Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

It only took half a day for Lu Zhong's family to move all their belongings into the new house, and for the rest of the day, they went to the cave next to Liquan Temple to collect all the pitifully few belongings Zhu said. I took it.

As far as Zhu Shuo was concerned, since Lu Ci had already been accepted, and being able to live here was indeed a hundred times better than living in a cave, there should be no further hesitation.

He thanked Zhong Yuan and Lu Ci for moving the odds and ends for him, and went into Liquan Temple to see the host.

When he politely explained his intentions in person, and got the other party's nod of agreement and a few words of ordinary concern, it will be considered that this nondescript lease relationship has officially ended.

Bathed in the different gazes of the young monk, Zhu said that he walked out of the temple gate without looking back, and when he saw two familiar figures standing not far away, he paused in relief and stretched his brows.

Lu Ci was dressed in a bluish-white robe, leaning loosely on a thick tree, with a lazy and calm expression, and a leisurely and elegant posture, easily grabbing the attention of the pilgrims who came to the temple to worship the Buddha.

As for the luggage that Zhu said, it was naturally all hung on the tall and burly Zhong Yuan.

Zhong Yuan didn't care about Lu Ci's blatant dodging, he just squatted on the ground with a solemn face, raising his head from time to time to talk to Lu Ci.

The two saw Zhu Shuo's figure at the same time, raised their eyebrows in unison, and ended the previous topic: "So soon?"

Zhu said trotting forward, embarrassed to take away the belongings held by Zhong Yuan: "As Brother Lu said, the host did not make things difficult."

Although his attitude was indifferent, he nodded readily, and he didn't even ask where he was going next, so it was over.

Lu Ci smiled faintly: "That's the best."

Otherwise, although he is not a litigator who appeals without incident, he doesn't mind going to court.

Zhong Yuan tilted his body slightly, and avoided Zhu Yue's outstretched hand. He didn't bother to talk nonsense, and walked straight forward: "Let's go, let's go, there is nothing to stay here."

Lu Ci smiled slightly, and was about to urge Zhu Shuo to keep up, when a gentle and familiar voice came from behind: "...Excuse me, is that Lu Langjun?"

Lu Ci paused, turned around slowly, and said with a slight smile, "Hello, Mrs. Yang. Did you come to offer incense with Mr.?"

This well-dressed Xiaojiabiyu, whose cheeks were as red as peach powder, was none other than the beloved daughter of Mr. Yang who preached and taught in Nanyang Academy.

Lady Yang lowered her head shyly and timidly: "Father, in the future, I will just accompany you. I came here by chance and was about to go in when I saw Lu Langjun."

Behind Lu Ci, Zhong Yuan showed a malicious smile presumptuously.

For him, the most interesting thing about Mrs. Yang is not that she is young and beautiful and Yunying is not married, but that she is famously in love with Lu Langjun.

Master Yang regards Lu Ci as his favorite disciple and is extremely optimistic about his future development. Obviously, it is impossible not to think about making him his son-in-law as soon as possible.

I don't know how Lu Ci declined politely, but after Mrs. Yang stopped thinking of matching the two, he still had no dissatisfaction with him, and still appreciated and cared for him.

What's more interesting is that Mrs. Yang is not as weak and pitiful as she looks, but even quite tough and strong - at least her attitude towards other men is completely different from the Jiao Didi she tried to show Lu Ci.

Even if she encounters the predicament of falling flowers intentionally and flowing water ruthlessly, she is obviously not ready to give up, but instead strategically tries to persuade her father to let her study in Nanyang Academy.

Although it is relatively rare for a woman to study in an academy, it is not out of courtesy, not to mention that her father is also the master of the academy, and he is nearby to discipline her, so she is not afraid of causing trouble.

Therefore, under her persevering lobbying, she really got her wish.

Fortunately, even though Mrs. Yang dotes on this precious jewel, he will not really let her mess around, but treats everyone equally and teaches her her lessons seriously.

In doing so, she has no skills at all, and Lu Ci has always been at the top of the Shangshe, she can only barely float in the Zhongshe, and it is not easy to have an intersection.

Zhong Yuan watched the show happily, and kindly explained in a low voice to the rather dazed Zhu Shuo: "This Jiaojiao is infatuated with Lu Lang, and today's coincidence may also be full of mystery, just watch quietly. "

"So that's how it is." Lu Ci said with a smile: "Everything is clean, the air is clear and the scenery is bright. It is indeed a good time for spring. The Lantern Festival lanterns will be held two days later, and Miss Yang will not miss it."

