Approaching the day of the New Year, the atmosphere of the New Year in Chang'an City is not particularly strong.

Whoever has gone through all these years has 10,000 grass and mud horses running in his heart, how can he still have any thoughts about the New Year.

"Hey!"

"It's almost the New Year."

"Yes, it's New Year's Day again. I hope that next year will get better and better. ”

"Hope, hope."

"Ugh."

"What a sigh! Do you know what to do with a sigh and three decays? ”

"Huh? One sigh and three decays? Justified and justified! No wonder I have been feeling bad lately, it turns out that I sigh a lot. ”

"You have to smile more, what do you do with a tight face during the New Year."

"Alas, there is not enough food at home! How did you spend this year. ”

"Why are you sighing again, you decrepit ghost, don't spoil my luck in the coming year."

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Chang'an City

Xiangguo Mansion

"Congratulations on your fortune."

"Congratulations."

"The best please come here."

"If it's not good, please go away, Lido is not to blame~!"

“……”

Dong Zhuo hummed a minor tune that outsiders thought was inexplicable, and a smile appeared on his face when he played with this well-made "money" in his hand.

The "money" in Dong Zhuo's hands is not made of pure gold, but made of brass by craftsmen and other metals.

This coin is round on the outside and square on the inside, with the front engraved "Longevity and 100 Years Old", and the back relief is a turtle.

"Hey!"

"Xuan Turtle, the thousand-year-old king, the thousand-year-old turtle, what do you do if you live so long." Dong Zhuo chuckled and shook his head.

The winning money in his hand should be regarded as a commemorative coin in Dong Zhuo's opinion, probably because Dong Xiangguo personally spoke, how good is this workmanship compared to before?

"Yes, yes, use this thing to give gifts, it looks expensive but not valuable, and it will save face when you take it out, but well, the fat and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, so you still take care of your own family first."

Speaking of his own family, although Dong Zhuo is old now, there is an old mother who is nearly ninety years old, and now she is not in Chang'an City, but lives in Yiwu.

After all, there was a storm in Chang'an City before, and Dong Zhuo felt that Chang'an City was not so safe, so he left his family outside the city.

But now the situation is different, and the Chinese New Year is about to come, so it is time to bring the family back to the city.

Thinking of his old parents, Dong Zhuo showed a smile on his face, his mother's hand was on the line, and the wanderer's shirt was on his shirt.

Dong Zhuo's soul is full of respect for his mother, and in Yiwu, there is not only his mother, but also a little granddaughter whom Dong Zhuo loves very much.

The granddaughter's name is Dong Bai, she looks very cute, and Dong Zhuo, whose son died early, not only focuses on his work, but also loves this little granddaughter even more.

There is a way for a person to ascend to heaven, and Dong Zhuo named his mother "Chi Yang Jun" after holding the power, and his granddaughter was "Wei Yang Jun," which shows his love for his mother and granddaughter.

However, this has also become one of the reasons why everyone criticizes Dong Zhuo, and they don't want to think about how many big officials Dong Zhuo has given to others in addition to his two female dependents.

Speaking of taking his mother and young grandson home for the New Year, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but think of Zhang Liao who was far away in Bingzhou, Zhang Xiu who was in Fufeng, Ma Chao who was now rushing back to Liangzhou, and Lu Bu, who was leading troops in Yongzhou.

Dong Zhuo swept his beard, Lu Bu should be able to come back in time for the New Year, as for the others, they can only celebrate the New Year on the spot.

Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo decided to go around Chang'an City, after all, the New Year is a lively thing for him, and it is like this once a year.

Dong Zhuo walked directly outside the house.

After Dong Zhuo left the house, he had already followed several guards around him, and today Dong Zhuo was traveling in civilian clothes, so there was no big guard of honor.

However, even if the pedestrians on the road didn't know Dong Zhuo's identity, they could judge that he was a big family when they saw the guards beside him.

Today's Chang'an City is quite lively, and Dong Zhuodong found nothing new when he looked around, so he finally decided to go home and stay.

Shaking his head helplessly, Dong Zhuo was slightly disappointed in his heart.

When he returned to Xiangguo Mansion, looking at the wide gate, Dong Zhuo patted his head and muttered, "I said how I feel that something is missing." ”

"I haven't seen anyone selling Spring Festival couplets!"

"How can you not post Spring Festival couplets during the New Year."

If you want to have the Spring Festival couplets, there were really them in the Han Dynasty at this time, but the Spring Festival couplets in the Han Dynasty were not the kind of Spring Festival couplets in later generations, but appeared in peach charms.

The peach charm is six inches long, three inches wide, people write the names of the two gods of "Shen Tu" and "Yu Lei" on the peach wood board respectively on the occasion of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, hanging, embellished in the head of the door, intending to pray for blessings and extinguishing disasters.

As for why it's a peach charm.

Because the technology of papermaking in the Han Dynasty was not perfect at this time, high-quality paper had not yet appeared, and large families like Dong Zhuo, if they did not want to use bamboo slips, they could only use brocade silk as paper.

Hey?!

Papermaking?

Dong Zhuo doesn't understand this thing, but he can let people make trouble in the future.

It's just that this kind of paper can't be done casually, after all, this is digging the foundation of the Shi clan.

Thinking of papermaking, Dong Zhuo immediately thought of another technology.

That's printing.

When printing technology was introduced, the application of paper and the promotion of books could be regarded as the real beginning.

However, the most important factor in the continuation of many families in the world is the family's words and deeds.

What does that mean?

The competition between the children of the big families is naturally even greater.

Moreover, not only is the competition between the families becoming more and more intense, but if the ordinary people can read books, countless people of insight will inevitably be born.

These people of insight will also pose a threat to the status of the current family.

This is the so-called "people can make it happen, but they can't know it."

So who's going to have nothing to do with this stuff.

Unexpectedly, you thought of improving papermaking and printing, which made Dong Zhuo think differently.

Those big families are self-cherished, and it is also a good thing to have the opportunity to disgust them.

However, this matter needs to be operated for a while, and it cannot be rushed yet.

Since there are no paper Spring Festival couplets, Dong Zhuo can only follow the customs of the locals and use peach boards.

Dong Zhuo's heart moved, and suddenly thought of Cai Yong, Cai Yong is the founder of "Feibaiti", wouldn't it be beautiful to ask Cai Yong to write a Spring Festival couplet for himself? !

Thinking of doing it, Dong Zhuo didn't enter the mansion but turned to Cai Yong's mansion.

Although Cai Yong is now a scholar, he is a puppet-like figure, and he can't say anything about the appointment and dismissal of people in the court and the assessment of local officials.

Most of these things are operated by Dong Zhuo's staff.

Of course, Cai Yong is also happy, and sometimes he will mention any good suggestions, and in the face of Dong Zhuo's interference in the ministry, he doesn't ask much.

He only positions himself as a staff member, which Cai Yong is quite self-aware.

If he really stretched his hand into the ministry and became a secretary of the ministry with real power, I am afraid that his position as a "heavenly official" would not last long.

What Dong Zhuo needs is an obedient "heavenly official", not a "heavenly official" who points fingers.

On this day, Cai Yong sorted out the history of the Han Dynasty in the mansion as usual, which was one of the most important things in his heart.

Then he played the piano, wrote, accompanied his family, and lived comfortably, when he heard that Dong Xiangguo came to the door, Cai Yong was stunned.

Dong Xiangguo has nothing to do with himself?

Is it about the appointment and dismissal of officials?

A big question mark appeared in Cai Yong's heart!