At the end of the first month of the lunar month, the Waiguo Market in Jiangyin became extremely lively, because this was the last "community festival" in the first month of the lunar month. After this day, it was February. According to the tradition of "Baisha", there were few important things to do.
Come to celebrate and worship the gods.
Even the traditions of the Wu Kingdom are not that complicated. Except for a major occasion in the king's family, most of the old families of the Wu Kingdom have a meal together on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and then... it's gone.
Light the social fire, ask people to perform the dance, share some pork, beef and mutton, that's all.
"Nuo opera" originally performed how ancestors killed beasts, monsters and enemies.
In the past two years, the "Nuo opera" has become more and more different. In the Wangji area of Suzhou, the main performance is how King Wu Wei eats other little monsters.
After the establishment of Gangyin-eup, the main event of "Baisha" dance was to show shirtless strong men carrying axes and wearing masks of ghosts and gods, showing off their teeth and claws.
Wang Ji flattered him, and Jiang Yin also flattered him.
In short, it is really not easy for literary and art workers these days.
Quite hard.
"Gentleman, we have a visitor from Yanling."
"not see."
Waving his hand, Shang Wuji, who was resting at home, slowly sipped tea and read a book. He had accumulated a lot of paper last year, and the textbooks were compiled by his boss Li Jie himself, mainly for arithmetic and Chinese courses.
These two courses are required courses for alligators.
In Shang Wuji's opinion, arithmetic is easy to say. After all, marching and fighting involve dealing with numbers. But he still hasn't figured out what this Chinese language is all about.
But later, Shang Wuji came to understand to some extent that the official documents and notices in Jiangyin City were now written in extremely rough and white language.
However, the vocabulary is extremely rich, and if you are separated from the entire Gangyin-eup system for too long, you need to adapt again, and then you can understand the meaning of each word from the communication.
At the same time, the classification of official documents and notices also has a format. A notice is a notice, a notice is a notice, and an announcement is an announcement. The people who write these words are not of high origin. For example, when Shang Wuji writes documents and announcements, they often use "minor words and big ideas".
The bottom floor of "Baisha" is extremely unfriendly.
The reason is that due to the "fascination" of the lower class, communication is getting closer and closer to Yinxiang, Yinxiang is closer to Baisha, and Baisha is completely influenced by Li Jie.
This makes the "language" at the bottom completely Li Jie's style. People from Suzhou and Wangji came to "Baisha". Before Li Jie illegally crossed over, there were barriers to communication. Since Li Jie unified "Baisha", this kind of
Communication barriers are further exacerbated.
It's just that the communication barriers in the past were complex and diverse, because the accents in each place in "Baisha" were different, which required Gusu Wangji's communication methods to be more extensive and casual.
But it is different now. "Baisha" has a unified character, and at the same time, these characters can be connected with the large seal script used by Wang Ji's senior officials.
Talking in writing becomes possible.
If the two parties cannot communicate in writing, in the past, several or even dozens of people were needed to "translate", but now it is very different. It only requires one person who often travels between the two places and is literate.
Shang Wuji discovered that in terms of integration, Gusu Wangji is not necessarily as good as "Baisha". Diversity has not been eliminated in the Gusu Wangji area, but in the system of Jiangyin City, there is nothing
Diversity, only convergence, only uniqueness.
As the scope of direct and indirect influences grew larger and larger, Shang Wuji never stopped learning, but the time was too fragmented and there was not enough time for Shang Wuji to settle.
It is now, with the arrival of Zheng Shuang, the king of Zheng, and Cai Dong, the king of Cai, that the external pressure on Jiangyin during its rapid development period seems to have been released.
This also allowed Shang Wuji to find a rare moment to take a break from his busy schedule. Although the entire Jiangyin city is now being relocated, and many core departments have already held meetings and moved to Huaizhong City, there is no need for him, the administrative director of Jiangyinzi, to do this kind of thing.
The "right-hand man" to do it personally.
"My dear, why don't you see the visitors from Yanling?"
Seeing Shang Wuji lying down and reading a book, Shang Wuji's wife put down a plate of nuts and persuaded her, "My dear man, there will be many useful places in the future, only rely on the Shang family of Yinxiang..."
"The Yunyan clan must perish."
As I flipped through the pages, the paper felt really good. What made Shang Wuji even more satisfied was that the thickness and flexibility of the last batch of paper produced last fall could be improved by using "printing" technology to improve the production of teaching materials.
It's a pity that the format is simple, and the main print at present is still "Chinese Language".
"Must die?!"
