Midsummer has long passed, but the autumn tigers in Guangxi are still showing off their last ferocity, and the sun is baking the earth of Liuzhou Prefecture like a furnace.
In fact, there had just been a heavy rain in Liuzhou two days ago. Not far to the south of Maping County, where the capital of Liuzhou is located, there is a place called Longtan Town. There was a lot of water in the low-lying areas here because of the heavy rain.
Under the raging sun, any rainwater will quickly dry up, and the ground after the accumulation of water will be muddy. When exposed to the scorching sun again, it will crack and roll up pieces of soil as big as a palm.
The skin is like a tortoise shell that has been broken into pieces and discarded.
The naked little kids were running around with their bare feet, picking up pieces of soil and picking them up as tiles, intending to save them for playing house.
The weather was really too hot. Except for these enthusiastic children, everyone else was too lazy to cheer up. They had to go to the fields to do work, otherwise they were enjoying the coolness in the cool places in front of the house and behind the house to escape the heat. There were not many people on the road.
A pedestrian.
Even the tall willow trees with tall branches and canopies are equally listless in this ghostly weather when the autumn tiger finally shows off its power. The branches of the willows are drooping feebly, and only the cicadas hidden in the trees are chattering endlessly, as if
I wanted to scream unwillingly in the last moments of my life, but unfortunately those who heard me became more and more drowsy. It was not until dusk that the heat gradually dissipated a lot.
The sun sets in the west, and the afterglow is like fog. Looking around, it is a golden red. The area around Jinghu Lake in Longtan Town is especially cooler at this time, because there is a large lake with a rare shape, about five or six hundred acres in area, and the bay is covered with plants.
There are lotus flowers and willows and mulberry trees all around, making it an excellent place to cool off in the summer heat.
There is Queer Mountain in the north of Liuzhou City, and there is also a lake on the mountain, and it is closer than Jinghu Lake in the south of the city. Therefore, the Han nobles in Liuzhou City usually go there to escape the summer heat when they have nothing to do. Some of them often come to Liuzhou to interact with Han officials.
The chieftains who dealt with it all bought properties in the Jinghu area, built a courtyard next to the water, and so on.
In fact, the reason why Longtan Town has the word "dragon" is because the shape of Jinghu Lake is somewhat like a dragon, which is irregularly divided into several independent parts, such as the dragon's head, dragon shoulders and front claws, dragon belly,
The dragon's back claws, dragon tail, etc. make it convenient for the chieftains who buy property here to get a relatively private space.
According to old legends, the Dragon Head is the most scenic part of Jinghu Lake, followed by the Dragon Shoulder and the Dragon Belly. Since the chieftains all like Longtan Jinghu, who lives in the Dragon Head and who lives in the Dragon Shoulder
, there is always a fight over who lives in the belly of the dragon.
Among the Guangxi chieftains, the most powerful one is called the Cen family. Because of its vast territory and large population, it ranks first among all the chieftains in Guangxi. The Huang family is next in line. Its territory is slightly smaller than that of the Cen family, but because it is close to Annan, its troops are not strong.
Then there is no way to survive, and we have always been proud of our strong military.
Although the other families have their own merits, due to various reasons, they are unable to compete with the Cen and Huang families. How the two families fought overtly and covertly for the Dragon Head in Jinghu Lake is unknown to outsiders, but there are also rumors.
It is said that because Cen Shaoxun, the contemporary leader of the Cen family, has an eccentric personality and has a "hermit's heart", so he is not enthusiastic about many things, this is why the Huang family obtained the Jinghu Dragon Head.
However, both the Cen family and the Huang family are local snakes that no one dares to offend in Guangxi. Since their ancestors followed the famous general Di Qing in the Song Dynasty to conquer the south and were granted the title of native official, they have been the home of the chieftain for hundreds of years. In Guangxi,
Sometimes it is easier than the governor to tell the boundaries of the land. The residents of Longtan Town do not dare to come here to escape the summer heat.
