Chapter 155 In the ear and nose and the monthly ticket)
After hearing Humphrey's questioning and quarreling, the pottery merchant was not angry. Instead, he smiled and waved his hand, and softly persuaded: "Your Highness, calm down. Whether I have the right to arrest you or not, this matter is not decided by you. It's up to you."
After being exiled to the territory of our Han Dynasty, can you honestly lead your people and find a place to live a stable life? Do you have to collude with the Baibo Army to raise troops and plunder everywhere? Just plunder. After all, you Huns are born thieves.
No, but you actually dared to kill the local officials appointed by our court. Not to mention, you even kidnapped Zhang Yang and invited Mr. Yuan to rebel against the court? Your Highness, Tao is not sure, who gave you such an amazing power?
Guts? Is he the Great Moon God of your Huns?"
Humphrey's expression changed, and he opened his mouth to say something to quibble, but in the end he had no choice but to shut up, and all his words turned into a long sigh.
At this point, there is no use in arguing with strong arguments. In the end, it is not a dead end.
The pottery merchant looked at Yu Fuluo's face, which turned red and white, and his son Liu Bao, who was trembling beside him, with a mocking smile on his lips.
"Your Highness, you are now in my hands. I will give you two choices... The first is to let me hand you and your son over to Qu Yi and let them bring you back to Yuan Jizhou.
Declare the world to be cut into pieces by a thousand swords, so that your family, Lao Yu, will be completely extinct among the southern Xiongnu."
After Liu Bao heard this, his knees softened and he almost fell to the ground.
On the other hand, Yuvluo has experienced many storms and heard the hidden meaning in the pottery merchant's words...Does he still have a second way to choose?
He looked at the pottery merchant blankly, hesitated for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and said, "What about the second way?"
"The second way." The pottery merchant stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers and said, "Easy! It's just that you and your son change their names, pretend to be my slaves, follow me back to Xuzhou, and be used by me from now on.
…This is the second way.”
"What!?"
Hearing this, Yu Fuluo had a look of disbelief on his face and said angrily: "I, the son of the Xiongnu Chan Yuqiang Qu, will give you a slave from a Han official family?!"
"Forget it if you don't want to."
The potter spread his hands and said: "Then I will send you to Jizhou and let Mr. Yuan execute you and your son... By the way, I wonder if His Highness the Prince knows that we Han people used to have a set of punishments called
Although the five punishments have been abandoned for a long time, as you are such a serious offender, Prince Yuan, it is very likely that Yuan Gong will use you to test it again. He will first tattoo the words on your face, then cut off your nose and chop off ten of them.
toes, then beat the person to death with a cane, cut off the head and then smashed the bones..."
"Ada! No way!" Liu Bao suddenly knelt down on the ground and hugged Humphrey's thigh, his words full of pleading.
Humphrey's face also turned pale, and he stared intently at the potter's smiling face.
Humphrey knew in his heart that if he wanted to survive now, he could only choose the second path given to him by the pottery merchant.
In a nation without ethics and beliefs, life will inevitably occupy the primary position.
"I, if we become your domestic slaves, can we really survive?" Humphrey asked the pottery tentatively.
The potter shook his head and said: "I can't guarantee this. It mainly depends on your own luck. First of all, you are pretending to be a domestic slave. If you want to pretend, you have to act like it so that others can't see the flaw, so that I can keep you."
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Yuvluo was silent for a moment and said: "We, father and son, can put on Han clothes, comb Han people's headdress, lead your horses, and be your slaves, as long as you save our father and son's lives."
The pottery merchant smiled and nodded, and then said: "There are also names. Your real names cannot be used anymore. Change them to Chinese names... House slaves have low status. If you want to give a name, you should give it a compound name. It will be looked down upon.
There is a flaw.”
Yuvluo's face turned red from suppressing it. He couldn't figure out how to name this for a long time. He sighed, lowered his head and said: "I don't know how to name Han people... It's all up to you! You name it for us.
Bar."
The pottery merchant touched his smooth chin, thought for a long time, and then said slowly: "Luan Ti Yu Fuluo... that's all, don't pick randomly, you just think Yu is the surname. As for the name, it is the humble name of us big men."
Give your children names based on their external characteristics, so that they are easy to pronounce and easy to feed...Looking at your face, you have big eyes, a big nose, and big ears...If the upper part of the child's face is covered with the ears and the lower part of the nose is covered with the nose, you can call it 'Yu Erbi'.
"
After saying that, he looked down at Liu Bao who was kneeling on the ground, thought for a while and said: "Since His Royal Highness Wang Sun's surname is the national surname given by Emperor Xiaoling, it is not convenient for Tao to change it. Your surname is still Liu...
...Just forget about the 'leopard' in your name and replace it with the character 'tiger'. There's nothing wrong with using a small animal for a humble name. I'll add the character 'bi' for you, which is more in line with your status as a domestic slave.
If tigers are tabooed at the top and buns are tabooed at the bottom, the king and grandson will change his name to 'Liu Hupin', how about that?"
When Liu Bao heard this, he kept nodding his head and said, "Well done, well done."
"Yu Erbi! Liu Hubi! Haha... Prince Yu, are you satisfied with these two names?" The pottery merchant looked at Yu Fuluo with a smile.
Yu Fuluo looked at the pottery merchant quietly. Although he heard that when the pottery merchant said these two names, he followed the rules of giving names of humble origins in the Han Dynasty, but looking at his smiling face that kept laughing, Yu Fuluo
I don't know why but there is an indescribable awkwardness in my heart.
