At this time, Lao Huang was taking care of the bonfire, but Da Kui was beside him.
When Tang He saw Dakui sitting there in high spirits, he couldn't help but smile and asked, "Why don't you take a rest, little brother?" Dakui didn't say anything. Tang He knew what he was thinking, so he reached into his arms and took out a small piece of silver and said, "This is
It's one tael of silver, which can be used as firewood. Little brother, please accept it."
(ps: The currency system of the Yuan Dynasty was all based on paper money, and the use of gold and silver was strictly prohibited. However, the Yuan Dynasty issued paper money excessively in order to exploit the people, which caused prices to rise. In order to survive, the people still used gold, silver, and copper coins as currency in private. One hundred strings are consistent, and ten strings are consistent.
One tael of silver for every ten times, one tael of gold for ten times)
When Dakui saw the silver, he was so excited that his mouth trembled: "No, no, no, this is too much." You know, on weekdays, Dakui can sell a load of firewood for more than thirty pence at most, so this tael of silver is
One thousand coins! How dare Da Kui accept it?
Tang He laughed it off and stretched out his hand to put the silver into Dakui's hand. Dakui held the silver and felt that this brother Tang was so kind. He couldn't help but smile and said: "You are so kind. I will sell firewood to you tomorrow!" Tang He heard
Yan laughed loudly, and Lao Huang on the side also laughed. Seeing that they were all laughing, Da Kui was a little confused, scratched his head and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Lao Huang smiled and said: "You are such a sincere boy. Today we met by chance. Tomorrow we will all go our separate ways. Where can you find General Tang?"
Dakui chuckled and didn't take it seriously. He turned to look at Tang He and asked proactively: "Are you the general?"
Tang He found it interesting and said, "Yes!"
"Then you must have brought a lot of troops?" Dakui asked very curiously, while Tang He just smiled and said nothing.
Seeing that Tang He didn't answer, Dakui asked again: "How old is Brother Tang this year? I am sixteen this year."
Tang He smiled and said, "I happen to be ten years older than you."
Hearing this, Dakui lowered his head and counted with his fingers. He couldn't help being surprised: "Wow, you became a general at the age of twenty-six? The second uncle in my village is already forty years old and he is still killing pigs at home."
Lao Huang continued with a smile: "Silly boy, how can one person compare with another? General Tang was already a famous scholar from all over the country when he was your age. Later, he gave up literature and martial arts and joined the army. Now he is a general.
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Dakui looked at Tang He with wide eyes and asked in disbelief: "Have you ever been a scholar?" In Dakui's eyes, a scholar is already very remarkable. In the village, who wants to write letters to relatives and friends far away or during the New Year?
To write the couplets on the side door, you have to find a gentleman who can read and write, but the gentleman in the village is not even a scholar.
Tang He smiled and nodded, and Dakui asked again: "Your martial arts must be very powerful?"
Tang He smiled and said: "It's not really powerful, but it's enough to protect yourself when you encounter bad guys." Tang He asked Dakui after a while: "Can you write?"
Dakui couldn't help scratching his head in embarrassment and said: "My family is poor and I can't afford to go to a private school. But I can chop wood, and I can also trap a rabbit! Let me tell you, this rabbit trap is very special! You must be able to read the rabbit's footprints, and also
You have to know how to find a rabbit nest..." Dakui started to talk to Tang He about his ability to trap rabbits. Although his words were vulgar, he also spoke vividly.
Tang He just smiled and said nothing, silently watching Da Kui talk about trapping rabbits. He felt that Da Kui was silly and somewhat childish.
When Dakui finished speaking, Lao Huang said with a smile: "I don't think you have such great abilities? Haha."
Dakui said proudly: "Of course, I'm not bragging!"
Tang He then advised: "You should find a husband to teach you how to read and write. After all, cutting firewood and farming all day like you is not the way out."
Dakui chuckled and said, "I don't want to learn. If I learn to read and write, who will help my mother work?"
Tang He nodded and said with a smile: "You should go to the private school to find your teacher as soon as you have free time. If he doesn't teach you if you don't have money, you can just listen to the book outside the door. When you have nothing to do, you can practice calligraphy on the ground. Please note that jade cannot be polished.
If you are not good enough, you will not know the truth without learning. Only when you understand the principles of the world can you be a good person."
Dakui couldn't help asking: "Then why don't you become a scholar and become a general? Many people will die in the war!"
Tang He said seriously: "For the suffering of the people."
Dakui couldn't help scratching his head again and asked: "I don't understand what you are talking about, what is the suffering of the people?"
Tang He looked at the bonfire and murmured: "Chinese China has been trampled by the iron hoofs of the Tatars, and the people of Li have suffered a lot. Today, the harsh government of the Yuan Dynasty harms the people, so that many people have no food to eat and no clothes to cover their bodies. In the disaster years, these people will have nothing to cover.
The helpless people even changed their sons and starved to death. This is the suffering of the people."
Dakui couldn't help but muttered: "It's great to just stay at home, why do you want to go out to fight?"
Tang He raised his voice and said: "Killing someone is like killing my father, and raping someone is like raping my mother. A good man has his ambitions in all directions, and he must have a heart to help the world, so that he can live up to his seven-foot body."
Dakui was shocked: "A lot of people will die in a war, aren't you afraid?"
Tang Hemian said without changing his color: "For the sake of the people's livelihood, I will go there with thousands of swords."
Dakui scratched his head and said: "I have been stupid since I was a child. People in the village call me a fool. I have never read a book. Although I don't understand what you said, I keep it in my heart."
Tang He smiled, still looking at the bonfire with bright eyes. He thought that when he was a boy, he was like this boy named Dakui, who was carefree all day long. At that time, he thought that as long as he read a lot of books and studied hard, he could pass the exam.
The honor of being a scholar shines brightly on the lintel of the family. Unexpectedly, his father offended the official family, which led to the disaster of annihilation. Fortunately, the generals of the family tried their best to protect him and fought his way out of the siege, and he escaped with his life. God has eyes, so he will be saved.
I met a famous master and practiced martial arts. I finally avenged my blood feud. Later I met Marshal Xu Da and joined the army. I fought here and there for these years. I only hope that I can restore our mountains and rivers as soon as possible and drive out the barbarians.
Tang He couldn't help but sigh when he thought about his rough fate.
When Dakui saw that Tang He was no longer talking, he couldn't help but asked: "Brother Tang, what are you going to do in the future? Are you always leading troops to fight?"
When Tang He asked, he said sternly: "I will not stop fighting until the Tatars are driven out of China."
Dakui was shocked when he heard this: "Then you don't want to marry a wife?"
Tang He laughed and said: "Little brother, you are really interesting. Okay, it's getting late, you should take a rest."
Dakui slept for a long time until it was almost three o'clock. At this moment, he got money again. He was in high spirits and said hurriedly: "I'm not sleepy. Please tell me about your time of leading troops to fight."
Tang He said with a smile: "What's there to say about fighting? You won't understand even if I talk about it."
Lao Huang advised: "It will be dawn in two hours, so General Tang should take a rest."
Tang He smiled and said, "You guys sleep, I'll go out and come back tomorrow morning."
Lao Huang asked in surprise: "It's so late and it's still raining outside. Where is General Tang?"
"Don't ask any more questions, Brother Huang, just relax," Tang He said, turned around and left the Tutu Temple, and ran away in the rain...