Chapter 240: Harvesting Millennial Ginseng
Li Jun said that she missed the Diesel Department very much, for fear that the Diesel Administration would leave her, so she didn't think about tea and dinner, and she was tired.
Wei Wan hurriedly took her back to Luoyang, and when she saw that the Chai Department was still being treated, Li Jun suddenly smiled and helped the Chai Department to talk and laugh.
The Chai Department was deeply moved by Li Jun's true feelings for himself, but he was annoyed by his injury, for fear of bringing unnecessary trouble to Li Jun, so he tried to sneak away. But if you can't get out of the gate, you will be picked up by someone because you can't go straight and turn around.
He was so angry that he hit his head against the wall, and was discovered by Li Jun, who interrogated him why his head was bleeding? Li Jun was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, hugged her and cried loudly, and then he didn't leave an inch.
Wei Wan looked at her daughter like this, and then saw that the Diesel Affairs Department was indeed a talent, so she entrusted You Gang to do the work of the Diesel Affairs Department. simply handled the marriage for them, and asked Li Jun to take care of him, and the illness of the Chai Department also improved quickly, and it also solved Li Jun's lifelong event.
You Gang pulled the firewood department aside, talked about Li Jun's Fengxue Temple and almost died, and then said: "If Li Jun loses you, she will really die of illness." In that case, it means that you didn't save her at all. Save people to the end, it's impossible for you not to marry her, marrying her is to save her. ”
Chai Department actually loves her very much, but the entanglement lies in her disloyalty to Yang Rong, her brows are tightly locked, and she is noncommittal. You Gang sensed that something was going on in his heart, and suddenly remembered that there was a question that he hadn't figured out, so he hurriedly asked, "Why did you and Chen Guo get to Luoyang? ”
The Chai Department told the ins and outs of himself and the Bibo Fairy, and it was precisely because he went to find the Bibo Fairy and passed by Luoyang that there was such a thing. If you marry Li Jun here, how can you be worthy of Yang Rong?
After listening to this, You Gang also felt that Chai Shu was indeed a sincere gentleman, and it was not easy to accept this further down. So I repeated it to my wife Wei Wan 1510, and I felt that this matter was very difficult to do.
After Mrs. Wei thought about it, this firewood department was indeed a good character, and she felt more and more that her daughter's choice was right. Look at Li Jun's situation, and then think about the thrill in the Fengxue Temple, you must not just stop, you must try to get the Diesel Department to agree.
So he asked You Gang to take the Chai Department to his room and talk to the Chai Department alone. But what exactly should be said to get them married?
Mrs. Wei talked to the Chai Department again: "Child, the old man knows that you are a man who values love and righteousness. However, just like what Chen Guo went to do, weren't Xiang Chunshan and You Tong both wives in the two rooms? It was all caused by the war. Now Li Jun's situation is hanging by a thread, and we are also facing a war. ”
Mrs. Wei saw that the Chai Department did not refute or nod, but was silent, so she said: "As long as you save Li Jun and get through this dangerous period, if you find Yang Rong in the future, how do you arrange it, the old body will not interfere." ”
Chai Department saw that Mrs. Wei was also helpless, in order to save her daughter, it was really hard work. Having said that, if you have to be tough, you may annoy her, and it will be difficult to predict what the consequences will be.
So, he nodded in agreement, but reiterated one thing: "After rescuing Li Jun, as long as there is news of Yang Rong, look for it at any time." This one will never waver. ”
In this way, Mrs. Wei made intensive arrangements to persuade Li Jun's brothers, sisters-in-law, sisters and aunts to handle the marriage immediately.
These days, Li Jun is full of red faces and is light and healthy. The firewood department is also getting better very quickly, and now I can basically walk straight. But he couldn't hold on to his chopsticks until he finished eating, and Dr. Chen continued to give him acupuncture.
Chen Guo is also helpless, this is the trick of fate. Many things are not completely controllable by himself, and he will have many factors that interfere, and these factors work together to produce a new twist and turn. If you don't have detailed insight and in-depth understanding, many things will be incredible.
At this time, Chen Guo and Bai Miao could only sincerely wish them to grow old together. The Chai Department asked his mother-in-law to set a table for the two of them, thanking Chen Guo for his concern and deep friendship.
After the banquet, Chen Guo and Bai Miao said goodbye and continued their Chengni inkstone sales activities.
The hands of the firewood department trembled until Li Jun was six months pregnant with the child, and it returned to normal.
