Chapter 63 SF Escort
The first emperor placed Shexian County, Emperor Wen of Sui placed Shezhou, and the Tang Dynasty belonged to Jiangnan East Road and Zhejiang West Road. Later, after Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty suppressed the Fangla Uprising, he changed Shezhou to Huizhou, and the seat of governance was still Shexian. She County is the birthplace of Huizhou culture, Huizhou merchants, Huizhou cuisine and the quintessential Peking Opera. The main production areas of "Hui Mo" and "She Yan" in the four treasures of the study are also in She County. She County, together with Lijiang in Yunnan, Pingyao in Shanxi and Langzhong in Sichuan, is known as the four most well-preserved ancient cities in China.
Yi Dan, Youming and Yuwen Songxian crossed the Yangtze River in Yangzhou, and then went south from Runzhou (now Zhenjiang) to Xuanzhou. Starting from Xuanzhou, it left the large plain terrain and entered the large mountainous area south of the Yangtze River.
Yuwen Song was familiar with the road first, and led Yi Dan and Youming along the rugged mountain road to Shexian County, the seat of Shezhou.
The beautiful mountains and rivers along the way, and the green water, left a deep impression on Yi Dan and Youming, who had lived in the Central Plains for a long time. After walking for a long time, the people on the road gradually hid. Youming pointed to the town not far ahead, and couldn't help but admire: "Senior sister, Mr. Yuwen, you look at the houses in front, they are really beautiful."
"Well, that's Shezhou Prefecture. We'll be at our destination soon," Yuwen Song said first.
"Really? So this is Shexian?" Yi Dan said.
"Yes, after Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, he placed Shexian. Look at these houses, many of them are thousands of years old," Yuwen Songxian said.
"It's amazing that it's been more than a thousand years and still have such vitality," Yi Dan said, looking ahead.
"It has been built and repaired for thousands of years that we have today," Yuwen Songxian said.
"Well, it's really a pastoral scenery of landscape poetry and painting, this Shezhou is really beautiful," Yi Dan praised and said.
Along the way, I saw people and horses waving various banners, shuttling back and forth. "Yongsheng Escort", "God Escort", "Tianshun Escort" and so on.
Yi Dan looked back and forth, very curious, so he couldn't help but ask Yuwen Song first: "Brother Yuwen, why are there so many escort flags along the way when we enter the territory of She County for half a day?"
"Yes, I also think it's strange, I don't see so many escort flags in other places, but in the past half a day since we entered the territory of She County, we have encountered no less than dozens of escort flags, may I ask why?" Youming also echoed Yi Dan and asked.
"Shezhou is a mountainous area south of the Yangtze River, with many people and little land, and the harvested grain can't even feed themselves, so the smart Shezhou people have gone out to do business. The merchants of Shezhou are all over the world, and the main trade in the south of the Yangtze River is operated by Shezhou people. Whether it is silk and porcelain, tea, grain, sauce, lacquer, where there is a lack of anything, they will do it. That's why so many escorts were born, which were dedicated to the merchants of Shezhou," Yuwen Song explained first.
"Oh, I see, are there a lot of goods that need to be escorted?" Youming asked curiously.
"If it's an ordinary commodity, load it on a car or ship and go, you don't need to be escorted, and no one will covet it. However, the gold and silver earned by Shezhou merchants in the outside business, all the people who need to be escorted back to their hometowns, and after returning to their hometowns, they also need to be escorted to continue to protect, if they find other people, they can't believe it, so they can only rely on the escort in their hometowns to do it. Yuwen Song explained first.
"If the escort is all real money, it really needs to be escorted by someone with strong martial arts. Senior sister, you see, there are countless escort flags along the way, how many gold and silver treasures have to be escorted? The merchants of Shezhou are really capable. Youming couldn't help but admire.
"Yes, as the saying goes, if the land can't support people, people have to find their own way, so as long as people are diligent and smart, they will definitely be able to find their own way," Yuwen Song said first.
"Well, Brother Yuwen said it well, but Brother Yuwen, since there are so many escorts in Shezhou, why can SF Escort be ranked first among all escorts?" Yi Dan asked.
"The escort in the official's house was originally called 'Guanyi', which was a post post uniformly deployed by the imperial court. In the Han Dynasty, there was a pavilion in ten miles, and a post in thirty miles in the Tang Dynasty. The maintenance and operation of the pavilion are funded by local wealthy businessmen, and they are also managed by wealthy businessmen. Over time, the wealthy merchants took advantage of the convenience of the imperial court and began to take over private business, which evolved into today's escort line. SF Escort is a century-old store, because it stresses credibility, abides by the contract, and never loses a single order, and is passed on by Shezhou businessmen by word of mouth. Not only that, but there is also the head of SF Express, Zuo Huatian, who is a heroic and righteous martial arts hero, and is highly respected by friends in the rivers and lakes. His SF escort has many disciples and strong martial arts, so he has gradually become a martial arts sect," Yuwen Songxian explained word by word. (Note: The bet line is the later dart game, and the dart game is the beginning of the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.) The originator of the dart master is Shanxi Shenquan Zhang Heiwu, so before the Qing Dynasty, there was no so-called dart game. )
"It turns out that it is because Zuo Daxia is deeply respected by friends in the rivers and lakes, so SF Express escort ranks first in Shezhou?" Youming wondered.
