The autumn of the fifteenth year of Jianxing's reign has quickly come to an end.

It's the end of September in Guanzhong, and it's already starting to feel slightly cooler.

After the frost, every morning when you wake up, you will see a layer of white frost on the ground, which makes people wonder if it is about to freeze.

The trees isolated on the fields have either become bare, or they still have the last few yellow leaves that are swirling down.

In late autumn, the Guanzhong Plain looks vast, empty and beautiful.

The millet in the fields has been harvested, and many farmers in the fields under rotational cultivation are racing against time to seize the last moment to complete the sowing of winter wheat.

The government will not collect taxes this year, but families who have been allocated fields basically don't have to worry about this year's food rations.

Compared with the inspection in summer, the fields in late autumn were actually much hotter.

It can be seen from a distance that the farmers in the fields are very energetic.

If you get closer, you can even hear their occasional laughter.

The only regret is that there are still too few scenes in front of me.

Crossing the Weishui River and heading north, the fertile fields are now covered with withered grass and shrubs as far as the eye can see...

Fortunately, the quality of Qin Zhidao opened by Figure Maniac is good enough.

Walk along Qinzhidao and you can go all the way to Zhengguo Canal...

The place where Qin Zhidao and Zheng Guo Canal intersect has become a construction site at this time.

Even when the cold north wind blows, there are still many people wearing only linen shirts and working hard.

At the same time, there were many young men with tanned faces who stood up straight from time to time, or looked around to check something, or simply moved around.

When they walk around, you can see that they all have their trouser legs rolled up.

This is a unique characteristic of college students when they are working. Most of the non-academics taking exams are lifting their lower robes.

Cangtou Qianshou, on the other hand, does not have such good clothes at all.

At the end of the year, they may have a hard time getting a piece of new fabric to make new clothes, but they will not waste money enough to wear it to work.

Pei Xiu, who was dressed similar to a college student, stood on a high ground and looked out.

Holding a folder in his hand, he would lower his head and write and draw with a charcoal pen from time to time.

Pei Xiu, who was born in an aristocratic family, initially felt that the nondescript clothing worn by the college students was too indecent.

But after doing the work, I realized that this kind of dress is the clothes for working: simple and relaxed.

It smells really good after squeezing it for a while.

In the end, he simply asked his grandmother to make a few sets for him and wear them in rotation.

After both Hedong and Guanzhong settled down, the Pei family in Hedong asked around and learned that Pei Qian's most promising son had been dragged to work by King Feng Gui. They were really shocked and broke into a cold sweat.

The Hedong tragedy is still vivid in our minds.

At this time, the big people in Hedong were simply frightened.

Who dares to come forward and ask King Feng Gui for someone?

He is just a bastard. Even if Pei Qian thinks highly of this child, he can't take the Pei family to be buried with him, right?

Unexpectedly, later, news came that King Feng Gui seemed to be very optimistic about Pei Xiu.

This is incredible!

After repeatedly confirming that this rumor was highly credible, many people in the Pei family became inexplicably excited, and several elders in the family almost had a stroke from excitement.

As long as they hug Feng Junhou's thick leg, why should the Pei family be worried anymore?

It doesn't matter that Pei Qian is not here, but isn't there still a lot of maknae in the clan who are in charge?

So the Pei family sent people to Chang'an to find a way out.

But since the Han Dynasty regained Guanzhong, so many people have come to find Feng Junhou?

Not to mention the aristocratic families in Hedong. When they begged Feng Junhou to quell the civil unrest in Hedong, they often knelt and fished by the river.

There were too many people coming to the door, and it was a sensitive moment for the big man, so Feng Junhou, who was guarding Guanzhong, simply turned them away.

The Pei family did not dare to meet Pei Xiu in private. After going around and around, they finally found the Ma family in Fufeng County, Guanzhong.

Ma Teng was originally from Fufeng, and later he stationed troops in Huaili, Fufeng.

During this period, "Be prepared for the Hu bandits in the north, and the white cavalry in the east, waiting for the talents to be promoted, and saving the lives of the people with care. The three assistants are very peaceful and loving."

Therefore, he left a lot of trouble for the Ma family.

