Two days later, it's time to recruit again, so what is the most critical thing about recruitment? Money, of course!

Now Li Siqi is not bad at all, her three ways to make money: "Dream of Red Mansions" has gradually become a topic of after-dinner chatter in some countries, and only half of the book has been published at present. The hottest thing is still Dream Blue! Dream Blue has now become the wine of many national palace banquets, and Xiang Wentian, the overlord of Western Chu, has the biggest hobby of drinking, and Dream Blue is now the national wine of Western Chu! In order to reserve Dream Blue wine, the young master of the Yang family specially spent money to build a house, and the entire manor was full of Dream Blue, and two teams of government soldiers were also arranged to patrol, for fear that something would go wrong with this wine! And citrus, before the strawberry appeared, it was naturally the king of fruits, the princesses and ladies of many countries loved to eat, and the queen of Daqian also held a banquet some time ago, and invited the wives of the ministers of the Qianguo to chat, and prepared a lot of citrus, this practice of attracting officials and wives is also the meaning of the emperor Shanghao!

Speaking of the Qianguo, when Li Siqi went south to exterminate the alien race, the Song State and the Chu State intended to exterminate the Qian, and the two sides were opposed to each other in the north and south, and fought for more than two months, and there were no less than 20 large and small battles before and after. The Northern Zhou, a neighbor of the Qianguo, was willing to support the Qianguo to destroy the Chu and Song dynasties when Yuwenshen was alive, and the territory of the two countries was divided equally after the fact. But after the death of Yuwenshen, the newly appointed regent of the Northern Zhou Dynasty immediately canceled the alliance with the Qianguo, and the reply to the Qianguo was: "The internal affairs are busy, and the foreign war is suspended", which almost made the Qianhuang Shang Hao angry and vomited blood!

As for why he didn't cooperate with Qianguo, presumably only Yang Lingtian himself knew it. First, the Northern Zhou Dynasty is currently difficult to take care of, the south is to cooperate with the Qianguo to destroy the Chu and Song countries, but in the north, there is the Northern Desert Wolf Army has been eyeing the tiger, and there are other forces in the country to be destroyed, so they can't be busy at all. Second, if the Chu and Song dynasties are really destroyed, Shang Hao will definitely continue to advance eastward and destroy the Xia Kingdom, so what should he do with his beloved?

In a week's time, Li Siqi recruited another 100,000 soldiers and horses, not counting the 200,000 army of An Yongzhuo in the western heaven, and the 300,000 army of Li Yan, the king of the northern town, and the south no longer needs to send troops to garrison, because all the southern alien races have been wiped out, so now the available troops have reached 600,000! Li Siqi plans to hand over these 100,000 recruits to Han Xin and Yue Fei for the time being, and they will take them for training first, and then decide the direction of the 100,000 troops.

Another week passed, and this week Li Siqi received two messages. A good news and a bad news, the good news is that Zhou Yu and Zhou Yafu brothers have organized the local migrant workers in the south and prepared all kinds of needs, and the bridge can be started in the near future.

And the bad news is that the crazy King Wei died, because he had no face to face everyone after he woke up, and committed suicide by hanging himself in prison! Li Siqi recalled that when he first came to Tianwu Continent, Li Yanli, the king of Wei at that time, was heroic and dashing, and then colluded with Li Yijie, the king of Qi, and Zong Ai, the head of the Zong family, to rebel, and the King of Qi and the Zong family were gone, and now the King of Wei has also passed away. I heard that after the death of King Wei, if the concubine Bai Zi in the cold palace passed out several times, it is estimated that she will soon die!

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Tianwu 1168 February 7 winter, Chinese New Year's Eve.

Heavy snow falls, if the snow is a good year!

In Li Siqi's heart, the New Year is happy and full of blessings. The family gathered around the dinner table and had a reunion dinner together on New Year's Eve. During the festival, people visit relatives and friends, greet their relatives and friends, pass on good wishes to them and collect New Year's money. But Li Siqi has never felt all of this, Li Siqi was an orphan in his previous life, and the meaning of life is to complete the task, and the New Year is spent with a few comrades-in-arms who are also orphans.

