Chapter 3 The South of Daze
"There is Daze in the land of Qianqiong, covering Wanyue Prefecture, divided into south orange and north orange, Shengyang River water, through the Kyushu river system, outside the three mountains, 800 miles. The husband of the three mountains, the cave, the beech, the beetle, the strange creatures who live together, self-demarcate the state area, hide in the deep place of the sea of fog, the living people are not seen, there is no trace of the history and literature, and the fishermen in the countryside are falsely rumored to be ridiculous. —— "Yudian Scenery Chronicles"
"The alley people in Xiaoye City are still wearing yarns and shaking fans, but the daughters of Yidu have already put on embroidered cotton jackets!" After drinking a cup of newly added Lieziyaki, King Jing pursed his lips, ate a piece of watercress raw, and chatted casually with the two girls opposite. Lieziyaki is different from the sweet and sour plum wine, it is a fragrant liquor made from the large grains of oats that are ripened once a year and one season in Hetao Bay, mixed with small seedlings and sorghum naturally raised in Jululing, and three winters and three summers. The color of the wine is light blue like a glacier stone, and the taste is domineering, burning the throat like a fire in the furnace, and I don't know how King Jing, who has lived in the gentle land of the south for a long time, can drink this mouthful!
The wind chimes stuffed their mouths with food, squeaky and couldn't speak, but they didn't dare to snub the nobles of the dynasty, and said with a slight smile: "Xiaoye City is the capital of Wanzhou, Wan is located in the south of Daze, there are cliff mountains in the north, resisting the cold wind of Shuofangyuan in the south;
"Oh, the children of Gyeonggi are really extraordinary, this king just casually sighed about the season, but it led to the little female bachelor's theory of time and geography, drinkable, drinkable, full of drink, haha!" King Jing really drank a cup, and the fierce son burned like a fire dragon into his belly, King Jing quickly picked a piece of washed white bamboo shoots and threw it into his mouth to chew.
Xi Chao also generously got up to drink with him, drank a cup of green plum wine, and the red on his cheeks was like rouge in the water, and slowly faded away from the peach.
The juicy bamboo shoots suppressed the spicy smell of wine, and King Jing went on to say half-truthfully: "Then how about letting Yiwei bring your little daughters to live in my Wanzhou permanently? My residence is close to Daze, which is a fertile land of fish and rice; merchants gather, and they can be rich and noble families from all over the world; scholars are merry, and they are also gentle townships in ten towns!"
Feng Chimes finally swallowed her cheeks and stammered, "But~ But, Uncle Xi, is there a academy in Wanzhou?"
King Jing Baixi was slightly stunned, not knowing how to answer!
Xi Chao looked at the son who had been drinking warm tea in silence, and his straight back did not break in the slightest, so he smiled apologetically at King Jing.
The daughter king of the south of Daze shook his head helplessly, and the wry smile on the corner of his mouth emptied a glass of spirits.
"Little uncle, this time I went to Beijing from Wanwan, not only to abduct the sister of Yiwei's family to go south!" Childe finally spoke, but he lost the coldness and rustiness he had just introduced to the door, and his taste for intimacy and ridicule was quite heavy.
Hearing that the plain and almost cold young man on the side finally changed his title, the calm King Jing suddenly became frantic and laughed three times, which was very happy!
"There is a serious matter, that is, to accompany the pair of envoys from Wajima to Beijing to meet my lord of Dayu. In recent years, although it has not excessively harassed China's Dayu merchant ships, there have been many deductions, and the transit tax burden is as high as three points. In addition, Linyu Bay is rich in fire coral, known as the glazed tree in ancient times, which can drive water vapor and generate yang fire, my Dayu sea ship wants to wander the four seas, but stay on the water for a long time, moisture will inevitably invade the skin and bones, and the crew will have edema of hands and feet, breed mildew around the body, and finally fester. Only by grinding the fire coral into a fine powder and applying it to the body every other day can you resist this 'water ghost'. Linyu Bay has always been a general waterway, and there is no difference between countries, but a few years ago, there were three thousand-sail scale armored ships of the Buzhou Island League, driftwood, and panmu, each carrying 300 samurai, and occupied the three small islands of Qubai, Lingqian and Fusang respectively. I have a vast territory of thousands of miles, and I can't see these three melon seeds, but an old navigator in Yingzhou Chuan Harbor said that the bottom of the waters below the three islands of Qubai, Lingqian and Fusang is where the mother root of all the fire corals in Linyu Bay is located, and once it is damaged, the glazed trees in the entire water area will all wither. The island league occupies the first advantage, and the odd goods can live. I have countless huge ships, but I am afraid that the island country will be ruthless and destroy the foundation. Moreover, the Zhou Island League did not make excessive requests, only said that they admired the world of the Yu Dynasty and wanted to send Yu envoys to learn the culture of Middle-earth, and the three islands of coral were mined by it, and 3,000 catties of coral powder were supplied to Yu Chao every year. The ministers in the Yangtu Palace showed that the emperor respected this as the prosperous scene of the coming dynasty of the state, and the dragon face was happy, so he approved the first batch of envoys. Last month, the ship entered the mouth of the Blooming Yang River from the South China Sea, all the way into my Wanzhou Daze, I was ordered to accompany the mission into Beijing, alas, who let us just be a powerless and powerless idle prince, and the mission carried the golden double wall of the unfortunate lord of the country!" I didn't expect that King Jing Baixi's innocent and arrogant appearance actually accumulated so much idle saliva, this long speech said that his mouth was dry, snatched the tea that was slightly cold in the hands of the young people around him, and drank it all!
