071 Ash in fire
The Ezo people do not have the habit of plowing at sunrise and returning at sunset.
When they are busy burning mountains and opening fields, they will suddenly see the woman they like, and they will immediately leave the field that needs to be sown, and they will throw the iron hoe and the ploughing ox that they have finally transported up the mountain into the mud, and chase the woman with all their hearts.
When she first mentioned it to Stone, he still wouldn't admit that he was wrong.
He insisted, not to say that this was the sacred tradition of their hunting tribe, but the result was that Qin Zhuangtou would come to complain to her from time to time:
The task of opening the fields was not completed, and it was not a time for the craftsmen in the Zhuangzi to clash and fight between the young tribesmen of Ezo, and it was those Ezo "warriors" who would cause the most trouble.
So she prefers to deal with a middle-aged man like Ezo like Stonenu, because he has a regular female companion, parents and relatives, children and nephews, he knows what a long-term solution is, and he will not have a thought at a time, a thought at a time.
She had already discovered that in uncivilized tribes such as the Ezo, the average age of death was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and the average age of death for the more well-off tribes was about twenty years old because of their poor hunting weapons and lack of hygiene knowledge.
As for those who can live to the age of Stoner, they are already wise elders.
While they are not dead, it is their survival instinct to pursue their partners anytime and anywhere, and to reproduce offspring, which is completely different from the northern artisan households who are accustomed to farming life.
She certainly didn't want to be escorted up the mountain by such Ezo "warriors".
“…… Don't worry, my nephew won't. ”
Stonenu's face was a little embarrassed, and he waved his nephew to carry Tonnu.
Of course, she had heard of him as a warrior nephew a long time ago, but now that she looked at it, she couldn't help but be a little surprised.
I saw that this back slave was really different from ordinary Ezo people. Seventeen or eighteen-year-old is strong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is very adaptable to changes in the environment. Within three months, he was already wearing linen trousers woven by a spinning wheel, and his robes showed his strong brown chest, and a black wolf fur cloak was draped diagonally over it.
You must know that after a year or two, there are still many ordinary Ezo people who are not used to wearing sackcloth. It is not uncommon to see them in the grange wearing only one animal skin around their waist. Walking around naked.
With different living habits, it is not easy to get along, so the Song craftsmen in this Zhuangzi only account for a small half.
He has a square head and a square forehead. His small petals adorned with green stones were neatly tied behind his back, and his eyes were so dark that he was already half a head taller than Stonenu at any stand.
What's even more different is that people know the difference at first sight. He and the ten Ezo warriors who followed him all had red and green talismans painted on their faces. It was drawn all the way to the inside of the collar.
She knew that this meant that they had made real achievements on the battlefield, so they had been cursed by the tribal wizards and had been sheltered in front of the tribal gods.
"The backslave is a true warrior."
Stonenu patted his nephew on the shoulder. I can't hide the pride in my heart.
Ji Qingchen smiled slightly, and had already tilted his head and glanced at Beitongnu, and was surprised to see the quiet light in his eyes.
This kind of look. It is rare to see it among the semi-civilized Shengbo tribe Ezo people.
Although the look of pride on his face was undisguised.
And most Ezo people don't really understand what pride is at all. This is the unique sentiment of the tribal warriors......
"Qin Zhuangtou, I'll leave it to you and the head here."
She raised her hand and asked the villagers to open the door.
Knowing that she had agreed to be escorted by the Ezo, Stonenu hurriedly whispered a few words to his nephew in the Ezo secret language, lest he offend the unspeakable female owner when he arrived, and as a result, he would destroy the vital alliance between Tang Fang and the Ezo people.
Zhuangtou Qin Tiekou also took this opportunity to whisper to her, saying:
"Big lady, those Quanzhou monks in Zhuma Temple will actually follow the monks to the village of the Fusang people to collect grain, I heard that they have been inquiring about the two Fujian Bazhen Zhai stewards who disappeared eight years ago, and want to find out their whereabouts."
"The steward of Bazhen Zhai?"
Ji Qingchen was not surprised by the news of the monks in Quanzhou.
A few days ago, she also realized that these monks were the eyes and ears of the Lou envoy arranged in advance, and they were paving the way for Lou Yun's envoy to the East China Sea in advance, so she felt that this person had a bit of resourcefulness and then action, and it might be worth handing over.
