Exile at the beginning: I rule the world by drawing cards

Chapter 60 Martial Law in the Village
Ye Zhizhang has read quite a few books, but he has never heard that rice can be harvested twice a year.

If this is true, why should people worry about not being able to pay taxes?Not to mention paying taxes, you can still have enough to eat.

Thinking of this, his eyes widened: "Chen Lizheng, is the regenerated rice you mentioned really possible?"

Li Zheng didn't dare to vouch for it. After all, Qin Mengshang told him about the regenerated rice and he had never seen it with his own eyes. "This is also the first time for our village to plant it. We won't know until next month whether it can be realized."

Ye Zhizhang touched his chin thoughtfully: "I have never heard of regenerated rice. Where did I know about it?"

"This"

It seems that Zhou’s wife didn’t say she couldn’t tell others, right?To be honest, the county magistrate is not someone else.

After some ideological struggle, Li Zheng still told him: "Actually, this matter was brought up by a young daughter-in-law in the village. Even though she is a woman, she knows a lot. The river rose before and the rice fields in the village were flooded. , and it was she who proposed to dig canals in the fields, which saved the rice from being damaged."

Ye Zhizhang raised his eyebrows and became even more curious: "There are actually phoenix chicks in the mountains and fields?"

Li Zheng didn't know what Feng Chu was or Feng Chu, so he just said: "She just moved to the village."

Hearing this, Ye Zhizhang understood.Lingnan is located in a remote area and has been a place of exile as famous as the northwest since ancient times.Naturally, those who were exiled here were all guilty people. There were only a few women who committed crimes, and most of them were exiled here with their families or husbands' families.

Ye Zhizhang remembered Commander Wang's previous instructions and couldn't help asking more: "Does the woman Li Zheng was talking about still have a family?"

"Yes, my husband and cousin are still alive."

three people?
If he remembered correctly, Commander Wang said that the prisoner was from Fengjing.In April this year, great changes occurred in Beijing. The evidence of the prince's rebellion was conclusive, and the entire Xuan family was imprisoned.When the news reached Yongzhou, it had already been a month since the crown prince was deposed, but if you think about it carefully, the time before and after is almost exactly the same.
Ye Zhizhang's heart skipped a beat. He calmed down and said, "I wonder what that family's name is?"

Li Zheng didn't think much and told him directly: "There is only one family in the village with the surname Zhou. This surname is quite rare. I have never heard of it in Xunjiang."

Isn't that rare?The same surname as today’s emperor!

It would be fine if he came from other places, but he came from Fengjing.

Ye Zhizhang felt that his head was a little swollen. If what he thought was correct, the rumored Crown Prince settled in the territory under his jurisdiction.
Wang Goushun is a real dog!Fortunately, he entertained him with delicious food and drinks before, but why did he hide such a big thing? !
Seeing that he looked wrong, Li Zheng was worried that he had said the wrong thing, and asked cautiously: "Your Excellency, County Magistrate, what's wrong with you?"

"No problem, I'm leading the way."

Ye Zhizhang calmed down. The most important thing at the moment was the water bandits. As for the Crown Prince, he could visit him later.

The road up the mountain was not difficult, and the group soon reached the place where the piles of stones were placed.

The pile of rocks was surrounded by a circle of branches, which had not been touched.After confirming that it was correct, Ye Zhizhang ordered people to set up a trap and ambush nearby.

According to Tonghua Village, there were no more than 40 to [-] water bandits who attacked the village last time. A group of people armed with knives and horses, robbed the village and left on horseback.Once they reached the river, no one could do anything to them.

There were a total of 50 government officials who came this time, and each of them was equipped with a long armored knife. In addition to the traps originally dug by the villagers, Ye Zhizhang felt that his chances of winning this time were a little better.

Then, he ordered Li Zhengdao: "After the water bandits leave the mark, they will take action within three days. Please also tell the villagers not to go out during these two nights and close the doors and windows."

