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The biggest good news in August was that my eldest sister-in-law Chen Luoxue gave birth to a son safely. She also gave birth in the Maternity and Child Health Hospital and lived in Dong Suguo's room.

Grandpa Shen officially welcomed the day when four generations of his family lived under one roof. Needless to say, he was very happy when he went to the hospital to see the children.

The wrinkles on his smiling face were like orange peel, his missing teeth made a leaking sound when he laughed, and his long snow-white eyebrows trembled.

When the child was three days old, he was still in the hospital and had not returned home, so grandpa set up a buffet at the manor.

He said to Dongsu, did you see that?

I still have to go back to my hometown to celebrate the Lantern Festival and burn incense to my ancestors. This year, I burned incense and paper on the Lantern Festival. This year, Zhongyang passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi, and there was a new baby in the family.

Dong Su smiled and agreed, "Yes, that's right. In a few years when we have time, the family will go back to our hometown to celebrate the Lantern Festival."

Father Shen and Mrs. Jiang were also grinning from ear to ear. Dong Su found that Mrs. Jiang had changed a little. At least she had no objection to her confinement in the hospital this time.

If it were in the past, a bunch of old customs for rural people regarding confinement would have been proposed long ago.

After my second aunt and her family came to the capital, Shanshan's two children were studying in the royal kindergarten. In order to take care of the children, the whole family lived in the imperial city area.

The second aunt also dealt with many noble ladies. As soon as she saw Jiang, she advised her that Luoxue came from a wealthy family and some of the rules were different from those in our countryside. As the elder, she should be considerate of the younger ones.

Jiang at least listened to her a little and stopped clamoring to move to the Imperial City District to live with Shen Linzhong.

Grandpa Shen said that if she asked to move in with his son and daughter-in-law again, the three of them would go back to Gwangju.

These words were more effective than any other warning, and Jiang immediately calmed down.

Time passed very quickly. Dongsu was in charge of various institutions under her command. After Yuejian came back, she had a lot more free time. Except for the bank matters that often came to her for questioning, Yuejian and Xiaoman could handle everything else.

She also had time to compile 'secret books'. She used all the Mo Men's textbooks as references and formally gave physical formulas. She also wrote down some future technologies that seemed like fairy tales to people of this era.

Anyway, these things are not shown to outsiders. At most, some materials are shown to Mo Men, and most of them are left for Sanbao to study when he grows up.

Ling Moxiao said that it was a royal heirloom and would only be passed down to the royal descendants. He always valued the things that Dong Su brought out. He had only shown the world map to a few people after it had been given to him for so long.

I also took some time to teach the three treasures some introductory math lessons. Dabao and Xiaobao were a little jealous, thinking that their younger brother was taught by their mother herself, while they were all taught by their teacher.

Dong Su asked the two of them to listen together. Soon, Dabao and Xiaobao found that they were indeed not as good as their younger brother in math. The younger brother had an excellent memory, but it cannot be said that he could remember everything he saw, because he did not recognize many words.

But as long as adults explain it to him carefully, he will remember it.

When we taught them to recite the multiplication tables, Dabao took two days, Xiaobao took one day, but Sanbao only took one hour to memorize it after listening to his older brothers and sisters recite it several times.

Dongsu spends more time every day teaching the children. In addition to mathematics, she also teaches them some simple medical knowledge. When she is tired of studying, she teaches them common sense of survival in the wild.

Sometimes Ling Moxiao would come to listen to the class and would listen attentively, just like a child, and would keep asking, "And then?"

Considering that Daxia is going to rule the sea in the future, Dongsu will also hang the world map on the wall and teach the children about the sea. This class is a must-attend not only for Ling Moxiao, but also for Yuejian and Xiaoman.

The difference is that Yuejian is preparing for traveling around the world with Jiasi in the future, while Xiaoman is responsible for taking class notes. She will write down every word of what Dongsu teaches and compile it into a book.

Occasionally, Dong Su would get excited and talk about "plate drift" or the stars in the solar system. To them, these things were even more mysterious than the Arabian Nights. The three children were fine as they were full of curiosity.

