On this day, Shu Yan carried a basket of eggs to Ruyin West Market to sell, and when he sold out, he went home from the south gate. I saw a group of people gathered outside the gate of Ruyin City, chattering, not knowing what to discuss. He walked to the edge of the crowd, and it happened that his neighbor Shu Xiaoliu was also here, and hurriedly beckoned to him: "Yan'er, come here." "Shu Xiaoliu is Shu Yan's uncle, so he can call Shu Yan's milk name.

"What's the matter, Sixth Uncle?"

"There was a notice posted on the wall, and we could not read all the words on it, so we asked the soldiers who were guarding the gate, but they said, 'We will only put up the notice, and we will not read the notice.'" Hehe, what's the matter, just post the notice, no matter how you read the notice, it's just a cover-up, and they don't recognize a few words if they dare to love it. You have come just in time, and you should read what is written on this notice. ”

Shu Yan walked to the root of the city wall and saw a notice in black letters on yellow paper on the blue brick next to the battlement of the city wall. It probably means that the Great Jin Dynasty has destroyed Sun Wu, and now the four seas are unified, and the world is owned by the Great Jin Dynasty, Guangxi Wandai, Ruide Qingming, etc., is nothing more than how the imperial court won the hearts of the people, how how to be martial and so on. The last of the notice is the point, receiving the notice of the Yuzhou Assassin History, the King of the Great Jin Dynasty is about to return to the capital in triumph, and the reception matters should be done along the line. Our Ruyin is located between Jianye and Luoyang, and it is very likely that Wang Shi will pass through here, inside and outside the city, along the river and along the road, all the people, must not hinder the march of the army, and do a good job of receiving them if necessary. The following inscription is Qiu Shoutai, the prime minister of Ruyin, and the time is April 5 in the sixth year of Xianning.

This notice was issued by the Prime Minister of Ruyin himself, and the level was obviously higher than that of ordinary notices. Ruyin is equivalent to Ruyin Taishou, because the Jin Dynasty implemented the parallel system of counties and states, and the general county set up Taishou, and the Taishou managed the affairs of a county; In addition, there were also counties that were divided by the emperor to the royal family, and they were nominally separate kingdoms, but in fact, these princes and kings were not much different from ordinary counties in terms of management, except for the tax of their fiefs. Each kingdom does not set up a taishou, but a minister of state, who exercises the responsibility of taishou. Ruyin is the fief of Sima Yan's youngest son Sima Mo, so Ruyin is not too guarded, but has a national minister.

After Shu Yan finished reading, everyone scattered. Back home, Shu Yan told his grandfather, Dr. Shu, about the contents of the notice. Dr. Shu sighed, "This is providence! I think that at the beginning, at the end of the Han Dynasty, the princes of the world occupied one side, and later these princes were gradually annexed by Wei, Shu, and Wu, forming the trend of the Three Kingdoms. ”

Shu Yan said with a smile: "Since the Sima clan can unify the world, it is not accidental, although it is due to the will of heaven, there are also deep-seated reasons for this. Although Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei, is a generation of heroes, his descendants are not as good as the next generation, while the three generations of Sima's ancestors and grandchildren are all outstanding among the people, and while making great achievements for Cao Wei, they are also painstakingly managing their own forces. The Sima clan has long been the desire of the people in Cao Wei, and it is logical to replace Cao Wei; As for Shu Han, the later lord Liu Chan was mediocre and incompetent, and the generals were jealous of each other, such an army would definitely be defeated in a battle, until it was destroyed by Cao Wei, who was actually destroyed by Sima Yi's father and son; Sun Hao, the lord of Wu, is even more absurd and unscrupulous, and he loses his trust in the people, and the people of Jiangdong have long been looking forward to Wang Shi beating him. Therefore, it is inevitable that the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Three Kingdoms. ”

Dr. Shu laughed after hearing this: "Yan'er is so young, she can analyze the world's major events so thoroughly, it's rare, it's rare!" When the king master passes by here, you must come and call me, and I will also see how powerful the mighty division of the Great Jin is. ”

"Okay, Grandpa, I'll take you to see it when the time comes."

Since Shu'an was swept away by the flood, Shu Yan has been worried about the firewood, rice, oil and salt at home. Although there are tens of thousands of dollars to exchange land with the Shi family, how long can that money last? The mulberry forest that was exchanged with the Shi family last year only has a small number of adult mulberry trees, and most of the rest cannot pick mulberry leaves. In addition to farming and studying, Shu Yan always thinks about how to make some progress at home: he sometimes fills a bamboo basket with eggs at home and takes them to the market for some oil to eat; Or ask Ruoxin to go to Xishan to chop some firewood and pick it up to sell in the city.

On this day, Shu Yan went to Xishan early to chop a load of firewood, and just after the hour, he carried this load of firewood into Ruyin City, put down the firewood in a vacant lot in Xishi, and took a breath. Shu Yan loves this season, lukewarm. A few months ago, when I chopped a load of firewood and picked it up, I would sweat all over my body, and when the wind blew, my back was cold.

Next to him was an old man with a white beard, with a basket of pigs at his feet. Shu Yan often came to the West Market to sell firewood or eggs, and occasionally met this old man, who beckoned forward: "Father-in-law, I haven't seen you sell for a few days." ”

"Yes, Xiaolang, the inventory at home is gone, and it has been delayed for a few days."

