Li Yu went hunting the next day, Tu Lichen brought a group of guards with him, Hadari and Li Chage also led Zhang Zhiyao, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ma Bao more than a dozen children to follow, and the group went into the Barbarian Mountain for three days before coming out. The results of the hunt were not bad, two wild boars and four red deer, and the children were also excitedly holding pheasants and hares to show off—this was caught by Li Yu teaching them to lay down the trap, and Meng Ke looked at it greedily, and complained that Hadari did not call him.

Jin Sheng wants to rush back to Datong, from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month, the entertainment in Datong officialdom is indispensable, and it is not good for him not to show up. Liu Wenzhong was recalled from Meidai, and kept repenting that he had done too little good in his previous life, so he ended up rootless, he planned to do more good deeds in the future, and heard that Fengzhou was going to hold a grand happy event, and immediately found out ten taels of silver to count the money, and wanted to stay and have fun with the people, Jin Sheng quickly dragged him away - you a eunuch to make a lot of fun, and you are not afraid of adding bad luck to others, and the two of them left with a deer leg.

The second day of the first lunar month is an auspicious day of the zodiac, the camp of Manhan Mountain is lively early in the morning, more than 100 pairs of newcomers are surrounded by everyone, first go to the stream under the mountain to worship heaven and earth, ancestors, and then slowly enter the military field of the camp school. The wedding host Ma Guangyuan gave an order, the sound of firecrackers, suona and the sound of the horse-head piano sounded together, relatives and friends rushed up to congratulate, Chen Erzhu was too excited and blew the military horn inexplicably, and the other trumpeters also followed, startling everyone, Li Yu became angry and kicked him aside.

The wedding was not right from the beginning, the newlyweds were dressed in a variety of ways, some men wore military attache uniforms, some wore common people's cotton robes, and some women wore hijabs and silver ornaments; Some listen to lamas chanting sutras, and some bow down to the elderly; and those who led the bride away, and those who carried the bride on the horse; This side is to cross the brazier, and that side is to cross the saddle; The pair here is still standing stupidly with the red cloth, and the pair over there is already arguing.

Zhou Yuji is suffering now, Jin Guoding and his family are the best Han people, but his wife Liu Naren wants to marry according to Mongolian customs, and is crying with her parents in her arms, and there are a few older women singing on the side, but he is standing stupidly, thinking that there are a lot of troubles waiting for him behind, he can't help but panic, pointing at Ma Guangyuan and shouting: "Old Ma, you are endless!" ”

Ma Guangyuan was also in a cold sweat on his head, all in a mess, no one listened to him - the customs in different places, no one listened to the set prepared in advance, everyone still did their own customs, the most important general speech had not yet begun, and the following was already shouting and shouting into a mess. Seeing that the old horse was about to smash the performance, Li Fugui came over quietly and whispered a few words in his ear, and Ma Guangyuan had no choice but to ask Li Yu for instructions in frustration.

"Forget it, call someone to serve the food and prepare the meal." Li Yu waved his hand and continued to tease the little Li Jin in his arms - Wulan and Wu Langha had already gone into the crowd to join in the fun.

"Ladies and gentlemen, old and young masters, the food is up, and the wine and meat are not enough, so I can only express my heart slightly," Ma Guangyuan faced everyone, pointed to the big bowl and small bowl that was being placed on the table, and shouted in his voice, "Open the rice!" If you want to eat meat, hurry up! ”

Everyone immediately flocked to the dinner table, and the six or seven hundred tables were immediately crowded with people - in fact, everyone was worried about this meal, the days when the common people had wine and meat did not meet twice a year, and everyone who could come came, even the children brought a piece of rubbing rice, and ate noisily, and the grand wedding carefully planned by Ma Guangyuan also became a big dinner for nearly 10,000 people.

The groom, the bride and their relatives and friends were still in a daze, Li Yu and Ma Guangyuan walked over quickly, everyone hurriedly saluted the commander, Li Yu waved his hand, stepped forward and hugged Zhou Yuji, Lao Zhou's eyes suddenly turned red - I have a home, from today on, I not only have brothers who live and die together, but also have a wife who gave birth to children for me.

"Hermes-Epitek, thank you, you gave me a home, maybe one day you will take me back to my hometown in Kaiyuan." Zhou Yuji said in a low voice.

