Although Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong were already high-ranking officials, they were still in the prime of their lives.
However, the two of them didn't come from a good family, especially Cheng Yaojin. At that time, they were just street thugs who didn't know where their next meal would be.
After taking off their luxurious clothes, the two of them walked together and directly descended from Dangyang Mountain.
At the foot of Mount Dangyang, the various villages were bustling with people. Everyone they met was brimming with happy smiles.
Seeing this scene, the two of them were also shocked.
More than ten years ago, the 10th side rebelled against the king and the Sui Dynasty. The world was in chaos. There were wars everywhere, countless deaths and injuries, and the population decreased sharply. Although the Great Tang was now prosperous and its population had more than doubled, it was still not as densely populated as Mount Dangyang.
The two of them arrived at the entrance of a village. At the entrance of the village, an old man about 70 years old was lying on a recliner and drinking tea leisurely. Beside the old man, a dog was lying there with its eyes closed. This scene was extremely harmonious.
Cheng and Qin looked at each other and prepared to ask about the situation.
"Old man, how are you?”Qin Qiong asked.
The old man opened his misty eyes. Although he was already old, the old man was hale and hearty. He did not look like an old man who was nearly seventy years old at all.
"I'm so good. Ever since I moved here, my body has been getting stronger by the day.”the old man said.
"Move here? So the old man was not from here before?”Qin Qiong asked.
The old man waved his hand and said,"Not only am I not from here, but everyone in the village is not from here. I used to be from He County. I couldn't live there anymore. I heard that there was a Ye Qingtian in Dangyang Mountain, so we moved here."”
Ye Qingtian?" Cheng and Qin were puzzled.
Seeing that the two of them were puzzled, the old man quickly asked,"Are you new here? You don't even know Ye Qingtian.”
"Elder, can you tell us about it?”
Speaking of Ye Qingtian, the old man was obviously excited.
"Ye Qingtian is the chief of the Autumn Wind Stronghold on Yang Mountain. Ye Qiu, Ye Qingtian, since he came here, he not only distributed the land to the common people, but also gave us some planting techniques and seeds for free. He didn't even charge us rent. When we were in trouble, he would even send people to help us solve our problems.”
Cheng Yaojin raised his eyebrows and said,""Ye Qiu, isn't he a mountain bandit?"
The old man's expression changed as soon as he heard Cheng Yaojin say the word 'bandit.'
"What bandits? If Ye Qingtian is a bandit, then all the officials in the world are bandits."”
The old man was obviously very angry. He picked up the walking stick beside him and was about to hit Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong. Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong were shocked and quickly jumped to the side.
After all, the old man was too old to defeat Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong, who were in their prime.
Seeing that he couldn't hit him, the old man became even angrier.
"Get lost, you two bastards. How dare you call Ye Qingtian a bandit? If I were 20 years younger, I would skin you alive."”
Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong looked at each other, somewhat stunned and somewhat at a loss.
The two current High Dukes were actually beaten up by an old man because of a mountain bandit.
The two of them couldn't help but sigh. What was going on? When did the bandits become so righteous?
Were bandits who were loved by the people really bandits?
The two of them continued to move forward. All they saw and heard along the way were good things about Ye Qiu.
Because they came out in a hurry this time and they did not have much money on them, the two of them were hungry after walking all the way.
"What is it? It smells so good."
The two of them, who were rumbling with hunger, suddenly smelled a fragrance.
The two of them followed the fragrance and saw four to five children surrounding a burnt ash. The children were using sticks to pull out things that were the size of two adult fists from the ashes.
One of the children kept blowing at the black thing. When it cooled down a little, he gently opened it. As he opened it, the rich fragrance suddenly spread. The cooked meat inside was very tempting. People.
The child took a bite, his face full of enjoyment and happiness.
Seeing this scene and smelling this fragrance, Cheng and Qin couldn't help but gulp and swallow.
"Second Brother Qin, what is that? It smells so good.”Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but say.
"I don't know what it is either. I've never seen it before. Why don't we go over and ask?”Qin Qiong said.
Cheng Yaojin nodded and ran to the children.
"Little kids, what are you eating?”Cheng Yaojin asked.
These children obviously didn't shy away from strangers. Even though Cheng Yaojin looked fierce, they didn't show any fear.
"You mean this? This thing is called sweet potato.”a boy said.
"Sweet potatoes?" Cheng and Qin were both puzzled.
They had never heard of sweet potatoes before. (I checked the information. Sweet potatoes were introduced to China in 1593, so there weren't any during the Tang Dynasty.)）
Seeing that the two of them were puzzled, the group of children looked at the two of them as if they were looking at country bumpkins.
"You don't even know about sweet potatoes. You're too weak.”Another boy said.
After being laughed at by the children, Cheng Qin and his wife immediately felt ashamed and wished they could find a hole in the ground to hide in.
"Where did you get this sweet potato?”Qin Qiong asked.
"Nonsense, of course it's grown at home.”A girl laughed.
"I grew it myself. Where did that seed come from?”Qin Qiong asked.
"Ye Qingtian on the mountain gave it to our family.”the girl said.
It was Ye Qiu again
, this Ye Qiu again.
The two of them were extremely shocked. Who was this Ye Qiu? He was good at leading troops and was even able to obtain such a seed that they had never heard of before. What else did he not know?
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