When Shang Wuji's wife heard her husband's indifferent words, she was shocked and opened her mouth, not knowing whether she should continue to persuade her.
In her view, Jiangyin City is getting bigger and bigger now. If the Yinxiang Shang family wants to grow, it is not enough to rely on itself alone. Obviously, it also needs the support of relatives.
Now in Wu State, the Shang clan in Yinxiang is stronger than the Yunyan clan in Yanling. It has become a foregone conclusion that the small branch will take over the big clan. Shang Wuji should be decisively defeated at the right time.
But now, she stopped persuading. After thinking about it again and again, she said to Shang Wuji: "Since my husband has made a decision, I will no longer persuasion."
Shang Wuji smiled, sat up, put down the book in his hand, and then explained to his wife: "If the old patriarch can make each branch of the Yunyan clan submit, it will be fine. It's a pity that the old master can't make each family surrender.
Surrendering and being restrained internally and externally will lead to disaster."
The reason is very simple. How could those who were originally prominent figures in the Yunyan clan really be inferior to Shang Wuji?
Even if they compromise for a while, when Shang Wuji wants to mobilize the resources of the Yunyan clan, will these seniors listen or not?
It is foreseeable that all kinds of positive and negative consequences will inevitably emerge in endlessly.
There was no need for Shang Wuji to waste time on the Yunyan clan.
Unlike other places in Jiangyin City, the boss Li Jie would not give Shang Wuji any time to negotiate and compromise in a gentle manner. Li Jie, who has the absolute power to conquer all odds, would not have the patience to play house with others, even his uncle.
Brother Shang Wuji’s former clansman.
"Furthermore, now Yanling Yunyan clan is afraid that they will not give up and come to Jiangyin City to ask for a visit because they heard about the events in Huaizhong City. They are really...ignorant."
Shang Wuji shook his head and sighed, not sure whether he felt pity or pity for his former clansmen.
"The disputes in Gusu and Yanling are also inevitable."
His wife also shook her head. It was easy to implicate Yanling for the troublesome internal strife in Wu, but it was very difficult to implicate Jiangyin.
In fact, Jiangyin City has no way to intervene among the old families of Wu State in terms of in-law relationships.
The Yu family, the Yao family and other old families fought with each other, formed gangs and called for friends, and all the big and small families in the counties, towns and cities were dispatched. No matter how you calculate, Jiangyin City, which is dominated by "Baisha" savages, can't be counted.
The few "scholars" in Jiangyin were locals, and the main force were migrant workers represented by Ba, the son of the Six Kingdoms.
As for people like Ying Jian of Shu Long Kingdom and Tong Ren of Tong Kingdom, their status as "slaves" in the aristocratic circle has not yet been washed away in Gusu. Even if they already have official positions, they are theoretically considered members of the Wu State system.
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The "lowly" status made Jiangyin City aloof from the outside world. There was no need to worry about the violent conflicts caused by the civil war between Wu and Jiangyin City, which would be concentrated around Jiangyin City.
The reputation of the crocodile man and brave man also protected Jiangyin from being disturbed by violence from the bottom.
Under the influence of various factors, the Yunyan clan of Yanling discovered that if they wanted to preserve the Yunyan clan, the previous methods would not work. Now it is not a situation where others will give face to them if they hug you.
Families without the "edict of the late king" can only have their lives divided up. What's more, the proliferation of "common and regular Jishi" has not spread to families like the Yunyan family.
In other words, a family like the Yanling Yunyan family, neither good nor bad, neither embarrassed nor embarrassed, is the fate of the lamb on the chopping block.
When he was about to die, he thought of his former clansman Shang Wuji who had sold himself to others. Unfortunately, he was still holding on to his figure and wanted to preserve his strength, wealth, and dignity, hoping to show off his feelings and let Shang Wuji show off his dignity.
It's a pity that the people of the Yanling Yunyan clan didn't understand the situation. At this moment, Shang Wuji's thinking was never about simply strengthening himself in the Jiangyin city system.
If Shang Xiaomei was not pregnant, then her uncle Shang Wuji would indeed think so and work so hard.
But now, it's no longer necessary.
The birth of Li Qiu and Li Shi stabilized the status of the Shang family in Yinxiang.
The next thing to do is to focus on Li Qiu and Li Shi to consolidate the position of the Yinxiang Shang family in the Jiangyin city system, rather than continue to be greedy for more and grow stronger.
"I know you still have relatives and friends in your hometown. If you can't bear it, I'll persuade you to give up Yunyan clan."
Shang Wuji looked at his wife sincerely, held her hand, patted it gently, and said.