Great time travel

Chapter 183: Agui's Story

In this turbulent world where wars are raging, empires are collapsing, and the world is in turmoil, all living beings are showing their various life styles.There are not only the mediocre people who follow the crowd with nothing to do, but also the hermits and immortals who rely on their aloofness and aloofness;Some people, as a participant, proudly taste the glorious experience from one victory to the next; others, from the perspective of a small person, look at all kinds of bizarre changes of the times in confusion.

——Flip the calendar back to the spring of the sixth year of Chongzhen, when the "Australian Bandits" just landed in Zhejiang...

In the countryside of Shaoxing County, Zhejiang Province during the Chongzhen period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a village called Weizhuang.Mr. Zhao, the village head, is very respected by the residents, because he is not only rich, but also the father of two "wentongs"—the husband, Wentong, who may become a talented person in the future.

There was also a farmhand in Weichuang named Agui.It is said that he escaped from the famine in Tianshui, Longxi. He had no home and lived in the Tugu Temple in Weizhuang;When the job is a little longer, he may also live in the house of the temporary owner, but the short-term worker will leave as soon as he is done.

On February [-], the sixth year of Chongzhen, at half past three, a big boat sailed to Hebutou on Zhao's Mansion in Weizhuang, a village in Shaoxing.The boat swam in from the darkness, and the country people were sound asleep, so they didn't know it; when it went out, it was almost dawn, but few saw it.According to the results of the probe and brain investigation, it is known that it is the boat of Master Juren!

The boat brought great uneasiness to Weizhuang, before noon, the hearts of the whole village were shaken.The mission of the boat was kept a secret by the Zhao family, but everyone in the tea house and wine shop said that the kun thief was going to enter the city, and the master Juren had come to our countryside to escape.Only Mrs. Zou Qisao didn't think so, saying that they were just a few broken suitcases, which Mr. Juren wanted to deposit, but Mr. Zhao had already replied and forwarded them.In fact, Master Juren and the Zhao family have always looked at each other differently, and logically there should not be a friendship of "sharing weal and woe". Besides, Aunt Zou and the Zhao family are neighbors and have frequent contacts, so she is probably right.

However, the rumors in Weizhuang's neighborhood were still very strong, saying that although Master Juren didn't seem to be in person, he had a long letter and arranged a "turning marriage" with the Zhao family.Mr. Zhao thought about it in his stomach, and felt that there would be no harm to him, so he left the box and stuffed it under his wife's bed.As for the Kun bandits, some say they entered the city that night.

Agui has heard of "kun thief" a long time ago, but he has an opinion that he doesn't know where he came from. He thinks that since "kun thief" is a "thief" and is engaged in "rebellious" business, he is making things difficult for him. Therefore, it has always been "deeply hated and hated".Unexpectedly, this made the well-known Master Juren in Baili so frightened, so he was a little "fascinated". What's more, the flustered expressions of a group of birds and men in Weizhuang also made Ah Gui even more pleased.

"It doesn't matter if you rebel," Agui thought, "...it's really hateful to rebel against this group of Weizhuang bird people! Even I, I will surrender to the kun bandits."

At this time, Agui had too much dissatisfaction with the people in Weizhuang.First of all, since he molested Wu Ma, the maid of the Zhao family, not only was he severely beaten and kicked out, but he was never allowed to step into the Zhao family's threshold again.And from that day on, all the women in Weichuang suddenly felt ashamed. When they saw Agui approaching, they all hid in the door.Even Mrs. Zou Qi, who was nearly 50 years old, hid with others and called Shishi's daughter in.Agui was very surprised by this, and thought in confusion: "These bastards suddenly look like young ladies? These whores..."

A lot of weird things happened after that.Firstly, the hotel refused to let him pay on credit; secondly, the old man in charge of the Tugu Temple said some nonsense, and seemed to tell him to go away; thirdly, although he couldn't remember how many days, there were indeed many days when no one Come and call him a day laborer.

The hotel doesn’t accept credit, so it’s fine to stay on; the old man in charge of the Tugu Temple urged him to leave, and he didn’t care about trivial matters, but he didn’t hear it; it’s just that no one came to ask him to do a part-time job, but he made Agui hungry: this is indeed true. A very "mom's" thing.

