It’s hard to understand the beauty of the building boat in Prince Yi’s Mansion without being there. Although this ship only has three floors, its construction specifications are different from ordinary building boats. high. And at the top, a platform was ingeniously built, which can accommodate several people to sit and chat.
After climbing to the top of the building, Fang Xie realized that he could overlook the city of Chang'an. The imperial palace about four or five miles away can also be seen in a panoramic view, and standing here has a bit of a feeling of seeing all the mountains and small mountains. Prince Yi Yang Yin held on to the railing, pointed at Chang'an City and said with a smile: "I am alone and have nothing to do, I like to stand here and look at the railing. Especially in winter when there is a heavy snowfall, standing here to enjoy the snow scenery is the most refreshing .”
"When the students passed by occasionally, they thought it was a high-rise building in the palace from a distance. They really didn't expect it to be a big ship."
Yang Yin smiled and said: "The boat is a building. This boat was built in the palace. I didn't intend to let it go out for a swim. Besides, the river is too narrow and too shallow. His Majesty said a lot on behalf of Gu. His Majesty granted Gu to stay in Chang'an City and not go to the fiefdom. His Majesty allowed Gu to be filial in front of the Queen Mother and loyal to His Majesty. His Majesty also specially ordered the Ministry of Households to allocate funds to rebuild the palace. But Gu thought it would be better to build a new one instead of spending a lot of money to repair the old house... It is also because Gu Tian is born with a lazy and playful nature, he suddenly thought of building a boat to live in."
He glanced at Fang Jie and said: "So I went to the palace to ask His Majesty for permission, and then recruited craftsmen, and it took half a year to build this building boat. It looks like it's a boat, but it actually has a foundation. , it can’t move at all. Compared to this shallow and narrow waterway, it’s too big... Fang Jie, do you know that there is a kind of big fish in the East China Sea, which can be tens of feet long. It looks like a small floating island. Does this lonely boat look like that big fish? It’s a pity... a big fish can swim in the East China Sea, but this lonely boat has nothing but appearance.”
Fang Jie said: "Students have also heard that fishermen on the coast of the Eastern Sea in the Great Sui Dynasty often encountered such a big fish when they went out to sea. They are called kuns. It is said that the largest one is tens of feet long, and it really floats like an island. There are still myths and legends. There is a big fish named Kun that is so big that it can't even hold its own body in the sea. So it vowed to go to the sky. Skyrim, called Peng."
"So you've heard this story before."
Prince Yi smiled and said: "Every time Gu thinks of this story, he will feel emotional. How big is that fish? Even the vast and boundless sea feels so small, so that he made a wish to go to heaven. Only later did Gu understand that the sea No matter how big you are, there is still a limit after all, but genius is truly boundless. Kun can turn into a peng to fly in the sky, which is fascinating."
Fang Jie said: "It's just a fairy tale, it can't be taken as true. Students will never believe that a fish can turn into a bird."
He pointed to the pond under the building boat and said: "This pond is not big. If we compare this pond to the sea, then the koi in the pond are kuns. The fish deep in the river are bigger, and the fish in the sea are naturally bigger, but It’s just the laws of nature. When the fishermen saw Kun for the first time when they went out to sea, they thought they were scared to death. How would they dare to fish if this thing was in the sea all year round? They just hoped that Kun would leave the sea, and then they slowly made up this story. The story is wonderful, but the Kun is still in the sea.”
"Ha ha"
Prince Yi Yang Yin laughed out loud, as if he found Fang Jie's words very interesting.
"You're right, a fish is a fish, how can it fly with wings? No matter how big it is, it can only stay in the sea."
When he said this, his tone seemed a little sad. Or he also felt that his tone was different, so he immediately changed the subject.
Yang Yin turned around, pointed to the things on the table and said: "Don't talk about these boring things, come and see what gifts these Eastern Chu merchants gave to the king. These Eastern Chu people love to travel all over the world. Selling our good things from the Sui Dynasty to foreigners over the sea at a high price, and then selling the things of the foreigners to us at a high price, we have made a lot of money."
