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Chapter 43 The City Horse and Marriage(1/2)

Chapter 43 Market Horses and Marriage

Author: Yang's Liangjiazi

Chapter 43 Market Horses and Marriage

On the same day, Sun Ce successfully found out from Zhou Yu the name of the beautiful lady he was about to welcome, Zhou Cheng, whose courtesy name was Lingyi.

The name of the Zhou family has the meaning that it takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. Zhou Yu's name is Tongyu, and Zhou Cheng's name is Tongcheng.

However, the Zhou family is indeed worthy of this sentence. The children cultivated by their century-old family are not only outstanding in appearance, but also extraordinary in bearing and majestic appearance. Even thousands of years later, they will still be fascinating.

Zhou Cheng's status is the same as that of Guo Shengtong and Madam Mi. They are both the political marriage link between local powerful men and the heroes of the day.

Guo Shengtong married Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and the hero's final status was Emperor Guangwu.

Mrs. Mi married Liu Bei, and the hero's final status was Emperor Zhaolie.

And Zhou Cheng married Sun Ce, a valiant Jiang Biao hero who must also have a career as a king.

It has to be said that these powerful families and investment heroes in this world have extremely accurate vision.

Therefore, although it was just a concubine, Zhou Shang also arranged it in a very grand manner, mainly to show the political alliance between Danyang County and Sun Ce's powerful army to the aristocratic families in Danyang County, and to advance and retreat together.

The effect was very impressive. When the news of the marriage between the two parties spread, the powerful and wealthy families who had previously turned a blind eye to the county government's orders also bowed their heads and sent people out of Wubao to Danyang County to congratulate them.

The entire five counties in Jingnan also expressed their acceptance of the rule of the county government and asked the county government to send officials.

The most fundamental reason for such a mighty momentum is the alliance between the two parties, which has a crushing advantage over other forces.

Sun Ce benefited from this marriage and had a total of 4,000 troops!

As a result of Zhou's help to Sun Ce, Sun Ce's army has exceeded 10,000 men.

Under Wanling City alone, Sun Ce's army included 4,000 people supported by the Zhou family and more than 4,000 people commanded by Wu Jing and Sun Ben. In addition to his 4,000 troops in the Niuzhu camp, the total military strength reached

Twelve thousand people.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, a county could normally support more than 10,000 troops, which basically meant that Zhou Shang had integrated the entire Danyang.

The marriage between the two parties was a political alliance that benefited each other. Sun Ce gained military food and grass, and Zhou Shang gained political territory and stronger control of counties.

Along with Danyang's heroes and wealthy families gathered in Wanling City, Sun Ce took advantage of the situation and ordered his general Yuan Xiong to be in charge of selling horses and buying grain.

The effect of this wave was very impressive. Yuan Xiong personally reported the good news to Sun Ce: "General, in the past few days, the market has bought more than 30 war horses and more than 140 pack horses, totaling more than 170 horses. The number is quite large.

It's quite impressive. Su Yi bought more than 5,000 stones."

Sun Ce nodded and thought of Lu Bu buying a horse but being taken away by Liu Bei, so he smiled and said: "You have to take good care of the horse after you buy it. There are still a lot of heroes in Danyang County. The mountains and mountains are looted and the peace is not stable. Don't let it be

People robbed them."

"Alas! Bo Fu, are you still worried about someone robbing you of your war horse? Aren't you supposed to be worried about someone robbing your bride with a knife?" Sun Ben's complaining voice came from outside the hall.

Sun Ce smiled and stood up to greet him: "Do you think the rangers here are all Cao Mengde and Yuan Benchu? They like to rob the bride with a knife. Besides, the bride is about to enter the house today, so what is there to worry about?"

Sun Bi walked into the lobby with two military officials: "You also know that the bride is entering today! She is still busy with military affairs, so don't wash up quickly. Mixing with these rough guys, if you have lice on your body, jump to Zhou Shigui

When it comes to women, you must not be rejected to death."

Yuan Xiong also laughed when he heard this and said: "General, I bought you Fen Ying and Jin Rui at the market. Let the soldiers bring them to you and dress them up."

