Song Yu was speechless when he said it.

Defined by geography, the Xia people, merchants, Zhou people, Yong people, Shu people, Qiang people, Ji people, Wei people, Peng people, Pu people, Ba people, Shu people, Yue people, Qiang people, ......, are all ethnic groups living in this land, which can be called Zhuxia. If you have to establish a suzerain, it is the Xia people system, the Tang Yu system before Xia, the merchant system after Xia, and the Zhou people system after Shang.

Tang Yu, Xia, Shang, and Zhou all ruled this land, and any one could say that he was Xia, and not only Zhou people could call themselves Xia. However, the Zhou people, who claimed to have the mandate of heaven, ideologically insisted on monopolizing this orthodoxy, so they were all barbarians in the east and Xirong, barbarians in the south and Beidi, and the rest were barbarians except for the Zhou people.

In fact, before the Zhou people acted as merchants, they didn't even have their own writing; Before the Zhou people came to Shang, the bronzes of the Zhou people were so simple that they were unsightly; Before the Zhou people were Shang, the Qiang people should be counted as their mother clan even if they were not their kindred. According to the Zhou people's own standards, the Zhou people are Xirong. After the merchant used the word of the merchant and divided the craftsman of the merchant, he claimed to be orthodox, and everyone else was a barbarian.

The Chu people are such barbarians. The Chu people were not a member of the Zhou system, but the Chu people were once a member of the merchant system, and they were naturally a branch of the Xia people. The feudalism of the Zhou people was the helpless feudalism after the snake swallowed the elephant, although the Dayi merchants were defeated by the small state Zhou, but the small state Zhou could not rule the Dayi merchants, so they could only be feudal, and the spearhead was aimed at the most dangerous Yiren.

Zhuzi Baijia is the result of the collapse of the rule of the Zhou people, which originated from the Zhou people, but the Zhou people inherited from the Xia Shang, and the Zhuzi Baijia is not the Zhuzi Baijia of the Zhou people, but the Baijia of the Xia people, Xiong Jing really has no reason to refuse to transport those classics. He pondered for a while, and finally asked Lu Yangjun and E Zhuo, "How many treasures are there?" ”

"Treasures?" The treasures are mainly bronze. The bronze ware was a wine vessel in the hands of the merchants, and it became a food vessel in the Zhou people. What is the Son of Heaven with nine tripods and eight tripods, the princes with seven tripods and six tripods, the doctor with five tripods and four tripods, the sergeant with three tripods and two tripods, and the corporal with one tripod and one tripod. Since it was discovered that the bronzes contained lead, Xiong Jing abandoned the bronzes and used them instead, and the royal court only used silverware. When Wang Ting was transporting the treasure, Xiong Jing was not at the scene, but he guessed that a large pile of poisonous rags had also been loaded onto the sea boat.

"There are seven boats ...... treasure," replied Ezhuo, sensing what Xiong Jing wanted to do.

"So many?!" Xiong Jing thought that there would be three or four ships at most, but he didn't expect there to be seven. "Unload and transport the books of the sons."

"Don't!" Song Yuyou sighed. "These are all treasures of my Chu country, and there are Zhou people Jiuding, how can I unload them?"

"Zhou Jiuding has recorded its inscription, what is the use of leaving it?" Xiong Jing didn't care about Jiuding. "Unloading the treasure, Wang Ting's thousand five hundred men will be transferred to gunboats, seventy-five people per ship, so that three sea boats can be vacated, exactly ten."

"The weight of the treasure is heavier than Mount Tai......" Song Yu came again.

"There is only one Mount Tai in the world, and Taifu should know it." Xiong Jing interrupted unceremoniously, Song Yu was stunned, and his beard only trembled.

"The two things are settled, what else?" Xiong Jing looked at Lu Yangjun.

Zhao Huang, Song Yu and others asked Xiong Jing to decide, Xiong Jing had already made a decision, whether they were willing or not, anyway, this was the final choice. Lu Yangjun glanced at them and said in a deep voice: "Nothing." ”

"When will it start?" Xiong Jing asked again.

"Tomorrow it will set sail, and the ship of the treasure will leave the harbor and anchor elsewhere." Lu Yangjun said. In the spring, the East China Sea is still a five-foot wave, but compared to more than a month ago, it can be said that the wind and waves are calm. Starting next month, there will be another hurricane at sea, so crossing Penglai in early April is the best time of the year.

"Then we'll set sail tomorrow." Xiong Jing looked at his wife before he finished speaking, and his wife also looked at him, her eyes intertwined in the air, and it was difficult to give up.

*

"The concubine waits to worship and meet the queen mother." In Shouying Chu Palace, the daughters who had been living in the post house finally entered the palace again, and called Concubine Zhao their mother. Although it was in a more lowly status, when Wang Yin told the news of the daughters, everyone couldn't believe that the king really promised to let these people enter the palace as concubines?!

"Excuse me." Skipping her eyes to Yingnan, Concubine Zhao looked directly at Concubine Kejia, Ji Yu, Qi Yue, and Ba Lu. After reading it, he asked, "Why are you the only one waiting for a few people?" ”

"Huh?" The women were surprised again. The eyes of Concubine Kejia and Ji Yu, who were at the front, widened, they originally intended that the five of them would enter the palace as concubines, but Concubine Zhao meant that they would bring their concubines into the Chu State together.

"You are all princesses and princesses, how can you not have a wife when you get married?" Concubine Zhao said very seriously, the opportunity is rare, she wants to seize the opportunity to fill her son's harem. "Go, let someone bring you and your other into the palace."

"Yui." The girls agreed, and they were all a little suspicious in their hearts. They are already concubines, so what will be their status?

