"Fragrant rice, green wild rice, vegetables and green bamboo shoots. Unexpectedly, this country shop also has such delicacies." Feng Wei put down his chopsticks, looked at the river flowing quietly outside the shop, and said with a smile.
"I heard that Feng Sanlang likes to eat meat. When did he think that this wild rice rice is so delicious?" Huang Tao had already finished eating. At this time, he was staring at a young man practicing a gun outside the store and joked casually.
"Huang Er, you are wrongly blaming me. I like delicacies, both meat and vegetable. I don't just love meat." Feng Wei also said with a smile.
The young man's posture when practicing the gun was strict and methodical. There were no fancy moves, just straight thrusts, fierce, fast and precise.
"This young man must be a young man in the army, right?" Feng Wei also noticed this man wearing camel hair brown cloth.
Among the eight towns in the northwest of Beijing, the military uniforms of the Shuofang, Xia Sui, Tiande and Zhenwu armies are all made of brown cloth made of camel hair, which is easy to identify. They came from the river and saw a lot along the way. They have known each other for a long time. .
"You two lodgers don't know something. This is my uncle. Now he has entered the state martial arts school. When he comes out in a few years, he will eventually become a team deputy." The shop owner came over and said with a proud smile: "Even the martial arts edicts say that my son is very majestic and can wear heavy armor and serve as the front line of battle, defeating strongholds in battle."
"The scenery in the North is really quite different." Feng and Huang looked at each other, feeling the collision of ideas once again.
Scholars like them, never thought about their descendants going into battle to fight with others? Especially Huang Tao, he is from Fujian, and the children from the countryside have always pursued studying and doing business, so fighting and killing is really out of sight.
"The eldest son of the He family is a first-class warrior even in the mountains. He can marry the daughter of the leader." A man with fair hair but wide robes and long sleeves walked in and said.
Feng Wei and Huang Tao looked at this man whose hair accessories and clothes were extremely inconsistent, and they were both a little surprised.
Kunfa is a Dangxiang person. But he is wearing Han robes, and the wide robes and long sleeves of a wealthy and idle person indicate that he does not usually work and has wealth at home. Such people in the Han Dynasty usually belong to scholar families. Dangxiang scholars, this...
"This is Xia Zhouyue who has joined the army and is a regular customer of our store." Seeing that the two of them did not know each other, the owner introduced him enthusiastically.
"I'm just an idle official with a salary, otherwise I wouldn't be wandering around when I was in power." The man with fair hair laughed at himself: "A certain person is the leader of the Yinzhou Party Xiang Yue Yi Department, and now he has a idle position. His real name is Yue. Shift Yemou, now called Yue Yemou."
"I didn't expect him to be an official." Feng and Huang stood up and saluted, saying.
"I'm just a lowly official." Yueye sneered like an old angry youth: "It's better to be a tribal leader. When I went to the state government, even the petty officials didn't think I was an official, so they only gave me fruits when I was in charge. I remember there was a certain figure on the roster."
Feng and Huang both smiled bitterly.
"What? You don't believe it? Where did you two come from?" The shopkeeper brought the physalis to Yue Yemou, and he asked while eating it.
"Hezhong Mansion. My name is Feng Wei. This is my classmate and friend Huang Tao. He is from Fuzhou. We are both Gongsheng students of the Imperial College."
"Hezhong Mansion... Feng..." Yue Yemou suddenly felt a little cold. It's summer, why is it so cold? He's still sweating!
"May I ask the commander-in-chief's ten generals..." Yue Yemou asked stammeringly.
"He is my younger brother." Feng Wei said with a smile.
Yue Yemou was speechless and stood there, as if someone had cast a magic spell on him.
I made you talk mean, I made you keep your mouth shut, and you couldn't stand it all day long. Now that you have met a handsome wife, if you report this, you will have to peel off your skin even if you don't die.
Shao Papi's reputation has spread widely among all the Dangxiang tribes. Everywhere he goes, the first thing he does is to pay tribute, and he kills people at every turn to establish his authority, which makes all Dangxiang tribes fear him.
"You two..." Yue Yemou said suddenly: "I finished eating and had some things to do at home, so I left. By the way, grow your hair when you get back. In fact, growing your hair is very beautiful."
After that, he ran away in a flash.
"I used to be a leader of the Party. I heard that there were thousands of tribesmen. The commander-in-chief established households in Suiyin and changed the customs. This man has lost his power and has been unhappy for more than a year." The shop owner came over and said
He explained in a low voice: "Actually, the commander-in-chief treats them well. As an idle official in the state, you can get a share of money and food, and you can also get a share of money in Suizhou East City. There are always more than a thousand pieces of silk every year. He
When I came down from the mountain, I had more than ten wives and concubines, but now I rely on these two pieces of money and food to support me."
