farming female castellan

Chapter 11 Walking to the gate of the city

Chen Fan took the paper suspiciously and opened it. It was a map. She saw the words "Yangtze River" and "Yellow River" at a glance, and the clear blue lines.Tears welled up in her eyes instantly, that was the mother river, that was her kind but distant hometown.She also saw Kunlun Mountain, several familiar mountains.

The lines on the map are drawn like honeycombs, so many countries?This is similar to the chaotic era of Spring and Autumn and Warring States.The pictures are written in traditional regular script Chinese characters, which is really great.If the characters had several fonts like in the Warring States period, she was afraid that she would go crazy.She doesn't have to be afraid of traditional characters, she has read "Ancient Chinese" written by her mother, and it is in traditional characters.Even if there are words she doesn't know, she can ask other people for help in the future.

The flow trajectories of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River seem to be different from those on her map, which is normal when you think about it. How many times has the Yellow River changed its course? Maybe the Yellow River in this era has also changed its course.Those place names and country names are all new to her, and they don't match any of her historical knowledge.

Chen Fan sighed, is this in another time and space?

Chu Sheng handed over another piece of paper, and Chen Fan took it. On the paper were several pieces of information that she had always wanted to ask but had nowhere to ask: Xia Guo, Da Xiangchao, Ding Weinian, Zai Xi nine years.

This dynasty is called Xiang, and it is not a dynasty that she knows of in any historical records.

Daxiang Dynasty, Daxiang Dynasty, it is easy to say that it is a big sausage with a spoonful of mouth.

She looked at the location, shape, and size of Daxiang on the map, and it seemed to be okay. Compared with the surrounding countries, it was considered a big country.

Chen Fan returned the map and the note to Chu Sheng.A group of people continued to walk, and when they got out of the forest, they saw that the village was densely packed, and many houses were not far from the official road.There are endless mountains in the distance.

After walking another distance, turning around a village corner, I suddenly saw a tower in the distance.Everyone's expressions lifted.

Chen Fan saw a long city wall from a distance, with undulating mountains on both sides of the city wall.Seeing the city gate, it is estimated that there are still a few turns to be made.

She asked Zhou Qiang: "Is this a military fortress? Build a city wall between two mountains?"

Zhou Qiang shook his head, and drew a big circle with his fingers: "None of these states must pass through in wars. There are many counties that are not surrounded by walls, and there were no walls here. This side of the mountain is Shengping County, Pingzhou, and the other side of the mountain It is Yuanfeng County, Qingzhou, and the two mountains belong to each other. There are some villages between the two mountains. People in Shengping County often rob things. Later, a city wall was built to separate them. Later, all four walls were built. , and later, the county government also moved here."

Chen Fan thought of the capital city of a certain country, which was surrounded by fences at first.

"Life in Shengping County should be quite good. There are many brick houses here." Those houses that are not brick houses are also stone houses.

Zhou Qiang shook his head again: "Building a brick-and-tile house is not necessarily a good day, but because it is customary to build a brick-and-tile house here. It often rains here, and the rammed mud house can't be drenched for a few years. If you have money to build a house, build a taller one." If you don’t have money to build a house, you can build a lower house. We have less rainfall in Yuzhou, so many houses are made of mud. There are brick kilns everywhere in Shengping County, and almost all the bricks and tiles used in Yuanfeng County are bought here.”

"Ah? Didn't you say that Yuanfeng County is very good, why do you want to buy Shengping County?"

"The soil in Yuanfeng County is so precious, and basically all of them have been cultivated into good fields. There is a lot of wasteland in Shengping County, and the empty land is also empty, so the soil is dug to burn tiles."

Isn't this a matter of distribution of geographically advantageous industries?

"That's pretty good. The brick and tile business is good, and the people have a lot of money in their hands."

"What's the matter?" Zhou Qiang shook his head again, "The money belongs to those gentry, and the common people just do some coolies."

Alas, the people are too miserable.However, Zhou Qiang didn't feel bitter while chatting, so he could continue chatting.She just came here, talking about these things can quickly gain a deep understanding of this era.After the life is settled, it is also good to go to the streets and corners to listen to various gossips, gain insights and see the various situations of all beings.

As we walked, the city wall disappeared.

After walking for a while, it suddenly became clear that the official road led straight to the distant city gate.Houses, fields and woods line both sides of the road.

Many people cheered.

When the crowd saw the city gate, they were no longer in such a hurry.

Chen Fan found that the land here was not so severely cracked.She naturally spoke to Zhou Qiang, who was her explainer.

"Oh, it probably rained here, but it's dry again." Zhou Qiang said casually: "The people here probably ate everything they could eat and dug everything they could dig, and the green seedlings didn't even have time to grow out. of".

Look at the opposite, but it took a long time to walk past.

They walked through a dry forest in front of the tower, walked to the open space in front of the city wall, breathed a sigh of relief, sat down, and some even lay down.When the destination is reached, the person's breath is relieved, and the body suddenly seems to have no energy.

Chen Fan looked at the trees in the forest, many of which had their bark peeled off, she sighed.

Looking towards the city wall, there is a large area of ​​open land without a single tree, like a large square.

As far as the eye can see, there are people, in small groups, some people have set up tents or huts, and most people can only sleep in the open.

Their complexion is a little better than those people seen on the road.At the gate of the city, will your complexion change for the better?

Chen Fan looked at the closed city gate in the distance, feeling a little disappointed.

They accelerated their walking speed several times and rushed here, but they were still locked outside the city.

Look at those tents and huts, which look like they have been stationed for a long time.

She wanted to go to the city as soon as possible, so that she could find a job, earn food, a place to live, and a bath.But……

Chen Fan turned his eyes to the forest, searching for a suitable tree for her to spend the night.Then, she looked at the mountains on both sides of the city: so short?This is only more than 20 meters high, right?Several higher mountains seem to be only [-] meters long.Such a low hill, why didn't those refugees climb over the hill and wait at the gate of the city?
An unthinkable wild dog ran over from nowhere, skinny, looking for food on the ground.Several children screamed in fright, but several men, with green eyes, swarmed up with sticks and beat the wild dogs.The wild dog only ran a few steps, whined a few times, and then fell silent.

Those men talked on the phone around the wild dogs, but Chen Fan didn't hear the whole thing, but he heard the word "dao" clearly, which was exactly the same as the pronunciation in her hometown, probably in many places.

Two men went and came back with two kitchen knives.After a while, a smell of blood spread, causing many people to turn their heads to look over.Someone tremblingly wanted to step forward, but was stared back by those men's fierce eyes.

Those few people quickly walked away, holding a little meat in their hands, their faces were very excited, and the eyes of many people around them were bright.What was left on the ground was a pile of messy dog ​​hair and a pool of crimson blood, which seeped into the soil in an instant, forming a black patch.

(End of this chapter)