Wang Meng had nothing to say and walked forward together. Suddenly, he heard bursts of cheers coming from the intersection ahead.
After the cheers, the sounds of various instrumental music came.
Li Yue could only hear the sound of pipa and drums, but the distinct rhythm was extremely cheerful. He was curious and led everyone to come forward to watch.
But I saw several men and women in round-collared robes singing and dancing. There were people beside them holding musical instruments such as konghou, Hujia, 筚篥, zither, and horn.
Among the six arts of a gentleman, music ranks second.
Since the Han and Wei dynasties, many famous people have been good at this art, including Zhou Yu who "wrongly followed Zhou Lang Gu" in the late Han Dynasty, the talented Cai Wenji who made Hu Jia eighteen pieces, Ji Kang and Ruan Xian of the Seven Sages in the Bamboo Forest, etc., and Hu Jia in the isolated city retreated tens of thousands of Xiongnu troops. Liu Kun...
Yecheng has been under the rule of the Hu people for forty or fifty years, and has incorporated many styles of the Hu people.
Especially the dance, unrestrained and enthusiastic.
Li Yue watched with great interest, but unexpectedly, someone twenty steps away from him said angrily: "The Hu people are just trivial. It's a pity that the northern country is infected by the Hu wind, but they don't know about our Chinese elegant music."
The sound was so loud that it just stuck on the rhythm, disrupting the rhythm and making the music lose its previous cheerfulness. It was impossible to dance and the music could not be played.
Everyone followed the sound and saw a young man standing with his hands behind his back, wearing a Yuanyou crown on his head, a jacket and a lower skirt to cover his knees, with wide sleeves, a black leather belt around his waist, and a long sword hanging on the leather belt. and a green flute.
Although he is young, his whole body exudes a transcendent aura, which is indescribably chic and elegant.
Anyone who dares to say these words must be a person who is good at music theory.
"Since you, this young man, are talking arrogant words, you might as well come forward and compete!" The middle-aged man holding a beard waved his hand.
The young man had been waiting for this moment. He stepped forward with his head held high, clasped his fists to the crowd of onlookers, and said, "I'm showing my shame."
After that, he took out the flute from his waist and started playing.
Li Yue's heart moved. The person speaking was obviously not from the perspective of Guandong, otherwise he wouldn't keep saying "Northern Country".
News of various grand events held in Yecheng spread throughout the world, attracting many people.
At first glance, this young man is from Jiangdong.
The Liang Kingdom was pragmatic rather than unrealistic. There were only a few so-called "celebrities", but most of them were Taoists and monks.
The sound of the flute sounded leisurely. Although there was only one instrument, the melody was fresh and lively. The melody was ups and downs, sometimes as urgent as the wind and rain, sometimes as gentle as the cries of orioles, sometimes as gentle as the clear spring on the stone...
One is still and one is moving, one is soft and one is strong.
A melody is played back and forth three times, but each time is different and fascinating.
Even a layman like Li Yue could tell it was extraordinary. Wang Meng even said "Huh" and lowered his voice: "The sound is ethereal, and the person is extraordinary!"
The song ended and there was silence.
It seems that I haven't woken up from the melodious sound of the flute.
"May I ask what song this is?" The previous performers were greatly impressed, and they all held up their hands and bowed down.
The arrogant look on the young man's face also disappeared, "This is the three plum blossoms created by me. It is difficult to be elegant and will make everyone laugh."
"Three plum blossoms?" Li Yue was startled.
"May I ask your surname?"
"Don't dare. I, King Huanye, have secular affairs to attend to, so I am presumptuous, so I will say goodbye." The young man put the flute back on his waist, bowed his hands, squeezed into the crowd, and disappeared.
Several school officials crowded over and asked Li Yue with their eyes if he wanted to pursue him.
Li Yue waved his hand and asked them to retreat.
Now that he knew the name, it was not difficult to find clues. This young man came from Jiangdong alone with a long sword hanging at his waist. His martial arts must be extraordinary. If he noticed that someone was following him, it would be self-defeating.
"King Huanye, is he a descendant of Huan Wen?" Li Yue thought of Huan Wen immediately.
