Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 30 0029 [Putting Pots and Buying Land]

Li Hanzhang doesn't like to see Zheng Hong very much, and Zheng Hong also doesn't like to play with Li Hanzhang.

Staying in Yangzhou City, wouldn't it be nice to see the Women's Corner?
The Zheng family has a women's sumo team, and every time there is a match, it will cause a sensation.In the past, he could even play with his chest topless, but was scolded by Zhizhou later, but now he can only show his arms at most.

Showing only the arms is also good-looking, and the breasts are exposed when the name is hit, and it is more interesting to cover it halfway.

The road up the mountain was extremely muddy, and the shoes and socks on Zheng Hong's feet had already been taken off and thrown to the servants.

This guy came running barefoot, looking familiar, first bowed to Li Hanzhang and Bai Chongyan, and then bowed to Zhu's father and son.

Then, he sat down, grabbed the preserved fruit and ate it.

"This place is really hard to find. It took me a lot of effort to find it." Zheng Hong looked around and found that there was no extra wine glass, so he raised his neck to drink the tea cup, and then told the servants, "The tea is cold. And make it hot."

Although Bai Chongyan also despised this person, he really couldn't offend him, so he hurriedly asked the servant boy to add chopsticks and wine glasses.

Filling up the wine, Zheng Hong drank it all in one gulp, feeling a bit cold, he laughed and said, "You guys keep talking, just pretend I'm not here."

Li Hanzhang was annoyed when he saw this fat man, and couldn't bear it any longer. He opened the skylight and said bluntly: "Zheng Erlang, your sister is only 13 years old, but I am 26 this year. There is a big difference in age, I am afraid it is not suitable, please tell your father, Don't talk about marriage anymore."

"I can save it," Zheng Hong still had a smile on his face, "I came back this time to accompany Brother Kezhen on a tour of the mountains and rivers."

Li Hanzhang thought to himself: I am enjoying my trip to the mountains and rivers, and I am in no mood when I see you.

Neither side could be negligent, so Bai Chongyan could only come forward to smooth things over, raised his glass and said: "The countryside is remote, I have wronged the little officials, you might as well stay in the humble house for a few more days."

"Then I will bother you," Zheng Hong waited for this sentence, then looked at Zhu's father and son, "Who are these two?"

Bai Chongyan introduced: "Two friends from Guangnan, this is Zhu...By the way, Mr. Zhu, I haven't asked for the word yet."

Before his father could open his mouth, Zhu Ming made a quick sentence: "My father's name is Yuanzhang. As for me, the cursive characters are successful."

"Pfft...cough cough cough!"

Zhu Guoxiang, who was drinking, spit it out in one gulp, coughing repeatedly as he was choked by the drink.

Zhu Ming smiled and comforted his father: "Father, you haven't drunk alcohol for a long time, so don't drink too much."

Zhu Guoxiang secretly glared at his son, and then apologized: "I'm too drunk to make you laugh."

"It's okay." Bai Chongyan continued to introduce.

The two sides exchanged names and characters, clasped fists and saluted, drank and ate meat.

After a few glasses of wine, the fat man couldn't sit upright anymore, and lay on the stone table very casually, as if this was his own backyard.

He picked up the fine wine that Bai Chongyan poured, and suddenly said: "Drinking dry is not very interesting, how about throwing a pot? I brought everything."

While speaking, the servant of the Zheng family stepped forward, holding a porcelain vase in his arms with arrows stuck in it.

Zheng Hong knows his own shortcomings, and he will definitely lose if he plays words, and he will definitely make a fool of himself.Touhu is very simple, and it is not out of style. Sima Guang wrote a special book "Touhu Xinge".

Both literati and warriors like this thing, Yue Fei is a fan of throwing pots, and every time he entertains guests, he must throw pots as a show.

Sure enough, although Li Hanzhang hated Zheng Hong, he had no resistance to throwing the pot, and even took the loops to show his hands.

The servant took an arrow to measure the distance, and placed the porcelain vase outside the pavilion.

