Along the way, Xiaobei always wanted to find an official who came out to pick a fight, and then take the opportunity to clean him up.
She thought that two-thirds of the officials of the Tang Empire could be easily found out, half of them should be killed, and the remaining one-third, half of them were inactive, and only a few officials were doing real things.
Of course, even so, it was better than the officialdom in her brother's story. Her brother said that it was harder to find an official who was not corrupt than to fly to the sky with an aircraft carrier.
Xiaobei wanted to find trouble with officials, not for corruption, but for officials who made the place worse and worse, even if he was as clean as water.
Although corruption and bribery were not legal, from a practical point of view, an official who could make the local people's life ten times better, even if he embezzled some of the money, the people could understand.
An official who had no ability and could only keep his life unchanged, the attitude of the people was indifferent.
The most hateful was the official who made the life of the people worse and worse, and also went to corruption. Such an official would not be satisfied even if his head was chopped a hundred times.
As a result, the team came all the way, but the place where the eyes passed was bustling. Xiaobei did not believe it. Not to mention other places, just talk about the Capital. In the falling snow, there were still thin clothes, the crowd was surging, and the sound of lamenting could be heard.
Why was what they saw along the Yellow River thriving?
The people who saw it on the shore were dressed in bright clothes and riding horses. In the market, the shouts came one after another.
At that time, not only Xiaobei, but other children were also angry. Did all the people who did business go to the bank of the Yellow River?
Xiaobei wanted to go down several times to clean up people, but was stopped by her brother, saying that instead of looking for trouble directly, it was better to secretly send people to collect evidence. Now it was the busy season of spring plowing. If you go down to check people, will the local work still be done? The chopping knife should be raised without falling.
So she gave an idea and raised a banner on the boat, which said, 'The inspector focuses on the people's spring plowing matters', 'The Agriculture Temple emphasizes that grain farming should not be slack', 'The grassroots work should be implemented to specific projects'.
In this way, Xiaobei was angry. When she got off the boat, she heard Xiaoyuan's comfort and sighed like an adult: "Hey! Don't check, it's like this on the road, let alone the county town controlled by my family. The Jiu Yuan is at the border, where are the gangsters? Many people are the families of the soldiers, who dare to bully? Do you think the blood of the Tang soldiers is not hot? Is the knife not good? "
"Then who should we vent our anger on?" Xiaoyuan was very cooperative at this moment. To put it bluntly, he was afraid of his wife, but he himself was not clear about it. He felt that he should learn from his brother. Usually, his brother would give in in front of his sister and would always coax her. However, once there was an important matter, his brother's expression would become serious, and his sister would become very docile. He did not know the reason behind this, but exactly who was afraid of whom?
"Don't vent your anger on anyone for now. In a while, I'll change my clothes and change into my military uniform. Then, I'll go and greet the soldiers." Xiao Bei took a deep breath and calmed himself down. Then, he walked towards the city.
The county town of Jiu Yuan County is not as open as the county town in the prosperous part of the Tang Empire. Since the arrival of the fleet, the walls of the county town in the interior of the Tang Empire have almost been completely dismantled for the convenience of merchants coming and going. The same is true of the capital city.
However, the county town of Jiu Yuan County has tall walls, an outer city, and an inner city. Then, there are countless trees. Most of them are deciduous forests. Since Fengzhou became the trading base of the two Zhang Wang families, it has been planted. A flat land that was originally a grassland has been turned into a large area of woods.
Especially the four banks near the Yellow River. Yes, four banks. Because the Yellow River forks, there are four shores on the land. For a long distance on the shore, the former farmland has been replaced with a forest area.
If you want to divert water for irrigation, there are artificial rivers in the forest area, which are crisscrossed like a chessboard. The river channel can be connected to boats, and many fish are raised.
This kind of layout makes people feel that the designer is very stupid. There are many trees outside the city wall. Are they not providing tools for the siege? Are they afraid that others will have a hard time climbing the wall and can't find the materials to make ladders?
They have not been here for a long time, and the memories of the past gradually faded away. This made a group of children very surprised to see the surrounding scenery. They, who have a lot of common sense, could not help but wrinkle their brows in various shapes.
