In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States without women

Three months later, relying on the improved copper crossbow, Furen defeated the Shanrong people and took tens of thousands of prisoners.

The battle report was sent back to Jidu, Yan Jun and Yan Jun's nephew were overjoyed, they rewarded the crown prince and servants generously, and gave gold, jade, ritual utensils, servants and beauties. At the same time, seeing that the Spring Festival was approaching, they also called the servants back to Jidu, and prepared to preside over them as the heir of a country. Spring Festival and Ceremony of Starting Plowing.

When the crown prince served and returned to the army, son Qi also sent a letter saying that Xia Yu had stayed in the Wuyang fiefdom for several months. Seeing that the spring festival was approaching, he had already returned to the prince's mansion in Jidu, and he would return to the mansion almost before the crown prince returned to Ji. .

Along the way, Prince Furen received many letters, many of which were letters of "complaints" from his fiefdom's family officials.

Xia Yu slaughtered many people in Wuyang, and punished some people. These people were able to have official positions in the fiefdom of the people, and they were more or less "relationships". People are being slaughtered and punished for no apparent reason, so of course they want to "complain and redress their grievances" to the convincing people.

For these letters, the servants all stayed and did not send them, and did not respond to them at all.

When Furen made an agreement with Xia Yu, he had already agreed to hand over the fiefdom to Xia Yu to take care of it. As an experimental place to practice Xia Yu's way of governing, naturally he would not say much about Xia Yu's actions during this period What, but on the other hand, Furen is also actively communicating with his "confidantes", secretly observing the various government orders Xia Yu implemented in Wuyang.

These confidantes who serve people are like Young Master Qi, who accompanied him to study, eunuch Qiao, who has served him since he returned to the palace, and some old soldiers who have served in the fief. Correspondence, collecting all kinds of information about Xia Yu's decree, and at the same time checking all kinds of feedback.

But in the same way, no matter what kind of information or feedback you get, Furen also doesn't make any response.

Just the day before Furen returned to Ji, Eunuch Qiao had already reported to Furen, and Xia Yu returned home a day earlier than Furen.

Furen entered the city at just dawn in the morning, settled down the army returning to Ji this time, and returned to the city on light horseback. When he arrived at the mansion, many people in the Prince's mansion hadn't started their classes. They stopped and opened the door and saw him return to the mansion in a panic. The servant who wanted to go in and report the full service, the service did not disturb too many people, and walked quietly to the main room of his harem.

Before entering the courtyard from a distance, I heard the sound of shouting and fighting, and I couldn't help being curious—this place where Xia Yu lived, how could there be people fighting early in the morning?

It was precisely because of this curiosity that Furen also stopped the servants outside the courtyard who were surprised to see him and wanted to inform the inside, and quietly walked into the main courtyard where Xia Yu lived.

On the courtyard in front of the main room, there are two people competing in martial arts at this time, one of them is wearing a white short skirt, the clothes are very close-fitting, the cuffs and waist are fastened with leather belts, and the lambskin shoes are under his feet. The boots and even the trousers were very tight and fitted, showing off a pair of slender legs, but it wasn't his convincing Nezuo Xia Yu or someone else.

At this time, I saw Xia Yu holding swords in both hands, a thin long sword more than a foot long in his right hand, and an extremely short and sharp dagger in his left hand, fighting back and forth with the swordsman holding a long sword.

Furen is good at the army, and he has always taken the lead. Fighting on the battlefield is naturally indispensable. When he was in the palace, Furen had a special person to teach swordsmanship, riding and shooting crossbows. It can be said that the combination of "theory" and "practice" is not as good as the current swordsmanship master, but he can also be called a master of fighting, and his natural vision is not bad.

Convincing people saw that Xia Yu competed with the swordsman. Obviously, the swordsman's swordsmanship was superb, and his swordsmanship was somewhat different from the current popular slashing routines in the Central Plains. He has the upper hand, but looking at his attitude, he doesn't want to fight, but wants to teach. Every time he attacks Xia Yu's weakness, he pauses slightly, as if reminding Xia Yu of the loophole in his defense.

At this time, Xia Yu held the sword in both hands, one long and one short, and he could clearly see the jerky aspects of the sword technique, such as the lack of coherence between the movements of the sword and the flaws in the defense, etc., but Xia Yu's body was obviously very agile, and Because it is a two-handed weapon with one long and one short, the moves are weird and often unpredictable, but it somewhat makes up for the lack of novices.

The swordsman and Xia Yu came and went, until the swordsman's right long sword resisted the attack of Xia Yu's right thin sword, and the other hand grabbed Xia Yu's left hand holding the dagger and pulled them closer. Xia Yu's right hand holding the long sword was naturally suppressed in front of the two men's chests, unable to move, and the fight had reached a stalemate.

