Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 244

The Xiyou years had become a thing of the past, and the Xin Dynasty was established on the ruins. The country was named "Jing'an", with the intention of praying for peace in the world and for the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

However, the establishment of the new dynasty faced many challenges at the beginning. Rebuilding the homeland was the top priority, as was appeasing the people.

Those who survived the rain disasters, snow disasters, and wars were not simple people. They lost everything. If the new dynasty could not give them stability, they would rather continue to be refugees and continue to cause chaos, even if the price was death. This was simply a catastrophe for the new dynasty.

There are also undercurrents between the old nobility and the new nobility.

Today, one-third of the court are veterans from the previous dynasty, and two-thirds are upstarts newly promoted by the emperor. Although the number of veterans from the previous dynasty is slightly inferior to that of the upstarts, they all hold important positions and have the support of aristocratic families. How the emperor balances the power between the two and how to weaken the power of officials from the previous dynasty in the future all require careful consideration and long-term planning.

But now, no matter which official he is, he is the emperor's cattle and horses.

Jiang Yipei was one of them. After finishing his shift, he still had endless official duties to attend to when he returned home, and then he was severely reported - officials are not allowed to bring important official documents home as there is a risk of leaks.

Then Jiang Yipei gave up and took advantage of the impeachment opportunity to have a good rest for a few days. In the end, the Minister of Works personally went to invite him back.

Although it was a pity that these few days were a bit short, Jiang Yipei still returned to work without complaint.

The brick kilns in the capital had long been expanded and had already reached a certain scale before the emperor ascended the throne. The daily output of bricks was tens of thousands. The houses in the capital were gradually being repaired, and the blue bricks used for the city walls and palaces had also been mass-produced. The entire capital was thriving, and the people's hearts were much more settled.

Many refugees choose to settle down in the capital. As long as they work hard every day and don't be lazy, they can be allocated a small house - just a small house, which makes the refugees' hearts stay. In the hearts of most people, a house is a home, and having a house means having a home.

During this period, the emperor vigorously developed agriculture. After cultivation by ancient experts, the yield of rice in Jiangjia Village has stabilized at eight stones, which is nearly a thousand kilograms. With the popularity of sweet potatoes, people no longer have to worry about going hungry.

The traditional "mulberry-fish pond" ecological chain was improved and popularized throughout the country. The increase in productivity stabilized prices. Prices, which had been rising all the way, finally stabilized, and the Jing'an heyday officially began.

This year, the emperor held an imperial examination. Jiang Xiubai studied diligently for more than two months, and finally the day that changed his destiny came. But would Jiang Xiubai be nervous?

No.

After all, I've experienced the situation of thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge. There's no need to be nervous.

He immediately threw his books aside, carried his book box and went to take the exam.

He was a tongsheng, shorter than Jiang Xiumian, so he took one more exam than him. Originally, they were supposed to return to their registered residence to take the exam, but since the special examination was held, in order to select talents, students could take the exam locally no matter where they were as long as they had a registered residence permit.

Each exam lasted for three days, and Jiang Xiubai came out feeling exhausted. He had his own space and could not skimp on food and drink, but the space was too small. He could not stretch his legs when he lay down, and his legs would feel numb when he slept on the table. He could not sleep well every day, so how could he take the exam?

But Jiang Xiubai's last-minute cramming was effective, and he successfully passed the examination and became a scholar.

First place?

Of that no!

Although the original owner studied hard for more than ten years, the knowledge was not his. After more than two months of mastering it and adding his own understanding, he just happened to be ranked tenth and could take the imperial examination with Jiang Xiumian!

Brother Mian is Brother Mian, and he can easily win the title of "Jieyuan".

As for himself, he was just an insignificant person and was only ranked tenth.

Jiang Xiu managed to win the title of "Huaiyuan" and the top prize in the imperial examination with great ease.

As for Jiang Xiubai, as a tribute student and Jiang Xiumian, they both took part in the palace examination. They originally thought that their level was neither better than the best nor worse than the worst, and they could barely become a second-class Jinshi, which would bring honor to the Jiang family. However, they did not expect that the emperor would give him the title of Tanhua!

I am flattered indeed!

But Uncle Jiang said that he deserved it. After all, his contribution to Dasheng was no less than any of them.

Jiang Xiubai was so happy!

Acknowledging his contributions is one thing, acknowledging his beauty is another.

The third place in the imperial examination!

It has to look good.

It is officially recognized as good-looking, how can it be just a fart?

Jiang Xiubai wore the official uniform of the third place winner and hung around in front of Jiang Xiaomi like a peacock for several days and was almost beaten.

Jiang Xiaomi has lived a relatively comfortable life over the past six months, wearing fine clothes and riding a horse, feeling contented and happy. She even brought Jiang Xiaomai along to travel around with her sister.

