Chapter 3 Dumplings
"Four hundred catties of rice, whoever carries it to the south gate will give it to whomever it wants. Is there anyone who applied, four hundred pounds of rice. You've figured it out. Under Dai Yu's orders, the guards stood on the city wall and shouted loudly.
The crowd below was in a commotion for a while, and suddenly a rough voice came up.
"As long as you carry it to the south gate, you will give it?"
"Yes, just carry it to the tower of the south gate. You can pull these 400 catties of rice immediately, and if you don't have a car, we can lend you an ox cart. ”
"I'll try." A two-meter-tall man stood up.
Dai Yu was very excited, and finally someone applied for the job, look at this guy's body. It is estimated that it will be no problem to carry this rotten piece of wood to the south gate.
The man strode up to the city tower, and Dai Yu kindly asked two guards to help. As a result, this guy was also a little brave, and reached out to push the two guards away. Bent down and wrestle with the stake. More than 100 catties of wooden stakes were easily carried by him, and there was a burst of cheers from the city tower.
Dai Yu was much more excited than them, and finally he didn't have to drink in this city. Immediately sent four guards to clear the way, and the man walked down the tower surrounded by people. Walk through the streets of Dawang City, which are covered with frozen snow. Residents stood in front of their homes on both sides of the road and looked out. The whole process was like a parade, and the man was also strong. I didn't ask for a break along the way.
"Ask him if he needs to take a break. You can give him a break for a while. Dai Yu was afraid that this person would be too tired to stand it halfway, so he opened a back door for him very humanely. It's hard to recruit such a master, but don't run away halfway.
"Hey. We Dai Ye asked you. You don't need to take a break. The guard asked.
"Hmph, I have to rest in the middle of carrying this thing, it's not a joke." The stake on the man's shoulder was straightened, and he replied contemptuously.
Dai Yu rode a horse and followed the strong man all the way, and the strong man's body was really strong. Carrying more than 100 catties of wooden stakes, he actually lifted his weight lightly and passed through a huge royal city. The wooden stake was erected straight above the south gate tower of the Great King City.
"Bring the rice!" The man stood on top of the city tower and roared, and the people of the Great King City under the city cheered.
"Come, give him 400 catties of rice."
Dai Yu breathed a sigh of relief and finally sent the four hundred catties of rice out. If these guys knew that tomorrow's reward would be 800 catties, it is estimated that these guys would regret their deaths.
The guards placed four bags of 100 catties of rice in front of the man. The guard said to the man who was flushed with tiredness, "It's yours." There's an ox cart over there. can lend it to you. But thinking about sending it back to us. ”
The strong man didn't seem to believe his ears, and asked tentatively, "Really give it all to me?" ”
"This is natural, when does our Hou Ye talk doesn't count. As long as you carry it to the south gate, the rice is yours. Carry it home to your wife. Maybe you can have a good year. ”
"Good...... Good. The man was so excited that he didn't know how to speak. The rice was put on the ox cart. He led the ox cart and walked away. At first, I thought that the Yun family's guards would follow. Unexpectedly, those guys in beautiful armor and felt cloaks didn't even look at themselves. Laughing, he walked towards the palace. He didn't seem to be worried about pulling the ox cart away and not returning it to them.
At first, the strong men who were watching sighed in unison. They also had the strength to carry the stake to the south gate. But it is really regrettable to waste such a good opportunity.
"Everyone has seen it, our Hou Ye is true to his word. There is also a chance to work, our Hou Ye produces five catties of rice every day. I hired you to carry the snow from the city to the outside of the city, and only two hundred of them were called to report to me. ”
The crowd exploded again, and some able-bodied people were afraid of being robbed of the opportunity to rush to the side of the guards.
"Queue, queue. Those who don't line up don't register, they all fucking line up. The guard was almost squeezed to death, but in the end, it was a roar from the brute that saved his life.
"Master Hou, the matter is done. One man carried a stake, and there were many people who applied to shovel snow. Dai Yu stood in front of Yun Xiao and reported.
"This is just the beginning, as rulers we have to cherish our credit. Because we need credibility to rule the city. ”
Yun Xiao knows too well the role of the government's credibility, once the people don't trust the government. Then the contradictions between the ruler and the people will be sharply opposed, and in the end the people will inevitably take up arms against this government that does not count.
The snow in the city was carried out of the city by ox carts and piled up in the wilderness. The spacious streets of Dawang City have been restored, and restaurants that have closed their doors have also opened. Teams of Yun family's guards patrolled the streets of the Great King City, and some bold people began to try to greet them.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, there was a big feast in the palace. The family members gathered around and enjoyed the singing and dancing of the singers while eating dumplings.
The singing and dancing of this Dawangcheng are slightly different from those of the Han Dynasty, a little less rugged in Guanzhong but a little more soft in the south of the Yangtze River. It's just that none of the singers in this big royal city have the posture of Jiangnan girls, and they are a little less soft but a little more fierce. It looks a little nondescript, but it forms another kind of beauty.
