Chapter 10: Sworn Worship (Kneel down to beg for collection, beg for recommendation votes)

When his thoughts were distracted, Yang Fan had already taken out a bottle of "Maotai liquor" and poured a glass for Zhu Qingshan and Qinglian each, while he served a bowl of rice.

Yang Fan brewed the wine himself, so he naturally named it. Zhu Qingshan once asked him if "Maotai" had a deep meaning, but Yang Fan only said it was because of missing him.

Seeing his sad expression, Zhu Qingshan couldn't bear to ask more questions.

Zhu Qingshan raised his glass of wine and joked: "Would you like some?"

Yang Fan waved his hand and shook his head and said: "No, no, I'm a bad drinker and make people laugh."

Qinglian said: "If you don't make people laugh, why should we laugh? Seriously, you are cute and ridiculous when you are drunk."

Yang Fan's fair face couldn't help but blush.

Zhu Qingshan laughed loudly, "I didn't expect a seven-foot man like you to blush."

Yang Fan argued: "Who says men can't blush? Besides, I'm not a seven-foot man, I'm seven and a half feet tall."

Zhu Qingshan was speechless and said: "Your logic is really illogical."

Qinglian praised: "Your food is so delicious. Otherwise, you can follow us from now on. You will cook us delicious food and we will take you around the world."

Yang Fan shook his head without thinking, but did not explain.

Zhu Qingshan frowned slightly, but quickly covered it up and said with a smile: "This chicken is really delicious. You are amazing. You cook the same dish in different ways every day, and it still tastes so delicious every time."

Yang Fan said: "Of course this is delicious. This is not a chicken on the ground, but a chicken in the sky."

Zhu Qingshan and Qinglian couldn't react, so they asked: "What is the chicken in the sky?"

"Goshawk!"

Zhu Qingshan and Qinglian's chopsticks suddenly froze in the air.

Goshawks and carrier pigeons are important means of communication among the people. Carrier pigeons are an important tool widely used by the people to spread information. Although it cannot carry letters and documents like a fast horse, it can cross rivers and forests and travel straight in the air. It is fast, cheap, and

It has the advantage of being fast, but the disadvantage is that it flies slowly and is easily shot.

The goshawk method of transmitting messages began in the Muchen Kingdom. It made up for the high-altitude advantage of the homing pigeon. Because it has the advantages of flying at high altitudes, traveling long distances, and being fast, it was gradually valued by the imperial court for its military value, and gradually evolved into an official

The communications department has become an important means of official communication.

Naturally, some people also use goshawks to send messages, but goshawks are expensive, difficult to train, and difficult to raise. The price of a goshawk is at least about 100 taels, and a war horse only costs 60 taels. How can ordinary people afford this?

Of.

Zhu Qingshan picked up a paw and looked at the marks on it. Although it had become a fragrant cooked food, the faint traces of binding were still faintly visible.

It's delicious to eat, but it's expensive.

Zhu Qingshan smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Fan, it's better not to shoot the goshawk next time."

"Why?"

Zhu Qingshan: "Because this is the government's messenger eagle."

Yang Fan was surprised and said: "Eagles can also send messages, I thought only homing pigeons can."

This left Zhu Qingshan and Qinglian speechless. With such common sense, they didn't know each other?

Zhu Qingshan said: "Did you know that if a goshawk wants to become a qualified messenger eagle, it needs to be trained for at least one year from birth. In addition, it is difficult to raise and it is unruly, so it is worth at least one hundred taels.

At the end of the day, if a person in the Jianghu or a civilian shoots the official messenger eagle and is caught by the government, he will either be imprisoned for two years or be fined eight hundred taels, but there is no third possibility."

Yang Fan suddenly stood up, picked up the dish and left.

Zhu Qingshan and Qinglian said that he was panicked and scared, so they smiled and said nothing.

Seeing Yang Fan walking away, Qinglian shook her head helplessly: "No wonder there have been no letters in the past two days. I just thought it was nothing. I never thought something happened to Xin Ying."

Zhu Qingshan smiled bitterly and said: "The same goes for the Hidden Guards. These people didn't even tell me. The communication power we have is only 600 eagles, and most of them are still training."

Not long after, Yang Fan came back with a calm expression.

Zhu Qingshan comforted him: "Actually, you don't have to be afraid."

Yang Fan said: "What are you afraid of?"

Zhu Qingshan: "Aren't you afraid? Why did you rush to take away the food?"

Yang Fan: "When my grandfather was here, he always boasted to me about eating too many expensive delicacies. He said that he had been to the Condor Empire and had eaten the 'Dragon and Phoenix Cheng Xiang' for 320 taels per plate, and that he had eaten that in Bahan Kingdom.

The blessing of 280 taels

"Shou Yanmian" said that he spent 500 taels in Muchen Kingdom to bake 300 "extremely proud" chickens at one time, so I brought the "Tianji" to him as a sacrifice and told him that it was a plate of 800 taels.

