As the sky dawned, the rooster's crow broke the silence.
Liu An sat up abruptly, squinting his eyes and looking around in the moonlight from the window. In this small inner room, there were five people sleeping, and the other four were the old man's unmarried sons.
, Liu An smelled the stench and looked helplessly out the window.
Because of his status, these people gave up the best position and huddled together to prevent Liu An from being squeezed.
But even so, Liu An still felt very crowded.
The stench in the house kept irritating Liu An, so Liu An had no choice but to go out. As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw the old woman sitting in the courtyard with Chun Mi. She was working carefully. The weather was very cold. Liu An was wearing their home clothes.
She wore the best clothes, but she could still feel the chill from the early morning, and the old woman sitting in the courtyard actually had beads of sweat rolling down her forehead, and her clothes were so wet that they stuck to her back.
...
Liu An said nothing, walked a few steps, then sat down facing the door.
The old woman was startled, but she didn't say anything and continued to eat rice.
Repeating it over and over again, watching the corn being crushed, the shell falling off, and the rough corn falling down, and so on, Liu An gradually became fascinated and watched motionless.
Liu An hasn't had much contact with this family since he came here. Most of the time, he feels sorry for himself, misses life in Chang'an, or thinks about the knowledge in his mind. In short, he
His painting style is incompatible with this family. Even if he wears the same clothes, he can be seen to be different just from his appearance. The local villagers say that Mr. Zhang has a distant relative and is a very special person.
Beautiful child.
He has a sense of nobility, but this child doesn't look very smart. He spends the whole day in a daze, and doesn't pay much attention to others when he comes up to talk to him. It's really a pity, he is such a good-looking child.
Zhang Laozhang's family was still very polite to Liu An. Even though Liu Chang had already ordered him to scold him when he needed to be scolded and hit him when he needed to be beaten, they did not dare to offend such a noble man and were usually polite.
They gave him the best food to eat and the best place for him to sleep. They didn't dare to tell him what to do and just let An stay at home in a daze.
Zhang Laozhang's several children also stayed away from Liu An. Even the youngest did not dare to say anything to Liu An.
"You nobles may not know that this is called spring rice...the millet you eat is all made this way..."
The old woman said with a smile. The old woman's accent was also Guanzhong, which was the same as Liu An's, but Liu An rarely spoke dialects. He was not like Liu Chang, who could speak any dialect, and he said
He is very vivid and can quickly get along with people from all over the world. Liu An speaks slowly and calmly, with a special aristocratic accent.
Liu An did not try to escape. He was not stupid and would not do such a useless thing.
Once my father has made up his mind, my aunt cannot change his mind.
Mr. Zhang outside looked at her like a hawk and a dog all day long. Even if he had this idea, he couldn't leave.
He said calmly: "I know that the thing you are using now was made by a friend of mine, Shang Fang..."
The old woman smiled and said, "So this is what the noble voice sounds like."
Liu An pursed his lips and did not answer.
Looking at the sweaty old woman, Liu An couldn't help but ask: "You have four sons, why don't you let them help you?"
"They will have to go to the farm after dinner later. Where can I let them do this... I can't do farm work and it is of no use anymore. I can only do things like this... living at home.
..."
However, Liu An knew that this old woman was never idle. She started with spring rice in the morning, weaving cloth, feeding poultry, feeding grass to livestock, delivering water and food to the cultivated fields, and sometimes helping to carry seeds.
Anyway, Liu An had never seen her idle.
He felt something was wrong.
"If you love my mother, you shouldn't let her suffer like this..."
"What did Xiao Junhou say? In the past, I just wanted spring rice, but there was no corn. When I was young, two younger siblings in my family starved to death because of the lack of millet. Later, thanks to the temple
Rende, sent people to bring farm tools and seeds..."
"Xiao Xiang? Are you remembering correctly... When you were young, there was Xiao Xiang... How old are you this year?"
"Thirty-seven, I'm getting old..."
Liu Chang was stunned immediately. He widened his eyes and stared at the white-haired old woman in front of him, with the vicissitudes of life engraved on his face. He was stunned for a long time.
"You are four years older than my mother...but you look..."
