The day of Yihai in the Wuchen month of the Jiazi year.
In fact, Chen Mu didn't know what day today was.
However, he knew that the Cold Food Festival was celebrated a week ago, and the Qingming Festival was five days ago. The two festivals were connected together.
If you calculate it this way, it should be close to mid-April, which is when Grain Rain comes.
After Grain Rain, it is the Beginning of Summer, officially entering the hot summer.
Chen Mu entered Guangnian County on the morning of the third day. Like most northern counties in the Han Dynasty, Guangnian County was not big. The city was two feet high. There was a tower above the city gate, with cornices and brackets, making it solemn and simple.
The city gate below is only about one foot wide and can only accommodate four or five people at a time. When he attacked Guangnian City before, Lu Zhi did not even consider attacking the city gate.
Entering the city, there is a diagonal street.
Guangnian County was built right next to Mingshui River, so a canal was dug from Mingshui River and flowed in diagonally from the diagonal.
From the plan view, it looks a bit like a square with a diagonal drawn diagonally, dividing the complete square into two triangles.
In this way, houses naturally have to be built along the river bank, resulting in the unique scenery of Guangnian County, which is wide from the south to the north, with streets adjacent to the river and roads sloping to the northeast and southwest.
After entering from the south gate, walk along the street and head to the upper right.
This road is obviously Guangnian's commercial street. There are bungalows or two-story buildings on both sides, and there are many shops, restaurants, restaurants, cloth shops, inns, and even a Zhangtai restaurant.
Many people don’t know that Zhangtai Pavilion was actually an entertainment venue in the Han Dynasty. It comes from the "Book of Han·Zhang Chang Biography" and there is the idiom "Zou Ma Zhangtai". Because there were many brothels on Zhangtai Street in Chang'an during the Western Han Dynasty, this type of place
It gradually became known as Zhangtai Pavilion.
However, the form of Zhangtai Pavilion is still different from that of a brothel. If you insist on saying so, this place is a bit similar to the Jiaofang in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Although the people inside are called prostitutes, they are all prostitutes rather than prostitutes.
In the Han Dynasty, the place where people sold their bodies but did not perform arts was called Nvlu. It was invented by Guan Zhong in the Spring and Autumn Period, but it was not completely popular in the Han Dynasty.
When Cao Cao entered Wancheng, he once asked if there were prostitutes in the city. Many people knew that he liked other people's wives, so they thought that he was particularly lustful.
This was an injustice to Cao Cao.
Because the prostitutes in the Han Dynasty were singing and dancing performers, not the kind of women that everyone thought, and the two are not the same concept.
To use a more understandable term, it is geisha.
So at that time, Cao Cao did not want to find flowers, but simply wanted to watch the song and dance performance. As a result, he was hacked for no reason. It was really more unfair than Dou E.
Chen Mu rode his horse slowly along the streets, curiously looking left and right at this angled city that was unique to Jizhou.
He has seen the roughness of Youzhou County and the vastness of the north. It is like the bold and unrestrained people who went eastward to build a circle of irregular city walls on the plains. The buildings in the city are arranged in a disorderly manner, and the houses are separated from each other.
It's far away, the roads are wide, people come and go freely, and horses can even run on the streets.
This is actually the norm in the northern frontier cities of the Han Dynasty. Because Youzhou is vast and sparsely populated, the city can be built quite large. Moreover, the main means of transportation in Youzhou are horses and carriages, so the streets of the city must also be wide so that they can accommodate
Horses galloping.
Jizhou is the Central Plains area, which is also the Hebei area in later generations. It has been one of the birthplaces of mankind since the ancient Yanhuang era. It has a large population and the city construction is also very regular. It is mainly gentle, rigorous, sturdy and simple, which is different from the Jiangdong area.
The more delicate and subtle, quiet and elegant garden structure forms two different styles, one in the south and one in the north.
There is even a Zhangtai Pavilion in Guangniang City, which just shows that the business here is prosperous and the economy is quite good.
It can also be seen from the map that it is connected to Julu, Guangping in the north, and Yecheng, Handan, in the south. The water and land transportation is very developed, and it can be used as a cargo transportation distribution center. It is normal that the economic situation is relatively good.
Chen Mu even saw many brothels and mansions.
In the Han Dynasty, the word brothel meant the courtyard of a wealthy family. For example, in Cao Zhi's "Beauty Chapter", it was written that "the brothel is adjacent to the main road, and the high gate is connected with many gates."
The translation of this sentence is that the green-painted pavilion is close to the road, and the tall house door has two bolts.
It describes the person in the poem as a daughter of a wealthy family, not that she is a woman from a brothel.
Walking along the street, crossing the bridge over the river, and arriving in the west of the city, Chen Mu and a few soldiers escorting him stopped in front of a mansion that could be called a luxury.
The gate of this house is dilapidated and covered with dust, and the spider webs under the eaves have not been cleaned. It is obvious that no one has taken care of it for a long time.
Liu Bei was waiting at the door and led him inside.
Chen Mu walked slowly forward while observing the situation in the mansion.
Dark red bloodstains can be seen in the gaps between the bricks and tiles paved with bluestones. The beams and columns of the corridors on the left and right sides are dilapidated and decayed, with knife and ax carvings left on them, which has caused great damage to these wooden houses.
Along the way, you can see that the originally exquisitely crafted courtyard has been severely damaged. There are signs of damage everywhere, tiles are scattered, doors and windows are damaged, and a thick layer of dust has accumulated in the house.
There wasn't even a single intact spot in the entire front yard.
This feeling is as regrettable as a long scar on the face of a peerless beauty.
After passing through the front yard and reaching the atrium, it becomes even more uncomfortable.
Looking around, I saw flowers and weeds growing in the yard.
