Chapter 126 You are the only one called mother-in-law and sister-in-law
"Each of us has our own mission as adults, but our mutual missions are kept secret. I only know my own mission."
"The organization maintains extremely strict confidentiality, and many of them are single-line contacts. I don't know much, but after many years of investigation and analysis of the tasks assigned to me by the organization."
Sikong coughed a few times because he spent too much energy.
Ye Feng helped stroke his back, and after a while Sikong continued: "They seem to be here to prevent the development of unified science and technology in our country, the Great Zhou Dynasty."
"They come from different time and space." At this point, Si Qi died.
At this time, Sima couldn't catch up with the giant sword killer and turned back with his men.
Sima saw Sikong Yi dead and asked, "Did he explain anything?"
Ye Feng blinked and said: "He said that he was tempted and coerced by the Jin State and was forced to become a Jin State spy. The Jin State ordered him to disrupt the stability of the Qin State's rear and create opportunities for them."
At this time, a soldier ran over and said: "Report to Sir Sima, we found three men in black have been killed when we arrived on the mountain. The bodies have now been carried back to the county office, please make a decision."
When Ye Feng heard the man in black, he immediately put down Sikong's body, stood up and said, "I have to leave first." After that, he went straight to Yizhuang.
Sima looked intently at Ye Feng's leaving figure, then at Sikong on the ground, and unconsciously touched his beard.
It was already early morning when Ye Feng arrived at Yizhuang.
After running around all day and night, Ye Feng was a little hungry, so he cooked something to eat first.
Because Ye Feng's business has been booming recently, he had some money and bought some chestnuts, millet and dried meat, that is, dried meat.
After eating, Ye Feng took some gold and jewelry and took them with him.
He also took the thirty yi gold and land deeds that Jiang Chuan had secretly left with Ye Feng before, some dried meat and some chestnuts.
As well as a wild goose given to Ye Feng by a nearby hunter, Ye Feng took it and walked to Jiangchuan's house.
Jiang Chuan was released by Sima last night, and the family had just gotten up to cook.
Ye Feng handed the things he brought to Jia Shuangbai and Edo.
Jia Shuangbai was stunned when he saw the thing, because during this period, Nacai used geese as gifts.
Jia Shuangbai looked at Jiangchuan. Jiangchuan was stunned for a moment when he saw the wild geese that Ye Feng had given him, and then nodded. Jia Shuangbai accepted what Ye Feng handed over.
At the two-week mark, the wedding ceremony was basically carried out according to the "six rites".
The so-called "six rites", according to "Etiquette: Shihun Li", are explained as: "nacai", "asking for names", "naji", "nazheng", "asking for an appointment", and "personal welcome".
These "six rites" record in detail the wedding process and etiquette system of the scholar class, and can be analogized to the class of scholars and above.
When negotiating a marriage, the groom's family invites a matchmaker to explain to the bride's family their request for a marriage contract and gives a goose as a gift, which is called nacai.
The dispatched person holds the goose and asks the hostess for her name, which is called asking for her name. At this time, the hostess will set up wine to entertain her.
When the man's family learns the woman's name, they perform divination to see if the marriage will be auspicious. If they get a good omen, they inform the woman's family and still give a goose as a gift, called Naji.
At this time, the marriage contract between the two parties has been concluded, and the man's family will give the woman's family Xuanzang, a bundle of silk, and a leather skin (two deer skins), which is called Nazheng.
Finally, the man's family uses geese to ask the girl's family for the date of marriage, which is called the date of marriage.
When the wedding day comes, the groom takes a black car and goes to greet the bride in person. There are people holding candles in front of him, and there are two other cars behind him. The same is true for the car where the bride is going to sit.
When they arrive at the bride's house, the bride's father welcomes the groom outside the door and takes the groom into his home. At this time, the groom still has a goose to dress up the bride. The groom salutes and goes out, followed by the bride.
The groom invites the bride to get in the car, and then a special driver drives her on the road. The groom gets in his own car and waits outside his home. When the bride arrives, the groom will take her into the home, which is called a personal welcome.
