Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Ju Ming spent two days in Shangbai Village, paid 120 guan in advance, and ordered a lot of grain from the Bai family.

Next, it’s dad’s wedding.

It was said that there were only a few tables, so the villagers came to ask questions one after another, and in the end, thirty-six tables were set up.

Although it was not as sumptuous as Mrs. Bai's birthday, she still wanted to get some wine and meat, so she had to ask Bai Zongwang for help.

Shen Yourong's parents, two brothers and sister-in-law all came over to have a drink, and even sent people to deliver gifts to the county magistrate. And he was very generous. He gave a gift of twenty guan to the magistrate, and he and Professor Qian even wrote a poem.

The wedding rings were saved, and the silkworm room was turned into a wedding room.

All you need to do is take the bride out of the bedroom, and then send her to the wedding room after the ceremony.

All the surrounding villagers came to see the fun, and a bunch of people crowded in the courtyard, laughing and chatting, waiting for the auspicious moment.

Bai Dalang was invited to be the master of ceremonies. He liked this job very much. He specially changed into a silk suit and looked more elegant than the groom.

Ju Ming stood next to his father and asked with a smile: "Dean Zhu, are you nervous?"

"Why am I nervous?" Zhu Guoxiang's face was red and he was also wearing red clothes. He went to the city to pull red cloth and sew it.

"The auspicious time has come!"

Emcee Bai shouted at the top of his lungs.

There was playing and playing in the yard, and the musicians were also nearby villagers, who accompanied them on weddings and weddings.

Hearing the music, Mrs. Yan helped her daughter-in-law out.

Shen Yourong was wearing a green wedding dress, matching Dean Zhu's red dress. Guys and Dolls, traditional colors.

Zhu Guoxiang stepped forward and pulled the bride slowly towards the main room.

At dusk, the newlyweds pay their respects.

This is a ritual that only emerged in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is not called worship. The church visit is held at five o'clock on the day after the wedding, when the bride goes to meet the elders in the groom's family.

“Bride Prayer!”

While everyone was watching the ceremony, Bai Dalang roared loudly, and Shen Yourong bowed to Zhu Guoxiang.

"The groom returns the gift!"

Zhu Guoxiang smiled and stood up, then bowed and bowed.

In the whole process, the woman bows first, the man bows in return, and the woman bows in return. Then the woman bows again, the man bows in return, and the woman bows in return.

Ju Ming counted carefully and found that the bride had to bow four times and the groom only bowed twice. It's obviously unfair, and you will be punched in future generations.

As for worshiping heaven and earth and worshiping high halls, there is no explanation yet.

"The ceremony is completed and sent to the bridal chamber!"

The bride and groom went to drink Henu wine.

The villagers also gradually dispersed, because there was no room for thirty-six tables in the small courtyard, and banquets were placed at several places throughout the village.

It was already six o'clock in the evening, the summer days were long, and it was still early before dark.

Zhu Ming found an excuse to go to the latrine to smoke, puffed away for a while, and listened to the sound of fist pumping in the yard, suddenly feeling that this world was not very real.

Inexplicably time travel, my father married his stepmother.

A feeling of loneliness arises spontaneously.

It's spiritual loneliness, and he doesn't seem to have fully integrated into his new life. Of course I don’t think too much about it when I’m busy, but there are always times when I can’t help but feel alienated.

Perhaps, he can really settle down after he has a wife and children.

"Dalang, come here and drink!" Bai Chongwen stood in the corner of the courtyard and shouted towards the toilet.

"coming!"

Zhu Ming returned to the courtyard. In addition to Mrs. Yan, there were also Shen Yourong's family and Bai Zongwang and his son at the main table.

Shen Yourong's father is called Shen Huai. Although the old man is blind and deaf, he has a good drinking capacity: "Dalang, you are a scholar of the Eighth Route Army. I should give you a toast!"

"I don't dare to accept it." It's just rice wine, and Ju Ming doesn't refuse anyone who comes.

