One Piece of Song Dynasty

Various martial arts competitions have appeared during the Song Dynasty, including sumo wrestling, boxing, stick competitions, etc. For example, the faceless Jiao Ting in Water Margin is a sumo master, and the contestants must be selected. The competition at that time There is a "deployment", which is equivalent to the referee of later generations. Before the game, the deployment will tell the rules and precautions of the competition, etc. Of course, if there is a competition, tickets will be charged, otherwise where will the players' winnings come from. .shung

Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, was a martial arts master. Zhao Kuangyin was born in a martial arts family and received good martial arts training since he was a child. Zhao Kuangyin was not only good at fighting, he also created a set of martial arts, Taizu Changquan. Qi Jiguang of the Ming Dynasty commented on Taizu Changquan is very high, and Taizu Changquan is ranked first in the "Mantis Boxing Book". Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin used a pair of fists and a stick to conquer the splendid country of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin's "Taizu Changquan" and "Taizu Stick" were the most popular martial arts among the people of the Song Dynasty.

Just after practicing martial arts for a few days, the housekeeper came back.

"Sir, a certain family is back."

"Well, the land has been found. How many acres is it?"

"We've found it. It's about five hundred acres, close to the sea."

"As for the price, have you negotiated it?"

"It's 30 guan per mu. Young Master also knows that here on Fujian Road there are few mountains and many people. Even the middle and lower-grade land is much more expensive than other places."

"Okay, just thirty guan. Five hundred acres is fifteen thousand guan, which is a lot of money."

"It's quite a lot. How about you go take a look first and then make a decision?"

"I'll definitely buy it even if I don't look at it, but I still have to take a look. We'll take a look tomorrow."

"Well, okay, a certain family will take the young master to see it tomorrow."

Early the next morning, I drove the mule cart to Hui'an with my housekeeper. It was a bumpy ride until we arrived at noon. The road conditions in ancient times were terrible. There were dirt roads in the countryside. My back was sore all the way, and the mule couldn't pull the cart. It's better to ride a horse-drawn cart.

"Uncle An, our family needs to keep a few horses. Horses that can pull a cart will be fine. You can buy a few. It's not comfortable to just rely on mules to pull a cart."

"Well, a certain family knows about it, but the horse price is very expensive."

"It's expensive, so you have to buy it. Besides, our family only needs to buy a few ordinary cart-pulling horses."

Speaking of horses, the Song Dynasty is really frustrating. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, none of the traditional horse breeding lands in the Han and Tang Dynasties have been obtained. The Western Regions, Hexi Corridor, Mongolian Grassland, and Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are all in the hands of foreigners. Among them, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are the eternal pain in the hearts of the people of the Song Dynasty. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, also known as the "Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun", are roughly equivalent to Beijing, Tianjin and northern Hebei in later generations. The large land in Shanxi has been an important barrier for the Central Plains Dynasty to defend the northern minorities since ancient times. The Yanyun area not only has the largest and most outstanding knights in the Central Plains, but also the largest and most sophisticated horses. Because it is located in a semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral area, the horses are multiplied and are famous all over the world in terms of quantity and quality. More importantly, However, the change of ownership of the "Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun" put the Central Plains regime in an extremely disadvantageous strategic position geographically. Losing Yanyun's shield was tantamount to opening its door to the enemy. The Central Plains dynasty seemed to have a sharp knife hanging over its head and was seriously affected. threaten. Therefore, in history, the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun was a thorn in the heart of the Song Dynasty, and it was also the greatest pain of the Song Dynasty. It signed a city alliance with the Liao Kingdom, humiliated and paid the annual coins, and was kidnapped by the Jin Kingdom and the two emperors of Huiqin and half of the country were lost. , all because of it. After losing these traditional horse-raising lands, the Song Dynasty had no horses to use and could only buy horses from Dali and Tubo. However, Tubo horses and Dali horses were much worse than those in the north. Without horses, it was impossible to form a strong cavalry, and they were short of horses. This problem has always been a headache for the Song Dynasty. After all, battlefield seizures alone cannot meet the needs. This is a decisive factor that will lead to the Song army's weak performance on the battlefield in the future.

In fact, there is another good place to raise horses, and that is Jeju Island in later generations. It should be called Tamna now. Jeju Island covers an area of ​​more than 85 miles. It is "rested on the huge sea in the north and facing Mt. Seong in the south." It has beautiful mountains and rivers, is known as a beautiful shape, and is rich in citrus. and horses. There is no problem raising tens of thousands of horses here. Tamna should be a vassal state of Goryeo now, but the Song Dynasty's mentality of being a celestial country would definitely not bother to conquer it. The Central Plains dynasty has always been like this, and it is all about saving face. I will suffer the consequences; if the court does not fight, I will fight. The location of Jeju Island is great. It is about kilometers away from the southernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula. It faces Japan’s Tsushima Island and Nagasaki County across the sea to the east and the Song Dynasty to the west. Huating County is also separated from Shanghai in later generations by the sea. If you put a naval fleet here, you can land on the Shandong Peninsula to the northwest. You can also continue to go up to Yanyun. You can also land in Dalian in later generations and attack Dalian. In the rear of Jin's rule, when I build up the navy, I will occupy Jeju Island and put a fleet there while herding horses and waiting for the opportunity to destroy Jin.

The sea in ancient times was still very blue and clear, not as turbid as it is now. I walked around the fields and stood on the seaside, blowing the sea breeze, and looking into the distance. The small island across the sea was the foundation of my hegemony and the way I washed it. The beginning of the man's humiliation.

"Uncle An, let's just buy this piece of land. Build a manor on the land, a small port on the seaside, and a shipyard. Buy the best one you can. Don't ask for a big shipyard, just buy a small one. Just buy it. Once we’re done, we’ll all move here, and then we can hire some shipwrights to build a big ship.”

"Well, sir, a certain family knows."

"The restaurants in Quanzhou Prefecture have to speed up. Once we start building and buying ships, our family's current money will definitely not be enough. We can't support it with just one restaurant."

"What the young master is saying is that according to a certain family's knowledge, shipbuilding costs a lot of money. A large ship costs at least five to six thousand guan, and a small one costs about a thousand guan."

"Yes, there are still manpower. It takes a lot of people to operate the ship."

"So, Sir, this matter cannot be rushed."

"Well, take your time, build the shipyard and the restaurant in Quanzhou Prefecture first, and then we will build this land. We don't grow food, we grow cotton. You can get more cotton seeds."

"Okay, a certain family knows about it, then let's go back, young master."

"Okay, let's go back."

After returning home, in addition to practicing martial arts every day, I just go about my business. The workshop began to produce, and the shop opened. Every day, I watched carts of soap, fruit wine, and candles being shipped out, and then carts of raw materials were shipped. Come in, the fruit wine is not only sold in shops but also supplied in our own restaurants. It feels so beautiful in my heart. It’s all money and it’s the foundation for the rejuvenation of our Han nation. Life goes by like this day by day, and life is like this, almost repeating the same things every day. It is impossible for wonderful things to happen every day, even in later generations with abundant entertainment methods, let alone no entertainment methods. In ancient times, plainness is the main theme of life.

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