"..." Liu Bei had nothing to say. As a true civilian-born Taiwei, Liu Bei said that he could understand this mentality.
"Most ordinary people are honest and honest in nature, and their moral standards are quite good after they have enough food and clothing. However, ordinary people have very realistic cunning and cleverness. These are essentially for the sake of living a better life. That's all." Chen Xi said softly as he looked at Chang'an City, which had gone away. The people were easy to fool, but very difficult to fool.
Regardless of whether it is a breech-loading gun or a cold weapon, in essence, when the common people cannot live, there is no difference between these things. Morality is always for people who can eat well and wear warm clothes. There is no such prerequisite. , it’s just empty talk.
The foundation of the saint's way has never been rituals, music and morality, but adequate food and clothing. This is the beginning of all benevolent governance. This is why Chen Xi will never quarrel with the people on issues such as eating, as long as the other party's prerequisite is to live. , just for a bite of food, and if you really can’t live without doing this, then your sin is forgivable.
This is also the reason why Chen Xi forgave the Taishan bandits, the Yellow Turbans, and many rioters back then. He didn't even have enough to eat, so why did he talk about it? But now in the Central Plains, he can barely have enough to eat, and Chen Xi can only do other things. I am qualified to talk.
"That's true. Even staying alive is a problem. How can you think about other things." Liu Bei nodded and said. He has always had a very deep understanding of the issue of eating.
"By the way, we have already left Chang'an, are we going there?" Chen Xi looked at the snowy fields outside the window and the people in the distance who were like dots. Occasionally, he would see a series of carriages loaded with goods coming from Liu Bei's high-speed four-wheel drive. The carriage passed by.
"Go to a small village in Sanfu." Liu Bei said gently. "You may feel better when you get there. Speaking of which, I wasn't there before. Han Mou went to Qinling Mountains, and you didn't care about it. The mountains were blocked by heavy snow. You really Aren’t you afraid something will happen to him?”
"Didn't you find the Black and White Immortal again?" Chen Xi raised an eyebrow and said, "With those two people here, Han Mou will not be in any danger, but it is also strange. What is he doing in the mountains at this time? What is he looking for to eat? Of?"
In the Aguquan area at the foot of the Qinling Mountains, the local folks took out the bacon and cut it for Cookie to cook. The old hunter took out the delicacies collected from the mountain and used it to make soup for Cookie. From then on, Cookie took the Quji family away. After getting lost, all I could do was rely on facial recognition.
Fortunately, when the cookies came out, they still had money with them, so it was not free food. Although many people refused to accept the money from the cookies, the cookies still asked the Black and White Immortal to leave some five baht money when they left. Cookies that have traveled all over the Central Plains know very well that the things that the common people take out are often the most precious things in their homes, and they are reluctant to eat them.
He just ate it and ran away. The other party was grateful for his achievements and wouldn't say anything, but he didn't really run away.
After Qiuji attended the court meeting, he took his wife to go out in the snow. It was not because he was sick, but just to let Qiuji understand what kind of status he had and to let his wife feel what popularity means and what it means to not bring money. From Youzhou to Jiaozhou, from Jiaozhou to Yizhou, my cookies can be eaten all over the country even if they are just a meal.
In fact, Cookie originally planned to take Qu Ji to pay homage to the Nonghuang Temple. However, from Jiangnan to Jiangbei, and then to Chang'an, Nonghuang Temples can be found everywhere, and the inscriptions also describe them, but most of them are not like Cookies. Although Qu Qi has traveled all over the Central Plains and has seen many cookies, but it has always been a custom in China to carve clay and wood sculptures according to the people's thoughts.
Just like the appearance of Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing is very different, but the two people in the temple are very similar, so that when Cookie goes to worship in the temple, the temple blessing is likely to recognize Cookie, but the statue does not look like Cookie. .
After all, Lady Quji was young and had an out-of-touch personality. During this period, she often teased her husband. Although Lady Quji also knew very well that except for Emperor Shennong, the statues in the temple were accompanied by her husband. But look at the strange paintings. Wind, Qu Jishi will inevitably make fun of Cookie.
This is why Cookie decisively took his wife to wander around Yongzhou after the court meeting. If there is a place where the people recognize Cookie the most, it goes without saying that it must be Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Yongzhou, and Yangzhou.
Cookies, the common people in these four places, have spent a long time giving on-the-spot guidance. Unlike other places, where more officials teach about improved seeds, intensive cultivation, and composting methods, Cookies can just teach the students they brought out. Well, people in these four places know Cookie very well and know what the real Canghou looks like.
If in other places, Cookie can travel around by swiping his face to eat, then in these four places, Cookie can go and eat wherever he goes.