It is not an exaggeration to regard Jinghu Lake as Liuzhou's "Widalian Lake". Nowadays, lotus flowers are growing vigorously in this "Longshou Lake". The lotus leaves in the bay are green, and a small boat is sailing in the distance.
.When the boat passed by, lotus leaves greeted it and avoided it. A wisp of flute sound was as clear as a Sanskrit chant, following the parted lotus leaves in all directions.
The old farmer who returned at dusk was hunched over with his hands behind his back, holding a piece of rope in his hand, and walked slowly across the field ridge in the distance. The rope was dragging a skinny old cow, and on the cow's back sat a man with braids.
The little baby, the little baby is playing with grandpa's bamboo hat happily. Farther away, the red sun as big as a wheel has half disappeared on the top of the mountain. This scene is very poetic and picturesque.
Hearing the sound of the flute, the old farmer subconsciously glanced towards Longshou Lake. There were green lotus trees on the lake, and the boat was completely hidden among the lotus flowers. He could only vaguely see a man wearing a plain white light robe and a square scarf on his head.
The young prince was sitting on the bow of the boat, playing the flute happily. Beside him was a beautiful woman holding an oil-paper umbrella. She was wearing a spring dress from the Han Dynasty and her waist was so light that it was about to break. It was a pity that she was standing facing the young prince and could not
When I saw her appearance, I could only see her black hair and a lazy beauty bun. Wu Yaya's hair was slanted with a golden bow, which accentuated her slender neck. Her figure was indescribably graceful, making her attractive.
Reverie.
Seeing this, the old farmer quickly lowered his head. He was just an honest farmer. Seeing that there were women on the boat, it would be rude to look at them. These chieftains were not something he, a country man, could afford to offend.
The old farmer lowered his head and quickened his pace to move forward. Not far away, smoke was already rising over the town.
The sound of the flute, which sounded like Sanskrit singing, stopped, and the melodious and charming sound of the piano began again. The red sun on the horizon gradually disappeared under the horizon during the transition between the flute and the piano.
The boat stopped about ten feet away from the shore. An old willow branch growing slanting on the shore reached out to the lake and lightly hung thousands of willow branches on the boat. The evening wind gradually picked up, and the willow branches were whirling. The young master just now sat
On the yellow pear wood bench at the bow of the ship, she held a fishing rod in her hand, leisurely and leisurely, while the beauty stood aside with a smile, and then turned to order the servants on the ship to bring in a small stove and light a fire to prepare dinner.
Thinly sliced, fragrant tender lotus roots were just caught from Longshou Lake, the lively crayfish were caught with small pieces of meat from the root nests under the willow trees by the river, and the fat chicken and tender lamb were also
There is old wine, which is also brewed in the Longshou Lake Villa. There is also a plate of mulberries washed like black pearls, which makes people salivate. These fresh mulberries are collected from the mulberry trees growing by the bay.
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It is produced here and is very wild and gamey.
When the stars began to twinkle, the cicadas who had been noisy all day were tired, and the lake became quiet. The young master and the little beauty exchanged cups and enjoyed themselves.
It's a pity that no outsiders can get close to them, but they don't know that what the two of them are talking about at this time is not romantic at all.
"Both the Mo family of Nandan and the Sien Zhao family can't help but stir up trouble. The seventh young master has the leisure to let the slave family accompany you to swim in the lake. This kind of courage and style is probably only the Cen family, the king of western Guangxi.
It’s possible.”
"The king of Guixi?" The handsome and handsome Seventh Young Master laughed: "Is Miss Huang trying to remind me that Cen should be content with Guixi? Haha, if Cen is content with the King of Guixi, then Huang can be content with
Is the king of Guinan?"
The little beauty Miss Huang covered her mouth and smiled: "Seventh Young Master is joking. The Cen family deserves to be called the King of Guixi, but the Huang family dares to call the King of Guinan? Taiping Mansion and Nanning Mansion are both made by officials from the imperial court.
