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It’s the first day of the first month of the new year, and before dawn, bamboo and Osmanthus ignited in the yards of the residents in Minghui Valley’s living area. During the burning process, the crackling sound made the valley, and the green smoke lingered above the valley for a long time. It lingers, and there is a smell of smoke in the air, a festive smell.

The guards in Minghui Valley patrolled the residential area carefully, and stepped up to deal with the hidden dangers of the ash pile after the discharge.

Firecrackers ignited on the first day of the Lunar New Year the year before last caused a fire. Fortunately, it was discovered in time. With the concerted efforts of everyone in the valley to fight the fire, only two houses were burned down.

After ten years of development, Minghui Valley now has 2 permanent residents in the valley. Together with the officers and soldiers of the Navy Battalion in the west of the valley, the workers and their families in shipyards, steel weapon forging factories, gunpowder factories and other military factories, the valley The total population is close to [-].

The porcelain factory in Minghui Valley had been moved out of the valley the year before last, and moved to the middle of Wu State, where the soil was more suitable for firing porcelain.

The most profitable glass factory also moved out of the valley last year to a river bank east of Nanbu, where sand and gravel are abundant and water power is cheap.

Except for the hundred-year-old trees in the valley, the other trees have been cut down except for some for scenery.In order to preserve water and soil, the trees on the slopes on three sides of the valley were felled in a planned way.After felling, trees must be replanted.Due to factors such as insufficient raw materials and pollution in papermaking, Guzhong Paper Mill has planned to relocate within the past two years.

With the consolidation of Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui's status in the Wu Kingdom, the access to Minghui Valley is no longer so strict.

The entire valley is divided into three areas, the middle and eastern area is the largest area, mainly living areas and farmland, and the state of security is the loosest.

Residents of the valley enter and exit with their badges.Residents outside the valley can enter the valley to visit relatives as long as they show their identification badges at the gate of the valley and fill in the information of relatives and friends.

The second area is the factory area in the southwest. The factory area is separated by a wall, and the gate of the walled courtyard is guarded by guards.You must have a work permit to enter.

The third area is the naval barracks and shipyards in the west, which are also blocked by high walls. The entrances and exits are guarded by well-equipped soldiers, and personnel must have a warrant to enter and exit.

After ten years of development, the living area of ​​Minghui Valley has been built into a town with complete supporting facilities.There are rows of green brick buildings, each with a yard.There are two commercial streets in the center of the living area, and the streets cross into a cross.The valley is equipped with a primary school and a middle school.There are public gardens and a public training ground at the center of resident life.The garden is for people to rest and play, and the training ground is for people to practice shooting and learn various fighting skills.In the era of cold weapons, only by maintaining the military style can the people's combat capabilities be guaranteed.

There is also a medical research center in the north of the living area, where hundreds of doctors are developing experimental new drugs.Every summer and winter vacation, Jiang Gui would take his disciples to the valley to exchange medical skills with the doctors in the research center.

Zhou Cheng's father, Zhou Da, took his grandson Zhou Bao to the yard to set firecrackers. When the firecrackers were completely burned, the grandfather and grandson returned to the room. Zhou Da's wife had already made breakfast. dumplings.

The Zhou family lived in a building in the second year after they arrived in the valley, and the building was obtained by Zhou Cheng as a reward for his military achievements.As for the [-] gold smuggling fee owed, it was also paid off that year.

After two years, relatives and friends of the Zhou family came to pay back the expenses one after another, but they were all rejected by Mrs. Zhou, because Zhou Cheng was a prominent figure, and the living conditions of Mr. Zhou's family were more than ten times better than that of relatives and friends.

During Zhou Cheng's military career in seven or eight years, he was rewarded with huge sums of money, the biggest sum of which was [-]% of the company's shares that Zheng and Chu rewarded him.

The annual dividends of the shares alone are enough for the Zhou family to eat, drink and have fun lying on the pile of money.

Although Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou are well-clothed and well-fed, they are unwilling to relax. They are still planting the [-] mu of land given to them by the valley.

"Bao'er, eat more!" Seeing that Zhou Bao didn't want to move after eating half a bowl, Zhou's mother hurriedly persuaded him.

"Dear grandma, Bao'er really can't eat it!" Zhou Bao likes to eat glutinous rice balls, but there are plenty of snacks during the Chinese New Year, Zhou Bao eats too many snacks, and he can't eat the staple food.

Zhou Bao is already nine years old. He is studying in the Valley Primary School. He is healthy and tender, but not fat.

"Bao'er won't eat for grandma!" said the silly girl in red all over, and was about to fetch her son's china bowl.

"Crack!" Mother Zhou's chopsticks hit Silly Girl on the head. "Eat, eat, eat! You still eat, let's see how fat you are now?"

Sha Niu was very hungry in the first half of her life. After arriving in the valley, although she could eat with her belly open, Sha Niu did not feel full.The consequence of eating too much is that she is overweight. Sha Niu's weight is almost equal to her height. Sha Niu is 151 cm tall.

Zhou's mother was afraid that this silly daughter-in-law would burst her stomach, so she had to control the silly girl's appetite.