Why do I always feel like something is wrong?
The names given by the pottery merchant to Yuvluo and Liu Bao are still in line with the current rules.
At that time, the living conditions of ordinary people in society were relatively difficult. Either because their families were poor, or because of poor medical conditions in society, many children died early at birth, with a 60 to 70 chance of survival. Therefore, many Han people gave their children some
A humble name means that the child is easy to feed, strong and able to live to adulthood.
"Ugly names" and "stinky names" were widely used in the Han Dynasty. Even some high-level dignitaries followed this rule when naming their children.
For example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che's father, Emperor Jing Liu Qi, also gave Liu Che the nickname "Liu Zhi", which refers to a pig. This was in line with the feudal thinking of the time when nicknames made life easy, and some people in the Han Dynasty believed that pigs were "smart".
Meaning. Therefore, without the constraints of the feudal system, modern people can also affectionately call Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "Liu Zhu".
The romantic and suave poet Sima Xiangru, whose parents gave him a "dirty name" when he was a child, called him "Guzi". Without the constraints of the feudal system, everyone can affectionately call him "Sima Gouzi".
The empress of the Han Dynasty, Lü Pheasant, had a profound power. The "pheasant" in her name is popularly known as "pheasant". Without the constraints of the feudal system, we can affectionately call her the "pheasant queen".
Of course, there are also some names that were not nicknames at the time, but with the development and reform of Chinese characters over the millennium, they have become slightly ambiguous names in the eyes of modern people. For example, the name of Princess Guantao, the aunt and mother-in-law of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, is
Liu whoring.
Being called "princess whoring" by others every day is such a sour feeling.
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He ordered people to quickly take out the prepared clothes for Yu Erbi and Liu Hu to put on. After hurriedly changing them, the two of them turned into ordinary Xuzhou Army soldiers. They mingled among the troops and looked around, but they couldn't see them.
What's the oversight?
After inspecting the two subdued slaves, Tao Shang felt that there were no flaws, and then nodded with satisfaction, turned to Xu Rong and said: "Don't mention this to Han Hao, send someone to watch them carefully, let's go.
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Xu Rong responded and was about to command his troops to turn back when he saw Yu Husband... no, he should be called Yu Erbi now.
Yu Erbi quickly ran to the pottery merchant's horse, but two Xuzhou Army soldiers immediately stopped him.
But Yu Erbi didn't care. He just stretched his head and shouted at the pottery merchant: "The son of an official of the Han Dynasty!"
"Call me Young Master." The pottery merchant corrected him slowly.
"Sir, what should I do with my remaining men?"
The potter slowly turned his head and looked at Yu Ernun: "The choice is yours, what do you want to do? Do you want me to take them all to see Qu Yi, or do you let them find their own way now?"
Hearing the words, Yu Erbi could not help but fall silent.
It only took a cup of tea for Yu Ern nose to make up his mind.
"For the sake of my father and my son's lives, I ask you, Master... not to leave anyone alive!"
The sharp cold light in the pottery merchant's eyes flashed away as he looked at Yu Erbi.
He is really non-toxic and has no husband. For the sake of his own life, he will not take the lives of his subordinates... Hahaha.
"It doesn't matter, they are all your own subordinates. You just have to make your own decision." The pottery merchant turned his head and winked at Xu Rong. Xu Rong understood, nodded and went to make arrangements.
Those Xiongnu soldiers who burned, killed and looted in the Han territory were not good cakes and they were no longer cherished by the ears and noses. There was no need for the pottery merchants to worry about them.
After dealing with this, Tao Shang and Xu Rong led 502 Xuzhou soldiers and returned to the battlefield in Fenshui.
On the way, Xu Rong quietly asked the pottery merchant: "Young Master spent so much effort and made trouble for a long time just to capture Humphrey..."
The pottery merchant gave Xu Rong a dissatisfied look.
Xu Rong immediately changed his tone: "I just want to capture Yu Erbi and his son... But I don't understand, what do you want these two people to do?"
The pottery merchant said slowly: "Half of it is for the future of the world, and half of it is for the future of Xuzhou."
Obviously, Xu Rong did not quite understand the meaning of the pottery merchant's words.
The potter patiently explained to Xu Rong: "Although the Southern Xiongnu royal court formally surrendered to the Han Dynasty, now that the world is in chaos and the princes are about to come, they are likely to take advantage of the chaos and disobey the control of the Han court.
Although he is just an exiled prince, he still has the nominal right to inherit the Shanyu. I will first detain him in Xuzhou. If the Southern Xiongnu royal court rebels in the future, at least I can create an opportunity for the imperial court to divide the Xiongnu."
When Xu Rong heard this, he suddenly realized... Unexpectedly, Mr. Tao, at this time, actually wanted to seek foreigners for the world!
Thinking of this, Xu Rong couldn't help but feel some admiration from the bottom of his heart.
"Then what do you say about Xuzhou?"
The pottery merchant said slowly: "Xuzhou is located in the southeast, close to the Huaijiang River, and is not in short supply of anything else. However, all the horses used in the army are southern horses. Compared with the cavalry in the north and northwest, the gap is really big. Here we have
Although there are horseshoes that can reduce the loss of horses, the elite cavalry still has to rely on northern horses... This little Hun prince has been running to Han for so many years, but he has never been short of horses. If my guess is correct
, he must have some channels to purchase horses on the Mobei grassland... I don’t think these channels should be wasted."