Chapter 11: The Journey
The ancients said: The rule of the county is to calm the world, and the queen proposed this method, in fact, she still wants her children to get the right to supervise the country in real name, which does not violate the king's will, but also makes the brothers have nothing to say.
The expressions of the eighteen heirs, some were full of doubts, some were full of worries, and some were eager to try, such as I, Shi Zhongtian, I never thought that I could still hang the name of this prison country, I never dared to think about it.
The venue was quiet, but the person who made the decision was not the queen but the queen mother, as soon as the queen mother's words came out, the four ministers immediately agreed, the prime minister immediately drafted the official document, sent someone to engrave the seal immediately, and awarded me three days later, and a ceremony will be held, the second brother canonized the prince, the scene will be very grand.
While everyone was still discussing the rules, Ge Hong, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army outside the palace, came to report.
"The Queen Mother, the Queen, the ministers, my king is here to report."
The queen looked excited and asked, "Is the king coming back?" ”
"No, please be calm, the king has a will to announce it to the tenth prince."
I hurriedly knelt down to listen to the order, Ge Hong's fat body walked slowly in front of me, touched a handful of beards to open the sealed will, and a yellowed piece of paper lit up, and the contents on it were read out by Ge Hong.
"This king has been on the expedition for more than two years, but my son is also growing, this year can be thirteen years old, and he is about to become an adult in two years, in order to give my son a rite of passage, this king decided to give a dowry to the fourteenth princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty to get engaged, and get married two years later."
This news immediately shocked the four, of course the fifth Shi Zhongqing knew who the fourteenth princess was, that was the most beloved little princess of the Great Zhou Emperor, aged 12, and she was about to become an adult.
Don't look at the Shi family here is the king, but in the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is just an earl, and there are marquises, dukes, and princes on it, and the father must have made a bloody investment this time, otherwise how could he let the Great Zhou Emperor marry his beloved daughter to a disabled person.
It is said that the fourteen princesses of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Zhou Emperor did not know that their son-in-law and husband were disabled, and the magnificent and elegant and solemn hall of the Great Zhou Dynasty was counting countless rare treasures.
"Aiqing, Shi Dangdang made a generous move this time, and I am ready to be crowned a marquis."
The doctor dressed in a dark official mansion, holding a jade ruler, bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty Shengming, Lord Shi has made great contributions to the capture of Loulan outside the territory for our dynasty. ”
"However, have you heard of that Shi Zhongtian?"
"The minister has never heard of it, but Shi Dare dares to have this proposal, this son must be the dragon and phoenix among the people."
The picture turned to the political hall of the Great Bird Kingdom, no one knew that the Great Zhou Emperor was played by Shi Dangdang, and saw a large area of territory, beauties, and treasures, which made the Great Zhou Emperor happy.
Of course, I don't know what the inside story is, but my mind was messy at the time, and the ministers were stunned one by one.
The daughter of the Emperor of the Great Zhou, even the duke may not have such an opportunity, let alone the earl, and he is still a disabled person, everyone admires the king's skill and courage, Loulan covers an area of 138,000 square kilometers, which is a rare land, this planet, land is a very rare resource.
At this moment, Shi Zhongtian was stared at by everyone, feeling like looking at a giant panda, both admiration and ridicule, thinking that this kid can also marry a wife, and he will definitely be a table of vegetables to eat in his mouth in the future.
What do you mean by that? It must be covered in green light.
The queen was very happy, but when she heard the news, she was extremely jealous, and her child was only the daughter of the duke, and this kid was actually the daughter of the dynasty, the lady of the sky.
When the Queen Mother heard the news, she patted me on the shoulder happily, and said softly with a kind face: "Little Shi, your father still thinks about you very much, work hard." ”
After speaking, the Queen Mother was slowly supported by Grandma Lian and went back, and there were only 100 officials left in the council hall at the moment, and this election meeting ended smoothly.
The next thing is to deal with a new rule, according to the queen's proposal, all the princes who participate in the prison must go to the prefect, the prefect has the right to administration, personnel, and a small number of troops, and his immediate boss is the prefect, and then the prefect, although the official position is not high, but it is a great test of people's ability.
Then everyone is running around for where the county they are sealed, but Shi Zhongtian is not worried at all, because he is not confident, but it is more comfortable to seal anywhere than to stay here.
Sure enough, it was still in the form of a lottery, and there was a jade plate in a bamboo tube, with a number written on it, and the corresponding number was the county and county area where he was going.
Naturally, it is important for me to eat first at noon, and the rest of the people hope to find a county with good finances that can carry out urban construction and develop agriculture, so that they can improve their political performance, and some hope to choose border areas, form their own army, and make military merits, and this choice is also good.
After eating, I sent Xiao Duzi to draw lots, but he looked at me with a bitter face and sullen eyes.
"What's the matter, let people cook it, so unhappy?"
