I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 384 It seems like an old friend has arrived

Ten days passed quickly, and next month arrived in a blink of an eye.

With grand congratulatory gifts, Chen Luo, Chen Xu and several of Chen Lu's descendants were the main representatives, and the group had already set off from Yangxia to Huaiyin early.

As for Wei Qing, he finally chose not to follow and returned to Chang'an.

However, before he left Yangxia, he had brief contact with Chen Ajiao three or four times. Chen Luo, who was so busy these days, did not take the time to ask about the specific results.

But when Wei Qing left, he had a bright smile on his face.

Yangxia and Huaiyin are hundreds of miles apart.

Even if nothing goes wrong in the process, the time spent on the road will be shortened by twenty days. If there is any accident, such as water rising somewhere and the bridge being blocked by cars and horses, it will take three to five days to take a detour.

However, Chen's team basically follows the official route, and accidents rarely happen.

They encountered no disturbances and arrived in Huaiyin smoothly, even two days earlier than expected.

"Huaiyin doesn't look big, but I didn't expect there to be so many carriages and horses." Zhang An sighed with a whip in one hand and the reins of the carriage with the other. "I have seen all kinds of carriages in Huaiyin in the past two days. I'm afraid they are not as good as those in Chang'an." Want less.”

"That's inevitable." Chen Luo, who was sitting back with his eyes closed and concentrating, responded with a smile, "Most of the carriages passing through Chang'an City belong to noble families, and there are specialized craftsmen responsible for building them. In addition, the inheritance of Guanzhong craftsmen mostly originated from the Qin Dynasty. Ink, so the system and specifications are relatively unified, which is not surprising. Now that the Marquis of Huaiyin is celebrating his birthday, guests come from all over. The craftsmen have very different inheritances, so the carriages they build are naturally different."

This is not a complicated issue for me.

The reason why he analyzed it rationally and stated the truth behind it was just to change his mind.

Zhang An nodded heavily, thoughtfully.

After the carriage entered Huaiyin City, it stopped within a quarter of an hour.

"Are you there?" Sensing that the carriage was no longer moving forward, Chen Luo exhaled a breath of air, rubbed his brows lightly, and opened his eyes.

He opened the curtain, looked around through the car window, and found that he was parked in the middle of the street.

"My lord, I don't know what happened ahead. We are stuck here and can't move at all." Zhang An looked helpless.

Chen Luo waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter, just stop. I can get out of the car and take a walk. But you have to take care of those expensive gifts. I'll talk to Dongsheng so they don't get lost."

After saying this, he stepped out of the carriage and happened to see Chen Xu walking towards him.

"The Marquis of Huaiyin is so famous that people who came to celebrate his birthday actually blocked the main street in the city." Chen Luo was the first to sigh, and then put forward his own suggestion, "Why don't we change our approach?"

The current situation is indeed a bit exaggerated.

You must know that although Huaiyin is not a big city, after decades of repairs, it still ranks among the top fifty among the many counties in the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, the road specifications are not low. The main street is basically seven or eight feet wide.

According to normal conditions, there is no problem in accommodating fifty or sixty carriages traveling at the same time.

The key is that the number of carriages in the entire Huaiyin City may not be this number, not to mention that they cannot be on the streets at the same time.

Therefore, this main road in Huaiyin had never been blocked before today.

Just like in future generations, no one would think that the 14-lane Tongtian Avenue is actually jammed with traffic every day, unless it is in Quancheng, which does not have a main urban subway.

Huaiyin's accident was caused by "external pressure."

The sudden influx of a large number of horse-drawn carriages was like ordering a bowl of egg fried rice in a tavern, bringing the entire Huaiyin transportation system to a halt.

Looking at the endless street congestion, Chen Qian smiled bitterly and agreed: "This is indeed the best solution. I have been to Huaiyin for more than thirty or forty years in the past few years, and I have never seen such an exaggerated situation."

After saying this, he went back and arranged for the servants to carry the small luggage. As for the utensils that required the joint efforts of several people to lift, he continued to put them on the carriage and left people to take care of them.

"Where should we go next? To visit the Marquis of Huaiyin at the Huaiyin Marquis' Mansion?" Seeing that Chen Qian had finished his work and made arrangements, Chen Luo interrupted and asked.

I haven’t been to Huaiyin for more than ten years.

Moreover, he came to Huaiyin to visit Han Xin about once a year. He stayed here for six or seven days at a time, and then went to Yingdu to play with Xiang Yu for more than ten days.

