The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

It is definitely a good thing for the people of the two countries to let the delicious sugar enter the opposite island in advance.

One got sugar, one got money.

Win-win, a veritable win-win.

Gao Ming and Wan Yan's family ate roast suckling pig, and set off to leave, "Rest your horses and horses, and it's getting late, just meet the officials from the Ministry of Rites tomorrow, and take a rest first. I'll come to see you at the night market in the evening .”

It was just after noon, and there was still time before evening, so Wanyan was told to rest, and he left to do some business.

The members of Wanyan's family also felt that Gao Ming had been with them for so long, so they said, "Then you go, see you tonight."

Among them, Wanyan Zongqiang was very concerned about the night market Gao Ming just mentioned, "What is a night market?"

"The market at night." Gao Ming said with a smile, "As lively as it is during the day, it's also as lively as it is at night, and it's even more lively to some extent. I'll show you around."

"Don't you sleep at night?"

"People in other places sleep, but people in Bianliang don't sleep." Gao Ming deliberately said ambiguously, "You will know when the time comes, and I will come to you later."

He asked his attendants to mention Hai Dongqing, and left the house where Wanyan and the others lived.

He went back to his home first, and asked people to clean up a room to make Yingfang, and arranged a house for Haidongqing, and asked people to take good care of it.

Gao Ming set off to find King Yun, intending to tell him about the cane sugar sale.

It's a pity that King Yun is not in the mansion, saying that he has entered the palace.

Gao Ming could only return to Taiwei's Mansion, take a short rest, wait until the time is almost up, and then go to Wanyan's house to look for them.

This time, he was not empty-handed either.

Call someone to bring the gift for Wanyan Zongqiang.

The reason why "hug" is used is because the gift is a dog, but it is not big enough to be held in one's arms.

This was also one of the gifts he had prepared for the Jurchens early in the morning.

"For me?" Wanyan Zongqiang looked at the dog in front of him.

It is not big in size, completely different from the fine dogs they usually use for hunting. On the contrary, the four legs are very short, the hair is long, the eyes protrude like copper bells, two big ears stretched, and the chin is short and wide.

Jurchens live by hunting and fishing, and dogs are the best hunting companions.

But the dog Gao Ming gave was not for hunting, but a pet dog.

In the Song Dynasty it was called Luo Honggou.

In later generations, it has a familiar name: Jingba!

This Jingba pet dog is a gift from Gao Ming to Wanyan Zongqiang.

Although Jingba was flooded later and made everyone feel tired, it is now a hot commodity.

In the Tang Dynasty, only nobles were allowed to raise them. In the Song Dynasty, the situation was much better. If you have money, you can raise them, but they are also very precious. Raising one can show your status.

It is rare in the Great Song Dynasty, let alone the Jurchen tribe, I have never seen it at all.

Considering the Jurchen tribe's natural fondness for animals, it was perfect to give him a pet dog.

Wanyan Zongqiang hugged Luo Honggou with a smile, "Haha, why does it look so strange?"

"Isn't it ugly and attractive?" Commonly known as ugly and cute.

Wanyan Zongqiang nodded with a smile, "What can it do? I don't think it can hunt, right?"

Hunting it is more or less the same. "You can't hunt, you just keep them for fun."

"Keeping it for fun? If it's useless, why keep it? It's a waste of food." In a panic, use extra food to raise a useless dog.

But Wanyan Zongqiang said so, but he didn't let go of the meaning of Luo Honggou.

Anyway, this is the Song Dynasty, and this little thing is raised with the food of the Song Dynasty.

"If you keep it for a few days, you will know its benefits. Let's just say that if you are in a bad mood, playing with it for a while will make you feel better, and you can handle business better. This is its function." Gao Ming smiled. Said: "You just keep it, and the maids will be willing to take care of it."

Wanyan Zongqiang hugged Luo Honggou tightly, and it could be seen that he liked it very much.

"Last time I only gave Zong Jun a gift, and I left you behind. I'm very sorry, so I gave it to you. I hope you like it."

"Hey, you're not to blame for that incident, it's Zong Juan's fault." Wanyan Zong said strongly.

Zong Juan is annoying and loves to show off, and has little to do with Gao Ming.