After the wedding, you can "eat together and eat together, and eat together". Lao means a sacrificial victim. Gonglao means that the newlyweds eat a portion of the sacrifice together.
The 卺 refers to the ladle. When the 卺 is combined, a gourd is divided into two, and the couple each takes one half for drinking. Together, the 卺 is firmly combined, symbolizing that the husband and wife are one and inseparable.
Not everyone abides by the "Six Rites", mainly the officials, scholars, middle-level, lower-level nobles or the upper class of the common people. The "Six Rites" of the lower classes cannot be comprehensive and considered simple. Before getting married, they only need a blind date and an engagement.
Therefore, Ye Feng's gift of geese was regarded as a high-level courtesy, which naturally made Jia Shuangbai feel happy.
Jia Shuangbai said seriously: "My daughter's full name is Yang Yiying." This was considered to have completed the "asking for the name".
Ye Feng was stunned and thought: "I know this." However, Ye Feng thought that Jia Shuangbai was worried about his daughter, so he didn't care and nodded to express his understanding.
Ye Feng said: "Sister-in-law, there is no need to worry, I will definitely win against Yang Yiying."
Jia Shuangbai was stunned when she heard Ye Feng's words, and said to herself: "You are the only one who calls me mother-in-law and sister-in-law." However, she thought that Ye Feng had not changed her words for a while, so she didn't care.
Ye Feng then told what he had learned about Yang Yiying from the man in black. Of course, he did not tell what happened to the man in black. He just said that someone arranged by Sikong sold Yang Yiying to Ren Yazi.
When Jia Shuangbai heard that Yang Yiying was being sold, she couldn't help crying and pulled Jiang Chuan to ask Jiang Chuan to rescue Yang Yiying. Jiang Chuan frowned and didn't know what he was thinking.
Ye Feng said to Jiang Chuan: "I will chase eastward first. You can settle down at home and then buy a horse to follow. Riding a horse will be faster than them walking by water."
"You ride on land and head to the Royal City to intercept them first. I will pursue you from the waterway. We will meet in the Royal City."
Ye Feng brought some gold and jewelry with him, as well as two changes of clothes and some dry food. The remaining things, including the land deed, were placed in front of Jiang Chuan and Jia Shuangbai.
Then he said to the Jiangchuan couple: "I have no place to put these things, so I left them all to you."
After Ye Feng said this, he turned around and was about to leave when Jiang Chuan came back to his senses and said hurriedly: "I can't ride a horse."
Ye Feng thought for a moment and forgot that most of the farming people couldn't ride a horse.
Ye Feng thought for a moment and said, "Go to your cousin Zhao Kuangyin for help. Let him ride to the royal city." After that, Ye Feng turned around and ran eastward.
Jia Shuangbai shouted from behind: "Brother Yi'er is entrusted to you. If you rescue Yi'er, I will let you get married."
Ye Feng shouted: "Okay, sister-in-law, don't worry." Ye Feng reacted and thought to himself: "How can you take advantage of me? If you ask me to marry her daughter, wouldn't I be a generation younger?"
And Jia Shuangbai was also puzzled: "You agreed, why do you still call me sister-in-law?"
In the past, Ye Feng could only maintain a speed of ten kilometers per hour during long-distance running. At this speed, he could run only by breathing through his nose, and he could run up to twenty or thirty kilometers.
But since he started practicing Qigong some time ago, Ye Feng can now run continuously for 70 or 80 kilometers at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour.
It was more than 20 kilometers away from the ferry. Ye Feng was eager to save people and speeded up. In almost an hour, Ye Feng arrived at the Yongcheng ferry.
Ye Feng asked around at the ferry and found out through a porter at the pier that a group of people had rented a boat to go to Maojin Ferry last night.
Ye Feng also found out that the waterway distance from Yongcheng to Wangcheng was more than 500 miles in the Qin Dynasty during the pre-Qin period, which was about 200 kilometers in later generations.
Maojin Ferry is a few dozen miles east of the royal city. It is the ferry crossing for Anyi in the Jin Dynasty. It is near Zhongtiao Mountain in later generations.
