Chao Buzhi came in a hurry, his family had not left Beijing, and a relaxed Chao Buzhi settled in Zhao Xing's house, he followed Zhao Xing to play the whole garden, and then sighed: "It's a pity for your house, it's a pity for your room of furniture, well, I like your table more, remember to leave it for me when I look back." Haha, I also like this chair, it's good, it's very detached, what are you going to do with this furniture? ”

Zhao Xing replied proudly: "Don't think about it, I don't plan to sell this garden, Yangzhou is just in the middle of Huangzhou and Hangzhou, my Cheng clan needs a foothold, and this house will then be handed over to the clan management...... This table can be given to you, as well as chairs, and the rest, don't even think about it. ”

In ancient times, the traffic situation was poor, so the ancients moved and rarely moved the furniture to the new home. Generally speaking, once the ancients decided to move, except for some things that could be carried with them, everything else had to be sold locally, unless the owner really liked the items, so they did not hesitate to carry the cost of work with them - because it was indeed a cost, and the freight cost of long-distance transportation was more expensive than buying four or five new sets of furniture locally.

Chao Buzhi wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob him, but when he heard Zhao Xing's words, he regretfully walked to the museum shelf, patted the museum shelf, and said: "I love this shelf very much, and the bed in your bedroom is also very good. ”

The furniture in Zhao Xing's house was not inlaid with gold threads and shells, as most Song people did, and then painted with lacquer. The furniture in his house is simply smoothed and then painted to keep it shiny. The layer of lacquer he painted is now known internationally as "Song lacquer", or "Chinese lacquer". This lacquer is as bright as a mirror and is brushed on wood. It can keep the lacquer surface bright as a mirror for a thousand years – as evidenced by many Song Dynasty lacquer plates unearthed in modern times.

But in modern times, the formula of this lacquer has been lost in China, and the Japanese preemptively registered an international patent in the name of "Chinese lacquer", which is the most luxurious and high-grade paint in modern society, it is non-toxic and has no side effects, and the furniture is brushed out with this lacquer. The price is generally above a million dollars, even for a small stool.

Zhao Xing's desk is somewhat similar to the modern "Taipan Desk", with a long trailer cabinet. The table top is large, and you can spread out a scroll several feet long for people to write and draw. This table is made of Vietnamese mahogany, which is slightly different from the modern Taipan table in that it inherits the style of the Song Dynasty that likes to be finely carved, and the four sides of the table are hollow and carved, and the floor is very delicate and exquisite. Painted with shiny Song lacquer, the whole table is red, like a ripe apple.

Zhao Xing's chair is also made of imitation of the executive chair, and there is a spring at the bottom of the chair, which allows people to sit on the chair and shake it gently, and the back of the chair is very high. It has a design similar to that of an airline cockpit chair, and the backrest is covered with a thick layer of natural sponge, making it very comfortable to sit on.

Zhao Xing patted the big table, and said with a little pain: "This big table, the big chair is given to you, you are not satisfied, don't be greedy...... Come. The teacher wrote "Former Chibi Fu". You also left me a notebook, "Hou Chibi Fu". If you have time, write a few more good poems, which should offset the table money. ”

Chao Buzhi patted the table, fiddled with the pen and ink inkstone on Zhao Xing's table, and said with a smile: "Then you are at a loss, my words are not as valuable as the teacher, not as good as Huang Tingjiandi, and even inferior to Qin Guan's, with Cai Jing in front of you, why do you still want my words?" ”

Zhao Xingle said: "How do you know that I didn't let Cai Jing copy the scriptures and poems, I dare to say that in the entire Great Song Dynasty now, who has not collected Cai Jing's calligraphy as much as me...... Okay, write quickly, I'll have the table and chairs delivered to your house, your new home. ”

When Chao Bu heard this, the spirit came, and he shouted: "Okay, come to the bottle of wine, and then add fragrance and ink to two red sleeves, and when I finish writing, send me your museum shelf." ”

Zhao Xing agreed with a smile, he turned around and walked out of the room, arranged for his subordinates to go to Yuan's house to get the house deed, and ordered someone to wait for Chao Buzhi to write. In the midst of the chaos, Cheng Shuang came in and reported: "Teacher, Sister Azhu has already left and arrived in Yangzhou this evening." ”

Zhao Xing frowned, sighed, and instructed Cheng Shuang: "Hurry up and clean up the room, and I'll write you a list again, you go and plan, I may have to be transferred, go to Gyeongju, the road is far away, you have to prepare your bags as soon as possible and arrange the entourage." ”

Cheng Shuang was stunned for a moment, and stammered: "Teacher, this is ...... Yangzhou In Gyeongju, the war is constantly ......"

