If you look closely at the map, you will find that Longxi, Shangjun, and Beidi, each of the three counties occupy the upper reaches of a large river in Guanzhong. Longxi is Weishui, Shangjun is Luoshui, and Beidi is Jingshui.

Therefore, the three counties are "strangled upstream" in the military sense of internal history and Xianyang.

At the beginning of September, Heifu's road to Beidi County was to trace the Jing River: he first went to Yunyang County, where the calligrapher Cheng Miao had been rescued, and bypassed Ganquan Mountain to arrive at a county called "Qi County".

Compared with two years ago, Heifu entered Xianyang single-handedly, and now his car also has the style of a feudal official: a cart driven by a horse, dragging his wife who will gather less and leave more after marriage. After that, there were more than a dozen oxen and carriages, sitting on servants, servants, and guests like Chen Ping who went with him, as well as Chen Ping's wife, son and other family members......

When resting in the guest house outside the county, between the neighing of people and horses, Ye Zijin's face was a little bumpy, and when he heard about Qi County, he smiled and said: "It turned out to be a pig (bīn) land." ”

The wife and daughter of the pavilion chief came to lead her into the house to rest, and when she heard this, she complimented: "Madame is erudite, and she actually knows that the old name of this county is Pig!" ”

Qi County is not under the rule of Beidi County, Heifu does not know much, and after inquiring with his wife, who was born in a Korean aristocrat and has received a traditional poetry and book education, he learned that this county is the hometown of the Zhou people "Feng" (now Bin County, Shaanxi)......

"The Wind in the Wind of the Fifteen Kingdoms is about the things of this place."

The meaning of wind is tone, music with local colors, the so-called "Qin Feng", "Zheng Feng" and "Qi Feng", in the words of later generations, are Shaanxi tunes, Henan tunes, and Shandong tunes.

What tune is the wind, a folk song from northern Shaanxi? Xintianyou?

Heifu came to be interested, but it was a pity that the Qin government did not promote poetry and books, and the Shang Dynasty burned it once, and there were not many locals who could sing it, and folk artists could not find it.

However, as the provincial public security chief of a neighboring province, how could the county magistrate, court president, and public security chief of Qi County accidentally greet and see him off? Soon, in the evening, when the county magistrate of Qixian County held a small banquet to invite Heifu, an elderly musician who had been found out of nowhere was invited up.

The old man knelt on the mat and beat the most common musical instrument of the Qin State: the reed, and sang a few pieces of "Feng Feng" to Heifu in an earthy Qin dialect......

As soon as the musician sang the song, the original "elegant" poetry in the eyes of Heifu suddenly collapsed after being gilded and powdered by later generations.

Translated into the words of later generations, it is: Mars sets in the west in July, and women sew winter clothes in September. The north wind blows in November and the cold air is heavy in December. On such a cold day, how can you survive until the end of the year without coarse brown clothes? In the first month, I went to farm, and my wife and children came to deliver food and sent it to Nanmutou......

This is an ordinary peasant seasonal song, the language of life, very down-to-earth, not profound at all.

The musician also sang a song "Gong Liu", which is not part of "Feng Feng", but is also related to the local area, which tells the story of Gong Liu, the ancestor of the Zhou people, who led the Zhou people to move here from the land of Rongdi in the north and re-engage in agriculture.

It is also a very simple language, and the general meaning of the singing is similar to "Shandandan Blossoming Red Yanyan": "The mountains come one by one, and the rivers come one by one, it is not easy for our Zhou people to migrate, the fields of the land are flat and fertile, the crops are green, and Gong Liu takes our Zhou people to fight the rivers and ......mountains."

Finally, I listened to a song about a little girl urging the young man to hurry up and find a matchmaker to propose marriage: "How is Vake?" Bandit axe is not restrained. How about taking a wife? Bandits are not allowed. ”

Heifu suddenly realized and said secretly: "Back then, Chen Ping asked me to 'Vake' for him, but I didn't understand it at the time, it turned out to be from here?" ”

It's a pity that the Zhou people are too simple, one board and one eye, if you add a little bit of Heifu's favorite "comfortable and free", it will be almost the same as the original words of Xintianyou in northern Shaanxi folk songs......

Chen Ping went to the county to wander around, did not come with him to the banquet, after the feast, back to the guest house, Heifu happened to meet Chen Ping who had finished rushing to the evening market, so he talked about it, and asked him again: "Where did Chen Sheng go?" ”

Chen Ping was carrying a cloth bag and opened it to see that it was yellow, orange and orange millet inside.

Heifu gave Chen Ping a good treatment, at least "eat meat, travel with a car", and he would not miss a mouthful of food, Chen Ping went to Qixian City to hang out, and bought bags of corn back, of course, not for food.

Sure enough, Chen Pingyi arched his hand and said: "County Lieutenant, although I am Huang Lao, I am also familiar with poetry and books, and I have heard that although Gongliu is between Rong Di, he will restore the business of Houji, cultivate and farm, and the land is appropriate." He led the Zhou people to cross the paint to the land, survey the terrain, open up the wasteland to grow grain, govern the fields, and establish a family. A generation later, it was a densely populated city-state, with those who traveled and those who lived there......"

"So I took a closer look and found that although a thousand years have passed, and it has been chaotic by the dog Rong and the Yiqu, Qi County is still rich, and most of the Qi people are old people of Zhou State, simple and good at farming."

