The ground was covered with layers of gray snow, turning into a sea of light ripples. They tread over the sea of ashes, but they did not stir up a wave, but they made a circle of ripples.

Heaven and earth seemed to have lost all sound, only the quiet rustle of her walking.

She walked with them.

She seemed to want to talk to them, and they guided her with great friendliness, even respect, and led her into the river, but she seemed even more out of place.

How could she really walk with them?

The men stepped into the shadows of the mountain, their expressions and silhouettes blurred, and finally faded into the watery, smooth and dark air.

And she also stood under the silhouette of Tarzan, and light fell from a high place and sprinkled on her.

It was the stone pillar on the top of Mount Tai, and it was engraved with her exploits, and the words fluttered down to make her different from others.

She stood in a glorious light, but felt unbearable loneliness and fear.

The loud explosion suddenly woke her up.

There are soldiers secretly lighting fires and burning bamboo.

In fact, he should have run far away to burn it, but there was a standing fire pit outside the gate of the county government, and the soldier owed his hand, and when he saw it when he passed by, he didn't turn his mind and went over to try it.

…… So there was a loud bang and it was blown up for the general.

The general, dressed in a robe, with two black eyes, and a face that was not very white without blood, stood at the gate of the courtyard and stared at him, and was so frightened that the little soldier was about to cry.

"Villain! The villain is just ...... I just bought bamboo and wanted to give it a try......"

"Try what?"

"Try, try to make a sound......

The general was still staring at him, "What are you buying bamboo for?" ”

This time, the surrounding soldiers secretly looked at her.

"General, the year is coming."

People are very strong creatures, you can't even imagine how strong they are.

On the day of the burial of the fallen soldiers, many of them wept hoarsely, and they sat on the ground, their heads scattered, mourning for their comrades, their countrymen, and even their true brothers and sisters.

But just a few days later, they have seriously planned how to spend the year.

Why not over the New Year?

Just because they're out on the road, won't they be too old?

Just because they fought a big battle and lost a lot of relatives and friends, so they won't be able to live in the New Year?

They're going to celebrate the New Year!

They had to bathe and wash their clothes, they had to clean their houses and tents, they had to prepare all kinds of supplies for the New Year, and when they were a year older, they had to sacrifice to their ancestors, to the important people they had lost, and they sincerely believed that those people would also be able to enjoy their offerings, and therefore they had to be extremely careless.

What is bamboo used for?

…… Of course, it is used as a "firecracker"!

When Lu Hangyu walked out of the county hall, she was surprised to find that the whole city had changed.

The folks are still running around.

They chop wood, but not just ordinary wood, they also use the money they save to upgrade their equipment and get a less blunt axe to chop down trees.

Of course, not all trees will suffer, they cut down peach trees.

Part of the peach wood is used to cook soup and drink, and this should be drunk during the New Year to ward off evil spirits; The other part of the peach wood is used to make peach charms and also to ward off evil spirits;

…… The people of the Han Dynasty really loved peach trees, yes.

The streets and alleys are full of peach wood, with different textures, different colors and different processes, and of course different prices. For example, those peach branches with very thin branches that can barely cook a soup are very cheap, and you can buy one for a trim for money;

In addition to the branches that have not been shaved with the skin, the peach wood shavings are also very cheap, ten dollars a handful, and the taste of this peach soup must be stronger than the previous one;

But if it's a one-foot-long, arm-thick peachwood, it can be used to do a lot of things, and it takes thirty dollars to buy a section, and you can toss it as you want when you go home, provided you have the tools;

If the peach wood has been cut and planed in sections, as long as you find a craftsman to draw a portrait on it, the price will rise again, becoming fifty wen a paragraph;

The most delicate is the peach charm that has been made, one hundred and fifty dollars a pair, and you will be given a box of peach wood shavings for free, and you can go home to boil soup, and you can comb your hair with shavings water.

The soldiers squatted in front of these peach wood stalls, and began to tug of war hard, you said thirty wen and a piece of peach wood, I think this piece of wood has a lot of flaws, maybe it has been eaten by insects, or you sell me for fifteen dollars?

The planed mahogany is indeed good, but the craftsman of the portrait is hard to find, isn't it embarrassing? Or do you have to be cheaper, why don't you write a paragraph of thirty articles?

