Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 143 After Dayu
"When I watched "Guanzi" before, I thought you were a rather old man, but I didn't expect you to be so young.

But in his early twenties, he already holds such a high position as a doctor.

Compared with you, Li is really ashamed! "

Zai Yu and Fan Li had a great conversation, and while they were chatting and laughing, they suddenly saw another old man with gray temples getting off the boat.

It's just that this old man is obviously completely different from the old man in Jai Yu's impression.

When ordinary people reach his age, they are already old and dim, and they tremble when they walk.

But this Yuedi old man is not only hale and hearty, with shining eyes, but even his appearance is very brutal, giving Zai an unparalleled visual impact.

Even if you are shirtless in winter, you can still boast that the old man is really strong and healthy.

The dragon sailing out to sea tattoo on the right chest, which is pierced with green and red sap, can also be explained by the totem worship in the Wuyue area.

But the golden rooster stabbed on the left chest announced the dawn, and Zaiyu was puzzled.

If you have a dragon tattoo, Zaizi respects you as a society.

What do you want to express when you tattoo a chicken?

The old man saw that Jai Yu was looking at him, so he simply bowed his hands at him, which was regarded as a salute.

Zai Yu didn't dare to ask the old man how well he did the details, so he smiled and gave him back a complete set.

After that, he couldn't help asking Fan Li: "Who is this old man?"

After hearing this, Fan Li just smiled and said, "Oh, I forgot to introduce you. This is Mr. Ou from our country."

"Europe?"

Zai Yu recalled the relevant information about Ou Shi.

The Ou clan should be regarded as a relatively large clan in Yue State. The Ou clan originated from the Si surname, which is the descendant of Dayu.

When Dayu succeeded in water control, he summoned a group of officials in Kuaiji and held a celebration meeting, so after his death, he was also buried here.

When the Xia Dynasty was passed to Shaokang, in order to be able to worship and guard Dayu's tomb normally, he entrusted his concubine Wuyu to Kuaiji and established a country named "Yuyue".

Later, the Xia Dynasty fell, the Shang Dynasty was established, the Shang Dynasty was destroyed, and the Zhou Dynasty was established.

In the course of 500 years, the Central Plains fought against each other, and other places were naturally not idle.

Everyone sometimes fights literaryly and sometimes violently. Until the end of King Wu's defeat of Zhou, the world is still not peaceful.

After the death of King Wu, the Duke of Zhou assisted the young King Cheng to govern the government.

When Duke Zhou saw the situation, he thought it was impossible.

I don't object to you fighting for territory, but everyone must establish a rule, and you must fight according to the routine, and you can't fight indiscriminately.

This routine is mainly based on one basic point.

That is, the people of the Great Zhou do not fight the people of the Great Zhou.

No one cares about you when you fight against barbarians, and even the royal family encourages you, giving you bows and arrows, and unlocking your freedom to fight.

Qi and Lu are placed on the coast of the East China Sea, giving you the power to crusade against Huaiyi.

Jin and Yan are placed in Beiye, giving you the power to conquer Chidi, Baidi, and Linhu.

Qin Bo is responsible for killing Xirong.

Countries such as Chen, Cai, and Chu should defend the royal family against the southern barbarians.

Originally, Yue people didn't bother to pay attention to Zhou Tianzi at all, thinking that the people of the Shang Dynasty could not control us in the past, so you Xiao Zhou dare to play tricks on us?
But later, Zhou Gong broke the management of Cai Ershu and quelled the chaos of the third prison, and the states of the Zhou Dynasty began to impose iron fist sanctions on the nearby barbarians who refused to accept the kingly teachings, and the people of Yue finally became afraid.

It's broken, big brother is playing for real!

Since you can't beat it, then simply join!
So in the 25th year of King Cheng of Zhou, when the emperor of Zhou convened the alliance of princes from all over the world, the Yue people also came to pay tribute to them with shame.

Yueren's requirements are not high, mainly because they expressed the following demands with Zhou Tianzi.

We used to be young and frivolous, and didn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, so we stepped into a fork in the society and forgot to pay the gang's monthly fee. When we came back to our senses, we found that we had automatically left the membership.

We are now going to make up the dues owed in the past, can you approve our re-admission?
When Zhou Tianzi heard this, he sneered in his heart.

The little demon in the temple is windy, and the water is shallow.

Pretend to be the big brother when nothing happens, and only when something goes wrong will you know who the real brother is?
late!

Zhou Tianzi spread his hands and said calmly: When the gang was first established, there were preferential policies for you descendants of ancient sages.

I know that you are the descendants of Dayu, and Dayu treated our ancestors generously back then, and we will naturally keep this kindness in our hearts.

But ah!We have sealed off Dayu's descendants.

