I handed in the sand sculpture through the book system

Although the first plague since the beginning of spring came fiercely, after several days of strict control, the situation in Jiankang City has greatly eased, and life is gradually returning to normal.In the early morning of the 27th, the epidemic prevention team finally issued an order to lift the seven-day traffic control outside the city.As long as the health regulations are strictly followed and there is no fever, cough or other symptoms, you can freely enter and exit the city.

The city has been blocked for a long time, and the demand for personnel movement is quite strong.After the restriction was lifted, long queues formed at the four gates of Jiankang City at about [-]:[-] am, and traffic was once blocked.The security forces urgently dispatched personnel to check their body temperature, and it was not until nine o'clock that the dredging was basically completed.

Productivity was extremely backward in the Middle Ages, and the vast majority of farmers relied on farming for self-sufficiency and had no connection with the urban economy; but Jiankang was, after all, one of the most prosperous cities in the world at this time, accumulating most of the wealth and power in the south of the Yangtze River.These highly monopolized wealth overflowed outside the city, giving birth to a rather deformed economic ecology in the mountains.A large number of hunters, drug farmers, and miners survived on the extravagant needs of the royal family, and the entire economy was dependent on the trade into the city.

In the past, when the plague came suddenly, everything was focused on fighting the epidemic. The advisory group had no time to take into account the demands of these special groups. For the time being, they could only distribute food and rice every day to ensure basic survival; Therefore, a special stall was specially set up in the canteen in the city to buy all kinds of prey, rare medicinal materials, and even strange mineral rough stones brought in from the mountains.Notices of acquisition were posted all over the city outside the city walls, and there were loud announcements everywhere.So just a few moments after passing through, there was already a long queue at the small shop by the city gate, and there was dust floating everywhere.

Considering that the economic damage caused by the blockade is not small, the government consultant deliberately increased subsidies and raised the recycling price in the unified purchase, and put people's livelihood first.As a result, everyone in the canteen was smiling happily, talking and laughing with each other from a long distance away, and there was a bit of the noisy and bustling atmosphere in the past.

The unified purchase of the commissary is originally to benefit the people, and the purchase standard is quite loose, and the delivery can often be completed in a few quarters of an hour, and a thick wad of money is handed over.The people in front of the counter counted the money carefully, and then took out a few coins and put them on the table, replacing them with oil, rice, salt and vinegar, and carefully wrapped the rest in cloth, stuffing them deeply into the waistband of their trousers.

——People at the gate of the city chattered endlessly with their loudspeakers, saying that they want to "normalize the prevention and control of the epidemic". The people in the countryside couldn't understand these strange words, but they probably knew that the plague god might make a comeback, so everyone felt lingering fear and subconsciously thought Stock up a bit.

In such a frugal atmosphere, the actions of Zhao San and Zhao Lishi in the north of the city were particularly eye-catching.He hesitated in front of the counter for a long time, but finally he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, reached out and took out three steel coins, and exchanged them for six snow-white candies.

The people present were all civilians, and there were many people who hadn't tasted sweetness for more than ten years. Seeing that someone was so extravagant, there was a slight uproar in an instant, and some acquaintances even pointed their fingers, and even exclaimed and joked.Zhao San blushed slightly, ignored the pointing gesture, wrapped the candy and stuffed it in his arms, and hurried out of the shop.Fortunately, everyone's face is now covered with sackcloth, and no one can see anything.

Although the epidemic has eased, there are still not many people coming and going in the city.Zhao San turned several turns on the street with few pedestrians, and finally stopped in front of a bungalow in the east corner of the city.He stopped to straighten his clothes carefully, and carefully tightened the sackcloth on his face before carefully stepping forward, bowing to the guards, explaining his presence

But after a moment of hard work, a girl jumped out of the bungalow and plunged into his arms:

"Grandfather, why do you have time to visit me?!"

Zhao San hurriedly hugged his daughter, his heart was turbulent, and he almost wanted to confide.But he didn't have much eloquence, and after much deliberation, he could only choke out one sentence:

"Linu, are you alright?!"

His daughter hummed, and her voice was already a little crying.After all, she is a girl under ten years old, no matter how precocious she is, she will not see her parents for seven or eight days, and her heart will be on fire.She sniffed to hold back her tears, and finally managed to speak:

"Everything is fine here with my daughter. I'm just worried about grandpa and grandma, and I don't know if you have received the letter..."

Zhao San sighed, stretched out his hand to take out the candy, and forced it into his daughter's sleeve, but his tone was a bit dull:

"I have rice noodles at home, and it's okay these days. It's your mother who kept nagging, always saying that you shouldn't be left in the city, and that you should be brought back to reunite with the family. We also received the letter, but your mother After hearing the message, I am even more worried..."