"Don't worry." Concubine Zhao knew what they were thinking, "Chu Palace does Chu etiquette, and there is no dignity and humility of Zhou etiquette. You are the lady without the title of lady. But then, whether you wait or wait, you must conceive the king's heir. ”

"Yui." The girls hurriedly agreed, this is really important. Didn't Mi Xuan give birth to a prince, if they also gave birth to a prince, their status would be completely different. Even if a princess is born, the grade will be different immediately.

"In three or four days at most, the king will return, and that will be when you will share the bed with the king." Concubine Zhao muttered. "At that time, it was also the day of the full moon, and the day of the full moon was the day of Yingnan, the day of Renshen, the day of Ji Yu, the day of Jiazi, the day of Yichou, the day of Balu, ......"

Concubine Zhao has already arranged for the girls to share the bed. Hearing her arrangement, Ying Nan trembled and shouted, "Queen Xie." After her, Fu Kejia, Ji Yu, Wu Yue, Ba Lu and others followed her and shouted to thank her mother. Only in the end, Wang Yinyou reminded in a whisper, "Empress Dowager, they didn't tell the temple." ”

"Sue the temple?" Concubine Zhao turned her head to look at him, of course she knew about this procedure. "Why sue the temple? They live in the post house without leaving home, and there are officials in the post house, why do they have to sue the temple? ”

Wang Yinyou just reminded him kindly, but Concubine Zhao couldn't wait to sue the temple. In her agreement with her son, she will leave for Xinying this month. If he can't leave this month, he will have to delay it until the next migration, which his son will not agree to. Before leaving, she must let her son and her daughters share the bed, and when they share the bed, they can always conceive an heir, but her wish is fulfilled.

"Yui." Wang Yin nodded hurriedly, indicating that the Queen Mother was right. Only then did Concubine Zhao continue to speak.

"You should know that the Chu army was stationed in Kaifeng, confronted the Qin people, and wanted to relieve the siege of Daliang, so the king temporarily lived in Shouying and soon went north to Kaifeng. I don't know if the king will take you to the north to Qifeng, and the old woman doesn't know, if not, these few days may be the last time you wait to join the bed" Concubine Zhao looked at the princesses kneeling, and did not shy away from expressing her worries. "The king is young and strong, and he is not only lucky to have a daughter in one night, so he must not miss this opportunity because of his own selfishness."

"Concubine Zhiya." The fifth girl agreed a little shyly and understood what Concubine Zhao meant. The reason why the queen mother asked them to bring their concubines into the palace was for a good chance to share the bed once. If you are pregnant with an heir this time, you are pregnant, and if you are not pregnant, you may never be able to conceive in the future.

Seeing that the women were shy, Concubine Zhao said again: "This matter should not be said by the old woman, but it is the society of the Chu State, and the old woman has to say it." You waited for a few days to think about it, and that night the king was fortunate that you were alone, and Yang or many people were lucky, and even you were unlucky. ”

Concubine Zhao didn't say anything about this, what she meant was clear enough, and the women's faces were even more blushing. Playing the strings, being charming and rich, that is what advocates excellence does, princesses and sons-in-law like Fei Kejia and Fu Yue have been taught to be polite and not to commit adultery since they were children. However, now in order to conceive an heir, the noble ones have to seduce men like lowly advocates.

The girls retreated, and Ying Nanji was unexpectedly left behind by Concubine Zhao. After waving off others, Concubine Zhao actually helped Ying Nan up in person. Ying Nan looked at Concubine Zhao nervously, and was even worried that Concubine Zhao was going to kill her. After all, she betrayed Concubine Zhao and betrayed Zhao Guo.

"Mother, queen mother......" Ying Nan looked at Concubine Zhao uneasily, not knowing why she was like this.

"You will eventually become the concubine of the king, and the queen mother can rest assured." Concubine Zhao, who was sitting on the mat, sighed. She didn't explain anything, but said: "The king loves Mi Xuan, especially his gizzards, you choose the concubine who sleeps, and you should also choose the beauty of the mercis." ”

"Yui." Winnan already knows this.

"The socks of the skirt of the queen mother of the mother country, you and the wives should make it." Concubine Zhao's words surprised Ying Nan. She almost forgot that her home country had sent a few sets of skirts and socks, saying that she could show off the beauty of her gizzards after wearing them.

"Yui." Ying Nan gently agreed, and began to think that he should choose that person to sleep with him. However, Concubine Zhao's next sentence shocked her.

"You, if your wife can't conceive the heir of the eldest prince, Yingyu, and more than 1,000 Zhao died under the Yellow Spring." Concubine Zhao said this sentence that shocked Ying Nan extremely calmly, and then looked at her who was stunned and nodded slowly.

There were no more words, and Ying Nan quickly walked out of the West Chapter and went down the steps. For more than a year, she almost forgot about Yingyu's younger sister, but Concubine Zhao suddenly mentioned it in front of her, which made her cry. In the past, she thought that Ying Yu would cry, but before she cried because she regretted it, she shouldn't have listened to Ying Yu's persuasion to go to Chengnan Xiaoyi in the first place. Mi Xuan successfully submitted to the king's eldest son, but he was dismarried by the king, and betrayed his mother and betrayed his mother country. How stupid! Every time I think of her, I want to die with a sword.

But today, in which tone the queen mother spoke and looked at her today, she instantly understood everything. She doesn't regret it anymore, she only feels wronged. For more than a year, she was in the torment of wanting to die every day, and she was rescued several times by committing suicide. Looking back at this time, it is really better to die like Ying Yu. It's just that if you don't do this, how can you gain the trust of the king?

One moment she was still crying, but the next moment she suddenly laughed, and her smile was still bright with tears.