Chapter 20 The trip to Shu
"We can enter Shu tomorrow." Chai Xing sat down with his back against the pavilion pillar.
Seeing that there was no one around, Hua Qingshuang whispered to everyone: "Brothers, please destroy the forged Southern Han Dynasty Book."
Chai Xing puzzled, "What does this mean?"
Hua Qingshuang said: "Dali Kingdom is far away from the war-torn place, and the noble identity of the envoy is most beneficial to us. As Shu Kingdom and the Great Zhou Kingdom are in a state of hostility, then we worship the Lord of Zhou as the envoy of the Southern Han Dynasty, which will definitely bring murderous intentions."
Yang Yifeng took out the flint: "Then according to Miss Shuang's intention, destroy the letter of the country quickly and even destroy this talisman."
Everyone started to work together, the letter of the country was burned, the talismans were cut and buryed into the soil.
That night, everyone spent the night under the pavilion.
Chai Xing took off his coat and spread it on the ground: "Miss Frost, don't be simple, just spread it. The ground is cold at night, so you can't freeze you."
Zhou Guowang also took off his coat and spread it on it, saying, "Put two layers."
Seeing that they were so concerned about Hua Qingshuang, Yang Yifeng and Ruan Haotian naturally couldn't fall down. They took off their coats and said, "Be a cover for the quilt."
"Dear brothers, why are you so embarrassed?" Hua Qingshuang felt a little embarrassed.
Zhou Guowang threw his coat over and said, "Don't think we have sweat and smell good."
"If we are the eldest brothers, don't refuse." Ruan Haotian also threw his coat over.
The coat is too light and difficult to throw, so you must use ruthlessness. These two reckless guys are too strong and almost hit Hua Qingshuang's face. Hua Qingshuang's hands were used to pick it up at the same time and steadily.
She is a little jealous of the original owner of this body now. She is treated as a super beauty. Almost everyone who knows you is willing to do her best to take good care of you. This is replaced by a man who snatches his feet and spends the night in the wild. Whoever cares about your life or death is nothing to do with me. Do you love to be cold or not? If you love to be cold or not, if you pass by you, don’t take the opportunity to touch your wallet and burn the incense.
"Miss Shuang, what are our identity in Shu?" Chai Xing asked.
Hua Qingshuang said: "Ordinary businessman is neither rich nor poor."
Zhou Guowang thought for a moment and said, "Well, I understand. It doesn't make people look down on us, nor does it make people think we are arrogant."
"Yes, it's this problem." Hua Qingshuang said with a smile.
That night, everyone slept peacefully in the pavilion.
The next morning, they took the pass through the pass and successfully walked out of the pass and entered Shu.
Meng Zhixiang, the founding emperor of Shu, was originally a general of the Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties. He took advantage of the civil strife and was unable to restrain the country, sent troops to occupy Shu, establish a foundation, and form a country. The current Shu lord is Meng Chang.
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, most of the monarchs of various countries were shit, and there were few wise kings. Meng Chang was not a wise king, but compared with the monarchs of other countries, he was not the worst. After all, with a god-level garbage like Liu Sheng at the bottom, it was really not easy to be even more trash than him.
Meng Chang had no ability and no ambition. Shu was fertile and produced a lot of grain, so it was not easy to get famine, so there were very few wars in the country. However, Meng Chang was short-sighted and did not know how to make progress, and he only hid in a corner for his whole life.
As one of the most famous ancient celebrities in Shu, Zhuge Wuhou has a famous saying that has been sung for thousands of years: "Family with wise ministers and far away from villains, this is why the Han Dynasty prospers in the past; close with vilish ministers and far away from wise ministers, this is why the Han Dynasty is declining in the future."
Meng Chang's standard for appointing officials was to be completely "favor villains and stay away from wise ministers." Officials in Shu were full of scumbags. Morality and shame were worthless in their eyes. When these people saw gold and silver, they were even closer than their own fathers.
Hua Qingshuang asked everyone to abandon their identity as an envoy and walk in Shu as a business traveler. This move was calculated correctly.
Shu has a developed economy and a high status as a merchant.
