Father can be an enemy to the country

In the lobby.

After listening to Li Jiuniang's story, Zhu Zhen asked, "Then something unexpected happened and you haven't gotten married yet?"

"My lord, my little girl's life is too hard." Li Jiuniang said dejectedly: "My mother passed away not long after the two families got engaged, so we had to put this marriage on hold. After the little girl surrendered, she traveled all the way across mountains and rivers. , I found Song Meng, and finally found out my fiancé’s address.”

"The little girl followed the address and found the village where he lived. She saw her mother-in-law walking down the street with a boy in the town."

"I came forward to say hello excitedly, but when my mother-in-law saw me, she felt as if she had seen a ghost. Without saying a word, she ran away with the child in her arms. I quickly followed behind and chased her through the door, only to find out that Yu Min was already married and had a son. She is already three or four years old!" Li Jiuniang said in grief: "The little girl asked her mother-in-law, why are you playing tricks on me like this?"

"My mother-in-law said that she didn't know until she arrived in Yunnan that her son had married another woman." Li Jiuniang continued: "And she was married to a monogamous Baiyi woman, so she couldn't let me in..." Then she covered her face and cried:

"I was obviously his wife with three matchmakers and six betrothals, but in the end I ended up in a position where I couldn't even be a concubine. If I hadn't waited for him to come back and asked him in person why he was trying to trick me, this little girl would have died a long time ago... "

"Fortunately, there were many of my brother's former colleagues in the town, and they settled me in. I waited until a few days ago when Yu Min came back from the south. I asked him why he was playing tricks on me. He said that he hadn't received a reply from home for a long time and thought I I don’t agree.” Li Jiuniang said sadly, “But it wasn’t me who answered the letter. My mother agreed to the marriage proposal right away.”

"Then why didn't you follow Yu Min when he came to Yunnan?" Zhu Zhen asked again.

"My mother-in-law did say that she wanted me to come with her, but I hadn't come to the door yet. It was too rude, so I didn't agree." Li Jiuniang replied sadly: "But now she said that I refused to marry Yu Min. . It can be seen that the little girl just did not agree to come to Yunnan at that time, and did not refuse to marry him later! "

After a pause, she continued: "Besides, Yu Min was already married at that time - he got married in the spring of the 17th year, and my mother-in-law only told me that she wanted to come to Yunnan in the spring of the 18th year. So I came here at that time, and will face the same situation.”

"The thinking is quite clear." Zhu Zhen praised her, and then explained for Yu Baihu, whom he had never met before: "I understand your matter generally. I can't blame Yu Min entirely for this matter. I was The king ordered the whole army that all unmarried officers and soldiers should get married immediately and reunite with their families within a time limit."

"It's very likely that he got married in a hurry under such a background." Then Zhu Zhen comforted her and said: "He really can't help you about this matter, but it's a done deal, and forceful melons are not sweet, so why hang yourself from a tree?" What about death?"

As he spoke, he smiled and said: "Three-legged toads are hard to find, and two-legged men are everywhere. I will find a better one for you - I will bring over a thousand households under my command, and you can choose as you wish. ah?"

"No, the little girl wants Yu Min. I am his person when I am born, and I am his ghost when I die." Li Jiuniang is very stubborn. No matter how Zhu Zhen guides her, she just wants to hang herself on that 'old Yu tree' .

Of course, if she hadn't been so arrogant, she wouldn't be where she is today.

"That woman, you are so ignorant." Song Meng Liu Zhizhou felt that he could no longer watch the fun, so he took the initiative to show off his face and said: "If you continue to mess around with the prince, I will throw you out!"

"Hey, don't make any noise." Zhu Zhen waved his hands and said: "This matter is as big as the sky to this girl, so of course it cannot be ignored. Besides, it seems now that the order at that time was indeed It's a bit reckless. I am also responsible for this girl's current situation, so I have to take care of it. "

"Yes." Song Meng Liu Zhizhou responded hurriedly and respectfully.

"Little girl, I thank you, Your Majesty..." Li Jiuniang kowtowed to Lao Liu gratefully.

"Don't be in a hurry to say thank you." Zhu Zhen waved his hand and said, "I can't just listen to your version of this matter. I have to ask the man and the Bai Yi woman to hear what they have to say. It’s easy to make calculations.”

"Your Majesty is right." Li Jiuniang returned to her original position, but she was not unreasonable.

"Then, my minister, hurry up and send someone to tell Yu Baihu and his family to come." Liu Zhizhou said hurriedly when he saw this.

"No need." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said, "I happen to be going to Yanglin Qianhu Station for inspection, so let's set the inspection location at Dashiotun."

"Yes!" All the civil and military officials responded in unison, but they were wailing in their hearts. It didn't matter that the prince had changed the place. All the preparations they had made in advance were useless...

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Zhu Zhen gave the order and the group of people left the county and rushed to Dashiotun twenty miles away.

When Zhu Zhen visited the Song League, he had been here before and knew that the place was full of barren red land with nothing growing except weeds. But this time when he came back, the scene in front of him was completely different.

I saw that several stone bridges had been erected on the Guoma River that originally separated the north from the south. A series of diversion canals were also dug on the river to divert the river water from the mountains into the fields around the river.

There are also waterwheels standing next to some canals, which lift the river water to the higher field ridges.

With the irrigation from the river and the hard work of the military households year after year, the raw land that barely grew crops when the wasteland was first opened has turned into mature land with sufficient water and fertilizer.

As the sun approaches dusk, rice flowers bloom in the paddy fields. The green rice leaves and golden rice flowers sparkle with attractive brilliance in the sunset. There are also countless frog croaking sounds echoing in the rice fields, just like Fan Chengda's poem -

Frog croaking at dusk and dawn, the fragrance of rice flowers fills the water!

At this time, the summer heat has disappeared. Riding through the fields, the nose is full of the fragrance of rice flowers. How can it not make people feel relaxed and happy? I mistakenly thought I had returned to the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Under the leadership of Zhang Qianhu of Yanglin, a group of people entered the village.

It was the time for the military households who had been busy all day to go home. They drove the oxen, carried the farm tools, and walked home with loud laughter.

After several years of development, Dashaotun has become a small town, and there is also a market on the street. The nearby mountain people and the old people in the town set up stalls on the street at this time to sell the mountain products they picked, the prey they caught, the vegetables they couldn't eat, and various tools and utensils they made by hand.

Peddler would come here regularly to sell needles, thread, and various cloths. Craftsmen who walked the streets grinding mirrors and mending pots would also come to join in the fun.

These scenes that seem ordinary in the mainland are extremely milestone-making when they appear in Yunnan. Because it means that an environment that can guarantee the normal life of the Han people, not just survival, has been established.

Only when people can live in a place can they really take root there. Just surviving is not possible...