He was holding a pink baby in his arms, with his two little arms folded on his chest, crying at the top of his lungs, which made people look very distressed.
Madam Twelve Mother was half lying on the bed, with a scarf on her head and a fur fur on her body. She looked at the first meeting between her husband and her child with a smile on her face. She didn't have any unpleasant mood, not even words of complaint.
There is no sentence that all the virtues that a feudal woman should have are reflected in her body.
Li Siye originally wanted to come back and take his family and confidants with him to Beiting to take office, but now he changed his mind and wanted to hold a full-moon banquet for his children first, and then set off with his family and his family.
There will be a lot of hardship in traveling a long distance, so it would be better to postpone it for a few more days until my wife is in better health before embarking on the journey.
"I went to the temple to ask for a name for the child. The old Zen Master Huijue in the temple gave me the word "zu". Husband, please add another word, and that will be the name of the child."
"Li Zuo what?" He smacked his lips. He originally wanted to name his son with the word "Chong", so that he would look more like brothers to his adopted sons. But when it comes to names, don't take it too seriously. Just listen to your wife.
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"Since the Zen master gave me the word Zuo, naturally I can't call him anything else but Zuojun or Zuoguo, otherwise he will be easily bitten. Well, let's call him Zuoguo."
In this way, the name of his son Li Zuoguo was decided, and the family began to actively prepare for the full moon banquet, which the ancients called the Nongzhang Festival. Relatives and friends would send gifts to express their congratulations, and naturally a banquet would be held in the yard to entertain them.
The full moon banquet was under the command and control of the two housekeepers, Aunt Wu and Aunt Chen. Zhao Chongxuan, the current envoy of Shule Town, personally mobilized the army's chefs, mutton, and food to provide support. This made Li Siye quite embarrassed. He wanted to serve under Zhao's family when he came back.
The man who poached people under his command now accepts favors from the other party, and feels like he is no longer a human being inside and out.
Therefore, before the full moon banquet was held, Li Siye specially invited Zhao Chongxuan to his home and toasted face to face to express his gratitude.
"Chongxun, when I came back this time, I wanted to invite you to Beiting and let you serve as the military envoy of the Han Navy, but the high school prime minister refused to let you go. You have been promoted to the envoy of Shule Town, and you will definitely have a place in Anxi in the future.
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Zhao Chongxun had no way of telling whether he was telling the truth or not. Let's just take it as the truth. He picked up the wine cup and said with gratitude: "Thank you Li Zhongcheng for your kindness. Although Chongxun can't go with you, your words are enough."
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After three rounds of wine and five delicious dishes, Li Siye proposed to Zhao Chongxuan that he would transfer the deputy military envoy Duan Xiushi and the cavalry battalion officer Tian Zhen to Beiting. Although Zhao Chongxuan was drunk and hazy, his thoughts were clear, so he looked very hesitant.
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Zhao Chongxun raised his head and drank a glass of wine. A playful smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, which made Li Siye feel a little ominous. As expected, the other party solemnly picked up the wine cup and said: "I have newly married a Han family woman. She is from Jingzhao."
The daughter of the Wei family branch of the famous family is now three months pregnant. Now that your son is having a wedding, why not take this opportunity to add to the joy and get married on your own fingertips? If my wife gives birth to a daughter, she will marry the son as your wife.
, if the child is a son, how about asking him to marry your adopted daughter Li Chongle?"
Zhao Chongxun originally had this plan, and he would have to deal with his children and relatives no matter what. It was difficult to refuse this matter, and it would hurt the other party's face if he said it. What's more, when he was the envoy of Shule Town, Zhao Chongxun worked hard without complaint, no matter how he
The other party fully supported the restructuring, and the relationship between the two was considered to be on good terms.
Sometimes it is this kind of good old guy who is the most difficult to deal with, making it difficult for him to harden his heart.
"good."
Li Siye nodded and agreed.
Zhao Chongxuan burst out into laughter, holding the wine cup in both hands and said: "Since you and I are already sons and daughters, your affairs are mine. Just transfer Duan Xiushi and Tian Zhen away. Now that the situation in Shule Town is stable, all of this will
It’s all your credit. And since you first arrived in Beiting, you need a few close and capable generals, so naturally I will give you my full support.”
