I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 540 It's Scary!

Zhikai took the route to the land of Shangyu to Ba. At first, he went west from "Zhongjing", entered Zhengdi, and then arrived at the "Wangji" area. He was traveling in the area once under the jurisdiction of the Zhou royal family.

The former jurisdiction of the Zhou royal family fell into the hands of the Yuan State, but it was not the Yuan State that exterminated the Zhou royal family, but the Chu State that exterminated the Zhou royal family in name.

Once Chu State did the thing of "aspiring to be the king", and once wanted to replace Zhou Tianzi as the co-lord of the world, but at that time Jin State rose strongly, after the "Hundred Years War" with no outcome, of course the cause of replacing Zhou Tianzi did not succeed.

In the end, the Zhou royal family still fell under the attack of the Chu army, but it was Yuan Guo who deliberately indulged, and it can even be said that Yuan Guo fueled the flames.

The state of Chu gained the reputation of destroying the royal family of Zhou, but it did not gain any real benefits, and some people in Chu state were comforted to some extent.

Yuan Guo refused to gain the reputation of destroying the Zhou royal family, mainly because Zhiyao didn't want to bear the infamy of being a minister who rebelled against the lord, and everyone knew what the actual situation was.

But things are like that, although all the princes know that the demise of the Zhou royal family is inseparable from Yuan Guo, the fact is that the Chu army conquered "Luoyi" and killed the Zhou royal family and ministers, at most they scolded Yuan Guo for not saving him. , I really can't pin the name of destroying the Zhou royal family on Yuan Guo's head.

The weakness of the royal family of Zhou was entirely their own making, and the subsequent failure was also related to the reputation value, so that the princes and the people were unwilling to work for the emperor of Zhou. It was purely because Jin led the princes to carry on Overcoming the challenge of Chu State, it was also Jin State that deterred the princes later.

In the original history, after the state of Jin was divided up by the Zhao, Wei and Han families, many small countries were annexed by powerful neighbors in a very short period of time. The Zhou royal family can continue to survive with the name of Zhao, Wei and South Korea. It was related to the fact that the emperor of Zhou was the master, and no princes could compete with Qin, and the Zhou royal family was immediately swept into the historical garbage dump.

Looking at it this way, a half of the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and half of the Jin Dynasty book is really too reasonable.

Yuan Guo went to annex the territory of the Zhou royal family in a low-key way, in order to downplay certain influences.From this point of view, Zhiyao has actually lived what he should have been in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

To put it bluntly, Zhiyao has become extremely cherishing of reputation, and is very afraid that her reputation will not be good after her death.

"'Chengzhou' was renamed as 'Luoyang', and it got its name." Zhikai stood on the city wall, looking at Luoshui in the west.

As the former direct-controlled territory of Zhou Tianzi, the development level of this area is actually very high.

After all, Ji started to reserve the most developed land for herself on Monday, and only the corners and corners were allocated. Although many princes were allocated, the land needed a bloody battle to get it.

The Zhou royal family, which had the best land, became worse and worse. Not only did it have no direction to expand, but it was actually related to the need for the prince to be entrusted again, and the prince gave birth to a son and then enfeoffed, and the system of enfeoffing from generation to generation.

The children and grandchildren are endless, how much property does the Zhou royal family have to share?Not to mention that they have also experienced several civil strife.

When some Zhou emperors wanted to expand, they couldn't beat the "Three Rong" alliance, while other vassal states increased their strength after repeated expansion, and they were able to survive in name only.

After walking around "Luoyang", Zhikai found out that with the local environment and geographical location, it seems that it is more suitable as the capital of a powerful country than "Zhongjing"?

There is no doubt about this, otherwise, after the Zhou royal family moved eastward, how could they choose to settle in this place.

There is a large plain here, especially after Lu Hunrong, Yiluo Zhirong and the Man clan are wiped out, the southern plain is wider and can be used for both grazing and farming.

There is a large plain with continuous mountains in the northwest and southwest, the north is a natural barrier with a big river, and only the east is an open land with a flat river. It is not difficult to build a defensive circle for the capital.

"My father said that besides 'Zhongjing', there will be other accompanying capitals. Maybe I should suggest 'Luoyang' as an option?" Zhikai thought.

Now there is Hangu Pass, but it is not the Hangu Pass that Qin State used to hold the princes in the Warring States Period.The current Hangu Pass was built by the Zhou royal family, and Lao Tzu went west from there.

