Qingfu County is later known as Qingfu Town, Gao County, Yibin City, Sichuan.
This place has a long history and belonged to the Yelang Kingdom during the Warring States Period.
By the time Emperor Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he opened the Five Feet Road and placed it under the rule of Qin; during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it became a place where the Yi people lived; in the Tang Dynasty, Gaozhou was established to appease various ethnic groups.
In the eighth year of Xining in Shenzhou in the Song Dynasty, the various tribes were appeased by the policy of restraining and restraining. The tribes donated the land of ten states. Gaozhou was included in the Tuijing prison, first under Luzhou, and later under Xuzhou.
In the third year of the Zhenghe reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, Qingfu County was established; in the fourth year of the Zhenghe reign, Qingfu County was assigned to the Changning Army and subordinated to Xuzhou.
The local policies of the Song Dynasty were very complicated, with states, military, and prisons running concurrently.
To put it simply, Qingfu County belongs to Xuzhou politically, Changning Army militarily, and Tuijingjian economically.
The county seat is located in a bay of Fujiang River.
Fujiang, the "Nanguang River" in the future, originates from Zhaotong, Yunnan. It merges into the Yangtze River in Xuzhou, so it is called "the first tributary of the Yangtze River".
Li Xia set out from Xuzhou and headed south along the Fujiang River.
The direct distance was eighty miles, and the waterway meandered one hundred and fifty miles. Because it was against the current, it took a day, a night, and a day and a half to arrive at Qingfu County at noon the next day.
The boat didn't stop all the way, and the paddlers and porters changed three times.
In the eyes of future generations like Li Xia, these people were extremely hardworking. In the past, he could never believe that people could endure such fatigue, but they took it for granted and received the money and thanked them profusely.
After getting off the boat, I looked up and saw that the county seat is on the west bank of Fujiang River. The river made a big bend here and surrounded the county seat on three sides.
To the west of the county, there is another "Erjia River" that merges into Fujiang River.
Further away, there are mountains to the north and south, forming a long and narrow basin.
In short, this place is surrounded by mountains and water.
The pier is large, but seems a bit empty. It used to be bustling with merchants, but it has become depressed in the past two years.
This may be related to the fact that the Dali Kingdom was destroyed and the tea-horse trade route to the southwest was cut off.
Not far away, there was a boat docked at the dock to unload cargo, and a group of Miao people were moving things.
"Hey, it's you again!" A big man waved to Li Xia and shouted.
Li Xia turned around to look, and led the people to greet him.
"Haha, our handsome husband, we meet again."
Li Xia cupped his hands and said, "I didn't know you were also coming to Qingfu County the day before yesterday."
The big man raised his hand and pointed to the mountain in the southwest and said: "Our village is on Baiyan Mountain over there. We went to Xuzhou City the day before yesterday to sell some grain in exchange for salt and other items."
After saying that, he added: "My name is Shan Kuamao. You can call me Xiong Shan by my Chinese name. It's fate. It's fate."
Xiong Shan looked very happy, with a smile on his face, as if he was honored to be able to make friends with such an extraordinary person as Li Xia.
"Li Xia, whose courtesy name is Feiyu."
"Liu Jinsuo, nicknamed 'Life-Securing Golden Spear'!"
Liu Jinsuo strode up and stared at Xiong Mountain, looking very interested.
Xiong Shan was stunned, looked Liu Jinsuo up and down, his eyes fell on the long gun behind him, his eyes were bright, and he said: "Can I change it? It's your gun."
"No change." Liu Jinsuo shook his head, looked at Li Xia, and said somewhat strangely: "How does the young man know them?"
A few people here were still chatting, and a man and a woman came over from a group of Miao people over there.
"It's that handsome man, what a coincidence." The Miao girl said, but she didn't speak Chinese fluently and had a heavy accent.
She looked at Li Xia, her eyes were bright, and she smiled generously and said: "Is your name Li Xia? Are you willing to tell us your name and make friends with us? That's great... My Chinese name is 'Luo Bao'
, this is my man, his Chinese name is ‘Xiong Shi’.”
Xiong Shi then took two steps forward and said, "We meet again."
His appearance is similar to that of Xiong Shan, but he is younger. The two are obviously brothers. They both carry a bamboo basket on their backs filled with many items.
However, Luo Bao did not carry a bamboo basket on his back. He was dressed in bright clothes and covered with ornaments. He was obviously doted on by Xiong Shi.
She seemed very excited, and before her husband finished speaking, she asked Li Xia: "Did you buy that chain the day before yesterday and go back to propose marriage?"
"Propose marriage?" Liu Jinsuo yelled, and then said: "Little Prince, who did you propose marriage to?!"
Han Chengxu finally couldn't stand it anymore, so he stepped forward and grabbed Liu Jinsuo, pulling him back.
Li Xia then replied: "We proposed marriage, thank you for giving me the chain."