Since the two of them made an appointment to meet their in-laws, Zhao Chongxun has become more and more diligent in his work. He personally went to the town envoy's house to direct the banquet arrangements, and sent a team of soldiers to the Shule wine shop to carry the drinks. During the preparations for the full moon banquet, Li Siye almost did not show up, relying entirely on his servants and
The prospective in-laws are getting ready.
On that day, the sun was shining brightly in Shule City and the sky was clear. Officers from all levels of Shule Army, Shule local officials, nobles, and merchants all gathered at the governor's residence to attend the full moon banquet of the son of Li Siye, the governor of the Beiting. The entire governor's residence
The front and back yards were all occupied by straw mats, and some people could only squat outside the gate.
At the banquet, there was a large basin of mutton in a basin, salty scallion mutton cakes and sweet sesame pancakes served in a dustpan on the table. The soup was a fragrant noodle soup. The guests drank and drank happily.
.Li Siye walked around with a wine cup in both hands, watching with satisfaction the guests eating and drinking.
After the banquet, the garrison's mansion received a mountain of gifts. These things were too heavy to carry to the Beiting, so he asked his prospective in-law Zhao Chongxun to put them away and store them in the warehouse for the time being, waiting for someone in Shule City.
When holding a wedding banquet, and then sending it back again, this is also called taking it from the people and using it for the people.
Taking advantage of the full moon banquet, he specially called Duan Xiushi and Tian Zhen into the inner hall, told them his thoughts, and promised to appoint Tian Zhen as the Tianshan military envoy, Duan Xiushi as the Hanhai envoy, and Bai Xiaode as the Jiedu envoy.
In the yamen, the three people were full of enthusiasm and expressed their vows to live up to Li Zhongcheng's entrustment and to manage the two armies well.
One of the guests did not come, it was Dai Wang who ran a paper mill. Li Siye did not think that he was rude. Dai Wang's situation was indeed special and could not be treated as an ordinary person. During the two years he lived in Shule, he lived in seclusion.
To show her true face, Qiu'e would usually come forward if she wanted to buy something. She would definitely not come to such a busy place like today.
He specially ordered Mrs. Wu to prepare some wine and meat, and on the day after the full moon banquet, he ordered his maid Daorou to go to the paper mill to visit Mr. Dai in person.
Early the next morning.
Lady Qiu'e was sitting outside the house washing clothes. When she saw Li Siye and his maid standing outside the fence gate, she immediately got up and went to open the fence gate and invite them in.
"Is he in there?"
"Well," Qiu'e lowered her head weakly: "Besides going to the paper mill recently, he just hides himself in his room and writes something."
"Write something?"
What Dai Wang is best at is making up household registration, calculating tax laws, and making paper. When it comes to writing poetry, the poet would never hide in the house and write poetry. There is nothing for him to compile while he is editing books.
He took the food and wine from Daorou's hand and said to her, "Just stay outside and wait."
After saying that, he pushed open the door and walked in, closed the door again, turned around and saw Dai Wang sitting at the window. The desk was covered with sixteen-fold paper, which when folded in half was exactly the size of a book.
There is already a thumb-thick pile on the desk, pressed down with a paperweight.
Dai Wang held the thin ink tube and wrote carefully in the vertical strips he had typed, without raising his head to look at this uninvited guest.
There are three horizontal maps hanging on the indoor wall, one is a map of the trade route from Yangguan to Khotan, one is a map including Khotan and Shule to the Congling area to Xiaobolu, and the other is a map of the trade route from Yangguan to Khotan.
It includes the Lesser Bolulu and Hindu Kulum Mountains, including drawings of South Asia and India.
The second of the three pictures is the most detailed, because there was a defense map of Shule drawn by Feng Changqing using a drum cart, and Dai Wang copied it directly. The first one is slightly more detailed, with maps and third pictures provided by the stations and caravans along the way.
First-hand information. The third picture is much more abstract. Although the place names are marked on it, the locations of mountains, rivers and rivers are all estimated. Combined with these three pictures, it is the southern route of the Silk Road from Anxi to India.
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This coincides with some of Li Siye's thoughts. Ever since Xiaobolu was controlled by the Tang army, Li Siye has been thinking about whether he can build the southern route of the Silk Road into a large-scale logistics channel. The investment in this process is certainly not small, and then
In addition, he is now the governor of Beiting, and his current status makes it inconvenient for him to operate to avoid being intercepted by Gao Xianzhi, so this plan can only be shelved temporarily.
I just didn't expect that Dai Wang was also thinking about this, which is a bit interesting.