This New Year is the same as last year. It was almost the same in the Qin Dynasty. Before dawn, the villagers of Lijiazhuang came to Li Chen's yard to pay New Year's greetings. There were no such many people in the yard, so they kowtowed outside the yard.

The merchants were all wearing new clothes that Li Chen measured for them. These people were used to living a hard life. Although every household is not short of money now, their daily lives are still very frugal. If Li Chen had not measured new clothes for them, they would have been reluctant to spend money to buy them.

The rules of the Qin Dynasty are to wish the elders a happy new year on this first day of the lunar month. Li Chen has no elders in the Qin Dynasty, and there are only two places where he needs to pay New Year greetings.

Since Li Chen began to emerge, the veteran General Wang Jian has been taking good care of Li Chen. In Li Chen's heart, Wang Jian is like his grandfather. Naturally, he has to go to the palace, so it doesn't matter whether he looks at Ying Yue or not. It's mainly because Li Chen wants to wish the New Year to the First Emperor.

Li Chen didn't like riding a horse (mainly not), so he ordered Liu Zi to prepare a carriage early in the morning. After Li Chen washed up, he walked into the yard. He saw a well-equipped carriage that had been parked in the yard, but the person riding the carriage was a bit unexpected. It was Liu Bang.

"Yeah, why are you?" Li Chen said in surprise when he saw Liu Bang.

"Everyone is busy, and I am the most idle in the whole village. I think I have nothing to do when I am free, so why not follow the Marquis to the city to stroll around." Liu Bang said with a smile while holding the horse.

"Let's go, let's go and see the veteran General Wang Jian first." Li Chen said to Liu Bang. Since Liu Bang was willing to drive the carriage for him, Li Chen naturally would not refuse. In this life, he was not Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han, but just an unemployed official under Li Chen.

The area of ​​the royal palace is first-class in the entire Xianyang City, and it is only one street away from the imperial palace. It can be said to be the C position of the entire official district.

Li Chen entered the Wang Mansion with a familiarity. Li Chen had come to the Wang family's yard for countless times, and he was as familiar as his own. When he entered the backyard, he happened to see the veteran General Wang Jian taking a walk. Li Chen hurriedly wished Wang Jian a New Year.

"You boy is here?" Wang Jian was very happy to see Li Chen. After all, he and Li Chen had no blood relationship. The Wang family owed Li Chen a lot of favors, and Wang Jian's life was also saved by Li Chen. Speaking of which, Li Chen could be regarded as the benefactor of the Wang family, but Li Chen took the initiative to greet him. This was really treating him as an elder in the family.

Li Chen put down the gift in his hand. These gifts were all strange foods from Lijiazhuang, and they could not be bought outside.

After paying New Year's greetings, Li Chen stood up and asked, "Didn't Uncle Ben come back?"

When Wang Jian heard this, he sighed in a dark voice and said, "For many years, I have been spending my time with Mr. Li. We Qin people celebrate the New Year. The barbarians on this grassland don't know what the New Year is. The more we are at this time, the more we have to be careful of these barbarians."

Sure enough, the years we know are peaceful and happy because someone is carrying the burden on us. The reason why the people of Daqin can have a happy Spring Festival is because the soldiers on the front line are strictly guarding the situation.

The Wang family's year is extremely deserted. In order to avoid some tricks from those who are interested, the old man of Wang family stayed behind closed doors to greet guests many years ago. Except for occasionally attending court, he did not contact the ministers in the court at the rest of the time. Even during the Chinese New Year, he did not contact other people.

Li Chen and Mr. Wang Jian chatted for a long time. Seeing that it was getting late, Li Chen stood up and said, "Old man, I have to say goodbye first. I haven't gone there yet."

"You kid, hurry up and go." Wang Jian waved his hand and said.

After leaving Wang Jian’s mansion, Li Chen rushed to the palace. The palace was not far from Wang Jian’s mansion, and he arrived at the palace shortly after.

This palace is different from Wang Jian’s mansion. It is really crowded with people, gongs and drums are ringing, and people are surging like a market. Because there are too many people coming to pay New Year greetings to the First Emperor, there are many eunuchs registering at the gate of the palace. In this way, even those with small official positions are not qualified to enter, so they can only leave gifts and leave.

Li Chen's face was the best token. When he saw that it was Li Chen, the eunuch at the door did not even dare to register Li Chen, so he let Li Chen in. Every time the eunuch put more than ten people in, he wished the New Year to the First Emperor, and Li Chen went in after Meng Yi.

Li Chen followed everyone to kowtow to the First Emperor, and then said some congratulations to the New Year. It seems that greeting the First Emperor like this every year has become a tradition of the Qin Dynasty.

The process of greeting the New Year was completed here. Li Chen was about to withdraw with everyone, but the First Emperor said, "Li Chen, come to the palace for dinner tonight."

There is no New Year’s Eve dinner in Daqin. The banquets in this palace were all after the New Year’s Day. However, this banquet is usually a family banquet. According to the etiquette of Daqin, Li Chen was not qualified to attend the family banquet of the First Emperor before he married Yingyue. Now the First Emperor has taken the initiative to let Li Chen attend the family banquet, which is really a great honor.

"Yes." Li Chen responded, then followed Meng Yi and others out of the hall.

"Mr. Marquis, I am really loved by Your Majesty. Your Majesty has so many children. Even some unpopular princes and princes are not qualified to eat with Your Majesty." Meng Yi said enviously. Not to mention him, even his younger brother Meng Tian, ​​who is deeply loved by Your Majesty, is not so honorable.

"Hey, there are hundreds of ministers in the court. I advise Your Majesty to enjoy the rain and dew, but Your Majesty loves me alone. Lord Meng, what do you think I can do?" Li Chen looked helpless.

After hearing Li Chen's shameless words, Meng Yi's face turned pale. This kid is really good at getting a bargain.

"Sir Meng, how do you eat tonight?" Li Chen continued to ask.

Meng Yi glanced at Li Chen and said unhappily: "Your Majesty will give the food in the palace to some ministers who are close to me. I, Meng Yi, have it every year. Although my second brother is on the frontier, my second brother's portion will also be delivered to the Meng Mansion. I can eat these two portions of meals alone, but I am more than enough."

Li Chen naturally knew about giving food. Every year, the dinners in the palace are extremely rich. They are all available in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, and drilling in the soil. Not to mention whether they can finish so many meals, the First Emperor may not be able to watch them even if they are watching them.

The first step of this banquet is called watching the banquet. The eunuch in charge of the meal will walk past the First Emperor with vegetables. When he meets the First Emperor who has appetite, he will stay. The remaining food will be rewarded to some concubines, princes and ministers who have sex with him.

"Mr. Meng, do you think this banquet should be eaten first or rewarded first?" Li Chen asked suddenly.

Although I don’t know why Li Chen asked, Meng Yi said for granted, “This must be the first to eat by Your Majesty.”

"Oh, I'll eat it first tonight." Li Chen bowed and said.

"If you have something at home, say goodbye." Meng Yi was too lazy to pay attention to this annoying thing, so he walked forward quickly.

"Why is this person like this? I didn't say you eat the leftovers I have leftovers." Looking at Meng Yi's back, Li Chen muttered in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)

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