Zhao Xing sighed and didn't say anything.

That night, Azhu rushed to Yangzhou with Zhao Xingdi's eldest son Zhao Yi, and her newborn girl Beibei was left in Hangzhou and handed over to Chen Yiyi to take care of. Originally, she shouldn't have gone out not long after giving birth, but Chen Yiyi gave birth to her son Zhao Yang, so the identity of Zhao Yi's son-in-law needed to be confirmed as soon as possible, so she braved the cold to come to Yangzhou.

Husband and wife reunited after a long absence, naturally there is some thoughtfulness and gentleness, Zhao Xing let the bedroom burn the floor to warm up early, Cheng Azhu washed away the travel dust, fell asleep that night, the next day, after Liao Xiaoxiao and Kasli visited the main mother, Cheng Azhu asked in front of his wife and concubine: "Official, I heard that you are going to be transferred to Gyeongju?" ”

Zhao Xing didn't want to hide it: "I heard that the political hall has been decided, but there is no yellow, and I will leave when the yellow is posted in the spring of next year." The war in Gyeongju, you won't go, and Xiaoxiao won't go, I'll only take Kasri there. ”

Ah Zhu shook his head and said resolutely: "Official, marry your husband." The official is going to Gyeongju, and the concubine is bound to follow. It was right for the little girl not to go with her, and she was in chaos, so let her stay at home and take care of the family with Yiyi. ”

When Liao Xiaoxiao heard this, she was anxious, jumped out and saluted Zhao Xing and Cheng Azhu, and pleaded: "Official, Niangniang, Xiaoxiao is also a woman, and I have also heard the truth that the husband is married and the husband is the wife. The war in Gyeongju, the little sheren are young, the mother should stay at home, raise the sheren to grow up, the slave family has no worries, and the official wishes to practice together, and die with the same pillow, Gyeongju, I have to go. Officials and mothers are not allowed, and the little death will be shown to you. ”

Zhao Xing cut off the quarrel between his wife and concubine, and said with a relieved smile: "What is there to quarrel about, Gyeongju, others regard it as a tiger's den in Longtan, but I don't think so." Don't argue. Ah Zhu will stay in Yangzhou in the future and take care of this industry. ”

In November, Liu Zhi dismissed the prime minister, and Su Song was appointed as the envoy of Jixi Guan, and was relieved of the post of prime minister. This month, Emperor Zhao Xu got married and played music for the first time at the emperor's wedding. After that, Chinese weddings began to allow music.

On the first day of the lunar month, Zhao Xing took Azhu and his sister-in-law Zhao Yi back to Chengjiaao. After many years, I looked at the initial place where he first set foot on the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Xing had mixed feelings.

Zhao Xing's identity when he returned to the clan this time was embarrassing, he married a woman from the Cheng clan, in order of Cheng clan's generation, he was a generation lower than the patriarch Cheng Wei, but he was also the teacher of the Cheng clan's children. It is also a large factory for the Cheng clan to grow, and it is also the established clan supervision temple of the Cheng clan in Huangzhou, so the Cheng clan finally vaguely set Zhao Yi's generation as equal to Cheng Shuang. In this way, Zhao Xing took the position of Cheng Laoqi and was called "Seventh Uncle" by the children of the Cheng family, while Cheng Laoqi was called by a more vague noun "Seventh Uncle".

The second day of the lunar month. After worshipping the ancestors, Zhao Xing led the newborn child of the Cheng clan to the edge of Xishui, where he met Su Shidi. The stone wall near this place has been pre-polished and leveled, and Zhao Xing took out the words "Red Cliff Fu" and "Dajiangdong Go" from Su Shi and handed them to the craftsman. The craftsmen bowed down to take it, climbed up the stone wall and began to chisel the handwriting.

