Along the way, Zheng Anping got a meal with a festival talisman at Xizhongyi. This was the first time these people had a formal meal in more than three months, and the food was particularly delicious. The two cows also got their share of grass and ate it quietly. After finishing the meal, the seven of them were not very happy, but they were also in high spirits. Get in the car and continue on your way. Entering the outskirts of Daliang at dusk. When passing Liangxiyi, Zheng Anping was moved, but he did not stop the car and drove all the way to Donghongli.
It was late winter, and the people inside had gone to bed early. Only the headman heard the sound of the cart, put on his clothes and came out, only to see two bullock carts going straight to the back. The chief shouted: "Who is it?"
Wu Wang appeared next to the chief with a "swish" and called affectionately: "Good morning, eldest father!" The two cars also stopped. Zheng Anping jumped out of the car and walked towards the chief, saying: "Anping has seen the chief. Chang! I came to vote at dusk, alarmed the Chang, and felt very uneasy!"
As if seeing a long-lost relative, the headmaster held Zheng Anping's hand firmly and said excitedly: "You... you... you are home!?"
Zheng Anping nodded and said: "Fortunately, it's convenient."
After hearing what he said, the head of the village raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Master Zheng has returned! Wuwang has returned!..." He was afraid that no one would hear him, so he ran around shouting.
The first person to rush out was Dongli, with a shrill scream: "Wuwang!~" The people behind shouted: "Get dressed, get dressed!"
When the sky was dark, the group of people rushed to the entrance and found that no one was there. When they looked back, Wuwang shouted: "Mother! Father! Brother!" The group of people rushed up at once, and the woman in the leader threw Wuwang Touching from head to toe, he asked in a whisper: "Is it safe? Is it safe?"
Wuwang stopped her and said: "Wuwang has no injuries, but he can only eat his ears less!"
After touching it for a while, the woman finally felt relieved, relaxed her mind, let out a heart-piercing scream, and cried loudly: "My son~~~!" She hugged Wuwang and refused to let go. Wuwang was very embarrassed and tried to get away, but couldn't. After Wu's father finally got through the matter, he saw Zheng Anping standing aside and hurriedly came over to salute: "Father Zheng is well! Father Zheng is laughing at Wuwang's stubbornness!"
Zheng Anping said: "Father Wu is shocked when there is a war!"
Wu's father was also about to cry. He suppressed his sadness and said: "I heard that there was a river of blood outside the city, and none of the villagers in Liangdong returned. I think about it, the governor is outside the city, and the young master and the son have nothing..." Finally, he said again I couldn't speak any more and burst into tears. Zheng Anping comforted Wu's father and said to Wu Wang: "You don't have to follow me now, but I will serve my father and return to your home together." He sent these people away one by one.
Many people from the city also went out and greeted them one by one. Zheng Anping comforted them with kind words and sent them home one by one. The city lord and the coachman were also very excited when they saw this scene.
After finally seeing him off in Faxiangli, Zheng Anping drove back to his home. The gate was wide open, and Zhang Lu stood leaning against it. Zheng Anping strode forward, and Zhang Lu quickly saluted and said: "Well done, sir. I am rude, so I can't greet you from far away!"
Zheng Anping tried his best to calm down, and realized that there were others around him, so he quickly returned the greeting: "Sir, how are you doing, how are you doing, kid!" He said to the others: "I am a retainer in my hometown, and I have learned my lessons from a young age. Now that I am old and sick, I have no one to rely on, so I came back from Zheng. ."Everyone saluted and greeted, Zhang Lu stayed aside, how dare he even say ""."
Zhang Lu opened the door and asked everyone to unload the car and pull it in. When the coachman saw that there was grass and water at the back door, he led the cow out of the back door and let the cow walk. Zheng Anping entered the cellar and found that there was more grain. He scooped a stone out and asked Zhang Lu, "Why is there so much grain?"
Zhang Lu said: "All the gains from plowing Ru's fields in Wumen will be returned to Rucang. I Jianci will take half of them and pound them all."