Shen Huai was extremely happy about his daughter's remarriage, and he also liked his son-in-law and cheap grandson: "When I read the poem written by Dalang, I was immediately shocked, as if Su Zi was reborn... If nothing else is said today, Dalang is drinking! "

Bai Zongwang echoed: "Lu Tixue also praised Dalang's articles and recommended Dalang to go to Tokyo to study at Imperial College."

Shen Huai laughed heartily: "Given time, I will become an important minister!"

"Where, where." Ju Ming said modestly.

Bai Zongwang flattered him and said, "Xianggong Zhu is also an extraordinary person. With such a good son-in-law, my brother Bo Zhong is waiting to enjoy the blessings."

Mr. Shen listened more happily, kept drinking, and holding Ju Ming's hand from time to time to talk, as if he regarded Ju Ming as his grandson.

After a few glasses of wine here, Lao Gu from the next table also came over with his son Gu Shusheng to toast: "Zhu Dutou, thank you for taking care of the dog. I'll give you a drink here!"

"Easy to say." Zhu Ming drank it all in one gulp.

Uncle Gu said: "I, Gu San, would like to offer you the first cup!"

The toasts were given one after another. Ju Ming was a little dizzy from drinking and looked up at the sky in a daze.

The sky was still white, the moon had risen, and there was a star beside it.

After drinking for a while, Zhu Guoxiang suddenly came out to entertain the guests.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then became more lively. They immediately changed their goals and caught Zhu Guoxiang drinking.

Ju Ming was finally able to take a breather.

After a toast in his own courtyard, Zhu Guoxiang went to another courtyard. Back and forth, it was almost dark, and Ju Ming had to help light the way with a lantern.

"Dean Zhu, if you drink like this, I'm afraid you won't have enough energy at night." Zhu Ming teased, he had already sobered up a lot.

Zhu Guoxiang looked a little drunk and said with a smile: "I'm happy today."

Ju Ming kept talking about the idea: "I'll give you a concubine another day, I'm sure you'll be happier."

Zhu Guoxiang said: "One wife is enough, why do you want a concubine?"

"What a pity." Ju Ming sighed.

"What's a pity?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.

Ju Ming teased: "It's a pity that my phone has no battery, so I can't record your words. I will take them out to slap you in the face when you take a concubine."

"Get out!"

Zhu Guoxiang kicked him away. How could anyone say this on their wedding day?

"Okay." Zhu Ming immediately left.

But Zhu Guoxiang shouted again: "Come back and help look after the road. I drank too much and was afraid of falling!"

Ju Ming staggered and stood in front with a playful smile: "Come here, I'll wait."

Zhu Guoxiang stepped into the role of an old father again, hooked up with his son, and said earnestly: "It's time for you to get married and start a business. Bai Zongwang originally wanted to be a matchmaker for you, but then gave up. He felt that you have great ambitions and you will definitely look down on the girls in the village. Otherwise , let Xiangzhi County help you match up and marry a wealthy daughter from the county?"

Ju Ming was so awesome that he slapped his chest and said: "Time travel, if we want to marry, we will marry the princess!"

"Just brag." Zhu Guoxiang said cheerfully.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, the banquet finally dispersed, and the guests helped clear the tables, stools, dishes and chopsticks.

Zhu Guoxiang was so drunk that he fell unconscious and was thrown to the bridal chamber by his son to lie down.

As for Shen Yourong's mother-in-law's family, there is really no place to sleep here, so they can only borrow the guest room of Mr. Bai's maternal wife's house.

"Thank you for your hard work, sir."

Looking at her husband who was sleeping soundly, Shen Yourong was really speechless.

Ju Ming smiled and said: "It's not hard, you can rest first."

Shen Yourong sent him out of the house. Zhu Ming sat in the yard, blowing the night wind and watching the stars to sober up.

Bai Qi suddenly ran out, knelt down and looked at the stars together, looking a little lonely: "Brother Zhu, I heard from my grandmother that your father and my mother are married, and your father will be my father, and they will have another brother."

Ju Ming laughed: "Isn't it good to have a younger brother? Let me tell you, two or three-year-old children are the most fun. You can make them laugh and cry again."

"Why should I make my brother cry?" Bai Qi asked confused.

"Just kidding." Ju Ming said.

