Chapter 179 Fat Horse and Light Fur
On September 25th, it was Ren Hong's turn again. The genius was in a daze. He got up early in the morning, but found that You Noti, who came to Chang'an from martial arts a few days ago, had already worn a strong suit, still wearing the ancestral panda fur, with a ring-headed knife hanging around his waist, and a back of the hunting bow, waiting at the door with a spirited look.
"When did you get up?"
You Notie scratched his head: "When the rooster crows? Junhou, this is the first time I have been protecting your hut as a sect doctor. I have a little difficulty falling asleep last night."
You Notie's father was a subordinate of Ren An when he was the head of the pavilion in Wugong. His family went to pay homage to Ren An every year. Ren Hong became a marquis, with nearly ten quotas of family officials and could also collect dozens of soldiers.
There are only two sources of family officials that Ren Hongneng trusts. One is the old acquaintances in Dunhuang, such as Lu Duoshu, Lu Guangsu, Zhang Qianren, etc., especially Zhang Qianren, who have always been thinking about returning to Chang'an, but unfortunately the distance is too far and will not be reached for a while.
The second is that the old friends of Ren An, who was a martial arts master, did not know the temperament of those people, and did not dare to try hard to restrain them at the beginning. He only invited You Notie and his men to Jingzhao first.
You Notie has been a hunter at home for more than ten years. He has some martial arts skills and is as simple as a countryman in martial arts. Ren Hong thought of something.
"Diet, you haven't taken the word yet?"
You Noti was embarrassed: "There are no words in the remote countryside."
Ren Hong clapped his hands: "I'll get one for you."
You Notie naturally agreed with the promise, but let Hong say: "When I was in the front hall of Weiyang Palace, I was in the front hall of Weiyang Palace and was named a marquis with the emperor, I was playing the Daya of the Zhou Dynasty's Daya "Han Yi". This is how I read that poem."
"Han Le and Han Tu, Chuan Zeju, Feng Chuan Fu Fu, and Lu Chen Chen. There are bears and furs, cats and tigers."
"The general idea is that Han Hou's fiefdom, Korea is very rich. There are plump breams, silver carp, and deer and deer everywhere in the river. There are bears, crotch, cats, tigers... in the mountains and forests. These beasts, and Han Hou's retainers and warriors are as loyal and brave as these beasts."
"So your words may be taken from this poem, just call it... Panda!"
"Thank you for your gift!"
You nodded his hand. He was a rough man. He was happy when he got the words, but he was also surprised: "Why aren't a slut? It sounds even more powerful."
"The name is the name, just listen to me." Ren Hong coughed a few times and urged him to lead the horse. The two of them ate some casual food, and then walked out of Shangguanli along the bluestone road with dew frost falling in the early morning.
Today, Ren Hong was going to Baling County, which was half a day away from Chang'an. A few days ago, he asked Xia Dingmao and Han Gandang to find suitable land to buy near Chang'an. Yesterday, Xia Dingmao sent someone back to send a message saying that he had found the most suitable good land in Baling County.
Chang'an was not busy at this moment. When they came out of the south gate of Shangguanli, they could see the towering south wall of Chang'an and the "Anmen" in the south. This gate was also called "Dinglu Gate". During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, an ancient tripod was released in Fenyang, Hedong. He entered Chang'an from then on. Afterwards, they specially changed the reign to "Yuan Ding" to respond to auspiciousness.
Although Anmen has just opened today, it is as lively as the treasure tripod entered the city that day. Chang'an City has a curfew. There are marquises and servants who want to leave the city. Outside the city is full of merchants and people who enter the nine cities of the city to trade.
Fortunately, there are three doorways, going in and out from left, Ren Hong patiently led the horse and waited in the door hole on the left. However, the panda looked at the widest road in the middle and was envious: "Marty of Xi'an, you are a marquis, can't you walk in the middle?"
Ren Hong glanced at him: "Mr. Xia has already told you the rules. In Chang'an City, the middle of the road is the imperial road. Only Your Majesty, the minister, and the envoy who are desperate can leave. If the others leave, it will be a serious crime!"
The direct conflict between Prince Liu Ju of Wei and the embroidered envoy Jiang Chong was that Liu Ju's entourage was relied on the imperial road as the prince's confidant, and was arrested by Jiang Chong on the spot.
After Ren Hong was granted the title of marquis, there was a special person from the Great Honglu in the temple and explained to him the taboos of being marquis. "Chidao" was a mistake that should not be made.
"At the time of Emperor Gao, there was a general named Zhaoshe who was named Pingzhou Marquis for his merits. He had been safe for nearly a hundred years, but in the fifth year of Yuanshou of the previous emperor, he was exempted from the country because the fifth generation of Pingzhou Marquis was on the road and was eliminated!"
