Entering December, Ding'an, which has been busy for a year, gradually has a different from the usual liveliness.

Since the expedition of Wei's army returned with a full load, defeated the elite Fengsheng army of Wei, the soldiers and horses of the surrounding counties did not dare to come forward, the entire Chendu County was emptied, this record spread, the whole Rongzhou is in the people's heart, the spirit is booming, with the atmosphere of January is the New Year's pass, Ding'an City is too shou Sun Shuwu to pass out the government decree, next year the whole territory of the tax will be lowered.

For a time, Ding'an City was like a New Year.

The cold wind in the winter moon is biting, the streets are still bustling, and the officers and men of the two armies who have returned from the battle have an extra expense of ten taels each, and they leave the barracks in batches, go home to save their relatives, or go to the city to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, and have a good time.

Near the south gate of Ding'an City, the recruitment of the group of captives in Tuntian was also in full swing, and veterans who had worked for a year and had a full stomach for a year began to enlist.

Since the Xirong war horses were captured last year, the war horses captured in the first war outside Changchuan County, totaling 3,600, can finally be delivered to Su Chen after a year of intensive breeding.

Most of these horses will be distributed to various armies to augment scouts and cavalry.

The selection and allocation of cavalry is strict, and there will naturally not be many expanded establishments, and in addition to supplementing Xiliang and Youyan, the rest of the recruits and surrendered troops will be incorporated into the proposed Qingzhou Army, but they will not exceed the specifications of 20,000.

After all, at present, Yizhou, Bingzhou, Xiliang, Youyan, plus the proposed Qingzhou Army, there are already 100,000 people, if it is not scattered in the two places, the grain and straw will be shared by the prefectures and counties.

The little food Su Chen gave was not enough for them to eat.

Moreover, the armor and weapons simply did not meet the requirements, and they did not dare to continue to expand blindly. The more than 3,000 war horses were thrown into Xiliang, Youyan, and the Qingzhou army, and in the blink of an eye, they were divided up by Xiahou Yuan, Li Dao, and Zhao Yun.

As for the ploughing cattle and horses obtained from Wei this time, as well as the livestock captured by Chen Du County, they were all handed over to the Ding'an City Government, and only a small part could be bought and sold, and the rest was distributed to the widows of soldiers who died in battle.

No one is allowed to make things difficult or take them by force, this is what Su Chen has always emphasized later.

For the children under the knees of these soldiers who died in battle, Xun Yu suggested to Su Chen in the past few days that he should open a memorial museum, so that these children can enter the museum to read and write words, or learn the art of war and martial arts.

Taught by wounded and disabled veterans, Su Chen, as a person of later generations, naturally agrees with both hands.

After putting down the burden, Xun Shizhong was more committed to his ideals, and when Su Chen was not in Ding'an County, he not only measured the population of 360,000 people in the four counties of Ding'an County, but also allocated fertile land.

Workshops and iron mines in the west of the city have also increased production.

At present, Xun Yu is in charge, and Zhuge Liang is in Yanjing in the north, except for the use of force, there is basically nothing to stop the implementation of their policies, so as to avoid worries, Su Chen can focus all his energy on the Wei State in the south.

In December, the weather became colder and colder, and even the Xirong people who invaded and plundered in the south had stayed in their own tribes' tents, and in Ding'an City, generals from all walks of life returned to Ding'an City one after another to report on their work, and even Dong Zhuo and Zhuge Liang also came.

Heavy snow fell the day before the end of the month, and the white snow covered the entire city, and the voices of pedestrians, people, and vendors gradually became lively and noisy among the rows of houses and newly built buildings.

From time to time, you can see children running and playing happily in groups of three or five in the streets and alleys, mixing with everyone's noise, driving away the cold air of the New Year.

On the street, there are more officials of all sizes who take horse-drawn carriages and donkey carts to and from the homes of various bosses to give gifts, and as for the Su Mansion, they want to go in their dreams, but they are not qualified.

Even if King Xia is not on the Su Mansion, the specifications of the Hou Mansion are not something that officials like them can step into the threshold.

At this time, in the Su Mansion, Shou Bo and several other stewards were busy, directing the maids and servants in each compartment to clean all parts of the house, and set up banquet tables and chairs in the front courtyard hall, and wiped the patent leather on the stools.

On the south side of the chamber, the chubby Dong Bai chased Li Dao under the eaves, and the study on the opposite side was full of warmth, and in the slightly open window lattice, occasionally a cold wind blew in, stroking the curtain, Fang Xuejun learned the sitting posture taught by Yang Yuhuan, the elegance of gestures, and learned to doze off on the table.

Yang Yuhuan glanced at her, sighed with a smile, took off the mink fur scarf around her neck, covered Fang Xuejun's exposed neck, and then added a piece of charcoal to the stove in the past.

Over there, Su Chen, who was behind the bookcase, was dressed in a fur coat, with long boots filled with fluff under his feet, looking at a letter from Wei in his hand, and the corners of his mouth curled up from time to time.

"What are you looking at?" Yang Yuhuan came over and took the teacup on Su Chen's table, poured out the cold tea, and filled him with hot tea again and handed it over.

"The letter sent ten days ago was Guo Jia's eyeliner...... An Lushan was promoted again, and now he is leading an army to defend Wu in the Yan County near the Wu State. Ask me when I will go south, and if I don't come again, I can't say that I will become a Beijing official...... As for the latter words, some flattering words were said. ”

In fact, there are some things behind, which are inconvenient to say, that is, the Qianlong Mansion was mentioned in the letter, and Su Chen probably guessed what the other party did through the words.