This chiseling project is estimated to take half a year before and after because it is necessary to completely engrave Su Shi's strokes. So the craftsmen raised the chisels. A head was carved on the stone wall, and the ceremony was completed. Zhao Xing took the children to retire, and the rest was the work of the craftsman.

This is an effort made by Zhao Xing, he seems to remember that in modern times, Su Shi's handwriting has been destroyed, among which Su Shi's "Drunken Man's Pavilion" and "Fengle Pavilion", they escaped the Mongolian iron horse, escaped the Manjin people's literary prison, but were destroyed in the hands of the Red Party Guards, so he wanted to hide Su Shi's handwriting in the mountains, hoping that it could become the only surviving Su Shi's original post. However, Zhao Xing was wrong, in real history, Huangzhou also has a cliff carving of Su Shi's handwriting, which is also hidden in the deep mountains, but it still did not escape the "four olds" of the Red Party Guards......

Cheng Yi and others in the clan ancestral hall, Zhao Xing put on a stick of incense according to the rules, the child Zhao Yi followed him, although he didn't understand the intention of his father's behavior, but he learned very quickly, after the incense, Cheng Wei asked Zhao Xing to sit down, and asked: "Go to Gyeongju, how many soldiers does the master plan to bring?" ”

Cheng Wei asked about the number of Zongding that Zhao Xing planned to take away.

Under the patriarchal society, three major powers coexist, namely: imperial power, divine power, and patriarchal power. And the imperial power comes first. But in the special dynasty of the Song Dynasty, the power of the suzerainty was also very great, and the clan could even have its own armed forces sometimes. For example, in "Water Margin", the three manors of Zhujiazhuang and Hujiazhuang have their own armed villages. The power of the clan in the Song Dynasty was not blindly suppressed, and sometimes it was quite tolerant, such as after the "Lantian Convention" was changed to the "Lu Township Treaty", the imperial court had nothing to say, and for example, Zhao Xing was going to Huanqing Road, the imperial court instead forced the local armed forces to take the clan as a unit to assist the imperial court in resisting the invasion, and so on.

Cheng is now the lieutenant governor or the patriarch, and in the barbarian state of Huangzhou, he has the right to have his own armed forces to maintain local order from an official point of view; From a patriarchal point of view, he also needed an armed force to defend his authority. All kinds of factors came together, and Chengjiaao in Huangzhou became Zhao Xing's storage place. The Cheng people were responsible for recruiting sturdy hunters from the countryside and mountains, and after simple training in Chengjiaao, they were sent to Hangzhou Jasmine Garden for more rigorous military skills drills, organization and management training, and then began to divert traffic. Some of them were assigned to serve as armed guards on sea vessels, while others returned to Huangzhou and continued to train in Chengjiaao to maintain their physical fitness.

This time, Zhao Xing was going to Gyeongju, and finally used these people, and he was looking forward to the famous Huai Yong in history to reproduce their brave fighting style in the Great Song Dynasty, so he specially returned to Chengjiaao and wanted to transfer troops to support the front line.

"I estimated that there would be about a hundred regiments before and after. There were fifty people in the first stage, and I only needed to be able-bodied, able to fight, and able to shoot arrows. In the later fifty people, I need the leader-level ones, I need to send them overseas for training for half a year, and then as a leading officer, train the soldiers below, this group of people needs to read and write, and the patriarch will prepare it for me. Zhao Xing opened his mouth to ask.

Cheng Wei stroked his beard and replied: "I have 500 Zhuang Ding in Chengjiaao, and there are 150 foot archers who can fight, and the master needs them, and he can take them all, I have nothing to do in the countryside here, and there are dozens of people to scare and scare the thieves." That's enough. ”

Zhao Xing shook his head: "Huanqing Road is full of brave people, I am recruiting people in the local area, and there is no doubt about the imperial court." It's not good to bring too many people with yourself. The patriarch still continues to recruit people here, so that all the people in the nearby Sixiang County will accept our military training...... Even if the family can't support so many people, give them a sum of money to steam them back to their hometowns, or allow them to enter the Cheng family industry first. It is also a grace. When necessary, I can raise a large army around me, and that's my goal. Asking for the opinions of the staff, Shuai Fan, who returned from the Gaoyou army, shook his hands. Insist on accompaniment. Wan Qiyong thought about it for a long time and said that he was willing to go to Gyeongju with Zhao Xing for three years. Shan thought about it for a long time, thinking that he was old, and he had been living in the south, so he might not adapt to the harsh climate around Hedong Road. I decided not to go with him.