Ren Hong once again reminded You Panda: "If you want to harm me, you just need to ride a horse to walk into the imperial road. I will be interrogated and held accountable by the Great Honglu. Maybe all the marquis will be lost!"
It was so serious that You Panda was so scared that he shook his head repeatedly, saying that he would never dare to do so.
Therefore, the Marquis must be very cautious in recruiting family officials. Ren Hong must check them one by one, otherwise he will not know who will be cheated on one day.
After a moment of waiting, he finally left the Anmen Square. Ren Hong led his horse slowly across the endless crowd. He saw a red-haired boy on the roadside in the distance, pulling the willow branches on the roadside impatiently.
However, Liu Wannian, who was studying etiquette at the royal residence near Anmen Square, happened to go to Ren Hong's house for a meal yesterday. The man stayed in Chang'an for half a month and wanted to go to the surrounding area. When Ren Hong was about to go to Baling County, he was so arrogant that he wanted to follow him.
However, what made Ren Hong's eyes lit up was that there was a girl with brocade hat and sable fur next to Liu Wannian, who was Liu Yaoguang who hadn't seen for a long time.
Ren Hong went to see him and said, "Didn't the princess learn piano and music in peace? Why did she come?"
Liu Yaoguang smiled and said, "It was time for the rest of the house in the Lin Yuefu. He asked the female master for leave to come to the south of the city to see my brother. He heard that Ren Jun was going to Baling today. I also wanted to go east of Chang'an to see Baqiao and Emperor Xiaowen's Mausoleum, so I was so kind to go with him. Will the Marquis of Xi'an be strange?"
Ren Hong found it interesting: "I haven't seen each other for half a month, and the princess has become so polite. It seems that the optimistic female teacher has some skills and has really learned rituals and music."
Yaoguang shook his head: "How can I learn any rituals and music? In addition to playing the piano and pipa, I just teach some rituals and ceremonies and arrangements for the four seasons, so that our royal family members can know sacrificial sacrifices outside and feasting inside. The rules are so complicated. All kinds of foods for festivals, food for sacrifices, and arrangements for big banquets and small banquets all year round. I feel dizzy just thinking about these, so I want to go out for a walk."
Ren Hong knew that the royal family’s husbands would not be a marquis, but also a minister, so there would be no mistakes in sacrifices in all seasons. And aristocratic banquets are common, so women in the Han Dynasty had to be versatile in treating people and things, and ultimately, they should do: "A healthy woman is better than a husband when she holds a doorstep!"
He was quite worried that Liu Yaoguang could adapt to the life of a noble daughter from Wusun to Chang'an.
Liu Yaoguang looked very relaxed: "Don't underestimate me, I am my mother and Mrs. Feng!"
In fact, there are still discomforts. Women from other families regard raising silkworms as a game since childhood. They gradually know how to distinguish various silkworm species, then they know how to weaving, and even participate in clothing dyeing. What are the practices of spring, summer, summer dyeing, summer, winter, and all the programs are clear.
But Wusun was bitter and cold, and she couldn't even plant a mulberry tree. Jieyou and Mrs. Feng weaved from far away to buy raw silk from Zhongyuan. So Liu Yaoguang struggled to keep up with the Female Red course. Fortunately, she learned some from Mrs. Feng back then, but she finally didn't show any shame.
When it was her turn to learn to play the piano, it was her specialty. Qin Pipa was extremely skillful. The foreign tunes made the music officials who had composed "Mokodoule" with Li Yannian, and were even discussing the introduction of Wusun music into Yuefu.
Liu Yaoguang's song "Jobs in the Army" which had already composed a song, had a sonorous sound, which made all the girls in the clan widen their eyes. Although they were taught by the female teacher that this music should not be played by a woman. But it also makes people know that Marquis of Xi'an, Ren Hong, not only has martial arts but also literary talent.
"I guess that poem will soon spread from Shanglin Yuefu to Chang'an." Liu Yaoguang thought to himself.
The two of them said one by one. Liu Wannian was on the side several times and wanted to speak, but couldn't get in. Finally, his eyes fell on the horse led by Ren Hong, and he was a little surprised: "The Marquis of Xi'an has changed a new horse, and that old horse named Radish."
Ren Hong and Luo Bu both looked at Liu Wannian like fools.
He rubbed his eyes, glanced at him again, but recognized that the horse was the carrot that had gained a lot of weight, and couldn't help but say:
"Ren Jun's horse has only been seen for half a month, so why is it so fat!"
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"You are in Wusun, and you don't even understand that horse fat is a good thing."
On the way to Baqiao, Yaoguang taught his younger brother a lesson: "It's winter coming soon, and if you don't gain weight, you can't get through it. If you don't gain weight in battle, you'll be able to get fat very quickly. If you don't get weight on weekdays, you may not be able to run away."
