Chapter 13 There are old friends waiting for a long time
The heavy snow had just stopped and the road had not yet melted. However, in order not to miss the deadline or break their promise, the three Gongsun Zan brothers discussed it and decided that it would be better to set off immediately, at least to get to Fan Yanglu's house in Zhuo County first.
After all, once you get there, no matter how you arrange things to go to Luoyang, it is not your responsibility.
But traveling these days is not a simple matter, let alone traveling all the way from Liaoxi to Luoyang.
Apart from anything else, the roads are not peaceful these days. Do you think there will be no tigers, bears, and wolves? Bandits, thieves, and local rich and powerful people who are interested in making money are inevitable, right? And although the three brothers are all
They are very skilled with bows and horses, and in Gongsun's words, their force value is estimated to be over 70... But they can't let the three brothers go all the way by themselves, right?
Then it is natural that domestic servants, guests, and bodyguards who have experience in traveling and have some courage are indispensable.
But this is not the end of it. For a group of grown men, although there are pavilions where they can stay and stay along the way, who will do the laundry? Who will cook?
Therefore, there must be maids, maids, and cooks.
Moreover, if you really think about it carefully, the epidemic is so severe these days, and suddenly there is a big epidemic sweeping several states. How can you really rest assured that everyone in Tingyi can use the pots, bowls and spoons?
So, in addition to a large amount of belongings, a change of clothes, books, weapons, dry food, and gifts, there were also pots, pans, and spoons!
Of course, if a poor family goes out alone, wearing straw sandals, carrying dry food, and carrying a change of clothes and a warm robe or quilt, they can still walk thousands of miles away. The key is, isn’t our Lady Gongsun like this?
Are you rich? Isn’t this the time when things have come to an end and I feel sorry for this only son again?
Moreover, Gongsun Zan was also a newlywed, and they were very close to each other. In addition, the eunuch's dowry was so generous, so Mrs. Hou was naturally reluctant to part with her and interested in her.
"It's a pity, it's a pity!" Aunt Gongsun originally wanted to complain that she was a useless liberal arts student, but when she thought that her son was going to be a liberal arts student this time, she had no choice but to change her words. "What did I do back then?
Aren’t you an engineering dog? At least you can build a four-wheeled carriage... That would be much more comfortable."
Gongsun Xun lowered his head and said nothing. No matter what I do, this old lady will always blame someone else's engineering student. She even scolded him as an engineering student! Why can't I dig out coal and scold me like this? What's the point of studying?
She was scolded like this when the high-efficiency textile machine failed, she was scolded like this when she burned cement and glass until it was mushy, she was still scolded like this now that the horse-drawn carriage was not suitable for use, as if this is what an engineering dog should know... I really don’t know how much she thinks of this engineering student.
Resentment?
Judging from the results of my own questions, aren't the differences between engineering students, liberal arts students, and science students just like the modern literary school and the ancient literary school among Confucian scholars today? Why do you resent this?
Of course, there is actually a reason why the two have different mentality at this time.
After all, the difference in nature and age and experience between mother and son lies here. At this time, Aunt Gongsun was just a mother, constantly worried about this and that, while Gongsun Xun was a young man who was traveling far away for the first time.
I am looking forward to the future and the distance... Well, the so-called "poetry and distance and dogs"! Before this guy, he went to Youbeiping and Liaodong vassal states on both sides of Liaoxi County. The farthest trip was just to touch a fisherman.
It's just on the edge of Yang County.
And Luoyang is the center of the world!
"Are there too many carriages?" Then, Gongsun Xun became more and more troubled like a college freshman in later generations. "It's so difficult to walk on this road."
"I don't want you to catch the train!"
"Can we have fewer maids?"
"Those who are not used to the basic necessities of life will not feel comfortable."
"They can't all be slave girls from Samhan and Goguryeo, right? Mother seems to have always liked to use slave girls from these places?"
