Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

Chapter 22 Making a decision

Ke Muqing didn't seem to notice the old lady's cautiousness, and continued with a smile, "When my nephew passes the exam, I will go to my brother-in-law's house to ask for a wedding drink."

Ke Muqing wanted to say that drinking the champion wine would be just around the corner, but when he thought about the relationship between the original owner and Ke Hongxiu, he was afraid that saying so would sound like a sarcastic comment, so he changed his mind and said that he would be promoted to a successful candidate.

"I hope you really want to drink this glass of wine from my family." Ke Hongxiu stroked her sleeves.

"The food is served, let's go to the table and chat." Today is the family reunion that the old lady has been looking forward to for a long time. She is so happy that she holds Ke Muqing in one hand and Ke Hongxiu in the other, pulling the two sisters to the dining room first.

There were people of all sizes in a large room, sitting at three tables.

Although Ke Xiucai is a scholar, he is not pedantic, and the Ke family has no rules about eating, talking, and sleeping. As long as he behaves appropriately, everything is fine.

The juniors were at the other two tables, and there was no one at this table who could not listen. Ke Xiucai asked his two sons-in-law, Lou Guangdeng and Yin Tang, "You are well-informed in the county. Have you heard any news recently? There is a military recruitment outside." Can the matter stop?"

At the mention of this news, the two brothers-in-law sighed in unison.

"It's just a matter that has turned from the bright side to the dark side. How can it stop? Now it is mandatory for each household to give out one house. In the future, I am afraid that two houses will not be enough." The Lou family runs a large restaurant in the county town, so they often hear this The diners talked about traveling north and south.

"The county next door has also imposed a poll tax, and the people are suffering." Yin Tang said, "Our county may not be able to survive for long, so we have to follow suit."

Ke Xuelian said, "It's not easy to be a county government official. The capital sent batch after batch of prisoners to exile, and batch after batch of government officials escorted the prisoners. Last time, my father-in-law found some connections and assigned Yin Tang's name." Now, there’s no way to escape this time.”

"After some time, the prisoners exiled from Lingnan from the capital will pass through the county. Yin Tang and the others will have to take over from the government officials from the capital to escort the prisoners to Lingnan."

The news has been sent down quickly. It will take some time for the prisoners to get here from exile in the capital, so Yin Tang and others still have some time to prepare.

When Ke Muqing and Ke Xiucai heard about Lingnan, they looked at each other subconsciously.

"It's a coincidence." Ke Xiucai said, but he did not continue immediately. Instead, he asked his two sons-in-law, "What do you think of the weather in our county this year?"

"It's really abnormal. The weather in the county in the past two years has not been seen in a century. It is unprecedented in the county records." Yin Tang said.

Although the rain last night came hard and fast at first, it didn't last long before turning into a drizzle.

However, it is a sunny day again today, and the soil on the road has dried out in less than half a day, and falls apart as soon as you scratch it.

When it rains, there is still no water in the river that dried up last year.

But it happened that this rain seemed to deliberately give a wrong signal and brought great hope to the older generation.

On the way here, Ke Muqing heard many old people talking on the roadside, saying that since it rained last night, there was hope for relief from the drought this year.

But it can be seen from the memory of the original owner that the facts did not go as the people expected.

"Do you know anything about Linzhou in Lingnan?" Ke Muqing asked at the right time.

"Linzhou is a fiefdom of King Qin. When King Qin was still a prince, he was not liked by the emperor, so the emperor gave Linzhou in Lingnan as a fiefdom to King Qin."

"I heard that Linzhou has high mountains and long rivers, and there are many floods. In recent years, I heard merchants from Lingnan mention that Linzhou is full of water bandits in places with water, and mountain bandits are hidden in places with high mountains."

"Fortunately, the King of Qin was considerate of the people and often led troops to suppress bandits, so that the people could have a place to live and work in peace and contentment."

"But I haven't met anyone from Lingnan for a long time. I heard all this news a long time ago. I don't know much about what happened in Linzhou in recent months."

