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Wang Dou declined Yu Gui's invitation and decided to go to the Baozhong Shrine in Shunxiang Fort in Baoan Prefecture first, bury the fallen soldiers first, and worship the heroic spirits.

Conquest and suppression of thieves, the Shunxiang army has also suffered hundreds of casualties in the past six months, including more than 100 people who died in battle, thousands of miles away, it is impossible to transport the corpse home, all bring back ashes and clothes for burial, and the spirit card is invited to worship in the shrine. The relics of the fallen soldiers, such as armor, weapons, horses, etc., were owned by their families and passed down to their families.

There are also dead war horses like burial, this is to follow the practice of the Qi family's army, after the death of the war horse, can only be buried, not allowed to peel and eat, cut back the ears and four hooves and buried with the soldiers, next to another grave. Although the war horse cannot be spoken, it is the same as the sergeant, they all work hard to serve the country, and they should enjoy the treatment of soldiers.

Wang Doujun also added one, the war horse and the sergeant are the same, enjoy the spirit card sacrifice in the ancestral hall, Shunxiang Fort's Baozhong Ancestral Hall has a special hall, for the dead war horse to enjoy the incense. The lieutenant officers and soldiers of the Shunxiang Army, the soldiers have a very deep relationship with the war horse, just like relatives and brothers, and the war horse is killed and wounded, and they are as sad and invincible.

Wang Dou's move made the hearts of the soldiers very warm and increased their sense of belonging to the army.

At this time, everyone had no objections, and Yu Gui was full of praise, saying that he was loyal and brave to be a compassionate soldier, and it was a blessing to be able to serve under his command.

Wang Dou knew that Yu Gui was bent on getting closer to him, and he was also quite kind to him.

Ma Guoxi regained a gentle smile on his face, and said to Wang Dou: "The soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country to kill thieves, and the lower officials should go to worship, wait for the army to be stable, and then wash the dust for the loyal and brave uncle." ”

Li Jinsheng and others behind him also echoed.

Wang Dou glanced at the old fox and smiled, "Okay." ”

At the moment, the army turned to Shunxiang Fort, and many people followed, marching all the way, and the people of each fort continued to merge in, forming a huge flow of people.

When the army arrived in Baoanzhou, the bridges at various intersections were crowded with local military households with black pressure, and the overwhelming cheers of the "general" were endless.

Yes, Wang Dou is the pride of all the soldiers and civilians in Baoan Prefecture, with the body of a small soldier, he eventually became a prominent general of conquest, loyal and brave, how can he not make the local soldiers and civilians happy and proud? However, compared with the name of Zhongyongbo, the military and civilians of Baoan Prefecture prefer to call Wang Dou "General!" In order to show the meaning of closeness and familiarity.

Looking at the sincere and excited flow of people, Wang Dou's heart was full of warm currents, ah, this is the East Road, his hometown is no matter how hard and tired he is outside, when he returns home, with the worship and support of these soldiers and civilians, he will not be in vain.

There are more and more people following the army, and in the end there are no less than 200,000, looking at these tides of people, the generals on the east road are Yanqing Prefecture garrison Li Jinsheng Huai to guard Huang Changyi, security acropolis garrison Xu Zucheng, Yongning City garrison Wang Yide, these generals who are not the Shunxiang military system also have a sense of blood boiling.

Huailong soldiers prepared Ma Guoxi, still with a kind smile on his face, only a complicated look flashed in his eyes, Wu Zhi, the governor of Yanqing Prefecture, was still expressionless, but his face twitched a few times from time to time.

Surrounded by the army and civilians, Wang Dou led the army to Shunxiang Fort.

At this time, the defender of Shunxiang Fort was Wang Dou, and his old boss Zhong Dayong got the news, and he led the officials in the fort to meet him for several miles.

The commander of Jingbiandun in the past, after seeing the development momentum of Wang Dou, decisively approached Wang Dou, and was quite diligent in his work, and also recommended Long Kun, a chicken raising talent, to Wang Dou, and finally got Wang Dou's reuse and served as the defensive officer of Shunxiang Fort. …,

Looking at Wang Dou, Zhong Da was only happy and proud of his heart, and his subordinates in the past finally became a loyal and brave man who was famous all over the world, and became an unattainable existence, he didn't follow the wrong person, and there was no mistake in choosing back then.

At this time, all the major officials of the shogunate rushed to Shunxiang Fort, as well as the families of the fallen soldiers of the Baozhong Temple and the families of the newly fallen soldiers, all gathered outside the Shunxiang Fort.

