Grand Elder Tuyuhun left, he left with a promise that no one knew about, this promise was not to be fulfilled now, maybe it would be several years before there was a move, but after all, the introduction was laid.

The Tuyuhun people are in a hurry.

The steppe Turks were also in a hurry.

In other words, all the people who came to participate in the mutual market were in a hurry, and the reason for this is very simple......

The Northwest Plateau is blowing a cold wind again!

Winter has reached its worst.

With the opening of the Youzhou Mutual Market, many foreigners have bought a large amount of supplies, and they are in a hurry to transport the materials back so that the people can survive the cold winter.

However, the mutual market will not be closed because of the departure of a large number of merchants, but will remain open from today, and in the days to come, there may be few such large-scale transactions on the first day, but there will be a steady stream of scattered merchants coming to sell special products in exchange for the materials needed.

A steady stream of transactions is the essence of the mutual market.

……

In the cold winter, the world is cold, but this is the end of the year, and it is the most important day for the Han family in the Central Plains.

When a heavy snow fell overwhelmingly, it finally ushered in the end of the seven years of martial arts, since ancient times there is an old saying called farewell to the old and welcome the new, so the end also means a new beginning, sure enough, in this day of alternating between the old and the new, there is a team of red feathers who rushed to reach Youzhou City in the wind and snow.

As a result, a holy decree soon spread throughout the city.

"The way of heaven and earth, the Zhenguan also, I, Li Shimin, should be this heart, for the lifelong wish, to clarify the world, magnificent, and now with a conscientious heart, ascend the throne to take over the vast land of the Central Plains, shelter the people, be diligent and love the people, amnesty the world, and make the salty ...... heard"

Li Shimin ascended the throne!

Datang finally ushered in the first year of Zhenguan.

Since ancient times, when the new emperor ascended the throne, he generally had to give amnesty to the world, but there were no capital prisoners in Youzhou City, so there was no such thing as amnesty

Some are just festive.

……

"Come on, come on, come here, today is the first day, you little ones have to keep the New Year, no one is allowed to doze off, rejoice until dawn, but what, my uncle guessed that you might be sleepy, so I made a little gadget, and you will take it out of the door to play later......"

"Remember, this thing is called firecrackers, and there is another name, it's called crackling firecrackers, and it's a bit dangerous to blow up, so the girls are not allowed to play, the boys are responsible for lighting it, and the girls are far away from listening to the sound."

"Do you remember them all? If you remember, come and get firecrackers. ”

"Cheng Chumo, what is hidden in your arms? You're almost fifteen years old soon, why are you still messing around like a child? ”

"Hurry up and give Li Chengqian the extra string of firecrackers you received, you see that he is about to cry. And Li Chongyi, the string of firecrackers you hid is also going to be taken out, haven't you seen it? Li Tai is staring at you with blank eyes. ”

"Okay, let's get out and play, you must pay attention to safety, who is not allowed to lie on it stupidly after lighting a firecracker like last time. If you hurt your eyes again, I won't allow your Aunt Chang'e to treat you again......"

With the end of Gu Tianya's lecture, a large group of children rushed out, and soon heard the crackling sound of firecrackers outside, mixed with the excited exclamations of the children.

Gu Tianya let out a breath slowly, and walked back to the house reflexively.

At this time, the room was full of heat, a large stove was spewing raging flames, and not far from the stove, there was a large table, around which several women were sitting, and the table was already full of wrapped dumplings.

But dumplings were not called dumplings in the Tang Dynasty, but had a strange name called Jiao'er, Gu Tianya glanced at it from a distance, and then sneered at women's craftsmanship.

He said with disdain: "Look at you, what is this bag?" Bao Jiao'er should be exquisite, but you have wrapped Jiao'er into a big bun...... With this kind of method, I am afraid that I can't even find a husband in ordinary people's homes, and no one wants to marry ...... if the work is so rough."

The women giggled and didn't take his ridicule to heart at all, but chattered back, with provocation in their words, first Li Jiancheng's wife Zheng Guanyin glanced at him, and said with a smile: "My brother-in-law's courage has risen recently, and even my sister-in-law dares to scream." ”

Next to him was Li Yuanji's wife, Yang, who smiled after hearing this: "Once a man has money, he will immediately have great confidence, and the third brother-in-law opened a mutual market this time, and he made a lot of money in a few days, and his purse is bulging, and his temper naturally follows the drum." ”

Zhao Ning sneered and said: "He drummed a drum to try it, the money has already been put into the warehouse, the key is in my hand, and there are at most dozens of copper plates in his purse, haven't you noticed that he has been talking to the child just now, why is he talking about it, because he is not rich in his pocket." It is said that as an uncle, the New Year's Festival is to give the children New Year's money, but he is so poor that he can't take it out, so he can only make some firecrackers to fool around......"

Gu Tianya seemed to be 'furious', and said: "You stingy girl, quickly get money for your husband." Now that he knows that I am holding my purse, An dares to look at me shyly. ”

Zhao Ning laughed.

