The New Year is approaching, and outside the Hangu Pass, there is a lot of rumors.

In the land of Guanzhong, as the end of the first year of the year is getting closer and closer, the air is more filled with longing.

"Whew~"

"I don't know how the battle is going, but Da Lang is okay?"

Looking at the northeast direction and sighing slightly, Zhang Pengzu couldn't help but put down the wooden hoe in his hand, leaned on the hoe and wiped the sweat from the corner of his forehead.

Even the youngest son of Zhang Jiazhai's third elder Zhang Sick, Zhang Pengzu has turned forty-three this year.

And Zhang Pengzu's eldest son, who is also over twenty-five years old, was recruited as a soldier by Liu Bang, the son of heaven, a month ago, and went to Hangu Pass.

In the past few decades, the land of Guanzhong can be described as turbulent, first the Qin King Zheng repaired the Zhengguo Canal, and then the unification of the world, and the implementation of infrastructure heroes such as the Straight Road Water Conservancy Palace.

Not long after that, the first emperor died, and the second emperor succeeded him, and the war in the world broke out.

It was not until today, when Liu Bangming, the king of the Han Dynasty, repaired the plank road, secretly Chen Cang, regained control of the land of Sanqin, and the fertile land of Guanzhong finally returned to the peace and harmony during the reign of King Yingyi of Qinzhuang 50 years ago.

But peace is peaceful, and the damage to the land in Guanzhong cannot be repaired in three years or two.

From the first year of the Han Dynasty, the land of Sanqin was restored to the Han Dynasty, and until now, the people of Guanzhong are still contributing their own strength for Liu Bang, the son of heaven, to go out to conquer and completely pacify the world.

Such turbulent past decades have made the land of Guanzhong and the people of Guanzhong have not had the atmosphere and idea of 'celebrating the New Year' for a long time.

But this year, things seem to be a little different?

"Brother Zhang Ji~"

A rough roar sounded on the canal, causing Zhang Pengzu to subconsciously raise his head and see his fellow villager standing on the edge of the canal.

Just as he was about to reply, he saw two figures, one large and one small, appearing along the canal, which provoked Zhang Pengzu to throw away the wooden hoe in his hand, so he hurriedly climbed up.

When he climbed up to the edge of the canal and saw the person coming clearly, the corners of Zhang Pengzu's mouth immediately cracked an exaggerated arc, and his expression was full of happiness and joy.

"Xijun!"

With a soft cry full of joy, Zhang Pengzu grabbed the woman's arm, and on Zhang Pengzu's old face, there was a touch of endless tenderness.

Seeing that the woman also nodded warmly, she twitched her hand gently, lowered her head, and gently pushed the little little dot on her side forward.

This time, the joy and happiness in Zhang Pengzu's expression were even deeper.

"Daddy~"

The milk voice screamed softly, which provoked Zhang Pengzu to hurriedly lean down, pick up his young son from under his armpit, and turn around proudly, as if he was showing off to his fellow villagers and friends around him.

After thirty breaths and a few greetings with relatives and friends around him, Zhang Pengzu hugged his young son Zhang Weiyang and took his wife Zhang Zhao to the Minfu station, which was nearly more than 100 steps away from the edge of the canal.

Along the way, from time to time, neighbors and friends greeted Zhang Pengzu's family, and Zhang Pengzu also responded with joy one by one.

But soon, Zhang Pengzu noticed something strange.

- It seems that not only their wives and children came, but most of the husbands who have already married have waited for their wives and children to come.

Especially the neighbors who came from Zhangjiazhai in Weibei with Zhang Pengzu are basically the same as Zhang Pengzu, holding a little cub in their arms and followed by a bad wife.

Thinking about it secretly, Zhang Pengzu took his young son and wife into a cloth tent and sat down on a wooden couch belonging to Zhang Pengzu.

"Are you okay at home?"

"How's the adult, do you still have enough food?"

Hearing that Zhang Pengzu asked about the situation at home, Zhang Zhao only smiled.

"Everything is going well in the family, and the eldest brother and sister-in-law also occasionally come to the door to serve the adults."

"The adults are also very healthy, they eat a pound of rice, and they still have the spare time to go out and talk with old friends in the neighborhood······"

Hearing this, Zhang Pengzu finally settled down, nodded slightly, and then looked at his wife with a little shame.

"The matter is not finished, and it will take more than a month for me to return home, so I will suffer from the fine gentleman·····"

saw that Zhang Zhao only shook his head gently, and quietly swallowed the bitterness in his heart back into his stomach.

After being silent for a moment, he raised his head as if he remembered something, and said with a little joy: "That's right." ”

"Before going out, Da Lang sent a message back······

"How to ?!!"

In just an instant, Zhang Pengzu's originally indifferent expression suddenly appeared a little apprehensive!

But seeing Zhang Zhao's gentle smile, between his eyebrows, there was also a faint sense of pride.

