The first year of the year, the first year of the king. It is a new monarch who ascends the throne and must change the yuan to indicate the arrival of a new era.

Starting from the wax sacrifice, the busiest thing in the whole Handan is probably Zhao Yong's gift of changing the yuan. Although the monarch changed the yuan, there were no major activities, but at least a large court meeting should be held to convene the four guards to gather in the capital to worship the new monarch.

According to the divination of the Great Witch, the first Zhao Dynasty meeting after the change of the Yuan Dynasty was scheduled for the ninth day of the first month of the first month, and the location was Zhao Wangcheng. As soon as the time comes out, many things can be held.

The first thing to do is to announce the governing body of the new monarch. Zhao Bao is the prime minister, the head of the civil officials, and there is an internal history below, responsible for the country's financial system; Si Kou, who was in charge of punishment, and there were also officials such as left and right colonels, Zhao Yong, in order to strive for stability, listened to Feiyi's advice, and most of the officials were able to stay in office except for the old and sick and the notorious people who were dismissed. For example, Xu Yue, the internal history of the Su Hou period, was famous for his good financial management during the Su Hou period, and he was able to stay in office.

The second thing is to meet the new king. On the third day of the first month, Zhao Bao ordered the generals of all sides of Zhao to go to Handan to meet the new monarch in person unless there was a war, so as to show his intentions. In fact, there is no need to order this matter alone, many generals know very well that this is a routine business, so many people have arranged work from the beginning of the wax festival, collected congratulatory gifts, and prepared to show their faces at the first great court meeting of the new monarch.

As soon as these two events were announced, the entire Zhao Kingdom became lively, and both the city and the countryside began to be busy preparing for the celebration of the new monarch's accession to the throne. The generals and lieutenants stationed in the fortresses of various cities also handed over their work to their deputies, and they went to Handan with a small number of soldiers and horses. For a time, the entire Zhao State on the road to Handan was full of cars and horses, and the dust was flying.

As the commander stationed at the Southern Great Wall, Lian Wu was also among the summons this time. His ancestors were Zhao people, and before his father died, he became a captain, and later followed Zhao Suhou to attack Wei, and died for his merits, so he also attacked his father's position as a captain.

In the seventeenth year of Zhao Suhou, Su Hou ordered the construction of the South Great Wall, starting from the southwest of Wu'an, extending to the southeast to the southwest of Cixian County, and then going northeast. The Great Wall makes great use of the geographical advantages, such as the western section, which is built along the mountains and hills; In the eastern plain area, the embankments of Zhangshui and Fuhe are used as the main body as much as possible, and they are connected and expanded to make the construction of the entire South Great Wall both economical and practical.

And Lian Wu was appointed in Cixian, a relatively prominent position, and became the core defense point of the entire Great Wall.

Lian Wu rode a horse and slowly appeared outside Handan City, looking at the towering city wall and the slow army entering the city, he let out a long breath with a smile on his face. It's been half a year, and I'm finally able to go home.

Handan is about half a day's journey from Cixian County, but as the main person in charge, he almost never returns to Handan all year round. Unless he encounters official business that he has to deal with, he can only spend all day as a companion, looking north at Zhaodu, and missing his wife and children day and night. And now, he is cowardly in his hometown, but he is beginning to worry about whether his son, the little guy named Lian Po, still knows him.

It was the peak time to enter the city, and he saw that the queue into the city was still very long, and he turned left and right to see where he could rest for a while, and waited for the flow of people to pass before entering the city. Suddenly, there was a small wooden house on the side of the road, and there were several horses parked in front of the house, and the horses were strong and majestic, and they were not ordinary at first glance.

Those who march in the army love weapons first, and they love horses second. Seeing such a few horses this time, Lian Wu's heart was itching, thinking that this horse might be owned by a merchant and sold in Handan, so he said hello to the general, and rode a few people to the hut.

Before he could get closer, he heard a burst of applause coming from inside the house. He had some doubts in his heart, although Handan people like to be lively, but it was all after drinking, and he took advantage of the excitement. And this applause is clearly not someone singing, but like gathering a crowd to make a scene. With doubts, he stepped off the horse, stood in front of the wooden house, and looked up to see four big characters: Li Sanshuilu. The doubts in my heart are even greater.

This Li San should be a person's name, the third in the family. But what is this water house? Pressing his doubts, he took the lead and walked in.

The scene suddenly opened, in this small wooden house, when the door left hand is a large long cabinet, on the long cabinet is placed four pottery beam pots, below there is a living fire, the fire is very strong, the lid of the pot is whining. An old man squatted in the back, keeping warm, while looking at the stands in the middle of the room, not caring at all about Lian Wu and the others coming in.

In the middle of the room is a slightly high stand, on which a person stands there, dancing and talking, listening to the contents, it seems to be the story of King Wu's war.

However, what surprised Lian Wu the most was that the seat in this room was not a mat, but under a long wooden plank, with two legs, seemingly simple, but as stable as Mount Tai.

