[Caiyun Kingdom] The beginning of people

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"Be careful!" Kui Huangyi quickly reached out to help me.

"It's okay." I held on to the trunk.

The mountain road is difficult, and the night road is even more difficult, and the snow is slippery, which makes it even more difficult.

I picked up a thick branch and used it as a walking stick, gritted my teeth, and followed Kui Huangyi to the mountain.After walking for more than half an hour, I finally came to a village before I died.Now the night is deep, people are asleep again, and there is darkness in front of them.

I huddled in the cloak, rubbed my hands and squatted in the haystack, looked sideways at Kui Huangyi who was squatting next to me, and asked in a low voice, "What do you want to do?"

He looked around the village, then glanced at me again, "You stay here."

I looked at him and blinked, blinking and pretending to be stupid, and didn't speak.I also want to know earlier whether this is really the private mine of the State Shepherd Mansion.

Kui Huangyi raised his eyebrows, "What else do you want? If you dare to hold me back, I will throw you into the Qianli Mountains to feed the wild wolves."

I twitched the corner of my mouth hard.Is he threatening now? Hello? "I can."

"You?" He looked suspicious.

"When I succeed, you will play the flute for me while I eat."

"When you fail, I will stuff you into the Jiucai River and feed the pandas."

aha?I said angrily, "I don't taste good at all!" I had no intention of giving the wolf dinner, and pandas don't like meat either.

He pretended to raise his hands and rubbed the center of his brows, "Even pandas despise you, so I have nothing to say, you can throw yourself into the river and kill yourself."

I dropped my shoulders limply.

"Wait." Kui Huangyi stood up and walked out without giving me time to react.

In fact, it doesn't matter who goes, as long as things are cleared up.I sat in the haystack, reached out and tapped my shoulders and rubbed my ankles.

Mom, I'm exhausted...

Riding horses, walking mountain roads, and visiting places that are suspected to be miners' villages are comparable to triathlons.

Not long after Kui Huangyi entered the village, all the houses in the village were lit up. It seemed that the whole village was alarmed.I frowned.What does he want to do?Shouldn't it be to secretly beat a villager who woke up at night with a sap, and then drag him to another place to torture and extract a confession?I'm going to sneak into the village pretending to be a weak girl who met a thief...

... Am I being too dark?

I shook my head and laughed.

The village is brightly lit, illuminating the mountains.

After a while, Kui Huangyi came back, followed by some villagers holding torches.He stood in front of me and helped me up, separating me from the villagers by his body.

"How do you..."

Kui Huangyi covered my face with a handkerchief, tied it for me to form a veil in my hair, "take the record for me."

record?I looked up at him and said in surprise, "Did you tell the villagers your identity?" At this time, he only needs to use the "transcript" to ask for a statement as an official.

He held my arm and helped me out of the grass with a little force, "It will be over at dawn, time is running out, you'd better write to me quickly, or you will hang yourself."

I smile wryly.Very well, Kui Huangyi is really a brave man with a high level of art, and he directly revealed his identity to persuade the villagers to cooperate.In this way, this is not only the location of the private mine of the State Shepherd's Mansion, but he also had a plan. At dawn, he could use his confession to rob the State Shepherd's Mansion.

I was welcomed into the village chief's house by the villagers, and I sat next to Kui Huangyi. He asked questions quickly, and I copied them desperately. Finally, I waited for the village chief to bring red mud and let the villagers who made a confession draw it.While listening, I also understood why they easily sided with Kui Huangyi, without it, it was just for food.Zhou Mu treated them harshly. When there was an accident in the copper mine, he didn't try his best to save people. Instead, he forced them to promise not to seek medical treatment outside, so he was willing to start saving people.Later, there was not enough medicine, and the villagers couldn't even eat, so it was natural to have the opposite.