"Bao'er, grandma, don't hit silly girls since it's Chinese New Year's Eve." Zhou Da reminded his wife that today is the first day of the Lunar New Year.

"Hey, I don't want to fight either. Bao'er is so old, and this mother is so stupid. If you don't watch it, you will be overwhelmed in the next year, and you won't let the people in the valley laugh out your front teeth?" Mother Zhou returned to her grandson. Porcelain bowls, and pick up the leftover food from the grandson.

The days before were too poor, and Zhou's mother still refuses to waste any food even though she relies on her son Zhou Cheng to live a life of luxury.

"Dear grandma! Dear grandpa! Bao'er wants to ask Hu'er to go to New Year's greetings together." The Hu'er that Zhou Bao said was the grandson of a neighbor's family, one year older than Zhou Bao, and they were classmates.

"Go! Go!" Zhou Da kindly agreed to his grandson. Zhou Cheng is still unmarried, and Zhou Bao, who has no Zhou family blood, is still the baby of the Zhou family.

Zhou Bao took two steps, thought for a while, and then turned around to bid farewell to the silly girl who was drinking glutinous rice ball soup: "Mother! Bao'er is going out to pay New Year's greetings first."

Bo'er really can't respect this stupid mother who often snatched her food when she was a child, but the school teaches to respect the elders, and Bao'er still has to tell the silly mother when she goes out.

"New Year's greetings? I'm going too!" Sha Niu's eyes lit up, and she dropped the bowl and was about to go out with her son. She suddenly remembered that there were snacks to eat when going out for New Year's greetings.As long as there is something to eat, the silly girl wants to go.

Back then, a peddler tempted him with a piece of wheat cake, and the silly girl who was greedy for food was lured, and followed the peddler to the wild to conceive Bao'er.

There was a black line on Zhou Bao's forehead, and he regretted that he said goodbye just now.

"Crack!" Silly girl hit Zhou's mother on the head again. "Bao'er, a junior like you, is going to pay New Year's greetings, what are you doing! All relatives will come later, so you leave me home to make tea for me!"

The silly girl was most afraid of Zhou's mother, seeing Zhou's mother was furious, shrinking her neck and not daring to speak, Zhou Bao hurried away.

When Zhou Da defected to his son Zhou Cheng, he brought his two brothers-in-law, a cousin, and a cousin with him.Those families all lived in Nanbu.

Except for his cousin, Zhou Da is the eldest in the family, every year on the first day of the first month.The two brothers-in-law and the cousin's family all had to visit Zhou Cheng's house first, and only after they had visited the house could Zhou Da's family go to Nanbu to pay New Year's greetings to his cousin.

Because of Zhou Cheng, the Zhou family, together with Da Zhuang and Ge Mujiang, are the highest-ranking households among the residents of the valley.There are many neighbors who come to Zhou Cheng's house to pay New Year's greetings.

Zhou's mother prepared a lot of new year's goods, among which, dried sweet potatoes are indispensable.Everyone in the Zhou family, except for the silly girl, no longer regards dried sweet potatoes as a precious food, but dried sweet potatoes still occupy the most delicious impression in the Zhou family's memory.

"Happy New Year, Uncle and Aunt!" The burly couple in new clothes brought their eldest son, second son, and younger son to Zhou's house to celebrate the new year.

Now Da Zhuang is not only the general manager of the valley, but also manages the property owned by Zheng and Chu together with Wu Da. He is the most powerful person in the valley.Every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Da Zhuang pays New Year greetings to the family members of the valley non-commissioned officer.The non-commissioned officers were stationed in various places and could not come back to reunite with their relatives.Da Zhuang, as the general manager of the valley, expressed condolences to each family on behalf of Zheng Chu.

"Happy New Year, Mr. Huang!" Mr. and Mrs. Zhou hurriedly welcomed the four of them into the house, and took out fruit to entertain the two older children.

"Oh! This child looks like a tiger with a tiger's head and a tiger's brain. How well he has been raised!" Zhou's mother hugged the one-year-old child in Ge Erniu's hands and kissed her fiercely, praising her while kissing. "Er Niu, you are so lucky!"

The big and strong children are not afraid of strangers, and Zhou's mother is like him, the children dance happily and giggle with their small mouths.

Ge Erniu is different from her elder sister. Ge Da Niu’s fetus is a girl, and Ge Erniu’s fetus is a boy. When Ge Carpenter talks about his grandson and granddaughter, he will express his emotions. Why didn’t God give birth to his two daughters? children equal gender.

"The situation will settle down in the future. Your Zhou Cheng will be able to get married this spring, and next year, uncles and aunts will be able to hold a fat boy." Da Zhuang joked beside him.

"Can my Zhou Cheng get married this spring?" Zhou Da and his wife's eyes lit up.

Zhou Cheng got engaged two years ago, and the woman's background was very prominent, just because the Wu Kingdom had been fighting against Zhao, Qi, Lu and Yan for the past two years, and Zhou Cheng was too busy leading troops to fight, so he had no time to get married.

