Chapter 432 Traveling to Runan (Part 1)


Chapter 432: Your Journey to the South (Part 1)

The north wind blew all night.

In the early morning, the courtyard inside and outside is crystal clear and truly beautiful.

There were bursts of pine waves not far away.

The branches are vigorous and powerful, standing proudly despite the severe cold.

When the wind blows, the snow on the pine needles falls down, forming a large dreamlike mist.

After Shao Xun got up to wash up, he came to the dining room, where the servants and maids saluted one after another.

The decoration of the dining room is quite elegant, and the most eye-catching thing is a painting.

The theme of the painting is a spring outing. I don’t know who painted it.

There are more than ten men and women in the painting, and they are "beautiful and clear". The lines of the characters are drawn with strong and coherent handwriting that was highly praised by the people at the time. It can be said that the brush strokes are like flying, giving the characters a "windy" feeling. effect.

In terms of expression of meaning, exaggerated painting techniques are used to better express the characteristics of the characters. For example, men are drinking and having sex in the bamboo forest, women are dressed in gorgeous clothes, and so on.

There is also a red seal in the corner of the painting.

The size is larger than ordinary seals, at least one size larger than Shao Xun's Pingdong General Seal. In addition, this seal is actually in Yang script, not the common Yin script. The outline of the characters is clear and deep, and the seal script is gorgeous and graceful. Both the appraisal and the seal are in a wonderful state.

This Xiangcheng Princess Seal is not simple.

Due to the relationship between materials and craftsmanship, Yin script seals have been used since the Qin and Han Dynasties, and Yang script seals are rarely used. The reason is that the writing lines are not clear enough, and the latter requires a knife to clean the bottom of the seal. It is very troublesome to clean it up every time you print it.

The seal of Princess Xiangcheng is so clearly engraved, which shows the exquisite craftsmanship.

"The painting was made by the painter in the palace, and the seal was made by the craftsman in my house." Princess Xiangcheng's voice came from the door.

Shao Xun turned around and saw that Sima Xiu was wearing a loose tì coat.

The clothes are painted with birds, beasts, the sun and the moon, which is elegant, simple and solemn.

The inner part of the jacket is fur, which seems to be made of white fox fur. It has excellent thermal insulation effect and gives people a sense of luxury and holiness.

There seems to be a blue skirt underneath the white fur coat. The skirt of the skirt is trailing on the blanket. The folds and patterns are so complex that it is dazzling.

Overall, this is a majestic, solemn, mature and beautiful noble woman. Standing there, she gives people the feeling of being worshiped.

The only thing that ruins this temperament is probably the woman's growing belly.

"Mr. Chen." Sima Xiu bowed with the support of the maid.

"Mrs. Sima." Shao Xun returned the gesture.

Hearing Shao Xun’s name, Sima Maoyao glanced at him.

Shao Xun was a little embarrassed and looked away.

He can call Sima Xiuyou the princess because she is Emperor Wu's favorite daughter. At the same time, we can also mention her other identity, Mrs. Sima, Wang Dun's wife.

Sima Mao raised the corners of his mouth slightly and gave a few more instructions to the maid.

After a while, breakfast was served one by one.

"I'll send someone to make a high table and a bed according to your preference." Sima Mao sat down and said, "I don't want it to be convenient for me at this time."

"The princess is right." The two were polite. To the extent that he is a bit unfamiliar, this has made Shao Xun a bit incompetent.

After you borrowed the seeds, you kept your distance from me?

But think about it, with such a big family fortune, she can live leisurely without herself. She used to be afraid of people trying to seize her property, but now she seems to be no longer afraid.

Liar!

It’s too much to lie to me and do business in my name.

At this time, he finally understood that he was not a succubus, and the women who approached him had their own plans.

"This is the 'frog-croaking rice' on my farm. The porridge is smooth and fragrant, so you can eat more." Sima Mao took two mouthfuls of the porridge and wiped it with silk. Mouth, said.

Shao Xun glanced at the square silk handkerchief. The material seemed to be similar to what he was wearing.

Well, the clothes he was wearing also belonged to the princess. He changed them when he went to the toilet in the morning. They were of high quality and were not something that ordinary powerful men could own.

It can also be seen from this that the general family members want to support the scene, how big the expenses are -no wonder some declining aristocracy in Europe, in order to maintain social networking, to borrow loans from businessmen, it is not easy to maintain the so -called decentness.

The toilet of the princess's house is dry jujube plugging nose, with spices to taste, beautiful crickets to cover, and some people use new clothes to replace. Silk.

But Shao Xun didn't envy much.

He has no sense of enjoyment. After all, he is a person who has experienced modern convenience. The threshold is very high.

A good life, the same is the same.

When the signs are out, the body is all dirt, the head is all oily, and the face is very poor because of irregular work and rest.

I really felt hard, so I came to the princess to live for a few days. I can really drive the child and his dad. Although Shao Huangmao lived in the guest room last night.

Uh, don't talk about these, the porridge is really delicious, Shao Xun soon drank a large bowl.

The niece brought a bowl again. The timing grasped just right. Obviously, he had been estimating the speed of drinking porridge before, and the porridge was not cold or hot, and the temperature was just right.

I added two kinds of small dishes he liked in front of him, and most of them had seen what he prefers to eat.

Whatever you think of, others have thought of.

What you didn’t expect, others also thought of for you. This decadent life is really...