At this time, it is going to be the New Year. Li Jun tirelessly recites poems and sings songs to the child in his belly every day. After Dr. Chen's pulse, it was judged that he was pregnant with a boy, and Li Jun asked the Chai Department to name the child well.
The due date is around March 3 of the new year. After Li Jun's meticulous care for himself in the past few months, the Chai Department is no longer simply grateful, and has already admired Li Jun from the bottom of his heart. Seeing how difficult it is for her to conceive a child, I can't wait to feel sorry for her.
With great patience, the Chai Department guarded Li Jun to give birth to the child. What a good baby, the name is Chai Zhongxun, after all, Bibo Fairy Yang Rong conceived a child half a year earlier than Li Jun, and this little guy is in second. Li Jun didn't understand her husband's thoughts, there was nothing to say.
After naming the name, Chai Shu felt more and more that Li Jun was sincere to him, how could he bear to leave them alone and helpless?
He stayed in Luoyang Li Mansion for more than two years, and it was not until the Mid-Autumn Festival in the first year of Baoying (825) of Jingzong Li Zhan that he took his children back to Baima County and went to the mansion of Yichengjun's grandfather, and the family got together warmly.
During this period, in August of the year when the Chai Department and Li Jun got married, Chen Guo and Bai Miao officially married in the Jiangling County mansion. The Chai Department took Li Jun to the wedding banquet. Except for Yang Rong, everyone else has arrived.
Father Chai Xun would return to Yichengjun from Chen Guo's home in Jiangling County, Jingzhou every six months or so to visit his father. often turn to Luoyang to see the firewood department, daughter-in-law, and grandson.
In the blink of an eye, the time came to the third year of Wenzong's opening (838), the same year as Wanglingtong and Muyu Fengbo, and fifteen years after the Chai Department went to Luoyang to marry Li Jun.
At this time, his grandfather Meigou Yinglong Chai Chao was already seventy-one years old and returned to the field three years ago. He served in the Yicheng Army from the age of 46 to the age of 68, a period of 22 years.
During this period, due to his repeated military exploits, he was sealed to inspect the history of the same state assassin, protect the army, and was the founding marquis of Jaw County, and sealed 200 households. It has been five years since the Hou Mansion was built in Jaw County, and the whole family has lived there.
At this time, the firewood department was thirty-four years old. He has been under the door of a ginseng giant for 12 years, and he has been selling ginseng independently for 5 years, and he has already accepted apprentices. Together with Master, he bought a mansion in Chang'an City.
Who is this master? He is a native of Nanjing, Bohai Kingdom, and Lienanzhou.
Nanjing, in the Bohai Kingdom, is Wofu County, Vaud Prefecture, Nanhai Prefecture, and is now Hamxing City, North Korea.
The Bohai Kingdom, the Tang people also called it the Goryeo Kingdom, the Goryeo Kingdom, the Bohai Martial Kingdom, etc.
Xue Ping guarded the Lu Army for six years, and his important position was to be in charge of the affairs of Silla and Bohai. In Qingzhou, the military seat of Pinglu, there are Bohai Pavilion and Silla Pavilion to manage their tribute, pilgrimage, He Zheng, and proton service, and escort the envoys of the Son of Heaven to canonize and proclaim consolation.
In the second year of Jingzong Baoli (826), the Diesel Department was twenty-two years old, and Lienanzhou was fifty-two years old, just thirty years old. Lenan Zhou is seven feet eight inches long, with a white beard and five locks down, a fair face, strong spirits, and a flying spirit. Danfeng's eyes are easy not to open, and once they are opened, they are angry, which is very scary.
Because of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lienanzhou passed through the eastern capital Luoyang, entered the Li Mansion to visit, and stayed for half a month. The Chai Department and his wife Li Jun went to the Li Mansion to visit relatives, during which they got acquainted, and they were very curious about the affairs of the Bohai Kingdom, and the more they asked, the more they were interested. Under the witness of his mother-in-law Wei Wan, he worshiped him as a teacher.
In addition to selling ginseng, Lienanzhou occasionally brings some tiger skins, mink skins, gold and silver Buddha statues from the Bohai Kingdom. When they returned home, they brought silk, books, etc.
Since he apprenticed, Lie Nanzhou really taught him all kinds of knowledge of the Bohai Kingdom, which aroused the desire of the Chai Department to come up, and followed Lie Nanzhou into his hometown of Wozhou City, and lived for five years. I traveled through the entire Bohai country, and knew its history, customs, products, language, etc.
