Chapter 238 Chapter 241-242: Dalang, it’s time to take medicine, Chongzhen goes to the countryside, new customers take a guess

After Qian Qianyi was sent back to the inn by Chen Yan, he woke up under the care of Liu Rushi. He lay on the bed in the inn, looked at the ceiling, and was very doubtful about life.

"Husband, it's time to drink medicine."

"Just help me up first."

Liu Ru looked at Qian Qianyi, who looked gloomy and had dull eyes, and quickly put the bowl down and helped him up.

"Alas, my career has never gone smoothly in my life.

First, the eunuchs harmed me, and then the party strife harmed me. Now, with great difficulty, I can become a radical and can join the cabinet.

But I was harmed by that beast! My official career!! Where did that beast go??"

"After Qian Jun came to confess his crime, he said that he was invited by his fellow villagers to write poems and had already left.

Husband, please be at ease. Your Majesty is also in a hurry when you think about it. Since Your Majesty has summoned you in advance, it must be because you are entrusted with something that you can accomplish.

I won’t take my anger out on you just because of one or two people.”

"It's impossible, it's impossible. Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger. Besides, His Majesty's character is inherently suspicious and changeable.

This incident of Qian Jun will definitely end my career!"

Qian Qianyi knocked on the edge of the bed, looked at the medicine bowl brought over by Liu Rushi, drank it all while holding his breath, took a breath, and sighed again.

"No way? From what I read in the newspaper, His Majesty doesn't look like a fatuous king?

It's completely different from the news we heard in the south. On the contrary, he is very wise. What Qian Jun and others committed could be enough to kill someone at any time."

Liu Rushi's words woke Qian Qianyi up, and when he thought about it, he realized that the image of Chongzhen in the newspapers was indeed very different from what it was a long time ago.

Especially when Chen Yan talked about Chongzhen, he had a lot of scruples, and even looked away. When he asked how to convince them, he didn't dare to speak.

You must know that a few years ago, in private exchanges between civil servants and officials, when it came to Chongzhen, they had a relaxed and playful attitude.

"If you are right, ask Li Bao to find someone to lead the way and hand over the invitation to Grand Scholar Fan. Sir, I will go to Grand Scholar Fan tomorrow to inquire about the situation."

"Husband, just cheer up. If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter if we don't take this official position. We can recite poems and write poems when we go back. It's better than being frightened in the whirlpool of the capital."

"What the lady is saying is, oh, thinking of that beast makes me very angry. Watch me compose a poem."

Liu Rushi heard Qian Qianyi's words, helped him up, and helped him grind and lay the paper. Watching Qian Qianyi concentrate on writing poems, she asked the maid Hongqian to come over and take the bowl away.

The sky was getting darker, and on the other side, Chongzhen's motorcade had also arrived in Yutian County. Feeling his somewhat flat stomach, Chongzhen sent a message to Chen Ye.

"Chongzhen: Owner, why don't you come over to me? I'm getting off the car to eat."

"Chen Ye: They are all guards, what are you afraid of? You really think someone can kill you in the midst of thousands of troops, right?"

Chen Ye, who was currently negotiating with the newly dispatched tax employee, was chatting with Chongzhen about the follow-up procedures.

The system will be upgraded tomorrow. In order to prevent other things from happening after the upgrade, he has to arrange modern things first and make time.

When Chongzhen saw that Chen Ye couldn't come, he made an agreement that if there was danger, he would only need to hold on for a few minutes and let Chen Ye hide in a corner to avoid people and come over to activate the system function. Then he felt relieved.

After the car stopped, the honor guard lined up, followed by the eunuchs. Zhang Sizhi and Jiang Dejing hurried forward and walked to Chongzhen's car.

Chongzhen took the two of them to meet with the local officials stationed in Yutian, as well as the Royal Army who happened to be encamped and rushed over from the capital to control Yutian. After encouraging them, he gave everyone a banquet.

After the meal, Wang Chengen, holding a walkie-talkie, walked up to Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty, the several battalions closest to the capital have already sent messages.

Based on the comparison with the aeronautical charts, they arrived at the designated location, and a cordon has been set up at the designated location, so that supplies can be airdropped."

"Well, let them lower their guard and not enter with others, and just collect supplies from the military camp tomorrow."

Chongzhen waved his hand and said, putting his awareness on the display window, where the materials needed by the Royal Army of the ten state capitals have been sorted.

Each supply package includes 500 tents, which can satisfy a regiment's battalion headquarters, as well as rice and noodles, as well as a diesel generator and a refrigerator, which contains frozen meat.

Other bits and pieces of training clothes, second-hand training equipment, and electrical appliances are all available.

All you need to do is send these supplies to the corresponding center area of ​​the aviation map late at night through the system, and after dawn the next day, the Royal Army can pick up all the supplies.

After releasing ten state capitals, Chongzhen's goal is to expand them into ten regiments in the future. With Jinzhou's upcoming army reorganization and the formation of ten regiments, he can initiate large-scale tax reform.

After finishing these tasks, Chongzhen continued to ask Wang Chengen to copy the telegrams sent from the palace. If there were any that were related to the prince, he should focus on annotating them.

"Well, if someone taught me this way back then, why would the Ming Dynasty be like this? Why would it be like this?"

"Your Majesty, you should be happy. If this were not the case, how could the shop owner help you?"

Hearing Chongzhen's sigh, Wang Chengen hurriedly said to Chongzhen. Chongzhen looked happy when he said this, and then suddenly reacted.

