warring states careerist

Chapter 9
There is no rooster in the house, and the rising sun will still pierce the darkness.

Regardless of whether there is a rooster crowing or not, it is the most fair to illuminate all things.

Before dawn, Shi woke up.

Woke up hungry.

Three meals a day before crossing had oil, but after coming here, commoners had two meals a day, basically there was no oil and water, and everyone had a scary appetite, but they couldn’t get enough to eat.

Last night, he dreamed of the big white steamed bun, but he didn't know whether it was because he was hungry or because the white steamed bun looked like something on a woman's body.

In this era of lack of entertainment, having a good dream is a story that can be shared with others, but the story of Shiyi cannot be told, because the brothers, sisters-in-law and even the whole Shangqiu people don't know what steamed buns are.

Wheat needs to be ground off the outer bran to become flour, and steamed buns can only be steamed with flour. At this time, millstones have not yet been widely used, and wheat can only be boiled and eaten like rice.

When he went out to wash his face, he smiled helplessly.

Last night's cheap dream of buying two for one yuan in the previous life is now a fantasy that even the emperor can't get.

The ice-cold water splashed on his face, and all the drowsiness that remained was wiped away.

Carrying the earthen pot to a well in the city to fetch water to fill the big pottery pot at home, the simple orange lever does not need to bend down, and the pottery pot will be lifted obediently from the other end of the well when the rope is pressed hard.

People on the street were already busy trying to stay alive, thinking about going to soak the hemp today, went back to eat the cold corn and rice left over from last night, and told his brother and sister-in-law to go out of the city.

At this time, there was no cotton, and the flax from Central Asia had not yet taken root in the Central Asia. The primitive Abutilon supported the underlying clothes.

The hemp soaking pond outside the city emits an unpleasant smell and is dark. A large number of microorganisms decompose the lignin and gum on the hemp day and night, leaving fibers that can be spun.

This is the common dipping pool in the city, and each family is allocated a small area, so they are not afraid of others stealing it.

It's not that people don't pick up things on the road and don't close their doors at night, it's just that soaking the hemp is the first process, and the subsequent drying, slitting, rubbing, and spinning are the most troublesome.

The hemp skin that the old man in the field mentioned yesterday was the hemp skin that had been completed before rubbing, not the raw materials soaked in smelly water.

Standing by the pool, slightly turning the bundled velvet hemp, a disgusting stench disturbed the tip of Shi's tongue, and his chest was extremely tight. After all, the things at that time are not as despicable as the things at this time.

Quite a few women stood bare-legged in the stinky pool water, picking up the velvet hemp that they had soaked with their own hands a few months ago, pinching their noses to endure the smell, and finding their own velvet velvetylis and dragging them upwards. pull.

When the sun rises very high, there are more people, and an atmosphere called joy also heats up with the sunshine. The ordinary girls who are Yingying and Yanyan and the peasant boys who are full of strength are dressed in occasional wet clothes. , There will always be ripples when the skin touches intentionally or unintentionally.

A young man standing next to Shi stared at a woman opposite, and couldn't help singing.

"The pond at the east gate can be retting. Bimei Shuji can sing with you."

"The pool at the east gate can be retting. Bimei Shuji can talk to you."

"The pond at the east gate can be retting. Bi Mei Shuji, you can talk to me."

The bright voice pierced through the somewhat stagnant air forced by the stinky hemp water, and attracted the laughter of a few girls on the opposite side. Boldly and aggressively, they twisted their waists on purpose, knelt there and outlined a posture in the posture of arranging the hemp bundles. Ripe peaches.

The singing voice and eyes met at one place, the girl boldly raised her head, looked at the young man singing opposite, she was probably satisfied, she didn't lower her head, but stood up straight and stretched out her petite chest, as if again Ask: "When I stand up, take a good look again. Do I look good? If I look good, then continue singing..."

Not long after, a song like a yellow warbler floated over from the opposite side of the pond, making Shi, the traveler, blush a little.