Zheng Anping said: "Wumen has a heart!"
Everyone saw the scene where Wumen welcomed Wuwang just now, and knew that Wumen was Wuwang's parent. Seeing that the two families are so close to each other, I also like it. The city lord took his two sons to wash the tripod, bowls, gui and other things. Zheng Anping scoured the millet and fetched water from the ditch. Zhang Lu had already lit a fire, and everyone sat together to cook porridge. When I was young, the driver came back from herding the cattle and sat around the fire. When Zhang Lu asked about the war outside the city, everyone picked out what they knew. Some of the things that were not explained clearly were asked by Zhang Lu in detail. After a while, the porridge was ready. Zheng Anping cooked a stone of millet. The porridge in the cauldron was very thick. Zhang Lu took the salt plums and filled a bowl for each person. They mixed the salt plums and drank them hot. The coldness of the winter night and the fatigue of the journey were all eliminated in this bowl of porridge, and everyone was sweating profusely after eating. Zhang Lu said that he had already had dinner and just sat aside to watch everyone eat. After a while, the porridge was gone. This home-cooked porridge was different from the rice served at the inn, and had a warmer taste.
After the meal, Zheng Anping arranged for everyone to lie down in the hall, while he and Zhang Lu rested together. Everyone said that this was unreasonable. Zheng Anping said: "My husband and I have not seen each other for many years, and we have had countless conversations. Please don't doubt me." Everyone just said it politely and thanked each other. Everyone hugged straw and went there. Rest in the hall. Soon he was snoring like crazy.
Zheng Anping entered the side room, still in the light and shadow of the tinder jar, lying side by side with Zhang Lu. Zheng Anping introduced to Zhang Lu his experience in the past year: a year of hard work, a war that completely came to zero, and everything had to start from scratch; and he also owed Pu Tian a large sum of money.
Zhang Lu said: "You have obtained five houses and a carriage house from the lawsuit, and the income is enough. If you regain the hearts of the people in Guanyi, you may do something good this year."
Zheng Anping said: "Now there is no grain in Guan Yi, and there is no surplus grain outside the city, so I can't buy it. If I want to enter Daliang and get a salary, I don't care about the price of grain, but I have to buy it and enter Guan. - I must live to manage the people until the grain is harvested." "
Zhang Lu said: "Young Master is kind, but if you have this intention, you must take charge of it. But there is no need for more than a hundred households to go to the Daliang market, but they can buy them in the city, which will not only facilitate the selling of the villagers, but also close the affection of the villagers. What will they gain?" How many?"
Zheng Anping was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "How much has Daliang gained this year?"
Zhang Lu said: "Although there is not enough, there is no disaster. It is not difficult for a household to get more than ten stones."
Zheng Anping asked: "But at what price?"
Zhang Lu said: "The thing is, if you don't bother me, you can leave it to the head of the village. All the sacrifices in the village will go to the head of the village. No matter what the price is, it will be less than the market price."
Zheng Anping said: "Mr. Wei, I've made a mistake! Mr. Yu and I are in charge. I'll ask for advice sooner or later."
Zhang Lu shook his head and said: "No, if you enter the management, you will be surrounded by people and there will be no way to escape."
Zheng Anping said: "Young man is very ignorant when it comes to management. If you don't have the teacher to explain your confusion, things may be difficult to accomplish."
Zhang Lu said: "Guan Yi was first built and has already reached a large scale. Now that the military disaster has returned, the three Jin Dynasties have been wiped out, but Guan Yi is fine, and the people's hearts in Guan Yi may be directed towards it. Now Guan Yi has no food, and the son is living with private money, Guan Yi The people must have loyal and loyal people who want to repay them. If you add good people to them, you will gain their strength."
Zheng Anping asked: "Huayang is defeated, what will happen to Daliang?"
Zhang Lu said: "Mang's family is gone!"
Zheng Anping was shocked. He was indeed more concerned about the whereabouts of the Mang family, especially Mang Shen, and asked hurriedly: "What do you mean?"
