Before coming to Yanmen County, Gao Shun's family had already heard Zhang Shaojun's name many times from other people before even walking to Mayi.
In the past, they didn't care about the past events of those noble people, but after hearing about Zhang Fan, they realized how dazzling this young noble man was!
When Gao Shun and his family came to Yanmen, it was already the spring of the following year. Gao Shun was sixteen years old this year.
However, they really wanted to go to Mayi, but on the way, Gao Shun's mother sprained her foot, and his father also contracted the cold. They thought they had already arrived in Yanmen anyway, so there was no need to go to Mayi. Yi went to that young nobleman.
So Gao Shun's family settled in a valley near Pingcheng. There used to be a medium-sized village here, but after Gao Shun's father learned about it, he discovered that half of the village with more than a hundred people The person moved here from another county!
These people who moved here have only arrived one after another in recent years, and the person who recommended them to come here turned out to be Zhang Fan and Shaojun Zhang.
Zhang Fan has been traveling around for several years, mainly to negotiate the business handled by his "Sihaihao". He recommended Yanmen Mayi to the refugees he met on the road, although the people in the valley did not know the same. On their way to Chengdu, they all stopped here in Pingcheng.
When Gao Shun's father saw this situation, he immediately felt relieved...
In this way, with the help of fellow villagers, Gao Shun's family quickly built a new house.
Youzhi and three elders from the township also came, and not long after, the legendary "Sihaihao" of the Zhang family in Mayi also came.
However, the person who came was not Zhang Shaojun from the "Sihai Hao", but a younger nobleman who looked exactly like Zhang Shaojun. Gao Shun's family learned from the people in the same village that this nobleman was called Zhang Ping, and he was the son of Zhang Shaojun. Fan Zhang Shaojun's clan brother.
This little Mr. Zhang is also as friendly and kind to others as Zhang Shaojun. Even though they are unscrupulous gangsters, they always have a warm smile on their faces, which makes people feel like spring breeze.
Xiao Zhang learned that they had just escaped from Liangzhou Beidi and met his brother on the way, so he asked someone to give them some clothes and food.
Not only that, Mr. Zhang also told Gao Shun and his family how they could make a living in the future. They could farm in the fields. Someone would buy Zhang's "Sihai Hao" at a high price. They could also herd cattle, sheep and horses. "Sihai Hao" I still bought it at a high price. Anyway, there is no shortage of rich aquatic plants in Bingzhou.
Hearing that it was a high-price purchase, Gao Shun's father and mother subconsciously didn't believe it, but the villagers who came before them kept nodding in agreement.
This is why Gao Shun's family doesn't believe it...
It's just that this kind of thing sounds so illusory...
But the matter has come to this, then we might as well do it as the "Sihaihao" Mr. Zhang said. After all, they have come, and so many villagers have vouched for it, so it should be true. Zhang's in Mayi With his name right there, Zhang Fan and Zhang Shaojun are not lying.
In the end, we still have to wait until both parties make a deal before they can completely feel at ease.
Not only that, Zhang Ping also recommended Gao Shun to enter the county official school.
The official schools and private schools in Yanmen are actually different from those in other places. The official schools are truly "teaching without distinction"!
Regardless of status, and admission fees are waived, everyone can enroll in a government school! It is said that the official school also provides free accommodation.
Even if it is a private school, it only has one more fee-based link than the official school. The other teaching is exactly the same, but it is inevitable that the Han family from a poor family will have difficulties in enrolling.
Gao Shun's family heard that all this seemed to have started a few years ago. At this time, Huangfujie, the governor of Yanmen, under the advice of Zhang Cheng, a wealthy family and businessman in Mayi County, established official and private schools throughout the county!
One more thing, on this Huangfu Festival, I have a brother named Huangfu Gui and a son named Huangfu Song.
Yes, it was Huangfu Gui, one of the "Three Mings of Liangzhou", and Huangfu Song, one of the three famous generals who later put down the Yellow Turban Uprising.
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Later, the inside story was told by an old man who taught Gao Shun and other gangsters in the official school.
In class at that time, this old teacher was talking about "Xunzi": "Jade is in the mountains and the grass and trees are moist; pearls are born in the abyss but the cliffs are not withered..."
Just as he was talking, he suddenly felt emotional.
"The fact that you are able to sit here and study peacefully today is all thanks to Duke Zhang Cheng of Mayi and Duke Huangfu of the mansion."
It turns out that not everyone hopes that the common people can study. Many wealthy nobles think that they, the children of poor families, should stay in the fields...
Rectifying official and private schools is an offending job!
Gao Shun knew this at that time.
According to the teacher, it was Zhang Cheng and Zhang Gong of Mayi who were willing to give up part of the profits of the "Sihai Hao" in exchange for concessions from the rich and powerful family of Yanmen, while Huangfu Gong, the prince of the mansion, did not have so many worries. He had a good family background. Prominent, so after accepting Zhang Cheng's advice, anyone who secretly makes trouble in this matter will not be spared!
Gao Shun also knew that Duke Zhang Cheng of Mayi was the uncle of Da Zhang Shaojun and the biological father of Guiren Xiao Zhang.
Gao Shun didn't understand why the names of Dazhang Shaojun and Xiao Zhang Guiren were different, but since everyone around him called them that, he should also call them that. Anyway, they were the best people in the world for their family!
Therefore, when Gao Shun was sixteen years old, his life suddenly changed!
