On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the morning light is pervasive, and at the end of the mountain, I slowly rise, and I quietly listen to the sound of the earth awakening in the sky, exuding a trace of peace and silence.

Farmers go to the fields before dawn, and winter is approaching, so they have to level the fields after the autumn harvest for the next year.

It is said that the Han Dynasty has discovered the wheat suri, which is commonly known as winter wheat, but it has not yet been popularized, and the custom of taking millet as the main food is not so easy to change, because millet is very drought-tolerant, easy to live, and although the harvest is small, it will not be harvested in the dry season, and it is somewhat secure for life.

But in winter, many farmers in the north have no crops to plant, so they have to let the fields rest, hoping for a good harvest of corn in the coming year, wasting the winter time in vain.

Han Yan and Han said that they set off before dawn, one went back to Chang'an to be a young man, and the other went to Xiangcheng to buy real estate, both of them were running for survival.

On the way back to Chang'an, he had to pass through Hejian Kingdom, Han Yan wanted to see it for a long time, and the two million money he robbed from the King of Suchuan was not enough to support Han Shuo to buy real estate all over the country, after his inquiry, the house price in Dahan was not cheap, the house in the center of the closed country was worth millions of dollars, and the Xiangshe Building a little farther away also cost 25,000 yuan, and the farther away was the car house, which cost 10,000 yuan.

Gong Gaohou is too small, Han Yandang can't take out much money, Han Yan didn't plan to pick up his coffin book, just go to Liu Dekeng, the king of Hejian, to get some money, they are all disciples of Wei Juan, we are the same senior brothers, we naturally have to help each other if we have difficulties, last time I helped your son Liu Buharm, this time you have to help me......

With an impure purpose, Han Erdan was a groom who drove Han Yan and Xi'er to Hejian Country, and the coachman and two soldiers who went to Yan Country were transferred back before the Spring Festival, although the law stipulates that slaves and maids are not allowed to ride, but Han Yan doesn't care so much, my maid I have the final say.

said "everyone is equal", what he eats, Han Erdan eats, but there is still a difference after all.

Eating people with soft mouths and short hands, after a long time, as long as it is not a white-eyed wolf, you will feel embarrassed, people eat beef, you also eat beef, people take a carriage, you also take a carriage, don't you feel embarrassed?

Being raised by others, you have to be worthy of the food you eat every day, and you have to reflect the value of your own existence, Han Erdan saw that there was no groom to drive, so he didn't say anything and put it on his own, very conscious.

The schedule of the rush was the most boring, Xi'er teased the little fox in the cage, Han Yan lifted the curtain of the car to feel the cool breeze of late autumn, and chatted with Han Erdan.

"The Han people have a Spring Festival, do you Huns also have a festival?"

"Also, the New Year is a small gathering where the elders discuss things. May is a general meeting, and sacrifices are held to worship the heavens, ancestors, and ghosts and gods. In September, they also gather to thank the gods for the autumn harvest. ”

"I heard that the Xiongnu once stipulated that the envoys of the Han Dynasty were not allowed to enter the vault where Shan Yu lived if they did not wear ink and face, is it true?"

"Who said that?"

Han Erdan has been living in the Gonggao Marquis for two months, and he is used to seeing stability and peace, and the people are harmonious, so he feels that the life of the Xiongnu is a little cruel, especially the torture is very inhumane, and explained: "This is your Han people maliciously slandering us, and it is our custom to use ink to paint on the face every time there is a major event, symbolically indicating the black face, not really cutting the skin and flesh with a knife, which is a tattoo custom that we have inherited for thousands of years." When we meet your Han envoys, not only do they want ink paintings, but we also want to paint, which is what you Han people talk about mutual respect. ”

"Don't worry, that's just what I said." Han Yan smiled, and asked with curiosity: "It is said that the Huns have great strength and are born to ride horses, I also have Hun blood, and I can ride horses, but my physical strength is not strong, do you have cheats such as qigong and divine skills?" ”

"There is a secret, the elders of the clan said that as long as you sincerely believe in heaven and earth, good luck will come, you will be protected by ghosts and gods, you can greatly increase your strength, and you can ride a horse like the wind." Han Erdan said seriously.