Bai Qi scratched his head: "But grandma said that I should protect my brother."

Alas, there is no common language.

"vomit……"

There was a sound of vomiting in the wedding room, and then Shen Yourong ran to the kitchen to get water. It seemed that he didn't want to listen to the corner tonight.

Ju Ming asked: "What do you want to do when you grow up?"

Bai Qi replied without thinking: "Study hard, take the imperial examination and become an official."

"If you have no ambition, I will make you the prince from now on." Ju Ming said freely.

Bai Qi tilted his head and asked, "What is the prince?"

Ju Ming didn't bother to explain: "You will know when you grow up."

After rambling for a while, Bai Qi added: "I used to sleep with my mother, but tonight my mother is not here, so I will sleep with Brother Zhu."

"Are you wetting the bed?" Zhu Ming was wary.

Bai Qi said: "I stopped peeing last year."

"Okay, big brother, I'll take you to bed!" Zhu Ming smiled and picked up the little kid with one hand.

After taking off his clothes and going to bed, Bai Qi didn't sleep with his biological mother for the first time, and he seemed quite excited.

After lying down, he didn't even close his eyes. He lay next to Ju Ming and said, "Brother, let's talk about Sun Wukong again. I haven't heard you tell a story for a long time."

"Okay, today I'm going to talk about three dozen white-bone spirits."

Listening to the story, Bai Qi was very happy and hugged Ju Ming's arm to sleep.

Both his grandmother and biological mother were strict in discipline, and Zhu Guoxiang would occasionally scold him, but this eldest brother never cursed and told many nice stories.

After a while, Bai Qi fell asleep.

But Zhu Ming couldn't sleep. Whenever he felt lonely, he would think about how to rebel in the future.

Xixiang County must be captured first.

Sometime, I have to go to Golden Gorge to see for myself. I heard that the Han River waterway there is the most dangerous. In the future, troops will be sent from Xixiang County, passing through Huangjin Gorge, and going north by boat to capture Yangzhou.

He asked Zhang Guangdao about the situation and set out from Yangzhou to the west, which is Xingyuan Mansion (Hanzhong).

If you go northeast from Yangzhou, you will reach the famous Ziwu Valley, which can lead directly to Chang'an!

After controlling Xingyuan Prefecture, Lizhou (Guangyuan) must be captured.

If Lizhou is captured, he will be able to control Echuanzhong, and most of the main road out of Sichuan will be blocked by him.

The east side of Xixiang County must also be captured. Shiquan, Hanyin, and Jinzhou (Ankang). If we capture Jinzhou, we can control the Ehan River waterway.

When the time comes, should we attack Chang'an first or Chengdu first?

Thinking about it, I fell asleep.

"Brother, get up soon!"

Zhu Ming opened his eyes drowsily and found that Bai Qi had put on his clothes. He yawned and said, "Don't make trouble, go and play by yourself."

After waiting for a long time, when Ju Ming went out to wash up, the Shen family had arrived from Lao Bai's maternal home.

Shen Yourong was busy with his business, the smile on his face never faded, and he was completely in the state of a newlywed wife.

Breakfast was the leftovers from last night. After eating some of them, Ju Ming said goodbye and went back to the village.

He had to write "Journey to the West" and send it to Fatty Zheng. After all, he wanted to get three weapons for nothing. If you can't come up with money, you can use novels to pay off the debt.

In addition, the autumn harvest is coming soon, so we still have to keep an eye on it in Daming Village.

Zhu Guoxiang sent his son to the river: "Be careful over there. Don't cause any more trouble when collecting grain."

"Don't worry, my taxes are not high," Ju Ming said. "After the autumn harvest, you can go to the village to guard the village for a few days. I plan to walk around and get familiar with the surrounding geography. I only know a general idea now, and I can only pay attention to the details." It will take one or two years to fully understand the geography and topography of the Hanzhong Basin."

Zhu Guoxiang couldn't laugh or cry: "You are really deliberately preparing for rebellion."

Ju Ming said: "I don't like the Song Dynasty, and I don't like the Jin Kingdom. I will be happy if I destroy them all."

Zhu Guoxiang patted his son on the shoulder and said no more.