"It turns out that the woman at this time is like this. In the previous life, did my ancestors meet like this at this time?"

The illusion of interlaced time and space made Shi feel a little dazed, and it took him a long time to shake his head and shake off these weird thoughts.

The girl on the opposite side also noticed Shi, and sang a few words with a smile, but Shi couldn't sing back and didn't quite get used to it, so she had to lower her head and blushed to drag her home's hemp away, attracting the singing girl to look up and laugh Non-stop, like a rooster that has won a fight, pointing at Shi Shi's back, not knowing what to say to the sister next to him...

It's a good season for wild cooperation, but it's time to abandon the armor and drag the hemp.

What I think of is not those blushing and heart-warming singing voices, but what Uncle Ma once said... The lower the bottom, the more penniless people are, the more they can have true love and the sex that comes from love, not a doll or a transaction , they have nothing else to trade but love and attraction to each other.

Dragging the linen in my hand, I spread it out to dry in a spacious place, and now it is wet into a ball. After drying, my sister-in-law will use her rough hands to break the linen into linen, spin it into linen, and weave linen into linen to make new clothes.

When he thinks of new clothes, he thinks of his own new clothes from yesterday. The workmanship is very good, and this is the only thing he can exchange for money.

There are many things I want to do, but there are not many things I can do, but with the little capital at home now, it is the easiest way to make tofu, and I need to get a mill first, and I can't afford it without a few tens of dollars , not to mention the running water for buying beans, large clay pots, filter cloths, etc.

Thinking about it, the new clothes can sell for twenty or thirty dollars, and making tofu is definitely not enough, so I have to think of other ways.

After thinking about it for a long time, I have no clue.

Reluctantly got up, sorted the soaked hemp, carried it back, and decided to listen to Mozi's lecture again.

……

In the afternoon, cicadas were singing, but there was no sign of Mo Zi under the juniper tree.

Shi held a small wooden stick, and was about to draw a millstone, ox plow, ridge moisture, etc. if Mozi was there, to make a big splash, even if it was pretended to be taught by a hermit when he was chopping firewood in the mountains.

Thinking about Mozi's technical level and the talents of the Mohist school, it is a matter of consciousness to figure out how to figure it out.

At this time, Lu Ban has long passed away, and Mozi can be called No. 1 in the world in terms of carpentry level. If he can't figure it out, he won't be someone else.

However, after waiting for a long time, I met a few people who were listening to the lecture yesterday and asked, only to hear the wind faintly.

After carefully asking what happened, Shi felt that a thunderbolt had exploded directly above his head, and the wooden stick in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter, and he stood there stupidly like a turtledove in winter, with a sad face on his face .

Yesterday I was still imagining the future, who would have thought that a catastrophe is imminent today, and it is a disaster that is close at hand!

"I'm going to die..."

He muttered, recalling the Gongsunhui Rebellion in Qi State, he could only evaluate his situation in these three words.

The big event that happened in Qi country seemed to have nothing to do with him, but in fact it was related to his life.

This trivial incident, which seems to be the civil strife in the Tian family at this time, is the beginning of a series of event chains throughout the early and middle Warring States period.

The story he knew about the loose horseshoe and the subjugation of the country is suitable here.

Because Gongsun would ask Zhao for help on his own, the Three Jins sent troops to defeat Qi.

Because of the great victory of the Three Jin Dynasties, he coerced the court to meet the Emperor Zhou, and got the title to attack the Tian family who did not abide by Zhou etiquette and killed the patriarch Xiakeshang.

Because of the status, the countries of the alliance joined forces to attack Qi, and even the country of Yue also sent troops.

Because the countries of the alliance sent troops to the Yue Kingdom, Jiang Qi Kanggong had no choice but to drive the King of Yue to surrender, measure the material resources of the Qi Kingdom to win the favor of the Yue Kingdom, and sent thousands of slaves from the Qi people to two cities. The Tian family was clean and untouchable, Jiang Qi had no prestige and the last bit of face, and he did the last tiny job for the last Tian family and Dai Qi.

