On the second day, Meng Juren took Yang Zhumu and Yang Zhulin to stay with him to harvest high-yield sweet potatoes and other crops, and Zhou Shuren and others continued to rush to Lizhou City.

Although people were left to collect crops, Lizhou City was still waiting for food to help her life. She collected cheap old grains from farmers' homes while rushing to the road, which made the convoy become larger and larger. In order not to delay the journey, sometimes she would continue to rush to the road at night and rest in the car.

After most of the journey, Zhulan was unlucky to spend money to buy ginseng when she was in the capital. This time, not only did her parents have to make up for it, but she and Zhou Shuren also needed it. They were also exhausted these days.

After arriving at the boundary of Chuanzhou, when I entered Chuanzhou, I found many apple trees, some of which were large apple trees. I suddenly remembered that apples were introduced into the northwest during the Han Dynasty. I remember that there was an apple town in the northwest in modern times. Chuanzhou and Lizhou were close to each other and the geographical location was similar. The bamboo orchid's eyes were brighter. The fruits in ancient winter were precious, "Shu Ren, look at the apple trees."

Zhou Shuren put down the account book in his hand and looked in the direction pointed by Zhulan. It was indeed an apple forest. "What's wrong? Want to eat apples?"

Zhulan, "No, I think Lizhou City is so close to Chuanzhou, so it must be suitable for growing apples. I want to buy mountainous land and then buy apple tree planting from Chuanzhou. What do you think?"

Zhou Shuren naturally supported it, "Listen to you."

Zhulan calculated, "I will build two ice cellars, and build a few more cellars. If you store more apples, the more expensive they will be, and you will make a lot of money by then."

Zhou Shuren listened to the Ice Cellar. The most important thing he is to solve the food and clothing of the people in Lizhou City, so that this year's spring farming will proceed smoothly. Others who increase their income will not be considered. Let's talk about it when two major problems are solved.

There are quite a lot of apple trees planted in Sichuan Province. There are also abandoned fruit forests in many mountains and fields. They don’t know how to grow apples. The apples taste bad and they won’t plant them without any profit.

I don’t know how to plant bamboo orchids, so I still need professional fruit farmers to plant them. I will come to Sichuan to hire someone at that time.

The journey to Lizhou City is getting shorter and shorter, and more and more refugees are not able to eat to beg for food. After seeing the convoy with a huge grain truck, more and more people are following the team. Fortunately, there are many officials who are in spring and there are wild vegetables, so they won’t be so hungry that they come up and grab them crazy.

Entering the Lizhou City, there are many people on the mountain who are digging wild vegetables to find food. Fortunately, no grass grows due to drought. As long as you successfully cultivate higher yield crops, life will have hope.

Lizhou City is Shangzhou and Zhili Prefecture. Zhou Shuren's status as a prefect is parallel to that of the prefect. Although Zhou Shuren still has a fifth-rank official position, because he was the prefect of Zhili Prefecture, Zhou Shuren's salary was greater than that of the prefect of Sanzhou.

Moreover, Lizhou City is a county that can be governed by Zhili Prefecture, and Zhou Shuren, the governor, has an extraordinary power.

These were explained by Zhou Shuren to Zhulan later, and Zhulan learned that there were so many things to say about Zhoucheng.

In the territory of Lizhou City, Zhulan saw that the children were all thin and thin. This was the disaster of war. The most painful thing was still ordinary people. They had no money and could not farm in their hometown. They had no money to flee and had no money to beg. After finally fighting the war, they didn't have a penny to return to their hometown. They couldn't afford the seeds of spring plowing, and the family's food rations made it worse.

Lizhou City is poor and has few merchants. Some wealthy families have not returned yet, and they will not hire anyone to help. If there is no additional source of income, they can only sell their children and daughters.

Lizhou City currently has the most human teeth.

Zhulan felt uncomfortable when she saw that a good team had left with some children. They were all children bought by human teeth.

Zhou Shuren hugged Zhulan tightly, "Stop looking."