"......" Han Yan felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly in his mouth, you liared the ghost, and asked unwillingly: "You are so strong, you can still fight ten with one without a weapon in your hand, you are definitely a master, have you ever practiced martial arts?" ”

"Of course I did." Han Erdan seemed to have found a sense of superiority, and tried to reach out and gesture upward. "My martial arts are higher than the walls of your Gonggao Marquis."

......" Han Yan: "Actually, I think you should say it another way." ”

"What?"

Han Yan: "You should say that your martial arts are thicker than the city wall." ”

Han Erdan didn't know why, scratched his face, and asked matter-of-factly, "The city wall is a little thin, right?" ”

After thinking about it, he said incoherently: "How can I show my martial arts so thin, I still think that the city wall is relatively thick." ”

Han Yan: "Yes, I don't think the city wall is as thick as your face......"

"You don't understand this, a thick face can prevent the wind."

...... "You're so honest."

The country of Hejian is well governed, the people are rich, the world knows, the king of the river Liu De's virtuous name is covered in the world, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty has thirteen sons, only praise Liu Defu is elegant, outstanding, is the hero of the Han family.

When I entered the boundary of Hejian Country, I found that compared with other people, Gonggaohou Kingdom was like a county town and a city, even if I saw scattered farmers in the wild, the houses were all Zixinshe, worth 10,000 dollars.

According to the different soil quality, the Han divided the fields into good fields, medium fields, and poor fields.

The land is divided according to the region, 100 acres of good land, 200 acres of medium fields, and 300 acres of poor fields, depending on where you live, whether the soil is fertile or not.

If in a land of bitter cold, almost all of the fields are poor, and many of them cannot be cultivated, the people will suffer, and the "two-year law" stipulates that if the quality of the land is too poor to cultivate, the cultivator can return it to the government, but cannot claim any compensation.

These places were the largest source of slaves in the Han Dynasty, and the people had no income, but they still had to pay and calculate the endowment, and if they couldn't hand it over, they could only be beaten as official slaves.

Hejian Country is located in the Central Plains, the soil is fertile, and the people are all good land, can planting 100 acres and 300 acres be the same?

The 300 acres work from morning to night every day, the harvest is not good, the 100 acres only need to work for eight hours a day to take a holiday, in their spare time can be a helper, can be a rice subsidy for the family, can engage in some gadgets to sell, life will naturally be rich, will also lead to commercial development.

If you want to enter Hejian City, you have to have a message, but for Han Yan, it is just a trivial matter, take the identity bronze seal to the little official guarding the city gate, and say that he is going to visit the King of Hejian, I am a disciple of the imperial historian Wei Juan, and the little official not only has to give way respectfully, but also find someone to run ahead of him to pass the news first.

Hejian City is more than ten times larger than the county seat of the Marquis of Gonggao, and there is a moat twenty meters wide outside the city that connects to the ditch inside the city.

When you enter the city, you will see a prosperous city, wooden road water pavilions, pavilions and eaves flying eaves, all kinds of peddlers and pawns leading ox carts to pull goods out of the city, the river water in the ditch is cold, it is actually living water, like the water town in the south of the Yangtze River is pure and flowing, you can see the women bending over on the stone steps to wash clothes, talking and laughing with each other, a harmony.

Further inside, the wide road is lined with Pangai buildings, one worth 50,000 yuan.

Occasionally, I also saw rows of Fenglou and Nulu, which was about the afternoon, so the prostitutes had not yet come to visit.

There are hundreds of small feudal states like Gonggaohou in the Han Dynasty, and there are more than 20 around Hejian Kingdom......

The city is prosperous, and the officials have more oil and water, so it is not as strict as the management of small places, and you can see children and daughters on the streets.

Because there are many rich families here, poor families from small countries can sell them at a high price here, and if they can sell their children to large families, they may not be profitable in the future.

And relying on the fireworks here, the sweet-looking girl also has a place to go, if the old bustard of Fenglou fancies, you can sign a deed of sale for ten or twenty years, the bustard will train you to read and write, singing and dancing, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, if you are excellent in school, you can sell your art without selling your body, and if you have a noble person in the future, you can also be a concubine of a large family.

