Although Zhuang Jihua lowered the necessary surname of Panzhihua by dozens of percentage points in his heart, he still sent out various detachments, the task of Cao Ruizhi, a water conservancy expert, was to find a suitable site for the construction of a hydropower station, and the mission of Chang Longqing, a geological expert, was to collect more ore and further find out the distribution of minerals here, the road detachment began to plan the road here, and the factory detachment began to choose the site, Zhuang Jihua sent an urgent telegram to Lu Zuofu, asking him to send someone to investigate whether the Jinsha River waterway is suitable for navigation.

Xu Ying and County Magistrate Zhang were very cooperative with Zhuang Jihua's work, Xu Ying handed over more than half of his soldiers to the development team, and County Magistrate Zhang organized more than 500 people, which made Zhuang Jihua feel that they were not trying to help, but took the opportunity to knock a stroke from his hand, and a week later, Ren Naiqiang told him that he could go to the local Yi Tusi's own official village.

My own family is not my own home, it is the surname Zi, my own family belongs to the Black Yi, the former Qing Dynasty was named the soil of a thousand households, the end of the Qing Dynasty was self-established as the Tusi, and now the Tusi is called the beginning of self-study. The official village is in the southeast of Huili, more than 60 kilometers away from the county seat of the Jinsha River.

Along the way, Zhuang Jihua felt strange, there are mountains and rivers here, and the scenery is beautiful, which is completely different from the deep mountains and old forests he imagined. And it's a bit of a long way, from leaving Huili at 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Obviously, there is a lot of influence from the Han nationality here, you can meet a lot of Han people along the way, your own official village has formed a small town, far away from the town to see the welcome team organized by the Yi people, the Yi girl provoked a cheerful welcome dance, in the green mountains, the sound of the trombone blowing is particularly melodious.

Zhuang Jihua dismounted from afar, his move surprised Xu Ying and County Magistrate Zhang, but since Zhuang Jihua dismounted, they had no reason to be on the horse anymore, so they had to dismount and follow Zhuang Jihua step by step.

Coming to the front, separated from the dancing girl, two old men came out of the crowd, they were carrying a jar in their hands, Zhuang Jihua took two steps, he didn't expect the welcome arranged by his family to be so grand, and he was about to say thank you, but Ren Naiqiang hurriedly caught up with him to stop his humility.

The melodious trumpet stopped, the girl's singing and dancing also stopped, the two old men carried the altar and began to sing in front of him, Zhuang Jihua was full of smiles, but he didn't understand what they were singing, he glanced at Ren Naiqiang, who was looking at the two old men with a smile.

After the two old men finished singing, they slapped the seal of the jar, and a strong aroma of wine came to their nostrils, the old man took out a few tubes and put them in the wine jar, and then carried the wine jar to Zhuang Jihua, Ren Naiqiang leaned over and said in Zhuang Jihua's ear: "Welcome wine, the more you drink, the better." ”

Zhuang Jihua's smile did not decrease, but there was a puzzled inquiry in his eyes, it can be judged from the taste of wine that this is a spirit, the more you drink, the better? What if you get drunk?

But Ren Naiqiang didn't see it, he just encouraged him with his eyes, Zhuang Jihua had no choice but to pick up a straw, the straw was made of wheat straw, and began to drink, he judged that it was right, it was indeed a strong wine, and there was a spicy taste in the mouth, no worse than the burning knife in the Northeast.

Zhuang Jihua didn't know how much to drink, so he kept drinking like this, and after seeing that a third of the way, he was about to raise his head, but he heard Ren Naiqiang say in a strong voice: "The Yi family's fine wine is sweeter than honey, and the guests have drunk it in their chests; Thank you for the toast! ”

"Boom!" These words seemed to have magic power, the melodious trombone sounded again, and the cheerful dance danced again, Zhuang Jihua stopped, and walked out of the crowd A dark-skinned man, he was dressed differently from others, the black man laughed and said: "I have seen the generals since I first learned, and the generals are welcome to the Yi family as guests." ”

"Zhuang is in a hurry, disturbing the toast." Zhuang Jihua replied with a smile.

"Our Yi people are the most hospitable, and it's too late for the guests to be happy, so the general asks the Ya Nei to speak." At the beginning of self-study, the body retreated, and made a Han gesture of please.