Hearing this, Sun Ce felt his head buzzing. There were some customs of this era that Sun Ce really couldn't accept. For example, men had to apply a thick layer of powder on their faces. What's even more exaggerated was that they might have headaches during festivals.

There are also hairpins on top.

He Lang won't go into detail about applying powder. Even Cao Zhi, a great poet, once made his guests wait for an hour just to apply powder.

Applying powder took a long time, so Sun Ben was in such a hurry.

Sun Ce had to wave his hands and said firmly to everyone: "Stop, please take your Fenying and Jinrui aside for me. I will just freshen up."

Sun Bi strongly objected: "Bo Fu, you have a big day tonight, why are you so perfunctory? When Zhou saw it, he thought you were deliberately neglectful. No, please put powder on quickly."

Sun Ce firmly refused: "I would rather apply powder or perfunctory. I'll wash it carefully with clean water. It won't be visible at dusk! Chen Wu, boil the water quickly."

Sun Ben looked at him and had no choice but to compromise. After all, he had a handsome face and was a top-notch Jiangdong talent even though he was not popular enough.

Then two military officials brought Daxi's clothes and jade pendants to Sun Ce. The clothes were brocade, with a black base and red edges, with black birds and flowing fire embroidered on them.

Jade pendants are very complicated. Men must wear two pairs of jade pendants, that is, there are two sets of seven pieces on one left and one on the right, with various images of clouds, dragons, algae, and lins.

The main purpose of wearing a jade is not because it makes a pleasant jingle when walking, but for self-cultivation. It reminds the person who wears the jade to walk calmly and moderately. Because if you walk fast, the knocking sound of the jade is not only unpleasant, but also very messy; if you walk slowly,

, if the strength is not enough, the jade will not make a knocking sound; only if it is not fast, slow, calm and moderate, the jade will make a pleasant sound.

Sun Ce held a string of warm and smooth jade pendants and sighed inwardly. He would not dare to expect such a valuable thing in future generations, but now he can hold it calmly in his hands.

There is no shortage of wealth in this era, but ordinary people cannot enjoy it at all. War and excessive taxes have led to the ruin of all industries.

Seeing that Sun Ce had been deep in thought, Chen Wu asked while adding water to the barrel: "General, today is a happy day. Hundreds of powerful people from Jingxian County came with more than fifty carts of cattle and wine. Do you want to reward the soldiers?"

Can the army drink freely?"

Sun Ce was bathing in a wooden barrel at this time, and the heat from the white vines continued to rise, making his body comfortable and flushed.

After hearing Chen Wu's words, Sun Ce asked in surprise: "Why do the powerful men in Jingxian County give us wine?"

Chen Wu replied matter-of-factly: "Congratulations to the General on your great joy. Isn't this common etiquette? Besides, our army has no offense with the people. When we were in Shicheng County, people often competed with the army with cattle and wine."

The powerful people in Jingxian County are so hospitable.

Sun Ce didn't think much about it. Perhaps the customs of this era were indeed different from those of later generations. "Do all the soldiers want to drink?"

"That's natural. The general is very happy today, and the soldiers naturally want to follow the general to take advantage of him and eat meat."

Sun Ce temporarily put aside his thoughts about the war and said with a smile: "Then if I don't let you drink, it would seem that I am too unkind?"

Chen Wu grinned: "Even ordinary people have to celebrate when they get married. The soldiers in the camp follow the general through life and death, so naturally they want to celebrate together."

It does make sense. Although this is a political marriage, ordinary soldiers can't see this. What they can see is that the general married a noble girl. Why can't they celebrate it together?

After thinking for a while, Sun Ce agreed to Chen Wu's request: "I will reward the army with all the cattle and wine. But the guards must not slack off. The soldiers on duty tonight are not allowed to drink, and they will be rewarded twice as much tomorrow."

Chen Wu was in great spirits: "Haha, General, I will go down and deliver the order."

He is naturally excited. He can enjoy the excitement tonight even if it is not worth it, and tomorrow he can go to Zhou Tai's place to continue drinking!

I don’t know what happened to the general after he fell into a coma. He became extremely cautious. No matter where he went, even under the Niuzhu camp to inspect the soldiers and cultivated fields, he had to bring a fully armed guard with him.