If you are not good at studying, you can only sell yourself, and after ten years, you will only be twenty-five years old, which is not too late, and you can find an honest man to marry as a commoner, and the people around you will not despise you, but will envy you for your talent and learning, and will ask you for more knowledge.

Of course, going to the fireworks venue is only the last option, and if they have the opportunity, they still like to be a clean white family, such as being a handmaid for a person with a luxurious carriage......

In the Han Dynasty, there were "crimes of inmorality" and "disrespect", making insulting remarks and ramming into big people, intercepting nobles' carriages without authorization, and arguing about the affairs of superiors, even a bad look was disrespectful, and it was light to be beaten and whipped.

As long as the superior shows his identity and proves that there is an insurmountable identity gap between the beaten person and you, the government will not care.

If the superior person kills out of teasing or mistakenly, there is no need to hurry, the "Two-Year Law * Thief Law" stipulates: If he kills by negligence and play, he will be redeemed for death.

You can use money to atone for your capital sin, about 25,000 yuan, which is a little more expensive than buying a big maid, and the price of the head is clearly marked. So in this case, the old man who was kneeling on the side of the road to sell his children and daughters suddenly rushed out and stopped in front of the carriage to touch the porcelain, which made everyone on the street stunned......

If it weren't for Han Erdan's horsemanship, it would probably not be bad for the two dark horses to step on the old man's braincase.

Han Erdan is short-tempered, and he is used to being domineering in the Huns, and when he comes to the Han Dynasty, he is even more ferocious, shouting "Look for death!" "Jump out of the car and whip it.

"Stop." Han Yan lifted the curtain of the car and shouted: "Erdan, this is a big man, you can't hurt people at will." ”

Han Erdan's high-raised whip hesitated for a moment, and struggled in his heart, but he still slowly lowered the whip, but he didn't do it after all.

Han Yan jumped out of the carriage and looked at the frightened and frightened old man who was crawling in front of the tall horse, smiling gently, but his voice was cold: "I usually kill you directly when I encounter such a thing as touching porcelain, if you can't tell me why today, I will buy your life with three catties of gold." ”

"Touching porcelain?" The old man was stunned and kowtowed, knocking the ground with a bang, and crying in his nose: "My lord spares my life...... I really can't stop my son's car from driving, and I ask the adults to give me a way to live......"

"What does it have to do with me if you live or not?" Han Yan rolled up his sleeves and looked down condescendingly.

Ordinary people dare to stop the carriage of the princes' heirs, which is equivalent to giving up their lives, either a big rape or really being forced to be in a hurry, you must know that none of the princes' children are good at stubble, which one is not pampered?

If he says he will kill you, he will kill you, and it will only cost you 30,000 yuan.

Seeing the old man kneeling here, a pair of children on the side of the road also hurriedly ran over to beg for mercy, the male was a little older, eleven or twelve years old, and the female looked only six or seven years old, all of them were bitterly cold, skinny, and their eyes were full of horror at this moment, kneeling on the ground and trembling, and the sisters were also stunned by their Ah Weng's actions, and it took them half a day to react.

"My lord, I see that you have a luxurious car, you must need slaves and maids to serve, my pair of children only need 20,000 yuan, and please have mercy on them, accept their ......" The old man cried, his head was pressed to the ground, crying very sadly, but there was also a cunning hidden deep in the depths of his pupils.

The pedestrians around gradually gathered around, most of them had the intention of watching the excitement, they couldn't control their curiosity but didn't dare to get too close, and they were a little vigilant, afraid that Han Yan would be crazy and clean them up.

20,000 yuan can buy a pair of slaves and maids, this business is very profitable, but the old man does not speak authentically, as if I don't buy them because I don't know mercy?

"That's why you touched porcelain? If it weren't for my brother's ability to ride a horse, you would have had your brain shattered and died, and your children would have been left alone and starved to death, and I would have taught you how to be a man today. Han Yan beckoned to Han Erdan and motioned for you to bring the whip.

