Volume 7 Chapter 23 It's a pity that there are only ten years left
In the early morning of the next day, Luo Changfeng carried a burden prepared for him by Liu Dahai, with dry food and water bladders in it, and Shen Jianxin, who was also carrying the burden, came to the house of Wang Fu, a coachman near the entrance of the village.
This trip to Chunyang, it is two thousand five or six hundred miles, Wang Fu naturally could not send them to the foot of Huashan, he only sent two people to Yangzhou, and the rest of the road had to rely on them to figure out their own way.
There are two routes to Chunyang, north and south, take the north route, that is, first to Yangzhou, through Luodao to Luoyang, and then to Huayin.
The southern route is to climb Pingshan Mountain in Vietnam, pass Baling, cross Fenghua Valley, go to Chang'an, and then transfer to Huayin.
In comparison, it is naturally easier to walk on the northern route, because there is an official road on the northern route, and you can ride a horse by car all the way, while to take the southern route, you need to trek through mountains and rivers on foot, and cross mountains and mountains.
Wang Fu charged 20 yuan for each person, Luo Changfeng and Shen Jianxin had a total of 40 yuan, and gold and silver in this era were not hard currency, but precious metals.
The most widely circulated currency in the Tang Dynasty was "Kaiyuan Tongbao", but gold and silver were not unusable, but few people traded with gold and silver, and when buying some small things, they exchanged gold and silver for Tongbao, about one or two or two coins of silver can be exchanged for consistent Kaiyuan Tongbao, that is, one thousand Wen.
Gold and silver were only used by the nobility when they purchased large items, almost equivalent to large checks in later generations.
Luo Changfeng didn't have a copper plate, so he happily threw a tael of silver to Wang Fu, which was almost the fare of more than 40 people, and Wang Fu naturally prepared happily.
When Luo Changfeng and Shen Jianxin followed Wang Fu to the entrance of the village, Liu Dahai, A Xu, Yang Bao, Chen Shang, Xiaoyue, Mo Yu, Mao Mao, Li Fu, the village chief Liu Yang, and Qiu Yeqing, who had met a few times and said a few words, all went to the entrance of the village to see each other.
Liu Yang, the village chief who was already gray, told Shen Jianxin a few words, asking him to listen to Luo Changfeng's words along the way, not to cause trouble, and so on.
Shen Jianxin's wish was fulfilled at this time, and he was full of ambition, it can be said that everything is pleasing to the eye, and he has no problems, and he looks like he is abiding by the teachings.
Liu Dahai looked at Luo Changfeng and encouraged: "When you enter the sect and get the guidance of the masters, you will definitely be able to learn a good martial arts, and I hope that one day, I can hear your name on the rivers and lakes." ”
Luo Changfeng hugged his fist to Liu Dahai and said, "Changfeng will definitely live up to the expectations of his predecessors." ”
Chen Shang also smiled: "I hope that the young man remembers, no matter where he is or what situation he is in, don't forget the word 'chivalrous'." ”
Luo Changfeng said solemnly: "Follow the teachings of his predecessors, Changfeng will never forget, and when he learns something in the future, he will definitely come back to sweep away the surrounding thieves for Daoxiang Village, and return a peace to Daoxiang Village." ”
Chen Shang stroked his beard with relief and smiled: "It's enough for you to have this heart." ”
After saying goodbye to the adults, Luo Changfeng squatted down, touched Mo Yu and Maomao's little heads, and said with a smile: "Brother Changfeng is leaving, you must obediently listen to the village chief in the village." ”
"When you grow up, my brother's martial arts will also be completed, and I will teach you martial arts when the time comes, okay?"
Mo Yu nodded happily and said, "We are waiting in the village for Brother Changfeng to come back." ”
Mao Mao clapped his hands and smiled: "Okay, good, good! Mao Mao and Brother Yu have learned martial arts, so they are not afraid of bad guys, and we can protect the village when the time comes." ”
Luo Changfeng said with a smile: "Okay, Maomao is ambitious." ”
Listening to Maomao's immature words, the adults chuckled, this little ghost, sometimes sensible makes people feel distressed.