Queen Tian went to Tang to patrol and had a good impression of Zhou Cheng who was stationed in Tang.After returning to Cannes, he asked Fan Jin to act as a matchmaker and told Zhou Cheng his youngest sister.

Queen Tian married her younger sister to Zhou Cheng, both because of Zhou Cheng's character and because of the child in her womb.After all, Queen Tian has no foundation in the royal court other than relying on Zheng Chu.As a mother, she always thinks about her children, and marrying a powerful general will ensure that her son's future position as the heir apparent will be more secure.

Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui understood Queen Tian's intention very well.Originally, Zheng Chu didn't want the military generals to be involved with the nobles of the family, but Zhou Cheng was not Zeng You, and his loyalty to Zheng Chu was no worse than that of Wei Qing and Huo Sizhong.Zhou Cheng's marriage with the royal family will not destroy the existing system.Zhou Cheng is a beneficiary of the existing system.Zhou Cheng is benevolent in nature, and he knows how to drink water and think about the source. He is the backbone of maintaining the political system established by Zheng and Chu.

"Well, eight or nine should be close to ten." Da Zhuang affirmed.

The royal court of Wu had already made a decision when they attacked Yan last summer. After annexing Yan, they must recuperate for the next two years.There is no need to use troops. Of course Zhou Cheng is free to get married.Zhou Cheng is 29 years old after the new year. Ma Ren, who is the same age as Zhou Cheng, got married at the end of last year.

"Hey! That's great!" Mr. and Mrs. Zhou smirked.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, relatives of Zhou's family registered at the gate guard at the entrance of the valley with their waist badges to enter the valley.Most of Zhou's relatives in Nanbu work in agriculture, and when the farming season is busy, they find some temporary workers to earn some wages, and they live a good life.

"Brother, our hometown should be peaceful, right?" Zhou Da's cousin asked anxiously after paying New Year's greetings to his cousin and sister-in-law.

"Of course it's peaceful, brother, do you want to go back?" Zhou Da looked at his cousin strangely, his hometown is dilapidated now.

The Zhou family's ancestral home was in the State of Lu, not far from the border of the State of Tang.The State of Lu was merged into the territory of the State of Wu at the end of the previous year.After the state of Wu merged with the state of Lu, Zhou Cheng once sent people to visit relatives and friends in his hometown.The number of relatives and friends of the Zhou family who stayed in Lu State decreased by one-third, and they either died of starvation or died of war.Those who survived were also thanks to the money and food relief sent by the Zhou family.

"When people get old, they want to return to their roots." Zhou Da's cousin is only one year younger than Zhou Da, and he is already in his early fifties. Because of the harsh life in the past, his hair has turned gray.

"But we have to rebuild from the beginning." Zhou Da persuaded his cousin.

"Reconstruction is reconstruction. Our place belongs to Wu, isn't it the same as here in Nanbu? After all, it is farming." Brother Zhou is very confident.

"What about the land in Nanbu?"

"Three children, only the eldest is willing to go back with him, and the land in Nanbu is reserved for the second and third." Da cousin Zhou made the calculations.

There is too much population in Nanbu, and there is not enough good land to allocate. Some young people who are newly married and set up households start to be allocated less than [-] acres of land.After the state of Wu annexed Qilu, the governor of Ulsan encouraged the aborigines of Qilu to return to their hometowns to farm.After years of fighting in Qilu, the population of the two places has been reduced by one-third.In the newly merged Qiluyan three lands, each household can be allocated [-] mu of land, and enjoy three years of preferential taxation, with full exemption in the first year and half tax in the second and third years.

"That's good. After the Spring Festival, your sister-in-law and I also want to go back and have a look." Zhou Da also wants to go back to his hometown. No matter how good life is now, he will never stop feeling for his hometown.

After the Spring Festival, Zhou Da chartered a sailboat and took the thirty or so relatives and friends who had smuggled to Nanbu back to his hometown.After visiting relatives, one-third of the people who chose to stay in their hometown were basically older. Most of the other young people returned to Nanbu to live. The prosperity of Nanbu is more attractive to young people than the dilapidated hometown.

Zhou Cheng finally got married in the spring of this year, and the wedding was held in the valley.Wu Wangsheng and his wife, Zheng and Chu, dignitaries of the Wang court, and dignitaries from the valley who can spare time, all attended the ceremony to congratulate.Zhou Cheng's marriage is also a Bermuda wedding.In Ulsan, Bermuda weddings are favored by many young people and have gradually become the main form of marriage in Ulsan.Slowly, Bermuda weddings spread from Ulsan to other parts of the Wu Kingdom. A hundred years later, Bermuda weddings became the mainstream of the Huahan Empire.

After Zhou got married, his wife did not stay in the valley, but followed her husband to garrison the frontier.Zhou Cheng has been guarding the territory of the Huahan Empire until he was old and resigned, and then returned to live in the valley.

Zhou Cheng and his wife had three sons and one daughter together, but the most promising one in the Zhou family was not Zhou Cheng's children, but Zhou Bao, his elder brother's son.

Zhou Bao was successful in his studies, took the promotion exam and got No. 2, and was later sent to a local office, and finally became a local county chief.