Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 49 0047 [Departure]

"Let's take a look, brother Yu, this is a contemporary essay written by brother Yu with all his heart and soul according to the stereotyped method."

Li Hanzhang, who had disappeared for a month, found Zhu Ming happily, and brought articles like a treasure.

Bai Chongyan stood beside him, his face full of joy: "Brother Kezhen and I have searched through nearly ten years of Jinshi essays, and specially selected those with stereotyped characteristics to study. After a month of concentrating on appreciation, we finally gained a lot."

These two sons actually went to study stereotyped essays.

Zhu Ming took over the article written by Li Hanzhang, and just started to read it, when Li Erlang was already eloquent.

Li Hanzhang said: "Those outstanding eight-part essays of Jinshi mostly have one thing in common. That is, between the same shares, the sentence patterns should be alternately long and short, and the brushes should be scattered and scattered, just like writing Fu in the imperial examination. This way of writing, It is the most imposing, and a few words can overwhelm mountains."

Bai Chongyan added: "Among the stereotyped shares, all stocks can be opened and closed. You may suppress it first if you want to raise it, or raise it first if you want to suppress it, or reverse the topic first, or correct the topic first."

Zhu Ming suddenly felt a sense of guilt. If this stuff spreads, I am afraid that candidates all over the world will have to take stereotyped essays.

That is the style that countless Song Dynasty examinees have summed up over a period of 200 years. They directly formulate detailed templates for the classics and meanings. When entering the examination room, you only need to stuff them in according to the routine-it depends on who can fill them in the most level.

Li Hanzhang said: "After only one month of research, we have gained so much. Two years later, when we arrive in Bianliang, we will surely be a blockbuster!"

Bai Chongyan also gained confidence in being admitted to Jinshi, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Brother Chenggong, there will be rewards in the future!"

"Don't dare to take credit." Ju Ming responded modestly.

After chatting stereotyped essays for a while, Bai Chongyan asked, "Is your father at home?"

Zhu Ming said: "I went up the mountain to cut wood. I invited a few tea farmers, felled trees and leveled the ground, and dried the wood by the way."

Bai Chongyan said: "My father has something to invite."

"Is it okay to come to your residence tomorrow?" Zhu Ming asked.

Bai Chongyan said: "Of course it is possible, both in the morning and in the afternoon."

Li Hanzhang also issued an invitation: "One month later, it will be my father's birthday. Brother Juncai and I will go back to Yangzhou together. Why don't you go to Yangzhou City to play with me? My brother is a great talent who has mastered the three classics. Yangzhou Academy must shock the world."

"Let's go again next time. This year is very busy. After all, we haven't even finished repairing the hut." Zhu Ming politely declined.

Li Hanzhang cupped his hands and said, "Then I will be in Yangzhou City, and I will wait for my virtuous brother sooner or later."

After sending the two away, Zhu Ming went back to the house to get the harness.

Horse bridles are made of boiled sheepskin, and of course cowhide is better, but they are not easy to buy.

For the mouthpiece and stirrups, use mulberry sticks directly.

The saddle is the most shabby, made of softened sackcloth, stuffed with reed flowers, and sewn up like a pillow.This kind of saddle hurts the butt after sitting for a long time.

Equipping the cornucopia with the whole set of harness, Zhu Ming got on the horse with a bamboo whip in his hand.

He didn't dare to ride too fast, firstly because his skills were not good, and secondly because the roads in the village were narrow, his speed was like riding a donkey.

Zhu Ming inquired about it. The master who nailed the horseshoe can only be found in the county.

But this official horse can't enter the city, so for the time being, he can only make do with it, and don't use up his meaty hooves too much.

Not far away, I met a villager, who greeted me with a smile, "Zhu Xiucai went up the mountain?"

Zhu Ming said, "Going up the mountain, Uncle Zhou just came back?"

The villagers said: "Go and see the wheat in the field, and calculate when it will be harvested."

"Then you go." Zhu Ming said.

At this time, it is the fifth month of the lunar calendar, and the wheat should be harvested, and the summer grain must be handed over after the wheat is harvested.

