The snow-white camel has a silver carved saddle with tassels strung with strings of small silver beads. Hanging from the tassels are small and cute silver bells. The silver bells are so small that they flutter into pieces when the wind blows.
Jade-like ringtone.
Xiao Yao wore her hair in a neat bun, fastened with a red gold flower crown, wore a purple robe and a black belt, and came out with two maids in blue.
The attendant leading the camel gently patted the camel's broad neck, and the camel knelt down docilely on its front knees. Xiao Yao sat on the saddle without anyone's help. The camel bell rang, and the camel slowly stood up. Xiao Yao's face turned red.
He ordered seriously and calmly, "Let's go now."
The camel walked slowly and leisurely, the spring wind was already a little warm, and the streets were bustling with people, horses, horses, and pedestrians. Xiao Yao finally relaxed a little. What a pity, in fact, she had only learned to ride a horse in her whole life after getting married. Today she
They were going to deliver money to Junhu Village. The princess said that although the money was not much, it needed to be done in a lively and open manner, so she did not ask her subordinates to send money and let Xiao Yao go in person. In fact, the original intention was to do it in a lively and open manner.
Uncle Qi went. Aunt Hongmei felt a little uncomfortable. Uncle Qi couldn't leave her, so she let Xiao Yao go.
As for this matter, there is no talk of it.
Mu Anzhi directly said that he just asked Lu Hou to order troops, and he would take care of the logistics supply. Lu Hou was not polite. Northern Xinjiang had been at peace for a long time, but Lu Hou had experienced wars and knew that the army would degrade if it was idle for a long time.
Now there is a battle to be fought. If the situation in Xinyi City were not complicated now, with more than thirty tribal chiefs coming out of ten, Lu Hou himself would have wanted to lead the troops to fight in person.
Such a war without logistical worries is simply the dream of every leading general!
The entire city of Xinyi is operating more efficiently, and there are ready-made reserves of weapons. With Lu Hou's shrewdness and ability, even though the imperial court's armament supply has been insufficient in recent years, he still has some weapons reserves in his library, but grain and herbs need to be raised.
Uncle Qi consulted with Xu Sima in the army and recruited some military households, including both men and women. In seven days, he rushed out 5,000 medicine packets for Lu Hou.
Cotton cloth and a gray-white coarse porcelain bottle contain medicinal powder. It is not a panacea. Its main function is to stop bleeding and detoxify.
These military households are not in vain. Each person has thirty bucks per day, which was agreed upon early in the morning. Now that the matter is over, the money should be paid immediately.
Xiao Yao is also a serious fifth-grade imperial concubine. Today, the white camel was borrowed from the princess. The princess knew that she was going to save face for the palace, so she was happy to lend it to her.
So, as soon as he left the house, the attendant holding the gong in front of him banged three times and shouted, "I am going to reward Yingwu Village by His Majesty's orders. Anyone who is idle should stay away!"
Immediately, there was a sudden sound, and the crowd in front made a way like the sea water being parted. Xiao Yao had to endure it to keep her face as normal, her posture upright, and her face dignified... In the words of the princess, she must show the strength of our palace.
Come in style!
So, Xiao Yao went bang bang bang all the way to Yingwu Village. This was one of the many ordinary military villages outside Xinyixiao. The village chief and the village elders had already been waiting at the entrance of the village to see Xiao Yao and his entourage coming.
They all came forward to see the gift. Because of Mu Qing's relationship, Xiao Yao was also a fifth-grade imperial concubine, so she could still afford the gift. However, seeing that several of the clan elders were gray-haired old men, Xiao Yao was
He leaned slightly on the camel and said, "No need to be polite, old man, please get up."
In this way, a group of people gathered around Xiao Yao's white camel and invited Xiao Yao to come into the village to talk.
Yingwu Village is a small village. It is different from the villages inside the pass. The villages outside the pass are all surrounded by walls. The village also has white mud houses. The largest place is the ancestral hall, which worships the ancestors of the villagers. Now there are waiting in the ancestral hall.
