Relatively speaking, Bashu is known as the country of abundance.

However, in recent years, because of the difficulty of leaving Sichuan, Yizhou is equivalent to a relatively closed area, and it seems that it does not have much contact with the Han Dynasty.

Although Liu Yi established an open base in Dongting Dong Xinzhou, it seems that not many Yizhou merchants came to establish trade relations with Dongting Lake Xinzhou, and it seems that Yizhou can do everything as if it is self-sufficient.

In addition, there is a sign that the various commodities produced in Dongting Lake Xinzhou are in short supply, so the merchants of the New Han Dynasty will rarely take the initiative to enter the land of Xichuan, and most of them are developing in the south and north areas.

Liu Yi didn't expect that someone from Ba County, which belongs to the jurisdiction of Yizhou, came to Luoyang to do business, and it seemed that he was doing well.

Of course, Liu Yi was not all surprised, because Liu Yi suddenly remembered a very famous ancient person from Bajun, a woman.

"What's so strange about the slave family being a Ba County? Could it be that Luoyang doesn't welcome us Shu people to do business? Mrs. Yu saw Liu Yi's face surprised, and deliberately said to Liu Yi coquettishly.

"Hehe, it's not like this, I think of Mrs. Yu, a woman, who came to Luoyang thousands of miles away, and ran it so well that Liu unconsciously reminded me of an ancient person in your Ba County."

"Oh? Who did Taifu think of? ”

"Bajun widow Qing."

"Huh? Taifu, have you also heard of our Bajun Bajun widow Qing? This...... This is a matter of the pre-Qin Dynasty, and you even know the Tao? ”

As soon as Liu Yi said that the widow of Bajun was Qing, he was a little surprised when he talked about Mrs. Yu.

Because, Bajun widow Qing, in a strict sense, is said to be the ancestor of her Yu family. It's just that after the change of dynasties and the hundreds of years, the Bajun Yu family has long been forgotten by the world. Mrs. Yu didn't expect that Liu Yi had actually heard of such a person.

In fact, no one should remember who it is anymore. Only Liu Yi, a descendant, in modern times, occasionally read some introductions before he knew that there was such a great ancient woman in Ludao. That's why I have a little impression.

Ba County widow Qing, longevity of a thousand Buddhas, for the Ba country, Ba County period (now Chongqing area) of the level of industrial and commercial development of the iconic figure, born and died in the Qin Dynasty after King Huiwen set up Ba County to the early Qin Dynasty, for the time of southern China famous large industrial and commercial owners. The earliest female entrepreneur in China, the "first sister" in the eyes of Qin Shi Huang. Historical Records? The Biography of the Cargo Colony". Ba widow Qing family. Because of the benefits of the Dan cave for several generations, he has accumulated countless assets. After she took charge of the family business, she became "a thousand servants". She once relied on her financial resources to ensure the safety of one party, and gave financial assistance to the country to build the Great Wall, and even Qin Shi Huang valued her very much and respected her as a "virgin". After her death. It was buried in Longzhai Mountain, a thousand Buddha Zhaigou.

The earliest female entrepreneur in China, even the Great Wall built by Qin Shi Huang has her share of credit.

This is a legendary woman.

Mrs. Liu Yiyuyu remembered that there was such a character in Ba County.

"Hehe, I've heard it happen occasionally. Therefore, it is known that the wealth of the widow Qing of Ba County in Qin Shida was rich enough to rival the country. This Bajun widow Qing is a great woman, I think, Mrs. Yu, you can almost be as famous as Bajun widow Qing now, are you Bajun women so capable? Naturally, Liu Yi would not say much, and would not say that he had read some accounts about the widow Qing of Bajun in his later life.

"That's right, we did have such a woman in Ba County, at that time, it was really possible to call it a rich country, but it's a pity that ......" Mrs. Yu sighed faintly and said: "However, the slave family does not dare to compare with the widow Qing of Ba County, not to mention, with the current achievements of the slave family, it is really far from the rich and rival country, and it is not worth mentioning." ”

"Madame Jade is too modest."

