Northern Dynasties

Chapter 68 Lishan Warm Soup
On a cold day, there is little smoke and the Wei River is sad, and the palace trees in Huaqing are invincible in autumn.

Mount Li, located on the south bank of the Weishui River, naturally does not have the Huaqing Palace, one of the symbols of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but it has also been the Royal Garden Villa since a long time ago.

Even in the turbulent years of the Five Husbands and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, all the regimes based in Guanzhong also had a lot of construction in Lishan, near the former tomb of the Qin Emperor, and Mu Hanwu Wentang.

After the parade ceremony on the north bank of the Weishui River was over, all the internal and external armies also dispersed, either returning to the town, or heading to the mouth of the Yellow River to prepare for the winter attack by the Eastern Wei army.

He Basheng returned many of the pastoral properties he had received to Daxingtai, and Yu Wentai, in order to show his integrity, turned to Lishan to reward He Basheng with a garden property for recuperation.

Li Tai has been famous for Lishan Mountain for a long time, and later generations specially bought tickets to visit it. When he was passing through Chang'an before, he was too busy to stop and appreciate it because of his career.

He really wanted to see the original scenery of Lishan Mountain, which has not been over-developed by later generations of scenic spots and has an overly strong commercial atmosphere, so he followed He Basheng to Lishan Mountain for a tour.

Mount Li belongs to the offshoot of the Qinling Mountains and is located in the Weinan region to the east of Chang'an. In terms of the mountains alone, it is far less majestic and majestic than the Huashan and Zhongnan Mountains in Kansai. .

Now it is the end of autumn and deep winter, except for the pines and cypresses on Lishan Mountain are still green, most of the other vegetation is withered, the scenery is not the best season, but this is not the reason to come to Lishan Mountain.

At the northern foot of Lishan Mountain is the Mausoleum of the Qin Emperor, but apart from some ancient and vigorous mausoleum trees, there are almost no distinctive buildings and signs on the surface.

Going south for more than ten miles into a place with obvious ups and downs, there is a stone road built in the pre-Qin Dynasty winding into the mountain. On both sides of the road, there are already many brick and tile fence buildings, most of which were built by dignitaries living in Chang'an. Manor estate.

Li Taian walks in a car, walking on this not-so-wide mountain road, his thoughts have traveled for more than a thousand years, looking closely at the mountains in the gully to the left, he also wants to find where the homestay that killed him at that time was built.

But there is really no landmark judgment. It is futile for him to observe and recall. In the end, he can only sigh that the scenic spot without grilled sausage and fried stinky tofu is really soulless.

The garden bestowed by Yuwentai to He Basheng is located on the left side of the Xiuling Ridge in the east of Lidong, about the vicinity of Shiweng Temple in later generations. There are rapid waterfalls hanging like swords at the bottom of the valley, and steaming hot soup stone wells above the valley.The valleys and dangerous peaks, the pines and cypresses are all vivid, and it is indeed interesting to live in the mountains.

Because of the warm water and the heat of the earth, when you enter the valley, there is a gentle mountain breeze blowing in your face, and the vegetation in this valley is also more lush and green than the outside of the valley, and there are even green shoots that have just emerged between the soil and rocks. Grass.

"What a great place!"

When Li Tai walked in here, the farming genes in his body were ready to move. He didn't think about making fragrant soup first, but asked people to rake the land and cultivate the ridges, so as to produce a few acres of melon fields.

Bieye does not have a clear scope. The main building is a few large attic houses built against the mountain. Only a few fences were built near the mountain road and on the lush vegetation to prevent random people and wild beasts from intruding and disturbing at will. The master lives in peace.

"Boy, it seems that you haven't enjoyed the real essence of mountains and rivers between heaven and earth. The geothermal hot soup here can soothe your muscles and bones and make you happy and forget your worries. Don't live here and forget about the world outside the mountains!"

He Basheng had been to Lishan Mountain before, and he was not very curious about the scenery of Lishan Mountain. After entering the manor, he ordered the servants to clean a warm soup room, and was impatient to take a bath. , Said to Li Tai with the gesture of someone who came over.

Hearing this, Li Tai gave a disdainful glance at the corner of his mouth. He has soaked too much in the hot springs, so he wants to tell you again and again?

When the servant came to tell that the soup room had been cleaned, He Basheng strode in, and his hearty and comfortable shout came from the soup room without hesitation.

When Li Tai heard this movement, he was naturally itchy.

The current winter climate in Kansai is abnormally cold. He was scorched by the sun on the Jingyuan during the Grand Parade, and when he returned to Chang'an all the way, he was shivered by the sudden cold wind and shivered. After wearing a few cloaks, I still feel the cold unbearable.

After finally waiting for the servants to clean out another soup room, Li Tai also rubbed his hands and rushed in three steps at a time. The hot and humid air rushed towards his face, and he felt comfortable physically and mentally.

The hot soup in Lishan nowadays is not as well-built as it was in the Tang Dynasty. The so-called soup room is just a bathroom, and there is no ceramic pipe on the floor to lead water. The warm soup in the stone bath has to be drawn from the stone well outside.

Seeing this, Li Tai couldn't help sighing that although the dignitaries in the Western Wei Dynasty had fought for so many years, they really didn't know how to enjoy life. It's fine if they don't do the pipes on the floor. Is it difficult to make an indoor warm soup and heating cycle?
He stripped himself naked, jumped into the bath and soaked for a while, he felt his muscles and bones relaxed by the warm soup, rubbed the accumulated dirt on his body, and suddenly felt like swallowing precious medicine , The refreshing feeling of bone cutting and marrow washing.