Li Yu nodded, and went to hug Jin Guoding again, Jin Guoding had tears in his eyes, choked up and said: "I miss Shenyang Zhongwei's home, my father, mother, and brother don't know what to do." ”

Li Yu patted Jin Guoding's shoulder, and went to hug the next brother, more than a hundred old brothers, he hugged everyone, listened to them, Wulan and Wu Langha followed behind him, and kept saying "May it be auspicious!" Mongolian blessings were given to each bride.

"I have wronged the brothers, it is my old horse who does not understand the customs of all parties, and it is a little cold, and next time I will do a happy event for the brothers, it will never be like this, oops......" The old horse apologized very embarrassedly, and before he finished speaking, Sister-in-law Ma punched him in the back.

"Lao Ma doesn't have to blame himself, the customs of various ethnic groups are different and difficult to unify, but we are from Fengzhou, so we will do it according to the customs of Fengzhou," Li Yu hugged the last brother, walked over and patted the old horse, and then said loudly to everyone, "The custom of Fengzhou is that there is no custom, and it is our custom to make the brothers and sisters happy. ”

"God bless Fengzhou, may my brothers and sisters be auspicious!" Li Yu shouted loudly and raised the wooden bowl full of wine high, and then shouted behind him, "Chen Erzhu, don't you want to blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet to cheer me up!" ”

Chen Erzhu agreed, felt out the horn and blew it vigorously, the trumpeters also blew the horn one after another, the loud and rapid trumpet echoed in the sky above the camp of the Barbarian Mountain, the people of Fengzhou were excited, each of them was a soldier, knew what the horn meant, and shouted in unison with the wine bowl: "I am willing to serve Fengzhou, and I wish the commander auspicious!" ”

Li Yu and everyone drank the wine, no one expected that from then on, there was a custom in Fengzhou weddings - there must be a charge when drinking, this custom lasted until the end of the war, and the world was peaceful for many years before disappearing.

The Commander's Office did not expect that on the same day, other Fengzhou, Xuande, Dongsheng, Xing and Siwei also put on a banquet, all of which were eaten and drunk at public expense, and the scale was more than three or four thousand people, and there were suitable reasons, this trend became more and more fierce in the future, and gradually spread to thousands of households, hundreds of households - the Han people think that a hard year should eat a public meal, even the Mongolians who have their own calendars are looking forward to the Han Spring Festival, in short, on the second day of the first month of each year, everyone is uncomfortable if they don't eat in vain. Li Fugui felt sorry for the money, and he was heartbroken about not being able to stop this crooked wind, Ortai wanted to open it, half starved and half full for a year, and it was time for everyone to open up for a meal, and when Fengzhou became rich in the future, it was not easy for you to gather everyone for a meal, so this custom will be recognized.

As soon as the farce of the collective wedding is over, those who should go back on vacation to stay planted, those who should work go back to work hard, the Reinsul's Mansion is also busy, the snow in Fengzhou melts late, and spring ploughing begins in late February or early March, the Prime Minister's Office must plan for spring ploughing in advance, and the Praise Painting Office must also urge the health centers to prepare for the spring drill - the training of the young and strong in the Fengzhou health centers is usually carried out independently by thousands of households and hundreds of households, but before the spring ploughing and after the autumn harvest, the health centers must organize two spring and autumn exercises, each with ten days, During this period, the elite of the subordinate thousands of households trained intensively, and the Great Commander's Office gave money and food subsidies to the young and strong, and the Praise Painting Office also sent people to supervise it.

At the beginning of this year, there are many events, the army is going to send troops to Shanxi, the silver banknote bureau is going to issue silver banknotes and silver coins, as well as spring exercises and spring ploughing, the officials of the Grand Commander's Mansion are busy, and Li Yu is embarrassed to be idle, most of the time he stays in the Grand Commander's Mansion to deal with his least favorite official business - during this time, letters from Shanxi have also arrived at the Grand Commander's Mansion one after another, and these letters make Li Yu very worried about the prospect of sending troops.

Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, first sent a letter, welcoming Fengzhou to send troops to assist in suppressing the thieves, and also praised Li Yu greatly, and had no objection to the time of sending troops, most of the thieves are currently hiding in the mountains, and the weather warms up when their activities are rampant, and Pingyang, Zelu and other places are relatively rich, and must be the key areas for thieves to loot, Song Tongyin plans to transfer the Fengzhou army that has entered the customs to Pingyang Mansion, so as to respond to various places at any time, and also instructed Li Yu to do his best to suppress the thieves, and he will try to raise food and salary.

