Chapter 81: Hurry
Ten miles and one house, thirty miles and one night, and fifty miles and one hall. Zhou Li stipulates that these public facilities must be available on the road to facilitate travelers, and each road has special maintenance to ensure that the road is smooth.
There are also four types of road widths, and the smallest road is the kind of road that can only take cattle and horses in Yunyao Caiyi. Then there is a one-way road that leads to one car, a two-way road that leads to two cars side by side, and a road that leads to three cars side by side.
From Yunyao Caiyi is a one-way road, then merges into a two-way road, and the carriage moves leisurely, but Yunyao is not in the carriage, but walks behind the carriage, because the carriage contains gifts.
Once a year, in addition to showing your face, you also have to give gifts to the monarch. Although Yun Yao has already paid taxes, the courtesy is light and affectionate, the important thing is the attitude towards the monarch, and the gift is not given in vain, after receiving the gift, the monarch will return the gift.
This was also a way for the nobles to communicate with each other, Yun Yao brought some reed mats, bamboo baskets, and dried fish. The gifts were not shabby, because many barons couldn't even take these things.
Yun Yao looked at the surrounding scenery with great interest, the land was bare, there were some dealer poles in the field that had not been cleared, and occasionally there were wild people sitting on the ridges of the fields leisurely to pass the time, which seemed very pleasant.
Although the dirt road is bumpy, except for the occasional rut marks, the whole road is quite walkable. The group did not go in a hurry, but relaxed.
However, there was a sudden rapid sound of horses' hooves knocking behind him, and then a team of horses swept past Yun Yao with dust, all of which startled Yun Yao's two variegated horses.
"Is it the Mu family?" Yun Yao saw the white banner of the Mu family, embroidered with black 'Mu'. This kind of thing is equivalent to the family crest of the nobles, and the nobles will embroider the clan on the banner to show off the market.
Yun Yao's carriage also has a flag belonging to the Zhu family, which is not as grand as the Mu family, after all, the baron and the earl are much different.
"It's not polite." The master sneered at the Mu family's behavior of riding a horse and was very disdainful.
"I guess he saw us, so he deliberately showed it to us." Yun Yao said that the Mu family's eyes are too small, and it is really possible to do this.
The Mu family's convoy had six vehicles, three carrying people and three loading, and they passed by Yun Yao with a light whip and a horse, raising dust to wrap them.
This Mu family deceived people too much, and the small book in Yun Yao's heart was recorded.
In the Western Zhou Dynasty, it was not easy to gather people from all over the country for a meeting, and everyone was near and far, and the time of arrival was also different. Therefore, the preparation time for the shooting was very generous, and it was announced at the beginning of September, and it will not be held until the end of September, so that the nobles and doctors have enough time to travel.
Yunyao is only about 30 miles away from the national capital, which is not far, so it is not far until the day before the shooting salute is held, and you can arrive in the evening, and stay one night to participate in tomorrow's archery.
"Du Niang, there is a car in front of you rushing out of the road." The driver stood tall and looked far away and noticed that there was an accident ahead.
Yun Yao looked sideways from the back of the car, and sure enough, a car was overturned on the side of the road, the axles were broken, and several people were working together to unload the car, preparing to repair the car.
"Go help them."
Yun Yao Lu saw the injustice and came to help, and walked forward with his retainers. The four horses had been unloaded, and they were turning over the soil to find grass roots to eat. The boxes on the car were piled up in a mess on the road, and a few men dressed as attendants were struggling to turn the body over and fix the car.
Yun Yao and his retainers went up and took a hand and easily turned the car over.
"Thank you for your help." Several men were already sweating profusely, helpless to look at the broken axles.
"It's hard to fix a broken axle." As she spoke, Yun Yao glanced at the goods in the boxes on the side of the road and found that they were all stones: "It must be that the stones are too heavy, why are you transporting stones?" ”
"Du Niang, these are jade." Shu Zai saw that Yun Yao was so ignorant, so he reminded him.
"Jade?" Yun Yaoxin said that it was no wonder that with so many stones, it turned out that it was not idle and panicked, but useful.
The sturdy man in the lead nodded and said: "We are jade people, we were ordered to transport a batch of jade from Zhou State back to Lu State, along the way the wheel changed six times, and the axle was broken twice, but I didn't expect to reach the destination now, and the axle was broken again." Helplessness was written on his face.
"So what are you going to do?"
"The axles we have prepared have run out, and we are going to send someone to the capital to call a car over." The man said.
Yun Yao nodded, then there is nothing to do: "This is also a way, since you already have a way, then I won't bother, we have to hurry." ”
"Thank you again for your help." The man said gratefully.
The carriage continued to depart.
Soon came to the destination, the eastern suburbs is a dusty flat land, at this time it is the flag waving colorful flags, representing the nobles and doctors of the various fiefdoms of the Lu country gathered together, the carriages and horses are noisy, and the voices of people are boiling.
The stage has been prepared, the sacrifice with a high mound of earth towers on the right, the wooden viewing platform stands on the left, and a spacious competition field is enclosed with a fence in the middle.
Different classes of nobles were treated differently, and the baron belonged to the baron, and soon some countrymen took Yun Yao to the baron's parking place, recorded their gifts, transported their things, and arranged their accommodation.
The whole process is methodical, and every Chinese person is experienced, and will not make mistakes or mistakes. Yun Yao was taken to a tent full of barons, there were twelve barons present, plus Yun Yao was thirteen, she should be the last one to come.
Even if he is just a baron, he is also a nobleman, and it is also a status certified by Zhou Li, and it is also a title that can be passed down from generation to generation and possessed from generation to generation.
The barons are also all masters together, and they are all polite.
So although Yun Yao is young and a girl, since she is here, no one will snub her.
"You must be the Zhu Nu of Zhuhe, I have heard your story, you defeated the Earl in the war." A young baron came over to greet Zhu Nu, this person was not tall, not big, seemed to be a little malnourished, his cheeks were sunken, and he was a little sickly: "My name is Fang Gu, the word is in the direction, the fief is in the east, close to the Qi country." ”
"I've seen Fang Jun." Yun Yao greeted politely: "I heard that Qi domestic salt, you should trade on the border of Qi country, your fief must be very lively." ”
Hearing Yun Yao say this, Fang Gu's face was not very good, and looking at his underfed appearance, he also knew that his life was not very good.
Yun Yao also found that the other party's expression was wrong, and immediately changed the topic: "Tomorrow's shooting salute, I don't know if everyone here will participate?" I'm late, I wonder if you've decided? "It's not just asking Fang Gu, it's also asking other barons.
A room of barons all looked at Yun Yao, some of them were old and some were young, some were tall and some were short, but they were all yellow and thin, not much different from ordinary Chinese people, and even some Chinese people who served as doctors were not doing well.
There were even some barons whose clothes were patched, and apparently there were poor barons who were not doing well and were facing closure. 111