The warm soup didn't have an obvious mineral pungent smell, but a faint fragrance, which was obviously extracted from the hot spring and then processed.

Leaning his back on the smooth and warm stone edge, while looking at the interior of the soup room, he considered whether to set up an indoor warm water cycle, or even go to the nearby rich and powerful gardens to sell it. A set of indoor heating cycle costs a hundred horses. Silk, is it expensive?

This is just a idle reverie. What he really thinks is more serious, or should he build a public bath with hot water in his manor?

In addition to the consumables of the building itself, the biggest consumer is nothing but fuel. However, there are some high-quality open-pit coal mines in the upper reaches of Baishui, which can be mined directly.

"One family builds an earth kang, and then builds a briquette stove... If you really want to suffer from frostbite, who is willing to follow suit?"

As he was thinking about these distracting thoughts, his thoughts gradually became dizzy, and he slipped and slipped, almost submerged in the water.When the servant came to add hot soup with a bucket, he waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need it. He sat on the edge of the pool to dry his body before dressing and walking out.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Tai got up early and did stretching exercises in the courtyard of the valley. Knowing that He Basheng was still lying high, he called a few followers to go out to play.

"Where is someone's family business? Fruit trees are so abundant?"

Not long after leaving the manor, Li Tai came to a fork in the valley, and saw a thick fruit tree in the fence of a manor, the leaves were not completely withered, and many fruits were still hanging on the branches. Although the fruits were not full, the surface was covered with a layer of Hoarfrost.

With his limited common sense in life, Li Tai could tell at a glance that this was a sign of water evaporation and sugar content in the fruit.The frosty persimmons in late autumn are sweeter than love!
"That's the Lishan villa of Guangling Wang Yuan Dazai."

The accompanying soldiers of He Ba's family replied after identifying them.

"King Guangling? What's his name?"

There are so many clans belonging to the Yuan family in the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty. When Li Tai was looking through the history books, his brain hurt from those Yuans. .

The soldiers of He Ba's family also had little respect for the Guangling King, and upon hearing this question, they said, "The Guangling King's name is Yuan Xin, he is a descendant of the Emperor Xianwen Emperor Miao, so he is a concubine brother of Emperor Jiemin."

Hearing this series of unfamiliar words, Li Tai went through his mind for a few more times before finally remembering, isn't this Guangling Wang Yuanxin, as the representative of the imperial clan of the Western Wei Dynasty, one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms that will be granted a few years later?

He didn't know much about the genealogical relationship of the Northern Wei clan, but when he heard that Yuan Xin was the elder brother of Emperor Jiemin, he understood why Yu Wentai made him the general of the Zhu Kingdom.

Emperor Jiemin Yuangong, also known as the former abolished emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was an emperor supported by the Erzhu clan during the rebellion. After Gao Huan defeated the Erzhu clan and entered Luoyang, he abolished and killed Yuan Gong.

Also abolished in the same period was the deposed emperor Yuen Long, who was supported by Gao Huan when he was fighting against the Erzhu family in Hebei. Yu had no choice but to set up a Yuen Long. After taking control of Luoyang, he felt that his family's name was unfair.

This Yuanxin's manor is not small in scale, occupying a small half of Xixiu Ridge, and there are many fruit trees in the garden.Standing outside the fence, Li Tai can roughly identify several types, which shows that he is also a person who likes gardening and farming.

Li Tai hadn't raked the melon ridges yet, but he was a little upset to see such a strong competitor.

When the group turned back, they saw Zhu Ziyong leading several servants carrying several boxes and cages up the mountain on the mountain road. Li Tai asked curiously, "Who is Zhu Weng going to the mountain to visit?"

After Zhu Ziyong heard the words, he said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Jin is also living in the mountains today. Knowing that the lord has gone to the mountain to recuperate, he sent his staff to the house this morning to express his condolences. The lord sent his servants to express his thanks."

This title is Li Tai's blind spot in knowledge, but he couldn't help feeling alarmed, and quickly asked: "Are there many nobles living in the mountains?"

Zhu Ziyong nodded and said: "Lishan is close to the capital, and the soup warms the people. After autumn, there are often nobles from Beijing and the middle of the country who live here to spend the winter. As Shan Pu knows, there are..."

Listening to Zhu Ziyong's calculations, Li Tai's heart suddenly turned cold. Damn, this Lishan is a sanatorium for ex-husbands, so what a fart it is!Even if no one is doing evil things, it feels unlucky to live for a long time.

Although the warm soup is good, it is better to go back!I went home and built a public bathhouse, and I had a good time soaking in it. Living together with your Western Wei clan is really exciting.

He was thinking here, and when he returned, he found He Basheng who was up and having breakfast, and said that he was concerned about his family's business and wanted to return early.

After He Basheng heard the words, he put down his chopsticks and said, "I'm going with you, I'm going with you, I'm also going back to Huazhou, so I can hear about Dongzhou's news on the spot."

Li Tai was a little speechless when he heard this, and wanted to persuade He Basheng to stay for a while, but seeing He Basheng's earnest and apprehensive expression, he finally swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

(End of this chapter)