The master father left with a stomach full of depression and doubts, and with the eloquence he was good at, he could not solve such a complex problem, maybe the master father would subconsciously think of such a possibility, but he would definitely not think that it would fall on the heads of future generations, and maybe even if it fell on future generations, he would not care.

After I die, the flood will be terrible.

This is an overly misinterpreted phrase, but it is a motto applied to the selfish, selfish people can't help but focus on immediate interests, which is a problem that human beings cannot restrain themselves, and perhaps only by establishing some kind of tradition to curb selfishness can we stop the greedy.

People are not stupid, but selfishness and ignorance can erode their reason, and there are only two kinds of people who can really see the future, prophets and timers.

Unfortunately, Cao Shi is not a prophet, presumably he will not become a prophet in his life, he just wants to use such a problem that can never be solved to make the master father shut up and leave quietly, the best result is not to hold a grudge against the Marquis of Pingyang for refusing to recruit him as a professor, after all, this "perverse" master will appear in the court in the near future.

Sending away a worry ushered in a joy, Sun Qi rushed back to the Hou Mansion to report and summoned Meng back.

"Zhao Meng is back." Uncle Chen smiled, and his heart was also very happy, among the few baby soldiers he was most optimistic about back then, Zhao Meng was the most pleasing one of the old people, brave and fearless in battle, every time he rushed over without dying, he could always retreat, which was not only ability but also wisdom.

Survival on the battlefield requires wisdom, killing the enemy also needs wisdom, both killing the enemy and survival is the greatest wisdom, the brainless reckless man died at the forefront of the charge, the cowardly coward died under the trampling of the chaotic army or the enemy's butcher's knife, and the brave and resourceful generals can be invincible and retreat.

Zhao Meng is such an invincible general, a burly man with a height of eight feet and five inches stands in front of the Hou Mansion like an iron tower, about five inches taller than Sun Qi standing in a row, and Sun Qi is already an outstanding giant in the Hou Mansion at a height of more than 1.90 meters.

"See the Prince." The loud voice fell like rolling thunder, and Ji Dali highlighted the solemn posture, Cao Shi bowed carefully and looked at Zhao Meng, and now this middle-aged strong man's eyes are clear and bright, and his appearance is extraordinary, just by looking at his face, he knows that this is a heroic man with lofty spirits.

"Since ancient times, there have been many righteous people in the land of Yan and Zhao, and the ancestors often said that they called Meng and Sun Qi as the pillars of the Hou Mansion when they were alive, and I was young and ignorant and did not understand, and I can finally understand the painstaking efforts of the ancestors." Cao Shi sighed, this head and body board was also a top general template in the pre-Qin period, no wonder he was able to return unharmed from the battlefield with meritorious deeds.

Speaking of the modern Pingyang Hou Cao Qi, Zhao Meng's mood suddenly fell a lot, and Uncle Chen immediately said with a smile: "Zhao Meng may not know, Junhou had a serious illness this year, and his temper has improved a lot after he recovered from his illness last month. ”

"Whoa! As long as the prince is interested in cultivating, I will never dare to hide my secrets! ”

Xu Wan, the family supervisor in charge of the finances of the caravan, stepped forward to salute, a man in his forties with a long beard and a pair of shrewd eyes, he was in charge of the caravan's business transactions, calculating the statistical income of transactions, and calling Meng to be responsible for doing some shady business and protecting the caravan from being looted and robbed.

In addition, more than 60 members of the caravan had their cheeks blown bronze by the grassland wind, and Cao Shi walked over and bowed deeply to the caravan members: "The princes have traveled to the border for the Hou Mansion, shouldering the expectations of thousands of people in the Hou Mansion, and going deep into the treacherous place to brave the danger and work a lot, I salute the princes!" ”

"Prince!" The members of the caravan turned over and dismounted to worship their clothes, and the men who had been begging for life outside all the year round were excited with tears in their eyes, they had seen a lot of life and death outside the Saiwai, and they had robbed others and were robbed by others, they were not short of money and were not afraid of death, what they lacked was only to be understood and respected.

The rare four doors at the main gate of the Hou Mansion were opened to welcome the return of the heroes of the Hou Mansion, and Cao Shi ordered the Shang Dining Room to prepare a banquet to entertain his relatives, and specially allowed every caravan member to bring his immediate family members to the banquet.

Although such a transgressive move is not in line with the etiquette system, it is secretly in line with morality and human feelings, Fan Qiguang did not stop it, Uncle Chen was happy to see it, no one in the Hou Mansion did not rejoice in it, the law is nothing more than human affection, and the etiquette system is nothing more than human affection.

After the excitement, they were now in their eyes were the delicacies they had never seen before, and they were surprised to inquire around and learn from their parents, wives and children that the prince created an iron pot and an iron furnace to benefit the world, and invited the gentry and merchants in the county to taste a hundred dishes in the Hou Mansion.

The surprises hit his face one by one, and even the scheming Xu Wan became excited, and Cao Shi took this opportunity to mention the new plan: "There are already two of the ironware I have made, and the last thing has been made, so look at it." ”

The servants held a small iron kettle in front of everyone's desk, the boiling hot water was poured into the pottery cup for a while, the fragrance of tea overflowed and attracted the full house of amazement, Xu Wan was well-informed and called out the name of the leaf (tea), and there were many people who did not know the rare things that gradually became popular in the land of Jingyang during the Qin and Han dynasties.