"My lord spares my life, I really don't have a way to stop your car, my family is located in a bitter cold place, the grain harvest is not good, the government closed the mouth and calculated the endowment a few years ago, and there is no money to pay taxes, so I can only find Ziqian's family to borrow usury, I don't want to just increase the interest of the New Year's interest tenfold, the house was mortgaged, we have nowhere to settle down and can only sleep in the country between the rivers, but those Ziqian families still don't let us go, want me to sell my sons and daughters to pay back, if I don't pay back, I will sue the government, and beat us as private slaves, those Ziqian families are ruthless, I don't matter, rotten life, Pity my child......"

The old man cried bitterly, a handful of snot and a handful of tears, choked up several times and couldn't speak, and the people around him couldn't bear to hear it, so the closer he got closer, the people passing by saw that there was a lively look, so they gathered in twos and threes, and gradually surrounded a circle.

Han Yan frowned slightly, this old man shouldn't be pretending, but the benefits of coming to the door made him feel that something was wrong, there are many nobles in Hejian Country, why did they find me?

And the old man opened his mouth and closed his mouth that you must buy my children, if you don't buy it, you will not save him in death, so that he has a feeling of being "morally kidnapped".

However, Han Yan has traveled through the former mixed society for many years, and he can be regarded as well-informed, so this kind of thing is still difficult for him.

"Since you have come to sell your sons and daughters to pay off your debts, then let's sort things out and then talk about it, one by one. Before you bought your children, you ran into my car, and if you were killed, your children would be on the streets, did you ever think about them? It's pitiful now, but did you think about the consequences back then? Reward you with thirty lashes for a long memory, and then talk about your children. ”

As he spoke, Han Yan stepped forward with the whip, and there was a faint trembling feeling in his heart, whipped others with his own hands, was it pleasure or sin?

As soon as the old man saw that he was about to be whipped, his soul was frustrated, and in an instant, beads of sweat dripped from his forehead.

At this time, someone in the crowd suddenly spoke: "You are a big man, why do you whip others when you don't save you when you die?" ”

"Huh?" When Han Yan heard the sound, he saw that this person was burly, with a sword hanging on his waist, and a crown on his head.

At this level, if you commit a crime, you can use the knight to atone for the crime and reduce the punishment, but you still need to serve.

Further up, the public doctor can see the county order and the county without worshipping.

Seeing Han Yan looking over, the official doctor looked at it with contempt, "Your status is noble, how can you care about the same as the last people, if you don't have money to buy slaves and maids, just say, I'll buy it, isn't it 20,000 yuan...... I'll pay 20,000 dollars. ”

There were so many people watching, but they were despised and had no money, Han Yan felt unbearable, "I will pay 30,000 yuan." ”

"I'll give 40,000." The official doctor was still disdainful, and his expression seemed to be saying that he was looking at the poor and sour look, so he added 10,000 yuan.

Han Yan: "Sixty thousand!" ”

The official doctor didn't want to say, "Seventy thousand." ”

"Ninety thousand!" Before he said it, Han Yan felt that something was wrong, digging a slot, isn't this a stalk in Uncle Benshan's sketch?

"One hundred thousand!" The official doctor replied without thinking about it, and the words were in a hurry.

"Deal! These two brothers and sisters are yours, and treat them well. Han Yan said with a smile.

"......" Doctor Guan's breath suffocated suddenly, his mouth opened wide, and the tip of his tongue trembled and he couldn't speak.

And Han Yan has already restrained his smile, how can he not see that this is completely a trap, specializing in fooling the rich second generation with rich money, a slave and maid with 20,000 yuan, he can turn over to 100,000 yuan with a fight, there are so many people around to watch, it is difficult to ride a tiger, if it is given to those arrogant princes, even if he knows that it is a pit, he cannot lose face in front of the people.

It's a pity that you met me, this kind of flickering method is unique in Dahan, but it will be played badly in the later generations.

"Now it's okay, your children have a home, this matter is over, then let's talk about the incident you hit my car." Han Yan bared his teeth and said to the old man, handed the whip to Han Erdan, and ordered, "Give me a hard beating." ”

pia~

Han Erdan is nearly two meters tall, his arms are thicker than ordinary people's legs, and he whipped the old man from kneeling to lying on his stomach with a whip, and the coarse cloth behind his back faintly oozes blood.

The official doctor was anxious and his face was white, his face was blue and purple for a while, but he couldn't stop it.