Liu An didn't have the heart to speak, so he asked again: "What about my father-in-law..."
"He is seven or eight years older than me..."
"He is considered an elder in the community..."
In this era when aristocrats often live in their sixties or seventies, the average life span of the people at the bottom is less than thirty years old.
Looking at the old woman in front of him who was about the same age as his grandmother but looked similar to his eldest mother, Liu An couldn't speak for a long time.
"I'll come..."
Just as Liu An was about to speak, the old woman had already prepared the rice and started cooking in a hurry.
Soon, several men in the family woke up and everyone started to eat together. As before, Liu An still had the most millet, with a few vegetables and a small piece of meat on top, while the rest of the father-in-law's family just had rice.
They ate simple millet and some dishes that Liu An had never seen before. They ate it with gusto and very quickly. Their eating speed almost caught up with Liu Chang's. They were not big and their health was not good either.
At night, they can hardly see anything, unlike Liu An who can still see.
But they seem to have some great power within their bodies, and their eating speed and appetite are not much slower than those of the famous warriors.
The youngest child ate two bowls in a row and still looked at his mother with some reluctance.
They ate happily, and the old man once again praised this prosperous time and told the children about the hard-earned meal.
However, at this moment, Liu An only felt that the usually pleasant compliments had become so harsh at this moment. He lowered his head and suppressed the thought of escaping in his heart.
After the children had finished eating, the old man stopped talking and got up to go to the farmland.
The youngest son reluctantly asked: "Father...can I have another small bowl?"
"Haha, work hard today. If the land is plowed, you can eat more tonight!"
They usually only eat two meals, one in the morning and one in the evening.
When they picked up their farm tools and walked out, Liu An couldn't help but follow them.
The old man looked at Liu An who followed him with a little surprise in his eyes, but he didn't say anything and just walked towards his destination.
On this day, Liu An was no longer idle. He followed the example of those people, rolled up his clothes, and jumped into the ground.
However, Liu An, who seemed tall and tall, could not play any role. Whether it was plowing or sowing, he did not seem to be here to help, but more like he was here to cause trouble. The family was very patient and did not suffer from this.
And what to complain about.
Liu An was panting from exhaustion. He sat under the shade of a tree and wiped his face with his muddy hands. As a result, his beautiful face became dirty.
Everyone drank some water and rested, but no one dared to disturb Liu An.
Only the old man said with a smile: "My dear, I am busy today. I am afraid that I am tired. If I go away, please take my dear back to rest..."
"No need, I'm fine."
Seeing Liu An's persistence, the old man said nothing more.
After the break, Liu An got busy again. In the evening, Liu An was walking in the dirt when his foot slipped and he fell into the dirt. He quickly got up again. The father-in-law's child couldn't bear it anymore.
I couldn't help but laugh.
Hearing this laughter, Liu An also raised his head.
He laughed like a father.
The next day, Liu An got up early and started to help the old woman with things. He was too slow to do Chunmi, so he could only collect firewood and so on.
The old woman was very surprised by Liu An's change. Liu An sat in front of her, dragging his chin with his hands and looking at the corn.
"Noble..."
"Just call me An."
"An... but you miss your family?"
The old woman could tell at a glance that Liu An seemed to be in a bad mood.
"On weekdays, my eldest mother loves me the most. She hasn't seen me for so many days. I don't know how sad she is..."
Liu An suddenly felt a little sad.
"And grandma, although she is very strict, she will send someone to invite me if she doesn't see me for a day..."
"There are also two aunts, Bo, Shi, Liang..."
The old woman listened carefully and said with a smile: "And your father is here."
"My father is probably very happy now because no one wants to compete with him for meat!"
"He won't miss me."
"How could it be... When your father brought you here, every time he looked at you and spoke to you, his eyes were full of pride. I know that expression. What school did the children of the Zheng family enter?
He is also like this, every time I look at him, he is always smiling... Your father must be thinking of you too!"
........
"Someone is coming!
Drag these people down and put them in Tingwei Prison!
"
Liu Chang roared angrily.
Immediately, there were soldiers dragging these envoys from the Great Xia Kingdom out. Musis loudly begged for mercy, but he did not understand the language and it did not help.
