Zong Luohu has been in charge of the battle with the Turks all these years, and is now in charge of the defense of Xiao Pass, which is actually ineffective, and the defense line of the Great Sui has advanced north of Duhetao, and Xiao Pass, which is a dangerous pass in Guanzhong and Hetao, has actually lost its role. Yang Chong asked Fang Xuanling: "Yang Ze didn't transfer him over this time?" ”

Yang Gongqing replied: "Yang Zeliu was behind the army and only operated from Xiaoguan to Yinzhou. ”

Yu Juluo could only sigh that these generals behind him were cautious to go home, and Yang did this by sending Turkic cavalry to fight a time difference and break into the Hetao from the gap between the two armies of Helan Road and Fengzhou; Yang Chong nodded and said: "That's Zong Luohu, let him hand over the army to Xiang Yizu, lead a thousand elite cavalry to the clouds, and the Tuntian soldiers will be transferred separately." ”

Yuan Wuji and Cui Chuzhi glanced at each other and said, "King Yue, are you going to implement the eighteen realms you discussed with us last time. ”

The Great Sui implemented the county system, but with the vast territory, it is now controlled by the Governor's Office, the Left-behind Division and the temporarily established Xingtai, and if it should not be said, the system is chaotic. Yang Chong, Cui Chuzhi and others discussed and divided the country into 18 provinces: Guanzhong, Henan, Hebei, Hedong, Shaanxi, Huainan, Jiangnan, Jinghunan, Jinghubei, Bashu, Longzhong, Lingnandong, Lingnanxi, Hexi, Qinghai, Liaoxi, Liaodong, and Guanwai.

Yang Chong said without hesitation: "After recovering Woye Town, you can start." ”

In a word, it aroused everyone's thoughts, there were too many things to bear in this battle of Woye Town, no wonder Yang Chong did not point fingers like he did, but handed over the command to Li Jing on the front line, I am afraid that he was worried that his thoughts would affect the battle ahead.

Also in the next two days, when Yang Chong invited civil and military officials to the banquet, he didn't have much thought, although the atmosphere on the scene was good, but in Yang Chong's heart, he still couldn't let go of Li Jing's army. Although some people found abnormalities, they all thought that it was the impact of Liu Xuan's death, and Yang Chong was not in the mood for the past few days; The news of the war was blocked to death, and the bigwigs did not say that there were few merchants who came to Chang'an from the north during the Chinese New Year, and there was no reaction in Chang'an City.

However, when Yang Chong arrived in Kunming Town, Pang Huan still asked: "King Yue seems to have thoughts?" ”

Yang Chong smiled and said: "I came here to relax, what are you talking about the reserved program?" ”

Pang Huan pointed to the empty space under the stands and said: "There is a saying that the unearthed cattle send cold air in the "Zhou Li", which is very popular in Wuyue and other places, whipping the oxen to welcome the spring, generally at the beginning of the spring or the beginning of the Spring Festival, making earth cattle to persuade farming, and the officials of the state and county and rural farmers whip the earth oxen, symbolizing the beginning of spring ploughing, in order to show good omen. I know you don't have time on the first day of the new year, so I made an appointment with you today, which happens to be the beginning of spring. ”

Li Jijun, the chief official of Kunming Town, held a bullwhip in his hand and faced a native ox dressed in red and colored; The cow is lifelike, similar in size to a real cow, and the clay sculpture of a farmer and a farm implement, making a bow and pull the plough together. The farmer even portrayed the muscles that he puffed up vigorously, and the tail of the earth ox swayed lightly, and his demeanor was vivid.

Kong Yingda joked and said: "King Yue, the Son of Heaven has the gift of borrowing the field, that is, to go down to the field and push the plow, and push it up nine times to show the righteousness of persuading the peasants. ”

Kong Yingda was showing his attitude, Yang Chong smiled and waved his hand and said, "I won't mix, Pang Huan, let's start." ”

Pang Huan waved his hand, the drum music sounded, the jujube wood bangzi was "in a trance", the two officials shouted loudly in the Qin dialect to persuade the peasants, Li Jijun circled around the spring cow and whipped three times; Then Li Jijun stepped aside, and the characters with heads and faces in Kunming Town stepped forward one by one, like Li Jijun, circling around the earth ox and whipping three times. When the last official turned back, the sound of gongs and drums rose loudly, everyone shouted, and Li Jijun and the others retreated nearly 100 steps back.

As soon as they retreated, Yang Chong and the others could clearly see from a high place that the atmosphere in the field suddenly became tense, and the surrounding onlookers were ready to go. The gongs and drums became more and more urgent, and suddenly a variation was sounded, the machine in the stands ejected, a hydrangea with a red ribbon flew into the air, fireworks soared, firecrackers rang out, and the crowd immediately became manic, and huge waves swarmed up like a frenzy. The first few people smashed the earth cow with a colored cane, and the people in the back reached out to grab the soil on the earth cow, and in a blink of an eye, the earth cow disappeared, and the villagers walked back with the soil they got from the broken spring cow, one by one elated.

Kong Yingda sighed: "Land is the foundation of life for people in the world, and a small piece of soil is so crazy that it carries the desire for a bumper harvest. ”

As soon as the solemn moment passed, the clamor immediately enveloped the audience, and many hawkers were like rushing to the market, carrying all kinds of goods to sell on the crowd and on the side of the road; Flowers, fruits, snacks, handicrafts, you name it. Xue Rengui and Yang Xin squeezed into the crowd, bought a few small spring cattle and came back, and gave Yang Jing one for each of them; The palm-sized, lifelike Koharu cow is held in a small, finely carved wooden cage and tied with colorful silk.

Yang Xin has been in Mozhuang, and he doesn't have much time to see his younger brothers and sisters, so he looks like a big brother at the moment; Li Chun introduced that the idea of this kind of Xiaochun Niu was actually thought up by Mozhuang, but in order to let the surrounding people make some money, Mozhuang simply did not participate in the handiwork to sales. Li Chun said: "If you lose something, you will gain something, the head of the family, the clay sculptor invited by Master Kou from Jiangnan is an eye-opener for us, we didn't do it in Chunniu, but we made a set of Jiangnan scenery, which can be brought back to you." ”

Yang Wang smiled and said, "Li Chun, I will prepare a set for me and Cai Wang later." ”

Li Chun hurriedly saluted and said, "Lord Yang, we only made one set of Jiangnan scenery, otherwise you will always bring a set of zodiac signs back." ”

Yang Wang shook his head and said, "Don't worry, wait until we see your products." ”

Yang Wang heard Cui Chuzhi say that Yang Chong recruited the masters of color sculpture in Jiangnan and Guanzhong, and established a sculpture exhibition hall on a street outside Mozhuang, selling complete sets of products by the way. Many temples and Taoist temples in Chang'an and Zhongnan Mountain have come to ask these craftsmen to help shape gods and Buddha statues; The kind of large-scale goods are more than 100 times; When Yuanwei was on his birthday, Mozhuang gave a peach with more than 30 characters.

Yang Chong said with a smile: "Pang Huan, come to a few important ministers, this time I am going to visit the Science and Technology City, you have to behave well, don't lose my face." ”

Pang Huan replied: "Don't worry, according to your instructions, all the workshops in the Science and Technology City now have their own product showrooms, as long as the adults take a fancy to it, even if it is customized." ”

(End of chapter)