Seeing Yang Yuniang and Jin Qiaoer bet on the No. 7 rhubarb, Cheng Jialong, although feeling a little pained, still placed the bet, but because Yang Yuniang and Jin Qiaoer did not place a cash bet.
Cheng Jialong had no choice but to ask the recorder around him to write down a Nanyuan house and two maids. As the receipt was taken into the hands of Yang Yunniang and Jin Qiaoer, they waved towards Cheng Shijie with proud expressions on their faces.
The two maids beside Jin Qiaoer regarded them as bets and followed Cheng Jialong. At this moment, Gao Jie's wife Xing whispered to Gao Jie.
Gao Jie was shocked when he heard Xing's words: "Really?"
Ms. Xing, who was dressed in men's clothing, said seriously: "Those two maids are all wearing Yun Brocade!"
Yunjin is actually just a folk name and does not have an official name. Yunjin is a characteristic brocade produced in Nanjing. It began in the Yuan Dynasty and matured in the Ming Dynasty.
Yunjin brocade was originally produced only in the Nanjing government-run Weaving Bureau, and its products were only used for court clothing or rewards. Yunnan brocade is different from other brocades. It is flowered with weft threads and uses a large number of gold threads or gold and silver threads to decorate the patterns. After the transition from white to white or color halo, the weft tube shuttle is used to dig out the flowers and decorate them. The Yunjin brocade pattern layout is rigorous and solemn, the colors are rich and changeable, and the pattern changes are highly generalizable.
Yun brocade belongs to weft brocade, and its flowers are displayed by weft lines. The colored weft lines do not run through to the bottom, but only pass through the warp and weft in a small area where there is a pattern. This enables free color change. The "make-up" process of this kind of free-weaving pattern is the most complicated. With the existing technology, the machine cannot weave it.
And each Yun brocade pattern has its own specific meaning. In addition, Yun brocade's unique flower-specific color characteristics allow Yun brocade to be viewed from different angles, and the colors of the flowers on the embroidery are different.
Simply put, Yunjin was the most luxurious clothing in the Ming Dynasty. Even in later generations, one square meter cost 8,000 yuan. The dragon robe that Fan Bingbing wore when she participated in the Cannes Film Festival was Yunjin. It is said that the cost was as high as several hundred Ten thousand.
Gao Jie naturally knew the value of Yun brocade. It could be said that Yun brocade had no market value at all and had almost become a tribute to the royal family. These two identical maids were not valuable, but the clothes they wore were valuable.
"The eldest son..."
Cheng Jialong didn't hear Gao Jie's voice at all, and there was a loud sound of betting. People who had a few spare coins in their pockets placed their bets, and the atmosphere of the game became fanatical.
"boom!"
As the sound of the starting gun sounded, sixteen horses rushed out of the fence like arrows. The gamblers who placed bets on each horse also cheered for the horses they had bet on.
"Number three, number three!"
"Nine, nine!"
"Come on Dahei!"
"Dark clouds run away!"
As the atmosphere became fanatical, the competition became more and more intense. Sixteen horses chased each other until the last lap, and they were unable to get much distance apart. When there was only half a lap left in the race, all the horses started sprinting in unison...
A yellow shadow flashed out from the large cloud of smoke and dust like lightning, surpassing Wuyun Taxue and Jueying almost instantly, and crossed the finish line!
Cheng Jialong jumped up and shouted loudly: "Win! Win! The first place is rhubarb! This time I made a lot of money!"
Gao Jie came to Cheng Jialong with a sad face: "Young Master, it's not good!"
"What's wrong?"
Cheng Jialong laughed disapprovingly.
In fact, Cheng Jialong has greeted all the riders participating in the competition, but with his status as the eldest son of Haiguo Gong, no matter how many riders are in the county or state, who would not give Cheng Jialong face?
At the beginning of the preliminary round, he separated the groups and numbered the groups. As the top ninety-six, top forty-eight, and top thirty-two games ended, the reputation of these horses began to be known to people with the hype.
The first person to cross the finish line this time was No. 7 Rhubarb. This is a yellow horse. In the top 32 competition, he was the seventeenth. In the top 16 competition, if it were not for No. 4 The horse accidentally threw off its rider, and No. 7 Rhubarb was not qualified to enter the top sixteen.
As the only horse that unexpectedly squeezed into the top 16 due to an opponent's surprise, Rhubarb was naturally not favored by everyone, so No. 7 Rhubarb had the highest odds.
In fact, Rhubarb No. 7 is a Mongolian hybrid. At that time, Genghis Khan rose to power and led the Mongolian cavalry to sweep across the Eurasian continent, destroying dozens of countries and looting countless treasures. One of the important trophies was Central Asia, West Asia, and even the Middle East and Eastern Europe. After defeating the nomads in these areas, the Mongols snatched back all the war horses they liked, mixed them with Mongolian horses, and bred new horse breeds.
