Three Kingdoms

Fei Qian was half-leaning on the patio of the large wooden house he built, feeling somewhat proud of himself.

Although this building was not built by myself, it was a product of my own design after all. From the first day of construction to the final completion, I felt a sense of accomplishment.

It is said to be a wooden house, but it is actually a relatively large building complex.

After entering the gate, there is a patio, which is where Fei Qian is currently basking in the sun. There is a scaffolding set up. No plants have been planted yet. We will wait until next spring.

Beyond the patio is the reception hall, and beyond the hall are five slightly branched rooms. Fei Qian jokingly named it the "Five Elements Room", which means metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Earth is in the middle, and it is also the largest room. Of course, Fei Qian uses it as his own room.

It turned out that Pang Tong still wanted to fight, but Fei Qian choked and said that I built it. If you like it, you can live there. If you don't, you can build a thatched house by yourself...

So Pang Tong had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and chose a fire-shaped house with a good orientation.

After the five rooms is a small backyard, where some functional rooms are basically set up.

After Pang Tong settled in, in order to solve the problem of a drop of water raised by Fei Qian, he seemed to have gone out to find someone, brought back some measuring instruments, and then locked himself in the room without coming out...

"Ah hahaha, I weighed it out! I weighed it out!" Pang Tong yelled from Huo Zi Fang, which almost startled Fei Qian.

Pang Tong opened the door with a bang and rushed into Fei Qian's earth-shaped house. When he saw that there was no one there, he looked around and saw Fei Qian in the front yard. He excitedly came over with something in hand.

When he arrived in front of Fei Qian, he put the thing in his hand in front of Fei Qian and raised his head proudly: "I figured it out!" With a proud look on his face, he almost didn't write "compliment me, hurry up and praise me" in the On the face...

Fei Qian looked at the water glass in front of him, made a rough guess, and realized that Pang Tong had finally figured it out using a stupid method.

Indeed, for measurement in the Han Dynasty, only by macroscopicizing microscopic problems can we calculate them, but...

Fei Qian raised the water glass and said, "Why do you use such a big one? Wouldn't it be better to use a smaller one?"

"..." Pang Tong's proud face immediately fell down as if it had been hit by frost.

Anyway, there are only a few methods, so Fei Qian is not interested in how Pang Tong calculated it. Instead, he is more interested in a scale-like object that Pang Tong brought over. Is this a weighing instrument from the Han Dynasty?

The shaft is made of bronze and has some scales engraved on it. It is smooth and shiny. You can tell at a glance that it has been used frequently. A lifting rope is passed through the middle of the pole for carrying, and two copper plates are hung on both sides of the pole for weighing objects.

It looks like a scale. What about the weights?

Fei Qian saw a few copper rings on the side, took them in his hand and tossed them around, guessing that these were weights.

It's quite exquisite, but it's not very convenient...

Pang Tong on the side quickly reached out to grab it and said, "I finally found someone to borrow this. Don't break it."

Fei Qian said casually: "If it is not broken, even if it is broken, you can just make it into such a rough thing..."

"Rough?!" Pang Tong stared, and just as he was about to say something, he saw Uncle Fu walking in from outside as if he had something to do, so he put the items away in frustration, preparing to argue with Fei Qian later.

"What? Marriage between Liu and Cai?"

Sure enough, the news brought by Uncle Fu was a bit shocking. Although Fei Qian had given Liu Biao advice, he didn't expect Liu Biao to act so quickly. It had only taken a few days? Just marry into the Cai family?

These six ritual procedures are all expedited at Liubaili, right?

How can it be so fast normally?

Pang Tong on the side was also a little surprised, and murmured in his mouth: "Liu Jingsheng originally won over the Kuai family, and now he has married into the Cai family. Now his civil and military skills are complete... His wings have just begun to take shape..."

Compared to Fei Qian, Pang Tong, who was born and raised, naturally knew the situation of the Jingxiang gentry better.

Fei Qian then said to Pang Tong, "Oh, since you know so much about it, why don't you tell me about it?"

Pang Tong was still a little awkward and said, "Why should I say that?"

"Well, if what you say is good," Fei Qian thought for a moment, pointed at the scale in Pang Tong's hand, and said, "How about I help you make a more refined one?"

"Really?" Pang Tongyi became interested and told Fei Qian everything.

In fact, the Jingxiang area has been different from Heluo and Jizhou in the north, as well as Bingzhou, Youzhou and Liangzhou further away.

Jingxiang originally belonged to the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period.

At that time, the culture of the Chu State was very different from that of the northern states such as Zhao and Qin. In particular, the Qin State was known for its harsh laws at the time, while the Chu State was gentler and more tolerant in comparison. , so many figures in the cultural circles who could not survive in the north fled south to Jingxiang, gradually forming a rather diversified cultural atmosphere in this area.

Therefore, Xiangyang is simply a hodgepodge, tolerant and inclusive, and gradually formed a gentry system that was different from other places.

In the north, there are many places where a large noble clan is often very exclusive. Often there is only one surname in a place, and it is difficult for people with other surnames to gain a foothold.

In Xiangyang, not to mention other things, there are dozens of miles between Xiangyang and Yicheng called "Guangeli". Dozens of officials with more than 2,000 stone settled here, among which seven of the most famous families: Pang, Huang , Cai, Kuai, Ma, Xi, Yang. As for other smaller aristocratic families, there are even more, too numerous to mention.

The most critical point is that the degree of marriage between these aristocratic families in Xiangyang is more dense and frequent than in the north.

Among them, the one who prefers marriage means the most is the Cai family. The Cai family not only married local nobles, but also had many contacts with important officials in the north. For example, Cai Xi's sister married Zhang Wen from afar, and now Zhang Wen has been granted the title of Taiwei...

Now Liu Biao has extended a hand to the Cai family, and he has hit it off with the Cai family. The Cai family can hold important positions without having to stay far away from home.

And Pang Tong emphasized that, unlike the Kuai family's poetry and calligraphy heirlooms, the Cai family's family also included some methods of military training and leadership, so basically the Cai family can be regarded as a military general family.

This marriage between Liu Biao and Jingxiang basically stabilized Jingxiang. He had brothers from the Kuai family in literature and members of the Cai family in military affairs. One was civil and the other was military. The two families just didn't have much conflict and could cooperate perfectly.

Fei Qian thought to himself, among the top families, let alone the Pang family. The reputation of Pang Degong spread throughout Jingxiang; the Kuai family, the Cai family and Liu Xian were now closely related. What about the Huang family? Could it be that Huang Zu of Jiangxia was also a member of the Huang family? So he asked Pang Tong.

"The Huang family is famous for making instruments." Speaking of the Huang family, Pang Tong shook his head and said with some regret, and raised the weighing instrument in his hand, "I also borrowed this weighing instrument from the Huang family. The Huang family also had a surname. , but now Huang Gong has no successor... As a result, many people from the Huang family have gone to Jiangxia..."