Chapter 212: Canyon (first update)
Chapter 212 Canyon (1st update)
Hearing these words, Jiang Zhiluo's expression changed.
She said: "Aren't we in Beizhou prepared?"
Jian Yunci understood that Jiang Zhiluo was talking about the government's preparations.
He couldn't treat Miss Jiang as an ordinary woman. There were some things that he didn't even tell his sister.
“King Duan’s troops and horses are strong, and even if the government is prepared, they are unable to do so, not to mention that the commander of the guard station does not want to resist.”
"Some local officials have already taken refuge with King Duan. My father wrote to the commander of the guard station to ask them to patrol more to protect the people in the county, but it was in vain."
As he spoke, Jian Yunci sighed and shook his head.
Jian Yun's words were simple, but only he knew the complexity.
His father has been running around and working hard since he heard the news, but it's no use.
It is even more useless to rely solely on the people in the county.
Jiang Zhiluo’s expression changed and she said, “What if we form Minzhuang?”
Jian Yunci sighed and shook his head: "I have discussed it with my father and my masters, and it is not appropriate."
“Soldiers and civilians have completely different physical abilities. Even if they resist, it will only be an egg hitting a rock. If everyone resists, everyone will lose their lives in vain.”
"If my father were the prefect, we could still make arrangements, but my father is just the county magistrate. He is in charge of this county, so it is difficult to resist the army. Once the prefect or the guard has selfish motives, it will be even more difficult."
“So we can only find ways for the people to protect themselves and hide in case of war.”
Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said: "Well, this means that the green hills are still there, so you don't have to worry about running out of firewood."
Jian Yunci's expression changed. He didn't expect that this girl was so talented, and some of the words she said were really shocking.
Even Mrs. Jian looked at Jiang Zhiluo with admiration.
This girl is full of poems and books at first sight.
She looked at her son and then at Jiang Zhiluo, sighing in her heart.
She remembered that the woman who broke off the engagement with her son as soon as something happened was the legitimate daughter of a wealthy family.
But looking at Jiang Zhiluo again, I just feel that Jiang Zhiluo is much better than the legitimate daughter.
What a pity, Miss Jiang is married.
Mrs. Jian could only shake her head.
…
After coming out of the county government office, Jiang Zhiluo has been thoughtful.
She didn't ask for much silver, only thirty taels, because she knew the Jian family was in a difficult situation now, and she didn't ask for that set of jewelry.
She only prescribes medicine and performs an operation and is not responsible for taking the medicine.
Those medicinal materials are not cheap either. Mrs. Jian and Mr. Jian also spend a lot of money to drink the medicine.
The county government carriage first sent Jiang Zhiluo to Xinglin Pavilion.
Jiang Zhiluo drove her ox cart out, got on the ox cart and prepared to go home.
But after thinking about it, Jiang Zhiluo took a bullock cart and went to the meat stall.
She originally thought about whether she could see Lin Zhuzhu here, but she didn't expect that the door was still closed.
While she was there, several neighbors came over to see her.
“This meat stall really doesn’t exist anymore.”
“It’s been a long time.”
“It’s cheaper to buy meat here. It’s two cents more expensive over there in the market.”
“No, Ms. Lin is honest. Not only is the fresh meat cheap, but the braised meat she sells is also delicious.”
“Yeah, I haven’t had braised food for a long time, and I’m really hungry.”
“The braised food over there in the market just doesn’t taste as good as here.”
“It’s not even close.”
Jiang Zhiluo listened to everyone's words and thought that if Lin Zhuzhu knew that everyone was still thinking about her, she would feel relieved.
Jiang Zhiluo drove the bullock cart home.
It was already noon. Mrs. Cui had made some bread and had lunch ready.
After lunch, Jiang Zhiluo drove the bullock cart to the town to sell bread.
Usually when Jiang Zhiluo comes to town, there are a lot of people buying bread.
But this time Jiang Zhiluo came to the residential area of the town. There were not many people coming to buy bread. Fortunately, there was not much bread made in the morning. There was an aunt who used to buy Jiang Zhiluo bread. She used to chat with Jiang Zhiluo when buying bread.
Jiang Zhiluo asked: "Auntie, I usually see you with several other ladies, why are you alone today?"
The aunt said: "They packed up their things and went to live with their relatives."
“Some simply ran away.”
Jiang Zhiluo's face changed slightly, "Why did you go to your relatives?"
"There is no way to do that. I heard that there is going to be a war. I heard that the fight will soon reach Beizhou."
“Weren’t we fighting in Qingzhou? Why did we fight in Beizhou? Our Beizhou is not very prosperous.”
A woman next to me said: "Oh, Miss Jiang, we are close to Beizhou across Qingzhou. Besides, the terrain here is good, the transportation is convenient, and there are docks. Beizhou has a lot of land and food."
Jiang Zhiluo's expression changed when she heard this, but that was not the case.
Although Beizhou is barren, it has a vast land and plenty of land. Not to mention the grain stored in the granary, there will be a wheat harvest soon. Once the wheat is harvested, it is grain.
After Jiang Zhiluo sold the bread, she drove the bullock cart home first.
Mrs. Cui looked at her expression and said, "Zhiluo, why don't you look so good?"
“Are you tired?”
Jiang Zhiluo shook her head and said: "It's okay, Mom, all the bread has been sold."
“I’m going to the mountain with my backpack on my back to take a look.”
Old Mrs. Cui is also used to Jiang Zhiluo's behavior, so she only asked her to be careful.
Jiang Zhiluo nodded, put her basket on her back, picked up her things and went to the mountain.
She went to the mountain to see if she could find a secluded place for everyone to take shelter from the war.
Those who have relatives in large households can seek refuge with their relatives for protection.
But the villagers had no resistance.
Once the fighting soldiers enter Beizhou, everyone will be afraid.
Fear is the second most important thing, the fear is that everyone will lose their lives.
One good thing about this era is that it is not easy to be found if you hide in the deep mountains and old forests.
Jiang Zhiluo carried the basket on her back and kept walking inside.
After walking for a long time, it was getting dark, and Jiang Zhiluo discovered a canyon deep in the mountains.
Her expression changed, "I didn't expect there to be a canyon here."
There are waterfalls and pools.
She also discovered a hidden cave on the rock wall in the middle of the canyon.
The outside of the cave is covered by vegetation.
It would be difficult to find such a place if Jiang Zhiluo didn't have the wood power.
"If during a war, everyone hides in this place and arranges formations around it, people from outside will not be able to get in or find this place."
It’s safe this way.
As for the formation.
Jiang Zhiluo didn’t know why, but she felt like these things came to her mind automatically.
Instinctively feel that the formation should be arranged on the periphery.
This reminded her of the little girl in the dream, as if the little girl knew the metaphysical formation.
She even wondered why she would dream about things related to the Wei family.
The things she dreamed about seemed to have something to do with her.
Maybe she has something to do with the Wei family.
It seems that it started when I met Miss Qiao and the young lady from the academy.
I don’t know what happened to the young lady.
Even if she wants to save the little lady, she must have the fragrant violet grass from southern Xinjiang.
I don’t know how Miss Qiao will find the fragrant violet.
Southern Xinjiang is not an ordinary place, and it is not easy to find medicinal materials.
(End of this chapter)