"Hooray, some pastries."

I don't know how long it took, Wang Chengen's voice pulled Zhu Youzhen back to reality.

He shook his sore neck and stood up.

"Xiaohua and her mother's side, for the time being, summon Zhang Erhu back to Beijing, and let him tell Xiaohua her mother in person."

"Yes, hooray."

"Draw up a decree and give the two children a name. The girl's name is Zhang Ping, and the boy's name is Zhang An. In addition, didn't Zhang Erhu just recover Weiyu City, so let's make Zhang An Weiyubo."

[In view of the general environment,

"Yes, hooray."

Recently, Zhang Erhu's contribution is not small, and the title Zhu Youzhen originally planned to give it to him, but when this happened, Zhu Youzhen was very dissatisfied with him, even if he was not to blame for this matter.

Even if he knew that Zhang Erhu would be sad, the resentment of his mother's family was still in his heart.

Knighted?

Don't think about it in this life.

More than ten days later, Zhang Erhu received the holy decree of canonization, and after arranging affairs, he took his two infant children on the way back to Beijing.

When he stood in front of the small zongzi stall again, it was already the eighth day of the second lunar month.

"Two Tigers!"

Li Zhao, who was busy, finally saw Zhang Erhu who had been standing for an unknown amount of time, and cried out in surprise.

"Why did you come back? What about the little flowers? Is there a business trip? Yes, there must be a business trip. Why haven't you written a letter back lately, little peanut, right? Born boys and girls? Did the cotton clothes I let people carry over a few days ago and the children wore them to fit? If it weren't for Xiaohua saying that Bianguan would not let me go, I would have followed you if she said anything, you said that you two are still so young, can the child take care of it......

Li Zhao looked at his tall and mighty son-in-law, blurted out a series of questions, and the smile on his face seemed to be more dazzling than the warm sun in early spring.

"Mother..." Zhang Erhu's eyes were red, and he moved his throat. The little flower is gone..."

"If it's gone, it's gone...... Who's gone!?"

Li Zhao's eyes widened suddenly.

"Little flower..." Zhang Erhu's eyes could no longer hold the tears gushing out, and his voice became choked.

"Little... Florets... I already knew that I dreamed of Xiaohua a few days ago, and Xiaohua told me that she was gone, so let me take good care of myself. I knew it... I knew that..."

Li Zhao's old tears were in his eyes, and he muttered blankly.

After a while, she raised her head reluctantly and looked up at Zhang Erhu, who was much taller than her! Sharply said:

"Zhang Erhu! You give back my little flower!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and was about to imprint the slap on Zhang Erhu's face, but he saw that Zhang Erhu's face that had been sharpened for a long time at the border had been stained with tears, and he remembered that he was good to his daughter, and this slap did not fall in the end.

"Erhu, tell me why Xiaohua didn't have it."

Zhang Erhu choked up and told Li Xiaohua about the death of a dragon and phoenix fetus in childbirth, and Li Zhao's tearful face finally squeezed out a smile.

"Xiaohua is good, what about my two grandchildren, have you brought them back?"

"Brought it back, my father and mother watched it. It was cold, and I didn't dare let them out."

"I'm going to see them."

Li Zhao felt that he had strength again, and he didn't care about the stall, so he walked quickly to the house in Zhang Erhu's capital.

Two moments later, Li Zhao hugged his grandson and granddaughter left and right, and the love in his eyes was about to overflow.

On the side, Zhang Dahai and his wife also looked dark, and Zhang Erhu's mother, Zhang Wang, whispered:

"In-laws, we didn't take good care of Xiaohua and let her..."

"Don't say it, it's all Xiaohua's life..."

There is a fire burning in the house, which keeps the whole room warm, and the thick cotton curtain blocks the cold wind outside, as if they are two worlds.

And Zhang Erhu, who was standing by the fire and watching his family, also felt that the world suddenly became two.

One, there is Li Xiaohua.

One, no.

The days of Chongzhen's nine years seem to have passed much faster than in previous years, from the cold of spring, to the scorching summer, to the autumn breeze, and the twilight of the year. Throughout the year, there is another cycle in the land of the north.

In this year, the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty was in full swing, and soldiers continued to be stationed in the Spanish colonies to establish a concession.

In this year, one-third of the territory of the Wa Kingdom was occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and in these lands, the Ming began to consolidate their rule. Grow a beard, all systems must obey the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and those who resist are all waste in the ground.

In this year, the territory of the northeastern Ming Dynasty expanded to the area north of the Trans-Khingan Mountains, including the mouth of Sakhalin Island.

Time flies in the midst of the four seasons.

In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the entire territory of the Wa Kingdom was completely occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and a erasure action that swept the whole country began.

Everything related to the history of the Wa Kingdom will be destroyed, and everyone who dares to mention the old country will be killed. After the war, the population of the Wa Kingdom plummeted, and it was less than 5 million at this time, compared to nearly 10 million people in its heyday.

And this number is still decreasing.

Every county in every state, and even in every county, every commune, has a school where children who have reached the age of six must go to school. What we learn is to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, and what we learn is to remember history.

Jun is the king of the Ming Dynasty, the country is the country of the Ming Dynasty, and as for history, it is naturally the history of China.

Since ancient times, the Wa Kingdom has been an indispensable part of the Ming Dynasty.

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Spain asked for military support from the Ming Dynasty and once again suppressed the rise of the Netherlands.

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the fleet of the Ming Dynasty sailed into the Mediterranean Sea and defeated the fleet of the Ottoman Empire. Occupied the Suqin Peninsula, transported hundreds of thousands of slaves from Africa, and dug the Suyinshi Canal.

In the nineteenth year of Chongzhen, the Suyinshi Canal was completed. Due to the problem of navigation charges for the fleet, there was friction between the Mughal Empire and the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming sent six fleets to the Arabian Sea and sank all the maritime ships of the Mughal Empire.

In the twenty-first year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty launched a northern expedition from the Spanish colony of Goa, defeated all the main forces of the Mughal Empire, captured the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, and colonized the Indian Peninsula.

In the autumn of this year, Zhu Youzhen went to Xiangshan with red leaves.

"Wang, you're getting old. When I first ascended the throne, let's climb Xiangshan together, and you seem to have no effort."

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen, who was panting, and stopped with a smile.

"Long live is at the peak of spring and autumn, and the slave maid is old..."

Wang Chengen's face was already sweating, and Zhu Youzhen looked at him for a long time, and suddenly felt a little stunned.

This person who has accompanied him for more than 20 years has gray sideburns.

"Wang Companion, I'm not old yet, you can't be old. Without you, I have one less truth-teller in the world. Go, I'll hold you!"

"Long live, I can't help it~"

Wang Chengen was terrified and wanted to dodge, but Zhu Youzhen held his arm.

The autumn wind blows, and the red leaves in the sky scatter wantonly, reflecting the whole world.