They are all men who are in charge of various families in the village. There are no women. Women can only stand outside the ancestral hall.
The incense table has been set up in the village, Xiao Yao stretched out her hand, and the maid handed over the five-clawed Yunlong King's edict woven with gold from Shu brocade. The content inside was quite exquisite, but Xiao Yao estimated that there should be no one in this village.
Understand.
It doesn’t matter whether you understand it or not, glory is enough!
After the king's edict was read, the maid held up a plate of silver ingots and said to the outside, "Yingwu Village recruits five hundred people from military households. They will work for seven days and receive thirty coins per day. Each person has a total of two hundred and ten coins."
One hundred and fifty taels, the prince has ordered that the head of the village and the heads of the clans will watch over the distribution, and there must be no shortage or corruption!"
The chief bowed forward, took the tray filled with silver coins with both hands, and said loudly, "I obey the prince's order and must carefully distribute the money to the big guys."
Xiao Yao then rewarded another twenty taels, "The prince said that the people in your village are very good and loyal to the king. Their ancestors must have been loyal and loyal. I will build an ancestral hall for you with these twenty taels."
Immediately, tears sparkled in the grateful eyes of the villagers. The ancestral hall is a holy place in everyone's heart and is everyone's final destination. His Highness the Prince rewarded the village with silver to repair the ancestral hall. Immediately, all the men in the village wanted to die for His Highness the Prince.
Xiao Yao looked at the gratitude in the expressions of these people and felt a little understanding in her heart.
After the reward was given, the elders of the local clan cordially invited Xiao Yao to the house to have tea. Xiao Yao just touched her lips with the tea and said some polite words before leaving.
These days, ordinary people can live a year with only two taels of silver. Therefore, the head of Junhu Village has been bringing Xiao Yao, a veteran of the clan, to send the camel, and followed him for a long distance before looking at the camel in the distance.
Let's go, chat and laugh with the clan elders and return to the village.
The elders of the clan flattered each other, "It's because the village leader is far-sighted. It's really an honor for the whole village that this assignment falls to our Yingwu Village. I heard that the people in Yingwu Village next door are so angry that they are vomiting blood."
Others said they all had bright faces.
The main reason is that in the past, there was no money to be drawn in this kind of drafting, and the most you could do was to take care of meals. Therefore, everyone was assigned the responsibility of serving as a servant, and the village where the servant was assigned would be unlucky.
The chief twirled his beard proudly and asked, "How can a laborer be the same as a labor recruiter?" The chief has read a book. Although he has no university education, he knows how to read. Since he is a labor recruiter, he will naturally be paid.
Therefore, as soon as he heard about the recruitment of workers, he immediately signed up for the village. When the palace came to ask for people, he had already prepared the people neatly, and most of them were good workers. In this way, in just seven days, the people in the village earned
How could I dare to think about it when I paid more than a hundred taels of silver?
Xiao Yao finished her work and returned to the city. She was thinking about her errand when a small pink brocade sedan was carried out from the alley next to it. The curtain of the sedan was not opened.
Yanghua's voice said, "Sister, sister, hello."
Xiao Yao was standing on top of the white camel, and was suddenly blocked by the small sedan. She couldn't help but frown, "Who are you?"
A plain white jade fingertip sedan slowly closed the curtain, revealing a face like a fairy. The woman said softly, "Mr. Yang has met my sister in Lotus Alley."
It turned out to be Mu Qing's outer room. Xiao Yao glanced at the pink sedan with disdain and said sarcastically, "I was born in the Xiao family of Taihu. Although my ancestors were not noble, they were also from the local prosperous family. Now I have married into the clan, and now I have the fifth rank.
I really can’t call the girl a sister, so she should respect herself.” He ordered, “Go back to the palace.”
No matter how Mu Qing set up an outhouse in Lianhua Alley, Xiao Yao lived in the official courtyard of the palace, but Yang called out urgently, "Sister, please just listen to me for your husband's sake.