Zheng Hong said with a smile: "Brother Zhen, please first."

"Then I won't refuse." Li Hanzhang took a handful of arrows.

There were twelve arrows in total, Li Hanzhang missed the first shot, and the second shot finally fell into the pot, and the beans stuck in the bottom of the bottle did not pop out.

"Brother Zhen shoots!"

Bai Chongyan clapped his hands in praise, and his stinky feet applauded very timely.

Then things got better and better, and the third and fourth shots were all hit.

The servant kept counting the points. Since the first shot was missed, the second shot was a loose arrow (only one point).

"Xiaojian, ten chips!"

The servant suddenly shouted, but it was Li Hanzhang's sixth arrow, which was thrown into the pot and bounced out, and then fell into the pot again. This shot directly scored ten points.

After shooting twelve arrows, Li Hanzhang scored a total of 48 points.

The servant stepped forward and took the arrow back.

Li Hanzhang smiled and said, "Brother Juncai, please."

Bai Chongyan said: "Brother Yuanzhang please first."

Zhu Guoxiang's age is in his 30s, and Zhu Ming's age is 15 years old. According to their age, they can be called brothers and sisters.

When Zhu Guoxiang heard the word "Yuanzhang", he felt awkward, so he could only settle the score with his son afterwards.

After three shots in a row, Zhu Guoxiang shot all wrongly, and only found the feeling for the fourth arrow.And the sensitivity of the five senses brought by time travel greatly improved his accuracy, and he hit six arrows one after another.

The crowd asked Zhu Ming to throw the pot again, and Zhu Ming said with a smile: "Er Guan Zheng should come first."

Zheng Hong didn't talk too much, and didn't wear loops, just rolled up his sleeves and opened them.This guy is not good at reading, but he is good at throwing pots. He hit eleven arrows, more than twice as many points as Li Hanzhang.

"it is good!"

Even Li Hanzhang, who didn't like him, applauded at the moment.

The little fat man was triumphant, and smiled at everyone: "Acceptance, acquiescence!"

The arrow was handed over to Zhu Ming, who had never played this game before, and the first arrow was purely for feeling.It went in, but it was a little crooked, and the force was too heavy, and it flew out after hitting it twice.

Adjusting the strength and angle of the second arrow, it flew in with a whoosh. Afterwards, the arrow entered the pot, causing continuous applause.

Zhu Ming got excited and asked, "Does hitting the ear of the pot count?"

"Forget it!" Zheng Hong said.

According to Sima Guang's rules, hitting the ear of the pot not only scores points, but also belongs to bonus points.

For the last arrow, Zhu Ming did not aim at the mouth of the pot, but deliberately aimed at the ear of the pot.

With full concentration and no distracting thoughts, a wonderful feeling came out, and the arrow flew towards the ear of the pot.Draw a beautiful parabola, accurately fall into the left ear, and firmly insert it into the ground.

Ear piercing, ten points.

"Good shot!" Zheng Hong thinks that Ju Ming has great potential, and they can often play together in the future.

After Bai Chongyan finished throwing pots, Zheng Hong scored first, Zhu Ming scored second, Li Hanzhang scored third, and Zhu Guoxiang scored fourth.

Mr. Bai Sanlang was ridiculed by everyone, and he was fined several glasses of wine one after another.

After several rounds of throwing pots, Bai Chongyan stood up and took everyone to visit his own tea-making workshop.

The workshop is near the water pool, and the tea leaves picked this morning are already being steamed one after another.The tea farmers were too busy, and the villagers at the foot of the mountain also came to help. They sat together to pick tea leaves, packed the tea buds of different grades in batches, and then fetched pond water to clean them.

Bai Chongwen, the eldest son of the Bai family, supervised in the tea mountain in the morning, and came to the workshop to direct in the afternoon.

Although this person has an eccentric temperament, he is extremely serious in doing things and likes to do things by himself.

He warmly received the third brother and his friends, took everyone to watch the tea-making process, and even took the trouble to explain the tricks in detail.