The three adults held their breath, as if they were eavesdropping on the secrets of the gods.

When the first snow fell in the capital, Dong Su suddenly realized that it was almost the end of the year. This year had passed so quickly!

It feels like I just celebrated the New Year in Gwangju, how come it’s almost New Year again?

From time to time, news came from the sea, including official reports on the battle situation and information gathered by sea merchants. Most of the news was good news, except for the occasional bad weather that affected our voyage.

Most of them are about how many pirates our army has destroyed, how many Japanese fugitives have been killed, how many pirate bases have been seized, how many stolen goods have been recovered for the merchants, and how many slaves have been captured and sent to Korea and Japan to mine...

Ling Moxiao is of course most concerned about the battle situation against Tianzhu, but at present our army is still in the South China Sea and has not yet reached Tianzhu.

This war will take at least two or three years to finish. Dong Su often advises Ling Moxiao not to be anxious. What we need to do is to provide support for the army and prepare supplies.

Although our army is currently in the South China Sea, the Great Xia Navy is too powerful. The natives in that area surrendered just by seeing our artillery chasing and killing pirates.

The Daxia Navy never killed innocent people. As long as the natives did not collude with the Yue people or the Indian people, and their territory was hoisted with the Daxia military flag, they would be given preferential treatment in trading with maritime merchants.

Whenever a naval warship passed by, the indigenous people in that area would immediately come forward to seek peace.

When the news came back, the court was very confident that Great Xia would win this battle, it was just a matter of time.

There were no longer so many objections to the emperor spending so much silver on the navy.

Xiaohu rushed back from Goryeo during the Chinese New Year this year. He, his elder brother and Li Nianyu were the second group to rush to the Tianzhu battlefield to deliver military supplies and warship supplies.

At the same time, it also gave the Indians a little shock from Daxia. When they thought that the enemy was limited, they tried all kinds of ways to defeat the enemy.

Then they found that the enemies were just like copies, and there were more of them. What was worse was that they didn't know how many more of these enemies would come.

So how many warships, cannons, and muskets are left?

Xiaohu had changed so much that Dongsu almost couldn't recognize him. Xiaoman, who had always been emotionally reserved, was sure of his mistake when she saw him hugging her brother and crying.

The handsome and cold-faced general in front of me is the lonely boy who always talked about "killing corrupt officials" when he was a child.

I remember when Grandpa first carried him back to the Shen family, he was very wary of everyone. Except for Grandpa and Xiaoman, he looked at everyone with wolf-like eyes.

The army can really reshape a man! Since joining the navy, Xiaohu has been completely transformed.

When Grandpa saw how much Xiaohu had changed, he was so happy that tears streamed down his face. He didn't even cry when he learned that his eldest brother had been born as his son.

He patted Xiaohu's shoulder and said that after a hundred years, he would not be afraid to see his aunt in the underworld.

He lost his mother at the age of three and was picked up and raised by his aunt. He then picked up his aunt's grandchildren and raised them to adulthood. Now he is an official and he is worthy of his aunt's kindness in raising him.

When Grandpa heard that Xiaohu was going to the battlefield again after the New Year, he hurriedly said, "Hurry up and marry your wife first."

Xiaohu's face turned red, and he smiled and said that he was not in a hurry to get married and would do so after he finished conquering Tianzhu.

He didn't dare say it in front of his grandfather. He didn't know whether he would live or die, so how could he delay the girl's life?

Afraid that grandpa would worry, I simply used my eldest brother as an excuse, saying, "Look, my eldest brother got married so late, so there's no rush for us."

Dong Su comforted his grandfather, saying that Xiaohu now held a high position and was handsome, so why would he worry about not being able to find a wife?

Xiaohu himself was not in a hurry, but he asked Dongsu to find a good family for Xiaoman after she reached the age of 15.

Dong Su sighed for the brother and sister, who had depended on each other since childhood and now support each other. Fortunately, all the hardships were over.

Xiaohu was going to leave after the Chinese New Year, but his grandfather insisted on keeping him for the Lantern Festival, repeatedly telling him that it was because of his good incense burning during the Lantern Festival that everything went well for him last year.