Wang Chengen's words have another meaning. Doesn't he mean that he is so incompetent that even God can't stand it?

"Wang Banban, for dinner tonight, finish a bottle of Lao Ganma for me."

"ah?"

When Wang Cheng'en heard Chongzhen's words, his anus tightened. He thought about what he had just said and felt so regretful that his intestines turned green.

The motorcade drove to Lulong County on the afternoon of the next day. Yongping Prefecture had already publicized the news of a one-day tax exemption. Farmers in surrounding counties also knew this great news.

Chongzhen's first group of road-opening iron cavalry were driving on the official road, and the car speakers were shouting to the outside.

"His Majesty the Ming Emperor's motorcade is about to pass by. All the people should give way and do not block them! If they collide with His Majesty, they will be executed."

When the motorcycle convoy was driving on the official road, people from Hejia Village in Lulong County and Hejiagou, a little further away, rushed to the roadside under the leadership of their clan elders.

Through the rolling publicity of the royal merchants and the explanations given by literate members of the clan, they all knew that Chongzhen would arrive in Lulong today.

"That group of iron cavalry just now was the one riding by Grand Scholar Sun who rushed to Jinzhou last time, right? Hey, that sound is just like thunder. It can be heard from a mile away."

"Your majesty, my sage, I don't know where this kind of iron horse came from. It only has two legs, one in front of the other. I really don't know how they didn't fall to the ground.

My cow couldn't stand up because its front and rear legs were stuck, and it was even taken away by people from the county government. I don't know if those bastards had already killed it for meat."

"Have you brought the things you were asked to bring? Yesterday, the people from the Royal Merchant Company said that if you want to see His Majesty, you must be polite."

"Your Majesty is exempt from taxes and taxes. He is such a wise man. He must thank us Lulong for passing by us. He is just the head of the village! Will Your Majesty think highly of our things?"

His old man eats white flour every day and drinks sugar water. How can he think highly of our chickens and eggs?"

"Yes, yes, I heard that the empress in the palace eats dozens of eggs every day and is tired of them."

"I'm so envious. If I could be willing to eat dozens of eggs a day, tsk tsk tsk."

The director looked at the things in the hands of a group of people and hesitated a little.

"Don't think too much, it's not certain whether His Majesty will stop on the road.

You didn't see how fast those iron horses were running just now, and they might not even be able to see you."

"That's right. His Majesty will be surrounded by guards in uniforms. I heard that being caught by the guards will lead to death, and the whole family will be taken away. Your Majesty won't arrest us, right?"

"Oh, you put it that way, we really shouldn't have come today. If this makes those military households feel that we have offended His Majesty, will they cut off our heads?"

A group of farmers were talking, and the second wave of motorcycles drove in front of them, then formed a line and stopped in front of them. The group of people were so frightened that they instantly tensed up.

A total of twenty-four people, two squads of soldiers, quickly formed a guard position, with tall and straight postures. The villagers who saw this thought inwardly, "What a good boy."

The soldiers glanced at the villagers on both sides of the road, carefully checking their expressions and movements.

A squad leader walked out and looked at the chief, who was obviously in a better position and had better clothes, and the clan elder next to him.

"Of the people gathered on the roadside, who is the leader? Why are you gathering here?"

"Returning to Master Jun, we are villagers from Hejia Village in Lulong County, and I am the elder of the village. The newspaper seller at the Royal Merchant said yesterday that Your Majesty will pass by Lulong today.

We just thought that His Majesty is wise and considerate of those of us who forage in the fields, so we are exempted from taxes, so we will send His Majesty some food to repay Your Majesty's kindness.

All military lords have worked hard. These are some of our thoughts for His Majesty. If there is anything that is not in line with the rules, we will leave now."

The clan elder handed a basket to the questioning squad leader. The squad leader took the basket, opened the clean and colorful rag on it, and revealed several pieces of thick steamed buns and eggs inside.

"Are you going to give these to His Majesty? Put them away later and don't let Your Majesty see them. Your Majesty is too rich to eat these.

Everyone, please step aside, second son, and say something to Your Majesty. There are people standing in the street thanking Your Majesty for the tax exemption and asking if Your Majesty will receive you.

Please search again to see if there are any dangerous items on these people."

At this moment, the patriarch felt that his intestines were about to turn green. If he had known better, he would not have listened to the newspaper seller's temptation and came to thank the emperor.

Is this emperor accessible to ordinary people? Now he has to be searched. What to do with the money found? Although no one seems to have brought a few copper coins.

Seeing this group of handsome and tall military households, shouting at all the people to stand aside and prepare for the search, the clan leader quickly reached into his pocket, took out a piece of silver and handed it to the squad leader.

"Master, please forgive us for our rashness. It's just a little thought. Please let us go further. Don't let us despicable people stain His Majesty's eyes."

"Hiss, take it away quickly! Take it away quickly!"

What the clan elder didn't expect was that when faced with his cryptic movements, this soldier jumped away as if he had seen live coals.

Several other military households who had been on guard subconsciously raised their guns because of his actions.

Facing the guns pointed at themselves and others, the farmers were also frightened and trembling.

The silver ingot in the clan elder's hand was hanging in the air. He couldn't take it back, nor could he continue to hold it. It was extremely embarrassing.

The regret in his heart was even worse. He felt that this military household must be dissatisfied with the fact that he gave too little. Thinking of this, he became even more sad and angry.

I was originally grateful to Chongzhen, but now I am resentful. If I were not grateful to Chongzhen, why would I be like this?

But what this soldier said was beyond his expectation.
To be continued...