Chapter 14 Xiaoxing sleeps overnight
Hulu Valley is like a huge machine, under the auspices of Zhang Chang and Tang Bin, it began to run at high speed in an orderly manner, Yang Ke and the two discussed the next step of the arrangement, handed over a matter to the two, he wore a cloth coat, a hat, only brought an entourage, a coachman, accompanied by Tang Zhong, the light car Jane followed, out of the Hulu Valley, all the way to the north. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"The spine of the world overlooks Zhongzhou, the elbow arm of the east of the river, and the throat of the Jin Kingdom." Yang Keyang whipped and pointed out: "Second uncle, come and see, the east is Taihang, the west is Taiyue, the male is in his hand, and he can't open it, no wonder Zhao was slaughtered here with hundreds of thousands of soldiers." After speaking, Yang Ke jumped off the horse, took out a booklet bound in thread from his bag, opened it and drew and memorized it while reading.
Tang Zhong glanced at it, and Yang Ke was drawing the terrain and mountains on the booklet, and recording the directions and some symbols that he couldn't understand. "Childe, the old man is stupid, what do these symbols mean?"
Yang Ke smiled slightly: "This is called Arabic numerals, only I can understand them, just to make me remember them." ”
Tang Zhong saw that he didn't want to explain, so he didn't ask anymore: "Childe is interested in mapping and public opinion?" ”
"It's just a novelty to see everything, and it's a great pleasure to travel thousands of miles to write down everything you see and hear, so as not to forget, and to flip through it when you're free."
Tang Zhong nodded: "Childe is a person with a heart." ”
Yang Ke's coachman was black and chubby, and he smiled without saying a word: "Childe, it's not early, there are still more than 20 miles away from the market town, let's hurry early, I'm afraid that when it's dark, we can only sleep in the wilderness." ”
Yang Ke turned around and helped Tang Zhong: "Second uncle, please get in the car, let's hurry up." ”
A group of people in the wilderness along the official road winding, unconsciously the sky is dark, only a little starlight shines, the coachman in the dark night to drive the carriage and horses all the way gallop, but very steady, no bumps, Yang Ke and his entourage beat horses and walked together, far away to see the sparse lights, closer and closer, but is a small village, the houses are very dilapidated, the night is silent. The crowd slowed down and headed towards the lights under the guidance of the coachman. At the light of the light are several slightly neat looking houses, rammed earth walls, thatched roofs, and a flagpole stands in front of the door, on which hangs a wind lantern fluttering in the wind, although the light is dim, but it is very eye-catching in the night.
The fat coachman shouted at the top of his voice: "Lao Liu, Lao Liu, let's sleep again, get out, the distinguished guest has arrived." The dog barked loudly, and a black dog rushed out, and when he saw the fat coachman, he immediately stopped barking, and kept shaking his head and tail, obviously recognizing the fat coachman.
"Lao Liu, dogs know how to welcome guests, you don't fucking know how to be polite." The fat coachman jumped out of the carriage, laughing and scolding, and helped Tang Zhong out of the carriage.
"Hei Qi, you don't fucking know how to cultivate your mouth." Before the words fell, the lights in the house turned on, the door opened with a "squeak", and a thin old man walked out with an oil lamp half-covered. ”
Yang Ke waved his hand: "Old man, we were disturbed late at night and wanted to come and spend the night." ”
Lao Liu turned around and shouted to the house: "Yu'er, come and lead the horse for the distinguished guest." The inner room answered, and out came a young girl, sixteen or seventeen years old, although clothed and dressed, but neat and plain, with picturesque eyebrows, and came to help everyone lead the horses. Yang Ke smiled and said, "There is Miss Lao." The girl glanced up at Yang Ke, hurriedly lowered her head, answered something like a mosquito, and led the two of them to the backyard.
Lao Liu was courteous: "Distinguished guests come into the house, little Lao'er's shop is shabby, and you have wronged your guests." ”
Yang Ke helped Tang Zhong and walked towards the store. Hei Qi scolded the entourage with a smile: "Stuffy gourd, don't stand stupidly, quickly move the luggage in." ”
As the name suggests, the stuffy gourd man unloaded the luggage of several people from the car without saying a word, and tied them all in rattan boxes to the back of the car, one in one hand, and one under the armpit, and also entered the inn.
The store is not big, the side compartment is the bedroom of Lao Liu and his daughter, there are two cases and a few chairs in the store, Yang Ke can't help but secretly surprise, it is more common for the Jin Dynasty to sit on the ground, a few official palaces will have tables and chairs, I didn't expect that an ordinary country inn actually has tables and chairs. Dong Zhong saw Yang Ke's doubts and said: "The shopkeeper must not be from the Central Plains, this chair originally came from the Hu people, and it was called Hu Bed." ”
Lao Liu's face was full of admiration: "The old gentleman is a learned person at first glance, yes, the villain is a Huns." As he spoke, he wiped down a few cases and invited everyone to take a seat.
Tang Zhong said to Yang Ke: "Qin Xiongnu dominated the north of the Central Plains, and then Meng Tian led 300,000 troops defeated, the people moved out of the Hetao and Hexi, the Western Han Dynasty repeatedly committed the border, for the Han Wu Emperor to chase Mobei, split into five tribes, during the Eastern Han Dynasty and for the north and south of the Xiongnu, the Northern Xiongnu moved west and disappeared, the leader of the Southern Xiongnu Mao Dunshan married Gaozu later, so, the descendants of Mao Dunshan Yu are surnamed Liu, the left of his clan is Taiyuan Zi, the right is Qi, the south is Puzi, the north is Xinxing, and the middle is Daling. Although the Liu family lived in five departments, they all lived on the shore of the Fenjian in Jinyang. ”
Lao Liu admired more and more: "What the old gentleman said is exactly the same as that passed down from generation to generation, the little old man is the descendant of the Mao Dunshan family, and he has lived here for three generations, just relying on this small shop to support his family, insulting his ancestors." ”
"How many Huns are there here? Is it under the control of the government or under the control of the government? Yang Ke asked.
