The Du family delivered the last batch of grain before the year, a total of 30,000 hu, all of which were sent to Jinmenwu.

The rest will wait until after the beginning of spring next year.

Luoshui is actually navigable.

In history, when Liu Yu attacked here, he sent people to cut down wood and build ships, and traveled against the water to see where he could sail farthest.

Therefore, after the thaw in spring, the water level rises, and it is more convenient to transport grain by wooden boats, and the transportation volume is also larger.

Shao Xun has just led a group of displaced people to Jinmenwu, a total of 200 households, from Yuzhou.

Xianbei plundered, the people were miserable, and Sima Yue sat in Xuchang and could not do anything.

Every time you enter the Central Plains to fight, it is a good opportunity for Xianbei people to strengthen themselves.

In the battle of Luoyang the year before last, the Xianbei people plundered many goods, women, and craftsmen, and Sima Ying could not make it.

Inviting him to Yuzhou this time will inevitably lead to another loss of life.

From the mouths of the first batch of displaced people who fled to Luoyang, Shao Xun had a rough understanding of the situation: Sima Yue rewarded 50,000 silk horses in one go, but the Xianbei people were not satisfied, and they were still plundering everywhere.

There are also rumors that the Xianbei people will move westward after the New Year, preparing to march into Guanzhong, and the war will not stop.

"Although the days are difficult, the festival still has to be passed." Today is the Laba Festival, Shao Xun personally came to Jinmenwu to take everyone to celebrate the festival and have fun together.

He's not out of purpose.

Why do the people below recognize you, and where does your authority come from? This is a complex issue.

In Shao Xun's view, it is an important way to improve his authority by rejoicing, suffering, working, training, and managing life with them, and taking everyone to become rich and prosperous together, and forming a solid common memory.

In this shared memory, you'd better not be absent.

A beautiful courtyard has been built in the Golden Gate Dock, and it is a cloud dock with gardens in the front and back, completely imitating it.

When Shao Xun was inspecting Yunzhongwu, he found that the floor of the bedroom in the small courtyard was newly paved with bricks.

He quietly took out a piece, carved the word "Pei" on the reverse side, put it back, and then ordered the sergeant to guard and not allow anyone to enter.

When he came to Jinmenwu today, he once again pulled out the bricks. The engraved dagger wandered in the air, one moment as if to write the word "Yu", another as if it was writing "music", and a little like "Lu", and finally carved "music".

The reason why I want to carve Yu is because Yu Liang is also here today.

He was pinching his nose and walking in the middle of a vat.

Shao Xun, who had done "bad things", came over and said, "Yuan Gui often eats this thing when he sobers up, but he dislikes it again, why not?" ”

Yu Liang put down his hand embarrassedly.

In the midwinter month, the people like to pick the frosted wead (the predecessor of cabbage), Jing (lettuce), sunflower (winter amaranth) and other miscellaneous vegetables, after drying, put them into a large vat with salt water, compact them with a stone, and then cover them with a lid, and what they make is "salty cabbage".

Salty mushrooms are golden yellow, and their rhizomes are called "golden hairpin stocks", which are both sweet and crisp, and sour. From the princes and ministers to the small people, all of them are eaten. Even when the army goes out on battle, it is often carried with it, which can be described as a national food.

Shao Xun also likes to eat.

He even had a bad taste, and asked Concubine Pei and Queen Yang, who grew up in brocade clothes and jade food, to make salty rice for him personally.

Well done, reward a fur coat and sit down to peel the garlic!

"Lang Jun, there's news from Yingchuan." When he walked to a no-man's corner, Yu Liang said.

The mountain wind was rustling, and the pine waves were gusting, almost covering the voices of the two people.

The newcomers from Yuzhou timidly looked at the busy people in the village, and after eating the porridge, the vegetable pickers and the wood-splitting wood, integrated into the collective labor.

Shao Xun retracted his gaze and asked, "How?" ”

"The previous batch of armor should have been made by the people of the Yingyin Xun clan, but it may not be the main family." Yu Liang said.

In fact, their family is among the Yanling Yu clan, even if they are not the main family.

The Pei family in Hedong has only lived apart for three generations, but many big families have separated in two generations, and Yu Liang's family is now a branch.

The Yingyin Xun clan has a larger family business, more people, and many branches are also quite powerful, but this time I don't know which one did it.

"I guess so." Shao Xun nodded: "The closest to Yushanwu are the Yingyin Xun clan and the Changshe Zhong clan." ”

"Something else." Yu Liang Zhengse said: "Someone in the clan asked, Lang Jun, are you going to come to Yingchuan to build a dock?" After all, Yushanwu is very close to Yingchuan. ”

"You can bring me a word." Shao Xun said: "I'm not interested in Yingchuan, if I can help each other with Yushanwu, it will be very good." ”

"Yes." Yu Liang nodded.

