"Fellow, how is this year's harvest?" Standing on the ridge of the field, Li Xinchen, who was dressed in civilian clothes, shouted loudly to the field.

The distribution of wheat is still very extensive in Jiuzhou, covering Jinghu and Ganzhou to the south, especially now that it is still the Xiaoice period, the temperature is lower than that of later generations, and the south is not so hot, which is obviously more conducive to the growth of wheat, so the growth boundary is also to the south.

Jinghu is also one of the wheat producing areas.

The farmer who was busy harvesting in the field raised his head and saw that there were so many people standing on the ridge of the field, although they were all plainclothes, but just by looking at their faces, they knew that it was Shangguan Weifu, and hurriedly got up and said, "Okay! ”

"Come, can you let someone cut it?" Li Xinchen shouted with interest.

"Your Majesty!" Yang Su and the others who accompanied them hurriedly wanted to stop them.

The farmer also heard the sound on the ridge.

Your Majesty?

The rest of the farmers also raised their heads, and then knelt on the ground at the same time, they would never have thought that His Majesty the Emperor, who symbolized the dignity of the Ninety-Five, would appear in this place, nor would they have thought that His Majesty the Emperor would be so young, and he seemed to be no different from the young man next door except for being richly dressed: "See Your Majesty the grass people." ”

Li Xinchen smiled and stretched out his hand to help the oldest farmer up, took the sickle and made a gesture, in fact, Li Xinchen really had never done such a thing as cutting wheat, he tried to grab the stem of the wheat, and went down with a sickle to the root.

The scythe is very fast, and it cuts the wheat directly.

And Li Xinchen was also interested, and took off his coat directly: "Old man, do you think it's right for me to do this?" ”

Perhaps because Li Xinchen's smile at least looked very friendly, the old man plucked up his courage and said: "Your Majesty should be like this, so that it can be faster, otherwise there will be so much wheat, and I don't know when I will cut it." ”

Li Xinchen nodded, watching the old man's movements look like this, and Yang Su and the others behind him, whether they want to or not, have no choice, His Majesty has already started it himself, where can they still be stunned? A group of people also helped to cut it, although the speed was not fast, but the strength of the number of people was great, and many of Li Xinchen's personal guards were also from peasant families, so they still had some experience in this, so this wheat field was quickly harvested.

"Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty." The old man looked at Li Xinchen, who was already sweating, and said again and again, he never thought that he would have the opportunity to harvest with His Majesty the Emperor one day.

Li Xinchen casually wiped a handful of sweat with his sleeve, and several young people next to him had already handed over herbal tea. Li Ping looked over worriedly, and Li Xinchen waved his hand, and went straight over to drink the herbal tea, which was just tea that was washed away by the tea stalk, and soaked in well water, and there was nothing evocative, it was simply to quench your thirst.

And the officials behind them have all done the same, His Majesty has already drunk, so what else do they have to pay attention to, not to mention that they have been busy for a long time under the big sun, and everyone has sweated a lot, just to take a breath by drinking tea.

Whether His Majesty wants to win over the hearts of the people or just have fun for a while, everyone can accompany them.

"Is the old man a local?" Li Xinchen sat on the stone on the side of the road with his legs crossed, this is just the shade of a big tree, of course, the guards have already set up pergolas along the road on both sides of the road, so as to cover everyone, otherwise His Majesty in front of him, if a few people suffer from heat stroke, it will not cause chaos.

"Back to Your Majesty, Xiao Lao'er's ancestors migrated from the Central Plains," the old man hurriedly said, "Only in Xiao Lao'er's generation can he be counted as this Xiangyang person." ”

"The Central Plains has been in turmoil for a long time, and there is an endless stream of people moving south." Li Xinchen couldn't help but sigh with emotion, behind a sentence of national integration, who knows how much blood and tears, "Now that my Han has come to Chang'an, the recovery of Guanzhong and the Central Plains is just around the corner, do the old people want to go back to their homeland to see?" ”

The old man shook his head: "Little Lao'er's home is already here, and the children and grandchildren have already branched out, so if you can't go back to your homeland, you can't go back." ”

Li Xinchen was silent for a while.

In the troubled times, for these ordinary people who have no way to control their own destiny, going with the flow is indeed the best and only way, they are uprooted from their hometowns, they are displaced, but they are still tenacious pioneering, tenacious survival. Perhaps it is precisely because of this pioneering spirit that this nation has been able to survive the tide after trend, and even stood on top of the world for a time.

But this also means that Li Xinchen is likely to face more obstacles when he continues to move forward in the future. Once the common people have lost the idea of returning to the north, then this idea will naturally involve the landlord class that is closely related to them, and the interests of the feudal landlord class are naturally represented by various families.

Therefore, it is understandable that the families are sometimes not very active in the Northern Expedition, after all, for them, going north often means that everything has to start from scratch, and it also means that they will lose the support of their tenants. The landlord and the tenant are interdependent, and if the landlord is allowed to abandon the tenant and go north alone, it will be difficult for them to break through.

This is also why Li Xinchen has to support the industrial and commercial industry whether he is willing or unwilling, because the industrial and commercial industry is more accustomed and better at starting from scratch, which is the foundation for Li Xinchen to go north to farther places in the future.

The old man seemed to notice that His Majesty the Emperor seemed to be a little displeased, and hurriedly said: "Two of the three sons of the little old man are fighting in Guanzhong under the command of the hussar general. Maybe they'll stay in Guanzhong after that. ”

"Whether it is in Xiangyang or Guanzhong, they are all the people of my Han Dynasty, as long as you are loyal to the Han Dynasty, I will protect you." Li Xinchen also sensed the old man's nervousness, and said with a smile, "It's not too early, thank you for the old man's hospitality." ”

"The grass people don't dare." The old man hurriedly saluted.

And Li Xinchen looked at the wheat fields that still had not been harvested, and said in a deep voice: "These wheat is the life of my Han, whether it is the rise and fall of the dynasty or the conquest of the army, it is closely related to this grain, whether it is a bloody battle or cultivating every inch of land here, I will never forget your contributions." You are for your own survival, and if you survive, the Han will have a steady stream of blood, and you will be able to continue to move forward, so you must cultivate the land here. ”

Several farmers looked at Li Xinchen quietly, they had never thought about it, and they didn't dare to imagine that it was of such an important significance to just cultivate a piece of land and feed their families.

And Li Xinchen has already strode away.

"Saint, what a saint." The old man's hand trembled slightly, picked up the tea bowl left by Li Xinchen just now, and looked straight at Li Xinchen's back.