While he was talking to Luo Bao, Xiong Shi seemed very nervous and subconsciously put his body between her and Li Xia, his eyes guarding.
Luo Bao didn't notice her husband's uneasiness and said, "Is your favorite little lady here? Didn't she agree to you?"
Li Xia said: "I agreed. She will go back to her parents' home first and then get married in a year or two. If we are still here then, we will treat you to a wedding banquet."
"Very good!"
Xiong Shi shouted subconsciously, realizing that he had lost his composure, and quickly added, "Haha, congratulations, congratulations."
Xiong Shan on the side obviously understood his brother's thoughts and just smiled.
Luo Bao also had a smile on her face. She was obviously not interested in Li Xia, she simply liked to watch others fall in love and kept saying "congratulations".
Only Liu Jinsuo said: "No? What is going on? Why don't I know anything?"
"You don't know yet?" Luo Bao said with a smile: "He has been following us when we entered Zhoucheng the day before yesterday. After asking, we found out that he wanted to buy such a silver chain. I just asked the silversmith to make one before, and this time
I was going to get it, but he spent a lot of money to buy it."
At this point, she blinked and said: "Originally I didn't want to give in, but he wants to use it to propose marriage, propose marriage..."
Luo Bao spoke too fluently in Chinese and waved his hands, feeling a little carried away.
After a while, Xu realized she was being rude and moved closer to Xiong Shi.
"So that's how it is." Liu Jinsuo suddenly realized it and muttered to Han Chengxu: "I have already said about the young man and the young lady, but you still said no."
Li Xia didn't mind being teased by him, so he turned to Xiong Shan and chatted a few more words, but what they talked about was the customs and customs of Qingfu County and Baiyan Village.
It can be inferred from the words that the two brothers Xiong Shan and Xiong Shi are probably the sons of the leader of the Baiyan Miao Village.
The Baiyan Miao Village was under the provincial administration of the Song Dynasty for nearly two hundred years. It must have been deeply Hanized. According to the Song Dynasty's classification of "raw and cooked", they belong to the "ripe Miao". Except for their clothing and customs, they are quite similar to the Han people.
They planted, hunted, picked tea, dug bamboo shoots, and weaved bamboo. Recently, the rice was ripe, so they took part of it, as well as some sundries, to exchange for salt and necessary daily necessities, and began to plant wheat in October.
"In the past, we didn't have to go to the prefecture. As long as the goods were delivered to the county, there would be merchants to collect them. Life has become more and more difficult in the past two years. I heard that there is going to be a war..."
When Xiong Shan said this, he couldn't talk to Li Xia any more and said, "Where do you live? I'll bring food and wine to see you next time."
Li Xia cupped his hands and said, "I will visit you in Guizhai in a few days."
"Okay." This Miao Han was also generous, smiled, said goodbye, and continued to move goods with others.
Li Xia and his party turned to the county seat.
Liu Jinsuo looked back and couldn't help but murmured: "Hey, this Miao lady Luo is beautifully dressed and friendly. It's really rare."
Han Qi'an said: "Don't talk about other people's wives and families."
"I praise her."
"Speaking of it, Alang has the same attitude towards everyone and responds appropriately." Han Chengxu said, "Some people think that Alang is polite and are overjoyed to be friends with Alang; some people think that Alang is arrogant..."
Li Xia knew what he meant and said: "It doesn't matter."
Han Chengxu sighed and said: "Alang, can you tell? The situation in Qingfu County is complicated. Various ethnic groups live together, including not only Han and Miao, but also Bo and Yi. There are also raw and cooked, and the customs of each village are different.
All the same.
As far as today's Miao people are concerned, the reason why Lady Naluo dares to talk to foreign men is because she has not received the teachings of Neo-Confucianism, or because Xiong Shi is tolerant, or because Alang has extraordinary bearing and they are interested in making friends. But if others dare to walk side by side with Miao girls,
It is also possible that he was beaten to death by his brother and father’s tribe. It is difficult to treat, difficult to treat..."
Han Qi'an said: "Not only that, the southwest region used to trade horses with the Dali Kingdom, and the tea, salt, silk and porcelain trade was prosperous. Now the Mongols occupy Dali, and the trade routes are cut off. In addition, the war is coming, and the relationship between the county government and the villages must be tense."
Li Xia nodded, looked around, and asked, "Why has the rice in Miao Village been harvested, but the rice in the suburbs of the county has not yet been harvested?"
Han Chengxu said: "It's not fully cooked yet."
Han Qi'an said: "Autumn defense is coming soon. It can be seen that the leader of Baiyan Miao Village is a cautious person. He should be worried that the war will happen and there will be no time to harvest."
Liu Jinsuo said: "He is still a rich man and can let his daughter-in-law wear so many silver chains."
"That's not a bad thing to say."
Liu Jinsuo muttered to himself: "That Xiongshan Mountain is so strong, it scared me."
While talking, the group has entered Qingfu County...