On the way back to Feiyun Restaurant, Yuan Lijie and his group were somewhat silent.
suddenly!
Yuan Lijie suddenly stopped, turned to look behind him, and asked, "Mr. Gu, did you get what you wanted?"
Gu Tingyun also stopped and nodded silently.
"What about the rewards for the soldiers of Yunzhou County?"
“This is a decision that only His Majesty can make, and we can only inform His Majesty of the matter.
Father-in-law, you also know that the Song Dynasty is currently facing political difficulties, and the military salaries at various borders can be paid out on time. Most of them are money that your Majesty has invested from his own money.
The imperial court...the imperial court has already been struggling to make ends meet.
In recent years, His Majesty's internal funds have almost dried up. Even if the guard army has really made great achievements, His Majesty still has to give priority to ensuring the military pay on the border in order to stabilize the security around the Song Dynasty. "
After Gu Tingyun was silent for a while, he expressed his guess about the emperor's possible choices.
Yuan Lijie was silent. As a chamberlain, he obviously knew more than Gu Tingyun.
His Majesty's internal funds, not to mention the balance, have already begun to use the previous savings. If this continues, it may not last long.
Naturally, he also knew that what Gu Tingyun said was very likely to happen.
But just now he had vowed to tell the commander that he would get rewards for the soldiers, but now... alas!
Sighing deeply, the two walked forward silently, and a group of people behind them also followed silently.
suddenly!
boom!
"Ouch!"
A cry of pain and an impact almost knocked Yuan Lijie down. Fortunately, he reacted in time and steadied himself quickly, so that he was not hit.
Yuan Lijie, who had been deep in thought just now, looked up and saw a skinny young man slumped on the ground in front of him. From the looks of it, he should be a refugee who had just arrived in Yunzhou County.
This young man looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he was as skinny as a stick, and his hair was as messy as weeds scattered on his head, like a bird's nest!
My face and body were also dirty, and I didn't know how many days it had been since I had washed them. There was also a strange smell on my body that made people want to avoid it.
The cry of pain just now was made by him. Logically speaking, a boy and a half of his age was as strong as a calf. If he bumped into the distracted Yuan Lijie, he would normally be able to knock him down.
On the contrary, the half-grown boy was knocked to the ground, which shows how weak and weak he really is.
Yuan Lijie didn't care who bumped into who. Before his men who were about to step forward to scold them made any move, he stopped them with a look.
Then he put on a smiling face and came to the young man who was slumped on the ground and asked softly: "Is the young official okay? Are there any injuries?"
However, what he asked in return was a strange growling sound from the boy's stomach at the right time. It was obviously the boy's stomach telling him that he was hungry.
The young man's face was a little shy, but he managed to straighten his body, and with a red face, he cupped his hands at Yuan Lijie and said apologetically: "It's the boy's fault. The boy Meng Lang bumped into my father-in-law and bothered him to care about me. "
Yuan Lijie smiled and shook his head. He stretched out his hand to signal behind him. The servant behind him understood and immediately handed over a pancake, which was stuffed with meat!
Yuan Lijie handed the cake to the young man and said with a kind smile:
“Nothing is wrong, as long as people are fine.
Come on, are you hungry?
I have a piece of cake here.
Here it is, you eat it first, until you are full. "
"No, father! You absolutely must not!"
The boy hurriedly declined, but his stomach made strange noises and revealed his true condition.
Yuan Lijie just looked at him with a smile, and never took back the hand holding the cake.
After resisting for a while, the young man finally took the cake, but thanked Yuan Lijie repeatedly.
Yuan Lijie smiled and waved his hands, clapped his hands to wipe off the residue on his hands. After standing up, he suddenly said to the young man who was eating pancakes: "If you have nowhere to go, you might as well follow me back." ?
If you follow me, you may not necessarily be rich and wealthy, but you will also be able to live without worries. "
Yuan Lijie's words immediately made the young man who was eating almost choke. He knew that the powdered father-in-law in front of him was a father-in-law. If he asked him to follow him, wouldn't he be letting himself in...
