The so-called "Wu Gou", also known as "Wu Gou", is a special weapon that cleverly combines short gong and sword. It can pick, stab, hook, peck, chop and cut.
, grid and other moves changes, its style is similar to the hand halberd, but more lightweight and flexible.
As a common weapon in the Wu region, the Wu hook is usually used in close combat. Its quality is generally high, and its value is naturally extraordinary. If calculated based on the price of goods in the country of Yue, a fine Wu hook is equivalent to three thousand
The above-mentioned large coins amount to as much as two hundred shi of grain.
Obviously, being able to immigrate from Wu, thousands of miles away, and afford the cost of the journey, these Wu people are not the lower class who cannot stand Fucha's harsh rule, but are from middle-to-large households with considerable wealth and want to choose a place to live.
a better living environment;
Three of the Wu people who took out Wu hooks were actually the bodyguards and servants of another person. Judging from their postures and movements when holding the weapons, they should have practiced a certain amount of martial arts and were already formal warriors who had condensed their strength.
On the contrary, most of the Yue people on the boat were just ordinary civilians. Even though they had a bloody spirit of "being brave and ruthless, but neglecting life and death", only half of them followed closely, showing off bronze shorts of different qualities.
Swords are obviously at a disadvantage compared to Wu people's weapons and equipment.
It seems that the quality of these daggers is uneven, and they all have spots of bronze rust, and some even have cracks and wear. If they were hit by Wu Gou's blade head-on, they would probably withstand even one blow.
Can't come down.
He had never seen such a dangerous confrontation in his adult life. The farmer who was praying to the gods hurriedly moved a bench to act as a shield, covering his wife and children as he retreated to the rear. On the way, he almost tripped over the luggage scattered on the ground;
Fortunately, the Yue people holding daggers on the side reached out to help them in time when they saw this. They took a step forward and built a fan-shaped defense line in front of the other twenty or so unarmed Yue people.
They must protect their brothers from the same clan under the threat of Wu warriors.
As for those foreign Vietnamese who had no direct hatred against the Wu State, although the matter had nothing to do with them, the space in the cabin was limited, and they were worried that the two sides would be involved in a sword fight that would affect them, so they quickly gathered together and retreated to another corner;
In addition, the Yue people were divided into two groups, and there were only four Wu people. They wanted to try to persuade, but were afraid of causing public anger. In the end, they had no choice but to join the two boatmen among the foreign Yue people, dividing the entire space into
Four pieces.
In an instant, everyone who was about to arrive at Fuyangli or Fuzhong Datang, with longing for a better future, fell into this difficult situation, and their hearts were full of contradictions and entanglements.
Yes, life is not easy. Everyone longs for a stable life. Seeing that the future is about to enter a beautiful new chapter, who would want to have a fierce conflict with others and pay a bloody price at this critical moment?
Whether they are Wu people or Yue people, they are not willing to pay the price of their lives because of some verbal disputes, trivial conflicts and entanglements when their goals are about to be achieved.
In fact, they could have taken action to prevent the situation from getting worse, but because of the estrangement and tension between them, as well as complex emotions such as hesitation and fear, the conflicts escalated again and again, and they missed the opportunity for reconciliation.
Silently observing the cause of this incident at the stern, Zhao Qing understood the current mainstream thinking of the Yue people. Zhao Qing was thoughtful and knew that under the influence of Gou Jian's new policy, although the Yue Kingdom was developing quite rapidly, the living environment was very good.
, but it hides many social contradictions.
In addition to the xenophobic trend caused by the excessive treatment of foreigners by the King of Yue, it is different from the normal history of Wu and Yue's struggle for hegemony. Since the time experienced by the main world is several times longer, by the time the older generation who had a bloody feud with the Wu Kingdom came to Vietnam
After a person dies, after a few generations, the hatred between the two countries will fade away.
Of course, this is conducive to the integration and development of the two nations after the Yue Kingdom destroyed Wu, but this was probably a matter of tens or hundreds of years, and has little relevance to the present;
However, from a close perspective, if most Yue people are more willing to settle for the status quo than seek revenge against Wu due to better conditions, and lack motivation to join the army for training, then this is definitely something that King Gou Jian of Yue would not allow.
Although the conflict on this boat was just an inconspicuous corner of the country, it also gave a glimpse of the current social problems. Judging from the political management level of Gou Jian, Fan Li, Wen Zhong and others, most of them have already
I am aware that I will try to provide a solution in the near future.
A small country with a total population of only about one-tenth of that of Jin and Chu, annexing the powerful Wu Kingdom, and going north to watch the Central Plains, must have a far larger population, more loyal people, and better quality than the current Yue Kingdom.
Talent training and selection mechanism.
As for the people on the ship whose martial arts are not as high as Yang Jin Dacheng, and the merchants whose wealth is less than a thousand pieces of gold, they may be great people in the eyes of ordinary people. They were people who could attract Zhao Qing's attention a few months ago, but now the gap between them and her is too big.
It's so big that it can hardly stir up much water splash.
Turning his head to look at the old boatman who obviously had the ability to detect the situation in the cabin, Zhao Qing did not see any worry in his eyes as he looked up at the top of the ship. He knew the source of his confidence in his heart, so he couldn't help but smile, and then
Returned to the state of quietly observing the scenery on both sides of the waterway.
…
As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who are wearing feet. After calculating that the small space of the boat was not enough to display the hook skills of our own warriors, and that there was a high probability that we would not be able to win without damage, the big man from Wu forcefully put away the fear in his eyes.
He took half a step back and waved his hand, first breaking the deadlock on the court.