I originally thought I would go to Sili or Jingzhou to take refuge, but my direction changed and I arrived at Yanmen, a place where peach blossoms are transported.
Of course, there are still Xianbei people who go south to harvest grass in the valley from time to time, and the officials in the countryside occasionally make things difficult, but these do not affect Gao Shun's life.
As spring passed and autumn came, the grain that my father cultivated was bought by Sihaihao at a high price, and the lambs, cattle and horses that Gao Shun had raised by himself were also bought.
My father and mother have not smiled so happily for a long time, even Gao Shun...
Gao Shun heard from his classmates in the county that the grain purchased from people's homes by "Sihaihao" would be sold to the Xianbei, Wuhuan and Huns at high prices if it was of poor quality.
If the goods are of good quality, they will be accompanied by tall horses, as well as Shu brocade, cloth and other valuables purchased from elsewhere by the "Sihai Hao", which will either be sold at a low price or given to nobles in the prefecture and Sili Gyeonggi.
This increasingly promising life made Gao Shun once again want to surrender to the nobles of the Zhang family in Mayi, although it was a pity that he could not see Da Zhang Shaojun again.
As the days passed, the poplar trees at the entrance of the village grew one after another. Gao Shun was twenty years old this year and had not yet married.
On this spring day, a wooden fence was put up at the entrance of the village. Many men in the village were riding horses and holding knives or spears to patrol the entrance of the village - because the "Sihai" sent people to say that Xianbei people might go south in the near future.
In addition to this, another reason is the spread of the epidemic.
A disease is a plague, or something like "typhoid".
Regarding this epidemic, Landlord Sun, who lives at the head of the village, said that it was a "disaster" caused by evil spirits. It could only be eliminated through exorcism and exorcism, that is, sacrifice and cleansing.
Gao Shun disagrees with this point, because a teacher in the official school said before when he entered school that this is because of "the way of heaven and earth" and "unseasonable cold and heat bring illness, and unseasonable wind and rain bring hunger", it is impossible to use sacrifice and cleansing methods. To expel the evil spirits that cause illness, active isolation, drug prevention and treatment are the only treatments.
By the way, the teacher in the official school said that this was actually said by Zhang Fan and Zhang Shaojun of the Zhang family in Mayi, and he was just paraphrasing it.
Therefore, Gao Shun didn't believe Landlord Sun's nonsense at all, and just walked to the poplar tree at the head of the village and sat down.
Although Gao Shun did not believe that the prevention and treatment of epidemics relied on sacrifices, he was more afraid of the spread of the epidemic than the attack by the Xianbei people.
There is no way, this disease is invisible and intangible, and it is almost certain to die if you get it. Therefore, the best way is to guard the entrance of the village and prevent outsiders from coming in.
At this moment, there was a sound of a horse neighing outside the village. Gao Shun suddenly became vigilant. He raised his head with a knife in hand and found that a tall horse with pure white body was galloping towards them!
Wait, there's no one around now!
There is also a teenage boy who is hugging the horse's head tightly and lying on it! It seemed like he was about to fall down at any moment!
Gao Shun had been raising horses in Yanmen for many years. He could see the majesty of the tall white horse and knew that the horse must belong to a rich family. He also subconsciously had an idea in his mind. Could this white horse and the young man on it be Ma Yi Zhang? ’s family…
After all, ever since Zhang Fan, the young master of the Zhang family, became famous in Bingzhou, his habit of riding a white horse has become known to everyone. As time goes by, the Zhang family members will ride on a white horse from time to time when traveling.
But under current circumstances, the person riding the white horse is not necessarily a descendant of the Zhang family in Mayi, because there are also many descendants of wealthy families who like to imitate Zhang Fan. This has become a trend in Bingzhou, especially Yanmen.
But no matter who the white horse and the boy on it belong to, the top priority is to calm the fierce horse.
Gao Shun's eyes were fixed on the white horse that was running wildly. He knew in his heart that if he wanted to tame this crazy horse in this situation, he would have to use some extraordinary means.
He mounted his mount, held the reins tightly in his hands, looked firmly in his eyes, clamped his legs under the horse's belly, and galloped towards the white horse. His mount is a black Wusun horse. Although it is not as fast as the white horse, it has great endurance.
The distance between the two horses quickly closed, and Gao Shun could only see the white horse running wildly. At the moment when it was about to approach, Gao Shun pulled the reins suddenly, Wusun horse suddenly slowed down, while the white horse continued to rush forward under the inertia.
The speed of the white horse instantly surpassed Gao Shun, but the moment it passed, Gao Shun relied on his excellent riding skills to grab the reins of the white horse!
The speed of the white horse did not slow down, but Gao Shun had already pulled the reins tightly, and he was almost dragged off the horse's back. He used all his strength to finally adjust the direction of the white horse slightly.
At this moment, Gao Shun's heart was filled with determination. He pulled the reins hard, and the white horse's long neighing sound filled the sky. It suddenly stopped and raised a cloud of dust.
Gao Shun swayed on the horse and finally stabilized his figure. He turned around and saw the teenage boy looking at him in horror, but he was still sitting safely on the horse.
"Thank you for saving me!" the young man shouted to Gao Shun, his voice full of respect and gratitude.
"Sihaihao, Taizu and Taizu's uncle inherited the business, and the camp spanned Bing, Liang, You, Ji and Sili, as well as Xianbei outside the Great Wall, and also belonged to Yan inside." - Volume 1 of "Book of the Later Jin Dynasty" "The Chronicles of the Great Ancestor"
