Two people and two donkeys.

Gu Dan and Gongshang passed, riding an ordinary and ordinary donkey, and walked out of the imperial capital of the Xia Dynasty together.

It is now the forty-third year of the Xia Dynasty.

They're going to take another look outside.

Gu Dan is okay, he has always gone wherever he wants, except for the hurried steps of official business, in fact, he has never had leisure time, and he really has to take a look at the career he has worked hard for all his life.

When the donkey really carried them out of the imperial capital, the princess, who was still full of reluctance before, suddenly said: "It's better . Going to Hashu to have a look? ”

"Oh?"

Gu Dan's original intention was to wander around casually, and the donkey could go wherever he wanted, but since the public had mentioned the specific location, he didn't care, and said, "Of course you can." ”

If I'm not mistaken, Gong Shang Guo is a person from Yuzhou.

After so many years, I want to go back to my hometown to have a look, and it is normal for people to have a look.

The donkey's speed is not fast, it is slow, and the scenery on the road is enough for them to enjoy it.

It can be seen with the naked eye that the Xia Dynasty has a lot of official roads.

The official road is not only allowed to pass by officials, the subjects of the Xia Dynasty and even business travelers can use it, but business travelers need to pay a part of the tax when they pass through the official road, and if the people pass, as long as they do not hinder the normal exercise of officials, there will be no hindrance.

As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and the number of official roads has greatly increased, which has greatly facilitated business travel and even exchanges between ordinary people.

In fact, Wang Mang has never given up exploring the outside world over the years, and has traded a lot of good things from other countries and brought them to the country of the Xia Dynasty.

In addition, every ten years or so, Wang Mang would travel around the official road, throwing money along the way.

Literally throwing money!

"The last time I heard Wang Mang tell me, the officials who scattered the money privately said that the people had money, and they scattered few copper plates, and they were not even willing to pick them up, but in Yangzhou, this situation is particularly serious."

Gu Dan complained.

"The land of Yangzhou, with smooth waterways, developed commerce, the most high-ranking households, and the convergence of business and travel, has always been prosperous."

Gong Shangguo said subconsciously.

"We're here to play, don't bring your occupational disease."

Gu Dan waved his hand casually, "We are all the rising and fighting people of the Xia Dynasty now, why do you want to do so many reasons?" ”

Gongshang was speechless for a while, and he has been the prime minister of the Xia Dynasty for decades, and many things are about to penetrate into the bone marrow.

This kind of idle and comfortable day actually feels a little uncomfortable.

However, after all, he is a martial artist who has practiced dirty and accomplished, and after such a relaxed and leisurely tour for a while, the whole person's improvement has improved a lot, and he has gradually adapted to it.

When passing by Yuzhou, you can see a large area of golden wheat waves churning.

The sun hung high, and the people who shone in the scorching sun were sweating.

Such a hot weather is a truly good weather for wheat.

To the surprise of Gu Dan and Gongshang, under a big tree, there were Confucian scholars lecturing!

The content of the lecture was not something esoteric, and his audience was not a group of students in the school, but a group of farmers.

"Now that life is good and money has been saved, many people are reluctant to spend it, which is unreasonable. Clothes woven from hemp and mulberry are not as comfortable as satin; Wheat with wheat bran is not as delicious as flour; If you don't spend your money, it's no different than nothing. ”

The Confucian scholar was still a merchant traveler, and he told the Tao he realized in a serious way, "Only when everything is put into operation can money have the meaning of existence." Many people earn money to live a better life, but when they earn money, they start to want more.

Comfortable satin, less jeweled; The delicacy of flour lacks the embellishment of mountain delicacies; The money that has been piled up is still being filled."

Gu Dan and Gongshang had fun and listened to it.

The Confucian was talking about the way of business, and he was trying to explain the operation of business travel, and even why people wanted to make money, to a group of ordinary people who had never seen the world.

After listening silently for a while, after the Confucian lectured for a while, a servant came over with mung bean porridge, and everyone present was able to share a bowl.

Although the weather is hot, the mung bean porridge is cold and silky.

Pumping out new well water from the well water to eat the town is a skill that the people of this era have long mastered.

Then the Confucian scholar began to sell things.

The ones sold are not valuables, they are all kinds of utensils related to agriculture.

On a hot day, the Confucian student held a farm tool and made various demonstration actions under the tree to show the usefulness of his farm tools.

