Chapter 20: Who is the big bandit?
Mr. Xu walked out of the darkness, took the small dagger in Yun Zhao's hand, looked at it for a while and said, "I also need a sword!"
Liu Zongmin spread his hands and said : "There is no iron material!"
Mr. Xu looked at Liu Zongmin and said: "You are a blacksmith!"
Liu Zongmin smiled and said: "Everyone wants a knife these days. , where do so many iron materials come from?"
Mr. Xu sat on a bench and said leisurely: "I heard that ready-made iron materials are never used to cast the Longquan sword. The required iron materials come from sand and gravel. "
Liu Zongmin said: "The iron sand extracted from the sand and gravel has too many impurities, and when the fire blows out, there will be nothing left."
Yun Zhao said with a smile. Stay in Yun's for a while, and use the method the teacher said to find iron sand. The rest depends on your skills."
Liu Zongmin once again set his sights on Yunfu, and Yunfu clicked the flue twice. : "Why don't you thank Master for giving you a bite of food?"
Liu Zongmin reluctantly handed over to Yunzhao as a thank you.
Since Liu Zongmin agreed, Yun Zhao and Mr. Xu left.
"I don't like this person!"
Yun Zhao said to Xu Yuanshou after walking for a while.
Xu Yuanshou had no intention of stopping, but said casually: "Tell me the truth!"
"This man hates blacksmithing!"
"How can you see that? ”
“He doesn’t even want to know how to make the Longquan sword that Mr. said. It can be seen that blacksmithing is a temporary livelihood for him.”
Xu Yuanshou nodded! Said: "You are right. Blacksmiths, blacksmiths, naturally make a living by making iron. Do you think a blacksmith who does not store iron materials is a good blacksmith?"
"According to ordinary people, a blacksmith is a blacksmith. The livelihood is not bad, at least, Yun Yang is very envious."
"He is ready to turn into a traitor!"
Mr. Xu directly told the result.
"I only said that he is not a good blacksmith, at least not a motivated blacksmith, but you directly said that he is ready to turn into a bandit?"
Xu Yuanshou smiled silently , holding Yun Zhao's head with one hand and saying: "If people like him want to live a better life these days, they can only become thieves."
"But he is Uncle Fu. Got it!"
Xu Yuanshou knelt down and his eyes were still shining in the dark night.
"During spring sowing, plowshares and farm tools are frequently damaged. It is difficult for blacksmiths at this time, especially for wandering blacksmiths like Liu Zongmin. Since everything is not right, you should ask Uncle Fu. !"
Yun Zhao thought for a moment and shook his head: "Don't ask!"
"Why?"
"Mother said that Yun's family is the most trustworthy person. It's Uncle Fu. If you ask, it will make it difficult for Uncle Fu!"
Xu Yuanshou smiled again, patted Yun Zhao on the forehead and said, "I'm really starting now!I believe you are the reincarnation of a wild boar spirit. "
Watching his husband leave, Yun Zhao entered the gate and went to the backyard, where he found that his mother had been waiting for him to eat for a long time.
Eat thin when he is free and dry when he is busy. Therefore, today’s meal is very rich. In addition to the fatty marinated meat, there is also a plate of bitter vegetables with the aroma of green grass.
I put the fatty meat and bitter vegetables in the bowl for my mother. After eating the food, Yun Zhao munched. He ate quickly and was full quickly. Then he put down his rice bowl and waited for his mother to finish.
“If you have anything to say, just say it! "The mother glanced at Yun Zhao and continued to eat hard food.
"That Liu Zongmin doesn't look like a good person. "
"He is not a good person to begin with, and the government is looking for him! "
"Since he is not a good person, why should our family take him in? "
"There is a mountain fifty miles away from our home called Crescent Mountain. There is a mountain king on the mountain called Cuishanhu. Didn't you ask our family during the day whether we pay taxes?
In fact, it was handed over, but it was not handed over to the government, but to the mountain king named Cui Shanhu. "
"Huh? Is this okay? "
"Of course there is a problem, but Lantian County officials don't even dare to leave the county seat. Who do you want us to hand over? "
"No one cares? "
"Why no one cares! The government sent out guards to suppress the bandits, but the number of Lantian guards became less and less, and the number of bandits in the hands of King Shan was increasing. In the end, all the commanders of the guards ran away, for Zhuangzi's sake. That's all there is to it without being harassed by bandits.
In the past three years, this mountain king has been abiding by the rules. Except for collecting taxes every year, he has never been to Zhuangzi.