Because the last bit of face was lost, the Tian family and the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei joined forces to force Qi Kanggong, the mascot, and the weakened Jin Liegong to follow the Three Jins, Songs, Zheng Zhuguo to meet Zhou Tianzi.Taking advantage of the opportunity that Song, Zheng, Qi, Jin and other countries will go to court, please make the three Jins Marquis.

Because the three Jins were marquises and Linqiu was victorious, Song State rebelled against Chu and Jin, which caused Chu State to be dissatisfied with the siege of Song Shiyue. Guan, to be the support point for Chu to dominate the Central Plains.

Because the three Jins were marquises and Linqiu won a great victory, the power of the pro-Jin faction of Zheng State rose sharply, and the struggle between the pro-Chu and pro-Jin factions became fierce, and Chu State had to intervene for hegemony.

During this period, King Chu Sheng was stolen and killed, and there was civil turmoil in Chu.Xiong Yi came to the throne, and his younger brother Xiong Ding, who had a strong claim and right of succession, went to the state of Zheng to seize the throne with the help of his teacher.

Because Zheng Guo's pro-Jin faction has greatly increased, taking advantage of the internal strife in Chu's succession, he angered Chu with an egg and a stone, and resolutely supported Chu's son Ding.

Because the state of Chu forced the state of Song to renovate Daliang City and Yuguan, and was aggressive, Zheng Guo once again exposed the connotation of gold and jade, and there was a strong claim by the son of the Three Jins, the conflict between the two sides was inevitable.Therefore, the three kingdoms of Wei, Han, and Zheng jointly attacked Chu, Song Guo once again turned against Jin, and Chu was defeated in the first battle of Wuyang. Prince Ding took the opportunity to incite Chen Cai to restore the country to stand on its own, and cut off the connection between Chu and the Central Plains.

Because of the defeat of Chu State, four powerful vassals of Chu State died in battle, many nobles became extinct, and the strength of Jing Zhao's second family was greatly reduced.Therefore, a Chu version of the Battle of Agincourt allowed the king of Chu to use the hands of Wei and Han to clean up the powerful lords in the country, and finally had the possibility of strengthening the centralized reform. Foreshadowing.

Because of Chu's defeat, Chen Cai's rejuvenation, internal instability, and the struggle for centralization and decentralization, Wei State took over Daliang in the Central Plains. Without the foreign enemy Chu, Wei moved his capital to Daliang to fight for hegemony in the Central Plains. The strategic center of gravity shifted, and the relationship between the Three Jin Dynasties collapsed. Turning his face, Qin Guo finally had a chance to break the situation in Xihe...

All these things that seem to be very far away, each stroke is a few lines written on the bamboo slips with the blood of thousands of people.

And Shi knew very well that with his status at this time, he might become one of the bloody people who wrote the bamboo slips.

Once the Song State rebels against the Chu Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty, it will inevitably attract the revenge of the Chu State. At that time, a small person like him will have to defend the city, serve in corvee, and build the city wall. Whether he can survive the chaos is beyond his control. , Whether he can starve to death in October during the siege of the city is another matter.

Throughout October, does my family have enough food for ten months?
Even if the besieged city does not starve to death, if you go to Yuguan to build the city wall for Chu State in the future, it will be a narrow escape.At this time, the labor intensity was extremely high, and the people of Song Dynasty were employed, and Chu State did not feel distressed...

Even if he didn't die when Yuguan was built, and Song State rebelled against Chu again, Chu State was indeed unable to defeat the Three Jins, but it still had the ability to retaliate against Song State to intimidate those vassal states, and then there would be another war.

Little people don't have the power to choose, they can only passively get involved in it and accept it silently, there is no other way.

Moreover, this crisis is too close, at most one year!
Last night, I imagined a lot of articles, but today is a crisis.

He was really panicked.

In this troubled world, life is not easy for little people.

How many of those youths who sang duets in the morning survived the October siege?

(End of this chapter)