Wang Dou did not delay, the army moved to Busan, in the sound of mourning music, the urn of the fallen soldiers was buried, Wang Dou and the officers personally shoveled the soil, Ma Guoxi regardless of the old age and frailty, but also accompanied Wang Dou to work.

After the burial, the next repair and erection of the plaque will be handled by the officials of the Praise and Loyalty Shrine.

After the spirit tablet is invited into the shrine, the grand worship ceremony begins.

The major affairs of the country are in the worship and Rong! Sacrifice is one of the two most important major events of the country in ancient times and the military, and all dynasties have a strict national sacrifice system, generally two. The first is the sacrificial system of the central court, which is divided into large rituals, middle rituals, and small rituals. The second is the local sacrificial system, with sacrifices at all levels such as provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and counties.

At the beginning of the Baozhong Ancestral Hall, Wang Dou only found some monks and Taoists to recite the scriptures, and then stopped, with the country's righteous ceremony, great music sacrifices, set up priests, and Baozhong Ancestral Hall enjoyed the provincial government standard treatment. The ritual of sacrificial enjoyment, sacrificial music, sacrificial procedures, etc., are all meticulously carried out, and the music and dance are played, solemn and grand.

The sacrificial animals and sacrificial vessels were set up, and the chief priest shouted: "The worship begins, and the joy begins!" ”

Another priest shouted, "Dance! ”

Gold, stone, earth, leather, silk, wood, skull, bamboo, eight sounds, one by one, in the deep music, music and dance, or holding a gong, or holding a sheng, or holding a gong, or holding a gong, music and dance together, dancing.

At the same time, in the large square outside the ancestral hall, including Wang Dou, all the soldiers saluted with swords and guns, and sang in unison: "Shuntu rises with swords, horses set the Huan District, the general stars surround the sky, and the warrior moon bends the arc...... Loyal and brave soldiers, invincible through thousands of catastrophes, the heavens and the earth are yellow, and the true spirit will always exist......"

The sound of gold and jade, the elegant and melodious sound of Yale, the grand scene of the dancers, and the singing of hundreds of thousands of people in unison, are full of shocking appeal.

In the ode, not to mention the soldiers in the field, but the onlookers, all of them burst into tears. Many of the Xiangyang scholars who watched with the army wept even more silently, and many of them said: "Such a sacrifice is not wronged even if you die in battle." ”

The dance stopped, the music stopped, Wang Dou and the generals entered the hall, incense was offered in front of the shrine, and all the families of the dead were next to the salute.

The faces of the family members were full of grief and pride, and the men in the family died in battle, wouldn't they be sad? However, the spirit card can enter the Baozhong Shrine to praise and worship, and it is a warm and proud man in the heart, and he did not die in vain.

Wang Dou came to Han Zhong's spirit card, looked at the portrait behind the spirit card, recalled the bits and pieces of the day, and felt sad in his heart, he put on incense and bowed a few times.

Han Zhong's widow Li Xiaoniangzi led her son Han Hou to answer the salute, as well as her sister-in-law Zheng Niangzi.

Wang Dou looked at Little Lady Li, she is only twenty years old this year, leading a child who is less than five years old, how will she live a long time in the future?

Wang Dou said softly: "Brother Han and I are like brothers and sisters, Mrs. Han, if you have any difficulties, just tell me." ”

Little Lady Li's pretty eyes were slightly red, and she bowed in a low voice: "Thank you to the general for caring for the concubine, there is no difficulty, I just want to quietly take Hou'er, keep the festival for Han Zhong, and bring up the child." ”

Wang Dou sighed: "Okay. ”

looked at her son Han Hou again, this child had a tiger head and swallow jaw, and said like Han Zhong came out with a seal: "He really looks like your father." ”

The child was not afraid of life, and looked at Wang Dou and said, "General, why are you crying?" Don't cry, don't cry, Hou'er told her mother that when Hou'er grows up, she will also kill Tartar with the general and avenge her father. ”…,

Wang Dou choked up and said, "Good boy." ”

But tears flowed uncontrollably.

Li Guangheng looked at his daughter's grandson, his eyes were red, and tears welled up.

All the generals comforted Wang Dou and the two, and Ma Guoxi sighed loudly.

Wang Dou also gave the Wude general Yang Tongling a plaque, and his widow Liu thought very openly, in addition to raising a few children, she followed Xie Xiuniang's side, did some relief to the homeless, and cared for the orphaned and elderly, and lived a fulfilling life. Seeing her like this, Wang Dou was also a little relieved.

