Chapter 537: Finally Together (Please vote and subscribe)

"Well, then, I won't run around recently. Let's have a child first." Under the coercion of Xiaodie's eyes, Luo Chong finally chose to compromise.

In fact, he did have some ideas about Xiaodie. Xiaodie used to have wheat-colored skin. Her facial features were not stunning, but at least she was good-looking, healthy, and lively and cheerful. This was why Luo Chong chose her.

Xiaodie has lived in the Han tribe for more than four years now. She is no longer the same as before. She was not ugly, but her living conditions were not good before. In the past few years, she has been following Luo Chong and has everything she wants to eat. She takes a bath and pays attention to hygiene. She also wears decent Hanfu clothes. In addition, she is the wife of the chief and has superb skills in textile printing and dyeing.

She is well-nourished, ruddy, and her skin is whiter than before. It should be because she is stuffy in a skirt. In addition, the confidence brought by her status and career has increased her temperament. She is indeed more and more like the wife of the chief.

Hearing Luo Chong's affirmative answer, Xiaodie hugged Luo Chong's neck tightly, and was so happy that she couldn't help herself.

This scene happened to be seen by Zhan Ying, who had just returned from picking peppers. Her face turned red and she hurriedly said to the two.

"Sister Xiaodie is back too. I, I will go to cook for you."

Luo Chong nodded and said "OK", and patted Xiaodie's back at the right time.

"Come on, come down, let's go cook and eat first. I brought you some good things this time, and I'll show you later."

"What good things are they? Has my husband found plants that can be used as dyes again?" Xiaodie let go of Luo Chong's arms and asked as she walked towards the kitchen.

"Hey, no, it's a beautiful decoration, presented by the Xin tribe's delegation. It's something that we really can't see in our mountains. I picked some good ones and will share them with you two later."

Luo Chong deliberately kept it a secret, and didn't say what it was. He sat on the small stool in front of the stove when he entered the main room and began to help the two of them light the fire.

It is impossible for a gentleman to stay away from the kitchen. He is not that kind of person. On the contrary, Luo Chong likes to cook by himself. Especially every time he restores a kind of food he ate in his previous life, he will be very happy. This should be regarded as a disguised nostalgia. Besides, the food culture of the entire Han tribe basically comes from the kitchen of Luo Chong's house. He doesn't cook anymore. Basically, there will be no new dishes in the Han tribe within half a year.

For the dinner of three people, the rice has been steamed in the small pot next to it. Xiaodie and Zhan Ying are responsible for washing dishes and cutting vegetables respectively. Luo Chong personally cooks.

A plate of cumin lamb, a plate of stir-fried cabbage with chili, and a plate of fried tofu with bean sprouts and blood clots, and finally a bowl of white tofu mixed with chili sauce ordered by Luo Chong. The four dishes are complete, which is a celebration for Luo Chong's return and the upcoming cause of making a baby.

There was no soup, because stewing soup was too time-consuming, and Luo Chong liked drinking tea recently, so the family rarely made soup. Even if they did, most of them used some offal to make soup. Animal offal was actually quite nutritious.

The three of them had dinner together. Luo Chong picked up dishes for the two of them from time to time, and secretly observed how Xiaodie and Zhan Ying got along. Fortunately, the things Luo Chong was worried about did not happen.

Maybe it was influenced by the concepts of this era. The leaders of the tribes enjoyed priority in dating, bah, priority in marriage. Most of the tribal leaders had more than one spouse, so Xiaodie did not show any jealousy or the idea of ​​dominating Luo Chong. At least on the surface, Xiaodie was still good to Zhan Ying. At least when listening to the two talking about their lives during this period, Luo Chong could hear that Zhan Ying was well taken care of by Xiaodie, the sister.

Zhan Ying was somewhat envious of the relationship between Luo Chong and Xiao Die, but it was pure envy, not jealousy. After all, being able to live such a superior life now was far beyond Zhan Ying's expectations. There was nothing to be dissatisfied with, and there was no need to be jealous. Xiao Die never hesitated to share what she had with Zhan Ying. As for the relationship, take it slowly, after all, the two of them had lived together for a short time.

After dinner, Luo Chong took the two of them out for a walk, and then took them to the government building to get the things he brought back, some newly made four treasures of the study, and the small bag of pearls.

