Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 827 There Are Lots of Fireworks This Year

A few soldiers were fighting and fighting outside, exchanging peach charms outside.Wang Xiaolie leaned on the door to watch, as if in his previous life, he and his father would stick new Spring Festival couplets on the door every New Year's Eve.It's just that this era has been replaced by peach charms, which has a different taste.

At this time, unlike later generations, there were few paper products of all kinds, but many wooden and earthen products.Wang Xiaolie couldn't recognize it all, but he just thought it was very interesting.After putting on peach charms, several soldiers gathered around to prepare some New Year's food.While working, talking and laughing, they have their own joy.

In the evening, Cui Qing came in and asked, "Xuanfu, do you want to have two glasses of wine tonight?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "It's the New Year's Eve, of course you have to drink. By the way, tonight you arrange a shift, let the soldiers also drink two glasses of wine, and eat something delicious. Everyone should be on duty for a short time. Several shifts, each shift does not need many people. It’s the New Year’s Eve, let everyone have fun.”

Cui Qing happily agreed and left quickly.

Wang Xiaolie sat down in the study, took out the best tea leaves, and made a pot of strong tea.While drinking tea, enjoy this pleasant time.

Soon it was dark, and all the men, women and children of Suide City gathered on the street.Even from the villages outside the city, many people came to the city, saying they wanted to watch the fireworks.

Suide City is a small border town. The common people have never seen fireworks, and there are various legends.Some people say that fireworks are just a sound on the ground, and then various flowers bloom in the sky, as if it is a fairy method.To put it bluntly, more and more people came.

The people in the city made all kinds of snacks, and the children peddled them along the street with a basket on their shoulders.Some children chased people and shouted, and some drilled like arrows, making the city very lively.In the center of the city, there are even more food stalls gathered, which is extremely lively.

Wang Xiaolie asked Shizhou Supply and Marketing Cooperative to come here for the three-day fair.One is to let the people buy cheap and affordable goods, and the other is to make a name for the supply and marketing cooperatives.After all, Suide is a center with a radius of hundreds of miles, and it will definitely be a distribution center for supply and marketing cooperatives in the future.

Don't think that people have no money just because Suide is a border area.It is true that their lives are miserable, and it is true that they are rich.Although he is rich, the prices in Suide are usually very expensive, and he can't buy any goods if he is rich.This is because since Suide City was built during the Xining period, this is a border area, and a large amount of military expenditure has flowed into it.However, there are few goods and high prices in the border areas, so the imperial court established the law of entering China to guide merchants to sell goods here.

Such a place is a treasure land for the supply and marketing cooperatives to recycle a large amount of currency, so of course you can't miss it.

The common people walked past the booths of the supply and marketing cooperatives, their eyes were shining.A lot of things that have never been seen before are just there, and the prices are not expensive.Compared with the mainland, the price here is more than twice as expensive, but it looks very cheap here.

Especially the three products of thermos, mirror and soap, almost everyone went up to touch them and ask the price.Those with money on them bought these things and went shopping with them in their hands.If you don't have any money, ask and understand that this product will be sold for three days, so you can only buy it the next day.I am afraid that it will be sold out by then, and I feel anxious.

As for those big items, such as pendulum clocks, some agricultural tools, etc., because the price is too high, many people ask but few buy.

Just as the common people were shopping happily, suddenly there was a loud noise in front of the military office, the sound was like thunder.

Everyone hurriedly turned their heads to look.Someone in the crowd shouted: "The cannons have been set off, the military government has set off the cannons! The fireworks will be set off soon, go and see them!"

The crowd rushed in the direction of the military office, and many people shouted excitedly, for fear of missing the fireworks.

Seeing the crowd rushing to the Yamen, Li Yongqi on the high platform was extremely excited.Ever since I knew the Suide Army, this place has never been so lively.When the people gathered together, Li Yongqi spoke on stage.I didn't hear what he said clearly, but I just urged to set off the fireworks.

With an order, I saw soldiers lighting paper tubes one by one in the open space below.There was a sound, and the paper tube jumped into the air, and we opened it again.The second kicker was played one after another, more than 20 times in a row.After the second kicker was released, all the people in the city came.

The army makes fireworks, which is much bolder than the usual firecrackers.And there is enough gunpowder to do all kinds of things.Over the years, with Wang Xiaolie's guidance, different metals have different fireworks reactions, and the fireworks are much more exquisite.

After the second kicker was set off, a soldier lit the first firework.

Hearing the sound of "bang", the fireworks rushed into the air.All of a sudden, the fireworks exploded, like a fairy scattering flowers, and the red, blue, and green colors exploded.Like a waterfall, it flew straight down from the sky.

When did people see such a scene?They all applauded and applauded continuously.

One big firework is let go, and suddenly it becomes many small firework.Fly together into the sky, various patterns, colorful.

Wang Xiaolie was in the room, standing in front of the window, watching the fireworks flying outside.There is a calmness in my heart, I just feel comfortable.

The border city of Suide was occupied by Xixia in the seventh year of Taiping Xingguo, it was recovered in the fourth year of Zhiping, the city was built in the second year of Xining, and the Suide Army was established in the second year of Yuanfu.Since it was recovered, it has become a borderland among borderlands, and a military city among military cities.Most of the people in the city are related to the military, even the Fan tribe outside, most of them are in the Fan army establishment.Such a border town cannot be equated with an inland city.

The use of foreign soldiers and generals in the border areas is the experience of the Song Dynasty, and the effect is good.However, Wang Xiaolie does not intend to use this experience.The border dispute, of course, is still dominated by the army.Fan soldiers must be used, and they are also used as guides, or let them transport supplies.

The affairs of the country, of course, should be dominated by the court, and foreign disputes should be the army.The reason why the Song Dynasty used Fan soldiers and Fan generals was because the forbidden army couldn't beat your house, so they had to use it.Why can't the army beat others?Especially when the national power far exceeds that of the opponent, if the army cannot beat it, there will be problems.

If the army has problems, it must be solved instead of being compensated by other means.

In the future, Wang Xiaolie planned to gradually dismantle Suide's fan troops, some well-organized troops would go to Guanzhong to farm, and the rest would be sent back.Gradually replace them with regular troops to form a complete border defense.Using foreign soldiers and generals, although there are effects, there are also many disadvantages.

In Shaanxi, there are not many Han people in the area north of Yan'an, and most of them are tribal nomads of different races.This area has been inhabited by Han and Hu since ancient times. In the Tang Dynasty, a large number of ethnic minorities migrated to this area. By the Song Dynasty, there were few Han people.

In later generations, this area is an area inhabited by Han people, which always gives people an illusion, and it was also the case in the Song Dynasty.Of course not in the Song Dynasty. A large number of Dangxiang people lived here, thus forming the Xia Kingdom.In the Song Dynasty, some tribes that were not in harmony with the Xixia royal family, and even had feuds, such as the Zhe family in Fuzhou, the Li family in Suide, and the Murong family in Huanzhou, were actually party members.No matter how much their heart is towards the imperial court, they are aliens after all.

When Wang Xiaolie's army entered, it was necessary to benefit the local people, not just reward a few generals.Let them realize what kind of life they will have when they return to the court, and what is so good about such a life.Get them out of their hearts, out of their clans.

On New Year's Eve this year, a firework will be set off for the people of Suide.Let people see a bright future from the fireworks.

(End of this chapter)