Zhuang Jihua was about to take a step, but Ren Naiqiang preemptively said: "Thank you toast, the person who came is a guest, please toast first." ”

Zhuang Jihua immediately stopped, made a gesture, the smile on his face at the beginning of the self-study was even stronger, he did not refuse, but turned around and led the way to the village, Zhuang Jihua followed behind. At the beginning of self-study, he reached out and grabbed Zhuang Jihua's hand, and the two walked into the cottage together.

After entering the town, there were welcoming crowds along the streets, but Zhuang Jihua didn't see much smile on their faces, the town's buildings were mainly wood, obviously most of the buildings were a little old, and there were various traces on his surface.

After walking through the street, there are two huge stone lords in the northeast of the town, these two stone pillars form a huge gate, behind this door is a neat stone road, the two sides of the road are decorated with some patterns with stones, Zhuang Jihua estimates that he will enter the official village across this gate, and sure enough, he did not take two steps, he saw a majestic and majestic fortress, the dark gate, the pale yellow wall, but the paint on the wall, some broken, there are two lifelike stone tigers lying in front of the gate on both sides of the gate, walking towards this door, a huge momentum is coming.

Self-study Chu let go of Zhuang Jihua's hand outside the gate of the official hall, but he still walked in front, Zhuang Jihua now understood, maybe the customs of the Yi people are like this, he is half a step behind the beginning of self-study.

Entering the gate is the official hall, the square in front of the official hall has been set up a banquet, self-study naturally sat in the master's seat, wearing a gorgeous national costume of the Yi girl invited Zhuang Jihua to the first place to sit down, followed by Zhuang Jihua Ren Naiqiang and Xu Ying, Zhang County Magistrate They also sat down in turn.

Then a large group of girls came out from both sides of the official hall, they lowered their heads, holding plates, and soon the table in front of Zhuang Jihua was full of all kinds of food, and they began to toast since the beginning of their studies, Zhuang Jihua did not show weakness and then replied, because when he sat down, Ren Naiqiang specially told him that the Yi people respect people who can drink, and if he can drink, let go.

The song and dance began again, and more than a dozen Yi girls sang cheerful songs and danced cheerfully, the formation shuttled and changed, and the youthful atmosphere was compelling; A dozen sturdy young men entered the dance hall with the three strings and danced steps, either in pairs with the girls or in a large circle.

Applauding, twisting his waist, and the silver ornament made a crisp sound, adding a touch of wonderful rhythm to the music and dance, which actually ignited Zhuang Jihua's long-lost familiarity, he couldn't help but twist twice when he sat in his position, and his expression began to get excited little by little.

Ren Naiqiang saw his feelings and signaled to him that he could go in and dance with them, Zhuang Jihua hesitated, and finally stood up and stepped into the dance circle, Ren Naiqiang also got up immediately, smiled at the beginning of his own study, and also got down from the seat, but before coming in, his eyes swept a glance at the housekeeper standing aside, and the housekeeper immediately motioned for the two girls in colorful clothes to also enter the dance circle.

With the foundation of jumping in his previous life, Zhuang Jihua quickly adapted to the rhythm of dance, raising his legs, clapping, and spinning in circles, and he played like a child at this time.

In addition to Zhuang Jihua and Ren Naiqiang, many guards were also pulled into the dance circle, only Song Yunfei refused the temptation of any girl, and always stood silently outside the venue, watching Zhuang Jihua dancing in the dance circle.

"You are a friend of our Yi people." At the beginning of self-study, he said to Zhuang Jihua that no matter how polite the Han people are, it is rare for them to be so cheerful and consciously engaged in the singing and dancing of the Yi people, and they are so involved in dancing.

Zhuang Jihua laughed at him, then turned around, and confronted a girl, with the sound of the piano, squatting, getting up, applauding, turning around, he became more and more proficient, suddenly, he spoke Chinese at the beginning of self-study. What I told him at the beginning of my self-study just now was Chinese, can he speak Chinese?

"We're friends, what else can we be?" After turning around, Zhuang Jihua said to self-study.

At the beginning of self-study, I was slightly flustered, and then I was driven by dance music. "Come on!" Zhuang Jihua beckoned to the people standing outside, "Come on!" ”

There have been several kinds of joyful dances under the moonlight, Zhuang Jihua has to sigh, ethnic minorities are good at singing and dancing, and the Yi people can dance no matter how old or young they are.