When he arrived at the prefecture's office, Zhou Guowang took out the customs clearance route issued by Dali State and the Dali State documentary issued in advance (Note: This thing is equivalent to an ancient ID card or passport), and said to the official official: "The villain wants to go to Dazhou to go to Dazhou with his family, so I hope the adults will issue a customs clearance order."
The matter of going out to business is very common in Shu. In order to extort some money, the ritual official pretended to be embarrassed and said, "I am waiting to issue a customs clearance order now. In the order of coming first and then coming, you probably have to wait until next month."
In fact, his official accent is completely an unspoken rule in the officialdom. He knows that businessmen should take advantage of the time when doing business, so he takes advantage of your anxiety.
"Sir, these fifty taels of silver are not worthy of respect. I hope it will be convenient for you. If a villain makes a big deal in the future, he will be filial to you." Zhou Guowang respectfully grabbed the hand of the official's hand, put the big silver into his hand, then rolled up his hand, and smiled knowingly.
The face of the official Li, who had no oil and salt, immediately smiled into a line after seeing the silver, and his facial features looked like an ugly chrysanthemum: "Brother, look at you, this...ah, you...I'll tell you, I won't be the example!"
Zhou Guowang had already inquired about the market. According to the usual rules, he only gave the ritual official thirty taels of silver. Zhou Guowang gave 50 taels at once, so how could the ritual official be unhappy?
"Sir, you can't wait for business. After the season is over, the villain will lose his life. So the villain is willing to take advantage of his will and ask him to join the team." Zhou Guowang struck while the iron was hot and climbed along the rod.
"It's easy to say." The official of the rites smiled and said, "Brother and I, you hit it off when you see it. Let's help you open the clearance order first to save you from worrying."
This is similar to that of Dali. Compared with those big countries, these two places have small and narrow territory, so the customs clearance order is directly accessible to the whole country.
The matter was successfully resolved and the group continued to travel east.
Hua Qingshuang was dressed up by a man at this moment, and asked Yang Yifeng to apply some flour stained with soil to him. She looked like a servant.
These days, they walked through the official roads and also through the field paths.
At this time, Shu was far from the realm of Zhuge Wuhou in the Three Kingdoms period when he ruled Shu without picking up the remains.
The powerful and powerful raced in the downtown market. The brothels, markets, restaurants and other places were booming, and they were all gathering places for the powerful class. At the same time, these places were also paradises for thieves and pickpockets.
"Who stole my silver!"
"Which god killed stole my jade pendant?"
...
This kind of sound is common.
When it comes to the people, the common people have yellow and hungry faces, their faces are full of vegetables, and their figures are sweating profusely, constantly busy in the fields.
After another day of travel, they arrived at Chengdu, the most prosperous place in Shu, and completely experienced the highest level of luxury.
The nobles' children sat in the sedan chairs with heavy curtains, and some even had golden crowns on their heads and gold chains on their necks, and ran staggeringly.
An old official with a white head married a concubine, tied a sachet and smelled the fragrance for several miles. The car that the concubine was sitting in was naked window, and the purpose was to let pedestrians see her jade-headed jade.
The shop doors on both sides of the street are all open, and the banquets of the powerful and powerful become popular, and the gamble becomes a natural. The whole street is singing and laughing, and the desolate sound flows through it.
The lady of the official family wore the most expensive silk and the precious gem ring between her fingers, shining brightly in the sun.
When the children of rich families met each other, they had to ask: "How much money did you spend as a small official position?"
The other party replied without any pain: "Not much, only five thousand taels."
"Oh, I'm six thousand taels."
"Congratulations."
"Happy together."
Such dirty scandals as buying and selling official positions have become public secrets without any hesitation.
Hua Qingshuang and his group passed by the government office and saw two runners escorting a criminal into the door. The county magistrate refused to let him in because he did not give him money.
The criminal said angrily: "Sir, why do I have to pay for this... when I go to jail?"
When the county magistrate touched his beard, he pointed at the prison door: "Because this is my family's money furnace. Every criminal has to pay the money when he comes in."
Hua Qingshuang smiled bitterly and shook her head, walked a long way from everyone and said, "The officialdom has reached this point, and this country is not far from death."
Chapter completed!