The two little girls listened with relish, Xichao was concerned about the state affairs of the two states, and Feng Chime was curious about the overseas scenery.
Seeing that King Jing was busy moistening his mouthpiece, he smiled and said: "Uncle Xi where is the powerless and powerless idle prince, the three major chambers of commerce in Wanyue and the two states are all formed by the uncle, and there are countless caravans under the door, the ship merchants are as far as the Western Continent, the foot merchants go deep into the desert, the horse merchants enter the grassland, the four major items of rice, salt, cloth and iron, the number of books and food, the upper is for the big inside, and the lower is for the common people, and the songs and ballads are spread in the streets: "Yiyan Gong, Shili Hou, the People's Hall, the King of Qianjin, and the Ten Thousand Riders", isn't the Qianjin King you Uncle Xi?"
King Jing smiled brightly, pursing a smile, "Ahem, uh-huh, but you said it! I'm not here to accompany the princess and prince of that island country, they don't have the qualifications to let me escort them." Just take a hitchhiker, come to Beijing to worship the elders, and meet old friends. By the way, the one who worships is the 'Yiyan Gong' of your son-in-law's family, and the one who will be the 'Shili Hou' of your son-in-law's family!"
"Oh" Gongzi was slightly surprised, I don't know why King Jing hurriedly came to Beijing to see his grandfather and second uncle! However, anyway, he has been away from home for ten years, and he has never had anything to do with the old people, except for his position in the academy, of course.
King Jing saw that the young man just said "oh" and said nothing, and couldn't help but sigh: "Yiwei, when I came, your little aunt nagged repeatedly, let me take you back to Mengfu to see, ten years ago you broke out for no reason, Meng Gong is secretive, and we can't speculate." But I think you were only fourteen or fifteen years old at the time, what was the irresolvable estrangement that made you unable to enter the door for ten years?"
Childe closed his lips tightly and was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Little aunt, is she in good health?
King Jing saw that he didn't want to talk about the past, so he had to say: "In the south of Daze, the weather is warm and moist, and there are not a few days of frost and window screens in a year, which is just right for your aunt to cultivate." Your little aunt misses you very much, and originally wanted to go to Beijing with me this time, but when she went for a pulse diagnosis, it was actually a happy pulse, so she stayed in Xiaoye City!"
"Auntie is happy, hehe, great, congratulations to uncle! It's just my aunt's body?" Childe was rarely overjoyed, but he was worried about his aunt's body.
"It's okay, I've paid a lot of money to get a medical hand, just to recuperate your little aunt's body, and when I have something to do in Beijing, I'll rush back to accompany her," King Jing replied Wenyan.
"That's good, uncle can say to aunt, ask her to rest her body, next spring, I will go to the south of Daze to meet my aunt!"
"Okay, okay, your aunt is looking forward to it day and night!" King Jing knocked on the cup, and the crisp sound of "ding" was mixed with a sigh!"By the way, tomorrow in the Taiqing Palace, Your Majesty will give a banquet to the prince and daughter of the king of the island, you are one of the seven divisions of the academy, you should come to the banquet, after all, the envoy of the island country this time is called admiring my Dayu Changming, and the academy is where the cultural and cultural arsenal of our dynasty is located, and you have to come to support the façade." ”
"I'm not comfortable with the solemnity of the Great Interior, and I don't like the complexity of officialdom, and I'm a blind and crippled person, I'm afraid it will damage the prestige of the Celestial Empire, so I'd better not go!" Childe refused lightly.
"Don't you want to hear about the 'red carp' again? That old musician was originally recruited to Ouchi, I saw it by chance when I entered the palace yesterday, it is said that 'red carp' is the emperor's favorite tune, and the emperor ordered the old musician to play the 'red carp' before the banquet tomorrow, so that the emperor and queen can take advantage of the lively atmosphere to show their joy!"
"Is that 'red carp'?" Childe's memory is blurred, "Is the 'red carp' that my father sang in my childhood memories facing the flying veil?
"Red carp, red carp, tail shaking smoke kite south wind rises.
Red carp, red carp, scales stacked clouds and sunset wash.
Red carp, red carp, eye beads and tears full moon festival.
Red carp, red carp, lips foam dreams.
Red carp, red carp, if you cross the dragon gate, you can't go back! Don't you want to go back?"
"Okay, tomorrow I will follow my uncle all the way to the palace. As if he had put in a lot of strength, Childe leaned back in his chair a little tiredly, and his back finally bent.