Uncle Fu arranges these things, and my mother never asks anything about it.
Uncle Fu is a very rule-abiding person and has never done anything for favoritism. This time, he arranged for Liu Zongmin to come to his home to do blacksmithing, so there was no chance that he would be involved with the people of Crescent Mountain.
My son stays far away from that thief. Don’t be tainted with banditry. He will not be able to find a good wife in the future. "
"The Ming Dynasty is over..." Yun Zhao said sincerely.
Yun Niang wiped the grease from her mouth and said: "This is something everyone knows. Everyone who knows it is ready for a change of dynasty, but they just hope that this time the change of dynasty will not lead to too many deaths.
Your grandpa resigned from his position as the Chancellor of Xi'an Prefecture five years ago and built a secluded house in the Qinling Mountains. In my opinion, this year's spring rain has been sufficient, otherwise, everything will be fine. A large group of people have no food to eat. God knows what will happen. Your grandpa won't be able to live in Xi'an City for long. ”
“No wonder our house has to build such a high stone wall.
Yun Niang nodded her son's eyebrows and said with a smile: "You are just like a little adult at this young age. Just go to bed after taking a bath. There is no need to write today. I have been pulling plows for other people for a long time." , it’s time to be tired. ”
When Yun Zhao was a fool, his mother would help him bathe, but Yun Zhao was smart.After that, it was replaced by Granny Qin, whose eyes looked like they were blind at night.
Every time Yun Zhao was given a bath, Granny Qin would mutter something, saying that as a boy, Yun Zhao bathed more diligently than girls from wealthy families.
So, when Yun Zhao takes a bath now, he usually only asks Chunchun and Huahua to prepare bath water for him, and he does the rest by himself.
After soaking in soapy water, the whole body will have a grassy smell. Standing next to the cow, it will always attract the cow's mouth, and even lick it if it is excessive.
The most terrible thing is that Yun Zhao's hair is now more than a foot long. Every time he uses a comb, Yun Zhao is worried that he will become bald in the future.
The kang where Yunzhao slept was very big, the kind that could be used as a stage. In Chunchun, Huahua was not allowed to sleep on it.
It’s not that Yun Zhao looks down on these two silly maids, but the lice on their bodies will never be removed...
I saw lice crawling on their hair several times Yes, Yun Zhao really wanted to put them in a pot of boiling water and cook them...
This thing is so terrifying, it is the most terrifying thing in Yun Zhao's life!
Compared with this thing, Yun Zhao would rather face tigers, leopards, and wild boars!
Lying on the kang, Yun Zhao carefully sorted out the information he had obtained today.
First of all, his family is not as simple as it seems. Secondly, Uncle Fu seems to be the Yun family's butler, but actually holds the Yun family's most important secret.
Third, the world has completely collapsed. When the most basic landlords in a country begin not to pay taxes to the court and take it for granted, the country is finished.
Fourthly, when the rogue bandits have begun to protect the villagers on behalf of the imperial court and maintain stability for them, it shows that the strength of the rogue bandits has begun to expand.
All this shows that chaos is inevitable.
Of course, without knowing this, Yun Zhao also knew that the Ming Dynasty was about to end. From now on, the news the emperor heard was not the worst, only worse.
However, when he truly plunged into the torrent of history, Yun Zhao discovered that his personal abilities were almost negligible and he was powerless against the tide of history.
Through the history I have learned in the past... Anyone who wanted to turn the tide ultimately failed and eventually became a famous national hero in history books.
In the dark night, Yun Zhao's eyes widened. A basin of water was placed in the house, and a ray of moonlight happened to shine on the water. This was the only illumination when Yun got up at night, the moonlight. It was reflected onto the roof, and the beams loomed in the dim space. Everything seemed like a dream.
"What can I do?"
Yun Zhao said to himself!
When it was dawn, Yun's yard was already very busy. People who came to take care of the cows and borrow farm tools stood all over the yard.
Yun Zhao was standing under the eaves brushing his teeth with a pig-bristle toothbrush. He accidentally bit his tongue last night and was hit by the salt on the pig-bristle toothbrush.The sting hurts.
He still hasn’t given up the habit of brushing his teeth. He doesn’t want to be like the rest of the people in Guanzhong and open his mouth to expose his black teeth.
There is no answer to last night's question. However, he is ready to plunge into this world, and he is ready to be more active and take the initiative to communicate with this strange world to see if there can be any difference. .