Xiaohu was going to the battlefield, so how could he not burn incense to his ancestors on the Lantern Festival? If it wasn't on the way, Grandpa would have wanted Xiaohu to go back to Macheng.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Ling Moxiao went to the base to send the second batch of soldiers to the Tianzhu battlefield.

Dabao and Zhongyang also went there. Zhongyang stayed at the base and did Mr. Pang's previous job.

Ling Moxiao said that whether Zhongyang went to the Hanlin Academy, was transferred to the local area, or joined the six ministries, it would not be as good as gaining experience in the army first.

After working as a civilian in the army for a few years, he would enter the six ministries. Zhongyang was the prime minister he left for Dabao, so he had to train him well.

During this period, Zhongyang worked as a servant for Ling Moxiao, and was responsible for writing imperial edicts. He was considered the emperor's secretary.

Because he was often in the palace, Dong Su would invite him to have dinner together every day, and the three children all liked having their uncle come.

The children were very disappointed to hear that their uncle would stay at the base and not come back. Dong Su could only promise them that he would take them out to play more often after spring.

Last year's southern tour broadened the twins' horizons and made them more ambitious. They wanted to leave the palace as soon as they had a holiday and even started to think the palace was too small.

Lian Sanbao often thought about going to Momen Academy.

Dong Su and the twins agreed that as long as they got A's in their studies, they could go out and play during the holidays.

Accompanied by Yuejian and Xiaoman, they were taken to Momen, Wanshuge, Sinong and other institutions.

He would go to the Shen family more often to visit his younger brother from his eldest uncle's family, and sometimes he would also go to the manor to see the fish and ducks raised by his great-grandfather.

Ling Moxiao sighed more than once that compared to his own childhood, the three little ones' childhood was so free and happy.

Dong Su wrote more and more "secret books" for Sanbao. Ling Moxiao selected many poems and asked someone to send them to Mr. Pang.

It goes without saying how surprised and excited Mr. Pang was after reading it, so he immediately published it in a book, which soon spread all over the country. Some unheard-of poets were born, and famous works were recited by people of all ages.

Dong Su felt that this was not stealing other people's works. She could only say that she helped spread the famous poems and lyrics to this different world.

If one day in the future, souls from another world come back to their hometown, they will not feel lonely or isolated when they arrive, because they know that a fellow villager has already been here many years ago.

Maybe they will discover what they want to convey, and then take over the baton and continue to let the Chinese civilization be passed down through the ages in this strange world.

Time flies. Ever since the surrender of the barbarians and the expedition to India, Dong Su's concept of time has become celebrating birthdays.

It seems like every month there are birthdays for relatives and friends. Needless to say, for those with three children, the little ones start asking about what gifts they want and where they want to go a month in advance.

Her own Ling Moxiao's birthday has become a regular royal charity gala every year, held in the newly built Royal Conference Hall, where all the gifts received on the birthday, except for some commemorative ones, are presented.

The rest were auctioned off, and all the proceeds were used for infrastructure construction. For example, last year it was used to distribute free growth nutrients to children across the country.

All registered children under the age of ten can go to the town clinic every day to get a nutritional supplement, including protein powder, glucose, deep-sea fish oil, etc.

This year's funds will be used to subsidize lunch in primary schools across the country. Except for subsidies for local wealthy people, primary schools in most places do not provide lunch.

Some children had to walk several miles to go home for meals, or bring steamed buns, sweet potatoes, etc. During the population census, Dong Su specifically asked for a survey of the physical condition of children across the country.

The results showed that 70% of the children were malnourished. After all, it has only been two years since everyone had enough food to eat, but they are still far from eating nutritiously.

Ling Moxiao used all the proceeds from his birthday banquet for military and border defense construction, and neither the officials nor the common people had any objection to this.

Even the Ministry of Revenue could not stand it and proposed to build a summer resort because the summer in Youzhou City was too hot. When in Chang'an, the emperor had a summer resort, spring hunting and autumn hunting, and a hot spring resort in winter.

The current emperor and empress have been on the throne for so many years, but have never spent any money from the national treasury on entertainment.

