Chapter 65: Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period (4) If you can’t keep a low profile, then keep a high profile…
There is an old saying: “Get up early when you hear the rooster crow, and be alert at the hours of Yin and Mao.”
Ye Mo was tormented by his math and physics teacher all night in his dream. He woke up before the hours of Yin and Mao, threw the world’s problems out of his mind, got out of bed, and quietly began to stretch on the bluestone floor to adapt to the body in this copy.
When it was time to get up, two maids knocked on the door on time.
Ye Mo lay back on the bed and got up with the help of the maids. He used ginseng soup to rinse his mouth and small poplar branches to brush his teeth, but he avoided too complicated hairstyles and too many head ornaments and jewelry, and dressed simply.
"How is the female musician who was captured last night?"
"My lady, the female musician Gu Xing is no longer in serious condition, but she seems to be mentally damaged and has been talking nonsense."
The survivor Gu Xing's injuries were very serious. Her belongings had been confiscated by the guards, but she was basically cured in one night. The ancient medical skills are incomparable to modern medical skills.
Ye Mo didn't have much time to care about other survivors, but he still left a mission escape window for this unfortunate survivor, "Wait until her emotions are completely calm. If there is any important information to report, remember to notify me."
"Yes, my lady."
During breakfast, Ye Mo had been playing the survivor mission puzzle in his mind.
Joining Mo Men, a person's mechanics (√); when becoming a tycoon, Mo Men not only needs mechanical skills, but also leaders of the times. Only by breaking can we establish (√).
Being a tycoon, joining the army, saving 3,000 civilians, surviving for 60 days, Wang Xue's main mission...
After thinking about it, Ye Mo decided on this morning's travel plan - to investigate the situation in Chuyang City, check the problems related to Chuyang City's industry, understand the Mohist School, survivors, and the situation related to the reserve force.
Simple summary:
collect another round of information.
And leave a revelation of her identity to Wang Xue. Although she thinks that with Wang Xue's IQ, it is not difficult to infer that Mi Wenjing = Li Jing, but Yangcheng Junfu has not received Wang Xue's visit information so far.
...
The noble lady must have a prepared car when she goes out.
It is pulled by two war horses side by side, two fewer than when Yangcheng Jun goes out.
The carriage was covered with windproof cloth on all sides, and there were maids standing to protect it. There were also more than 50 powerful guards around the carriage. From yesterday's observation, some of them were already as powerful as the mid-level swordsmen in the Irish dungeon.
"..."
Even if Ye Mo could beat 10 or 20 of them now, it would be a bit dangerous if he could beat 100 or 200 of them.
If you can't keep a low profile, then keep a high profile.
Yangcheng Junfu is the center of a city. It is not remote, and is located in the east direction where the sun rises. However, due to its large area, the carriage traveled for more than 20 minutes before it saw the main street.
The street is not large, about the distance between two cars, so there is no need to worry about collisions, because no one here dares to hit a vehicle pulled by multiple horses. The number of horses represents a noble identity and status.
Moreover, wars were constantly going on in this era, and horses were a scarce resource, which were basically out of reach for ordinary people.
The streets of Chuyang City were a little unexpected for Ye Mo. They
were not as flat and spacious, with carved beams and painted buildings, and beautiful scenery as in costume dramas, but they were not completely the opposite, poor and dusty, crowded and disorderly, or desolate and deserted.
Perhaps it was because of the descendants of Mohism in Chuyang City that the main streets were paved with burned bluestones, and the city also had a complete drainage system based on ceramic sewer pipes to prevent rainwater accumulation.
The main streets were not very clean, but there were people specifically responsible for collecting the garbage dumps, and they were uniformly dug and buried in the earth, so there would not be the kind of stinking scene and garbage mountains.
The houses on both sides are basically all made of wood, mostly small bungalows with courtyards or shops, some with two floors, but not many.
The ratio of male to female civilians on the street is three to one. Compared with the well-mannered noblewomen, it is not easy for civilian women to live in this world, but relatively speaking, they are also freer. This can be seen from the national style in the Book of Songs. This is the pros and cons.
Basically, everyone who sees Ye Mo's carriage will subconsciously perform a great ceremony. In Chuyang City, the Lord of Yangcheng is the most important. After the Lord of Yangcheng left, Mi Wenjing was respected, and the hierarchy was strict.
There are also new patrol guards on the street.
It is said that around dinner time yesterday, there was an abnormality among the officials, and it is very likely that it was other survivors. The overall strength of the patrol guards is lower than that of the Yangcheng Mansion guards.
Although the Spring and Autumn Period had many annoying etiquettes and obvious upper and lower classes, the handicraft industry and other commercial economics were as flourishing as the ideology, and Chu was the best among them.
There were many small workshops and shops in Chuyang City, including textiles, carpentry, stonemasonry, ironwork, lacquerware, pottery, gold and jade ornaments, etc., a variety of industries.
Chu swallowed up many small Baiyue countries outside the Central Plains, and had a lot of exchanges with the Baiyue region. There were also many special items from countries or tribes outside the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins.
Ye Mo got off the car and visited several shops.
Not to mention the boss's respectful attitude, she would be very happy and surprised by these ancient handicrafts in the past, but with the Goblin Tinkerer and the mechanical arts she browsed last night, it was not enough to surprise her.
At most, she asked about the five elements, formations, witchcraft, etc. The boss stuttered and answered respectfully. If Ye Mo had not repeatedly refused, he might have answered the questions while lying on his stomach.
