Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Children of the Nobles Who Are Not Qualified to Eat and Wait for Death
While Jian Chen racked his brains to consider these things, the boat sailed all the way through the most beautiful river and turned into the boundless Onozawa. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In addition to Yuemei, more than 40 young people in the boat stood on the cruise ship for the first time to watch the beautiful scenery on both sides of the strait, the geese did not fly south, the herons chirped, the green mountains turned into hideous or soft lines, and the ripples of the broken white waves made people intoxicated.
However, this scenery was broken when it approached the headland island, and countless smoke and dust flames rose from the shore, and a group of people were burning the wasteland in the distance, this scene destroyed not only the beauty, but also the same or even more backward than the way they cultivated the fields in the city, and suddenly the mystery of the summer city was lost for most of it.
When we got close to the headland island, the excitement came again, and the two headlands were so steep that people looked up and gave the illusion of insignificance, as if the headland would fall down at any moment.
When they entered the headland, a group of people suddenly shouted: "There is nothing here, where do we live?" ”
Not just one person shouted like this, Yuemei was also stunned, except for seeing the busy construction site from a distance, there was only a huge brick wall with two Xia Cheng characters written on it that she had never seen before, and other than thatched huts.
In an instant, the magic of the legend of Xia City collapsed, and it was clear that it was not as good as its own city, not to mention that there was no woman as charming and able to sing as Shi Camelina, and the women on the island were squatting on the ground and kneading bricks in the mud, covered in mud.
Yuemei noticed a slight difference, these seemingly slave-like people could hear a few songs when they were working, and although they were hoarse and ugly, they heard a joy different from that of slaves.
The chaotic sound reached its peak after the ship docked.
Jian Chen is the leader and the gentleman, and this group of people is also taught by their parents to treat him like an uncle, but even an uncle can't treat himself like this.
"Ji Xia, this is what you said about Yucheng?"
Jian Chen shook his head and said, "You can only say that this will be Yucheng in the future." Isn't it a disappointment? Think those legends in Xia Cheng are all fake? ”
Several people nodded embarrassedly, and Jian Chen smiled: "It's okay. I called you here to show you this. Xia Cheng didn't have anything back then, but it didn't take long for him to have everything. I show you what it is like to build a city from scratch. ”
"You've all heard your parents tell you the story of Weihe back then, right? At a young age, he left with dozens of clansmen, saying that he would build a city of his own and become the leader of a territory including the source of a great river. Many of you may become the leaders of a city in the future, but there is only one leader in a city. What to do? ”
"The land of the Dongyi people, the land on the south bank of the Great River, will be ours in the future, because we have chariots, gunpowder, and horses! I'm not afraid of having no land, I'm not afraid of not having slaves, I'm afraid that there aren't so many leaders! When the time comes, you will also be like Weihe, take a hundred and ten tribesmen, go there, and build a city that belongs to you, just like here, that is what a person with great ambition should do. ”
"As for those who will become leaders in the future, it is precisely to let you see the hard work of your ancestors, let you know the difficulty of being a leader, and also know how to protect the land left by your ancestors."
"This is the first lesson that my gentleman has taught you, don't you want everyone to be the leader of one side in the future?"
A large bucket of somewhat rancid chicken soup was poured down, and a group of people were lit up by Chen Jian's words, clenched their fists, and fantasized about the day in the future, maybe it could really be realized.
After Jian Chen finished pouring the chicken soup, he said: "How can I say that I am also your husband, my parents handed you over to me, of course I will not treat you badly." How long do you think it will take to build a city? I also deliberately let you see how long it takes to go from scratch to something, so that's a legend. Otherwise, when you see Xia Cheng in the future, your heart says, who knows how long you Xia Cheng people have been building? Then I don't have a face to look good. ”
casually told a joke, and the young people all laughed, and they all got off the boat, moving their muscles, and Yuemei's eyes gurgled and rolled, looking for the trace of the red fish, but they felt that there was no woman here.
Ji Bai saw Jian Chen waving his hand, and hurriedly ran to Chen Jianjian's side, Chen Jian said: "Go find Hongyu, find a few smart people, and shake this group of people." ”
"What's the shock?"
“…… Let the redfish arrange these. By the way, by the way, talk to the red fish, clean those big copper pots and make some delicious ones. ”
After Ji Bai left in a hurry, Jian Chen stretched his waist and asked a few more people to clean up a dozen mud grass huts as a place to stay at night.
After a while, Ji Bai came back and whispered to Jian Chen, Jian Chen led people to the vicinity of the brick wall, the young man was curious about the words on it, stretched out his hand one by one and gestured, sometimes surprised to recognize some simple hieroglyphs, surprised. Jian Chen hugged his arms and waited for the person arranged by the red fish to come over.
In a moment, two women who had been giving Yu Qian'er a hand came over on a chatter, arguing as they went: "You miscalculated! Eight thousand people, some people divided five catties of corn, some people divided three catties of corn, a total of 28,000 catties, how can you calculate such a number? ”
Another woman said urgently: "Can I miscalculate? ”
As he spoke, he took out a piece of charcoal from the remaining bonfire on the ground, brushed it a few times, wrote a count on the brick wall, and raised his head after writing: "What is wrong?" This is just the problem of the same goose and sheep when the windmill was repaired. When I count this, you won't be able to count. Let me ask you, a few days ago, in the battle of the eastern city, someone made a military exploit and asked for fifty acres of land. ”
As he spoke, he picked up the charcoal and drew a triangle on the wall at random, saying, "This is the field." The bottom is 500 steps long, and the waist is 100 steps high, how much should he be given? ”
The two of them were arguing and calculating, and Jian Chen looked at it with a smile, in fact, there were not many people in the entire Xia Cheng Club for the second question, and this was all a sample question written by him.
