There are now two places in Fengxincheng, which are the most heavily defended and at the same time, have the highest status level.

One is the small courtyard where King Jingnan now lives.

One is the temporary residence of the Marquis of Pingxi.

And at this time,

Marquis Zheng sat in the signing room of his mansion, through a curtain, to give final advice to these storytellers.

Prestige is such a thing,

The more the merrier;

Marquis Zheng is not afraid of much, and he doesn't have so many taboos;

He is afraid of the mentality of being a master of high merit, but he does not have it;

He can't do the act of deliberately defiling himself.

Climb to the present, the soldiers will block the water to cover the earth, used to occasionally kowtow, say a few nice words, that is for life, now they are all sealed, can not live more and more back.

A small part of this group of storytellers were elected from among the homeless people, and some of them did not make a living as storytellers before, but worked as Mr. Baishi.

But it doesn't matter, just have a good mouth.

Most of the remaining half are from Yingdu.

In any era, if you can still earn money without relying on the blood umbilical cord, it must be smart.

The owners of the teahouse restaurant naturally know whose story is the most popular among the tea guests in recent years, and they can also see whose romance can better accompany the guests' wine;

Therefore, many storytellers who were originally stationed in the store were covered by their owners for the expenses on the road, so that they crossed the Wangjiang River and came to Jindong.

I thought it would be a great satisfaction just to take a look at the ceremony of sealing the marquis, anyway, I could blow it after I went back, and at that time I could hang a sign at the door of the teahouse restaurant or let people scatter a word, saying that my husband had just come back from the ceremony of the marquis, and at the same time brought back first-hand information.

But who knows, things are unexpectedly coincidental, so coincidental that they themselves feel a little unbelievable.

They were found one by one, gathered, and sent to this temporary Pingxi Hou Mansion.

And then

All of them knelt on the mats in rows, each with a cup of tea, a plate of snacks, and a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Seven or eight documents, standing in front, holding a book in their hands, began to recite the "life deeds" of Marquis Zheng.

In the beginning,

These professional and amateur storytellers who have just started their careers are still a little confused.

But soon,

And they realized something,

Began to write hard to record.

In this era, those who can play tricks and can eat a mouthful of food on the rivers and lakes have no brains.

Moreover, most of these people are literate.

Mr. Storyteller is illiterate, how can he read the book?

Mr. Bai Shi is illiterate, how can he help people write elegiac couplets?

What no one knows is that

After a curtain,

Marquis Zheng sat on the Taishi chair and was drinking tea.

public opinion propaganda port,

It is a place that Marquis Zheng values very much.

In fact, even if there is no practical benefit, it is very cool to let your story be spread out, after all.

This alone is already in line with the fundamentals of the Demon King's code of conduct.

Not to mention, he can also improve and enrich his own character in the folk.

Zhenbei Hou Mansion is a hundred years old,

Even if Li Liangting sits there and does not move, he can still eat the old book.

The Pingxi Hou Mansion has just been established, and as the Hou generation, there are really a lot of things that Hou Ye Zheng needs to do.

The clerks told all the meritorious achievements of Pingxi Hou in the past few years from the meritorious service of the people's battalion to the feudal marquis.

Although, these deeds have long been no secret among the people.

Especially for these storytellers, in the teahouse and wine shop, the most popular thing in recent years is the story of Marquis Zheng.

But after everyone gathers here, sits down, and is indoctrinated again from beginning to end,

Rao is that most of them have gray beards,

But it is inevitable that the heart is surging.

No need to render, no need to add, no need to exaggerate,

Original local statement,

It's more like a story than a story.

When the clerks are finished,

The storyteller below began to exchange ideas, borrow notes from each other, after all, some people write fast and others write slowly, and there will inevitably be omissions.

This missing thing is a day's reward, and it can't be left behind.

Then

Hou Ye Zheng behind the curtain put down the teacup,

Coughed.

For a while, the storytellers immediately quieted down, they already knew that there was someone behind the curtain, and they thought that it should be some person in charge of the Hou Mansion.

However, they really didn't think that the Marquis of Pingxi, who was mighty in the world, was actually sitting there at this time, and listened to the review and narration of his own life experience with them.

