System: I let you have children, not fight for hegemony

Chapter 29
Duo Yu and Zhao Zheng walked out of the Lian Mansion together, leaving the last night before the expedition to Lian Mansion's own family.

"Qiwu, are you going to Changping too?" As soon as they entered the village, many fish saw Qiwu wandering around inside and outside the house.

Qiwu held up a big bundle high, his rough face full of joy: "That's it. Female Siren, if I capture any novelty on the battlefield, I will bring it to you."

"Uncle Qiwu, and me!" The fox cub jumped in front of Qiwu.

Qiwu freed up one hand to pick up the fox cub: "It's indispensable for you."

Many fish joked: "So confident?"

Prisoner Wu said without hesitation: "My lord has a brilliant record. Even if I die in battle, my family will be able to receive compensation and have no worries."

When the fox cub heard this, he burst into tears: "Uncle prisoner, you don't want to die. I don't have Awen anymore, and I don't want to be without you anymore."

Qiwu put the fox cub down on the ground: "Everyone is destined to die. We were born humble. It is a great thing to be able to exchange military exploits for a good life for our family."

"Nvjun, can you please let uncle not die?" The fox cub looked at the many fish expectantly.

Many fish met the clear and trusting eyes of the fox cub and tilted their heads slightly: "This..."

"Nvjun, don't talk to him." Prisoner Wu proudly showed a coat to Nujun. "Seeing that I didn't have a winter coat, the corps leader gave me his old coat. I replaced it with new hay, so Winter will be better."

This old jacket is made of linen wrapped in hay. The clothes have been worn for too long, and the linen has become much thinner. It looks like it will crack if the movement is too large.

But Qiwu was very happy, humming in his mouth: "How can I say that I have no clothes, and I share the same robe with you..."

This is the favorite poem of the Qin army, but Qin and Zhao have been at war for many years. After the poem spread to Zhao, it was also loved by some people.

On this night, the entire Zhao Kingdom was brightly lit, and every family had men who had been recruited.

Some are afraid, some are ambitious, some are accustomed to it...

When the autumn sun revealed a glimmer of golden light from the east, Lian Po was already fully armed, riding on a tall war horse, as majestic as a mountain.

Flags are displayed and slogans are loud.

In the dim light, a row of tall or short figures winds down from the mountain.

Lian Po squinted his eyes and looked into the distance. Isn't the short figure in the lead his own arrogant monkey?

Many fish came to Lian Po and looked up at the tall and mighty Lian Po.

The morning sun slowly rose from behind Lian Po, and Lian Po's expression was not clear in the backlight.

"Master, here are ten stones of potatoes. If you encounter an accident, you can eat them. If the weather goes well, you can plant the potatoes in the next spring and it will also be a vegetable for the soldiers."

Xu Xing and his fellow farmers carried ten stones of potatoes and placed them gently on the roadside.

Lian Po's personal guards all took a breath and looked at Lian Po longingly, these are potatoes!

"Good!" After Lian Po finished speaking, he lightly kicked the horse's belly and headed towards Changping without looking back.

After marching for a long time, the guards turned back. The sight of their hometown was blocked by the mountains.

"General, the girl cherishes potatoes so much that she can't bear to eat more of them. This time she generously gave out ten stones."

"What does it have to do with you that a lady is filial to the general?"

"If there is a good potato harvest next year, can't we take a few home with us?"

"You have to ask the general about this."

The personal guards exaggeratedly peeked at Lian Po, fearing that Lian Po would not hear their "private conversation."

Lian Po raised his lips and said generously: "If we can defeat the Qin army this time, the potatoes will be distributed equally among the meritorious men. If we are defeated, all these potatoes will be destroyed and no one will be left alive!"

"As soon as a word is spoken, it is difficult for a horse to chase!"

"General, let's see how we defeat the Qin army!"

Time flies like water, and it has been half a decade since Lian Po set off for the expedition.

Most of the strong labor force was recruited from the fiefdom, and the usually bustling market was much depressed.

Fortunately, the autumn harvest has passed and the conscription did not affect the autumn harvest.In the pastures in the north of the fiefdom, the grass gradually withered and turned yellow, and the scenes of herds of cattle and horses no longer existed.

"A Zheng, Zheng Dan is well!" Many fish stood guard at Zhao Zheng's door early in the morning, just to say this to him.

Zhao Zheng looked around blankly, Zhengdan?Did I sleep for several months?
Two long peach boards were newly hung on the door of the courtyard, with the two gods "Shen Tu" and "Yulei" written on them.

People at that time believed that this could suppress evil spirits, especially the people of Qin, who particularly believed in this idea.

Later generations would paste couplets on the peach charms, which later became the Spring Festival couplets.

