Chapter 1063 Changping County Lord 11
In the mansion, only the nursing home has bows and arrows. I went to ask for one, and also brought an archery target.
Xining picked up the bow and arrow and recalled whether he had any previous experience in archery, but came up empty-handed. Previously, the body owner had no ability to shoot arrows.
It was really troublesome. Xining used all his strength to draw the bow and shot an arrow at the target. As a result, the arrow fell softly before it reached the target.
The maid covered her mouth and snickered. Xining sighed longly and said with a look of despair: "It's not easy." She stretched out her hand to lift the bow, and Jing'er next to her quickly took it obediently.
Xining looked around: "Hey, you guys should try it too!"
She leaned aside and watched the maids happily shooting arrows and shaking their fans leisurely, which was considered fun.
It was also the first time for the maids to shoot arrows. Most of them missed the target, and a few of them hit the target, but they were also far away from the target.
Butler Xiao walked in, and an arrow happened to be shot in front of him. He was so frightened that he fell to the ground. The arrow fell to the ground due to lack of stamina three steps away.
"Hahaha..." The maids all laughed.
Xining also smiled and asked: "Steward Xiao, we met just now, why are you here again now? What's the matter?"
"These little girls scare me to death." Butler Xiao glared at the maids, stood up, patted his clothes, and saluted: "The county master has bought all the shops he purchased. Please give me your instructions."
"Oh, have you bought it?" Look at the speed, these are all shops. And there is no forced buying or selling. As soon as someone is willing to buy, they are willing to sell and sublease. It can be seen that the merchants here are worried that if the Huns come and occupy the city, they will lose their money.
Xining calculated the time: "Then let's go and have a look tomorrow morning."
"Yes, County Lord!" Butler Xiao saluted again.
"Hey~" Xining thought of something: "Is archery and martial arts popular here?"
Butler Xiao said while thinking: "This place is in the transition between Han and Hu. It has changed owners many times. The folk customs are relatively tough, and there are many people who can ride and shoot."
"That's it..." Xining had another idea: "Then I'll hold an archery competition. The first place will receive a bonus of ten taels, the second place will receive five taels of gold, and the third place will get ten taels of silver. The fourth to tenth place will get five taels of silver. Two. Anyone from 11 to 20 people, young or old, can participate.”
When they heard about such a generous bonus, the maids became happy.
Xining said with a smile: "Go and talk to County Magistrate Zhou. If it doesn't matter, let's do it after autumn when there is slack farming. Don't just watch beheadings after autumn and have nothing else to do."
Butler Xiao hesitated to speak, but finally bowed: "Yes, County Master." Anyway, the money belongs to others, and they can spend it how they want. Even if there is no tax for 300 households, the county head's salary of 500 shi is actually enough for expenses. That Butler Lin was really ruthless in his greed for money, but the county owner also spent a lot of money, and the warehouse was full of good things.
After Butler Xiao went out, a maid couldn't help but ask: "County Master, can we participate?"
Xining nodded: "Of course, everyone, young and old, can participate. Practice when you have time. Don't lose or cry if you don't win the reward." The maids suddenly started chirping like seven or eight birds: "No way. Yes, all my arrows hit the target just now... Come on, one of them almost hit Butler Xiao, who was so frightened that his face turned pale..."
Xining shook his fan and squinted his eyes to listen.
"County Lord, moisten your throat." Jing'er brought a bowl of sugar water at the right time: "The County Lord is hosting a competition? It will cost thirty or forty gold to come and go."
"You can spend it, otherwise you will almost die from holding it in." Xining took the sugar water and drank it. In fact, if you spend it, you can spend it, and if you keep it, it will be given to the Huns. As long as the money is spent in the right way, no matter whether it has any effect or not, it is better than giving it to others.
Butler Xiao sent someone to the Yamen to talk to County Magistrate Zhou and told him about the competition. Magistrate Zhou and the master sat face to face and started talking.
Where did this county lord come from? How could he have so many ideas one after another? How could he have an archery competition and prepare to give out gold and silver as a prize?
After discussing it for a long time, no reason was found. County Magistrate Zhou asked the master to first draft a competition announcement and procedures. After reading it, he felt that there was no problem, and then went to the county magistrate for instructions. After all, he paid for it and came to discuss it with him. It can be regarded as a good thing that the government and the new county chief are enjoying themselves with the people!
If the announcement is posted, there will naturally be people with superb archery skills rushing to be the first place, which is worth ten ounces of gold. But more people are thinking about how to squeeze into the top 20 and get a bunch of money. Ten dollars can buy a piece of meat, and the family can have a toothpaste at home.
The next day, when the master who had stayed up all night presented a scroll of bamboo slips, Xining took Jinger, got on the carriage, and went to the market.
Jing'er curiously lifted the roller blind on the car window a little and looked out.
Although the street market here is not as good as the capital city and the Qinling Royal City, it is still very lively. There were not only shops on the street, but also mobile vendors. There was a Huns trader who drove a few sheep to the market. He planned to buy the sheep and exchange them for some cloth, salt, and pottery back home.
The Huns were in short supply of all daily necessities except cattle, sheep, and horses. The coarse salt boiled from the few salt lakes is far inferior to the fine salt in the Central Plains, not to mention cloth and pottery. The things obtained in exchange were taken back, some were for personal use, and some were for business. They could be sold to the Xiongnu at a high price and exchanged for more sheep.
Xining leaned on the cushion in the car and closed his eyes to rest.
According to the previous plot, today is the time when the county lord and the Hun prince Uvida meet. Although the county owner was trembling with fear, the beauty of the country was unforgettable for Uvida. After returning, Uvida kept thinking about it and sent people to inquire about it. However, the people sent found nothing. It wasn't until he stepped into the county lord's mansion that he discovered that the woman he liked was the county lord. The county leader, wearing the canonized treasure robe, committed suicide by hanging from a beam.
It's really a tragic scene. The owner heard that the Huns were cruel and treated the Han women who were captives in the past even more cruelly. Even if it is the Yan family, the father dies and the son succeeds, the brother dies and the brother succeeds, let alone an ordinary woman.
In this dynasty, it was not a bad idea for women to remarry. Emperor Wu's mother remarried and entered the palace as a beauty. But marrying me and then marrying my son is too shocking, so every time the princess or the palace maid hears that she is going to the Huns to marry, they all cry like pear blossoms and rain.
I don’t know how Uvida treated the body owner. After all, the body owner was too anxious to die and didn’t ask for confirmation. Now that she's doing it again, what is she going to do this time!
Previously, the body owner left the house to kill time on the streets, but she went out to see the shops where she bought something. The reasons are different, but the clothing, carriages and horses are the same. In order to avoid suspicion, he used an ordinary ox cart and wore ordinary clothes.
But the worst clothes in the county lord's palace are worthy of the clothes of the female dependents of the officials and nobles here.
In Xi Ning's broad sleeve, there is a short knife, a Hu Dao, which is specially used for cutting meat. Yesterday, when she was eating mutton, she saw the cook taking out a short knife to cut the meat. She said it was fun and took it over.
(End of chapter)