Joke

Will the Marquis of Pingxi be so boring?

but

Marquis Zheng really knows.

The "capital" was transferred to Fengxincheng, and there were so many things that the demon kings were all assigned to work, but it was Zheng Fan, the lord, who could only watch the demon kings busy there, and he couldn't take over the business specifically;

So, I found one by myself and came over to listen to it.

"Ladies and gentlemen."

Marquis Zheng spoke.

The storytellers immediately listened in silence.

"My marquis, fighting for the country, meritorious to the country, virtuous to the common people, the reason why I summoned you here is not to sing praises to my marquis;

It is because among the people, the story of my marquis is often told, and this person is also cloudy, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes and fallacies, so in order not to damage the wisdom of my marquis, so I will call you.

I hope that when you are in the industry in the future, you should be cautious and careful, so as to live up to the tea and snacks of today's Hou Mansion. ”

Many storytellers immediately got up and bowed down:

"I'll get it."

"I'll get it."

Zheng Fan nodded and continued:

"This storytelling is your expert business, and you know more Taoism than I do, but I have a suggestion here, if it is useful, you can listen to it, and if it is useless, you should just listen to it for fun.

That is,

When telling a story, you can tell a story that could have been told in one day, but you can tell it in two days........."

Then

An impatient young storyteller spoke:

"This nobleman, how can the story of this day be told in two days?"

The other peers around him showed envious glances,

This kind of kung fu,

They turned out to be one step behind!

In the end, now the big guys are taking apprentices on stage, and the work of praising is led by apprentices, who are rusty, unfamiliar.

Behind the curtain,

Marquis Zheng took another sip of tea,

Don't rush or say slowly:

"This is easy to do, mix things into it, of course, you can't mix blindly, you can't make it up, this point, the butcher has already cleared the door, and poured water into the pork, we can also learn it, it's called irrigation."

"Dare to ask the nobles ........."

"Dare to ask the nobleman how to irrigate the water?"

Now, it's going to be a lot more praise, it's all professional.

"At the beginning of each story, I will first talk about the political situation of various countries, the four swordsmen, and the customs of various countries;

And then the story is introduced,

After the story is introduced,

Let's review the previous story, talk about the life of the Hou Ye, that is, the past, and then talk about the scenery at that time.

Leave a section at the end,

Master the heat,

Tell the story again, of course, and remember to leave the suspense. ”

Time

Full:

"I see."

"Taught."

"Daigo empowerment."

"Deafening."

Marquis Zheng also smiled, he didn't really feel that he had any ability, limited by the speed and scope of information dissemination in this era, if these storytellers didn't know the above tricks, the goods in their stomachs would have been emptied long ago, what to exchange for food?

rise

Marquis Zheng walked out of the back door.

This mansion is not large, and the new mansion is being planned, and even the entire Fengxin City needs a new round of construction.

Let's put it this way,

After the Battle of Vachu,

Marquis Zheng dug up a lot of aristocratic ancestral graves in Chu State, and there were too many hard goods such as gold, silver and jewelry.

It is impossible to send money directly;

Therefore, according to the blind man's plan, it is planned to start a large infrastructure construction and provide relief through work.

such

The new homeless people also have money in their hands,

There is such a large demand market,

Merchants will naturally come for profit,

It will also spur local prosperity.

Marquis Zheng is really not interested in gold and silver treasures, he is not a lizard dragon, he likes to use gold coins to build nests.

To a certain extent, the reason why the living standards of the soldiers and civilians in the Snow Customs are so high is precisely because the superstructure with Marquis Zheng as the core has a very low demand for wealth and a low desire to preserve it.

The daughter is scattered and comes back,

There are soldiers and food, what do you want and can't you get?

Didn't the princess snatch it too?

When you are interested in the future, the Queen Mother can also grab it back.

In this era, it is the mainstream to buy land and property for children and grandchildren, save family business, and bury treasure troves.

It can only be said that Marquis Zheng and the demon kings didn't think about it for so long at all, it was the "Hundred Years Marquis Mansion" mentioned in Emperor Yan's holy decree, and Marquis Zheng was not so touched.

Otherwise, the big guy often talks about it, and it's a big deal to find a place to open an inn?

