There is Room For the Poor Daughter

The days on the road are always boring. Fortunately, Daohua is busy reading various Xiliang books and preparing food for Gu Jian and Xiao Yeyang, so the time is good to pass.

The further west you go, the colder the weather gets. In addition, it is winter, and it snows in many places. In many cases, the team has to hurry against the snowflakes.

Fortunately, Daohua was well prepared and brought enough warm clothes. Every time he went to a post station, he would boil a large pot of soup to drive away the cold. Almost no one got sick along the way.

Daohua brought tea and fresh fruit to Gu Jian, and when he came back, he saw Xiao Yeyang gesturing with his cap and military coat on his body.

"These ear-protecting hats and cotton robes are well made. They are very suitable for wearing in the bitter and cold places like Xiliang. When did you prepare them?"

Daohua said with a smile: "The day after I knew we were going to Xiliang, I asked Qin Xiaoliu to organize the women in Zhuangzi to make it, just to try the cotton that was grown."

General Xiao Yeyang put his coat on his body: "I think it's very warm and cold, by the way, how many sets have you made?"

Daohua: "The time is too fast. There are only a few hundred sets of clothes, but there are more than a thousand hats. Except for the ones I left for the team, the rest were all taken away by the escort."

Xiao Yeyang thought for a while: "I immediately passed the book to Jiang Wenming Feige and asked him to take it out and replace it with the guards. We are all so cold, they must be colder ahead."

Daohua had no objection, and brought out her and Xiao Yeyang's food and placed it on the small table in the carriage.

Xiao Yeyang picked up the steaming meat porridge and drank a few gulps: "By the way, is the old man's appetite okay?"

Daohua nodded, holding the porridge bowl and said, "Fortunately, Dr. Ge accompanied Master to discuss medical skills along the way, so it won't be too boring, Master is in good spirits."

Xiao Yeyang was relieved. After all, the old man was old and he was really worried that his body would not be able to bear it. Fortunately, Yiyi took good care of him.

"In ten days or so, I should be in the realm of Xiliang. I want to go to see the situation in Xiliang first, and I may have to be separated from you for a while."

Daohua: "You go with your business, I will take good care of Master and myself." There were 100 guards left, plus Cao Chuan's bald head, she was not worried about the safety of the road.

On November 16th, after walking for nearly a month, Daohua and her group finally stepped into the boundary of Xiliang.

Xiliang really deserves to be a bitter and cold place of exile. Due to the neglect of the imperial court, even the official way is extremely uneven.

Daohua would rather go out to ride a horse wrapped in a zongzi than sit in a carriage and be bumped.

However, because it was so cold outside, she rode back in the carriage for less than half an hour.

"Xiao Yeyang, this road is really too difficult to walk. We have just arrived in Xiliang. Ganzhouwei is at the westernmost point of Xiliang, so the road there is not even accessible for carriages, right?"

Xiao Yeyang stretched out his hand to cover Daohua's frozen red cheeks: "That's not really, it's just a bit upside down."

Daohuayan said: "I have a premonition that I will stay in Ganzhouwei for a long time in the future."

Xiao Yeyang laughed: "otherwise, do you still want to run away?"

Daohua: "Xiliang has a complex topography, including mountains, basins, plains, deserts, and Gobi. Now that I'm here, I naturally want to take a look around."

Xiao Yeyang knew that Daohua was a fun-loving person, so he quickly reminded: "Xiliang is located on the border, the situation is complicated, the Xiliao tigers are staring at the outside, and the inside is very unstable, bandits are emerging, you are not allowed to run around without me. ."

Daohua: "I know what to do." After speaking, she sighed, "If only the road could be repaired."

Xiao Yeyang listened and said with a smile: "The royal uncle sent me to Xiliang, just to let me manage Xiliang well. Not only to eliminate hidden dangers in Xiliao, but also to manage the internal affairs of Xiliang. I will be in complete control in the future. Xi Liao, make a good repair of the official way."

Daohua looked at Xiao Yeyang with bright eyes: "I believe in you, you can definitely do it."

Xiao Yeyang smiled: "I'm afraid you are the only one who would believe me like that. Before I left, I assured the uncle that I would manage Xiliang well, and he just smiled. The Yang Shoufu and Governor Wu, who were next to him, said in their mouths. He has ambition, but his eyes are full of disbelief."

Daohua: "That's because they don't have the vision, so you can govern a strong Xiliang, and then slap them in the face."

Xiao Yeyang smiled and hugged Daohua tightly: "Okay, listen to you, manage Xiliang well, and go back and beat the royal uncle and the others in the face."

Daohua nodded with a smile.

Xiao Yeyang left with Jin Lingwei on the third day after stepping into Xiliang. Once he left, Daohua was in charge of the entire team.

Along the way, Daohua will supply supplies every time they go to a place. When entering Xiliang, the convoy has a lot of materials, and there are as many as fifty carriages to transport materials.

Xiao Yeyang left, and Daohua was not in a hurry. When passing through towns, he almost always stopped and strolled around, first to see what to buy, and second, to personally understand the customs of Xiliang.

In the cold winter, there are very few people outside, most of them are small traders carrying loads of goods.

The vast majority of these vendors were only wearing thin and worn thin cotton-padded clothes. Looking at their red cheeks and noses, Daohua couldn't help feeling cold for them.

You know, in the winter of Xiliang, the outdoor temperature is absolutely below zero.

'Bang! ’

When a trader got up to pick up a load because his feet were stiff, another stumbled and fell to the cold snow with the goods.

Watching the old trader hurriedly get up and pick up the scattered goods with his red and cold hands trembling, Daohua glanced at Bi Shi.

Bi Shi received the signal and quickly stepped forward to help the old man pick up things.

"Thank you, thank you!" The old man seemed a little scared and nervous when he saw Daohua and her group.

Daohua didn't let Cao Chuan approach, she walked over and asked with a smile, "Old man, what kind of seeds are you selling?"

The old man looked at Daohua and saw that she looked soft and relaxed a little: "If you return to the noble, the little old man sells grass seeds."

When Daohua heard this, she immediately became interested: "Can I take a look?"

"certainly."

The old man hurriedly opened a small mouth in the bag containing the forage seeds, and introduced cautiously: "These seeds are newly harvested this year, and are the favorite pasture for cattle, sheep and camels. These seeds are very adaptable to the soil and also Cold and drought resistant, not expensive, only a penny a pound."

With that said, he quickly dug out a small bag of seeds.

"The grass seeds in this bag are slightly more expensive, because the grass has a certain medicinal value, and cattle and sheep eat less sickness, and it costs three cents per pound."

Daohua looked at the seeds and said to the old man, "Old man, I bought all your seeds."

The old man was stunned for a moment, and then showed ecstasy: "Thank you for your care, thank you for your care."

The forage seeds in the cargo weighed about a hundred kilograms. Daohua motioned to Bi Shi to directly take a string of copper coins to the vendor: "Old man, the weather is so cold, go home quickly."

After he finished speaking, he took Bi Shi and the others and left.

The old man stared blankly for a while at the backs of Daohua's group, and then quickly put the copper wire into the pocket of his arms.

He was very lucky to be able to sell a hundred wen for his kind, but he didn't expect that the noble person would give him a thousand wen directly.

The old man excitedly picked up the empty load and rushed home full of hope.

With this thousand words, the family can survive this cold winter.