"The name of a man, the shadow of a tree. I come here every year, and if anything goes wrong with the farm tools you buy from me, you can come to me without the slightest excuse. ”

The Confucian said.

"This is probably the Confucian merchant Xun Ke said?"

Gu Dan looked at the public on the side.

Xun Ke once mentioned his views on business.

Although any dynasty has always been heavy on agriculture and suppressed commerce, business travel certainly also played an important role.

In other words, no matter how much it is suppressed, business travel will not be without.

No matter how many shackles you put on, there will always be people who take advantage of the loopholes.

In this case, Xun Ke simply put forward the concept of Confucian merchants.

First of all, the most important point is that you must operate with integrity, but also focus on personal cultivation, have a sense of responsibility, and be able to explain your products to different people.

The ultimate goal of Confucian businessmen must go beyond utilitarianism itself, have the idea of saving the world and helping the people, clarify the good and bad of business, and pursue the concept of helping the world at the same time.

Establish oneself and reach oneself.

Speaking human words is mutual benefit.

Doing business can no longer be limited to doing business, but is a human interaction.

"Probably."

Gong Shangguo nodded lightly and did not comment.

They didn't stay here for long, and after drinking a bowl of mung bean porridge, they continued to walk forward.

When they wandered to the land of Yangzhou, they went to the most famous restaurant in Yangzhou, drank a famous immortal drunk of the Xia Dynasty, and also tasted the osmanthus cake there.

"Immortals are afraid that they can't get drunk."

Gu Dan played with the cup in his hand.

The wine is like a throat, clear and sweet, warm and accessible, but there is no drunkenness.

"I'm a little drunk."

Sitting in front of the window of the restaurant, the public still looked down.

An endless stream of pedestrians are intertwined, and there are passenger ships stopping here on the riverside in the distance, and there are merchant ships traveling far away.

Busy, but also bustling.

Here in Yangzhou, everyone seems to be very busy, hot and thriving.

Even the people who eat and drink upstairs also mention where business is good and what things are good to sell.

There are even well-informed people who pretend to be low, but in fact, they don't mention the prime minister of the Xia Dynasty at all, and now they have been replaced by the benchmark of Confucianism, Xun Ke.

The last hundred official models didn't like much about business, but they didn't deliberately suppress it.

Xun Ke, on the other hand, wanted to try to guide the business road to the right road.

In contrast, they naturally felt that Xun Ke was more cordial and gentle, at least more positive about business.

The people were discussing the affairs of the temple, and before long a large number of people joined in.

Gu Dan and the others just listened, and did not participate in the discussion.

At this time in the Xia Dynasty, he had not yet begun to be convicted for his words.

Even inside the temple, there are also Confucian scholars and ink scholars, the truth is not clear, what dare not be said?

This country is still young, and there is still a lot of momentum, and the game between Mo and Confucianism has been played for a long time, and the people have been more or less influenced by it.

It's just that from the perspective of the general trend, Confucianism has the upper hand.

In troubled times, the Mo family took the lead and led the way.

Now that we have come to the prosperous era, everyone has praised the ink master, but they refuse to become the ink person.

The boasting of the mouth is the most unnecessary thing.

Perhaps, it is precisely because he understands this that Xun Ke wants to stand up and distinguish himself from the Mo family.

If you do not conform to the trend of the times, the trend of the people, no matter how glorious and beautiful the deeds, will gradually fall into loneliness.

What Xun Ke has been trying to do is to make many problems that have not been solved in the past move on the right path.

No matter what the result of the harvest is, he at least dares to do it.

After a meal of wine, the two walked out of the restaurant and continued to walk towards the land of Yuzhou.

The Xia Dynasty lasted forty-five years, which lasted more than two years, and the two finally moved to their destination slowly.

It's a destination, but it's not anything special to see.

"It's changed."

As soon as he entered Yuzhou, Gu Dan still didn't react, and Gong Shang had already sighed.

It has been more than 40 years since that war.

More than forty years, two or three generations of time in the mortal world.

The traces of the war in the past have all faded, that is, the city that was slaughtered by the command of Daqing in the past is now bustling, and the people who come and go rub shoulders are rubbing shoulders, which is much more prosperous than Yangzhou.

The Xia Dynasty and several surrounding countries were still in the honeymoon period.