This Dahuang is a mixed-breed horse, relatively tall, with amazing endurance and explosive power. Moreover, it has the advantage of iron hooves. The hooves are hard and do not require horseshoes. They can run like flying on the gravel-strewn hillsides, fast and stable.
The most impressive record of this Rhubarb horse is that it can run more than 300 kilometers in a day, which is unmatched by other horse breeds.
With Rhubarb's victory, the audience burst into cheers.
And those who held Wu Yun in custody, without exception, all cursed.
Cheng Jialong was extremely excited because he could make a net profit of more than 60,000 taels of silver by betting on the rhubarb. It felt so good to be the banker.
It's just a pity that the only fly in the ointment is that there are three people who bet on Rhubarb to win the championship. In addition to Yang Yunniang, there is also Jin Qiaoer. The three of them share the more than 60,000 taels of silver.
Gao Jie said with a mournful face: "My eldest son, something terrible has happened!"
"What's wrong?"
Cheng Jialong was still applauding vigorously, lowered his head and asked Shi Lang beside him: "What is the name of the rider No. 7?"
"Call Wang Yuzhou!"
"Reward him six hundred taels of silver!"
Cheng Jialong then looked at Gao Jie and said, "Gao Jie, what did you say?"
"Something is wrong!"
Gao Jie told Cheng Jialong that Xing discovered that Jin Qiaoer's twin sisters were wearing Yun brocade clothes.
Cheng Jialong waved his hand and said, "How expensive can a piece of clothing be?"
“Ten thousand dollars are hard to find, but there is no market for it!”
Cheng Jialong suddenly remembered something: "Gao Jie, what is the current price of a house in Jinzhou?"
"This...it depends on the location, the size of the area, and the materials used!"
"Nanyuan's house!"
Cheng Jialong grabbed the small box and took out the house deed inside. He saw it read: "Nanyuan Residence, with two verandas and two wings, and more than thirty couplets!"
When Gao Jie saw the words on the property deed, his head suddenly became as big as a bucket.
"What's wrong?"
Cheng Jialong simply didn’t understand what the meaning of “two verandas and two wings” and “more than thirty couplets” meant. This is actually an ancient architectural quantifier. “Liang verandas and two wings” generally refers to a courtyard. Thirty plus bays is a building with more than thirty independent courtyards. group. Such a house, let alone in Jinzhou, even in the war-torn Central Plains, cannot be bought without hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
Cheng Jialong looked at Yang Yunniang and Jin Qiaoer. At this time, he had realized that he had been tricked by his two aunts.
The problem is that he is the eldest son of Duke Hai. If there is no accident, he will inherit the title of Duke Hai in the future. The two of them will need to rely on him in the future and they will never dare to cheat him. If he settles accounts with their queen in the future, they will definitely The only possibility is...
The person who really cheated him was Cheng Shijie, his biological father.
After working hard for half a year, I returned to before liberation.
Cheng Jialong walked towards Cheng Shijie: "Dad, if you are interested in my little money, just tell me why bother!"
Cheng Shijie said solemnly: "You don't lack cleverness, but what you lack is a sense of the overall situation. You have to pay attention to your identity. There are some things you can't do!"
"Why?"
Cheng Shijie looked at the arena, and now a new round of competition has begun. This time the competition is martial arts. Of course, it is different from the martial arts performances of later generations, but a fight without rules.
"We'll talk about it later, let's watch the game!"
Wushu competitive events are divided into women's and men's groups. There are no weight classes. However, during the auditions, players of the same level will be consciously put together. This time the competition is huge.
Because everyone who knows Cheng Shijie knows that Wu Sheng, the current commander-in-chief of Wusongkou, relied on martial arts to get into Cheng Shijie's sight, and was later promoted to commander-in-chief.
The middle and low-level officers in the Ning Haijun Army, as well as soldiers who are good at martial arts, all signed up to participate in this competition. More than 1,300 people signed up for the Ning Haijun Army Lieutenant Commander alone. Together with the martial arts masters in the world, In total, more than 3,000 people signed up to participate in the competition.
The women's group is fun to watch, and it's not that bloody. It's basically just about knocking the opponent down, and there won't be any fatal blows.
However, this is not the case in men's fighting competitions. If you don't fight, you will definitely get a bloody head. Since this is the first time such a competition is being organized, many of the rules are not perfect. They only roughly stipulate that you cannot deliberately attack the eyes, nose, Adam's apple, crotch and other vital parts. There is no point calculation to win. There are only two ways to win. One is One is to make the opponent surrender, and the other is to make the opponent lose the ability to compete.