But Fu Ren, who was watching from a distance, was stunned—the two must be too close.

Wu Bao, who was fighting with Xia Yu, saw the convincing man from a distance, and called Xia Yu: "Master!"

Xia Yu noticed the situation, turned around and saw Furen, she didn't seem surprised, and said to Wu Bao: "Okay, let's stop here today."

Wu Bao reluctantly let go of Xia Yu, took a step back, saluted, and left.

Convincing people looked at Wu Bao who had exited the courtyard of the main room, and recognized that this person was Xia Yu's escort, and he was also one of the sergeants who stopped him outside the Qi camp when he greeted him in person that day, but he didn't know It turns out that this person's swordsmanship is also so good.

Xia Yu looked at Furen's dusty body, and guessed that Furen had just come back. Seeing that Furen had been staring at Wu Bao who was retreating, he said, "He's from Wu, and he's good at swordsmanship."

Fu Ren was taken aback by Xia Yu's sudden opening, and said, "Huh?"

Seeing that Furen seemed to be staring at Wu Bao all the time, Xia Yu thought that Furen was interested in Wu Bao's swordsmanship after watching the competition just now, so she further explained: "His name is Wu Bao, and Wu Yue has always been the best swordsmith. Famous among all princes in the world, Wu Yue's swordsmanship also has its own uniqueness, and Wu Bao obviously possesses the essence of Wuyue's swordsmanship."

Furen blinked, and said, "You and him...were we fighting swords just now?"

Xia Yu took the scabbard from the servant who was serving beside him, put the two swords back into the sheath, and said: "Where am I his opponent, I want to learn swords recently, just let him teach me. "

Furen seemed a little unsure how to react, swallowed, and said, "Why do you want to learn swordsmanship all of a sudden?"

Xia Yu, however, seemed a little surprised by this convincing question, and said, "Don't you remember the last time I was almost captured by you outside Changdi City? I don't want to be so clumsy in the future. "

The convincing said "Ah" without saying anything, after Xia Yu handed over the two swords in his hands to the servants, he said, "You just came back?"

Convincing people seemed to be a bit distracted. Hearing Xia Yu's question, his eyes drifted, and he said, "Ah? Yes, I just entered the city."

Xia Yu frowned. Although Furen looked more straightforward, after being in contact with Furen for a while, Xia Yu knew that Furen's reaction was actually very fast, but he was used to thinking carefully about everything. The so-called wisdom is slow, so that It seemed a bit dull, but Xia Yu, who was talking to Fu Ren at this moment, really felt that Fu Ren was not thinking carefully at this moment, but really absent-minded.

However, even so, Xia Yu couldn't say anything. After all, he and Furen "had three rules". Apart from official business, he couldn't bother to ask about superfluous matters, so he changed the subject and said, "Have you eaten yet?"

The servant shook his head and said, "No, it's not time to eat yet."

In this era, there are two meals a day. Although Xia Yu felt that two meals a day was very painful when he was in the Grand Master's Mansion, after all, it was the master's house, and he couldn't say much, so he had to add a small cooking stove in secret, and at this time he was regarded as the prince. The half owner of the mansion, as a person who can almost make decisions with full power, naturally changed the meal time in the mansion to morning, noon and evening with a wave of his hand, and the eating habit also changed from two meals to three meals. He hadn't eaten yet, and because he had exhausted a lot of exercise just now, he said to the servant beside him, "Prepare breakfast", and then turned his head to the servant, "Let's talk while eating in the room, I have something to tell you .”

But for a while, He Ze led his servants to hold a plate of cloth and vegetables, and Xia Yu and Xia Yu looked at all kinds of food utensils and chopsticks, and the rich dishes, and they were speechless—— —When did the chef in his house become so skilled?And what are these dishes?Why hasn't he seen it before?What's the matter with this food utensil?Why are they all in a uniform silvery style that I haven't seen before?

Seeing that Heze uses a set of utensils and cloth dishes that are uniform and silvery with almost no patterns, there are many kinds of dishes, including wheat porridge, cake bait, pasta, and various side dishes, and there is a strange split in half. Egg, the heart of the egg is a strange golden color.

Xia Yu introduced them one by one, and said: "I ordered the chef to develop some new dishes. These are steamed buns, with meat fillings and vegetable fillings. These are pickled vegetables, salted, and these are salted duck eggs. , I have recently been experimenting with several mountain crops to raise poultry, cattle, sheep and pigs, and the results are good. There are so many of these things in the mansion that I can’t finish them, so I will pickle them for you to try.”

It's no wonder that Furen didn't react for a while, but after being away for three months, things changed so fast!