"It's good that you don't take it seriously. You can put the dog in the backyard. Let's go to the night market." Gao Ming urged.

Wanyan Zongqiang carried Jingba in his arms and happily went to the backyard, calling other people to come out.

When other people saw Yan Zongqiang hugging a strange dog, they gathered around to watch.

Several of them shook their heads, "You can't even hunt with short legs."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jingba bit this person barking.

"Yo, the little one is quite powerful!" The Jurchen tribe has a natural affection for animals, and instead of being angry, they laughed.

Wanyan Zongjun hugged his shoulders and said, "Just one?"

This is the right question, and Wanyan Zongqiang quickly became proud, "Just one, Gao Ming gave it to me as compensation. Who told him to forget my golden knife that day."

Zong Jun was speechless.

"Why, you want to exchange a golden knife with me? I won't exchange it."

Wanyan Zongjun shook his head disdainfully, "Who would exchange a golden knife for a beast?!"

Wanyan Xiyin interjected, "Let's go, don't make Gao Ming wait too long."

Don't quarrel anymore, you got something anyway, like us who have nothing, what did we say?

Wanyan Zong called the maids beside him, handed the dog to them to take care of, and cleaned the dog's hair off his body.

At this time, I heard a female voice as clear as a silver bell saying: "Hey, it's so cute."

It turned out that it was Jiang Yuxiang who came out, spotted the cute Luo Hong dog at a glance, and squatted down to beckon it to come to him.

Before she knelt down to call the puppy over, she subconsciously used her little finger to hook the hair on her temples and smoothed it behind her ears.

This seemingly unintentional movement is indescribably delicate and tender.

Yu Xianghun didn't seem to know that he had attracted attention, so he just hugged Luo Honggou to tease him.

Seeing Zong Qiang staring at his maid, Zong Juan laughed in Jurchen sayings: "If I die, I will burn her together with my fine horse and saddle."

Sacrificial burial is popular among Jurchens. When the male master dies, all his belongings during his lifetime will be burned. If he appoints a living person to belong to him, he must also be burned for burial.

"She is from the Song Dynasty, so it's your turn to burn it?" Zong Qiang said sharply.

"When I leave, take her back to the Kingdom of Jin. I believe that the Kingdom of Song will not begrudge a woman." Zong Juan said.

Yu Xiang was completely unaware that she would probably go abroad to become a side concubine in the future, and that she might have to be burned. She just kept teasing the pet dog in her arms gently, and let out a lovely laugh from time to time.

Zong Juan said to her in Chinese: "That's Zong Qiang's dog, don't touch it, you go back!"

Yu Xiang was stunned, his eyes filled with grievances, he quickly put down the dog, and said at a loss: "Your servant is wrong." Then he turned and went back.

When Zong Qiang saw it, he became angry and rolled up his sleeves to fight.

When they were young, the two of them fought frequently for all kinds of reasons, fighting for food, clothes and horses, and now there is another one fighting for women.

Zong Juan is not afraid of him either, he can't beat Zong Han, Zong Wang, Zong Bi and other elder brothers, can't he beat you, the eighth brother? !

Wanyan Xiyin hurriedly started a fight, "Don't fight, can't we fight again if we go back to our country of Jin?!" He asked other people to fight, "Hurry up and persuade them."

Who knows that several other people have different opinions, and some even persuaded Yan Xiyin, "Don't worry about it, just have a fight. Fight early and finish early. After the fight, what night market do you have to go to?"

Wanyan Xiyin realized that he couldn't suppress Zhen at all, he regretted that he didn't call Zong Bi and the others who were older princes over, and let the sixth and eighth children mess around.

He simply didn't care about it, so do what you like, and go to the front hall to find Gao Ming.

Gao Ming was drinking tea when he heard shouts and shouts from the backyard, followed by cheers.

Just as he was about to see what was going on, he saw Wanyan Xiyin walking in, frowning.

Gao Ming pointed to the backyard and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Wanyan Xiyin couldn't put it into words, and said: "The two Highnesses are exercising martial arts."

Compete?Are you fighting?Gao Ming raised his eyebrows, "It's okay, there's no rush anyway, the night market gets more and more lively at night." He sat down again and waited slowly.

Wanyan Xiyin became even more dejected when she heard the noise from the backyard.

