Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2 In fact, the ancients are not simple

"Uncle Fu, why is Cui Xiaolang here?" Fei Qian hadn't recovered from his trance state for a while, but he immediately reacted and patted his head, "Ah, I almost forgot, wait until I go to meet him."

Fei Qian stood up and was about to go out to meet Cui Xiaolang-jun. Uncle Fu also quickly stepped forward with a smile to help Fei Qian tidy up some wrinkled clothes.

Although Uncle Fu is quite old, his hands and feet are still very neat. For a while, he straightened the front clothes lines in front of Fei Qian, and then turned to the back to smooth the folds on his back. From time to time, he looked up at Fei Qian, and the wrinkles on his face were revealed. Kind and happy.

Fei Qian looked at Uncle Fu laughing, and couldn't help but smile, "Uncle Fu, what are you laughing at? Is there something wrong with me?"

"No, no, Shaolang-jun is well dressed, I just see Shaolang-jun and I feel full of joy..." Uncle Fu didn't stop, but his voice became quieter as he spoke, "...the old man is in heaven. Ling, bless Shaolang-jun...safe and healthy...no disease and no disaster..."

Fei Qian smiled and said, "Old Uncle Fu, I'm fine now, don't worry, my body is fine now!" After that, he reached out and patted his chest.

"Yes, yes, Shaolang-jun." Uncle Fu straightened up after finishing his clothes, suddenly thought of something, and closed his smile, "Shaolang-jun, normally I shouldn't talk too much about this, but, although this Cui Shaolang-jun is friendly, That's fine, but their Cui family... Well, Shaolang-kun, anyway, it's better to be careful..."

Fei Qian was a little puzzled: "Can Uncle Fu make it clearer?"

"I also have some rumors in the public these days... This matter is a long story, if Shaolang-jun wants to know, I will tell you in detail after Cui Shaolang-jun is gone, but now you can't make people wait for a long time, Mo Lost our family's etiquette... Anyway, it's always good to be careful..."

"Well, okay, I see." Although Fei Qian said it was not clear, he still greeted Cui Xiaolang-jun first, and it would be rude to let people stand at the door for too long.

Cui Xiaolangjun, the name is thick, the word Yongyuan, the son of Cui Yi, looks almost the same as someone with the same name in later generations.Fei Qian met at the market once, and could not help but blurt out, it happened that Cui Hou's character was Yongyuan, and they met immediately.

Cui Hou was the first "official descendant" that Feiqian knew after he arrived in the Han Dynasty.

Cui Hou is the eldest son of Cui Yi, and Cui Yi is the younger brother of Cui Lie.

Because there is no prime minister in the imperial court, the three largest civil servants are Situ, Sikong, and Sima, followed by Jiuqing, who are Taichang, Xingluxun, Weiwei, Taipu, Tingwei, Dahonglu, Zongzheng, Dasinong and Shaofu; the largest military officer is the Great General, analogous to the Prime Minister, which is higher than the three princes, followed by the hussar generals, the chariot generals, the Wei generals, and the three princes, followed by the four expeditions and four General Zhen, like the generals of Si'an and Siping, and further down, they are already miscellaneous generals.

As far as Fei Qian knew, Cui Lie was a Situ during Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and he was considered a top boss. Later, because of Cui Lie's conflict with the eunuch's ten permanent servants, Cui Lie lost his position and was broken by the ten permanent servants. At home, Cui Lie passed away soon after resentment and depression.

Cui Yi was also implicated, and almost went bankrupt. Fortunately, someone in the court took care of him secretly.After the ten permanent servants killed Cui Lie, he was relieved, and he was not interested in any further investigation, so he left a life.Now the Cui family has a farm outside Luoyang City, and they have also opened a quality shop in the city. Naturally, the scale is not as large as that of General He Jinkai, but it is also so-so, and it is not a problem to survive.

It is precisely because the Cui family is no longer a popular official that Cui Hou, the son of Cui Yi, does not have the air of being an official descendant, otherwise Fei Qian would not be able to recognize him.

Every time Fei Qian sees Cui Hou, he has an inexplicable sense of joy. This face with small eyes and big cakes is exactly the same as someone in the future!

Fei Qian came out to greet him, stood on the left, and bowed his hands: "Brother Yongyuan, I am late to welcome you. Please forgive me, please come in." Although he wanted to laugh when he saw his face, the etiquette should still be in place. of.

Cui Hou also laughed, and his small eyes became even smaller when he smiled: "Haha, why do you have to be polite, brother Xian is getting better after not seeing him for a few days--" As he spoke, he stepped forward and held Fei Qian naturally. hand.

Although Fei Qian knew that holding hands and arms was just a way of expressing kindness in the Han Dynasty, he still felt a little bit nervous about getting used to a big man doing this kind of action to himself.

"Brother Yongyuan, please—" Fei Qian pulled out his hand as calmly as possible, turned around and ordered some dried fruit tea to Uncle Fu, and the hall was entertaining—

Cui Hou didn't seem to notice anything, and still smiled: "Ah, virtuous brother, there is no need to be so polite between you and me, just feel free to do whatever you want—by the way, I heard that He Luofei's family is also a family of poetry and calligraphy, and they have quite a collection of books. Feng, forgive me for taking the liberty, why don't we go to the study of the virtuous brother?"

"study?"