He picked up something and handed it to Fang Jie, "Look, is this thing boring?"
Fang Jie stretched out his hand to take it and looked at it, then he pressed a button on it casually, the lid of the box opened, and a villain popped out of it, the size of a fist, with a very ugly grinning mouth. Fang Xie had seen this kind of gadget a lot in his previous life, so he wasn't surprised.
On the contrary, Prince Yi Yang Yin was a little curious when he saw that he had no reaction: "Gu Chu opened this box but was taken aback. Why did you seem to have seen no reaction at all? How did you know to press that place, and something popped out of it?" Come?"
Fang Jie's heart tightened, he smiled and said, "When the students were in Fan Gu, they were also responsible for collecting the poll tax in the market. Often, merchants from Eastern Chu would come to Fan Gu and bring such ingenious gadgets to sell at high prices to the people of Meng Yuan. The last time the students saw it, it was sold to Ai Jin of a small tribe for a total of five hundred silver horns."
Yang Yin said with a relieved smile: "I heard that Meng Yuan's silver horns are of different sizes, but the smallest one is about half a tael, and it can be exchanged for five hundred, which is enough to show how dark the heart of the Eastern Chu businessman is. On the foreigner’s site on the other side, this kind of small thing is only sold for one silver coin, which is not even a tael of silver. After crossing the ocean to this side, the price has been at least five hundred times higher, no wonder Dongchu is rich.”
Fang Jie sighed in his heart, saying that he would still show some cheating feet inadvertently. If people know that he has a past life, he can't be treated like a monster.
"Look at this again."
Prince Yi handed a short crossbow to Fang Xie and said: "This kind of thing is not as good as the standard crossbow of our Sui Dynasty, but it is lighter and more convenient. It can fire five crossbows in a row, but the range is too short. Personal self-defense is not enough. Good stuff, you can’t use it on the battlefield. The Marquis Wu Liannu of our Great Sui can fire thirteen bolts, which is much more powerful than this thing. Poor Eastern Chu businessman who came to our Great Sui for the first time, unexpectedly still Said it was the best weapon in the world."
Fang Jie took it and looked at it, but his eyes were attracted by another thing. He smiled and commented on the Liannu, then went to the table and picked it up to have a look, he couldn't help being surprised.
It turned out to be a firecracker.
"I haven't figured out what this thing is, do you know it? The businessman from Dongchu put down a box, and left without explaining everything to Gu. I asked someone, but I don't know what it is for."
"I don't know."
Fang Jie shook his head hastily, then picked up the leather pouch next to the short gun and opened it, and it turned out to be a hundred steel balls. He looked at it and dropped it, without showing too much curiosity: "It looks like something like a slingshot that children play with, right? It's flashy, and it doesn't seem to be as useful as a slingshot."
Yang Yin said with a smile: "If you like it, then I will give it to you."
Fang Jie didn't nod immediately, but pretended to hesitate and said, "How about changing to something else?"
He purposely glanced at a dagger inlaid with gemstones on the table.
"Ha ha."
Yang Yin said with a smile: "Gu knows that your favorite is the knife. This time I'm here to let you see these things. It's a foil. The real good thing Gu has not been shown yet. Come here! It's a gift specially prepared by Gu. Bring it up for Fang Jie!"
The servant quickly responded, and came up again holding a long and narrow wooden box after a while.
Yang Yin opened the box and took out a straight knife like a pool of water: "This knife is called Chaolu, and it was a gift from a near-death Jianghu who was rescued alone a few years ago. It was obtained by his father by chance. Made of black iron, it is extremely sharp. The most amazing thing about this knife is that it does not stain blood when killing people. The body of the knife emits water vapor, which is as crystal clear as morning dew. It is also because others covet such treasures as his family that the family is destroyed. , I’m afraid that he too was seriously injured and died. After Gu rescued him, he gave the Chaolu Dao to Gu. The treasured sword is a hero, and Gu has been looking for who is worthy of this knife... In the blink of an eye, seven or eight years, and finally Met you."
"Take it."
He handed the saber to Fang Jie: "In the future, when you study at the Academy of Martial Arts and join the army, you should use this saber to fight the country's enemies!"