No wonder Liu Bang couldn't stand it any longer when he first entered Xianyang, and just indulged himself in Xianyang Palace.

After finishing the second bowl of porridge, Shao Xun asked: "I heard that you opened a ranch in Runan? Are there so many livestock?"

"It's not all a ranch." After hearing that they were talking about business, Sima Xiu Bao stopped eating, wiped his mouth, drank a bowl of tea soup to rinse his mouth, and then said: "The internal history of Runan built a pond in the east of Shenyang, called 'Longpi'. This pond can irrigate three thousand hectares of fertile land. , three hundred hectares of it belong to the King of Runan, and I asked him to use it to grow millet and wheat. Beyond Longpi, there is a vast swamp, which also belongs to the King of Runan, and is used to raise donkeys and mules. "

"Whose donkeys are sold by the donkey shop?"

"They are collected from the people of Runan."

Shao Xun nodded and said: "Female horses are not allowed. Even the mules are not allowed to be sold.”

Hearing this, Sima Xiu covered his mouth and chuckled. Then he stroked his belly and said, “Trafficking a donkey is no more profitable than two pieces of silk, and only three mules. If you want it, I won’t sell it.”

Shao Xun was a little embarrassed.

Mules are large animals, and they are cheap alternatives to horses, so they are not cheap.

People are just taking advantage of your strength to do business, but you want them to go bankrupt. This is really too much.

Before, Shao Xun sent Jiang Ke, the former owner of the eighth building of the Silver Spear Army, south, and then assigned him more than 20 newly graduated student officers to teach combat on mules.

Their army consisted of more than 500 people and 200 mules, all purchased by Princess Xiangcheng. The expense was actually very high.

"This time we seized some bulky things in the Zhamati camp, which are difficult to value. I will send someone over in a while, and you can watch and deal with them." Shao Xun said.

Sima Mao nodded, not paying much attention.

"I will go to all the counties again and transfer a batch of money and silk. You can send someone to receive it." Shao Xun said again.

Sima Maoyuan then became serious.

"Allocation" actually means apportionment.

The man in front of me seemed poor and didn't have much money, but he was able to distribute money and food to wealthy families, and it was hard for them not to give it to him. From this perspective, he is not poor at all.

I let my retainers and servants run the donkey business and sell livestock.

The man personally runs the Silver Gun Army and sells security.

It’s obvious who makes more.

"Money and silk are enough." Sima Maoyao said: "In some places where there is not much fighting, they are still willing to accept money and silk. I will find someone to collect some more horses and donkeys."

"How many are there now?" Shao Xun asked.

"There are more than a hundred females, six or seven hundred donkeys, and more than five hundred mules." Sima Mao replied.

"Guangchengze also only has four thousand horses, of which there are only a few hundred females. You really have a lot." Shao Xun said with emotion: "The place at Longpi should be good, right?"

“The land is cool and the water and grass are abundant, which is really good.” Sima Maoyao said: “The cattle, horses and donkeys are worth twice, and the sheep are worth four times. Before the Chinese New Year next year, hundreds of donkeys and mules should be reproduced.”

To be honest, Shao Xun was a little disappointed.

This time he asked Wu Qian and Wei Fu to go to Qinzhou to buy horses. He specifically asked them to buy more mares and a few male horses.

Mare is the key to expanding the population. Whether it is a horse or a donkey, it can give birth to cubs.

In the Northern Expedition to Liu Han, wouldn’t it be funny if he didn’t have the ability to maneuver? Is it possible to build cities one by one to the doorstep of people's homes? Well, it seems that the Northern Song Dynasty did this. After Liu Yu disembarked from Xuzhou, he also built a city thirty miles away to maintain grain roads.

But how to put it, even if Shao Xun's army is mainly infantry, it cannot be without any cavalry.

In the last battle of Zhemati, after crossing the river at Xia Shijin, he sent his cavalry to clear the way and quickly defeated the harassing Huns' light cavalry. The main force of the infantry was able to maintain a speed of thirty or forty miles a day.

Without this cavalry, the Xiongnu would use all kinds of methods to harass them. In extreme cases, you could only travel five or six miles a day, or more than ten miles if you go quickly, which is very passive. By the time you reach your destination, the situation may have changed. This is a problem caused by insufficient mobility.

Even in the 21st century, the mobility of the military is still a very important indicator.

In this indicator, the Huns are superior, he almost scored zero points.

"Tomorrow I will go to Runan, or I will go to Shenyang." Shao Xun said: "You..."

Sima Xiashou quickly shook his head and said: "I will send The family orders are up to you.”

She was five months pregnant, and she definitely didn't want to have to travel all the way and have a fetal movement.

I have a child at this age, no matter how precious it is, I will rely on this child to accompany me for the rest of my life.

"That's it, I'll just go by myself." Shao Xun nodded and said, "You——Mrs. Sima, you should rest assured to raise the baby."

Sima Xiuyi said again Laughed quietly.

Men can be quite childish sometimes. Did they make their relationship too clear-cut this time?

It was impossible for her to go to the back house of the Shao family.

It’s great to be a free and wealthy princess. Is it possible to dedicate the wealth to Yu Wenjun’s little lady? dream.

If she had to keep in touch with him, she wouldn't even do it.

Sometimes this man is very shrewd, and sometimes he is horribly stupid, haha.

(End of this chapter)

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