There are many types of songs and dances of the Yi nationality, and there are many musical instruments, such as Yueqin, Pinxian, Sanxian Bawu, Mabu, Hulusheng, Qinglu, and Kexijueer; The copper drum and Kramont took turns to fight, and Zhuang Jihua was dazzled when he saw it.

When the wine was hot, the sturdy Yi boy performed wrestling for the guests, and Zhuang Jihua and Zixue Chu both applauded them loudly.

"Where did he find it? Did you inform him of the preparation? Zhuang Jihua asked Ren Naiqiang with a smile.

"Still need to be notified," Ren Naiqiang smiled and shook his head: "He is the emperor of the Yi people within a radius of hundreds of miles, and these are all from his family." ”

Zhuang Jihua was stunned for a moment, at home? He turned his head to look at the girl and the guy who were dancing the moon dance on the field, in disbelief. A soil emperor can be like this, no wonder so many people want to be emperors throughout the ages.

At the beginning of self-study, Zhuang Jihua staggered over with a wine glass, Zhuang Jihua stood up, his face was flushed and he stammered a little: "Sir, you are... Our Yi people....friends, come, drink. ”

Zhuang Jihua did not refuse, he picked up the wine glass and drank it clean, this self-taught did not look at the strong physique, and his ability to drink was not as good as him.

However, Zhuang Jihua was still drunk in the end, he was helped back to the guest room by Wu Ziniu, and entered the guest room, he drank a few cups of tea, stabilized his mood, and thought about today's situation, he felt much more comfortable, too many things happened during this time, pressing on his shoulders like a mountain, making him a little overwhelmed, today's wine, this dance, released those unpleasant feelings.

"Sir, the bath water is ready." Wu Ziniu came over to report that Zhuang Jihua felt that the clothes on his body had been soaked with sweat and were very comfortable, so he took off his coat while walking out, and hung it on the hanger at the door.

Outside the door, Wu Ziniu looked at him with a strange expression, he opened his mouth and didn't speak, turned around and closed the door of the bedroom, and then pushed open a side door in the room, it turned out that the bath room was next door to the bedroom, Zhuang Jihua didn't notice that there was a door here just now.

Wu Ziniu did not stay in the bathhouse, but quickly went out, and closed the door from the outside, Zhuang Jihua walked into the house, and smelled a fragrant wind, two Yi girls gave him a deep salute, and then got up and walked in front of him, Zhuang Jihua did not react, the two girls began to strip for him.

"Wait," Zhuang Jihua squeezed the girl's hand that was reaching for the belt around his waist, and then took two steps back: "What are you guys doing here?" ”

The two girls obviously didn't understand his words, and they looked at Zhuang Jihua a little bewildered.

"What are you doing here?" Zhuang Jihua's voice was full of doubts, could it be a bath? In his previous life, there was a petty official who put his life on the line for this matter, did he have to play this hand at the beginning of his studies? It seems that there are no knives in sight, on them? It's not like that.

Zhuang Jihua took a closer look at the two girls, they looked only sixteen or seventeen years old. The breasts had already developed, the wide Yi costumes could not hide their figures, their complexion could not be seen clearly under the light, the contours of their faces were very beautiful, and a pair of big eyes were looking at him in confusion.

"Well, you guys go back first, I can do it myself." Zhuang Jihua said and saluted them: "Thank you." ”

Although Zhuang Jihua doesn't think there is any danger, he doesn't want to accept such a bath, anyway, we are on behalf of the central political axe, and we must maintain the dignity of the political axe, and we can't let the self-study look flat.

Although the two girls didn't understand what Zhuang Jihua said, they also understood what Zhuang Jihua meant, their actions immediately startled him, the two knelt on the ground, chirping and talking, Zhuang Jihua looked at them with a sad expression, a little panicked, he quickly opened the door.

"Wu Ziniu, Wu Ziniu, go and invite Mr. Ren." Zhuang Jihua shouted, and hurriedly walked back to the bedroom.