In the eyes of this group of young people, it is different, whether it is the collection of corn or the distribution of fields, this is what their family needs to master, and it is precisely by relying on these things that they can become the nobles of the city and manage those ordinary people.
They are not yet a generation that can eat and wait for death, and the fact that the blood inheritance is now based on the familial inheritance of knowledge, and it has not yet reached the time when it is natural for the father to die and the son to succeed.
The first question is already hard for them to solve, and the second question has never been seen before.
But the two women in front of them who didn't even have jade on their bodies actually figured it out in a moment, and what they said was the Tao, which was really unconscious.
After the two women left, there was a family that was a priest in the city, and when they recalled the two questions, they couldn't extricate themselves, and their hearts were itching, and they sighed in their hearts that if these two women were in their own city, they were afraid that they would also be a person, but they were so ordinary in Xia City?
When I was still savoring, someone ran over and said, "Where is Keju over there, Ji Xia won't go to take a look?" ”
Jian Chen glanced at his hands and said, "Let's go, let's go and have a look, and see how the soldiers of Xia City play." ”
Bypassing the big wall, they arrived at the place where the Xia Cheng army usually trained, a few people were shooting arrows or throwing javelins, just a little accurate, but they had never seen the rings, horizontal bars, parallel bars and other equipment that were built, and a few black-clothed guards with better riding skills made three or five playful tricks, and many children of military aristocratic families also widened their eyes, they had to learn archery and the like since they were young, but there were no horses, watching a rider pull the horse's tail and suddenly flip through the horse's back, one by one couldn't help but praise.
Men are particularly enthusiastic about what they can ride, whether it is a man or a horse, and even a car long after, the ups and downs are uncontrollable and always inspire a sense of conquest, and the speed of the gallop is blood-high.
But there were not many onlookers except them, and the rest of the people were all gathered near a venue, cheering loudly, shouting hoarsely, and it seemed that it was even more exciting than the galloping of this war horse.
By the time they arrived, the young boys were completely captivated, and a dozen or so people were playing a modified game of Keju, both dressed in different colors, sweating profusely.
One person in a white shirt held a bow, and the people in the same team lined up in a row behind for protection, and the black-shirted people on the opposite side shouted in unison, as if they were charging, and the two piles of people twisted together. And a few more people chased after the person holding the bow, and the speed was so fast that several young people were startled. But the man in the white shirt and holding the bow was even better, every time he was about to be caught, he suddenly turned around, and his body turned to the other side as if it was close to the ground, as flexible as a cat, galloping like a deer, which made people worry and secretly praised at the same time.
This scene is comparable to the battle array, and even more intense than the battle array, Su Tang has seen the black-clothed guards of Xia Cheng, and these dozen or so people in the heart dojo have a degree of cooperation, mutual understanding, and bravery, if you really hit the enemy's head on the battle array, it is really difficult to stop!
Just when a few boys clenched their fists and looked at the high level of interest, suddenly there was a loud noise, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, which immediately startled a group of people.
The intention was still unfinished, and it stopped abruptly, and my heart was a little empty.
Xia Cheng's most bewitching woman in the eyes of outsiders is still outside, and there is no one here for dramas and the like, singing and dancing are not exciting, only the military formation is marching, and these people are not interested, Chen Jian simply called the two strongest of the two black-clothed guards to wrestle in front of everyone for fun.
The muscles of the two were swollen, and they were afraid that they would break their clothes when they wrestled, so they took off their coats, their muscles bulged, they were covered in sweat, and they fought together.
Occasionally, the breeze blew and the smell of sweat came with it, but the young boy didn't care, staring at the panting and red-faced opponent who fell, and praised loudly.
Jian Chen laughed twice and said, "It's been a long time, and I'm hungry, so let's get some food first." Eat and watch something else. ”
Several large copper pots were carried over, full of soup, and lined up nearby, and various cutlery was brought in, and charcoal was spread under the copper pots, and the newly slaughtered mutton was cut into thin slices by copper knives.
In a bowl, moldy tofu, leek flowers, chopped peppercorns, dogwood powder, vinegar, bean paste...... In addition to chili peppers, Chen Jian made a demonstration, used chopsticks to pick up a piece of mutton and soaked it in a copper pot, a touch of seasoning in the bowl, slightly closed his eyes, and was infinitely satisfied.
Everyone knows that the food in Xia City is different, and Chen Jian can be so intoxicated. Seeing the delicate mutton and the dripping green leeks, I suddenly felt that my index finger moved, and I praised it after trying it.
Then the hot liquor, the sweet and sour tenderloin, maple sour fruit, mustard sashimi, all kinds of pastries with the fragrance of summer flowers, pea yellow and so on were brought to the girls.
These sons of relatives and nobles also have fertile land and hundreds of slaves in their families, and they are extremely rich, but when it comes to food, it is really too far from what Chen Jian has figured out, they may not have a copper pot for stir-frying, and there are few sweet and sour ingredients, and the meat is delicious, where can it be compared to the temptation of the tip of the tongue carefully prepared by Chen Jian.
When the food was in full swing, a few people came over with a few large earthen baskets, and when they saw such a grand ceremony, they thought it was the good food of the finale, so they stood up and surrounded them, and a few anxiously pulled out the hay covered on the earthen baskets, but they were all stunned there.
There is no food in the earthen basket.
There was only a pile of wooden tablets. (To be continued.) )