Days are everlasting

A businessman pays more attention to ghosts and gods, and he must pray for all important events.

Just as the Zhou Dynasty worshiped the virtue of fire and red, the Qin Dynasty respected the virtue of water and black, the Shang Dynasty respected the virtue of gold and valued white.

It is precisely because the businessman worships white that members of the royal family and nobles all wear white robes. When Zigan was able to see things clearly, he thought he had traveled to a western fantasy world and came to a place like the Holy See.

But to be reasonable, seeing a white dress can make up so much brain, I have to say that his brain power is very strong.

Of course, it is not to say that the nobles of the Great Merchants only wear white. In fact, the nobles’ clothes are rich in color, with borders and patterns, and the weaving technology of the clothes is already quite superb.

On important occasions, the dresses of the nobles are naturally luxurious and gorgeous. When they are at home, their dresses are much simpler.

White onyx is the favorite of nobles to wear. In addition, there are green clothes and black clothes.

Green clothes and black clothes can only be completed after many times of dipping. Ordinary Li Shu can't afford to wear them at all. Onyx clothes are white, difficult to clean and difficult to make. Ordinary Li Shu can't wear them. Much monotonous.

Zigan was hugged by his mother, and was lost in thought in the team.

He is three years old this year—Shang regards December as the first month—and this is the first time he has attended the prayer ceremony.

Originally, he couldn't participate at this age, but he couldn't hold back his reputation as a gifted child!

Bypassing his old father Zituo, Zigan went directly to his grandfather Qu, who was the king of Shang Wuyi.

As for Wu Yi's work, he can sum it up in one sentence, "powerful, willful".

Both men and women participated in the prayers—in fact, in the Shang Dynasty, it was very common for women to be officials and women aristocrats. It was not until the Zhou Dynasty that the tone of male superiority and female inferiority was established.

A while ago, there was news that Ji Li, the leader of the Zhou tribe, had killed Cheng, and Wu Yi also reported this matter to the heavens.

Zhou was regarded as a small vassal state of Shang, and it was a good thing for it to destroy Cheng, but when he thought that the Shang Dynasty would be destroyed by Zhou in the future, Zigan couldn't be happy at all.

It seems that not only Zigan who knows the future, several important members of the royal family have worried expressions on their faces.

After all, the big business is looking bright now, but it is really difficult to beware of internal and external troubles, and to beware of the vassal state.

However, the ceremony must continue.

Zigan stared blankly at the meat soup being scooped out of the cauldron.

Wait a minute, if he's not mistaken... those large cauldrons used to cook meat... are Jiuding, right? !

Do you want to be so reckless? ! (╯｀□′)╯(┴—┴

You use Jiuding to cook meat, what do you think of Jiuding? !

Oh, no, besides being a symbol of the country's most important weapon, the tripod is actually used for cooking. Thinking about it this way, this method seems to be right?

There is a saying that "the bell rings the tripod to eat" and "eat with the tripod". There is really nothing wrong with cooking meat with a tripod.

However, this is Jiuding...

Zigan's entire face was wrinkled into a ball, the scene in front of him really challenged his three views.

Because Jiuding was lost a long time ago, and left such glorious legends in history, he never connected them with kitchen utensils at all.

Having said that, it has been hundreds of years, and Jiuding can still be used, the quality is really good...

wrong!

If you dare to use it after hundreds of years, aren't you afraid of eating dead people? !

Zigan silently looked at the calm expressions of the people present, so, is this a must-have link every year? !He is really too young too simple!

Although Zigan has the qualifications to participate, there is only one bowl of soup in front of him and his mother - thinking about it, I know that there is no place for Zigan.

Zigan smelled it curiously, and said, "Mum, what kind of meat is this?"

Seeing Zigan's graceful and luxurious mother smiled maliciously, she said, "It's...human flesh!"

Zigan was immediately frightened to death.

Fuck, this must not be true, right? !

Mother, you are so naughty!

It wasn't until Zigan looked up at her in a daze again that the naughty mother explained it carefully to him.

In Sima Qian's "Historical Records", the description of Jiuding is like this: "Yu collected the gold from Jiumu and cast Jiuding, and they all tasted the gods and ghosts of Hengyi [shang beep]", and in the Shang Dynasty, the rumors that were circulated were similar to this.

It's just that the ancestors of the Shang Dynasty really used a tripod to cook meat and sacrifice to ghosts and gods with a particularly solid eye [mud! 】.

Anyway, the tripod was originally used as a pot for cooking! 【←_← Is it really okay to think so? 】

In the early days, the nobles of the Shang Dynasty really cooked human flesh with a tripod, so it is not groundless that Bo Yikao was made into meatloaf in "Fengshen Yanyi".

Zigan: ... Ha ha.

The source of these human flesh is the captives of foreign races, and the people of the Shang Dynasty would not force their own people to contribute slave sacrifices.

Even those foreign captives died before becoming slaves. The slaves who could become labor force had already been confiscated as the property of the big merchants. It would be a waste of the big merchants' own labor to sacrifice them casually.

In the late Shang Dynasty, that is, Wu Yi, the concept of theocracy weakened to a new level. The current Shang king Wu Yi is an outstanding representative of disrespect for gods.

Although there were many foreign wars, those captives were generally dealt with on the spot, and those who were not dead were assigned to each other and taken back to work as slaves. How could they bring delicious food and drink back to Shangdu, just for sacrifice!