"Editing households to bring order to the people." Feng Wei muttered, "Huang Er, what do you think?"
"How can a Dangxiang barbarian be willing to organize households and integrate the people?" Huang Tao also didn't believe it.
"Dangxiang is ignorant, but he is not ignorant." The shopkeeper said: "Under the rule of the leader, you don't have enough to eat all year round, and you are often hung up and whipped by the leader. The leader takes a fancy to your wife and daughter, and immediately snatches them away. Sometimes if you commit a crime,
Even if the head is chopped off, it is unknown if it is made into a wine vessel. After the general has established households and unified the people, he only needs to pay taxes and perform corvee labor, and there will be no such dirty things."
"Huang Er, I think if you put the leader aside and then educate and change the customs, over time, the people in Dangxiang will also find the benefits." Feng Wei said.
"The key is how to get rid of the leader. The barbarian chiefs have great power. If they confuse the people with their evil words and fail to protect them, there will be party members and households who will obey and rebel." Huang Tao said.
"Threaten them with force and lure them with benefits." The two said almost in unison.
They both laughed when they thought of something.
"Shopkeeper, there are many herdsmen in Dangxiang in Pingxia. How to register their households?" Feng Wei asked again.
"Herdsmen? Herd slaves!" The shopkeeper chuckled and said: "Herdsmen have a harder time than the party members in the mountains. Once there is any disaster, life will not be able to go on. They will either rob others or wait for death. The commander-in-chief did not treat the herdsmen
Household registration, but this year many herder slaves came to Xiazhou, all of whom were runaways from lowly households and worked in the city as servants, bartenders, shopkeepers, laborers, porters, door sweeps, shopkeepers, sweepers, etc.
Life is better than living on the grassland. If you can ride a horse, you can also recruit an official (delivering documents and letters) and walk well. If you can raise a horse, you can become a stableman. If you are wild, you can become a stickman (a thug).
Young people can sell themselves as book boys, which is better than living a comfortable life on the grassland. These people, because they are runaways and are afraid of being pursued by their bosses, all grow their hair, assume Han surnames, and call themselves Han people.
There are at least one or two thousand inside and outside the city."
This was an eye-opener.
"Shopkeeper, I think the man in your shop doesn't speak fluent Chinese. Is he from the Party?" Feng Wei asked again.
"I can't hide it from this guest." The shop owner smiled and said, "After my son entered the state martial arts school, there was a shortage of people in the shop, so he recruited fugitive herdsmen, and the couple came over. The man worked as a shopkeeper, and the woman worked as a cook.
Mom, we are all living our own lives, so the two lodgers must not sue the officials, as the commander-in-chief cannot openly take in a fugitive."
"The shop owner is overly worried. How can we scholars do such villainous behavior?" Feng and Huang said with a smile.
Seeing that they had almost eaten, the two got up and left.
The young man named He Piao has already begun to practice swordsmanship. It is said that the state martial arts school is authorized to take a day off every ten days. This young man is still practicing hard at home. He should be a skilled person when he joins the army in the future.
Not far from Yedian is a market, where a large number of Tibetan people come and go. Unlike Suizhou East Market, which focuses on livestock trade, the goods sold in this place called Xiazhou South Market are mostly leathers, medicinal materials, and honey.
, camel hair, felt blankets and other grassland things.
There were a lot of people buying and selling. Feng Wei observed carefully and found that a party member came over with a few wild horse skins. They sold them out in a while, and then he hurried away, seemingly to
Purchase things.
"If you can do business like this, there is no need to fight and kill. I once heard that party members sometimes go down the mountain to plunder, just to steal some farm tools and utensils. I thought it was ridiculous at first, but now I feel pathetic." Huang Tao sighed: "It's better to rely on the spirit.
The king's soldiers of Wujun were in awe. The barbarians could only restrain their arrogance and go down the mountain to do business. Over time, if you get used to this, you should not be so unruly."
"Shao Shuai is quite skillful in dealing with these barbarians." Feng Wei praised: "Dangxiang people are afraid of power and greedy for money. They first attack with a large army to make them frightened, then lure them with heavy profits, and slowly win over them. They organize households and gather the people, and gather the fugitives.
People, if this continues, over time, the situation will change."
It's not good to marry women from the big clans! This is the only thing Feng Wei is dissatisfied with.
"Huang Er, are you still going to Chang'an to take the imperial examination?" Feng Wei suddenly asked.