Agui couldn't bear it anymore, so he had to go to the home of a regular customer to inquire - but he was not allowed to step into the threshold of Zhao's house, but the situation was also different: a man must have walked out, showing a very annoying look, like answering a beggar Generally shaking hands: "...No! You go out!"

Agui felt strange at that time.He thought, these people have always needed help, so they are not suddenly all right now, there must be something strange in it.He inquired carefully, only to realize that they all went to ask Wang Hu for help.This Wang Hu is both skinny and bearded. Others call him Wang Linhu, but Agui has deleted the word "虚", but he still despises him very much.What Agui meant was that he thought it was not unusual to have leprosy, but only this beard was too novel to make people look down upon.Unexpectedly, Wang Hu actually took his job!
In a fit of anger, Agui ran to scold him face to face: "...you caterpillar!"

"...Mangy dog, who are you scolding?" Wang Hu raised his eyes contemptuously and said.

"...Curse whoever recognizes it!" Agui said very bravely with his hands on his waist.

"... Are your bones itchy?" Wang Hu stood up, put on his clothes and said.

Ah Gui thought he was going to run away, so he punched him when he rushed in.Before the fist reached his body, he had already caught it. With just one pull, Agui staggered and fell into it. Immediately, Wang Hu pinned his head again and bumped against the wall.

"...a gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands!" Agui yelled, tilting his head.But Wang Hu didn't seem to be a gentleman, so he ignored him, touched him five times in a row, and pushed him hard again, causing Agui to fall more than six feet away, and he was satisfied.

There is no woman, no job, and no dignity. This life is really impossible!Agui felt that he couldn't survive in Weichuang.Like many good-for-nothings in later generations, he believed that it was not his fault, but the fault of the court and the society, that he turned into such a bird.As long as I go to a different place and change the environment, I can live a better life, and even become the template of "Long Aotian", and I can have whatever I want.

At this time, in Agui's mind, the concept of "going abroad" and "traversing" in later generations was not yet there, so after a few more days, he made up his mind to go to the city to join the bandits.Before leaving, Agui went over the wall and entered the nunnery, and stole a few radishes as "travel".

"... Rebellion? Interesting... I can get what I want, and I can be whoever I like."

In Agui's fantasies, the so-called thieves were a group of kun thieves who came to Agui with knives, steel whips, and firecrackers, shouting, Agui!Go together!So they went into the "Loyalty Hall" together, kowtowed and bowed to the leader, and then they all went to Weizhuang in a mighty way.

At this time Weizhuang's group of birds and men were amused, they knelt down and shouted, "Ah Gui, please spare me!"Who listens to him!The first ones to be damned are Wang Hu and Mr. Zhao, as well as scholars, and the old man in charge of Tugu Temple... Do you want to keep some?The shopkeeper of the hotel could have stayed, but he didn't want it anymore...

Then, my uncle took whatever he wanted...Go straight in and open the box: white silver, copper coins, silk... A Ning-style bed of the lady of the scholar was first moved to the Tugu Temple, and other money was placed The tables and chairs from the Zhao family, or just use the Zhao family’s.I didn't do it myself, so I asked their servants to move it, and I had to move it fast, and if I didn't move it quickly, I would be slapped... Well, it seems that I will get a woman next, Zhao Sichen's sister is so ugly, Zou Qisao's daughter It will take a few years to say, the scholar's wife has scars on her eyes... Mama Wu?Her feet seemed too big.

Agui was thinking wildly as he walked away, then he became ecstatic again, as if he was the invincible Kun thief, but all the Weizhuang people were his captives.When he was proud, he couldn't help shouting loudly: "Rebellion! Rebellion!" Accidentally bumped into a person at the corner.

When Ah Gui got up from the ground and took a closer look, he found that it was Mr. Zhao's eldest son.He ran to the city to study in the county school, but I heard that he went to Guangdong for some reason.At this time, he looked strange, his bun was gone, his hair was short, like a monk who had just returned to vulgarity.

"...I don't have eyes! Damn bald donkey!" Agui originally only scolded in his stomach without making a sound, but this time because he happened to be angry and wanted to get revenge, he couldn't help but gently yelled. Speak out.

