Chen Yang nodded and said with a smile: "Of course it is, just like the county chronicle at home, it should be difficult to see it here."
"That's right, that's the truth."
After chatting with Uncle Fan for a few words, Chen Yang concentrated on reading the county annals.
The county annals have been translated and proofread, so they are easy to read.
Chen Yang didn't dare to skip reading, so he honestly started reading from the first page.
The records here are quite detailed, starting from Youbin City.
What happens every year, what disasters there are...
Anyway, it's all written in great detail.
But for Chen Yang, this speed may be a bit slow.
It took Chen Yang five days to finish reading this county chronicle.
After reading it, Chen Yang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Because Bincheng is located at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains, it was the place where nomads and the Central Plains dynasties fought in the past, so the city has actually been destroyed many times." Chen Yang recalled the scene here, "And after each battle, it must be
Someone comes back to rebuild this place. Firstly, all parties need this small town, but what if I change my mind?"
Chen Yang narrowed his eyes: "If I say that these people are here, so after every war, they will come back to this place to build, is that right?"
Thinking of this, Chen Yang became a little excited.
"This Bincheng has always been a place where various ethnic groups live together, but in fact, the surnames Cui, Zhang, Wangliang are the most common, and some of them have settled here as early as I don't know how many years ago, and they are still here...
…For example, after the chaos this time, this person named Cui quickly moved back and rebuilt, and he still lives here today.”
"There is also this man named Wang who also fled several times during the chaos, but he also came back after the chaos was calmed down..."
The more Chen Yang thought about it, the more something seemed wrong.
In this case, why not go visit them!
The former aristocratic family can no longer be considered a wealthy family until now.
The first person Chen Yang went to visit was someone named Cui.
But now this family has become Cuijiazhuang, just to the west of Bincheng. The entire village has the surname Cui.
Chen Yang directly found their village chief Cui Sheng.
"Hey, what about our family?" Cui Sheng looked at the sixty or so and laughed and said, "Is there anyone interested in our surname Cui?"
"Village Chief!" Chen Yang said with a smile on his face, "That's right, we are doing a historical investigation. We want to do a systematic study on the history of Bincheng. Our people know you by reading the county annals.
People surnamed Cui have come and gone here several times, which means that you have accompanied the rise and fall of Bincheng, so we want to interview you. You are considered witnesses to the history of Bincheng, right?"
Speaking of this, Cui Sheng's face was full of pride.
"That's not true. Our Cui family has made more contributions here than others. Look, how many turmoils have happened here. Every time after the turmoil, our ancestors of the Cui family are almost always the first
Those people who came back to build, why? Because our Cui family loves this place so deeply, this is our home, we can’t leave our home here, we can only come back and build.”
"Yes, yes!" Chen Yang kept nodding.
"Let's go, I'll take you to our Cui Family Ancestral Hall. There are many stories about us there." Cui Sheng was probably chatting about old things with Chen Yang and wanted to pour out a lot of things, so he dragged Chen Yang there.
Ancestral hall.
The characters "Cui's Ancestral Hall" are written there.
When I went inside and took a look, I found that it was not much different from the ancestral halls seen elsewhere. The basic configuration was the same.
"This Bincheng is really a treasure for our Cui family. According to my father, we came here a long time ago. It seems that we came here to fight in the beginning. I don't know what dynasty it was.
, anyway, we ourselves can’t explain clearly. We only know that it was a long, long time ago, and then we took root here. Think about it, how many people were there at that time, so it was very difficult at that time, but my ancestors
They just stayed there. No matter how many wars they went through, although they might retreat at the time, they would definitely come back afterwards. Now look, we are all locals here in Bincheng, and there are already quite a lot of people there.
That’s it…”
Cui Sheng was talking here, and Chen Yang responded from time to time, but mainly to see if these places were special.
But to Chen Yang's regret, this place looks really ordinary. If you go to any surname and see their ancestral hall, it's not far from here.
It can be said that it is the most normal kind of ancestral hall in China.
So after Chen Yang was sure, he chatted with Cui Sheng for a few words and then left here.
Next, Chen Yang continued to stare at their Cui family for a while.
But there was still no performance.
Cuijiacun has become a part of Bincheng, and it is still the most common kind. They are nothing different here.
"It's not them!" Chen Yang shook his head and could only look at the Wang family and others.
The Wang family also became a village here in Bincheng, called Wangjia Village.
When Chen Yang entered their Wangjia Village, he found that the roads in Wangjia Village were more rationally laid out than in Cuijia Village. Although it was still a village, it was more orderly.
Chen Yang came to their Wang Ancestral Hall.
I went in and took a look and found an old scholar-like man sitting there smoking.
Chen Yang groaned, walked in and said hello, "Hello."
The man stood up and clasped his fists: "What's wrong with your distinguished guest?"
"It's okay, I just took a look around. I was collecting county records. I heard that the county records in Bincheng are quite old. I found the history of your Wangjiacun here from the county records, so I came to take a look."
The man was stunned, then immediately laughed and said: "So that's it! My name is Wang Cheng, I am the retired village chief of Wangjia Village, and I can also be regarded as their half-chief."
Chen Yang was delighted, the clan leader is here, it would be easy to handle.
Chen Yang felt around here and found that there was nothing strange.
Similarly, there is nothing special about this Wang Cheng.
"Village Chief Wang, can I ask you something?"
"Of course, you can ask whatever you want. As long as I know something, I will never hide it."
"That's right. I heard that Bin City has experienced many wars, and several families came in again after it was pacified, right?"
"That's right!" Wang Cheng said with some emotion, "After all, this is his home. There is no way he can stay here during the war, but after the war, he has to come back."
"Then you guys are really amazing!" Chen Yang said, "How can you persist like this after a few times?"