Without Hangu Pass in Hexi, there would naturally be no Xianyang City, and different situations in different periods would have different needs.

In Zhiyao's plan, there is no idea of ​​building a pass in Hexi, but he plans to build an accompanying capital in the plain of Qindi.

In a unified country, what is the use of huge manpower and material resources to build passes in the hinterland of the territory?Unless there are signs of separatism in various places, or there is a pass in the first place, otherwise no ruler will do that.

After resting in "Luoyang" for three days, Zhikai left and embarked on the journey to Manshi.

The season has entered summer, they first walked along the north bank of Luoshui, then came to the south bank of Luoshui in a shoal, then crossed a grassland to the north bank of Yishui, and then headed southwest all the way.

The scenery along the way is very primitive, and you can occasionally meet nomadic teams, and you can't see fixed settlements.

Of course, there are nomadic groups in the original country, most of whom were Di people and Rong people in the past. As time goes by, the number of mixed races becomes more and more.

Zhikai looked at the local situation all the way, and deeply understood why his father kept lamenting that the population was too small.

Even in the highly developed land of Jin, there are still many usable but desolate lands, especially the lowest developed land in the Northeast.

That was after the river changed its course, and the impact of the river washing was still there.

It has taken Zhiyao nearly 30 years to improve the environment there. The population has dug ditches for drainage, overgrazing and felling trees. Due to the lack of manpower, the changes have actually been quite limited.

Historically, it took nearly 200 years for that area to lose its wetland characteristics, and then cities and villages began to appear.

From leaving "Luoyang" to arriving at "Shangmi", it took nearly a month and a half.

Zhikai met here with the envoys who had been waiting for Ba.

Next, they will take a boat to the Han River, which may take two to three hundred miles of water, until they can no longer go west by boat before going ashore.

Zhikai himself refuses to take a boat, and is afraid that he will feed the fish somewhere, but even if he is the prince, many things still cannot be decided by his own will.

The envoy of the Ba Kingdom is called Yumeng. Just by looking at his name, he seems cute, but he is actually a rough old man with dark skin.

It is impossible for Zhikai to go to Pakistan without understanding in advance.

After the Yuan State occupied the territory of the Zhou royal family, it took over the collection room of the Zhou royal family, which contained records about the Ba Kingdom.

However, the records of the Zhou royal family on the Ba Kingdom are old materials hundreds of years ago and cannot be used as a reference.

Zhikai's understanding of Ba is that the original country sent people to collect information in advance. Although the current Ba is a country, it is actually a loose tribal alliance.

There are so many tribes in Ba, and most of them live in the mountains and forests, so that there are less than ten cities in Ba.

Because of customs, Ba people like to tattoo their bodies, especially their faces. Each pattern has a deep meaning, representing which tribe they come from and their identity in the tribe.

Zhikai saw that some of Yumeng's maids had tattoos on their chins, and to be honest, it was very unacceptable.

She was obviously a very juicy girl, but she ended up with rows of tattoos on her chin, which might represent a special status, but... Zhu Xia's aesthetics are really hard to accept.

They went ashore at a place called "Valley". Zhikai asked and found out that they had traveled thousands of miles intermittently by water and land.

This place called "Valley" has already been stationed by the original army. When the local captain learned that Zhikai had arrived, he came to the ferry to greet him.

The season has entered the second half of summer, and it will be autumn in seven or eight days.

Zhikai has not seen a city for more than two months, although the city of "Gu" is small, it still looks very friendly.

In the current years, cities represent civilization, and the more cities there are, the stronger the country will be.

"Success, meet the prince!" Zhicheng knelt on one knee, followed by a large group of people kneeling on one knee.

Not long after Zhikai landed, he was a little shaky when he walked.

Really don’t think that your feet will be fluttering when you sail on the sea and get off the land. If you stay on the inland river for a few days and then go ashore, you will suddenly become unaccustomed to walking on land.

"Please get up, Captain." Zhi Kai couldn't directly say that he wanted to go to the city quickly and take a good bath.

In fact, Zhicheng understands Zhikai's urgent needs very well, because he is also following the same route.

In other words, the group of Zhicheng who first entered the Ba Kingdom encountered much more situations than Zhikai and others when they marched.

At that time, everything was in a primitive state, and some river sections were not dredged, and there were no post stations along the land, so it was common to eat and sleep in the open.

The 300 original troops who entered Pakistan earlier lost more than [-] people when they arrived at their destination.

