In an inn called Mustang in the Red Fox Village of Chengde, on the bank of the Luan River in Rehe Province, a group of people were sitting there, listening to a few village knights who had just returned from the northern battlefield talk about the dangers they had experienced during the war, as well as the fierce battles and countless victories.

These knights were all real knights, and they were the new nobles who performed bravely in battle and made meritorious deeds, and finally received the knighthood awarded by the Qin Palace. Although the knighthood was only the penultimate rank under the new title of the fifteenth level of the Qin Domain, it was still quite a remarkable thing in the small Red Fox Village.

Several knights were not very old, all of them were tall and burly men, mainly the indigenous Xi people, and there was also a Han who later immigrated and a Goguryeo and a Hu people from the Western Regions. The knight who was speaking had a big beard, but he was not very old, with broad shoulders, a tall figure, but a little thin, and a military hat with a brim on his head, and a new double-breasted navy-blue military dress, with a fiery red military color trim on the side of the garment, which marked the cavalry class. On his shoulders were two glittering warrant officer epaulettes, and on the chest of his gown hung several medals, all of which were awarded after participating in major battles. In addition, the most dazzling thing is the golden Tiger Medal, which is a more precious military medal than the medal.

The straight military dress looks very neat in the army, but it can't help but look a little peculiar among the people, especially among the Han people, and the traditional robe and coat are inevitably a little peculiar, but in the Red Fox Village. For most people. This kind of military dress has a bit of a bearded feeling. Especially with small lapels and short sleeves, they also look more intimate. Therefore, the knights and nobles who returned to their hometowns preferred to wear this kind of military dress instead of a round-necked official robe.

The young warrant officer also wore a sword with a jeweled gold and silver scabbard on his waist, and a pair of high-gang long-term cowhide boots with spurs on his waist.

Beside him sat five young knights who had also been knights, but they were missing their glittering medals and swords, and even their shoulders were only a few bars. And there are no stars. But even so, six noble lords appeared in a village market at once, and these knights who came back still made these knights become the heroes of the Red Fox Village Market. It is the object of envy and worship of all, and every day, many young people from the neighborhood come to visit and listen to their stories of battles in the far north.

The shopkeeper was also a mock man, wearing a slightly colored winter cotton coat of the Solidarity Soldiers, and a cotton hat with ear protectors on his head. He was holding a barrel of home-brewed pears to roast, and a few years earlier, the Qin Domain had already issued a ban on alcohol due to the huge food consumption of the war. In addition to the wineries of the Qin Domain, which specializes in the production and sale of liquor. No other merchant or common man was allowed to make wine. But the ban isn't so rigid, as long as you don't use grain to make wine. If other things such as fruits are used instead of grain to make wine, the government will not be too obsessive. Although pear roast is not as mellow as grain brewed sake, it is also a good choice to have a cup of home-brewed pear royaki in such a winter.

The shopkeeper filled a few pottery bowls and listened with a smile as the thin young man talked about how he got the battle medals, how he got the medals, and how he was promoted again and again. Listening to it, he couldn't help but show a proud expression. Because this knight nobleman in military uniform and medals is his second son, Na Qibo, who will only be twenty years old next year, but he has become a warrant officer, a knight.

The rest of the young people from the nearby villages were even more fascinated, including Xi and Tuyuhun, Uighurs, Shatuos, Sogdians, and even more Han Chinese. The tension and even incompatible hatred between the tribes on the border has now almost disappeared. The main reason is the migration strategy of the Qin Domain, there is no longer the traditional village market divided by tribes, in the vast land, there are different tribes, and even each village, there are several tribes, some villages, even hundreds of people, from more than a dozen different tribes. However, on the border land, it is now dominated by Han people who moved from the Central Plains and left their original hometowns due to the war, and they account for the vast majority. As a result, today's tense confrontation in the border areas has long been a thing of the past.

Han Chinese people of various tribes live together on the borderlands, and even live together in the same village, living next to each other. The industriousness and benevolence of the Han people, and the courage and generosity of the Hu people, both of which embody the good side, make them live together harmoniously today.

They sat there at the request of the young people in the vicinity, cheerfully recounting their experiences in the army. Since many of the nearby sergeants returned from military leave, Xiaodian has become a guild hall and club for Qin soldiers. The soldiers who came home from vacation slept enough at home, and when they were full, they couldn't help but think of the life they had in the army, and this small shop became their rallying point, and every day everyone rode over and drank and chatted in this warm shop, as if they were still in the army. It turned out that the small shop that was deserted after the winter was unusually prosperous this year. Originally, the regular customers in the small shop were mainly the nearby auxiliaries who had ordered the village soldiers and the unity soldiers, but now, the older auxiliaries have become the ones who listen to the story, and the protagonists here are the soldiers who have just returned from the front line.