, I, the Huang family, are just a Siming Mansion, how can I dare to mention the King of Guinan?"
"The Huang family is just a Siming Mansion?" The Seventh Young Master laughed, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world: "It is said that all the states and counties near Siming Mansion are from the Huang family, and that is the Taiping Mansion, except for the master of the house.
He is an official, but there is someone from the imperial court under him? Not to mention that the Qianhu Office of Taiping Prefecture, which he relies on, has already been controlled by the Huang family? As for Nanning Prefecture..."
The Seventh Young Master waved his hand: "It must be that there is a Nanning Guard there, otherwise it would be better than the Taiping Mansion. As for the Nanning Guards, they were fully paid a hundred years ago and were quite difficult to deal with, but now, they are still
Are there enough troops for three thousand usable troops?"
Miss Huang said with a full smile: "Seventh Young Master, you have underestimated the Nanning Guard. The Nanning Guard currently has more than 4,000 soldiers, about 4,200."
The Seventh Young Master raised his eyebrows slightly: "Oh, there is such a thing? It's rare, it's rare. But so what, will the Huang family really take these four thousand guardsmen seriously? If your Majesty is willing, then
Even with 40,000 wolf soldiers gathered together, it was only a single blow to capture Nanning."
Miss Huang waved her hands repeatedly, as if she was seriously frightened, and her face was full of surprise: "What did the Seventh Young Master say? I, the Huang family, are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, how can I have such ulterior motives? Doesn't the Seventh Young Master know that my father was pacifying the Eighth Route Army last year?
During the chaos in the village, he achieved the greatest merit among the chieftains!"
The Seventh Young Master's eyes flashed, but he seemed to be smiling and nodded repeatedly: "That's it, that's it, which one of my Guangxi chieftains is not loyal? But when it comes to your father's contribution in this battle, I have to ask
In a sentence...Aren't you worried about being the second Mrs. Hua?"
Mrs. Hua is actually Mrs. Wa's, and "Wa's" is the Guangxi accent of Hua.
Miss Huang narrowed her bright eyes and said calmly: "Why are you worried? Madam Hua was so hated by the court because her husband Cen Meng caused trouble, so she had to mobilize an army to pacify the Japanese after Cen Meng's death.
I proved that I was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and the final result was not bad. I was named the Lady of Loyalty by the imperial court, and I was punished for my merits..."
The Seventh Young Master laughed, picked up the gold-painted black bone fan on the table, opened it, and lightly slapped his chest a few times, and said: "It sounds good, but it's a pity that the Cen family originally had Tianzhou Prefecture as its main branch, and since then
Since then, Sizhou has become the main branch... Your Majesty, are you not worried about this?
I heard that Huang Gongji and Huang Gongsheng’s brothers in Siming Prefecture are at odds with each other. Although Gongji is the eldest son, the military power is in the hands of Gongsheng. This Huang Gongsheng is also a figure... Miss Huang, Siming Prefecture is the one you are thinking of.
If chaos breaks out in the largest state under the Ming Dynasty, it will probably not be a good thing for your Majesty, right? At this moment, given this situation, your Majesty does not hold a heavy army to quell the disaster at any time, but instead vigorously responds to the imperial court's call and sends troops abroad.
, speaking of it, I really can’t understand it.”
Miss Huang's expression froze slightly, and then she smiled lightly and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Seventh, for reminding me. However, Mr. Seventh, coming here today, it seems that this is no longer a trivial matter, right?"
"Easy to say, easy to say." The Seventh Young Master brushed the floor and put away his fan again, and said with a sweet smile: "Miss Huang, let me tell you a piece of news. According to the inquiries from the Mo family and the Zhao family, Gao Jintai came to Liuzhou for
Convince me to wait for the Liangjiang (left and right river) chieftains and agree to set up floating officials in the Bazhai area."
