On this day, Zhiyao dressed up carefully and needed to go to the Zhao family with her father for a visit.
"Lord, how could Rang not understand the general situation?" Yu Rang looked surprised that he didn't have to follow him this time.
The thing is like this. Isn't Yurang Zhiyao's personal bodyguard? Zhiyao is going to visit the Zhao family, and he plans to save Yurang from following him today.
The reason is of course that Yu Rang assassinated Liang Ying's father, and no matter how bad the relationship between Liang Ying's father and Zhao Yang was, he was still a minor sect of the Zhao family, that is, the head of the Liang family. In this case, Yu Rang would definitely not be suitable to follow Zhi.
Yao went to Zhao's side together.
Zhiyao's body is a soul from later generations, and her thinking and outlook cannot be the same as those of today's people. It is a human habit to take more care of the "physical shield".
For the nobles who were born and raised in the Spring and Autumn Period, they would basically not care about the feelings of those below them. Everything would be based on their own needs, and it would be impossible to explain or comfort them at all.
"Master, please don't do this..." Yu Rang was surprised at first, and then turned to gratitude.
He should be grateful for being treated like this and being respected by those in authority.
Zhiyao didn't react at first, but when she did, she felt a little embarrassed inside.
In modern times, those in lower positions will want more if they receive generous treatment, but if the boss acts a little too much, they will feel unhappy in various ways.
How to put it? It should be that self-interest has penetrated deeply into the bone marrow of modern people. After obtaining one thing, they are eager to get more. Once they don't get it, it is common for them to feel resentment in their hearts.
The Spring and Autumn Period was different. Those in lower positions would be very excited and grateful when they were appreciated by those in higher positions. They worked hard with a grateful attitude, and any reward they received would be regarded as a gift.
There is no way, the social environment is like that, and people nowadays are too pure in their thinking.
Feeling respected, Yu Rang also felt that he had the same philosophy as Zhiyao and had a death-defying mentality that was even more urgent. He wished that someone would offend Zhiyao and stabbed him to death neatly with one sword.
"Let, I need you to do something." Zhiyao thought of something and said.
Yurang immediately assumed a ceremonial posture to accept instructions.
Zhiyao said: "Go to the market to buy soldiers, armor, each category is ten, no matter what family."
As the capital city, "Xintian" must have a market, and the slave trade is the largest. Other kinds of cereals and animals, various types of weapons, and armors. Anyway, the types may not be complete, but there are definitely many types.
Zhiyao, who gave the task, made no move to pay.
The current currency is copper, which is called "gold". There are many styles of currencies. The Jin Dynasty mainly used sword coins. Other countries also have their own currency styles, such as tripod coins and round coins, but the majority are sword coins.
By the way, it is actually a currency in the shape of a knife. However, the word "dao" did not exist in the Spring and Autumn Period. Now people call it "military currency", which is different from the modern name.
No matter how strong Zhiyao's weight-bearing capacity is, can she still carry hundreds of thousands of kilograms of coins with her?
Another point is that the currency is copper, but it is definitely not bronze, that is, it contains more copper and is a reddish-yellow color, so it is called "gold". The copper coins unearthed in modern times are too long ago.
Oxidation is what causes the black color.
At the same time, nobles used horseshoe-shaped "gold" when making large transactions, and rarely used sword coins, tripod coins, and round coins.
Zhiyao can instruct the others to do the purchasing, but the problem is that Yu Rang must do the work, otherwise because Yu Rang is too loyal and hangs around the Zhao family's house, both parties will be embarrassed, and problems may arise.
things other than that.
After receiving the task, Yu Rang left. He went to purchase on behalf of Zhi Yao and did not need to pay immediately. Later, Zhi's retainers would come to settle the bill, or merchants would come to settle the bill.
This is the reality. Whether it is in ancient times or in modern times, the more wealthy people buy things, the less they need to pay immediately. They can even let merchants bring goods to their doorsteps to provide selections. Only ordinary people need to pay immediately when buying things.
After Zhishen was ready, he took Zhiyao out.
The father and son were riding together, and the person driving the car was the personal retainer of Zhi Shuang from Expo Road.
"I've always wanted to improve the frame, but I haven't taken any action..." Zhiyao wants to do too many things, and improving the frame is not one of the most urgent matters.
Today's cars have no brakes, no shock absorbers, and even the wheels are directly fixed to the car body, without such a thing as an axle.
The axle didn't appear until the middle of the Warring States Period, and the shock absorber didn't appear until modern times.
Because it lacks too much structure, the tank needs a large amount of movement to turn, so that when the tank enters the wartime state, it needs to rely on manpower to stop or make a small turn.
Zhiyao had seen more than once that turning a chariot around required several people to lift it, and stopping the chariot meant torturing the animals pulling the chariot.
He did not immediately improve the tank, mainly because he always felt that the tank would be eliminated, and it was difficult to feel any urgency.
"Yao?" Zhishen felt a little puzzled when he saw that Zhiyao had been checking the frame.
"Sir." Zhiyao thought it was something.
It is not a simple matter for the father and son to go out. The samurai of the old Zhi family went to the road early to investigate and guard. At the same time, the number of guards following them was 500, and they were accompanied by nearly 80 vehicles carrying various items.
