More than 50 members of the Lao Bai family stood at the gate, listening to the villagers pointing to the sky and excitedly discussing:

"Emma, whose house is this fireworks? Oh my God, I've never seen anything so bright in my life, and it doesn't seem to be far away. ”

"It's nothing more than a few wealthy families who have people working as officials outside. No, it doesn't seem to be them, if the town puts it, our village can't see it so clearly. ”

Everyone looked at Bai Muyan, the most capable person in the village.

Bai Muyan judged according to the direction, and hesitated: "Erdao River...... The Xu family? ”

After Bai Muyan finished speaking, he was a little unsure, fireworks are very expensive.

Bai Muyan wasn't sure if Xu Tianxin would be willing to spend a lot of money in this regard, because he had to admit that Xu Tianxin had some consumption views that he couldn't understand.

For example, the last time we went out to Xishan Town together, Tian Xin'er put so many exquisite porcelain in Yu's storehouse, and was stunned to go around the handle pot used by a master.

You have to buy old copper kettles that people have used to hold wine.

In the past, when iron smelting was bad, iron was much more expensive than copper, not to mention silver.

Tian Xin'er insisted on buying an old copper kettle with silver, and it was rare enough to hide it, planning to give it to the three uncles as a New Year's gift.

This is incomprehensible to him, because it is not cost-effective.

But he didn't dare to persuade more, lest Tian Xin'er be unhappy and feel that he was searching.

In the future, when he confesses, he will be rejected again on this point.

In the vernacular of the countryman, it is that you can't pee in the same pot with him.

Tian Xin'er can't be so rude, but what if he says that he can't spend money with you, then he will quarrel in the future.

So as for whether Xu Tianxin will spend a lot of money to buy fireworks, Bai Muyan is really uncertain.

It's just that since it was guessed that it was set off by the Xu family, Bai Muyan looked up at the sky in the distance again, and suddenly felt that the fireworks were really beautiful, as if they were better than those set off by those outsiders in previous years.

While watching the fireworks, Bai Muyan touched the box in her arms, and wondered if Tian Xin'er would like the New Year's gift he gave her.

……

At the same time, at the beginning of the new year, Frontier.

Although there were no fireworks here, the scene was very ablaze.

All the generals with the troops wore armor and climbed the tower, beating the drums of war in all directions.

At this moment, as the war drums sounded, the generals of the original Zhenbei Army finally clearly realized that there was a change of chief general here, and there were no veterans over sixty years old under the main general, all of them were young generals of the new generation.

Finally, they no longer have to worry about cutting off military salaries here, and they don't have to worry that the lord will not be valued by the imperial court and will ask for military rations.

And they are now treated much better than before, and everyone's list is back on the list.

Only one Chinese New Year, the new general sent a special team to help them deliver letters to their families.

But then there was no longer the time of the past.

Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while. Here, the new year will be a desperate training. In the future, we must dare to fight with our flesh and stain the battlefield with blood.

Today, Huo Yunqian made his official appearance wearing the red main general Kaijia.

The light of the armor opens to the sun.

When one day the Black Cloud Crushing War came, everyone could see where the supreme general Huo Yunqian was.

At this moment, the soldiers were very excited.

Their legendary general had at last rushed to the frontier to meet them, and was shouting to them:

"I don't have a New Year's blessing here, just one sentence, what happens after you are here, there is me Huo Yunqian. Where is the general's Zhenbei Army? ”

Huo Yunqian wants to develop a gold mine privately, just for this.

followed him, and his surname was Huo.

Even the aftermath of the soldiers must be taken care of to the end.

The city tower is full of black pressure generals, and only the red tassels floating on the weapons represent the New Year.

The red tassels shook, and the soldiers roared excitedly with the war drums: "Kill, kill, kill!" ”

At this moment, the official surnamed Fang, who was sent by the imperial court to supervise Huo Yunqian, seemed to feel the power of the Xinzhen Northern Army wanting to sweep everything.

For the first time, he realized that this was no longer the original Zhenbei Army, and the core here was the Huo Family Army. And the original generals here are also likely to be trained into the Huo family army.

Can the emperor not feel uncomfortable? All followed the surname Huo.

What's more, Huo Yunqian's tribute gift is also excessive, this year, Zhenbei did not transport precious ginseng and deer antler velvet to the capital, but transported 20,000 catties of fish back to Beijing. Unheard of so shabby.

That's why he specially called Jia Lai to reprimand him.

Unexpectedly, the old guy Jia Lai actually took out two deficit books from his arms and put them in front of him, and while flipping them over to him, he said:

"Governor Fangdu, just in time to take advantage of the caravans from all over the world to come to the Northland, ginseng and deer antler velvet and other things to be sold, to fill the holes in the account books and the rations of the soldiers.

If you don't believe me, look at the books.

