Chapter 18: Contentment with Difficulties (10)

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The cousins met on the road, and both sides were taken aback.

Han Gang's eyes widened, "Brother Yi'er, why are you here?" "The road he took was not the same as the road from Kansai to Beijing.

Feng Congyi opened his mouth, but instead of greeting Han Gang, he turned around and shouted loudly into the car: "Third aunt, uncle, who have you touched?" ”

'Third aunt? ''Uncle?'' ’

Han Gang was stunned when he heard this, and before he could react, the curtain on a big car in the center of the convoy was suddenly opened, and the two people who came out of the car were surprised and delighted when they saw Han Gang, "It's the third brother!" It's really the third brother! ”

And seeing them, Han Gang was also surprised and delighted, it was his parents Han Qianliu and Han Ah Li. Hurriedly dismounted and knelt down in front of the car, "The child meets his father!" ”

The companions who followed Han Gang saw that it was the old man and the old lady of the family, and they all hurriedly rolled off their horses and bowed down on the avenue.

In the past few years, Han Qianliu and Han Ah Li have a completely different atmosphere, that is, they are wearing simple clothes, and they are also the appearance of an old couple from an official eunuch family. Although there were many pedestrians next to him, they were all guessing which noble family this team was, and no one could guess that it was just an ordinary agricultural official entering Beijing.

"Why did you lose so much weight?!" Han Ah Li got out of the car, pulled up his son, and looked up and down. Han Gang, who had lost a lot of weight, made her feel very distressed, "It's so hard that you can't die, you just came back from Guangxi, right?" Running back and forth from south to north, my father-in-law doesn't take care of it, how can there be such a call! ”

"The third brother is thin, but his spirit is fine." Listening to his wife's complaints, "Don't be on the road, go ahead, don't stand in the way of the people behind." ”

Han Gang looked behind him, and when he stopped like this, the back was already blocked. Looking back, "Dad, mother, let's get in the car first." It's a very hot day, and it's not good to bask in the sun. ”

The two sides made a road together, Han Gang rode a horse and followed his parents' car: "Father, mother, why did you come to Beijing at this time?" ”

"I have been an official in Longxi for a few years, and the inquisitor of the East Court issued a document, saying that his term of office had expired and he was going to enter Beijing."

Han Gang did hear about this, "But the child heard about June?" Han Gang remembered that when he heard the news, he almost didn't scold, and gritted his teeth with hatred for the judge of the East Court. Han Qianliu is fifty years old, so what does it matter if he was allowed to enter the capital when the weather was the hottest, and postponed it for a month or two.

"Because Zhao Long's kid, and the eldest brother of the Miao family are going to lead the south, the Economic Strategy Division is anxious to prepare grain, and the Transshipment Division has to keep the grain in the warehouse.

I haven't seen him for a few years, and Han Gang's father can be regarded as having a little bit of an official's style, and even his words have changed a little.

"I see." Han Gang frowned, when did the Xihe Jingluo Division and the Qin Feng Transfer Division start to argue. Shaking his head, he let go of this matter, "I don't know if Maozhou won." ”

"I won, I heard about it when I passed Luoyang. As soon as the battle was engaged, he won the battle, beheaded more than 3,000 people, leveled dozens of Tibetan tribes, and flew all the way to Beijing. Han Qianliu said, "I also saw Wang Zhiban, who led the army, and it seems that I have helped you a lot with the third brother." This time, I also saw the work, and I still have the ability. ”

Another piece of news that made Han Gang stunned. With Zhao Long and Miao Lu here, plus the elite of Xihe Road, it is indeed difficult to lose. However, winning so simply, Wang Zhongzheng's luck was really good.

Putting these things aside, Han Gang accompanied his parents and spoke, "Why did Daddy go to Beijing and detour to this road?" ”

"It's your mother who wants to go to Songshan to burn incense. After arriving in Luoyang, I went south, went around in a circle, originally took a boat in Mi County and went directly to Beijing, but when I arrived in Luguan Town, a section of the Huimin River sank more than a dozen boats in front of the wind and waves, and it was blocked, so I could only go ashore and change the car. ”

It turned out to be burning incense. Han Gangzheng nodded, and listened to Han Ah Li complaining, "Your father is very rigid, and after he arrives in Luoyang to detour, he refuses to use official cars and official ships." Other officials and mothers have also seen it, how can there be so many rules? The money for the detour will be paid, and it will not be cheaper than the government, but your father will not do it. ”

"It is also troublesome to go down to the melon field and plum, and the official and private ships must be stable, in fact, they are all the same." Han Gang persuaded with a smile. Han Qianliu refused to use the official ship for personal use, and Han Ah Li also knew that he had to pay the bill if he used it. Many officials took advantage of the government, and even borrowed official ships to traffic goods to avoid commercial taxes on the way, which was not as good as their parents who had not read the books of the sages.

Han Ah Li glanced at Han Gang fiercely, "Just favor your father." ”

Han Gang laughed with him: "Did my mother go to Shaolin Temple to burn incense?" ”

"Shaolin Temple? Your mother doesn't believe in Zen Buddhism, it's Songshan Da|Fawang Temple! Han Qianliu seemed to remember something, "By the way, third brother, do you remember Monk Huixin?" ”

Han Gang frowned, he didn't have a good impression of Buddhism, especially the monks now are so extravagant and erosive that people can't wait to destroy the Buddha again, except for a few monks such as Zhiyuan, they don't have any contact with the monks at all: "Who is that?" ”

"It's the apprentice of Master Dao'an of Puxiu Temple, the short, chubby one." Han Qianliu seemed to be very strange that his son didn't remember the monk who often bought vegetables back then, but Han Gang really couldn't remember it. How many years ago, the impression of the old monk is a little blurred, who still remembers the little monk?