After all, there are not many people with the surname Huan in the world. To have such magnanimity is by no means an ordinary person.
Wang Meng said: "Now that I'm here, I'll definitely see you again."
Li Yue nodded. Not only King Huanye, but also Murong Ke from Liaodong and Rouran from Mobei came to Yecheng either overtly or covertly, hoping to get a glimpse of the reality of the Liang Kingdom.
This event is an opportunity to showcase the Central Plains.
Li Yue and Wang Meng continued to visit Yecheng. The streets were still lively, but they were both in low spirits. The north city was prosperous, but the south city had many ragged people.
I thought they were refugees who had come from nowhere, but after asking, I found out that they were poor scholars and craftsmen from all over the place, huddled in the corner, with a look of hunger on their faces, but a sparkle in their eyes.
And many people come with their families, and the whole family gathers together.
"Where did my father-in-law come from?" Li Yue approached a family and asked.
"Replying to your noble lord, we are all blacksmiths from Daijun. We heard that Emperor Daliang valued craftsmen, so we came here to get some food!" The old man is actually not old, about forty, but his face is swarthy and his body is thin, which makes him look old.
"Very good, very good. The emperor will live up to you." In Li Yue's eyes, these are priceless treasures. Their willingness to come shows that they care for Liang Guo and trust Li Yue.
"I would like to lend you your blessing." The blacksmith looked happy.
These days, there are no more roads than in later generations, and we are still in troubled times.
Far from home, traveling thousands of miles to Yecheng, there are either bandits or wild beasts along the way. This is a gamble with one's own life.
Not everyone can be as handsome as King Huanye.
After asking other people, it turns out that there are still people who are forging slaves who escaped from the grassland, and some who escaped from Nanyang and Jianghuai.
These days, the status of craftsmen is worse than that of military households. They are the private property of powerful nobles and nobles. They are exploited and plundered by them, making them extremely poor.
Historically, decades later, Helian Bobo built tens of thousands of cities. He steamed the earth to build the city. If he dug an inch into the wall, he would kill the craftsmen. He would build the corpses into the walls. He would build five weapons. If the armor could not penetrate, he would kill the bowman. When you enter, you will kill the armorer...
In the past, only people from the north ran to the south, but finally some people from the south ran to the north.
This is a good sign.
"As soon as possible, Yin Guo Huan of Jingzhao arranged for accommodation, prepared food and clothing, and arranged for doctors. Don't let anyone starve or freeze!" Li Yue ordered Cui Hong next to him.
Cui Hong was stunned for a moment, and then hurried to do it. He had just returned to Yecheng and had not yet adapted to the rhythm.
"Wait a minute, let's find out who King Huanye is!"
"Wei!" Cui Hong held his hand.
Li Yueling took out the valuable things he had on him, mostly loose gold and broken copper. Copper coins were rare. He went to exchange for some biscuits and distributed them to everyone. "Merchant is like a sword. It can hurt people and save people. It depends on who is being killed." Whoever controls it, it’s time to recast the five-baht coin.”
Just now, people mostly used barter to trade, while more respectable people used grain and silk, which was inconvenient for both parties.
If the economy does not improve, let alone catching up with the Han Dynasty, it will be difficult for the Western Jin Dynasty to recover.
Wang Meng said: "I know that the most urgent thing right now is to recast the coins!"
Ancient copper mines were concentrated in the Leishou Mountains (Zhongtiao Mountains), Taihang Mountains, Qinling Mountains, Jiannan Mountains, Nanling Mountains and the hilly areas of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Lei Shou Mountain is in the east of Hedong, and Taihang Mountain is basically controlled by Liang Guo. It is not difficult to find copper mines.
Shihu combed the world, and many palaces in Yecheng were inlaid with copper and gold. There was a lot of gold and copper hidden in the treasury, which could be used to make money.
Seventy percent of the five-baht coin in the Western Han Dynasty was copper, 20% was lead, and 10% was other impurities. In addition to the copper five-baht, there were also gold five-baht. The reason why the Han Empire was strong was inseparable from the perfect five-baht coin system.
There is a ready-made and complete five-baht coin system, so there is no need to mint other coins.
(End of chapter)