Otherwise, why would she ask someone to frame the Wang family with a fake birthday gift and help him get the position of state envoy?
If she dares to let him come to the East China Sea, she must have the ability to make him use for her.
Whether he broke her marriage contract with Wang Shiqiang is another account.
"The two stewards in the manor, are they honest for a while?"
She turned her head to look at Qin Tiekou.
Eight years ago, it was indeed she who secretly imprisoned the two stewards of Bazhen Zhai.
Because it was they who reported to the Jizhu Warehouse, so when she went to the interior of Fuso, Huang Qilang was suddenly arrested.
And the counterfeit counterfeit goods of Bazhen Zhai, the first thing to really start doing was not Tang Fang, but the two stewards of Bazhen Zhai, who were greedy for money and betrayed the master, as well as Yoshimi and Kinoshita Warehouse, who cooperated with them to share the accounts.
It's just that Tang Fang uses Song craftsmen when making cottage goods, and the quality and craftsmanship of the "Tang goods" they produce are far above the Jizhu warehouse, after all, they use Fusang craftsmen.
Tangfang knockoffs easily and completely occupied the Fuso market.
She spread the rumor that these two stewards were assassinated by the Jizhu Warehouse because of the uneven distribution of accounts, which directly provoked their relationship with Fujian maritime merchants, but over the years, the head of the Fujian Eight Outlines actually refused to believe that these two stewards were dead, right?
Does that Lou also know about this matter?
She also inquired that the prince of Wenchang, who came to ask for marriage, was originally not interested in doing business and going to sea, so it should not have been him who came to ask for relatives abroad.
But his house owned the shares of Bazhenzhai ten years ago, and he managed Fusang's business, presumably because of the slump in Fusang's business over the years, which led to the decline of his family......
The cooperation between Quanzhou Chen Jiatong Guò and Tang Fang can make her consider stopping the manufacture of this kind of mountain race goods.
Through her marriage to Chen Wenchang, Tang Fang can participate in the authentic Tang goods business of Bazhen Zhai and share the profits. In this way, Tang Fang's losses can be compensated, and of course, the most important thing is that Lou Yun needs these profits to increase the tax revenue of Quanzhou City.
This is a two-pronged strategy that both the Chen family and Tang Fang can accept.
The only damaged maritime merchant from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Is this the plan of the Lou lord?
In the marriage of Tongguò, the Lou Master was also hinting to her that she should stop supporting the Northern Expedition plan of the Han Shen government, and stop her from offering a steady stream of gold sand and sea pearls to the Huang family's warehouse.
Marrying Chen Wenchang, she will never suffer.
The Lou sama thinks. Can these buy her?
This is after she gave up her position as the owner. The most decent and beneficial way out?
Maybe he wasn't wrong......
If it was just for the position of the owner of Tang Fang, she would not fall into a fight with Ji Chenhu's sister and brother, so why not give it to him?
She stopped in front of the Grange. Look up at the ever-bright Buddha lamp in the direction of Zhuma Temple.
She remembered that Master Kong Ming had instructed his personal disciples when he was seriously ill that when he passed away, he would take the Han books he had collected. There are also old things he brought from the Golden Pavilion Temple in Shanxi Province and incinerated in front of his body.
Come to think of it with the prudence of the masters. The Buddhist scriptures and ancient books she had copied by his side, and the letters she wrote to him in the box, of course, would be incinerated with these old things.
In the past ten years, let them turn to ashes in the fire......
"Be careful all the way."
Qin Tiekou admonished worriedly. If it weren't for the fact that when these eleven Ezo tribe people entered the village, he would have secretly reported to the owner:
They all have tribal relatives in the Zhuangzi, and they have been at ease since they bought it. He is also very obedient to Stone, and is more adapted to farming and settling life than ordinary Ezo people.
The owner's words seemed to be very interested in Stoner's nephew. Otherwise, he would not approve of them escorting her up the mountain.
He looked over to the period.
Because of the past few years of dealing, Stonenu will not be angry at every turn because of the questions of outsiders, he nodded to Qin Tiekou, indicating that these young tribesmen are very reliable, they have initially learned how to get along with the women of Tangfang, and they will not mess around.
