People die for wealth and birds die for food. This is indeed a classic saying.
Just now he was scolding Huo Guang for asking about the Jiang family. Now, looking at the money in the young man's hand, the old man was obviously moved.
He looked around for a moment, and then whispered: "Alang, this is not the place to talk. If it is convenient, can you come home with me and talk in detail."
Huo Guang frowned and said, "Your home isn't outside the city, right?"
"No, no, no, it's in the city." The old man waved his hand quickly.
Huo Guang thought for a while and said, "Okay, then I'll go with you."
The exchange is over.
The old man collected the baskets on the ground, piled them up and tied them together, and picked them up with something similar to a pole.
Then.
Huo Guang could no longer see the old man, only a pile of walking baskets.
Of course.
You can still hear the old man calling Huo Guang.
"Young man, please follow me. My home is not far and I will be there soon."
"OK."
Huo Guang couldn't see the old man. When he heard the voice, he responded quickly.
After going around several streets and alleys, Huo Guang finally arrived at the old man's home in a corner of Handan County.
Just don't know.
How did this old man find his way among a pile of baskets?
Huo Guang looked at this place. It felt a bit similar to the Pig Dragon Walled City in the movie. It was very crowded.
It can also be seen from here.
During the Han Dynasty.
Handan is far less prosperous than Chang'an, because Chang'an city cannot accommodate such a place.
"You can sit anywhere you like. Old man, my house is quite shabby. Don't make fun of me." said the old man.
After hearing this, Huo Guang smiled and shook his head.
He didn't mind this.
When I followed cheap father Huo Zhongru, the bad situation in the countryside was not much better than here.
Let’s use an analogy!
Before his brother Champion Hou bought a house for his father, pigs were raised in his hometown, and the pig pen where the pigs were raised was called "Hong".
at the same time!
Mix can also refer to the toilet.
Why can "溷" refer to both the pig pen and the toilet?
Because it is composed of two parts, namely the toilet and the pigsty, the toilet is on the top and the pigsty is on the bottom.
This is why today we talk about going to the toilet, not going to the toilet.
As for why the toilets and pigsty are like this?
The main reason is still lack of food. In an era when people don't have enough to eat, how can there be anything to feed pigs? Pigs can only be forced to become part of the ecological cycle.
After the old man placed the basket next to the door, he called his wife and made a bowl of tea for Huo Guang.
Huo Guang took the tea and thanked him.
only.
Seeing that the tea was dark and bubbling, I couldn't help but feel a little scared.
He couldn't drink this bowl of tea.
After coughing slightly, he asked the old man: "Um, can you tell me about the Jiang family? Doesn't the family of Prince Ruren Jiang Qin live in Handan City?"
Upon hearing this.
The old man frowned, stood up and closed all the doors of the house. Due to the poor light, it was dark even though it was daytime.
After doing this, he felt a little relieved.
"Young man, judging from your accent, you should be a native of Handan, right?" the old man asked first.
Huo Guang nodded and replied: "Indeed not, he only came in these two days."
"It's no wonder you don't know. All the Jiang family members were killed by the prince. Especially the father and brother of the two children, Jiang Qin and Jiang Qi, died the worst!" The old man sighed.
After hearing this, Huo Guang was frightened.
Killed them all?
Oh My God!
This prince Liu Dan also has no law, right?
Huo Guang frowned slightly and asked, "Old man, is this true or a rumor?"
After hearing this, the old man immediately shook his head and said, "Of course it's true. If we weren't talking about the snow this year, why would it be so heavy?"
"Because of injustice!"
"Hey..."
The old man said and couldn't help but sigh.
This made Huo Guang frown slightly. The heavy snowfall had nothing to do with the injustice.
Could it be.
Isn't it unfair if the offense is small?
But having said that, if what the old man said is true, then the Zhao Kingdom Prince Liu Dan’s methods are really vicious!
After all, Jiang Qin is the child you married, right?
Even if you don't treat her well, you still send officials to arrest and kill her. This is really unscrupulous.
No wonder Jiang Qi wants to run away...
No, they are all going to be exterminated.
Although Huo Guang still didn't believe that what the old man said was true, he listened first and then asked: "Then doesn't King Zhao know? He doesn't care about his prince?"
But the old man snorted and said: "King Zhao? The wild geese will pluck out their hair when they fly over, so all tourists who come for fun will go around Handan."
"A noble king does not like to build palaces. Instead, he is superstitious about ghosts and gods. He also likes to do what officials do, collecting money indiscriminately in the name of supervising and punishing thieves in the kingdom."
"How can such a King Zhao care about our life or death!"
"Besides, the prince is the son of King Zhao. So what if King Zhao knows about it? How can he deal with the prince of his own family? And if the prince is like this, how can he be separated from King Zhao?"
