Devil’s Advent

The two days before New Year's Eve are generally called Little New Year's Eve;

According to the old customs, the people in Fengxin City began to hold some small banquets at home to entertain relatives and friends who came to visit. This is called a farewell banquet.

The etiquette that has been passed down from Xia to the present, in terms of clothing and hair style, there are differences between Yan, Jin, Qian and Chu, but there are still commonalities in the festival process;

As for the barbarians and savages in Fengxin City, they, who were not up to these festivals before, have long been coerced into the same rhythm.

But the common people can put down a year of hard work and enjoy this rare time of peace, some people cannot stop.

In a box on the second floor of the Moon View Building in Fengxin City, the leaders of a caravan from Lao Yandi are gathering here for a banquet.

They definitely won't have time to go back for the New Year, and they have to wait here for a batch of goods after the new year.

Jindong’s commerce is prosperous, firstly because it is located in a key point, restricting the three-party circulation, and secondly because of the workshop group in Jindong itself, which is the birthplace of the most in-demand commodities in the world.

The supply of goods is tight, you have to bid, you have to queue up, and at the end of the year, productivity will inevitably decline, and caravans are waiting for goods. This is unavoidable.

The shopkeeper of the caravan sitting in the first seat raised his wine glass, and recalled the hard work of the past year with his subordinates, and then looked forward to the harvest of the next year. The process is still the same process. The atmosphere is also warm.

After drinking for three rounds and eating five flavors, the shopkeeper called the singer to sing to add to the fun, and half of the bosses on the table left with the excuse of going to the toilet, but everyone knew exactly what they were going to do.

Not to mention in this world, even in later generations, this kind of industry will never stop.

However, here in Fengxin City, the red tent is also an official camp. It is said that the shopkeeper behind it is a female gentleman from the palace.

As for the relationship between the female gentleman and the princess, there are actually not many rumors, because it is hard for the people below to imagine that their princess will handle this kind of business, and there are too few people who believe it, so the rumor will naturally not spread.

Therefore, in the various red tent industries in Fengxin City, basically there will be no such thing as prostitution. Customers here must also abide by the rules. Buying and selling is buying and selling. Between guests, we must be polite.

But it is precisely this kind of tone that gives the red tent industry in Fengxin City a cultural atmosphere that is different from other places;

And gradually gained a kind of limelight that surpassed and overwhelmed the famous skinny horses and little ladies in dry land in the past.

In fact, there are very few local women in Fengxin City to enter the red curtains anymore.

One is because the Prince of Pingxi established Jindong with a large army. First there was a large army, then a military town, and then gradually developed a city with a population of all walks of life, so the proportion of military and Han people here is very high.

The difference from the low status of the gangsters in the Qian Kingdom is that here, as long as you marry a soldier, you can enter the standard household registration as long as you are a regular soldier. The benefits are too attractive, so Qiu Ba is definitely a sweet potato in the blind date market , a hill is hard to find.

The second is to recruit female workers in the workshop. For example, the Juggernaut family has been working in the workshop before giving birth, which solves the employment problem of some women to a certain extent;

However, the refugees who moved in from outside have been filling this vacancy. From time to time, there are mobile red tents from other places who organize groups to enter Fengxin City to provide fresh blood for this industry. Therefore, the industry has been able to maintain.

Others were either admiring the singing and dancing, or looking for fun alone, but in the corner of the box, there was a young man, holding a glass of wine, silently leaning against the window, watching the flow of people on the street.

The shopkeeper came over and asked with a smile;

"Why don't you go to Gaole Gaole with them?"

The young man smiled and said, "There is a good wife in the family."

The shopkeeper said: "Who doesn't seem to have one."

The young man nodded, not bothering to explain.

The shopkeeper was very polite to this young man under his command. The young man's surname was Wu and his name was Zhao Nian. He was the distant nephew of his boss.

"Treasurer Li often leads teams to and from Jindong, what do you think of this place?" Wu Zhaonian asked.