For the summer grain of the fifth-class households, seven households hand in one bolt of silk together.

From the first class to the fourth class, it is not that simple, and they must pay according to the number of acres.If the family does not have enough money, they sell the wheat by themselves, and the big landlords can take advantage of the opportunity to exploit the small people through the money-grain exchange business.

Sometimes, people have just exchanged wheat for money, and suddenly said that this year they will change to silk cloth or grain... This kind of situation is very common, and the government cooperates with the gentry to play together.

The wheat fields in the whole village are already green and yellow, and the mountain wind blows and the waves of wheat are swaying.

Ju Ming wandered on the mountain road on horseback, feeling indescribably comfortable, but unfortunately he had to get off his horse and lead him when he reached a steep place.

These days, Cornucopia often walks on mountain roads, and the good-looking Hehuang horses are almost turning into mountain horses.

Slowly walking to my own mountain forest, there is a piece of land, the trees have been cut down, and I am going to level it out to build a house.

Zhu Guoxiang was directing the logging, and the logs were piled up one by one.

And some wood, sawn into long and short pieces.

Zhu Ming pointed to the sawn wood and asked, "What are these used for?"

"Growing shiitake mushrooms," Zhu Guoxiang took out a cloth bag, "This is the wild shiitake mushrooms I picked, and I can take them back to make strains. There are not many chemicals, so I can only use soil methods, and the effect is definitely not that good."

Ju Ming immediately became interested and asked, "When will the strains of Ganoderma lucidum be produced?"

Zhu Guoxiang said: "I haven't found a mature Ganoderma lucidum yet."

Ju Ming looked at the clearing that had been cut out: "This place is quite far from the water source. I'm afraid life will be a bit inconvenient after building a house and living in it."

"No way, this is the most suitable place," Zhu Guoxiang said, "It's really not possible, let's stay at Mrs. Shen's house for two more years. As for this place, it is specially used to grow mushrooms and ganoderma."

After explaining the matter to the logger, the father and son led the horse down the mountain.

When passing the corn field, I met several tenants working.

In more than a month, the corn seedlings have grown to 80 cm high, the sweet potato seedlings have also been cut, and the newly planted beans have begun to germinate.

A thriving scene, this year's harvest is expected.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The planting area is too small, and corn must be artificially pollinated, otherwise the production will definitely be greatly reduced."

"At that time, I will be busy again." Zhu Ming has already experienced first-hand that farming is really tiring.

……

eight days ago.

Zhang Guangdao and Bai Sheng escaped with their children by boat.

They didn't dare to paddle upstream because that was Xiabai Village.If the little white member goes out and there are pursuers behind him, he will be blocked by both ends.

Only downstream.

After nightfall, it is dark.

The two rowed to the opposite bank, abandoned the boat and ran up the mountain. The bandits searched behind them for a while, and finally chose to give up the pursuit.

As the temperature cooled down at night, Zhang Guangdao undressed and wrapped the child up. The wound on his right rib finally stopped bleeding.

After finally surviving until dawn, Bai Sheng asked, "Is Brother Zhang Wu going anywhere?"

"No." Zhang Guangdao shook his head sadly.

Bai Sheng sat on the ground dejectedly: "I have nowhere to go."

Two big men, holding a one-and-a-half-year-old child in their arms, sat in the forest, dazed.

The world is vast, where is their shelter?

Frustrated for a long time, Zhang Guangdao began to say to himself: "Xiabai Village can't go. Bai Zongmin and Yang Jun are too close friends. He will definitely arrest us. The nearest village downstream is Heiyangba. It takes more than half a day to go by boat. I have no acquaintances. I am injured, so I am afraid it will be difficult to settle down. The Chen staff there recognize me. Go on to the mountain, there are still some escaped households in the mountain, first ask for some food for the children."

Bai Sheng was surprised and said: "Where are there escaped households in the mountains, Brother Zhang even knows this?"

Zhang Guangdao sighed: "Since I was 14 years old, I have been selling salt with Brother Yao (Yao Fang), and have traveled all over the country. The officials sent inspections to arrest us, and the big salt lords couldn't tolerate us. Each carried twenty or thirty catties of private salt, and sold them to fleeing households in ravines, but they could not earn much. To be honest, life was not as good as that of rural tenants.”