The items you bring are just what you need to bring to the engagement party. There are not too many things included. Most of them are not expensive things, but are just necessary things for the engagement party.
Some items were packed in boxes, while others were hastily covered with cloth.
Among the eighty-two carriages, the one carrying the most cloth was the most numerous.
After all, the Lao Zhi family itself is a huge textile company, so it is natural to send more cloth in addition to the necessary necessities for the engagement ceremony.
You can see some tassels on the frames that are not covered tightly with cloth, and the condition is quite good. It was one of the necessities for engagement parties in the Spring and Autumn Period.
More necessities for the engagement ceremony were packed into boxes, which were actually various kinds of jewelry, including very precious brocades and silks.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, there were brocades and silks. I thought they were so rare.
Silk appeared earlier than brocade. This is of course because during the summer time, our ancestors had mastered the technology of artificial silkworm rearing.
At present, the value of brocade is higher than that of silk and satin, and brocade is a kind of cloth with many colorful colors, which is generally used for decoration in certain parts of clothing.
When they were still about a mile away from the Zhao family's house, they saw Zhao Bolu and other Zhao family members waiting at the entrance.
"Yao!" Zhao Bolu greeted Zhi Yao first when he saw him. When he got close, he saluted Zhishen and called out: "Uncle."
Calling "uncle" does not necessarily require a blood relationship. Friends who have a good relationship from their father's generation can also be called that way.
Now there is absolutely nothing wrong with Zhao Bolu calling him Uncle Jishen.
It was a sign of etiquette that the Zhao family sent Zhao Bolu to lead someone to receive him one mile away. It was nothing more than a sign that he valued the marriage and was willing to respect the Zhi family.
"Boru, get in the car." Zhishen is usually a very dull person, but that doesn't mean he is hard to get along with. He is kind and patient to his juniors that other people of his age don't have.
Zhao Bolu got on the bus and drove side by side with Zhishen and Zhiyao.
Zhishen asked: "I heard that Bolu will lead troops to go on an expedition in the near future?"
Didn't the civil war in Jin reach the stage where the victors reaped the fruits? The Zhi family, the Zhao family, the Wei family and the Han family were all doing the same thing, as were the other mid-level nobles who had been allocated quotas.
"Go back to uncle, Bolu will set off in three days." Zhao Bolu said and looked at Zhiyao, blinking and not knowing what he meant.
At this moment, Zhiyao was thinking: "No way? Does Zhao Yang want me to be Zhao Bolu's nanny???"
In the past, of course Zhao Yang could not make such a request, and he was not qualified to ask for it.
Now, isn't Zhiyao about to get engaged to Fenying? The relationship between the two families has become closer, and it is not too much to ask Zhiyao to accompany him on the expedition.
"How should I refuse?" Zhiyao stayed in the country just to accompany Zhisong, his grandfather, not to help the Zhao family, let alone to be a thug.
After chatting all the way, we walked through a long alley and arrived at the main entrance of Zhao's mansion.
At present, there is no distinction between the main gate and the two small gates on the left and right of the main entrance. It is just one main gate.
The gate of the Zhao family's house is open, and the bicycle frame from Lao Zhi's house has stopped at a certain wall section and will enter through an entrance in the wall there.
In other words, the house occupies a large area and is surrounded by a wall. There is not only a front door and a back door, but also a passage for entry and exit at a certain location on the wall. The door in the wall is usually used by servants to enter and exit.
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"Shen." Zhao Yang saw Zhi's team approaching and came out from the door to welcome him. He first greeted Zhishen and then looked at Zhi Yao with a smile.
Because the Zhao family has a big business and the same situation as the Zhi family, there are actually no families around the house that do not match their status, so naturally there are no onlookers.
Zhishen exchanged greetings with Zhao Yang unnaturally, and the two of them took the lead into the mansion, followed by Zhi Yao, Zhao Bolu and some core clan members from the Zhi family and Zhao family.
Among the people of the Zhi family, there is a auxiliary fruit.
Originally, Zhixuwu should have been present, but Zhixuwu received the mission and did not stay in the capital.
They passed through the vestibule, passed some courtyards, and came to a lobby used by Zhao to entertain distinguished guests.
There was already a group of people inside, men and women on both sides.
Zhiyao saw Zhao Wuxie and Zhao Yang's other children, as well as a group of women of different ages.
The women surrounded a girl in rich clothes at the core. They were chattering and playing before, but when they saw Zhao Yang, Zhishen and the others coming in, they quickly kept their mouths shut.
Zhiyao immediately recognized who Fen Ying was, all because the old Zhi family had sent several sets of clothes beforehand, with the intention of letting Fen Ying wear them. Zhiyao then recognized who would be hers based on the clothes.
fiancée.
Everyone sat down separately.
Zhao Yang and Zhishen sat on the left and right sides of the main seat.
Zhiyao and Zhao Bolu sat side by side on the left side, right opposite Fen Ying and several nuns who would serve as dowries.
"This is my future wife?"
"Is he the one who will be my husband?"
Two pairs of eyes looking at each other in the distance...