Slaughtering sheep on the winter solstice is an old rule handed down from Lanzhou, from Lingzhou to the river. In a winter nest on the bank of Juyanze, the fire was blazing, and the shepherd Alatan reverently thanked the eternal heaven for the good weather and allowed the six animals on the grassland to multiply, and sincerely wished the Great Khan a healthy body, and he sent a full stomach of food to the herdsmen who spent the winter on the grassland. En and Sen stared at the food on the table without blinking, with thickly sliced lamb slices in the middle and a few burnt naan cakes on the side, which was the most well-fed winter for the herdsmen on the grassland. Under the arrangement of the sergeant, a large number of livestock were systematically sold to the agricultural areas in exchange for food that could fill their stomachs. This year, unlike in previous years, many old people, children and women who would have starved to death survived.

In Dunhuang City, the smell of mutton wafts all over the city. Wu Yingying picked up a piece of fat meat for each wife and sent it to the plate, and then looked at them with a blank eye, Huang Wen covered her mouth and snickered, sent the mutton to Wu Yingying's bowl, and said softly: "This meat tastes too fat, or Your Majesty should eat more." Kang Lisi also put the meat in the bowl to Wu Yingying, and said softly: "When the concubine was in the river, the abbot before eating, You Zi had no appetite, and now that I think about it, it is really a sin." Eledie frowned and covered her nose, just wanted to learn from the two sisters, but Huang Wen held down the chopsticks and said softly: "My sister is pregnant, so I should take more meat." ”

Wu Yingying coughed and said: "Ladies, although the family is economical, it is appropriate to take supplements during the winter solstice, so that even a little bit of meat will be pushed around, spread it out, and teach me where to put the face of the dignified Xia King." As soon as he finished speaking, Kang Lisi burst out laughing, her eyes were like silk, and she said angrily: "Who made you look at the three of us sisters with a pitiful appearance, and you are not satisfied with the fact that we have all quit meat and vegetarianism now." Huang Wen said with a smile: "Marrying and following her husband is what she means." They are used to laughing with Wu Yingying, today coincides with the winter solstice solar term, the servants used in the house are all released to reunite with their families, and the four of them take two children with pink makeup to sit around the fireplace, and they are happy.

There was goose feather snow floating in the courtyard outside, under the eaves of the branches, wrapped in silver, the fire in the house was booming, the faces of the three beauties were sunrise, delicate and beautiful, Huang Wen suddenly sighed: "This snowflake is as big as Jinling." Kang Lisi smiled: "That year, the snow was as heavy as today, and it was getting late, and my sister came to my house to stay overnight, and her pretty face was flushed, and I don't know if it was freezing or a private meeting with her lover." I'm still wondering, Sister Xindao's lover is a gentle and courteous sincere gentleman, but he is really a nerd, and he actually let go of the beauty who came to the door. Alyselle admired and praised on the side: "The story of Jiangnan told by the two sisters is really interesting, and the scenery and people of the mountains and rivers, soft grass, and warblers are also fascinating, but unfortunately I don't have the opportunity to play." Huang Wen and Kang Lisi's faces darkened when they heard this, but Wu Yingying smiled and said: "If you are nostalgic for the scenery of Jiangnan, and the world will be peaceful in the future, we will make a white dragon fish suit and sneak to Jiangnan, and my wife and I will also bury a big treasure in Jinling, just by the way." "It was another year of spring snow melting, Zhang Zhongyao, the Anxi Military Department in the west of the Green Ridge, sent people to report to Wu Yingying about the situation in the river and the training of the Sixth Army. With Zhang Zhongyao's military envoy coming, there was also a special guest.

Wu Jiedu...... Your Majesty," Yu Xi was quite excited, seeing that he was trembling and was about to kneel down and salute, Wu Yingying hurriedly helped him up and carefully looked at this old subordinate who had been away for several years. His face had been bitten by some wild beast, most of the left side was covered with ugly scars, and the other half of his face had been soaked in the scorching sun and seawater, and it was extremely dark and rough, and he was as thin as wood, except for a pair of eyes that shone like flames, as if he had just escaped from hell.

"Brother Yu, you have suffered," Wu Yingying sighed, "When the Song people went south, I said that the Lord of the Kingdom hastily sent you to the sea to sail, which was too careful. He held Yu Xi's arm, feeling him tremble slightly.

"Wechen and the others are fortunate not to be dishonored. Yu Xi carefully opened a very tightly wrapped bag beside him, and wrapped in the red silk cloth were a few pieces of completely moldy potatoes and corn, although they could no longer be planted, but this was a token exchanged for the lives of hundreds of Jiangnan children.

"At that time, Wei Chen and the others were ordered by the lord of Jiangnan and His Majesty to set sail and go to sea," Yu Xi slowly recounted the experience of their unprecedented ocean-going fleet, "According to the nautical chart drawn by His Majesty, the ministers and others followed the water and trade winds to the east and south, and when they encountered a small island, they stopped to replenish water and food, exchanged the salt and some gadgets carried on the boat and the Shengfan tribe for supplies, and asked the Shengfan natives who had been to the sea to guide us to sail to the islands further east and south." Yu Xi's eyes looked into the distance, fell into memory, some of the islands on the life of the fan are quite kind, do not even know the exchange of buying and selling, simply supply their own things to the foreign Tang fleet, some are quite fierce, after killing the enemy, they have to eat the meat, pile up the head in front of their own door to show off, once and the island of the life of the conflict, more than 100 Tang sailors died under the poison arrow, although after the use of a strong crossbow ambush, almost slaughtered the men of that tribe, but the fleet suffered the largest loss of manpower since the sea。

"We have experienced countless small islands on the way, because the distance of the voyage is too far, even the position of the stars in the sky has changed, and the experienced sailors cannot completely rely on the stars to observe the direction, only according to the instructions of His Majesty, completely follow the direction indicated by the magnetic needle compass and sail eastward, and finally the inhabitants of one of the islands told us that there is no land in the east, only the sea, at this time there was a dispute in the fleet, there were more than 100 sailors who would rather die than sail eastward again, Your Majesty forgives the sin, these sailors are all born and died all the way to the brothers, Wechen really can't do anything to kill, so he has to leave them behind, with a fleet of more than 500 people to continue eastward。 Speaking of this, Yu Xi's face showed some terrifying expressions, this time at sea, the fleet encountered a storm that had never been seen before, half of the ships capsized, and among the remaining more than 300 crew members, several people suffered from madness because they still couldn't stand the endless voyage, and they couldn't be treated. Seeing that the fresh water on the boat was gradually running out, everyone began to fish for food, and at this time, they finally saw the land, the continuous land.

"Everyone was cheering, and a lot of tough guys were crying," Yu Xi's eyes were full of excitement, sailing in completely unfamiliar waters was an extremely difficult and terrifying thing. Wu Yingying listened to his narration and imagined the ecstasy of 800 people going to sea, and more than 300 people finally arrived on the opposite continent of the vast ocean.

"As soon as we arrived on land, Wei Chen followed His Majesty's orders, sent sailors out to search for those kinds of tokens, who knew that they provoked the local Shengfan, they were numerous, and came to attack us one after another, the sailors could only stay on the boat, and walked and stopped along the coast to the south, and finally found the land where there was no Shengfan living in the southern corner of the mainland, and also found the token that His Majesty wanted along the way. Yu Xi pointed to the already moldy potatoes and corn, it was not that he didn't want to keep these two things, but even his life was in danger during the arduous voyage, and there was really no condition to keep them from moldy and spoiled.