Zhao Xing said that he understood the old gentleman's decision, after all, there was no water conservancy in Gyeongju that needed to be built, and even if the water conservancy expert followed, it would not be of great help. So Zhao Xing hurriedly wrote a letter to Su Shi and asked Su Shi to help arrange the single sting.

After that, Su Shi, who was about to leave Beijing, used his last energy. Arranged a Guangling County official position, this Guangling County is a newly added county in Yangzhou this year, due to the increase in Yangzhou household registration due to reclamation, the imperial court has added two more counties in Yangzhou, and the two hoarding points are all set up. Shan Yi himself was born as a Jinshi, and this time he skipped the experience of an auxiliary officer and directly served as the head of a county, also because the political achievements of Yangzhou Tun Land were too significant. And so it goes. Let Shan Gong easily step into the official career.

Then. Zhao Xing began to arrange his family.

Seeing that the child is older, he really wants to take it with him to educate. Enjoy the fun of family, but Gyeongju is really not a good place for children to grow up, and after hesitation, he finally gave up.

After some persuasion, Cheng Azhu and Chen Yiyi also agreed to stay in Yangzhou and Hangzhou, and wait for Zhao Xing to settle down before deciding to stop. At Liao Xiaoxiao's insistence, she was finally included in the entourage list, however, she will slowly go to Gyeongju as a rear team member with Kasri.

Liao Xiaoxiao insisted because according to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, she had been by Zhao Xing's side for many years, and at this time, if she wanted to leave, no one could stop her. In her heart, she was reluctant to leave, but she did not give birth to a child in three years, which made her a little flustered, worried that she would fall out of favor after old age, so she decided to follow Zhao Xing no matter what, hoping to bring a child to herself in the past three years in Gyeongju, and at the same time leave Zhao Xing a friendship of common hardship.

As for the domestic servants in Yangzhou, Zhao Xing had already made arrangements in advance, most of the skilled servants Zhao Xing had begun to be dispatched to help them set up shops in Yangzhou, and those domestic servants who had received military training and were willing to accompany Zhao Xing to Gyeongju arranged to accompany them in batches...... When everything was put in order, Zhao Xing's home was busy, but this busyness was orderly.

The servants were packing up and sorting out their belongings, and Kou Lian'er, who had not been arranged, was anxious, so she hurriedly asked to see Zhao Xing, and kowtowed to the ground as soon as they met, saying: "I am willing to return to my hometown with my master." ”

Zhao Xing smiled, he looked at the tattoo on Kou Li'er's hand and shook his head: "How did you go back to your hometown - the people of Gyeongju raised you, but you waved your knife at them and slaughtered them." Nowadays, every living Gyeongju person is your life and death enemy, as long as you set foot in Gyeongju and show the tattoo on your hand, the people of Gyeongju can eat you alive. How dare you go back to your hometown? ”

Kou Li'er stubbornly continued to kowtow: "I wish to be buried in my hometown." ”

Zhao Xing sneered: "Let's not talk about whether you can return to your hometown, let's talk about you first, you are a lowly slave under the control of the imperial court, and my Kasli took you out of Hangzhou, which is already a violation of the regulations - leaving the prison place privately." How could it be possible for you to leave Yangzhou again. Even if you can leave the Liangzhejiang prison land, how can I bring you into Gyeongju? If the people of Gyeongju knew that I had brought a local like you with me, what would they think of me?