"
Xiao Yao made a pause gesture, looked back at Yang, and ordered everyone around her, "Catch this bitch out!"
The bearer of the sedan chair and the mother-in-law who was following the sedan were immediately shocked. The mother-in-law especially shouted, "Grandma, all of us serve Master Mu. If Grandma does this, wouldn't it hurt Master Mu's heart!"
Xiao Yao gave an order, and the people on the left and right rushed past like wolves and tigers. They were all guards with swords. How could the sedan bearers dare to stop her? One of them waved the woman away, and the other grabbed Mrs. Yang out of the red pink sedan. Yang
At this time, Shi's face was pale with fright, with tears on her eyelashes. She looked pitiful, but she was very frightened. She didn't dare to behave like a monster anymore, so she shouted urgently, "I'm the one who offended you."
Grandma, I know I made a mistake, please forgive me."
Xiao Yao has a face of stone, "Twenty palms."
With such a weak little face, after twenty slaps, Yang immediately turned into a pig's head. The mother-in-law beside her was even more frightened and trembling, not daring to make any sound. However, Xiao Yao did not forget her and pointed at the mother-in-law.
, "This one also has twenty palms."
After beating the master and servant into a pair of pig heads, Xiao Yao nodded with satisfaction, "Next time you let me see you, I will beat you to fifty, and next time, I will beat you to a hundred. If you are not afraid of beating, just come over and give me
I’ll add to the trouble.”
The camel bell rang again, and Xiao Yao returned to the palace refreshed and refreshed.
At this time, in the palace, Li Yuhua accepted the memorial sent by Mrs. Tang Xueshi, consoled Mrs. Tang for a few words, and asked Mrs. Tang to rest. When Xiao Yao came back and reported in detail what he saw in Yingwu Village, Li Yuhua was also very happy
, praising Xiao Yao, "His Highness said you were thoughtful about the medicine package this time."
Xiao Yao smiled, "It was Uncle Qi's idea. Uncle Qi said that during marches and battles, injuries are common, so bring some medical packs with you. If the soldiers are injured, bandaging them in time will be beneficial to them. I followed Uncle Qi,
I am very happy to be able to help a little bit." It feels much more fulfilling than following Mu Qing and waiting for his little wife to call him "sister".
Uncle Qi is a meticulous and thoughtful person, but he is also a lazy person. It is Xiao Yao's business to organize people to make medicines, prepare medicines and charge them. When Mu Anzhi saw Mu Qing, he praised him, "Xiao is very capable. Ah Qing, you are so similar."
This king is blessed with a wife."
The boastful Mu Qing didn't want to settle the score with Xiao Yao after he learned that his favorite was slapped with a pig's head. Mu Qing said, "You don't care what she does, what her identity is, and what your identity is, just don't care."
Xiao Yao said rudely, "Who calls her an eyesore? I didn't send my nanny to the outer house to set rules for her, but she rushed to stop me from calling her sister. How brave! She thought I would only hold back my anger, then
She was wrong."
Mu Qing had no choice but to talk nicely to Xiao Yao.
Li Yuhua handed the memorial brought by Mrs. Tang to Mu Anzhi. Mu Anzhi unfolded it and looked at it briefly before putting it away and sneered, "My teacher is really loyal to the imperial court."
"Master Tang, has he warned Sudimir about sending troops?"
"Not only that, but I also want to drag Lao Hua and Xiao Du into talking together. I really don't know if he is smart or stupid. Seeing that the king does not accept his advice, he wants to write to the court privately!" Mu Anzhi's eyes showed a faint sharp look, "Tang
The mistress is quite reasonable."
"Master Tang said that Tang Qian secretly took out this book. She really couldn't persuade Master Tang, so she had to give it to me to avoid making a big mistake." Li Yuhua asked, "What's wrong with this book?"
"Let's put some pressure on it for now and wait until the battle is over!"