It is best to walk along the border of a small country, especially if a team like Li Jie's team has sufficient armed forces. If they really risk their lives, it is not incredible for fifty fully armed "crocodile men" to subvert the political power of a small country.
However, after crossing the border between Peng and Xu, the waterway becomes more difficult to walk. Due to the cold weather, some places have begun to freeze.
The ice layer is not thick, but the ice-breaking efficiency is not high. When the pole moves forward, the ice shell is squeezed and broken by the weight of the hull, and the forward speed obviously slows down a lot.
"Gentleman, I have seen the boundary monument of 'Bi Yang'. This place has left Xu State."
"Fu Yang?"
The State of Dai was sandwiched between the State of Zheng and the State of Song, and the State of Biyang was sandwiched between the State of Song and the State of Xu.
Looking at the boundary monument, Li Xiang couldn't calm down for a long time. He knew that he had no education, and even if he had doubts, he was too embarrassed to ask.
"Fu Yang, just Fu Yang."
Mayor Li thought to himself, this is probably a word with multiple sounds.
"When it comes to 'forcing Yang', a gentleman will abandon his boat and walk on foot?"
"The river is frozen and is not suitable for continued boating. This area of water is continuous and should not be completely frozen. If you make money in advance, it would be better to return to Yinxiang as soon as possible."
Along the way, he and Sha Dong were drawing maps. Although it was relatively rough, this mature commercial route could be considered a record and would be useful one day in the future.
These days, guides are too expensive, so it’s better to train them yourself.
In other words, Shang Xiaomei is his little wife, so she can use it for free. If she rents one, she doesn't know how much money she will have to pay.
"That being the case, why don't I learn a piece from the nvqiang and sing it to the gentlemen?"
"OK."
There is no entertainment on the ship, and it is not interesting to stay in several guesthouses and guesthouses in a row. Small and weak countries are remote areas, and most of the guesthouses and guesthouses along the way are jointly operated by wealthy businessmen from big countries.
The signboard is very tough and most people really don’t dare to mess with it.
For example, the Qilu and Qilu countries have a large number of Qilu and Lu inland brigade and guesthouses on both sides of the waterway going south. If any unsighted bumpkin tries to cause trouble, the Qilu and Lu countries will really join forces to do something big.
Armed defense of merchant travel was the main theme of this era. The first person to initiate this behavior was Qin, not Qi and Lu. Then it was Jin and Chu who expanded this behavior, and then Qi, Lu, and Wu Yue joined in...
Qin's caravans could travel west to Yaochi, and a large amount of materials were traded from the west all year round, and then sold to Luoyi and even Linzi.
The reason why the "guest soldiers" developed in the Zheng and Song dynasties was probably related to the current development of international trade.
With developed trade comes frequent exchanges, which also leads to the need for armed guards, eventually forming a mercenary organization in the form of a guild. It is impossible for such an organization to grow big without capital, and there must be the support of a big country behind it.
After long-term development, large and small organizations have formed a relative balance.
In the end, all I want is money.
Chief Li was sitting in the cabin, watching Shang Xiaomei clearing her throat, thinking to himself, if the international order collapses, countries with developed "guest armies" like Zheng and Song will either suddenly break out or suddenly
disabled.
There is no other possibility.
"What evening is this evening... The boat is in the middle of the river. What day is it today... All gentlemen are in the same boat."
The boat songs of the Yue country are extremely developed. Basically any Yue people who live on the water, regardless of men, women, old or young, can sing cheerful or sad country songs.
Moreover, because of Wu's hegemony, the customs and culture of the Vietnamese people who were professing vassals were absorbed into Wu, and then through Wu's influence, they were transmitted to the entire Wu's sphere of influence.
Therefore, there is a reason why even a young master from a small country like Mr. Ba, who lives in the Six Kingdoms, can still understand some of the "elegant words" of the Yue Kingdom.
"Being humiliated and being treated well...don't feel ashamed."