Bow down to drink porridge, eat pasta, while trying various dishes, um... how did Xia Yu say... pickled vegetables, the more you eat, the bigger your eyes widen, saying: "This..." I don't know how to describe it, After all, Xia Yu has accumulated 5000 years of food civilization experience as a food empire, and a little attempt is enough to make people dumbfounded.

Food and sex, appetite, as a special enjoyment this time, is the same temptation for everyone, including serving people, who almost swept away the entire meal, and serving people reluctantly put down the dishes, Said: "It's really delicious", and then remembered what Xia Yu said just now: "Experiment several mountain crops to raise poultry, cattle, sheep and pigs," and asked: "Can these things be promoted? How much food is consumed for breeding? ? Is it convenient for the people to increase production?"

Xia Yu's food intake was much smaller than that of Furen, and when Furen finished eating, so did he. Hearing Furen's questions, he naturally answered truthfully, saying: "I gathered the merchants in your fief, and my own manpower, Traveling around the vassal states and countries to collect species, many are very useful. I ordered the manpower in the mansion to learn how to cultivate crops and raise poultry, and then let them go to various cities and towns to teach the people. Some time ago, I distributed several kinds of mulberry trees suitable for planting in mountainous areas. Using the way of raising pigs with mulberry leaves, I will send all your weavers in the mansion and those who are good at weaving in my companionship to teach the people how to weave."

Furen used to be a farmer in the civil society, and he was very concerned about these things related to the livelihood of the farmers. He recalled the various reform measures he had received from Xia Yu in the fiefdom, and asked questions, Xia Yu answered, and asked what "" "Improved version of blast furnace", Xia Yu smiled and said: "This is lucky. Although I know that Yandi should have a lot of coal and iron deposits, it is so close to the surface and easy to mine, and it happens to be located in your fief, isn't it?" Lucky? Originally, I thought it would take a lot of time to get it out, but because there is coal that is easy to mine, the furnace temperature can be easily raised, so the finished product was produced within three months."

Speaking of this, Xia Yu said to the servant: "Look at the table utensils you just used."

Convincing people to listen, he lowered his head and picked up the strange silver-colored tableware. He had never seen such a material before, and it was obviously a kind of "gold" (note: people in this era call all metals gold), But he had never seen such "gold".

Xia Yu said: "This is just steel. It is made of evil gold or iron. The advantage of this thing is not to make food utensils, but to make weapons."

Seeing this, Xia Yu gave Heze a look of doubt, "Bring me my weapon."

After hearing the order, He Ze brought up the weapon that Xia Yu had just used, took it from the sword, and drew the sword out of its sheath, only to see a flash of cold light, and blurted out: "Good sword!"

The shape of this sword imitates Tang Dao, and it also incorporates some features of the Han Dynasty Huan Shou Dao. The hilt has a ring decoration to balance the sword body. The cutting edge is clean and neat.

Convincing people to hold this sword, brushed a few moves, felt very smooth, said: "This sword is suitable for close combat." Then he held the sword and slashed at the wooden table beside him, like cutting a feather.

Surprised, he looked at the sword in his hand and was speechless for a while.

Xia Yu also ordered Heze to present one piece of all the weapons that he had made recently, and put them one by one in the hall of the main room. Played with all the weapons, and when Xia Yu said that "I have ordered craftsmen to use this kind of iron to make plowshares and teach the people to use them", Furen couldn't hold back his excitement, grabbed Xia Yu's hand, and said: "You will not let me down!" .”

Xia Yu was startled by the excited expression that was different from his usual calm appearance. After a long time, he said: "This is my job."

Unlike the nobles in the country who don't know the hardships of the people, Furen knows farmers' farming very well, and naturally knows how beneficial it will be to the grain output if plows made of this material can be popularized. Furen sighed: "Although I believe Jun, I entrust the full power to you, but I never thought that the effect would be so fast."

Xia Yu said: "Don't be too happy too early. If you want to talk about the real chapter, you still have to look at the grain production in autumn this year." In the end, all these things in hand are "techniques", but Xia Yu now has full powers Being the master and having the time to use the knowledge in one's own concepts is nothing more than the mediocre system in the fiefdom, which is the real institutional change and the key to success or failure.

At this time, He Ze approached and reported: "The Prince and Nei Zuo, please forward the report when the eunuch Qiao is outside. The time is approaching, and the Prince will return to the palace."

Furen was so happy talking with Xia Yu that he forgot to follow the etiquette, he had to enter the palace to report to Lord Yan when he returned to the city, and even Xia Yu, as the crown prince's inner assistant, would also enter the palace to complete the ceremony together.

