, jumped out of the carriage, opened his mouth and said: "Old Dirty Man"
, give me ten pieces of tofu and wipe your hands clean before doing it!"
The old man who was roasting tofu looked up at Yunzheng. After looking at it for a long time, he recognized it and shouted angrily: "Go away, the old man won't sell you his tofu."
Yun Zheng rolled up his sleeves and yelled, "Don't let anyone tell you if you are dirty. If you say anything irrelevant, I will destroy your stall."
Lu Qingqing and Ge Qiuyan could not stop laughing. They hugged each other and could only exhale but not inhale. It was the first time they saw their invincible husband suffer such neglect.
Yun Er was not particular about it. He gave the dirty old man a big smile and sat across from him, rubbing his hands while he waited for the dirty old man to bake the tofu. He didn't like fried tofu, but he liked the kind of hairy tofu that was slowly baked over charcoal fire.
The old man baked tofu for Yun Er with a smile. This young man was handsome and had a comfortable smile, unlike that bastard who looked fierce.
"I have loved eating your baked tofu since I was a child. When I was in Tokyo, I made bacon several times, but it was never as delicious as yours."
The old man looked up at the bacon jumping over and laughed loudly: "The little girl still wants to steal the old man's recipe, hahaha, right? This hairy tofu will not taste good anywhere without the water here!"
Bacon looked at the roasted tofu that was constantly bubbling and steaming. He was waiting next to him with a small plate. Qin Guo could not act like eating on the street because of his identity.
The old man had baked a large plate, and Yun Zheng snatched it away, threw in a few copper coins, and walked toward the carriage with a curse. The old man was not angry, and he didn't want to be angry because Yun Zheng gave him more money.
Yun Zheng approached the carriage, shook the tofu in his hand at the wives and said: "The old guy is still so dirty, so don't eat it if you have delicate stomachs."
After saying that, he picked up a piece of hot tofu with a bamboo skewer and stuffed it into his mouth. It was so hot that he grinned.
After the carriage entered Dousha Pass, Yun Zheng was reluctant to walk. Now the city gate was more than three times larger. There were shops as far as the eye could see on both sides of the street. More than a dozen shopkeepers in Tsing Yi stood respectfully.
Standing at the door of the store waiting for the owner's arrival.
Naturally, Yun Zheng would not pay attention to this. Liu Dutou in the past and Liu Xi, the magistrate of Liu County, bent down early and stood in a bluestone archway waiting for Yun Zheng's arrival.
Yun Zheng held half a plate of roasted tofu and walked to Liu Dutou while eating and said: "Not bad, Liu Tou, Dou Sha Guan has changed a lot under your rule. It only took seven or eight years."
County Magistrate Liu quickly waved his hand and said: "Master Hou is ashamed to kill his subordinate. If it weren't for your strong support, how would Doushaguan be what it is today?"
Yun Zheng stuffed a piece of tofu into his mouth and looked at Liu Du's head up and down. This guy had changed a lot. The old rough atmosphere was completely gone. He looked a bit like a county magistrate with his rotten belly.
Yun Zheng came out to greet him without wearing official uniform. Yun Zheng was very satisfied with this. He put the tofu plate in Liu Dutou's hand and said: "Eat, why are you being polite to me? Seeing that you are not wearing official uniform, you don't take me seriously."
From an outsider’s perspective, it’s great, the enthusiasm that we had when we ate pig intestines is back.”
Liu Dutou cautiously threw a piece of tofu into his mouth, swallowed it, and said with a smile: "Master Hou has worked hard and accomplished a lot, and now he has returned to his hometown. I specially prepared some thin wine at Xinghua Tower, and asked Master Hou to appreciate it."
Yun Zheng laughed loudly and patted Liu Du on the shoulder and said: "Who said he returned to his hometown with honor, but was driven back by others? If my family said anything false, I will not go to the banquet at Xinghua House, so as not to give you a little wife.
To add to the trouble, when I returned to Dousha Pass, I wanted to go back to Dousha Village, and I really couldn’t wait for a moment.”
Liu Dutou sighed: "I don't care what happens in the Nine Heavens, you still have the final say in our Dousha County."
Yun Zheng nodded and said: "Having this heart is enough. In fact, you have been wronged a lot over the years. With your merits, you should have been promoted long ago. It was me who forced you to be a seventh-grade magistrate in Dosha County. You are wronged.
"
Liu Dutou chuckled and said: "It's the sixth rank. Xiaguan's rank is now the sixth rank. Dosha County is now a large county with a household of 20,000. The annual taxes paid are second only to Chengdu and Luzhou. If Xiaguan can
Attract more mountain people to come down from the mountain. Once the population of Dousha Pass increases to 30,000 households, Dousha County will naturally become a prefectural government. Hey, Xiaguan will be a veritable prefect.
As for the Marquis saying he would go to another place to serve as an official, Xiaguan didn't even think about it, and just planned to stay in Dousha County as the county magistrate, and watch the little-known Dousha County become an important town in the southwest step by step."