Gao Ming said with a half-smile, "It's very serious to listen to their voices. It's true that the national conditions of the two countries are different. In the Song Dynasty, the elders and the younger were orderly. Among the brothers in our country, the younger brother would never dare to compete with the elder brother so seriously."

Wanyan Xiyin also has only a half-knowledge of Han culture, and knows a lot of etiquette in the Central Plains, but still lacks a deep understanding, "Why?"

"'Li'. In layman's terms, it means 'rules'. Don't worry, you want to understand. I will find help for you in a few days to help you understand these."

When the etiquette of respect and inferiority entered the Kingdom of Jin, could they still sit together and discuss matters with the monarch and ministers in a friendly way?

Of course not.

After the Kingdom of Jin gained a firm foothold, the later emperors also promoted the Confucian rituals of monarch and ministers, which deepened the estrangement within the Jurchen Ministry.

One party feels that the other party has no rules, that there are differences between monarchs and ministers, and that there are differences in respect and inferiority.

If the other party thinks that someone doesn't know someone, you pretend to be aggressive with me.

The conservatives and the reformists are choking each other to death, and they don't like each other.

The division of the Kingdom of Jin began with the introduction of etiquette.

It is said that at the beginning Liu Bang pacified the world, but everyone started the business together, who didn’t know who else, you Liu Bang said to the outside world, Shenlong slept with your mother, you are a dragon son, it’s okay to lie to outsiders, we old comrades don’t believe it.

Liu Bang was very depressed and felt that the emperor had no sense of happiness.

At this time, Xiao He gave him an idea, and formulated a series of rules and regulations such as bowing to him in the upper court.

Those who do not obey the rules will be punished. Liu Bang saw that his former partners began to behave well to him.

The sense of happiness soared, and Huang Wei jumped up.

Although this is a piece of unofficial history, it illustrates a problem.

That is, the rules are easy to be recognized and promoted by the superiors, after all, they benefit the most.

Just ask Wanyan Xiyin to learn this set back and pass it on to Aguda or Wanyan Sheng.

The rules have been established since their generation.

Wanyan Xiyin did not forget her mission, she just came to study, "Let's start tomorrow."

"No rush, let's get acquainted with Bianliang first and relax." Gao Ming said with a smile.

Wanyan Xiyin nodded sadly.

After a while, Wanyan Zongqiang and Zong Juan walked in, and it was impossible to tell who won from the injuries.

Gao Ming pretended to be ignorant and said with a smile: "Which one of you won the match just now?"

They stared at each other, "Tie."

After fighting for a while, seeing Wanyan Xiyin leaving, he was afraid that they would go straight to the night market without taking them, so he hurriedly ended the fight.

However, let alone, after a fight, although there was no winner, they both beat each other, and I felt much happier.

Gao Ming pretended to be ignorant, and said with a smile: "Then the purpose of the discussion has been achieved, don't waste time, let's go. There are many people on the street at night, everyone follow closely. If anyone is not lost Now, just ask how to get to the Imperial City Division, and when you get there, just report my name."

They thought to themselves, how many people can there be at night?As for lost.

As a result, I went out and walked to a place called Zhouqiao, and I was shocked when I went further south. Don't people in Song Dynasty sleep at night?

The moon has risen, and the streets are full of people, except that the sun in the sky has turned into a moon, which seems to be the same as during the day.

The Jurchens muttered to themselves, in this case, wouldn't they be very used to night vision and be able to attack at night?

The shouts are endless, the shops are row upon row, and the products are dazzling.

There are steamed and fried snacks, as well as live game.

Gao Ming saw that Yan Zongqiang couldn't walk in front of a candied fruit stall, so he paid for a lot of candied fruit and asked him to eat it with paper.

The others were not idle, they tasted everything they saw, starting from the street, and they were almost full by the middle of the meal.

Gao Ming laughed and said, "Let's go to Washe again, it's really lively there."

Livelier than here?What's that like?

Goulan Washe, a popular name for large entertainment venues, is not a place, but a collective name for an area.

Describe it in four words: feasting and feasting.

As soon as you enter the cottage, there are lanterns with various brands and brands on both sides. They illuminate the street in red, and the brightness is no worse than that in the daytime. Pedestrians stroll in the street, obviously they don’t take the time seriously. .

