Chapter 4 Word Measurement
"The prince is sick and dead?"
Everyone was shocked.
Of course, it is impossible for these low-level people to understand these things in the court, just look at the above list to know.
Thinking that the prince is above 10,000 people under one person, and his sudden death will always shock everyone.
Zhou Xing said lightly: "The prince is dead, that's called Xue, don't keep saying that he is dead and dead, and if he is heard by others, it is a great crime of disrespect, and he will be killed." ”
Want to kill your head? Hearing these three words, everyone shut up and didn't dare to talk about it anymore.
One of the white-haired long-haired workers sighed: "Alas, the white-haired person sends the black-haired person, and the emperor seems to have something sad." ”
The leader's face darkened, and he said, "Just know it, don't talk about it." ”
Although he has never read a book, he understands the truth that trouble comes from his mouth.
Zhou Xing thought about it in his heart, although he didn't specialize in history, and he didn't know the specific years and months that happened at those times in history, but he was still clear about the general direction of things.
Now Zhu Biao is the crown prince, and the news of his death today is reported to the whole country.
Zhu Di is still the king of Yan, and the time is the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, and the era of Hongwu took about thirty years before Zhu Yuanzhang died.
Then after Zhu Yuanzhang died, Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne, known as Emperor Jianwen in history.
So in other words, Zhu Yuanzhang will burp in five years.
After Emperor Jianwen became the emperor, he began to cut the domain, and then Zhu Di began to rebel, and after four years of fighting, Zhu Di attacked Yingtianfu in Beijing and usurped the position of his eldest nephew.
Then, Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, which became the foot of the Son of Heaven.
Zhou Xing has learned all these histories.
"So that means that in five years, the world will be in chaos?" Zhou Xing raised his head slightly, looking at the blue sky outside through the carved doors and windows.
"The troubled times are coming, where should I, as a time-traveler, go? Is it to follow the trend and get by, or to give it a go and fight for glory and wealth? ”
In Zhou Xing's mind, he carefully sorted out various historical events related to the early years of the Ming Dynasty. Thinking about what to do next.
"Zhou Xing, Zhou Xing, what are you doing? In a daze. ”
Zhou Xing was pulled back to reality from fantasy by a voice, and shook his head, what Zhou Xing saw was the slightly red and oily face of the yellow shopkeeper.
Alas.
sighed slightly, there are still five years, what do you want to do so much.
Anything, don't jump to conclusions. Besides, what about being a peacemaker? What about the unraveling?
In any case, it is better to fill your stomach first today.
On the table, there are several good dishes that the poor people at the bottom dare not think of, such as stewed meat, such as boiled pork slices, such as ......
It's a pity that it wasn't fried. Because an iron pot is used for stir-frying.
Iron pots have a long history, and stir-fried vegetables were also popular in the Song Dynasty. However, the government of the Ming Dynasty was afraid of the strong combat effectiveness of a small number of people, and was afraid that the exported iron pot would be destroyed and refined into weapons and cause trouble, so it was included in the category of strategic resources, called it "pot and kettle", and strictly restricted its exit. The "Daming Huidian" clearly stipulates: "Iron pot and nitrate yellow steel are strictly prohibited, the market is set in Datong Town, one city per year, each city is only two days." "Not only is it strictly restricted from leaving the country, but it is also strictly used by the people, and all of them are under the control of the government, and there are few private people.
The iron pot is open, for fear of being robbed to make weapons, but it is not open, everyone has a demand, so in a certain year, some ministers also took great pains to study the types and properties of various pots, hoping to find a pot that can not only meet their daily needs, but also cannot cast weapons. This is when the iron pot for stir-frying became popular.
However, some people later discovered that the nomads did not know about the iron pot refining weapons, saying, "If the pot leaks, it will be filled and boiled, and if it is broken, it will be discarded anywhere, and it will not be fried." "It's embarrassing to do everything possible to prevent others from using iron pots to refine weapons, only to find that they don't have the technology at all.
Of course, this is all what happened later, and it has nothing to do with the Hongwu Dynasty. Therefore, Zhou Xing is destined not to be able to enjoy any delicious foods such as "stir-fried kidney flowers" and "farmhouse fried pork" today. It was full of stews. The cooking utensils are made of copper pots.
Not only that, as a southerner, Zhou Xing has always been "no spicy and no joy", however, in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, chili peppers had not yet been introduced to China, and now the seasoning thing on the table is called dogwood, which is what Wang Wei wrote. The taste is spicy, not like chili pepper, but more like Sichuan pepper.
In Zhou Xing's impression, Sichuan peppercorns must be fried with hot oil to make the flavor come out, and with stewing, the taste is ......
In the first few days of the crossing, Zhou Xing's food was something like dried steamed buns that were difficult to swallow. And today, he finally got rid of the dry steamed buns, but found that the food on this table tasted no better than the dry steamed buns.
I miss the big iron pot and millet spicy.
But after all, this is meat, even if the method is bad, it is more delicious than dry noodles and steamed buns, and it is much more nutritious. Zhou Xing is now in a state of extreme nutritional deficiency.
"Little fairy, after your suggestion, I can already predict that this small shop of mine is only one step away from prosperity."
