Lu Zanchen and Gong Changyu sat on the ox cart, walking in Wuyou City, the citizens who came and went were the same as the county commander Jing Zhigang, cast a strange eye, but the citizens were more envious and praised, and the ox cart became a different scenery along the way.

The big scalper also raised his head from time to time and barked a few times at the sky, very proud. In Gong Changyu's life, he had never seen a wealthy businessman riding an ox cart, and Lu Zanchen was the first person.

Gong Changyu stretched out his big hand, patted the back of the big scalper and asked, "Brother Lu, the ox cart is indeed a little more comfortable than the carriage, it seems to lose your identity as a local tyrant." ”

"I don't think so. The oxcart has a long history, and the inventor of the oxcart is said to be Wang Xuan, and the oxcart became a trend, thanks to the scholar class of the Han Dynasty. Lu Zanchen said with a smile. So he gave Gong Changyu some common sense about the ox cart.

…… The body of the carriage is mostly exposed, and there are very strict requirements for the appearance of the passengers, and they must sit upright on the car, maintain a correct posture, not stagger, and maintain the posture of riding in the bumps, which is also a kind of exercise for the passengers. The faster the carriage went, the more it jolted, and the more dust flew up, making it less pleasant for the riders.

After the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the developed scholar class felt very constrained, and out of the instinct of pursuing comfort, many people gradually abandoned the carriage and turned to the ox cart. The ox cart has the advantages that the horse-drawn cart does not have, and the ox cart walks slowly and steadily, and the carriage is spacious and tall. Travelers can bring their families or maids to serve them, and they can sit and lie in the carriage at will, and no one can know.

After the Wei and Jin dynasties, the ox cart gradually won the favor of dignitaries and even the emperor, and riding the ox cart was no longer a lowly thing, but became a new fashion trend for the nobles to compete with each other and show off. After the Eastern Jin Dynasty crossed to the south, there were more cattle and fewer horses, so the ox cart became more prosperous, and the status of the carriage declined rapidly. But after the ox cart epidemic lasted for five or six hundred years, people reverted to the idea of the dignity of the horse-drawn cart.

In the era of advocating horse-drawn carriages and showing dignity and humility with horse-drawn carriages, riding ox-carts was regarded as the work of people with low status and status, and it was still the same in the Qing Dynasty......

After listening to Lu Zanchen's explanation, Gong Chang suddenly said: "Brother Lu, I finally understand the reason why you took the ox cart." Although the merchants are rich, they do not have any political status, and they are classified as commoners and villains, most of whom are some businessmen or down-and-out literati who take ox carts, and the ox carts are still very good for pulling goods and traveling. ”

"General, the times are different now, isn't Qingheguo a traitor?" Lu Zanchen looked back at the Jing Zhigang county order behind him, and said in a low voice, "That bullshit county order, I think I was born in the imperial examination, and I think I am superior, but in fact, he is just a waste of firewood, rice buckets, and wine barrels." ”

"Brother Lu, Qingheguo implements eight shares of scholars, and those who are officials in the examination are definitely not scumbags, not to mention scholars, at least they are full of economy. I still admire Jing Zhigang, who is better than my uncle and cousin participating in the scientific expedition, although his character is not very good. Gong Changyu smiled slightly, "Most civilian officials can't lead troops to fight, and they are ten times stronger than reckless men like me in terms of civil governance." ”

"Brother Jichang, General Yin Zongtang of the Jingnan Army seems to be from Xiucai, have you seen him?" Lu Zanchen's words changed.

"I haven't seen it myself, General Hao is now in Baocheng Mansion presiding over the all-round battle against the puppet Wei King Shi Xianda. If you want to see him in person, there is still a chance. Gong Changyu smiled.

"Brother Jichang, how many generals have you mixed up in the army?"

"The four products of the Imperial Gift. Some time ago, I made a mistake in Panyu and was demoted to a five-grade garrison. Alas, if I had known this, I wouldn't have gone to the muddy waters of Macau......" Gong Changyu sighed.

"There are Franc machine people entrenched there in Macau, and there is the governor of Panyu to manage, what are you going to do there?" Lu Zanchen asked.

"I wanted to teach a lesson to those Franco-Men who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and sent his men to assassinate their leader Amal on the Macau Peninsula, but the result was very harmful. An officer of the Gate Fort was cut off by the Francophone artilleryman, and my guard Li Dayu was beheaded by the Xiangshan County Government in order to protect me, and my clan relative Gong Sheng was charged to the army ...... Ili "When Gong Changyu thought of this, he was heartbroken.