I just don't give him money.

On the contrary, Xiao Rou hurriedly stood up and said with a distressed face: "I have some money saved in my room, let's use it for you first, today is the festival, you can't lose face in front of your children." ”

This girl spoke softly, but her tone was full of tenderness, she was about to go out in a hurry as she spoke, obviously wanting to go back to her house to get money for Gu Tianya.

All the girls laughed, Xiaoqing grabbed Xiaorou, squeezed her eyebrows and quipped: "As far as you know, you are distressed, don't you see that everyone is frolicking?" Our princess is so considerate of her husband, how can she limit her husband's expenses. Silly girl, sit down quickly, obediently learn from your mother-in-law to wrap Jiao'er, and when the bell rings in the city, let's pinch a little bit to let Jiao'er get out of the pot. ”

But Xiao Rou was still a little hesitant, her eyes looked towards Gu Tianya, and said weakly: "But ...... in my husband's purse."

Zhao Ning sneered, reached out and pinched Xiao Rou's face, and said, "You don't have to worry about him, didn't you see that he has a key hanging around his waist?" You girl has only saved a few private money, even if you take it all out tonight, it won't be enough for him, sit down obediently, we women are not greedy for men's affairs. ”

"Isn't my money enough for my husband?"

Xiao Rou was obviously stunned, and her eyes were confused and she wanted to go to Gu Tianya again.

I saw that Gu Tianya had already gone out, and at this time he was striding towards the distance, and at this time, Li Jiancheng suddenly stood up from the chair and said with a smile: "You guys are busy first, and I'll go shopping." ”

The word shopping has a kind of relaxation, but Li Jiancheng's eyebrows are implied solemn, obviously the shopping he is talking about is not really shopping.

Zheng Guanyin saw that Li Jiancheng had already gone out, and hurriedly admonished: "It's very windy outside, you can put on a big coat and go again......"

Li Jiancheng's voice came from afar, and he said slowly: "The people don't have a big ......."

The voice disappeared in a blink of an eye, and the figure and Gu Tianya's figure disappeared in the wind and snow together.

Several women in the room glanced at each other, and then sighed solemnly, Zhaoning put down a delicate ear in his hand, and said with pity: "Whether it is the eldest brother or Tianya, they all have the people in their hearts." We don't have to wait for them, they won't be eating at home tonight. ”

……

At this time, Gu Tianya and Li Jiancheng had already appeared on a long street.

This long street leads to the outside of Youzhou City, dozens of big cars have already been parked on the street, Ma Sanbao is standing in the wind and snow like an iron tower, and there are thousands of martial marquis standing behind him, he saw Gu Tianya coming and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hand, and said respectfully: "Family master!" ”

Then he bowed his hand to Li Jiancheng and said again: "Your Highness." ”

Li Jiancheng waved his hand at him, and said softly: "It's cold, I'm tired of you waiting here for a long time, Sanbao doesn't need to be polite, we are not outsiders." Everyone has worked hard, and I would like to thank you. ”

But Ma Sanbao still insisted on saluting, and then said: "We are not hard, but Your Highness, you should pay attention to your body." ”

Li Jiancheng smiled warmly and nodded.

On the contrary, Gu Tianya didn't need to greet Ma Sanbao, but asked slowly: "Are you ready?" ”

Ma Sanbao's face was solemn, and he hurriedly said: "Fifty big cars, one thousand errands, each car can allocate exactly two hundred people, and they will go with the vehicles to complete the task." ”

Gu Tianya nodded, suddenly let out a long breath, and said with some sadness: "It's a pity that there are only forty cars." ”

Ma Sanbao opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't say anything, so he only said cautiously: "This is already your greatest ability." ”

Gu Tianya was noncommittal, turned his head to look at the thousand servants, suddenly arched his hands solemnly, bent down and saluted: "Everyone, I'm tired, tonight's Yuan Ri Festival, I should have a family reunion, but I sent everyone out, and I was really ashamed in my heart. ”

The servants hurriedly returned the salute and said, "I am happy to be listened to by Mr. ”

Gu Tianya exhaled again and said, "Let's go." ”

Forty big rutted cars.

……

Although Youzhou Mutual Market has opened, the current Youzhou City is not rich.

For example, after this long street leads to the outside of the city, it doesn't take long to see rows of houses, which are extremely simple, basically made of wooden planks, and there is not even thatch on the roof, just some mud to protect against the cold wind.

But how can such a house keep out the cold?

It's just a shelter from the wind.

This is the receiving camp outside Youzhou City.

There are countless people who have fled here, and there are also countless Han slaves released by the steppe Turks.

Due to the large number of people and the rush of time, it is impossible to digest it in Youzhou City, and even the entire Youyun Prefecture, so it can only be temporarily built to receive the camp, and then these people can be settled step by step.

But it takes time, and it can't be done in a day.