What's more, the nobles of the Shang Dynasty didn't like the source of those human flesh!

So, up to now, although the habit of cooking meat with a cauldron is still retained, some animal meat has indeed disappeared.

After Zigan watched his mother finish speaking, he began to eat slowly again, trying not to speak out what was in his heart.

#The previous human flesh was also cooked with these tripods, right#

#So many years, I don’t know how long the shelf life has passed#

As the son of the next king of Shang, Zigan obviously doesn't have to worry about being disrespected in the palace. At the same time, because the throne is far away from him, he doesn't have to work too hard. Birds!"

Even the ancient palaces, the earlier they are, the wider they cover. The area of ​​the Dashang Palace is as large as the Forbidden City of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but Zigan is still tired of staying in the palace.

#No wonder there are so many xx emperor Weifu private visit records#

Zixian, who couldn't see Zigan living so leisurely, made a small report to his father, and Zituo, who was also envious of Zigan and hated Zigan, arranged a lot of things for Zigan to practice.

↑Damn, let this guy be pissed off!

Zituo has another concubine son named Xuyu, and Zixian, who saw the wrinkled baby for the first time, silently looked at Zigan and then at himself, um, sure enough, the two of them are direct relatives Brother!

Zigan absorbed enough nutrients in the mother's womb. When he was born, he didn't look like a wrinkled little monkey.

What's more, it was later that Zixian often went to see his younger brother.

Zixu and other children are bastards, and when they were born, they were definitely not as nutritious as the concubine born to the queen. Zixian ran to see him when he heard that he had another younger brother.

Therefore, in Zixian's heart, Zigan is still the cutest younger brother, so there is no need to worry about Zixian's empathy for the time being.

Zigan: Do I look like someone who would compete with a baby?

The king of Shang was very warlike, and Zituo had many opportunities to go to the battlefield with his father Wu Yi, so Zigan was usually taken care of by his elder brother Zixian more.

He grew up in a daze until he was 11 years old, and poor Ziqian had never even been out of Yin.

The point to be explained here is that the capital of Yin at this time was not the famous Chaoge, but the capital of Yin in Xiaotun, Anyang, which belonged to the capital before Chaoge.

One day, Zigan, who was bored in the palace, heard that Ji Li from the Zhou tribe was coming to see his father.

Zigan got excited for a moment, but the meeting of the two kings that he had imagined, the thunder and fire never happened at all.

Not to mention that the big merchants are now in a prosperous age, even Ji Li himself is still a great merchant minister who pretends to be really good.

Wu Yi seems to attach great importance to Ji Li, but the rewards are only "[-] li of land, ten jues of jade, and eight horses", which makes people puzzled.

In the end, Wu Yi only left Zituo there alone, and Zigan, who was just a child, was kicked out early.

There is a big brother who is envious of being a brother in distress, and Zigan who was kicked out is not only not sad, but also a little gloating.

Zixian: I can't have this brother anymore, I'd better strangle him to death.

In the 35th year of Wuyi, Ji Li attacked Xiluo Guirong and captured twenty kings.

Unfortunately, Shang Wang Wuyi, who also sent troops to the Western Kingdom, failed to wait until the end of the war, and returned to heaven.

When the news came back to Yindu, a group of people were startled, and hurriedly started to work on Wu Yi's affairs.

After Wu Yi collapsed, Zituo, Zigan's father, succeeded him.

The king of Shang has a temple name. For example, the unlucky student Di Xin was posthumously named King Zhou by the Zhou people, and was splashed with dirty water. He also has a famous strong woman and good husband Wu Ding. The temple name is Gaozong.

The temple titles of Shang kings include those who are called ancestors and others who are called ancestors, which is stipulated in the "Posthumous Law" of Dashang.

King is the title of the living, and a certain ancestor is the title of the dead. But now, there is a special phenomenon, because the kings of the Great Shang have been passed down for many generations, and the titles of Chengzu Muzong and the like are not kept. The position of Zong is reversed, so it is also called Huiwang. For example, Chengzu is called Chengwang, and Sizong is called Siwang. It was Wuding, and everyone still called him Gaozong.

Wu Yi's temple name is not very controversial. After all, the old man has loved fighting all his life, so it is completely unreasonable not to give the temple name Wu.

The last temple name given to Wu Yi was Wu Zu.

Wu Yi is still very kind to Zigan, the grandson, but listening to the old man's temple name, Zigan has been trying hard to control the corners of his mouth so that he does not move.

You must know that there is no dynasty that will call its ancestors and add the name of the country when they are not destroyed.

When worshiping, he said "Wu Zu" in his mouth, and Zigan really thought it would be better to call him "Wu Wang". At least he would not automatically add Wu Sheng, Wu Shen, and Wu Zun to the end.

The previous king's affairs have been settled, the new king ascends the throne, and the new dynasty has a new atmosphere.

As a prince, Zigan must of course contribute.

Zigan, who was only 13 years old but was confiscated in Biyi and had to go to court: please let me go QAQ!

Zigan diary:

Growing up is not good at all, the childhood of gifted children is too short, and I have to share my father's worries at such a young age.

Melancholy_(:3」∠)_.

The author has something to say: Grandpa received the bento in Chapter 2, and this may be the crew that distributed the bento the fastest.

Looking at Zigan's diary, I suddenly feel that he is really shameless.How could there be such a shameless but cute protagonist [holding a big face].

It must be the stupid author is too cute, hee hee.