By the way, take a look at what the previous general ate in the mansion for the New Year, and it cost seven thousand taels of silver in just one New Year. As for our generals, in order to rush to the frontier, we ate the same food as the soldiers, but fortunately, even the ordinary soldiers saw fish and meat on the table.

He believed that the emperor would only be more sympathetic to the frontier soldiers than the generals.

Of course, if Lord Fang can have a clever plan to fill these gaps, he will definitely be waiting for him and listening to him. ”

Fang Dudu was angry, this is because the previous general of Zhenbei has returned to the west, and the emperor can't find anyone if he wants to ask, and he will even read the face of guarding the frontier for many years. And then this little deficit ledger, Jia Lai can shake it out vigorously, and he will not dislike being embarrassed.

Silver money and silver money, full of yellow and white things, a generation of military generals are as low as businessmen.

And the most annoying thing is that he also heard clearly that the old thing Jia Lai said when he got out of the camp tent that he would not have a backache when he stood and talked all day.

Fang Dudu secretly hated when he thought of this, and looked, he was going to end up with that old guy sooner or later.

However, at this time, Fang Dudu looked at Huo Yunqian, who was standing on the city tower, and what he was thinking about was not about the tribute, but about the letter from the girl in the palace mentioned it again, so that his daughter and Huo Yunqian had more contact, and wanted the Chengenhou Mansion to take a risky move.

This is no longer something he can refuse, his sister is not only a sister, but also a favored princess.

Fang Dudu was very conflicted in his heart.

Huo Yunqian controls thousands of troops, if he can succeed, this will indeed be the biggest help for their Fang family and his sister.

Following the various forces of the crown prince and other princes, their Chengen Hou Mansion will also be unshakable, and will become a force for all parties to strive for. There is no doubt about this, don't look at everyone as if they are wearing small shoes for the Huo family, it is precisely because the Huo family has never expressed their stance that they will not be able to tolerate it.

But the premise is that no matter how well he plans, it is useless, it is useful if his flowery daughter can control Huo Yunqian.

The younger sister may feel that the emperor loves her very much, and women have a lot of influence on men. also thinks that the Huo family, in turn, will also value her role as a favorite concubine.

But he is a man who knows very well that Huo Yunqian has power at such a young age, can a woman control it? Don't forget, the Huo family has never married with the royal family, and even admonished the regime, it has always been not to cede land, not to get along, and not to pay compensation.

My sister didn't say that this time and that time, saying that the Huo family was like frying in a hot pan, if there was a favorite concubine to help eliminate the emperor's mustard for the Huo family, and the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion really had no military power, even the emperor should consider his concubine to be the best candidate.

It seems that my sister has already probed the wind from the emperor, although she is suspicious of the Huo family, but the Huo family has a deep foundation in the minds of the people, and she still wants to be enveloped if she doesn't want to mess up the court.

Fang Dudu looked at Huo Yunqian, who was walking in a tiger's step, and pondered contradictoryly.

To be honest, he didn't want Huo Yunqian to be his son-in-law like this.

has a cold face, which seems to be a rare courtesy among military generals, but in fact, this kind of person is the most arrogant in his heart. He knows too well the sons raised by a century-old family, and he is more angry than anyone else, and it is estimated that he will not call himself a son-in-law when he is a son-in-law.

And once he becomes Huo Yunqian's father-in-law, he will become an official who will be transferred a few months after taking office.

But if his daughter was not allowed to have more contact with Huo Yunqian, Fang Dudu remembered the family letter, and was very worried that his sister would make a stupid move, if the emperor directly ordered marriage, this was not something he could stop, it seemed to be a better strategy.

Wait for this banquet in the palace, and test the attitude of Old Madam Huo.

Huo Yunqian, including Fang Dudu at this time, still didn't know that at that time, at the banquet in the palace in Beijing, Huo Yunqian's family affairs turned out to be the stone that was thrown by the concubines and even the concubines to ask for directions.

His grandmother fell ill on the couch when she left the palace banquet.

In the past, it was people from all walks of life who mixed up marriages again and again, which delayed Huo Yunqian and has not yet married.

Today is a topic of open and secret fighting between concubines, and the emperor seems not to have heard it, as if he was secretly agreeing.

The hundred-year-old Huo family, relying on his outstanding military exploits, and several generations of sons and daughters spilling blood on the battlefield, how could they bully the Huo family like this.

Huo Yunqian's brother-in-law looked at his lame legs, and his heart was even colder.

The royal family is the loyal monarch of the Huo family's ancestral training, and he doesn't want a civil war, he doesn't want his own people to fight his own people, and he doesn't want to let the people be displaced by taking advantage of the outside world.

Huo Yunqian's brother-in-law wrote a letter and handed it to the secret guard.

Until the end of this secret letter, there is a word of concern for my younger brother, Hoshino, the eldest brother is conveyed on behalf of his grandmother, is there a favorite woman in his heart?

The new year has just arrived, and the wind is rising.

