Boom! Boom! Boom! Fireworks bloomed in the sky.
The children had been waiting for this moment. They plugged their ears with their fingers and looked at the beautiful patterns in the sky.
They didn't care about how beautiful the fireworks were. They just wanted to share it with the people around them.
Li Family Zhuangzi, Zhang Family Village, and Imperial Plantation. Parents with children were busy.
They brought their children to watch the fireworks together and talked to them about the fireworks until they fell asleep.
The whole capital government, including the villages, had fireworks in the sky.
It cost money and made the Winged Knights suffer.
They won the hearts of the people. Even though there were a few families living in the mountains, there were still Winged Knights arriving with more than ten fireworks.
Li Longji stood with his hands behind his back and slightly raised his head. He was in high spirits and looked down at the world. This … was the Tang dynasty!
The people around felt the same atmosphere and looked solemn.
Li Yi was smacking his lips, which were covered by the sound of the fireworks. Li Yi had a beer in his left hand and a braised chicken claw in his right. He was eating and drinking happily.
Princess Yongmu stood beside Li Yi. Her mouth was closed, but her mouth was moving. She ate a piece of meat tendon, but she couldn't chew it.
Eating meat tendons was good for digestion. As long as she didn't swallow it, she would have a lot of saliva in her mouth when she chewed it. It was similar to eating sour plums.
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At this time, there were twelve families living on a mountain. They were drinking rice wine brought by ten Winged Knights and roasting the prey that the Winged Knights had hunted on the mountain.
When the time was up, the Winged Knights took out a set of six fireworks and lit them. The sky was still raining flowers.
At the end of the six shots, the featherwood cavalry was ready to point to the next group. An old man with white hair and a white beard stood beside the featherwood cavalry and held his hand.
"Six is enough. I heard that these things can kill enemies on the battlefield. Bring them back and use them to kill enemies."
The children looked disappointed, but they all nodded.
"Sir, to kill enemies with fireworks, not to mention one group of six, even ten groups of sixty would be useless, unless the enemy stood there stupidly without moving."
The Winged Knights shook their heads. The ten of them had brought ten sets of fireworks. They would first set off two sets, and then set off another set every ten minutes.
Not only for the twelve families, but also for the people living in the surrounding mountains.
Those commoners didn't have normal fields, so they cultivated some land in the mountains to grow food.
Usually, he would hunt, chop firewood, weave baskets, sell them, and buy things back.
They did not return to their birthplace and had lived on the mountain for many generations.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there were people who hid in the mountains to escape the chaos of war, just like the twelve families in front of them.
The difference was that the twelve families had taken the initiative to register. When the Guanzhong area was dry, they saw the water net prepared in advance and felt that the court was powerful, so they requested to register.
The government had prepared a list and did not collect rent. They were required to contribute five pieces of hare skin to each household every year.
If he didn't have any rabbit skins, he would use other things like pheasants to replace them.
Handing things over to the yamen would give them corresponding benefits.
Build four fences around it, one meter, one and a half meters, two meters, and three to five meters.
The one-meter ones were on the outermost periphery, thick wood, sharpened on top.
The second circle was two meters away from the first circle, sharpened on top.
The third circle was one and a half meters away from the second circle, sharpened on top.
The fourth circle was one meter away from the third circle, sharpened on top.
The outer circle was to guard against wild boars, and the others were to guard against tigers and wolves.
Every time a tiger or wolf could jump in from the outside, as long as it jumped up, it was guaranteed to penetrate the piles.
In the past, the twelve families used earth and stone to build the walls. At night, they would always lose things. The chicken cages were nailed with thick wood. When they heard the noise, no one dared to leave the house.
After building the fences, the earth walls were widened outwards, and less than three mu of vegetable fields were opened.
At night, when they heard the noise, they would come out with lanterns and sticks and knives.
Because the only ones that could come in were weasels and foxes. When they climbed in, they were not penetrated. If they jumped in, it would be difficult to get out.
The innermost circle was close to the top, and there was a downward-facing shelter. When they climbed in, they would be blocked when they climbed out.
Ever since the first weasel was caught, the twelve families were always looking forward to other weasels.
During the day, the older people stayed to work, and the younger people went down the mountain to work in teams. Every ten days, they would bring the children back from the village.
The children studied in the county school and lived in the county school with the other children in the village.
After they were naturalized, they enjoyed such benefits. The Winged Knights set off fireworks to attract other families to live here.
The place was big enough to form a small village.
The old man did not know the purpose behind it. He looked at the other fireworks. "Sell them to the rich. Why don't they sell one for 50 yuan?"
"Grandfather, 50 yuan is not enough to buy one set of fireworks. One set of fireworks is a shovel, and they are not selling," a child said to his grandfather.
Going to school was not only about learning the contents of the textbooks, but also about the outside world.
"Six shovels?" The old man was distressed. "We don't have that kind of luck. Don't set them off, stop."
"Dongzhu arranged it. Dongzhu said that we must set them off." The Winged Knights could only bring up Li Yi.
"Set them off!" The old man gritted his teeth. "Li Dongzhu said to set them off. Let's watch carefully."
The Winged Knights set off the second set of fireworks. Boom, boom, boom. Those who watched carefully were dazzled.
Those who were not naturalized were watching as well. They did not understand why they did not want to be naturalized. It was probably because they were used to it.
Besides, they did not trust the Imperial Court. Even though they saw the changes when they went down the mountain to trade, they still wanted to wait and see.
They were no different from Li Yi's people who moved to the mountains. The local officials almost knelt down and begged, if it was useful.
At first, the officials saw that they did not listen, so they did not care.
Later, when the task was put down, they did not care. If the people did not go down the mountain, they were off duty.
The officials' subjective initiative and ability increased by a hundred times. They thought of all sorts of ideas.
They went every few days and even stayed there at night. They talked reason, laid out facts, painted a picture, talked about feelings, and coaxed the people down the mountain.
Li Yi did not give the order. It was just naturalization. It was convenient for the officials to do the statistics. It was not like they were going down the mountain.
Those who were not naturalized knew who the fireworks were for. The twelve families there were naturalized, and their lives were good.
This was especially so for the children. They studied in the county's schools. Those who improved and were good at their studies were rewarded and given money.
The money a child earned from studying hard was many times more than what they earned from working at home. It was said that some children brought home more than ten taels of money a month.
"Should we be naturalized? A family can get five pieces of rabbit skin a year. It is easy to catch wild chickens. "
Finally, one of the people on the mountain could not take it anymore. He had three children. The oldest was eleven, while the youngest was five.
Actually, his family should have had six children. Of the other three, two died not long after they were born. The last one died when he was four years old.
He calculated how much money the three children could earn. If they did not learn well, he would beat them.
If he waited any longer, how would the children go to school when they were older?
"Go down the mountain tomorrow and ask. How do we get naturalized? Do we hand in the rabbit skin now or before the end of the year? "
The oldest person was still in charge. It was a pity that he did not have a pipe. If not, he would have smoked a pipe.
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