Because the princess is here, and the war with Xianbei is about to be reported to the court for a draw, Gao Shun ordered everything to be simple during the New Year, even to get married.

After the Chinese New Year, it will be 186 years.

Recently, Gao Shun's mood has been very tense, the more time goes back, the closer it is to the time of chaos, and he is not completely prepared.

There are still three and a half years to go before the emperor Liu Hongxue, and for Gao Shun, he must spend this time smoothly, not be suspicious of the emperor, not suppressed by the imperial court, and secretly develop and strengthen his strength.

The news of Xianbei's invasion has spread throughout the Han Dynasty, but the lives of the people in northern Xinjiang are relatively stable, and they do not cause panic, believing that as long as the champion is there, they will definitely be able to block the raids of foreign races.

However, it was only the occasional mobilization of the army that galloped past them to remind them of the danger of being on the frontier now.

Under the pressure of foreign invasion, Gao Shun's business is more prosperous, all the merchants are afraid of foreign invasion, lack of materials, and want to take advantage of the New Year to buy more, making Loufu County extremely lively and busy in the year.

And now that Loufu County is rich and in demand, many local products from other places are sold smoothly in the local area, and those businessmen also hope to make a lot of money before the year.

Not only the troops have to consume, but even the wealthy locals will take advantage of the Chinese New Year to buy them for their wives and children, and they need merchants to transport them in large quantities from other places, and merchants also need to transport seafood from the coast.

The news of Xianbei's invasion was reported, and the court and the emperor were hoping that they would fight with the champion Hou and consume the strength of both sides, so they did not give any assistance, not even a word of encouragement, which made Gao Shun feel a little cold, he understood the plan of the court now, and he sighed in his heart, such a court really can't be guaranteed.

Even so, Gao Shun did not forget to pay tribute to the imperial court.

In the middle of this year, the tribute was cotton cloth and bedding, and before the Chinese New Year, Gao Shun pondered and finally sent His Majesty and Zhang Rang a stone of refined salt each.

Since he and the craftsmen processed the refined salt, there has been a refined salt exchange in the system, which has saved Gao Shun a lot of trouble.

This kind of refined salt has been produced for a long time, and Gao Shun has not been introduced to the market, but only eaten at home; This time, there were really no items to pay tribute to His Majesty, so I remembered that this cheap and high-grade material was indeed affordable to him, but for His Majesty, Zhang Rang and others, it would be considered a good thing.

Now Gao Shun only requires samples for many materials, as long as there are samples, they can be purchased from the system.

With the current productivity, the price of buying from the system is much cheaper than hiring people to do the processing.

And in order to keep it secret, he is not willing to let the secret recipe of production leak out, he also wants to monopolize the operation, make a few more years of money, and can't make wedding dresses for others.

With the refined salt sent by Gao Shun and the wine from the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, he was able to satisfy His Majesty and Zhang Rang.

At that time, coarse salt, due to the simple production process, uneven particle size, contained a lot of impurities such as sediment, different colors, and contained a large number of other chemical components, which had an astringent and bitter taste.

This kind of salt, which is as white as snow and as fine as sand, has a pure taste, beautiful color and uniform particle size, and has won the favor of merchants from all walks of life once it is listed in Taoyuanbao, Taiping Township and Loufu County.

Sold at a consistent price per liter, it has become another major source of revenue for Gaoshun.

As with cotton cloth and bedding, in the early stage of sales, the price was set very high, and the quantity of sales was controlled to make it a luxury item, with the purpose of looting the money in the hands of the scholars.

The Chinese New Year was simple, and the materials distributed were much less, limited to the soldiers and people in Taoyuan Fort, and there was no external favor.

Soldiers are far away from their relatives and stationed in border counties, where they live in cold and snow, bitterly cold and wind, and live a hard life, so each of them will be paid an additional month's salary to make their families stable for the New Year. The people of Taoyuan Fort are all family members of high-ranking officials, and they are stationed in all directions, and Gao Shun must take care of their families.

