Dong Ce looked into his pocket and saw that there was indeed a bag of copper coins and a bag of candy - these days, candy is not cheap.

When they arrived at the gate of the house, there were already a large number of people standing outside in the dark.

At a glance, there are always hundreds of people, and I am afraid that the people of the entire Rock Fort have rushed here. Everyone stood there quietly, even if they were talking, they were whispers, and the whole scene seemed quite quiet. Standing at the forefront are Li Gui, Wang Yu, and Su Dacheng. They rushed over from Anxiangdun early, not only by themselves, but also by the whole family.

Seeing Dong Ce come out, Li Gui and the others looked at each other, took a step forward in unison, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "New Year's greetings to your lordship, I wish your lord prosperity and prosperity, and the prince Wandai!" ”

After speaking, he knelt on the ground and slammed his head a few times.

There was a commotion behind them, but fortunately, there was an organization of their own leaders, but nothing went wrong. Everyone knelt down in chaos and said loudly: "It's a New Year's greeting to the eldest lord, and I wish the eldest lord a prosperous martial arts and a prosperous prince." ”

Although the voice was not neat, but the sound was loud enough, it was also a sonic boom, hundreds of people shouted in unison, and the sound rumbled far away.

Looking at the people kneeling and kowtowing, Dong Ce waved his hand with a smile and said, "Get up, get up!" Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year in the eighth year of Chongzhen, and at the beginning of the new year, Vientiane is renewed, and the official also gives you New Year's greetings! ”

As he spoke, he bent down slightly and bowed his hands.

Everyone was busy kneeling down again to return the salute.

Dong Ce turned his head and made a look, the eldest girl came up with the bag, Dong Ce grabbed a large handful of copper coins and threw them out, he could throw them farther, over the heads of Li Gui and others, and fell into the crowd. Everyone let out an exclamation and bent down to pick it up, and some of them still grabbed it. However, Dong Ce is here, and there is a captain to maintain order, after all, no one dares to make a mistake, and there is no unsightly scene.

Dong Ce sighed softly, his eyes flickering a little.

At this time last year, he was still one of the people who knelt on the ground to grab money, but at this time this year, he was standing tall above everyone and decided their fate with a snap of his fingers.

At this time last year, Red Sleeves was still a woman out of her reach, but now she is warming her bed and serving tea to herself in her own home

Dong Ce walked down the steps and threw them one by one, and soon threw away all the bags of copper coins. He clapped his hands and smiled at Li Gui and the others: "You guys are living a good life now, don't compete with the people for this little money." ”

Li Gui and the others were all smiling, and they didn't even dare to say it.

Then Dong Ce asked the children of each family to come forward and give them candy one by one. The children were all overjoyed, and some of them directly opened the paper package and ate it, but they were reprimanded by their parents.

However, there were not many children, and when these homeless people fled, when they were so hungry that they had nothing to eat, they just replaced each other with children and ate them. There are not many children who can survive, and they are all older.

When he had done this, he dispersed.

Dong Ce explained to the eldest girl and asked him to tell the old lady and the lady that they said that they would have lunch and would not come back to eat.

He went back to get the post, and took Bai Zhongqi and the few family members who were celebrating the New Year in the front yard of the house, and led the horse out of the house together.

As soon as he went out, he saw Jeruh Lihe.

Since the last time he suppressed the bandits, Dong Ce hadn't seen him for some days, he had been busy running between Panshi Fort and Yanghe City, and Anxiangdun went less, but Yelu Lihe had been staying there.

Seeing Dong Ce, Yelu Lihe smiled and kowtowed: "We are stupid, and we don't know what to say, I just look forward to your promotion, master, and keep getting promoted." Let's follow the light and become a big official to glorify our ancestors. ”

Where is this that can't speak? Dong Ce laughed when he heard this, and nodded at him: "You guy, you still say that you are stupid, I see, you understand in your heart, and you are diligent in your mouth." ”

Jeruuri touched his head and followed with a grin.

Dong Ce knew his intentions, thinking that the two hadn't seen each other for a while, and he was afraid that he would be separated, so he hurried this opportunity to come over to meet and talk.

"Let's go, follow me to Zhenhe Fort." Dong Ce raised his whip.

Yelu Lihe knew that his purpose was seen through, but he was not embarrassed, but he happily got on the horse and followed. He was thick-skinned enough, but he didn't care.

The group rode their horses and whips, and soon arrived at Zhenhe Fort.

The Zhenhe Fort is also full of joy, the gate is open, and the red cloth is tied on it, which looks very festive. The soldiers guarding the city, some of them also put on new fat jackets, a rare good spirit, happy, and sure enough, it was a new year.

The general flags guarding the door all recognized Dong Ce and let him go naturally.