After arriving at the station, the stationing time was only about a year, and more than 200 people were lost in non-combat during this period.

The loss of [-] soldiers, in terms of the combat power of the original army, if it was lost in the battle with the princes, at least [-] troops of the princes could be taken away. above.

This is the result of the medical system in the original country slowly taking shape and various traditional Chinese medicines began to be used, otherwise the non-combat casualties would have been more serious.

It's just that Zhicheng's troops were not one-sixth of the combat casualties, and the losses of the rest of the troops that entered Pakistan were not counted.

Pioneering is like that, and it is destined to face all kinds of difficulties. The pioneers have suffered all the hardships, and the later generations enjoy the convenience created by the ancestors.

This "valley" is counted in terms of geographical location. It is located in the south of the Qinling Mountains, and it was named Hanzhong City in later generations.

Zhu Xia's naming is very particular. It must be a valley surrounded by mountains, and there are so many plants in it that it is scary.

It can be seen that there are many tree stumps around the small town. It can be seen that after the original army came over, they felled them in an organized and large-scale manner, in order to transform the environment into a more suitable place for human habitation.

Zhicheng reported many things to Zhikai, the most important of which was the details of the passage opened by Ba Guo.

The passage opened by the Ba Kingdom has no name. It has many names in later generations, the most famous being "Jiange Road" or "Golden Bull Road".

The Yuan country did not use the method of "donating a golden bull" to trick Pakistan into spending a lot of manpower and material resources to open up the passage, but only promised the Pakistani Congress to garrison troops to ensure safety.

This is also the relationship of the current "people's customs and honesty", and Pakistan is still at the stage of talking to the Central Plains.

Qin State needed to play tricks, mainly because the atmosphere at that time had completely changed, and the people of Ba State were also easy to deceive.

"So, most of the passages are plank roads?" Zhikai has never seen plank roads with his own eyes, and has no related concepts.

Zhicheng said: "Our department is monitoring the outposts in 'Gu', and Dayuan has deployed more than [-] people in the passage."

Ba Guo believed in Yuan Guo, but Yuan Guo was worried about Ba Guo. Who could he reason with?

After entering the city, Zhikai would still ask when he didn't understand: "So much lime?"

Zhicheng smiled miserably when he heard the words, and replied, "Anti-insect."

insect?Even after 2000 years, Bashu insects are still quite famous.

When Zhikai entered the city, he saw that almost all buildings were made of bamboo, so he asked a lot of questions out of curiosity.

They can often see stretches of bamboo forests along the way, but Zhikai really doesn't know that local people generally use bamboo to build buildings.

"Snake!!!" Zhi Kai had just entered the building where he was staying, and when he looked up at the beams of the room, a snake with a blue head and a body with blue and black armor patterns was hanging down. past.

The blade was so sharp that it cut the snake in two in a flash.And the two snake bodies fell to the ground and were still twisting and rolling.

Zhicheng was taken aback for a moment, and then apologized: "I didn't tell the prince, but there is a custom of 'house snake' in the local area."

It is a kind of black-browed snake. They don't actually attack people. Their diet is mice, frogs and other snakes.

Zhikai learned about the characteristics of the "house snake", but he was still extremely unacceptable.

"Every household in Badi and Shu has house snakes to prevent rats. If there are no house snakes..." Zhicheng looked at Zhikai very embarrassed, not knowing what to say next.

At present, there are no cats in Zhuxia, and most of the natural enemies of mice come from dogs and geese.Therefore, the allegory that "a dog meddles in its own business with a mouse" is obviously not applicable.

Other places do not have good rodent control measures. Badi, Shudi, Wudi, Yuedi and some areas of Chu actually have the habit of raising snakes, especially Badi and Shudi.

How else can you say that you have to travel thousands of miles after reading thousands of books?It's not that Zhikai hasn't read the relevant information. No matter how many times I read it, it is not as impressive as my own personal experience, and I also really understand the importance of a specific property.

However, Zhikai was really not used to snakes in the place where he was resting, so he endured the discomfort for a few days until he felt something crawling across his face one night, and completely refused to have a house snake in the place where he stayed.

Can you understand?It's not that I grew up in that kind of environment since I was a child, and I was awakened by a snake crawling across my face when I was sleeping, and I didn't have the twitch directly.

Zhikai didn't want to have that kind of life experience at all. He thought that it was just like that before he really entered the hinterland of Pakistan.
"Does Ohara really need this kind of place?" Zhikai has been thinking about this question recently.

(End of this chapter)