Zhao Meng picked up the kettle and tried to pour tea for his wife, picked up the hot pottery cup and smelled the tea, tried to sip it gently, and said happily: "The small iron kettle and this unknown leaf are good deals, does the prince plan to sell these two things to the Huns?" ”

"I do have this intention, and it doesn't matter if I sell the iron pot to the Huns." Cao Shi was very happy to meet someone who knew the goods, in order to make the maids recognize the deliciousness and effect of the leaves, he took a lot of effort to advocate the benefits of drinking the leaves, and as soon as he came to Zhao Meng, he thought that the leaves were a good thing, of course he was very happy.

Xu Wan hesitated and retorted: "The Han law stipulates that you can't sell iron weapons when doing business with the Huns, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do so, right?" ”

Lu Buxian said: "Xu Jiajian don't have to worry, the Huns graze in the desert and are not good at smelting iron, iron pots, iron furnaces and iron kettles are cast with pig iron, Xu Jiajian should know that pig iron is hard and fragile, and it is easy to be broken as a weapon, so as early as the pre-Qin and Warring States periods, the casting process of pig iron weapons was gradually phased out, and the Huns could not smelt iron and could not make wrought iron, as long as we sold them pig iron products, we didn't have to worry about them being in danger of the Han land." ”

"No! What if the Huns turned the iron tsuò arrow clusters? Xu Wan still shook his head and vetoed.

Zhao Meng picked up the chicken leg and stuffed it into the mouth of his youngest son, and rolled his eyes at the old man Xu Wan: "The Huns will not have such a mind, the Huns have the heart to do this, the mutual market of Mayi will not satisfy the appetite of the Huns, and the ordinary iron tools of the Han land will sooner or later flow into the pockets of the Huns, even if Mayi is not good, it can also be looted from the clouds, and Yanmen can also be looted, if the Huns have such ambitions, even if the Son of Heaven and the gift of relatives are also the party department combines the iron hooves of the Huns, and the eunuch Zhongxing said that he has long been called lonely and widowed in Guanzhong." ”

"I'm just saying it casually." Xu Wan laughed dryly to cover up the past, the eunuch Zhongxing said that he was very famous in the border county, and this old eunuch served as a member of the peace team sent by Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty to serve under the door of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and in the past 30 years, he has done everything for the Xiongnu two generations of Shan Yu to give advice and do all the lack of virtue.

It is rumored that Zhongxing in the border county once advised the monarch and minister Shan Yu to take advantage of the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu to enter the flower world of the Central Plains of Kou, when the monarch and minister Shan Yu was very happy and casually promised him to make him the king of Guanzhong, as a result, the temperament of the grassland people changed like a June day, and within a few days the monarch and minister Shan Yu regretted not wanting to enter the Central Plains of Kou.

If there is a snow disaster and a harsh winter, he will go to the place of the Han brothers to grab some food and population, just like the herdsmen guarding a group of fat sheep can cut down at any time, so that the happy life is much more convenient than the Han people who are trapped in the Han land and are not familiar with the land and have to manage the troubles.

At that time, the old eunuch almost fainted, and the daydream of the king of Guanzhong was shattered, this story also reflects from the side that the ambitions of the Huns living in the grassland are not as ambitious as imagined, the monarch and the minister have only succeeded to the throne once in the eighteen years since the succession of the large-scale border county entrance, and only after the bad year there is a small and medium-scale looting, although there are many small loots every year, but it is only the action of the small kings under the account of King Zuoxian, and does not involve the main force of the army of King Zuoxian of Monan.

"Uncle Zhao is right, those Huns are greedy and ignorant, married the princess sent by the Son of Heaven of the Han family, led the favor of the Mayi mutual market, and thought about often going to the border counties to collect firewood, and the farmers who robbed the Han land went to the edge of Longcheng to reclaim farmland and build a city, and the Huns were very funny in Longcheng."

"When Emperor Gao was alive, he said that he wanted to marry the Xiongnu Shan Yu as a flesh and blood brother, and the Xiongnu Shan Yu has always believed in it, and every seven or eight years he caught up with a severe cold and snow disaster in the desert, and he went to his brother's house to rob the people and plunder the goods, which was ridiculous."

Zhao Meng threw down a chicken bone and shook his head and said: "The Huns treat their tribal brothers the same, every time the powerful tribe wants to rob the weak tribe in a disaster year, just like the horses on the grassland will abandon the old and weak and survive the remnants of the strong, but our Han land does not recognize the customs of the Huns, and the Huns come to plunder the Han land and are beaten back by our Taishou. ”

The caravan members talked about the life of the border county, the border county has always been few people, especially near the outside of the Saiwai, almost no man's land, without the protection of the official army, the Han people do not dare to go to those areas to reclaim, the caravan has to cross these no man's land into the grassland to trade with various tribes.

The caravans of the border counties had a consensus that the caravans left behind in Mayi could only eat some leftover scraps, and the most profitable trade had to go to the desert by themselves, and they must be familiar with the activity areas and migration habits of the Xiongnu tribes in the southern desert, and formulate trade strategies according to the needs of each tribe and the character of their leaders.

Bad luck when the other party is unwilling to trade or the deal collapses, these Huns don't mind looting the caravan goods, and then handing out the caravan members as slaves, of course, there is also the black between the caravans, Zhao Meng with more than 30 people and horses often rob the nearby caravans on the grassland, do this line of work you don't rob others or others to rob, each caravan is more or less engaged in a bit of killing business, no courage in the desert either to become a corpse or become a slave.

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