Okay, Hugh is too much. I allowed you to do so for the sake of your self-improvement. If you are too demanding, I might as well beat you to death with a stick. The government is just a notice. ”

Kou Li'er kowtowed again: "The slave doesn't dare to offend the master, but when that incident happened (referring to the Gyeongju mutiny), the slave was still in infancy, and the sins of Gyeongju should have nothing to do with the slave." Slaves have been cattle and horses since they were born, and they have atoned for all their sins. Now, the slave's parents are old, and they have been talking about their hometown. And the slave has never seen the landscape of his hometown since he was born, and he is willing to go back to his hometown with the master to take a look. Even if you die after seeing it, it's worth it. ”

Zhao Xing shook his head - the local concept of the Chinese people is really difficult for modern people to understand. If you are a favor, then do it to the end: "Do you have any acquaintances in Gyeongju?" ”

"No, it is impossible for a slave to have acquaintances in Gyeongju!"

"Okay, I'll find some potion to eliminate your tattoo, and then make accommodations to the government to eliminate your lowly status...... As for your parents, I don't care. Life and death are up to heaven. ”

Kou Li'er thanked her and stepped back, Liao Xiaoxiao didn't speak on the side, and waited for Kou Li'er to retreat before asking, "Xianggong." She knew that it was better to go to Gyeongju than to die, so why did she still go? Why do you have to say yes. ”

Zhao Xing smiled: "You think she's stupid?" She's not stupid at all! You're gone. Kasri is gone, what will she do? Ah Zhu has always wanted to be a qualified landlord mother, but as a result, her temperament has become restrained, and as soon as I leave, she will definitely not allow the Qingzhou sin to stay in the house. Kou Li'er saw this clearly. That's why I asked to go to Gyeongju to fight, because instead of working hard with the new master, life is better than death, it is better to go to Gyeongju with me...... However, his father had finally been a Gyeongju military officer, so he was probably familiar with geography. Maybe it works for me. Let him follow. If his father really had the heart to atone for his sins, it would also help me. ”

Liao Xiaoxiao glanced at the sky, smiled and said, "Xianggong, it's getting late, why don't we go to the house and talk......"

In the house, it's great, Zhao Xingle said hehehe: "Call them to the bath water." Mandarin duck bath. It's beautiful. ”

Liao Xiaoxiao's eyes are like silk: "Slaves listen to the ...... of the father-in-law"

At the beginning of January of the seventh year of the first year, Cai Jing's appointment came down. What's funny is that this big corrupt official was originally impeached by the imperial history and became the prefect of Chengdu, but now the imperial historians actually have a new reason, and his new official position is the prefect of Chengdu. Li Zhichun, the former Chengdu Governor, was transferred back to Beijing to serve as the governor of Kaifeng.

A big corrupt official left, and the people of Yangzhou actually said goodbye with tears. This is because Cai Jing, a big corrupt official, has been so cute recently. Since the end of the year, he has tried his best to find various reasons to send money to the people of Hangzhou. Originally, the imperial court only paid charcoal to the people when it snowed, but Cai Jing was crazy, and he also paid charcoal when it rained in the summer. Sometimes when the wind blows, he also pays money, but it is not called charcoal salary, but "house repair fee". It seems that after a little wind and rain, the people's houses also need to be renovated.

Originally, because Cai Jing's reclamation action brought a large number of outsiders, and he also claimed to take stock of the local landlords' fields, the indigenous residents of Yangzhou were very resistant to this corrupt official. But Cai Jing's crazy money-throwing action before leaving made the people of Yangzhou feel nostalgic for this Zhizhou, who is a little greedy for money and a little black-hearted, but often gives them money, because because of his term, the interests of ordinary people in Yangzhou have not been touched; For the interests of the Yangzhou family, Cai Jing wanted to do something, but he was transferred before he could do anything, and finally gave everyone a lot of money...... With such corrupt officials, the people of Yangzhou can't wait to come to a few.

Cai Jing sent a huge amount of money. Zhao Xing reported to the imperial court that the income from reclamation was 3.4 times the income, but in fact he concealed half of this amount, because the price of paddy fields after road construction was more than ten times the price of wasteland without roads. As a result, on average, the total return on reclamation should be more than 7 times the investment.

Zhao Xing concealed part of it, because he planned to set aside it for the operation fund of the new year's reclamation, now, Cai Jing is not a day, this huge amount of money was spent by him, and when Su Shi was transferred from Yingzhou to Yangzhou Zhizhou, there was only 3120 yuan and 3 yuan left in the treasury - this is still Cai Jing left in Zhao Xing's face, if it is not Su Shi, Cai Jing will only leave a fraction of the 3 yuan, and the rest will be spent.

