Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 461 Jianwan
The convoy escorting the princess traveled for nearly a month, and snowflakes had already fallen on the vast field.

It's cold and freezing, and the princess has golden branches and jade leaves. Naturally, she needs to find a place to rest for a few days, and wait for the snow road to dry up.

On this day, they happened to stop in a small town called Jianwan.

Jianwan, as the name suggests, has a clear spring in a mountain stream, which happens to go around the town.

In spring, the snow and ice on the mountain melted, and the gurgling water flowed from the stream into the river bend on the west side of the town, feeding countless crops.

In summer, the children take off their buttocks, take a bath in the stream to catch fish, and they are not afraid of being submerged in the deep water.Even the deepest part of the entire stream cannot cover the bare buttocks of the children.

Jianwan Town is called a small town, but it is just a small street, a few shops, not even an inn, let alone jewelry shops, restaurants and teahouses.

Jianwan is located at the foot of a small mountain, and its geographical location does not belong to an important road. The reason why it passes here is also the route planned by Chen Xiaohu.

If they go the other way, they will cross the sea.

There are more than 500 guards of Lu Xingge, plus the Habayashi Guard sent by the emperor is 1000 people. With more than 500 people, a large ship cannot cross the strait.

A detour is just a difficult mountain road and a waste of time.

Chen Xiaohu's decision, as long as Lu Yange did not object, naturally no one objected.As for Mr. Zhuo, he got into the carriage, except for eating and going to the latrine, he just stayed in the carriage on weekdays and didn't care about anything.

The town is small, there is no inn, and there is no post station, so Chen Xiaohu sent people to find a family that seemed to be in order, and borrowed the house for use.

This family took 50 taels of silver. Apart from clothes, bedding, and pots and pans, there was nothing to clean up the house. They were pulled by a donkey cart and lived in their parents' house.

50 taels of silver is enough for him to build a few more new houses in this town.

The head of the household was very happy, wishing that the princess could stay in his house for a longer time.Fortunately, his family's new house was just built last year, and it is the latest in the whole town, so it can be favored by the nobles.

Chen Xiaohu was not very satisfied with the house of this family, but he searched all over the town, and only this family could see it a little bit.

The rest of the family, don't look like they live in the town, because there are few fields, but they don't have the food and clothing that the country people have.Most of the houses I live in are earthen walls and thatched roofs, not to mention dilapidated and dirty.

This family is a new house anyway, although only half of the stone blocks are built on top of the earth wall, but it is covered with tiles.The hostess is clean and tidy, and tidies up very well inside and out.The house is on the edge of the town, but there is wasteland outside, and there is no problem for more than 1000 people to stay here.

The princess moved into the new house, and Chen Xiaohu found a family next door for Grandpa Zhu to live temporarily.

The house where the princess lives is just three big houses and two stove houses.The princess lives in the east wing, and Yunjuan Yunshu lives in the west wing, and there is no room for other people.Even though the little table is a father-in-law, Chen Xiaohu is still unwilling to let him live by the princess.

No, only one room was moved to the next door, where Grandpa Zhuo and his godson Wang Fugui lived.

Chen Xiaohu and his five hundred guards, including the Princess Mansion, set up a tent outside the town.He is a general, and he has a separate tent, which is set up more than ten meters away from the princess's house.

It took three full days from the time the snow fell to when it stopped.

The eating and drinking of more than 1000 people made this small town very lively.

The food that could be eaten in the town was almost wiped out, and those who were bold and had relatives in the countryside had the idea of ​​going to the countryside to collect things and sell them to the officers and soldiers in the town.

It was snowing heavily and the weather was cold, and the three melons and two dates they picked up from the countryside in the snow were not enough for the officers and soldiers to stuff their teeth.

Chen Xiaohu's order prohibits his subordinates from taking advantage of the villagers. They can only pay the highest price for their things, and they can't be greedy for small profits and let the common people suffer.

When someone makes money, more people want to make that money.

The news that more than 1000 officers and soldiers came to the town quickly spread, and the surrounding villagers also entered the town in the snow. The chickens, ducks and fish at home, as well as the vegetables prepared for the winter, as long as they are brought, there is nothing they don’t want. The price It's not cheap.

Even children of that age know how to dig ice to catch fish, and sell them to officers and soldiers for money to buy grain and make cotton clothes.

Looking at the only two roads outside the town, Yun Juan couldn't help but sigh with Yun Shu as they were stepped out of the black mud.

"I found that wherever the princess goes, the life of the common people will be much easier."

Yun Shu looked at the farmers who carried their burdens to the barracks where the Habayashi Guards were stationed, and were beaming with heavy money bags, their eyebrows and eyes relaxed a lot.

"That's right, the princess is kind. In Anshui, the local people don't miss the reward from the princess."

Although it is said that they got the copper coins because they were looking for General Zhou, but if the princess doesn't give the silver coins and asks the local government to send people according to their numbers, can they still not go?

When the princess left Anshui, those ordinary people sent her away for a few miles like a dead mother.

Even the county magistrate of Anshui was still thinking about when the princess would come again.With the princess on this trip, his political achievements have improved a lot, can you not miss it!
Three days later, the snow fell, looking at the thick snow, Chen Xiaohu frowned slightly.

It seems that they will stay in this small town for a while, it's not that he doesn't want to stay, it's really troublesome for more than 1000 people to eat and drink here.

It would be fine if the people he led were ordinary soldiers. It would be no problem to endure hardships and trek through mountains and rivers. As long as they could feed them and clothe them warmly, there was nothing they couldn't do.

However, there are more than 500 people now, there are guards from the Princess Mansion, and there are guards from the Habayashi. When did these people suffer this kind of crime?

It's fine to live in a tent in the ice and snow, but to eat coarse grains and miscellaneous rice.What's more terrible is that in just three days, all the food and food that could be bought in the town were bought, and all the food that could be sent to the two villages in the countryside were also sold.

"Princess, it's time for breakfast."

Yun Juan carried the prepared breakfast and put it on the small square table beside him, saying that the breakfast was just a bowl of sticky red bean porridge, two yellow-faced buns, a plate of pickled vegetables, and a plate of boiled vegetables with salted fish Dry.

This meal is a bit hard to say for breakfast.

The princess is really wronged.

Lu Yange didn't care about this, it's not that she hasn't suffered, she can eat whatever other people can eat.

Watching Lu Yange eat a bowl of red bean porridge, a steamed bun, pickled vegetables with a few chopsticks, and two pieces of salted fish.Yunjuan and Yunshu looked at each other with unconcealable distress.

After Lu Yangge put down his chopsticks, Yunjuan went to clean up. Yun Shu poured hot water for Lu Yange to wipe his hands and face, and by the way, he said the menu for noon.

"There is still a piece of pork in the kitchen, and two womb cabbage. Princess, why don't we make dumplings for lunch."

Pork and cabbage dumplings, after wrapping up, invited General Chen and Mr. Zhuo to come and eat a little, which is considered a good effort.If it is made into a dish, it is not a good treat, and it is really impossible to show it.

"Well, you can figure it out, pack more, and give some to General Chen and Mr. Zhuo when the time comes."

It doesn't matter to Lu Yange what to eat, but she can't pull down Chen Xiaohu and the small table if there are good things.

(End of this chapter)