In fact, this winter, the households are all dependent on the government, and the lack of materials under the ration system is a common phenomenon, but the longing for a better life in the future makes the households dig out their hearts to decorate and decorate their own houses, a bunch of daylilies, a peach charm, and a New Year's painting, which can bring a strong New Year's flavor to the first New Year spent by each family in Lanzhou. There is only one thing that is strictly forbidden by the Lanzhou government, that is, firecrackers, intimidated by the huge power of the city wall collapse when Jinling City was broken, the Lanzhou government will gunpowder, firecrackers and the like all listed as military management materials, collected and handed over to the craftsman battalion for backup, and the craftsman battalion will be released in the designated place.

After reaching an agreement with Wu Yingying, Kangqu Dagan and other Sogdian merchant groups began to set up warehouses in the city, first transporting tea and other stocks from the northern states in a steady stream, and after the spring flowers bloomed, Wu Yingying sent troops to escort them to Dunhuang at the northern foot of Yinshan and Helan Mountains. Commerce always has an accumulation effect, since the center of the tea trade has been set up here, all kinds of department store vendors have also come one after another, when it is close to the lunar month, the Lanzhou government through the sergeant to each household to send 200 New Year's red envelopes, most of them are made by these pioneers of the merchants, the traders have tasted the sweetness, and also have the intention of operating in Lanzhou all year round.

This winter, the most beautiful person in Lanzhou City is not the commander of Wu Yingying, nor the commander of the Left Army in Xingu, but the commander of the Right Army and the captain of the baggage battalion, Xiao Jiu, his status in Lanzhou is similar to Xiao He in the Western Han Dynasty. Wu Yingying has repeatedly gone out on expeditions to trust him from the rear, and he has been put in charge of the heavy grain and grass. The food supplies of the military and civilians in the whole city were distributed by the baggage battalion. Although the system in Lanzhou is strict, and the baggage battalion has no chance to deduct it, the captains of the battalions and the people can't help but be very polite when they see the sergeants of the baggage battalion, not to mention Captain Xiao, who is in charge of the baggage battalion.

Xiao Jiu is indeed worthy of the trust of Wu Heroes, extremely self-denial and dedication, weekdays heavy battalion supplies, to wait for the other battalions to receive before they can take themselves, and his own rations, and ordinary soldiers, even inferior to centurions, if Wu Heroes expedition, he will lead the sergeants to patrol the city during the day, and stay in the city tower at night, although Xiao Jiu is a heavy and silent person, but people who are familiar with him do not praise each other, saying that Xiao Xiaowei has the style of an ancient famous general.

Xiao Jiu's house in the city is also the same as him, unpretentious, and the Spring Festival couplets on both sides of the gate remind people that they are not ordinary people living here, and the other decorations are as cold as ordinary households. The Spring Festival couplets are fashionable and called peach symbols, which originate from the peach wood board of the Hou Shu lord Meng Chang Ling Bachelor Zhang Xun, "with its non-work, pretentious pen inscription cloud: 'New Year's Yuqing, Jiajie Changchun'." "The New Year peach charm this fashion is only a custom in Shu, and is not widely popular in China, Xiao Jiu is a Shu person, this Spring Festival, write the peach charm on the side of the door, a picture of a joy, two to talk about the thoughts of the homeland.

At this moment, the main hall of the house hangs a popular statue of the Bodhisattva in the north, the strange thing is that this Bodhisattva painting is a male body, with a kind face, dressed gracefully and luxuriously, Xiao Jiuzheng put a bunch of incense in the copper furnace on the black lacquer case with a solemn expression, knelt down and kowtowed respectfully, and then stood up and retreated to the side, and said in a deep voice: "Xiao Shun, you also come to worship your father." ”

Cai Shun stepped forward to salute incense and kowtow with a solemn expression, and when he got up, his pupils were already red. Xiao Jiu saw that he was tall, only half a head shorter than himself, he had gone through hardships and military experience, and he was more calm than the average fifteen or sixteen-year-old young man, compared to his father's elegance and dignity, he had seven points more heroic spirit, not only nodded secretly, but sighed with satisfaction in his heart, Your Majesty, the minister will live up to the trust and raise the young bishop.

This young man Cai Shun's surname is Meng, is the orphan of the Shu lord Meng, after the Shu was destroyed by the Song State, the latter lord Meng Chang entrusted him to the general Quan Shixiong, the whole division had to be involved in the rebellion, before the defeat of the army and he was sheltered under the Erlang God Sect chief priest Zhang Alang, after Zhang Alang died, he followed Wu Yingying out of Shu, during which there were many twists and turns, but Xiao Jiu, the commander of the Hou Shu Guard, has been by his side to protect him. Wandering away, the original pampered royal son, honed into a brave and resourceful sergeant in the Lanzhou army, if it weren't for his small stature, lack of strength, and repeated defeats in military competitions, I am afraid that he would have been a ten-man commander.