As Yaoguang said, in the Han vocabulary, a fat horse is equivalent to a good horse, and the horses in ancient paintings are as fat as the other ones. By the time of the Tang Dynasty, the horses in Tang paintings were as plump as women in the Tang Dynasty.
Radishes followed Ren Hongman in the Western Regions since March, and finally came to Chang'an. They rode thousands of miles away and consumed all their fat, so they looked skinny when they first came to Chang'an.
I haven't run much for more than half a month, and most of the time I've been stuck in the stable, slept and ate, because Ren Hong felt sorry for it, and the food was excellent, either food or alfalfa, and occasionally even eggs, so how could it not be fat?
Ren Hong patted the radish's fleshy neck and said, "But it's not OK to be too fat. For example, King Zhuang of Chu's love for horses is so comfortable, and he ends up fattening..."
Under a witty admonition of advocacy, the fat horse, which was originally to be buried with the courtesy of King Zhuang of Chu, was made into a delicious dish, and roasted with cinnamon, and used the belly of the ministers to make a coffin.
So Baling bought land and handed it over to Xia Dingmao and Han Dandang that could handle it. Since Ren Hong was idle, he would go there and go there.
After a while, a pavilion appeared in front of me. This is Ba Pavilion, which means that the journey of ten miles has passed. Ba Bridge is right in front of me. It spans the Ba River like a rainbow, which lasts more than a hundred steps. There are towering bulbs at the bridge. Looking at the other side, you can see five miles of dikes and plant thousands of willows. Behind it is fertile fields, which is very spectacular.
Ren Hong thought to himself: "The 'Baqiao Paper' of the Western Han Dynasty should have been found nearby. It is rare to meet Xiu Mu. Today, in addition to going to see the land I bought, I also got the weaving room to see how this most primitive paper was made."
When they were about to cross the bridge, they found that the two ends of the Ba Bridge were blocked tightly. The officials sent by Jingzhao Yin to guard the bridge set up a card, not allowing everyone to go there. There were no pedestrians on the bridge, and only a group of craftsmen were busy.
Even though Ren Hong showed the talisman, the official still looked apologized: "It turned out to be the Marquis of Xi'an. It's really a coincidence that several wooden beams in the middle of the bridge were decayed. A carriage fell into the water in the morning, and the entire bridge deck was broken and repaired and replaced. The Marquis of Jun either had to wait until the afternoon or go to the ferry to take a boat."
Like Binmen Bridge, Ba Bridge is also a wooden bridge. Because it has been built for a long time, the wooden beams have been soaked in water for dozens or hundreds of years and have often decayed recently. This scene is like the highway that was blocked from later generations, which makes people anxious and helpless.
At the ferry upstream and downstream, many wealthy officials were rushing to cross the river and crowded by the river. There were few boats and many people, and often dozens of people were squeezed. Some even had half of the boats overturned. The officials and soldiers at the ferry hurried to save people, and they were very busy.
The nobles and nobles were unwilling to wet their shoes, so the common people who knew how to water had no such concerns and swam directly. Hundreds of people took off their clothes and went into the water to compete for the flow. This scene was really spectacular.
Ren Hong looked at the few people who were walking with him, and Liu Wannian hurriedly said, "I don't know how to water."
"Neither I." Liu Yaoguang was a little embarrassed.
Ren Hong was amused and crying: "I mean, this place is crowded and it is easy to get into trouble. It is better to walk up the ferry. There is one every ten miles."
At this moment, someone on the other side called him loudly.
"Marty of Xi'an! Here!"
With such a loud volume, only Han Feilong was standing on the same boat. Old Han was proudly holding his waist and directing the boatman to bypass the group of land ducks who were rescued after drinking water. He ignored the countless dignitaries holding gold and silk on the shore and wanted to buy a boat. After leaning on the shore, he immediately came over to help Ren Hong lead the horse.
"Marty of Xi'an, I and Mr. Xia came to wait early in the morning, but found that the bridge was broken, so I rented a boat and waited early."
"Gentleman, the piece of land I like is on the other side, and it is still a little far from Baling County."
Ren Hong nodded and found that the boatman did not go to the other side of the Ba River, but instead moved against the current for a distance and stopped beside the loess plateau between the Ba River and the Bai River.
When I arrived on the other side, climbed to the high place and looked along Xia Dingmao's hand. It turned out to be a large loess plateau higher than the river bank, with fertile wilderness, with the inner and the smoke from cooking.
Ren Hong found that the location of this land seemed familiar, and couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Xia, what is the name of this big plateau?"
"Call Bailuyuan!"
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Chapter completed!