Chapter 709 Wang First
"I heard from Qiao Mu that you have a place to live in the capital?" Wei Yi smiled and said: "Then we can go earlier. If the school is not open, we will stay at your place."< br>
“That’s no problem, you can live wherever you want.” Zhou Zhi smiled and said, “If school doesn’t start, we can just visit the capital. In two days, my sworn brother can now act as a tour guide for you.”
“You are really capable,” Wei Yi praised. “I heard that your book is going to be published in English.”
"I haven't even written my horoscope yet. The translation is Fu Xia from "Gourmet Detective". Do you think she is reliable?"
"Show me the translation when the time comes." Wei Yi was embarrassed to say that others were not good enough, so he decided to give Zhou Zhi another insurance, so that he could at least help check it.
The vehicle drove towards Fawang Temple and soon came to Xianshi Town, a small town with beautiful scenery.
Zhou Zhi often passes by here, but he never stops for long, because he is always passing by and then stops to buy the specialties here - soy sauce and balsamic vinegar.
Everyone got off the car here and walked into the town to visit the tomb of a sage.
This place is located on the bank of the Hongshui River, with beautiful scenery and convenient transportation. Since the Hongshui River has been an important passage for "Sichuan salt entering Guizhou" since ancient times, many villages, ancient towns, and ancient towns have naturally gradually formed along the Chishui River. .
As an important wharf and post station on the Hongshui River Salt Transport Ancient Road, Xianshi gradually formed markets, old streets, and shops, and became one of the four ancient places in Jiachuan.
The streets are quiet and quiet, and the townspeople on both sides of the stone road lead a quiet and leisurely life. On the contrary, the unfamiliar faces of Zhou Zhi and his group of students arouse everyone's curiosity.
Xianshi Town has two streets, one is the "upper street" that passes through Poshang Ancient Town, and the other is the "lower street" that connects the riverside pier and the soy sauce garden.
At the interface of the two streets, there is a small cemetery. The cemetery is almost 100 square meters. It is a small square with bluestone slabs, surrounded by three low walls.
In the middle of the square is an ancient banyan tree, and at the other end is an ancient tomb shaped like a steamed bun.
In front of the tomb stands a stone tablet with strong calligraphy, which reads "The tomb of Xian Wang, the prodigy of the Tang Dynasty who was awarded the title of Fu County Magistrate".
"Are you curious why there is an ancient tomb in the middle of the town?" Zhou Zhi asked.
Everyone is nodding.
Zhou Zhi began to act as a tour guide for everyone: "Because here, in fact, there was this tomb first, and then this town."
"There was a famous general in the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period. His name is Xian Zhen. We did a reading test on an excerpt of "The Battle of Chengpu", and he was included in it."
"This Xian Wang is said to be the fiftieth grandson of Xian Zhen. He was enlightened at the age of three and recited ten thousand words every day at the age of seven. He was promoted to the court, passed the imperial examination, and was awarded the title of prodigy."
" After having this status, Xianwang served as the palace companion, accompanying the prince only It was later Tang Dezong who studied for fourteen years and became proficient in classics and history. At the age of twenty-one, he was awarded the title of Jinshi and became the first Jinshi in the history of Manzhou. "
"The emperor ascended the throne and accompanied him. Reading would have been reused, but he repeatedly wrote to request his return. He eventually returned to his hometown and became a county magistrate. He had an outstanding reputation in governing the city and was very popular among the people."
"After that, he resigned from the official position and lectured at Baiyuan Academy in Anleshan, teaching and training the students in the village. Talent, and left a poem describing another person in Anleshan Poems of famous figures. ""This is our first literary and musical star in Jiachuan. Today I bring you to pay homage. I hope he can bless us to have a good year and get into the school of our dreams. "
After saying that, he opened the incense candle he brought and lit it. He carefully placed it in front of Xian Wang's tomb and led his friends to bow three times to the tombstone.
The friends didn't realize it, and they didn't dare to show any arrogance in front of this great man from Jiachuan of the Tang Dynasty. They just followed Zhou Zhi and bowed politely.
As a result, this action alarmed the onlookers around the square. After a while, an old man came over hurriedly: "Excuse me, are you... eh? You... came to our place with Director Wu. Elbow?"
"Hahaha, hello, Sir! We are about to start our senior year, and this time we are bringing our classmates to pay homage. Meet your ancestor, and hope he will protect our Jiachuan heritage."
"Oh, you are all our scholars in Jiachuan. How much honor does this give to my ancestor's family?" Listen to Zhou Zhi's introduction. There were also college students and graduate students in the crowd who had just entered the capital this year. The old man was immediately in awe: "Then let's go home and talk."
"I'm afraid I can't even sit at home." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "It's spacious here, let's chat here, we have to go to Anle Mountain later. Just tell everyone the origin of this first market."
< br>"What should I do..." The old man felt very embarrassed, but there were too many people here. Someone happened to be passing by with a basket of loquats, so he simply bought them to entertain his classmates, and then said: "Actually, this is the place that the ancestor instructed before his death." , saying that after his death, I want to be buried here."
"The descendants left a branch here. After burying the ancestor, they opened a field to guard the tomb."
"It is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The climate is suitable, there is no drought or disaster, and the special products are It was quite rich, and it soon developed into a land of plenty.”
“Because it developed from this cemetery, as you can see, the ancestor’s tomb is located in the center of the town. ”
Zhou Zhi added: "Looking at the bluestone road here, you can know how prosperous Xianshi was back then, and Rongshan and Ma Street were as good as each other. What is the best specialty of Xianshi - soy sauce? What is needed to produce soy sauce? Surplus salt and grain."
"Because. Everyone should know that in ancient times, a place that was famous for vinegar, wine, soy sauce, and sugar would not be that poor no matter how poor it was.”
“That’s because our first market was famous for vinegar and soy sauce. , I always say that I have to buy it every time I pass by here.” First he frowned: "But this year I'm a little annoyed. You can only buy Jiachuan soy sauce in the market."
Zhou Zhi's heart couldn't help but twitched: "Why is this?"
"It's difficult to operate!" said the old man, "the sauce garden factory all uses old In terms of craftsmanship, soy sauce must be at least three years old. In recent years, food prices have been rising continuously, but the price of soy sauce has been squeezed by large soy sauce manufacturers from other places. The more the sauce tank is opened, the less it will be able to work.”
"A few days ago, there was a mobilization meeting in the township. It was said that the county encouraged private parties to take over the soy sauce factory. As long as the workers' wages were paid, there were various other discounts, but it made us laugh. Just those broken houses, steamers and sauce jars, Is it worth 200,000 yuan? The mayor is making random offers just to deceive outsiders!”
Is 200,000 yuan a big amount? For Zhou Zhi, who can normally earn 150,000 yuan a month in China, this is really not the case. But for township collective enterprises, they usually start with five to six thousand yuan, and two hundred thousand yuan is an astronomical figure.
Zhou Zhi thought about it. Xianshi soy sauce and vinegar is an old brand well-known throughout the county. It was first founded in the year of Guangxu under the name "Jianghanyuan". Later, in the Republic of China, it merged with two other companies in the town to become "Jianghanyuan". Colleagues".
To this day, there is still a Sanguan Temple in the factory, which worships Tianguan, Diguan and Shuiguan who have blessed the prosperity of the soy sauce handicraft industry, as well as more than 600 old sauce vats that have been passed down from the Guangxu period to the present. In my mind, just these and the two remaining old signs are worth more than 200,000!
This matter can definitely be made bigger and stronger, but we have to go back and discuss it with Sister Xiaojuaner and Auntie first.
(End of this chapter)