"The maidservants of Sanhan and Goguryeo are loyal and loyal, and based on my experience...the maidservants of Sanhan serve me, and they are not afraid of talking in their sleep at night and carrying the names of dynasties."
"Why does Aunt Jin want to go to Luoyang with me?!"
"I have to put an eyeliner next to you, right?" Aunt Gongsun said matter-of-factly. "When you come back, do you want those little girls who can't say anything good to repay your every move?"
"But Aunt Jin is your mother's right-hand man..." Gongsun Xun reluctantly persuaded.
"Of course." Aunt Gongsun lamented after hearing this. "Back then, including the nine girls from Girls' Generation, I bought forty or fifty Dongyi female slaves from Goguryeo and Samhan, and then trained them myself. From Girls' Generation to
From the Crown Group to the Function Group, there are many of them. Originally, I wanted to stay together and be a happy family, and then take them to the grave to be buried with them. What happened? Some died of illness, some defected, and the worst was...
Counting the two people who went to check the accounts at the store outside Liucheng, who would have thought that they would meet the Xianbei people, and they would see no one alive or dead! That is to say, this girl was a little lucky, and eight of the nine survived. I have always been
They are treated like sisters..."
"Then it's even more important to stay?" Gongsun Xun was too lazy to complain about his own mother's ability to name the group for her subordinates, even though he had complained about it countless times since he was a child.
And one more thing here, the reason why eight of these girls survived is entirely because they are close confidants in the general accountant's room and follow their mistress all year round. Of course, they will have a super high survival rate; and the so-called people who are alive but not dead are not seen.
They were originally responsible for secret inspections and audits, and of course they would encounter various dangers; as for those who defected, they were the various groups stationed in other places. I think the Amway was still in its infancy back then, although there were Gongsun's
The names are covered, but in the end, the prestige is not strong. These Sanhan maids only learned to settle accounts but did not understand the word loyalty. They could not avoid being easily seduced by strong men. Fortunately, their own mothers were shady and returned to the clan directly.
Called dozens of rangers from there, rode over with open fire, and even chopped up those bastards on the bed... In short, all kinds of incidents have their reasons, where does this nonsense about luck come from?
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"No!" Aunt Gongsun didn't care about the family around her. There were almost hundreds of guests, and she burst into tears. "Let me tell you, I also know that I am a bit nonsense. But my son, it will take at least two years for you to leave."
Then three years. But these days, even a letter may not be delivered on time, so how can I rest assured? Just let my mother be willful!"
When it came to this matter, what else could Gongsun Xun do? He could only give in half, half moved and half helpless and closed his mouth.
In this way, Gongsun Xun had more than a dozen cars, dozens of livestock, and seventeen or eight highly skilled horsemen, each with three riders, which was already very scary. Although Gongsun Yue's family was poor, he couldn't stand up to Gongsun's wife.
I was prepared, and I only arranged various things and manpower by half. When Gongsun Zan arrived, there were also seven or eight vehicles, and a dozen or so people riding two horses came together... Well, it was clearly a small car with an army guard.
Immigration team!
It’s not that there are elders who can’t stand it. There was indeed an older senior in the clan who wanted to come up and say a few words, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Aunt Gongsun shot him back:
"What is this?! The year before last, the Mi family from Xuzhou went to Luoyang to seek an official position. They brought hundreds of cars and more than 2,000 servants on the road! The best of the next generation of our Gongsun family is the three of them. They went to Luoyang to study, and they only brought hundreds of them with them.
Come here, you have already lost the prestige of the Gongsun family, which lasted two thousand stones for generations, okay?! If your son is promising, he can also go to Luoyang to find a great Confucian scholar, and I will give it to you at this level! Do you have it? Do you have it?!"
The elder was so frightened and ashamed that he ran home. But now, no one dared to say anything.
However, the result of no one talking was that the cleaning up became more and more efficient. By noon, even the local officials, brothers in the clan, and friends in the city who saw the three people off also said goodbye one by one. Our Aunt Gongsun was devastated.