"Hehe, does the slave family seem to be a modest person? However, there is one thing that the slave family can compare with the widow Qing of Ba County, and that is...... The slave family is also a Ba County widow, and in this regard, Taifu is right. ”

"Huh? Lady Jade ...... I'm sorry, Liu Yi didn't mean to mention Mrs. Yu's sad matter. Seeing Mrs. Yu's gloomy expression, Liu Yi hurriedly apologized.

"It's okay, in fact, people are used to it." Mrs. Yu said with a forced smile: "Taifu doesn't know, in our Yu family, like the slave family, a widow at a young age, nine or eight times out of ten, this may be the fate of our Yu family." ”

"What? Mrs. Yu, you mean, your Yu family ......" Liu Yi couldn't help but be a little stunned when he heard this.

"That's right, almost all the men of our Yu family don't live to be thirty, and some will die if they are not twenty-five, so what if they have more family wealth? Isn't it for a bunch of us women to suffer alive? Lady Jade said with a little resentment in her tone.

"This ...... How is this possible? "Liu Yi naturally won't believe in any fatalistic theory, if what Mrs. Yu said is true, then Liu Yi feels that Mrs. Yu's Yu family must have some secret problems.

"Hehe, Taifu thinks the slave family is lying to you? To tell you the truth, our Bajun Yu family has something to do with the Bajun widow Qing you just mentioned, because our Yu family is the descendants of the Bajun widow Qing. During the pre-Qin period, the widow Qing was taken into the Xianyang Palace by the Qin Emperor, and her family and property also moved to Xianyang, but there was still a descendant in Ba County. After hundreds of years, the Yu family has declined. Originally, our Yu family didn't plan to be born again, but now that the war is in chaos, if our Yu family is not born to seek a way to survive, I am afraid that our Yu family will be annihilated, and the slave family is to operate in the New Han Dynasty on behalf of the Yu family. ”

Mrs. Yu continued: "Taifu doesn't know, almost all the men in our Yu family are around twenty-five to thirty, and they will die young, so our Yu family is also used to letting women be in charge, and let us widows come forward to run it, and now, it has become a habit." ”

"You are actually the descendants of the widow Qing of Ba County?" Liu Yi really couldn't imagine that Mrs. Yu would have a relationship with Mrs. Qing of Qin Shi.

"Strictly speaking, Bajun Widow Qing is the one who came out of our Yu family." Mrs. Yu seemed to deliberately correct Liu Yi's statement and said: "Widow Qing is the most respected ancestor of the slave family, but she has no descendants, because she is still a virgin after her death. Respected by Emperor Qin as a "virgin woman", the women of our Yu family all regard widow Qing as the woman we emulate, and they are chaste all their lives. ”

After Liu Yi heard what Mrs. Yu said, he couldn't believe it, how could it be? The men in the family actually died in their twenties and thirties? Is it genetic?

Although they were chatting now, listening to Mrs. Yu say it was so magical, which greatly aroused Liu Yi's curiosity. I kept thinking about how this was possible.

"Madame Jade, don't you think it's strange? How could the men of your Yu family all die young? Could it be that your Yu family hasn't noticed it for so many years? Not surprising? What is the problem of not seeking a doctor? Uh......"

Leo Yi asked. I closed my mouth myself, because. With the level of medicine in this ancient era. Unless she encounters a divine doctor like Hua Tuo to take a look at the people of her Yu family, otherwise, who can see what kind of illness the man of the Yu family will get? What caused their untimely death?

"How could we not have sought medical advice for hundreds of years? However, none of the doctors in Langzhong could see what kind of illness our Yu family man had. Anyway, the man of the Yu family. Every thirty or so, he would die purple, and no one could see what the problem was. ”

"Alas, it may be our Jade family. I have received too much love from heaven and earth, so I have to pay some price. Madame Jade sighed again.

