Lu Zhou: "......"

In this way, they really picked up a lot of forgotten things.

Among them was a box of paper that Lu Xu couldn't find before.

When I first unloaded the goods, I somehow mixed this box of paper with the pots and pans, and when I opened it, the corners of the paper were a little soaked.

Materials are scarce in the northwest, and paper is even more rare, and now they pack things, and those who can use hay are all used hay, and they don't use oil paper casually like in the capital in the past.

Lu Xu was a little distressed, checked it, and found that it was really wet, and there were water stains on the rolls of paper, he pondered it, and simply took it out and asked Lu Zhou to take the official to ask if there were any lanterns in the county seat.

Chinese New Year!

Make lanterns and forget it.

Lu Zhou: They ran to ask around, yes, there are several.

However, the craftsmanship is good enough to make money by selling lanterns during the Lantern Festival every year, and there is only one. The others were all at home to coax the children to play.

Lu Xu didn't dislike it, and asked them to go to the county office to tie lanterns.

When a few people saw those papers, they were distressed one by one.

"It's all good paper!"

"We've never used such good paper before!"

"Cut off the raw edges, and you can still use it!"

"Let's write to Lord Xiao Lu and Lord County Order, let's live the same year with or without lanterns."

"Yes, yes."

Lu Xu: "......"

How's that going to work?

He wants lanterns!

How can you not have a little New Year's flavor?

He told a few people a big truth, saying that life should be lively and have a sense of ceremony, and when you look at other little girls, you will know how festive it is to give him a red hair belt during the New Year!

The craftsman who has been a grandfather wants to speak and stops, and his heart says, my lord, if you are not good-looking and young, just your head rope, others will have to laugh at you when they see it, and you are ugly!

Whenever his status in the hearts of the people in the county is a little lower, he will be laughed at by the big girls and daughters-in-law in the county and become the talking point of this year's New Year.

In the end, they compromised with each other, and they collected a pile of used waste paper from Lu Zhou and Yan Junqi and used it to tie lanterns.

Lu Zhou was very embarrassed, they came to the northwest, in order to save paper, they didn't practice writing poetry much, and most of the waste paper was official documents and other things.

For the Chinese New Year, people carry lanterns made of official documents at the door of their homes, is this like words?

Lu Xu was heartbroken: "It's okay, anyway, there are few people who know how to read, if anyone knows, they should consolidate and review." ”

The craftsmen also said: "I see that the two adults write very well, you see, how beautiful, like a painting." ”

"That is, taking it home can make the children feel civil."

Lu Xu told him not to disturb everyone's interest, and coaxed him to count which family to distribute dumplings to during the New Year.

During the Chinese New Year, the county government issued welfare, each household distributed a large bowl of flour, and there were more than 60 elderly people in the family, and then a bowl of dumplings and rice balls were all distributed.

The sugar is also distributed by every family, and Lu Xu still sends small hard candy pieces, but there are not a few grains in each family.

This has made the people of the county grateful.

The poor really care about the little food, and the good conditions also care about the heart.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Yan Junqi took Lu Xu, Lu Zhou, and officials to start sending New Year gifts and lanterns door-to-door.

They have limited waste paper and lanterns, and the priority is given to families with children, and by the way, ask who has time to go to the county government to help make dumplings and make dumplings.

Before they had finished a street, they had already gathered all the men.

When Yan Junqi and they returned to the county office, there were already dozens of people in the county government making dumplings and making Lantern Festival, talking and laughing.

Lu Xu went to cook another dish for Yan Junqi's sacrifice.

According to the custom of Daqi, at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the officials will lead the people to sacrifice to the heavens and the earth, praying for good weather and abundant crops in the coming year.

Elsewhere, they were accompanied by Lizheng and local big families from all over the country, and they were also saved in Beiting County, so Yan Junqi just brought the official errand and some representatives of the people who wanted to sign up.

He also asked Avi if they wanted to come along.

After all, their Beiting County is different from Guannei, and most of the people are barbarian herdsmen.

Avi didn't know if they could participate, and Yan Junqi didn't force it, but said that it was okay to watch the ceremony.

The last few people discussed, and as representatives of the tribe, they followed Yan Junqi to participate.

They are also curious, how do the Daqi people sacrifice, and will there be wizards? Do you do the dance of the sacrifice?

Not to mention them, the people who have never seen them are also curious.

For this reason, Yan Junqi and Lu Zhou took a few elderly representatives of the people and taught everyone the process and etiquette in advance.

Lu Xu, as the county lieutenant, also had to participate, and he also had to recite a set of prayer words, to the effect that he would bless the coming year with peace and smoothness, without the suffering of war and turmoil.

He didn't know this thing, and he couldn't memorize it, so Yan Junqi wrote him a cheat sheet and told him to stuff it into his sleeve.

Lu Xu read it in advance, and he was still very moved by it, so when he made the dishes for the sacrifice, he was more focused than usual.

Beiting County has limited resources, and there is almost nothing for chicken, duck and fish.