The waterway distance from the royal city to the east of Xinzheng was more than 900 miles in the Qin Dynasty during the pre-Qin period, and approximately 3,780 kilometers in later generations.
The land distance from Xinzheng further east to Shangqiu was more than 450 kilometers in the Qin Dynasty in the pre-Qin period, and about 200 kilometers in later generations.
The land distance from Shangqiu in the Song Dynasty to Qufu in the Lu Kingdom in the east was more than 450 kilometers in the Qin Dynasty in the pre-Qin period, and about 200 kilometers in later generations.
The land route from Qufu in the State of Lu to Linzi in the State of Qi in the east is about 956 miles, which is about 400 kilometers in later generations.
The distance from Mou City to Qufu in the State of Lu was more than 700 miles, which was about 290 kilometers in later generations.
Ye Feng's calculation is based on some ancient book records and converts it into the distance of future generations, so that he can estimate the time conveniently.
"Spring and Autumn Period·Gu Liang Biography" records in the 15th year of Xuan Gong (294 BC): "In ancient times, it was three hundred steps per mile, and it was called a well field. A well field was nine hundred acres, and it was a public field."
Under the well-field system of the Zhou Dynasty, there were 900 acres of cultivated land per square mile, and a length of 300 steps per mile on all sides. This was recognized in ancient times.
"Shuowen Jie Xiangzhu" quotes "Gu Liang Zhuan" and says: "In ancient times, a mile was three hundred steps."
The Zhou system used eight feet as one step, the Qin system used six feet as one step, and three hundred steps as one mile.
The Qin ruler used a large ruler, which was equivalent to 23.1 centimeters per foot in later generations, so one step was equivalent to 0.231 meters in later generations, so one mile in this period was equivalent to about 415.8 meters.
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The above is the basis for converting miles from this period into kilometers in later generations.
Ye Feng first hired someone to send a message to Jiangchuan: "The other party may go directly to Maojin Ferry."
In addition, the characteristics and markings of the opponent's ships were conveyed to others so that Zhao Kuangyin could intercept them first when he arrived at the Wangcheng Ferry.
Ye Feng searched for boats that could be rented at the ferry. There were many boats at this time. The names of the boats included Zhou, Chuan, Ge, Boat, Boat, Tiao, etc.
Before the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the names of boats and ships were mostly just boats. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were many names for boats and ships, which shows that the shipbuilding industry developed rapidly at that time.
Because there is no actual picture of it yet, we can only roughly understand its capacity and shape from some documents.
The index of "Historical Records·Biography of Zhang Yi" states that the Qin Fang Ship was composed of two boats.
The Qin Fang ship can carry fifty soldiers and three months of food for fifty soldiers. The three months of food for fifty people, based on two-thirds of a bucket of beans per person per day, totals nine thousand catties, or 4.5 tons.
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In other words, the full load of the ship, including people and cargo, should be about 20 to 30 tons.
The inscription "Ejun Qi Jie" records that the Ge in the south of the Yangtze River was a large ship composed of three boats. The Ge in the south of the Yangtze River was at least 1.5 times the size of the Qin's boat, and should be close to about 40 tons.
Small ships include 舲 and boat. It is recorded in Qu Yuan's "Nine Chapters, Sheding the River": "I took the 舲 boat and went up to Yuan Xi".
According to Jiang Ji, a man from the Qing Dynasty, the boat Qu Yuan took to swim on the Yuan River was a boat with windows. The boats were equipped with windows, indicating that the structure of the boat was like a tent house.
According to records in "Shi Ming·Shi Chuan", the boat is a small boat that can carry 200 dendrobiums. The boat has a long and narrow hull and has the advantage of being light and fast. The carrying capacity of the boat is three to four tons, and the full load should be about five tons.
In addition, there are knives. It is recorded in "Poetry·Wei Feng·He Guang": "Who said He Guang never tolerated knives?"
Dao, "Shi Ming Shi Chuan" is a short transport ship that can carry 300 dendrobiums. The full load should be between seven and eight tons.
Of course, since there are no actual objects, the tonnage of the above ships is Ye Feng’s guess.