Beef and mutton are the most, each household has distributed a lot, after breaking the ice, the fish from the Bibo Valley has been divided, each family has also divided a few, the refined salt has been made public, it is no longer hidden, each family has ten liters, and other eggs, fat chickens, white flour, polished rice, etc.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, except for the officers and men who took turns on duty, ordinary officers and men celebrated the festival in the barracks, and once in high order and generously, five altars of Shanggu wine were distributed to each tun, and they were not allowed to get drunk. The fine wine purchased from the system has enough degrees, but there is no natural mellow flavor, no direct comparison, and it is difficult for outsiders to find it; At first, he thought it was alcohol, and he was looking for a good person to drink it for a period of time without any additional impact, and Gao Shun was relieved to invest in the market.

Now the external sales are enough to buy from the system, only their own people drink, is Gao Shun and craftsmen joint production, because the quantity is too small, never sell to the outside world.

Even the Shanggu fine wine given to His Majesty and Zhang Rang was redeemed from the system.

The female family members will celebrate with Gao Mu and others in the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion, they don't drink alcohol, but they have all kinds of juice provided by Gao Shun, after adding sugar, all kinds of juice have different tastes, bright colors, some are sweet, some are sweet and sour, it is really refreshing.

Princess Wannian is familiar with Taoyuan Castle, and she is indispensable for this kind of lively occasion.

The officers sat in the front yard of the lord's palace.

Wang Yue was arranged at the main table and shared a table with Gao Shun, Li Qiang and Ma Gui, which made him feel respected, which he could not enjoy in the capital.

The officers in the fort basically received swordsmanship instruction from Wang Yue and others, and they all called them "Wang Shi", and Wang Yue's vanity was greatly satisfied.

Shi A and others like the life of Taoyuan Fort very much, and they really want to live there forever and enjoy happiness every day.

During this time, they not only learned martial arts with the people in the fort, but also followed everyone to learn horsemanship, horse warfare and horse warfare, they all have a good foundation, under the patient guidance of those officers, the improvement is very rapid, so that they are very excited, I hope that one day, they can also leap horses and whips, gallop the field, kill the enemy to serve the country, and make meritorious contributions.

Wang Yue is supportive of this phenomenon, and if the apprentices have a good place to go, he will also be happy.

Li Qiang, Ma Gui and others toasted frequently, Wang Yue and others did not refuse, and the atmosphere at the banquet was high, and they drank until late at night.

Zhang Fei has seen Chu Qian and likes this little Lori very much, Tian Feng mentioned it, and he happily responded, and entrusted Tian Feng to be a matchmaker to set their marriage at the right time.

Tian Feng is happy to do this kind of thing, which can solve the marriage problem of his officers and strengthen the internal unity of the forces.

Ge's mother was in a very bad mood when she learned about it, and in the name of taking care of Zhang Ning, who was about to give birth, she didn't even participate in the banquet hosted by her mother during the New Year.

Li Qiang has been particularly excited recently, Zhang Ning is about to give birth, and Gao Shun has not gone out, so he has been at home with his daughter-in-law for several months.

Zhang Ning's production is a major event in Taoyuanbao, and it is more valued than Gao Shun's marriage.

Since it was the middle of winter, Gao Shun thought of a lot of ways to ensure the safety of their mother and son.

First of all, Gao Shun built a new house for his mother and Zhang Ning, similar to the nature of a villa, with thickened walls and double-layer doors and windows, which were inlaid with a large number of small pieces of glass, and the house was extremely bright.

Gao Shun also does not understand glass manufacturing, after having technology, by those intermediate craftsmen, spend a lot of money, the production of glass surface is very small, the average size of the bowl, and the thickness is uneven, but Gao Shun has been very satisfied, just do a test.

However, the carpenter's craftsmanship is not bad, and according to the size of the glass, the shape of the window lattice is designed, which does not waste glass and looks very beautiful.

There is a large fire kang in the house, and there is a fire tunnel built in advance, and the wood or charcoal is burned in the large furnace outside the house, and the house is as warm as spring.

Secondly, the textile craftsman spun a batch of muslin cotton cloth, which will be used to make diapers for children in the future, and made several small quilts, all of which were made of soft fabrics, as well as children's small clothes.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, Zhang Ning gave birth to a healthy baby boy, more than 12 catties (250 grams, about three kilograms), and the mother and child were safe.

Gao Shun was very happy and named him Li Gang, and then the whole castle celebrated.