Cookie, who had been teased by his wife all the way, ditched the guards after the court meeting and took Qu Ji's family to Yongzhou. Then Cookie showed his wife what it means to support everyone wherever you go, as long as there is one person who recognizes him. After coming out, a group of people would soon be watching. It was originally the New Year's Day, and these people would clear the banquet on the spot, invite Cookie to take the main seat, and then start the banquet again.
After this circle, Quji finally understood the meaning of the bunch of five-colored tassels on her husband's hand in the Nonghuang Temple, and she also truly understood that his father would think that Quji was a saint.
Compared to relying on family and power in the past, when Qiao Qiao led her around, the simple and unpretentious praise and admiration from ordinary people was the most real feedback.
What's more important is that compared to other people's guilty conscience when accepting these praises and admirations, Cookie was calm and composed when others served him wine to toast him. After all, he did do these things.
It is also Cookie's calm attitude that drives Qu Ji to eat the delicacies that have been stored in ordinary people's homes for a long time and drink the old wine that has been buried in ordinary people's homes for more than ten years without any regrets. After all, they are husband and wife. Cookie deserves the kindness contained in these things, so she can eat with peace of mind and drink with peace of mind.
After all, to a certain extent, what she eats is not other people's food. As a wife, there is nothing wrong with eating her husband's food. Supporting his wife has been a top priority for the husband since ancient times.
Chen Xi and Liu Bei, who were driving to Xitun, naturally didn't know that Qiao Qiao had been living so well recently, but even if they didn't know, they wouldn't have any worries about Qiao Qiao.
Not to mention the protection of the black and white immortals, even if there is no immortal protection, Cookie will basically not have any problems in the Central Plains as long as he does not risk his death and toss in undercurrents. Although the people of this era have cunning One side, but also a simple side, at least when it comes to cookies, he will never attack.
Even the so-called crazy fanatics will not touch cookies.
"Don't worry about Han Mou, maybe he is eating in which village he is currently in. In Yongzhou, the Canghou Qu family has a very high status. Not to mention Han Mou himself, even the Qu family can make a meal with their faces. ." Chen Xi curled his lips and said, Cookie must be fine, at most he just didn't know where he went.
"Yes." Liu Bei nodded. He admired people like Qiao Qiao and Zhao Yun who could make a living by brushing their faces.
"By the way, Mr. Xuande, you haven't said the purpose of this trip yet." Seeing this, Chen Xi once again returned to the original question and looked at Liu Bei curiously.
"You'll know after you go to Xitun." Liu Bei said with a smile, and the driver outside heard Liu Bei's order and once again drove quickly towards the destination.
About an hour later, Chen Xi and Liu Bei finally arrived at Xitun. There were villages and villages nearby. It was obvious that this was Chen Xi's plan to merge villages into villages. The three villages were arranged in a "pin" shape, and a villager would be arranged. Officials were stationed locally and administered.
The villages that appear in front of Chen Xi now are the most standard products of village merging. There are nearly 10,000 such villages in the Central Plains.
They all have a standard population of 450 to 600 households, standard roads in and out of the village, three backup deep water wells, a planned water conservancy network, and a doctor who knows some medical skills and can treat people, pigs and dogs. , if you are lucky, there will be a teacher who teaches, a small shop that sells agricultural and sideline products, and fifty militiamen.
But now the Han Dynasty militiamen already have the batch of scale armor and chain armor that Chen Xi returned before, and they can barely pass themselves off as elite soldiers.
"It's not bad. There's no snow on the road. It's obvious that the area of our village has been cleaned up and a fence has been built. Let me take a look. Well, there is a small school ground, an archery target, a shop, and a small private school. It's not bad. As for the well, , not bad, I saw one." After Chen Xi looked around, he nodded, which means he did a good job.
"The officials here have done a very good job. Although I did have requirements for a small school field and archery targets when I originally planned it, it is still a bit unexpected that they can be fully implemented to this extent." Chen Xi clicked his tongue in surprise, a rare thought came to mind. A look of satisfaction.
Although there are only fifty militiamen in a village, but there is a professional training place, these militiamen will train in their free time. After all, as militiamen, the state-owned stores in each village will receive certain subsidies every month, just to allow these people for training.
This scale may seem small, accounting for less than 2% of the village population, but there are more than 10,000 such villages in the country. If they are trained on time, these soldiers will be good regular soldiers when necessary. And in terms of cost, this approach is extremely cost-effective.
"This thing about walls, since the villages were merged into villages, each village will build it spontaneously." Liu Bei glanced at Chen Xi. The people in the Central Plains have always had a high demand for city walls.
