son-in-law

Chapter 1195 Bitter Winter ([-])
On the eighth day of December, the sky over the Chengdu Plain was gloomy.

In front of the field of vision, the extended official road passes through the lead-grey field. In a village on the side of the road, villagers in the slack season are crossing the country lane in groups to go to the nearby school hut for class, or It is a training queue on the threshing floor.

Near this end of the field of vision, more than a dozen large vehicles were being repaired near the hillside beside the road. Someone was knocking the broken wheels. Ning Yi stood on the hillside, stretched his body, and watched the scene in the distant village for a while. Frowning silent.

For him, it was a wonderful feeling.

"...This matter can finally be completed, and the Huaxia Army can discuss merits with the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors." Beside, a Taoist priest with a horse-faced face came over with a few newspapers, looked at Ning Yi's eyes, and said, "Mr. Ning must be Quite emotional too.”

Although he has always been self-confident and easy-going, in the past ten years, his fate has been turbulent. When he was in the Secret Investigation Department, he became a public enemy of the Green Forest people. Top priority.Now being able to easily approach Ning Yi and talk casually in such a camp is enough to prove that this horse-faced Taoist priest has a high status in the Huaxia Army.

After smashing Liangshan back then, he beat up some of the characters above and recruited some to surrender.Gongsun Sheng is a Taoist priest who is not too indifferent. At first, he was half intimidating and half soliciting, asking him to pass on his gunpowder technology to a group of apprentices. Later, the cooperation between the two parties was not bad. This kind of whimsy and the design of the object also made Gongsun Sheng happy when he saw the hunt, so he completely joined the group.

He used to be a demon and mixed in the society, his brain is flexible, he can understand many ideas by analogy, and understand the spirit; he has also practiced martial arts for many years, and his body is excellent.He has always been the best tool in the Huaxia Army.For this kind of good employee, Ning Yi has always held it like a father. At this time, he saw the newspaper in his hand, and most of the news about land reform was published. Obviously, the old man in front of him is also working for this It is rare to see earth-shaking innovations rejoice.

The land reform began at the end of October of this year. With the uproar, in the first ten days of December, the first batch of farmers who completed the teaching and passed the "examination" were successfully assigned to the fields.Because the situation of wrangling is different in different places, there are not many people like this at present, but the whole thing has been published in the newspapers, according to legend, it is between everyone's mouths.

"Mr. Gongsun also said that it must be achieved in the end. In fact, since ancient times, people have been relied on power to divide land. Anyone who wants to do it can do it. Even Liangshan in the past, who was doing the way for the sky, had to force people to divide the land. No one dares to say a few words when it is placed around the neck. But the problem is that after the land is divided, the means of production in the hands of people must still be land, not violence." Ning Yi smiled complicatedly, "We are now Relying on violence to divide the land, then worry about the real problem."

Gongsun Sheng has been less interested in politics these years, and he just expressed his simple joy. At this time, he frowned slightly in thought.Ning Yi twisted his body with his hands on his hips: "Actually, I don't have any reason to sigh... I'm thinking about the carriage."

"……what?"

"The carriage is not good enough, I'm about to fall apart..." Ning Yi, who has been traveling around the world since the beginning of the land reform, sighed and pointed forward, "In the future, the land will be collected and Chengdu will be the center. In one circle, the railroad carriages are built along the official roads, and a big circle is drawn, which is the Third Ring Road in Chengdu. The first batch of these villages that have undergone land reform can be the first to become rich, and this is one of the serious things to do."

He paused: "But for the rail carriage, the wooden rails have a lot of wear and tear. If it is not a place where commercial flows are particularly dense, it may not be cost-effective to maintain, and it depends on the plain terrain, so it will not be widely practical in the future. It can be regarded as a large-scale experiment of railcars. I mean, Mr. Gongsun, the manufacture of the prototype of the steam engine at the Gewuyuan is the key point. The replacement of livestock by artificial power sources will really become the beginning of a new era in the future. The kind that can be compared with the Three Sovereigns and Five Sovereigns. I have a lot of things going on here recently, and the Gewu Institute is not so diligent. You have to help me watch more, don't let those people blow themselves up like Lin Jingwei. "

Based on the boss's instinct, he gave Gongsun Sheng some blood.