Xiao Duzi threw himself beside me with tears in his eyes and said to me: "Childe, they are too bullying, they each pick either a strong border fortress, or a beautiful farmland in the south of the Yangtze River, and you will go to Danzhou alone." ”
"What Danzhou?" I was also stunned, Danzhou is an island land.
"Danzhou is at least a big island, which county in Danzhou?"
Xiao Duzi continued to say bitterly: "Childe, Shazhou County." ”
I listened, my bowl has fallen, yes, I haven't heard of this county at all, I hurriedly asked the next person to get the map, I didn't find it for a long time, and finally let Xiao Duzi go to get a magnifying glass to find this projectile place, Shazhou County, it is in the lower right of Danzhou Island, is composed of five small islands, open the "Territory Atlas" to understand the basic situation, the fishery here is developed, so far belong to the uncivilized primitive tribes, is their grandfather period to lay the territory.
"Okay, little Duzi, if you come, you will be safe, you notify the house slave now, who is willing to follow me now, write down the name, if you don't want to, we will send it back to others now."
The subordinates at home heard that I was going to go to Danzhou, a small Shazhou County, which can no longer be small, and immediately worried about their future, and the result was also expected, after all, what others gave you was someone else's, and they all left, but what made her happy was the Oriental woman sent by the sixth brother, she didn't seem to be afraid, and she was determined to follow herself, and the five brothers of the Tie family seemed to be the queen mother who gave a more important task, that is, they must follow themselves.
So the real estate that was not used in the capital was sold, only a small house was kept, and the rest of the real estate was all sold, of course, I still didn't have much money, and when I was leaving, I asked Xiao Duzi to buy a few slaves who had read books, and these people brought them with them to facilitate the education of the people.
A dozen carriages were purchased, and the boat was provided by the imperial court, and the trip was made by Ali, a girl from Xirong, a girl from the East, five brothers from the Tie family, and some of my subordinates, a total of about twenty people.
I was going to move forward soon, and no brother came to see me off when I left, but this very caring sixth brother came to see me, and told me that in fact, the lottery was to hide people's eyes and ears, so that I must go to the central court to spend money as soon as possible.
"Sixth brother, it's not a question of whether I have money or not, it's that they don't treat me as a prince at all."
When everyone saw the queen making trouble, they all saw their own strength, they had no foundation, and they hung the name of a prison country, completely because they didn't want the king to be ugly.
"Tenth brother, go ahead, there are some silver tickets here, maybe you can use them."
"It's not appropriate."
"What's wrong with this, they are all their own brothers, the life and death of my brothers in Danzhou are uncertain, I heard that there are many sea monsters in Danzhou, you must recruit more warriors to protect you."
"Sixth brother, it's okay, I have the Tie family brothers to escort me, it should be no problem."
"It's not that the sixth brother is talkative, the strength of the Tie family brothers is average, and you will know what a master is when you go to sea."
"Thank you Sixth Brother for reminding me."
Farewell to the sixth brother, there is a familiar figure on the edge of the dock in the distance, this unsmiling, but not in good shape of the commander of the forbidden army is waiting for me, he is my father's person, has been silently accompanying himself.
I was pushed over by Xiao Duzi, Ge Hong's chubby belly towards me, he said in a rough voice: "Ten princes, go here, I can't follow you, the lord's will let you go through the experience, kung fu can't be lazy, because you will be buried in the sea if you are not careful, the sea monster in the sea is very dangerous, you must study hard and practice the three yang fingers, otherwise it is difficult for you to reach the destination, this is a piece of Tengyun mushroom, as long as you throw it into the sea, it will immediately grow a huge mushroom, help you get out of trouble, the sea is not as simple as land, it is difficult for you to borrow." ”
"Any more gifts?" Of course I know that he will definitely give me something, Lao Tzu cultivates children, is it really to die, my father is the most cruel and didn't kill me.
Ge Hong said angrily: "I know the gift in one day." ”
Throwing out a large stack of silver tickets, it was actually 100,000 taels of silver, which was enough for me to develop in this place.
"Your father values you very much, I heard that there is a miracle medicine in the South China Sea, you can inquire yourself, maybe you can cure your disability."
"Thank you, master."
I boarded the boat to bid farewell to the master, and left this place without a trace of nostalgia, I was extremely relaxed and felt free from the sea of suffering.
Looking up at the sea, the blue watermark into my heart, I feel incomparably small, the waves are rolling, making people's hearts ripple incomparably, I let out a long howl.
"Let's go!"
The long sail of the sailing ship slowly rose, this ship is a thousand sailing ships, huge and incomparable, and the court is also giving me a face as a prince, and of course the battle is much bigger.
The ship is at anchor, it is getting farther and farther away from the shore, there is no one on the shore that I care about, I feel like a wandering child, like a lonely boat, floating in the sea, my father, more like a remote control in the distance, I have not seen him for a long time, and I am very conflicted about him.