Although Xiao Heng was kind, he always kept his word. The people around him had long been accustomed to this. When they heard Xiao Heng say that he was going, they knew that he would definitely go, and no one tried to persuade him.
Liao Jingxu tried to persuade them for a long time but saw that it was useless. Although he still disagreed in his heart, he knew that it was useless to say more, so he had to withdraw with everyone else.
After spending these days together, Liao Jingxu and the people around Xiao Heng have gradually become familiar with each other. At this time, he looked at Su Rong: "Your Highness is a daughter of a rich family. How can you go to such a dangerous place? Although Your Highness is also from the military, the situation here is different from that in Jizhou. Lord... why don't you persuade him?"
It seems that Su Rong and Xiao Heng have a very good relationship. They even had a late night chat last night!
How come Su Rong didn't even try to persuade them to do something about such a big thing? It's really frustrating.
Su Rong knew what Liao Jingxu was worried about, so he smiled and advised him: "I know you are worried about Your Highness, but some things have to be done by someone, right? Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. Moreover, since coming to Yunnan, there have been many disturbances. In the final analysis, it is nothing more than that the officials in Yunnan cannot unite as one and do not believe in Your Highness's ability. Then, Your Highness can only do some things yourself."
Letting them all see our strength is the best way to rally people’s hearts.
The current opportunity is the best opportunity.
So Xiao Heng would never let it go, how could Su Rong persuade him? At this time, he would only sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman.
In fact, Liao Jingxu himself understood all these principles. He sighed, said no more, went back to find a very ordinary cotton clothes to change into, and then went to meet Xiao Heng and the others.
Xiao Heng and the others were dressed very plainly, and if Xiao Heng wasn't too white, there wouldn't be much flaw in his clothes.
However, Xiao Heng quickly had someone bring some soot, and in no time he smeared his face black, leaving only two bright eyes exposed.
When everyone saw this, they couldn't help laughing. Liao Jingxu also had to say, "Your Highness, there's nothing special about the way you dress."
They are just a little taller. The natives are generally shorter.
While everyone was talking, everything was ready, and Xiao Heng gave the order to set off.
Liao Jingxu and his staff knew the situation here better than those in the capital. They took the time to describe the villages of several military households here to Xiao Heng and his team in detail. At the end, they said, "In fact, there are more than 30,000 soldiers, but these locals don't live very well either."
The natives do need preferential treatment, but they only have to be upper-class natives.
The life of ordinary natives is really not that good.
Xiao Heng quickly understood what Liao Jingxu said - because they had visited two villages in the morning. These two villages, without exception, were all mud houses with thatched roofs, and everything was in a dilapidated state. It had rained a few days ago, and the yellow mud was muddy and difficult to walk on. Along the way, most of the people they saw were the elderly, the weak, women and children, working in the fields. They all looked like they were not living well, as Liao Jingxu said.
Su Rong couldn't help but frowning on the side, thinking that everyone said Yunnan and Guizhou were poor. He didn't have much experience of this when he was in the provincial capital, but now that he came to these places, he could really experience it.
Cui Daru had traveled a lot and was used to these situations. He didn't show any strange expression. However, after visiting two villages, he exhaled heavily and said with a bad look on his face: "Councilor Yang is really a bloodsucker!"
He said this suddenly and everyone looked at him.
Liao Jingxu reacted the fastest, and said with a wry smile: "The imperial court gives the natives extra silver rewards every year, but this silver can never reach the hands of ordinary natives, let alone the military households."
All of them were withheld by the native upper class.
This is the situation when you meet a vicious person like Councillor Yang - the military households in the garrison live in such poverty that they don't even have a place to live.
However, based on the military pay and reward money given by the court, this would never have happened.
Therefore, Cui Daru said this.
Everyone was in a low mood. They originally thought that the natives were stupid, especially since they had besieged the Ji family before and now captured Prince Consort Tang. They were really a hopeless case. But now they thought that they were just pitiful people who were just trying to survive.
Everyone walked around the village some more and, after getting a general understanding of the local situation, prepared to leave the village.
Finally, he was going back, and Liao Jingxu breathed a sigh of relief silently in his heart.
Just as they left the village, they were stopped by a pair of grandparents under an old locust tree at the entrance.
Because they came out under the banner of collecting leather, they were leading two horses, which is also a common equipment for local merchants, and they did not arouse anyone's suspicion along the way.
At this moment, the grandparents and grandchildren suddenly rushed out, scaring everyone.
Liao Jingxu reacted strongly and immediately shouted, "What are you doing!?"
Xiao Heng's guards also secretly put their hands on their waists.
Xiao Heng, however, gestured to the guards not to act rashly. Seeing that the old man was so frightened that his hands and feet were trembling and he couldn't speak, he gently called out, "Old man, what's wrong? Do you have any furs to sell?"
The old man waved his hands anxiously, his gray hair trembling in the wind, his face flushed as he kowtowed to Xiao Heng, "My grandson is sick, I beg you kind people, if you have a horse, please take us to the city to find a doctor, I beg you..."
Liao Jingxu became alert, not because he did not care about the people, but it was true that it was not the first time that the natives set up a trap to harm the merchants.
He was afraid that if the garrison was alerted, it would be bad.
He glanced at Xiao Heng anxiously.
However, Xiao Heng noticed that the child on the old man's back had a flushed face and a purple mouth, and was obviously really sick.
This child's illness cannot be delayed.
Xiao Heng made a decision immediately and shouted, “Sir!”
When he came out, he naturally brought Doctor Shen with him.
Doctor Shen had already gone over. He reached out to take the child off his back, looked into the child's eyes, felt the child's pulse, and then methodically took out his bag of gold needles.
The old man was stunned, watching Doctor Shen busying around in a daze. He wanted to speak several times, but saw that Xiao Heng and his group had expressions of fear. It was not until the child over there cried that he could not help but ran over. Seeing that the child had woken up, he was so happy that he kowtowed to Doctor Shen.
Doctor Shen quickly reached out his hand to help him up: "Father-in-law, please stop being like this. We travel a lot and collect medicinal herbs. We know some skills of a barefoot doctor. If we encounter a patient, we have to save him."