Ren Naiqiang came over quickly, saw this situation, and asked the two girls before returning to the room and saying to Zhuang Jihua with a smile: "General, this is a gift from the self-taught toast to you." ”

"Gifts? They? So [***]! Zhuang Jihua almost loaded: "I'm not....toast." ”

The mantra of his previous life almost blurted out, but fortunately he changed his words immediately, he shook his head vigorously, and asked very puzzled: "Do you also have such a gift?" ”

"No, such gifts can only be enjoyed by guests who are considered the most precious by the Yi people," Ren Naiqiang shook his head and said, "They are all carefully selected from various villages, one is fourteen years old, the other is fifteen years old, and they are all clean virgins." ”

"It's even worse, they're still children." Zhuang Jihua didn't dare to touch it: "Why did he give me such a gift?" ”

"I don't know, but we'll know tomorrow." Ren Naiqiang said.

"This is a bribe," Zhuang Jihua said resolutely: "No, send them back." ”

"I can't go back," Ren Naiqiang smiled bitterly: "The rules of the Yi people, the gifts sent out can never be taken back, and even if you forcibly send them back, they will not be able to see people in the village in the future, they will be regarded as a shame to the village, if it is good, they will be driven out of the village and fend for themselves; If it is bad, burn it or bury it alive. ”

Zhuang Jihua is completely stupid, how can this be? What will Liu Yinshu think when she takes two girls back on a trip, and the language is not comprehensible, so she can't even have a conversation; Can't you leave them behind, their lives have just begun, and the years like flowers have withered away? No, absolutely not. Zhuang Jihua lost his mind all of a sudden.

"I don't think it's good to let them stay here first, if you don't want to touch them, go to another room, and talk about everything tomorrow." Ren Naiqiang said that it is natural to stay in the owner's room as a gift, and as for whether the owner returns, it is another matter.

Zhuang Jihua nodded slowly, this is a good idea, he messed up, fortunately Ren Naiqiang is still sober.

The two girls stayed in his room all night, but he slipped into Song Yunfei's room and stayed overnight.

The next day, he and he officially started talks, but the talks also began in a very casual way, Zhuang Jihua expressed his warm hospitality to him yesterday, and presented him with a batch of gifts, including silk, salt, tea, a dozen steel guns, a few boxes of bullets, and a gramophone.

"Chief Zhuang is not satisfied with my gift?" At the beginning of the self-study, while expressing gratitude, he asked seemingly unconcernedly.

"No, your gift is too expensive for me to bear." Zhuang Jihua said with a wry smile.

"Oh," self-taught winked in disbelief.

"Yes," Zhuang Jihua's smile became even more bitter: "Tusi's Chinese is very fluent." ”

"I studied in Xichang." At the beginning of self-study, he said lightly.

"Oh, that's good," since he has received education in modern civilization, he can talk about it, Zhuang Jihua said tentatively: "In my opinion, people are not objects, they should not be sent as gifts, everyone is equal." Yesterday you said that we are friends, and since we are friends, then we should not treat your brothers and sisters as slaves, otherwise I will not be your friends with the Yi people. ”

"Although I have received Han education, I am still a Yi person, a general, the Han people have a saying, called to follow the customs of the country, since you have come to the area of our Yi people, you want to make friends with our Yi people, then you should abide by the rules of our Yi people." Said at the beginning of self-study.

"But I took them away, what did their parents think? Are they willing to let their daughters leave them? Zhuang Jihua still wanted to impress him and wanted to return the gift.

"You don't understand that," said the self-taught beginning, "they will be happy, they will be glorified, their daughters will be glorified for them." ”

Zhuang Jihua almost fell, would this actually feel glorious? It's funny.

"General, if you still think that we are friends, then don't refuse the kindness of our Yi people, we Yi people never take back the gifts sent out." The tone of the self-study was very calm.

It's over, Zhuang Jihua understands that he can't return it, and it doesn't seem to be worth falling out with self-study for this matter, after all, he controls the Yi people in this hundred miles radius, as long as he says a word, the Yi people here will not make trouble for him.

"Since it's a gift to me, what do I do with them is my business?" Zhuang Jihua asked in a somewhat stiff tone.

"Of course, it's up to you whether you live or die." He replied immediately, and then whispered, "Do you know, they were selected by us, and Ayi and Ani are the most beautiful girls in our radius." ”

Zhuang Jihua had no choice but to smile helplessly, he felt that his smile must be more ugly than crying, but he thought that this was a small episode, the development team is so big, it is easy to arrange two girls, it is really not good, one is stuffed to Wu Ziniu, and the other is stuffed to Lu Ruishan, otherwise it is okay to stuff it to Song Yunfei, and after watching Xiaoxiu, he is still rude or not rude, as if I didn't clean you up.

(To be continued)