The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 322 New Year's Eve 2
As night fell, the world fell into silence.

In Andu County, the northwest corner is the military camp, where more than 100 soldiers are stationed.

The garrison in each county ranges from [-] to [-] troops, but most of them are stationed outside the city. On the one hand, they regularly clean up the zombies, and on the other hand, they guard key positions.

The garrisons inside and outside the city usually rotate every half a month, so not some people are always outside the city.

But today, those who stay in the city are undoubtedly lucky, they can at least celebrate the New Year with excitement.

At this moment, in the barracks, more than a hundred soldiers gathered in the school grounds, with several bonfires lit in the middle, and all kinds of food placed on both sides.

Tonight, on New Year's Eve, food is available in the barracks, as long as you can eat it, eat as much as you want.

But now, none of the soldiers acted alone, they lined up and stood facing the high platform ahead.

After a while, a few people came out from the house not far away, and the leader was Cui Xing'an, the deputy Qianhu.

Today, Cui Xing'an is in the limelight, even though he is the deputy head of a thousand households, he is louder than several thousand households.

On the one hand, it is true that Cui Xing'an is capable enough, but the more important thing is that Zhao Yanxun is praising him.

Although this feeling of being admired by others is good, Cui Xing'an is also very sober, and he must not be complacent.

He must train the army solidly so that he can stand the test in future battles.

Walking up to the high platform, Cui Xing'an looked at the group of subordinates and said loudly: "Brothers, to celebrate the Chinese New Year tonight, eat and drink with open belly!"

When talking to his subordinates, Cui Xing'an didn't like politeness, so it was natural to be straightforward at the moment.

He had a high prestige in the army, and at this moment, the atmosphere was easily aroused, and the scene began to become lively.

"His Royal Highness, long live!" Cui Xing'an shouted.

This is the rule before meals, you must shout Zhao Yanxun's name.

Slogans are useful only if they are shouted out, and they can subtly influence people's hearts.

"His Royal Highness King Yong, long live!"

The soldiers roared along, and the atmosphere at the scene was extremely lively.

"Began to eat!"

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Five streets away from the military camp is the Andu County Government Office, and the New Year's Eve dinner is also being held here at the moment.

Wang Pingyan, the current county magistrate of Andu, is sitting in the back hall of the county government office, and in front of him are several officials of the county government office.

"Everyone, tonight's New Year's Eve, the yamen is poor, and I can only use tea instead of wine to celebrate the New Year with all the gentlemen!"

In fact, being able to drink tea instead of boiled water at this time shows that their living conditions are good.

Everyone drank hot tea, looked at the few side dishes on the table, and moved their chopsticks under Wang Pingyan's attention.

"Have you distributed all the food from tomorrow to the fifth day?"

"It has already been distributed, respecting the prince's instructions, and distributed five eggs to the household registration of the family members who joined the army!"

Wang Pingyan nodded, and said: "This matter must be done well. If someone in the family is in the army, they should take extra care!"

Next, while eating, several officials chatted about the upcoming affairs of the Yamen.

At the end, Wang Pingyan sighed: "Tonight, Yuanyang must be very lively!"

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Wang Pingyan is right, Yuanyang City is indeed very lively at night.

According to Zhao Yanxun's instructions, Yuanyang City lifted the curfew on New Year's Eve, and each workshop prepared its own celebrations.

In the past six months, the lives of the common people have been too depressing, so Zhao Yanxun wanted to let everyone relax.

Each square celebrates the New Year in different ways, but they all call on the people to participate voluntarily.

For example, in Changma Square in Nancheng, many people gathered in the small central square, among which were placed a lot of wood and bamboo.

Changmafang has a lot of activities arranged tonight, including stone lock lifting, round log lifting and tree cutting competitions.

After passing these three levels in a row, No.1 was rewarded with fifty catties of grain and one catty of pork.

This is already an extremely generous reward, especially the pound of pork, which can be said to be the hard currency of hard currency.

At this moment, Hu Xiaolin put his hands into his sleeves, stood in the crowd and looked at the officials in the center of the square who were preaching the rules of the game.

"Men and young men who are willing to participate, you can start now. First, lift the stone lock with one hand, and lift it over your head twenty times in a row, and you can enter the next level!"

This stone lock weighs fifty catties, and most people can lift it without any problem, but it is not so difficult to lift it twenty times in a row.

"Whoever is willing to compete can come up now... who will come first?"

"I come!"

Seeing Hu Xiaolin push aside the crowd and walk directly towards Shisuo, he raised Shisuo above his head under everyone's suspicious eyes.

Seeing that Hu Xiaolin was not tall and tall, everyone present were amazed and asked who this kid was.

Being able to be selected to go to Yuanyang with Ma Jin, Hu Xiaolin naturally has his own characteristics, such as his brute strength.

Soon, Hu Xiaolin raised twenty in one go, passed the test and entered the next one.

As more people joined the competition, the atmosphere on the scene became more and more lively. Everyone was cheering and venting their excessive experience.

Half an hour later, the No.1 result came out, and Hu Xiaolin got fifty catties of grain and that one catty of fresh pork.

Since the outbreak of zombies, Hu Xiaolin has never received so much food, so that at this moment he is too happy to speak.

At this moment, he thought of the situation of cannibalism in Zhuangzi, the situation of gnawing bark in Liaoping, and the series of tragic scenes that erupted in order to compete for food.

Handing the food to Hu Xiaolin, the official said solemnly: "Boy, you are very good... you must contribute more to the palace in the future!"

At this time, someone shouted; "Hurry up and start the next item..."

There was a booing sound from the crowd, and the scene was filled with joy and joy.

In fact, at this moment, all the squares in Yuanyang City are in a state of joy.

Longqianfang, here is where Yongwangfu is located.

At the main gate of the palace, the guards were on duty like sculptures, and the light from the red lanterns filled their faces with joy.

At the moment at the gate, officials walked into the Palace from time to time, and they came to attend today's Palace dinner.

Ordinary people celebrate the New Year together, and Zhao Yanxun also called the officials together to celebrate the New Year, which can be regarded as having fun with the "crowd".

"Guan Shu, you are here at this time!"

"Growth history, didn't you come here now?"

The two laughed immediately, and then walked into the palace hand in hand.

The officials they met along the way saluted the two of them one after another, after all, they are several high-ranking officials in the palace.

The palace banquet was held in Yuqiongyuan, which was originally a place for banquets, but most of the time it was left idle.

When Guan Cheng arrived, there were already dozens of officials present, including Zhou Chengping and Chen Anming.

In Yuqiong Garden, the main seat is located in the north, and there is no doubt that this is Zhao Yanxun's position.

On the south side of the main seat, there are ten tables respectively, and a large area is vacated in the middle.

Near the entrance of the palace, there are musicians lined up and seated. Obviously, there will be performances here in a while.

When the two of Guan Cheng arrived in the hall, someone came up to greet them immediately. After exchanging pleasantries, they took their seats in their respective places.

The four high-ranking officials were placed on both sides of the throne, sitting in twos.

Even when they were all seated, people kept coming up and talking, leaving them with no privacy.

Some asked the yamen for instructions, and some came to pay New Year's greetings...the list goes on and on.

(End of this chapter)