When Montenegro and the princess arrived at the palace gate in a bronze car, the sky was just dawning, and they came to the Taimiao with many men, women, and young members of the royal family. The ceremonial officials of the Taimiao Temple had already prepared, and they were brought to the predetermined position according to their respective generations, and on the right of the Black Mountain was Feng Tang, the concubine, and on the right was the new concubine Wang Li, the sixth princess. Those with high seniority are in the temple, and those with low rank can only be ranked outside the temple! The sons and daughters of King Zhaoxiang are the highest, and there are more than a dozen people, plus more than 30 people with their wives and horses. Behind are more than 50 sons and daughters of King Xiaowen, most of whom are still alive, plus more than 100 people with his wife and horses! The princes and grandsons of these people add up to more than 1,000 people. These are only after the Shang Dynasty changed the law, and the title of royal family member was only maintained until the king's grandson. Otherwise, it's at least hundreds of thousands!

After a while, the Taimiao Commander shouted loudly, "The auspicious time has come, and the sacrificial ceremony has begun!" More than 100 musicians on both sides performed Qin's majestic court ceremonial music. King Qin and Princess Qin walked hand in hand from outside the square and along the thick carpet into the Taimiao. It was supposed to bring the queen into the palace with him. But the king of Qin has never been established, and since the princess entered the palace a few years ago, the princess has been replaced by the queen to worship! It can be seen that the two have a deep relationship.

The king of Qin offered three animals, cattle, sheep and pigs, and five grain sacrifices such as rice, millet, corn, wheat and millet to the Taimiao. He took out the silk book and read:

"In the twenty-first year of the reign of the King of Qin, the age of Dinghai, and the ninth month of the Emperor's reign, the King of Qin led the royal family and descendants, and dared to announce that the ancestors of the Qin Dynasty were in the Taimiao and said: King Wei succeeded the heavens and established the pole, and the people were protected; A hundred kings inherit each other, and eternity will depend on them forever. Qin inherited the ancestral training, the heir guarded the Qin state, died in June, and destroyed Wei in September. Thousands of miles of land, more than 7 million people. Fu Ke bowed, respectfully presented the silk, only told the court, and Yongzuo Qin State. Feast! ”

The king of Qin recited the sacrificial text and played music again. All the people went in batches to worship! It wasn't until noon that the ceremony ended. The rest of the people dispersed. According to the usual practice, the king of Qin held a family banquet at noon to entertain his concubines and children. King Qin had already had a group of children at this time, and at this time he already had eighteen sons and sixteen daughters! The eldest six were all born to the concubines of the Chu State, and most of them were children, so the banquet was also very lively. The fourth princess was originally in the same case as Montenegro, but she went to chat with the eldest princess and occupied the position of Feng Tang's concubine, so Feng Tang had to come over and be in the same case with Montenegro.

Because tomorrow is not only the first year of the year, but also the birthday of King Qin, today is both a New Year's greeting and a birthday greeting. The King of Qin never allowed his ministers to congratulate him on his birthday, but his own family must have prepared gifts.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Montenegro saw that Feng Tang was holding a long gift box in his hand, so he asked, "Brother Feng, what rare gifts have you prepared?" Can you take a look? ”

"This is a piece of jade that I bought with a lot of money, and asked the jade master of Shangfang to carve it into a jade flute." After Feng Tang finished speaking, he handed it to Black Mountain to look at.

Montenegro took it and opened it to take a look, and sure enough, the whole body was crystal clear, and at a glance, he knew that it was worth a lot. I couldn't help but praise: "It's really a priceless treasure!" Eyes! ”

"What gift did you bring today? Take it out and take a look, it won't be the same as last year, a set of teacups, right? Feng Tang teased.

Montenegro sent a set of ceramic tea sets produced by big brother last year! It's beautiful, but it's a cheap joke! I had to reply with a wry smile: "My family's valuable things are all rewarded by King Qin, I can't send them back, right?" What I gave this year is not as good as last year's, don't laugh at me! ”

After speaking, Heishan took out half a goose feather from his arms and handed it to Feng Tang.

Feng Tang took a look, and almost squirted out a mouthful of tea! I looked at it carefully a few times, yes, it's a goose feather, or half a root! Hurriedly whispered to Montenegro: "What are you kidding, take this as a gift." I'm really not prepared, I have carved an extra jade pendant here, you take it to the emergency first. Send half a goose feather, and the king won't get angry on the spot? I just read Wang Li's gift! He gave me a red coral, and the price was higher than mine? Feng Tang said, took out a jade pendant from his arms, and handed it to Black Mountain.