After worshipping his father, Cai Shun turned to Xiao Jiu and choked up: "Uncle Xiao, I have been taken care of by you all these years, please accept Xiao Shun's worship." As he spoke, he raised his head and bowed, Xiao Jiu hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and sighed: "You are a golden branch and jade leaf, how can this be made." Cai Shun shook his head and said, "Uncle Xiao, how can this be done." In today's Lanzhou, there is no prince, only the boy Cai Shun, why can't you worship Uncle Xiao?" After speaking, he bowed to himself, Xiao Jiu had no choice but to bow to him, thinking of the country's ruin and family, many colleagues and relatives were separated forever, and he couldn't help but have a sour nose, gritted his teeth and said: "I heard that your majesty was killed by Zhao Guangyi's traitor, God is pitiful, bless us with this fang." ”

Cai Shun just nodded. He joined the army as a young man, and after more than a year of conquest and killing, he originally felt that the hatred of the country and the family when he was in Shuzhong had faded. As a sergeant of the Lanzhou Army, Cai Shun kills the enemy on the battlefield to survive, and even manages his two households on weekdays, which consumes a lot of energy. The idea of recovering the country, when Meng Chang was captured and went north, he had already told him not to have it again, only to ask Cai Shun to continue the Meng incense, and the idea of revenge is even slimmer, Zhao Guangyi is the respect of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and the unification of the world is just around the corner, although Lanzhou is united in the upper and lower levels, for the behemoth-like Great Song Dynasty, it is just an ant, Cai Shun Yunwen Yunwu, although he is young, he sees the general trend more clearly than Xiao Jiu, who was born in the army, sometimes he will be very strange that Wu Yingying will lead the military and people of Lanzhou to persist in such a difficult situation.

Looking at Cai Shun's face like Meng Chang when he was young, Xiao Jiu sighed secretly, my lord, no wonder Xiao Jiu did not know Xiao Shun's life experience, but His Majesty only wished that he would be born in an ordinary people's family.

The atmosphere in Xiao Jiu's mansion was a little depressing, and the festive atmosphere elsewhere in Lanzhou City was getting stronger and stronger. Many households went out bustlingly, surrounded the place where the craftsmen set off firecrackers, and commanded the embassy, but Wu Yingying looked at Huang Wen's pen with a shameful face, and when she wrote the peach talisman, she immediately praised it with a weak heart: "Good words!" Huang Wen glanced at him, took the peach talisman to Zhou Hou, and Zhou Hou read softly: "Cold leaves the winter snow, and warmth brings into the spring breeze." She couldn't bear to brush off Huang Wen's kindness, and her face was forced to be happy, but her heart was sad, and she said in her heart, I don't know how he is doing this New Year in Bianliang?

And Cai Yu is trembling and sitting in the Jiying Palace, he is a prisoner of the Duke of Longxi County, has been here all day, and the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty, first participate in the court meeting commonly known as the battle at this time, the palace set up a banquet to stay with the civil and military ministers and the royal New Year, Cai Yu's position is at the end of the palace, from afternoon to evening, sitting for half a day, Zhao Guangyi only and the emperor's relatives, the court's nobles and other pleasant conversations, from beginning to end even ignored him, but Cai Yu did not dare to have the slightest slack, can not show too sad, appear to be homesick, and can not be too happy, appear ill-intentioned, let alone dementia, appear to be crazy and stupid。 Prime Minister Zhao Pu noticed that he was a little distracted when he looked at the dancing girl in the hall, laughed in his heart, and said with a wine glass: "Longxi County Prince, this dancing girl is from Jiangnan, I heard that it was trained by the county prince himself, has it ever evoked the thoughts of the homeland?" Cai Yu hurriedly said: "Bianliang settles down, don't think about Jiangnan." Picking up the wine glass and drinking with Zhao Pu, I felt that the cup of wine I swallowed was so bitter.

Outside the imperial city, the city of Kaifeng in the New Year celebrates together, every household dresses up, puts on new clothes, visits relatives and friends, blesses each other, and celebrates each other. There are colorful sheds on the streets, and the vendors remove hats, combs, pearls, jewelry, clothes, flowers, boots, shoes, toys and other goods from the store, and put them in the colorful sheds to sell, and let people choose. Kaifeng Mansion is more open to gambling ban, just like the later generations in the New Year's festival when the lottery tickets are sold in general, from the New Year to open the market, allow the people to "off" gambling for three days, food, utensils, fruits, charcoal, carriages and horses, houses, singers, dancing girls can be used as gambling funds, the whole Kaifeng City is like a huge bazaar, bustling everywhere is the citizens, churning and noisy, all say that the new emperor ascended the throne, do not raise swords, the Quartet is peaceful, so that everyone can live a lively and lively year.