Shopkeeper Li said with a smile: "As early as the prince of Pingxi sealed the town of Xuehaiguan, I have come here almost every six months, from Xuehaiguan to Fengxin City, every time I come, the feeling will be different.

When I walked this road for the first time, apart from Xueguan, the land of Eastern Jin was really a blank land with ten rooms and nine empties. Looking at it now, the smell of fireworks is already so strong.

In the eyes of outsiders, Prince Pingxi of our Dayan is the god of war in the world, but in my opinion, the place where the prince governs is really magical. "

Wu Zhaonian nodded slightly, and said: "That's why the Pingxi Palace, in a corner of eastern Jin, has the atmosphere that can stand alone against Chu."

At this time,

A wedding team came downstairs, and it was very festive.

But the strange thing is that there are actually two sedan chairs in this team, one is a flower sedan chair and the other is a green curtain sedan chair.

Marrying wives and taking concubines is the fashion of this era. It is normal for those who have idle money to take in a small house, but there is only one official wife, and that is the double princess of Pingxi Palace. That is also an honor bestowed by the emperor. wife.

Ordinary families, even wealthy families, would not dare to play like this.

The most interesting thing is that this team actually stopped at the gate of the downstairs. You know, this is the Moon Tower. No matter how nice the name is, it still can't change the fact that this is the place of fireworks and willow lanes.

The bridegroom officer is a very young man, dressed in armor and wearing red flowers on his chest.

The status of soldiers in Eastern Jin is high, and on the day when Prince Pingxi canonized the two concubines, Xuanjia was also on the stage, so the folk marriages here, the groom's background is also like armor.

Shopkeeper Li smiled and said, "Is this going to marry a prostitute?"

Wu Zhaonian shook his head and said, "There is a bride in the wedding sedan chair."

The young groom dismounted, walked to the wedding sedan chair, and led out the bride who covered her face from inside.

"You, come here." Shopkeeper Li summoned one of his subordinates, "Go down and find out what the scene is."

"yes."

After giving instructions to his subordinates, shopkeeper Li guessed to Wu Zhaonian: "You won't take a whore to fill in the house when you marry a big woman, right?"

Wu Zhaonian did not speak.

Below the moon viewing tower, it was crowded with people, and everyone was watching the excitement.

Not long after, a young girl from the moon appreciation building came out and answered the groom's official.

The groom's face was solemn, and he said something very seriously. Then, he held the bride's hand. On this big wedding day, in front of the Moon Tower, the newlyweds knelt at the gate.

Shopkeeper Li smacked his lips, looked back, and finally waited until the person he sent earlier returned.

"Did you hear that?"

"Understood, shopkeeper."

"Tell me quickly."

"It's like this, shopkeeper, this groom official has just been included in the royal guards of the royal residence a few days ago."

"Hey, this is a good prospect." Shopkeeper Li said.

Anyone who is familiar with the situation in Eastern Jin knows exactly what kind of bodyguards Prince Pingxi has in brocade clothes. When the prince goes out, he is basically guarded by the bodyguards in brocade clothes.

Whether it's always being a personal guard, sharing a favor with the prince or getting a chance to go out, in short, the future is extremely bright.

"Today he married the daughter of a general."

"Then why come here?"

"It's like this, shopkeeper, this groom was born as an orphan. When Prince Pingxi was in Shengle City, he started a righteous school and took orphans into the school.

Qiu Bayi who died in the army or other ordinary people can donate money to go to the school, choose from among the righteous children, and have them change their surnames to enshrine the surnames of the tablet. "

This model was originally due to the fact that the pensions of Qiuba who died in battle had no relatives to receive them, so one of the orphans in the school was chosen to take over their surnames, and the pensions were regarded as living expenses for the children.

In essence, the palace didn't pay any more for this, the pension should have been given, these orphans, the blind man had made a team early on to take them in as a foundation for the future.

Therefore, it is nothing more than a formality;

But it also attracted a lot of people from outside to fund.

"There is an old bustard in this moon appreciation building, who was in the red tent in Shengle city at the earliest time. She donated a sum of money at that time to support a foster son, this groom official.