After getting this unexpected information, Miss Yang's eyes suddenly brightened.

She was wondering whether she should invite her, but Lu Ci had already looked at the envoy of Miss Yang, who had been sneaking shyly at him, and said with a smile: "The spring is still cold, so hurry up and accompany your lady into the temple, don't you?" It's getting cold."

Miss Yang missed the opportunity, she couldn't help feeling a little annoyed that she was still too reserved and shy.

But Lu Ci had already said so, she had no choice but to say goodbye to the other party reluctantly, accompanied by the female envoy, and entered Liquan Temple absent-mindedly.

After Miss Yang had gone far away, Lu Ci returned to Zhong Yuan and Zhu Shuo, and raised his eyebrows helplessly: "Zhong Lang, why are you laughing?"

Zhong Yuan said with regret on his face: "If Miss Yang can show [-]% of her usual toughness in front of others, Lu Lang will not be able to get away so easily. It seems that no matter how fierce a woman is in front of her sweetheart, she will always be fierce. Another face."

Hearing this, Zhu said that he couldn't help reminding in a low voice: "It's not a gentleman's job to criticize a woman behind her back."

What's more, it's only natural that brother Lu's long and beautiful appearance is liked by the young ladies.

Lu Ci couldn't help laughing, and echoed, "Even Brother Zhu, who is a few years younger than you, knows the truth, why don't you understand it?"

Zhong Yuan was immediately disappointed, and said viciously to Zhu, who had just moved into Lu's house and had already vented his anger with Lu Ci: "Where did you come from, so old-fashioned!"

Zhu said pouted his lips, and turned his head away with backbone, refusing to talk to Zhong Yuan, who became angry from embarrassment.

Lu Ci laughed loudly.

You Zhongyuan walked like flying with a heavy load on his body, and the two of them just followed with their empty hands, and their pace was also taken a lot faster invisibly.

It took only half an hour to return to the new residence.

In the spirit of helping others to the end, Zhong Yuan mercifully moved all his things into his room, even though he was not willing to give Zhu a good look, before going back to the next door humming.

Lu Ci's own room had already been tidied up in the morning, so he didn't rush to do anything else right now, he just folded his arms, leisurely watching Zhu talk about his work, his eyes swept over the simple furnishings from time to time, thinking about what to add later.

Zhu said being stared at by Lu Ci nonchalantly, for some reason, he felt the pressure doubled, quickly packed up his things, and said awkwardly: "From now on, Brother Lu really has to bother you."

Lu Ci smiled and nodded: "You first bring your household registration certificate and follow me."

He took Zhu Shuo to Zhizao, which is the household allowance only available after buying a house and land and being promoted to the main household.

The household stickers neatly record the head of the household's first and last name, population size, all housing and other information, and most importantly, the amount of taxes that should be paid.

Lu Ci added Zhu Shuo's name. Although Zhu said he trusted Lu Ci very much and didn't think it was necessary to be so troublesome, Lu Ci solemnly signed a contract for renting a house. It was still in quadruplicate, and two of them were handed over to him. kept by each other.

Getting rid of low-rent housing and truly owning a residence that belongs to you for a long time is naturally something to be happy about.

But for the head of the family who has just moved, chores that need to be sorted out have also come one after another.

Lu Ci had already prepared for this, and the only thing he was worried about was that he might have missed something, which would bring inconvenience to Lu's mother.

He first went to the market to buy an old donkey for long-term transportation, and some beautifully packaged melon and fruit snacks. He visited several neighbors and got a lot of advice from them.

They also introduced him to one of the best and cheapest water bearers active in the district.

You only need to pay [-] Wen a day to buy enough water for three people.

Residents in Mizhou City either rely on self-dug private wells or obtain water from streams and rivers that traverse the city.

It's just that not everyone has the time to take the effort to do it themselves. Most of them would rather give a small amount of money to others, and get the convenience of sending them to their door.

Of course Lu Ci is no exception.

He first dipped his finger in some water and tasted it, and then directly paid the other party's water carrying fee for a month.

After that, he didn't leave in a hurry, but chatted with the other party about water source and water quality with great interest.

Zhu said that he couldn't get in the way, so he just obediently held the donkey who was chewing the forage numbly, and stood by and listened quietly.