——Previously, the King of Hengyang cleaned up the family, removed the old and welcomed the new, saying that he wanted to imitate Confucius's "education without discrimination" and opened a "compulsory education school" in the city. All children under the age of 12 can enter the school. Literacy counts, not only will you not get a penny, but you will also get three meals a day.For this cheapness, many civilians inside and outside the city send their children to school.When the plague broke out a few days ago, the anti-epidemic team also issued a special notice, advising civilians to keep their children in the school and not to move easily.

But then the plague intensified, and the parents were isolated outside the city without communication, and there were some wild thoughts.

Linu naturally knew what her parents were thinking, so she quickly comforted her, saying that the school followed the instructions of the epidemic prevention team, and no one was infected with the plague in the past few days; The news came saying what "half-term exam" is needed.Although it is isolated at school, the workload has increased several times out of thin air, and there are exams and exercises every now and then, so busy that they are so busy.

Zhao Lishi listened to his daughter's chatter, but a smile could not help but appear on his face.Of course he couldn't understand the "addition", "subtraction" and "grammar" that his daughter kept saying, but he also knew how important it is to read and write. If the ancestral grave is smoking, I'm afraid I won't be able to find a single seed of reading...

Thinking of this, Zhao San smiled more and more.Although he was confused, he still asked:

"Then what—'half-term exam', and when is it?"

Hearing this, Linu's face twitched slightly, showing a look of distress.

"It was said to be after five or six days, but due to the postponement due to the plague, the exam will not be until halfway through next month." She sighed: "Although it has been postponed, the review has not been relaxed. .I heard from nobles before that His Royal Highness King Hengyang abides by the "central spirit" and wants to "reduce the burden". But until now, there is no sign of reduction..."

She complained a few words, but cheered up a little: "—but what the nobles are teaching these days is really interesting! We not only learn to write and count, but also learn what kind of lime water to mix with burning stones. After washing with this thing, you won’t get sick. If you have less homework, it’s actually quite interesting to stay in school. But, I’ve learned so much in school, Sanniang can’t compare to me.”

The anti-epidemic team posted an announcement before, although it encouraged parents to keep their children in school, it was not mandatory after all.There are also many people who take their children home.The "Three Niangs" in Linu's mouth were originally her playmates at school, but they were taken away by their parents after the epidemic broke out, and now they are naturally worried about her.

Zhao Shiji originally wanted to avoid the topic of "Three Niangs", but seeing that her daughter's words were finally found, she sighed in her heart and could only mention it briefly.

"Linu." He said in a low voice, "That—San Niang, she won't be able to come back for a while. I heard people in the village say that their whole family was infected with the plague, and now they are all in the 'hospital' at the foot of the city wall. Lying down."

Linu let out a cry, and was a little flustered for a moment.She was isolated from the world at school. Although she had heard gossip about the "serious epidemic", none of the classmates and friends around her were infected with the epidemic, so it was just a superficial impression after all; now that she heard that her friend was seriously ill, Only then did a chill come from the bottom of my heart.But she was young after all, after much deliberation she could only tense her voice:

"……how so?"

Zhao San sighed and did not speak, but there was no surprise in his heart—the father of that "San Niang" was originally a tyrant in the countryside. Gritting teeth, even harboring resentment.This time the plague broke out, he also deliberately incited rumors, and even went against the instructions of the epidemic prevention team everywhere...

So who is to blame?Based on what Zhao San has learned in the past few months, anyone who is dissatisfied with His Royal Highness King Hengyang's instructions and even deliberately resists them will end up at their own risk in the end.

But such a topic is too heavy after all.So Zhao San intentionally interrupted, first asked her daughter to peel off the oiled paper to eat candy, and then asked her about her homework in the past few days, and what "papers" she had to look at in the exams in the past few days.As soon as she heard the grades and homework, Zhao Linu's scalp went numb and she secretly complained, racking her brains to escape the torture.

After much deliberation and finally came up with a solution, Linu hurriedly told her father to shut up for now, then ran back to the house by herself, brought a few blank papers, and handed them to Zhao San.

Zhao San didn't know a single word, so he felt confused when he took the blank paper: "What is this?"

Linu quickly opened her mouth to explain, saying that this is some kind of "questionnaire" sent by the nobles of the Hengyang Prince's Mansion, and the students are asked to pass it on to their parents and relatives to fill out after returning home.

Zhao Lishi immediately understood—he had been in the city several times, and he had also seen these "investigations" conducted by the officials of the palace, and they were only asking about the prices of rice, vegetables, transportation, etc.; but these investigations are quite interesting. Practical. He once said that the cobblestone road in the city is not smooth. When he came back and looked at it again, there was not even a little bump on the cobblestone road.

