Chapter 9 Suiyang
The Song State was once a country founded by Wei Ziqi, the younger brother of the King of Zhou, and was monitored by princes surnamed Ji on all sides. The Song Kingdom slowly became prosperous, but the surrounding countries often laughed at the Song people.
We are familiar with "guarding the plant and waiting for the rabbit", "pulling out the seedlings to help grow", as well as the Song Xianggong who once did not attack the people of Chu but did not attack the river, all of which are representatives of the Song State.
Even so, the Song Kingdom continued to the end of the Warring States period, and its old capital was one of the most prosperous cities in the Warring States period. Trade is prosperous, and hundreds of workers gather. When the caravan arrived in Suiyang, it was inevitable to set aside two days of trade, and Lu Gong's family also walked around the market.
In addition to the grain trade that can be found everywhere, there are also very fine silk fabrics, woodware, lacquerware, pottery, bronze ware, clothing, hats and shoes. The people in the market were shoulder to shoulder, and Lu Pheasant was inevitably overwhelmed.
In the last life, the Central Plains region was in turmoil for many years, and the people's livelihood withered, and Lu Pheasant had not seen such a prosperous scene for a long time. Lu Gong noticed that his wife and daughter were attracted by the fine silk of a silk shop, so he took his family inside.
There weren't many people in the shop, and rolls of silk were placed on the counter. Lu Pheasant couldn't be picky about saying that these things were not good from the perspective of later generations, and Le Zi was carefully looking at a gorgeous silk embroidered with a phoenix.
"Changji, pheasant, do you want this colored fabric?" Chang Ji hurriedly ran over to take a look, Lu Pheasant couldn't help but be reminded of sad memories when he saw the phoenix bird embroidered on it, and when he was stunned, he was pulled by Chang Ji before coming back to his senses.
"Okay, Mother." Lu Pheasant hurriedly responded, looking at his mother with a smile. On the other side, Le Zi picked out suitable fabrics for Lu Gong and his two brothers. When she motioned for Gong Lu to pay, Lu Ze couldn't help but persuade: "Mother hasn't chosen cloth for herself yet, so let's choose a piece of cloth too!" Isn't it Father? ”
Lu Gong nodded very satisfied with his son's filial piety, put his hand on Lezi's shoulder, and said softly with his lips in Lezi's ear: "Buy a few horses you like, and you can also use them in the room when the time comes." ”
Lu Pheasant and the others didn't hear what Lu Gong said, but they found that Lezi's fair face was quickly dyed red, but she still chose two pieces of cloth for herself. Lu Gong took Lezi's hand and said with some emotion: "All these years of incognito in the single father, it has also hurt you." It's hard to come out, so be sure to have fun. ”
Lezi's face was moved, but his body leaned on Lu Gong's chest. Lu Pheasant was not only happy for the deep love between his parents and husband and wife, but also helpless for the two to show their affection at the door of the shop where people came and went. Most of the pedestrians on the street looked at the couple's affectionate appearance and smiled, and Lu Ze's face was a little thinner, so he inevitably took a few steps forward and coughed twice as a reminder.
He glared at his eldest son in displeasure, but didn't say much. Lu Gong continued to walk forward with his family, and the servants behind him held the silk they had purchased before.
Speaking of which, there is no problem at all for men and women to hold hands on the street now, but this is an era when men and women can go to the wilderness and go to the wilderness to look at each other, and the government has to organize night parties, and men and women who do not participate for no reason will be punished. This is not because of the respect for private needs, but simply because the state needs a larger population to pay the human tax.
In front of him was a place where weapons were bought and sold, and Lu Shizhi's eyes lit up, and he turned his head and begged Lu Gong to buy them two weapons. He was a slippery head, knowing that if he only said that he wanted Lu Gong, he would not necessarily agree, and dragged Lu Ze into the water. Lu Gong glanced at the hope in Lu Ze's eyes and agreed.
The business of the weapon shop is very prosperous, the situation is turbulent, not only the rangers need weapons, but the general public will inevitably need a weapon to defend themselves. The discerning clerk took a few steps towards Lu Gong: "What kind of weapon does this noble man need, we have the best quality in Suiyang here, and Tong Su is not bullied." ”
Lu Gong nodded and motioned for him to lead his group to see what good bronze swords they had, and he recommended a few short swords cast by local craftsmen, which did not enter Lu Gong's eyes, so he took them to the second floor. The weapons on the second floor are wrapped in silk cloth, and they look very delicate.
"Guest officer, these are Wu Yue's short swords brought back from the Jiangdong of Chu State, and they will never be exaggerated." The shopkeeper casually picked up a short sword and pulled a piece of his own hair to show Lu Gong, only to see the falling hair falling to the white blade with cold light, breaking into two and falling to the ground.
"Father, just buy this sword!" Lu Shi didn't understand the mystery of buying and selling, and took the lead in revealing his love, making Xiao Er's polite smile become a lot more sincere.
"How much does this sword cost?" Father Lu endured the idea of teaching his son a lesson, and asked Xiao Er for the price without showing a smile on his face.
Xiao Er put the bronze sword in a wooden box before replying, "Fifteen hundred Wen." ”
Lu Gong asked Lu Ze to choose a satisfying short sword, and then asked Xiao Er: "How much do the two cost together?" ”
"Three thousand dollars is not worth two dollars." Xiao Er suppressed his excited voice, but the glint in his eyes did not show what he said.