Ke Muqing nodded. At least for now, Linzhou is indeed the first choice.

In this feudal dynasty, it is very important to have people in power who are considerate of the people.

The topic ended here. Ke Xiucai did not continue to ask further questions. He changed the topic and asked about the studies of several juniors. It wasn't until after dinner that Ke Xiucai called several people to the study.

At this point, Ke Xiucai spoke frankly without fear of being overheard by his children.

"Everyone knows what happened at the dinner table. We are the fiefdom of King Qi. As ordinary people, we know who King Qi is over the years."

Ke Xiucai sighed, "When the Supreme Emperor was still there, the King of Qi was wary. Since the Supreme Emperor left, the King of Qi has become arrogant. There are other princes secretly stationing troops. After the King of Qi waits and watches, the King of Qi will also be more aggressive than others." The prince’s conduct was even worse.”

"With no rain so far this year, drought is inevitable. People will die faster without water than without food."

Speaking of this, Ke Xiucai looked at Ke Muqing. At this time, he had already made a decision in his heart.

"Your eldest sister also received some news, so she came to tell dad today that she decided to buy some land, collect the money, and move her family to Linzhou, Lingnan before June. What do you think?"

After Ke Xiucai finished speaking, Yin Tang suddenly looked at Ke Muqing.

After a moment of shock, he spoke.

"To be honest with my father-in-law, I did not refuse the task of escorting the Lingnan prisoners to exile this time. Although I told my wife that I could not refuse, in fact, I discussed with my father and asked me to go to Lingnan to explore the road. If the situation along the way is okay, , so I sent a letter home, and my father would quit his job for me and take the whole family south together."

This means that the Yin family is also interested in going south.

It's just that we don't know the situation in Linzhou yet, so we dare not act rashly.

"Is it so serious? Even Uncle Yin has the idea of ​​going south?" Lou Guangdeng was extremely shocked.

Generations of the Yin family have been working in government offices, so there is a way to get some warnings in advance.

Moving a family is a very debilitating thing, but it is hard to leave your homeland. If not forced by circumstances, who would easily leave their hometown and live in a strange place?
  "What should we do?" Lou Guangdeng looked anxious, "My Lou family's property is here, unlike my brother-in-law's family who quit their jobs and can leave as soon as the property is sold."

When Ke Muqing heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "What else can we do? Sell the restaurant, pack up, and go south with us. There are many people, so we can look out for each other on the way."

"Sister, you don't understand. Our restaurant is an industry passed down from our ancestors. The restaurant is the facade and symbol of the Lou family. The restaurant has the same status in my father's heart as our ancestors. If I tell my father that I want to sell the restaurant, I will Dad will definitely give me a whip until I lie on the ground and admit my mistake."

Lou Guangdeng didn't even have the strength to sigh now.

"You can keep the green hills without worrying about having no firewood. As long as people are alive, your Lou family's restaurant can be opened again anytime. If you go to Lingnan, your Lou family can still continue to open a restaurant, but if people don't even have their lives, , the restaurant is still there, but the people are gone, what’s the use?”

Yin Tang felt that what the eldest sister said was different from what the second sister said, but she was a person who understood things clearly.

"If the eldest sister decides to go south, why not go with our team escorting the prisoners, so that we can take care of them." Yin Tang thought for a while, and then said: "If my father-in-law and the eldest sister both decide to leave, my father will definitely resign early. I am traveling with my whole family on an errand."

Ke Muqing looked at Ke Xiucai.

Ke Xiucai thought for a long time and finally nodded.

Everyone in the Ke family is a scholar. If there is a conscription, all the members of the Ke family will die in vain.

Men are not afraid of death, but they must die well.

If it is to defend the country against foreign enemies, then it is a worthy death.

If one dies in civil strife or is taken advantage of by those ambitious people, it would be a disgrace to one's ancestors.

If you pick up the sword, you will kill one of your own people. If you put down the sword, you will die at the hands of one of your own people. It is not worth it.

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