Chapter 277 [See also the hammer made of paper(1/2)
Zhai Rang stopped and suddenly looked at Li Yun with deep meaning, and said with emotion: "Your father is the same. He has been accompanied by this bamboo slip for five years. Unfortunately, we have no destiny, so we were taken back by the old man five years later. Now that this bamboo slip is given to you, you must seize the opportunity, otherwise you will lose it in the future.
As he spoke, his tone suddenly became serious, and there was even a kind of urge to urge Li Yun to sternly: "I remember, it's only five years..."
Old Man Zhai rarely speaks to Li Yun in such a stern tone.
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Unfortunately, Li Yun couldn't figure out what the bamboo slips were after listening for a long time.
Instead, he became even more curious and couldn't help but touch the bamboo slips in his arms, murmured, "What is this?" After saying that, he looked at Zhai Rang, eager to explain.
But seeing that Old Man Zhai looked solemn, he suddenly said word by word: "This is the most treasure of the Taoist sect, the dragon storm, the eight mountains shake the dragon, and ascend in the sun!"
Shaking the Dragon Sutra?
Eight mountains shake the dragon, and ascend in the sun?
"You can pull it down!"
Li Yun laughed out loud.
After working on it for a long time, it turned out to be the Dragon Shaking Sutra. He thought it was a treasure?
The Dragon Shaking Sutra is an ancient Feng Shui book. It was searched online everywhere in later generations. Because the books talk about divine things, it was criticized as one of the most feudal superstitious books.
Li Yun was a floppy writer at the time. He had no time to check the book online, but after reading it, he sneered at it and felt that it was just nonsense.
Unexpectedly, the ancients actually took it as a treasure.
What else are you talking about ascending in the sun?
This is nothing more than a Feng Shui book.
He was amused and cried, and even had the urge to take out the bamboo slips and throw them away. However, because Old Man Zhai stood beside him with a serious look on his face, he could only pretend to obey the Master's advice respectfully.
As for my thoughts, I have long regarded this as a joke.
But because of his good disguise on his face, Old Man Zhai was very pleased for a moment. But when Old Man Zhai nodded slowly, he spoke with a kind of emotion that a child could teach, he once again reminded: "Remember, only five years. If you gain nothing in five years, this bamboo slip will definitely be taken back. Good boy, don't regret it for the rest of your life..."
"Yeah, yeah!"
Li Yun pretended to be obedient and nodded, like an obedient junior.
Zhai Rang was satisfied, turned around and returned to his residence. Suddenly, he looked back at Li Yun, and said with great concern: "Remember, five years!"
Li Yun quickly looked serious and nodded, saying, "Don't worry, Master, I promise to pay attention."
Zhai Rang finally felt relieved and waved to him and said, "Let's go back together and talk about the founding of the country."
This is what Li Yun attaches most importance to, and it is much more important than the mysterious Bashan Shaking Dragon. He hurriedly followed and accompanied Old Man Zhai to return to the wooden house.
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Central Plains, the north, the south of the grassland, and the north of Fanyang.
This is the junction of the border, with mountains and trees in the sky. A semi-desolate official road from west to east, and a long convoy walked along the official road.
This is a caravan from the Western Regions, carrying goods to Fanyang City. If the people in the Western Regions want to go to Fanyang, the journey is extremely difficult. They first have to cross the Tianshan Mountains and Yinshan Mountains, then pass through the grassland controlled by the Turks, and finally change it to the south at the northwest border, and then slowly enter the Central Plains along the ancient road.
After entering the Central Plains, it was the Hebei Road area of the Tang Dynasty.
Although Hebei Road has not starved to death in the past three years, its foundation is too poor and it is still very poor, so the court cannot build a large number of new official roads, so it can only maintain and repair the originally semi-deprived official roads.
After the official road is maintained and repaired, it can barely maintain traffic, but if there are a large number of caravans, the official road will seem a bit too bad.
Because the caravans usually have dozens of large cars, it seems quite difficult to walk and rush.
Especially now, this official road is the journey from the Western Regions to the Central Plains. There may be only a few times in a year, so the degree of desolation is becoming more and more serious.
The difficulty of walking on the road is secondary, the key is that there are many bandits in the mountains and forests.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that there are many generous and tragic people in Yanzhao. What does this mean? This means that the people are brave.
There are many heroes and many bandits!
In the mountains and forests, there are always mountain villages that entrench or block the road and robbery. Fortunately, there are few people who kill, and they are usually just seeking wealth.
But this Western Regions caravan was also unlucky. After entering Hebei Road, they suffered two consecutive gangsters. They thought the unlucky things had passed, but today they encountered the third wave.
"Don't, stop..."
But when I saw a crisp shout suddenly sounded in the mountains and forests on the edge of the official road, I saw the shrubs shaking a few times, and then a person rushed out of the bushes.
It turned out to be a woman!
Riding an old cow!
Could this kind of behavior have also caused great disaster?
This style is almost funny...
But things often happen in the world. The Western Regions caravan actually stopped the convoy very obediently. After the convoy stopped, he saw the caravan leader coming out more and more. Instead of leading the guards, he walked forward alone.
"Hao!"
The woman riding the bull yelled again and suddenly looked angry. Before the caravan leader arrived, she had already shouted from afar, saying, "I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, I want to pass by, and leave to buy wealth..."
After saying that, he bent down a little, then suddenly picked up two sledgehammers from Lao Niu, held them in his hand and shook them, and said, "If you jump half a word, I will kill you but not bury you."
It's very bandit's language and a bandit's style. Unfortunately, she looks charming and charming, and no matter how fierce the threat is, it will be greatly reduced. Fortunately, the girl seems to know her situation, so she keeps dancing two sledgehammers when threatening, but when she hears the sledgehammers are whispering, it's very terrifying from a distance.