He looked at Xiao Ercai and said, "The northerners all hold long crossbows, and short swords are invincible." Besides, if I buy a handful of 1,500 Wen, two or 1,500 Wen, isn't it a deception that I am a foreigner? Beware that I go to Chu City to complain. ”
Lu Gong was about to leave, but Xiao Er panicked and hurriedly begged for mercy: "It's the villain's fault, it's the villain's fault." Two thousand five hundred yuan for two swords can't be less, this is a new work of the master of Yue Guo who worked hard to transport it from Chudi. Definitely worth the price. ”
After the group came out of the sword shop, Lu Pheasant and Le Zi couldn't help laughing. Lu Ze, Lu Shizhi, and Chang Ji are still a little confused. Lezi smiled and said, "The child is still so naughty in front of him. ”
"Madame, do you remember the first time you and I met? We were fighting over a piece of fabric, and I got it. But in the end, this cloth still came to your house as a dowry, isn't it? ”
"I'm not ashamed, I still have the face to fight with the lady for the fabric." Lezi said derogatory words on his lips, but he still firmly held Lu Gong's big hand in his hand.
They talked and laughed and returned to the hostel where they were temporarily staying, and taking advantage of the days when they settled down, Lu Gong continued to take bamboo slips to educate everyone to read and write, but it was different from the Wei characters taught before, and it had become the seal book of the Qin State.
However, the most difficult thing to learn about the Six Kingdoms script is the Chu script, which is so mutated that even many small nobles of the Chu State can't recognize it, let alone the people of the other Six Kingdoms.
At the beginning, Duke Lu lived in Shan Father in order to stay away from the threat of the Tian clan of the Qi State, and the Tian clan did not treat the old clan properly, and it was inevitable that they would be wiped out, and only the small sects of the side branches in the country could barely survive. Of course, there are also people with the foresight to leave the country of Qi to survive in other countries, and the ancestor of Lu Gong is a single father who arrived in this way.
At that time, the single father was still where the Song State was located, and after the Qi State united with the Chu State to destroy the Song Dynasty, Lu Taigong also thought about continuing to flee. However, the last hegemony of Qi only ended here, and soon the Qi State was defeated by Yan Guo Le Yi with troops only in the coastal areas, and Shan Father was also occupied by Wei.
After learning the words to be learned every day, Lu Gong couldn't help but teach "Xuanniao" in Shang Song in the Song Dynasty.
The Divine Destiny Xuanniao descended to give birth to business,...... Yin was ordered to be Xianyi, what is Bailu.
Lu Gong looked at the child staring at him with big eyes and couldn't help but explain: "This poem first talks about the establishment of Yin Shang, the revival of Wuding, and finally the scene of the Shang Dynasty flourishing and the princes coming to the court. Now only Qin Zhao can be called the queen of Xuanniao, isn't it sad? ”
Lu Pheasant didn't care much about Lu Gong's sorrow, after all, she had experienced "princes and generals, would you rather have a kind?" Chen Sheng's uprising, a mercenary cultivator set off an uprising against Qin II, which was also unexpected by the nobles of the Six Kingdoms.
The nobles of the Six Kingdoms privately connected with each other when the First Emperor was still alive, but they never dared to raise troops to rebel, and when they arrived at the mediocre second, they let a mercenary cultivator attack first, which was really a shame for the old aristocracy.
Those nobles with the slogan of recovering the country pushed out one puppet after another, but in the melee at the end of the Qin Dynasty, none of them could continue to offer blood food to their ancestors, and after the war, all sacrifices were cut off, isn't it a very ridiculous thing.
The caravan owner sold the goods he carried, and purchased a large number of Suiyang specialties, ready to sell them all the way to Daliang. The principal's large-scale business was inevitably a bit dazzling in the market, and a few strong men leaning against the corner exchanged silent glances with each other, and a man quietly embellished himself with the principal's team, and the caravan leader behind him was unaware.
The man followed to the inn where the caravan was stationed, spent a few dozen dollars to get the size of the caravan from the innkeeper, and after focusing on the number of guards, he found that it was completely possible to eat, and he hurriedly disappeared into the street.
Here, before the Lu family set off, Lu Pheasant made rice cakes with stone grinding and prepared to eat them on the road, and the white glutinous rice cakes were dipped in honey or starch sugar and were very delicious. Lu Changjiao can now be said to be Lu Pheasant's little fan sister, in her opinion, her little sister knows everything and is omnipotent, and she can make so many delicious foods in a short period of time.
When the caravan hit the road again and slowly left the city, the few people on the suffix of the caravan were also thought to be just occasional pedestrians on the same road, and the guards did not pay much attention. As we entered the path outside the somewhat barren woods, the forest was quiet, but there were large flocks of birds above the trees.
Lu Ze, who was not in the front car, turned his head and asked Father Lu, who was resting, "Birds don't enter the forest, I'm afraid there are people in ambush in the forest." We hurried to warn the caravan so that they would not be attacked. ”
"It makes sense." Lu Gong knocked on the wall of the car, and Ah Da, who was driving the car, came in to see what Lu Gong had to say.
"Quickly send guards to remind the chief, there may be an ambush in the forest." Lu Gong looked at his rider with a serious face and said.
Ah Da quickly summoned a soldier who followed the vehicle and conveyed the order of the head of the family. The soldier realized the urgency of the situation and hurriedly ran to the caravan in front of him.