In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

It took Shen Qian and her group more than a month to cross Pingyuan County.

There is an official road of more than 1,600 kilometers, and there is only one county town in such a large area. How prosperous should the county town be?

Shen Qian didn't need to finish.

Chi Yu's expression looked a little strange.

But on second thought, there didn't seem to be anything wrong. After all, Sister Shen had been staying in the hometown of 'General Manager Liang' and had not had much contact with these things.

Who would go home and talk to his "sister" about the affairs of the court?

"A large county like Pingyuan County doesn't just have one county seat." Chi Yu told everything he knew:

"At the beginning of the founding of Daliang, the Daliang Emperor directly established 24 county cities in Pingyuan County for the 24 founding heroes."

"Later, due to certain events, the 24 county cities evolved into the 22 county cities we have today. In other words, although this place is large and prosperous, it has to be divided equally among the 24 earls. In reality, it is not much better than other earls."

"Some large counties are also like this. In order to control the county lords, the government will even build new county towns within the counties, which are always under the jurisdiction of Liangdu, to govern the local area."

"However, Yungang County is a place that can still be fought, and it is close to the sea. It is also a wealthy place in Jiangnan. It is also a rare county with mountains in the central part of the south."

After listening to Chi Yu's story, Shen Qian finally had a clearer understanding of the Daliang Dynasty.

It is similar to the ancient Chinese feudal dynasties, but also very different.

The excessive expansion of the fiefdoms was restrained to the greatest extent possible, and local ownership was still controlled by Emperor Liang of Daliang.

From this point of view, it is a "relatively advanced" ancient system.

Just as Shen Qian was about to get back into the carriage and continue her journey.

Behind him, Qingluan's voice sounded:

"My Lord, I have something important to report."

Hearing Qingluan's voice, Shen Qian slowly turned around and asked doubtfully:

"What's the matter?"

"Could it be related to my two good-for-nothing sons?"

Faced with Shen Qian's question, Qingluan naturally did not dare to respond. The master said it was okay to say that he was useless. As a servant, how could she dare to agree with such words?

That would be the opposite of Tiangang.

"My Lord, when I came in, I noticed that the two young masters were staring at me. It seemed that the gazes they gave the man I was with were exactly the same."

"I don't know what to do. Please tell me, my lord." As she spoke, Qingluan knelt down.

Seeing this, Chi Yu frowned.

Shouldn't a maid be excited about this kind of thing? Why would she come to Sister Shen to tell her?

Could it be that this maid is so bold that she doesn't like the two young masters from Sister Shen's family?

With this thought in mind, Chi Yu felt a strong disgust towards Qingluan.

"Just beat him up." Shen Qian rolled her eyes.

"If you want to be a maid for the rest of your life, you can of course choose to serve them."

"If you want to let them go, the best way is to beat them until they dare not even think of anything unreasonable."

After saying that, Shen Qian waved to Qingluan.

Expelled Qingluan.

Qingluan looked thoughtful as he walked back.

Trying to figure out what Shen Qian meant.

This is not the first time that the master has asked her to beat the two young masters.

But before, due to her status...she really didn't dare to take any harsh measures.

Now that her master had made it clear again, she felt as if she really had the power to discipline the two young masters.

Could it be that... the master wants to educate the two young masters, Wang You and Wang Liang, on her behalf?

Let them focus on the right path?

Thinking of this, Qingluan suddenly understood.

Chi Yu watched Qing Luan leave, then he got on his horse and walked beside Shen Qian's carriage, and asked softly:

"I thought that the maid looked down on your two young masters."

"Now it seems that those two young masters are behaving badly?"

"Yeah." Shen Qian listened to Chi Yu's question and said "hmm" softly without hiding anything.

Seeing this, Chi Yu didn't say anything more.

This involves the other party's family affairs, and as an outsider, she must not get involved in how to deal with it.

Behind the convoy.

Wang Tianci's father-in-law and mother-in-law gathered together and whispered:

"If we keep going like this, when will it end?"

"After defeating the barbarians a few days ago, my mother-in-law must have some extra horses. Why don't we ask for one?"

When Mr. Liu heard Mrs. Liu's suggestion, his eyes suddenly lit up.

When I asked to borrow a horse before, my mother-in-law refused because all the horses were used and there was no vacancy.

Now that I was asking for a horse again, it seemed like my mother-in-law had no reason to refuse me. After all, there were already three hundred war horses following her carriage.

It’s not that Chi Yu doesn’t like horses, but that he can’t afford to raise one and has no use for it.

She wanted to stay outside Liangdu as an ambush, ready to welcome the new emperor's migration south at any time and strive for the credit of protecting him.

During this period, food for people and munching for horses are all consumed. This means raising hundreds of useless war horses, which is a huge cost for her.

Sunset is approaching.

Shen Qian and her group found another place and settled down temporarily.

Father and Mother Liu came over with their two sons Liu Shi and Liu Hao.

Just when they were about to speak to Shen Qian.

Shen Qian got off the carriage and walked straight towards Princess Chi Yu in front of her.

For a while, they didn't even have the chance to meet face to face or ask to borrow a horse.

"What should we do?" Liu Hao stood in place, turned his head and looked at his grandpa and mother behind him and asked.

Father Liu looked at Shen Qian and Princess Chi Yu standing together and sighed:

"What else can I do? Just wait."

"Our mother-in-law's status is different from before. She has been granted a title. You should be more careful with your words from now on."

Following his father's instructions, Liu Shi nodded obediently.

Liu Hao, on the other hand, seemed not to have heard anything and was jumping around excitedly.

That was his second brother-in-law's mother, and she would inherit the title from now on, and would be part of his second brother-in-law's family.

Above my second brother-in-law was only Wang Wu, who had been seriously injured.

If something unexpected happened to Wang Wu, his second brother-in-law would be the only heir to the title.

As the brother-in-law of his second brother-in-law, he will surely have enough refined rice and flour to eat in the future.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and he ran straight towards the carriage where his second brother-in-law was.

Father Liu left behind and called out several times, but it was of no use.

......

"Sister Chi, can an earl have 5,000 county soldiers and horses?" Shen Qian walked to Chi Yu who had dismounted and asked the question in her mind.

Seeing this, Chi Yu nodded:

"Any earl in a county town can raise 5,000 county soldiers."

"Sister, what do you want..."

As she spoke, she turned her gaze to the 'logistics' team on the side.

These 3,000 logistics teams are all young and strong men recruited from the refugees.

"Give me two thousand?" Shen Qian asked tentatively.

Unexpectedly, Chi Yu actually nodded in agreement!

"Don't take two thousand, I'll give you three thousand young men."

"The people I recruited before are enough." Chi Yu grabbed Shen Qian's hand and said seriously:

"I was hesitant when I recruited 5,000 refugees."

"I will wait outside Liangdu to set up an ambush and rescue Emperor Mu."

"While I'm camping here and waiting, the more people there are, the more food and supplies I'll consume. Giving up three thousand strong men to my sister will just solve my dilemma."

"Don't refuse, sister!"