Chapter 230 Qingming Shanghe thinks about Song

The world is full of fragrant flowers in April, the rain is beating on the ancient land of the Central Plains, the Yellow River water begins to overflow, although the rainy season in the Central Plains has not yet arrived, but at the turn of spring and summer in the fourth year of Jin Guozhengda, Bianliang has been connected with four rains.

Zhixu Yang hugged his knees, sat on the bank of the Bianhe River in Dongshuimen, and looked at the boats in a daze, with a somewhat blank expression.

There are some paper horses, paper people and paper pavilions beside him, which are the goods that have not been sold out during the Qingming Festival some time ago, and he will take them out to try his luck. But today, his luck was obviously not good, it was already noon, and his stomach was hungry, but none of those underworld objects were sold.

This riverside street was originally a place where shops gathered, but the main thing to do was to eat and sell, from the Bianhe River ashore coolies, boatmen, to this place are indispensable to buy some food, so Zhi Xuyang can smell all kinds of food fragrance: the left is the Wang family's steamed bread aroma, the cage drawer at the door of his house is still hot steamed bread, the Wang family's old child is selling to a porter, his hoarse duck-like voice can be heard clearly; The right side is the aroma of the Li family's liquor shop, although the Li family liquor shop is not big, but there are many customers, and in front of the Bianhe, the object of business is the small traders who come and go, the smell of the flowing Wuliangye that comes to the nose, hooks Zhixu's throat and swallows.

"Fake with water, there is something delicious!" He thought indignantly, let himself change his posture, and try not to go to the Li family's wine shop.

It is said that in order to open a branch of this group of heroes in Bianliang, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty also sent envoys to discuss with the Dajin Emperor, these rich and noble people, why are they not thinking about the livelihood of the small people, but thinking about drinking and enjoying themselves all day long!

Zhi Xuyang thought indignantly in his heart.

The Qunying Club Restaurant is facing the Bianhe River, and there is a wharf on the side of the restaurant, which was originally made of stone, and after the Qunying Club opened, it was reconciled with cement, and the iron railings were buried on both sides, which looked very beautiful. The five ships were here to catch the goods, and the goods were almost over, and the guys on the boat climbed to the canopy and talked and laughed - these poor men were not as comfortable as his Zhixu Yang, but now they are all full of oil, and they don't know what high branches they have climbed.

Zhi Xuyang's heart was unbalanced, and he turned his face to look at the place where the water flowed, during the day, the water gate was open, but there were many more soldiers on the city wall than in previous years, probably because he was afraid of the surprise attack of the Song people's naval divisions. Zhi Xuyang pouted, feeling that these soldiers and the dignitaries in the court were too worried, the Song people are living well now, who will rob this poor and broken Bianliang, I heard that Lin'an has a city like a fairyland in the sky, could it be said that after enjoying a hundred years of blessings there, will the Great Song Dynasty officials come to this dilapidated Bianliang to suffer?

If this is the case, then it is good, and my hard life can be regarded as the end.

Over the years, the Jin Kingdom has been fighting endlessly, and the days of singing and dancing have come to naught in an instant, and they have come to naught, either defeated in the north or defeated in the south, and even the capital has been lost to the Menghu Tartars, and the government has nothing to do except increase taxes, and Zhi Xuyang is completely tired of this situation. Maybe if the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty comes, the situation will be better, at least the legendary people of the Great Song Dynasty can eat three meals a day!

He felt that his stomach was getting more and more hungry, and he was about to close his eyes and recuperate, waiting for the hired customer, who might not appear at all, when a loud "woo" sound made him jump in startle.

Then he saw the chaotic appearance of the officers and soldiers of the Jin State on the water gate, some of them sounded the alarm gong frantically, some ran down from the city desperately, and some of them threw down their weapons and knelt with their hands raised.

"Song Jun is calling!"

"Song Jun is calling!"

In the minds of the people of Bianliang City, the Song army is no longer the weak appearance at the beginning, their prestige in Taizhuang is enough to make Jin Guo'er dare not cry at night, and there are also artillery that is boasted like a thunder god, it is said that the Great Song Emperor was instructed by Jin Xian Lu Zu to get the magic weapon, put one sound to shake the mountain and shake the city to collapse, put two to kill countless blood drifting pestle. Therefore, when the sound of "Song Jun called" was heard, Dongshuimen, which was originally safe and stable, was stirred into a pot of boiling porridge in an instant.

