Qin Official

"Jun Wei, Zuo Bing Cao Shi, we will arrive at Zhu Palace in just a moment!"

On the fifth day of May, when Li You and Hei Fu were sitting in the cabin, the soldiers watching from the bow came to report.

Heifu knew that Jiangling City had many civilian piers along the river, but only the largest pier belonged to the government. It was located in the southeast of the city and was called "Zhu Palace". It was originally a waterside palace built by King Cheng of Chu specifically for Chu. The king's ship docked.

It is said that the dragon boat that the King of Chu liked to ride was parked here. Qu Yuan said in the Songs of Chu that "riding on a water chariot with a lotus cover, riding on two dragons with a galloping chi" is a portrayal of the dragon boat. The nobles of the Chu State rode the "Qingyu Boat", which was a kind of phoenix boat with a long-tailed green flag hanging on the boat for the prince to ride on. Rafting on the big rivers and Yunmeng was a pastime for the kings and nobles of Chu.

But now, all those gorgeous ships that were of no use were gone, leaving only ships that kept docking and leaving, transporting goods or carrying soldiers.

Li You and Hei Fu also came to the deck, blowing in the river breeze. Seeing the dock approaching, Li You began to point out the various boats he saw on the river and asked Hei Fu's name.

Heifu answered him one by one: "In the land of Nanjun and Jianghan, all boats that are big are called Ge, small boats are called stern, long and thin boats are called 艜, short and deep boats are called 塄, and small and deep boats are called 脄. Yu..."

"In Guanzhong, no matter what kind of boat it looks like, it's just called a boat."

Li You has gained a lot of experience. Although he is from Chu, Shangcai already belongs to the Central Plains, and later went to Guanzhong. He has never seen such a complicated classification of ships. This also shows that the people of Nanjun really rely on water to draft water, and they are different from boats. The boats depend on each other for their lives.

In addition, the big ship that Heifu and the others are riding is also called a "building ship". The deck building is extremely huge. The ship is tall and wide at the front, and looks like a building. This happened three hundred years ago when Chu and Wu were competing for balance. A warship invented during the Jianghuai period. Many flags were erected on the ship, which gave it a strong reputation. It was the main warship of the Qin Navy, so the navy was also called the "man of the building and ship". The Qin State's tower ships were relatively small, and could only carry three hundred people. It is said that the Chu State's tower ships could carry thousands of people!

This is also the reason why Nanjun does not want Chu to seize places such as Jialing and Yidao, because the Chu army has an absolute advantage on the water. If it is allowed to get the port and dock located upstream of Jiangling, the county will be threatened by it at any time.

As for the various types of combat ships surrounding the building ship, they are large wings, middle wings, small wings, stern ships, etc., each with different functions. The ship carrying soldiers is called "fang", which connects two small ships. Can carry 50 people.

At this time, the two large wings leading in front suddenly slowed down and sounded a warning drum!

Li You was startled, but later realized that it was not an enemy attack. Looking forward from his position, he saw several long and narrow boats breaking into the water in front of him. The boatmen on them were shaking the wooden paddles vigorously and speeding past. , seems to be racing...

"What kind of ship is that?" When the warships ahead were ordered to disperse these civilian ships, Li You asked Heifu again.

"It's a boat." Heifu said, "It's specially used for racing. Today is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month..."

Today is the Dragon Boat Festival for later generations. In these days, there has been the custom of racing in boats on the water, but it is not to commemorate Qu Yuan, because Qu Yuan had already written about this custom before his death: "Ride a boat" The rest of the boat came to Yuanxi, and the Qiwu list was defeated. The boat was not able to advance, but it was flooded with water and stagnated. It was in vain to sail to Zhuxi in the morning, and to stay in Chenyang at night. "

It is probably the exorcism habit left by the Pu people and Yue people who lived here in ancient times, because there is a tradition in Chu area that babies born on May 5th cannot be raised, whether they are boys or girls, so this There were many cases of drowning of babies in the river. It was not until the Qin State ruled the area and strictly prohibited the drowning of babies in the laws that the situation was relieved.

"If someone is really mourning Qu Yuan in this way, they will probably be arrested. After all, during the Shangsi Festival some time ago, because of the incident I caused, the county governor even banned the Songs of Chu and Qu Yuan." Hei My husband feels a little funny. It seems that as long as we are still under the rule of Qin, we should not think about the Dragon Boat Festival holiday.

After this little episode, nearly a hundred large and small ships carrying thousands of returning Qin soldiers finally arrived at Zhu Palace. Dozens of docks were already empty, waiting for everyone to dock.

