Jiang Zhi is going to the county government office!
For ordinary farmers, this is no less than going to see the emperor.
Grandma Xiaoman's eyes changed when she looked at Jiang Zhi, with admiration hidden in her eyes.
Xiao Mannai said: "Er Ruiniang, you want to look carefully to see if those officials have purple smoke coming out of their heads?"
"Purple smoke? Why, is it on fire?" Jiang Zhi laughed.
"It is said in the drama that scholars who can become officials are like Wenquxing descending to the earth, with auspicious clouds under their feet and purple smoke rising above their heads." Mr. Xiaoman also said it very seriously.
The biggest officials they saw were the town's pavilion chief and the tax collector, and the biggest scholars were also the two talented people from Lihua Town.
Scholars walk with three swaying steps, and even carry fans in the middle of winter, saying that this way they can have the cool breeze and bright moon blowing on their faces, and the clouds flying in their minds...
If you ask too many questions, you will be filled with too many articles, just like a farmer’s granary. Your brain will be swollen and hot, and you need a fan to cool it down.
Those high-ranking officials, emperors, etc. on the stage have the most pretentious stuff in their minds. Not only do they have to smoke, but they also have to be followed by two people with big banana leaves to fan them when they appear.
Hearing these simple words, Jiang Zhi felt that his stomach hurt from suppressing laughter, and he forced himself to nod: "Okay, I will take a closer look tomorrow to see if the purple smoke is coming out of the ears of the county magistrate, or is it coming from the ears of the county magistrate? Hair sprouting from the roots.”
Xiao Mannai sighed with satisfaction: "Er Ruiniang has good eyesight, she will definitely be able to see clearly, and I will no longer have any knots in my heart." She has been thinking about this problem her whole life.
Xiaoman and Xu Errui were so excited that you punched me and I kicked you. They both went out to the county seat this time.
For the two young people who were as far away as the town, the county government was an unimaginable black hole.
Xiang Dejin and other wounded soldiers also looked excited.
These wounded soldiers live in the mountains, but they don't have much contact with Jiang Zhi on a daily basis. They only know them as a few farm children who work hard.
I took the road of enlisting in the army for various reasons. Now I have narrowly escaped being seriously injured. In a few days, I will have to go my separate ways after recovering from my injuries. I feel honored to be able to do something important before leaving.
This time, Xiang Dejin secretly helped a lot. He was smart and loyal. Jiang Zhi felt that he was a helper who could be cultivated and wanted to stay.
When going to the county government this time, Jiang Zhi planned to ask Zhang Juntou to borrow some, but he still needed to discuss it with Xiang Dejin first.
As soon as she opened her mouth, Xiang Dejin agreed.
"Aunt Jiang, thanks to your respect, Dejin will come with you."
Xiang Dejin is now convinced of Jiang Zhi. Although his injuries have not fully recovered, his movements are no longer hindered.
Next to him, Wu Hongmao muttered: "I am one of them!"
The other people wanted to express their opinions, but were stopped by Jiang Zhi: "Okay, I already know what everyone is thinking. It's just that the road is inconvenient. Dejin and Hongmao will be fine. Now that the refugees are scattered, there are still a few people who need to worry more on the mountain."
Even if they take their own people, the refugees have to go all over the mountains to pick up green kohlrabi seeds, although they won’t be able to go to the mountains two hours away for a while.
I also left a few things for Qiaoyun, Chunfeng, and Xu Dazhu to protect themselves, but they still needed people to take precautions.
Li Laoshi had been squatting beside him silently. When he saw that Jiang Zhi was going to follow Zhang Juntou to see the county magistrate, his mind became active again: This backer seemed to be bigger.
At this time, when he heard that Jiang Zhi was worried about the refugees and wanted a few wounded soldiers to help guard the mountain, he immediately became energetic: "Sister-in-law Jiang, don't worry, I am an honest person, I will help you look after the house, and I won't lose a single straw. You must believe me... Ouch!"
Before he could finish his words, he was knocked over by a little wild boar that came out from the corner of the house and fell to the ground, making everyone laugh.
Jiang Zhi touched the little wild boar's increasingly slender back: "Even Peppa Pig doesn't believe what you say."
