The first free king of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 444 New Year Arrival

It may be the end of the new year, or God has eyes, under the harsh winter today, although the cold wind is howling, it is rare to see a touch of winter sun.

At this time, the New Year's Eve has finally arrived.

New Year's Eve is also the last day of the end of the year.

According to the customs handed down from the pre-Qin period, a ceremony of exorcising Nuo will be held on this day.

It became even more lively inside and outside the city.

As for the people's homes, tonight must be a family reunion feast and vigil, and the lights are on all night, so there are a lot of things to prepare during the day.

In the Tang Dynasty, people's etiquette and procedures for festivals were quite rich.

There are those who clean up and those who prepare food for cooking.

There are also peach branches, door gods, spring banners and calligraphy.

Speaking of posting door gods, it is definitely not the Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde posted by later generations.

Now the two of them are still alive and well, it should be in the Song Dynasty, the two of them walked to the gate of the people's house.

The door gods in the Tang Dynasty usually choose two peach wood boards, on which are painted two gods, Shentu on the left and Yulei on the right.

Then hang the peach wood boards on the left and right sides of the gate. This is the gate god in the Tang Dynasty.

Regarding the Shen Tu and Yu Lei, there is such a record in the Shan Hai Jing: In the midst of the sea, there is the mountain of Du Shuo.

There is a big peach tree on it, and its bend is three thousand miles away.

Its skill is called the gate of ghosts in the northeast, where ten thousand ghosts come and go.

There are two gods and men on it, one is Shentu and the other is Yulei, who are in charge of leading all ghosts.

It probably means that these two gods and men govern the evil spirits in the world.

If the two of them are painted on a peach wood board and hung at the door, the evil spirits will naturally avoid them and dare not enter the door again.

today--

On weekdays, Wen Bo never cared how late Tang Sufan slept.

Early in the morning, he personally 'invited' Tang Sufan up beside Tang Sufan's bed.

Because today is different, on the last day of the year, there are too many things and things to prepare, some of which require Tang Sufan to make up his mind, and some of which require Tang Sufan to do it himself.

Wen Bo looked at his young master, who was still a little confused, sitting in the living room with his hands folded, like a silly son of a landlord.

He smiled kindly and kindly.

"Young master, how about going to bed tomorrow? You have to offer incense to the old lady this morning, so that the old lady will have a spirit in the sky, and wish you a safe year next year~"

Tang Sufan, who was still in a trance, glanced at the sky outside.

Some people can't laugh or cry, although it is about eight o'clock in the later life.

But it is quite uncomfortable for him to wake up as a nail householder~

But as everyone knows, generally speaking, the owner's house will get up at Maoshi on the New Year's Day to celebrate the new year's festival.

It's also thanks to Uncle Wen who got up early to take care of himself that this guy can sleep till now.

There was no other way, Tang Sufan was unrestrained and unrestrained in Furong Garden, the royal garden yesterday.

Early this morning, with some messy hair, he dragged his body step by step.

Come to the altar at the back, and offer incense and nasu to your deceased father and mother.

Then he listened to Wen Bo's schedule for today.

Tang Sufan didn't understand anything, he just nodded in agreement.

In the end, there was only a bitter expression on his face, he simply confessed and signaled Uncle Wen to please go ahead, I will cooperate with you today.

Only then did Wen Bo leave satisfied.

For this year, Tang Sufan has been conferred the title of Marquis. Although it has only been a few days, his status and specifications must not be the same as those of ordinary people.

So these few days, Wen Bo was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, all kinds of things were blocked by Wen Bo alone.

But he was also very busy, happy to be busy, his young master was granted the title of marquis, that was a great joy.

Now, whoever saw him outside had to respectfully call him old man Wen.

However, these Wenbos have long looked down on him. As long as he can take good care of the young master, he will live up to what the master and his wife told him back then...

Finally, the sun rises.

Then Su Meiyu brought everyone from Xiaoyaoxuan Tavern, and Xiong Daxiong Er's family who moved to live in Jinghe Village.