Therefore, I am not familiar with the streets here, at least not as well as those in Chang'an and Yangxia.

"No." Chen Qian shook his head, "Let's go to Chen's house here first. After settling in, we will come to celebrate his birthday tomorrow."

"Oh, okay." Chen Luo agreed and followed the arrangement.

The reason why Yangxia Chen family settled in a house in Huaiyin was not because of himself.

Before he resigned from Daiguo and returned to Yangxia, Chen bought the house here.

After all, Chen Lu married the noble daughter of the Han family and would visit his father-in-law every year. He bought a house as a residence, which was very necessary and could save a lot of trouble.

Later, Chen Luo came to Huaiyin every year to have a drink with Han Xin and reminisce about the past. He also chose to live in his son's home instead of buying a new house.

Firstly, he only stays for less than ten days every year, and if he buys a house specially, it will be idle for a long time. It would be a waste to hire someone to clean it.

Secondly, Chen Lu's house here feels more like home. Living in your own home is much more secure and comfortable than living alone in a deserted house outside. Even if the environment is poor, the feeling in your heart is completely different.

Under the leadership of Chen Xu, Chen Luo and others directed the servants to move and march along the side of the street where there was less congestion.

After about two or three hundred steps, they saw the cause of the congestion.

Two carriages collided with each other, causing a rear-end collision. A total of six or seven carriages were blocked in the middle of the road, basically blocking all the space.

No wonder no one gets by.

Moreover, the owners of these carriages all have status. If there is only friction between the two parties, then they may each give in. But now that there are more people, no one will think about losing their own face.

So what happened was that a large number of carriages were blocked in the middle of the street.

"What a fuss." Chen Xu frowned upon seeing this, "It's just a small matter, why bother holding your neck back and delaying the things of the people behind you."

Chen Luo smiled and said: "These people are afraid of losing face. The people who come to Huaiyin now are all nobles from various families. They are afraid that they will give in and make other people laugh."

"What's so funny about this?" Chen Xu asked with some confusion.

"I don't understand either." Chen Luo shrugged, "But it's not a problem that they're stuck here."

Some people take face so seriously that losing face is like killing him.

How this kind of brain circuit is formed, I don't understand at all.

Of course, he had some ideas about solving problems with this kind of brain circuit.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Luo stopped and walked a dozen steps towards the carriage jam. Then he raised his hands and shouted: "Everyone, please listen to me. Everyone who came to Huaiyin from afar today came to celebrate the birthday of the Marquis of Huaiyin. Why can't we learn from others?" You are so magnanimous that you are causing trouble in the busy city and you have really lost your place."

After saying this, he turned and left.

The group of people blocking the middle of the street, refusing to give in to each other, relaxed their frowns and looked a little calmer.

The story of the Marquis of Huaiyin who was humiliated by the butcher and finally chose to repay evil with kindness spread widely in the Han Dynasty. All of them know this.

The latter sentence is more like a way to provoke a general. It seems that he is stubborn here. If he does not retreat with openness, he is more like an unreasonable person.

So the carriages that were originally crowded together began to restore order.

But the owners of those carriages also looked arrogant.

"I'm not afraid of you becoming the Prime Minister. I just want to learn from Huaiyin Hou's demeanor, so I don't care about this matter and let you pass."

"Haha, doesn't it mean that I didn't give in? Don't think that you can shamelessly brag about giving in just because the carriage moved first. My carriage was hit and the damage was more serious than your carriage. If you want to imitate the Marquis of Huaiyin, it's obviously me. Learning."

"Two people in front of you, stop arguing. I'm stuck here. I'm still not angry after being delayed for so long. If you want to learn from the Marquis of Huaiyin, you haven't learned the essence. You have to look at me."

"By the way, who said that just now? What does the last sentence mean? It doesn't sound very good."

"I saw him walking into Yangxia Chen's team just now. Are you going to ask?"

"Oh, that's okay. I'm blocking the road here. I'm really in the way."

With everyone laughing, the streets returned to order in a cheerful atmosphere.

As for Chen Luo, who leisurely left now, he quickly walked a few steps to catch up with Chen Xu in front.

"Dongsheng, please stay."

Chen Xu half-turned around, "What's wrong?"

"Just wait here." Chen Luo stretched.

Chen Xu said in confusion: "Isn't it blocked? It looks like I can't get through it for a while."

"Let's wait and see." Chen Luo smiled calmly.

If you can take a horse-drawn carriage and save time and effort, why bother traveling such a long distance on two roads?

This is "a gentleman is good at false things."

