Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 106 Marriage of Liu and Cai

   Feiqian leaned halfway in the patio of the big wooden house he built, feeling a little complacent in his heart.

  Although this building was not built by myself, it was a product of my own design after all. From the first day of construction to the final completion, there was somewhat a sense of accomplishment.

   It is said to be a wooden house, but it is actually a relatively large architectural combination.

  Entering the gate is a courtyard, which is the place where Feiqian is basking in the sun. There is a trellis. No plants have been planted yet, and we will wait until the next spring.

  Passing through the courtyard is the reception hall, and after the hall are five rooms that are slightly branched. Fei Qian maliciously named it the "Five Elements Room", which means gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. The earth is located in the middle, and it is also the largest room. Of course, Fei Qian used it as his own room.

   It turned out that Pang Tong still wanted to fight, but Fei Qian choked on it, saying that I built it, that he would like to live in it, but if he didn’t, he would go build a thatched cottage by himself...

  So Pang Tong had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, and chose to live in a Huozi house with a good orientation.

  After the five rooms is a small backyard, where some functional rooms are basically set up.

  After Pang Tong stayed, in order to solve the problem of a drop of water raised by Fei Qian, he seemed to go out to find someone on purpose.

   "Ahahaha, I've weighed it! I've weighed it!" Pang Tong yelled from the Huozi room, almost startling Fei Qian.

  Pang Tong opened the door with a bang, first rushed into Feiqian's earthen house, saw no one was there, then looked around, saw Feiqian in the front yard, and excitedly came over with something.

Arriving in front of Fei Qian, he put the things in his hands in front of Fei Qian, and proudly raised his head: "I figured it out!" With a proud face, he almost didn't write "Praise me, praise me quickly" in face...

   Fei Qian looked at a water glass in front of him, guessed about it, and knew that Pang Tong finally calculated it in a stupid way.

  Indeed, for the measurement of the Han Dynasty at this time, the microscopic problems can only be calculated by macroscopically, but what—

   Fei Qian raised the water glass and said, "Why do you use such a big one? Isn't it better to use a smaller one?"

   "..." Pang Tong's proud face immediately pulled down as if he had been hit by frost.

   Anyway, there are only a few ways, so Fei Qian is not interested in how Pang Tong calculated it, but is more interested in a balance-like object that Pang Tong brought over. Is this a weighing instrument from the Han Dynasty?

  The shaft is made of bronze, with some scales engraved on it, it is smooth and shiny, and it can be seen that it is often used by people. A rope is passed through the middle of the shaft for carrying, and two copper plates are hung on both sides of the shaft for weighing.

  It looks like a balance, but what about the weight?

   Feiqian saw a few copper rings aside, took them in his hands and threw them casually, guessing that these were weights.

   It’s quite delicate, but it’s not very convenient...

  Pang Tong on the side quickly reached out to grab it, and said: "I borrowed this from someone after a lot of difficulty, so don't break it."

   Feiqian said casually: "If you can't break it, even if it breaks, you can just make one of such a rough thing..."

   "Rough?!" Pang Tong glared, and just about to say something, he saw Uncle Fu walking in from the outside as if there was something wrong, so he put away the things first, and prepared to argue with Fei Qian later.

   "What? Marriage between Liu and Cai?"

   Sure enough, the news brought by Uncle Fu was a bit shocking. Although Fei Qian had advised Liu Biao, he didn't expect Liu Biao to act so fast. It only took a few days? Just married into the Cai family?

  The procedures of the six ceremonies are all expedited in Liubaili, right?

  How can it be so fast normally?

  Pang Tong on the side was also a little surprised, muttering in his mouth: "Liu Jingsheng originally won over the Kuai family, and now he is married to the Cai family. Now he has complete civil and military skills... the wings have just formed..."

  Compared with Fei Qian, Pang Tong, who was born and bred, is naturally more familiar with the situation of the Jingxiang gentry.

   Fei Qian said to Pang Tong: "Oh, since you know so much, why don't you tell me?"

  Pang Tong was still a little awkward, and said, "Why should I say that?"

   "Well, if what you say is good," Fei Qian thought for a while, pointed to the weighing instrument in Pang Tong's hand, and said, "How about I help you make a more refined one?"

   "Really?" Pang unified his interest, and told Fei Qian in detail.

  In fact, the area of ​​Jingxiang has been different from Heluo and Jizhou, which belong to the north, and Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Liangzhou, which are farther away, from the earliest times.

  Jingxiang originally belonged to the state of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period.

At that time, the culture of Chu State was very different from that of Zhao State and Qin State in the north, especially Qin State was known for its harsh laws at that time, while Chu State was relatively gentle and tolerant. Therefore, many cultural figures who could not get along in the north fled south to Jingxiang one after another, and gradually formed a rather diverse cultural atmosphere in this area.

  So Xiangyang is simply a pot of hodgepodge, tolerant and inclusive, and gradually formed a gentry system that is different from other places.

  In the north, a large gentry in many places is often very exclusive. Often there is only one surname in a place, and it is difficult for people with other surnames to gain a foothold.

In Xiangyang, among other things, there are dozens of miles between Xiangyang and Yicheng called "Guan Gai Li". There are dozens of families of officials with more than 2,000 shi living here, and seven of them are the most famous: Pang, Huang, etc. , Cai, Kuai, Ma, Xi, Yang. As for some other smaller families, there are more, too many to enumerate.

  The most important point is that the degree of marriage among these families in Xiangyang is more intensive and frequent than that in the north.

   Among them, Cai's family is the one who prefers marriage methods the most. The Cai family is not only married to the local gentry, but also has many contacts with important officials in the north. For example, Cai Xi’s sister married Zhang Wen as his wife from afar, and now Zhang Wen has been named a Taiwei...

   Now that Liu Biao has extended a hand to the Cai family, it's like hitting it off with the Cai family. The Cai family can take on important positions without being far away from the mainland.

   And Pang Tong especially emphasized that, unlike the Kuai family's poetry and book heirlooms, the Cai family also has some methods of training and commanding troops, so basically the Cai family can also be regarded as a family of military generals.

  Liu Biao's marriage this time is basically considered to be a firm foothold in Jingxiang. Wen has the brothers of the Kuai family, and Wu has the members of the Cai family. There is no big conflict between the two families, and they can cooperate perfectly.

  Fei thought to himself, let’s not talk about the top-ranking families, the Pang family has a reputation throughout Jingxiang; the Kuai family, the Cai family, and Liu Chao are now closely related, so what about the Huang family, Jiangxia Huang Zu is also a member of the Huang family? So he asked Pang Tong.

"The Huang family is famous for making utensils." Speaking of the Huang family, Pang Tong shook his head and said with some regret, and raised the weighing instrument in his hand, "Like this weighing instrument, I borrowed it from the Huang family. The Huang family is also a family name." , but now there is no successor for Mr. Huang... As a result, many members of the Huang family have gone to Jiangxia..."

   Jingxiang, these bird people, the relationship is too complicated... Why don't you say that there was no family planning in ancient times? There are so many brothers and sisters... I am in trouble... The author is asking for a recommendation ticket and a collection... The recommendation list is down today, there are only two updates... Everyone, please let the little one take a breath first... Thank you Long Yi for not caring about the rudder master and Liuyuntang Encouragement and support from book friends...

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