Xia Yu also only focused on talking with the kimono, and forgot the time, so she came back to her senses and said, "I forgot, I told my servants to prepare hot water, the prince should take a shower and change clothes."

Convinced for a moment, he used to work and rest in his own dormitory in the front room, but now he is considered a family man, so he can naturally work and rest in the inner room, but when he thought of being under the same roof with Xia Yu After taking a bath and changing clothes, Furen's face began to flush red uncontrollably.

Xia Yu didn't think too much about it. He had servants to serve the servants, so he also got up and went to another room to change his dress. After the servants finished bathing and changing clothes, Xia Yu hadn't finished packing yet.

Furen Xin walked out of the inner room and saw the eunuch bridge waiting outside. It was not surprising that Young Master Qi had sent him a letter that his inner servant had given the eunuch bridge to the Prince's Mansion. After all, he had been serving him since he returned to the palace. Fu Ren's attitude towards the eunuch bridge is still very natural, and he said: "How is the Fuzhong these days?"

Convincing people know that Xia Yu went to Wuyang and tossed his fief for more than three months. During this period, the mansion was all taken care of by Eunuch Qiao.

Eunuch Qiao said to Furen with a bitter face: "Prince, Nezuo really dared to let go. I thought he was joking when he said that he would hand over the mansion to me, but he really gave me three months! I am an eunuch , Up and down this mansion, how can I dare to call the shots!?" Speaking of this, the eunuch Qiao paused, lowered his voice slightly, and said, "Actually, in terms of etiquette, your status as the prince at this time, in fact, all the inner rooms are used by the temple. People (eunuchs) should also."

Convinced for a moment.

Si Renqiao was a little hesitant, but finally said: "I think... the master of our family is really capable. Didn't you see that when he came back from Wuyang, the treasury of our Prince's Mansion was always empty. From him After the birth, not only the accompanying childbirth, but also various other properties began to be filled into the treasury, among other things, it was military equipment. Some time ago, there were disciples in the mansion who used the sword bestowed by the inner lord to compete with others. That sword really cut gold Like mud, those who came to the mansion to beat around the bush to find slaves to buy swords almost broke the threshold of slaves, in this short period of time, just selling swords, the mansion has made a lot of money." After a pause, eunuch Qiao licked His lips were a little nervous, and he said, "It's just that the master is too capable. After the big ceremony just now, the master who has not entertained the guests and got acquainted with all kinds of nobles in the city ran outside, and kept running for three months. It's unavoidable to show your face..."

It can be regarded as getting along with each other for a long time. Of course, Fu Ren knew what the eunuch Qiao said, so he immediately raised his hand to stop, and recalled the scene of Xia Yu and Wu Bao practicing sword just now in his mind, sighed slightly, and said: "Don't Say, I know what you are going to say", Fu Ren looked at the eunuch bridge, his eyes were very firm, and said, "I know what he is like, if he has something to do, he will not sneak around, he will tell me openly", suddenly After a while, he smiled convincingly, with a kind of open-mindedness and transparency in his smile, and said, "In short, I trust Xia Yu."

Seeing Furen's expression at this moment, Si Renqiao was calm but determined, Si Renqiao didn't say anything more, just saluted.

At this time, Xia Yu also changed into her dress and came out of the room.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Furen turned his head to look, and smiled at Xia Yu who was approaching: "Why, all right?"

Xia Yu didn't speak, just looked at the convincing person quietly like this, saluted for a long time, and said: "I haven't wished the crown prince a great victory over Shan Rong, so let's celebrate."

Convincing people smiled innocently, and said: "I am not worthy of congratulations, but this time Shan Rong suffered heavy losses. I am afraid that it will not violate the border in the short term. There will be Duan An's birthday in the north. Seeing that spring plowing is coming, ordinary people can This year, you should be able to sow seeds with peace of mind." Speaking of this, Furen thought of something again, and said, "By the way, are you short of manpower? This time I laid an ambush and captured [-] Shanrong people. I used to have few fiefs. , All the captives obtained after sacrificing the country’s mansion were rewarded to the meritorious soldiers, and I didn’t ask my father for the excess, if you are really short of manpower, I will ask my father for more prisoners.”

Xia Yu didn't speak, but there seemed to be emotional fluctuations in her eyes, and she was keenly aware of something, and said, "What's wrong?"

Xia Yu lowered her head slightly, suppressed the emotions in her eyes, and said for a long time, "It's okay, it's just... I just want to say that no one has given me such complete trust like the prince."

Furen was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, and said very calmly: "Although Furen is blunt, he also knows that if he wants to strengthen the country, it does not happen overnight. It will take Goujian [-] years to taste his courage. In the future, people will spend twenty years together at least, if you can't believe in helping each other, how will you spend this long time."