Destiny Only Han

Chapter 162

Guanzhong, Yong County (now Fengxiang, Baoji, Shaanxi).

The spring breeze does not know the meaning of prosperity and death, and the grass is full of the old city every year.

Misty sorrow and rain whistling Nai Huasheng, the palace lock and the hairpin of the old imperial city.

Liu Ying poked her head out of the car window, and looked at the simple and majestic palace in the distance with admiration.

This was the former capital of the Qin State. Nineteen generations of Qin monarchs lived here successively, and they built a vast and endless palace.

The most famous ones are Dazheng Palace and Qinian Palace.

The former was the residence of Dukes of Qin in the past dynasties, but it was the first emperor's own mother, the empress dowager Zhao Ji, who made it famous in history.

After the death of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, she was very lonely, so she and Lao Ai lived a two-person world here, and gave birth to several children...

Well, people in the pre-Qin period didn't pay too much attention to the matter of men and women.

For example, the famous song "National Wind·Zhaonan·Death in the Wild": Shu Er Tu Tuo Xi, no feeling I Xi Xi, no sense of my barking.

It is to describe two men and women who love each other, doing things in the wild that will be deleted by Dian Niang.

In the Qin State at the same time, it was not without precedent that the Queen Mother hooked up with wild men.

For example, the famous old Si Ji Mi Bazi was only one step away from being able to follow the example of Lord Niu who was hit on the head by an apple, and deduce the relationship between the area of ​​force and the pressure!

As for Qinian Palace, this is where the first emperor crowned himself.

It was also here that he mobilized the troops in Guanzhong in an orderly manner, killed his own mother's concubine, and then rushed into the Dazheng Palace next door, killing his half-brother...

But these things have passed forever.

Liu Ying came here from Hanzhong today to participate in the La Festival...

Well, although it sounds like a curse, it is a very important holiday.

The Laba Festival in later generations is actually a product of the fusion of Buddhist festivals and the Laba Festival of this period.

Those who are cured are also hunters.

Because of hunting animals to sacrifice to the ancestors, or in Lajie, the new ones are handed over, and they hunted and sacrificed to repay their merits.

It is to use hunted wild animals or domestic livestock to perform sacrifices, praying for good weather, abundant grains, prosperity for the six animals, and prosperity for the family in the coming year.

The major events of the country are sacrificed to Rong.

Now that the kings of the Three Qin Dynasties may surrender or be killed, since the Han State has completely controlled the Guanzhong area and basically quelled the war, then this kind of sacrificial activity is naturally a duty.

After all, this was an age of extreme superstition.

As for why Yong County was chosen, it is a tradition formed over hundreds of years.

In this place of Yong County, there is a place where people worship the Emperor of Heaven.

In the true sense of the founding monarch of the Qin State, Qin Xianggong built a "Xiyu" here to worship the White Emperor.

On this basis, Qin Wengong built the '鄜畤', which was also used to worship the White Emperor.

On the other side, Duke Xuan of Qin built 'Miji' to worship Emperor Qing.

Qin Linggong built "Shangyu" and "Xiayu" respectively to worship Emperor Yan and Huang.

After a while, the convoy drove into Miyagi and went straight to Dazheng Palace.

Liu Ying changed the angle and continued to look out through the car window. On the square at the gate of the palace, the flat blue-black stone slabs formed a large plane, pouring his vision like water.

In the distance, black eaves, red giant pillars, and khaki palace walls constitute a simple, refined, solemn and majestic picture.

The tall city tower, three doorways, east-west flight corridors, east-west towers, and left and right horse passages are connected together by curved ruler-shaped flight corridors, forming a solemn and magnificent palace city.

Liu Ying lay on the car window, a little dizzy. Although the construction of the palace city here is not as magnificent as the Xianyang Palace, it has a kind of simplicity and vigor.

He can see the whole leopard at a glance. Through this form of architecture, he seems to be able to feel the bloody battles between the Qin people and the surrounding Rongdi hundreds of years ago, and finally create a foundation.

It's a pity that one man's troubles lead to seven temples...

Liu Ying got back on the carriage again, looking at Lu Zhi, who was sitting in the carriage very comfortably, a little lost in thought.

How did she not get motion sickness?

Sensing Liu Ying's questioning gaze, Lu Zhi chuckled and turned his face away.

She was too lazy to argue with Liu Ying because something that would make her happy was about to happen.

After the seal.

To be precise, it is the canonized queen!

Of course, in a few years' time, the grand ceremony for conferring the queen will be held.

Seeing what was on her mind, Liu Ying moved forward, leaned on her side and whispered, "Mother's queen? My son greets mother's queen!"

Lu Zhi pursed his lips and smiled, pretending to be angry and patted his head, then he was slightly lost in thought.

The encounters in life are really impermanent. When she took Liu Le and Liu Ying behind her back to pull weeds in the farmland, even though an old man said she was "a noble lady in the world"!
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a prophecy!
So she turned her face away again, trying to hold Liu Ying in her arms and make some intimacy. After all, the old man said, "Madam is the most noble because of this man." '

Mothers are more valuable than children, which is a common view at this time.