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Bazhou is one hundred and twenty miles away from Chang'an City, and it is a big city with a population of tens of thousands. This place was originally built according to the specifications of Chang'an's acropolis, with a radius of more than ten miles, and the city walls were also built extremely strong. Three thousand troops were stationed in Bazhou, which belonged to Zuo Yiwei. There are seven or eight such acropolises around the periphery of Chang'an City, and each city is guarded by garrisons in rotation.
Although Bazhou has a state word in its name, it is only a county. In terms of population, it is not even a county, but because it is located outside Chang'an, the county magistrate is a regular seventh-rank official position, and in a county that is much larger than here, the county magistrate is only a seventh-rank official. The official system of the Great Sui Dynasty was strict, and even this half-level difference was a huge threshold. Many people worked hard for half their lives, but they still couldn't climb up to this half-level.
The people in Gyeonggi-do are very tough, and there are as many martial arts practitioners as a cow. The largest sect in Bazhou is called Jinhuan Dadaomen. The owner of the sect is a native of Bazhou, and people call him Jin Sanhuan. Because the big knife he used was covered with three rings made of pure gold, and his surname was Jin, so the name of the three golden rings was called away, but few people knew the original name.
The court of the Sui Dynasty could not ban martial arts, but the government government had extremely strict control over the sect. Jin Sanhuan, the master of Jinhuan Dadaomen, and Bazhou county magistrate are relatives, so they are really at home in the city. His disciples are very brave. Although they dare not do anything unscrupulous, the common people are unwilling to deal with them. It is said that Jinhuan Dadaomen secretly accepted the business of killing people, five hundred taels of silver per head, no bargaining.
However, this matter may not be true. After all, Bazhou is only one hundred and twenty miles away from Chang'an. Under the feet of the emperor, who would dare to act presumptuously? Behind Jin Sanhuan is just a seventh-rank county magistrate, and there are a lot of small officials of this rank in Chang'an City.
In broad daylight, Jin Sanhuan felt a little bored after giving pointers to his disciples, and he hated the cold outside, so he simply planned to go back to the house to drink by the stove. Recently, he fell in love with a little girl in the county who was only fifteen years old, and her delicate appearance made people itch. But the family has a shrewd wife, so he really didn't dare to do anything wrong. Besides... his uncle is the county magistrate of Bazhou, without his care, his sect may not be able to open.
In fact, it is said that it is a sect, but in terms of scale, the Jinhuan Dadaomen can't stand on the table at all.
Jin Sanhuan was troubled by the matter of taking concubines, not daring to offend his wife, and also reluctant to part with that tender chick, these days he was full of worries. Asking his disciples to buy some cooked meat, he returned to his room with a bowl of peanuts and a jug of old wine from the kitchen. As soon as he entered the door, he was stunned for a moment, and then flew into a rage!
"Where did the little thief come from! He even broke into Uncle Jin's room to steal!"
He cursed and threw the bowl in his hand casually.
The people in the room moved aside, glanced at him indifferently, and then shook their heads: "It's another sack, why are the targets in the organization looking so rubbish recently?"
Jin Sanhuan was furious, and punched the door of the person in the room. The person sighed slightly, but he didn't even dodge. Just as Jin Sanhuan's fist came out, his eyes suddenly opened wide. I don't know when a man in a purple suit appeared behind him, he pulled out a silver thread and strangled it around Jin Sanhuan's neck, and when he exerted strength with his arms, a huge human head rolled down.
The people in the room frowned slightly, looked at the blood splashed on their bodies and said angrily: "How did you teach you, your hands and feet are so rough!"
The murderous man in purple immediately lowered his head, with a respectful attitude: "Forgive me, the deputy, I will definitely not do this again next time."
The man known as the team deputy hummed, waved his hands and said: "Let's go, go to the next one, and hope to meet someone who is really capable."
When he was about to go out, he glanced at the three-ringed saber of Jin Sanhuan, paused, walked back and picked up the saber, then grabbed the three gold rings from the saber and put it in his pocket.
This person... turned out to be insolent!