"What? Planting trees can prevent the flooding of the Yellow River? Is this a joke? "
The entire front page of Tang Daily was filled with topics related to tree planting and afforestation. After learning that planting trees could solve the problem of the Yellow River flooding that had plagued the people in the north for hundreds of years, everyone was shocked!
"Heh! Even the Emperor is going to plant trees himself, how can it be fake? Furthermore, these words came from the Duke of Yong 'an, so it must be true! "
"That's right! How can the Duke of Yong 'an's words be fake? It will be the 20th of March in another two to three days! By then, I will be planting trees by the Yellow River in the east of the city! "
"I will go too! The saplings beside my Yongye Field are all ready-made! I will go plant a few trees too! When the Yellow River clears up and there are no more floods, I, Chou San, will have a part to play! Haha! "
"Since the Emperor and Marquis are going! Then what reason do we have not to go? Go! Just treat it as doing good deeds. If the Yellow River clears up, we will all be doing good deeds! "
As the saying goes, "Whatever the superior likes, the inferior will follow." Now that Emperor Li Er was going to personally plant trees, how could the nobles, generals, and ministers, as well as the common people continue to be indifferent?
Other than responding to Li Er and Li Zexuan's call to plant trees, there were also many people who thought of planting trees on Arbor Day as a good deed. After all, in the entire Tang Dynasty, the majority of the people lived in the Yellow River Basin. If they could use planting trees to completely solve the future flood of the Yellow River, it could be said that most of the people were willing to part of their wealth to plant trees!
Living in such an era, the people knew the horror of floods. Therefore, even if the Tang Dynasty Daily didn't design a set of beautiful advertising slogans to promote afforestation, it was enough to say that afforestation could prevent floods! It was enough to move the hearts of the commoners!
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Henan Province, outside Guancheng County!
In the Tang Dynasty, Zhengzhou was also known as Xingyang County. The Zheng Clan of Xingyang was referring to this place!
Zhengzhou's administrative center was located within Guancheng County. As the administrative center of the state, Guancheng County's city walls were lofty and towering. Outside the city walls, there was even a moat. When Qin Wang Li Shimin fought Wang Shichong in Luoyang, he had planned to replenish Guancheng County's provisions.
As the saying goes, those who wish to conquer the world must first conquer the Central Plains. Henan is the most central province in China. During the Tang Dynasty, the Yellow River was still an important waterway and irrigation hub. At this time, Henan's agricultural and economic development was at the forefront of the country, but at the same time, it was also targeted by many people. Correspondingly, Zhengzhou could be considered as a battleground since ancient times. It was understandable that the city walls were built higher and sturdier.
"Brother Fa Shan, thank you so much for escorting me all the way here. Now that I've arrived at Zhengzhou City Guan, you should hurry and attend to your own matters!"
Outside the city gate of Guancheng County, a thirteen to fourteen year old boy and girl were saying goodbye to each other in an open space not far from the city. Taking a closer look, who else could they be but Little Fishy and Ye Fashan?
Along the way, the two of them did not encounter any danger. They did not even meet any bandits. Who knows if it was because the security of the various prefectures along the way was too good, or if it was because these two newbies were too lucky!
However, along the way, they did meet a few scammers. Fortunately, between the two of them, one of them was much more mature than his peers, while the other was mischievous and experienced in surviving in society. Normal scammers would not be able to scam them of their money. Along the way, it could be said that there was no danger!
"It's nothing! It was just on the way! "
Ye Fashan shook his head. He raised his head and looked towards the city gate not far away. Suddenly, he frowned and asked suspiciously: "The city gate of Guancheng County seems different today!! Miss Li Yu, please be careful!! "
Li Yu instinctively asked. "What difference could there be? Haha! Fa Shan, aren't you making a fuss over nothing? "
Ye Fashan observed for a while more before retracting his gaze. With a serious face, he said to Li Yu:
"Miss Li Yu, look, the number of soldiers guarding the city gate of Guancheng County is much more than the number of soldiers outside Chang 'an City. Moreover, there are very few commoners entering the city. It's only seven in the morning now. This should be the time of the day when most people enter the city!
But now, there are only about ten people queuing outside the city to enter the city! What's even more unusual is that there are only commoners entering the city, but no commoners leaving the city. Isn't this unusual? "
Hearing this, Li Yu's face turned serious. The little girl looked towards the city gate and asked: "Fa Shan, was Guancheng County like this in the past?"
Ye Fashan shook his head and said: "Definitely not! Although Guancheng County is not as prosperous as Luoyang, there are still many rich families here. Every day, there is an endless stream of merchants. How could it be so quiet? There must be something fishy about this! "
"Hehe! It's even better if there's something fishy! I'm just afraid that there's nothing fishy about it! My mission this time is to find out what's fishy about Zhengzhou! "
Little Yu 'er suddenly smiled and said to Ye Fashan: "Fa Shan, go back to Nanyang. I'll be fine here alone! I won't hold you up any longer. I hope that you can find the way to the South soon! "
She tightened the bag on her body and was about to walk towards the city gate!
"Hey! Miss Li Yu, wait! "
Just as Li Yu was about to walk, Ye Fashan's voice came from behind her. Little Yu 'er paused and said: "Fa Shan, what's wrong?"
"There must be danger in the city. I can feel it. Are you really determined to enter the city?"
Ye Fashan walked in front of Li Yu and said with a serious face.
When Li Yu heard this, the scene of Li Zexuan persuading her not to come to Zhengzhou appeared in her mind. Of course, there was also her "bold words"!
"Mm! I want to go! I have to go! "
After thinking for a while, Li Yu nodded vigorously at Ye Fashan!
After saying that, she let out a sigh of relief!
She was smart and eccentric. How could she not see that there was something wrong in Guancheng County? However, she came all the way from Chang 'an to Zhengzhou with a mission. How could she be afraid before the battle and run away?
"Alright then! I'll go with you into the city! "
Ye Fashan sighed silently in his heart and suddenly said.
"Ah? Fa Shan, aren't you going back to Nanyang's ancestral home? Also, you're going to the South to search for Dao. Why do you want to go with me into the city? "
Little Yu 'er asked curiously.
Ye Fashan said seriously: "Cousin asked me to take care of you on the way. Now that you're going to risk your life alone, how can I just sit back and watch and leave alone? Let's go! Let's go into the city! "
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