Now as long as there is a little wild boar at home, if the owner does not say anything, even Xiang Dejin and the others cannot take away things in the room casually, and they will definitely chase, bite and hit them.
Leaving aside a night's rest, Jiang Zhi put on a thin jacket sewn by Qiao Yun on the next day, and put on a 60% new piece of clothing, which was the only one of his own that he could afford.
A blue shirt, black trousers, an embroidered apron, a blue cloth scarf on the head, and a hairpin are the attire of a married woman in a peasant family.
When I get older, I will wear a green scarf like Grandma Xiaoman to prevent the cold and pain in my head caused by the wet fog in the mountains.
Because they had to go out, Xiaoman and Xu Errui got up before dawn, swept the house, fetched water, and even carried firewood to the stove.
Before leaving, Xiaoman was called into the room by Xu Dazhu and given careful instructions: firstly, he must be obedient and secondly, he must put away his rough temper when he goes out.
Xiao Manonuo promised repeatedly. He had been lying on the bed in the medical shed for the past few days, and every time he came back, he was reminded of it, which worked to some extent.
Xiang Dejin and Wu Hongmao didn't need Jiang Zhi to say much, they had already tidied up and were waiting.
A few people brought dry food and water and went down the mountain when it got dark.
The journey down the mountain went very quickly, even if we took a detour, it only took an hour.
At this time, Zhang Juntou settled things in the medical shed.
"Zhang Shichang, can you borrow some of the wages earned by the two children?" Jiang Zhi was going out and had no money.
She weighed the scraps of silver that the little wild boar had picked up, and found that they were only six cents.
It would have been fine in normal times, but now that prices have risen, it is always necessary to take a few young men out to buy some pancakes in the city.
Zhang Juntou directly took out a tael of silver and said, "I'll lend it to you first, and then tie the knot after finishing the remaining kang!"
No problem, Jiang Zhi accepts it.
There are still some medicinal materials in the backpacks carried by Xiaoman and Xu Errui, and they can be exchanged for money as long as they find a drug store.
It is sixty miles from Xujiacun to Pingchuan County, and changing to a modern one is just a matter of stepping on the accelerator.
But in ancient Bajun, most of the official roads were only slightly flat, wide enough for driving, and they went uphill and downhill according to the terrain. (Refer to the Cuiyun Corridor of the Ancient Shu Road, which was the expressway at that time)
Cuiyun Corridor is a section of the ancient Shu Road. It was built when Liu Bang was named King of Hanzhong in the Han Dynasty. It was also a special road for sending lychees from southern Sichuan to Concubine Yang Guifei.
Speed...what is speed?
The mule cart in the medical shed was traveling on the rugged official road, and Jiang Zhi who was riding in the cart soon fainted.
Next to her, Xiaoman and the others walked without taking a car. They felt more comfortable walking.
Only Zhang Juntou and the other two were riding horses, and they could move easily by kicking and kicking.
There are still groups of exhausted refugees walking along the official road.
Near the river, where it is slightly gentle, the Parmao poles taller than people on both sides of the road spread like a wall.
The pale red spikes of flowers stood high and whistled in the wind. It was already late autumn and they were still as lush as a forest.
Seen from a distance, it looks like clouds and mist, endless, reflecting the sunlight as magnificently as if it were on fire.
This is also the most convenient place for bandits to rob.
You can imagine that in the summer when the leaves are green, a few people would hide inside, and then they would disappear after robbing and killing people.
Now that there are young men and soldiers guarding him, Jiang Zhi has no worries in this regard.
In her hand, she was holding the bamboo pole that Xiaoman picked for herself to weave "horse", and she was already thinking about how to make a request when she saw the Pingchuan County Magistrate.
Want money? Important land? Or do you want a plaque of commendation from the county government?
Pingchuan County Government had just experienced a coup, but now it has barely returned to normal, and its official warehouse is empty.
The first thing to do when a new official takes office is that the new county magistrate who surrendered to the King of Zhou must be in urgent need of various ways to save the people.
In the past, there was a case of buying horse bones with thousands of gold, maybe I can satisfy these requests by myself!