Oops, the booth painting the statue next to it is arguing! A group of people gathered around to watch again, and the craftsman couldn't hold back his anger and shouted with the soldiers who hired him to paint the gods—this is not a god, what is a god! You're clearly trying to lose my money! It's just a matter of being greedy for small things in ordinary things, and you dare to be ignorant of such a big thing as a peach charm! I'm not afraid of the gods!

Lu Hangyu probed her brain in the crowd, watching the debaters on both sides have a heated debate on "whether this is a god or not", and someone even poked her with an elbow.

"What do you think, brother?"

She squinted for a moment and cautiously replied, "I can't tell." ”

How can she see the painting level of the Han Dynasty! She looks at any door god like Guan Gong!

…… Speaking of which, why don't she draw a second master and hang it on the door?

…… Peach charms are generally a pair, except for the second master, who else? The third master?

There are only a few days before the year divides, and considering that it takes time to summarize the information on the lord's side, there is a high probability that this year will be spent in White Horse City.

Then she should also pack up the house, prepare New Year's goods, and then hang the door for the second and third masters.

…… Oh yes, and you're going to have to pay for it.

And it's best not to be in the dynasty, the money issued during the Jian'an period has no effect, everyone thinks that counting forward, the older the money, the better.

For example, although Wang Mang is a usurper, everyone loves "Daquan Fifty".

She took out the money one by one from the luggage she was carrying, calculated how many people she wanted to give money, and even considered giving one to Cao Zhi's children, when Sima Yi suddenly came to look for her.

In addition to the peach soup and peach charms that win the money, there are also a bunch of New Year's goods to prepare, such as bamboo, what kind of burning is loud, and what kind of burning is not so loud, which also needs to be picky; Another example is whether the army provides pepper wine and Wuxin plates? How many pepper seeds and cypress leaves do more than 10,000 people need? If you don't provide it, where can you buy it?

Tian Yu didn't send these things in advance, she actually didn't take it seriously, it can be found near the cypress tree, although there are not many pepper seeds, but it is enough to get together one or two liters, anyway, everything in the army is simple, everyone is used to hardship.

…… But this small problem was solved by the news brought by Sima Yi, and when a certain Yanzhou family was serving cattle wine and working for the army, he even brought enough pepper wine for 20,000 people with careful consideration.

This overly cordial energy made her feel a little uncomfortable, but Sima Yi said that it didn't matter at all.

"The general won the battle of the white horse, they only sent this little thing over, they were afraid of slackness, where would they suspect that the general thought they were too attentive?"

"It's not hospitality, what is hospitality?" She was a little surprised and asked, "Do you want to send me to the ladder directly?" ”

Sima Yi thought for a while, and suddenly smiled with a very subtle expression, "If you are really courteous, you will naturally send your young and handsome sons to serve under the general's account." ”

Chapter 526

said that the young and handsome son, the son-lang came.

Because of well-known reasons, the Jizhou scholars are very hard and cold to Lu Lian, so they are all Yanzhou scholars.

The road is not far, whether it is Baima or Puyang, in fact, they are still in the territory of Dongjun, and the division of the administrative region of the Han Dynasty is still counted as a part of Yanzhou, and it will not be long before the scholars drive over the frozen Yellow River. Of course, the White Horse War had just ended, and there were many Jizhou soldiers who did not find Puyang and did not immediately freeze to death and starved to death within a radius of hundreds of miles, they were dizzy, looking for villages and people in the woods and wastelands in the ice and snow, and then devoured them mercilessly.

There was such a team that entered White Horse City in a majestic way, not only bringing New Year's goods that were especially precious during the war, but also bringing a few sons of their own, along with pickled fish, smoked geese, and chopped pigs, to show General Lu Lian to see.

…… She couldn't hold back, stretched out her nose and sniffed them one by one, thinking that the first three were very good.

Although the marinated fish is very smelly, there is a freshness in the smell, and it is very suitable for rice after frying in oil;

The smoked goose is salty and fragrant, tear off a piece of the basket drawer and steam it, and then sift a pot of hot wine, which is also a very generous Chinese New Year's Eve meal;

Needless to say, the pig that has been cut is full of treasures, there is no inappropriate place, there is such a decent pig, what year can't be over?