"Noble knight, brave warrior, you have seen a lot of the world!" One of the merchants said that he was the owner of the mountain goods shop opposite the shop, and that he became a regular customer of the shop in the winter, and that he would come every day.

"Yes! Most of you who originally lived in Middle-earth were already on the northern edge of the Red Fox when you arrived at the Red Fox, but in fact, you couldn't reach the edge of the north from here, and if you walked another 10,000 miles. The caster replied with a smile.

"I'll have a chance to see it in the future." The mountain merchant twisted his beard and said, "The king of Qin has defeated all the tribal armies in the northeast this time, and not long ago, several large armies went to the north, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the entire northeast will completely become the territory of the Qin domain." ”

"Yes, if today, King Qin Weijia Quartet! I heard that Yanjing is about to set up a new son of heaven, and the king of Qin has ordered that on New Year's Day, a new son of heaven will be officially established in Yanjing City. I heard that there will be an unprecedented military parade and celebration, and it is said that the Shangyuan Festival will be a seven-day holiday, and the whole world will celebrate and enjoy with the people. The other is also a Han merchant who runs a grocery store in the village market.

"Shopkeeper Zhang, did you hear it wrong, how could King Qin support someone else to be the emperor, wouldn't it be better for King Qin to be the Son of Heaven himself."

"Yes, yes, King Qin is in charge, our days look rushing. If you change someone to make a dragon chair, I don't know if there will be any changes in the road! A Han man who fled from the Central Plains into the Qin Domain, and was later relocated here, was worried.

"Don't worry about salty radishes, who is the old man King Qin, no matter who is the emperor in this world, it must be His Royal Highness the King of Qin who is really in charge." Establish a new Son of Heaven, what is this called?"

"Hold the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes!" The head of the village school in the village said.

"yes, that's what it means."

However, their words were interrupted by the abandoned Bo, he said: "Don't talk nonsense, where did you hear these shadowless words, His Royal Highness the King of Qin is the Optimus Prime of the Tang Dynasty, a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, a rebel for the Tang Dynasty, a rebel minister, a great loyal minister for the Tang Dynasty to conquer the enemy Tibet, open up the territory, and be a great loyal minister." King Qin, the vassal king, and the important minister, how could he do that kind of thing to abolish the Son of Heaven? The abolition of the Son of Heaven is only capable of those powerful eunuchs and traitorous ministers, how can King Qin be such a person. Don't spread the word, in short, there has never been an official mention of the establishment of the Son of Heaven on New Year's Day. "After a short time in the barracks, now the renunciation can also say something high-sounding.

The merchant was a little incredulous, "It's all going on outside, how is it possible?" If the King of Qin does not support the new Son of Heaven, will he still have to go to Chang'an or Chengdu to be allegiance? ”

"Oh, this can't be done, the son of heaven in Chengdu only knows how to play, and the world is bad in his hands. Today's son of heaven, I heard that he is only a teenager, and it was also planned by the eunuchs. How can these young sons of heaven supported by eunuchs know how to govern the world, and the King of Qin and his old man can't be at their mercy for a little fame. ”

The people in the store began to discuss, they were different from the people of the Central Plains, as a border pass, especially living in the land of the Xi people far away from Yanshan, everything they did was closely related to the King of Qin, and they shared weal and woe. For them, they wish that King Qin would put on the dragon robe and sit on the dragon chair as soon as possible. That way, they don't have to worry about any more repetitions. After living under the rule of the Tang Dynasty for decades, they didn't have a few good days, and they were never willing to return to their original life. As for what loyalty and the like, for them, compared to their future fate, half a flying tiger is not worth half of the money.

Compared to the fears of those people, Na Qibo, who has now become a promising, warrant officer knight of the Praetorian Guard, is very optimistic. He believed that if the king of Qin was not called emperor now, it would not matter who he appointed as emperor. Life in the army, especially during the war in the Northeast, the new knowledge he learned made him already understand that the names of kings and ministers, righteousness and the like are very illusory. Only when you have been a soldier and personally participated in the battles in the northeast, and personally seen the hundreds of thousands of allied troops of the once powerful grassland tribes, under the attack of the Qin army, the snow melted and melted, and surrendered to the Qin army one by one, will you truly understand that it is the strength that ultimately determines everything! It is the army, the soldiers and horses, the territory, and the population, and the king of Qin just has an invincible tiger and wolf army that can plant flying eagle flags on the enemy's city head wherever the iron hooves are tread! (To be continued......)