In the Han Dynasty, every time there is a festival, every household is happy, especially on such an important festival as the New Year's Day, even the poor families will grit their teeth, take out a small amount of usual storage, or exchange some turbid wine to buy and write meat, honor their parents, give it to children, close the door, and enjoy themselves, the counties and counties are full of festive colors, and the guests who are alone in a foreign land will inevitably feel lonely.

Lu Bu and Yan Rui have been married for more than ten years, and they are almost middle-aged, Yan Rui, who has lived in Bingzhou for more than 20 years, has never been far away, this is the second New Year's Day he has ever had in the field, and he is sad, he misses his parents and brothers, because he is accompanied by his husband and children, and it is a little fresh and sweet.

She had already planned what she was going to do with Lu Bu in the next few days, but Lu Bu didn't have much time.

Of course, the wife and children are important, but the soldiers are even more important, in addition to the newly recruited 30,000 new troops, Lu Bu's old troops followed him to fight in the north and south, most of them were thousands of miles away from home, and they have been out for two years.

Yan Rui is a virtuous and reasonable woman, although she doesn't spend much time with her husband every day, she also knows which is more important, and knows that the thousands of bears in the camp outside the city are the foundation of Lu Bu's life, and she quietly hides her reluctance in her heart, and there is no dissatisfaction on the surface, and Lu Lingqi and Huang Wudie don't want to stay in the house coldly, as long as Lu Bu goes out, the two will immediately follow, no matter what Lu Bu says, the two are not allowed. In the end, under the pressure of his daughter, Lu Bu reluctantly made a decision to allow them to play in the camp during the day, but they had to go home at night, just like that, whenever Lu Bu went out, two little girls would follow him like farts worms.

The bright moon bent, Lu Bu had a dinner with his wife and daughter at home, and rewarded the housekeepers, servants, housekeepers, and maidservants in the mansion with money, he did not accompany Yan Rui, Lu Lingqi, and Huang Wudie to spend the last night before the New Year's Day in the mansion, but chose to spend it with the soldiers, rewarded the three armies in the barracks, and spent the night with the soldiers with Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Chen Gong, Zheng Hun and others.

Early the next morning, before he got up, Lu Bu heard firecrackers outside the camp from afar.

On the day of the New Year, the rooster crows, firecrackers rise outside the gate to ward off the evil ghosts in the mountains, this is the custom of the Han Dynasty, the military camp is heavy, Zheng Hun has already ordered not to set off fireworks to explode, and the sound of firecrackers in the distance should come from the nearby village pavilion.

Lu Bu got dressed and got up, called Jia Xu, Zheng Hun, Chen Gong and others, and went out of the camp to watch.

In the Han Dynasty, Zhengdan time, worship ancestors, respect for the elders is the main content of the etiquette, the whole family regardless of size, according to the order of respect and humility in front of the ancestral tablet, the family with joy in turn to the parents toast and congratulate, secondly, to congratulate the clan and the township party, after the family sacrifice celebration ceremony, people go out of the house, congratulate relatives and neighbors, take advantage of the opportunity of the New Year's Festival, communicate their relationship with relatives and neighbors.

At this time, the sky is not bright, the moon has not yet set, a few cold stars hang in the far sky, the morning breeze sweeping the fields is blowing, mixed with the smell of firecrackers bursting, most of the residents in the pavilion are setting off firecrackers, the sound is huge, and the four pheasants are barking at dogs, they are heard from afar, giving people a wonderful feeling of both cold and lively.

Not far from the camp gate, there was a fire plate on the ground, the fire was blazing, and seven or eight soldiers were throwing bamboo knots into it, crackling and crackling, they shouted and screamed, and had a lot of fun.

Zheng Hun's eyes immediately widened, and he shouted: "Cheng Xiaojie, Wei Zhongwu, Wei Wenchang, you dare to set off firecrackers in Daying!" ”

These people were Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Wei Yan and several of their lieutenants, hearing the sound of a break from behind them, a few people hurriedly looked back, only then did they see Lu Bu and others, Cheng Yu was angry and funny, and pointed at them: "Xiaojie, the lord doesn't let you set off firecrackers in the camp, so you run outside the camp?" ”

Jia Xu had a calm face, glared at Cheng Lian, and said to Wei Yan: "There is a large amount of fire oil stored in the camp, and you can't get any sparks, how can you, as a general in the army, be so nonsense, why don't you take the brazier away quickly?"

Jia Xu, as the military advisor of the army, has been in charge of the army for a long time, and he is naturally powerful, and when he got his military order, several people hurriedly pad the bottom of the basin with their clothes, and ran away.

Lu Bu looked at the backs of several people leaving, and shook his head with a smile, although Cheng Lian and the others touched the military order, but he couldn't bear to scold, the two of them were born and died with him for more than ten years, Yu Wanjun protected himself from it, he Lu Bu would rather punish himself than punish them, stroked his sideburns, Lu Bu greeted, and led everyone out of the barracks.

When he returned to the camp again, it was almost noon, and after breakfast, Lu Bu summoned several advisers to the commander's tent to discuss the military and political affairs after the beginning of spring.

Jia Xu was the first to say: "My lord, Wudu Liang Shuang killed his predecessor Taishou and stood on his own, he was tyrannical, holding the power of the army, and he was very tough on the gate lords of various clans, whether it was a cold family or a famous family, he was already dissatisfied with him, and the lord could find an opportunity to crusade against Liang Shuang." ”

Wudu has seven counties under its jurisdiction, there is a population of more than 100,000 people, although the area is not large, but there are three rivers in the territory of Qiang water, Han water, and water flow, the land is quite fertile, and the gate valve of the Shi clan is quite rich, but there are many Di people and Qiang people in the county, they often go together, they have nothing to do during the day, and rob with knives at night, so that although Wudu is a rich land of mountains and rivers, but the population is pitifully small, and the powerful gate valve there is also mostly Qiang people, of which only half of the Han people are small, because they have to resist the Qiang people all the year round, so the folk customs there are quite strong, the slightest disagreement will be chaotic.

Cheng Yu nodded, stroked the short hair under his chin and said: "Yes, Wudu is adjacent to Hanyang and Longxi, if it can be taken down and connected with the two counties, then the strength of the lord will be greatly strengthened, and if the lord takes Xichuan, he must first use Wudu as a springboard, enter the valley, and take Hanzhong"

"The words of the two military advisors are exactly what I want, I have made up my mind in my heart, but when we first arrived in Longxi and Hanyang, the army's heart is not stable, and there are more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Liang Shuang, to crusade against this thief, we still need to repair the spear, and it is not too late to seek martial arts after the weather warms up next spring!"

Everyone nodded, expressing their agreement with Lu Bu's opinion, and they also felt that Lu Bu had more and more ideas about the overall situation, and was not as impulsive and resourceful as before. After finalizing the attention, Lu Bu and Zheng Hun discussed the agricultural affairs after the spring with everyone, because as soon as the New Year passed, it was early spring, although the major families brought grain and grass, but it was not enough for Lu Bu's army to consume, so this year's spring ploughing can not be delayed, and everything needs to be started as soon as possible, such as spring, persuading farmers, borrowing seeds, preparing cattle, weeding and preparing the land, dredging ditches, etc.

Although Zheng Hun doesn't know anything about military affairs, but when it comes to agricultural and political affairs, Jia Xu also has to bow down, and Zheng Hun is an upright person, not subject to gifts, and does things vigorously and resolutely.

Just when Lu Bu made a drastic move to rectify the military and political affairs of the two counties, a letter disrupted Lu Bu's overall plan: Han Sui reversed.