Plants such as dendrobium, daylilies, roses, and basil grow rapidly, and without pruning, patches of thorn bushes emerge.
In the messy thorn bushes, you can even vaguely see a few bones.
You can imagine what the flowers and plants here are fertilized with.
Liu Bei noticed that Chen Mu was silently looking at the bones in the thorn bushes, and sighed: "I heard people say that this place was originally the house of the Wang family, a wealthy man in Guangnian. During the Yellow Turbans, the Wang family was quickly broken into and massacred by thieves.
The whole house is really pitiful."
Chen Mu shook his head: "I would rather be a peace dog than a person in a troubled world. The world is dark now, and human life is as cheap as an ant. Starting from Zhuoxian, I have seen too much, and I have also underestimated a lot."
"It would be great if my fourth brother could think so."
Liu Bei led him through the atrium and into the main hall of the house.
The main hall of the house in the Han Dynasty was similar to the main hall of the house in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. However, the reception areas on the left and right sides were changed from chairs to tables. Guests could kneel and sit behind the tables, while the host's position was facing the door.
, a small area is left in the center for kabuki performances. It is usually a place where guests are invited to eat and enjoy singing and dancing.
But it was also in a mess at this time. The nanmu beams with exquisite patterns carved on both sides burst into pieces, the table was split into two halves, and the mats used to kneel and rest on the feet were covered with gray and black stains, and only the two places on the side were slightly clean.
These should have been temporarily cleared by Liu Bei in the morning.
The two of them each found a clean mat and knelt down. Liu Bei said: "We have been raiding several counties in the past two days. Your second brother and third brother are already exhausted. Now that they have gone to bed, don't bother them."
Chen Mu saw that Liu Bei also looked tired and said, "Brother, you have been working hard for two days, why don't you go and rest?"
Liu Bei smiled and said: "There are still many soldiers in the army who have not rested. How can I rest? I, the chief officer, can only rest after they are settled. Otherwise, who will arrange food and lodging for them?"
In fact, Liu Bei's more than 300 soldiers had already arranged to rest. He had just gone to command the other 2,000 newly surrendered soldiers and arrange things for them.
But what surprised him was that most of the more than two thousand soldiers had already put on Xiaozha armor, and carried Huanshou knives and swords. Their equipment was very sophisticated, comparable to that of the regular army.
Zhajia in the Han Dynasty was divided into two types: large and small. Small Zhajia is an ordinary armor worn by the regular army of the Han Dynasty today. It is made of iron sheets and has no helmet. It only protects the chest and back like a vest.
The protection of the Dazha armor is more comprehensive, like a dress filled with iron sheets, covering all aspects from the neck to the calf. Putting a helmet on the head, except for the face and feet without protection, the defensive power
It is so strong that only generals are qualified to wear it.
Most of the soldiers in the old version of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" TV series were wearing small armor, cloth caps on their heads, and weapons such as Huanshou knives or spears in their hands.
At the general level, they wear large armor and a gauntlet on their head. Although the weapons are a bit varied, including axes, hammers, knives, spears, halberds, and hooks, most of the costumes are still very consistent with historical facts and have certain reference value.
Regarding Liu Bei's question, Chen Mu's explanation was that these equipments were inferior products that had been eliminated. Zhao Lin saw that their new soldiers had no equipment, so she gave them to them, thus fooling them.
Although Liu Bei was hesitant, he did not worry too much about this aspect. After all, who would dislike the fact that his army is well equipped?
Chen Mu said: "Since the military affairs have been arranged, eldest brother, why don't you go get some sleep first."
"Fourth brother seems to have something to say to me?" Liu Bei asked.
"Haha, I still can't hide it from big brother."
Chen Mu smiled, but he was thinking about how to talk to Liu Bei about the next serious matter in his head.
Liu Bei smiled and said: "Brother, you and I are brothers. If you have anything to say, just say it."
Chen Mu thought for a while and said slowly: "Brother, I just want to ask, what do you think of this troubled world now?"
"view?"
Liu Bei wondered: "What can you say? When the Yellow Turbans are pacified, the country will naturally be stable."
Chen Mu said again: "In that case, where does eldest brother want to go from here?"
"Of course I will go wherever the imperial court appoints me."
Liu Bei said with a longing look on his face: "It would be best for me to go to the Youzhou frontier fortress, like my classmate brother Gongsun Bogui, galloping through the border and looking around. In the future, on the tombstone, I can mention the tomb of Liu Hou, the general of the Han Dynasty who conquered the north. I
I am completely satisfied.”
Just a general who conquered the north was sent to you?
Chen Mu wanted to laugh in his heart.
It is still the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the military system has not changed much. The general rank from top to bottom is the general, the general of the hussar, the general of the cavalry, the general of the guard and the four generals of the front, rear, left and right. These eight are the most noble, and the other generals belong to
Miscellaneous General.
The Four Expeditions General is among the miscellaneous generals. It is the lowest general. It will not be promoted until Cao Cao takes power. There are also the Four Town Generals, the Siping Generals, the Si'an Generals, and now the Miscellaneous Generals.
None, because these three general titles have not yet been produced, and they will not be available until the Cao Wei period.
Although General Zahao is also a high-ranking official with a rank of two thousand stones, he has about the same power as Lu Zhi's current Wugan Zhonglang General. According to his rank, he is second only to the Sangong, Jiuqing and the Eighth General. He can barely be regarded as a senior official, but such an ambition is not suitable for him.
For a person who wants to be an emperor in the future, he is still too young.
Thinking of this, Chen Mu shook his head: "Brother, my views are completely different from yours."
"oh?"
Liu Bei asked in confusion: "Why?"
Chen Mu revealed the secret in one sentence: "Because the Han Dynasty has collapsed, it has come to a time when Wang Mang usurped and rebelled, and all the heroes came together."