Shopkeeper Huang raised his glass to Zhou Xing and said, "Come, I'll toast you." ”
Zhou Xing smiled: "Then you have to manage it with your heart." The service needs to be improved. ”
"Huh? Serve? ”
"That is, when you treat the customers who enter the store as a bodhisattva, your store will be prosperous."
In business, the service concept is very important.
"I see...... "Huang shopkeeper thought thoughtfully. Then he immediately came back to his senses and said, "Come on, come on, eat vegetables." ”
A meal, the meal can be regarded as a pleasure for the guests and hosts.
Full of wine and food, Zhou Xing burped and said, "Shopkeeper, I plan to borrow a table and a stool from you here for a few days." Best, you can also trouble you to pull a sail and write a few words on it. ”
What kind of strange request is this? However, Shopkeeper Huang was grateful to Zhou Xing for a great favor, and this small request could still be met.
"Okay."
Three days later, at the Tongzhou Freight Terminal, a new restaurant called "Taoxian Restaurant" opened, and at the intersection outside the gate of the restaurant, a young man, holding a long scroll, sat at the table. There is a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, and a long banner on the tree behind him, on which the book reads: Zhou's divine calculation, three trigrams a day, and the hexagram is full.
This is Zhou Xing's hexagram stall.
When this stall appeared, it caused a sensation, even more sensational than the listing of Taoxian Restaurant.
When they found out that it was Zhou Xing, who had only recently turned from a dock worker to a jobless vagrant, it became even more sensational.
On the first day of setting up the stall, the former worker No. 1 stood in front of Zhou Xing, stretched out his calloused hands, and said with a smile: "Zhou Xing, come and calculate a hexagram for me, when will I be able to marry my daughter-in-law?" ”
Zhou Xing looked indifferent and said, "Hexagram ten taels." ”
“……”
Worker No. 2 stepped forward: "He is fifty years old, half of his body is in the ground, what is it." Come, you count me, at what age can I be the champion to play? ”
Everyone around laughed.
Three days before the opening, Zhou Xing spent time being teased. Volume? Naturally, there is no one, those who want to come to the hexagram can't come up with the hexagram gold, and the person who can take out ten taels of hexagram gold will not find such a guy who has no hair on his mouth and can't do things well.
On the morning of the fourth day, things finally took a turn for the better.
Zhou Xing still remembers that it was a sunny and sunny afternoon, Zhou Xing sat against the wall, his body was a little warm, so he couldn't help yawning and almost fell asleep.
At this time, a young man dressed in bright and gorgeous clothes, surrounded by several warriors with swords, walked towards the dock from a distance.
This man in gorgeous clothes is extraordinary, and he exudes majesty between his gestures.
Zhou Xing's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was completely sleepy. He grabbed his banner and ran.
"Stop, what are you doing?"
Zhou Xing was still a dozen steps away from the prince in Huafu, and he was stopped by those warriors with knives.
Zhou Xing looked at the big knife that was drawn out brightly, and suddenly felt a little nervous in his heart, these are real guys, not props in the movie, if you cut it on your body, it will be fatal.
"This son, you have a hexagram today." Zhou Xing shouted directly at the young man in Chinese clothes.
In fact, he wasn't sure if the person in front of him was Zhu Di, after all, he hadn't seen Zhu Di himself.
Take a gamble.
"Go, go, go, what kind of hexagram is it!" The warriors began to drive Zhou Xing away.
However, Zhou Xing's words also attracted the attention of the prince in Huafu.
He looked at Zhou Xing.
Zhou Xing glanced at him and was suddenly shocked.
What a pair of sharp eyes, so dark that they seemed to be a bottomless pit that wanted to suck everything in. It is also like a sharp sword, which can directly see the deepest part of people's hearts.
Being looked at by him will make you feel like you have no secrets to speak of.
Zhou Xing took a deep breath and cheered himself in his heart: Lao Tzu is a talent of the 21st century, how can he be frightened by a person of the 14th century?
Opportunities are often in a split second, and if you miss them, there will be no more. Seeing the gaze of the young man in the costume turn to him, Zhou Xing held the flag in his left hand and made a movement of peeling the sugarcane with his right hand.
The face of the young man in Huafu suddenly changed slightly, and after a while, he spoke: "How do you count this hexagram?" ”
His voice, deep and penetrating, is very unique. Although it seemed to be an understatement and didn't take much effort to speak, it sounded like it was ringing in my ears.
Zhou Xing knew that the critical moment had come, which was related to his future in the Ming Dynasty.
He bowed his head slightly, avoiding looking at the young man in the Chinese costume to reduce his nervousness, and then said, "Please move the child." ”
Seeing that Zhou Xing actually came to tell the fortune with a prince in a fancy suit, the people around him looked over curiously, but they were driven away by the warriors around the prince in a fancy costume and were not allowed to approach.
"Say, do you look at faces or measure words?" The boy in a fancy costume stood with his hands in his hands.
Zhou Xing said: "Since it is you who is here to tell the hexagram, it is naturally as happy as you like." ”
The young man in Huafu said: "Then how about measuring the word?" ”
Zhou Xing said: "Whatever you want." ”