This is simply the mentality of sitting on a boat and watching the flood and drinking wine.

"Lord, the guest has been waiting for a while."

Zheng Fan nodded, signaling that he knew.

The guest came, the guest waited for a long time, and Marquis Zheng already knew, but he still listened to his story there.

Push open the door,

Enter the study,

Jing Renli immediately stood up from his chair,

knelt down and saluted Zheng Fan:

"Wechen see the master of the horse."

Zheng Fan said "um", walked behind the desk, and sat down.

habitually reached out to open a small lid on the table and wanted to take a sweet date and throw it in his mouth,

After a moment's hesitation,

Or cover it back again.

Jing Renli got up and said to Zheng Fan:

"Master Ma, my king heard that you have been crowned a marquis in Yan Kingdom, and he is very happy for you, and this time Weichen also brought some congratulatory gifts."

"Huh."

Zheng Fan smiled.

This thing,

It's really interesting.

He was named the Marquis of Pingxi in the Yan State, and as a result, the regent of the Chu State had to reward himself.

"Reward or something, don't worry, we're not a family after all." Marquis Zheng said with Yan Yuese.

"What you said, what you said, what you said."

Zheng Fan tapped his fingers lightly on the desk a few times, and said, "This family, don't talk about two families, talk about money, and hurt feelings." ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

"Then since it's a family, it's not important to have a meal, right, I haven't heard of a serious family whose poor relatives don't even want a bowl of rice when they come to the door, right?"

"Forehead ........."

"Tell my eldest brother, I am short of food, so I lack this stuttering, can he take some help, I thank him for his kindness."

"This ........."

Jing Renli raised his head and looked at the "Master of the Horse".

But I saw that the horse master had a very serious expression.

Time

Jing Renli was a little in a trance,

Who the hell won the battle!

"Master Horse, this, our Chu country, there is no food, it is you who bring the soldiers and horses........."

Originally, if the front line had been in Zhennanguan, although it would have been quite difficult for Chu to supply grain and grass, it would have been very difficult, but in fact, there was no particularly big problem, and it could still meet the front line by squeezing it.

If the fighting ceases there,

If Chu squeezes it any more, it can provide some food in order to befriend this "horse master".

After all, with the size of the Chu State, a land in the east of Jin is far from comparable.

But the problem is that the war is not only in Zhennan Pass, in fact, Zhennan Pass is the place where the war has been affected the most shallow, and even when the first line of Zhennan Pass was finally withdrawn, the armies of Yan and Chu did not break out there at all.

Hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen of the Yan army entered the territory of Chu State, but they did not bring grain and grass, they burned and looted all the way, even ate and took it, and burned it if they couldn't take it.

Therefore, after the Yan army retreated, the northern frontier of Chu was almost in a mess, not to mention that Yingdu was also wiped out in the fire.

If you really want to talk about the lack of food,

The state of Chu is now even more lacking than the state of Yan.

However, there are two sides to everything.

Yan and Jindi, these two countries located in the north, in the past two years, may encounter great natural disasters, to be precise, this year has begun to suffer, and because of the continuous war, the family foundation has long been hollowed out, and now the big guys are already waiting, what are you waiting for?

Wait for the people to change, wait for the bandits, or, wait for pacification.

And the state of Chu, if the regent is given a stable period of time to recover and recuperate, it will be difficult this year, but after next year, he will be able to take a breather.

Recovery is impossible, but at least it is a trend that goes up from the lowest point.

"No food?"

"Master Horse, it's true, this winter, I don't know how many people have to freeze to death and starve to death."

"Tsk."

Marquis Zheng was very helpless to support his forehead,

Sighed:

"That's so pitiful, how innocent the people are."

"........." Jing Renli.

If this is not in Bongseongshang,

If it weren't for the fact that the neighborhoods were all Yan Guojia soldiers,

Jing Renli really wanted to point at the broken mouth in front of him and scold:

"Who's to blame!!

Master Zheng took a deep breath and raised his head;

In fact, the previous words were not for ridicule and deliberately ridiculing Jing Renli.

Because although the blind man said, this winter, Jindong, there will be no large-scale starvation to death.

