Pig Killer

Chapter 336

Huang Zhongchang helped his wife onto the carriage, and then carried his son onto the carriage. He then looked at Yu Luo and said, "Please wait a moment!" He walked towards the team following the carriage and said loudly, "Pass the order to follow us."

Huang Zhongchang walked over, looked at Yu Luo gently and said, "Let's go!" while pulling the reins.

"Okay!" Yu Luo nodded in response, turned the horse around, and climbed on it.

Huang Zhongchang followed closely behind and jumped onto the shaft to drive the carriage.

Huang Zhongchang said as he walked, "General Yu, we don't understand your customs either. If you have anything to say, you should let us know in advance so that we don't break any taboos."

"Oh!" Yu Luo slowed down and walked side by side with him, "When we get to Xuecheng, my general will be buried first. If you need anything, just ask."

"We are not in a hurry. You should focus on the important things first." Huang Zhongchang said with understanding.

"Our major general will be available in about ten days." Yu Luo looked down at him and said as he walked.

"We are unfamiliar with this place, what else do we need to do to pay a visit to the king?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him with his distinct black and white eyes, and said with a simple smile, "We need the young general to introduce us! Otherwise, we won't even know which way the palace gate opens."

Yu Luo was stunned when he heard this. Why are you so anxious to see the king? A glimmer flashed across his eyes, but he said, "Okay!"

During the rest of the journey, Shen Hui'e and Da Chong curiously asked about the local customs and culture, which were safe topics.

Especially when it comes to food, I'm drooling with greed.

"Will you think we are useless?" Shen Hui'e looked at Yu Luo with pure eyes and said frankly.

"No, no!" Yu Luo hurriedly shook his head.

"We are so hungry that we are afraid of starvation." Shen Hui'e complained, "In the past two years, the imperial court increased the grain tax. We were so hungry that we had to eat tree bark and dig grass roots."

"The imperial court is truly sinful!" Yu Luo said angrily, "It has caused public outrage, broken families, and displaced people."

"We have been through a lot of hardships in the Central Plains. Bones are exposed in the wild, and no roosters crow for thousands of miles. Most of the villages are empty," Shen Hui'e said with compassion. "No one is taking care of the crops in the fields. Weeds grow better than seedlings. If no one cultivates the land," she said with heartache, "the land will be barren in just one year."

"We have taken in many people who have fled from the Central Plains," Yu Luo said with emotion. "They said their hometown is really miserable! Bandits came to loot and capture people. When government troops came, they also looted and captured able-bodied men. The old, weak, women and children were left behind to be bullied."

"Alas..." Shen Hui'e sighed heavily, "The fertile land of the Central Plains is a granary, and the rich land is a battleground for military strategists."

"Yes!" Yu Luo said sadly after hearing this.

"When we came here, we passed through Handan. I heard that it had been besieged by government troops for half a year." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her ink-black eyes.

"After Handan city was broken, the king escaped, but was later killed by his own rebel generals. He led the remaining troops and surrendered to the government forces." Yu Luo said immediately after hearing this.

"Ah!" Huang Zhongchang looked at him in surprise, "Surrendered."

"Of course not!" Yu Luo said with a gleam in his eyes, "Nowadays, even though you can gather three or five hundred people to revolt, it's easy to surrender. Where is the morality?"

"When will this world end? Then we can farm in peace." Huang Zhongchang pursed his lips and looked at him and said.

"Yes! The imperial court is tyrannical and will definitely be overthrown. Then Mr. Huang can farm in peace and live a good life." Yu Luo looked at him gently and said.

"Yeah! It will definitely come." Huang Zhongchang looked at him innocently and said, tightening the whip in his hand. Damn it, even if I saved them, they still looked down on me.

"Uncle Yu, is that a military camp ahead? I seem to see a house." Da Chong said, leaning against the car window and pointing at the house in the distance.

"Yes! We are almost there." Yu Luo looked at him gently and said, "Are you tired of riding in the carriage?"

"It's not that I'm annoyed, it's just that this carriage is too bumpy. I feel like my butt is being tossed around like eight pieces." Da Chong looked at him with innocent eyes and said.

“Hehe…” Yu Luo shook his head and chuckled, “We’re almost there. No need to take the carriage.”

"Uncle Yu, why can't I see any trees?" The big tiger looked at him with its dark eyes.

"Tree? Tree?" Yu Luo looked at him in confusion.

"Yes! Forest, forest that stretches as far as the eye can see." The big tiger looked at him with puzzled eyes.

"I haven't noticed this." Yu Luo said embarrassedly, "The trees are used for burning firewood!"

"The trees near the villages are used for firewood, but why are the trees far away gone?" The big tiger looked at him with curious eyes and asked, "The trunks of those big trees are so big that several people can't hug them together."

"I know all this. The palace has been built." Yu Luo smiled when he heard this.

"It's another palace building." The big tiger pouted and complained, "The second emperor is building a palace, which makes us complain."

Yu Luo's eyes flickered when he heard this, "We won't build such a big one, but there are too many kings now."

This is really funny, Shen Hui'e complained in her heart.

"This tree? Just cut it down!" Yu Luo said with a smile on his face.

"General Yu, you can't say that. You cut down the tree to build a house, and they cut down the tree to build a house. The ground is bare now." Shen Hui'e looked at him with deep and bottomless eyes and said, "When the wind blows, dust will fly and yellow sand will fill the sky."

"It's not as serious as Mrs. Shen said!" Yu Luo said with a chuckle, looking nonchalant.

"It's very serious!" The tiger said seriously, "The six necessities of life are firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar! Firewood comes first. You can't eat this food raw!"

"My son is right." Shen Hui'e said with a smile, "Food is the most important thing for people. Cooking is the most important thing."

Yu Luo smiled awkwardly and said, "General Shen and the young master are right." But his eyes were full of disapproval, and he said casually, "Then how do we solve it?"

"Let's plant trees. In order to have firewood to burn, we should plant trees just like we do in spring plowing!" Huang Zhongchang looked at him seriously and said, "Here in Hedong County, the mountains are all green, which looks very beautiful. It's nothing like this, all yellow, like winter, very bleak!"

Yu Luo shook his head and laughed in his heart, he was indeed born into a peasant family, always thinking about growing things, not only crops, but even trees.

"So, Mr. Huang is also planting trees now?" Yu Luomoguang looked at him gently and said.

"Yes! Yes!" Huang Zhongchang looked at him with his distinct black and white eyes and said, "Grow them now, and when they grow well, give them to my daughter as a dowry, and build houses for my son and grandson to marry."

"Hehe..." Yu Luo shook his head and laughed when he heard that.