He took out a handful of glittering pearls from his pocket, shook them against the sunlight coming from the window, and took out a delicate measuring scale, and then imitated Yue Di's voice and spoke:
"As you can see, I am just a merchant from Wu, and I have no past enmity with the Yue State. On the contrary, the four of us, master and servant, traveled thousands of miles away just to respond to the King of Yue's call for people from all over the world to migrate to the country.
Vietnam’s policies can make Vietnam’s business more prosperous.”
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "As a Yue people, but privately ignoring the king's decrees, gathering crowds to exclude and humiliate outsiders, is this what a citizen loyal to the monarch does? If it is known to outsiders,
It will become the laughing stock of the whole world, and the measures taken by the King of Yue to attract talented people from all over the world will be in vain."
"The person who took the lead just now ignored the serious consequences and was disloyal. Because a trivial matter triggered a crisis of bloodshed and ignored the life and death of others, it was unjust. This person made you fall into disloyalty.
In an unjust situation, one’s heart can really be punished.”
At this point, the Wu people noticed that many Yue people had lost their fighting spirit. They thought deeply about what he said and began to identify each other and identify the "culprits". They couldn't help but feel reassured, knowing that even if a conflict breaks out now,
Three strong guards can also protect yourself.
After all, they are just uneducated civilians. Under the inducement of words, the Yue people who were originally united have lost their previous cooperation, and it is difficult to reorganize in a short time, which gives the Wu merchants a power advantage.
Confidence.
Seeing that the Waiyue people on the other side also seemed to have resolved the conflict, he put down his vigilance. The middle-aged Wu man picked out the most precious big pearl from the handful of pearls in his hand and moved towards the Waiyue people.
A tall man, who was vaguely the temporary leader among them, walked over and said loudly:
"Just now, you all remained neutral and did not join in with some disloyal and unjust people. You saved me from the disaster of weapons. You are now my new friends. This top-grade pearl worth two thousand coins is what I paid for.
A gift of thanks for this incident..."
"If we can be safely escorted to the Fuyang area, and we will no longer be threatened by these murderous barbarians on the way, as long as everything is safe during the period, the remaining twenty or thirty pearls can also be presented."
These words immediately made many foreigners' eyes light up, and their attitudes towards this "friendly" Wu businessman also changed. Their attitudes towards the Vietnamese people on the ship also changed. Their eyes were stern and full of unkindness, with the intention of
Warn them not to cause trouble again.
Under normal circumstances, one handful of pearls can be regarded as fifty gold, that is, a piece of high-grade white jade, and the value of half a low-grade treasure weapon is equivalent to half of the standard asset of a wealthy family of one hundred gold. Although the number of pearls given by Wu merchants,
It’s less than a liter, but for ordinary people, it’s already an extremely considerable amount of wealth.
Compared with the Yue people in civilized society, the foreign Yue people who were born in the wilderness are much more fierce and eager for pearls and money. When the Wu people offered pearls as a reward, a considerable number of them immediately followed the Yue people.
People become hostile.
"Since you know that you are obstructing the king's decree and offending your friends who have migrated from Wu, why don't you put down your weapons quickly!"
As soon as he took the dazzling big pearl with a happy face, the muscular foreigner man immediately showed the dense blue tattoos on his body, holding a short ax and roared towards the Yue people, shocking the people.
The baby in the farmer's wife's arms started crying loudly.
A few words and a handful of pearls completely reversed the situation on the field, causing the Yue people on the ship to fall into internal and external troubles. It has to be said that this wealthy Wu man dared to take risks and venture into the Yue country. He indeed had his
level, possessing the basic qualities of a wealthy businessman.
That is to say, when the conflicting parties changed from Wu people and Yue people to Yue people and Wai Yue people, with a few soft sounds on the roof of the cabin and the sound of landing on the bow deck, the bamboo separating the inside and outside of the cabin
The curtain was opened, revealing a young man who was only twelve or thirteen years old.
The young man holds four lightweight small Ge coins in his left hand, and in his right hand is a pocket-sized short Ge coin modified from an extra-large Go coin. Judging from his facial features, this person should be the grandson of the old boatman. Previously,
I was practicing dart throwing on the roof of the cabin, but now I was alarmed by this incident and rushed down.
"Isn't it against the king's decree to help the Wu people to bully other citizens? Don't forget that in Kuaiji City, we Yue people are the masters here! Kindly give you foreign Yue people a few acres of righteous land to cultivate,
But you raised so many Zhongshan wolves?"
As a descendant of the sailors of the Xiliu Division of the Yue Kingdom, the young man has his own passion and perseverance. Although he is small, he also has his own majesty. He never trusts the words of the hostile Wu people. As soon as he entered the cabin, he waved his left hand to encourage
Four sharp Ge coins were shot out, and they were inserted into a row in front of the arrogant foreign Vietnamese man.
I saw the young man snatching the crying baby from the arms of the Yue farmer's wife, holding it in his left hand, and squeezing the bamboo handle of the pocket dagger with his right hand.
Swaying in the river wind, showing his youthful and mature posture.
"Haha, if you want the ship to be safe and sound so that you can get the pearls promised by the Wu people, I won't go out of your way to stop you." After showing off his outstanding dart skills, the grandson of the old boatman glanced coldly.
The proud Wu businessman did not continue to pursue the case, but solemnly declared:
"Before the boat sails to Fuyangli and docks, passengers on either side should not have any more conflicts. All disputes will be resolved at the dock."
"At that time, you," the young man raised his arm and pointed his head at the handful of pearls still held in the Wu man's hand, then turned towards the chin of the strong foreigner man, with a look of contempt in his eyes, and shouted coldly
: "Do you dare to take out this handful of pearls as a lottery prize for gambling and compete with me?"
To be continued...