"Fifth Brother Zhang is very capable. When I was 14 years old, I was still herding cattle in the village." Bai Sheng admired.

Zhang Guangdao said: "Don't call me Brother Zhang Wu from now on, I am the third in the family, and Zhang Wu is the seat of Heifengzhai."

"Then I'll call Brother Zhang San." Bai Sheng corrected himself.

At this point, the child in his arms burst into tears.

Zhang Guangdao stood up and said, "The child is hungry again, hurry up and find something to eat."

The two were hungry and walked for a full day, and finally arrived at the refugee settlement in the mountains before dark.

There are only seven or eight families, living by mountain springs, opening up wasteland to serve some barren mountainous areas.

Like an old horse knowing the way, Zhang Guangdao quickly came to a house, knocked on the door and shouted: "Uncle Du, I am Zhang San who sells salt."

The door opened quickly, and a young man came out: "Brother Zhang San, my father has been dead for two years. If you don't come to smuggle salt, we escaped from the mountains and can only go to Baishitou to buy salt by ourselves. The salt there Not to mention more expensive, the journey is very difficult, my father broke his waist when he went down the mountain, and the family has no money for medical treatment... My father, my father did not eat, and starved to death, saying that he would not burden the family."

Zhang Guangdao was silent when he heard the words.

The young man said, "Come in quickly, the baby is crying so much, I'm afraid she's starving."

Staying here for one night, Zhang Guangdao felt that it was not an option.

The fleeing household in the mountains was too poor, and he didn't have much money with him, so he couldn't always rely on the poor to help him.

After some discussion, Bai Sheng said, "It's better to vote for Brother Zhu."

"Which Brother Zhu?" Zhang Guangdao asked.

Bai Sheng said, "It's those two strangers. At that time, I wanted to snatch the horse."

Zhang Guangdao asked: "Have they gained a firm foothold?"

Bai Sheng said: "It's in Shangbai Village. I heard that it was appreciated by the old white officials and sold them [-] or [-] mu of land. I also heard that Mr. Zhu has obtained the magic of immortality, so he is very good at farming."

Zhang Guangdao shook his head: "I was hunted down by Heifeng Village, Shangbai Village is too close, if the news leaks out, I'm afraid it will bring disaster there."

Bai Sheng said: "Don't be afraid of Heifengzhai, the old white members are not afraid. He has been the chief bookkeeper for more than [-] years, and he has also been an escort for more than ten years. His father has also been an escort. There are many officials in the county. , they were all promoted by their family. Even the county magistrate wants to give face to the old white members, how dare the bandits go and rob there?"

Zhang Guangdao thought about it seriously, but still didn't make up his mind.

Bai Sheng continued: "The old Baiyuanwai and the young Baiyuanwai, the two families fell out in the previous generation, and they gathered villagers to fight for shops and land. I heard from the old people that there were hundreds of people fighting at that time. The bandits are weak. The young white member... Bah, Bai Zongmin is with Heifengzhai, and if we go to Baicun, the old white member will definitely be willing to accept it."

"He's an old fox, he doesn't want to cause trouble." Zhang Guangdao shook his head.

Bai Sheng said: "No one can do it, Brother Zhang will definitely do it."

Zhang Guangdao thought over and over again, and thought he could try it. The big deal is to stay low and be small, and show the nursing home to the old white staff: "We can't walk along the Han River, we have to take a detour in the mountains, bypassing Xiabai Village, from the back of Shangbai Village Go down the mountain."

Bai Sheng praised: "It's still Brother Zhang who has the ability, I don't know that there are mountain roads to walk."

Zhang Guangdao took out all the money on his body, bought some grain from the fleeing households in the mountains, and made it into dry food to take with him.

After walking the mountain road for seven days, they finally reached the back mountain of Shangbai Village.

Similar to Zhu Ming and his son at the beginning, they were in a panic when they descended the mountain, and the child also had a high fever.

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(End of this chapter)