, I wanted to say something more, but finally made up my mind and let my only son go to the messy political center of the Han Dynasty... while she was supported by a group of confidant maids back to touch up her makeup and clean her quilt.
The baby's black-framed glasses are filled with tears.
On the other side, the three brothers also let out a sigh of relief. They bowed in the direction where Mrs. Gongsun left, and led a procession like a long dragon straight out of Lingzhi City.
In the evening, as the sky grew dark, the convoy began to carefully pass on a pontoon in front of an extremely steep river channel.
Taking advantage of this moment, a well-dressed elderly family member jumped out of the car and walked through the crunching snow to the three young gentlemen who stopped by the river and gave a brief introduction to the nearby geography - this
It was an old shopkeeper of the Amway who often traveled between Yecheng and Lingzhi. Aunt Gongsun specially arranged to come here and prepare to send it all the way to the edge of the Yellow River and back.
"You three young masters, don't worry." The old shopkeeper pointed to the river with a strong flow in front of him and introduced. "This Feng Dashui (later Dou River, Tang River, Tangshan City) was washed out by it. At this time, it was still a swamp on the seaside.
The land is the boundary between Youbeiping County and our Liaoxi County. Everyone is used to it. Although the water is very strong, the river is narrow and the pontoon bridge is often repaired, so there will definitely be no problem."
"There may be no problem with the floating bridge." Gongsun Zan, who was riding a white horse, frowned slightly, and then secretly held the double-headed tree he placed behind the horse. "But are there no other problems here?"
"Eldest Young Master...what does it mean?" The old shopkeeper folded his sleeves, completely confused by what he meant.
"Brother, what you mean is, are there many bandits around here?" Gongsun Xun also held down his black eagle bow. Not only that, some of the surrounding horsemen and guests also began to sensitively and nervously look toward the north side of the river on the other side.
I looked through a dense forest.
Just when the convoy started to cross the river, a large group of sparrows suddenly flew up in the black and white dense forest over there, as if there was a sudden movement in the forest.
"How is that possible?" Although the old shopkeeper didn't see the sparrow, he understood what everyone meant, but he still shook his head. "There have never been bandits here! You three young masters, don't you know? Cross the river and turn around.
That forest, less than five miles upstream, is the Tuyin City of Youbeiping County, where we will rest tonight! And thirty miles behind is our Lingzhi City, with the sea to the south and the impregnable water to the north.
Luronce. If there are bandits, they can be found anywhere in the world. I have seen a lot of them. But here, I have been doing business with my mistress for almost 20 years. I have never seen them here.
Bandits...that forest is where they collect firewood and burn charcoal in the Tuyin City."
The three brothers and the guests who were reining in their horses and holding their swords all breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. Then Gongsun Yue said hello, took seven or eight guests, crossed the car and crossed the Feng Dashui first, and went directly to the horse court.
Went to that dense forest.
After less than half a stick of incense, Gongsun Yue came back with his men, and he had two more cavalry.
Gongsun Xun had very good eyesight, and he recognized at a glance that the leader of the two riders was an old friend with a thin beard and hawk-like eyes. This made him a little uneasy and a little expectant... So, without waiting for the group over there to come over, Gongsun Xun also passed directly.
The car immediately drove onto the pontoon bridge and headed towards the other party.
"Young Master!" When the man saw Gongsun Xun coming to greet him in person, the man immediately got off his horse and knelt down in the snow with his sword in hand. "Han Dang has been waiting here for a long time. I am not talented, and I only have one sword at my disposal.
I'm barely a pawn. Now that the army can't use me, I'm thinking about it, why not just follow a wise master. I wonder if Young Master is willing to take him in?"
Gongsun Xun was overjoyed.
"(Han) was a young man who joined the army in Lulongsai, but failed many times. Hearing that Taizu was studying in Luoyang, he went to Daozuo first and followed him on the way." - "Jiu Yanshu". Volume 69. Biography.