Cui Hou smiled and nodded: "Brother Fool has nothing else to do, except he likes to read some new books. I wonder if my virtuous brother will agree to my unkind request? Ah, of course, if my virtuous brother is inconvenient..."

"Where, so, Brother Yongyuan, please." Although Fei Qian didn't understand why Cui Hou made such a request, since he asked it, he should go to the study when he wants to go to the study.

The two moved to the study and sat down opposite each other.Uncle Fu brought some dried fruit tea and stood aside with his hands down.

Cui Hou looked around and said with admiration: "It is rumored that the He Luofei family's poetry and books are heirlooms, but today it is true that there are so many books in the collection, tsk tsk - ah, yes, what happened to my brother last time happened just a few days ago. This honored guest was very happy to see him, so he took it away, this honored guest is quite generous, um, for my worthy brother, I will send someone to send it to my brother Shen Shiyu today."

"Ah, this is really bothering Brother Yongyuan!"

"Where, Brother Yu has to thank the virtuous brother..." Cui Hou suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Ah, yes, I almost forgot, Brother Yu Zhuang recently produced some new melons and fruits, and brought some for the virtuous brother to taste. Taste—Old housekeeper, would you mind taking the trouble? I have sent someone to the back alley."

Fei Qian refused, but he had no choice but to thank and let Uncle Fu go to the back alley to collect it.

Cui Hou saw that Uncle Fu was also gone, and there was no one around, so he leaned in and asked in a low voice, "These treasures... But there are still brothers? Last time the honored guests said that they will take as much as they have..."

The so-called treasures are actually large glass beads with embossed patterns. To be precise, they should be glass beads, because Fei Qian could not purify them.Glazed glass is hard and brittle, and it is quite difficult to carve. Later generations invented the dewaxing method, so that glazed glass can appear in richer patterns.The dewaxing method of Liuli was originally invented and used in the Tang Dynasty, because Feiqian also had a little personal hobby for Liuli in later generations, and he collected a lot of them, so he understood a little bit.

At that time, Feiqian had typhoid fever, and the family was basically emptied by the cost of decoction and medicine. Fortunately, Feiqian still remembered the earth-making method of colored glaze. I made three or two finished products, and it happened that I met Cui Hou at the market. By accident, I just found out that the Cui family had a quality shop, so I asked Cui Hou to exchange some money on his behalf to survive the initial period. some tough days.

This is the only golden finger that Fei Qian currently uses.It's a bit helpless to say, the Han Dynasty is very clearly divided into different levels, although the scholars, farmers, industry and commerce did not have any household registration system like the later Ming Dynasty, but Feiqian is also regarded as a scholar's "scholar", and it is not convenient to sell things directly.

The more popular transaction method between "shi" is "send". You give me a few singers, and I give you a few BMWs. Everyone knows that it is a transaction, but it's just put on a gentle coat.

If Fei Qian wanted to monetize the glazed products he made, the quickest way at that time was quality, but he met Cui Hou unexpectedly at that time, otherwise he might have chosen another quality shop.

However, the earth-made glaze is not easy. In all likelihood, it is either cracked or hollow, and the yield is too low. Fei Qian has made it several times. Except for the first few times, there are still a few decent ones. The two batches in recent times are all waste products. , all smashed can not be used.

In addition, Fei Qian also knew that things are rare and expensive. If they were shipped in large quantities, it would not only disturb the price, but also easily lead to misfortune. Therefore, he only took two or three finished products and asked Cui Hou to sell them on behalf of the family. Other scraps were smashed and buried deep.

It's better to have a reputation as a prodigal than to be remembered.

Now it seems that Cui Hou has tasted a lot of sweetness in this transaction, so he came to inquire in person to see if there is any possibility of continuing the transaction.

Fei Qian thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Brother Yongyuan is not afraid of your jokes, the younger brother is forced to sell it, and his heart is cut like a knife. This is something passed down from the ancestors, to the younger brother... sigh..." This question is not easy to answer, if Saying that there is more to come, doesn't this show that you have the goods on hand?not good.But I said no, the money is enough now, but what if you accidentally spend it, you can't block the road, right?

Fei Qian covered his face with his sleeves and put on a sad look. He didn't plan to answer directly.

Cui Hou coughed twice, "Hey hey", thinking to himself, as expected by what his father said, there must be another mystery.This Shuzi is still pretending to be sad, not even half of her tears, this is too bad to pretend that it is real if I have tears all over my face——

However, Cui Hou also understood that Fei Qian was unwilling to answer, so he had to change the subject: "This, brother, don't be sad... Ah, what book is brother reading recently? I don't think there are more than a thousand volumes of books in the collection, can you bring brother Yu to a fill? Eye blessing?" While Fei Qian was still covering his face, he accidentally spread out the bamboo slip that Fei Qian had placed on the table, took a peek at it, and vaguely saw a few words "... Wu Gongliang is useless. …”.

"Ah, it's just some ordinary books. Look, Brother Yongyuan, this is Qi Lun. It's a pity that my brother only collected eleven volumes here, and there are a lot of lost ones..."

Cui Hou smiled and pretended to be listening to Fei Qian's introduction to various collections of scriptures, while he kept thinking about whether the various books he had read had this sentence, and after thinking about it, he had no clue. , couldn't help scolding, "What book is this Shuzi reading?"

(End of this chapter)