Chapter 79
"Tao Weng! He is really an amazing person!"
Ren Yi's slightly hoarse voice tells the story really charmingly:
"He was originally the grandson of the Daji Prince, but he had a kind heart. He loved flowers and plants since he was a child, especially peach blossoms, and he could not stand the suffering of the people at all.
"One year, when there was a severe drought, the grains in the fields were not harvested, and grain merchants took the opportunity to raise the price of grain, and people could not afford to eat. Even in Yangcheng, there were Chinese people starving to death on the streets, so he dispersed all his family's wealth to support the whole city. Until he was penniless and hungry, he cried and left Yangcheng in an old ox cart.
"Someone refused to leave because he lived, so they followed him all the time. Seeing him living in seclusion on the banks of Qingxi, they also settled here. Then more and more people gathered here, forming the current Taoxi City."
At first glance, it sounds like a story of a holy father. Taoweng is only respected for his extraordinarily noble moral status, but this matter is not something that can be savored.
Seeing that he didn't say a word after listening to the story, he just raised his eyebrows slightly, and seemed quite disagreeable. The two fishermen and woodcutters looked at each other, and the woodcutter asked:
"What do you think of Taoweng?"
Bai Jingyuan smiled but refused to answer.
He is young and has a high status and cannot speak casually. Otherwise, if he spreads it, he will not need to add any trouble and just take it out of context. It will be a disaster.
He didn't think that these people who grew up in underdeveloped information would have no gossip.
Seeing this, the fisherman couldn't help but smile and said, "We all know that there are different flowers all year round. Isn't it natural for different people to have different ideas about the same person? Do the flowers in spring still blame the autumn flowers for blooming differently?"
This passage is very confusing in elegant words. Bai Jingyuan was confused when he heard it, but Ren Yi spoke to relieve him:
"Yes! Who has no children, and who has never been young? Young people are the age of daring to think and say. What do you think? You can say it! You are the elders who laugh at me!"
Oh! Is this telling him that he can talk to the fullest?
Bai Jingyuan thought about something.
She hopes these two old men become his teachers?
"I'm still young! I dare not say what I think about it. But after listening to my aunt's words, I was puzzled in some ways. I hope all elders can solve my doubts."
The two fishermen and woodcutters nodded, Ren Yi also smiled and said, and then Bai Jingyuan spoke:
"First, what is the family fortune of the Daji Wangsun?"
Seeing that the three of them were thinking, he asked again:
"Second, has he really done charity since he was a child?"
Although the word charity is a bit strange, they can understand it after listening to it and can't help but think.
If Taoweng really did do good deeds and accumulate virtue since he was a child, how could he spend so much money to support a city with his family when the drought is severe?
The more you think about this problem, the more you cannot think about it!
Just as he frowned and pondered, he heard Bai Jingyuan ask questions again:
"Third, if there are hungry people in the city, what should the court be? What should the aristocratic families?"
After such a natural disaster, Tao Weng spent all his money and made all his reputation, how should he view him as a major family, as well as Emperor Ji?
"Fourth, is he really hungry?"
"Fifth, is he really because his family is exhausted and he can't bear to look at the tragic situation in the city?"
"Also, if I remember correctly, Taoxi is my Chu territory, right?"
He first met the king of the Great Master, who came to Chu to settle down and brought a group of people to build a city. He always felt like a child who could not win his family property. He ran away from home and went to his neighbor's house and refused to leave!
Bai Jingyuan guessed that this was mostly a story about a failed ambitious man who had been gaining popularity since childhood and attempted to use natural disasters to gain power, but was driven out after failure.
Perhaps, he couldn't tell whether all this was planned by himself.
It seems that Daji's territory is very small, and Emperor Ji is very capable of giving birth. There are a large number of princes and grandsons in Yangcheng. Taoweng has enough reputation to bring the people to the wilderness of the vassal states to build a city. Wouldn't he become the city lord?
Emperor Ji was eager to do this situation and would not pursue the slap of him in the face before. At the same time, the vassal states were not easy to drive him away, and they could not ask him to collect taxes. After all, if someone is a good prince, he will be in a down-and-out place, and you will not talk about it, and you will bully him. This is too much!
Bai Jingyuan could even think of how painful the King of Chu was in the past.
This is a typical case of moral kidnapping!
Although he didn't say anything, he also expressed his doubts through a series of questions.
Ren Yi narrowed his eyes when he heard this, and the two fishermen and woodcutters were stunned!
The atmosphere in the cabin was very solemn.
Bai Jingyuan silently lowered his head and drank a sip of warm flower tea.
He vaguely felt that these two old men had a bad aura with him, and he did not want to be their disciples.
"Hey~ I was so sleepy that I suddenly felt so sleepy. I wonder if the young master still has any extra boat? I want to take a break."
When Bai Jing noticed that their mentality changed, he was considerate and arranged.
Ren Yi was a little unwilling to give up and said, "Since that's the case, the two gentlemen might as well take a good rest. The journey is long, and it will be the same for a chat another day."
However, the two fishermen and woodcutters did not respond and only gave their respects and thanked them, so they hurriedly took the dwarf who had been standing behind them.
The cuffs tensed for a moment when the dwarf left, but finally followed them silently. Bai Jingyuan could see clearly but didn't take it seriously.
When the three of them went to rest in separate boats, Hong frowned and said, "Young master, that little dwarf just now!"
"It's just that the Tao is different and they don't plan to each other, why is this?"
Bai Jingyuan covered his heart and widened his eyes!
Hong smiled rarely, making her face full of red birthmarks even uglier: "If I were him, I wouldn't have done anything."
"Oh? Why?"
"A bowl of soup is enough!"
Hong sighed lightly, held the sword and walked out with his head down, and retreated into the cabin, dazed out of the silence.
Bai Jingyuan was stunned for a moment and touched his nose: "It's just a bowl of soup, everyone has it. It's not good not to give it to him!"
Ren Yi looked at him with a complicated expression: "The problem is that 'everyone' has it."
She couldn't understand why this kid always beat him by chance, as if the god in charge of luck was always on his side.
Slaves and nobles have never been "everyone", but it does not mean they do not want to.
They did not want to overthrow such a hierarchy, but when a person is strong enough, his strong self-esteem and inferiority mix, making them always hope to break out of their original class and go to another world of unattainable and noble people, but they are always powerless.
At this time, even a little bit of power that lifts them up will make them grateful and even willing to die!
The two fishermen and woodcutters advocate benevolence and inaction. The reason why they are moved to accept him as their disciple was because he seemed kind and kind, thinking that they could use him to realize their political propositions.
As a result, Bai Jingyuan's series of problems were extremely sharp, and every sentence was full of cunning to see through the world. Even though they were determined, they could not help but be confronted by him to make dark guesses.
He is not the disciple they want.
So they retreated.
"General, please don't force me to do my wish."
Seeing Ren Yi frowning unhappy, Bai Jingyuan sighed: "I know what they can bring to me, but I know more clearly what we will lose because of them!"
Grandpa always taught him when he was alive. If one day your thinking is controlled by his subordinates, you will no longer be you.
He wants to be the King of Chu, not a certain idea or a certain faction.
"Do you know how famous they have in the countries? If you miss this opportunity, it will be bad for you."
Ren Yi was very worried, and Bai Jingyuan smiled: "A gentleman is harmonious but different, and a villain is the same but not harmonious. If the two elders are true gentlemen, then there is no benefit or not."
Ren Yi looked at him for a long time and finally nodded, wanting him not to act like this in the future. He shut up again after thinking about it.
Although he is still young, he seems to be born to be king.
Chapter completed!