After visiting the tea making workshop, Zhu Guoxiang proposed to visit the land to determine which land and forests to buy.

Watching the third brother go further and further away, Bai Chongwen's expression became gloomy for an instant.

He already knew about his third brother's purchase of a pen, Liu Shiguan bought a pen, and his father actually agreed.He is in charge of the family's property, and every penny has his painstaking efforts, so the third brother throws it out indiscriminately.

There is also the third younger brother who spends money on studying every year.

Can Jinshi be so easy to take the exam?

If you can't pass the Jinshi exam, it's useless to raise people, it's just a little bit more honorable.

But this face belongs to the third brother, and has nothing to do with Bai Dalang.

Even, ten acres of mountain land and ten acres of mountain forest will be given away—unbeknownst to Bai Chongwen, the Zhu family and his son have already refused to give them away.

Bai Chongwen was full of resentment, he felt that his father was old and confused, and it would be better if he died immediately!

……

The water pool is connected to the Han River through a stream, and the Bai family is unwilling to sell the mountainous land next to the stream.

Bai Chongyan stood still on a hillside, pointed to the east and said, "Going east from here, you two can take any piece of land you like, just take it. When irrigating, you can use the stream water as you like, and you won't be charged for it. But you can’t go to the pool to fetch water, the pool water is used to steam tea, it’s a pity to be polluted by the dung bucket.”

Zhu Guoxiang estimated the distance with the naked eye, and the land that the Bai family can sell is only one and a half miles away from the creek.

Moreover, there is no aqueduct, and irrigation water has to be carried on shoulders.The further east you go, the steeper the mountain road, and the more scattered the cultivated land is. Affected by the terrain, a small piece of cultivated land is only a few square meters, and the flattest and widest one is only a few square feet.

There is little choice.

Zhu Guoxiang didn't bother to take a closer look, so he said casually: "Let's count from here. I bought all the mountains and forests in the east, and the total is [-] mu."

Bai Chongyan turned around and said to the family boy, "Call Zeng here."

Zeng Da was a tea householder who lived by the lake, hurried over from the tea workshop, leaned over and stood by the side, waiting for orders.

Bai Chongyan ordered: "I want to sell the land. Whose family farms these lands. How big is the land? Please tell me carefully."

Zeng Daru said: "This piece is owned by Yuan Er's family, and it is one foot three (about 15 square meters). That piece is owned by Aunt Liu's family, only eight feet long. That piece is..."

"Write it down." Bai Chongyan said to the family boy.

The family boy carried a pen and paper with him, and took notes quickly on the spot, until he had collected ten acres before stopping.

Bai Chongyan sent servants to mark the boundaries of the sold land with wooden stakes.

After everything was done, Bai Chongyan said, "Brother Yuanzhang..."

"You should call me Brother Zhu." Zhu Guoxiang really couldn't get used to this address.

Bai Chongyan didn't think too much about it: "Mr. Zhu, the hillside circled just now must be more than ten acres, and it is estimated that fifteen acres are left. Among the cultivated fields, there are many that cannot be cultivated, with miscellaneous trees and weeds growing. Customary tenants can chop firewood."

"We will not break the rules." Zhu Guoxiang promised.

Zeng said happily: "I thank Mr. Zhu."

That is to say, the mountain land of more than [-] mu is nominally owned by the Zhu family.However, the Zhu family has no right to dispose of the barren slopes of more than five acres, which are reserved for tenants to chop firewood.

The next step is to buy a mountain forest. Both parties are too lazy to measure it, and estimate the area of ​​ten acres as a mark.

Back at Biyun Pavilion, Bai Chongyan wrote the contract himself, and the two parties signed and signed the contract to complete it.

Zhu Guoxiang cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Sanlang, the land purchase money will be sent to the mansion another day. Today I will talk to the tenants first."

"Please, it's getting late, I should go down the mountain too." Bai Chongyan said.

Before wandering all over the mountains, the little boy Bai Qi was already tired.