From Shicheng County to Wanling County, it was even more impossible to come alone. Even if there were four thousand troops under Wu Zhonglang's command in Wanling City, they would have been escorted by a full force of more than 600 soldiers on the way to receive them.

Zhou Tai was the commander-in-chief of this group of soldiers. He was promoted from the commander of the camp to the rank of Sima because of his ability to capture the flag.

When he heard Chen Wu's order, he immediately patted his chest and promised: "The general has shown me kindness, and I am willing to die for him, not to mention a meal of beef and wine. I will personally lead my personal guards to patrol the night and strictly enforce the garrison."

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Chen Wu said with a smile: "I didn't say that I wouldn't give you cattle and wine. The general said that you will be rewarded twice as much tomorrow, and I'm afraid you will eat more happily than you did today."

After hearing Chen Wu's words, Zhou Tai's soldiers immediately cheered. After all, the excitement is not worth eating a few more pieces of beef.

Afterwards, Zhou Tai put on his armor himself and led his troops to patrol the camp with a two-handed ax in hand.

The army of eight thousand people was divided into two parts. Naturally, it was impossible to be stationed in one camp. Instead, five camps were set up, which were connected for more than ten miles. They were stationed around the garden on the outskirts of Wanling City.

The economy of Dahan Manor was prosperous, and the construction of pavilions, gardens, ponds, and gardens was a fashion that was imitated by powerful people.

In order to accommodate Sun Ce, Zhou Shang specially selected a garden outside Wanling City as a place for Sun Ce to garrison.

This was also a very common way of setting up camp in this era. The commander's camp was stationed in a building, and the army surrounded it for more than ten or even dozens of miles. Liu Bei's Ganlu Temple to recruit relatives was similar to this.

Except for the Chinese army camp where Sun Ce was hung up with red silk, most of the other camps were just festive. Most of the soldiers were packing their bags and preparing to have a feast and head north tomorrow.

In the festive atmosphere, dusk soon came.

There is no need to go to the bride's house to take a concubine. It is the county's wedding team that escorts the bride's carriage to the house.

This aroused the enthusiasm of the soldiers, and countless soldiers of the battalion ran to the camp gate to catch a glimpse of the bride.

But there was a curtain on the carriage, and the excited soldiers could only see a hazy figure sitting in the middle of the curtain, and soon their attention was attracted by the dowry.

There were more than 500 people escorting the bride, all dressed in colorful clothes, carrying various rare treasures, brocade boxes and satin, gold, silver, jade, porcelain and bronze ware, etc. Each of the more than 500 people held a cup in their hands.

This precious dowry is dazzling and overwhelming.

The person escorting the bride was naturally Zhou Yu. As the elder brother, he was familiar with Sun Ce and wanted to hand the sister over to him personally.

Sun Ce led his generals to wait in front of the manor's lobby. The bride was sent into the back courtyard, and Sun Ce welcomed Zhou Yu into the hall with a smile.

When the two parties took their seats, Sun Ce had to sigh with emotion. He had changed the situation beyond recognition. He had previously said that he and Zhou Yu were flesh and blood, but now they have truly become a family.

Zhou Yu also felt the same and said: "Now we are even more intimate. Before Bo Fu can find me a beautiful woman, I have to sacrifice my sister first."

Sun Ce laughed. He didn't expect that he still had the physique of a scumbag. Zhou Cheng didn't even see him, but he already started thinking about the bridge.

But this doesn't have any impact. Although Zhou Yu has become a brother-in-law, it does not hinder Sun Ce and him from marrying Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao. After all, they are just concubines. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu cannot be called brothers-in-law at all.

Sun Ce smiled and said, "It's such a happy event, and it deserves a drink."

Zhou Yu raised his glass and chatted for a while, then stood up with a smile and said to Sun Ce: "When we leave the camp and return north, you and I will have more opportunities to drink. But you are so happy today, I won't delay you. I will go to inspect the camp and organize it."

military discipline."

Since the last defeat of the Danyang soldiers, Zhou Yu has been taking warning and attaching great importance to the rectification of military discipline. Most of the people who came out to make noise and watch today were Danyang soldiers, which made him quite dissatisfied.
To be continued...
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