"Brother, wait for me, I want to ask something." Xiaobei shouted and went to catch up with his brother, who was surrounded by local officials in front of him and listened to others.
Zhang Xiaobao stopped in his tracks and turned around.
Xiaobei ran two steps to his brother, grabbed his arm and asked, "Brother, I, we ask you, why do you plant trees near the city wall? Are you not afraid of being used by the enemy? "
Zhang Xiaobao and Weiwei were stunned. They did not expect that their younger brothers and sisters would consider this issue. They nodded and smiled at the officials around them. The officials' very understanding 'and closed their mouths.
"That's a good question." Zhang Xiaobao stretched out his other hand and touched his sister's head.
Wang Juan, who was next to him, couldn't stand it anymore. She gave Zhang Xiaobao a white look and said, "Your brother is just fooling around. I tell you, Jiu Yuan County is doing the same thing as the capital city not building the city wall. Your brother and I never thought that one day the enemy would attack our city.
Our defense is offense, so that the enemy is in panic all the time. If they dare to attack us from thousands of miles away, I will let them lose the whole country when they are halfway to the city.
We built tall walls and planted many trees to guard against the desert. The weather in Fengzhou is changeable. The local people did not live well before. Do we have to think of a way? "
"Oh." Xiao Bei was enlightened. "So it's against the wind and sand. I thought it was against people. The desert is so big. When I looked at it on the map, I saw patches of it. It was really scary. Is it related to the story of chopping and slashing?"
"Absolutely not." Zhang Xiaobao took over the words and said, "Chopping and cutting is just adding fuel to the fire. How can people do it? But we are alive, we have to fight with the heavens. It is not a struggle, we are not qualified to fight with the heavens. "
"Why can't we fight with the heavens?" Xiaoyuan came over and said, unconvinced, "People say that only the immortals should be in the floating clouds. I say, I climb the five mountains and the floating clouds are shorter. Since ancient times, the Yangtze River has been a natural stream. Today, the traveler will come back."
Xiaoyuan said proudly, especially when talking about the Yangtze River. Although the bridge could only hold the traveler, it was still crossing the river. This was due to the efforts of her brother and sister. They never bowed their heads to any difficulties.
The surrounding officials deeply agreed. Xiao Bao and Cuckoo gave people a feeling of warmth and safety. No matter what happened, as long as they paid attention, the difficulties were not difficulties. If the Yellow River burst tomorrow, the two of them would stand there and the people would be relieved. They would not have to think about other things and would only need to listen to the two of them.
Their existence was to not be defeated.
Zhang Xiaobao thought for a while and said to his brother, "Whether it is the Yangtze River or the sea, they are both the heavens. We can only defeat ourselves. Under the heavens, all are ants. What is the difference between the big and small cocoons when you grab them?"
"In that case, what are we still fighting for?" Xiaoyuan asked dejectedly.
"We are smart cocoons. When the thugs grab us, we use all kinds of methods to avoid them. Then we grow bit by bit, breaking out of the cocoon and becoming a butterfly. We fly and avoid that hand, but we cannot threaten that hand. That is why it is called fighting, not fighting.
Therefore, we have always been in a race against time to defeat ourselves. Now, we are taking the first step. First, we will plant many trees around the desert. Then, we will get rid of the desert bit by bit.
If there is a moment when the world turns upside down, we will hide first. After it calms down, we will start planting trees again. If we fight, we may not live, but if we don't fight, we will definitely die. If we fight for a lifetime, if we don't fight, we will pass this lifetime. Why not do something that makes us feel comfortable?
Then what would be considered comfortable? This is material comfort and spiritual comfort. We will try to enjoy both as much as possible. Return must be paid, so we are always moving forward to find the distance of the soul. "
Zhang Xiaobao said a lot to his brother. If it were someone else, he would not say this, because Xiaoyuan's literary background was deep enough.
Sure enough, Xiaoyuan's expression kept changing. At first, it was confusion, then it was grief and pain, followed by helplessness, and in the end, it was determination and calmness.
Xiaoyuan closed his eyes and thought for a while, then asked, "What should we do?"
Zhang Xiaobao smiled and clapped his hands. As he walked forward, he shouted loudly, "Please do this with me."
The little guys immediately clapped and followed behind, shouting, "I will do this with you …"
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