When the old man's two children saw it, they cried and blocked Ah Weng's back, so that Han Erdan's second whip did not go down, otherwise the child would be whipped to death.

Han Yan pursed his lips, knowing why he had to do it today.

But I also know that the old man may be really desperate, crying so sadly when telling the story, but you shouldn't lie to me. Thinking like this, he looked at the official doctor, you must have threatened the old man to touch the porcelain, otherwise he would not dare to stop my carriage if he was given ten guts, so he said to Han Erdan: "Whip him as a punishment." ”

pia~

Before the official doctor could react, he felt that his right arm was in severe pain and numb, and he was knocked to the ground by a huge force like a scarecrow, and he hugged his arms and shouted bitterly: "You...... Do you dare to hit me? ”

"A dignified official and doctor, who doesn't know how to be loyal to the country, but does a deceitful hookup with flies and dogs, garbage."

"You ......"

Before the cruel words were spoken, he heard the sound of dense horses' hooves galloping in the distance, rampage through the downtown area, scaring the people around him into hula birds, and the king of Hejian sent someone to greet Han Yan.

"Liu Buxian came to pick up Yan Shizi on the orders of his father."

"The eldest nephew is here."

"......" Liu Buxian took a breath, only to feel that a big stone was blocked in his heart, and secretly scolded Cao Nima, they are all the heirs of the princes, why did you become my uncle?

But he reacted in the next second, his father Liu De and him are both disciples of Wei Juan, and they are considered peers. Moreover, it is said that this guy and the crown prince have married, Liu Che is his uncle, and this Han Yan is also an elder. In addition, some time ago, people saved themselves, and Wei Juan did not hold him accountable for trespassing the system, so this uncle has to admit it......

I was angry, and I saw the chaos at the scene, the old man was wailing, the children hugged him and cried, and the lord was rolling on the ground, Liu Buxian glanced at it and shouted at the official doctor: "According to Sang, are you looking for death, dare to crash into Yan Shizi's car, be careful that I kill you......"

“……”

Seeing that the person who came was Liu Buxian, according to Sang, he wanted to use his majesty to clean up Han Yan, but he didn't expect a big nephew to make him feel cool and cool in his heart, although he was not convinced, he didn't dare to offend Liu Buharm, so he had to get up in embarrassment and leave unwillingly.

It wasn't until the end of the distant street that Sang glanced back, with hatred on his face, waiting for Lao Tzu......

And the old man and his children were directly taken on the horse by Liu Buxian's soldiers and returned to the palace to talk.

"Yan Shizi, this is a ranger, how did you get provoked?"

"Ranger?" Han Yan was stunned.

Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, a special social class of "rangers" has emerged.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, some of the broken children of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms practiced martial arts with swords, in order to compete in troubled times and restore their former aristocratic status.

Liu Bang, who was still the king of Han at the time, despised the literati very much, often scolded them as useless "Confucians", and once urinated on the hats of Confucian scholars, but attached great importance to the martial arts rangers who could fight.

Later, the Han Dynasty was established, the emperor still looked down on the literati, so that the court and the "ministers are all military heroes", in this social atmosphere, many people regardless of the changes of the times, but also wear swords and swords, and take the ranger as a profession, so that the number of people has increased dramatically, and some ruffians, powerful bullies also regard themselves as rangers, and completely lose the original intention of chivalry.

This ranger is the gangster of later generations, and the earliest "rivers and lakes" should have started from the Han Dynasty.

Seeing Han Yan pondering, Liu Buxian thought that he was thinking about the matter of Jisang, so he reminded: "This Jisang is the nephew of the hero according to Meng, and he has been fighting in my river country all the year round. ”

"Don't bother, forgive him and don't dare to mess with me."

"That's it." Liu Buxian agreed.

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Note: Drama Meng, a native of Luoyang, a famous ranger in the Western Han Dynasty, is famous among the princes. When Wu Chu rebelled, Zhou Yafu went to Henan from the capital and won the drama Meng, and was very happy, thinking that the ability of the drama Meng could top a marquis state, which shows that the power of the drama Meng is huge, and it has a decisive weight on the development of the situation at that time, which is equivalent to the early martial arts alliance leader, and even the country's war will be affected by it.