Luo Changfeng looked at Xiao Yue again and said with a smile: "And Xiao Yue, I heard that you are going to go back to Wanhua Valley with Miss Ziqing to learn medical skills, I believe that Xiao Yue will definitely be like your father in the future, and become a 'little doctor fairy' who helps the world with a pot and a good hand." ”
Xiao Yue's big eyes smiled into a pair of crescent moons again, and the chick nodded like a peck of rice: "Mmmm, Xiao Yue will definitely work hard." ”
Luo Changfeng stroked Xiaoyue's hair, stood up, his face was solemn, and he hugged his fists to everyone and said: "Everyone, the green mountains will not change, the green water will flow forever, we will have a period later." ”
Liu Dahai and others also hugged their fists and said: "There will be a period later." ”
Li Fu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he exclaimed: "What a 'green mountains do not change, green water flows forever', this is very good, Brother Luo, he is destined for the future, let's see you in the rivers and lakes." ”
The phrase that the green mountains do not change, and the green water flows forever comes from Bai Juyi's poem "Parting", but Bai Juyi was not born until more than 20 years later!
Luo Changfeng glanced at Li Fu deeply, and said, "Goodbye to the rivers and lakes." ”
After speaking, he turned around and got into the carriage with Shen Jianxin, and when the two of them sat down, Wang Fu shook the reins, and the horse took four hooves and dragged the carriage away from the village.
Shen Jianxin waved his hand at the people who saw them off at the entrance of the village, until he could no longer see them, Luo Changfeng looked at the three words "Daoxiang Village" on the archway at the entrance of the village, and said secretly in his heart: "Daoxiang Village, I will definitely come back." ”
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It is not far from Daoxiang Village to Yangzhou, only more than 600 miles, with the speed of the carriage, except for the time to rest and stay overnight on the road, it only takes three days to arrive in Yangzhou.
The road is calm, the so-called secondary two young people are happy, and with Shen Jianxin, a secondary two young man, it is not boring along the way.
Whenever it was time for the meridian to reach the fourth square, Luo Changfeng asked Wang Fu to stop and practice the Nine Yin True Scripture with Shen Jianxin.
Shen Jianxin knew that the Nine Yin True Scripture was his greatest opportunity, so he was extremely diligent in his cultivation, and he would never let go of any time of cultivation.
Three days later, he successfully arrived in Yangzhou City, paid the fare to Wang Fu at the small gathering outside the city, and Luo Changfeng took Shen Jianxin into the city.
They entered the city from the south gate, and they had to take the carriage to Luodao to get the west gate, and the carriage did not go directly to Luoyang, but had to transit in Yingzhou (later Fuyang, Anhui).
However, they don't necessarily have to take a horse-drawn carriage, whether they are riding a horse or a boat, they can quickly reach Luoyang, compared to the boat is more convenient, quick and easy.
In this era, although the world is generally prosperous, because of the locust plague everywhere, it has led to the breeding of rogues, and the land of the Central Plains has been a trend of wind and rain.
But Jiangnan doesn't seem to have suffered much, at least on the surface, it's still bustling and bustling.
Thanks to the blessing of the tyrant Yang Guang of the previous dynasty, the Grand Canal dug by Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period for the destruction of Qi was connected by him to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and directly connected to Zhuojun (that is, Beijing in later generations).
Today's Grand Canal, from Yuhang in the south, to Zhuojun in the north, through Yangzhou, Qiantang, Gusu, Dengzhou, Zhili, through the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huai River, the Yangtze River, the Qiantang River five major water systems, the later generations of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, has basically been formed.
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the hub of Datang's transportation, a major transportation artery, with boats and boats gathering in the river and densely populated on the riverbank.
On both sides of the lively and bustling streets, rows of two-storey small buildings, multi-storey pavilions with cornices and paintings, bustling commercial streets, and people coming and going on the streets, constitute the last prosperous scene of the Tang Dynasty.
Luo Changfeng, who was walking on the street with Shen Jianxin, looked at all this, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but unfortunately, there were only ten years left.