During this period, she also made friends with many noble ladies. Some of these girls were made friends by Jiang Xiaomi herself, while others came to her on their own. Some of these noble ladies looked down on Jiang Xiaomi's behavior and looked down on her for not having the manners of a rich lady, but none of them dared to show it.

After all, Jiang Yipei, the emperor's most trusted minister, had enough weight. No one dared to embarrass Jiang Xiaomi, and they had to keep it to themselves even if they didn't like it. They got along quite harmoniously.

Jiang Xiaomi also had a few close friends who she could get along well with. They also taught Jiang Xiaomi to play polo. However, they ended up teaching her an apprentice and starved themselves to death. They were beaten so badly that they didn't want to play with her anymore.

Jiang Suying opened a Baicaotang in the capital, which made Mr. Jiang so happy that he almost had a heart attack. Fortunately, Jiang Suying was right by his side and managed to rescue the man. By chance, the prestige of Baicaotang was pushed to a new height.

Two months later, Mr. Jiang went back, and Jiang Ji, Jiang Hu and Jiang Xuan stayed. The two clinics in Luojiang County and Nanxiang Town were handed over to Jiang Shi. He hired two shopkeepers and two doctors, and Mr. Jiang would visit from time to time.

He once lamented that there were too few children in his family. His own clinic had been opened in the capital, but there were not enough staff to manage it.

Jiang Shi's condition has improved, at least he can recognize that the "old lady" is really his old wife.

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The liberal arts exam started in early May, and the results were not announced until before Qingming Festival. It took ten months, which was indeed a bit tight compared to previous years when it took at least one and a half years, but fortunately it was successfully completed.

After looking at the list, the eunuch who brought the good news returned to Xiaoyaohou Mansion one after another with Jiang Xiumian and others. Jiang Lizheng and Old Lady Yang were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.

The same went for Jiang Yida and Liu from the neighboring house. After receiving the imperial edict, they immediately took Jiang Xiubai to the ancestral tablet to burn incense - how could this not be considered the blessing of their ancestors!

Moreover, both Jiang Xiumian and Jiang Xiubai joined the Hanlin Academy and served as Hanlin Bachelors.

Now, it would be unreasonable not to go home to worship the ancestors. Jiang Lizheng and Old Lady Yang started packing up and preparing to return to Jiangjia Village the next day. Jiang Yipei immediately asked the emperor for leave - damn it, in the past six months, he only had two days off during the Chinese New Year, one on New Year's Eve and one on New Year's Day, and he went back to work on the second day!

The emperor was not an unkind person. Now that the new dynasty was stable and the people were living in peace, he approved a month's leave for Lord Jiang with a wave of his hand.

As for other people in Jiangjia Village, such as Jiang Yiyu and Jiang Hunter, they do not have this honor. They just go to work and continue to work.

The carriage was driving on the small road leading back to his hometown. The towns along the way were completely different from when he came here. They were in ruins then, but now they are thriving. Jiang Yipei couldn't help but feel gratified as he watched. He felt that all the hard work he had done for the past six months was worth it. He was smiling all the way.

On the other hand, Jiang Suying had a sad face. Upon inquiry, it turned out that she was worried about Jiang Xiaomi's marriage. When Jiang Suying mentioned this, Jiang Yipei remembered that there were less than two months left before the imperial edict came into effect!

He immediately became worried, but Jiang Xiaomi acted as if nothing had happened. She kept the carriage open and took Jiang Xiubai on horseback, picking flowers along the way.

But then again, Jiang Suying and Old Lady Yang did a lot to find a good husband for Jiang Xiaomi. They held many blind dates, and some of them were suitable for her, while others were not.

If Jiang Xiaomi wanted to take the next step, Old Lady Yang would be very tactful to create opportunities for them. At the beginning, the two children would have something to talk about, and when they were about to take the next step, they would "click" and become buddies!

After they became five pairs of buddies, Old Lady Yang and Jiang Suying were almost in despair. Jiang Xiaomi's ability was simply too bad. There was really no point in having such a relationship!

Let it be what it is!

Anyway, Jiang Xiaomi had a great time along the way.

In March, when the spring breeze blows, people go out for spring outings. It happens to be a spring rain, and mushrooms pop up one after another in the wild and forests. Jiang Xiaomi gets off her horse and finds that many of them are edible mushrooms. She takes Jiang Xiaomai with her and turns into a mushroom-picking girl, skipping into the forest with a basket on her shoulder.

Red umbrella and white pole, lie down together after eating.

Jiang Xiaomi is extremely careful about her life and will not pick any mushrooms she doesn't recognize. As for Jiang Xiaomai - it doesn't matter. Her basket has to be screened by professionals anyway.

