Chapter 222 The National Fortune
"Teacher, have a meal."
Su Ruoran held a bowl of lean meat porridge in his hand and handed it to Fang Jingzhong. Fang Jingzhong glanced at it and smiled, "Did they send it again?"
Su Ruoran nodded: "Yes."
"Oh..." Fang Jingzhong sighed and took the bowl of porridge from Su Ruoran. At this time, they came to a beautiful place with beautiful mountains and rivers. In front of Fang Jingzhong was a lake like an emerald, surrounded by trees covered with fallen leaves. In March, new leaves began to grow on these trees, and there was a spring surrounding them.
There are children running in the village opposite the lake, which is like a fairyland on earth.
Fang Jingzhong took the porridge from Su Ruoran's hand, stirred it with a spoon, and suddenly chuckled and started eating in a big mouthful.
Su Ruoran sensitively discovered that Fang Jingzhong's mood had improved a lot, so he asked curiously: "Teacher?"
"how?"
Su Ruoran shook his head: "Nothing."
"Do you want to ask me why I suddenly felt better?"
"kindness."
"Look at the village opposite."
Su Ruoran looked up and saw that the village was not large, with only about a dozen families. Children were running and playing, and women were washing clothes. They looked orderly, but there were no few men in the village.
Just as she was looking at it carefully, Fang Jingzhong said, "Look at that village, children play, and women are busy, but they have smiles on their faces. It can be seen that they are not worried. If the only thing they are worried about is that their men have not returned home yet, and this place is under the jurisdiction of the State of Xia. If the Xia army is not good to the people, this village will definitely not be like this."
"It shows that Xia State is really disciplined and has not disturbed the people at all."
Listening to Fang Jingzhong's words, Su Ruoran nodded and said, "I have treated thousands of wounded soldiers in Tianqu City. I have never heard of anyone harassing the people of Yan Kingdom. But by chance, my disciple heard the conversation between those who were treated by me. After learning that my disciple was born in Yan Kingdom, I warned the rest of the soldiers not to harm the innocent people of Yan Kingdom."
Fang Jingzhong nodded and suddenly sighed: "Master Chen is the real great doctor. We can only treat people, but he is treating the world."
Su Ruoran nodded silently. After the two of them looked at it for a while, Fang Jingzhong finished eating the porridge and handed the bowls and chopsticks to Su Ruoran and said, "Let's go, get a little more journey today."
"Let these women's husbands go home earlier."
“…”
It took half a month to go from the territory controlled by Xia State to the territory of Yan State. Once you pass the boundary, Fang Jingzhong can feel a clear difference. The county governments controlled by Xia State are orderly and the people's lives are stable. However, the scope controlled by Yan State is already floating in people, and people are fleeing famine everywhere, and you can encounter bandits who rob the way at any time in the wild.
From time to time, Fang Jingzhong and others could meet a group of people carrying their luggage to a place controlled by Xiaguo.
"Hurry up, just wait until you enter Wu'an County, and you will have a good life."
"I heard that joining Xia State household registration can distribute land, reduce taxes, and even get money. Is this true?"
"Of course! I heard from Erwazi in our village that he wrote to their parents. We all know that this is called An Jiafei!"
"Xia Guo has brought so much money?"
"You don't know, I heard that the East Army of Xiaguo Town will not move at all whenever they go to a city, and will investigate local gentry and wealthy businessmen. Each household will listen to the public's opinion. If there are people who do evil and do evil, they will directly take it out and behead them. The confiscated property and land will be distributed to the people. If the person is the duty, they will not move at all and will do business with them. So now the evil gentry in Yan State is stopping Xia State."
"Okay! It's good to kill! Xia Guo is really late!"
"Look at that carriage, and you're heading towards Yan Country, you might be a bully squire."
"right."
Fang Jingzhong: “…”
Fang Jingzhong, sitting in the carriage, felt helpless. Listening to the people's comments along the way, he fully understood what public opinion was. This was something he could not know when sitting in Cangshan. He always felt a little uneasy before, but after he came, he became more determined in his mind.
This world is the world of all people. It does not belong to one household or even one country. It belongs to those people who only want to have enough food.
Since your Yan State is not well managed, let the Xia State with Master Chen manage it. This is called the general trend.
At the same time, just as Fang Jingzhong was rushing towards Yan Kingdom, a team also entered the palace of Yan Kingdom.
The Yan King held a banquet to entertain everyone who visited. This team was an envoy sent from Jin State and was also a life-saving straw for Yan State today.
After three rounds of wine, singing and dancing, and after drinking slightly, Yan King finally spoke up and said with a smile: "Thank you, Jin State for lending a helping hand this time. I, Yan State, are willing to become allies with Jin State, never invade each other, and jointly resist the ambitions of Xia State."
The head of Jin State was a middle-aged man wearing a mountain crown. Even on such occasions, he still said with a serious expression: "King Yan, although we, King Jin, agreed to discuss aid with your country, the alliance is of great importance. We still need to go back and discuss it later."
The Yan King was swept away his face, but it was not easy to have an attack. He sat up straight and breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is also the case. I just don't know how the envoy Gao planned to discuss it? How many soldiers are you willing to send out in Jin?"
"There is no rush to deal with the military affairs. If we ask our Jin State to send troops, King Yan needs to agree to our Jin State's conditions."
"Oh? Let's hear it."
"First, Yan State needs to ced the three counties adjacent to our Jin State as sincerity, and it will also facilitate our Jin State to station troops."
As soon as this statement was made, the ministers of the Yan State slapped the table and said angrily: "Absurd! What is the difference between your Jin State and Yan State in this way?"
Envoy Gao sneered and said, "The difference is that I only have three counties in Jin State, and Xia State will destroy your Yan State."
"you!!!"
"Okay, sit down!" King Yan stopped the minister with a ugly expression, took a deep breath and said with a stern face: "I need to consider this matter, let me discuss it later. Is there any more?"
"Yes, all the soldiers and horses sold by our Jin State should be borne by Yan State, and the troops and horses should be borrowed from our Jin State."
Another minister on the Yan State could not help it, but King Yan suppressed them and said, "Isn't the three counties enough to borrow troops?"
"That's the premise!"
"I will discuss this later, will it still be?"
"Yes, the soldiers we photographed are not under the jurisdiction of your country..."
A fierce confrontation started in the hall. When the negotiations were finally completed, many ministers of the Yan State cried and cried loudly: "It's a shame to lose power! It's a shame to lose power!!!"
If the Xia Kingdom was invading them with dignity, then the Jin Kingdom was like a robber who came to rob, cutting their flesh one by one, but they still had no choice.
On that day, after the envoy of Jin State walked out, two ministers were killed in the Yan State Hall.
Listening to the noise behind her, among the envoys of Jin who had already walked out, a young girl wearing a black skirt and covering her face looked back and saw mysterious auras mixed in her eyes. The pillar-like national fortune above the Yan Kingdom Palace was clearly visible, but above the national fortune, there was a thick dark cloud covering it.
The girl couldn't help but think of a letter she received last year.
[Mr. Chen, Cangshan, wrote a copybook and was brought back by Wu Li. The copybook has the effect of suppressing national fortunes. After entering the palace, it integrates into the national fortunes of Xia, and the national fortunes of Xia's fortunes soared by 30%!]
"Since then, today was destined." The girl murmured.
"Does the lady sympathize with them?" Envoy Gao asked respectfully and nervously. The girl came to her senses and said calmly: "It's okay, let's go."
Sorry to them?
The world of power has no sympathy. Under the turmoil of national fortune, individuals are as small as ants, except...
Chapter completed!