"I am constantly upset...I know you, gentleman."
Listening to it, Mayor Li thought the song was pretty good at first, but then when he thought about the lyrics, he realized that little sister Shang was confessing her love.
"The mountains have trees...the trees have branches; my heart is full of joy...you don't know..."
It was indeed a confession.
However, Mayor Li was thinking that Shang Xiaomei probably didn't want to say "I don't know", but she wanted to say "I won't do it", "I won't do it", "I won't fuck you"... She wanted to be fucked so much that she went crazy.
Li Xiangchang was a little speechless for a while. What kind of emotion was he feeling in this winter?
His big watery eyes flickered at Li Jie, full of love, but it was a pity that it was too cold and he was on a boat again.
"You are so naughty."
Li Jie looked at the shy little girl Shang with a smile, then pinched her cheek, "But I like it, so change into men's clothes before going ashore."
"yes!"
She responded simply and hurriedly changed her clothes with a smile. Shang Xiaomei felt that she was one step closer to success. She had a good idea. She would be pregnant in winter and give birth in autumn. If she gave birth to a son during the autumn harvest, he would be called Li Qiu.
It would be nice if I didn't call her Li Shi.
She must not give birth to a daughter. Shang Xiaomei has long heard Mei Dan say that if she gives birth to a daughter, she will be called Li Tiezhu!
A name like "Lu Shu" is too scary!
Shang Xiaomei was changing into men's clothes in the cabin when she heard a commotion outside the cabin, the rustling of armor leaves, and the sound of the bow string tightening, which made Li Jie directly hold the handle of the knife.
Just as I was about to leave the cabin to take a look, I heard a strange Gusu accent coming from outside: "I wonder which gentleman from the Wu Kingdom he is? How can he be accompanied by such a singer?"
As soon as Li Jie heard this, he knew that the person outside had learned the Gusu dialect.
However, since you can learn three different languages, you must either have traveled around the world for many years, or you have an extraordinary background and have enough resources to learn multiple "foreign languages".
The cost of communication these days is relatively high. If you don't know the language, you often have to communicate through "written conversations" and guessing words.
Most of the talents who can fully master the languages of major countries are big nobles and big businessmen. But the essence is still the big country itself, because no matter whether it is big nobles or big businessmen, only a big country can afford to support them.
Nowadays, there is no organization that can be formally "detached and independent" in the international arena. They are all dogs of the big powers.
Different from the time when Mayor Li was the foreman, the world still talked about "political correctness", the big countries such as Qin, Jin, Qilu, Wu, Yue, Zheng, and Song Dynasties were all irritable. No matter whether they were barbarians or Rongdi, they wanted to gain "people" by talking.
” status, he was directly killed.
So these days when I go out and meet a guy who can master multiple "foreign languages", he's the worst, and he's at the level of a young master from the Six Kingdoms.
can not be lower.
Mayor Li thought for a moment, thinking that the other party probably had no ill intentions. He walked to the deck and took a closer look. There didn't seem to be many people on the shore, but there were a few carriages and horses, as well as some guards.
Seeing this, Chief Li felt itchy. How about killing these people?
But just saying hello to others is a bit uncomfortable.
So Mayor Li suppressed all his malice and shouted loudly from the bow of the boat: "The strong man Wu is here!"
The sound was loud and clear, and people on the shore could hear it clearly.
But the opposite side suddenly became quiet for a while, and a voice asked again: "But the 'Lord of the Hundred Sands' Yinxiang Township Commander Li Jie?"
"Um?!"
I am so famous? This reputation has spread to Biyang Kingdom?
"Exactly!"
Li Jie responded proudly, and was about to continue chatting and deepening his feelings when he heard a "bang", and then a "ssssssssss" sound pierced the air. Although there weren't many arrows, he was really going to shoot him.
ah.
"Damn it! I gave up the idea of not fucking you, but you fucking come here to mess with me instead?!"