Zhao Lishi didn't understand the principle of accepting advice without hesitation, but seeing his suggestions being accepted by the nobles, he was inexplicably grateful from then on. He only felt that the King of Hengyang was the first-class holy lord in the world. ", and there is no such virtuous fairness.He took the blank paper respectfully, seeing the densely packed words on the white paper, he could only ask his daughter, "What are you asking?"

Linu also couldn't understand such a complicated official document, so she could only stumble and recite the explanations of the nobles. He only said that His Royal Highness King Hengyang thought that the King Qi of the Northern Army had made a lot of contributions in fighting the epidemic, and planned to appoint him as the emperor of the Northern Dynasty. I don't know if everyone agrees ?

Of course, it was memorized. As for the specific meaning, Linu could only stare like his father and know nothing about it.Zhao Sansi was at a loss when he thought about it, but he couldn't follow His Royal Highness Hengyang's order anyway, so he slapped his head and decided to take these "questionnaires" and ask the old master in the village for advice.

It just so happened that the old master also went to the city to buy pens and inks, so it wouldn't be too much trouble to go there.

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Jiankang, the ancient capital of the six dynasties, was turbulent since the dynasties, and there were often frustrated people who abandoned their officials in anger and went to hide in mountain springs.The old master in Zhaosan Village is said to be a famous "editor" of Jixian Yuanji in the former dynasty. He just resented the turbid world and became a hermit in their village.Such an expert with extraordinary background is naturally respected by everyone in the village, and they all say that he is a figure like a star in the sky.If it wasn't for Zhao San who had a little love for the same surname with him, he wouldn't have dared to disturb him anyway.

Zhao San searched the city for half a day, and finally found Mr. Zhao in a corner by the city wall.But I saw him stroking his beard and shaking his head, talking about a few notices beside the city wall.A few young Confucians in green shirts surrounded the old master, but they all nodded and praised from time to time.

Zhao San glanced at him casually, and suddenly understood—this old master has lived in seclusion for too long and is cynical, and he is very dissatisfied with Hengyang King.Now that there is a lot of discussion, it is estimated that some announcement from His Highness scratched his itch again.So he hurriedly lowered his head and squeezed in, ignoring the strange words of "vulgar grammar" and "superficial and ridiculous" in his ears, crossed his hands and bowed deeply to the old master, and explained his purpose of coming.

The old master was very face-saving, after hearing Zhao San's meaning, he reached out and took the blank paper, but as usual there was a bunch of ridicule:

"Presumably this is the trick of 'asking the government to the people'!" He waved the white paper, his tone sharp: "It's really ridiculous to use such a small trick to smear. How can such trivial things as tea, rice, oil, salt and vinegar be able to cover up conspiracy? Is it the serious crime of seizing the position and killing famous people? He wanted to cover it up, but he didn't know that his eyesight was like lightning, and he couldn't be in vain. Not to mention scholars like you and me, even the hunter Zhao Lishi next to me, he would definitely not attach himself to it. Ni, what does it have to do with the Hengyang Mansion—"

Speaking of this, the surrounding Confucian scholars suddenly said yes.Once Mrs. Zhao became interested, he casually pulled Zhao San over and asked him:

"Zhao San, am I right?"

Zhao San was confused when he heard it, but he thought that what the old master said must be true, so he nodded respectfully:

"Yes."

Old Master Zhao became more and more cheerful.He patted Zhao San on the shoulder, but asked casually:

"Where are you from?"

Zhao San hurriedly crossed his hands and answered:

"Sir, the younger one is going to pick up my daughter from school..."

Before he could finish his sentence, there was silence at the foot of the city wall.The old master and even the Confucian scholars who were laughing just now suddenly closed their mouths for some reason, and their faces were extremely ugly.

Seeing Zhao San's bewildered face, the old master finally snorted, unfolded the white paper and scanned it casually:

"I'd like to see--"

No one knows what to look at - because Old Master Zhao rolled his eyes suddenly and fell straight to the ground.

·

Although the decision was made decisively during the video call, and King Qi was not even given any time to react, but after the video call was over and the meeting was held to implement it in detail, it was a complicated matter, which caused great headaches for every consultant.

In a nutshell, the plan put forward by Wang Zhi is extremely direct and rude - after the eunuch escaped from the barracks, it is now impossible to intercept halfway; for the current plan, the only way is to quickly control Xuzhou and set up an ambush at the end.Of course, it is not difficult to control Xuzhou, but the capture of the important town will inevitably trigger fierce resistance from the Northern Dynasties.Since there is absolutely no way to go to war under the epidemic, then simply push the king of Qi to take the position and cooperate with the outside world to control the whole situation without bloodshed.