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But Erdaohe Village is still in a jubilant atmosphere.

The bell rang in the early morning, and a plate of freshly wrapped dumplings was served.

Since she had just finished eating, Mrs. Xu discussed with the two big shopkeepers that one hundred and sixty dumplings on six plates of a table would be enough.

The shopkeeper Lu shouted in one mouthful: "It's enough, it's enough, eldest sister, you say it, hahaha." ”

We don't know what everyone is hahaving, anyway, at this moment, the shops are still a scene of joyful New Year's greetings.

When Mrs. Xu was serving dumplings, she deliberately told everyone that there were more than two big shopkeepers:

"Tonight, the sesame straw used to cook dumplings is fired, and we have a local custom called New Year's dumplings are cooked with sesame straw, and raising children can be big officials. And eldest sister, I really hope that you, the brothers who are working hard to earn money outside the home, will be able to become big officials in the future. ”

"Good !!" If you don't say anything, you have to take it.

It's louder than shouting about New Year's well-being.

Then Mrs. Xu told everyone that there would be many accompanying villagers here, so she withdrew first.

In their family, there are elderly people, children and grandmothers, and children who are sick and cannot move.

Mrs. Xu said a little ostentatiously: "Hahaha, in fact, I also have a little great-granddaughter who is afraid of the cold when I go out in the cold, well, I am also a grandmother, and I want the family to be reunited." Don't worry about tomorrow morning's dumplings, other shops will change a few kinds of dumpling fillings and then entertain. ”

At the beginning of the year's business, everyone is a little happy, and they can't make all their own money, she is not that kind of person.

Shopkeeper Lu and Shopkeeper Guo smiled again and again, and glanced at each other, since there are old people who should be strolling around tomorrow morning, after eating dumplings, they will go to Xu's house to see the elders to pay New Year's greetings. I also gave it to the village committee of this village, I heard that there is a village committee in Erdaohe, and I went into the village to thank you alone.

The checkout is checkout, which is another matter, it is necessary to go to the village.

After all, with all the intentions of today, we can't let the eldest sister and the villagers be in vain. The moment Guan Er Ye invited him out, they decided, but they regretted that they didn't have so many copper coins, otherwise they would not have gone into the village to give some New Year's money to the children of each family.

It can be seen that after playing crazy together, the relationship between the two caravans and Erdaohe Village has indeed become extraordinary.

Even why didn't people leave early like the shopkeeper Zhang, Erdaohe even figured out the reason.

No, when they drove back to the village, they chatted with the old lady:

"The Mutual Market Division has already settled the bill, but I heard that the shopkeeper Lu didn't get those jewelry? Their boss told him to stay in the Northland and find a way to get some tiger spirit (amber) to bring back. I heard that under the Mutual Market Division, there is a yamen in charge of the specialties of Beidadi in our town, which is only sold to big businessmen, and he handed him a message that he would wait a few days to reply to the letter. I didn't go back in time for the year. ”

"Oops, that thing looks like a coal ......"

I really don't want to know about it, but modern knowledge is too rich. In the past, in modern times, there were amber mines and coal mines here. It was still developed, so you can see that there will be many of them here right now.

Xu Tianxin hurriedly tugged at the corner of her milk coat, don't tell anyone.

Although Huo Yunqian sold amber, the imperial court would definitely know that this was different from a gold mine, and he didn't necessarily want to hide it. But we'd better pretend we don't know anything.

Because we know too much, do we still think Huo Yunqian is not suspicious enough?

Besides, she really can't explain it, I'm really afraid to torture her again, how does your family know, and she has to find some more books to make up lies. Last time, she was so confused, but she didn't expect to explain it, and she didn't expect to feel so tall.

Xu Youyin looked at Mrs. Xu suspiciously: "Mother, what do you say?" ”

"Mix? Mix vegetables. Mrs. Xu was dragged by her granddaughter and reacted: "Let me ask you, did you send dumplings and cold dishes to the soldiers of the Zhenbei Army stationed in our village?" ”

"My second brother sent it."

Xu Youliang said: "Mother, I feel that there is another group of people, why do we always change the officers and soldiers here." ”

Mrs. Xu said two words haha. Isn't that the last time it was exposed, and I went to our river to fish, so I guess I was transferred away if something happened, so as not to be discovered by the villagers.

When the Xu family arrived home, the old lady had already wrapped the cabbage-stuffed dumplings.

Xu Tianxin also mysteriously entered the room, and after a while, Mrs. Xu had an extra gold ring on her finger.

"Milk, Happy New Year, do you like it?"

"It's so big, it's still golden, can you not like it?" Mrs. Xu hugged her granddaughter, and the two of them were face to face: "When did you buy it, I knew that the milk would also buy you a gold, I thought you didn't like gold, and the milk was a silver collar bought for you." ”

"Huh?!" Xu Tianxin looked at the collar worn by the child and was dumbfounded.