Bai An also sent a letter to introduce the thieves in Shanxi, since the Fengzhou army last year to appease Wang Ziyong and others, Shanxi's thieves have greatly decreased, but the big thieves are gone, and the small thieves are everywhere, such as the eight kings, the generals, the Gao family and so on stubborn, hiding in Taihang, Luliang Mountain to continue to fight against the imperial court, the thieves gather when they are scattered and difficult to clear out, kill a batch and come again, and more Shanxi refugees continue to attach to the thieves, there is no hope to quell the thieves at all, and recently there are Cao Cao, Lao Huihui and so on into Shanxi, the thieves gradually have a tendency to rise, after the spring may be the time of the chaos in Shanxi. Bai An regretted that he did not make up his mind to go out with Li Yu at the beginning, staying in Shanxi was simply a crime, the soldiers were not well fed and clothed, they did not even have cotton clothes and cotton shoes on heavy snowy days, and many people froze to death and frostbite, the soldiers had no intention of fighting, and it was very hard to rob the common people, and he could not give food and salary to his brothers to support their families, so he could only turn a blind eye. Bai An reminded Li Yu to be prepared to be in arrears of food and salary by the imperial court, otherwise the elite division would also be dragged into a rotten army, and hoped that Li Yu could give him some private salt on credit, the officials and soldiers of Shanxi Town were doing business, and he also planned to do some business to supplement the military, in addition, the Shanxi disaster and famine continued, and many officers and soldiers in the army took their families and children to their side, but these family members could not afford to stay in the army, he discussed with Hu Dawei and fierce as a tiger, and wanted to send these thousands of people to Fengzhou, hoping that Li Yu could take in these poor villagers, As long as you can give your mouth food.

After reading the letter, Li Yu couldn't help but sigh, Bai An's loyal face seemed to appear in front of him - this is a tough guy who will not easily open his mouth to ask for help, and now that he has said this, the situation in Shanxi must be very bad.

Zhang Daojun of Zezhou also came to a letter, the Zezhou Joint Defense Bureau of Thieves and Thieves set up a township corps training to maintain local peace, the bandits on the ground in Zezhou have indeed weakened, but the strength of the township soldiers is limited, and the thieves cannot be wiped out in one fell swoop, and most of the thieves are driven into the mountains, he is very worried that once the local thieves and the thieves from other towns merge after the spring warms, Zezhou will fall into banditry again, and the township soldiers will not be able to confront a large number of bandits after all, and it is difficult to say whether they can defend their own villages. He hoped that after the Fengzhou army entered the customs, it would send part of its troops to Zezhou to support the township soldiers. In addition, he also said that the people of Zezhou can trust Li Yu, and some wealthy businessmen are worried about the banditry and have begun to transfer part of their family property and business to Fengzhou, and this situation may be more in the future, and the people of Zezhou are not thin on the Fengzhou army, so please Li Yu must be kind to the fathers and villagers of Zezhou.

Zhang Daojun's brother-in-law - Ma Xianglin, who stayed in Beijing, also came to a letter, in which he scolded the officials in western Liaoning, his cousin Qin Yiming brought thousands of stone soldiers and Sichuan general soldier Deng Xi to guard and supervise the Daling River, worked hard for more than half a year, and survived the winter, but was driven back to the pass by others, but fortunately came back, otherwise the battle of the Daling River, the Sichuan army soldiers would definitely be killed by the gang of people in western Liaoning, he is now disheartened, he does not want to stay in Beijing anymore, and intends to ask the court to allow him to return to his hometown of Shiyan, It is estimated that the imperial court is also embarrassed to stop him, and he will pass by Shanxi on the way home, and he hopes to meet his good brother Li Yu, and buy a batch of war horses from Fengzhou by the way. At the end of the letter, there were Zhang Fengyi's words, asking the two ladies of the little brother if they were pregnant again, if they had a daughter, they must marry into the Ma family.

The eldest brother and eldest sister still have that straightforward temper - Li Yu smiled and picked up the pen, other people's letters can be replied to by others, but the letters to Ma Xianglin and his family must be replied by hand.

In order to arrange spring exercises and spring ploughing, the Commander's Office successively summoned some officials from the Consulate General to inquire about the situation and coordinate matters.

This meal was eaten at Wang's own house, and Zhao Sheng and Bai Yuzhu also came - the brothers from northern Shaanxi are usually busy with their own work, and it is rare to have a chance to get together. Wang used to prepare hot pot hot mutton, it is most suitable to eat this when it is cold, Zhao Sheng also brought a few skin bags and horse **** wine, everyone ate and drank and chatted, Li Yu asked about Xuandewei and Fengzhouwei by the way.