Forty carts walked on the ice and snow, Gu Tianya and Li Jiancheng followed with one foot and one foot deeper, Gu Tianya looked at those houses from afar, and suddenly said with a firm voice, "This time next year, I must let everyone live in real houses." ”

Li Jiancheng glanced at him beside him, and then sighed and said: "But have you thought about it, this will be an extremely difficult project, and by this time next year, there will be at least one million people in this area of Youzhou, and only on the grassland Turkic side, 500,000 will be released, and then there will be people in the interior of the Tang Dynasty, who are constantly moving their families, and the number of one million can't even be stopped, I even think there will be more than one and a half million." ”

"The more the merrier, I can hold on!"

Gu Tianya gritted his teeth, and suddenly said viciously as if he had sworn an oath: "I want to expand the city, no, I want to build a new big city." This city can live at least one million people, so that all people will no longer suffer from the cold, if it is not enough, then I will build another small city around it that can live in 100,000 people, if one is not enough, I will build two, if two is not enough, then I will build three......"

Li Jiancheng's face was a little shocked, but the shock was obviously full of distress, and he couldn't help but dissuade softly: "Brother-in-law, you have to eat the rice one bite at a time." If you try so hard, you will one day exhaust yourself to death. ”

Gu Tianya took a deep breath and said, "Big brother, you will definitely not dissuade me so much later." ”

Li Jiancheng was slightly stunned, and then found that they had arrived at the first receiving camp.

……

Han Dashi stomped his feet vigorously to ensure that his body was not frozen, he exhaled a mouthful of hot air and sprayed it on the little faces of the two children, and then, he tried to make himself smile and asked, "Baby, is it warm?" ”

The two children and his wife shrunk in the quilt, and all three pairs of eyes looked at him, the child was shivering, and the wife was also shivering, but both the wife and the children all nodded vigorously, pretending to be very warm and said to him: "It's not cold, but it's warm." ”

One of the children suddenly stretched out his hand from under the quilt and tried to pull him and said, "Daddy, you can lie down too." It's warm inside the quilt, and you're warm with us. ”

It was impossible for Han Dashi to lie down.

Because this quilt is not enough to cover four people.

He took another breath of heat at the child and said, "Don't worry, Dad is not cold, you lie in the quilt first, and when the bell rings in the city, we will eat. ”

Eat Jiao'er!

The child and his wife looked together at the small table in the room.

On that table, there was a small ball of noodles alone, and there was a porcelain jar next to it, and in it were some delicate ear fillings.

Han Dashi stomped his feet again, and said to his wife and children with a smile: "See, there is meat in the filling, do you know why there is meat?" It's because my dad went to the kiln today to sign up and was enrolled. The steward at the kiln heard that our family was still eating relief, so he advanced five days' wages to my father in advance. ”

Originally, my father didn't want to waste this money, but the person in charge reprimanded my father, and he said to my father, today is the Chinese New Year, you have a wife and son at home, and you should let your wife and son eat a delicate meal. Therefore, my father bought a dime of meat, and bought half a pound of white flour ground from wheat, and our family is also rich, so that you two little things can eat a good ......."

The eyes of the two children were full of excitement, and they couldn't help but say: "It turns out that Daddy can really be recruited by the kiln, and our family will have a better life in the future." ”

The wife was distressed, and subconsciously asked, "Father, are you tired of the work at the kiln?" You've had a wound on your back, so be careful when you work. ”

Han Dashi laughed, put on a strong posture at his wife and children, and said loudly: "Daughter-in-law, take a good look, am I a person who is afraid of work?" Since our family has arrived in Youzhou, there will be a rush in the future. Don't worry, I'm full of strength. As long as I work on the kiln for a few years, you will all have to eat meat every day. ”

There was a look of happiness in his wife's eyes, and she muttered, "Yes, the days are rushing." Our family just arrived in Youzhou, and the official immediately gave a quilt, and the two dolls received big jackets, so they were not afraid of freezing during the day. There is also food, four loaves of bread every day, although you can't eat enough, but you don't have to worry about starving...... His father, Youzhou is so good......"

Han Dashi nodded, his tone suddenly became solemn for some reason, and said, "Daughter-in-law, you shouldn't have said that just now." What does it mean to not have enough to eat? Isn't four loaves a day enough? Have you ever thought about how many situations like ours in Youzhou now, all of them come empty-handed, and they all need to eat relief with their mouths open. There are four cakes in a family, and ten families are forty, but the poor people in the entire Youzhou are not eight out of ten, and now there are at least thousands of families in Youzhou, so many people, how much food do you need a day? ”

He paused as he spoke, sighed and said, "It's also difficult for officials, their pressure is greater than that of mountains." ”

His wife's face showed guilt, and she hurriedly said, "Daddy, you are right." I've heard people say that those people in the official don't eat better than us, especially Mr. Gu, who only eats one cake a day. ”

Han Dashi suddenly took a deep breath and said as if vowing: "One day, I will invite him to a meal, let him eat openly, and he can't just eat one cake a day." ”