peasant girl allure

Chapter 612
"Let me drive the carriage!" Shen Chengyao said.The emperor really can't be left halfway, and it's not a problem for the carriage to stop halfway, it will cause traffic jams.

At this time Yang Liu came over: "Master, let me drive the car!"

So the carriage was driven by Yang Liu and Yang Mei, and Zhao Yong and Xiao Fuzi were responsible for taking the two old people home.

The rain seems to be weakening a bit.

Xiao'er looked out of the carriage through the curtain, and saw Zhao Yong and Xiao Fuzi helped the two old people onto the cart, then pushed the cart aside, signaling for the carriage to pass first.

The country roads are relatively narrow, and two cars can barely pass side by side.

The weather was bad and the road was difficult to walk. When they arrived at Zhuangzi, it was already dark.

Fortunately, the rain has stopped. If it doesn't rain tonight, the field will be drier tomorrow morning, which will be easier to harvest, without making it full of mud with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Xiao'er cooked a simple dinner by herself, and Zhao Yong and Xiao Fuzi came back just after dinner.

The clothes of both of them were soaked, after they changed their clothes and had dinner, the emperor called them in for questioning.

"How is the old man's health?"

"County Lord Rui'an gave the slave a bottle of pills for him. After he took the pills, he said when he got home that the pain in his lower back was gone." Xiao Fuzi said.

The emperor nodded his head when he heard this. He could trust the pills from County Lord Rui'an, and then he continued to ask: "Where are the sons of the old man? Why do they need to go to the fields to harvest after it rains so much?"

"The old man's only son went to mine half a year ago. Because his daughter-in-law was about to give birth and it was raining heavily, the old man was worried that she would fall, so he didn't let her go to the field to harvest."

"Mining? Where did you go to mine? Did his son do something wrong?" No wonder the emperor asked this question.Mining is tiring and dangerous work, and many people are reluctant to do it.Generally, people who are the only child in the family and have not given birth to a son do not need to be forced to mine unless they have committed a felony.

"The old man said that his son didn't do anything wrong, but he was filial and honest, but his family was poor. Someone came to the village to recruit people half a year ago, and he was paid two taels of silver a month. The house is not enough to live in. He went to mine for five months and earned just ten taels of silver, so he could build an extra room for the children to live in. After five months, he returned home just in time to participate in the autumn harvest and watch the birth of his own children."

"The whole family is looking forward to his coming back for the autumn harvest. Unexpectedly, the people in the village have taken back the grain, and they have not received half of the grain for their family. It has been raining heavily for the past two days, and their son has not come back. The old man is worried. The grain in the field was spoiled, and the family’s rations for the next year will not be available, so they braved the rain to collect the grain.” Zhao Yong replied.

"That's so much two taels of silver? There should be a lot of people in the village going there?" Shen Chengyao said after hearing this.

The wages of miners are indeed high. Shen Chengyao heard that at most one and a half taels of silver per month, but this wage is still very little. If his family was still the same as it was before the separation, and the children didn't even have enough to eat, it would cost two taels of silver a month, and he would go there without even thinking about it.

"Indeed, there are many. Almost every household in that village has men going there, but none of the people who have been there in the past six months have returned, and no one has ever sent money home." Zhao Yong nodded.

The emperor was thoughtful after hearing this.

"Do you know which mine you are going to mine?" Shangguan Xuanyi asked.

"Qishan Iron Mine!"

"Qishan Iron Mine? Wasn't the mining completed half a year ago?" Shen Chengyao asked in surprise.

The Qishan Iron Mine had been reported to the imperial court half a year ago that it had been mined, and the imperial court had also sent people to verify it.But now I heard that someone paid a lot of money to recruit people to mine the Qishan Iron Mine half a year ago. It is obvious that someone has been cheating!
"Could the old man remember it wrong?" Shen Chengyao looked at Zhao Yong.

"I was also worried that the old man remembered it wrong, so I asked other villagers after leaving his house. It was the Qishan Iron Mine, and the village chief said so!" Zhao Yong affirmed.

"Qishan Iron Mine is not far from here, let's find out tomorrow!" Xiao'er said after listening.

At night, all sounds are silent.

Suddenly there was a loud noise in the distance, as if something had collapsed.

Sleeping Xiao'er thought there was an earthquake, she jumped up from the bed and said loudly: "There's an earthquake, run!"

Yang Liu, who was on guard at night, hurriedly said, "Don't be afraid, girl, it probably wasn't an earthquake, but a mountain collapsed in the distance."

Although the sound was loud, Yang Liu didn't feel the earthquake, so she didn't think it was an earthquake.

"Don't hide in the house, it's safer to stand in the yard." Xiao'er got off the bed, put on her coat, and was about to go out when Shangguan Xuanyi's voice sounded: "Girl, are you scared?"

Xiao'er opened the door: "No, but I was so sleepy that I thought there was an earthquake! Is the emperor alright?"

"It's okay, they are all standing in the open area of ​​the yard." Shangguan Xuanyi took Xiao'er's hand and led her out.

The two walked out of the house together, only to see Shen Chengyao and the emperor already standing in the open space of the yard.

When the two saw Xiao'er coming out, they both asked her with concern if she was scared?
Xiaoer shook her head: "I thought it was an earthquake."

"We also thought it was an earthquake! Fortunately, it wasn't!" Shen Chengyao said with lingering fear.

"It's almost five o'clock now, let's not go back to the house and sleep. After breakfast, let's start to perform our duties!" The emperor said with a glance at the sky.

After hearing this, everyone naturally had no objection. It will be dawn in a while, and now I can't sleep when I go back to sleep.

"Yi'er, come with me to see the Qishan Iron Mine. If I heard correctly, the loud noise just now should have come from the Qishan Iron Mine." The emperor looked at the direction of the loud noise. road.

Shen Chengyao originally wanted to persuade the emperor not to go to the fields, but now he said that he was going to investigate the Qishan Iron Mine. It was even more dangerous than going to the fields to harvest rice!

"Master Shangguan, you stay in Zhuangzi, and leave the investigation to me!" It rained continuously for two days and two nights, and Shen Chengyao was worried that landslides would happen. He didn't know what was the cause of the loud noise just now. reason.The important thing is that many of the roads leading to Qishan Iron Mine are mountain roads.

"Master Shangguan, let us young people take care of the mountain crossing. Aren't you here to experience the joy of farming? Let my father take you to the field to harvest. If harvesting is not fun, go to the river to fish. !” Xiao’er also persuaded.

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