"People of the Yu family......" Shao Xun hesitated for a moment and asked, "Why do you ask this?" ”

Yu Liang glanced at him and said in a low voice: "Has Lang Jun forgotten the Xuchang Arsenal case?" Some people in the clan speculate that you have taken at least 5,000 pairs of iron armor and want to buy them from you. ”

"Why are you in a hurry to buy iron armor? Isn't leather armor good? ”

"Naturally, I bought them all." Yu Liang sighed and said: "Xianbei plundered Yuzhou, more than 2,000 horsemen rushed into Yanling, and many of the villagers of my Yu clan who were opening the river were plundered. Now I am very disappointed in Sikong and scolds endlessly. Since the imperial court can't count on it, it can only rely on itself. ”

"Another-" Yu Liang said again: "The matter of Yushanwu, others don't know, but my Yu family still understands." With more than 2,000 castle households and hundreds of elite armor soldiers, the strength should not be underestimated. Lang Jun also has three manors in Luoyang, Jinguyuan, Panyuan, and Shaoyuan, which are also a big man in Yuzhou, and many poor families and small surnames do not have so many private soldiers. ”

After saying this, Yu Liang subconsciously glanced at Jinmenwu.

He is a smart person, Shao Xun specially took him to Yunzhong, Kinmen, and Danshan Sanwu to take a turn, and his intention to show his strength was very obvious.

With three manors and four dock forts, it is not a problem to pull out five or six thousand Ding Zhuang, not to mention that he has an unknown number of elite private soldiers.

If he wanted to, these thousands of people could be completely clothed in iron armor and crisscross Yuzhou - even if they couldn't capture the dock fort, it would be scary enough.

After experiencing the Xianbei plunder, the main family is also pragmatic. If you have strength, you can cooperate.

Shao Xun bowed slightly.

If there is any scholar clan in the world who knows his foundation best, it must be the Pei family and the Yu family.

Yushanwu was originally established by Yu Gun, and later most of them scattered elsewhere, and among the hundreds of fort people who remained, there must be a close relationship with the Yu family.

To some extent, these people are spies, but Shao Xun is too lazy to screen them.

Since making up his mind to take Guang Chengze as the core base, the Yingchuan family, which is close at hand, has become an unavoidable topic.

The traditional trick of pulling one faction and fighting another faction will not be outdated at any time.

The Yan Ling Yu clan may not be like them now, and there may be limits to cooperation, but as long as their attitude is not hostile, even if it is just neutral, it will be meaningful to Shao Xun.

In the nest of the family in Yingchuan, he was in a hurry to open a gap so as not to have problems in the future.

"How's it going over there?" Shao Xun asked again, "Wenjun, have they all come back?" ”

Yu Liang's heart moved.

Lang Jun didn't ask others, only asked Wen Jun, what does this mean?

Wen Jun was only ten years old after the New Year......

Yu Liang's heart was a little confused, and he replied: "I have arrived in Luoyang." The situation in Hebei was too chaotic, and my father relied on the 1,000 old soldiers given by Lang Jun to defend the county seat with all his might. In other counties, there are many thieves. County officials, there are countless miserable ends. ”

Hebei is too chaotic, and Ji County is too guarded by Yu Chen and has no confidence that he can always make mistakes. Therefore, when the situation stabilized a little, he immediately sent his wife and children back to Luoyang.

"It's good to be back." Shao Xun smiled: "I'll visit you in the first month." ”

"Well said, well said." Yu Liang said with a heavy heart.

A call sounded not far away, and the two ended their conversation and walked over.

Lu Heigou, the owner of the Golden Gate Dock, was holding a sharp knife, grabbing a wailing yellow dog and stabbing it quickly.

The yellow dog screamed and died instantly.

After the blood was drained, everyone treated it while it was hot. In a few moments, the yellow dog became a pile of meat in a basin and placed it in front of the altar.

The black dog kills the yellow dog, neatly!

Shao Xun smiled and patted Lu Heigou's shoulder and said, "When will you sacrifice to the Stove God?" ”

"It's coming." Lu Heigou looked anxiously into the distance.

At the foot of the mountain, the screams of the fat pigs were so terrifying that they almost shook the snow off the trees.

It is a tradition to sacrifice to the god of the stove on the day of the day.

There are those who sacrifice with dolphin wine, and there are also those who kill yellow dogs, which are called yellow sheep.

The conditions in Kinmenwu are not good, and this kind of festival should not be held.

The homeless people have long tasted enough of the hardships of displacement, and have become extremely humble, as if as long as they can live, nothing matters.

Shao Xun had ten pigs and seven or eight yellow dogs killed and a sacrifice was held. The purpose is to tell those outcasts that you are human beings, not beasts with only the instinct of hunger, and that after you come to Jinmenwu, you will live and work hard, and your life will get better little by little, and you will pick up all kinds of etiquette as human beings again.

Pork and dog meat were quickly brought up and placed in front of the altar.

Shao Xun stood at the front, and recited the congratulatory message aloud in front of the 1,000 households of the castle in Jinmenwu: "In recent years, the people of Fushimi have suffered a lot of famine, and after the rent of the king, he will not be able to eat ......."

His voice was subdued and full of emotion.

The people of the castle were not highly educated and could not understand the congratulatory speech, but in a solemn atmosphere, everyone subconsciously restrained themselves, stood solemnly and listened silently.

Listening to this, a wonderful feeling gradually arose in my heart.

It turns out that we now have something to rely on, and we don't have to struggle to survive alone as a family or even alone.

This feeling of having a collective, organized body to rely on is difficult to describe, but it is wonderful.

Everyone enjoyed the feeling and subconsciously wanted to preserve this hard-won collective.

The feeling of being isolated, called every day, called the feeling of not being able to do the earth, no one wants to experience it again, really.

And the person who stands at the front and recites the congratulatory aloud is destined to become the deepest memory of many burghers for many years to come.