Jijiexian

Fujimine's father had two chariots. In addition to the eldest brother Fujiro, thirty retainers and more than 50 slaves went with them. After preparing the corresponding supplies, they set off.

The reason for the war was that Peng Guo built a canal for irrigation, and the fields of Song State happened to be downstream. The field of Song State was dry. At that time, Peng Guo cut off Peng Guo's wheat as revenge, but before they could act, Peng Guo sent troops to defend his own fields.

The State of Song was one of the eight duchies originally entrusted by the emperor, while the State of Peng was a relatively weak one among the nineteen vassal states. At that time, the emperor allocated the most fertile land near Wangji to the prince who was most loyal to him. It is an important force that serves as a shield for the capital.Since then, there have been reductions and increases in the past dynasties, and some were destroyed by the barbarians and their own clans in the war. Today, there are only five families left in the Principality, and only seven families in the Marquis. Outside of Peng and Ye, everything was weak and weak.On the contrary, many remote counties and son states have flourished and expanded rapidly in recent years.

When Duke Song heard that Peng Guo was coming to invade, he hurriedly summoned soldiers and horses. He also got support from the other three princes, but he only got 4000 soldiers, most of which were outdated in equipment and lack of training.As for Peng Guo, the Teng clan alone has assembled nearly 30 people, and this is not counting the rest of the Liuqing soldiers.There is an endless stream of chariots and horses passing by the avenues around Pengyi every day, and there are more than [-] chariots passing through the territory of the Tengfeng family alone.

Attacking the crowd with a few, the Song army was already timid before the battle began. Many people began to flee before the battle, so that when Peng Jun crossed the river, he failed to organize an attack. He missed the opportunity. Can argue that "I am a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. I will not block the enemy in the narrow pass, and I will not be in a row without drumming." The war ended with the victory of Peng State, and Song State was forced to cede land for peace.

These stories are all Tengfeng heard from Mozu. Mozu is the teacher of the clan school. He always tells some stories to his students in his spare time. Tengfeng will listen very seriously at this time. , and once he started to give lectures, Fujimine would immediately fall into endless distress. Those brothers of the same clan always laughed at him as an impolite country boy, so he could only force himself to learn arithmetic, etiquette, writing, etc. Things that feel useless, but fortunately, Han Yu who is with him is more painful than him. He always said that holding a sword is much easier than holding a pen.

One day, Mo Zu called Tengfeng to a room alone, and he walked in after saluting at the door, and there was a strange middle-aged man inside.

The man pointed to a letter spread out on the table and asked Fujimine, "Did you write this?"

The voice was somewhat familiar. Tengfeng stepped forward and read it carefully. It was indeed the letter written by him. It was the homework assigned by Mo Zu earlier. He couldn't help but feel uneasy. Could it be that the homework he wrote was wrong?Mo Zu always beat his palms with a thick bamboo slip as punishment. Fujimine had seen him deal with disobedient students several times, but he had never enjoyed such treatment before!But who is this man who suddenly appeared?He sneaked a glance at the man's crown and ribbon. Although he was wearing only ordinary dark clothes, he could tell from the way teacher Mo Zu looked at him that this man's status should be higher than Mo Zu's.

"It was written by a student." Fujimine replied quickly.

"Very good, step back." The man stared at him and nodded quickly.

This incident made Tengfeng very inexplicable, but later when he heard several older concubine brothers from the same clan talking about seeing the Patriarch, he suddenly realized that that person was Tengqing from Pengguo, their Patriarch !Luckily, Fujimine dispelled his doubts since then. Since the Patriarch not only saw him, he probably came to test the school homework. At the same time, he was also a little bit concerned that his homework could be appreciated by the Patriarch. Proud, after all, many brothers of the same clan who came long before him did not have such treatment.

Tengfeng's father has returned home triumphantly. Because of this victory, Pengguo has occupied a large piece of fertile land in the eastern part of the Song Dynasty, so the students in the school can also return home early. When Tengfeng came back from Mozu, his The third elder brother Hanyu has already packed his things and has been waiting for a long time.

"Father and the others are back, let's go quickly." He said eagerly.

"Ah."

In fact, Tengfeng is not much better than him. After being separated for such a long time, he also misses his father and two brothers very much.

The road out of the city is very congested, and there are beaming people everywhere. The two of them are eager to return home, but when they return to the river beach, they find that their family members are preparing for a funeral.

Among the thirty retainers who left at the beginning, two did not come back. Fujimine's father personally presided over the ceremony, built a clothes tomb for them, and stipulated that they would be sacrificed every year. The two carriages were also damaged on the way back. One, Fujimine's eldest brother, Fujiro, was also injured, and the remaining retainers were more or less injured. Two of them were seriously injured. I'm afraid they won't be able to fight again. As for those slaves, the number did not decrease but instead More than a dozen were added, and most of them were prisoners of Song.