The whole scheme sounds pretty good, and it's not even difficult to execute.But when the details were discussed in the real meeting, someone finally woke up and pointed out the problem - it is very simple to support King Qi, but after the support, how should he explain to the modern side?

In short, why did you, a foreign agency sent by the Republic, canonize an emperor with just one sentence?

Is the political meaning of this action a little subtler?

After such a defect was pointed out, the entire advisory group became paralyzed—after time travel, they acted cheaply, and their authority was really not small, but in theory they were only advisors sent by the state to assist the King of Hengyang in governing the country, so it was not easy to interfere with this things.

After much deliberation, Bei Yan finally came up with a solution.The so-called heaven sees itself, the people watch, and the sky listens to the people. As long as the public opinion polls agree to appoint the king of Qi as emperor, then the advisory group respects the wishes of the people in the middle ages and participates a little at the invitation of King Hengyang, which is completely reasonable.Moreover, the emperor established by public opinion can of course be abolished by public opinion, which can be regarded as a normal change of head of state.

This idea is really ingenious, so the advisory group started various preparations for the plan that afternoon.Xiang Liang and Zhang Yao flew directly to Xuzhou by helicopter, and were expected to control the county government within three hours; while the left-behind consultants were extremely busy, not only mobilizing their manpower to spread leaflets and promoting public opinion surveys, but also preparing various Kind of auspiciousness is convenient to create momentum for King Qi.

According to the plan designed by Bei Yan and others, the advisory group should first use holographic projection to project the image of King Qi outside Xuzhou City, and then release white foxes, white deer and other exotic beasts, and even all kinds of colorful rare birds, flying into the sky to welcome King Qi. Entering the city; the last is the red light, auspicious clouds and other weather changes.Of course, the corresponding nursery rhymes and prophecies are also being compiled as soon as possible, and they can be sung all over Xuzhou within a day or two.

In the whole design process, the portraits and red lights are all controlled by computer, which is not difficult; but the white deer and white fox took a lot of thought.In the end, Liu Heng, the botanical consultant who was still staying in Jiankang, took the initiative to ask Ying, saying that his classmate's laboratory raised many albino beasts, and he could borrow them as background boards.

By around five o'clock in the afternoon, the entire process had almost been sorted out.After following up the whole process, Mu Chen was exhausted by all kinds of questions.It was so easy to take the time to go to the yard to take a breath, but he heard footsteps behind him, but it was Bei Yan who caught up and reported to him out of breath.

To put it simply, Wang Zhi borrowed from history books and planned to make thousands of birds circle around when King Qi entered the city, and the five colors dazzled among the flying dances, which could create the so-called "beast deterrence" effect.

This idea is of course good, but Mu Chen was very surprised: "But... this effect is very troublesome to make, right? I don't have any special effect materials at hand now, do I need to temporarily train the birds?"

Bei Yan smiled slightly and said it was very simple. Liu Ming borrowed a lot of parrots with bright coats from modern times. Not only did they fly brilliantly, but they were also good at singing.As for how to train birds, that is even simpler.He took out a bottle of perfume from his pocket, and handed it to Mu Chen:

"This is a pheromone developed by the Nature Research Institute, which is extremely attractive to parrots...you can try it."

Mu Chen took the perfume bottle and dripped a few drops on her hands.He didn't smell anything, but after a while, he heard a gust of wind in the back hall, and it was dozens of parrots flying quickly with flapping wings, leaving crisp and melodious chirping along the way.

These are carefully selected parrots, colorful and bright. When hovering in the air, they look like flying brocades. With crisp and clear singing, they are really like a hundred birds facing a phoenix in a fairy palace. The sounds of nature are refreshing.

Legend has it that when the sacred music is played, the phoenix will come to the ceremony, and all the beasts will lead the dance.The auspicious prosperity of Yao and Shun is nothing more than this

This is the backyard of Hengyang Prince's Mansion, separated by a wall is the Royal Street where people come and go.The sound of birds resounded in all directions while the flocks of birds were flying, but within a short time, there were noisy and noisy human voices outside the wall, and gradually it became a crowd.Gradually, someone from a high place caught a glimpse of King Hengyang's floating and independent figure in white clothes among the flock of birds, and after a cry of surprise, the imperial street fell to his knees.But in an instant, the voice of "Long Live Your Highness" has been heard inside and outside.Some even kowtowed so desperately that their faces were bleeding and their voices were hoarse.

Amidst the long live sound of mountains roaring and tsunami outside, only Bei Yan fluttered left and right, and heard Mu Chen's hysterical curse amidst birdsong and cheers:

"Fucking—bird shit!"