The groom, the official, left school when he was last year, and has experienced a year in the army. Not long ago, he was selected as a personal guard in the palace of Jinyi, and was valued by a senior general, and he was accepted as the son-in-law of Chenglong Kuai.

Today is his big wedding day, but the groom insisted on taking his mother back home today. "

"Pick up his mother, today?" Shopkeeper Li was confused.

"Yes, there is no blood relationship... aunt. In fact, the bridegroom officer has come several times earlier, wanting to take his aunt out to live with him, but the old ladies feel that their identities will pollute his future. , No matter what he said, he was unwilling to leave and let him go.

But who would have imagined that today, on the day of the wedding, the official groom brought the bride to pick him up. Earlier, the old ladies sent a message and offered a sum of money for the wedding, but they refused to marry him again. go home.

The bridegroom is stubborn,

He took his bride and knelt at the door;

also said,

It is said that half of his life was given by the prince, and he will not hesitate to sacrifice his life for the prince if he needs it in the future;

The other half's life was given by my grandmother. Now that I am an adult and married, how can there be no grandmother sitting there eating a cup of tea from the new wife?

He said that if the old ladies don't come out, he won't get married today. "

Shopkeeper Li sighed after hearing this, and sighed with emotion, "This groom is a loyal man."

As he spoke, shopkeeper Li looked at Wu Zhaonian who was beside him.

Wu Zhaonian reached out and patted the window lightly,

at this time,

Seems to be the groom's insistence or even a "threat\

,"Finally, that person couldn't refuse.

From the moon viewing tower, an obviously older woman came out. The groom and the bride got up and sent her to another sedan chair.

Immediately, the groom got on his horse and shouted to the surroundings vigorously:

"From today on, I, Zhou Changan, will have my mother and daughter-in-law!"

"good!"

"Good job!"

The people in Fengxin City who were watching all around gave out their praises, but no one ridiculed or laughed at anything.

Wu Zhaonian remembers that there was a senior official of the Qian Kingdom who fled to the island to avoid the persecution of his enemies, and died of illness after serving as his teacher for three years.

He once said a word to himself, which is still fresh in his memory.

He said that the so-called roads do not pick up lost things, the folk customs are simple, trustworthy, loyalty, filial piety and etiquette are all raised in living water, but Dagan is already a stagnant pool.

Looking at the folk customs of Fengxin City today, and looking at the current situation of Yan State and Jindong, Wu Zhaonian finally understood the meaning of that teacher's words.

When I went north, I met my younger brother Wu Xiang, my unlucky younger brother, who was captured by King Pingxi when he was in Qianguo, and then he had to be released.

In Adi's description, Prince Pingxi is a real hero.

seeing is believing,

From what I have seen and seen since I entered Eastern Jin, what kind of hero is there? After reading through the history books, is there any founding monarch who can be as steady and stable as this Prince Pingxi when he made a fortune?

Pity,

The land of Yanjin is too far away, and the Wu family is at sea. This opportunity to bet is not a question of whether the Wu family is willing to join in, but whether they want to look at you at this time?

While thinking about it, Wu Zhaonian noticed that shopkeeper Li was still looking at him, and immediately said with a smile:

"He's a good boy."

...

"A good boy."

The prince is practicing archery, listening to Xiao Yibo report some new things that happened in Fengxin City today.

An arrow shoots out and hits the bull's-eye;

The prince asked again;

"Which family is his husband?"

"It's General Xu."

"Oh, I have a little impression." The prince continued to shoot his bow and arrow, "How did he react?"

I thought that I would pick a son-in-law who had a bright future, and was an orphan whose parents both died. If my daughter married, she wouldn't have to be angry with her in-laws and set up rules;

Who knew that an in-law would be killed halfway, and it still had that identity.

"I'm very angry."

"Haha." The prince smiled. The arrow missed a bit, but it still hit the red circle. "Then what?"

"General Xu Shen wanted to take someone to ask for an explanation, but was stopped by President Jin."

"Alchemy is also there?"

"Dining there."

"oh."

The prince knows that since the golden technique is available, the general will not be able to toss.