I also have a share of the credit for driving them to this point──I stubbornly refused to give money to Qianzhou Mufu, even withheld my tribute to Xiaozhi County on weekdays, and helped raise the price of coal. The good news made other businessmen dare not give more money to honor the government.Zhou Mu Song Chongfu is not a fool, but he had no choice but to use high-pressure methods when he had no money, and finally forced the villagers to be rebelled by Kui Huangyi.

Originally, I just wanted to drive the dog into the poor alley, but I wanted to miss the miners and villagers who were suppressed at the bottom.

……what.

After the statement was recorded, all he had to do was wait for Kui Huangyi's follow-up.He had already arranged that when he returned to Yuanyou City, he gave an order, and the army in the city would execute his warrant to seal the city and catch the turtle in the urn.

It turned out that he had contacted the army.

I squatted on the edge of the cliff, took off my veil, and breathed into the palm of my hand.

"Uncomfortable?" Kui Huangyi sat down next to me.

"I can't look at their faces anymore." I pointed to the village behind.The villagers still regard us as good people who rescue the suffering.I lay back on the snow, looking at the stars in the sky, "Master Aoi, what else can I order?"

"Get up," he frowned, "nonsense!"

"No." I rolled out.

He was quiet, and then said lightly, "I promised the villagers that I would resettle them. The Zhang family will provide the funds for this matter."

I sat up abruptly and stared at him.No wonder the villagers regard us as good people... The Zhang family can't have anything to do with this matter, they can only secretly give him money and let him deal with it, so the Zhang family has lost face and face.

"No?" He patted the snowflake on his shoulder.

Just when I felt guilty, how could I not give it?

"Hahahaha!" I covered my mouth and laughed, "You can do it, Kui Huangyi." From small things to big things, the temple's calculations and strategies are all meticulous, and they are even more courageous.

He looked at me, snorted softly, and raised the corner of his mouth in a sinister arc.

Suddenly, he threw a handful of snow straight into my face.

"..." I wiped my face, "Master Aoi, what if I get sick from the cold?" How old are you and you still let me play in the snow?

"You've been rolling in the snow for so long, and it's definitely none of my business that you're sick. It's definitely just your own stupidity."

I patted the snow off my body and shivered.The bastard.

We each huddled in our cloaks, but no one proposed to sit in the villager's house.

After a long while, I spoke again: "Master Aoi, I want a reward from you."

"Say."

"Blow a song and listen."

"I reject."

"Why? I'm all ears."

"I'm not a performer. Change to something else."

"Then give me a wild rabbit to eat?"

"……I reject."

I hugged my knees and rested my head on them, "Give me your cloak."

"………………I reject."

"...Then what can you give?" The cheapskate crossed the river and pulled a board.

Kui Huangyi looked at me for a while, then suddenly stretched out his hand to fix my head from behind, facing the continuous mountain shadows under the cliff and the vague outline of Zhoudu, he said coldly: "Instead of continuing to count how many boxes in Longqing County Rouge gouache for a penny, why don't you give me a good look at the farther place."

I pursed my lips, "Ample food and clothing, peace and happiness, isn't it good?"

"Really? Then why do you want to join the All-China Federation of Commerce?"

It's just that there is a little bit of reconciliation.I am not reconciled that I can only look up to the sky every day, praying that it will leave me a husband who is not greedy and can support the family; I am not reconciled to worrying about whether my husband will take a concubine and whether I will become a Childless and widow, let others trample on her; if she is not reconciled, if she is bullied to the top, she can only blame herself for not being able to learn how to do it on her own.

I seem to be ambitious, and I have a big, big wish in my heart.

"Kui Huangyi, what do you want?" You who pointed me to this path, what did you want to get to this point?

He sneered and didn't answer.

Perhaps his goal is not just to bring down the high official in Beijing, but he has much bigger plans.Yes, I almost forgot, he seems to be the villain against the protagonist, of course he has bigger and farther intentions.