There are many kinds of mushrooms. After Jiang Xiaomi ran around, she found a large patch of gray-white chicken mushrooms. She suddenly couldn't move her legs. She called Jiang Xiubai and the others to come over. Oh my god, five small baskets couldn't hold all the mushrooms. She had disturbed a mushroom den!

Because picking mushrooms delayed him, he would not be able to make it to the next station tonight. Jiang Yipei simply stopped traveling and set up camp on the spot - but he had to stay away from the nest of the chicken mushroom. You know, chicken mushroom and termites are good friends. He didn't want to get up early in the morning and the termites carried him to the queen ant as food.

Alpinia chicken mushroom is a precious edible fungus that coexists with termites. In modern times, it has only been successfully cultivated in laboratories. Most of them are wild mushrooms and are quite expensive. The meat is tender and the taste is delicious. The fat chef has not encountered such a rare ingredient for a long time, so he immediately built a stove and lit a fire to show off his skills to his masters.

Jiang Xiumian designed a simple refrigerator, which he would restock whenever he passed through a town, so the refrigerator was always full of food.

The fat chef first stewed soup, stewing chicken with chicken mushrooms, and the soup was delicious.

Cut another piece of pork belly, cut it into thin slices, add onion, ginger and garlic to stir-fry, then cook it together with chicken mushrooms. Stir-fry over high heat and then simmer over low heat. Add simple seasonings such as salt and soy sauce to collect the sauce!

The smell makes you hungry.

Then stir-fry it, and finally have a cold dish.

Chicken mushroom feast.

Jiang Xiaomi ate with tears in her eyes - this was so delicious!

Because chicken mushrooms are difficult to preserve, the fat chef specially made chicken mushroom oil to preserve them. When frying, the fragrance spread from ten miles away. Jiang Xiaomi even brought a jar back to her tent and fell asleep with the aroma.

There were bursts of spring thunder, and the sky, which had been clear, suddenly became gloomy. Such weather was really not a good time for camping. Jiang Xiaomi couldn't help but feel annoyed. However, since things had come to this point, there was no point in feeling annoyed, and everyone went back to their tents to rest.

Little did they know that the rain not only did not stop at night, but it even got heavier and heavier, and the spring thunder became louder and louder. Suddenly, a thick bolt of lightning struck straight down, and just as it was about to hit the ground, it suddenly split into three parts and struck the three tents.

There were five people in the tent, Jiang Yipei and Jiang Suying in one, Jiang Xiubai and Jiang Xiumian in one, and Jiang Xiaomi alone in one.

The moment the lightning touched the tents, the tents caught fire. The flames illuminated the dark night, but the five people in the three tents did not move at all.

It was the servants who heard the noise and rushed out of the tent to check. They discovered that their masters' tents were on fire. They ran over and found that none of their masters were moving. They immediately became anxious and shouted to wake up everyone else.

The camp suddenly became chaotic.

Jiang Lizheng and Old Lady Yang were both alarmed. Jiang Yida and Liu also hurried out. When they saw such a scene, they felt like the sky was falling.

Jiang Lizheng had to muster up his strength to arrange for the fire to be put out and for Jiang Yipei and the others to be rescued.

It was raining at first, so the fire was put out in no time. But the bad thing was that the five people had no external injuries, but they couldn't be woken up.

Jiang Lizheng didn't care that it was getting dark, and quickly gave Jiang Yipei's token to a servant and asked him to ride to a nearby town to ask for a doctor.

Old Lady Yang was watching over Jiang Yipei and the others, tears streaming down her face.

Liu held Jiang Xiubai's hand, tears also streaming down her face.

She just couldn't understand how a child who was so blessed by her ancestors could be struck by lightning?

But then I thought about it and it didn't seem right. How could someone be struck by lightning and remain unharmed?

But if there was really nothing wrong, why wouldn’t he wake up no matter how much I called him?

Could it be mushrooms?

That doesn’t make sense. They had dinner together and they were all fine. Why did Jiang Yipei and the others have problems? It doesn’t make sense!

After waiting anxiously all night, the servant finally returned with a doctor the next morning. The doctor felt everyone's pulse and came to an absurd conclusion: "Nothing is wrong, they just fell asleep."

"Falling asleep?!" Everyone was puzzled: "Then why can't he wake up no matter how much we call him?"

"Maybe they slept too deeply. It's okay. They should wake up when they have had enough sleep."

The doctor wiped the sweat from his forehead while talking. He thought it was a matter of fate! Look how tired he is!

This wait lasts for three days.

In the morning, Old Lady Yang came to see them worriedly and found that five people sat up at the same time, their faces full of horror.