But today's robbery is not like robbery, and those who are robbery do not seem to be like robbery.
But when the leader of the Western Regions caravan suddenly stopped and stood far away, he laughed and said, "Okay, okay, we dare not say anything. After all, we have to borrow the territory of Miss Qi, so it is definitely impossible to say if we don't buy some money..."
The leader of this caravan actually has a regular Chinese character.
After hearing him finish his words, he laughed again and said again: "Miss Qi put down the hammer first. No matter what, we are considered old acquaintances. We have to come to Zhongyuan three or four times a year. Why do you have to shout and kill among old acquaintances? How much do you want this time? The little old man has prepared it for you in advance!"
How come this is like a robbed person?
Instead, it's like an old friend I haven't seen for a long time.
Since the robbery is so good, it must be a bit inappropriate to shout and kill again. Sure enough, the woman riding the cow smiled indifferently and really hung two terrifying hammers back to the old cow. Then she stretched out two jade-like fingers, shook them slightly at the opposite side, and said, "I saw that there were many young and old in the mountains. I don't ask you for too much. You can leave fifty stones of grain to buy a way."
Fifty stones of grain are converted into five thousand kilograms in later generations. Now, the price of grain in the Tang Dynasty is sold by bulls. Five thousand kilograms of grain is about five hundred kilograms. How much does a bull cost? It's only twenty cents.
So fifty stones of grain only cost one hundred stale coins.
I really don’t ask for much, and it doesn’t look like a robber?
But the merchant leader on the opposite side laughed again and said, "It turns out that you need fifty dou of grain. Miss Qi, you have increased the price. In the past, we only had to pay thirty dou, but the price of buying the road this time is slightly higher."
The pretty face of the bull riding girl vaguely turned red and said, "What I said just now is that it is not suitable for the green and yellow. There are many young and old in the mountains, so the price is increased."
"Okay, okay!"
The merchant leader nodded and said, "Fifty stones are only fifty stones. It is considered that the old man came here in person to honor Miss Qi. However, there is a lot of food in 50 stones. We need to load a large cart full of food. We can give the food, but we can't give the ox cart. Miss Qi, why don't we follow the old method? What if the old man asked the guards to unload the food on the official road?"
"Can!"
The girl riding the bull agreed and said almost hurriedly: "Hurry up and do it, wait for the grain to be put into the pot in the mountains."
"Okay, okay!"
The caravan leader nodded again and actually ordered the guards to unload the car. However, he looked at the girl with a smile and said calmly: "Fortunately, our caravan has prepared enough rations, otherwise this time it would not be able to meet your requirements. Miss Qi, can you give me a letter of approval? Will you still need fifty stones next time? The old man has prepared it for you in advance."
The girl riding the bull hesitated for a moment and pondered: "Next time you come again, it should be after the autumn harvest. At that time, it was not considered as if the green and yellow were not accepted. I will not increase the price anymore. We are still the same rule, and we can only give thirty stones to buy a road."
This is not like robbery, it sounds like borrowing something from an old friend.
The caravan leader bowed and said that he would write down this request.
The guards behind unloaded the truck very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, unloaded a truck of food on the roadside. Then the caravan leader greeted the girl and ordered the guards to drive the vehicle away slowly.
The bull-riding girl has always stood on the edge of the official road, keeping her promises to keep the caravans moving smoothly.
After the convoy disappeared from the distance of the official road, the girl let out a sigh of relief and suddenly shouted at the forest behind her, but saw a group of old men and children walking out happily.
These people each carried some food, walked back to the forest and slowly disappeared, but there were laughter and joy in the forest, and the children seemed very happy.
But after the Western Regions caravan walked away, the caravan's guard suddenly came to the leader of the caravan, and asked in confusion: "Why does the master refuse to resist? The woman was obviously bluffing. She had never used her two sledgehammers once, and she only dared to ask for food every time she robbed her."
The implication of the words is self-evident, which is to remind the owner that he was deceived.
But the leader of the caravan smiled and said with a deep meaning: "The hammer is fake, but the person is real. This girl can occupy a forest. All caravans that go by buy a way. Do you think no one has resisted? Any resistance will encounter strange things. Either they faint, and the next day they find that they are stripped naked and still on the tree, or all the vehicles are short axles, watching the goods stop in the car. I tell you, this girl is amazing..."
"Is there such a strange thing actually?"
The guard looked shocked and his eyes were a little disbelief.
The caravan leader looked at him and waved his hand and said, "Miss Qi doesn't want much every time, so we just treat it as giving to the elderly and children. We are merchants from the Western Regions. We come to the Central Plains to make money. Don't make trouble. You must know that this is Hebei Road in the Tang Dynasty..."
The six words of Hebei Road in the Tang Dynasty have far-reaching meanings. The guard suddenly remembered who had been the fief of Hebei Road, and immediately stopped and drove away the ox cart.
But the leader of the caravan looked back and murmured to himself: "What a strange woman. Every time he robs, he only needs food. I have already guessed that you are a master with extremely strong martial arts skills, but you always deliberately pretend that you are really too kind-hearted."
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But after the woman riding a cow robbed, she also used the old cow to carry food for several generations. She rode the old cow through the mountains and into the forest, and a small village like a peach blossom land gradually appeared in front of her.
The woman rode the cow all the way and soon arrived at a quaint courtyard in the village. There were two thatched cottages built in this courtyard. The yard was full of poultry that was digging soil to catch food. But when she saw a dirty old man squatting on the ground, slowly moving towards a poultry, he moved very slowly and seemed cautious. He took several cups of tea to approach a rooster without any warning.
To be continued...