When Lu Ci finally finished chatting with the other party, he couldn't help asking: "Brother Lu, why did you ask about the source of water?"

If someone else asked him carefully, he wouldn't think too much about it, but when it came to Lu Ci, he somehow felt that brother Lu might not do anything superfluous...

Lu Ciyou pondered for a long time before replying: "I haven't made up my mind yet. I'll talk to you in detail when I make a decision."

On the way back, Lu Ci took a detour and bought a copy of "Dijing" from an acquaintance's stall. After returning to his room, he took Zhu Shuo to study it together.

"It's the same as I thought," Lu Ci said with a frown. "Our house is located in the lower reaches of the inner city river, and he picked the water to be nearby, so of course he chose the lower reaches."

Although the Song government had stricter control over public health, and the "Song Xingtong" had clearer punishment regulations, the behavior of citizens "throwing dung, rubble, etc. into the river" was repeatedly prohibited and happened frequently.

Being located downstream, doesn't that mean that all the dirt from the upstream has come to them?

Even though Lu Ci has always insisted on boiling all the water in his mouth, which is too extravagant in Lu's mother's eyes, this alone cannot eliminate the source of all diseases.

Besides, Lu's mother has always been frugal, as long as Lu Ci is not staying at home, she is afraid that she will be obedient and disregarding her body.

It's also my fault that he neglected this point when he fixed the house. He only paid attention to other conveniences, but ignored this rather serious defect.

Zhu said that he didn't understand why Lu Ci was so worried about this point, and he was still organizing his words, so Lu Ci grabbed a blank piece of paper, compared it with the "Dijing", and began to write and draw pictures, saying that he couldn't understand. The weird characters listed the formula and calculated it.

The author has something to say: Notes:

1. Holidays:

宋代的法定节日包括元日（春节）、元宵节、寒食节、天庆节、冬至5个大节各休假7天，合计35天；天圣节、夏至、先天节、中元节、下元节、降圣节、腊日7个节日各休3天，合计21天；立春、人日、中和节、春分、春社、清明、上巳节、天祺节、立夏、端午节、天贶节、初伏、中伏、立秋、七夕节、末伏、秋社、秋分、授衣节、重阳节、立冬21个节日各休假1天，合计21天；宋代每个月还有3天旬休，一年合计36天；加起来，共有113天。和现代的节假日天数差不多。（宋人笔记《文昌杂录》）

2. Regarding the punishment for polluting the public environment:

At the same time, the government legislated to severely punish behaviors that undermine urban public health. The "Song Xing Tong" forbids residents from punching holes through walls and dumping garbage;Residents who pour excrement into the river by themselves will be punished with eighty sticks.

3. Women read books.

In the Song Dynasty, although men and women had unequal rights to education, there was no concept that "a woman's lack of talent is virtue" (it only appeared in the Ming and Qing Dynasties), and even "the fashion at that time was that women all knew how to love talents."Ouyang Xiu, Sima Guang, Zhu Xi and other scholar-bureaucrats all advocated that women should be allowed to study.In the Song Dynasty, there were a large number of daughters of noble families who were educated, able to read and write, and even recite poems and Fu, such as Li Qingzhao and Zhu Shuzhen.Many poems written by unknown women can also be read in the poems on the wall.In the Southern Song Dynasty, two girls participated in the Tongzi Section of the imperial examination ("Song: The Dawn of Modern Times")

4. Folk customs like litigation (love to litigate)

The society of the Song Dynasty not only had a peaceful order of "not seeing senior officials all the year round", but also had a litigious atmosphere of "even if the lawsuit is filed".In the south of the Yangtze River, "the number of litigation days is no less than two hundred", "the number of people suing the lower court is hundreds of days", "the number of lawsuits is hundreds of days", and hundreds of people go to the yamen to file lawsuits every day.It is not uncommon for the people to sue the officials. For example, on Jiangxi Road, where the people are prone to litigation, the common people "slander the county governor and sue the officials" when they "get angry".The citizens of De'an County, Jiangxi Province "drowned the Cheng (deputy county magistrate) violently, and sued Caotai (transit envoy)...the Cheng finally gave up".The public used the method of class action to successfully expel a county magistrate who had lost popular support. ("Song: The Dawn of Modern Times")

5. Household stickers: similar to modern household registration books, with more specific content

6. Jiaojiao: the girl.

7. Dijing: In the market in the Song Dynasty, maps had become a commodity, and Song people called them "dijing" and "mileage map".