Unexpectedly, the bald donkey was holding a yellow painted stick and raised it high.At this moment, Ah Gui knew that a beating was about to happen, so he quickly tensed his muscles and bones, shrugged his shoulders and waited, and sure enough, with a slap, it seemed that he was hit on the head for sure.Then, watching Mr. Zhao's eldest son walking towards Weizhuang from a distance, touching the burning wound on his head, Agui became more and more angry, and finally couldn't help but filled with hatred, nodded viciously: "...you wait , When I go to the city and join the gang of kun thieves, I will bring them back and kill you, arrest and behead you, and kill everyone, blah! blah!"

After making a few beheading gestures in such a vicious manner, he hummed and continued walking towards the city.

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When he arrived in the city, it was already noon, and Agui was surprised to find that there were two "short-haired men" standing guard at the gate of the yamen, whose hairstyle was very similar to Mr. Zhao's eldest son.After asking passers-by, they realized that they were the famous "Kun thieves".

After that, he realized that the so-called "kun thief" was actually a "kun thief", a "kun thief".Recalling Mr. Zhao's eldest son's hairstyle, he couldn't help but gasp—could this Mr. Zhao have already "followed a thief"?It seems that it is not easy to go back to Weizhuang for revenge.

However, since even Young Master Zhao has voted for "Kun Thief", it seems that being a "Kun Thief" is more promising than being a scholar, so I must actively strive to "join the gang".Seeing that the gate of the yamen was open, Agui hesitated for a long time, and finally walked up timidly, and approached the short-haired soldier standing guard, "...well,...this..." Agui slowly Raising his head, he finally spoke with twelve percent courage.

"...Tell me what you want, who do you want to talk to? I see you have been standing at the gate for a long time!" "Short Hair" said impatiently.

"...I...I want to vote..."

"...Want to join the army, right? Go to the school grounds in the south of the city, there is conscription!" It may be that there are many similar people these days, and the "short-haired" soldier quickly guessed what Agui was thinking, and pointed it out to Agui clear road.

"...Thank you, Mr. Jun, for pointing out the maze!" Agui, as if he had been pardoned, quickly kowtowed to the "short-haired soldier" as a thank you, and then rushed to the school grounds in the south of the city.

When he arrived in the south of the city, Agui found that the queue of applicants was very long, with hundreds of people.The people in front are talking about the "preferential treatment" for the soldiers of the "Australian Song Dynasty", such as eating three meals a day, eating meat several times a month, and issuing new clothes every year. Unfortunately, too few people are recruited. , only one hundred soldiers were recruited, and I heard that fifty of them had already been assigned to the military households in the nearby guards (actually, after the "kun thieves" captured the nearby Sanjiang, Lihai and other guards, Fifty people were selected from the captured guards and incorporated into the county national army company), which is really unfair.

As for the worries of "following thieves", they never thought about it.Firstly, civil uprisings broke out in Zhejiang at the end of the Ming Dynasty because of tax resistance, but they were not as big as those caused by peasant armies in Shaanxi and Henan. The final result was that the leaders were arrested and killed. Generally, there will be nothing wrong with disbanding and returning home, so the local residents are not very afraid of "following thieves".Secondly, this time the Kun bandits swept across the province, their army mighty far surpassed those ineffective Japanese pirates back then. I heard that the provincial capital Hangzhou has been conquered. It seems that Zhejiang is really going to change.Since even Master Juren is planning to "follow the thief", what doubts do they have?

While waiting in a long queue to be recruited, Agui saw a few children with short shaved hair, holding a flag, clapping allegro when they saw people everywhere, yelling something like "everyone has food to eat and clothes to wear , There is land farming, there is work, there is business, there is money to make, there is no shortage of food and warmth everywhere!" Cattle and sheep, prepare wine, open the city gate to welcome the Song army, and will provide disaster relief when the Song Dynasty comes. Eat his mother, eat her mother, if there is not enough to eat, there will be a Song Dynasty.” Although Agui didn’t believe this, but listened It is also very happy.

Regrettably, due to too many people joining the army and fierce competition, Agui was not able to get the job of "serving as a soldier and eating food" in the end.But on this day, the "big recruitment" of the Kun bandits at the school ground in the south of the city not only involves recruiting soldiers, but also requires manpower for many other positions.When he heard that Agui was not a resident of Shaoxing City, but came from a village dozens of miles away, a naturalized cadre spoke in difficult Cantonese and made guessing gestures, expressing the hope that Agui could apply for the position. "Sellers" sell "Australian goods" such as cloth, agricultural tools, needles and thread, and salt to rural residents on their behalf.

