A brand new, undeveloped place, with excellent waterways and fertile land, is indeed worth discussing.

Such as Emperor Li Yuan, Fang Xuanling and others who came from Chang'an, and Qin Qiong. They know very well that in the future, this will not only be the southwestern outlet of the Tang Dynasty, but also an important force to deter the Indochina Peninsula and the Tianzhu Peninsula.

So from the very beginning of the design, it is necessary to think from a strategic point of view.

Not only must it be self-sufficient, but it must also have enough troops, training, and the construction of an armory workshop, etc., so that a complete large city system can ensure the strategic role here.

After the preliminary planning opinions were decided, Fang Xuanling came to Li Yuan's side: "Emperor Taishang, there are still a few days before the New Year." ”

"Chinese New Year?" Li Yuan looked at the clothes on his body and then asked, "I didn't see any snow!" ”

All the courtiers were stunned and laughed at the same time.

Li Yuan also came back to his senses, he had been in the tropics for too long, and there was no winter here at all, so he also laughed: "Then let's do it well, this year will be good." ”

Spending the New Year there is the point, there is not even a wooden house here in the West Wing State, and it is not a place where you can celebrate the New Year at all.

"Go back to the room and send Luo, the New Year's banquet should be as needed, let the palace transfer money and food, and now transfer it from the West Port Shipping Division first." Li Yuan's words set the tone for the New Year.

The Chinese New Year is a very, very important thing for the Tang people.

It is also a very important thing for the country of Pyu and Fusang, which were influenced by Han culture.

In the port of Djibouti, there are many fewer ships on the docks these days, and many of the dock workers, who were originally slaves, are secretly complaining that their income is calculated according to the amount of cargo they carry, and if this continues for a month, they may only be able to eat coarse grains and miscellaneous meals for the next month.

In particular, workers with small children and pregnant women at home have even more sadness on their faces.

A small fleet of three boats docked at this time, but the sailors on board did not open the fence for moving goods, but only parked the ships at the berth.

One of the foremen ran up to the dock steward, watched the people who got off the boat finish their registration, and quickly approached them.

The steward knew the foreman's intention, and said with a smile: "They will seal the ship for ten days, and after ten days, they will go far away to replenish and replace some goods." ”

"Another ten days." The foreman felt that he was going crazy, why did all these businessmen want to make money.

This is already the first fleet that has asked for the closure of ships.

The steward just smiled, he knew why, but he didn't explain it.

Everything is arranged by the new governor here.

In the afternoon, there were a number of boats, and the workers on the docks were counting, and there were more than thirty boats in seven convoys, but only one small flotilla asked for fresh water, and then they left in a hurry, and heard that they were going to Spice Bay.

Spice Bay is where dockers don't know, but judging by the water replenishment, it shouldn't be too far away.

Seeing the sun sink in the west, the hearts of the dock workers also sank, this was the worst day since they worked here, and together with the previous ten days, then this was definitely their worst month.

I'm afraid I'll have to eat worse food next month.

The dockers simply divided the food they could buy into five grades, the worst of which was what they called the equivalent of the previous meal, which was eaten by slaves. Then there is what the Tang people call pig food, and then there is coarse rice.

On the higher level, there are fries, rice, and sorghum, and the highest level is made with fresh meat, plenty of salt, sugar, and many spices.

The light drum beat sounded, and the dock workers were all complaining, this was the drum beat of the work.

Dock workers earn their income by piecework, and their reaction is the strongest, and the rest, such as those who work in various workshops, don't feel much, but feel that the work these days is a little less than scheduled, but the difference is not very big.

While the dock workers were lining up to return their uniforms and the tickets they had earned that day, a group of soldiers in bright armor arrived at the docks with hundreds of donkey carts.

The foreman greeted him excitedly: "Do you want night clothes?" ”

Loading goods at night will add 30% of the salary, and in this low-income day, night loading is an exciting thing.

The Tang officer who led the team stepped aside with a smile on his face, and the former slave soldier adjutant beside him stepped forward, and the adjutant had only received the order an hour earlier, and only then did he know what was about to happen.

"Everyone, immediately form a team. Half an hour later, everyone gathered in the open space outside the dormitory. ”

The foreman wanted to know why, not to mention that he had known this adjutant when he was in the slave camp, but the adjutant said with a cold face: "Don't go to execute it immediately, right away." ”

The foreman on duty on the dock was helpless, he knew that the rules of the Tang people were strict, so he didn't dare to say anything more, urged everyone to hand in the signature immediately, changed the uniforms and trotted to the dormitory area, and also arranged for someone to call out the people who did not work in the dormitory area to gather in the open space.

After the dock workers ran away, the captain of the Tang people said to the adjutant, "I didn't expect you to be so disgusted. ”

The adjutant happily replied, "I like surprises, and I think they will too, why should we have surprises and they don't." ”

"As you please, I'll just watch if you're in charge today."

The adjutant saluted and smiled even more happily.

Datang's rules are very strict, but it never punishes anyone who has done nothing wrong, nor does it embarrass people to do something they can't do. The dock workers were nervous, but not afraid.

Soon, the registered dock workers began to form a phalanx outside the dormitory.

There are three phalanxes for men, and a small phalanx for women who are responsible for logistics.

"Tomorrow is a big day, the day after tomorrow is an even bigger day. Tomorrow is called Chinese New Year's Eve, and it is the last day of the year, and dumplings are eaten on this day. The day after tomorrow is called New Year, which is the first day of the year, which predicts the beauty of the new year, and you have to drink. ”

The adjutant was talking in front, and the captain of the Tang people was standing in the back and said in his heart what kind of nonsense this was about.

But it finally shows that there is a Chinese New Year's Eve and a New Year.

"Everyone, ten catties of meat, ten catties of fine white flour, ten catties of white rice, two horses of fine linen, one catty of candy, one catty of fine sugar...... Each woman was given five more feet of silk, and each man was given five bottles of wine. ”

Everyone in the entire clearing had the same reaction, stunned.

No matter what kind of slave they were, they didn't understand what was happening at this time.

"Fools, New Year's is ......"

The adjutant is stuck, in fact, he doesn't know what the New Year is, and he still knows very little about Datang culture, and he hasn't figured out the twenty-four solar terms.