So what else is there to say? Just risk your life. The most annoying thing is that the competition does not stipulate which kind of martial arts should be used, so the contestants show off their special abilities. Some use grappling hands, some use Bajiquan, some use Taizu Changquan, some use leg skills, and some do not. Few players from Mongolia use wrestling.
Just use whatever you have, Mantis Fist, Arhat Fist, Tai Chi, Cotton Palm, Iron Sand Palm, Baguazhang, Eagle Claw Kung Fu, it’s like a hundred flowers blooming, it’s dizzying to see, even acupuncture techniques have been developed, you come to me Go and fight hard.
What attracted Cheng Shijie and Cheng Jialong to the arena was that this martial art was completely different from what they knew.
"Damn... Tai Chi is so violent?"
Cheng Jialong could not believe it. The Tai Chi player was less than 1.7 meters tall and weighed no more than 120 kilograms. The Mongolian wrestling player he faced was weighing at least 200 kilograms and over 1.85 meters tall. , just like a gorilla.
But the problem was that before he could catch the Tai Chi player, the Tai Chi player used a move that both Cheng Shijie and Cheng Jialong knew, the wild horse parting mane, one of the twenty-four Tai Chi moves.
The Tai Chi fighter broke the Mongolian wrestler's ribs with an elbow. The Mongolian wrestler actually vomited blood and fell to the ground. In less than ten seconds, the winner was decided.
"Dad, you saw, he used Tai Chi..."
Cheng Shijie nodded slightly.
What surprised Cheng Shijie was that this Tai Chi master was not able to sweep away his opponents and dominate the boxing world. On the contrary, he fell into a hard fight. However, the Tai Chi master was a player with superior striking ability. Although he was beaten by a Baji The boxer's nose was broken and his nose was bleeding, but he still couldn't hold on.
Eventually the Tai Chi boxer surrenders to his opponent.
The next group of contestants are even more fierce. Both of them are Bajiquan. Bajiquan's fighting style can be described as "brutal". They punch, kick, elbow, knee, hit and throw, as long as they can knock down the opponent. There was no trick they didn't dare to use. After a fierce battle, both players were covered in blood.
This is really unscientific. You must know that in the early to mid-20th century, the competition between Hong Kong martial arts circles and Thai boxers was basically one-sided. Many so-called martial arts masters could not even survive the fierce attacks of Thai boxers. Lasted two minutes!
Nowadays, almost all competitions are about punching to the flesh and drawing blood. In just one stick of incense, dozens of people have either their arms broken or their legs broken by kicks. There is also a master of eagle grasping skills. , because he was too light and lacked strength, the opponent grabbed his wrist with his backhand, then swung it and hit the corner post directly, killing him on the spot.
Cheng Shijie saw a Muay Thai player being kicked in the air by a player who was good at the 72-way kick and flew backwards two or three meters away. After falling to the ground, he finally found the answer: the martial arts in Ming Dynasty China The wind has not been lost yet. Many boxers have real talents, and they rely on these skills to save their lives. Compared with those guys who pretended to be powerful by using a few tricks and embroidered legs three hundred years later, I don't know how high they are.
The fighting competition was so intense that it was almost bloody, and many people were afraid to watch it.
Cheng Shijie watched it with gusto.
"Somebody come!"
"Commander!"
"I have given you an order from my commander. If you are injured during the competition, you can receive free treatment at the Liaodong Ning Naval General Hospital and be rewarded with ten taels of silver. The winner will also receive a heavy reward!"
As soon as Cheng Shijie finished speaking, the orderly soldier held up a large iron trumpet and shouted loudly: "The commander-in-chief has ordered that all warriors injured in the competition should go to the Ning Haijun General Hospital Free Hospital. Each injured person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. The winner will also receive a huge reward!"
Cheng Shijie has now intensified the fighting competition, and martial arts masters are participating in the competition, making it even more intense.
Father Robben, who was in the crowd, was so frightened that he kept crossing himself on his chest: "Oh my God, I thought the people of Ming Dynasty were already rigid and numb. They would only do their own things cautiously and hide their true identity." I dare not express my emotions, I didn’t expect them to have such a wild side!”
Father Sean was fascinated by the sight: "Probably only in Liaodong can you see such crazy things? My God, even compared with the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, it's not that big!"
Father Robben pointed at Cheng Shijie, who was shouting cheers with his fist raised in the distance, and said meaningfully: "He has successfully brought people on this earth back to life."
People in the competitive town also have completely different views on competitive competitions.