"Not really. There is another very important reason, SF Express escort in the Tang Dynasty, has been designated by the imperial court to escort the four treasures of the study, so the people of the rivers and lakes have always respected it as the first escort in Shezhou," Yuwen Songxian explained.
"Ah, I heard you right, the four treasures of the study still need to be escorted, and the slaughtering knife is used to kill chickens?" You Ming said with a smile.
"Since ancient times, Shezhou has been rich in high-quality pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and it has been a royal tribute in all dynasties. In the early Tang Dynasty, Shezhou regularly paid tribute to the imperial court, and could not make any mistakes. Because it was to escort tribute for the royal family, no one dared to move the copycat bandits along the way, so it achieved the prestige of SF Express's escort. However, after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, Shezhou also stopped offering the four treasures of the study, and SF Escort began to accept the entrustment of private businessmen and became a real gang," Yuwen Songxian explained.
"Hey, it's a tribute again. Why is it that the best things in the world are all enjoyed by Emperor Lao Tzu alone? It's really unfair. Youming sighed.
"It seems that it is really true, no matter the rise and fall, success or failure, it is the common people who suffer in the end. Yi Dan then sighed.
"You two little ghosts, you have quite a lot of ideas, you are very right, and I agree very much. The world belongs to the people of the world, how can you put it in a private bag," Yuwen Song said first.
"That's right, if everyone thinks like Brother Yuwen, those who are ambitious and want to trample others under their feet will not succeed," Yi Dan said.
"It's so hard to change the way we think about things that have been formed for thousands of years," Yuwen Songxian said.
"That's why we have to work hard to change, we can't sit still," Yi Dan said firmly, remembering his mission again.
After a while, the three of them entered the city and came to a large mansion on the bank of the Xin'an River. On the door, there are four big words "SF Escort".
"Knock knock" Yu Wensong stepped forward and knocked on the door first.
"Who are you looking for?" asked a young man as soon as the door opened.
"Please help me inform Zuo Daxia that Yangzhou Yuwen Song will visit as promised," Yuwen Song said first.
"Okay, please wait a moment, I'll go and report"
In a moment, the two gates of the house opened. A man of thirty-five or sixteen years old and more than seven feet tall was holding a long-handled broadsword, and a lifelike green dragon on the back of the knife, entrenched and entangled, looking wide and heavy. The silver-shining sharp blade looked murderously at the sky. This momentum seems to really want to draw a hole in the blue sky.
When the man saw Yuwen Songxian, his serious face showed a friendly and hearty smile. Hurriedly threw the big knife to his entourage, and shouted to Yuwen Songxian: "Brother Yuwen, you are looking forward to you as a brother." ”
"Brother Zuo, don't come unharmed. Yuwen Song stepped forward first and asked.
"Thanks to your brother, I am in good health. May I ask who these two are?" asked Zuo Xuantian as he looked at Yi Dan and Youming.
"Let me introduce, these two are the apprentices of the Dangshan Shang Cultivator, the Lixian Hero, and also my friends," Yuwen Song said first.
"Junior Yi Dan, meet Zuo Daxia" Yi Dan said politely.
"Junior Youming, meet Zuo Daxia" Youming echoed.
"Okay, good," Zuo Tian nodded repeatedly.
"This Dan'er girl is strong in martial arts, chivalrous and heroic, and she is a rare martial arts heroine," Yuwen Song first pointed to Yi Dan and introduced.
Hearing this, Zuo Xuantian's eyes lit up, he stared at Yi Dan, and said arrogantly: "I thought that heroes have been teenagers since ancient times, but I didn't expect that now they are young heroes and heroines, hahahaha"
"I have heard the prestige of Zuo Daxia for a long time, and when I see it today, it is really worthy of its name," Yi Dan said politely.
"Girls don't have to be polite, these are just false names raised and given by friends in the rivers and lakes, don't mention it. Since they are all sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, then regardless of the high and low, when you come here, you should be in your own home, and you don't have to be polite. Don't stand outside, let's go into the village first, everyone, please" Zuo Xuantian stretched out his hand and led everyone into the village.
Entering the village, Yuwen Song took a sip of tea first, and couldn't wait to ask: "I don't know what happened to Brother Zuo flying to Yangzhou to find me this time?"
Zuo Huatian put down the teacup in his hand and said with a sad face: "Hey, this matter is very tricky, so I asked your brother to come over and help me think of a way to see what to do."
"Then please Brother Zuo talk about it in detail," Yuwen Song said first.
"This matter has to start from three months ago, three months ago, SF Express escorted a special thing," Zuo said.
"What is the special thing?" asked Yu Wensong first.
Zuo Tian leaned forward and began to tell in detail what happened three months ago:
Three months ago, two monks came to SF to escort the door of the house. One of them, a wise and polite monk in his fifties, asked the disciple who opened the door, "Amitabha, may I ask the donor, is this the place where Shezhou SF Express is escorted?"
"Exactly, I don't know what happened to the master?" asked the disciple who opened the door.
"The poor monk is called Tianning, and my master and apprentice are from Qiyun Temple in Changzhou. I came to visit the head of SF Express, and the head of the escort left the donor, and there was a message from the labor donor," the old monk said.
"Okay, please wait a minute, Master"
After a while, Zuo Huatian came to the gate and invited Master Tianning into the village.