After binding the loving mother system, I was so bad

Xiaohua didn't know yet that she had escaped a disaster.

"Sir, how should we spend our annual leave this year?" Wang Bushi asked.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the Chinese New Year was a big event. The Spring Festival lasted for a long time, and the period from the winter solstice to the beginning of spring was included in the Spring Festival holiday.

Roughly speaking, this annual holiday is more than half a month.

But last year, Yunzhou was busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and the annual holiday was less than ten days.

This year, many things have been sorted out, and many low-level officials are looking forward to having more annual leave so that they can visit relatives and friends.

Gu Nanxi didn't hesitate: "Let's release it at the normal time."

Today is December 20th, and the winter solstice will be in two days.

This year's Winter Solstice and New Year's Day happen to fall on the same day, so the holiday begins on that day.

Gu Nanxi would naturally be concerned about how his officials celebrated the holidays: "Last year, Yunzhou was busy with many things, and you didn't have time to return home to reunite with your family. Should I give you more leave this year?"

Wang Buxi joked, "Yunzhou is my home. I have never left my hometown."

"Don't you plan to reconcile with the Wang family?"

Wang Buxi was very nonchalant: "My parents have passed away, and I have no brothers or sisters. Why should I go back?"

Gu Nanxi had vaguely heard about some of Wang Buxi's past, so she invited him, "How about coming to the governor's mansion to celebrate the New Year together like last year?"

Wang Buxi was not serious and said with a smile: "Even if you didn't invite me, I would still come to ask for money."

After saying this, Wang Buxi did not regard himself as an outsider at all, and complained to Lumei: "Miss Lumei, this year's New Year's Day cannot be as perfunctory as last year."

During the New Year festival, people in the Great Zhou would worship the kitchen god and send off all the gods.

Early in the morning, no matter whether the family is rich or poor, they will prepare vegetable soup and noodles to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god.

If you are in Kyoto, you will see all kinds of vendors in the market and on the streets, selling colorful rice, flowers and fruits, dough sticks, and beans along the street.

Most families will prepare some malt sugar, colorful rice cakes, chicken, duck, fish, good wine and good food.

During such times, the Kitchen God worship is usually presided over by men, while women stay away.

Lumei was a little embarrassed: "Didn't we have too much to do last year? That's why we didn't have time to prepare. This year, I promise we will have everything!"

As for who will preside over the Kitchen God Festival, is there any need to ask? Of course it will be Gu Nanxi!

All the rules about women staying away have to be put aside when it comes to Gu Nanxi!

In Yunzhou, Gu Nanxi is the rule!

After getting the promise, Wang Bushi asked again what kind of annual gifts would be given to officials this year?

In fact, in the Zhou Dynasty, the treatment of officials was very good. Not only did they have high salaries and many holidays, but they also received various benefits, such as tea, salt, coal, clothes, etc.

During large festivals like these, all kinds of rewards are given out continuously. Basically, if one person becomes an official, even if he is just a minor official, the whole family does not need to buy rice for the entire year.

But we are talking about the central government here. As for local officials, it depends on the local finances!

"A small can of tea, five catties of salt, a basket of charcoal, ten bottles of canned fruit, three wool coupons, a can of soybean paste, and 5 catties of mutton coupons. Then, according to the official's rank, the amount will be increased on this basis!"

Wang Buxi exclaimed: "So many?!"

"You have worked hard for a whole year and devoted yourself to Yunzhou. This is what you deserve."

After Gu Nanxi and Wang Buxi discussed the details, they went about their own business.

……

In Fuming Town, the military camp playground was filled with bags of corn, canned fruit and various supplies.

The officers and soldiers lined up in a long queue and signed and sealed their receipts in an orderly manner.

The cold wind howled, mixed with snow particles, hitting people's faces, causing pain.

Even so, everyone's face was filled with happy smiles.

On such a festive day, the military disciplinarians also relaxed their requirements and turned a blind eye to the noisy discussions in the team.

"Oh my goodness, ever since the general came, our military life has been getting better and better! We haven't even been late for pay once!"

"Haha, last time I brought my replacement military pay back home, I almost scared my parents! They thought I was a thief!"

A soldier who had just received the food couldn't help but open a bag of corn on the spot, reached out and grabbed a handful, and the plump wheat flowed from his fingertips.

Everyone could clearly see that the corn was of the best quality, without even a speck of sand or gravel mixed in.

The soldier was stunned for a moment, then he tightened the mouth of the bag, tears streaming down his face.

Seeing this, Boss Li, who was patrolling nearby, came over and frowned, saying, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the corn? If there is, I'll go find them! I wonder who has the guts to fool the general!"

The soldier shook his head and choked up, "No! This corn is better than the one sold in the grain store!"

"Then why are you crying?"

"I'm just so happy! My parents have been farming all their lives, and they've never eaten corn as good as this!"

Hearing this, Boss Li cursed: "You scared me so much! Don't be a sissy, man! Tomorrow when you go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, if you kill a few more Tartars, you can let your parents wear gold and silver!"

Boss Li wanted to curse a few more times but was stopped by Gu Shisan who came over.

Gu Shisan explained in a low voice: "Don't scold him, he's a veteran who has been here for more than ten years."

Boss Li raised his eyebrows. What's wrong with the veteran?

Gu Shisan continued, "When General Gu went deep into the grassland, the food and grass promised by the court were delayed in arriving. In the end, it was Lord Zhu who made a bloody appeal to the court, which forced the emperor to urgently transfer food from the Shuozhou granary. This old soldier was a member of the grain transport team."

Gu Shisan's tone was inexplicable, and Boss Li could almost guess the ending of the story.

"The grain transport team encountered several waves of ambushes and attacks from the Tartars, but they were also very strong and fought to the death. No one escaped! By the time the support team arrived, only a dozen people were left in the grain transport team of hundreds of people."

"And the corn they were trying to protect at all costs was actually mixed with more than half sand and gravel!"

Boss Li immediately understood what Gu Shisan meant. The old soldier was crying for his father and mother, and for his dead comrades, but he was also crying for himself!

Among the people watching the excitement, some knew the soldier and just sighed quietly when they saw this scene.

Abujiji stood aside, looking at the Han soldiers with envy, when suddenly a big hand was placed on his shoulder.

"Abujiji, why don't you go and queue up?" Boss Li asked curiously.

"Am I involved too?!" Abujiji was shocked.

Although the grassland people have been incorporated into Yunzhou, in reality, the gap still exists.

This is due to different languages ​​and living habits, but more importantly, there are still Tartars outside the city walls eyeing them covetously.

The Han people generally did not believe that the grassland people would fight bloody battles for Yunzhou, especially the Tatars' threat to the grassland tribes not to sell wool, which dealt a heavy blow to the already fragile relationship!

Boss Li said as a matter of course: "The general said that we should treat everyone equally. You are a soldier from Yunzhou, so of course you enjoy the same benefits!"