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Chapter 164 Qingfu County

Qingfu County, later Qingfu Town, Gao County, Yibin City, Sichuan.

This place has a long history and belonged to the Yelang Kingdom during the Warring States Period.

Until the first emperor of Qin unified the six kingdoms, opened the five-foot road, and returned it to Qin Dynasty; during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was a place where the Yi people lived in abundance; during the Tang Dynasty, Gaozhou was established to appease the various ethnic groups.

In the eighth year of Xining Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty, the clans were appeased by the policy of confinement, and the clans offered the land of ten prefectures. Gaozhou was assigned to Yujingjian, which was first subordinate to Luzhou and then to Xuzhou.

In the third year of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, Qingfu County was established; in the fourth year of Zhenghe, Qingfu County belonged to the Changning Army and belonged to Xuzhou.

The local policies of the Song Dynasty were very complicated, with the state, army, and supervision running in parallel.

To put it simply, Qingfu County belongs to Syria Prefecture politically, Changning Army militarily, and Haojing Supervisor economically.

The county seat is located in a river bay of Fujiang.

Fujiang is the "Nanguang River" of later generations, which originated in Zhaotong, Yunnan.It flows into the Yangtze River in Syria, so it is called "the first tributary of the Yangtze River".

Li Xia set off from Xuzhou and headed south along the Fujiang River.

The direct distance is 150 miles, and the waterway winds [-] miles. Because of the countercurrent, it took a day and a night to add another half day, and it was not until noon the next day that we arrived at Qingfu County.

The boat did not stop all the way, and the boatmen who rowed the oars and the porters who pulled the fibers changed three batches.

In the eyes of the later generations like Li Xia, these people worked extremely hard. In the past, he could never believe that people could bear this kind of hardship, but they got used to it and received the money, thank you very much.

After getting off the boat, I looked up and saw that the county seat was on the west bank of the Fujiang River, where the river made a big bend, covering three sides of the county seat.

In the west of the county seat, there is another "Erjia River" that flows into Fujiang River.

Farther away, there are mountains to the north and south, forming a long and narrow basin.

In short, this place is surrounded by mountains and water.

The wharf is huge, but it seems a little empty. It used to be prosperous with merchants, but it has been depressed in the past two years.

This may be related to the destruction of the Dali Kingdom and the severance of the tea-horse trade road in the southwest.

Not far away, there is another ship docked at the pier to unload, and a group of Miao people are moving things.

"Hey, it's you again!" A big man waved to Li Xia and shouted.

Li Xia turned his head to look, and led the people to meet him.

"Haha, handsome man, we meet again."

Li Xia arched his hands and said, "I didn't know that you also came to Qingfu County the day before yesterday."

The big man raised his hand and pointed to the mountain in the southwest, and said: "Our stockade is on Baiyan Mountain over there. The day before yesterday, we went to Xuzhou City to sell some grain, exchange salt and other things."

After finishing speaking, he said again: "My name is 'Shan Kuai Mao', you can call my Chinese name 'Xiong Shan', there is fate, there is fate."

Xiong Shan looked very happy, smiling all over his face, as if he was honored to befriend such an extraordinary person like Li Xia.

"Li Xia, the character is Feiyu."

"Liu Jinsuo, nicknamed 'Suo Ming Jin Gun'!"

Liu Jinsuo strode up, staring at Xiongshan with interest.

Xiong Shan was taken aback, looked Liu Jinsuo up and down, his eyes fell on the long gun behind him, his eyes sparkled, and said: "Can I change it? Your gun."

"No change." Liu Jinsuo shook his head, looked at Li Xia, and asked a little strangely, "How does Xiao Lang know them?"

A few people here were still exchanging greetings, and a man and a woman came over from a group of Miao people over there.

"It's that handsome gentleman, what a coincidence." The Miao girl said, her Chinese was not fluent, and her accent was heavy.

She looked at Li Xia, her eyes sparkled, and she smiled generously, "Is your name Li Xia? Are you willing to give us your name and make friends with us? That's great... My Chinese name is 'Luo Bao' , This is my man, Chinese name 'Xiong Shi'."

Xiong Shi took two steps forward and said, "We meet again."

He is similar to Xiong Shan in appearance, but younger. The two are obviously brothers, and they both carry a bamboo basket full of objects on their backs.

Luo Bao didn't carry a bamboo basket on his back, and was dressed brightly, with ornaments all over his body, obviously doted on by Xiong Shi.

She looked very excited, and before her husband finished speaking, she asked Li Xia: "You bought that chain the day before yesterday, did you go back and propose marriage?"

"Propose marriage?" Liu Jinsuo yelled loudly, and said again: "Little Lang, who did you propose marriage to?!"

Han Chengxu finally couldn't take it anymore, he stepped forward and grabbed Liu Jinsuo, pulling him back.

Only then did Li Xia reply: "Proposed marriage, thank you for giving me the chain."