It was only then that Tengfeng realized that the war was not as simple as Mo Zu said. When the war started, although some soldiers of the Sangong retreated, the soldiers of Song State were very brave. Far more than Song State, and if Song Gong voluntarily surrendered, Peng State might have to pay a greater loss to win.

But there is some good news. Tengfeng's father exchanged all the military exploits he got for food, and Penghou's reward is also quite generous. In addition to a large amount of grain and wheat, there are also cattle, sheep and livestock. They no longer have to worry about winter I'll be hungry by the time.

In the evening, it was time to celebrate. The slaves slaughtered some cattle and sheep, the retainers brought out fine wine from the cellar, and the women made many fruit cakes. They sang and danced by the river, and Fujimine was also affected by the atmosphere, and kept grinning Smiling, the only regret is that he can only stay by his mother's side all the time, and won't have access to those fruit wines.

"Ah... ah... huh..."

Fujimine felt someone tugging at his sleeve, and when he looked back, he found that it was the dumb uncle next to him. Normally, he would have denounced such rude behavior, but today he is really happy, so he will not I took it to heart, but I was just wondering, what would happen to this mute looking for him?

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

The mute saw that he had finally caught Fujimine's attention, and his face showed joy. He kowtowed to salute and made that kind of unidentified sound of huh-hum, drawing and comparing, and it took a long time for Fujimine to guess. express his meaning.

"You want me to go with you?" Fujimine said.

The mute kowtowed happily, and immediately stood up to lead the way, but Tengfeng didn't intend to move, so he came back and knelt down, kowtowing non-stop.

Tengfeng was so annoyed by him that he couldn't stand it, and looked at his mother in embarrassment. After getting consent, he stood up, "Okay, I'll go with you."

The mute led him all the way to a wooden house. Fujimine remembered the surrounding scenery. It should have been a relatively flat wasteland not long ago. Unexpectedly, the mute built a house by himself without anyone's help.

As soon as he opened the door, Fujimine smelled a strange smell, which was produced by burning candles made of animal sebum. The old man sat on a wooden bed, and when he saw Fujimine coming in, he put down his two hands. A pottery bowl, said: "You are here, child, sit down quickly."

Tengfeng still respects the old man, not to mention that his father had given special instructions, so he wanted to sit down obediently, but unfortunately he searched for a long time, but there was nothing in the room. Put the short table in front of the bed.

After he sat down, he was soon aroused by something on the old man's hand. It was a stack of small silver bowls, which shimmered under the candle.

"These are...?" Fujimine thought it was a stack of silverware, but soon he found some canned wine cups and the like.

Gold and silver wares were quite expensive at that time. For Fujimine and his family, there was only a set of wine utensils for decoration, which were usually reluctant to be used. They were only used during festivals and ceremonies or when entertaining distinguished guests. .It is obviously impossible for the old man to have so many shiny silverware in his house. If he is so rich, why did he ask Fujimine's father for help?Or that the old man had actually deceived them in the first place?

"Hehe, these are just some gadgets I usually make." One movement of the old man solved Tengfeng's doubts - he put a silver bowl directly into Tengfeng's hand.

"It's so light!"

Fujimine was surprised, the weight was too light for silverware, almost no different from the pottery bowls he usually used, he suddenly realized that this was not real silverware, it was just a layer of silver added to the outside of ordinary pottery bowls .

"How did this happen?" Fujimine exclaimed, he was always curious about novel things.

"This is the refining method passed down from Dongji Academy. If you are interested, I can teach you, but before that, you have to do me a small favor." The old man said with a smile.

When he heard about the Dongji Academy, Tengfeng couldn't help being in awe. He had heard the clan's teacher Mo Zu say that it is the palace of masters and the place where students from all over the world yearn for the most. The expression he showed when he told all this , Let Fujimine always remember it fresh. Although he does not dream of entering such a place and debating with many sages and sages, he is very happy to learn a little bit of superficiality from it.So he agreed without thinking about it.

Coming out of the old man's house, Fujimine wanted to go back to the river, but when he was halfway there, he unexpectedly saw Hanyu sneaking into the house of his elder brother Fujiro. Due to his injury, Fujimine did not participate in the night party.Tengfeng, who had nothing to do, also walked over by accident. Through the crack of the door, he saw Hanyu standing beside Tengzhi's bed, his head lowered lower and lower...Suddenly, a hand threw him off. fell on the bed.

With a loud bang, Tengfeng was startled, and hit his head on the top doorknob, before he could feel the pain, he ran away in a hurry.