On the eleventh day of the twelfth month of the eighteenth year of the emperor's reign, three days after the birth of the two sons of the Wuzhou Governor's Mansion, a grand banquet was ushered in in the mansion. The Han family has a fertility custom, and the children are washed on three days. Three days after the birth of the baby, a bathing ceremony is held, and relatives and friends are gathered to wish the baby good luck.

Starting from Laba, it snowed heavily for three days, and was praised as Ruixue by the soldiers and civilians of Huaihuang. At dawn today, the snow has stopped, leaving only a blanket of silver between heaven and earth, as if God is also celebrating this upcoming Sanchao Baptism Ceremony. The gate of the governor's palace has already been opened, and the middle gate, which is rarely opened several times a year, is wide open, and the gate is hung with colorful lanterns and red brocade. In the past three days, the governor's palace has been full of guests, and the flow of people who have come to congratulate them has been endless. The merchants of all walks of life and cities in Huaihuang, even after the news of the birth of the two little princes came out, they all beat gongs and drums and set off cannons, put up lanterns, and at the same time sent gifts to the governor's mansion, while posting red cloth to celebrate the triumph of Yi Shuai's army, as well as to celebrate Yi Shuai's happy son, special celebration activities were held, so that the reward was 99% off, the minimum 88% off and so on.

After three consecutive days, the festive atmosphere has not weakened in the slightest, but today it has become more lively. The officers and soldiers of the training battalion and the flag guard were dressed in brand-new military uniforms early in the morning, serving as guards and welcoming guests inside and outside the governor's palace. The snow on the street in front of the governor's palace had been cleared in the morning, and the day had just dawned, and the two sides of the mile-long inner city street were already crowded with horse-drawn carriages and handsome horses, and the road was full of people dressed in ceremonial dresses and gifts to congratulate them. Regardless of whether you received an invitation or not, Huai Huang came with a little identity. Even ordinary soldiers and merchants lined up at the back of the line with some gifts that had been prepared.

The 100 most handsome and handsome members of the Banner Guards took off their training uniforms today. Wearing a dress, he showed a smiling face and acted as a concierge.

"General Li Jing of Daning Town came, and he was overjoyed to receive a pair of Hetian jade unicorns, a pair of Qibao glazed towers, 20 sections of Shu brocade, and 10,000 yuan of money for washing." Wei Chigong took Li Jing's gift list and glanced at it. Then chant loudly. Cheng Yanjin, who was on the side, stepped forward and welcomed Li Jing to the bookcase on the side, where several scribes were responsible for registering the identity of the guests and gifts.

Li Jing was dressed in silk armor made of Shu brocade decorative colored silk, and eight pro-soldiers were holding celebratory gifts behind him. Although he is not Yi Feng's subordinate. But Daning Town is the Great Wall pass that must pass through the south of Huaihuang, Li Jing had previously personally sent back the two ladies of Yi Feng to Huaihuang, this time he originally heard that Yi Feng was triumphant, and he came to meet Yi Feng. I want to discuss something with Yi Feng. But halfway through, I heard that Yi Feng's two wives gave birth to sons on the same day. Li Jing was busy buying a batch of congratulatory gifts in Huaihuang and rushed to congratulate him today. In addition to this hastily prepared gift, Li Jing, like all the other guests who came to congratulate him today, wore a string of green onions on one side and a piece of money on the other.

Guests wear onions and money to congratulate, which is to pray for wisdom and wealth here.

In addition to wearing onions, money. There is also one of the same congratulatory gifts in the gifts of each guest, which is the indispensable washing money for the baptismal ceremony.

Washing money is especially used for congratulations on the three baptismal gifts. Basically, everyone has it in their gifts. Some important men and women relatives, the money they send is generally specially minted, and there are some auspicious patterns such as unicorns at the door, and there are also words such as longevity and many children and grandchildren. As for ordinary guests, although their washing money is not particularly minted, it is not an ordinary copper coin, but a new ordinary copper coin and gilded silver, and only the most ordinary guests will give ordinary copper coins for washing money. Li Jing was just an ordinary guest of the Shuaifu, and he didn't even have an invitation, so what he sent was 10,000 wash money, and he specially commissioned the Qing gold shop to rush to work, and put a layer of gold dust on the outside of the new copper coin, so in a few trays, the washing money was shining very dazzling.

Li Jing, dressed in silk armor, had just passed, and a young scribe dressed in silk clothes, green onions, and money had just passed, and led four entourages to carry gifts.

Wei Chigong took the post handed by the young scribe and opened it to take a look, and then sang to congratulate: "Yu Caiwei, Huaihuang County Lingfang Qiao He Yi Shuai is happy to have a noble son, and send a set of four treasures to the scholar's room, Sima Xiangru in the Han Dynasty is like a famous Fuzi False Fu, Shanglin Fu Genuine Manuscript, wash the child money 10,000!" ”

Wei Chigong didn't feel anything special when he sang and drank the gifts, and he even felt that this young civil official was a little stingy. Those who came here today are not bold and generous, and all kinds of precious gifts are dazzling. Especially those big businessmen, their gifts not only have all kinds of rare things, but also the category of washing money, the previous General Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji joined the army and other Henan tycoons' gift list, Wei Chi Gong just sang and drank It took half a day, and the washing money sent by the two reached an astonishing figure of one million.