But those two Erlang pestles are there, and it is very embarrassing to compare them with the first three New Year's goods.

The two of them also look young and handsome, and they have a heroic spirit unique to the scholars of the Han Dynasty, that is, they are both literate and good at riding and shooting.

Even this elder of theirs boasted so secretly.

"My two nephews have also been trained in the county government, and they have done it to suppress bandits and thieves, but those are just superficial labor, what kind of merit can be talked about? In the end, I still want to come to the general's command, even if I am a pawn, I can also establish a ......"

Lu Hangyu's gaze turned down from the faces of the two nephews again.

The two nephews seemed to have inquired about her preferences, so they dressed very plainly, only the waist door was decorated with a gold and jade gadget, bright and golden, and the rope was clean and new, very beautiful.

One of them, Xiao Langjun, seemed to notice her gaze, and very frankly untied the accessory and asked her to show it.

"Except for the age of the future, the eldest mother will give it, and I dare not resign."

The little general looked at the little ornament, and then at him, thoughtfully.

It is not a custom to give accessories to younger generations during the Chinese New Year, because the people at the bottom can't do it anyway, and it is not widely spread, but the scholars do have such a habit.

Xiao Langjun of the family has begun to step into the adult world since he was crowned, and he has to hang a string of all kinds of gadgets on his body to be presentable. It is said that this strange custom is handed down from the Qin period, and the waist door should be hung with accessories, and it is not just one to hang, but to hang a string of Heng, Huang, Ju, and Yu jingling, which is called miscellaneous wear.

Therefore, these things are often given a piece during the New Year's holidays, and the elders are happy to send another piece, and they have saved a box since they were young, and they will naturally be able to wear miscellaneous wear.

The two little Langjun of the Li family in Shanyang carried this thing on their waists, and suddenly Lu Hangyu had some new ideas.

Recently, the camp has been very busy, Gong Cao has to calculate the merits, reward and punish the merits, the soldiers have to clean their temporary quarters, buy New Year's goods, and prepare to write a letter home - the letter cannot be written in advance, because this thing is ready to be taken home with the bamboo chips that represent their own reward, if you brag in the letter in advance, when the time comes, you will find that there are not so many military merits, who will make up for the loss of face?

The general spoke, must be paid before the end of the year, everyone's hearts suddenly have a bottom, so some people are very excited, some people are very nervous, but after all, they are still looking forward to the day will come soon.

One battalion after another reciting military merits, first reciting what they have done, what flags they have captured, what doors they have opened, what officers they have beheaded or captured, and how many people they have killed, and then they will announce that they will be promoted to martial arts, some from small soldiers to craftsmen, and some from pioneers to good soldiers;

The next is to promote the position in the camp, the captain of the Wu is promoted to the captain, and the captain is promoted to the team rate, and if he continues to rise, he will be out of the category of a petty officer, and the bamboo chips will not be able to take him home, and he must spend money to invite the brothers of his accomplices to eat, otherwise he will be poked in the back;

In the end, the most exciting thing is naturally the reward, how much money, how much rice, how much cloth - although General Xiaolu is benevolent and righteous, and the lord has great ambitions, but the soldiers don't understand those princes and generals, and they follow the general from birth to death naturally to support their families - everyone stretches their necks and up their ears to listen, for fear of hearing more from others than themselves, and even more afraid of hearing that they hear less than others, and from then on they can't raise their heads in the army.

But today is very different from the past.

Not only did they get more money in this battle than before, but every soldier would look at the gadgets in his hand with a little bewilderment on his face when he came out of Gong Cao's house.

It doesn't have to be something, it may be a piece of jade, carved in the shape of some beast, small enough to be held in your hand; It may be a golden cicada, which fits well on a hat; It could also be a pearl with a thin thread running through it.

These things are shiny and considered standard trophies, but the general never sends this.

She was a martial artist who was very strict with herself, and she was so simple that she did not see any jewels, gold and silver on her body, and every time she seized these things, she would not give them to the soldiers, but would discount them into hard currency such as money and silk before sending them on.

But now not only has it been sent, but what has been sent to the soldiers is not like pure and pure flowers, which is a little puzzling.

“…… What is this? ”