Liu Chang had been entertaining them for several days. From their mouths, Liu Chang learned a lot about body poisoning and even more western things. He also knew the names, strength, general customs, etc. of those countries in the more western countries.
This made Liu Chang very excited. He had long wanted to go over and have a look.
Just when Musis introduced the Western world to Liu Chang and talked about the sages of the West as usual today, the artist's desire finally defeated his reason. He stretched out his hand and squeezed Liu Chang's arm.
Pinch and feel the lines.
Liu Chang was confused at that time. Not only Liu Chang, but also the ministers and envoys were also confused.
The artist probably still felt dissatisfied, so he touched Liu Chang's lines again. Liu Chang was naturally rude and punched the artist. The artist flew out and fell to the ground, unconscious and offended.
Liu Changze was furious and immediately asked the soldiers to drag these people down and lock them up.
The messengers sighed as they were taken all the way to the prison.
Everything was obviously developing so smoothly, and the Hercules showed obvious interest in the West. Why did such a mess happen at this time?
After the artist regained consciousness, he was also sent here.
In the prison, he seemed very happy.
"Did you feel the power? I was almost beaten to death by him!
"
"Those lines... If he can take off his clothes and let me take a good look, I will definitely be able to carve the best work, which will be a world-famous sculpture! In the past, sculptures were all based on the
It was carved based on the imagination of the gods. Now, there is a real god in front of me, and I can carve according to him!"
"Withering? Withering! Still withering?!"
Musis grabbed the artist's neck angrily and asked angrily: "Your actions will kill all of us. You are simply a madman! Why did I let you follow me in the first place?!"
"Can't you see..."
"I...well, he is indeed very powerful. You can fly..."
This artist is the strongest among everyone, otherwise he would not be able to withstand Liu Chang's punch.
But this strong man was so easily knocked out that he flew for a long time before landing.
"I want to draw him pumping his fist! I want to carve it out!
!”
Musis sighed and raised his head in despair. There was no cure for this lunatic. No wonder his father did not allow him to continue studying philosophy and art, saying that he would go crazy if he studied these two things too much. Now it seems that his father said
It's true, forget it, just let nature take its course.
At this moment, Liu Chang looked at the huge map on the ground and walked around the map under the leadership of several ministers.
This map is very huge, covering almost half of the entire hall, and is made of many pieces of cloth.
And this map is probably the most detailed map of the Han Dynasty at present, including the terrain, lakes, military buildings, and cities within the known range of the Han Dynasty. The situation within the Han Dynasty is extremely detailed, from cities, villages, garrisons, terrain, densely packed,
Just looking at it makes my head tingle.
At this moment, several pieces of map that have not yet been stitched are placed nearby.
Feng Jing explained to Liu Chang seriously.
"This is the Kingdom of Daxia, but we can't draw the specific city. We can only draw it according to what they describe... From the three southern kingdoms they mentioned, from here, it is the area controlled by the Piao people.
You can go directly to Dian Kingdom!"
“Are you sure??”
"Yes! The characteristics of the Pius slaves described by Chai Qi are exactly the same as the characteristics of the three southern countries mentioned by Musis. Even the customs and culture are the same. The Pius must have captured poisonous people as slaves from here.
...their faces are as dark as ink, and their language and customs are the same..."
"In other words, we actually have two ways to get to Shendu?"
"However, according to Chai Qi, the road to the south is very difficult to walk. There are ferocious beasts and poisonous insects in the mountains and forests everywhere. It is easy to get lost. Even the water is not drinkable. It contains highly toxic substances and is very scary. If he had not retreated in time,
Everyone we brought will die there... If we send a large army to attack from here, I'm afraid less than half of the people will make it there alive..."
"Although the road here is equally remote and deserted, fortunately there are not so many dangers..."
Liu Chang touched his chin, "Tell me, can we reach it by water?"
"Perhaps... South Vietnam is blocked by sea water. Perhaps merchant ships can get there from here."
"It's just that the sea wind is so strong that the ship cannot move. Our ship can only stay in the water, but cannot go out to sea..."
"Then tell me, those liars who deceived the First Emperor, how did they go to sea?"