"Out of Ganquan Mountain, along the way, there are ripe fields everywhere. This year, Shandong immigrants poured into Kansai, although most of them fed on wheat, but the price of millet was also more or less affected, Xianyang South City, rice stone 50 yuan, Yunyang County City, rice stone 40 yuan. But I smelled it in the city, and it was only 30 yuan in Qi County, and I roughly estimated that there were 50,000 to 100,000 stone of grain in the county warehouse in Qi County......"

Chen Ping is indeed very good at observing, and along the way, he has been observing the grain prices and customs of each county.

Heifu understood: "What Chen Ping means is that the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, I am going to the north to preside over the military affairs, and I am afraid that I will often rely on the grain of Qi County?" ”

"Exactly!"

Heifu summed it up very well, Chen Ping's eyes lit up, and he said: "In the past, Zigong asked about politics, and Confucius said, sufficient food, foot soldiers, and people's trust. Food is still in front of the soldiers, and the county lieutenant enters the north, whether it is the daily food for the soldiers, or the distant expedition outside the fortress, the food must be considered first. ”

"But when I was in Xianyang, I heard that the mountains and rivers of Beidi County are dangerous, although the grass is fertile and the water is beautiful, there are many stable gardens, good horses, healthy cattle, and fat sheep, but there is only a lack of fields, and the local Rong people are not good at farming.

"So, Qi County is equivalent to the backyard of the Northland, the granary of the county lieutenant in the next few years!"

Heifu thought deeply of it, and then said with a smile: "Chen Ping, Chen Ping, I didn't misread you, before you arrived in the Northland, you started a long history along the way." ”

The reason why Chen Ping was willing to travel a long distance with Heifu and took his family over was because he was promised a position of "county lieutenant by Heifu".

As a county lieutenant, this is a staff member who can set up his own staff, which is equivalent to the secretary general of the leadership of later generations. The county lieutenant Shi enjoys the treatment of a hundred stone officials, but his power is no less than that of Cao Peng, a soldier of four hundred stones, which is equivalent to ten years less struggle for Chen Ping, who is just a small fighting official......

Heifu felt that he had really picked up a treasure, patted him, and encouraged Chen Ping: "When you get to the Northland, there is a chance for you to show your skills!" ”

……

That night, back in the guest house, Heifu also told his wife about it, Ye Zijin stopped his hand to undress, and said, "The beloved has a capable subordinate." ”

"Not really."

Then, she stretched out her hand to stop the next sentence that Heifu was about to say, and said with a smile: "The concubine knows that the concubine will have more contacts with Chen Ping's wife......

"You're smart."

Hafu scratched her tiny nose.

Starting from the family is also a way to envelop subordinates, but for a guy like Chen Ping, who is capable but utilitarian, this set doesn't work? Heifu couldn't be sure either.

At this time, Ye Zijin seemed to remember something again, and covered his mouth and laughed.

Heifu asked her what she was laughing at, and Ye Zijin whispered in his ear: "Speaking of which, the concubine has talked with Chen Ping's wife along the way, and invited her and her young son to sit together in the car......

"You, you."

Instead of gently scratching her nose this time, Heifu tapped her full forehead as a warning.

Although the two have been married for nine months, six of them have been in a long-distance state, and this time taking her to the post can be regarded as more opportunities to get along.

In this way, he can be regarded as having figured out his wife's character: on the outside, she seems to be well-behaved and graceful, but on the inside she is like her father, and she has a lot of thoughts, but she is different from Nei Shiten, when she is familiar, she still likes to tease Heifu, and even jokes about it.

In retaliation, that night, Heifu said that he was still listening to the poetry of the local musicians, and he took a studious attitude to discuss with his wife the following "comfort and detachment, I don't feel embarrassed, and I don't bark without making a fool......

When he was done, when his wife was resting on his arm, Heifu suddenly sighed.

"Why do you sigh?"

"I suddenly felt that it was not bad to leave Xianyang and return to the local government as an official."

Ye Zijin looked at her husband's eyes that were extraordinarily bright in the dark, and said softly, "Why? ”

"Although I seem to be good at dancing with long sleeves in Xianyang, I have won the heart of the emperor and have done a lot of things, but I am actually not happy. Xianyang, there are too many people, the heart is too mixed, and the water is too salty. ”

"When is the happiest time for that beloved?"

"You may not believe it."

Heifu looked at his wife and smiled with white teeth.

"Looking back, I think the happiest days are still when I am a small pavilion chief in Anlu County, I only need to catch thieves and arrest criminals according to the evidence, and protect the safety of ten miles, without thinking too much about things, without intrigue, and when I take too many responsibilities!"

But now, unconsciously, he has been involved in the situation too deep and too deep!

"The beloved is tired."

Ye Zijin smiled, and in turn hugged Heifu's head into his arms, and said softly: "I remember that after my father raised troops to destroy Han, destroyed Xinzheng City, and captured Han Wang An, he also sat paralyzed in the study and said similar things. He said that he lived the most when he was young, when he was a junior in a small township and devoted himself to serving the people. ”

"It's the same as playing chess, since you're too tired to fight in Tianyuan, why don't you go to the corner to rest and get back on the road?"

"But this is the way to go...... Look at it with the short-sighted eyes of my little girl. ”

She lowered her head and stared at Heifu, her face full of seriousness: "If you go back to the parade boat, if you don't advance, you will retreat!" ”