Most of them knew the facts but not the reasons, and they only heard about the mysticism from hearsay.
Ye Mo focused the problem on other places, such as the ore materials before forging according to the description of the weapon boss, and what was around Chuyang City. It was normal for a mechanical master to pay attention to materials.
This behavior happened two or three times, naturally attracting many people's attention. Although they didn't understand what the young lady was asking, they still left a preliminary impression that the young lady of Yangcheng Jun's family was studious.
This was also one of her purposes.
The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period seemed to be a period of ideological explosion. The words and deeds of ordinary people were insignificant, but the words and deeds of Mozi, Confucius, Laozi, etc. were recorded by special disciples.
It can be seen how high the requirements for character are.
Ye Mo didn't know how to become a great Mohist for the time being, but it was always right to show the good character of the complex Mohist thought.
Although Mozi's ancestors were royal nobles of the Shang Dynasty, they had completely declined to ordinary people in the Zhou Dynasty, not to mention the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Mozi was the only philosopher, thinker, educator, military strategist, and many other families who were born in farmers in Chinese history.
Key notes: only.
After asking, Ye Mo bought some things from the "masters", including copper coins shaped like shells, and some silver nuggets of different sizes that needed to be weighed.
Speaking of which, the writing systems of different countries are not unified, so the currency is naturally not unified. Chuyang City uses linen, copper shells, silver cakes, gold cakes, etc. for transactions. The Chu State produced gold coins during the Spring and Autumn Period.
Ye Mo is now considered a person with a gold mine, which is one of the reasons why the commercial economy of Chuyang City is prosperous.
...
After walking around the street, Ye Mo did not find Wang Xue.
Wang Xue's clothes in the space are not noble, but she is definitely not a commoner. She should be the daughter of a wealthy family of Lord Yangcheng or a favored official. Unfortunately, Mi Wenjing is too secluded on weekdays, and Lord Yangcheng's wife is also a person who has nothing to do.
Ye Mo saw the other two survivors.
As commoners, they are very free and seem to be looking for main and side quests. If they had not experienced two copies, they would even suspect that this is a holographic online game.
Another survivor is the one who is in the main quest of saving 3,000 people. Because the people of Chuyang City don't seem to need his rescue at all, he is ready to pack up and run away.
His identity is not a serf, not an official, but a commoner with relative freedom.
The countries in this period have not completely gotten rid of the Buddhist control of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The civilians of each country may have had exchanges with each other. As a result, the business of Chuyang City has become prosperous.
The population of Chuyang City is much larger than Ye Mo imagined.
It may be because the Spring and Autumn Period was relatively peaceful. In more than 300 years, more than 400 wars were fought, and many small regions were destroyed. However, the total war damage was far less than a single war in the early Warring States Period.
The battles in the Spring and Autumn Period were relatively polite. Their main purpose was to compare national strength, not to kill people.
There must be an excuse for fighting, invitations must be sent, envoys must not be killed, locations must be agreed, and both sides must have balanced carriages and horses, which is similar to the scene of modern international sports competitions with life threats.
Putting etiquette on the battlefield will naturally be interesting and funny to future generations, but Ye Mo can still understand some rules that seem inexplicable in future generations.
For example, civilians are not qualified to participate in the battle, only the soldiers can fight, one car against one car, one person against one person, one horse against one horse, and challenge each other. Do not take advantage of others' misfortunes, and be fair and orderly.
Because for those who practice martial arts, civilians are very weak. They can only be cannon fodder on the battlefield, wasting population resources. The various princes and kings still need the lower-class people to plant, raise, and serve.
There is rarely a phenomenon of slaughtering the loser. After winning, the winner often occupies the loser's materials and population.
Chu is a small country that is not visible among the vassal states. It swallowed up the powerful countries one by one. The rulers of those small countries may still be a vassal or others of the current Chu State.
When the population of China reached a certain scale, when the big countries rose one by one, the ambition of swallowing became stronger and stronger. This kind of ritual war in the Spring and Autumn Period was finally broken by a battle of Hongshui.
Compared with the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period had just begun not long ago. Ye Mo had learned from his adopted father Yang Chengjun in his memory that many frightening battles had been fought during this period.
The rulers of various countries no longer abided by the Zhou Li. There were too many people who were like grass. They did not care about the population. Tens of thousands of deaths and injuries were not uncommon. Common people also began to be recruited into the war team.
They even recruited peasant slaves as soldiers, serving as soldiers in wartime and working as farmers in their spare time.
Ye Mo left a shop and was about to get on a car. A man with dark skin, a thin figure, and a pair of clever black eyes broke through and walked quickly towards the car.
He was the only surviving teammate in the small group in the white space.
Two guards stopped the man.
He immediately stopped and kowtowed on the spot. Although the posture was a bit awkward, it was correct in terms of etiquette. "Greetings, young lady. I am Wang Qi, a humble man. I have something to report."
Ye Mo signaled the guards to let him go. "What is it?"
The survivor named Wang Qi spoke as if something was chasing him from behind. He spoke very fast, but he was not proficient in the local Chu dialect, so he sounded a little stuttering.
"I would like to recommend myself to the young lady and join the army with 3,000 peasant slaves from Chuyang City. I vow to defend Chuyang City, its land and water, and the lives of thousands of people."
The peasant slaves in Chuyang City mentioned by Wang Qi are far more than 3,000. This general term for the number is actually very accurate. It is a code that every survivor understands. The following words are also extended hints to the survivors.