'The Great Peng Spreads Its Wings'."

Zhu Qingshan and Qinglian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but they felt very sad.

Zhu Qingshan asked: "Your grandfather has been to many places?"

Yang Fan said: "He is indeed a traveler."

"The word traveler is a strange one."

Yang Fan said: "How can a traveler have a home? It is because he has no home that he keeps saying that he is at home all over the world."

Zhu Qingshan: "What's the explanation?"

Yang Fan: "If there were no excessive taxes and tyranny in the hometown, but the people were wealthy and the local customs were simple, then no one would be thinking about going out. Even if there are some people who want to make a fortune and travel in the world, they will definitely come back after they get rich."

After all, I will not return to my hometown with honor, just like walking at night in brocade clothes.

If there were no harsh criticism, misunderstandings, abuse and ridicule from the family, and parents could teach by words and deeds, and love is like a treasure, who would think about running away every day, and leaving for a lifetime? So, it is said that only when the family is not good, they want to run away from home, and the hometown is not good, only then they want to run away.

, both of these are not good, you just want to be at home all over the world."

In such a big life, Yang Fan is the only one who can make Zhu Qingshan listen carefully, not only because of his sharp views and unique words, but also because of his otherworldly perspective and understanding of human nature.

Zhu Qingshan: "Did grandpa tell you these?"

"no."

Zhu Qingshan: "Then how do you know so much?"

"What he will tell you is his experience, what he won't tell you is what is on his mind. Precisely because he never mentions home and hometown, I know that those things are not beautiful to him."

Zhu Qingshan: "Has your grandfather ever told you where he is from?"

Yang Fan said: "No, he is familiar with the Condor language, can understand Mu Chen dialect, and can speak a few Bahan accents. I think he is either from the Condor Empire or a native of the Zhu Dynasty."

Zhu Qingshan had a rare opportunity to show off his knowledge in front of Yang Fan. When he finally encountered something that he knew but Yang Fan didn't, how could he miss the opportunity?

"You don't know this. Three hundred years ago, the mainland was a unified country with 158 ethnic groups and 300 languages. The writing and language of the Zhu Dynasty were the popular language. Later, the dynasty collapsed, fell apart, and split into

Countless countries, you come and I fight

After more than a hundred years, a multi-cultural federal empire like Shenying finally emerged. So your grandfather is familiar with the Zhu Dynasty dialect, so you really can't infer that he is a Zhu Dynasty person. Moreover, in the past hundred years, although our Zhu Dynasty cannot be said to be very prosperous,

But it’s true that there are no excessive taxes or miscellaneous taxes.”

Yang Fan asked back: "Then it seems that it is very likely that it is the Condor Empire?"

Zhu Qingshan nodded seriously.

"I don't care. My grandfather and I have our roots in the Zhu Dynasty. I think this is good, so this is my hometown and this is my motherland."

Zhu Qingshan smiled, smiling extremely happily.

"Your grandfather taught you those machine skills and multiplication tables, right?" This is something Zhu Qingshan has been coveting for a long time.

Qinglian knew that it was these things that kept Zhu Qingshan from leaving for a long time.

Yang Fan had already noticed that Zhu Qingshan often looked at the multiplication tables and stared at the mechanisms. He calmed down and said, "If you want to learn, I will teach you."

Zhu Qingshan was so surprised that he said: "Really?"

Yang Fan: "Then there is still a lie?"

The more noble a person is, the more he truly understands what is valuable. Those who value land and food are civilians; those who value real estate and money are businessmen; those who value people's livelihood are officials; those who value martial arts and military skills

, that is the general.

Those who value culture are the real nobles. The reason why Confucius, Mencius, Zhu and Wang are respected as saints by the world is precisely because they have both virtue and talent.

Zhu Qingshan stood up, bowed, and shouted: "Sir!"

Yang Fan hurriedly went to help me and said: "Your kindness in saving my life, your kindness in taking care of me, and teaching you some things are not worthy of being called a gentleman. Moreover, you are older than me, so your great gift is a slap in my face."

Zhu Qingshan: "Master of the Lord of Heaven and Earth..."

Yang Fan quickly interrupted: "Don't, don't, don't say goodbye. Don't complicate simple things. Are you brothers worthy of each other?"

Zhu Qingshan had a flash of inspiration and said, "Why don't we sworn sworn brothers of the opposite sex?"

Yang Fan readily agreed.

Not long after, Yang Fan prepared five sacrifices and three products. The five sacrifices were chicken, cow, sheep, fish, and vegetarian food, which corresponded to the king of heaven and earth. The three sacrifices were incense, stove, and wine, which corresponded to loyalty, justice, and courage.

"I, Zhu Qingshan, have become brothers with Yang Fan today. From now on, we will share blessings and share hardships; we will work together and never abandon you. The emperor, the emperor, and the empress, learn from this heart!"

Yang Fan: "I do."
To be continued...