Zheng Fan shot another arrow,

Then put down the hard bow, twisted the neck,

commanded:

"In the name of the palace, send a congratulatory gift."

"The subordinate obeys."

"Also, ask Liqing to send a headgear to the bridegroom's mother."

"The subordinate understands."

"Finally, Wang Ling, who asked Xianba to hold Gu, took the whip to General Xu's door, and lashed him ten times for Gu.

If you don't have eyesight to see something, no matter how unhappy you are, you have to keep it in your heart, right? His daughter is much more sensible than him. "

In fact, there are many more meanings here.

Raising the father-in-law and rewarding the son-in-law originally meant to magnify this matter, which is conducive to shaping the social atmosphere, isn't it?

Furthermore,

The army of righteous children is the foundation of the future development of the palace. I am not only the prince of these righteous children, but also their mountain chief, and I have to protect them.

When they were young, they protected their food and clothing, and when they grew up, they protected their face;

so,

They will be willing to work for you...to die.

Of course, the lord's thoughts are not so philistine, and General Xu Shen is unhappy, but if he whips him ten times to make a statement, his face will be radiant. Not only will his colleagues not laugh at him, but they will also envy him for getting a character A good son-in-law who is valued by the prince.

Cracking the whip is not a big deal, it is Qiu Ba in the army, being kicked by the prince is called love.

Xiao Yibo went down to work;

At this time,

The blind man came over with the letter in his hand.

"My lord, Haidong Wu's family has sent someone here. They came here in the caravan. They have already arrived in Fengxin City."

"Oh, you go see him."

Haidong Wu's family, Zheng Fan is really not interested in going to see them now, the Wu family is an imperial merchant on the Qian Kingdom's sea, and has a lot of influence in the sea, but they are out of the overall situation of Zhu Xia.

To put it bluntly, the Wu family has not worked for a big chieftain in the southwestern part of the country.

When the Wu family is really used, it must be when the Dayan army completely breaks through the northern part of the Qian country and breaks the Qian country into Nangan, then the Wu family can really come in handy. That's all.

"Okay." The blind man agreed, and then picked up the letterhead, "My lord, there are two more things that are related to Yanjing."

"explain."

"There is news from Yanjing that the yuan will be changed next year."

"Changed again?"

"After all, there was a war last year, and another yuan change is also a good sign."

"Oh, what's it called?"

"Ying'an."

"It's really an easy-to-understand year name." The prince said with a smile.

From this year name, it can be seen that the emperor intends to vigorously restore people's livelihood, accumulate national power and enrich treasuries at all levels.

The blind man also laughed beside him.

"And one more thing?"

"It's actually two things, but we have received the emperor's secret decree first, but the big news should come later."

"Let me see."

Zheng Fan reached out to take the letter,

Glanced.

In the front, Zheng Fan directly passed the nonsense of the little six.

The content is mainly in the first three paragraphs.

The first paragraph is: The surname is Zheng, my queen misses her son, and I miss my son too. Is my son doing well in Jindong?

"brute."

The second paragraph is: The surname is Zheng, I am so bored living in the palace, unlike before, I can still be demoted by my father to wander around, now I feel sick when I see the gold bricks and green tiles in the palace .

The third paragraph is: So, I plan to pick up my son in person, and when I pick him up, I can also take a look around.

Zheng Fan frowned,

road:

"This is the emperor, want to tour east?"

"yes."

In fact, the blind man really wanted to reply: We can turn him into Dongshou.

After all, when the emperor came, the crown prince was already here, so the father and son of the Tian family worked together.

Throughout the ages, when a feudal town rebelled, could there be such a Tianhu start?

But the blind man didn't say that, because he knew that the Lord would not agree, especially when the emperor was so magnanimous, and Zhu Xia had not yet been unified, so the blind man didn't make fun of himself.

Fortunately, he still has Zheng Lin to look forward to, and he has a longer time to enjoy the process.

"He is really tired of staying in the palace, do you want to come out to relax?"

"The subordinates feel that the emperor is..."

"What is it?"

"I miss you."