In the twenty-sixth year of Xia Yuande and the seventh year of Song Jingkang, the weather is getting warmer, and the Dragon Boat Festival season is coming unexpectedly.

Stretching for thousands of miles, it takes a year for caravans to travel across the vast continent, from Hezhong to Jiangnan, from Beizhou to Qiongzhou, people from Tiannan and Haibei began to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival at the same time. Shooting willows in the river, playing polo in Guanzhong, and dragon boat racing in Jianghuai and Guangzhou, every household has to eat zongzi, hang calamus, and drink realgar wine. On this day, the people living in the mountains go up the mountain to step on the grass, collect hundreds of medicines at noon, catch toads, black snakes and other things, and prepare to make all kinds of medicines.

At the beginning, the Son of Heaven was hunting in the north, Chen Dong, Cao Liangshi and others first advocated "respecting the Son of Heaven and not obeying chaotic orders", turning the tide of the tide. After the Liao army moved south, although the Ezhou Prime Minister changed Zhao Qi as the king under formal persecution, but the true dragon emperor was still in the north, and the court insisted that Zhao Qi was only temporarily taking the throne, and the throne would be returned in the future, so the Song State has been using the Jingkang year name to this day.

Now that the Great Song Dynasty is prospering, the gentry of various states do not want to make waves again, so it will be agreed to change the name of the era in this great ceremony. The Ezhou Imperial Court will start the second Great Rites Discussion after the Dragon Boat Festival, and this time the Great Rites Discussion will change the Yuan "Zhili", officially removing the last trace left by Zhao Ke, the abolished emperor of the Northern Hunt. As for whether Zhao Conan will return to the government in the future, this issue has been stopped by everyone, intentionally or unintentionally.

On Ryukyu Island, at the temporary pier of Nangang, a long and narrow sea ship retracted its sails and gently rocked into the berth under the guidance of a small boat. The old man jumped onto the dock, tied the cable and set up the plank, and shouted to the cabin, "Please come ashore, Mr. Su." A sailor agreed, and although the board was wide, he still followed closely behind Su Tongfu, respectfully escorting him past the trembling plank, as if if he was not careful, this God of Wealth would fall into the sea and melt.

Su Tongfu stepped on the dock, looked left and right, said "Huh", and said secretly: "This doesn't look like a wild place?" ”

The official name of this large island in the Song court was Xiaoliuqiu, and it was regarded as one with Daliuqiu in the northern seas. When the imperial court colonized the South China Sea, it originally also considered immigrating to Liuqiu Island to reclaim land, but because the Daliuqiu country had already paid tribute to the Great Song Dynasty, in the eyes of the Ministry of War, the Xiaoliuqiu barbarians were fierce and untamable, and there was a custom of headhunting and grass, immigrating to the island was undoubtedly a time-consuming and laborious thing.

After the invasion of the Liao Kingdom to the south, the Song people from all walks of life along the coast went to the sea to take refuge, and because Xiaoliuqiu Island was too close to the mainland, it may not be able to hide from the Liao soldiers in the future, and the Daoyi were hostile to the Han people, so the people would rather flee to the southern islands than immigrate to Ryukyu Island to reclaim. Although all these disadvantages are not insurmountable obstacles, it is also a self-evident fact that Xiaoliuqiu is not a destination that is easy to immigrate to because of its proximity to the mainland.

The South China Sea Sailor has just defeated the Daoyi Haikou, and the atmosphere on the island is actually similar to the prosperity of the people, there must be another reason.

Thinking of this, Su Tongfu gathered his mind, arched his hand to the officer of the water division, and said with a smile: "Su has heard the name of Mr. Zhao Yuanzhi for a long time, please bother to spread it again." He stayed in Pinghu for a day, and the sailor generals who stayed in Pinghu had already passed the word to Dayingtong once. But since Su Tongfu saw that Liuqiu's governance was not simple, he also deliberately respected the rules of the sailor and did not wander around the island. He called himself "Three Victors", and "Three Virtues" especially "longevity" is important, if he accidentally attracts suspicion and kills on this wild island, it is more than worth the loss.

"Then I'll go to Master Tongbing Zhao," the officer of the Navy Division replied, "Mr. Su wait." ”

Su Tongfu waited comfortably on the dock, and while he waited, he looked at the soldiers and civilians who were observing the past.

The more he looked at it, the more secretly frightened he became. Judging from the clothes and demeanor of the people on the shore, it feels that life here is not like a wild island that has just been developed by immigrants. Some people have colorful threads wrapped around their arms, some people have incense sachets on their belts, the color is still very new, and the smell of zongzi wafts in the air. On a newly harvested desert island, there was a strong Dragon Boat Festival atmosphere that only populated villages and towns could have, which made Su Tongfu feel extremely surprised. If it has not been in business for a long time, firewood, rice, oil, salt, cloth, sauce and vinegar and other daily necessities are no longer scarce, who will have the mind to fiddle with these things that are appropriate to the situation.

In fact, on Liuqiu Island, the Han army smashed the force of the barbarian tribes with a thunderous force, and took various measures such as forced marriage, trade restraints, and land reclamation in the mountains, and completely controlled the situation in the Ryukyus. Most of the camps reclaimed by the Han people were located in the plains, and only a few strongholds were established in the mountains to grow cassava and collect mountain goods. In fact, because the Han people cultivated the land much more carefully than the islanders, the area where the land reclaimed by the Han people overlapped with the land cultivated by the islanders in slash-and-burn cultivation was not much. After the Han army subdued the tribes on the island by force, the contradiction between the Han and Yi land struggles was not too prominent.