"Okay." Chen Xu scratched his head and chose to believe Chen Luo's statement, waving his hand to stop the servants carrying the gifts.

After only half a stick of incense, the originally blocked streets began to loosen up as expected.

The carriages returned to running in an orderly manner, and not long after, Yangxia Chen's carriage appeared in everyone's sight.

Chen Xu turned his head and said, "Does Boyu know things like a god?"

"No." Chen Luo shook his head, "I shouted a few words inside, and those people were probably embarrassed, so they started to give in."

"What did Boyu say?" Chen Xu couldn't help but be curious. Those carriages had been stuck here for who knows how long. Their owners were probably not easy-going people.

But Boyu resolved the conflict in just a moment, which was probably the same as the lobbyists in the pre-Qin period.

"The carriage has arrived. If you are curious, I will talk to you in the carriage." Chen Luo smiled, and the carriage driven by Zhang An had stopped in front of him.

If he doesn't go up and chats with Chen Xu here, I'm afraid it will cause another congestion incident.

……

The next day.

Chen Luo got up early in the morning and went to the Huaiyin Marquis Mansion with Chen Xu and several other descendants of the Chen family in Yangxia.

Even though it is not the time for the official birthday banquet, with the relationship between the Chen family in Yangxia and the Han family in Huaiyin, there is no need to be bound by the etiquette of ordinary guests. It is completely useless to visit the old man in advance, meet him and say a few auspicious words. questionable.

"Brother Dongsheng, brother Xiawen, you are here." As soon as they arrived at the gate of the Huaiyin Marquis Mansion, a descendant of the Han family came forward and greeted them warmly.

There were countless distinguished guests coming to visit these days, and it would be impolite to just let the servants go out to greet the guests.

Therefore, the Han family arranged for a junior to guard the door of the mansion.

"I've met Brother Wenqing." Chen Xu returned the greeting and then introduced Chen Luodao, "This is Chen Xun, whose courtesy name is Boyu. He is from the great-grandfather's brother's lineage. He was relieving disasters in the southern counties a few days ago. When he learned about the birthday banquet of the Marquis of Huaiyin, he came here specially Come visit.”

"I have long admired the name of Brother Boyu." Han Wei greeted him equally politely.

After all, he could not neglect anyone who was in the Chen family's team in Yangxia.

If they were wronged at home, I was afraid that my great-grandfather would come out and scold his eldest father and uncle.

Chen Luo returned the courtesy and then retreated to Chen Xu. He was not familiar with the current situation in the Huaiyin Marquis Mansion, so it was better to leave the basic negotiation matters to Chen Xu.

After directing his servants to carry the gifts down, Chen Qian introduced them and asked Han Wei: "I wonder if Marquis Huaiyin is in good spirits today. Is it suitable for us to visit him?"

"My great-grandfather has been in pretty good condition these days. He can still eat two taels of meat per meal. I'll go over and ask later to see if my great-grandfather has time to see you."

"Excuse me, Brother Wenqing."

……

"Great-grandfather, are you resting?" Han Wei stood in front of the study, knocked on the wooden door, and asked loudly.

My great-grandfather's ears have started to suffer from some problems in recent years. If he speaks softly, he will often be ignored. 1.

"What's the matter? Come in and talk." A strong voice came from inside.

Han Wei pushed the door open and asked softly: "A guest wants to..."

"Hey, I don't see any guests. I feel annoyed when there are so many people." Han Xin waved his hand, a little impatient.

Back then, Jiang Ning asked me to be kind to others and not to offend anyone because of my attitude.

But now that I have passed the age of "doing what you want without going against the rules", it doesn't matter if you are more willful.

"Wei." Han Wei turned around and was about to leave, then thought for a moment and said, "The people who asked to see you this time are the descendants of the Chen family in Yangxia. They..."

"Then if you didn't tell me earlier, take them to the living room." Han Xin put down the album in his hand, "Don't ask about this kind of thing next time, just tell me that someone from Yangxia is coming. Jiangning's juniors are coming, and I Isn’t it possible that we can still be turned away?”

"Wei, I understand." Han Wei nodded in agreement, hurried out to greet Chen and his party, and took them to the living room.

Silence returned to the house.

Han Xin sat quietly, and after a moment of daze, he sighed quietly.

"They all left one by one, and I didn't expect to be left in this world." He murmured to himself, then stood up shakily, pushed the door open, and slowly moved towards the living room step by step.

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Meeting you for the first time is like returning from an old friend. ——"Meeting Friends" Du Mu

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