While he was talking to Luo Bao, Xiong Shi looked very nervous, and subconsciously put his body between her and Li Xia, his eyes guarded.

Luo Bao didn't notice her husband's uneasiness, and asked, "Is your favorite lady here? Didn't she promise you?"

Li Xia said: "I promise, she will go back to her mother's house first, and then get married in a year or two. If we are still here by then, I will treat you to a wedding wine."

"Great!"

Xiong Shi subconsciously yelled, realizing that he had lost his composure, and hurriedly added, "Haha, congratulations, congratulations."

Xiong Shan on the side obviously understood what his younger brother was thinking, and just smiled.

Luo Bao was also full of smiles, she was obviously not interested in Li Xia, she just really liked watching other people talk about love, and kept saying "Congratulations".

Only Liu Jinsuo said: "No? What's going on? Why don't I know anything?"

"You don't know yet?" Luo Bao said with a smile, "We entered Zhoucheng the day before yesterday, and he followed us all the time. Only after asking did he find out that he wanted to buy such a silver chain. It happened that I asked a silversmith to make one earlier. This time I was going to get it, but he spent a lot of money to buy it."

Speaking of this, she blinked and said: "I didn't want to give in at first, but he wants to use it to propose marriage, propose marriage..."

Luo Bao spoke in not-so-fluent Chinese, and waved his hands, a little carried away.

After a while, Xu Shi realized that she was impolite, and she moved closer to Xiong Shi.

"So that's how it is." Liu Jinsuo suddenly realized, and muttered to Han Chengxu, "I've already said about Mr. Xiaolang and Mrs. Gao, but you still said no."

Li Xia didn't mind being teased by him, so he turned to Xiongshan and chatted a few more words, but what he was talking about was the customs of Qingfu County and Baiyan Village.

It can be inferred from the words that the two brothers Xiong Shan and Xiong Shi are probably the sons of the head of the Baiyan Miao Village.

The Baiyan Miao Village was governed by the Song Dynasty for nearly 200 years. It must be because of its deep Sinicization. According to the Song Dynasty's division of "raw and cooked", they belong to the "cooked Miao". Except for the customs of clothing, they are quite similar to the Han people.

They planted, hunted, picked tea, dug bamboo shoots, and weaved bamboo. Recently, when the rice was ripe, they took some of it and some sundries to exchange for salt and necessary living supplies, and waited for October to start planting wheat.

"In the past, you didn't need to go to the state capital, as long as you shipped it to the county, there would be merchants to receive the goods. The past two years have become more and more difficult. I heard that there will be a war soon..."

When Xiong Shan said this, it was inconvenient to chat with Li Xia any more, and said, "Where do you live? I will bring wine and food to see you next time."

Li Xia cupped his hands and said, "I'll pay a visit to Guizhai in a few days."

"Okay." This Miao Han was also generous, smiled, said goodbye, and continued to move goods with others.

Li Xia and his party turned to the county seat.

Liu Jinsuo looked back and couldn't help muttering: "Hey, this Miao lady Luo is beautifully dressed, and she is also very friendly. It's really rare."

Han Qi'an said: "It's better not to talk about other people's wives and family members."

"I praised her."

"Speaking of which, A-Lang has the same attitude towards everyone, and his answers are decent." Han Chengxu said, "Some people think that A-Lang is polite, and they are overjoyed at being able to make friends with A-Lang; some people think that A-Lang is arrogant..."

Li Xia knew what he meant, and said, "It's okay."

Han Chengxu sighed, and said, "Ah Lang, can you see that? The situation in Qingfu County is complicated. Various ethnic groups live together. There are not only Han and Miao, but also Bo and Yi, and there are also distinctions between raw and familiar. The customs of each village are different. all the same.

As far as today's Miao people are concerned, Lady Naluo dared to talk to foreign men, either because she had not been educated by Neo-Confucianism, or because Xiongshi tolerated them, or because Alang was very generous and they wanted to make friends.But if other people dare to walk side by side with Miao girl, they may be beaten to death by her brothers and family members.Difficult to cure, difficult to cure..."

Han Qi'an said: "Not only that, the land in the southwest originally traded horses with Dali, and the trade of tea, salt, silk and porcelain flourished. Now Mongolia occupies Dali, and the trade route is cut off. In addition, the war is approaching, and the relationship between the county government and the villages must be tense."

Li Xia nodded, looked around, and asked, "Why has the rice in the Miao Village been harvested, but the rice in the suburbs of the county has not yet been harvested?"

Han Chengxu said: "Not yet fully familiarized."

Han Qi'an said: "Autumn defense is coming soon, so it can be seen that the owner of Baiyan Miao Village is a cautious person. He must be worried that there will be a war and there will be no harvest in time."

Liu Jinsuo said: "He is still a rich man, and he can let his daughter-in-law hang so many silver chains."

"That's not bad."

Liu Jinsuo muttered to himself: "That Xiongshan Mountain is really strong, it frightened me."

While talking, a group of people have entered Qingfu County...

(End of this chapter)