Inside the Zhenhe Fort, it is even more lively. Because it is the place where the soldiers are stationed, Zhenhe Fort is logically the place where the most troops are stationed among the surrounding military forts. It's just that the situation is different. The place where the northern Hebei military reserve road was stationed was originally the victory fort. Desheng Fort is the most critical city in the geographical location of the entire Hebei North Patrol Road, the fort is four minutes in three miles, three feet high and eight feet. The general of the Beidong Road was stationed here, with 2,960 officers and men and 1,191 horses and mules. The victory fort is strong, the terrain is also extremely dangerous, the outside of the town of Qiang, the internal Hongci, the blow to each other, the beacon fire is transmitted, the two forts are attached, the arrow can be reached, the history has been besieged many times, but also safe and sound.

It's a pity that it has been besieged many times in history and has lost the location of its garrison - the victory fort is three miles east of the border wall and three miles north of the border wall, which is too close to the side wall, and the civil officials are not as good as you like these big soldiers, the golden body, deep into the enemy territory, what if there is a business pool?

So the garrison of the Hebei North Branch Patrol Road was then moved to Zhenhe Fort - it was safe enough, twenty miles to Zhenlu in the east, forty miles to the wall in the north, forty miles to Yungang in the south, and twenty miles to Polu in the west. There is not even a mile of side walls, only eight inland fire piers.

Zhenhe Fort is a majestic city, built on a hill, with high buildings and quite favorable terrain. The city wall is also extraordinarily high, although the city is smaller, only two miles and eight minutes of circumference, but the city wall is more than four zhang high, more than two zhang thick. This is also rare in the seventy-two castles of Datong Town, you know, the city wall of Datong Town is only four feet and two feet high.

However, after the Northern Hebei Military Reserve Road was moved, the North East Road Staff General was still stationed in Desheng Fort, and Zhenhe Fort was only more than 300 soldiers because it was not divided into sides, and their duties were also very simple - to protect the guards Beidao Lord.

However, in December of the seventh year of Chongzhen, this situation was changed. After Hou Jiawei's rebellion, Liu Ruozai in view of the entire northern Hebei branch patrol road, is the pattern of internal light and external heavy, internal void and external reality, heavy troops are displayed outside, and the inner government is empty, once something happens, I am afraid that I will be smashed by Huanglong, and I don't even have the ability to react. If this is the case, then the entire northern Hebei military preparation road will be leaderless, and there will be a big chaos.

It was he who handed it to the Governor of Xuanda and reported it to the Ministry of Troops, asking him to transfer the staff of the North East Road to be stationed in Zhenhe Fort.

This kind of transfer can be regarded as an internal matter of the Northern Hebei Military Preparation Road, in fact, even Liu Ruozai himself can call the shots, but due to the large number, there are nearly 3,000 people on paper after all, and he does not dare to slack off, and he must report to Yang Sichang, the governor of Xuanda. As for the ones given to the Ministry of War, they are purely a formality.

Liu Ruozai's words are very reasonable, but to put it bluntly, it is all a scene. His real purpose was to take the largest armed force in northern Hebei Province into his own hands in order to deal with some emergencies. If there is a war, there are more hole cards in your hand, right? This army of nearly 3,000 people on the surface, Liu Ruozai is determined to make a good life. If it succeeds and enhances its combat effectiveness, if Jiannu wants to commit another offense at that time, it will be impossible to win a battle, then it will be famous all over the world, and the Beijing division will look sideways.

Yang Sichang was also very face-saving, and the approval came down quickly. Therefore, in December, the 2,960 officers and men under the command of the general of the Beidong Road, as well as 1,191 horses and mules, all moved over. These soldiers are basically from local military families, and they are all dragged with their families. The mobilization of the army is just a matter of moving words for Liu Ruozai, but for them, it is a big deal that hurts their muscles and bones.

These soldiers of Fort Victory left their homes that had grown up for generations, passed down from their ancestors, and multiplied for a hundred years, and came to Zhenhe Fort.

In this transfer, almost 20,000 people moved over. Zhenhe Fort suddenly became lively, perhaps, it is better to describe it with the word crowded.

Zhenhe Fort is not large, with two miles and eight minutes around, which is about the size of a town. The influx of 20,000 people could not be accommodated at all. There were not enough houses in the city, and only a few lived in them. But fortunately, Liu Ruozai was prepared, and Ji Changfeng was very effective, so he asked people to build barracks and residences around Zhenhe Fort early. As a result, you can see that more than a dozen villages have sprung up around Zhenhe Fort. On the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, Zhenhe Fort was much more lively than in previous years. The shops in the city have already opened, and now there is no custom of not opening before the fifth day of the new year, and in order to do business, the shops only rest for thirty-one afternoons and one night. In fact, the fifth day of the new year is indeed a big day for businessmen, but it is not the fifth day of the new year. The name of Shen Wansan resounded in the Ming and Qing dynasties, at the latest in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the people of Jiangnan have regarded Shen Wansan as the god of wealth of the common people, to the fifth day of the first month, many businessmen will set off firecrackers, and post the "Shen Wansan cornucopia" New Year's painting, begging for an auspicious one, in order to prosper in the New Year, and the wealth is extensive.

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