"Duoyu, what day is today? Did you remember the wrong day?" Zhao Zheng felt the slightly cool weather. It was not like the coldest month of winter.

Many fish tied a jade pendant around Zhao Zheng's waist: "Today is the first day of October. The Qin State uses October as the first day of the year, so today is the first day of the Qin State."

There were six major calendars in ancient China, namely the Huangdi, Zhuanxu, Xia, Yin, Zhou and Lu calendars.

The Qin Dynasty adopted the Zhuanxu calendar, which was completed in the 19th year of Qin Xiangong (366 BC) and was an earlier calendar in the Qin Dynasty.

This calendar adopts the 19-year seven-leap method, with October as the beginning of the year.

The Xia Dynasty began with the first month of the year, the Shang Dynasty with December as the beginning of the year, and the Zhou Dynasty with November as the beginning of the year.

Zhao Zheng touched the jade pendant on his waist. It felt warm and moist, and the decoration was smart and elegant.

This is a jade pendant in the shape of a double dragon, with a fetus and bones, a useful body, a shape and a force, squatting and jumping, lying down and soaring, flexible and flying, exerting its spirit and fulfilling its spirit.One look and you can tell it's expensive.

Zhao Zheng frowned and wanted to take off the jade pendant: "This gift is too expensive."

Many fish stopped Zhao Zheng: "It fell into the valley that day. It was Azheng that you used the jade pendant to exchange for a bowl of chestnuts and a place to rest. It coincides with the beginning of the year, bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new. This jade pendant represents my sincere blessing." "

Zhao Zheng lowered his head. The jade pendant was originally a gift from Zhao Ji. Even if he didn't exchange it for food, he didn't want to keep it anymore: "Duoyu, thank you. Good morning."

Many fish pulled Zhao Zheng to Mrs. Lian's courtyard. Mrs. Lian and Mrs. Lian looked at the two people with smiles.

Zhao Zheng was stunned when he saw the dazzling array of food.

Since Lian Po left, the Lian Mansion has closed its doors to thank guests, the food is simple, and no banquets have been held.

"Zheng, come and sit down quickly. Although it is inconvenient to offer sacrifices on this good day, let's get together as a family." Mrs. Lian kindly pulled Zhao Zheng to sit down.

Zhao Zheng's eyes were red. During those years in Handan, his family was poor and he suffered a lot of neglect.

Zhao Ji's family was afraid of causing trouble, so they only dared to help occasionally.When Zhao Ji was in a bad mood, she would either hit or scold Zhao Zheng.

It can be said that since Zhao Zheng was born, except for a lot of fish, he has never experienced the kindness of Zhao people.

Now that I am determined to leave Zhao and return to Qin, there is goodwill in everything.How ironic?
Since Zhao Zheng loves to eat fish, Mrs. Lian prepared only fresh fish for this meal.

Considering that Zhao Zheng would not spit out fish bones, Mrs. Lian specially asked the chef to remove the fish bones from the fresh fish and make fish soup.

Even grilled fish is boneless.

Fish with more meat and fewer spines are cut into fillets, cooked and eaten with sauce.

"Have a try. These are the little fish caught by the fox cubs and the children in the village, and the shrimps caught by the villagers. They heard that you were going to celebrate the festival, so they went down to the river early in the morning to catch them, and they refused to ask for money. "Mrs. Lian looked at Zhao Zheng enjoying his meal with a smile.

Mrs. Lian ordered her servants to hand over a complete set of new clothes: "They delivered the fish and shrimp to the door and ran away in a flash. It can be seen that A Zheng is deeply loved by everyone. My sister-in-law has nothing to offer, and this new set of clothes is I made it with my own hands, don’t despise it.”

Zhao Zheng took the new clothes with both hands. Although the material of this clothes was not luxurious, the stitching was dense.

The friendship contained in the clothes was so heavy that Zhao Zheng could hardly lift it.

Zhao Ji has never touched a needle or thread on herself with her own hands...

　The Zhuanxu calendar is different from most other calendars. This calendar uses the 19-year seven-leap method. A tropical year is 365 and 1/4 days (so it is a quarter calendar), and a synodic month is 29 and 499/940 days. As the beginning of the year, the leap month is placed after September, which is called the latter September. However, due to different calculation methods in other calendars, the beginning of the year in each calendar is also different. For example, the summer calendar uses the month of Jianyin where the winter solstice is located as the beginning of the year.

　　When the Qin Dynasty unified the world, it was natural that it wanted to impose its own culture on the other six countries.

　　This calendar was continued in the early Han Dynasty.During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he ordered Deng Ping, Tang Du, Luo Xiahong and others to create the Han calendar. This new calendar used the first month as the beginning of each year.

　　
　
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