Chapter 1, Meishan.

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Happy, not for one's own achievements, but to celebrate the effectiveness of one's own thinking. So he got himself a bottle of wine from a small distillery in the village and inexplicably ran to the opposite side of the Qingyi River in Jiazhou, where the giant Buddha statue is located. After getting drunk, he went crazy, shouting that he wished he had been born a thousand years earlier. ... Then ...

North of the city wall, there is the Beijiao Training Ground.

It has been five years since coming to this world.

Among them, Chì and Jī are mostly the capital and important cities throughout the country. Although Méizhōu is located on the border, it governs three prefectures and four counties. Among the twelve provinces of the Yìzhōu Road, it ranks fourth, truly being a prosperous province.

Continue north, on both sides of the stone-paved road, there is the Temple of the God of Fire on the right, the Jie Xiao Fang, and on the left, there is the Yu Qing Guan and the Dong Yue Temple.

Four years ago, the Yellow River breached its embankment at Shanghuakou.

A great Confucian of his generation, the model minister Fan Zhongyan, passed away with a heart full of concerns for the country and the people, as well as many regrets and sorrows.

First, there is the Wen Temple and the Study Office on the east side of the road, followed by the Meishan Academy.

The court can no longer tolerate it, so Di Qing is dispatched to suppress it.

However, due to the open terrain downstairs, which provides shelter from the rain, a natural convenient place has been formed. So, along with the street between the two buildings, it spontaneously became a market from an unknown year.

I enjoy reading books. However, there are not many extracurricular books available in the village for me to read. Instead, there are quite a few old people who keep some yellowed old books. I am not picky and end up developing a liking for classical Chinese literature and a fondness for reading ancient books, even though I am clearly a science and engineering enthusiast.

There is a gate tower on the city wall, with three large characters written on it - "Wenming Gate".

In the territory of Jiazhou, several small rivers converge.

The Song Dynasty recognized the Western Xia and annually gifted them with 70,000 taels of silver, 150,000 pieces of silk, and 30,000 catties of tea.

Continuing north along the stone path, there is another small stone bridge spanning the creek, named "Tongjin Bridge", which means that people in the city cross this bridge to go to the pier and take the waterway to reach Dajin.

The place is not large, but it is very prosperous. The entire Meizhou has a population of 30,000 households, and the number of households in the state capital is 5,000.

The small vendors covet the coolness and benefits of this place, and they all like to gather here. The residents also enjoy exchanging information and chatting here.

In just over a decade, there have been both external threats and internal troubles.

Wang Lun, Zhang Hai, Guo Maishan, Jin Zhoumin, Guanghua Jun, Guiyang Man, Wang Ze... Various uprisings are happening one after another.

One of the alleys there is the Meishan distribution center for the most important industry in Sichuan - the textile industry, known as the "Shahuzi" center.

Meishan is a subordinate county, so there are two yamen, the prefectural yamen and the county yamen, both located at the intersection of the high-level commercial district and the ordinary commercial district.

Ten years ago, the Western Xia, with the momentum of a great victory, launched a counterattack against the Song Dynasty. The Song army resisted at the Dingchuan Fort, but was defeated once again.

The aftermath of the uprising resulted in the reputation of "difficult to govern the people of Shu". Sichuan became a place where the court let things take their own course, with extremely lax governance in various policy areas, which was quite different from the Central Plains and became an administrative special zone.

The performance is outstanding. Based on his own strengths, he has developed intangible cultural heritage projects in several towns as pilot projects and has become as close as family with local inheritors of intangible cultural heritage.

One of them has a beautiful water color, which appears green and blue during the long autumn and winter season. The bamboo forests on both sides are lush and verdant, hence people call it "Glass River".

In that year, within the court of the Song Dynasty, a term emerged - "political factions".

Meizhou lotus roots, world-renowned.

The year was 1092 in the reign of Emperor Huanyou of the Song Dynasty, in the year of Renchen.

After the Song army entered Shu, only four cities were preserved. Meizhou City, located near the southwestern border, can be considered a survivor.

After graduating from university, he passed the exam and entered the civil servant system in Meizhou City. He became a clerk in the government office and worked there for less than two years. Then, he was paired with an experienced colleague and started working on poverty alleviation at the grassroots level in rural areas.

The Min River passes through Luzhou, enters Jiazhou, and then changes direction to head north.

Around the farmhouse, there is often a circle of taro fields, usually planted with locally produced red mouth taro.

Here, the distance to Jiazhou and Chengdu Prefecture was just 160 li, making it an excellent location for a water transportation hub.

Eleven years ago, the Song-Xia War broke out, and the Song army suffered a major defeat at Haoshui River.

Twelve years ago, Ouyang Xiu wrote "On Factionalism", which solidified this argument and also unveiled the veil of the passionate struggle within the Song court. It made the issue clear, theoretical, and systematic.

This is actually a folk custom, which is, of course, a remnant of the feudal system. The government does not promote it, but it cannot be prohibited by the people, both in the north and the south.

There are many festivals in the Great Song Dynasty. On the second day of the second lunar month and the third day of the third lunar month, there are flower markets and silk markets here. People of all ages and genders, from both urban and rural areas, gather here, creating a lively atmosphere.

除了度荒 , 人们其实多把它当做绿化使用。 Translated Result: Apart from being used for tourism, people actually use it more for greening purposes.