"He who preaches the message meets with the great man."

"According to what your lord said, it seems that Da Lang has captured the enemy and set up a little martial arts?"

Hearing this, Zhang Pengzu finally put his heart back in his stomach and slapped his thigh full of joy.

"Good boy!"

"It's only been more than a month since the expedition was launched, and it has already been established!"

"Worthy of being my Zhang's son!!"

Listening to Zhang Pengzu's heroic chanting, Zhang Weiyang, who was held by Zhang Pengzu on his lap, couldn't help but be a little excited.

"Big brother mighty~"

"When my son grows up, he will also join the army, kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and glorify the lintel~"

Hearing his young son's ambitious words, Zhang Pengzu smiled even more for a while.

"Good~"

"When Weiyang is strong, my father will go to beg the adults and send Weiyang to the Northern Army as a pawn, okay?"

When Zhang Weiyang climbed down his father's legs with a tiger's head, he nodded solemnly, and on the faces of Zhang Pengzu and Zhang Zhao's husband and wife, there was only a touch of endless happiness and pride.

After a while, the sound of children chasing and playing sounded outside the tent, and Zhang Weiyang couldn't bear the loneliness in the tent, and after getting his mother's permission, he ran out on his short legs.

Looking at the back of his young son running away, Zhang Pengzu only smiled again, then turned around and looked at his wife Zhang Zhao with a chuckle.

"Outside the tent, I seem to have seen the wife and child of the fourth uncle at the end of the village at the entrance of the village, and he also came to look for Langjun at home?"

As he spoke, Zhang Pengzu chuckled and asked, "Could it be that the New Year is approaching, and the adults have sent the women and children in the village to come with them?" ”

But seeing that Zhang Zhao heard this, he only shook his head with a warm smile, lowered his eyebrows and untied the cloth bag behind him, and then opened it.

was busy with work in his hands, and Zhang Zhao did not forget to reply: "It's not an adult, it's the queen's ······."

Halfway through Zhang Zhao's words, he saw Zhang Pengzu's brows frown slightly.

Looking at the left and right with a nervous face, to make sure that there was no one in the tent, Zhang Pengzu looked at Zhang Zhao with a little reproach.

"What nonsense?"

"The queen mother is in the world, and she lives in Weiyang, and Mo has personally come to the door, so that you can't come?"

"The people of the heavenly family, why are they talking so nonsense?"

Looking at the jealousy on his own Lang Jun's face, Zhang Zhao's face froze for a moment, and finally smiled helplessly.

"It's not nonsense, it's true that the queen sent someone to make the concubine come with her son······"

Seeing that Zhang Pengzu was still looking at him in disbelief, Zhang Zhao could only shake his head and smile again, took off the cloth bag he was carrying behind him, and handed it to Zhang Pengzu.

When Zhang Pengzu opened the cloth bag with a lonely face, he saw a brand-new winter coat, which was picked up by Zhang Pengzu with hesitation.

Flipped through the front and back, looked at it, and picked it up and compared it on his body, Zhang Pengzu realized: This winter coat, I just fit it by myself?

Looking up at his wife Zhang Zhao again, Zhang Pengzu's expression was confused, and he couldn't help but feel even more confused.

It was only at this time that Zhang Zhao put the reason why he brought his young son and the women and children in the village together, as well as the reason for the winter coat in Zhang Pengzu's hand, in front of Zhang Pengzu.

"Not long after Lang Jun went out, the queen sent the palace people to her home and gave her a piece of cloth and three catties."

"The palace people turned to the queen and said: Guan Zhongmin spontaneously went to help the prince to repair the Zheng Guoqu, and he should not chill the heart of loyal ministers and righteous soldiers."

Hearing this, Zhang Pengzu only nodded thoughtfully.

"Yes."

"In the past month, all the leaders who came to repair the canal, the prince gave two catties of rice grain a day, as food."

"The prince also said: Don't chill the hearts of loyal ministers and righteous people."

Seeing Zhang Zhao nodded, he pointed to the winter coat in Zhang Pengzu's hand, and continued: "This winter coat is ordered by the concubine to be sent by the queen to sew the winter coat with cloth. ”

"According to the people in the palace, it was the queen who said: The New Year is approaching, and the customs are suddenly cold, so don't make the people who have been building canals from the past hungry and cold?"

Hearing this, Zhang Pengzu finally believed his wife's words, and finally believed that his wife's coming this time was indeed 'ordered by the queen'.

"Your Majesty is benevolent and loves the people, the prince is benevolent and generous, and the queen is so reminiscent of our Qiantou······"

Full of emotion, Zhang Pengzu let out a sigh of admiration, and the expression on Zhang Pengzu's face finally appeared again.

"The Liu family should be the king of the world, and His Majesty should be the king of the world, and His Majesty should be the ······"

Hearing her husband's words, Zhang Zhao only nodded in agreement, but did not speak.