Lu Xu found another way and used dough to knead out various shapes, such as fish and shrimp, chickens, ducks and geese.

He also made a cute pig's head.

The barbarian boys who had never seen a pig were greatly impacted, what is this?

Lu Xu: "It's delicious!" ”

The pig's head is stuffed with mutton!

In the afternoon, the people of the whole city watched Yan Junqi lead the team to sacrifice, and they didn't understand the sacrificial words of Wen Crepe, but when they got to the back, they heard Yan Junqi actually say in barbarian words to bless the abundance of water and grass, the prosperity of livestock, and the safety of herdsmen, they were inexplicably moved.

At night, the city begins to light up.

People who have been frugal for a year also lit the lamp this night.

And the lights flowing in the city are the children in the city who are running around with the lanterns that Yan Junqi gave them.

Normally, at this time, it is time to keep a vigil behind closed doors, but on this day, the people of the whole city tacitly send their neighbors special food from their hometowns.

Swap first, then keep vigil!

The county government received a lot of them, and Lu Xu saw the children carrying lanterns made of various budgets, statistics, plans, laws and regulations of their county government in and out, and felt inexplicably funny.

Not only did he feel embarrassed, he felt that he was a genius!

Quan Daqi, is there any other place to celebrate the New Year with such an academic atmosphere as their Beiting County?

He brazenly boasted to himself, Yan Junqi and Lu Zhou were simply blind.

I didn't want Avi to take a fancy to this ingenious lantern, and asked Lu Xu if he could make some to send them back for the New Year.

Their year will soon come!

Lu Xu: "If the road is easy to pass in a few days, I will consider letting you go home." ”

On the morning of the first day of the new year, the people of the whole county came to pay New Year's greetings to Yan Junqi, the parent official.

Yan Junqi is the nominal parent official and wants to accept this gift, but Lu Xu only catches the young people and little radish heads who are familiar with him to give him New Year's greetings.

In order to deceive a few more children to say auspicious words, he also prepared a lot of snacks and snacks, such as preserved dried meat, small twist flowers fried yesterday, and steamed rice cake pieces.

At the same time that Lu Xu and the others were busy celebrating the New Year in the winter, the battle in the far north was also over.

The attrition stalemate that lasted for several months was completely disrupted by a snowstorm, and the main forces of the two sides met in a decisive battle after the blizzard, and they both wanted to decide the winner quickly, but they couldn't afford to lose it.

In the end, Wei Dingshan won at the cost of nearly 1,000 casualties in the Dragon and Tiger Battalion and 3,000 casualties in the Tiger Army, and Daqi regained their short-term land, beheading the leaders of the Baifeng tribe and several other rebellious tribes.

Wei Dingshan led his troops to inspect the northern departments, but he was not at all happy because of the victory.

This heavy snowstorm caught both sides off guard, they couldn't supply it, and they had to decide the winner immediately, and the situation was even worse for Bai Feng and a few others.

They have their backs to Daqi, and no matter how difficult it is, they can squeeze out food from the pass, but those barbarians, young and strong, have all gone to the battlefield, and the old women, women and children who remain in the tribe cannot protect the livestock in the blizzard.

He led his troops around the circle, and almost all the cattle of several tribes froze to death.

Wei Dingshan's expression was cloudy.

In the coming year, it will be the big trouble.

When the snow melted, the road was easy to walk, the food was consumed, and the barbarians who had no livestock would go, he didn't have to think about what kind of road they would take.

Other tribes must be relocated to fill this place, let them grab their own territory and resources, and internalize the contradictions among the barbarians themselves.

But how are the other tribes doing?

He Chengye had already sent someone to investigate, and judging from his reaction in the past few days, he knew that it was not optimistic.

Wei Dingshan temporarily suppressed his dislike for He Chengye and discussed with him about moving other tribes to fill the matter.

He Chengye didn't agree with his idea: "What if they unite? ”

Wei Dingshan: "The barbarians are not monolithic, and some people have long wanted to occupy the Baifeng Department. ”

He Chengye: "That was the former Baifeng Ministry, and now in this situation, what do they want the Baifeng Department to do?" ”

In the past, the White Peaks Department was backed by mountains and water, and the nomadic territory was vast and boundless, and it was the top three among all barbarian tribes. And now, they have been driven to the far north, the population is withering, and most of the cattle have died in the blizzard.

Do you raise people for the White Peaks?

Wei Dingshan: "Then what do you say?" ”

The small tribe can't swallow the White Peak Department, and the big tribe swallows the White Peak Department, and they don't feel at ease. Those who can rest assured do not want to come to this poor place.

Throwing them to fend for themselves?

By their comeback?!

He Chengye: "Report to the imperial court, exempt them from taxes for one year, and then transfer relief grain to stabilize the situation." ”

Before Wei Dingshan could speak, his deputies sneered: "They rebelled, we killed and injured so many brothers, and we still want to exempt them from taxes and give them food?!" ”