The Yun family wants to eat dumplings during the New Year, which has formed a habit. However, it is obviously not only the Yun family that is affected by this habit, but Liu Che of Chang'an is naturally also affected by this.
"Imperial grandmother, grandson has come to greet you. Today is the first day, and the husband specially made dumplings for you. Qiandu handed over the food box, and Liu Che personally brought a plate of dumplings and put them on the table of the Empress Dowager.
"The Yun family just likes to eat like this, not to mention that the kid is gone. The old body really hasn't eaten this thing, so take one and give it to the old body to taste. ”
Aunt Ying hurriedly picked one up and gave it to the little palace maid beside her to eat, and waited for a while before picking up one for the Queen Mother and putting it in her mouth.
"Hey! Why don't you let that kid go? From time to time, the old body scolded Cheng, and he would only ask for guilt. There are no outsiders today, you can talk to the imperial grandmother. There were so many soldiers and horses in Jimo all the way, why didn't anyone stop him. I heard that this kid found a piece of land on the other side of the sea, and I heard Sima Ji say that it is not where the gods live. Did he go to the Immortal Land? ”
The Empress Dowager's tone was full of doubts, she couldn't understand why so many Han soldiers and horses couldn't stop Yun Xiao, and even didn't stop them at all, but let Yun Xiao go to Jimo calmly and go to sea calmly.
"Since the imperial grandmother mentioned her grandson, she said that she didn't want to stop it, but she couldn't stop it. Our royal family and Yunhou have already torn their faces, and I don't want to let him go no matter what. But it can't be stopped, the Yun family's guards are all elites of a hundred battles. The vast sea and green grasslands have all been fought back and forth, not to mention the land of Guanzhong in Pingchuan.
General Cheng is a lieutenant, and he naturally knows the military situation of the Han Dynasty. But in order to make you happy, he suffered again...... was bewitched by the Dou family, and insisted that he could beat the Yun family's guards. But what was the result, more than 200 people let eight people in the family lose their armor and remove their armor.
This is still the forbidden army of Chang'an, and I don't know what will happen if the local garrison soldiers are replaced. Besides, I have been in the Yun family for many years, and the Yun family has two wrestlers. One is named Manniu, and the other is Gong Along. They are all people who can give birth to split lions and tigers, and I think they are all modest to say that they are enemies of a thousand people, and it is not an exaggeration to call them enemies of ten thousand.
Fortunately, General Cheng did not order the interception, otherwise he would have annoyed Yunhou and killed all the way out. The consequences are really unpredictable, and the prestige of the royal family will be greatly reduced. It is estimated that the princes who were about to move should have the heart of the Seven Kings Rebellion again. I don't want to make another rebellion of the Seven Kings, and the Xiongnu in the north are still eyeing it. I don't know when I'll make a big mistake again.
I really don't know, if the Huns turn the side in a big way. Which other general can lead the army to the battle, and which army of the Han can defeat the Xiongnu. ”
"How can the old body hear that it is pure to blame. It's not a good thing you did, for a woman to make trouble with Yunhou like this. If it weren't for that woman, your mother and son would have agreed to crown his fief as a prince. Give him eighty miles around Lishan?
What is this Lishan place, it is the center of Guanzhong. You are bold enough to seal such a place, or to a prince of the opposite sex. You are not afraid that the Yun family will rebel that day, and how can others be allowed to sleep soundly next to the couch. You're good that you didn't make a tiger to sleep on.
You just said that the soldiers and horses in Chang'an are not as good as the guards of the Yun family, then you sue me. What if one day, the Marquis of Lintong really sent troops to raid Chang'an. Gaozu has sealed so many heroes, but you have seen who Gaozu has given to the land in Guanzhong.
The land in Guanzhong is not divided, this is what Gaozu said. Although it is not listed in the Code, it is already an open secret of the Crown. Your mother and son are good, Lishan said that it was sealed and sealed. Let's just seal this Chang'an City tomorrow. ”
"The imperial grandmother and grandson don't mean that, the grandson is ......"
"Then what do you mean. It's not that the old man interfered and forced the prodigy away. The old body should have killed him in the first place, a young hairy child. can escape from the hands of the Huns' thousands of troops, and the old man was suspicious at the beginning.
Now it's good, it's become the climate. Now that I've hit overseas again, I'm afraid I'll be able to establish a country overseas in a while. Your father even sent your sister over to him as a concubine to stabilize him, what do you give now. What do you have to give?
Just send this plate of dumplings? Take it away, the old body doesn't eat the things of the Yun family. The old body also advises you to trust the little hooves of the Yun family. It's going to give birth and don't stop, go to the queen to sit more. The queen of the main palace can't see the emperor for a day, what is this called......"
The Empress Dowager chattered endlessly, and Liu Che heard that one head had two big. (To be continued......)