After the incense ceremony, in front of all the soldiers and civilians, Wang Dou personally presented relics and clothes to the widows of the families who died in the battle, and the money and rice were also sent to them one by one, and each family's land will also be tax-free for three years.

In the future, their families are small, and they are the first recipients of assistance from the ploughing team and mutual aid cooperatives.

The whole worship ceremony was sad and tragic, only Ma Guoxi sighed in his heart, seeing that the hearts of the East Road Army and the people were more united, but everyone only knew that they were loyal and brave, and did not know that there was a court, which was the misfortune of the country. Your Majesty, Weichen is ashamed and can't make the hearts of the people on the East Road turn to the court.

Subsequently, Wang Dou went to the Yimin Temple near the Baozhong Temple to offer incense, and after the worship ceremony, Wang Dou inspected the inside and outside of Shunxiang Fort.

Shunxiang Fort has become a prosperous city, with a population of nearly 70,000 inside and outside the fort, connecting Bauhinia Pass, Mashuikou, Meiyusuo, Baoanzhou, and Ulzhou, with many merchants, rich military households, and many industrial horses and mules. At that time, a remote ten-household city has become a veritable ten thousand households.

There are more sergeants and officers in Shunxiang Fort, and the soldiers are fighting outside, and there are many women and children in the family, so this fort is the key aid object of the Baoan Prefecture farming team and the mutual aid cooperative.

According to Zhong Dayong's introduction, the ploughing team in this state is now selected by the homeless young and strong, and every time the farm is busy, such as sowing, threshing, cutting, picking stalks, etc., the ploughing team will go to the forts to work in exchange for wages and rations, and a stable rule has been formed, that is, the soldiers are fighting outside, and there is no need to worry about no one cultivating the fields.

Due to the heavy work on the farmland, these family members are mostly involved in mining, animal husbandry, commerce and other operations, and live a comfortable life.

The people of Shunxiangbao have the highest education level in the East Road, and their support for Wang Dou is also the strongest.

Wang Dou was relieved in his heart, he couldn't forget the numb and desperate expressions of the soldiers when he was the first defender of Shunxiang Fort, and he could change their lives, and Wang Dou felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

Now the land of Baoan Prefecture is also the economic center of the East Road, because every family has surplus grain, every household has surplus money, and the money bank controlled by the financial secretary encourages investment in industry and lends at low interest, so there are many shops and factories in the state.

In particular, Shunxiang Fort, although the military industry moved into Yongning, but the surrounding mountainous pastures, so the cattle farms, pig farms, chicken farms, duck farms in the territory gathered, providing a large number of meat and eggs for the East Road, and at the same time various processing industries are developed, a large number of bacon, bacon, ham, salted eggs are made, and even canned food.

It is said that in ancient times, science and technology should not be underestimated, when the environment was fertile and excellent, the vast number of businessmen and people would stimulate the greatest enthusiasm for invention, and canned food was one of them. However, the Ming Dynasty is not called canned, it is called meat porcelain jar. "Qi Min Yaoshu" once recorded: "Cut the livestock meat into pieces, add salt and wheat flour and mix well, and make a good condensation, and seal the head with dense mud in the inner porcelain." ”

This is the old canned food, which can also preserve food for a long time.

There is a big customer of the army, and there are many people who operate meat porcelain jars on East Road.

The most feared thing about running a livestock farm is the plague, so the veterinarians on the East Road are very popular, and inspired by the military factory, many veterinarians recruit apprentices and teach their skills without reservation.

After the apprentices leave the school, they need to pay a certain amount of money to the division commander every time they have income, and these teachers only need to sit and collect money, and the more apprentices they teach, the more money they collect, and what they do is strongly supported by the Commercial Affairs Division of the Department of Civil Affairs. All walks of life have led the trend, and in later generations, it is a technical school, and night school is prevalent.

Ploughing team, mining team, iron-striking team, quarrying team, road repair team, sewing lady...... Due to the development of commerce, there are many migrant workers in Baoan Prefecture, and the embryonic form of the working class has emerged.

Wang Dou rejoiced in his heart, prosperity is good, as long as taxes can be raised, the more prosperous the business, the better. The tax system is good and the business is developed, that is benign, on the contrary, the business is prosperous, if the tax is not collected, it is deformed, and it is not beneficial to the country, just like the Jiangnan in the late Ming Dynasty.

With satisfaction, Wang Dou left Shunxiang Fort. ）