Feng Jing was also stunned, "I don't know this... maybe they can avoid it..."
"Really can't go to sea?"
"Can't go to sea."
Liu Chang turned around and looked at Ji Bu, "Bu, what's the difference between this water and the sea? A boat can walk on water, but it can't walk in the sea??"
"Your Majesty wants the shipyard to build a ship that can go to sea?"
The earliest discovered sea-going ship construction in China dates back to the Song Dynasty. Before the Song Dynasty, China had always used river ships. There were no sea-going ships and they did not have the ability to trade at sea. On the excavated Song sea-going ships, a large number of spices from Southeast Asia were found.
Such as agarwood, betel nut, pepper, etc., as well as coins, medicinal materials and the like.
"Make it, you must make it!"
"Let them not be afraid of failure. They will be rewarded many times and must build a ship that can go to sea..."
Ji Bu hurriedly said yes, but Liu Chang reminded: "However, don't let them blindly build it. They must first figure out why the ship cannot go to sea, and then build it according to the idea of how to avoid maritime risks. This is the best!"
During this time, Liu Chang was still very busy.
When the King of Chu passed away, his posthumous title was Yuan.
"To be able to think and debate is called Yuan; to practice righteousness and speak to the people is called Yuan; to found the country's capital is called Yuan; to practice principles and virtues is called Yuan; to be morally pure is called Yuan; to abide by benevolence and value virtue is called Yuan; to do good things and be benevolent is called Yuan..."
This posthumous title was quite good, and it showed the benevolence of the King of Chu. Liu Chang was still a little dissatisfied at first, and wanted to give it a military title, or to declare it, but the officials refused.
Regarding the power of posthumous titles, the ministers' position was too firm.
Not willing to obey at all.
This made Liu Chang a little worried, wouldn't he be able to get the posthumous title of "Wen"?
Liu Chang couldn't tell whether a posthumous title was good or bad, but he could understand the length, the most words of praise in the text, the widest range of praise, and the strongest praise, so it must be this one.
And several literary emperors in history were all famous for being ruthless people. Don't think that Emperor Wen just had outstanding literary talent. Several famous literary emperors in history were quite good at fighting.
Let’s talk about a few famous literary emperors, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Tang Dynasty Li Shimin, Emperor Wen of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Di, Emperor Wen of the Qing Dynasty Huang Taiji... At a glance, they are all ruthless, and let’s talk about some lesser ones, Emperor Wen of the Wei Dynasty Cao Pi
, Emperor Wen of Zhou Dynasty Yu Wentai, Emperor Wen of Chen Chen Qian, Emperor Wen of Jin Dynasty Sima Zhao... Although they are not as famous as the first batch, they are still relatively famous.
As for the powerful Chu State, it was naturally disintegrated with the death of Liu Jiao.
Chu State has three counties: Donghai, Xue, and Pengcheng. Although it sounds small, in terms of wealth and population, it is definitely quite large. It is considered a very powerful country.
Liu Jiao's second son Liu Yingke became King of Chu, his third son Liu Li was named King of Donghai, and his fourth son Liu Fu was named King of Xue.
At the same time, Liu Chang dismantled the Chu State and created several "county kings". Most of the other sons of the concubines were also granted the title of marquis and were distributed throughout the Chu State, successfully turning the Chu State into "half of Pengcheng County".
, Since then, the era of Chu State as a great power and leader in the south has officially ended, and Wu State has become the most powerful vassal state in the entire south.
At this moment, Liu Heng was gearing up and setting his sights on the south of South Vietnam.
There can be a King Ma Han in the north who doesn’t respect the emperor, but can’t there be one in the south?
ps: When I walked into the palace paved with gold, they told me the name of this building, which is called the Palace of Moral People. In the palace, I saw the Eastern Hercules for the first time.
Very tall, taller than the tallest horse, and full of strength, just like all our sculptures were built for him. That strong body does not belong to any mortal, but is the most famous hero.
We will feel ashamed in front of him. His angular and strong face exudes golden light. He holds his weapon and looks into the distance. His eyes are flashing with thunder and lightning. We hurriedly salute and kneel down. -