However, those who were waiting for the gift on the side were a little surprised when they heard Fang Qiao's gift. The four treasures of the study and the 10,000 washing money are indeed nothing, but if the two manuscripts of the famous Han Dynasty Fu writer Sima Xiangru are true, they are quite valuable. In the eyes of a layman who doesn't understand this kind of thing, it may not be as valuable as real money, but if it is a knowledgeable person who wants to collect it, he may be willing to take out thousands or even tens of thousands. If these two manuscripts are true, they are at least worth a thousand times. Many guests couldn't help but cast their eyes on this young county magistrate, and some of them were still whispering to the people next to them to share the information they knew, "Although the new Huai'an county magistrate is not high, he is very young, and it is said that he is the same age as our Yi Shuai." His father was originally the imperial history of the imperial history platform in the middle of the court, and he was just transferred to the Longyou Qinzhou Governor's Office at the beginning of the year to make a record and join the army. The Fang family is a big family in Qizhou, Kanto, a scholarly disciple, and a scholar family."

"No wonder he can serve as a county magistrate at such a young age, and he can come with such a heavy gift, it turns out that he is from the Shandong Shi clan."

There are also people who don't like this somewhat arrogant young county order, and they smiled lightly on the side: "Two volumes of bamboo slips and two words are said to be genuine manuscripts, which is too good at pasting gold on the face, I don't think it's just a counterfeit by later generations." I can't get used to these scholars, I always feel superior, if you want to come to congratulate the gift, you will take some real money, silver, pearls and gems, send two rolls of bamboo slips, and dare to pretend to be a precious thing, hum! ”

Fang Xuanling didn't seem to pay any attention to these whispers, and only after the gifts were presented and registered according to the number of courtesies, he entered the mansion under the guidance of another member of the Flag Guard. He doesn't care about those who criticize chewing his tongue. His mind was all on the careful observation inside and outside the governor's mansion. Fang Xuanling was newly appointed with the chief manager Qu Tutong and others not long ago. After taking office, he also thought about coming to Huaihuang to pay a visit to the newly rising Biansai Nine-headed Jiao. However, at that time, Yi Feng had already led the army into battle, and he was surprised for a while when he heard the news, thinking that Yi Feng was a little too risky. But the results were all beyond his expectations, Yi Feng marched north, advancing by leaps and bounds all the way, no one could stop him, and he won great victories one after another. After hearing the triumph of Yi Feng's class, Fang Xuanling finally decided to come to Huaihuang in person. Since leaving the Great Wall and entering the Huai Wasteland Realm, Fang Xuanling has fully felt the huge difference between inside and outside the customs along the way. It was supposed to be a more remote scene outside the customs than inside the gates, but the reality was completely the opposite. Huai'an County, where he is located, is indeed as remote as he expected before he came, but Huai'an County, which should have been even more deserted, was unexpectedly prosperous.

The wide and flat road, which stretched far to the north of the Saiwai, was high and crisp, and there was an endless stream of oxen caravans, camel caravans, and horse caravans, especially those four-wheeled horse caravans, carrying goods far more than ordinary horse-drawn carriages several times as smoothly as they walked on the road. Some of those caravans were Han Chinese from the Central Plains, some were Turkic and Tiele people from the steppes outside the Saiwai, and even the Westerners, Sogdians, Persians, Arabs, and Romans from the farther west.

Along the way, this bustling trade route was also connected with many branches, and these tributaries flowed like a hundred rivers into the sea, and finally merged into the Huaihuang City outside the Saiwai. What touched Fang Xuanling the most was that it was such a prosperous trade route, hundreds of miles along the way, and he had never encountered robbers, mountain thieves, and horse thieves. This is simply unbelievable, even in the vicinity of Gyeonggi, there will be some robbers from time to time, but in the wilderness outside the Saiwai, there is no such thing. Listening to the introduction of the fellow businessmen who were on the road together, Fang Xuanling knew that there were indeed no robberies in Huaihuang, and even thieves were rarely encountered.

It's hard to believe, but the businessmen resolutely tell him that this is the truth.

Tong Guò carefully observed all the way, as well as the careful explanations of the merchants who often traveled to Huaihuang, and he realized that this was indeed the truth. The truth is actually very simple, Yi Feng's Wuzhou Army was indeed a group of green forests at first, but in the end, after Yi Feng controlled this place, there was no room for the green forest bandits to live. With Huaihuang City as the center, Wuzhou, a place outside the plug, there are many military towns and forts, inspections, and beacons distributed layer by layer, between these castles, there are roads connected, making Huaihuang like a huge spider web, and there are a lot of soldiers and horses stationed in each town and fort. There are 500 military towns, 50 forts, 10 patrol divisions, and 5 beacons. These are surprising standing garrisons, although I heard that the task of these garrisons is to defend and patrol the city, and they have never really fought, but the standing garrison alone shocked Fang Xuanling. Thinking from the perspective of a new county magistrate, how many young and strong laborers are needed for this, and how much logistics supply and demand are needed.

(Grandmother passed away a few days ago, Muzi has been busy with the funeral, and I can't update it, sorry!) (To be continued......)