It's just that now the Ma family's clan is in Shu and not in Guanzhong.

The remaining Ma family in Guanzhong are just side branches and have long since declined.

Fortunately, the Zhao Ma family acted decisively in the early years and took a fancy to King Feng Gui's potential, secretly handing over all the remaining connections of the Ma family in Guanzhong.

After the Han Dynasty regained Guanzhong, these Ma family branches actively connected various families in Guanzhong and made considerable contributions. Therefore, the Ma family in Guanzhong regained some momentum.

As a wealthy family in Hedong, the Pei family originally looked down on the Ma family in Guanzhong who had fallen into disgrace.

Now that things are coming to an end, I just want to come to the door to build a good relationship. It has actually cost a lot of favors and a lot of time.

By the time they got through with each other, Feng Junhou was no longer in Chang'an and had gone to lead the army to inspect the counties in Bingzhou.

Secretary Zhang Da, who stayed behind in Chang'an, was naturally concerned about the disciples of the Feng family who could learn the true knowledge of his Alang.

After all, her son's surname is also Feng, so her son also has a share of Alang's knowledge.

Not to mention, the disciples that Alang accepts from his family will all call his sons junior brothers in the future.

How can we look down upon the disciples of the Feng clan?

King Feng Gui has not accepted any disciples for several years, but when he was in Hedong last year, he received a disciple from the Pei family.

Secretary Zhang Da even knew that his Alang wanted to take this person under his sect.

Therefore, facing the Pei family who came to ask for help, Secretary Zhang could not easily make any promise.

The reason is also very simple:

Pei Xiu's mother and son had said it themselves at the beginning. One of them was a lowly concubine and the other was a concubine. Not only were they not valued by the Pei family, they were also ostracized.

The only thing the Pei family could do was to send a few servants to Pei Xiu's residence to serve Pei Xiu's mother and son.

After Pei Xiu met the family members and heard about the incident in Chang'an, he felt bitter in his heart and could not express it.

Back when he was in the rebellion and saw the Hedong clan being bloodbathed with his own eyes, who dared to admit that he was valued by his family?

Okay now, just shoot yourself in the foot.

If it were an ordinary person, a member of the family, if they gave more money, food, and labor to the army, they would be able to escape from the sea of ​​misery and return to their hometown in Hedong.

There are some people in the Unaffiliated Camp who were brought home by their family members just like this.

Unfortunately, Pei Xiu himself knew that things were no longer that simple after he was received by King Feng Gui.

Fortunately, the Pei family's original intention was not to take Pei Xiu back.

Besides, if Pei Xiuzhen wants to return to Hedong, the Pei family may not be happy.

So, Pei Xiu stayed in Guanzhong with the college students, and still had to travel around to study (and work).

The good news is that because he is not a prisoner, and he may become a disciple of Feng Junhou in the future, he has a special status.

Pei Xiu's mother was finally able to leave the Weijuan camp and have her own independent courtyard in Chang'an. Of course, the money to buy the courtyard came from the Pei family.

In this way, his grandmother was much better off than when she was in Hedong. Not only did she have servants to serve her, but she also didn't have to be bullied by his aunt.

Pei Xiu then no longer wanted to return to Hedong.

After all, as a concubine, no matter how much he is valued by his own adults, those legitimate sons and grandsons in the clan may not always look down upon him.

Besides, although I was a little tired from running around and working, I learned a lot.

Especially in terms of making maps, the students under King Feng Gui have real skills.

Pei Xiu couldn't stop learning about the knowledge of geography that he had never heard before.

It's like rebuilding the Zhengguo Canal. Wherever the water passes, there are mountains, swamps, water and tombs.

In addition, hundreds of years have passed since the Qin Dynasty, and the geography has changed greatly.

In some places, whether it is necessary to change the route, where to change it, and how to change it are all big questions.

The bamboo whistle gradually sounded, and someone shouted:

"Pei Langjun, come down for dinner!"

"coming!"

Pei Xiu, who was standing on the high ground to check the surrounding geographical environment, responded loudly.

Then he closed the folder in his hand and checked whether the trouser legs were tied properly.

Then he started to trot down to the high ground.
To be continued...