Ling Moxiao agreed to build the Summer Resort, and this year he also started his first autumn hunt since ascending the throne. Because Chen Xingyao suggested that His Majesty go to Beijiang County.

It was not just a simple autumn hunt, but also a tour for the emperor to tour the nomadic areas and see the changes in Beijiang County.

Dong Su and San Bao did not go. Ling Moxiao took the twins, a boy and a girl, and went to the Beijiang County for the autumn hunt with the civil and military officials.

Dong Su stayed in the capital, waiting for news about the war in Tianzhu.

The Chinese New Year came in a blink of an eye. This year, the family was separated. Ling Moxiao's northern tour team stayed in Beijiang County to celebrate the New Year, while Dong Su took Sanbao to preside over the sacrificial ceremony in the capital.

The little guy was fatter than his brother had been when he was a child. He wore formal auspicious clothes and, under the guidance of the Ministry of Rites, burned incense and performed the ceremony in a proper manner, which won praise from all the officials.

The northern tour team did not return to the capital until May. After not seeing each other for more than half a year, the twins had grown a lot taller.

But they both said in unison that their younger brother had grown taller, and the way he stood there with his hands in his pockets, not saying a word or smiling, looked very much like a little teacher.

Dong Su smiled and said, he doesn’t look like a young teacher, he looks like a little old man.

In October of the same year, the Emperor of India submitted a letter of surrender and requested peace talks with Bactria.

Ling Moxiao said very firmly that peace talks were possible, but from then on, Tianzhu would become a vassal of Daxia and pay tribute every year.

It is said that the Emperor of India hesitated for a long time, but after hearing about the fate of Goryeo and Japan, he looked at the Daxia warships on the sea.

However, their gods never responded to their requests, and Indian soldiers were defeated one after another by the artillery of Bactria.

In the end, the Indian emperor agreed to the harsh peace proposal from Daxia. The only thing he was thankful for was that the people of Daxia did not want their women to be slaves and did not take away his daughter and beautiful concubine.

Daxia was going to build a temporary palace in Tianzhu and set up an official agency. When deciding which general to leave behind to guard the palace, Ling Moxiao asked Dong Su for his opinion, and finally decided to leave General Lu and Xiaohu.

Xiaohu is stationed there, while General Lu is leading the navy to open up new sea routes, allowing the Great Xia Navy to reach further places.

When Grandpa heard that Xiaohu would not be coming back for the time being, he hurriedly wrote a letter to Xiaohu, giving him many instructions, but the most important thing was to tell him not to marry an Indian woman.

The army did not return to the base until February of the following year. From the moment the navy entered Lingnan Port, all they saw along the way were people singing and dancing, and the Chamber of Commerce presenting various gifts.

The people who were most happy about India's surrender were not the imperial court but the merchants, because from then on, the entire South China Sea was completely controlled by the Daxia Navy, and they no longer had to worry about pirates.

All the officials were also very happy and some suggested that Ling Moxiao go to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth. Since your majesty ascended the throne, you have destroyed the Northern Frontier, Goryeo, and Japan, and made Silla, the barbarians, and India into vassal states.

Daxia's population has doubled, its military is strong, and its national strength is unprecedentedly powerful. Your Majesty should go to offer sacrifices.

Ling Moxiao was unwilling at first, listening to the officials talking about how great his political achievements were, but he was always sober, no matter how shocked he was by the world map.

It was the occasional words that Dong Su said that made him realize that there was a country where no one was hungry, no one was naked, no one was homeless, and all children could go to school.

There are no plagues that break out at any time because they have vaccines and countless doctors. Even if there are natural disasters, they will not cause too many deaths.

More importantly, in that country, there is truly no tax on farmers!

Ling Moxiao felt that only when he made Da Xia become like this would he be qualified to go to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth.

But Dong Su suggested to him that since all the officials proposed to go, then he should go! Fengshan sacrifice is not just his business, but the pride of the whole nation.

Besides, she had never been to Mount Tai and wanted to go and see it.

Not to mention that the twins' hearts were raised, hers was almost the same. She regretted not going to the autumn hunt in Beijiang County.