I laughed, "You need to know that crossing the state and province is very hard work. It will cost me half my life to walk from Longqing County to Yuanyou City." That broken road that knocked the carriages apart.

He let go of his hands, "Let me learn how to ride a horse."

"Learned." Learned to get on the horse.

"It's hard to say that you learned how to ride like a dog crawling."

...you poisonous bastard.

I stood up and drew a map of Caiyun Country on the snow with a branch.First is Heizhou, then the neighboring Baizhou, separated by thousands of miles of mountains, the smoky Tea State, not far from Huangzhou, and the beautiful Red State, Blue State, Bizhou, and Purple State where the capital is located. .At daybreak, I finally finished the picture.

"You even wrote down all the county towns?" Kui Huangyi folded his arms and stood beside him watching, "It really is too busy to do anything."

"Haven't heard of geopolitics? Business is the same. Only long-distance trade can accumulate capital, so I need to know the traffic in various places to ensure the supply and delivery routes. Different weather conditions will also affect the production and sales of the season. The business Expansion also requires laying out chess pieces in strategic locations, and there are many more... I don’t know how big this world is, so I can’t expand the blueprint.”

"Long-distance trade? I thought a tortoise like you would like to buy stable land." Kui Huangyi said sarcastically.

I smiled and said, "land property is necessary, but not the only one. Your Majesty is very talented and general. During the Daye period, the country gradually resumed production from the crisis of people's livelihood. It is no longer self-sufficient. In addition to supplying their own needs, farmers now There are still a large amount of surplus agricultural products that can be put into the market. The processing industry of agricultural products will develop rapidly, which will drive the development of other handicraft industries and make the commodity currency economy develop. This is a good time for long-distance trade. Of course, one of the consequences is that people pay attention to currency. Therefore, someone would take the risk of minting currency.” I shrugged.

Kui Huangyi walked around the map with his hands behind his back.

"My father said that in business, you have to see the general trend clearly." I threw away the branches and clapped my hands, "I agree, but I think small things are also important, for example, carefully calculating the price of a single item on loan. Let's say Hongzhou's Tangerine red rouge, a box is worth a thousand dollars," I laughed, "it's not a small business."

He glared at me, "If you tell me something, you have to go back, don't you?"

"This sentence, Aoi-sama, just tell yourself." You are the one who is looking for smoke.

The sun rose slowly, and the snow on the ground gradually melted in a short while.I set foot on the map of Caiyun Kingdom that has become blurred and looked at Xiang Kui Huangyi.It's all daylight, isn't he leaving?

"Let's go." He put his cloak on my head casually, strode across the map, and walked down the mountain.

I drew up my cloak, wrapped my handkerchief as a veil, and followed.

Back in Yuanyou City, the capital of the state, you can already see that the soldiers are loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and the guards are heavily guarded.Kui Huangyi stepped forward and knocked on the city gate.After entering the city, I returned the official seal and his private seal that I had kept in my arms to him. We exchanged glances and parted ways.He went to direct the inspection of the state pastoral mansion, and I had to go back to the mansion secretly, pretending that the matter had nothing to do with me.After changing directions several times and changing clothes in Zhang's business, I dared to go in the direction of Zhang's mansion.

If it becomes clear that the Zhang family and the Yushi teamed up, others and even the next governor of the state will be afraid of the Zhang family.

"Knock! Knock! Knock!"

"Squeak!" Zhang's back door was ajar.

I dodged in, and Yan Tian behind the door quickly closed the door.

"Miss, as soon as you and Mrs. Kui left the city gate, the atmosphere in the city changed. The defenders guarded the city gate at dawn, and some people guarded the state pastoral mansion and the mansions of subordinate officials at all levels. There were also other places in the city. Soldiers on martial law patrol." She put me in a clean cape and gave me a hand stove.

I quickly walked back to the room and asked in a low voice, "What's going on in the mansion?"