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "As you become a senior official, your horizons broaden, which is a good thing. It seems you understand the principle of preferring to be the head of a chicken rather than the tail of a phoenix.
You should have received the decree from the imperial court, and you also know my intention. From now on, we will build the Zhanlongxia military camp. I plan to build my own White Tiger Festival Hall there. In the spring of next year, my army will be stationed in Zhanlongxia.
At the same time, he took over Wonsan Camp.
Let me ask you now, has the Douchuan Military Camp been completed?"
Liu Dutou said quickly: "The construction has been completed. At the foot of Baiyun Mountain, Chengdu Prefecture has made all preparations. The weapons depot, gunpowder depot, grain depot, and baggage depot have all been completed. The materials of Chengdu Prefecture six days ago
It has all been put into storage, please check it."
Yun Zheng called Zhao Min and Zhao Yannian, and at the same time ordered Liang Ji, Peng Jiuhu, Leopard, and Bobo to also garrison in the military camp. Su Shi and Yun Er were responsible for inspecting the supplies of Chengdu Palace, and at the same time announced that the royal children could rest for ten days. After ten days,
The next step of military training is about to begin.
There were thunderous cheers in the team, and Magistrate Liu personally led them to the military camp. Yun Zheng took his family out of Dousha Pass and followed the familiar road to Dousha Village.
Little has changed, the dirt road has turned into a bluestone road, and a water diversion canal has been specially built on the side of the road. The spring water flowing from the mountain flows along the water diversion canal and finally flows into a huge mountain pond.
Standing on the mountainside, he saw the small village that Yun Zheng was haunted by. Yun Zheng stopped halfway up the mountain, and he and Lu Qingqing sat on the carriage and looked at the village at the foot of the mountain.
It's so quiet here...
Yun Zheng raised his finger and pointed to the most dazzling brick building in the village and said to Lu Qingqing: "That's our home. I found someone to build it after I made my first big money. It was mostly used as a school."
, there used to be a bamboo building behind the tile-roofed house, but unfortunately the bamboo building collapsed last year, so the old patriarch took the initiative to build a small building there. Knowing that I didn’t like bamboo buildings, he specially built it into a wooden building.
It was built by all the people in the village, and not a single outsider was used.
There is more than an acre of our family's land on the mountain opposite. I used to plant some highland barley there, and it grew well. I could always harvest 600 kilograms of highland barley every year. Did you know that with this output, the old patriarch wanted to take away our family's land?
Crack every piece of dirt and rubbish on the ground and take a look...
At that time, Bacon still raised silkworms in the bamboo house, and raised cows and two pigs under the bamboo house. When the spring silkworms spun silk and formed cocoons, every household could not sleep, and everyone gathered together to help each other.
Otherwise, you won’t be able to draw good silk thread…”
Lu Qingqing stood beside her husband and listened to him silently, with a happy smile on her face. This was her husband's happiness and her happiness.
She held her husband's hand and smiled: "Let's go home!"
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "It's really time to go back."
First, we walked into a large mulberry forest. The mulberry trees here are extremely tall. In winter, the mulberry trees have no leaves, leaving only some dry branches piercing the sky.
There were no mulberry-picking girls on the mulberry trees, so naturally their laughter could not be heard. The wooden bridge under the mulberry trees turned into a solid stone bridge and moved away from its original position, which made Yun Zheng a little regretful.
"In the past, you could see the white thighs of the mulberry picking girls on the mulberry trees while standing on the wooden bridge..."
"Spit!" Lu Qingqing despised it without hesitation.
An old man with thick bones and white hair was sitting outside the high wall of the village. He saw Yun Zheng coming from a distance and wanted to stand up, but for some reason he sat down again.
Yunzheng took two quick steps and knelt down in front of the old man and said, "Ding Yunzheng, the man from Dousha Village, is back."
The old man nodded, and with trembling hands he lifted Lu Qingqing, who was also kneeling, and looked him up and down and said, "She's thin and good-looking, but she's not fertile."
Lu Qingqing smiled and said: "Old patriarch Wan An, my wife has given birth to two children for the Yun family, a son and a daughter. They are both strong and lively."
"Where are Hutou and Chouya? Bring them over and show them to me." The old patriarch seemed to have remembered that Yun Zheng was still kneeling there, and asked him to get up and bring the children over.
Ge Qiuyan came over quickly with three children. The expressionless face of the old patriarch suddenly burst into laughter. He took turns holding the three children without letting go. He turned back to Yun Zheng and said, "Look clearly, this is
Honey, it’s useless to send some useless money and food every year. The people in the village have their own hands and feet, and they won’t starve to death even without the aid you give them.”
Yun Zheng quickly bowed and admitted his mistake.
The old patriarch sighed and said: "The population in the stockade has increased, but there are fewer people staying in the stockade. Only a group of us old immortals are left guarding a stockade in Nuo Da.
Brat, why did you come back?"
As the old patriarch spoke, muddy old tears rolled down his snow-white beard. (To be continued)