"Okay, I'll tell everyone right now!"

Li Zheng did not dare to delay and hurried down the mountain to convey the matter to everyone.

Seeing this battle for the first time, the villagers felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.I went back and moved all the grain into the cellar. I felt that hiding the copper plates under the bed was not appropriate, so I dug a hole under the grain tank and buried it. This felt at ease.Qin Mengshang was not so nervous.

The courtyard wall at home has been built. Although it has not been paved with nail tiles, the wall is higher than an ordinary courtyard wall. It is difficult to climb in without a little effort.

There is Jinbao Yuanbao guarding the yard. If there is any movement at night, the two little guys will be the first to notice it.She has a system on her body, and if she calls General Meng, he will come out, but there is a "bodyguard" lying next to her, so it shouldn't be used.

When the "bodyguard" came back in the evening, something wasn't right. Without saying a word, he went straight into the room, took out pen and ink, and bent down at the table to start painting.

Qin Mengshang felt strange and went over to take a look.

What is drawn on the paper looks like a map of the Lingnan area. To be more precise, it is the distribution map of the southwest garrison and the Nanyue Yi tribe outside Yunzhi Mountain.

She knew that Zhou Lingqi would return to Beijing sooner or later, but she didn't expect that in less than two months, he would have figured out the situation in Lingnan.

The prince in the book replaced the leader of the old Yi tribe in South Vietnam. He pretended to cooperate with King Yi and took the opportunity to fight his way back to Fengjing.Although the Xuan family has fallen, there are still many forces remaining in various places. She remembers that there seems to be such a person in the south?

Perhaps her gaze was too focused, and it was difficult for Zhou Lingqi to ignore it, so he put down his pen and said, "What do you want to ask?"

What could she ask?She knew the outcome.

Qin Mengshang secretly cursed, then thought about the ending of the princess, silently suppressed his previous thoughts, and asked: "When do you plan to return to Beijing?"

She opened her mouth to ask the most crucial part, which surprised Zhou Lingqi. Instead of answering, he threw the question to her: "Do you want to go back to Beijing?"

This question is difficult to answer. If I had to have an answer, it would be that I don’t want to.

To others, Fengjing is a wealthy and prosperous place, but Qin Meng Shang really has no good impression of that place.If not for anything else, it was the Yaoyue Palace in the palace where the Crown Princess had been imprisoned for ten years.

She admitted that Zhou Lingqi had some talent in architecture. Who would have thought that all this talent would be used in building prison cages?
Although she did not follow the old path of the original owner, Zhou Lingqi is quite normal these days, but there are King Yi and the Qin family's monsters and monsters in Fengjing City. God knows what will happen after returning to the capital.

Qin Mengshang didn't dare to look at him and said vaguely: "I'll go back if you go back."

Upon hearing this answer, Zhou Lingqi gently raised his lower lip, and his voice was like jade hitting each other, clear and sweet, "I know."

Qin Mengshang felt his ears were a little numb, so he pinched his earlobes and turned around to go out to cook.

Ye Zhizhang led his people to ambush near the village. No one dared to go out at night. It was quiet all around. Some timid people didn't even light the lights.

Qin Mengshang closed the doors and windows, put on his clothes and lay down after bathing, and went to bed early.

Zhou Lingqi sat at the table and stared at the map for a long time. It wasn't until he heard shallow breathing behind him that he turned off the lamp and went to bed.

It's late at night, the bright moon hides behind the clouds, and the mountains and forests are dark. It's a good night's sleep.

But at this moment, a scream rose from the ground, the crowing of chickens and the barking of dogs alternately sounded, and the quiet night suddenly turned into chaos.

Qin Mengshang woke up from his dream and saw Zhou Lingqi putting on his coat and getting ready to go out. His voice couldn't stop trembling: "Are the water bandits coming?"

"Well," Zhou Lingqi said concisely, "stay at home and I'll go out and take a look."

(End of this chapter)