Xiao Yiran did not arrange for the manufacturing department to send someone to teach the students about manufacturing and smelting, out of the confidentiality of key technologies such as smelting. The smelting of metals is definitely an advanced technology in this era, and it must not be leaked out lightly. This will be the most critical capital for the dragon clan to fight against many powerful races in the future.

Not only did he not teach the students, but when Xiao Yiran wanted to dream of the Moon River station, he treated the west bank of the river where the smelter was located as a forbidden place among the dragon clan. After moving to the Wangshan station, the security work around the smelter was strengthened.

The smelter and pottery factory were arranged by Xiao Yiran to the south bank of the Dahe River at the northern foot of Wangshan. However, the pottery factory is downstream of the smelter, and the two are separated by ten miles, and the smelter is backed by a cliff in the back of Wangshan, bordered by a large river to the south, and is surrounded by a wall to the east and west, and the entry and exit of it must be checked by the soldiers at the gate. And those who participated in the work in the smelter were also more responsible people in the clan, and at the same time, they all signed confidentiality agreements with the Ministry of Finance.

Xiao Yiran transferred some of the knowledge of confidential work that he learned before he was reborn. The aim is to prohibit the outflow of smelting technology. The ore was temporarily transported from the Mengyue River, and near the Wangshan station, Xiao Yiran had not yet found copper ore. Although he found some good iron ore, Xiao Yiran had not yet found coke for making steel, and with the heat of charcoal, Xiao Yiran knew that it was impossible to refine these iron ores. To get coke, you have to find coal first. Xiao Yiran didn't know where to find coal for a while.

Xiao An, who had been in confinement in the palace, returned to Mengyuehe and Longshan on the tenth day after the full moon. Xiao Yiran was almost seven months pregnant at this time, and after the weather entered winter, it gradually became cold.

Fortunately, Xiao Yiran has long known the winter climate in the north, and when designing the structure of the palace, he completely adopted the architectural style of Western Europe before the rebirth, with double-layered walls, thick on the outside and thin on the inside, and many fireplaces in the palace. The jungle was dense in this era, and there was no shortage of wood for heating. When the weather gets colder, all the fireplaces burn and the whole palace is warm like spring.

If there is a good thing in everything, there must be a disadvantage, adults are fine, especially the active Xiao Ming and Xiao Yue, once they don't pay attention, they can easily catch a cold from the warm palace to the cold space outside. For this reason, Xiao Yiran specially instructed Xiaozhu Xiaoju and his personal guards to be accompanied by the two children at all times, and to increase or decrease their clothes at any time. Last time, in Mengyue River, the influenza outbreak of the Ju clan had left a shadow on Xiao Yiran in his heart. So, you have to be careful everywhere.

At the same time, Xiao Yiran also asked Xuanyun to inform every family in the clan to take care of their children, including themselves, and try not to catch a cold. If someone falls ill, they must be isolated immediately and treated by the Ministry of Health until they have fully recovered before they can be reunited with their families.

Entering November, when the first snowflakes fell in the sky, not only Xiao Ming and Xiao Yue were excited, but Xiao Yiran was also very happy. It's the first time I've seen snow since I've been reborn. Build a snowman after the snow and become the favorite of the three mothers. Although Xiao Yiran was already extremely inconvenient to move at this time, he still accompanied Xiao Ming and Xiao Yue to play crazy for most of the day.

Counting the time, Xiao Yiran was pregnant in April, and it has been seven months now, and there are three more months, that is, she will give birth in February of the following year.

Since after entering the winter, things in the clan are relatively leisurely, and Xiao Yiran has more free time. often sit in front of the fireplace, caressing the high bulging abdomen, telling some small stories, and humming a few children's songs, one is for the fetus in the womb, and the other is for Xiao Ming and Xiao Yue around him. With them, Xiaozhu Xiaoju and others, who served by their side, also learned a lot.

Soon, the children's songs and stories in Xiao Yiran's mouth were introduced to the ears of the clansmen through Guò Xiaozhu and others, and gradually spread. Later, it was collected and sorted out by Xiaochun and others, and then brought to the school as a teaching material to teach to students.

In view of this, Xiao Yiran deliberately memorized the catchy poems of the Tang and Song dynasties in his memory, asked Xiao Ju and others to write them down, and handed them over to Xiao Chun and others. As part of the teaching materials, it is taught to students.

In December, as it is the first New Year to distribute according to work and implement private ownership, each family can prepare delicious food according to the preferences of the family in the face of the food distributed by the ethnic group, and the whole ethnic group is filled with joy.

Xiao Yiran also followed the system of spring vacation before rebirth, and after the twentieth day of the lunar month, all departments, outside the military department, all took a twenty-day holiday, returned to their respective homes, and waited for the New Year, and then started work on the eleventh.

No, on the twenty-third night of the lunar month, the clansmen who were sleeping soundly were awakened by a strong shaking. The roof was also falling with debris, and the thick adobe walls were cracked open, wide enough to fit a hand in.

Xiao Yiran, who was awakened, immediately reacted that it was an earthquake.

