Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 318 Wei Qing (Part )

In the spring of the second year of Hou Yuan,
He Bo felt that Nanyue and Xinxia were thousands of miles away from him, the progress bar refreshed too slowly, and waiting was too boring.
So Run went to the Three Jins, gathered a group of children who were herding sheep, and began to tell them stories.

On the bank of Fenshui River,
On the long green meadow in spring,

The sheep were grazing nearby with their heads down.
He Bo was surrounded by a group of children aged eight or nine, enjoying their admiring and longing gazes.

He sat cross-legged on the grass and first told the children about the various gods and monsters in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and then talked about the therapeutic effects of those gods and monsters.

He Bo's description is vivid and colorful.

In order to let the children know what the gods and monsters look like, they would take out precious paper and pen from their pockets and sketch their shapes.

Although so many years have passed,

He Bo's painting skills did not improve much.

But the form of gods and monsters is abstract.

Combined with He Bo's painting skills, they can be said to "complement each other".

Therefore,
When he finished the painting and displayed it,

No child criticized him for his poor drawing skills.

They would only sigh sincerely at the portraits, "These gods and monsters really don't look like humans at all!"

So ugly.
It’s scary at first glance!
One of the depressed boys stared at the picture for a while, then suddenly said to He Bo, "I heard that the Classic of Mountains and Seas has two volumes. The first volume talks about ancient legends, and the second volume talks about the geography of the world today."

"Can you tell me something about the next volume?"

He Bo asked him, "Are you interested in this?"

A boy of this age,
Generally speaking, don’t we all like to fantasize about new and strange things?
Maps, this kind of thing,

It looks a bit dull and not very suitable for storytelling.

Even when Ying Pijiang was a child, he read the first volume first, which aroused his curiosity about the outside world, and then he studied the second volume of "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

The child nodded.

But others expressed their objection, "What's so good about those things outside the domain?"

"It's more interesting to listen to supernatural stories!"

"that is!"

"It's too dangerous to go too far away. I don't want to go there!"

Although he grew up in a town near the Fen River, he could travel farther by boat after he grew up.
But that kind of future is not something these shepherd boys can expect.

And at this age,

They would rather stay in their familiar hometown, rely on their parents' arms, play after eating, and roll around in the mud.

The child ignored his friend's protest and said to He Bo expectantly, "I don't listen to outsiders. I just listen to Central Plains."

He pointed to the ground under his feet, then to the west, "I want to find my sister!"

"My sister was recently sent to Chang'an by my mother. I miss her very much."

He Bo was surprised. "Pingyang is very far from Chang'an. What can we do there?"

The name "Pingyang"
It is very common in the land of China.

During the Warring States Period, the Three Jins, Qi, and Qin each had their own Pingyang. Only Chu and Yan, the two "barbarian and vulgar countries" on the edge of the Xia Dynasty, did not use this name, which has a good connotation but has been overused, to build a city.

Pingyang, where He Bo was at this time, was the capital of the old Han Dynasty. It is now a county under the jurisdiction of Hedong County of the Han Dynasty. It is also the Pingyang Marquisate of the Cao family. It is nearly a thousand miles away from Chang'an.

"Judging from your age, your sister shouldn't be that old either... Is the person you're planning to marry in Chang'an?"

If she married and moved to Chang'an to follow her husband, that would be understandable.

But the child said, "No, it's because the Marquis of Pingyang sent people to recruit some servants."

At this time, the nobles liked to recruit servants from their own fiefdoms and send them to Chang'an to serve them.

Because they felt that since these people grew up in their own fiefdoms, they should be more loyal than others.

He Bo said "Oh", and turned his thoughts to Chang'an, looking at the situation of Pingyang Marquis Cao Shou -

The young nobleman was talking to his wife, Princess Yangxin.

He tilted his head towards his wife, bent slightly, with a hint of flattery in his expression.

As the emperor's daughter and the prince's elder sister, Princess Yangxin inherited the beauty of her parents and had the pride of a royal family between her brows.

With a dignified demeanor, she looked at the new servants in the mansion and her husband equally.

He Bo then retracted his gaze and said to the child, "It's not easy to go to Chang'an, and it's even more difficult to live in Chang'an."

"Aren't you afraid of hard work?"

"Zheng Qing is not afraid of hard work!"

One child spoke up for his friend, "His sister treats him much better than his dad!"

"No, his brothers don't admit that he is from the Zheng family, so we should call him Wei Qing!"

Another partner quickly interrupted the "inappropriate words" of the person in front of him and spoke loudly.

"You're talking nonsense. A son must have the same surname as his father!"

