Chapter 203 Passionate Ode to Mountains and Rivers
Zhao Yulin straightened his military uniform, took the suona handed over by the captain of the guard, and walked to the center of the field with a smile. He first bowed deeply to his mother, and then saluted around the field. The students and the people were grateful. This was the commander of the Shenwei Army, and the third young master was saluting them.
Thunderous applause immediately broke out in the stadium.
Zhao Yulin tried his voice and blew "A Pot of Old Wine" to his mother.
Because he had integrated the inner strength of Hu Yidao and the headmaster's wife, he was full of internal energy. As soon as he started playing, the powerful and full sound of the suona resounded throughout the venue, and continuous applause came one after another.
The two beauties from Lin'an, like the other students in the academy, sat on small stools, leaning against each other and whispering to each other: "Wow, the young master is so great, he can even play the suona."
The students nearby boasted that these were just "trivials". Our third young master can do a lot of things. Not only can he play the suona and the erhu, he is also a good football player.
Oh my, these students have long regarded Zhao Yulin as their idol, an omnipotent god-like figure.
After Zhao Yulin presented the general meaning of the lyrics and music of "A Pot of Old Wine" vividly, everyone immediately fell in love with the suona instrument. He took two breaths to hold back his tears and briefly introduced the general meaning of the lyrics and music of the next song "Ode to Mountains and Rivers" to everyone.
These days, he incorporated the passionate passage about defending the Yellow River from the Yellow River Cantata and made major changes to the old composer's ode to mountains and rivers. He felt that this would be more inspiring and encourage the Chinese people to forge ahead courageously.
Then, Zhao Yulin picked up the suona and started playing. After a prelude expressing the beautiful rivers and mountains, he played the passionate and surging Ode to the Yellow River, which immediately attracted everyone. He alternated between the rhythm of electronic and percussion instruments and the melody of the lion dance, giving people a refreshing feeling and endless motivation. Until the music stopped abruptly, everyone was still wandering in the story of the music.
Zhao Yulin saluted everyone and left the stadium, and the stadium immediately burst into warm applause. The evening party ended with Liu Haitang's blessing.
Zhang Xiangyang was in high spirits and not yet satisfied, so he told him not to leave in a hurry and took him to the study to ask him to compose the song they had just played. The students and professors nearby were also calling on him to ask the third young master to write it down for them.
Zhao Yulin couldn't refuse, so he went to the music room of the academy, where he wrote, played and adjusted the lyrics. It took him a whole day to compose the song "Defend the Yellow River" with the new version of the lyrics.
The students were delighted and excitedly rehearsed "Defending the Yellow River" overnight.
After returning home, Zhao Yulin ordered the captain of the guard to pack up and set off at dawn.
In the east wing, the old scholar was whispering with his second mother.
Zhao Yulin's second mother said that his third sister was in a bad mood, so why didn't you go and see her?
The old scholar said that it was San'er's song "A Pot of Old Wine" that made Sanfang feel worried, and she just needed to take a rest.
His second mother blamed the old scholar, saying that he had listened to the eldest wife's slander and drove everyone away one by one, causing the third sister to live on the streets of Jiang'anba and the third son to become an abandoned child of the Zhao family. The mother and son must be very sad.
The old scholar said in a deep voice: Now you have moved in again, and I am still raising San'er's child to adulthood.
The old scholar was stubborn and stubborn, a typical feudal chauvinist. It was harder than climbing to heaven for him to admit his mistakes. He thought that as long as he acknowledged that these women and children were still members of the Zhao family, it would be a great blessing.
His second mother could tell that the old scholar was angry, so she dared not say another word. What if the old man got unhappy and got out of bed without even putting on his coat, reciting poems and pretending to be noble? If he caught a cold, he would need them, the sisters, to take care of him.
The two beauties in the west wing, one thin and the other with an oval face, were also muttering in the room.
The thin girl praised Zhao Yulin highly, saying that she had heard in Lin'an how powerful the Shenwei Army was and how handsome, mighty and talented the commander was, but she was always puzzled. Now that she had arrived at Cuiping Mountain and saw it for herself, she discovered that it was much better than the legend had said.
Then, she said a little discouragedly that the master didn't even look at them, so are we so despicable?
Can’t I even be a concubine?
The melon-seed-faced man sighed and said, "The Shenwei Army does not practice forced marriage. There are too many women around the big official. Haven't you heard that each of them is better than the Lady Protector of the Nation?"
The Lady Protector of the Nation they were talking about was Liang Hongyu, the wife of Han Shizhong, an important official of the previous dynasty. She made great contributions in the wars with her husband and was named the Lady Protector of the Nation. She was a heroine in the eyes of the people.
The thin girl sighed and said, "Don't think too much about it. The court has sent us to marry to Xishu with a secret order. We have to study hard and at least join the Shenwei Army to work..."
In the row of houses at the back, Zhao Yulin’s cute kids also couldn’t sleep.
Chen Liu asked his elder brother Ma Yuan: Brother, is Dad going to leave us?
Ma Yuan said that was probably the case, Dad always wanted us to be happy before he went out.
Chen Liu said that the Song of Mountains and Rivers played by his father was so powerful that he wanted to go to Guanzhong to kill the enemy after listening to it.
Ma Yuan said helplessly that he also wanted to go, but his grandfather was very strict. He would come to check on them early every day. There were guards outside, and they would threaten them that if they didn't learn the skills well, they would only hold others back and cause others to be sacrificed when they join the army.
