[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

Du Ruo's long-distance travel has compressed the journey of three or four months to about two months, and his body is already very tired. Now it is September, but Du Ruo has put on thick autumn clothes early, and his whole body is visibly thinner. in a circle.But he still tried his best to meet the four No. 50 people who came back alive in the end.At that time, it was a large caravan heading for the Ottoman Turkish Empire, with a total population of about [-] people and countless camels and horses.They set off in June last year, and letters have been sent back one after another to report their safety, but all the news was cut off in November.

Those who stayed behind didn't feel surprised at that time. After all, it was already winter. Whether it was because of the weather or because they had traveled too far, it was normal for them to lose the audio for a while.But until February, after four full months, there was no news at all, and some people began to suspect that something happened to them.At the beginning, I asked the caravans of the past everywhere for news, and they all said that they had never seen such a caravan.I also heard that the Tatars have changed recently, so everyone is anxious.

In this way, while making open and unannounced visits, while sending messages to the capital, this incident gradually alarmed countless people. Even Du Ruo rushed to Hami, just to find a result.In the past few years, not only has Ming made a breakthrough in shipping, but because of the opening of the northern mutual market, the northern border trade has also begun to develop to a certain extent.More and more people began to cross the mountains and the Gobi Desert to come to these cities with open markets for trade, and many of them were under the rule of the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

There are three things that people love most in Ming Dynasty in this world, tea, porcelain and silk.It is unrealistic to think of transporting porcelain on the Silk Road as a land route. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, due to the leakage of silk technology and the drastic changes in the northwest climate, the Silk Road gradually declined.But now, with the great increase in production efficiency in Ming Dynasty, the prices of silk and tea began to drop slowly, and the opening of the mutual market stimulated trade, so those who had abandoned this road before are now returning.

The re-opening of the Silk Road greatly facilitated Du Sheng's work. On weekdays, he sent a letter every half a month or once a month, at most not more than two months. That's why so many people were alarmed.They didn't expect that since they would encounter such heavy snow.The climate change in the Northwest is not only getting colder, but also getting drier.It had been decades since they had seen heavy snow like this, so the sudden attack really caught them by surprise.

With no water or food, and living in an abandoned hut, it took only a month to kill horses and camels.Without goods, the caravan had no choice but to embark on the journey back home with the remaining silver.Misfortunes never come singly, because a lot of things were buried under the snow after the heavy snowfall, and they found the wrong way again, and it was not easy to find the original way after walking for four or five months.Because they were in the land of the Tatars, they did not dare to send a letter back, and their silver was running out at this time, so they had to find a place to rest for the time being.It's a pity that they encountered another bandit of Han Chinese.

The twists and turns of what they said made Du Ruo's people from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War who were listening were stunned.They are all the proud sons of heaven who have passed the imperial examination. They have never heard such an adventure story. They are astonished and like country bumpkins entering Beijing.On the contrary, Du Ruo felt very uncomfortable when he heard the latter, and felt that it was not so simple here.But now that everyone else is here, Du Ruo can't ask directly, so he can only endure it temporarily.Several people kept talking and talking, talking about the local conditions and customs of this journey, and the difficulties and obstacles experienced by the team, and it was finally over when it was almost evening and it was time for dinner.

Everyone was still satisfied with what they heard, but it was getting late, so we had to let them go back.This is a hero who is loyal to the country. Everyone has to discuss what rewards to give and how to write a memorial, but Du Ruo hides out by himself because he is unwell.You Er was already waiting for him in the next room, and he still had many questions waiting for You Er to answer.

A large caravan of about [-] people killed a dozen people who had different intentions when they were surrounded by a snowstorm, and a dozen people died of illness. On the way back, another forty or fifty people died due to various reasons, because the bandits died again. There were few people, and in the end, many people were killed in the den of thieves of the Tartars. In the end, there were only forty or fifty people left.Du Ruo sounded pretty good before, but in the end, the Tatars seemed to be able to read minds, killing people who were not determined.

Du Ruo walked for more than two months, but the first snow fell early in the capital.The cheerful Zhu Houwei took Father-in-law Lu Liang to build a snowman for his sister early in the morning, and Zhu Houzhao didn't have much trouble, he just baked the stove and thought about Du Ruo.I also wondered if he would panic from the cold, and wondered if he would lose weight if there was no delicious food in the northwest.When he was wandering there, wishing he could go with Du Ruo, he saw Ai Cao coming in angrily, followed by Zhu Houwei who was downcast.

Seeing the conflict between the two, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly pulled Ai Cao over and asked, "Why did your second brother mess with you again? You can hang several oil pots with your small mouth." He originally wanted to To make fun of Ai Cao, I didn't expect it to make her cry. Ai Cao threw herself into Zhu Houzhao's arms and began to sob and cry.Just as Zhu Houzhao was about to ask what happened, Lu Liang quickly stepped forward and explained: "The prince was playing a snowball fight and accidentally dropped all the princess's flower pots."