Zhu Guoxiang let the child sit in the pavilion, and said: "You wait here, don't run around, and I will come back to pick you up in a quarter of an hour at most."

"Okay!" Bai Qi nodded obediently.

The father and son took the tenant Zeng Da back to the land they had just bought.

Zhu Guoxiang continued to pick out relatively flat and open land with a total area of ​​about 0.7 mu, and told Zeng Dao: "Go and make it clear to other tenants that the few lands I picked out should not be plowed in spring for the time being. In another [-] days , you go to Mrs. Shen's house down the mountain, and I will bring corn seedlings and teach you how to cultivate them."

"That...that's corn seedlings. We haven't grown them before, and we don't know what kind of grain they are." Zeng Da looked distressed.

Zhu Guoxiang thought about it, and said: "Other lands, the rules remain the same, and the land rent should be as much as possible. For the few lands I selected, I will give the seeds, and you will not be charged a penny. If the corn harvest fails, the harvest will not be as good as planting. Corn and sorghum, I don’t want a grain of rent from you.”

Zeng Da still had no idea, but Zhu Guoxiang was the owner of the land, and for this reason, if he didn't agree, he would be boring himself.He could only bite the bullet and say, "Ms. Zhu arranged it."

Zhu Guoxiang warned again: "The few fields I have selected must not be sown indiscriminately. If anyone dares to make his own decisions, even if the seeds germinate, I will shovel them all!"

"Listen to Mr. Zhu." Zeng Da obediently agreed, feeling bitter.

The tea households who farmed in the mountainous area were busy picking and making tea today, and Zhu Guoxiang couldn't gather everyone together.

He sent Zeng Da away and went down the mountain with a land purchase contract.

Not far away, Zhu Guoxiang stopped suddenly: "Tell me, why am I called Zhu Yuanzhang?"

Zhu Ming had a wicked look on his face: "Do you know what Zhu Yuanzhang's word is?"

"I only know his nickname is Chongba." Zhu Guoxiang said.

Zhu Ming smiled and explained: "Zhu Yuanzhang, the word Guorui. Xiangrui, Xiangrui, Xiangherui mean the same thing. What a coincidence, your name is Zhu Guoxiang, and there is no difference with Zhu Guorui. The word Yuanzhang is also a logical thing."

"I think you are crazy about wanting to be an emperor," Zhu Guoxiang rolled his eyes at his son, "Don't think I don't know, Zheng Chenggong should be called Zhu Chenggong. What do you mean by choosing the name for yourself?"

Zhu Ming immediately cried out for injustice, and pretended to be strange: "Father, my Dean Zhu, I don't have much knowledge, and the name and the character must be connected. Except for the epitaph, I remember that the inscription has the meaning of hard work, so hastily Next, I can only give myself a name called success."

Zhu Guoxiang heard a black line, what kind of shit is it?

I somehow became Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was Zhu Chenggong who returned his son to his mother.

Ju Ming pulled out a weed and held it in his mouth. Looking back at the newly bought mountains, he said in a happy mood, "From now on, we will also be landlords. We will develop it for a year or two, and we will definitely be able to gain a firm foothold here. By the way, when will we build a house?" settle down?"

Zhu Guoxiang said: "I asked Mrs. Shen that those in the village who can build houses and make furniture are all ordinary farmers. They are very busy these days. If they want to hire someone to repair the house, they have to wait until the rice planting is over."

"Then wait slowly, remember to pay Mrs. Shen for board and lodging." Zhu Ming was not in a hurry.

The father and son descended the mountain leisurely, and when they reached the halfway up the mountain, the sky had already darkened.

Zhu Guoxiang frowned suddenly: "Did we forget something?"

"No." Zhu Ming said.

"You must have forgotten something?" Zhu Guoxiang shook his head in thought.

Zhu Ming slapped his thigh fiercely: "Damn it, brother Qi is still in the mountains!"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are also very concerned about letting two men look after the children.

(End of this chapter)