"I discussed it with Mr. Liu, the clerk, and I felt that this matter must be related to Miss and Lord Kui, so I strictly ordered no one in the Zhang Mansion to go out. Don't worry, only the people in the inner courtyard and Mr. Liu know that Miss is not in the mansion."

"Good job. Let them not leave the house today."

"Yes." Yan Tian turned around and ordered.

With the help of another maid, I took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and fell asleep.

When I woke up again, it was already the next morning.Yan Tian waited for me to wash and wash, while talking about the situation outside, "Master Kui took down the state shepherd, 37 subordinate officials of the state shepherd's mansion including the state master Hu Dongnian, and the prefect Xiao. All the men were thrown into the prison , the woman is under house arrest, and several groups of troops were sent out, probably to capture other county magistrates."

It was really a big storm sweeping the entire black state officialdom.

"Yan Tian, ​​aren't you afraid?" When she said this, the girl smoothed her hair smoothly for me without shaking her hands.

"Miss is not afraid, what am I afraid of?"

I said with a bit of a smile: "How do you know I'm not afraid?" I was entangled in this matter for a month, and I got sick from it.

"You slept more soundly than a pig last night, don't tell me it means fear."

"Ahahahaha..." I'm really tired~

"Miss, don't move," Yan Tian held up a shiny golden hairpin with a cold face, "I can't comb my hair if you move around."

Looking at Yan Tian's sharp hairpin, I quickly sat down, "Wang Dali told me that he wants to marry you, what do you think?"

"Huh?" Yan Tian lit up her hairpin again, deliberately reflecting the dazzling brightness of the sun, "Miss, what are you talking about?"

"...If you don't want to, then you don't want to..." I sighed, "Xiaotian, the more you learn, the worse you become."

"I've spent a lot of time with you." Her hands dexterously helped me wrap a bun, and fixed the whole long hair with just a hairpin. "Wang Dali is too clever, and I can't get along with it."

"Then who do you want to find?" Yan Tian will be 20 years old at the beginning of spring, and it's time to get married.

She opened her mouth and came up with a bunch of words: "Look for an honest man, a little older, who knows that cold and heat hurt people, has a craft to make a living, has a little backbone but not too much, and can support his wife and children."

"Do you want to know how to read?"

"It's best to know a few big characters and be able to count, but you don't need to know any poems and songs."

"Is there anything else?"

"You don't need to look too good, but at least you have to be upright."

"Okay," I looked at Yan Tian in the bronze mirror, "I will definitely look for it with my heart, and you should pay more attention to it yourself. Tell me whoever you fancy, and I will tie him up for you."

"No," Yan Tian said in a flat voice, "A twisted melon is not sweet, and I'm not stupid. At worst, I don't want to lose face and go after it myself. Miss, please don't make trouble."

"Yes, it's my fault. I will never make trouble for you." I turned around and held Yan Tian's hand.She has also grown into a big girl. I think she was only four years old when I saw Yan Tian for the first time.On the first day after I traveled to Caiyun Kingdom, I saw this little girl, and it can be said that I watched her grow up.Of course, in Yan Tian’s opinion, she probably watched me grow up, haha~

"Miss, do you care about Mrs. Kui?" Yan Tian asked while arranging my jewelry box.

I shook my head and stood up, "I do admire him very much. There are not many outstanding talents like him, but I can't say anything else. People from the government and business girls?" I reached out and tapped Yan Tian's forehead, "You are also Is the Xiao family contagious? People who are in business and those who are out of office are a bit unclean. Getting together is either for mutual benefit or to hold each other back. You have to be careful, and marrying is a bad idea. What's more, Kwai I have never even thought about Huang Yi's single-mindedness."

"Yes, you are right." Yan Tian bent down to help me straighten the skirt.

I smiled, and took her to the Huzhong Pavilion in the Fuchu Garden, where I played the piano and played chess alone.The current situation should not be disturbed, just to steal half a day's leisure for Fusheng.