Zhulan felt even heavier as she listened to the cheers behind her, "Fortunately, we collected food while walking."

Zhou Shuren nodded, and several convoys carrying grain followed behind. Zhou Shuren sighed, "There is not much silver left in his hand."

Zhulan was silent. There was indeed not much left. Now there was still 15,000 taels left. There were more places to use silver in the future. "Think about it, the silver was with you. At least there were few exploitation in the middle. We used all the refugees. Do you feel more comfortable thinking about it like this?"

Zhou Shuren smiled, "It's indeed much more comfortable."

If we put this down layer by layer, it would be thankful that 50,000 taels of silver would be worth 20,000 taels in Lizhou City.

It was noon to arrive in Lizhou City. Tongzhi and Tongzong outside the city gate had been waiting for a long time.

Zhou Shuren got off the carriage and saw Tongzhi and Tongzong. He had information given by the emperor. Tongzhi and Tongzong were newly transferred. Tongzhi was originally the magistrate of Sanzhou, Sichuan Province, and was promoted from the fifth rank to the fifth rank. Although he was promoted, Zhou Shuren looked at Tongzhi's haggard appearance and probably would rather continue to be the magistrate in Sanzhou.

The magistrate was also newly transferred from Jiangnan Prefecture. He was over thirty years old, but his haggard appearance looked like he was in his forties.

Tongzhi Chen, at the age of 43, was not only worried about whether his head would move. After receiving the imperial edict, he became the governor of Lizhou City. He swears directly. How could a second-tier who has never been an official, handle the mess in Lizhou City? Will he move together at that time?

Now looking at the new magistrate, Master Zhou, and then at the huge convoy, you can tell at a glance that there are grain trucks behind him. He put his contempt and said, "What the emperor values ​​must be reasonable."

The magistrate He Yun, 36 years old, breathed a long sigh when he saw the team, and the help came.

Tongzhi Chen and Tongzhi He Yun stepped forward, "Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Shuren returned the gift, "Mr. Chen, Mr. He."

Chen Chen and He Yun looked at each other and realized that they did not believe that Lord Zhou investigated them in advance. Lord Zhou must have told them that the emperor accurately stated their surnames. No wonder Lizhou City was newly transferred. The two knew in their hearts that the emperor really valued this Lord Zhou.

The emperor valued it, and they dared not look down on it. The two of them couldn't help but look at the officials in the team. Who knew who was the emperor's person? Lizhou City was a mess, and they both had never relieved the situation in Lizhou City. The emperor must be dissatisfied, so they should be honest.

Chen Chen said: "Mr. Zhou has worked hard all the way, please go to the city."

Zhou Shuren said: "Two, let's go first, I will explain to my family, and then go back to the yamen with the team."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves came from a distance. Zhou Shuren looked at Wu Chun who was leading the way and said that he had come to pick up the Yang family after hearing the news.

Tongzhi, Tongzong and others were stunned. Why did General Yang, who was stationed, come? They soon knew why.

Wu Chun dismounted and saluted, "I have worked hard all the way."

Zhou Shuren smiled, "I was thinking about waiting to get into the city to send you a letter, but you know the news and rushed."

Wu Chun explained, "I sent someone to guard the city gate all the time. I knew that the city of my uncle will be welcomed today, so I came from the station. Is it okay for my uncle, grandparents to go all the way?"

Zhou Shuren said: "I am fine, but I have to take care of myself after rushing home all the way. Today I will go back to my uncle's mansion first. When my uncle comes back in the evening, our family will get together."

Wu Chun knew that his uncle had something to ask him, and smiled and said, "Okay."

In silence, they knew that because Lizhou City was close to the border and Shangzhou, there were more soldiers and generals stationed than other states, with a total of 4,000 people. The highest commander was General Zheng, and General Yang was the second person with the second right to speak. These two generals made great contributions and the emperor personally trusted them. Unexpectedly, they were Lord Zhou's eldest nephew!
Chapter completed!