The old man said this with some resentment.
In a feudal country like Zhao, the princes and kings collected all kinds of taxes in order to collect money.
Taxation in the Han Dynasty was originally good, but as a result, the princes and kings created various clever names. After the food and town tax is collected, the population tax is collected. After the population tax is exhausted, other miscellaneous expenses begin to be collected.
Just like in "Snake Catcher", taxes are greater than poisonous snakes!
Huo Guang listened to the old man's words and secretly remembered them in his heart.
Wait until you get back.
It was also copied on the slips so that the things learned during the investigation could be reported to His Majesty in the future.
The old man is talking here.
suddenly.
A loud voice came from outside the door and shouted: "Youngest Zhao, you are such a bad bamboo craftsman, who asked you to pile all the baskets in front of my house!"
"Can't you get out?"
"I'm counting to three. I can't see anyone lighting up your basket with fire!"
Hear this roar.
The old man said hurriedly: "This urging Ouyang Zhi, since he can no longer blacksmith privately, he gets drunk and crazy every day and causes trouble for me."
"Young man, please stay here while I go out and take a look."
The words fell.
The old man stood up and opened the door. After going out, he started to have a big argument with Ouyang Zhi.
people around.
It seemed that they were used to the quarrel between the two.
Naturally, Huo Guang couldn't stay any longer and walked out. Looking at Ouyang Zhi, whose face was as red as a monkey's butt, he frowned slightly.
Good guy.
It would be a pity if this man lived in modern times and didn't play Guan Gong.
After some quarrel.
The youngest Zhao originally blocked the door of the house with the basket. He knew he was in the wrong and moved the basket away after losing the argument.
in this way.
Ouyang Zhi just returned home, but he still didn't forget to curse the youngest Zhao.
Huo Guang looked at the old man who lost the quarrel and asked, "Is that the blacksmith? Now that the Yantie Official Camp has lost its means of making a living!"
After the government-owned salt and iron policy came out, the interests of not only businessmen but also craftsmen were hit.
For example, the blacksmith cannot open the furnace to strike iron privately.
In particular, the court's control over iron was tighter than that over salt. After all, salt is still collected by officials under the democratic system, and sold by officials through official transportation. Iron is all mined and smelted directly by the government, which organizes manpower to be mined and smelted, and then cast and sold later, under tight control.
This is the fundamental reason why the salt and iron government policy led to the poor quality of ironware in the late Han Dynasty.
Because there are no good blacksmiths to study the technology of blacksmithing anymore.
When the youngest Zhao heard Huo Guang's question, he said, "Hey, don't care about him. He is a low-class blacksmith. He claims to be a descendant of some master Ou Yezi every day, but in fact he is nothing like that."
Um.
Unable to quarrel with Ouyang Zhi, the youngest Zhao complained to Huo Guang.
Huo Guang didn't pay attention to the old man's slander about his neighbor. He just smiled. After hearing what he said about the murder of Jiang Qin's family, he gave the money and left.
He didn't even drink the tea.
only!
Not long after Huo Guang left the youngest Zhao, he left again.
But it was not the home of Zhao Lao, the bamboo craftsman, but the home of Ouyang Zhi, who was as blushing as a monkey's ass.
Ouyang Zhi finished drinking and was sleeping soundly at home.
Huo Guang walked in quietly and looked at the blacksmith's various tools for blacksmithing, which had been gathering dust for a long time.
heart.
I couldn't help but sigh.
The finances of the salt and iron government of the Han Dynasty must be improved, otherwise if things go on for a long time, the level of iron smelting in the Han Dynasty will drop back to its original state.
While Huo Guang was looking at Ouyang Zhi's blacksmithing tools.
This way.
Ouyang Zhi, who was sleeping soundly on the floor mat, seemed to feel someone walking around in the room, so he opened his eyes.
Then I found the young man who was at the youngest Zhao’s house!
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Ouyang Zhi's voice was very loud, and Huo Guang was frightened by his sudden roar.
Huo Guang was about to explain.
However.
But Ouyang Zhi didn't give him a chance to explain. He got up and pointed at his nose and said fiercely: "Are you a relative of the youngest Zhao family? You came to steal things from me, so you can scold me, right?"
This Ouyang Zhi has a really bad temper.
However, Huo Guang didn't care. Instead, he took out the pouch from his pocket and said, "I'm not a relative of Zhao Lao's family. I'm a buyer. I bought his basket. I heard that you used to be a blacksmith. , let me see if I can buy some useful weapons!"
Why does Huo Guang want to make money?
Because money can solve a lot of problems.
The lower the people are, the easier it is for them to use money to solve problems. This is not a criticism, but a fact that has not changed since ancient times.
otherwise.
