Zhu Xiang felt that Huaiqingtai might be gone, and Huai's uncle and aunt Tai estimated that it might appear, and hoped that Zheng'er would not build too much.

Zhu Xiang felt that this matter was very important, and specially told him before going to bed that after he and Xue died in the future, Ying Xiaozheng should not levy conscription to build a monument memorial platform to commemorate the palace for himself and Xue.

Ying Xiaozheng gave Zhu Xiang an indescribable look, pulled up the quilt, and didn't want to pay attention to his inexplicable uncle.

Qing's affair is just a small episode.

Qing came to meet Zhu Xiang, in addition to the reputation of admiration, he also wanted to ask for some legendary potato seeds that can yield high in Zhu Xiang's hands.

Zhu Xiang told her that the potatoes had been planted, and she wanted to buy them, so she went to the farmers herself. But he hoped that the Qing would exchange grain for grain, and not buy it from merchants at a high price, otherwise the merchants might rob the peasants of their life-saving rations.

"This is Shu County, not Ba County. If you dare to do such a thing, I will behead you in Shu County according to the law. Zhu Xiang said sternly.

Qing hurriedly said: "The women will never do this!" It will also restrain the family from doing this! ”

Zhu Xiang said: "It's good if you know the measure." ”

He thought for a while and said, "Whether it is Shu County or Ba County, they are both counties of the Qin State. I hope you've always been aware of proportion. ”

Zhu Xiang knew that Ba Shi was persecuting the Shu County Guards so much, and he must have known in his heart that Li Bing was dissatisfied with them. Qing is very smart and should know what "proportion" he is talking about.

If the Qing continued to expand his military strength after taking power at home, Ba Jun only knew that there was a female warlord named Widow Qing, and did not know the monarch of Qin. Then her family will once again be defeated by Qin Shi Huang's bounty.

Zhu Xiang's kindness to the Qing Dynasty comes from his curiosity about historical figures.

As for whether Qing can listen to it, he doesn't care.

Qing continued to do business, although he invited Zhu Xiang to the banquet several times, Zhu Xiang directly ignored it.

Now that the harvest is imminent, and the plague is not completely controlled, Zhu Xiang has a lot of things to do, and he has no time to change cups with wealthy merchants.

Li Bing rested for a few days, and also re-shouldered the burden of guarding Shu County.

He took over the burden of controlling the plague and handed over the matter of guiding the harvest to Zhu Xiang.

He also arranged for a new official to be responsible for tax collection and did not let Zhu Xiang interfere. This is not that Li Bing is worried that Zhu Xiang has too much power, but that he is considerate of his friends.

When he learned that Zhu Xiang had done some "ruthless" things, he regretted it very much.

Before Li Bing left, he thought that Zhu Xiang would only guide the farmers to resume farming. If it's an ordinary county guard, it's enough to do that.

He didn't expect that Zhu Xiang would think so much and do so much. Zhu Xiang's order allowed many civilians he had given up to survive. But these orders are contrary to Zhu Xiang's temperament. Although Zhu Xiang said that he didn't mind, he was still depressed and uneasy.

However, Li Bing did not tell Zhu Xiang these words. He pretended not to know anything, and naturally took over all the work in Zhu Xiang's hands that might embarrass Zhu Xiang, and faced the angry curses of those who gave up in order to save more people.

When the harvest of soybean and potatoes was abundant, the plague was finally brought under control - a disease that could be solved by a single vaccine in later generations was a terminal disease in this era. Within a few months, all the sick people were trapped in the village and died, the chain of infection was completely cut off, and the large-scale plague in the land of Shu County disappeared.

Scattered plagues will always exist with the lives of each generation of farmers, and there is no need for the government to deal with them.

Although the first month of the Qin State is still January, October is the New Year.

happened to encounter a bumper harvest, in order to lift the hearts of the people, Li Bing specially organized a large-scale New Year's sacrifice.