It's just that Liu Ying struggled to break free from her arms, put her hips on her hips and said, "Mother, I'm already a big child, you can't always hug me like this!"

Listening to his childish speech, Lu Zhi pursed his lips and chuckled, but still said: "Okay, you are an older child, mother just doesn't want to hug you..."

Liu Le on the side raised his hand: "Mother hug me, I'm still a child!"

After she finished speaking, she threw herself into Lu Zhi's arms, and did not forget to turn her head and make a face at Liu Ying.

Hmph, childish... Liu Ying rolled her eyes, looked at the little loli who was acting like a baby in Lu Zhi's arms, and said, "Okay then, you can call me brother from now on!"

Little Lolita froze for a moment, and while Lu Zhi was laughing, she threw herself at Liu Ying and fought with him.

After a while, when the carriage drove into the Dazheng Palace, Liu Bang opened the door, and saw Lu Zhi leaning on the carriage, closing his eyes and meditating, and Liu Le, who was wrestling with Liu Ying.

When Liu Le saw Liu Bang, he rushed over with a cheer, crashed into Liu Bang's arms like a shell, raised his face, and the villain complained first: "Daddy, my brother is bullying!"

Hmph, it's really not the right time for old Liu to come. I'll beat that monster girl in a while... Liu Ying sat up and straightened her clothes: "Father."

Liu Bang nodded slightly, and walked out with little Lolita in his arms, not forgetting to turn around and say: "Let's go, I'll take you around the palace!"

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Dazheng Palace.

With a bitter face, Liu Ying curled up on the bed, wrapped in a thick layer of fur.

He missed one thing, that is, before the sacrificial ceremony and canonization and other activities, he, who is also the protagonist, needs to fast and bathe for seven days in advance.

Fasting is nothing, the big deal is not to eat spicy and irritating food and other smelly food, the only thing to do is to take a bath, which is considered fatal.

It is the twelfth lunar month of winter, and the Dazheng Palace, which was in disrepair due to the war, does not have any insulation walls and other things.

So even if a brazier is lit in the hall, the temperature increase is better than nothing.

Just one nice thing about living here is not having to worry about carbon monoxide poisoning...

After all, there is an old saying that talks about toxicity regardless of dosage, it’s all hooliganism!
While Liu Ying was trembling, Lu Zhi, who was trying on the jewelry, curled her lips: "As for being so cold? Who said before that I was already an older child? Didn't expect an older child to be afraid of the cold? Shame?" shame!"

This girl is not a good person... Liu Ying's lips trembled a little, but she just stared at Lu Zhi's emerald head in a daze.

Well, the cui at this time does not refer to emeralds, but the feathers of kingfishers.

Tigers die for their skins, antelopes for their horns.

The kingfisher is almost extinct in later generations, because of its bright and shiny feathers, it is commonly used in jewelry making.

Of course, such as the kingfisher's feathers need to be plucked alive...

Well, crap!

The fact that the fur of a live bird is more colorful than that of a dead bird is nothing more than a gimmick like "Qianlong agreed after eating it".

The ancients usually hunted and killed a large number of birds, and then selected brightly colored and suitable ones from a large pile of bird feathers to keep.

Because no matter what kind of bird, it may cause a lot of messy feathers when catching it. If you want to pull it out alive, it is similar to extracting bile from a live bear. This is a skill that the ancients could not master.

Liu Ying looked at it for a while, and vaguely saw unlimited business opportunities in it.

People in later generations have said that the consumption power of women is greater than that of children, greater than that of the elderly, greater than that of dogs, greater than that of men...

Since they like this kind of bling bling stuff, then I can provide them with these things, and then exchange them for a lot of money!
Of course, not breeding kingfishers.

Although the kingfisher's feathers are gorgeous and precious, it is not impossible to replace them.

Such as parrots, such as peacocks!

Both of these are poultry that have been proved by later generations and can be cultured artificially.

Especially peacocks, the long tail feathers of male peacocks are no less colorful than the feathers of kingfishers.

And the point is, peacocks shed their feathers almost every day. If you want good feathers, you just need to raise a few more and follow it to pick them every day...

Well, in fact, during this period, when the people paid taxes, there was another kind of material, that is chicken feathers.

It is mainly the tail feathers and flight feathers of roosters, which are important materials for making arrows.

Although it was a time of war and women didn't spend much on jewelry, the war would always pass, and there would naturally be people who could afford it.

And not only can it be sold domestically, but it can also be sold to the Huns in the north, Baiyue in the south, and other countries in the Western Regions.

Throughout history, the demand for beauty is not exclusive to women.

For example, chiefs of primitive tribes, and European nobles and wealthy businessmen after the Industrial Revolution, most of the hats on their heads are decorated with various feather ornaments that compete with each other!
When Liu Ying was thinking about how to exchange bird feathers for resources, Lu Zhi turned her head, fiddled with the jewelry on her head and asked, "Does your mother look good?"

Liu Ying frowned, shook her head, and after Lu Zhi's whole face collapsed, she said with a smile: "Mother is not good-looking, but beautiful! The so-called smile can win people's hearts, and then smiles can win people's country, that is to say, mother !"

(End of this chapter)