"You are ignorant. How can a father treat his son as a slave? Why would an unloving father acknowledge him?"

then,

The two children with different opinions started fighting over the question of "Should a friend take the mother's surname or the father's surname?"

They rolled in the grass, covered with grass seeds, and scared the lambs grazing nearby, causing them to bleat and run to their mother to avoid the two little two-legged beasts that were destroying the grass.

Only He Bo stood there, squinting his eyes, raising his hand to touch his chin, looking like he was in deep thought.

The name "Wei Qing"
Of course he knows.

But to a certain extent, it, like "Pingyang", is somewhat rampant in the land of China.

There is no need to say much about the surname "Wei".

After the fall of the kingdoms, many of the survivors took their kingdoms as their surnames.

Although the princes of the Warring States Period disappeared, people with the surnames Zhao and Qi are still everywhere.

As for the name "Qing",
Needless to say.

It's just too ordinary.

He Borun has been in Run for so many years and has seen too many people with colors in their names.

Even in Hades,

Running to the busy Haoli Street and shouting "Qing" can attract many dead ghosts to look back.

So He Bo can't guarantee it.
This child was the great Sima general who would become famous all over the world in the future.

Fortunately,

Ghosts and gods don’t care about this.

Celebrity,

He has tasted so much!

Moreover, the other party wanted to know the geography of getting from Pingyang to Chang'an in order to visit his sister.

Why did He Bo want to stop him?

So He Bo said to Wei Qing, "I can agree to your request, but can we talk about it later?"

"I haven't finished telling my story about gods and monsters yet. I can't interrupt it and change the subject at will."

He Bo hates the guy who stops telling a story halfway and keeps people in suspense the most!
Wei Qing nodded obediently.
Following the friends, they continued to surround He Bo, holding their heads with their hands, and quietly listened to the ghosts and gods telling stories about ghosts and gods.

When He Bo finished speaking,

He did not turn directly to Wei Qing and seamlessly move on to a new topic.

He simply touched his pocket, took out some delicious cakes and shared them with the children around him.

The child didn't expect that
Today, when I was herding sheep by the river, I not only met someone who told me stories for free, but also got delicious food from him.

So they all jumped up excitedly and looked at He Bo with even more admiration.

At this moment, He Bo is the boss they swear allegiance to!

He Bo also laughed happily, then ran to the nearby woods, caught a few pheasants, made a fire and roasted the meat, and continued to feed the children.

among them,

He Bo decided to give the skinny Wei Qing a big chicken leg.

He said, "You are too thin. If you really want to go to Chang'an to see your sister, you need to gain some weight!"

The journey has always been difficult,

Not a bit healthy.
Where is the capital to run around?

Wei Qing looked at him gratefully, then picked up the chicken leg and started to eat it.

He was indeed hungry, and it had been a while since he had eaten anything oily or water in his stomach.

his mother,

A widow in the prime of life,

Because she became a widow at a young age and had four underage children to raise, she colluded with Zheng Ji, a minor official in the county, hoping to get money from him to raise her children.

Then due to his excellent physical fitness,

Zheng Ji was also good at riding and shooting.

She gave birth to three new, hungry children.

Zheng Ji's side,

Because he frequently took money from home to give to women outside, his wife discovered this and gave him a severe lesson. He was forced to break off relations with Wei Qing's mother.

Wei Qing's mother had to raise seven children alone, and the pressure of life made her life very difficult.

At last,
One day, Wei Qing's mother sent this eldest illegitimate son to the doorstep of his biological father's home.

She said to Zheng Ji, "I had an affair with you and gave birth to a child, so I deserve this life."

"But I really can't raise seven children."

"I will continue to raise your two little ones."

"But this older one is sensible and can work. Take him back and give him something to eat."

"You can't even deny a son who can work!"

then,

The mother turned to Wei Qing and said, "Don't blame me."

"I have raised you to this age, and I have fulfilled my duties as a mother."

"Your two brothers are still very young and can't do anything. The Zheng family may not accept them."

In such an era,

Although he is an illegitimate child,
But as long as you can contribute some effort and do something, you will always be recognized by your blood relatives.

After all, farming, herding sheep, and picking eggs,
It all needs people to do it!
One more person means one more laborer!
Therefore,
Wei Qing was accepted by the Zheng family.

But he was not regarded as Zheng Ji's son.

The Zheng family did not allow him to use his biological father's surname and treated him no differently from a servant, driving him out every day to herd sheep for the family.

So a ten-year-old child,
She still looks skinny and withered, not cute at all.

He Bo was worried that he would break his legs and die on the way to Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)