These pearls were all very large, not only round, but also some beautiful special-shaped pearls. It was a bit too exaggerated to make a necklace, but it was okay to make it into earrings, but the Han tribe did not have the habit of women piercing their ears, and people mostly made necklaces, bracelets, and headdresses.

Luo Chong thought about it and decided to make them into headdresses. The hairpins and the step-shaking made of large pearls must be more artistic than a large necklace. If it is made into a step-shaking, it can only be said to be fairy-like, but if it is made into a necklace, it looks a bit tycoon, both tycoon and tycoon. The

two girls like it very much. They keep picking up pearls and gesturing on each other's heads, and even think about how to make a decoration for Luo Chong, which makes him speechless. Finally, he had to escape to the study to find paper and pen, and designed several hairpins and step-shaking styles for the two of them, and prepared to come back and let the craftsmen in the metallurgical workshop try to make them.

After the three of them played for a while and washed up together, they finally heard a melodious evening bell in the city. The curfew began, and everyone went back to their homes.

The evening breeze blew the glowing willow branches, and only a few patrolling soldiers were left on the empty streets, while in those residential houses, laughter and joy rang out one after another.

A safe and comfortable living environment and a sufficient and stable food source mean that human reproduction time no longer has to follow the specific seasons that animals have to follow. In the current Han tribe, children can be born all year round, which not only satisfies people's restless mood, but also is the joint efforts made by every couple for the family. After all, the leader has explained that if you have a child, you can get an extra piece of tax-free land. Tax-free, this is a real benefit.

Luo Chong's family is no exception. He is like an old cow at this moment, working diligently in two paddy fields, hoping to have a good harvest next year.

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The next morning, Luo Chong got up early and stewed meat porridge for the two. Xiaodie and Zhan Ying rarely stayed in bed. He left breakfast for the two and brought it to the small table at the head of the kang. After he finished his share, he went out. There are still many things to do today, and he can't stay at home all the time.

Early in the morning, Luo Chong took his manuscripts to the teaching building equipped with a printing workshop and found Bai Qi, the person in charge of the printing workshop.

"These are all my newly edited books. There is no problem with the Hanli book. Just print it according to the layout above. There are several illustrations in it. I drew the manuscript in pencil. You can arrange for someone to carve it into woodblocks.

There are two volumes of Arithmetic, the elementary and intermediate ones. There are also many illustrations, numbers and tables. If there are enough people, I suggest you carve them into woodblocks directly. The printing volume of these books is very large, so it will not be a disadvantage even if they are carved into woodblocks. On the contrary, it will be more convenient.

As for the book "Nature", it can be printed last. There are quite a few illustrations in it, and you can arrange to carve them into woodblocks slowly.

These books will not be changed much in the next few years, so you can just print them with confidence. Print 10,000 copies of each book first. In addition to the needs of the schools here, some will be distributed to other counties and cities when you come back."

Looking at Bai Qi who was constantly flipping through the manuscript, Luo Chong assigned him production tasks.

"Chief, do we need to print so many copies of these books?"

"Of course, these are the required textbooks for teachers in the school in the future. There will be no changes in the next hundred or eighty years. Just do as I say. "Luo Chong explained to Bai Qi, who was surprised and confused.

Bai Qi responded with a "yes" and quickly began to arrange people to work. In fact, the workload was not small, especially for the two books "Arithmetic" and "Nature".

Lowercase numbers are easy to say, and a few metal movable types can be cast immediately. Anyway, there are only ten Arabic numerals in total, and it is better to cast more of each word. The difficulty lies in the large number of illustrations in these two books, which cannot be solved by movable type printing, and some knowledge can only be described in words without pictures. It is also very difficult to understand.

After arranging this matter, Luo Chong went to the woodworking workshop to take a look. Now the woodworking workshops in Hanyang City mainly engage in two businesses, one is shipbuilding, and the other is crossbow making. Luo Chong came here this time to see the crossbow making.

Wood is made in winter, horns are made in spring, tendons are made in summer, and harmony is made in autumn.

The wooden bow frame has been completed in winter, and the horns have been sawed into horn pieces in spring when the elasticity is the best. Now it is midsummer, and the last material preparation work is being carried out, tendon making.

