When he saw the lighthouse outside Zhu Fanggang, Zhou Wen, who was standing on the New Vermilion Bird, breathed a sigh of relief, and counted the time, he had just left here more than a month ago. The brevity of time gave him the illusion that Sanghāṇa and India were also part of the world. You must know that from Daliang to Xianyang in Qin, and then back to Daliang from Xianyang, the time spent on the road is more than a month.

He was in a trance, and the boatman on duty on the deck was giving orders, and the sailors began to turn the truss, turn the sail angle to enter Zhufang Bay, and sail against the Yangtze River - the day after Zhou Wen asked Zong Sang how to return to Chu quickly, the city beat gongs and drums and said that he had captured the queen of Panren. I don't know who came up with the idea, Queen Pan was going to be sent to Chu to be taken prisoner, and the new Vermilion Bird was going to sail directly to Ji Ying.

Zhou Wen's delusion naturally has something to do with this, but it is not necessarily an illusion. Liang Xianyang round trip is nearly 2,400 miles, and ordinary carriages travel 60 miles a day, and it does take 40 days to go back and forth; During the monsoon season, it takes about 28 or 30 days to travel to Sangraka in a gluttonous cargo boat, and no more than 20 days to return by Suzaku class, and maybe only 15 days when it is fast.

The time is about the same, but the freight cost is cheaper. The carriage and horse merchant once said that the cost of carriage transportation is one mile and one dollar for a cart of goods. Even if a truckload of goods is forty stones, the price per city catty and mile is 0.001 yuan, and if it is thirty stones, it is 0.0012 yuan, which is a one-way trip. From Daliang to Xianyang 1,200 miles, each city catty is about 1.2 yuan;

The cost of shipping is more complicated, a gluttonous cargo ship can only carry a maximum of 400 tons of cargo in a single trip in a year, and the annual salary of the captain, shipkeeper, and sailor, the cost of repairing the ship, and the insurance of the sea boat, these will not add up to more than 120 gold. Converted to a pound per city, it is only one point four or four dollars. This is a two-way trip, and if it is only counted as a one-way trip, it is 0.72 dollars.

There is little difference in transit time and transport costs, which is why maritime trade is becoming more and more prosperous. After turning the truss, the new Vermilion Bird quickly sailed through Zhufang Port, and Zhou Wen, who finally looked at this harbor, found that although the scale of Zhufang Port was inferior to that of Daliang, it had surpassed Yingdu. The crotches of the boats are lined up one after another, and the sails are densely layered, and the small fiefdom has become such a big port in a few years.

Trade made the Zhu side prosperous, and trade also enabled the Bai Di soldiers of Xizhou to be hired to the East. For hundreds of years in the world, the army has always been the private property of the king, and after the Chu State implemented the Ao system, the army became the private property of the nobles. As long as you have money, you can hire soldiers, and this kind of stimulation made Zhou Wenhuo return to Chu in a hurry, that is, to spread the news of the hired soldiers to the world in front of others, so as to lobby a few people who may become big things in his mind.

The New Vermilion Bird went north against the river, and more than 1,000 miles away at the Ji Yingtai Temple, a grand crowning ceremony was underway.

After nine years on the throne, Xiong Jing will finally sit on the throne as an adult. It doesn't matter if he is an adult or not, he has already presided over the sacrifice eight years ago, and then he has been tied down to the government, and now the crowning is just a ritual that should have been performed a long time ago. The real effect of the crown is the big wedding ten days later, and he must marry as an adult, and he cannot marry a wife with clothes and hair down.

Supporting the building in the general to fall, turning the tide in the fall, and now recovering the old Yingcheng and Fangcheng, the army has gone all the way to the west to attack Hanzhong. Such a king Chu people love from the heart, before the crown, the county and township elders spontaneously went to Ji Ying Dahe, and all the countries in the world in addition to the Qin State, including the Qi State, also sent envoys to watch the ceremony.