The middle-aged man with a bookish look on his face was looking at the tens of thousands of spectators and the athletes who were trying their best to pass the competition in the arena with disgust and even horror. His face was as gloomy as possible.
This middle-aged man is a famous literary master in the world. He was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen and selected Zhang Pu, the leader of Shujishi Rehabilitation Society in Hanlin Academy. Zhang Pu’s real purpose of coming to Liaodong was actually to meet Cheng Shijie in person and to use his reputation , let Cheng Shijie give up his idea of persecuting the Jiangnan gentry.
Zhang Pu didn't like all this very much, and he didn't like it from the bottom of his heart. In his opinion, farmers stay in the village honestly from sunrise to sunset, businessmen move goods from north to south, and students study hard in cold windows without hearing what is happening outside the window. Everyone has a distinct class and there is no need to have anything. Intersection, the descendants of farmers will always be farmers, the descendants of businessmen will always be businessmen, and the descendants of scholars will always be scholars. This will be the case for all generations. This kind of country is the best.
In such a country, no one can make any waves. Those who stand at the top of the pyramid will always stand at the top, while those at the bottom will always stay at the bottom. There will be no change, and their status will be as stable as Mount Tai. The country... As for whether the country is as stable as Mount Tai, it is not their concern.
This is something that literati of all ages have been doing their best to do since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. If history had not changed, there would be people who would continue to do the same thing for more than two hundred years until they were bombarded by European powers. When the country was founded, at that time, thousands of people in the Qing Dynasty were already in silence and stupid people were everywhere.
Zhang Pu came to Liaodong and saw everything in Liaodong. He was horrified to find that the order they had spent more than two hundred years establishing in Liaodong seemed to be loosened.
Here, lowly warriors are the dream lovers of many girls and even ladies. Scholars who are supposed to be superior are ridiculed as waste that cannot be lifted by hands or shoulders. Business, which is regarded as a lowly industry, develops rapidly here and blooms everywhere. The impoverished peasants and the noble sons of aristocratic families competed on the same stage, competing against each other. People from different ethnic groups and different countries sat together to cheer for the athletes, or they would become red-faced...
All this is too strange to them, so strange that it scares them!
Liaodong cannot be allowed to continue developing like this! If things go on like this, class boundaries will be broken down, and their status will be severely threatened!
Zhang Pu frowned and said, "How did Chen Wozi become the prefect?"
Chen Zidong served as a member of the Management Committee in Liaodong. In the original history, he was a Jinshi in the tenth year of Chongzhen. However, in this time and space, he participated in the Liaodong Provincial Examination in the sixth year of Chongzhen, and participated in the examination as Jieyuan, becoming In the seventh year of Chongzhen's reign, he became a Jinshi and was the number one scholar. Liu Lishun was ranked first, and Liu Lishun ranked second.
Chen Zilong was originally appointed as the prefect of Haizhou by Cheng Shijie. As the number one scholar, he did not enter the Imperial Academy or the Sixth Ministry of Government and directly became the fourth-grade prefect.
Chen Zilong, the nominal prefect, did not have much real power in Liaodong.
But the problem is, Zhang Pu didn't know that he sent someone to find Chen Zilong.
Chen Zilong was naturally very enthusiastic about this Fushe leader and a member of the "Yingshe" comrades. He personally led Zhang Pu to the Dongfang Building, the most upscale restaurant in Jinzhou Jingzhou Town, to entertain Zhang Pu and Zhang Pu's disciples.
However, the problem is that Zhang Pu did not appreciate it and directly scolded: "Chen Baozi, how did you become the prefect? The original simple folk customs have been completely corrupted! Women are exposed in public, and men are just for some false fame. The fight was bloody, and the businessman even set up a gambling game in public, which is simply unreasonable!"
Chen Zilong was instantly stunned by Zhang Pu's scolding.
As the saying goes, don't persuade others to do good unless they have suffered.
Chen Zilong knows why so many women in Liaodong are exposed. Isn't it all because of natural and man-made disasters? The men who were refugees were either captured and used as cannon fodder and died, or they were separated from their families. Only the old, weak, women and children were left, and they were treated as rubbish by the local governments and thrown into Liaodong.
If women are not allowed to work, who will support their family?
Chen Zilong actually agreed with Cheng Shijie's policy in Liaodong. Otherwise, he would not have stayed in Zhenhai City. What's more, Chen Zilong was not a fool. How did he get the position of prefect?
Since the beginning of the imperial examination system, which champion has been directly appointed as a prefect without observing the government? The smell of selfishness in it can be smelled ten miles away against the wind.
Chen Zilong looked at Zhang Pu and smiled faintly: "You don't need to worry about how I will be the prefect, right?" (End of Chapter)