But the recipes of the people under their rule,

It will probably become:

Artichoke in the morning, potatoes at noon, and sweet potatoes in the evening;

get

It's all one flavor.

It's really not good, it's good to buy some food from Chu to improve the food, this is always a staple food with a taste, and it's still mushy, this quality of life is too worrying.

Even if you add some rice, at least you can make a sour and hot potato shredded rice bowl?

not

It still seems to be a staple food.

Jing Renli saw that Marquis Zheng began to frown inexplicably,

I thought it was angry,

When you are about to pull out your hole cards,

Road:

"The Queen Mother, I like the princess the most, I really don't want to see the princess suffer."

Marquis Zheng suddenly drew his attention,

get

There is also meat play,

Marquis Zheng immediately smiled:

"Yes, Ben Hou will immediately arrange for the princess to go back to her parents' house to save her relatives."

"........." Jing Renli.

If it was before, the princess would go back to save her relatives, and she would definitely not be able to come back, because this is the shame of the Chu people and the shame of the Qu family.

Now, Zheng Fan has been sealed and the territory has been sealed, and the Qu family has only half a life left, and the Chu people will do business, whether it is cost-effective to intercept the princess at home or let the princess continue to be Mrs. Pingxihou.

"No, Master Horse, what our king means is that I am Da Chu, and there is also the land of southern Xinjiang, and I can transfer grain from the south."

Zheng Fan's gaze immediately sank.

said that the sky is broken,

It's still Yan Guo poor!

The geographical location is poor, and the land is not fertile enough.

Look at the people who were beaten up four years ago, but they were relieved in the second year, and they were able to rebuild the three-border defense line.

Look at the people of Chu, although the southern Xinjiang of Chu is still mixed with many forces of the Shanyue tribe, it can also squeeze out a lot of things.

This is called a thick family foundation, and this is called strategic depth.

Da Yan swallowed the land of the Three Jin Dynasty with a snort, he didn't see the depth, and he didn't see the background, because of the war, it was equivalent to carrying another difficult brother.

"What do you want?"

Zheng Fan's voice cooled down.

Jing Renli hesitated,

Road:

"War horses."

The Chu people raised horses in the country, otherwise after the fire burned Jingcheng, it would be impossible for Liang Cheng to snatch war horses from the Chu people.

But in fact, if you want to maintain a large and organized cavalry corps, the number of 10,000 or 20,000 horses can only be regarded as a tooth plug and a tooth sacrifice.

Moreover, the water and soil are different, and the cost of raising horses is also different.

twice

Yupancheng once,

The battle of Vachu is another one,

The Chu people were bullied twice by the massive cavalry corps of the Yan State!

Therefore, the Chu people are now desperate to create their own cavalry corps.

The land of the Three Jin Dynasty is actually more suitable for raising horses, and the family foundation of the Three Jin Dynasty knights themselves is here, and furthermore, the vast snow fields north of the Tianduan Mountain Range are rich in war horses.

But the problem is that Zhennan Pass, Xuehaiguan, and Jindong are all in the hands of Zheng Houye, which is equivalent to Zheng Houye blocking the possibility of Chu people obtaining war horses through external channels.

Seeing that Marquis Zheng's expression was uncertain,

Jing Renli immediately added:

"Master Horse, the king of my family said that the price of war horses can also be converted into grain, craftsmen, and whatever you need and I have, any other."

In fact, when he received this task, Jing Renli once felt that his king was crazy.

The master of the horse and the master of the horse, did you really take the Pingxi Hou of that big Yan as your own horse master?

Calling the horse master is nothing more than sticking a layer of self-family to beat his own family, plus when he kneels, he is not so humiliated.

People are crazy and will trade war horses with you?

But the king was sure,

Let yourself talk with confidence.

Marquis Zheng leaned back slightly,

Road:

"Ben Hou is Da Yan Zhongliang."

Jing Renli's whole person fell, looking very lost.

Zheng Fan frowned,

Some helplessly reached out and touched his eyebrows a few times,

Jing Renli is not Ji Lao Liu,

Ji Lao Liu knew the meaning of this sentence.

As a last resort,

Marquis Zheng sighed,

adds;

"Gotta add money."