Zhang Lu said: "In this battle, the entire Mang clan fought. The war is over now, and if the Mang clan doesn't return, they must go!"
Zheng Anping asked: "Where is Danggui?"
Zhang Lu said: "Whether it is Qi, Chu or Yan, there is no place other than the three Jins."
Zheng Anping lamented: "It's a shame to abandon the business after thirty years of operation."
Zhang Lu said: "The cunning rabbit's three points must be managed, not abandoned. At the beginning of the war, I already thought about retreating."
Zheng Anping was surprised and said: "Before the battle? Will they be defeated before the battle?"
Zhang Lu said: "Strengthening Qin with a tired army is beyond the capabilities of the three Jins."
Zheng Anping said: "Why don't the king of Wei raise an army to attack Qin? If we can't win, why raise an army?"
Zhang Lu sighed and said: "There was another disaster in the Eastern Liang Dynasty. It was only half harvested and the people had no food. If we don't fight, there will be changes." Zheng Anping was speechless.
When he got up the next day, Zheng Anping came to see the head of the village and told him that he wanted to buy grain. The head of the village asked how much it would cost, and Zheng Anping replied, "Thousands of stones." The head of the village said: "Guan Ling knows that for the Spring and Autumn Festival, if a family has ten stones, and I have more than a hundred households in the town, they will get more than a thousand stones. If you are in urgent need, you can give it to the young master, and I will be able to reduce my labor."
Zheng Anping said: "So, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the chief. I dare to ask the price."
The chief said: "If you don't dare to make an exaggerated price, the stone sold in Daliang market will cost forty or fifty yuan. I and the young master's stone will cost thirty-five yuan. The prince's sacrifice is also among them!"
Zheng Anping said: "I am in urgent need of food. I hope the village chief will give it to me and everything will be done as ordered. I also hope that the village chief will use his hired car to go to Guanyi."
The chief asked: "Is the food shortage in Guanyi so bad?"
Zheng Anping said: "If you are too late, you will be hungry!"
When Zheng Anping returned home, he called the city lord and asked him to take charge of loading the cart. He agreed to hire the chief's cart, load it with three by sixty stones, and rush to Guanyi to rescue the hungry. The reason why the cart is not filled is because the oxen are weak. Instead of pulling a full cart slowly, it is better to load less and arrive faster. The city lord met with the mayor, and Zheng Anping explained that he would go to Daliang to collect his salary and would repay it in full when he returned. The head of the village was surprised and said: "If you don't use public funds, you will have to pay for it yourself?"
Zheng Anping said: "Our town is remote and the people are poor. We were also hit by the war. The public funds are in vain and there is really no money. However, fighting hunger is like putting out fire, so we cannot delay it."
The headman looked very moved and asked his family to hitch up the carriage and load grain into the carriage. After loading sixty stones, without even eating breakfast, the three-carriage set off immediately, looking to the west. Zheng Anping told them to unload the truck and return as soon as they took a break to make the second shipment.
He watched the grain truck go away, then returned to his house, scooped up water and washed his face. He opened his bag, took out his official uniform, and came to Daliang with the festival talisman in his arms.
He hurried to the door of Wei Gongzi's house and presented the talisman. The concierge knew that it was Guan's order, so he asked him to enter the private room and said, "Young Master has not returned from court this morning. Guan's order will be waiting for you later."
Zheng Anping had no choice but to sit peacefully in the private room and wait for Lord Xinling to come back.
After waiting for a while, a retainer came to invite him: "Young Master, please give me your order!" Zheng Anping quickly straightened his crown and clothes, saluted the retainer, crossed his arms and followed the retainer straight to the lobby. Arriving at the foot of the steps, Zheng Anping stopped and announced loudly at the foot of the steps: "Your Majesty, Zheng Anping, would like to see you in person!"
Then I heard the laughter of several people. Amidst the laughter, Lord Xinling appeared at the entrance of the hall with a group of guests. Lord Xinling saluted on the steps and said, "Thank you for your hard work, thank you!"