Get busy in Tang Sufan's yard.

This is also Tang Sufan's meaning, why don't we celebrate the New Year together after we finish our work at Xiaoyaoxuan this morning.

This also made everyone in Xiaoyaoxuan couldn't help but burst into tears.

On this New Year's Day, in order to echo the market's response, Tang Sufan simply decided not to open the door and sell New Year's wine directly.

There are hundreds of altars in total, and there are only one day for this year's festival.

With the current reputation of Xiaoyaoxuan, after the news was released, almost as soon as the workshop opened in Dongshi, they bought everything.

So it was another thousand credits.

Tang Sufan waved his hand again, telling Xiong Daxiong Er to go directly to Xishi to pull thirty sheep!
With the current prices and purchasing power, a sheep costs about 1000 taels, and a donkey costs [-].

Thirty sheep also cost forty or fifty pennies.

Forty or fifty strings, that is definitely a large number for ordinary people.

But to Tang Sufan's current earning ability, it was nothing.

Chinese New Year, the picture is a festive and lively one!
Send the ten sheep to Sijiao Mountain, let the people there cook them into porridge today, and see some meat.

On New Year's Eve, I also hope that everyone can have a bowl of hot porridge and rice to celebrate the New Year.

As for the remaining [-] heads, the family kept [-] heads, and the remaining [-] heads were handed over to the village.

This time, the whole Jinghe Village was filled with joy.

In order to join in the fun, the village head directly waved his old hand and came out to kill the sheep with a knife. Tonight's New Year's lunch, everyone will eat together!

He even invited Tang Sufan out, if that's the case, let's fix it.

This lunch, let's make it together to make it lively.

Therefore, at this unlucky calamity ceremony, the joyful atmosphere permeated the entire Jinghe Village.

The entire Jinghe Village also kept sighing that they had been patronized by Su Fan's family back then.

Now that Su Fan has grown up, he has become a nobleman, and he also helps the whole village. Everyone is full of gratitude.

The whole village owes love to Su Fan's family~

Compared to the joyous atmosphere in Jinghe Village, in Chang'an City, at the court meeting in the imperial palace...

Li Shimin was dressed in a majestic and bright yellow dragon robe, sitting majestically on the dragon chair.

After the important officials announced everything in the court.

The Cui family and the Zheng family immediately had an official background and admonished them.

"Your Majesty, the minister has his own book!"

Li Shimin raised his tiger eyes slightly, and said softly: "Come on!"

"Your Majesty has doubts about Tang Sufan, a merchant, who became a marquis. Since the founding of the country, he has been honored with military merits. It is quite inappropriate for His Majesty to enshrine a merchant as a Marquis. I think that his merits are not worthy..."

Immediately, someone continued to chime in.

"That's right, Your Majesty, how can you be a merchant and a nobleman? I don't know what achievements this person has made to allow His Majesty's residence to be named a Marquis."

"Your Majesty, how can Tang Sufan, a mere merchant, be ranked as a nobleman? Please let Your Majesty know!"

For a while, there was a constant response and continuous sound.

Most of them were officials from the Zheng family and the Cui family, but Zheng Yunhe remained silent.

In their hearts, if the Holy Majesty really has meritorious service for him, he will definitely proclaim it to the court to tell him of his meritorious service.

However, the Holy Majesty kept it secret and sealed it directly by the decree of the mansion, which is definitely not true.

But Li Shimin listened to this continuous performance, and the corner of his mouth inadvertently hooked.

Then he said with a calm expression: "Just relying on him, I saved the names of countless soldiers of the Tang Dynasty!"

As soon as this remark came out, the court was shocked!

Even Li Jing and the generals were startled suddenly.

How does this have anything to do with soldiers?

In the end, Li Shimin, who planned to leave early, gave his uncle a look at the first row.

Changsun Wuji smiled, and then went straight out of the hall.

The important minister was puzzled, what is the relationship between this grandson Wuji and His Majesty?

Just as everyone was wondering for a while, Changsun Wuji came back with a few people.

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