Every four of these seats are surrounded by a large square case in the middle, and the bottom does not look like two legs, but four legs together. It's like a few cases, but it's much taller than a few cases, and it's not a long bar, it's a square.

This made Lian Wu snore, thinking that he had opened a door to other worlds, why he didn't know the equipment here.

"Oh, general, I'm sorry. The little old man was so happy to listen to it that he forgot to greet a few people. At this time, the old man sitting by the fireside came back to his senses and greeted Lian Wu.

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay, it's not the right time for the general to come, but there are no stools and tables, if you want to listen to this piece of history, you have to stand. However, you can drink as much water as you want, but if you want some tea or something, you don't have it here. The old man said to Lian Wu with a smile.

The old man's words made Lian Wu feel that he must be a lot behind, but he didn't expect that he hadn't returned to Handan for half a year, and he had popped up so many things that he hadn't heard of. But listening to the old man's words, the stool and the table are the long and square seats that I just saw, and this one must be the one who dances in the middle. And this tea, I have heard of it. It is some merchants of Shu who came to Handan to do business, and carried a kind of leaf with them, I heard that it can be brewed, but it requires special skills, is this kind of thing already popularized in Handan?

Lian Wu doesn't ask, naturally someone will do it for him. The generals next to him followed Lian Wu to guard the Great Wall, and the merchants who came and went from the south to the north also saw a lot, but today, even they who claim to be well-informed don't know these things, and it wouldn't be a shame to say it. So they asked the old man for advice.

When the old man heard this, he was really not a frequent visitor to Handan, but he had been running a water house here for many years, and he had not shown it once or twice, so he no longer listened to the history of Zhang Zi, and chatted with Lian Wu and a few people.

"Speaking of which, this also has to do with our current monarch." The old man poured hot water for a few people and put it in front of them.

"Shaojun? What does this have to do with him? A family general asked.

"Hehe, our young gentleman is not an ordinary person. The funeral of the Five Kingdoms, the young monarch personally climbed the city tower, supervised the soldiers to lead the battle, he was only fifteen years old, and as soon as the ancestor died, he dared to lead our Zhao people and the Five Kingdoms to fight hard, this courage is the bone of our Zhao people. At that time, Xiao Lao'er heard that Shaojun dared to fight, and he didn't think about it, so he took his son to the city tower and stood on the city wall, ready to fight with the Five Kingdoms. The old man said, beaming with satisfaction.

Lian Wu's heart sank, he was on the Great Wall, he didn't expect Handan to be desperately prepared, he thought it was an army battle, but he didn't expect that even the common people and the young monarch had boarded the city gate, and he had a little more admiration for this young young monarch.

Later, the little giant man was clever enough to scare off the five-nation alliance and honestly entered the city. Since then, Shaojun's status in the hearts of our people has been much higher. Of course, that little big man is also a frequent visitor here, but he didn't come today, presumably because he was working hard at home. ”

"I said, old man, let you talk about these things, why are you going so far?" A family general finally couldn't help but say.

"Slow and slow, it's all for a reason." The old man was not in a hurry, and continued, "Why do you say that these things have anything to do with Shaojun? This starts with Shaojun's habits. ”

"Our young gentleman is a rare good person. My favorite thing to do is to go out and play. The old man said with a smile.

"Come out to play? Old man, you brag nonsense, how can the monarch come out to play by himself? "A family will obviously not believe.

"Hey, don't dare to talk nonsense." The old man was obviously a little angry, and said to the general, "Our young gentleman has set a rule, and every month he goes to the homes of some old men in the city to do things and send something. This is something that the whole city of Handan knows. ”

"Uh, deliver something to the people?" A family will clearly not believe.

"That's nature." The old man said, "Shaojun often goes to my house, otherwise, where do these things come from, there is no way to talk about this water house." ”

"By the way, you haven't said yet, how did these things come about?"

"That's going to have to be said." The old man said slowly, "When Shaojun travels, he once came to my house. My house is in chaos, so I can only let Shaojun sit on the mat. Shaojun said, why don't you get a few stools? At that time, the little old man was stunned, he had lived for most of his life, what is a stool? But we didn't dare to ask, so we could only promise it, thinking, could it be some kind of seat in the royal city? ”

"This shouldn't be, there are all sits in the royal city, and there are no stools." Lian Wu shook his head and said.

"That's what the general said, but the little old man doesn't know. Then, Shaojun said again, there is no table, how can everyone eat. Now, the little old man is completely stupid. I don't know about this stool, so forget it, but what is this table? I really don't know. I thought don't pretend to be stupid, and said cautiously, "Shaojun, the purchase of things used by the royal family is a real usurpation." ”

"Hey, what do you say?" A family will be completely attracted to it, and involuntarily asked.

"When it was the young gentleman's turn to wonder, he asked the eunuchs around him, 'Can't the common people use stools and tables?' What are the rules? ’”

"This time, it's all fun. The eunuch beside Shaojun cried and said, "What are the stools and tables that Shaojun said?" Slaves don't know? The old man said as if he had been wronged.

Lian Wu and the others couldn't help laughing when they saw the old man's playful appearance.