In fact, tendon making is to soak the dried beef tendons in water, wrap them with cloth after they are fully moistened, and then beat them with a wooden hammer to break up the original beef tendons that are thicker than fingers, and finally turn them into fine tendon threads as fine as silk threads.

These tendon threads have strong elasticity. When the time comes, they will be glued to the bow frame. They are the main means to improve the elasticity of the bow arm of the composite bow. Generally speaking, the more and thicker the tendons are glued, the greater the pulling force of the bow, which is what people often say is a one-stone bow and a two-stone bow. The number of stones is actually controlled by the amount of tendons laid.

At this time, in the wood workshop, many workers were holding wooden hammers and beating beef tendons. The sound of bang bang was endless. There were also many scattered beef tendons hanging on the drying poles in the factory. They were all fine and delicate, white and soft, like a bunch of cooked dragon beard noodles, which looked very good.

"How is it, are these beef tendons enough? "Luo Chong asked Mutong, the manager of the workshop.

"It's enough. We have indeed collected a lot of beef tendons from the grassland in the past two years. We still have materials to make thousands of bows, but it will be difficult to make more. Anyway, our tribe is impossible to have beef tendons. The leader does not allow us to kill cows." Mutong said helplessly.

"Well, there is nothing we can do about it. You stay in the workshop to work all day long, and you may not know that our tribe has developed so rapidly in the past two years, and has added so much territory and population. If it weren't for these cows to help with farming, we might not even be able to fill our stomachs. Cows are helpers for us to work. One cow is equivalent to five strong laborers. We can't kill them. "

Luo Chong explained helplessly. In fact, he was also a person who loved to eat beef. However, because he was the leader, he had to set an example for the people below, so he had not eaten beef for a long time.

There is a saying that goes, 'What the superiors like, the subordinates will follow'. Once Luo Chong opened the door to eating beef, wouldn't those upper-level people who had some status and power follow suit? Even if they didn't eat it themselves, they might often get some beef to curry favor with Luo Chong. So where did their beef come from? No one had to think about it.

Mu Tong just sighed, and didn't have any strange ideas. It was only because he personally participated in the work of making crossbows that he realized the power of this weapon. As a senior cadre with some status and power in the Han tribe, he naturally wanted to make the tribe stronger. It would be great if they could be equipped with more powerful crossbows, but the materials were too limited.

"Can this batch of bows and crossbows be completed smoothly this year? "Luo Chong asked again.

"Well, there is no problem with our woodworking workshop. The materials have been prepared long ago. The bronze crossbows sent from the metallurgical workshop are also sufficient. It's just that the iron rings in front have not been delivered yet. If the leader has time, please go to the metallurgical workshop to urge them." Mu Tong spread his hands and said.

"Okay, I'll go and take a look when I'm free, but I have other things to do now, so let's talk about it next time.

Let the workers work more carefully. These are all military weapons to protect our people. If they are not made well and something goes wrong, it will be each of us who will suffer losses in the future. By the way, give the workers a meat dish today. "

After saying this, Luo Chong went to the top floor office of the government building again, and then called a clerk to bring Shuya back to him.

The matter of forming an embassy was imminent. After all, the people of the Xin tribe were still waiting here, waiting for the Han tribe's embassy to set off together. Luo Chong must also hurry up.

After thinking for a long time, Luo Chong decided to let Shuya be the ambassador to the Xin tribe.

Although Shuya was usually very low-key, his age was there. He was now in his twenties. He was very steady and serious in his work. He was not only capable, but also strategic. When he used the anti-encirclement tactics against the cannibal army, Luo Chong had tested Shuya's ability. With strategic and tactical vision, he can be a small commander.

At the same time, he is the military commander of the Han tribe's regular army, in charge of logistics, military discipline and law, soldiers' ideological status, and external intelligence collection, which is equivalent to the instructor in the modern army. Such a comprehensive talent is the most suitable candidate for an ambassador to be stationed in a distant country.

The most important thing is that this person has an absolutely clean background and is loyal to the Han tribe. Because Shouya was originally a native of the Han tribe, and his father was the last leader of the Han tribe. Luo Chong has reason to believe that even if everyone else has been corrupted by the Xin tribe, Shouya can faithfully complete the tasks he has assigned. This person is still very responsible.

(End of this chapter)