You are just a branch of Dayu's descendants, and Qi State is the main line of Dayu's descendants. We have already conferred dukes on them.

And not only the descendants of Dayu, Da Zhou treated the descendants of all ancient sages leniently.

Ji State was entrusted to the descendants of the Yellow Emperor.

Jiao Guofeng was given to the descendants of Emperor Yan.

Zhu Guofeng was given to Tang Yao's descendants.

Chen Guofeng was given to the descendants of Yu Shun.

Song Guofeng was given to the descendants of Shang Tang.

The above-mentioned elders are all dukes, and all canonizations are carried out in accordance with Zhou etiquette, and all processes are fair, just and open.

The seats are all lined up, and now you jump out and ask me to seal another one, which is inappropriate.

And it's fine to seal one, but you suddenly asked me to seal four, isn't this a joke?
In fact, Zhou Tianzi was right, because the Yue people at this time were no longer the Yuyue people of 500 years ago.

There are four countries in Yue that came to pay tribute: Qie Ou, Ou Ren, Qu Yang and Yuyue.

Later, when Retting destroyed the other three kingdoms, Emperor Zhou made Retting a viscount.

The descendants of the other three countries changed the name of the country to Oushi and Qushi to distinguish them.

This surname can be said to have the characteristics of Yuedi, where most of the Chinese people with surnames are from Ou or District.

Fan Li smiled and continued: "The iron smelting industry in Qi State has always been developed, and this time I was ordered by the king to go north to Qi State, precisely to accompany Mr. Ou in searching for high-quality refined iron, which can be used to cast peerless swords."

Smelting iron?Forging swords?
Jae Yu couldn't help being taken aback again, why does this story feel so familiar?
His heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly asked Fan Li, "I don't know what Mr. Ou's name is?"

At this time, Mr. Ou happened to come over, and when he heard this, he just stroked his beard and smiled.

"Unexpectedly, the doctor is still interested in my name? Old man Ou Yezi."

"Ou Yezi?!" Zigong exclaimed in surprise, "Are you the one who forged Chuzi's swords Tai'a, Gongbu and Longyuan?"

Ou Yezi smiled: "It's just a talent for forging swords, how can it compare to the gentlemen who govern the country and the people?"

After hearing this, Zai Yu's little heart was pounding.

Damn, he also said that he was going to the country of Qi to find a blacksmith, which directly sent a master craftsman to his door.

However, with Ou Yezi's great reputation, he didn't know that this small temple in Tuqiu could accommodate this big Buddha!
Zaiyu rolled his eyes, and suddenly said: "Just now I heard from Shaobo that Mr. Wen went north to Qi to look for Tie Jing.

Are you planning to forge iron swords this time instead of bronze swords? "

Ou Yezi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "In fact, the Tai'a, Gongbu and Longyuan known to the world are also iron swords!
I have been making swords for many years, and I have countless materials in my hands.

People in the world often think that iron is inferior to copper, calling iron evil gold and copper dollar gold, which is really a fallacy.

They think that iron is not as good as copper, but it is because they have not seen the real fine iron essence.

That kind of material is not comparable to copper.

But it is a pity that the old man has only seen that kind of real iron essence in Chudi in his whole life of forging swords.

But now that Chu and Wu are at war, the mines cannot be exploited, and the iron smelting industry has also come to a standstill.

The king of Yue ordered me to forge a sword as sharp as Tai'a, Gongbu, and Longyuan, so I can only go north to Qi to try my luck. "

When Zaiyu heard this, he couldn't help but said happily: "Mr. Ou! To be honest, Tu Qiu recently discovered an iron mine. I wonder if you are interested in appreciating it?"

When Fan Li heard this, he couldn't help but exulted, "Oh? There are iron mines in Tuqiu? I only knew that there were iron mines near Qufu, but I didn't know that Tuqiu also had iron mines."

But Ou Yezi hesitated to speak.

"It's a good thing that Tuqiu has iron, but the iron ore produced in Ludi is mostly..."

To other people, these words seem to be impolite and pour cold water on them.

But instead of feeling offended, Jai Yu was even more pleasantly surprised.

Ou Yezi really knows what to do!

He had already checked in the library that most of the iron ores near Tuqiu were lean iron ores.

Although lean iron ore also contains iron, the iron content is usually about [-]% to [-]%, and the ore body contains a large amount of gangue and various harmful elements.

So not only does the smelting process consume a lot of fuel, but the quality of the smelted products is also relatively low.

He had searched the materials in the library for so long before he came to the conclusion, but Ou Yezi could judge the quality of various iron mines only through experience.

It can only be said that he really deserves to be a master craftsman!
　If you fall in love with a recommendation ticket from a certain reader.Then, as long as you look up at the starry sky at night, you will feel that the stars all over the sky are like blooming recommendation tickets.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　


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