Wanyan and the others were greatly affected. Night is the time when wild beasts and enemies come and go. Every household should fasten their gates and go to bed early.

On Da Song's side, he ran out to play without sleeping at night.

"This official, come in and have a look—" A woman stood at the door and yelled to attract customers for Washer's performance.

But she is not the only one who solicits customers, so she has no competitiveness, and most people don't look at her.

But Wanyan's family saw it, and the woman immediately noticed the potential customers, and walked towards them to attract them, "Tonight there will be pole climbing, horse dancing, ventriloquism... I guarantee that you will not lose money if you buy tickets. "

Gao Ming looked at the tiled shed behind the woman, it was not small, and after listening to her solicitation, he knew that this place should be a circus.

Thinking about taking them to the circus first, it would be good, so I took out some money and gave it to her, "No need to look for it, we are all included, and you can find a good seat."

The Jurchens didn't know where to look, so Gao Ming obediently followed him into the tile shed as Gao Ming arranged.

The space inside the tile shed is huge, with an open space in the middle surrounded by chairs.

A lot of people were already seated, Gao Ming and the others were ushered to a row of excellent seats and sat down, waiting for the opening.

When the time came, the circus performance officially began.

The people of Wanyan's family saw a pole held by a man, but there were more than a dozen people climbing on it, and they couldn't fall down after making various movements.

I saw a young girl riding a horse, running in circles, making many dangerous moves, standing or standing on her head.

This riding skill is actually no worse than them.

Then a black bear came out, stepped on a ball, and slowly moved forward...

Wanyan Zongqiang and the others thought of the black bears in their hometown, and even the toughness of this thing, could they be trained to such a well-behaved level?

After watching a circus, my mind was in a mess.

There are too many things in Da Song, and there are too many things to see and come into contact with. The eyes can't keep up, and the brain can't keep up.

Seeing that it was still early, Gao Ming felt a little hungry after the circus was over, so he pointed to the restaurant in front of him and said, "Let's go eat something."

Everyone thought in their hearts, still eating?How many meals do you eat a day?

However, he was vaguely looking forward to what was going on.

I don't know what delicious things I can eat in a while.

Gao Ming randomly found a restaurant with a big face, and set up a table of wine and food, and everyone sat down to eat and drink.

Among them was a dish called Furong Tofu, which was very popular among the Wanyan family members present.

"What's this? It's like cheese but it doesn't smell bad."

It was only then that Gao Ming remembered that making tofu is also a technical job, which is quite complicated. Some foods seem simple, but to those who don’t know them, they are indeed very complicated crafts. “Tofu, also called Li Qi, is made of beans.”

The Wanyans all nodded, and wanted to keep this name in their hearts, and prepared to order it next time when they came alone.

If there are vegetables, there must be wine, and I opened a few jars of good wine to drink.

The taste of the wine is not as strong as that of high alcohol, but it also has a special flavor when drinking.

While eating and drinking, suddenly, I heard a loud noise from the room next to me, the table was turned and the chairs were moved, the movement was so loud that it would not be too much to say that the ground was shaking.

Gao Ming's entourage was about to go out to have a look, when suddenly there was a loud noise, followed by smoke and dust.

There was a big hole in the wall of Gao Ming's room, and a person crashed in.

Covered in smoke and dust, clutching his heart, lying on the ground struggling to get up.

Gao Ming slapped his chopsticks angrily, "Which crazy guy is making trouble here?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Hua Rong's figure appearing from the hole in the two rooms.

Eh?Home?

Hua Rong also saw Gao Ming and hurried in from the door.

"What's going on? Why are you here?" The two sides asked in unison as soon as they met.

Gao Ming glanced at the people of Wanyan's family, and said to Hua Rong: "Treat them to dinner. The eighth prince, Wanyan Zongqiang, do you remember? This is the sixth prince, Wanyan Zongjun..." Briefly introduced them one by one.

Of course Wanyan Zongqiang also remembered Huarong, and said: "Ah, we meet again, I have always wanted to ask where you have been, so you are here."

When Huarong separated from Gao Ming last time, she knew that Gao Ming was going to pick up the Jurchens, so she was not surprised. She greeted Gao Ming simply and politely, and talked about her own affairs, "It's nothing, I'm here to find someone."