Therefore, Agui, a jobless and blind wanderer who failed to join the army, unexpectedly became an intern salesman of "Bailian Trading Company".

For this reason, he first entered the "purification camp" according to the rules, shaved his head, took a shower, took insect repellent, then changed into a blue short coat and breeches, and then learned how to calculate and keep accounts from a bald man, and at the same time took time to listen to a The "female cadres" talked about the truth for a few days.The next step is to carry a heavy burden, walk around the streets with a senior salesman, observe the tricks of doing business on the spot, and practice how to sell goods by the way.

It was not until the summer of this year that Agui, who was completely new, returned to Weizhuang after a long absence on an Australian self-propelled boat emitting black smoke.And then came to Weizhuang, and there was a sturdy trolley and all kinds of groceries weighing more than 400 catties...

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When the villagers of Weichuang saw Agui again, they were very surprised, because Agui's appearance was very different after he came back.

First of all, Agui's hair bun is gone, he shaved off the same short hair as the eldest son of Mr. Zhao's family, and even shaved off his beard. Blue short jacket—you know, the matter of Mr. Zhao's eldest son "returning his hair" caused quite a stir in Weichuang before. Everyone said that Mr. Zhao "became a thief".It is also said that he was forced to shave his hair after being drunk by a gangster in Guangdong.His mother cried a few times, and his wife jumped into the well once.From then on, people in Weizhuang secretly called Mr. Zhao's eldest son "Young Master False Kun".But the "Master Fake Kun" is not ashamed of his strange hairstyle, but proud of it. He goes around saying that the short coat with short hair is the elegant government of the Song Dynasty; bad rules.He also said that in the future, he must lose his hair in order to become a high-ranking official.
So people in Weizhuang asked Agui one after another, is Daming really doomed?What is the name of the new emperor of Song Dynasty?Where did you get the jacket you're wearing?And Agui replied triumphantly that Daming was gone (in fact, at least half of China was still under the banner of Ming Dynasty at that time), and the new emperor's reign title was "Huameng" (it was purely Agui's own imagination, he At this time, he was just an "intern" in a trading company, and he had only taken ideological education classes for three days, and his understanding of political and current affairs was not as good as that of "Master Fake Kun"). "Bailian" (habitual thinking, according to the tradition of ancient China, the name of the business is linked to the name of the boss), and the short coat he wears is the new dynasty "Song suit" given to him by the new master.

In addition, Agui also said many incredible things, such as seeing a self-moving gadget in Shaoxing City, which can make tens of thousands of bricks by himself in a short time; he also saw short-haired soldiers The cannon was fired, and there was only a "boom", and the earth fortress occupied by the bandits flew into the sky.Others include glass lamps that can be illuminated without fire, steel pots and stoves mounted on four-wheeled carts, large ships flying in the sky, and some kind of magical circular saws that can saw off a big tree at once... ...there is the Australian self-propelled boat with black smoke—this thing has occasionally appeared on the river near Weizhuang since summer. Many people in the village have seen it from a distance, but everyone still doesn’t understand Why can it run without sails or oars?Agui explained that there was a smoking and roaring machine in the boat, and the "Australian chiefs" would not allow him to approach. It is said that it is the source of all power, which is to continuously add firewood or coal. The firewood used for a day That's more firewood than a whole village uses for cooking.

Believe it or not, everyone who listened was awestruck. Since Agui can help the new dynasty's family, no matter what position he currently holds, it is of course respectable.

Secondly, Agui actually brought back a large cart of "Australian groceries".In this era of underdeveloped logistics, it is not easy for rural people to buy some daily necessities at their doorstep, let alone rare Australian goods.Because of this cart of groceries, the name of this noble quickly spread throughout Weizhuang's boudoir.