Heifu saw that on the shore, in addition to the heavily guarded soldiers, there were many people in official uniforms waiting, and thought to himself: "This time the county guard really gave Li You a lot of face."

Ye Teng was a domineering person. When Li You first arrived, some military appointments were not even discussed with the county lieutenant. Instead, Li You was informed after the decision was made. Li You didn't dare to fight with him, but the county governor had great power and he had no foundation in the local area.

This time the Chu State launched the Mengxia offensive, the two local officials cooperated well. Ye Teng immediately returned to Jiangling to dispatch troops, while Li You personally led the army across the river and forced back the Chu army's attack. Although he was beheaded, Not much, but still a small victory.

So Ye Teng probably wanted to take this opportunity to show the impression that the county governor and the county lieutenant were working together in harmony internally and externally. The county governor had to deal with foreign enemies and prepare for the war in the autumn. At this time, he could no longer fight for power. Internal strife arose.

Just as Heifu expected, Li Youcai got off the boat, and Ye Teng came over enthusiastically, bowed to Li You, and praised him as "the Qiancheng of the country"! After seeing Hei Fu behind him, he also asked him to come forward and praised him as "a young and promising man." It could be seen that Governor Ye was very satisfied with Hei Fu's errands in Yidao.

What Ye Teng is most worried about is that the young man Heifu's handling of the Yidao rebellion is too simple and crude, causing the local area to rot and become an ulcer that is difficult to cure, which will cause Ye Teng endless pain. As a result, Heifu first defeated the Ba people in Yidao City, and then sent Ba Zhong to communicate with other tribes, and planned to kill Fan Qin and punish the culprit. The most brilliant thing was to threaten the Ba people to follow him to Jiling. It made them see the powerful strength of the Qin army. It is expected that at least during the battle to destroy Chu, the Yi Daoba people could be peaceful for a while.

After the county guard and the county lieutenant expressed humility to each other, they got into the same carriage and headed for the city. When they drove into the "Dragon Gate" in the southeast of Jiangling City, Heifu found that in addition to all the officials from the government who came to greet them, there were also many schoolchildren and people who came to watch.

Among the disciples in the school, there were many familiar faces to Heifu. They were Qi Xia, Huang Tian and others who had a conflict with him on the Shangsi Festival. They also saw Heifu walking in the triumphal procession, with a somewhat expression on his face. No hesitation.

However, more people cheered towards the generals and soldiers who had returned from Heifu and others.

Although this battle was not a great achievement, it also prevented the Chu army from further threatening Jiangling and disturbing the lives of the local people.

Ye Teng also stopped the convoy, and made an exception by asking some local elders to come forward and offer drinks to Li You. Lieutenant Li seemed to enjoy this scene, while Ye Teng asked the messengers to publicize his achievements to the surrounding common people and elders. He was nothing more than a lieutenant. He led his army to repel the Chu army, and Baonan County was safe...

Looking at this scene, Heifu also understood: "In addition to showing that he has a friendly relationship with Li You, Ye Teng also spent so much effort to create a scene of our triumphant return in Jiangling City to wash away the first attack on Chu. The haze after the failure, so as to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people of Nanjun for the war..."

This old fox really never misses any opportunity to perform, but it is precisely because of such a person who is in charge of Nanjun that this place can be as stable as a rock.

At this time, more and more people came after hearing the news, and they were crowded beside the road. It really reached the point where "the clothes are fresh in the morning and the clothes are covered in the evening". On both sides of the street, the two-story buildings also opened their windows, and women from wealthy families leaned against the doors and windows to peek out. However, because Qin laws prohibited throwing things from the windows into the street, otherwise they would be severely punished, so the women did not throw handkerchiefs and sachets at the generals and soldiers.

At this time, Heifu raised his head and accidentally caught a glimpse of a window on the side of the street quietly opened, and something stuck out from the dark window hole...

He read it right, it was a crossbow! Privately concealed crossbows are strictly prohibited!

Heifu's heart was immediately pulled away from the joyful atmosphere! His throat was raised!

He shouted: "Assassin". At the same time, he picked up the crossbow on the car and pointed it at the window!

"careful!"

Not only Heifu, but also the knight guards guarding the governor and lieutenant were on high alert. They also noticed this scene. They all issued warnings and raised their shields to protect the governor and lieutenant. .

However, the speed of the arrow was faster than human reaction, and the crash of the bowstring was masked by the cheers of the lively crowd. Heifu could only see the next moment, the governor Ye Teng and the lieutenant Li You on the Xuan car in front almost at the same time. Fall to the ground!

The whole Jiangling cheers seemed to be blocked by a sharp arrow at this moment, and it was silent for a moment!