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Chapter 175

The 28th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty quietly passed away amidst the busyness of the whole country.

Originally, Peng Polu and Peng Ke's plan to let him respond to Tianfu during the Chinese New Year and settle the marriage was temporarily put on hold.

Jianzhou is too cold in winter, and the mountains are really covered by heavy snow, making it difficult to get in and out.

And after the snow began to melt in spring, Peng Ke had a heavy burden on him, and he couldn't leave Jianzhou for too long.

It will be a while, I am afraid that Peng Ke will not be able to respond to Tianfu marrying a wife.

This is undoubtedly another heavy blow to Pen Ke who was already a little sad.

This Spring Festival, he spent with more than 1 soldiers under his command in Ula City.

Although there were no relatives, the comrades-in-arms gathered together and slaughtered chickens and sheep, and it was a pretty good New Year.

The emotions of the soldiers are also quite high-pitched.

After all, the current difficulties are only temporary.

After the beginning of spring, their families will be the first to be sent to reunite with them. Every family has [-] acres of land, and everything is full of hope.

However, compared with the life in Jianzhou, it is full of vitality.

Daning Dusi next door to Jianzhou is not so stable.

The eighth day of the first lunar month in the 29th year of Hongwu.

There is a custom in Daming that the eighth day of the first lunar month is the day when all the stars go down to the lower realm, and small lamps need to be made to burn and sacrifice to them.

According to Taoism and astrologers, each person has a year-on-year star.

The fate of a person for a year is completely in the hands of the star who is on the year, and the eighth day of the first lunar month is the time for the gathering of the stars, and it is also said to be the day of "the lower realms of the stars", so sacrifices to the stars are made on this day , it is possible to get the blessing of Xingjun.

On the evening of the eighth day of the lunar new year, after all the stars appeared in the sky, the people of Xinchengwei, the capital of Daning, were preparing to hold the ceremony of offering sacrifices to Shunxing.

Although the capital of Daning is a capital, it is not that there are no people.

Originally, in the Song Dynasty, many Han people who were plundered from the Central Plains by the northern nomads lived on the land of Daning, as well as Han people from the former Yanzhao land.

Later, after Daming recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and further mastered the Ninety Cities of Fortress outside the Xifengkou of the Great Wall, Daning was established here and brought under its management.

Later, from the inland, the military family members of the frontier army immigrated to Daning, which enriched the Han population in Daning.

Now in Daning, there are more than 100 million people, of which 30 are native Daning people, and 70 are Han Chinese who migrated from the inland.

Since the establishment of the Daning Metropolitan Government eight years ago, under the influence of continuous Han immigrants, the social situation in Daning has become much more Sinicized.

Even the customs of the Han people are paid more attention here.

There are many places in the inland where the "Shun Xing" ceremony is no longer held on the eighth day of the first lunar month, but in Daning, this traditional Chinese custom is still strictly enforced and even carried forward.

The purpose is to let the nomadic tribes attached to Daning, and the descendants of the local Han people who have been separated from the Central Plains for hundreds of years, return to the embrace of China.

Just before nightfall, in Dongluo County under the jurisdiction of Daning Dusi Xinchengwei, every house was brightly lit.

The lanterns made of yellow and white lantern paper soaked in sesame oil and twisted are hung outside the windows of every common people.

In the small courtyards of each house, there are two divine codes printed with Xingke, Suzaku, Xuanwu, and "The King of Longevity and Longevity". The two sheets are placed side by side, clipped on the divine paper clip, and placed on the heaven and earth table in the courtyard. In the middle of the back, there was a sacrificial offering, and the table was filled with various tributes.

When the night sky is completely dark, the stars in the sky are all bright.

The housewives of each family took out a lot of lanterns and placed them on the bedroom, kitchen, living room desk, Kang edge, cabinets, and even the steps, corners, and door openings in the courtyard, just like a candlelight party.

The elders of every household, with their children, are sitting on the steps of the door, or sitting in the yard, explaining some great truths to the children seriously and seriously.

Tell them to be "cautious and independent" as a human being, not to do bad things, let alone knowing that you are wrong, but to do it anyway, and not to hide it from others.

Because the fleeting years follow the fate of the stars, they are always monitoring everyone's every move!
If you want people to not know, unless you do it yourself!
The children who are still ignorant, under the indoctrination of their elders, kept nodding their little heads half-understanding.

A small face that was red from the cold was equally serious and serious.

This is the inheritance of Chinese civilization!
Outside Dongluo County, there is a flat grassland.

Most of the areas under the jurisdiction of the Daning Capital Division are grasslands, roughly the Inner Mongolia area, and there are not many places that can be farmed.

The people living here all focus on animal husbandry, raising cattle and sheep, in order to exchange food with merchants who came here from the inland.

Cattle and sheep are relatively expensive in the inland of Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the people living in Daning are quite rich in their daily life.

However, seeking life on the grassland is not a small risk.

The endless flat grassland not only facilitates the people of Ming Dynasty to raise livestock, but also facilitates the northern man to beat the autumn wind!

Every house is brightly lit, and Dongluo County, with its lanterns, is as conspicuous as a bright light on the grassland.

And in the whole of Daning, there are a total of ninety such conspicuous cities!
Just when the people of Dongluo County were celebrating the eighth day of the first lunar month, a happy new year.

About ten miles away from Dongluo County, a group of cavalry, no more than a thousand in number, was heading straight for Dongluo County.

From a long distance, they could already clearly see the brightly lit Dongluo County.

A rider who was leading the charge turned his head to the bushy bearded, wide body and fat man, who made the horse a little hard to bear, and said to the leader who looked very brave at first sight:

"Ban Nayan (thousand households) there, in front of it is the county seat established by the Ming people on the grassland."

"This used to be the nomadic land of our holy race!"

"After being occupied by the shameful Ming people, they started herding in this heaven-sent land instead!"

"In this city, there are at least 2000 adult sheep, more than 1000 adult cows, and more than [-] horses!"

"We only need to grab one, enough for the whole tribe to survive this difficult winter."

The leader of the northern barbarians known as "Naban Nayan" smiled ferociously and shouted: "You guys! Whether the tribe can survive this winter depends on today!"

"Give me all your strength!"

"Even if you die, you have to bite off a piece of flesh from Mingren!"

"Follow me, go!"

"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Every rider responded loudly with a ruthless expression on their faces!

Obviously, they didn't come to celebrate the New Year happily with the people of Daming.

This is a northern barbarian ranger who came to Daning to plunder!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The fierce drumbeat resounded from the city wall of Dongluo County.

The people of Dongluo County, who were enjoying the New Year's atmosphere, chatted and laughed and said "Xingxi" to each other, when they heard the sound of the drum, their expressions changed drastically.

"The barbarians are here again!"

(End of this chapter)