The old and the young didn't know each other's names, so they just said hello casually. The old man likes Shu Yan, a young man: enthusiastic, polite, thick eyebrows and big eyes, dignified appearance, especially the birthmark between the eyebrows, which looks good. Today, the old man couldn't help but be curious and asked, "Little brother, what is your surname?" ”

"Under the exemption of your surname Shu, dare to ask your father-in-law's surname?"

"Lao Suo's surname is Tang ......"

During the Jin Dynasty, small merchants were extremely discriminatory, stipulating that they must wear black shoes on one foot and white shoes on the other, and wear a headscarf with their names and the names of the goods they sell written on them. Originally, this was a requirement for market intermediaries only, with one black shoe and one white shoe indicating that they represented the buyer and the seller respectively. Later, in some places, this discriminatory provision was extended to all petty traders. However, this restriction is limited to full-time landless merchants, and temporary traders like Shu Yan who come from a peasant family are not subject to this restriction. And this old man is obviously not a professional businessman. He wore black and white shoes without his feet, and he didn't have a headscarf with his name written on his head, so they didn't know each other's names.

Before Old Man Tang could speak, at this time, two officials suddenly walked over and said to Shu Yan and the others: "Everyone listen, the day before yesterday, Prime Minister Qiu of Ruyin had already issued a notice that my Great Jin Divine Soldiers had destroyed the Wu Kingdom, and the triumphant army would pass through our land in a few days, and we must do our best to do a good job in receiving and comforting our soldiers." Now you will send all the goods you have sold to the county office, and when the time comes, when the army is gone, Prime Minister Qiu will give you the money for the goods at the original price. Alright, everybody, right now, pick up your stuff and come with me. ”

When everyone heard this, they were very happy, the county bought all the things they sold, and they didn't have to wait for the buyer here, and they paid for the goods at the original price, isn't it a good thing? The most important thing is that he also comforted the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions to the country, and compared to selling them to others, I feel that it is of great significance and a bit of honor. Everyone actively took up the burden and followed the officials. Only Donald reacted indifferently and hobbled to the end of the line.

Dozens of people danced their white and black shoes, stirred firewood, white rice, corn, vegetables, oil, pork, mutton, tea, eggs, dishes, cloth and other things, followed the two officials to the county office, unloaded the goods, and piled up in the warehouse one by one. The two officials took out the weighing instruments and rulers, measured the quantity of each person's goods one by one, and registered their names.

Shu Yan went home with an empty burden, and waited for the army to leave in a few days, and then came to the county to receive the money.

Sima Ling, Jia Chong, and Wang Jun led the army to the north across the Yangtze River, and after arriving at Huainan County, the troops were divided into two routes, the large army went all the way, and took the line of Pengchengguo in the northeast, and the remaining small part traveled by boat along the Rushui to the northwest Ruyin.

Hundreds of large ships carrying victorious armies came from the southeast and covered the entire river. The officers and men on the ship were in good order, and the officers and men who had returned from victory were even more vigorous, and the battle flags embroidered with the word "Jin" fluttered in the wind, and the helmets were bright and bright, and the spectacular scene attracted the people of Ruyin to come and watch along the river.

"Ah Gong, do you see, are the soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty majestic?" Shu Yan asked his grandfather by pointing to the huge fleet.

Dr. Shu stroked his white beard and nodded: "Well, the Sima clan really has a set of rules for governing the army, no wonder the Great Jin can dominate the world!" ”

"This is only a small part, if more than 200,000 troops pass through here, I'm afraid the entire Ruyin City will not be able to line up, such as the people today are surnamed Jin."

"No matter who it is, as long as it can keep the world peaceful, it's good."

Zhixin accompanied her mother and Ruoxin to stand on a boulder on the shore, she looked at this rare scene, and was a little excited: "What a big boat! Brother Yan, are they going back to Luoyang? ”

"Yes, they are the emperor's soldiers, and they won the battle, of course they have to go back to Luoyang to find the emperor to receive the reward."

"Can these big ships go north along this Ru River to Luoyang?"

"Well, when you come to the end of this Rushui, you will not be far from Luoyang."

Liu Shi seemed to remember something, suddenly his face was pale, his eyes were dull, and he muttered, "Big ship...... Luoyang ...... You're ...... Awen."

Since Han Ning fell into the water and disappeared, Liu has always been reluctant to admit that her husband is dead. Somehow, she always said that Zhixin's father was rescued by a big ship and went to Luoyang or Jingzhou. It may be that a person's brain cannot bear a given reality, a thought that arises at the moment of stimulation, and this thought lingers for the rest of his life. Liu may have been thinking that the only chance that her husband would survive the surging flood was to be rescued by a large boat and then taken to a distant land, and he could not help himself and could not return home. Maybe she thinks this way to reasonably explain the contradiction that her husband is not dead, but he has never returned home. Under normal circumstances, this thought is controlled by the brain, and once stimulated, the thought will occupy the brain.

The three words "river", "big boat", and "Luoyang" were summarized in Liu's mind, and this thought burst out in an instant.

"Ahh Liu shouted, "You Ah Weng, you Ah Weng, in Luoyang, quickly follow the boat to find your Ah Weng......"

Shu Yan held Liu's arm and persuaded: "Auntie, this is an official ship, and there are officers and soldiers on it, how can Zhixin sit conveniently?" Besides, even if Uncle Han is really in Luoyang, Luoyang is so big, it is not easy to find, don't worry, Uncle Han's whereabouts, we will inquire slowly. ”