The residents are busy coming and going, while the vendors are each shouting and selling, all busy with their daily necessities, completely unaware of a child who has come alone from the north, now standing at the street corner in confusion.

Behind the academy, on the small hill to the east, there is a large palace-style building, both in form and beauty, it is the crown jewel of Meishan - the Wenchang Palace.

Continuing upstream along the Glass River, you will come across a small hill lying by the river. The hill is low and resembles a toad in shape. Due to its appearance, this hill is called "Mayi Hill".

Entering the city from the Wenming Gate, a straight path paved with bluestones extends to the north, and the houses on both sides of the path gradually become denser.

After passing by the local temple by the bridge, walking a few hundred steps forward will lead to the core area of Mount Mei.

Under his wholehearted efforts, various intangible cultural heritage industries have also become vibrant. Senior comrades privately revealed that he is being considered for promotion as the director of the poverty alleviation office, at the rank of official.

The small vendors and the lower class also have a place to go. Continuing north along the stone road, there are two consecutive intersections, which combine the main streets of Meishan City and the structure of the city wall, forming a square-shaped "use" character.

His village is a relatively isolated small village in the 21st century.

If you disembark from the southern gate pier and pass by the wild pavilion, you will see fields and lotus ponds on both sides of the suburban area. This is the legacy of Li Bing's water conservancy in the past. It is truly picturesque with the beautiful lotus flowers in full bloom and the pastoral scenery.

Fourteen years ago, the Khitan people in the border region of the Great Song Dynasty rebelled and established the Western Xia Kingdom.

On the left side of the main road is the Shuyuan Building, where you can enjoy the panoramic view of the Glass River from the top floor.

This year, Nong Zhigao has been testing for a long time, finally revealing his true colors, and establishing the Great Southern Country.

There is a stone bridge in the south of the city, which the locals call Nanqiao. Crossing Nanqiao, one will reach a low and short earthen city wall.

During this year, there were many officials, villages, and customers who fled and migrated in Kuilu and other states. The government has established laws and regulations to deal with this.

At the two intersections, there are high platforms with four-way bases, each with a building on top. The buildings have green tiled roofs and flying eaves facing each other, which are the iconic buildings of Meishan Town - Daqing Tower.

In his previous life, or rather, in his future life, he was an orphan who grew up eating at various households in the village.

Two Daqing Towers, both official buildings, have bells and drums on the upper floors and are not open to the public on weekdays.

After lengthy negotiations, eight years ago, a peace treaty was finally reached with the Western Xia.

The administrative system of the Great Song Dynasty was divided into routes, prefectures, states, armies, and counties. Based on population and level of prosperity, they were further divided into the categories of "Chì", "Jī", "Wàng", "Jǐn", "Shàng", "Zhōng", and "Xià".

Still this year, the court ordered Wang Yaochen, Wang Shouzhong, Chen Xu, and others to compare the income and expenditure of the national finances in the fourth year of Jiaqing and Huangyou. The quantities of gold, silk, and firewood were all included in the calculation, and the expenses were recorded. By the first year of Huangyou, the income was 126,251,964, and the surplus was lost.

Afterwards, due to the intervention of the Zhang family, Zhang Yaozuo was appointed to a position, and the power struggle in the court resumed. Song Xiang and Wen Yanbo were successively dismissed from their positions as prime ministers.

On the side of Mayi Mountain, there is a small town named after the mountain's shape. This is the transit point between Jiazhou and Chengdu Prefecture - the location of Meishan City.

Then, perhaps the Giant Buddha of Jiazhou heard it, and sent him to this world.

This place is rich in resources, but the taste of the red-mouthed yam is average, so not many people eat it. However, the leaves of this yam are similar to those of the banana plant, with red edges and green centers, which is quite lovely.

Old man is really something, he is so at ease! But I am still a child!

At this time, the Yangtze River was not yet called the Yangtze River, only referred to as "Da Jiang" or "Jiang". From Jiangling Prefecture, heading west, passing through Xia State, crossing the Three Gorges, and then passing through Kuizhou, the Yangtze River enters the Minjiang section.

These large commercial firms and stores deal with wealthy merchants from Jiazhou Prefecture and Yizhou Prefecture, belonging to the noble community of this era and the prominent local upper-class families, the so-called "Jiangqing" aristocratic settlement.

On the court, the shadow of the failure of the Qingli New Policy has not yet dissipated, and there is a dispute over the river management strategy. The order has been changed three times, but the decision has been delayed for a long time.

Adjacent to the base of the city wall, not far to the right, there is an official pavilion named "Zhaigui Pavilion". Behind the pavilion, there is a building called "Kuixing Pavilion", which is the location of Meishan Post.

If I have to find another hobby, it would be watching documentaries.

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However, the people are simple and honest, but he is not without the ability to fend for himself, having learned self-reliance from the villagers since he was young.

Jiang Qing's family, for generations, has practiced intermarriage. Even if someone from another surname is wealthy, it is still difficult to marry into the Qin and Jin families.

To the west of the road is the most prosperous commercial area, with various shops and businesses lining up and numerous signs.

In the face of national crisis, the Khitan people also took advantage of the situation. Fu Bi went to the Khitan to negotiate a treaty, agreeing to give them 100,000 units of silk and silver each year.

It has been fifty-seven years since the uprising of Li Shun, the King of Xishu. The phenomenon of tea and salt smuggling has once again become widespread.