Folk and farmers also gathered together to celebrate the harvest.

They didn't have much food, and the Qin State didn't give them tax cuts because of the floods. But they were still happily beating gongs and drums, singing songs in the local dialect, and rejoicing in the harvest.

Zhu Xiang rarely changed into a satin dress, tied up his hair with a green hosta, and hugged his plush nephew, who was dressed very festively, to watch the sacrificial performance.

The fur on Ying Xiaozheng's body was beaten by Li Mu, who couldn't be idle, and they were all animals that would sit in prison when later generations said it.

Ying Xiaozheng's figure was originally round and cute, but after wearing a plush, he completely turned into a plush ball.

Li Mu, who also came to participate in the New Year's sacrifice, threw the plush ball Ying Xiaozheng up and caught it, and it was rare to have a lot of fun.

The calm Li Bing couldn't hold back, and held the plush ball Ying Xiaozheng in his arms and rubbed it for a long time.

Ying Xiaozheng grimaced.

He has resigned himself to his fate. Before he grew up, his uncle's friends probably wouldn't give him the basic respect of Qin Gongzi.

"Zheng'er, there's maltose over there, do you want to eat it?" Zhu Xiang was more excited than Ying Xiaozheng.

This is the first time Zhu Xiang has visited a real sacrificial celebration.

When he was in Handan, Zhao died of illness and fought for many years, so he had no time to hold celebrations. Even if it was held, Zhu Xiang was reluctant to squeeze it, for fear of encountering nobles and causing trouble.

The atmosphere in Xianyang was relatively depressing, and King Qin did not like the folk celebrations that were too noisy. The Qin people were all working hard to cultivate and did not dare to have recreational activities.

Shu County is high and Qin Wang is far away, and Chengdu City is very prosperous, and Zhu Xiang has only visited the ancient sacrificial celebrations for the first time.

This celebration is much more deserted than when Zhu Xiang traveled to the scenic spot.

The celebrations in the scenic area include stilt walking, dragon and lion dances, Yangge teams, etc., which are not yet available in this era.

After the popularization of paper in later generations, colored paper can add a lot of color to the festival performance. Now all the clothes have to be made of cloth, and the common people can't afford it.

At this time, the festival performances are mostly carried with torches, or with grass tied up with various small monsters that I don't know what kind of animal they are waving.

The primitive religious worship of Shu County still exists. People wearing strange wooden masks dancing around the fire are also an important part of the festival.

Several children were frightened into tears by the "wizard" wearing strange wooden masks. Zhu Xiang teased Ying Xiaozheng, but Ying Xiaozheng not only didn't cry, but also asked a very fierce mask to wear on his face.

Zhu Xiang sighed: "Alas, Zheng'er is too mature and steady, which makes my uncle a lot less interesting." ”

Ying Xiaozheng gently tapped his uncle's head as a drum.

Listen to what this is, uncle, is it interesting to see me crying in fear!

Zhu Xiang smiled and said, "You don't eat maltose, there is still corn baba there, do you want to eat it?" ”

Ying Xiaozheng, who was wearing a mask, said angrily: "Uncle, didn't you say that the food outside is not clean and easy to have diarrhea after eating?" ”

Zhu Xiang said: "It's really easy, but it's rare to go to a celebration, and it's a big deal to go back and drink medicine." Do you want to eat it? ”

Ying Xiaozheng hesitated for a moment and decided to ask his uncle to go back and buy maltose for him.

Zhu Xiang was speechless. At a young age, my housekeeper contracted the bad problems of Party A, and changed a few versions, "I want the first version", right?

However, Zhu Xiang still carried Ying Xiaozheng back to the maltose stall and bought a stick of maltose for Ying Xiaozheng.