At this time, two sergeants walked in, grabbed the people on the ground and dragged them out.

Gao Ming lowered his voice and said, "A deserter?"

Hua Rong silently nodded.

Gao Ming understood that it must be the soldier Hua Rong was in charge of training. He couldn't bear the loneliness and escaped to drink and have fun. Hua Rong led someone to find him and beat him up immediately.

Here is a day of drinking and drinking, and there is hard training.

Gao Ming smiled slightly, "You're lucky, you just met my family, you guys hurry up, I'll take care of it." He said to Wanyan and the others: "You guys sit down first, I'll go and deliver the flowers."

So he went downstairs with Huarong and went out, and first asked his subordinates to escort the deserters away.

When they got downstairs, Hua Rong glanced upstairs, and said in a low voice, "You just entered the city today, so why don't you take them around?"

"Isn't it good to experience the rich nightlife of Song Dynasty early?" Gao Ming said with a smile: "It's you, pay attention to your health, and the deserters are also caught. Don't be really angry."

Hua Rong couldn't help laughing, "Look at you, you look like a caring little wife."

Gao Ming raised his fist angrily and shook, "Say it again?"

Hua Rong smiled and shook his head, "Okay, I have to go now. Let's do it differently." Then, he raised his hand to wrap Gao Ming's fist, turned aside, lowered his head slightly, kissed him lightly, and then got on the horse, to chase other people.

Looking at his back, Gao Ming suddenly remembered that he didn't ask Hua Rong when he would come back next time, and he didn't mention Hai Dongqing's matter, so he couldn't help sighing regretfully.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that there was a line of sight above his head, and saw Wanyan Xiyin's head protruding from the second floor's railing, staring at him.

Needless to say, judging from his expression, he saw everything just now.

Gao Ming grinned secretly, and went upstairs again.

The owner of the hotel stood at the door, looking at the mess all over the place. He was having a headache, what should he do?

However, these few people in the next room are strange. When such a situation happened, they didn't take it to heart at all. They should eat and drink.

Gao Ming appeared behind the boss and asked the people in the room, "Shall we change rooms?"

"No need to change." Wanyan Zongqiang said first, and everyone else agreed that there is no need to change, and food should not be wasted. Isn't it just a big hole in the wall? Nothing will be delayed.

Wanyan Zongjun pointed at Gao Ming, and said to Wanyan Xiyin: "Look, isn't he back now? I told him not to look. You still have to."

Of course Wanyan Xiyin was afraid, what if Gao Ming left and they didn't know the place well.

So I just lay down on the railing and looked down, and I saw Gao Ming Huarong...

Wanyan Xiyin recalled the scene, her head hurt.

Gao Ming nodded, and said to the boss, "All the money for repairing the wall will be on my account."

"It's on your account?" What's the situation? If you delay your meal, you still pay?

Gao Ming nodded, "Needless to say, just settle it on my account."

Ah, my tone is really domineering CEO.

When the boss saw that someone was willing to pay, he didn't ask any more questions. He smiled and told everyone to eat and drink well, and then went down.

Gao Ming sat down again and greeted everyone to continue eating and drinking.

He noticed that Wanyan Xiyin next to him was looking at him with strange eyes, and he didn't initiate a conversation.

After a while, Wanyan Xiyin couldn't bear it any longer, and asked Gao Ming, "Is that also a custom of your Great Song Dynasty?"

The kissing ceremony does exist, but it has never been practiced in the Middle-earth region, let alone in the Song Dynasty.

Gao Ming was afraid that Wanyan Xiyin would think it was the etiquette of the Great Song Dynasty, so he ran out to practice it, and immediately shook his head and said, "No, it's a private matter between me and Hua Rong."

Wanyan Xiyin secretly brushed off the cold sweat, it turned out that it was not Da Song's etiquette, and she was taken aback.

Just now I thought it was impossible for this kind of custom to follow the Romans.

Fortunately, it's just a private matter between Gao Ming and Hua Rong.

Wait a minute...isn't that even weirder?

Why are you two men kissing?

Wanyan Xiyin found that she couldn't understand anymore.

When he was in the Kingdom of Jin, he thought he knew everything.

In the end, when he arrived in Song State, he realized that he actually didn't know anything.