"No, that's unlikely, isn't it? Purple and dying? Liu Yi heard this, his heart suddenly changed, this can't be poisoning, right? If someone poisons the Yu family, this ......

As soon as Liu Yi thought of the idea that someone might poison the people of the Yu family, he immediately shook his head and put it away, feeling that it was unlikely. Because, if someone poisons the people of the Yu family, it is impossible to poison the men as long as they are poisoned, I am afraid that even the women of the Yu family will not be spared, not to mention, listening to Mrs. Yu's meaning, it seems that it has been like this for hundreds of years, who will hate the Yu family so much, and will continue to poison the Yu family for hundreds of years? is really poisoned, and can do it so unknowingly, I'm afraid that the Yu family has already died out, right? It is unlikely that there will be descendants left to this day.

"It's not poisoning, the men of our Yu family, before twenty-five, didn't have anything to do, and they will be like that when they are about thirty."

Whether it was poisoned or not, Liu Yi had no way to investigate, but if the man of the Yu family really died so strangely, Liu Yi estimated that it was similar to poisoning.

However, Liu Yi is just talking casually with Mrs. Yu now, not really trying to solve the problem of the death of the man of the Yu family.

Liu Yi looked at Mrs. Yu and saw that she was such a beautiful woman, she was actually a widow, and she couldn't help but feel a little pity.

Liu Yi changed the topic and said: "Well, this kind of thing is really a bit weird, there must be some reason." However, Mrs. Yu doesn't have to be sad, no matter what, life must always look forward, and now your Yu family is doing well in Luoyang, you ...... You're planning to settle in Luoyang, right? ”

"Well...... Mrs. Yu nodded: "Our Yu family, in the early years, sent people to see Luoyang, and felt that the policies of the New Han Dynasty were indeed much more enlightened than the policies of other princes, so we will transfer some industries to Luoyang, I hope that we can change the fate of our Yu family by changing our environment and life." ”

"Your Yu family moved to Luoyang with your family? All here? ”

"Not really, we still have some people left in Ba County." Madam Yu shook her head and said, "Our Yu family still has to rely on the dansha produced in an ancient mining site in Ba County to help our Yu family make a living. Otherwise, our Yu family has hundreds or thousands of people, and it will not be easy. ”

"Dansha?" When Liu Yi heard this, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately remembered that the family of the widow Qing seemed to have started by selling dansha, if Mrs. Yu's jade family is the descendant of the widow Qing, then their jade family should have a close connection with dansha. However......

Liu Yi now thinks that Dansha, in fact, there will be erysipelas, if according to Mrs. Yu, the men of the Yu family will not live to be thirty, is this due to the poison of Dansha by the men of her Yu family?

Liu Yi thought about it and couldn't help but ask Mrs. Yu: "Mrs. Yu, how do the people of your Yu family usually live, uh, that is to say, do the men of your Yu family often have contact with Dansha?" ”

"That's right, Dansha is the foundation of our Jade family, and the men of our Jade family generally study before the age of fifteen and start a family around sixteen. Then he went out independently and went to our jade family's Dansha mine to collect Dansha. Mrs. Yu heard Liu Yi ask this, and answered without much thought.

"Huh? The men of your Yu family are going to dig the Dansha mine? This ......" Liu Yi felt a little incredible, because the Yu family was a rich family no matter how it was, how could they ask the people of their Yu family to mine and mine sand in person? Can't afford to invite someone? It's impossible.

Therefore, Liu Yi said puzzledly: "Mrs. Yu, your Yu family can be regarded as a rich family." The matter of mining, you still need the men of your Yu family to do it yourself? Can't you just hire someone to dig it? ”

"This ......" Mrs. Yu hesitated for a moment before saying: "Taifu, this is not a secret, Dan sand mine was developed by our ancestors of the Yu family." In an extremely hidden place, the reason why our Yu family was able to prosper. It's all about this Dan placer mine. Therefore, outsiders don't know, only the men of our Yu family can know where the Dao is, therefore, for the sake of secrecy. It can only be the children of our Yu family who go to mining. Collecting dansha is not like ordinary mining, and it does not have to be collected for many years. In one year, it only takes about three months to harvest enough for our jade family to sell dansha for one year. Our jade family is also worried that the Dansha mine will be dug one day, so the number of collections will also be limited. If it is just right for troubled times, we will also close the mine, and when the world is too peaceful, we will dig dansha. ”

"I see, that's ......" Liu Yi vaguely understood after hearing it.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Yu felt that Liu Yi was a little weird, and couldn't help but ask.