Seeing that Han Gang still couldn't remember, Han Qianliu shook his head and gave up, saying, "In the past two years, Huixin has just placed an order in the Great Fawang Temple. His lay brother was working in the Longxi Yamen, and he sent a letter back saying that the Fahua Temple in the temple burned incense, and your mother wrote it down. ”

"That mother went to Beijing just to burn incense?" The strangest thing about Han Gang is this, his father went to Beijing with the order of the inquisitor's Eastern Court, how could his mother go to Beijing with him.

"My mother is here to see my grandson!" Han Ah Li glared at Han Gang in the car, "I heard that Sister Yi and Nan Niang are pregnant again, and Yun Niang also has a body, how many years have you waited." It just so happened that your father was going to Beijing, so he came with him. Although as long as your father goes to Beijing in the yamen, it doesn't say that you can't enter the capital with a husband and wife. Thanks to the third brother, how can my mother say that she is also a county prince now, who can stop you from going to Beijing? ”

Han Gang's expression was a little gloomy. The old couple stayed in Longxi, and the only son took his wife and children to serve as officials in the capital. Although it was because Han Qianliu himself had an official position and it was inconvenient for his family business to leave in Longxi, Han Gang had not seen his parents for several years, and he did something wrong: "It's because the child is not filial." ”

"Third brother, you can't help it when you're an official." Han Qianliu smiled and was relieved.

The carriage and horse moved forward together, and the family of three chatted on the road.

"How's Luzhong doing now?" Han Gang asked about the situation in the township.

"What is there to say about Xihe Road." Han Ah Li shook his head, "The number of household registrations is increasing year by year, and the fields are being planted more and more, and the grain does not need to be transported by way for a long time." Cotton fields are also everywhere, and even Dong Yu has begun to grow cotton. There are also rape seeds. There are also alfalfa grown, which are used to raise horses and fertilize fields. In addition, salt is already produced in the road, and there is iron in Minzhou. Nowadays, there is no shortage of food, clothing, and anything. ”

"On weekdays, when I am free, there are also hundreds of operas and storytelling pastimes in the market, all of which are invited from Beijing. But the most of them are to see Kemari. Han Qianliu said, "Last year, the Gongzhou League was won by the Qingtang Department, and SF was only fourth. The two teams of East Street and City Patrol were relegated, and those who were promoted were only two years old. However, this year, there is a newcomer in our SF line, and his footwork is really good, and he can snatch back the first place. I heard Brother Yi say that now there is a Keju League in the capital, which is exactly the same as Xihe and Qinzhou. Han Qianliu said with a smile, "In the past, everything was learned from the capital, but now there is finally a case where the capital is learning from us in Kansai." ”

"Keju League, Beijing?" Han Gang was surprised again, he hadn't heard any news when he left Beijing!

"It only started this year." Feng Congyi looked back and smiled, "I have been blocked by the Qiyun Club in Beijing for a few years ago, and it was not easy to dredge up the relationship - also by relying on the name of the third brother." Now our cotton shop is one, the horse shop is also one, as well as the mule and horse shop, the tea shop, the iron shop, the gold and silver exchange line, and then there are the two tiles of Zhujiaqiao and Baokangmen, all of which have business dealings, a total of eight companies each build a team and participate in the league together. The respective courts were prepared, and the schedules were set, which began after the autumnal equinox. ”

Keju League was a game that Han Gang implemented in Xihe Road back then, and it is also the most popular in Xihe Road today. According to the news that Han Gang learned, several states in Xihe Road have established Qiyun Society, which is similar to the later Football Association. The league was hosted by Qiyun Society, and the Han people and the Fan Department all formed teams to participate. The Gongzhou League, which has the largest number of participating teams, has now been divided into Division A and Division B, and even has a relegation and relegation system. In the past two years, Qinzhou has also been promoted by the wealthy people who participated in the cotton line, and the rules are as formulated by Han Gang, rather than the form of playing football in the eyes of the merry people standing in the center of the stadium that is now popular in Beijing. It is the capital, because of the problem of folk customs, Han Gang thought that it would take many years to spread in Kaifeng.

"There are many times when Kansai Keju sees blood, and when I get to the capital, I'm afraid that no one will see it." Han Gang smiled.

"It's good to see blood. No one looked at the soft ones. Feng Congyi laughed, "Which sumo wrestling game in the capital is not surrounded by a sea of people, the more ruthless the fight, the more people will applaud Lu." ”

Han Gang respects his identity, and he aims at the two prefectures, when he is in the capital, where will he go to the market, let alone go to see sumo. However, sumo wrestling is popular, and he knows it.

The sports and entertainment activities of this era were too mild, even in the two Han Dynasty, which belonged to the method of military training, after the Song Dynasty, it became a game to test the accuracy and fancy skills, just like kicking the shuttlecock, which kicked beautifully, which got the higher cheers. Where is it like Xihe Road, who dares to play flowers, and directly kicks the ball with people and kicks it away. And in the past few years, tactical theories have been spontaneously formed, and each team has rules and regulations for the game.

If such a Keju league can be promoted in the capital, it can change the folk customs to some extent, and Han Gang is very happy to see it.