16. The real world
The beginning of autumn is the day when the country is established.
Since its founding, Qiguo has spent thirteen springs, summers, autumns and winters. Today, it will officially enter the 14th year of Qiguo.
It’s not too excited, nor is it much of a sense of belonging to Qiguo. After all, for ordinary people, it has been a hundred years since the Daqing Dynasty began to be divided.
The princes who had the most respect for their own troops had already established a country and had already perished. The ancestors of the Qi Kingdom royal family were one of the thirty-six princes of the Daqing Dynasty.
The current emperor is very talented and wise. After taking over his father's military power when he was young, he occupied three counties and eighteen cities in the north of the mainland after years of war. Finally, Qiguo was successfully established 14 years ago.
The word "Qi" means "restarting the light", standing side by side with dozens of other countries, fighting each other endlessly.
Today, Qiguo's power has expanded to five counties and thirty-two cities. As the country's power grows, the people's lives are suffering.
There are very few families with wealth, but they almost control 70% of the country's wealth. The remaining majority of the civilians, even those who are poor, are reluctant to buy a few sets of cotton coats and quilts in winter.
There are frequent incidents of frozen bones on the road, but now Qiguo is surrounded by enemies. Even if Ji Tianming discovered the hidden dangers, he could not stop fighting.
This is the world. You want to develop with peace of mind, but the surrounding countries will not give you a chance at all. All you can do is fight, fight constantly until all countries are flattened.
The years of war between countries have caused countless people to be displaced, and the deaths are even more an astronomical number.
Resentment is gathered and evil spirits appear frequently; wild beasts eat human bones, causing evil and evil spirits to emerge one after another. This world is not that simple.
For the people who have no idea of "family and country", it is enough to have enough food to have enough food. Today's Autumn Festival is not so much a celebration of the fourteenth year of the founding of the Qiguo Kingdom, but rather a carnival among the people.
There are endless hawking sounds on the street. As long as there are items that can be exchanged for money at home, they can be sold out. Today, they can indeed be sold at a relatively good price.
After leaving Qi Mansion, along the way, the people who were dressed slightly thinly treated them as if they were evading snakes and scorpions, for fear of annoying the nobles and causing trouble for themselves. In this era, life is not worth much!
And the parents who ordered their children to kneel on the ground flocked to them.
"Young Master, you are OK. Please take our dogs! The family is really hard to lose! "
"Young Master! Look at my daughter, she is so beautiful! Is there still a shortage of people in your house? Please, let me leave my daughter, warm the bed and cook and do rough work, just give me some food, my son..."
"I want my family..."
"My home..."
In addition to them, beggars also followed one after another, saying that they were extremely miserable. The sounds of kowtowing and kneeling came one after another, making Qi Lu feel as if he was in a self-introduction session of a certain voice in a trance.
"Is it so difficult?"
The guards conscientiously blocked the crowd rushing over, and they had some difficulty moving forward. Qi Lu was strictly protected in the middle. Looking at the people rushing over, Qi Lu couldn't help but murmur.
He really never heard of this kind of scene. His children have become "hard currency" that can be traded at any time. Human life is like grass, and the power and noble family will ask for it...
Even though Qi Lu had been used to big scenes in that era of information explosion, he still couldn't help but sigh a little when he saw such a tragic situation with his own eyes.
If you were traveling through an ordinary person, you would have to shout, "Is it better to be a king, prince, general, and minister?"
In this case, it is impossible to accept people. It is just that he does nothing and watches the world become more and more chaotic. Qi Lu's heart of Tao does not allow him to be so indifferent.
Anyway, what are you going to do?
Otherwise, the Tao will be uneasy.
"Young Master, there are not so many people on weekdays. Now most of them have seen the day today, and then I have come to try my luck."
Seeing Qi Lu frowned, Chen Yu couldn't help but explain carefully.
Qi Lu nodded and said nothing more.
When we got to the front, we finally stopped these people. The situation ahead was a little normal. There were still more people who were selling things normally.
Qi Lu let out a long breath, dispelled the depression in his heart, and carefully looked at the surrounding scenery.
The architectural style is no different from that of the ancient Celestial Empire. There are only a few high-gate courtyards with carved beams and painted buildings. Most of them are dark alleys and paths. On both sides of the dark and humid paths, there are continuous and low-rise courtyards built in a row.
There is no shortest between houses, only shorter; there is no broken, only broken!
Two or three children ran out of their respective homes, gathered together in the dark and smelly alley, and made 'giggles' from time to time. When they looked up by chance, they saw Qi Lu and his group of people. They immediately shrank away from the corner of the wall in a silent and smiled on their faces, and they had no time to dissipate.
Seeing this, Qi Lu couldn't help but feel a twitching in his heart.
It seems that I am so old that I was adopted by my master, right?
What was I doing at that time? It seemed that I was lying in the garbage dump, picking up food for filling my stomach? Or I found waste garbage that could be collected, just to go to the garbage recycling station to exchange for fragments of fur tickets after picking it up?
Forgot,
I never want to think of it.
But now seeing these children immediately aroused the past that he least wanted to mention in his heart.
I am not going out for a relaxation! I am simply suffering from going out!
"Young Master, we will turn the fork in front of us and we will be able to reach the place where we will hold today."
Chenyu didn't seem to have thought that this year's Qiuli Festival, there were so many homeless people, which disturbed the young master's interest.
I secretly blamed myself for not preparing in advance? If I had known this, even if I had been punished, I would not have wanted to end up in the embarrassing situation now!
The other three girls also looked almost the same. They were still very excited before going out, but now they all show their feelings.
"It doesn't matter. It's not bad to be able to see this real world with your own eyes. At least, I won't be immersed in the fantasy of peace and prosperity and good weather."
Qi Lu murmured to himself, with a faint smile on his lips, and said softly: "Give these children some of the pastries they brought."
"ah?"
Luo Yan exclaimed in surprise.
As the captain of the guards, Lin Yong was surprised by Qi Lu for the second time today.
These days, children from rich families are either drunk and dreaming, or are struggling to fight for their family property, and there are really few noble people who can feel compassion for these ordinary people.
I heard that the eldest son lost his memory, so it should be like this? You know, Qi Lu was not like this before he lost his memory.
Could it be...
Can amnesia really change a person?
Chapter completed!