No no no no! This is not possible. I am just here to perform as an extra. How can I enter the palace?
I am the only one in the old Li family, so I can’t enter the palace!
His mind was spinning crazily. After a while, the young man finally thought of an excuse. He quickly shook his head and refused: "Thank you for your kindness, but my family has a family tradition that even if I starve to death, I can't be a slave, so I can only refuse my husband." Good intentions.”
Yuan Lijie took a deep look at the young man, nodded, and said nothing more.
Then he got up and left the place, followed closely by the group of people behind him.
Around everyone, refugees in twos and threes were hunched and thin, wandering on the streets as if they were zombies.
The entire Yunzhou City was in a dilapidated state.
Not long after Yuan Lijie left, several beggar-looking teenagers hurried over.
"Brother Dingguo! Are you okay? Why did you rush up? Didn't the adults say we just need to stay aside?"
The young man who was called Brother Dingguo sighed when he heard this and said:
“I don’t know what happened, I was a little distracted just now.
Originally, I just wanted to pass by secretly and take a closer look at their appearance, but for some reason, I suddenly got distracted and bumped into them. "
After speaking, the young man said with a grimace: "I hope it didn't arouse any suspicion! Otherwise it would be tragic."
"Probably not! Brother Dingguo, your acting skills are so good, how could those people see it?
By the way, Brother Dingguo, didn’t you say before that you wouldn’t do it today after you finished it?
Then what are you going to do after you get paid? "
Another young man asked.
Hearing this, Dingguo looked to the south in the direction where Yuan Lijie and his party had just come, and said firmly: "I want to join the army!
I heard that the front line has started to fight against the poisonous people again. Those poisonous people are very easy to kill.
Each of our Yunzhou soldiers can chase ten of them!
Now every ten poisonous soldiers killed on the front line can be exchanged for one acre of land.
I also want to join the army. After killing more poisonous soldiers, I want to replace it with a lot of land, so that I can become a landlord in the future!
Marry another one then, no! Three wives! Give our old Li family more fat boys to continue the family lineage!
When I get there in the future, I can show off to my father that my son has more than him! Hey hey hey! "
"Wow! Brother Dingguo is so awesome! We want to go too!
We also want to kill more poisonous soldiers in exchange for more fields, marry more wives and have more sons! "
At this time, a girl's voice suddenly came in and asked weakly:
"Then...can you marry more wives, and can I marry more husband-in-laws?"
Everyone immediately turned to look at her, eyes widened: "(⊙ o⊙)!"
Girl: "(*/ω\*)."
…
Returning to Feiyun Restaurant, before entering the room, Yuan Lijie suddenly stopped and looked at Gu Tingyun and asked, "Mr. Gu, in your opinion, what is the current situation of Yunzhou County?"
Gu Tingyun turned to look at him with some confusion, but then he pondered for a moment and replied solemnly:
"The current situation in Yunzhou County is not good. There is a threat from the Tatars outside, and there is instability within the Tatar tribes that have surrendered. In addition, so many new refugees have been recruited, and we can see so many of them even on the street.
It is conceivable that Yunzhou County today may be more difficult than before. "
"Yeah?"
Yuan Lijie said this as if he was asking a rhetorical question. Without waiting for Gu Tingyun to answer, he said to himself: "His Royal Highness, Prince Yun, is also suffering a lot. It is already very difficult for a prince without a mother and concubine to grow up healthily..."
After sighing, Yuan Lijie opened the door and walked into his room, leaving Gu Tingyun with a question mark on his face. He didn't understand why Eunuch Yuan suddenly mentioned King Yun inexplicably?
…
Hehe, an update is coming! I've been a little busy lately, I often work overtime and very late, and I have too little time, so it may be a little difficult to guarantee it at midnight, but Piaoxue swears by it! As long as there is time! If I have the chance, I will definitely update it three times!
I have no choice but to update twice a day and I will still code it even if I don’t sleep!
I swear! ! !
(End of chapter)