At Li Siqi's suggestion, Emperor Xia issued the latest Xia New Year celebration law, adding Spring Festival couplets, fireworks and exchanging New Year's money. In the imperial capital of the Xia Kingdom, people like to paste Spring Festival couplets, beat gongs and drums, put up lanterns, and the activities of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new are very lively. This is the time when the little ones are happiest, and everyone's face is filled with the joy of the holiday.

The main hall of the Taiji Hall of the Xia Imperial Palace!

Amid the laughter and fireworks outside the palace, the officials in the imperial capital brought their wives and children into the palace. This year's Chinese New Year's Eve changed the format of a small family gathering to a large banquet in the palace. The banquet was opened at the time of unitary time, and it was only now at the time of Shen, but some family members of officials were already seated. Just kidding, Your Majesty has a dinner and you dare to come late?

Li Siqi was dressed in a pure white snow fox cotton coat, a hibiscus auspicious cloud pleated skirt, and a light blue plum blossom shirt, standing in the vast snowflakes, as if he was one with the plum blossoms. If the shoulders are slender and the waist is less than a hand, if the muscles are condensed, I see pity, gently twist the slender waist and take a lotus step, the jade arm is tied with a light yarn, and the eyes contain a faint blue water without waves. On the head, the bun is obliquely inserted into the hairpin and vulgar, decorated with purple jade and elegant, and the flowing silk is tied on the three thousand green silk. The red lips are delicate, the people are more delicate than the flowers, the slender fingers are like jade and the mouth is red, the smile is extremely elegant and moving, and the face is like condensation. Pink rose auspicious cloud soft yarn, light blue mopping water skirt. Wearing soft silk, it is really a bit of a "looking back and smiling, six palaces have no color" taste!

"Qi'er!"

Li Siqi stood outside the Taiji Hall and admired himself, and suddenly heard an old voice behind him, and looked back, it was Zhou Tianlong of the Zhou family and Zhou Quan and his wife, Zhou Yu and Zhou Yafu brothers also came back from the south, building a bridge is not an overnight thing, and they have already explained to the junior generals over there, they naturally want to come back for the New Year!

"Grandpa, you're here!" Li Siqi stepped forward and hugged Zhou Tianlong and said softly.

"See Her Royal Highness!" Everyone in the Zhou family bowed slightly towards Li Siqi.

Li Siqi pouted, and then suddenly said with a smile: "Don't fix these red tape etiquette on Chinese New Year's Eve today, we are originally a family, we have a good get-together!" ”

"Haha! Good! Zhou Tianlong stroked his white beard and laughed loudly.

"Let's go, let's go in first!"

Li Siqi helped Zhou Tianlong to walk in the front, and Zhou Quan, his wife and Zhou Yu's brothers followed behind with a smile.

……

"Sister, you're here!"

Seeing Li Siqi and the Zhou family enter the Taiji Hall together, Li Sixian immediately trotted over and said with a smile.

Li Siqi smiled indifferently and said, "How have you been with the little girl of the Zhu family recently, can you handle it, do you need my sister to help you?" ”

After hearing Li Siqi's ridicule, Li Sixian suddenly blushed, glanced at Li Siqi complainingly, and called the Zhou family and others: "Grandfather, uncle, aunt, eldest cousin, second cousin" and then sat back in his place.

"Hahaha!" The Zhou family burst out laughing.

Li Sixian has been working as a teacher outside the palace behind the queen's back for the past two months, and fell in love with the granddaughter of the head of the Zhu family, that is, Zhu Qingqing's niece, Zhu Xiaosi.

"Concubine Jing Niangniang, His Royal Highness King Wu has arrived!"

"Concubine Li, Her Royal Highness the Second Princess has arrived!"

"Prime Minister Sima and the Prime Minister's wife are here!"

"Master Zhang Guihang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is here with his wife and children!"

"General Li Guang has arrived!"

"Lord Wang Zixun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is here with his mother!"

"An Yongzhuo's wife, Mrs. Erpin Zhonglie has arrived!"

"General Gao Changgong has arrived!"

An Yongzhuo was guarding in the west and could not come, so Emperor Xia only invited An Yongzhuo's wife.