Zhi Xuyang jumped up, and he didn't want his own belongings, and took advantage of the chaos to break into the Li family's wine shop and shouted: "The Great Song Heavenly Army is coming, the East Water Gate has been broken, run for your life!" ”

The Li family's wine shop was originally jumping with chickens and dogs, and he shouted at the top of his voice, and the table overturned the chair in an instant, and Zhi Xuyang took this opportunity to carry two bottles of wine on the two tables and ran, crowding the crowd out of the wine shop. The shopkeeper of the Li family didn't dare to ask for wine money now, but quickly lay under the counter and shivered.

Which time through the war is not the disaster of the dead people!

Zhi Xuyang came out with two bottles of wine, and took advantage of the chaos to get in front of the Wang family's shop, the Wang family was quickly packing up things, Zhi Xuyang pretended to carry things for him, put the two bottles of wine in a cage of steamed buns, and then picked up the cage drawer and ran, and bit a big steamed bun in his mouth and kept chewing, regardless of whether he was called by the Great Song Tianjun, at least there was some spot in this stomach.

He ran a few steps, and thought about it, this is the opportunity, if Da Song is really coming, then he won't meet it at this moment!

He was going to run to the East Water Gate, but he remembered that the two armies had no eyes in front of the formation, if a cold arrow shot at him, he would not die, and the pain of flesh and skin was not something that anyone could bear. Immediately, he saw the group of heroes, and his heart moved again, this group of heroes will be the industry of the Song people, and the Great Song Tianjun will never come here when they come in, it is better to hide in and watch the scenery first, and then decide what to do.

The shopkeepers of the Heroes Club looked puzzled, and they all gathered upstairs to watch the East Water Gate, so no one stopped them. After Zhi Xuyang came in, he saw that a table of wine had just been served, and the guests had run out, he was in good spirits, and he was about to throw away the Wuliangye and steamed buns mixed with water, but then he gently put them away, and sat at the table in a big way, seeing that half a glass of wine was clear and translucent, no matter what others had drunk, he smacked his lips and drank it all.

When the wine entered the empty stomach, it immediately burned like a flame.

Zhi Xuyang scolded, and he didn't know which dog offal ordered such a good wine, but unfortunately he couldn't bear it and cheapened himself. He ate vegetables and meat again, and with the wine, he swept away the banquet like a whirlwind, and forgot about the things that greeted the Song army.

was eating up, and suddenly heard the noise around him again, Zhi Xuyang was already seven points drunk at this time, and looked around while burping, but looked at several men scolding and scolding towards him.

"What...... What the? He asked, a little confused, only to think that these people seemed to be coming for him.

"That little girl, dare to eavesdrop on the master's wine and food!" The first person slapped and unceremoniously pulled over, Zhi Xuyang even took the seat and turned around in a circle and a half, only felt a buzzing in his ears, but he didn't feel pain, he stared at the person stupidly, and only said for a long time: "Didn't the Great Song Heavenly Soldiers call?" ”

The man was also stunned, and then said with a smile: "The kid is so bold, it turned out that he wanted to take advantage of the chaos to be a full ghost, it's just that, seeing that you are a poor thief, the master will not care about you, don't get out of here!" ”

Only then did Zhi Xuyang react, and he said with great disappointment: "No...... Didn't the Great Song Heavenly Army fight? ”

"Even you, this little guy, do you also want the Great Song Tianjun to come? If you come, you are such a little guy, there is a duck egg to eat every day, the grandfather just came from Xuzhou, and I saw it with my own eyes, and that is the life of people! ”

"Be cautious." The man next to him was much more cautious and pulled him along.

The big man knew that he was speechless, so he kicked Zhixu Yang again: "Get out, dangle in front of the master again, and the master will send you to the official!" ”

Zhixu shook his head, his mind was full of huge duck eggs flying, he took two steps, remembered his things again, ran back and hugged the cage drawer, and then came out of the door of the "Heroes Club".

Before he went out, he was slapped in the face, but it was the guy from Li Ji Wine Shop, he picked up the wine bottle from the steamed bun, grabbed Zhi Xuyang's ear and scolded twice, and dragged him to the Li family wine shop. The Wang family's steamed bun shop also ran over and took away his cage drawer, and in an instant, Zhi Xuyang was empty-handed.

He was dragged into the Li family's wine shop, but he was not afraid, the shopkeeper pointed at him and scolded, so he slapped the table and scolded: "The little master is alive and dead, if you have the ability, you will kill the little master, and see how the government will clean you up for the little master!" ”

This is not a lie, because of the narrowing of the country, Daikin is now extremely tight, although Wanyan Shouxu and other ministers are also trying to expand their financial resources, but in addition to increasing taxes, they can't find any other way. If you find the truth for the government, this small Li family wine shop can't satisfy the government's big mouth even if it sells itself.