After hearing Lu Liang's words, Zhu Houzhao knew that Zhu Houwei had done bad things again, so he kept comforting Ai Cao and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I will teach your second brother a lesson for you later. Okay, stop crying, stop crying "The wormwood was still crying, Zhu Houwei hesitantly came up to apologize to the wormwood and said: "Little sister, I was wrong, I will accompany you in planting flowers, okay?" Seeing that the wormwood was still crying, Zhu Houwei gritted his teeth , promised: "I'll give you all the things my brother gave you, okay, I'm really sorry."

Only then did Ai Cao turn around, and said with tears in her eyes, "I don't care for your things." Zhu Houzhao knew that Ai Cao was not such a stingy person, and what he did today was definitely not a simple matter of breaking a flowerpot.Seeing Zhu Houzhao's puzzled eyes, Lu Liang said shyly, "My lord not only broke the flower pot, but almost broke those small pine trees."

At this moment, Zhu Hou illuminated Bai, and hurriedly comforted Ai Cao: "It's okay, it's okay, isn't it okay, be good, don't cry." Zhu Youtang's body was completely corroded by the toxin, and he almost died a few times.Zhu Houzhao can still hold back his sadness while taking care of the older and younger members of the family while talking about the handling of state affairs.But Zhu Houwei and Ai Cao are still young, except for Zhou who is already very unfamiliar, they have not seen the real passing of the lives of people around them.Zhu Houwei's solution to the pressure is to study calligraphy desperately. He thought that as long as he was obedient, his father would not leave him in anger.

Fortunately, Zhu Houwei also knows how to regulate himself. The always precocious wormwood is still a child after all, and only knows how to hide in bed and cry.Zhu Houzhao thought of many ways to no avail. Later, he realized that wormwood likes trees, so he thought of this method. He took wormwood and planted six pine trees, representing the six people in the family.Zhu Houzhao lied to her that as long as these trees don't die, several people in our family will not die.Only then did the wormwood recover, but I just went to see those trees every day, for fear that they would grow worms and wither.

Now that the wormwood is getting bigger, of course I know that these trees can't really represent a person's life and death, but these trees are still a symbol of the safety of the family in the heart of the wormwood, so I must look at it every day to be at ease.Now Zhu Houwei is going to crush these young trees to death just to fight, it's no wonder that wormwood is not wronged.Ai Grassland became more and more aggrieved, and now she was comforted by Zhu Houzhao for a long time before she gradually got better, but in the end she still had complaints about her relationship with Zhu Houwei, and gave Zhu Houwei a few supercilious glances, only to see Zhu Houwei shyly pointing at the corner of his clothes in embarrassment.

Anyway, having nothing to do, Zhu Houzhao simply took the two young ones to Weiyang Palace for dinner.Along the way, I happened to meet palace people who were going to sweep snow from the roofs of various palaces and avoided them at the corners.Only then did Zhu Houzhao remember that some palaces had been closed for two years, and he asked Liu Wei, his attendant, "I said a few days ago that I would clean up the palace. Is it over?"

As soon as he said Liu Wei, he knew what he was asking, and quickly replied: "A few days ago, I got my things and started sweeping. I think it should be over in the past few days." Zhu Houzhao asked again if there was no one in the palace. Heavy snow can stand it.Liu Wei hurriedly said again: "Your Majesty, don't worry, nothing will happen if there are no talents. In the past few years, there were few masters in the palace, and there were some who deliberately picked up the tiles and scratched the windows for a few money. Now only the guards are left. , but it’s cheaper.” Zhu Houzhao nodded repeatedly, and Zhu Houwei and Ai Cao seemed to understand but half understood.

Zhu Houzhao ate happily, but Du Ruo could only see You Er here, with a bowl of mutton soup and two small and delicate naan cakes in front of him.Du Ruo didn't want to eat such a greasy thing, but he was a guest after all, and now he had to take care of so many people's meals and didn't bother to ask for porridge, so he had to skim off the oil slick on the top with a spoon, and only drank the soup below.

You Er's life didn't just start with the caravan, he worked under the butler Du Lin when Du Yide was still there, and was in charge of the rent collection and operation of the store.He is also a veteran.Du Sheng is in charge of the overall situation of the caravan, while You Er is in charge of the specific business matters of the caravan. He has contacted so many people, how could he not see the problem.

"You said they burned everything in front of you?" Du Ruo was most puzzled by this paragraph. It is said that such a group of people lost all the big and heavy things in the end, leaving only these important letters map notes.They were also caught by bandits and all their money was robbed, and the Tatars took them away again, how could they find all these letters back, and even burned them directly because they couldn't read Chinese characters.Combining the inexplicable migration and being rescued suddenly, this matter is so strange no matter how you look at it.

"It's burning, so the villain thinks it's wrong. Although they are dressed as Tatars, their faces are weaker than Tatars. And when I got up at night to relieve myself, I accidentally heard them speaking Chinese from a distance, listening to their accents, Small guesses should be Southerners."

The author has something to say: This should be, that, Xiao Shaoshui, it's my fault, such an embarrassing tone. wwww, people don't want to do this.It's getting colder, and the Tatars have been wiped out.Well, it won't show up.I am very opposed to war, and this kind of thing should never happen.There will be no war unless it is absolutely necessary.