Cai Jing left alone on the front foot, and only Zhao Xing saw him off. Su Shi came on the back foot, and at this time, Zhao Xing had become the highest official in Yangzhou, and he greeted Su Shi on behalf of his colleagues in Yangzhou.

This greeting was also a special case. It stands to reason that Zhao Xing, a lower-level official, should go first, leaving Cai Jing, the supreme official, to hand over, but it is estimated that Su Shi and Cai Jing are extremely incompatible, so Empress Dowager Gao made an exception to let Cai Jing go first, leaving Zhao Xing, a student, to hand over.

Zhao Xing explained the specific operation of Hangzhou reclamation, and explained to Su Shi: "Teacher, although there is no money in the treasury, there is no need to worry, because the money that should be spent in the near future has been spent, and the rest is all input." For example, in the Yangzhou Flower Festival in March, on February 25, the undertaker will pay a fee of 5,000.

In March, the tea superintendent, the salt superintendent, and the various transport departments will pay a part of the regular payment, so as long as they survive February, the government's income will follow one after another...... There is no need to worry about reclamation, I have prepared the wasteland that the displaced people will reclaim this year. I also prepaid the funds for hiring Xiangding to repair roads and dredge rivers this month, and the teacher took the 3,000 yuan to support for a month, and the thing after a month was to collect and spend now - Yangzhou is rich, and the income should be greater than the expenditure. ”

Su Shi was very satisfied: "The departure arrangement is proper, what else do I do, just wait for the money." I just sat down to collect money and kept it, and learned that Ouyang Gong's drunkard did not mean to drink, but to care about the mountains and rivers. Haha, I just have time, wait for me to write Mr. Ouyang's "The Story of the Drunkard Pavilion" and engrave the monument. ”

After a pause, Su Shi took out an official letter from his bosom and handed it to Zhao Xing: "This is your official body: guarding the edge of the Huanqing Road to recruit and appease the envoy, the envoy of the Quan Qingyang Festival (Zhizhou), and the Qingyang regiment training envoy - the official of the sixth grade, which is equivalent to giving you a two-level promotion." Leaving people, there is no moon and no war in Gyeongju, I think you should contact Chen Jichang, his father Chen Bi used to be the Taishou of Fengxiang Mansion, didn't his son Chen Buqun have studied under you, I know that Chen Jichang still has a few veterans of Fengxiang Mansion around him, you can borrow it from him. ”

Gyeongju was renamed Gyeongyang shortly after Xinyeong and belonged to "Zhenju". The so-called "town" state means the frontier state of the front. Such state and county magistrates, who are under the management of military and political affairs, are not called "Zhizhou", but "Jiedu Envoys", and are called "Taishou" by the people.

Among Zhao Xing's three new official positions: the Qingyang regimental training envoy is a six-rank official, the Qingyang Festival envoy is a five-rank official, the Huanqing roadside to recruit and appease the envoy is a five-grade official, and Zhao Xing holds the first two official positions with a low-level official character, and "power" and "guard" must be added in front.

The Qingyang regimental training envoy did not add "power" and "guard" in front of it, indicating that the imperial court recognized his achievements in Yangzhou and officially promoted him to the sixth grade that conformed to the rank of the regimental training envoy - which is equivalent to a jump of two levels...... However, this kind of jump is estimated to be envied by no one, because the regimental training envoy is biased towards military attachés, and Zhao Xing went to the front line to serve in such official positions.

Zhao Xing bowed his hand to the teacher and said: "It should be like this, but the appointment has not come down, so I can't make a big noise." But now it's too late, and I'm going to hit the road tomorrow. ”

Su Shi was taken aback: "So fast, why be so anxious Zhao Xing replied: "I can't help but be in a hurry, the plan of the year lies in the spring, and the spring ploughing time is the most important every year, I must rush to Gyeongju before the spring ploughing, so as to plan the offensive and defensive plan for a year, teacher, I want to leave tomorrow, and I will not accompany me today." ”

Su Shi hesitated for a moment and replied, "It's okay, I just came, maybe tidy up the housework...... Leave people, thank you for buying me the house, I am very satisfied. You go busy. ”