"The king of Zhenbei gave a gift of a pearl of the night to congratulate His Majesty on his long life!"

"The little prince of Li Ziming in the north has arrived!"

Every year during the Chinese New Year, Li Yan, the king of Zhenbei, will send his son Li Ziming back to the imperial capital to give gifts, the king of Zhenbei is the younger brother of the Xia Emperor, and the relationship between the two brothers is very good.

"Lord Muyang, the head of the household, is here with the whole family!"

"General Han Shin has arrived!"

“……”

……

The unitary time has arrived, and the entire Taiji Hall is already full of people at this time.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

"The Queen Mother has arrived!"

Cao Zhengchun followed behind Emperor Xia and Empress and walked in the direction of the dragon chair, shouting loudly as he walked.

"Weichen (concubine) to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

"Weichen (concubine) to meet the queen!"

Emperor Xia bowed slightly, glanced at the people kneeling below, and said with a smile: "Everyone, please get up, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, there are no princes, only friends and family!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

When everyone was seated, Cao Zhengchun shouted again: "Open the table!" ”

Nearly 100 palace maids walked out of the Taiji Palace, some of them holding delicious dishes in their hands, and some holding Dream Blue wine!

After a round of toasting, Emperor Xia looked at Li Siqi with a smile on his face and said, "Qi'er, can you compose a few poems in this situation?" ”

"Enlighten the Emperor!" Li Siqi stood up, looked in the direction of Emperor Xia and smiled: "Why not?" ”

"Good!" Emperor Xia didn't speak, but the queen smiled: "Gonggong Cao, it's still the old rules!" ”

Cao Zhengchun naturally knew what the old rules were, and immediately shouted to a few little eunuchs at the palace gate: "Serve with pen and ink, copy the masterpiece of Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager!" ”

"No!" Several little eunuchs immediately trotted to be accurate.

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

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

Li Siqi paced a few steps, looking like he was thinking, and read as he walked.

"Good poetry!" Zhou Tianlong, who was next to Zhou Quan, read Li Siqi's poem and immediately praised.

"Thank you grandpa for your praise!" Li Siqi bowed slightly, and continued to recite the poem: "Sweep away the hut and cleanse the hustle and bustle, and worship the nine heavens with a stick of fragrance." All things welcome spring and send remnants, and the end of the year is tonight. The raw pot is blazing and roaring bamboo, and the New Year's Rice is open to listen to the song pepper. The wild guest predicted that the farming was good, and the snow in the three winters had not completely disappeared. ”

Emperor Xia murmured softly: "What a good thing to send remnants to spring, the end of the year is tonight!" ”

The queen sitting next to Emperor Xia smiled slightly, did not speak, but gently grabbed Emperor Xia's hand.

"I want to give the next poem to the imperial uncle who is still defending my northern border of Great Xia and Lord An in the western border at this time!" Li Siqi glanced at Li Ziming and Mrs. Erpin Zhonglie, and said loudly: "The cold lamp at the border never sleeps, and the guest heart is sad. The hometown thinks of thousands of miles tonight, and the frost sideburns are another year in the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, for writing a poem for the old husband, if this poem is known to the husband, he will be happy!" Mrs. Erpin Zhonglie bowed slightly towards Li Siqi with tears streaming down her face.

"Her Royal Highness the Empress Xie!" Li Ziming's eyes were red, and he knelt down to Emperor Xia and bowed: "Before my father came, I must take a look at the imperial uncle, and draw a portrait of him when I go back as a memory, my father has not seen the imperial uncle for five years, and I miss it very much!" ”

"Zi Ming, hurry up"

After the queen finished speaking, she immediately stood up and walked towards Li Ziming, and personally stepped forward to help Li Ziming up. And Emperor Xia sat on the dragon chair with red eyes, and asked tremblingly, "How is the imperial brother lately?" ”

"Xie Huangbo and the queen's care, although my father is strong in martial arts, he is old, and he is obviously powerless in the battles with the Northern Zhou and Eastern Han Dynasty over the years!" Li Ziming reported truthfully.

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(More exciting later!) ）