Especially after the grandmasters left, several countries lowered their tariffs.

This also leads to the fact that even in the frontier land, there is no shortage of business travelers running around.

Although they do not produce anything, just as blood vessels can transport blood, the existence of this group of porters is still necessary, as long as everything is not in a situation where everything is looking at money, it is acceptable.

In the frontier land, it can be seen to the naked eye that there are more people in all kinds of 'fancy clothes'.

"Boom!"

In the bustling and lively city, there was a deafening gong and drum sound.

Immediately afterward, a group of people dressed in plain white clothes can be seen walking side by side on the cleared street.

On either side of the group, there were also people in white lions dancing.

Gu Dan led the donkey to the side and asked the old man beside him: "Dare to ask the old man, what is this doing?" ”

The old man said with a frosty face: "Worship the spirit of the immortals in the sky." ”

The look is a little gloomy.

But in addition to him, many young people actually have smiles on their faces.

More than 40 years is enough for mortal dust to be replaced.

I am afraid that there are not many people left who witnessed the original experience.

This kind of memorial day seems to have become a special festival for later generations, and they came out to see the excitement.

Gu Dan and Gong Shangguo followed the footsteps of everyone, walked out of the bustling and lively city, and came to the riverside.

Many people began to throw small paper boats into the river, and some lit white lanterns.

The vast music resounded between the vast heaven and the earth.

Gu Dan heard someone thanking the kindness of their ancestors.

"I don't know which hero I am thanking for, what deeds can I hear?"

Gu Dan was a little curious.

To be able to have such a grand specification, it seems that it is not ordinary people who are commemorating.

"It's a prince of Otsuki."

There is an informed person.

"Oh?"

Gu Dan raised his eyebrows slightly, good guy, the prince who paid tribute to Dayue in the Xia Dynasty has something!

At the mention of this, something in the memory seemed to be awakened, and Gu Dan looked at Gong Shangguo, who had never said a word.

Sure enough, Gong Shangguo's eyes were gloomy, staring at the lights by the river, and his mind seemed to be immersed in memories.

"Second prince?"

Gu Dan leaned over and mentioned a person.

To be precise, that person should be the father of the public.

"It's him."

Gong Shangguo nodded slightly, "He died here at the beginning." ”

"You don't seem to like him very much?"

Gu Dan was slightly surprised.

Thinking about it carefully, Gong Shang never mentioned the situation of his family.

"He's not a good guy."

Unexpectedly, the prince was unceremonious, "As the second prince, he has neither an admirable mind nor an admirable character. No matter how you look at it, the throne can't be touched at all, and the biggest wish in this life is to leave a name in history. ”

Speaking of this, Gong Shangguo's face showed a little disdain, "But except for the idea of leaving a name in history, he has no ability, so his identity is a little more noble." Therefore, under the advice of the strategist, as soon as his head was hot, he dared to run to the Heart Cultivation Hall to reprimand Emperor Zongming for asking for immortals and ignoring the people.

But if you ask him how to treat the people, he will inevitably only say some words that can be heard by his ears and calloused, what kind of diligence and love for the people, hard work, benevolence and courtesy. But if you ask him how to do it, it won't be at all.

After being thrown to Yuzhou, he was annoyed at first, but some people praised his wisdom, saying that he could understand the people's feelings and love the common people.

So he threw away all the frustrations in his heart, drank and had fun every day, and hired 'sages' from all over the world to come to his attic, and constantly boasted of his 'great achievements'. He even gave money to others in private, and begged others to write books and speak for him."

Gong Shangguo shook his head, and the expression on his face became a little complicated, "I don't know why he stayed after the Yuzhou incident, I'm afraid that he really believed in his great achievements and was put on the shelf, and he refused to lose face, right?" ”

"Since ancient times, deeds have not been careful."

Gu Dan thought for a while and said.

Regardless of the deeds.

No matter what the original intention of the second prince was, whether he just wanted to leave some fame, but his existence did give some people hope, so that to this day, there are still people who are grateful for his deeds and set a festival for him.

And he did.

The public did not say anything more.

He walked to the river, picked up a small white boat folded, and placed it on the river.

With a slight push, the little white boat swayed with extremely fine ripples and swayed forward with the current.

Compared to the vast river, it is certainly not worth mentioning.

But it's enough to carry a wisp of nostalgia.

(End of chapter)