"The nobles don't know, just can't manage the people of the Senei, there are more Huns here than the Han people, but the Huns have no land and no property, they can only rely on renting the land of the Han people or being tenant farmers or slaves, and then they do a little base to make a living, in the early years, there are county, township, and the officials in the county, and then there is no one in the township, and the officials of the county government do not care about anything except urging grain and taxes, and now some local rich and wealthy gentry control the place, and the life of the clansmen is hard." Speaking of this, Lao Liu wiped the corners of his eyes and stopped: "The distinguished guests must be hungry, little Lao'er will prepare a meal for the distinguished guests." After speaking, he hurriedly went to the kitchen Zhang Luo.
Hei Qi looked at Lao Liu's back and went out of the door, and sighed: "There are several evil gentry here, the most of which is surnamed Xie Mingkun, who is the doorman of Sima Xuan, the king of Dong'an, who bullied men and women, and disregarded people's lives, Lao Liu originally had a son, and last year Xie Kun failed to seize this store, so he sent a family member to arrest his son, and also accused him of being a thief, and wanted to force Lao Liu to hand over the deed, but Lao Liu's son was just injured by the Xie family, and was put in private prison by the Xie family, Lao Liu was anxious to save his son, handed over the deed, and exchanged for his son, but when he came back, he was already dying, vomited blood and died in less than three days. If Lao Liu hadn't been for the fact that he still had a girl, he would have ended up with a rope a long time ago. ”
After listening to Hei Qi's words, Yang Ke's heart fluctuated, but his face was as usual, and he said to himself: "Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat, honestly." ”
Tang Zhong glanced at Yang Ke meaningfully: "Han and Hu have lived together for a long time, and they are still incompatible today, the Manchu Dynasty ministers know it, but no one has a chance to break through the sky, and my Dajin is now walking on thin ice, like facing the abyss." ”
"Second uncle, what is the heavenly machine?"
"The internal relocation of the Hu people is a long-term strategy to never eliminate border troubles, and the Han and Hu families should be the people of my Great Jin, but the local powerful annex of land has become a trend, usury exploitation of the people, the people have no arable land, the government is heavily taxed, forced labor, and the law is blatantly corrupted.
"Does the second uncle have a good solution to this crisis?"
Tang Zhong suddenly changed his words: "Isn't Childe's trip just to find a good plan?" Just go all the way, look all the way, and good ideas will naturally come. The two looked at each other and smiled.
When everyone was talking and laughing, Lao Liu and Yu'er brought out the food, the dishes were all vegetarian dishes, and the staple food was also a pot of black bread, although it was simple, but it was clean. Lao Liu said apologetically: "The small shop is shabby, there is no wine, and there is no meat and vegetables, and I have wronged a few nobles." ”
Yang Ke knew that their livelihood was difficult, so he waved his hand to show that it was okay, and asked Hei Qi to take out the dried meat and wine he was carrying, and then said to Lao Liu and Yu'er: "Old man, we have some things to ask you, if you don't give up, just have a drink with us, chat while eating, and Miss Yu'er will also eat a little together, you don't have to be polite." ”
Lao Liu rubbed his hands nervously: "A person like a fairy child, how dare the little old man sit on the same table with the child, this, this, this can not be helped." Yu'er's face was also flushed, and she didn't dare to look at Yang Ke.
Hei Qiyi pressed Lao Liu to his seat: "My son-in-law never stands up, since he has something to ask you, you sit down, I haven't seen you so cowardly on weekdays, it's really dog meat can't get on the table." He said to Yu'er again: "Yu'er, don't learn from your father, listen to Uncle Seven, sit down and eat." The two of them sat down, but Hei Qi couldn't stop picking up food and persuading him to drink.
After a few glasses of wine, I saw that Lao Liu relaxed a little and was no longer so nervous. Yang Kecai opened his mouth to inquire: "Old man, I heard that there is a great leader in your clan named Liu Yuan, who is very loved by the clan?" After speaking, he poured another glass of wine for Lao Liu.
Lao Liu took the wine with both hands and drank it down, his face lit up: "Speaking of our leader, it is the pride of the clan, the Huns have not had such a heroic leader for many years." The current Xiongnu are divided into five tribes, and for many years they have been dissatisfied with each other, until our new leader appears, and the tribes are no longer divided. Our leader has been familiar with military books since childhood, learning the knowledge of the Han family, inviting famous Han teachers, rare is both civil and military, or a magic archer, he has three red hairs on his heart, three feet six inches long, this is called born out of phase, is the reincarnation of the gods。。。。。。 ”
Yu'er on the side was slightly angry: "Dad, you are talking nonsense again, you haven't seen the leader with your own eyes, how do you know that he has a 。。。。。。。 in his heart?" Speaking of this, Yu'er seemed to have something wrong with her consciousness, and stopped, blushing with shame. When everyone saw her embarrassment, they couldn't help laughing. At this moment, the dog barked loudly outside the door, and after a while, it turned into a wail, and there was no movement, the door was kicked open with a "bang", and five or six people broke in violently, and the head of the person had thin cheeks, high cheekbones, and a pair of triangular eyes stared at people at a glance, and they knew at a glance that they were not good.