The next day, early in the morning.
Early in the morning, Du Qi led his entourage and left the county town of Jiuquan County with Guo Xiaozheng, heading to Shangyuan Village. Shangyuan Village was located in the northwest of Jiuquan County. Its geographical location was relatively remote. .
The conditions of the fields in Shangyuan Village were very poor. There was no fertile land at all. It was a very ordinary field. Even if they planted food, the harvest was not very good. However, the land was not good because there were quite a lot of hillsides in the village. Many people fed sheep. On the one hand, they ate it themselves. On the other hand, they sold it to make money.
The roads in the village were crooked and twisted.
It was quite rugged.
But for the people who had lived here for generations, they had long been used to it. They could even find the roads in the village with their eyes closed.
For Du Qi and his group, it was not easy. After all, the roads were difficult to drive on.
As soon as they entered the village, the original road could allow carriages to pass through, but now, the carriages could no longer pass through, and even the warhorses could not walk. After all, the ground was too bumpy, and the road was only about 30 centimeters wide.
The road was narrow, so Du Qi and his group could only walk.
Mordor followed beside Du Qi. He tightened the hat on his head and said, "Your Highness, we were fine at home. Why did we come to this godforsaken place?"
Du Qi said, "Just follow me."
He did not say much.
Du Qi knew Moledo's personality, and he was just saying it for the sake of it. He led the group forward. Although the wind and snow were heavy, Du Qi was not impatient. It was just a hurry. The hardships he had suffered in his previous life were more difficult than this.
Now, it was nothing.
The group walked for about half a quarter of an hour, and entered the Shangyuan Village. The houses of the villagers were next to each other. All the villagers lived together.
Guo Xiaozheng followed beside Du Qi. As they walked, he introduced, "Your Highness, the people of Shangyuan Village have 50 households. There are about 180 people. It's considered a relatively large village. It's almost the end of the year, and there's nothing to do. Most of the villagers are here. "
Du Qi said, "A Shangyuan Village with more than fifty households is already not bad."
Guo Xiaozheng said, "The fact that so many people have gathered in the village is inseparable from Your Highness's contribution. If it weren't for His Highness organizing the court and sweeping away the bandits, the villagers would have fled long ago. "
While Du Qi and Guo Xiaozheng were chatting, the two of them had already entered the village. They met many children as well as villagers. When the people accompanying them asked about Yue Laojiu's residence, they found out that Yue Laojiu lived in the deepest part of the village. It was a thatched house in the most remote part of the village.
There were more than thirty people in the group.
The news of the group's appearance quickly spread and attracted the attention of the villagers.
The commoners all gathered around to watch.
They all looked at Du Qi.
He wanted to see where Du Qi's group was going to stop.
Du Qi also saw the surrounding commoners, but he didn't care about them. The group of people walked into the village, and soon arrived outside Yue Lao Jiu's residence.
Yue Laojiu's residence was a thatched hut.
The hut was small.
It was only for Yue Laojiu to live in.
"Yue Laojiu, Yue Laojiu!"
Guo Xiaozheng shouted at the top of his lungs. Not long after, a stooped, skinny old man appeared in the dilapidated house. His eyes were even sunken.
He was Yue Laojiu.
Yue Laojiu, who was in his early fifties, even had bad eyesight. He saw a group of people outside the door. He couldn't see clearly, so he raised his hand above his eyes and squinted to carefully look at the door.
But when the cold wind blew, he couldn't help but shiver. After all, he was wearing a shabby cotton robe, which didn't keep him warm, and the effect of keeping out the cold was too poor.
Yue Laojiu said, "Why are you looking for me?"
Guo Xiaozheng led Du Qi forward and came to Yue Laojiu. Guo Xiaozheng said, "Yue Laojiu, this is His Highness Ping Xi Wang. He heard that your family is in trouble and you are alone, so His Highness Ping Xi Wang specially came to express his concern. "
Ping Xi Wang?
Hearing this, Yue Laojiu immediately raised his eyebrows, and a light flashed in his turbid eyes.
The next moment, Yue Laojiu knelt down with a plop.
Although Yue Laojiu stayed in the village all day, many people in the village went out to work, so he heard about the situation outside. He knew that Du Qi was now in control of Jiuquan County, and that Du Qi was now Ping Xi Wang.
Not far away, the onlookers in the rear all began to talk.
One by one, they whispered.
The people were very surprised, because the dignified Ping Xi Wang, Du Qi, actually came to visit a lonely and helpless Yue Laojiu, which was simply inconceivable.
This was a very rare thing.
In the village, this was something that had never happened before.
Du Qi heard the discussion of the people in the rear, but he seemed very calm and didn't feel surprised, because this scene was what Guo Xiaozheng wanted to achieve.
Du Qi stretched out his hand to help Yue Laojiu up, saying, "Old man, you don't need to be so polite, get up and talk."
"Yes, yes!"
Yue Laojiu quickly stood up.
But on Yue Laojiu's face, there was a touch of fear. He was just an ordinary person, and suddenly, Ping Xi Wang came to his house, he naturally felt worried.
Du Qi said, "Let's go to your house, it's cold outside."
"Yes, yes!"
Yue Laojiu quickly answered again.
He waved his hand, motioning Du Qi to go first, and the group of people entered the house. Although Yue Laojiu's thatched house was remote and narrow, it was quite neat and tidy inside, without a sense of disorder.
But all the utensils and clothes in the house were very shabby.
Yue Laojiu said with a nervous look, "Ping Xi Wang, this commoner's house is really shabby, it's a disgrace to Ping Xi Wang's eyes."
Du Qi shook his head, saying, "Old man, I heard that in your family, you had four elder brothers and two sons, all of whom died on the battlefield, and now you're the only one left."
"There was such a thing."
Yue Laojiu's face looked bitter, saying, "But this is all in the past."
Du Qi said, "The Yue family is full of martyrs, they all sacrificed their lives for the country, it can be said that the family is full of glory. Today, this King came here with no other intention, just to visit Old Man, and also to give Old Man some New Year gifts since the New Year is coming. "
He waved his hand, and the attendant at the door came in with the prepared gifts.
Du Qi's gifts were not expensive.
More than fifty kilograms of wheat, several rolls of silk, twenty kilograms of cured meat, and some wine. Although they were not expensive, for Yue Laojiu, with his usual appetite and his frugal lifestyle, these were enough for a year's worth of rations.
After all, most of the time, he only ate one meal a day, and also not a lot.
Seeing the wine, meat, and food, Yue Laojiu immediately became excited.
He was really excited.
Because of the food and meat.
He was about to kneel down again to salute, but was stopped by Du Qi. Du Qi said, "Old Man, no need to be so polite, this is what you should do. The Yue family is full of martyrs, they all sacrificed their lives for the country, there's no reason for Old Man's house to be so desolate. This King will arrange for people to visit Old Man from time to time. If Old Man has any matter, you can look for Village Leader, let him take you to Jiuquan County's Ping Xi Wang Mansion, and directly tell this King if you have any matter. "
"Ping Xi Wang is a great person."
"Ping Xi Wang is a great benefactor."
At this moment, Yue Laojiu was already in tears. He did not expect that Ping Xi Wang would come to visit him in his old age, especially in his desolate old age.
His heart was filled with gratitude.
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