Chen Liu said with regret, forget it, let's not think about it, our father doesn't like those who don't follow the rules, let's practice more, and when our father is happy, we will ask him to take us to the front line to kill the enemy.
At dawn, Zhao Yulin quietly left the mansion and headed straight for the dock.
Du Baiyue had already been waiting there.
He smiled and said, "Why get up so early if there's nothing to do? If I don't work hard in bed, won't our Shenwei Army have no successors?"
Du Baiyue had just gotten married and said a little awkwardly that he just wanted to come and see the young master off.
Zhao Yulin told him that the days ahead might be even more difficult, so he should be aware of this and focus on the military training and recruitment here; Dali Kingdom is one family with us, so we should help them; Master Lu is in poor health, so he should be more responsible in his work...
After Zhao Yulin gave all these instructions, he felt that he had been too long-winded. He walked forward and hugged Baiyue tightly, then turned around and got on the boat. The official ship immediately set sail upstream.
In the Dali Kingdom's palace, the young emperor and his important ministers stayed up all night discussing how to clean up the post-war mess.
This time, when they went to war with the Chen Dynasty of Nanyue, they were caught off guard. Although Dali later defeated the Chen army with a desperate battle, their navy and various passes were almost completely destroyed, and the people were displaced. If they wanted to return to their previous state, the amount of money they would spend would be an astronomical figure.
This group of young and old men have been discussing for three days and three nights, but still haven't come to a conclusion.
The focus here is whether to accept the loan from the Shenwei Army?
Because the interest rate of this loan seemed to be very low, but it had to circulate freely in Dali, which made the Chai family, who was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, feel that it would shake the foundation of the country and was extremely inappropriate.
However, they were reluctant to spend their own money to help out, and after careful calculations, the gap was still large.
The most urgent thing was that Dali needed to arm a team with new weapons to fight against South Vietnam. The best way was to equip and train a new army according to the model of the Shenwei Army.
This requires raising a huge amount of silver to purchase new equipment for the Shenwei Army.
It was already dawn, and the little emperor said tiredly, "If we don't fight the Shenwei Army, the Shenwei Army will not attack Dali. But if we don't attack the Nanyue Kingdom, they will come to make trouble, and we must strengthen the army to resist them."
The young emperor made the decision and approved it. He borrowed 5 million strings of new currency from the Shenwei Army to restore the southern defense line. He also asked Duan Xiaolin to negotiate with his third brother to rent a column of new military equipment from the Shenwei Army and send a training officer to help the Dali Kingdom train new troops...
Two days later, Zhao Yulin arrived in Jiading. Chen Chen was waiting at the dock early. As soon as the man got off the boat, she pounced on him.
A long separation is better than a new marriage. Especially after visiting the gates of hell, Zhao Yulin cherished real life even more. The couple ate quickly and went into the house. Soon the curtains began to shake regularly.
At dawn, Zhao Yulin got up to practice martial arts, while the young woman was still sleeping soundly. After he finished his exercise, he woke the woman up, and after breakfast, it was time to get down to business.
Chen Chen told them not to talk about anything else for now and to stay in Jiading for at least ten days before leaving.
Zhao Yulin ignored her and asked Lao Lu and the others what to do now that they were coming.
Chen Chen told him that Master Lu said that the guy Daleli from the Imperial City Department was a sly person, and that he was a spy and that he would definitely not be able to hide it. She personally accompanied him to inspect Fengyuan Prison, and secretly checked the two newly-used coin-making machines, saying that there were problems and they were still repairing them, and only reduced the production by 20%.
However, she had to make the new currency needed by the Lin'an court first, and then it would take some time to make the currency needed by the new market.
Zhao Yulin said that the emperor's order was difficult to disobey, so this was the only thing he could do.
Seeing that Chen Chen was doing very well in Jiading, he asked her, "Why don't we go to Hanzhong together? It would be better for the family to be closer so that we can take care ."
Chen Chen asked him in surprise if it was true.
Want to go to Hanzhong together?
Zhao Yulin said of course it was true.
The woman immediately went up to him, hugged his head and bit it fiercely. After taking a breath, she said that she had to go to Emei first to see the headmistress. Master Jueming had written to her specifically asking her to take good care of her.
Zhao Yulin said with deep emotion that he would definitely go, because that was his lifesaver.
The two of them packed up and went to Emei Mountain. When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, the newly built hall had been completed. The winding mountain path was still being built going up.
The captain of the guard went forward to inquire, and Master Yu Guodong, who was in charge of the construction, said that the headmaster had left half a month ago, saying that he was going to the back mountain to practice in seclusion, and it was unknown when he would be back. He only instructed that a clean room must be built on the top of the mountain for the headmaster to practice.
Zhao Yulin felt it was unfortunate that he didn't see anyone. He told the craftsman to do whatever the master said and make sure it was done well.
The sun had already set, and he said let's go to the town in front of the mountain to rest for a night and go back tomorrow. When the group arrived in the town, all the inns were filled, so he and his friends stayed in the beautiful Banshanju.
Zhao Yulin accompanied Chen Chen to walk around the yard, and a faint orchid fragrance came over, giving people a feeling of tranquility. Just as they were preparing to eat, they saw the old beggar Qi Gong walk in. Chen Chen's face immediately showed surprise, and he ran out like a gust of wind, shouting, "Master is here."