Regardless of the difficulty of physical movement, he hurriedly dressed and came out, and led his personal guards and guard platoon to patrol around to see if there were any destroyed houses and whether there were any injuries to the clansmen. After some inspection, he only saw that some houses were cracked, and Xiao Yiran was slightly relieved. Even before rebirth, there is nothing human beings can do in the face of natural disasters such as earthquakes. The experience before rebirth told Xiao Yiran that earthquakes are generally strong at the beginning, and the aftershocks will gradually reduce in intensity, and should not bring too much disaster to the ethnic group.

In order not to panic the clansmen, Xiao Yiran did not ask the clansmen to move out of the house and take shelter in the open field, after all, this is not Mengyue River, and in the harsh winter, if there are not enough tents to shelter from the cold, it is difficult to spend the night in the wilderness.

Xiao Yiran just asked Lin Zhan and Xuan Liang to send more soldiers to patrol, and once they found the destroyed houses, they would rescue them immediately.

Xiao Yiran, who returned to the palace, took a closer look and saw that the entire palace was intact, and his heart was more steady. took Xiao Ming and Xiao Yue to his bed, the mother and son lay together, for the sudden earthquake, Xiao Yiran could only resign himself to fate, and there was no good way to deal with it. Although they were able to take refuge in the square for the night, just to appease their people, they could not do so.

In the next few days, several aftershocks occurred in a row, and there were no unexpected things, and sure enough, the intensity was reduced one time at a time, and the 28th of the lunar month was stopped, and the unexpected earthquake was completely over.

The ensuing Chinese New Year's Eve, the joyful atmosphere, instantly wiped out the impact of the earthquake. In order to create a better atmosphere for the New Year, Xiao Yiran asked all twenty-four personal guards to attend the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet for the first time.

The happiest and most excited are always the children. Xiao Ming and Xiao Yue, under the love of the twenty-four fathers, under the care of the eight maids of Meilan Zhuju in spring, summer, autumn and winter, played excitedly until late at night, and could no longer hold on to the harassment of sleepiness, so they let the eight maids send them back to their rooms to sleep.

Xiao Yiran, who has been watching Xiao Ming and Xiao Yue play happily, occasionally thinks of his childhood. At that time, although there were not many people in the family, it was also very lively. Dad likes fireworks the most, and every time he sets off fireworks, he must carry himself behind him. Seeing himself covered his ears with the sound of loud firecrackers, Dad would always laugh. Mom has been hiding in front of the window and watching the two outside.

In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu.

Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one.

Xiao Yiran looked through the window, looking at the dark night outside, muttering Wang Anshi's four lines of poetry in his mouth, and for a while, his heart became a little sour. However, thinking of the twenty-four guards in front of him, Xiao Yiran still held back. One by one, he glanced at them, and said with a smile:

"Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and the first New Year we have all spent together. Let's make a game too. ”

"Emperor, what kind of game?"

Li Yu asked.

"Li Yu, you go and get a clean copper plate, use chopsticks to beat it rhythmically, and use this bracelet to pass it among us, and when I call it to stop, see who is in the bracelet, and whoever will tell a story or sing a song."

They are all young people in their thirties, seventeen, eighteen, and twenties, and they naturally like to play. Hearing what the emperor said, everyone was eager to try. It's just that, in their hearts, they still hope to listen to the emperor sing. On the night of August 15, the emperor's beautiful singing voice still lingers in their ears.

Xiao Yiran accompanied the twenty-four guards to play drumming and passing flowers in the middle of the night, because the due date was more than a month away, Xiao Yiran's body was already very inconvenient and easy to fatigue. Before going to sleep, Xiao Yiran understood the intentions of the men, and sang a song for them again. Xiao Yiran sang the more festive "Good Luck Coming" this time.

Although Xiao Yiran was not good at singing before her rebirth, her current body has a good voice. After a song, the atmosphere of New Year's joy was retreated to **. Immediately, Xiao Yiran let the twenty-four guards play here at will, and went back to the room to rest.

The New Year passed quickly, and it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. At ten o'clock in the evening, Xiao Yiran also deliberately looked at the sky, and said in his heart, it was another good weather.

It's just that the scene that happened after the moon rose didn't make Xiao Yiran expect it at all. It turned out to be a lunar eclipse, and it looked like it was still a total lunar eclipse. Xiao Yiran couldn't help but chuckle in his heart. In the eyes of the ancients, a total lunar eclipse was a great event. The ancients tended to regard a total lunar eclipse or solar eclipse as God's punishment for mankind.

Xiao Yiran hasn't come up with a countermeasure yet, Li Yu and Xuan Liang, as well as Xuan Yi, and several members of the Council of Elders, came together, no need to ask, Xiao Yiran also knew that they were here to ask for countermeasures.

The original patriarch of the Eagle Clan first asked Xiao Yiran:

"Emperor, if the dog eats the moon today, how should we deal with it?"

Although the original patriarch of the Eagle Clan tried his best to keep calm, it was obvious from her tone that she could hear the trepidation in her heart.