——Although only the Qian and Zhao surnames in Weichuang were big boudoirs, and the others were at most shallow boudoirs, but boudoirs are boudoirs after all, so it can be considered a miraculous thing.When the women meet, they must say that Mrs. Zou Qi bought a blue silk dress from Agui, and it only cost nine renminbi.And Zhao Baiyan's mother also bought a scarlet gauze shirt for the child, and it only cost three hundred dollars.So Yimen changed their previous attitude of respecting and staying away from Agui. They all eagerly wanted to see Agui. Those who lacked silk skirts wanted to ask him to buy silk skirts, and those who wanted gauze shirts wanted to ask him to buy gauze shirts. Gui had already passed by, but he wanted to catch up and stop him, and asked, "...Ah Gui, do you still have a silk skirt? No? I also want a gauze shirt and a leather vest, do you have any?"

Soon, the thirty pieces of clothes and ten bolts of cloth that Agui brought to Weizhuang sold out, along with the matches, needles, thread, and soap.Later, the Qian family sent someone to round up the thirty or so iron farm tools (only the iron part, the wooden handles need to be made by the buyer) and scissors and kitchen knives in the trolley.Those few boxes of grain bricks that were too hard to crack (nearly expired products thrown out by the navy), because they were cheap and could be cooked into a mush to eat without hunger, were divided up by several thrifty families in the blink of an eye.Then came salt and sugar, which sold a little slower until it was getting dark.In the end, Agui's trolley was basically empty, leaving only a small amount of relatively expensive "luxury goods" that have not been sold yet, so we can only talk about it slowly.

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Then, taking advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun, Agui counted today's harvest with a smile on his face. There were more than 60 taels of silver in different colors, and more than 30 hanging coins. This is almost a turnover close to 100 taels. I don't know how many "Hua Yuan" can be exchanged into the new dynasty?
Although these goods were all bought on credit, before returning to Weizhuang, the "manager" of "Bailian" had agreed with him in advance that he would hand over 60 taels of silver or the equivalent value of rice as the goods afterwards.But even if you don't count the goods that haven't been sold, you still have at least 30 taels of silver.In the past, working part-time in Weizhuang could not save ten taels of silver for a year, but now one day's harvest is equivalent to the hard work of the past few years!
What a turn of events!This made Agui's heart flutter all of a sudden, as if he was about to fly away.

So, in order to show his excitement and joy, he excitedly appeared in front of the hotel, approached the counter, stretched out his hand from his waist, and threw a handful full of silver and copper on the cabinet, saying, "... Cash! Pay all the debts! Get two more bowls of good wine!"

The shopkeeper looked at Agui in surprise, seeing his short hairstyle, brand-new short jacket, and a big tie around his waist, and Shen Tiantian dropped his trouser belt into a very curved arc.According to Wei Zhuang's usual practice, when seeing someone who is a little eye-catching, it is better to be respectful than to be slow. Now, although I know it is the blind Agui from the Tugu Temple, but the short hair, short jacket and big waist , It made Agui different from before, it was really "a three-day lunch box treats you with admiration", so the waiters, shopkeepers, drinkers and passers-by all naturally showed a kind of calm and respectful attitude towards Agui.

"... Huo, Agui, you're back!"

"...Well, I'm back."

"...Now...are you rich?"

"...Get rich? Of course. Hehe, I can buy your dilapidated shop right now..."

"...Don't dare to be, dare not be, don't forget us poor friends when you get rich."

"...Friend? Why didn't you see me as a friend before?" Agui pouted, picked up the wine handed by the shopkeeper and drank it by himself.In the past, he had often been stared at by the shopkeeper, and he felt a little bit aggrieved; in addition, he drank two bowls of empty stomach wine, and became more and more drunk.

So, on the way back to the Tugu Temple, the drunken Agui raised his head excitedly and triumphantly and sang, "...well, clang, clang clang, clang, clang, regret it, I beheaded brother Zheng Xian by mistake... "It seems that all the depression and injustice of the past have been swept away.

Back at the Tugu Temple, Agui gradually woke up from his drunkenness.This evening, the old man in charge of the shrine was also unexpectedly kind, and invited him to drink tea; Agui asked him for two cakes, dipped them in a jar of preserved Australian soybean chili sauce, and ate them. After eating, he asked for another one. A lighted candle and an old candlestick, lighted, lay alone in his hut.Seeing the candles flickering like lanterns on the Lantern Festival night, I couldn't help but feel confused and sleepless all night.