When the small vendor was stirring the sugar, Zhu Xiang put Ying Xiaozheng on the ground, squatted on the ground curiously and asked, "Is this really made of malt?" And malt at this time? I don't think wheat is often planted in Shu. ”

The man said: "My family planted wheat, the wheat that can survive the winter, and the wheat that Changping Jun found in Zhao is called winter wheat." ”

Changpingjun Zhu Xiang said: "Winter wheat has long been found in the Central Plains, not found by Changpingjun. ”

The man said proudly: "Don't talk nonsense, it's Changpingjun!" My family is related to Zhao Guo, I am a businessman, and I will transport Shu brocade to Zhao to sell. ”

Zhu Xiang was surprised: "Go to Zhao Kingdom? You're so awesome. ”

The man said, "Once a year, you can make more money than farming." However, the land still has to be planted, the Qin law is strict, and if you don't farm the land, you will be beheaded. I heard that in Kanto, ordinary people no longer dare to do business, and only nobles can send people to do business. Alas, I don't know if Shu County will be like this in the future. ”

Ying Xiaozheng, who was wearing a mask, asked: "It's better to farm if you don't do business." ”

The man smiled bitterly: "But if you only farm the land, you will easily starve to death." You see, if I only farm, how do I know that Zhao has winter wheat? ”

He talks about when he grows winter wheat. He wants to promote winter wheat in his hometown. When the wheat was ripe, he distributed the seeds to the villagers.

Now at the celebration, he took some wheat sprouts very luxuriously, made maltose with corn, and sold some money at the celebration to buy some Shu brocade and go back to his wife and daughter.

Sugar is very valuable, even if it is maltose, this jar is sold out, it is enough for him to pull a few feet of Shu brocade.

Zhu Xiang said: "Where is your home?" I'll grow winter wheat and I can teach you. ”

The man laughed: "You don't even know that winter wheat was discovered by Changpingjun, and you can still plant it."

Zhu Xiang tugged at the corners of his mouth: "It's really not Changpingjun...... By the way, how is Zhao Guo now? ”

He hadn't heard from Zhao for a long time.

The man said: "Zhao Guo? What how? ”

Zhu Xiang said: "I heard before that Handan seems to be a bit messy? Locked up the Plains. ”

The man: "How long ago was that?" Pingyuan-kun enlisted Shinling-kun's help, and now the rebellion has been put down. ”

Zhu Xiang said: "That's good." ”

Pingyuan-kun and Pingyang-kun are probably fine, right? It's really good.

Zhu Xiang no longer asked about Zhao Guo, and after asking the person's address, he left with Ying Xiaozheng, who was eating maltose, and continued to visit the celebration.

Ying Xiaozheng lifted his mask and chewed the sticky maltose in disgust: "It's unpalatable." ”

Zhu Xiang sneered: "Then you still eat happily." ”

Ying Xiaozheng licked the maltose on his teeth with his tongue: "It's a little sour, it's not delicious." Not as delicious as the candy made by my uncle. ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Then don't eat it?" ”

Ying Xiaozheng took the maltose stick in his mouth and strode forward.

However, his legs are so short, and no matter how big his steps are, they are not half a step away from Zhu Xiang.

Zhu Xiang protected the short Ying Xiaozheng in the crowd, and the uncle and nephew shuttled through the dense crowd of celebrations.

"Zheng'er, there are too many people, uncle should hold you."

"Wait until I'm done with the candy."

"It's okay, you can sit on your uncle's shoulder and eat."

"Sugar sticks to my uncle's hair."

"Just go back and wash it off."

"Don't."

Ying Xiaozheng tried hard to eat the candy and licked his lips before reaching out to Zhu Xiang.

Zhu Xiang once again carried Ying Xiaozheng on his shoulders and continued to visit the celebration for a while.

"Uncle, there's someone dancing with a torch over there!"

"Okay, let's go see."

Zhu Xiang looked at the joy on the faces of the people around him, and couldn't help but smile from the bottom of his heart.

Even though there are floods, plagues, and many deaths this year, the living can still face the next New Year with a smile on their faces.

Chapter 86: Steaming Pumpkins Through Water