Why are there so many corrupt officials in every dynasty and every generation?
only!
Huo Guang did not expect that his money would lose its effect on Ouyang Zhi.
"Boy, before I get angry, take your money and get out!" Ouyang Zhi snorted, but was not moved by the money Huo Guang took out.
Are you angry when someone scolds you?
In his previous life, he might have been angry and yelled back. But for some reason, after only a few days with Dr. Zhang Tang, my character began to change.
really.
Those who are close to vermilion are red; those who are close to ink are black!
Seeing that money could not sway Ouyang Zhi, Huo Guang took back his purse and said with a smile: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Huo Guang. I am the brother of the champion, and I serve as a counselor."
"I have a secret book, which was written by the master Ou Yezi in his later years. It can be said to be a collection of life experience. It is said that if a craftsman learns it, he can become a new master in less than two years."
"such a pity!"
"Anyone who can understand the secret forging method of Master Ou Yezi is a unique iron-making genius!"
"I came all the way from Chang'an just to find this person who can understand the secret method of master Ou Yezi's iron-making."
"But I went all over Handan and never saw anyone like this!"
"What a pity..."
The words fell.
Huo Guang turned his back to Ouyang Zhi and walked outside.
However.
Ouyang Zhi, who had a weak heart, didn't know Huo Guang's tricks, so he immediately clapped his hands and shouted: "Hey! Young man, wait a minute!"
Huo Guang turned around when he heard the sound.
Ouyang Zhi was seen tinkering among a pile of blacksmithing tools. He found the blacksmithing tools, then took off his coat, revealing his muscular body, and began to pretend to be a blacksmith in the past.
After completing a set of smooth and smooth blacksmithing moves.
Ouyang Zhi said seriously: "Young man, if you are not joking, you might as well show me Ou Yezi's secret book!"
"maybe?"
"Is this blacksmith the one-of-a-kind genius you say?"
Good guy!
Kong was panting even as he swung the hammer.
How can this be false?
Huo Guang glanced sideways at Ouyang Zhi, frowned and said, "Really? Then we must first determine whether you are qualified to read the secret books written by Master Ou Yezi."
"I know that if you blacksmiths create a perfect weapon, you will definitely not sell it for money."
"But keep it yourself, right?"
Want to see his collection?
Ou Yezi frowned at this time, and suddenly said with an online IQ: "Why should I trust you?"
"You don't need a letter, you show me your forging level, and I'll show you Master Ou Yezi's secret book, it's that simple!" Huo Guang said lightly.
If you really have a secret book, can you show it to anyone?
Definitely not!
But this Ouyang Zhi was obviously greedy, and he made a slight calculation.
I showed my proud work to the young man. No matter whether he was deceiving me or not, as long as the things were not robbed, there was no loss.
But that young man's secret book would be worthless if he read it!
This account, no matter how you calculate it, is all earned with his own blood!
then.
Ouyang Zhi immediately nodded and agreed: "Okay, I'll get some swords out. Young man, you stay here, don't leave!"
"good."
Huo Guang nodded and responded.
then.
Ouyang Zhi then went back to the house to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find them. After a long time, he came out with two long swords in his arms with excitement on his face.
"These two swords were forged by me five years ago, and they are named Xiaolongyuan Sword and Big Dragonyuan Sword respectively!"
Long Yuan Sword? Still divided into small and big?
All right!
There is no doubt that Ouyang Zhi is a big fan of Ou Yezi.
Subsequently.
Huo Guang only saw Ouyang Zhi pull out a piece of his hair and blow it gently, and the hair broke.
It seems that what the ancients said about blowing hair and sharp blades is not an exaggeration.
"What a sword!"
Without saying much, Huo Guang clapped his hands.
This man is really good at forging swords!
However.
Ouyang Zhi was indeed indifferent to his applause, and just said lightly: "I have shown you the sword, where is Master Ou Yezi's secret book?"
"Not with me." Huo Guang shrugged.
present.
Ouyang Zhi was furious, stared at him and said, "Are you kidding me?"
"No, I mean the secret book is in my head. Blacksmith Ouyang, if you have coal at home, I can write it out for you!"
"have!"
Soon.
Ouyang Zhi came out with coal, while Huo Guang said he was writing, but in fact he was painting.
It's still three-dimensional.
All the parts and steps of an ancient flintlock gun were painted on the wall by Huo Guang.
Wait until you finish drawing these.
He looked at Ouyang Zhi again and asked, "This is the content in the secret book. Do you understand it?"
"Uh..." Ou Yezi suddenly felt embarrassed.
I definitely don’t understand this!
If people in 120 BC couldn’t understand it, that’s right.
immediately.
Huo Guang said with deep regret: "It seems that you are not that unique genius."