At the foot of the towering green hills, a spring water flows out slowly, and the water splashes gurgle among the blue-black rocks.

The Han army built a dam upstream of the spring and built a mill with a crystal clear pool and a few swimming fish looming at the bottom. The dams, mills and pools are guarded, and it is also where thousands of Han Chinese people gather for water. On the rugged mountain road, women can be seen carrying buckets, clay pots, water bottles and other things, climbing the stairs step by step, drawing water from the pond and then carrying them down the mountain.

Suki crouched on the edge of the pool and carefully tossed a jug into the pool. The empty clay pot is heavy and sinks as soon as it enters the water, and the person who draws the water pulls the wire rope tied to the brass ring of the mouthpiece, so that the mouth of the pot is exactly half under the stream, and the clear stream water is quickly poured in. Su Ji took the water bottle around a few times, and the bottom of the tank fell heavily, and then she pulled the jar up, carried it and walked down the mountain.

The mountain road was so narrow that only two people could staggered by, and the women they met along the way greeted each other with smiles.

"Aunt Wang-" "The sister of the Yang family is really diligent, so she went up the mountain so early in the morning." ”

"Sister Su Ji, will you teach me how to make zongzi when you go back?"

Su Ji responds one by one to the sisters who see each other every day. The "Yang sister-in-law" is the sister-in-law of the Han family. And the one called "Sister Suji" is a tribal woman who was "robbed" on the same day. In the Liuqiu tribe, snatching relatives is also a common custom, and some tribes even arrange special ceremonies for snatching relatives in normal weddings. Therefore, after getting married, the Daoyi women accepted their situation and began to adapt to the life of the Han people, which was similar to that of another tribe.

Su Ji greeted her all the way home with the jug on her back and bowed to Ai Ren hanging at the door. This Ai Ren was taught by Yang Yi to make up her, and she used wormwood to weave the shape of Zhang Tianshi, which was used to drive away evil spirits and plagues. Entering the inner room, Su Ji bowed to the tablet of the mountain god again, and silently recited twice in tribal and Chinese respectively: "The mountain god blesses, peace and security." ”

With the blessing of the mountain god, Su Ji's father and brother did not die in the conflict, but the elder brother was slightly injured and used Yang Yi's gold sore medicine, and he will get better after a while. The defeat of the tribe is not a fact that one or two warriors can rewrite, and the father and brother also admitted the marriage of Su Ji and Yang Yi. Among the many brides, Su Ji was the first to understand the Chinese language and the first to adapt to life in the Han village.

At the behest of Han Ningshuang, the day after the wedding, Han Jun taught these brides about marriage etiquette. The brides soon realized that in the Han tribe, they were not slave girls, it was more like a "robbery", and the situation of women in marriage was not bad, so more and more brides began to actively integrate into this huge tribe. In large and small villages, brides and Han women prepare all kinds of seasonal things for the Dragon Boat Festival.

On the lintel of vermilion lacquer, there are Pu people who ward off evil spirits, and then use the colorful silk threads bought from the Song Dynasty to weave the longevity threads, wrap the zongzi with the colorful silk, bamboo tube and neem leaves, and brew realgar wine and calamus wine. The ingenious will also weave a sachet containing wormwood, realgar, cinnabar, which has the effect of driving away evil spirits and removing sweat. Whether in the mountains or outside the mountains, the families of the married women received large and small strings of zongzi, colorful silk threads, salt cubes, sugar cubes and other festival things, which was also the first time that the Ryukyu Island Yi tribe celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, many Han people follow the custom of going into the mountains to collect medicines, and they go deep into the mountains and rivers to collect all kinds of herbs and insects and snakes that can be used for medicine. At the same time, the Han army once again sent countless squads to clear out the rebels hidden in the forest, and nearly two-thirds of the strong men entered the mountains. The Shuai Mansion was determined to make Liuqiu a place of foundation before the Song and Xia kingdoms realized it.

In the style of the Xia State Marching Division, the Marshal's Mansion had already arranged all this, and each item had a detailed plan. Han Ningshuang had also seen it all in advance. To pacify the islands, replenish supplies, distribute areas, and clear the mountains, all the generals are responsible for their own responsibilities. Therefore, during these days, although Han Ningshuang did not take care of too many specific affairs of Liuqiu Tunken, everything was under control.

In the cockpit of the handsome ship, Han Ningshuang smiled at the corner of her mouth, looking at the person sitting in front of the bookcase, pondering for a long time, but unable to write.

"If you don't have faith, I'll show you?"

"This ,......" Zhao Xingde glanced back at her and said embarrassedly, "I'll do it myself." ”

"If it drags on any longer, how will Sister Li punish you?" Han Ningshuang's eyes were smiling, no matter how she looked at it, she looked like she was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and guessed, "Should she make a 'Hugh Fu Essay', and then spread it to the world, so that you can become the first general in the Xia Kingdom to be dismissed." She nodded, and said thoughtfully, "So, Lord Husband, hurry up, haven't you always written immediately, don't you really need to ghostwrite?" With a naughty taste in her eyes that she had never seen before, she said these boring words, in fact, she wanted to attract someone's attention every moment.

"Thank you." Zhao Xingde smiled bitterly and shook his head, took a deep breath, and put his pen down......