While speaking, Thirteen ran over from outside, rubbing his hands and laughing: "Childe, the generals are here." ”

"Come here."

Su Chen burned the letter, got up and patted the sleepy Fang Xuejun, pulled her outside, was paved by the cold wind, and suddenly woke up.

At this time, the generals in the army rode over from the barracks in twos and threes, this was the first time they spent the New Year in this world, and the significance was still relatively heavy.

"Second brother, do it slowly!" Zhang Fei hurriedly roared and stopped the horse, threw the reins to the little guy who ushered in him, took off two jars of wine from the basket on the horse's buttocks, one left and one right under the armpits, and saw who grinned under the thick beard, and saw Wu Zixun who greeted and entertained, and stuffed the two jars of wine into each other's arms.

"The little brother is dressed so festively for the New Year, I don't know that I think you are getting married today, hahaha!"

Zhang Fei patted him on the shoulder, and then looked at the second brother, Guan Yu was the same as before, but the white stains on his beard and hair bun had faded a lot, and his face was not as old as when he first came.

The mood for the New Year was comfortable, Guan Yu stroked his beard, and there was a smile on his face.

"Yide, don't embarrass this little brother, follow me in to meet the eldest brother first!"

"Who do you think you're as black as you?" Wu Zixun didn't grow much, and he was an eye-catching presence everywhere he went. He returned to the house and put the two jars of wine on a table at random, "...... Look, this is General Zhang's own wine, don't get confused. ”

Wu Zixun yelled at the surrounding maids and servants, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves outside, he hurriedly rushed to the door to greet people.

There were more and more carriages and war horses coming from the door, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Sun Shuwu got down from the carriage, and Zhang Liao, Lu Bu, Gao Shun, Zhou Cang, Niu Gai and other generals turned over and dismounted.

"Wen Hou, I fought a few battles in Chendu County a few days ago, and I was a little shackled in commanding the cavalry, so I really want to ask you for advice!"

Lu Bu was wearing a robe with white lines on a black background today, and he didn't look bloated, after all, such a chill was nothing to these fierce generals. Gao Shun next to him got up and gave up a seat for Ma Chao, and listened to Lu Bu and Ma Chao talking on the side, looking at Lu Bu who was talking eloquently, Gao Shun had a smile on his face.

Zhou Cang, who came in with him, looked around, asked Wu Zixun where Guan Yu was, and then went to the south chamber to look for it.

Le Jin and Li Dian glanced at Lu Bu, and then talked to Zhang He, and Xiahou Yuan also went to the South Chamber, the incense in the ancestral hall was in full bloom, Cao Cao looked at Guan Yu beside Liu Bei, bared his teeth slightly, and almost wanted to step forward to talk, but was interrupted by Xiahou Yuan.

"Hmph, someone still cares!" Cao Cao pulled his clan brother and was about to go to the ancestral hall to catch up, and then, a tall figure came out with a roar, knocking Xiahou Yuan, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun behind him into a stagger.

"Who is this? People are tall and big, but they don't have long eyes! Zhang Fei looked at the back of the fast past and shouted.

"Li Shimin's brother, Li Xuanba, defeated Dian Wei with his bare hands."

Zhao Yun said softly.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were stunned for a moment, and the former narrowed his phoenix eyes, and at this time, Thirteen ran over, "Generals, it's time to open the table!" ”

Then run out of here, look around to see if there are any loitering generals, and beckon them to the front yard to eat.

At this time, Su Chen took Fang Xuejun and Yang Yuhuan to greet Li Dao, who was chasing and fighting with the little girl under the eaves, the latter picked up Dong Bai and followed, and Guan Yu and Xiahou Yuan from the ancestral hall also came to meet, they grabbed a handful of incense in their hands, and they were so anxious that Daoist Li followed behind and muttered like a mantra.

When the sky fell, the lanterns hanging high in the house lit up.

Su Congfang and Xiao Wan saw that the hall was full of table generals in the army, and this intuitive feeling made them both quite shocked.

"Meet the King!"

In the huge hall, the figures who were originally chatting and talking got up one after another, and the generals who followed Su Chen came to the table and arched their hands towards Su Chen, who was the first to sit down.

"There are no outsiders here, so don't be polite to the generals, today's New Year's Eve banquet, let go of eating and drinking, and drink to your heart's content!"

Eyes swept over everyone, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhang Yi, Zhou Cang, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Liu Bei's spiritual position was a table, with a stick of incense on it; Xiahou Yuan, Le Jin, Li Dian, Zhang He, and Guo Jia also placed Cao Cao's spiritual position; Zhang Liao accompanied Lu Bu and Gao Shun, Xun Yu also sat at this table, and on his right hand was the spiritual seat of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty; At the third table, Li Bai and Pei Min looked thin, Yang Yuhuan sat at the table of the female dependents, and An Lushan was undercover in Wei, so it was impossible to come......

After Su Chen finished speaking, everyone also sat down together.

Li Xuanba only came back from outside at this time, he dragged a large wine vat in his hand and put it on the ground, "If you don't get drunk today, you won't return!" ”

As he spoke, he sat opposite Li Bai, took out Li Shimin's spiritual seat from his arms, and put it on the left hand side.

"Who lent me a stick of incense!"

He yelled at Zhang Fei and Xiahou Yuan.

(End of chapter)