The newly built Ji Yingtai Temple, under the gaze of the guests and ministers, the bear thorn hair in the clothes sat on the feast, and the three Lu doctors' Qu Sui finished his hair, put a cloth crown on his head, and wished: "On the auspicious day of the month, the king is the first to add yuan." Abandon Wang Youzhi and become virtuous. Shou Kao Weiqi, Jieer Jingfu. ”

The crowning message is a tradition that has remained unchanged for hundreds of years. Unlike ordinary people, ordinary people are crowned three, princes are crowned four, and the Son of Heaven is crowned five. Ordinary people first add the cloth crown, then add the leather crown, and finally add the crown of the knight, among the princes still need to add the crown of the guard, and finally add the crown of the sacrificial wear.

Every time a crown is added, Xiong Jing will go back to the room to change his clothes, in order to fit the crown on his head, the last time, Qu Sui took the crown and put it on his head, and said: "With the righteousness of the year, with the order of the month, add the king's clothes, so that the king is close to the people." Qin Ruohao's life, Liuhe is the formula, the rate of Erzu Kao, forever and forever. ”

The state of Chu invaded Guanzhong and took away the Zhou people Jiuding, which was transported into Xianyang by the state of Qin. The capital was moved to Jiying, and Jiuding was established in Taimiao. Originally, according to the suggestions of Dou Yu Pheasant, Cheng Tong and others, Xiong Jing should be crowned five times, and the crown and clothing should be in accordance with the system of the Son of Heaven, but such a radical proposal was opposed by many ministers.

The knight worn on the head of Xiong Jing is still the nine of the princes, not the twelve of the Son of Heaven. Although it was not the first time to wear a knighthood, this time wearing his crown symbolizing the king under the gaze of the ministers and guests, Xiong Jing really felt that he was an adult.

After the crowning, it is necessary to sacrifice to the ancestors, but the king's sacrifice must be performed with the rite of naked enjoyment. The so-called gift of naked enjoyment is to use the hairpin to pour the ground to soothe the gods, because there is only a depressed beard, there are no three animal dishes, so it is called naked.

After the naked ceremony, the bear thorn wearing the crown of knighthood took the meat and worshiped his mother. Concubine Zhao had been waiting for her son for a long time, and when she saw her son finally appear in front of her dressed as an adult, for some reason, her tears were uncontrollable. Xiong Jing in the worship was offering dried meat, and when he heard Concubine Zhao's cry, his eyes suddenly turned red.

"The Queen Mother should be offered by the king." The guests of the ministers have been following Xiong Jing, and when they saw the mother and son crying, they couldn't help but remind.

"No, no." Concubine Zhao took the dried meat offered by her son, and bowed to her son and the guests.

The guests were immediately praised. The mother is widowed and the lord is few, which is often the root cause of the country's troubles, the Zhao State died because of this, and the Chu State has been in turmoil, but the national government has gradually stabilized, and the national strength has gradually strengthened, which has to be said to have the help of the Queen Mother.

After worshipping the mother, it is to take the word. Although no one dared to call Xiong Jing's name directly, the king also asked for words. Song Yu, Kong Qian, Que Guanzi and others tossed for a month or two before they tossed out a word that made Xiong Jing slightly satisfied. Between the name and the word, 'when you hear the name, you know the word, and when you hear the word, you know the name'. Most of the names have similar meanings, similar, related, opposite, and connected.

Thorns, thorns. The pre-Qin who was simple and robust and did not pay attention to the rhetoric of the pre-Qin dynasty should have the word 'thorn' or the word 'thorn', and so on. Because Xiong Jing didn't like it, he finally changed it to 'hazel'. "Gather wood and say hazelnut, deep grass says thin", thorns are luxuriant, so it is called "hazel", with "hazel" as the word, it means that there are many heirs of Xiong Jing, and the country of Chu is strong and prosperous, and the words are beautiful.

"The etiquette is ready, the moon is auspicious, and the king is announced. Love the word Kongjia, fashionable people are suitable. It is advisable to be fake, and it will always be guaranteed, Wang Shu Zhenfu. With Qu Sui's greetings, Xiong Jing began to have words.