"Madam Jade, perhaps, I have found out the reason why all the men of your Jade family died young."

"What? Can you find it? Madame Yu looked at Liu Yidao in surprise.

Now, Mrs. Yu is just chatting casually with Liu Yi, but she didn't expect that she would chat casually like this, and Liu Yi actually said that she had found the reason for the early death of the man from her Yu family, which really surprised her.

This strange thing of the Yu family has lasted for hundreds of years, and they have not been able to find a specific reason, and they have never thought that it is because the men of their family often come into contact with dansha, and even go deep into the dansha mine to breathe some toxic metal elements.

"Well, I'm just guessing." Liu Yi couldn't use the explanation of his descendants to tell Mrs. Yu, and she might not understand if he told her.

Therefore, Liu Yi had no choice but to say to her in a way that she could understand: "Mrs. Yu, did the men of your Yu family start well?" Especially before getting married, there is no doubt that ordinary people are so healthy? ”

"Yes." Mrs. Yu said without thinking: "The men of our Yu family usually have very few minor illnesses, but when they reach a certain age, between twenty-five and thirty, they will suddenly have a strange illness and die purple. ”

"Then the men of your family, when they enter your Jade family's secret Dansha mine to mine Dansha, not everyone has a fixed amount of time, right? That is, some people may just go for a few days, some may be two or three months, and some people may not even go once a year, right? ”

"That's right, our Yu family needs to have men in the family who are required to make some contributions to the family, but there will always be some who are diligent and some who will be lazy. Not necessarily in a certain amount. ”

"Well, I see. Listen to me. Liu Yi said: "The early death of your man's family is probably related to your man's entry into the Dan sand mine to mine." Because, dansa is poisonous, and there is no problem with occasional contact, but if it is exposed for a long time, it may be poisoned. Moreover, this is a chronic form of salsine poison that is not immediately reflected. When the dansha poison in the body of the man of your Yu family accumulates to the point where it can be fatal, it will suddenly attack, and then he will die purple. ”

"What? Taifu, do you mean...... The man of our Yu family died early because he came into contact with Dansha? W-This can't be, right? The women of our Yu family are actually often in contact with dansha, but why is there no precedent for the women of our Yu family to die of purple? Madam Jade said in disbelief.

The jade family's dansha mine is the foundation of her jade family, if it is because the men of the jade family went into the dansha mining that all the men of their jade family died early, it would be a tragedy. Well, reality, such tragedies have been going on for hundreds of years.

Mrs. Yu was a little excited, and stood up suddenly, if what Liu Yi said was true, could this be regarded as God giving her the wealth of the Yu family, and giving them disaster?

What is the use of exchanging one's man's life for wealth?

Mrs. Yu was really a little excited, her head felt a little dizzy, I don't know why, she felt that what Liu Yi said was very likely to be the truth. In fact, it's not that the people of their Yu family haven't thought about this, it's just that they have always been reluctant to admit it. Because, the truth is really too weird, how can it be that the man of his own family will not live to be thirty years old?

However, dansha is wealth, and no one wants to give it up. So, even if someone has thought about such a problem, no one has come up with it.

"When you come into contact with dansha, there is generally no big problem, I mean, when they enter your dansha mine to mine, they breathe into the mine with poor air circulation, and some toxic gases emitted because of itching......" Liu Yi said that when he woke up and said too much, Mrs. Yu might not understand, so she said directly: "That is to say, the problem is in the mine." (To be continued......)