"Xuandewei's situation is okay, the relief of the Great Commander's Mansion came quickly, only about 300 people died in one winter, mainly because of the old and weak who couldn't survive, it's good enough, if there are not many people who die in the Guannai, and some people can't stand the pain and homesickness, I will follow the order of the Great Commander's Mansion to give each person two liters of food to let them go, but these guys ran back after a while, saying that there is no way to live in the Guannei, and now the villagers have figured it out, so they are counting on planting good land and being able to eat a bowl of rice." Zhang Mengcun replied, and Zhang Miaoshou also said that Fengzhouwei's situation was similar.

"Two thousand people died in Fengzhou this winter, this loss is not small, Fengzhou is still too poor, let the people suffer!" Li Yu shook his head and sighed.

"Don't say that, the Great Commander, I know best in charge of civil affairs, 150,000 people suddenly poured in, and it is not easy for us to survive this winter." Wang said for himself.

Wang Ziyong smiled and talked about Zhang Mengcun and Zhang Miaoshou, Zhang Mengcun had read books and mixed the rivers and lakes, but his commander Urden was a Mongolian man who was born as a soldier and honestly made friends, the two got together, Zhang Mengcun seemed to have become the boss of Xuandewei, and Urden relied on Zhang Mengcun's fellow acquaintance to get his idea. Zhang Miaoshou's situation is the opposite, he is a tailor, he has never thought of doing big things, he would rather bury his head in things than bother to be an official, and Fengzhou Wei commanded Bu Yantu to have prejudices against the Han people, and the power in his hands is not let go at all, and he uses his knowledge as a miscellaneous use, Zhang Miaoshou has always been hard-working, and after a long time, Bu Yantu found that people are committed to doing chores, and he is full of bullying honest people, and the relationship between the two is getting better and better.

Zhang Miaoshou smiled, hesitated for a while and said: "Great Commander, there is something I want to say, we are also Fengzhou people, but the customs of Fengzhou are not small, such as farming, we pay attention to intensive farming, before sowing the ground, to deep ploughing, extensive fertilization, a piece of land repeatedly cultivated, and the old Fengzhou people planted one season to abandon the land, the next season to change the land and replant, we think the old Fengzhou people waste the land; Another example is the use of water, we have the habit of washing clothes and drinking livestock in the river, but the old Fengzhou people regard water as their life, and think that we have dirty the river, there are many such things, and it is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong. ”

Li Huai and Li Fugui smiled bitterly, this is also what they are most worried about, there will be more and more troubles caused by different customs, Ma Guangyuan made the group wedding a big dinner is proof, this is by no means a trivial matter, a little carelessness may cause a big disaster.

"Brother Zhang is a caring person, but I can't think of an effective way, maybe it will be solved naturally after a long time." Li Yu shook his head helplessly.

"Don't worry, the commander will be solved after a few battles," Bai Yuzhu interjected, and then explained, "We and Hui Hui are like this, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Han people and Hui Hui fought side by side against Meng Yuan, everyone fought together, shed blood together, and over time became a family, Hui Hui always thought that he was also a Han person, but a Han person who believed in ****." ”

"The same race and pagan religion have the same thing as the same race and different customs of the Qierji Lama," Li Huai's eyes lit up, but then said sadly, "but this still needs bloodshed, and maybe we will die a lot!" ”

Li Huai's words made everyone's hearts very heavy, and the dull lunch was almost finished, Wang Ziyong suddenly said to Li Yu: "Great commander, this time to send troops to Shanxi, if you catch the eight kings and generals, you must kill these two people, and you must not be soft." ”

Zhang Mengcun added: "These days we have also thought a lot of things before, among the thieves in Shanxi, Cao Cao and Lao Huihui are bold and righteous, if they are trained, they may be able to reform themselves, but the Eight Kings and Chuang will not belong to this category, some people are born thieves, and they are all scourges at all times, Zhang Xianzhong, the Eight Kings, is this kind of person, leaving him with endless troubles, Li Zicheng has done it under me, and he is also a ruthless person, this person dared to kill his old official when he was a soldier and made a military salary, and fled home to hear that his wife stole people, and killed his wife and adulterer, With a few lives in hand, they didn't dare to accept Zhao'an, nor did they dare to go home to be good, so they could only go all the way to the dark, and these two people must not stay! ”