He can completely control them.
Not to mention his nephew among them.
He sighed secretly, and looked sideways at the board house where the little girl slept - she should be called Rui Niang?
Although the female owner did not say it, with his experience in the tribe, he could see that this little girl was one of the successors cultivated by the female owner, and when the slave returned, he also hoped that his nephew could have more contact with this little girl, and it would be better if he could establish a similar tacit understanding between him and the female owner.
He was thirty-two years old, and he had lived long enough to know when he would return to heaven to serve the gods.
But the alliance between the Tang Fang and the Ezo tribe needs to be maintained.
It was pitch black outside the village, and the waning moon was like a hook.
The sound of the beast drum never stopped, it kept rumbling, and the back slave took ten Ezo warriors to explore the road first, and after confirming that it was safe, he turned around and played a safe hand for Ji Qingchen to follow.
She has been working with the Ezo people for several years, and of course she can understand their hand patterns when hunting, and she also lifts her spirits and rushes into the protection of the Ezo people.
A group of 12 of them hurried along the path near Beishan Road towards the Zhuma Temple where the Buddha lantern was located.
And the light of the Buddha lamp can not shine on the West Mountain Road, two or three miles away is a river, the river boat shakes the water, and the building is accompanied by clouds
On the side of the board boat, he swam through the West Second Water Gate of Tangfang without any danger.
Because this gate was leased to Dazaifu, Karabo could not be directly managed.
And Dazaifu obviously can't allocate soldiers to guard this place.
Even if he didn't sneak underwater, and didn't push a drifting shipwreck to cover in front, it would be impossible for Fuso soldiers to find out his whereabouts and warn him in front of the water gate.
The sparkling, golden-red firelight fell into his eyes through the water, and the water gate was not unguarded.
He saw a skinny Ezo slave with a stick standing by the door.
He smiled slightly, spat out the roots of the water weeds in his mouth, and silently poked his head out of the river on the side of the boat, and the river water flowed down his brow and nose, shining with gold.
He reached out and patted the calf of the skinny Ezo slave.
The vigilant Ezo slave bowed his head in shock.
However, after seeing Lou Yun's face, he didn't even scream as a warning.
You must know that Xiyi Water Gate and Xisan Water Gate are not far from here, as long as he shouts, the Fang Ding of Tangfang can completely hear the warning here.
However, the Ezo slave who was dressed in tattered linen clothes and had his hair tied with straw sticks laughed instead, he squatted directly on the shore and stretched out his hand to pull Lou Yun ashore.
After that, he crossed his hands and saluted Lou Yun, and actually spit out Song language, and said respectfully:
"Your Excellency."
After Lou Yun, the six generals who came ashore on the water one after another all laughed around him.
In the dim moonlight, they all recognized who the Ezo slave was.
According to the agreement, he was the second batch of generals who went ashore and had been waiting for Lou Chun, the head of the family to respond in the West Second Water Gate.
"My lord, this place is very close to the West Mountain Road, and you can go up the mountain and enter the temple at any time."
Lou Chun led the way, and Lou Yun and the others sneaked cautiously in the dark, and walked hurriedly towards the small board house that was accused in the dock.
As he walked, he also heard the sound of beast drums.
Lou Yun casually looked at the vicinity of Beishan Road, where Zhuma Temple is located, only to see that the forest was dark, and the moonlight on the top of the flat pine tree was as light as a white horse, trembling lightly with the wind.
Although the scenery was not the same as the green mountains he had seen in that song, it also caused him to frown slightly.
The failure of the secret attack and the inability to catch the female owner returning to the ship certainly hindered his plan, but he personally entered the Ma Temple and got the handle she left in the hands of the old monk Kongming, which had the same effect.
And take her back to Quanzhou, arrange her marriage with Chen Wenchang, and cut off Tang Fang's financial support for the Han Mansion, and he will be able to complete the overall plan of this mission to the East China Sea.
In this way, even if he heard the clear voice of the ancient meteor again, he would not be shocked into a cold sweat.
-- The hazy figure of the woman of the Ji clan under the curtain of the sunlit corridor was just his annoyance about the blocked plan, and some accidents, which were the accidents that caused her to be in a three-year embarrassment after he intervened to help Lou Luanpei...... (To be continued) R655