"Hey, the court can't control so much, you run to stir up the situation, you know you can't do it. The emperor does not have the determination and courage, and you can't save the crisis by yourself. In officialdom, you have to cross the river by feeling the stones, otherwise you will put yourself in it, and it will not be worth it. Lu Zanchen patted Gong Changyu on the shoulder, "Do everything according to your ability, you can't do it by temperament." ”

Gong Changyu looked at the rows of weeping willows by the Yudai River, swaying gently in the breeze, and the boats on the river came and went. He vaguely felt that the flames of war might burn in the land of Wuyou tomorrow, and the rare tranquility outside the city would soon be broken. People are living in such a difficult time in troubled times,

"The willow trees by the river have been cut off from the tops, and when winter turns to spring, they are still full of life, but people are different, and without a head, everything is over." Gong Changyu clenched his fists, "There are some things that I really can't look through, for the sake of heavenly justice and justice, I can't help but stand up, even if it is to lose my head." ”

"There are too many things that are not used to seeing, black and white are reversed, if you want to turn things around, you have to have more people with conscience to participate in it, so that you can change the environment." Lu Zanchen said meaningfully.

……

Soon the group arrived at the Weixi River Fish Restaurant at the south gate, and Lu Zanchen parked the ox cart under a cypress tree, and the guy at the restaurant saw him and hurriedly came over with a load of forage: "The owner" ...... "

"Shhhhh

The guy was very shrewd, and immediately changed his words: "Guest officer, what do you need, just tell the small one." ”

"Man, not just yet." Lu Zanchen waved his hand and made a look.

As soon as the guy saw Jing Zhigang County Commander following behind the ox cart, less than twenty paces away, he immediately understood what to do. He smiled and walked quickly towards Jing Zhigang and Ma Wenling, holding a horse in one hand: "Two adults, please inside." ”

Jing Zhigang didn't raise his eyelids: "Today, the officer wants to invite these sergeants to drink, is there anything to eat?" ”

"Yes, yes." The guy hunched his waist and answered, with a smile on his face, and scolded in his heart, you dog officer, you came to us to eat the overlord meal again, I really want to kick you away. He followed behind Jing Zhigang, raised his foot slightly, and then put it down again.

Jing Zhigang and Ma Wenling ignored the existence of their buddies, ran directly into the restaurant, and sat down in an empty seat in the lobby of the restaurant. Jing Zhigang put one foot on the table and called out unceremoniously: "Little Er, bring this official a pot of Pu'er tea-"

"It's coming, my lord." Another guy came over with a pot of tea, and poured a cup of tea for Jing Zhigang and Ma Wenling with a smile, "My lord, you use it slowly." Then he went to another table to refresh some tea.

Jing Zhigang took the teacup, slowly put it under his nose, blew his nose, smelled it, looked at the tea again, drank a small bit, and then took a sip, held it in his mouth for a while, and spit it out with a pop, and shouted: "Xiao Er, come here-"

"My lord, what do you command?" When the guy heard this, he hurriedly ran over.

"This tea is obviously Tieguanyin, but you are using Pu'er tea to fool the official, what's the matter with you?" Jing Zhigang stood up, took out the iron frame fan that pulled out the inside of the sleeve, and slashed the fan bone at the forehead of the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper's forehead immediately bulged with an egg-sized long bag, and he dared to be angry, so he had to hurriedly apologize: "My lord, the blue wolf army has been in turmoil recently, and Pu'er tea has been out of stock for more than ten days, and you will be done." ”

"Before eating, without good tea to clear the stomach, the official has no appetite. Call me your shopkeeper! Jing Zhigang took the fan and knocked on the door of the shopkeeper's head again.

"My lord, I'm really sorry, it just so happens that our shopkeeper is not in the restaurant." The guy stood still.

"Then call your host out for me!" Jing Zhigang knocked the table with a fan. The customers in the hall immediately stopped the cups and chopsticks in their hands and looked at Jing Zhigang together.

"Look at what you see! Look at this official again, and gouge out your eyes. Ma Wenling shouted at everyone.

So all the customers withdrew their eyes again, bowed their heads and drank and ate.

"My lord, our boss is not here." The shopkeeper replied in a low voice, "Why don't I give you a little dragon fruit and durian first?" ”

Both dragon fruit and durian are "free" to Jingxian Ling, and they can also be appetizing. Jing Zhigang didn't find fault anymore, and his anger was not so big, so he waved his hand: "Okay, then bring me the fruit as soon as possible." ”

"Okay." The shopkeeper turned around and left......

Outside the Weixi River Fish Restaurant, the sergeants of the Jingjie Battalion saw that Gong Changyu and Lu Zanchen were still feeding the big yellow cattle under the tree, and they did not follow Jing Zhigang in, but they all stood in front of the River Fish Restaurant, standing in two rows, carrying knives and guns.

Some customers who were about to come to the restaurant to eat saw such soldiers standing at the door, thinking that something big had happened inside, did not dare to approach the river fish restaurant, and watched from afar. At this time, Gong Changyu was lying on the ox cart, closing his eyes and recuperating. Lu Zanchen finished feeding the big yellow cow and pushed Gong Changyu, brother, we should go inside.

"Let's wait. Jing Zhigang is penniless, I want to see how he can eat. Gong Changyu said lazily, stood up and stretched.

"Brother, it's not the first time Jingzhixian has returned to my restaurant, the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, he may be driving away other customers inside at the moment." Lu Zanchen took a handful of palm leaves and slapped the flies and mosquitoes on the back of the cow.