Coming out of the county office, Luo Cheng stood at the door of the yamen and looked up at the sky.

In the sky where the lead clouds are low, snowflakes are fluttering. It's not sleet grains, it's goose feather snow.

Light snowflakes fall on the face, cool slightly, and then melt instantly.

It's a lot of snow.

Luo Cheng gathered the placket of his clothes, and there was already a layer of white on the ground.

The fourth man in a soapy coat stepped over, "It's snowing heavily, and next year will be a bumper year." ”

"Well, Ruixue Zhaofeng year."

"You talked to those two for a long time, what are you talking about?" The fourth asked curiously. He now wears many hats, being the brigade commander of the first regiment and one brigade of the county barracks, the head of the hook and sickle team, and the judicial assistant of the county government and law department.

However, the fourth child is not the kind of person who sits on duty, and he doesn't pay much attention to the affairs of the law department every day, but likes to walk around the county town, sneaking to the city gate to chat with the brothers guarding the door, going to the prison cell to watch the wardens interrogate the prisoners, or taking time to run to see the brothers' training, and even have the leisure to pay attention to the day's food.

In short, he is not doing his job, but fortunately, there is also a Feng Yitong in the Legal Department as a judicial assistant, and all the cumbersome things are pushed to that person.

"It's about the county barracks, and I just told the county commander and the county lieutenant about the rotation of the county barracks brothers." Luo Cheng didn't hide it from the fourth child and told him about the situation. The fourth child was very much in favor of Luo Cheng's plan, "It's really not a matter to change it, it's really good if it can be stabilized." You don't have to worry about having no time to train if the fields are divided, our county barracks are mainly based on the teenagers of our original township regiment, and later absorbed some from the township regiments, and some teenagers are also the mainstay. Then there are some county soldiers and some veterans from the county. ”

"I'm not worried about our own young men, I'm still more worried about the county soldiers and veterans from the county, they are not from the county, they were originally seconded, this bandit war is set, and the New Year is coming, and they are all looking forward to going back. This time, it is estimated that it will not come again. Even if we divide the land, they may not be willing to stay, and their places of origin may not agree to release them. ”

The registered population was an important basis for the political achievements of the local officials in these years, and no one wanted to let their people lose to other places, and even the imperial court strictly forbade this kind of household registration transfer.

"My master, they are definitely willing to stay, they are very comfortable with us, and they are willing to stay and retire."

"It's natural that they are willing to stay, but it's hard to say about those soldiers from other counties."

"Actually, it's nothing, if you really want to leave, you can't stay, let them be. Although they are all carefully selected, but so what, if Butcher Zhang dies, are we going to eat pigs with hair? Didn't our township group just a few of us at the beginning, and didn't we also bring out a group of brave teenagers? ”

As soon as the fourth child said this, Luo Cheng really felt a little enlightened.

Before, he had been thinking that those county soldiers from other counties were leaving, which would cause a lot of loss in the strength of the county barracks, but when he heard the fourth child say this, yes, there is no way to leave, but the majority of those who are left are still the majority, and he has those brothers, so he can recruit new training.

The fourth child's idea is relatively simple and simple.

Just go, there is always more to stay.

"How many brothers do you think will be willing to accept such conditions?" Luo Cheng asked.

"Surely they are all willing."

The fourth said that after all, the old team at the beginning were all from the township group, and the township group came from some middle-aged men in their teens. All of them are young and careless, and they are not the pillars of the family.

Their conditions, not to mention the middle-aged men, are that in a few years, they will be officially established, and there will be no fields to be distributed to them in the county and township, because there is only so much land, and it turned out that it was almost divided early, and now it will be returned to some land until one dies. However, the Great Sui Chengping was also twenty or thirty years old, and after the rule of the emperor, the population has increased significantly, which has led to a large number of young people actually having no land to equalize.

Now there is a chance to divide the land, even if the land is poor, but everyone will be very happy.

After all, no matter whether the land is distributed or not, as long as it is Chengding, according to the law of the Great Sui, then it will have to pay rent every year, and the quantity will not be discounted at all.

If you don't have one acre of land, should you pay two stone rent or two stone a year, even if you divide one hundred mu, then you will pay two stones. So not only will the teenagers be happy, but their families will also be happy.

After all, when a child grows up, he has to increase his rent without land, which is actually a heavy burden.

Nowadays, there is less land and more people, and many people can only give landlords to tenant land to cultivate. The teenagers have divided the land, which can be given to their families to plant, and they can concentrate on training. ”

Luo Cheng felt a lot more relaxed in his heart.

Looking up at the getting heavier and heavier snow, Luo Cheng said to the fourth child, "I'll go buy some peach charms later, and then see if there is any chicken, goose and mutton in the market, and take some back by the way." If you have nothing to do for a while, come home early, today is the New Year, you want to sacrifice to the stove, and the family is just reunited. ”

"You go back first, I'll buy meat or something later."

"I'll go."

Luo Cheng waved his hand to the fourth child, mounted his horse and headed towards the market.

In the market, although it is snowing, there are more people than before.

Today is the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, which is the day of worship to the king of the stove.

Folklore has it that the Lord of the Stove reports to the heavens once a year, specifically to tell the world about the evils. Once the defendant is accused, his life expectancy will be reduced by 300 days for major crimes and 100 days for minor crimes.

Therefore, every year on this day, everyone will put on the offerings, touch the stove king, and ask him to raise his noble hand.

It is a man's business for the people of the Sui Dynasty to sacrifice to the stove, and women cannot sacrifice to the stove, so on this day, no matter whether they used to cook or not, they have to be cooked by men and prepare sacrifices for the stove.

Luo Cheng walked around this shop, looked at that stall, walked in the market, and countless people greeted him. Now in Zhangqiu County, there is almost no one who does not know Luo Cheng.

Some people call him Luo Duwei, some people call him Luo Wulang, and some people call him a tiger, a white tiger, a godkiller, a madman, etc., in short, there are all kinds of evaluations, some praise him as a young hero, and some scold him for being cold-blooded and ruthless.

But in person, you have to nod your head and say hello.

Luo Cheng had a smile on his face, and he didn't care about anything else.

After walking around, I bought half a sheep, a chicken and a goose, and a big pig's head, ready to go back and get the sacrificial stove king. I bought some leeks, carrots, etc.

In later generations, Luo Cheng's family basically made dumplings to eat every year during the New Year, and the family made dumplings happily. He planned to make some dumplings later, and the Sui Dynasty did not have dumplings, but there were about the same.

The Sui Dynasty's wontons shaped like a glaive are actually similar to the shape of dumplings, but the name is still called wontons. Of course, there is another food that is closer to dumplings called prison pills.

There are also cage pills and water pills, which are actually steamed dumplings and dumplings, but whether it is a prison pill or a wonton, in fact, there is very little food in the homes of ordinary people.

Today, Luo Cheng plans to do it himself, teach everyone to make dumplings, and eat dumplings for Chinese New Year's Eve.