Therefore, when he heard that he was playing a scoundrel, the shopkeeper of the Li family's wine store really couldn't do anything to him, but he just slapped him a few times and drove him out. Zhixu Yang went out, but found that the things he had put on the wall were gone.

"The head of the dog thief, even the little master's things dare to steal!" Zhi Xuyang scolded for a while, and the people around him ignored it, and they didn't even come to see the excitement. He felt bored and sighed, but saw the closed East Water Gate open again.

Then there was the long sound of "woo" just now, Zhi Xuyang and the pedestrians on the street all came over, only to see a big boat about ten zhang long, slowly entering the East Water Gate, if compared with the sea boat, this boat is of course not big, but in the Bianhe River, this boat is too big, if it is sideways, the entire Bianhe River can be blocked. But there was nothing surprising about it, for such a great ship had never been seen or heard of, but like this one, without sails or oars, it had a rumbling sound, and a large chimney with smoke rising from it!

"Oh my God, what kind of ship is this?"

Zhi Xuyang took a breath, and then immediately understood: This is the new ship of the Song people!

Also shocked were the emperor and the princes of the Jin court, after learning the news of this strange ship, Wanyan Shouxu couldn't sleep at night again.

This ship was around Zhixu Yang's mind, and he felt very curious about what kind of power made such a big ship not need sail oars. The boat leaned on the pier outside the group of heroes, and immediately attracted countless onlookers, and Zhi Xuyang was also mixed in, watching the lively people disperse in waves, but he still refused to leave.

"What kind of place is Da Song?"

When he felt hungry again, he remembered what the man in the Heroes Club said that every boy of his age in Xuzhou had a duck egg every day.

During the period when the Great Song Dynasty ship was parked in Bianliang, Zhixu Yang circled around it every day, and he was familiar with the sailors guarding the ship, and he pestered the sailor every day to ask questions, and when the sailors saw him pitiful when they ate, they would also give him a copy.

"Brother Huang, can you take me to the Great Song Dynasty?" When he heard that the ship was about to return, Zhi Xuyang asked eagerly: "I heard that there are copper coins everywhere in the Great Song Dynasty, and you can make a fortune just by going there?" ”

"Nonsense!" The sailor laughed: "Although my Great Song Dynasty is rich, it is not copper money everywhere." A kid like you may not have a good time in the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Why, didn't you say that the government gave a duck egg every day?"

"That's in Xuzhou." The sailor shook his head: "You have been messing around on the streets all day long, and when you arrive in the Great Song Dynasty, you will be sent to the school, and you will be extremely tightly restrained, you will not be able to bear it." ”

"Who said I couldn't stand it!" Zhi Xuyang's eyes narrowed: "As long as you are full, I am willing to go to prison." ”

"No, no, if I don't help you, our ship comes to Dajin, how many people are on the ship, how many people go back, these are all recorded, and you can't leave with you." The sailor still shook his head, and Ren Zhixuyang didn't agree no matter how much he pleaded. It's not that he doesn't have sympathy, but that the discipline of the steamship China Merchants Bureau is completely based on Liuqiu, and he himself has been disciplined in Liuqiu, how can he be willing to do such a thing.

Zhi Xuyang was extremely disappointed when he heard this, and he sighed and said, "Then when will you leave tomorrow?" ”

"Go in the morning, and if you come tomorrow morning, I will give you something, until eight o'clock in the morning." The sailor said.

But when the boat left on time at eight o'clock in the morning of the second day, the sailor had never seen Zhi Xuyang, he was a little disappointed, he originally wanted to give Zhi Xuyang some money, so that he could make a living in a small business, but now he could only let this young man fend for himself. He is also used to living a hard life in his own family, if he is not lucky enough to beg for it, he would not know where he will die, so he is very emotional in his heart.

But as soon as the ship left the East Water Gate, there was a commotion on the ship, and another sailor found Zhi Xuyang in the coal storage room on the ship, this kid buried himself in the coal pile, and actually mixed with the ship at night!

The stakes were too great for ordinary sailors to decide, so they had to ask the captain. The captain is a young man who has gone to Dongshengzhou, and when he heard Zhi Xuyang crying, he couldn't bear it, thinking that his family was like this at the beginning, his mind turned, and after making it clear to Zhi Xuyang, he allowed Zhi Xuyang to be brought to the ship.

He is going to put Zhi Xuyang ashore at the border of Song and Jin, and then give him some money, whether he can cross the border checkpoint at that time depends on Zhi Xuyang's own ability.

Note 1: Part of the description of Bianliang, from "Qingming Riverside Picture"