Montenegro knew that Feng Tang was kind-hearted, and took the jade pendant and saw that the jade pendant was very exquisitely made, and it should be the same as the material of the jade flute. After reading it, he returned it to Feng Tang and said, "I know you have a good heart!" No need, I'll send half a goose feather! ”

"Otherwise, you send the jade flute, and I will send the jade pendant! What do you think? Feng Tang thought that Montenegro disliked that the jade pendant was not as valuable as the jade flute, and persuaded again.

"No, this is no ordinary goose feather. You'll find out later! As he spoke, Montenegro took out half a goose feather from his bosom and said, "This one is for you!" If you want it in the future, go to my house and get it, and there will be more! ”

Feng Tang took the goose feather, looked left and right, and said to himself: "I can see clearly, it is half a goose feather." Could it be phoenix hair? ”

After a while, the children finally had enough to eat and ran out to play! The hall was much quieter. Everyone just started listening to music and watching dances.

After three rounds of drinking, the eldest princess was the oldest, and Feng Tang first paid New Year's greetings to King Qin and gave a gift jade flute. Attracted the praise of everyone in unison.

The eldest son, Fusu, and the third son, Gao, also gave a big pearl and a luminous cup respectively, which were also worth a lot of money!

It's the turn of the four princesses and Montenegro, the ceramic teacup sent by Montenegro last year has caused a joke, and this year everyone pays special attention to what Montenegro sends, and they all look at Montenegro. When the two saluted King Qin, everyone saw that Black Mountain took out half a goose feather from his arms.

"It can't be goose feathers, right?" The people below were all holding their breath and thinking.

Montenegro handed half a goose feather to King Qin with both hands, and said with the four princesses: "I wish the king (Ah Da) a happy New Year!" Blessing is like the East China Sea, longevity than Nanshan! ”

King Qin took the goose feather with a confused expression, took it in his hand and looked at it again.

The concubines, princes, and princesses couldn't help but laugh when they saw that Montenegro really sent a goose feather, and Wang Li laughed and sprayed a sip of wine on the case.

"You took a pile of goose feathers for a long time yesterday, are you going to use this as a gift for your father?" The fourth princess was also angry, and blamed Montenegro for the first time.

"Montenegro, you shouldn't say this is a phoenix hair, right?" King Qin asked with a dark face, "It doesn't matter if it's a gift or not, but it's too much to tease the widow!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has always disliked writing calligraphy, yesterday I wanted to use other pens to write, just yesterday the house killed a few geese, just take the goose feathers to try, the result is to write fast and good! If you look at this handwriting, it is written by Meng Fuzi with a quill pen, and he praises the writing of the quill pen faster and better than the writing with a brush. I thought that it would be more economical and labor-saving for the king to use a quill to review the chapters in the future. Hei Shan explained as he handed the recital written by the teacher to King Qin to read.

When King Qin saw that the words on the chapter were neat and beautiful, and the thickness of the strokes was the same, he immediately asked people to bring ink and paper. Try to write it yourself, and sure enough, it's fast and neat. There was immediately a look of joy on his face, and he said while writing: "In fact, the widow is rich all over the world, and he has never seen any treasure, no matter how expensive the gift is, it doesn't matter if the widow is a widow." But the gift of Montenegro can make writing fast and neat, although it is half a goose feather, but it can benefit all the readers in the world. In particular, the widow and the countless scribes of the Qin State saved the suffering of the case, which is definitely a great innovation. Go back and let Shang Workshop make a large number of them, and pass the world together with paper. After the widow has let the scribes of the government try it out, there will be a great reward. After Qin Tian finished speaking, he wrote down the words "Wang Yueke" in the music and handed it to Zhao Gao.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Montenegro bowed. Picked up the princess and returned to her seat in the envious eyes of everyone.

After Wang Li and the sixth princess finished giving the gifts, they said to Montenegro with a wry smile: "I spent a lot of effort and thousands of gold to get a coral, but it is not as good as your half goose feather!" I see that you just gave Feng Tang goose feathers, you have to give me one too, comfort me! ”

Heishan took out another branch from his arms and gave it to Wang Li with a smile!

On the way home, the princess got angry and ignored Montenegro. Back in the house, Montenegro had no choice but to carry the angry princess to the bed and have a stormy kiss.