Only a moment later, I saw Zhang Pengzu suddenly come back to his senses, carefully folded the new clothes in his hand again, put them back in the cloth bag, retied the cloth bag, and handed it to Zhang Zhao.

Seeing Zhang Pengzu's actions, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but panic in his heart, stretched out his hand to take the cloth bag with a worried face, and didn't forget to ask softly: "Why don't you try?" ”

"But it doesn't fit, or it's not beautiful, Lang Jun doesn't like it······"

Seeing the apprehension on Zhang Zhao's face, Zhang Pengzu only waved his hand casually.

"Hi~"

"How?"

"Who wouldn't be beautiful with such a new dress?"

A little clumsily to appease his wife's emotions, Zhang Pengzu's face quietly swelled up with some calculations.

"Now, I'm busy working in the canal all day long, and my side is covered with mud, sand and dirt, how can I wear such new clothes?"

"Moreover, such a brand-new winter coat is made of cloth given by the queen, and it should be hidden at home."

"When it matters in the future, or when Dalang has no winter clothes, is it not too late to use it?"

"It is also good to honor the adults so that they may not be afraid of the cold······

Listening to Zhang Pengzu thinking about the future of this winter coat, Zhang Zhao's face couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"But now that the end of the year is approaching, at the turn of autumn and winter, if you don't wear this winter coat······"

saw Zhang Pengzu patting his chest confidently.

"It's okay!"

"With this body and bones, I won't be afraid of the cold of October!"

"Besides, Your Majesty's Queen loves the people so much, and the crown prince is also quite Your Majesty!"

"When the winter solstice is on, the prince will Xu I and wait for the head of the Qianqian to return home for the winter, and in the early spring of next year, he will repair the canal!"

As he spoke, Zhang Pengzu stood up without saying anything, and re-tied the cloth bag containing the brand-new winter coat to his wife's back a little rudely.

"Listen to me, take it back, and honor your lordship."

"Adults are too old, at such an age, but they are most afraid of the cold and heat."

"If the adults really suffer from the cold, and there will be any accidents in the future, the township party should poke the backbone of my family, saying that my family does not know filial piety."

Hearing Zhang Pengzu's words, Zhang Zhao nodded hesitantly, and hurriedly said: "So, when the concubine returns home, she will find the old clothes of the past and send them again?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Pengzu finally nodded with satisfaction.

"There's no hurry."

"When the winter solstice is on, if the canal is not finished, I will send someone back to my hometown to get it."

After these words, Zhang Zhao finally nodded with reassurance, touched his chest, the tightly tied cloth knot, and a satisfied smile quietly welled up on his face.

In the next three or two days, similar scenes will not only appear between Zhang Pengzu and Zhang Zhao, but also on the entire south bank of Zhengguo Canal.

Countless wives brought brand-new winter clothes sewn by themselves, and at the insistence of their husbands, they brought the new clothes back untouched.

In Lianshao County, which is about ten miles away from Zhengguoqu in the south, when she heard about the incident here, Liu Ying only showed a bitter smile full of helplessness······

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"Ahem!! Ahem... Ahem······"

As soon as he walked into the county office, before he could reach the door of the main hall, Yang Chengyan heard a rapid and hoarse cough.

After walking into the main hall with a little worry, seeing Liu Ying's face flushed and stroking his chest, Yang Chengyan didn't care about the courtesy, and hurriedly stepped forward and handed the water bowl on the desk to Liu Ying.

After Liu Ying poured it violently regardless of it, and coughed twice, Yang Chengyan's face couldn't help but be even more worried.

"······ at home"

"Why don't you go back to Chang'an first, and let the ministers watch the canal repair?"

Yang Chengyan spoke well, and Liu Ying was finally freed from the two-minute non-stop cough, and let out a long breath full of exhaustion.

Snorted, grabbed the bowl and poured warm water into his mouth, feeling that his throat was a little better, and then he smiled and waved his hand at Yang Chengyan.

"It's okay, it's just a sudden cold at the end of autumn, so it's just a couple of colds, and it won't heal in a few days."

After saying that, Liu Ying couldn't help but turn sideways and handed the pottery bowl in his hand to Chuntuo beside him.

"Go, get some more boiling water."

"Remember, be sure to boil water, not cold water!"

After Chun Tuo left with a worried face, Liu Yingcai sat back in his seat, wiped his nose with a silk cloth, and then looked up at Yang Chengyan.

"Let's get down to business."

"The matter of silt excavation at the end of the canal, can Shaofu find out?"

"—Before the winter solstice, may it be over?"

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Yang Chengyan had no choice but to put aside his worries for the time being, and gave up his hand to Liu Yingwei.

"Your Highness."

"In the past 20 days, the removal of the silt downstream of the canal has passed half of the matter."

"If there is no difference, it will be done in twenty days, and it will be ······"

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