Five years later, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, in the fifth year of Wenzong Taihe (831), Chai Department returned to Yichengjun Chai Mansion with his master with some tiger skins and ginseng. Two sons and a daughter ran all over the yard, and when they saw their father coming back, they screamed with joy.
During the feast, grandfather Chai Chao told him that he read the Chang'an miscellaneous newspaper a few days ago, saying that it was Princess Wang De, the current Taihe Son of Heaven, who had a staggering illness and needed a thousand-year-old ginseng to dispense medicine to be cured. Zhu of Taihe Tianzi approved the decree of the imperial doctor, and those who offered thousand-year-old ginseng were given a knight and a heavy reward.
The master and apprentice silently wrote down that from the second year, they searched for thousand-year-old ginseng everywhere in Bohai Country. I visited almost all the ginseng pickers in the Bohai Kingdom, but to no avail.
After the Shangyuan Festival in the third year of Wenzong's Kaicheng (838), the Diesel Wood Department visited the Bohai Kingdom again.
Starting from Dengzhou, the sea route to the Yalu River, and the northeast to the Xijing Yalu Mansion (now Linjiang City) found out the news. Turning south, he went straight to Jingzhou in Nanhai Province and found Wu Benzhi, a seventy-two-year-old ginseng picker who lived in Nanguan.
In the twelve years since the apprenticeship of the Chai Department, this is the third time to visit Wubenzhi. I once bought 300-year-old ginseng from him, and that was a few years ago.
Of course, Wu Benzhi knew that the Diesel Department was going to buy thousand-year-old ginseng, and it was introduced by the ginseng pickers in Yalu Mansion. When he arrived at home, Wu Benzhi treated him well, and he could not pick them until the spring flowers bloomed and the flowers and trees came out of their leaves.
The hard work paid off, and when it was three and a half months, Wu Benzhi received a deposit of twenty taels of silver from the Chai, and took the Chaiji Department straight to the depths of Wolf Mountain.
Climbed Mengfu Mountain, wandered around it for three days and three nights, and the dry food, beef and shochu brought by the two of them ate and drank all the food, and finally picked it. When Uben Rank dug it out, oh my God, there were so many reed bowls, and the taproot was a foot five inches long.
From the root, taproot to lateral root, plus the roots, the whole root is three feet four long. The amount of fresh ginseng in the hand is as much as three catties and six taels. If it is made into dried ginseng, it will be one pound or two taels. I always dig ginseng, fresh ginseng is seven taels for ginseng, eight taels for treasure, not to mention this big ginseng, a rare treasure.
When Wu Benzhi carefully wrapped this old ginseng in red silk, he dared to celebrate.
The Chai Department burst into tears with joy, hugged Wu Benzhi, and said in a trembling voice: "The old man is really worthy of the old master! I can't enjoy this thousand-year-old ginseng alone, and I must go to Beijing with you to offer treasures." To be rewarded, you must be rewarded with you. ”
Wu Benzhi was already in tears, hugging the firewood department: "This is a rare encounter in a thousand years, who can dig up such a good treasure, unheard of." If it weren't for General Chai's preciousness, it would never be available. How dare the old man be greedy for merit?"
The firewood department said solemnly: "When I get to the court, I will insist on the invitation, you and I must be sealed together, otherwise, I will take the fire sickle and oil paper, and let this old ginseng be destroyed on the spot." ”
Wu Benzhi was moved: "Thank you for the general's love, the old man really met a nobleman." Thanks a lot. ”
They laughed and laughed all the way to Uben Zhi's house. In order to keep it secret, the Diesel Affairs Department also found a lot of craftsmen on a sunny hillside, and built a house for two days and two nights, called Wubenzhi to make dried ginseng here.
The Diesel Affairs Department found someone to make a simple and simple sandalwood box, and carefully put this old ginseng into it. In order to confuse people, two identical sandalwood boxes were made and filled with herbs.
When everything was ready, the firewood department paid him another eighty taels of silver, and after promising to offer the treasure, he would pay him the final payment. Wu Benzhi thought that at that time, the Son of Heaven would reward both of them, so it would not matter, and he would return the one hundred taels of silver he had paid twice.
It's August in the blink of an eye. He took Wu Benzhi back to the territory of Datang, and did not dare to go home, for fear of leaking the news, so as not to be robbed, but went straight to Chang'an.
When I arrived on the outskirts of Chang'an, it was already past the Mid-Autumn Festival.
I'm afraid of something, but I'm still in trouble.