The princess finally lost her anger, and leaned on Montenegro's chest and asked, "You don't want to ask why people were angry just now?" ”

"Do you need to ask? No matter how big the gas is, wouldn't it be good to horn it once? If it doesn't work once, try it again! Montenegro put his arm around the flimpy princess and replied.

The princess's face immediately flushed, and she bit Montenegro the chest. Montenegro was bitten so painfully and itchy that he had to beg for mercy. This is already the only way for the princess to take revenge on Montenegro!

The two of them were arguing. The maid came to report, and the little shunzi in the palace came, with the king's order. Montenegro immediately rolled over and got up, dressed up, and came out to greet him.

Xiao Shunzi sent a gift from King Qin! They were all given to King Qin by others today, and all of them were sent here. He was accompanied by the master of Shangfang, who saluted Montenegro and said, "Meet the horses!" We have been ordered by the king to ask how to make quills! ”

Montenegro took out two quill pens and handed them to the engineer, explained the method of making them in detail, and after the engineer understood, he said: "Take advantage of the beginning of the year, many families have killed geese, and the whole city buys goose feathers!" Bring this coral back, this coral branch is just the right size, cut a small piece, put it on a quill pen, and it will be more convenient to write! ”

"How can such a precious thing be wasted like this? Besides, this is a reward from the King of Qin, so wasteful, aren't you afraid that the civil officials will say that you are disrespectful? The master advised.

Montenegro looked at the flame-like red coral again, and said with a smile: "There is nothing to do, this coral may be more able to appreciate its value when made into a pen, so it's decided!" ”

"Okay, I'll send it back to you!" The Great Engineer sighed.

It's a fulfilling and happy year. On this day, Montenegro was reading the private messages sent by many subordinates in the study! Most of them congratulated Montenegro on their happy daughters, some complained to Montenegro that they were not used to working under the new leader, and some of them did it smoothly. Only Shi Fatzi's letter is more interesting, he writes:

"Handsome, congratulations on having the opportunity to be a grandfather! My son is two years older than your daughter, and our family is settled! The four princesses married so much, remember to leave half of it for my daughter-in-law as a dowry. Let me tell you, I'm now on the left, and I've been transferred to General Li Xin as the commander of the infantry army! Shi Wencaishu. ”

Montenegro saw the end, his heart was cold, according to history, Li Xin will lead an army of 200,000 to attack Chu this year, but he was defeated and returned, with heavy casualties. Isn't it dangerous for your own subordinates! After reading all the letters, I realized that there were more than 30 carpenters and other captains, captains, and commanders who were transferred to Li Xin's department. Montenegro suddenly became sullen, and the princess on the side was still in Montenegro suddenly unwell, and almost called the imperial doctor.

The first year of the year will be outdated, and Meng Tian, Baturu, Uncle Le, and Bai Tao have all come back and come to Montenegro Mansion together. Meng Tian's title is the same as that of Montenegro, but his position is that of a fake general who commands the border armies of several northern counties, the same as Wang Qian. The others are also the commanders of the first army. The National Captain's Mansion recruited so many generals back at once, and it was obvious that it was going to attack Chu. Several people reunited after a long absence, and had a feast. Fortunately, the Pony Mansion is now full of singers, dancers, musicians, and chefs, and they are all allocated by the palace, so that everyone can feast their eyes and mouths.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the Great Court Meeting, in addition to the ministers of the DPRK and China, there were also senior generals from all over the country, county guards, and people from afar also sent people back to participate. The main things decided by the court meeting were to build four gallop roads, one from Xianyang to the east to Taocheng, one from Sanchuan to Jiaodong, one straight road from Xianyang to the north to Yunzhong, and then to Mobei Urge City (now Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Outer Mongolia). 2. Dredging the Great River (Yellow River). Now the water of the Yellow River is clear, and the vegetation on both sides is luxuriant. Except for a short section of the sea mouth is the Qi State, the entire inland river is almost the Qin State! The king of Qin decided to send 800,000 people to build the Yellow River, so that it would be free from flooding and open to shipping. 3. Demolish the palace and city walls of Daliang City. The palace was moved to the Weishui River in Xianyang, and then the palace of King Han, the palace of Zhao, and the palace of King Yan were copied one by one, and the palace of King Wei was connected. It was named Afang Palace. Fourth, extinguish Chu.

The four proposals immediately attracted a lot of discussion, and Wang Juan spoke first: "Your Majesty, things must be prioritized, and these items require a large number of people's and material resources. We should not overdraw the people's surplus at once. It's not good for the country! ”