Gongsun Sheng nodded in agreement.

"...On the other hand, shellac is a problem. This thing will have a wide range of applications in the future, not only on the wire, but also on the shock absorption of the carriage. The spring washer made in the past is one aspect. If you can use something elastic like shellac to wrap it around under the wheels, we call it... tires, the bumps of the carriage are small, and the upper frame wears less, no matter if it is carrying people or goods, it will also They can run faster. But the current production of this thing is too small. To increase it, the Gewu Institute and the Chemical Institute should pay special attention to the talents in this area..."

The winter was gloomy and the sky in the distance seemed to be raining, so Ning Yi rambled about these things with Gongsun Sheng.Over the years, the Gewu Institute is an institution managed by Ning Yi as a whole. Under Ning Yi, only a few people, such as Lin Jingwei and Gongsun Sheng, can manage the overall situation. Now that Lin Jingwei is injured and cultivated, Ning Yi also has more things to do. When the time comes, he can only give a rough explanation of his plans for the future and others.

Of course, there were some things he couldn't say.

The prerequisite for land reform to replace the village sages is that the central government has the ability to manage local areas, and the prerequisite for this management ability is the high-speed transmission of information.The high speed of information transmission requires the telegraph, and the telegraph needs electricity, and the development of electricity requires an insulating sheath, and the insulating sheath requires rubber.

Rubber is something that will be introduced to Asia after the Great Voyage Age. At present, there is probably no such thing in the entire Eurasian continent.

In principle, the manufacture of electricity is very simple. However, for a substitute for rubber, Ning Yi searched for a long time and only found shellac, which is also known as shellac. At present, it is a kind of dye, and some are used as traditional Chinese medicine, but in general, the output is scarce.

Use insects to absorb resin and then secrete shellac... Relative to the amount of rubber material required for the entire industrial revolution, under the impetus of capital demand in the future, maybe shellac insects will become economical insects of the same weight as silkworms. The entire South, including Dali, and even the whole of Southeast Asia may become colonies for the production of shellac.

Thinking about the sight of lac bugs everywhere in the future, Ning Yi felt that this future was a little scary.

If you fully support Junwu in the southeast to promote the great navigation technology, I don’t know if it is possible to complete the great voyage in the next 50 years and retrieve the rubber tree from South America...

Of course, this kind of imagination is too advanced, and it belongs only to Ning Yi's personal happiness.As he stretched his body, he chatted with Gongsun Sheng about the future. At a certain moment, a galloping horse crossed the official road with a small number of merchants walking towards the convoy camp here.

It was urgent information from the Secretariat.

When Ning Yi was away, this kind of information that needed to be sent alone was naturally important, but at the moment it wasn't a secret.After a while, in Ning Yi's laugh, the information was passed on to Gongsun Sheng, and then to others.Some of the people who followed this day knew about the big event that happened in Bianliang not long ago.

"Zou Xu misunderstood me." Ning Yi laughed, "It's so slow that I have to pay Liu Guangshi two more shipments, and now it's all down to this guy."

Gongsun Sheng, who was about to leave, frowned and leaned over at this time: "The situation in the world has changed drastically, and Chengdu is afraid that there will be chaos in Chengdu. Wouldn't it be better for Mr. Ning... to go back to the town?"

Since Ning Yi ran out of Chengdu and went on tour, similar persuasion has been repeated many times in the team. Gongsun Sheng is a re-telling of the story.In fact, in his early years, he was in the rivers and lakes. At this time, when he talked about the "big change in the world", there was still a vague feeling of "demon way" pointing the country between his eyebrows. Ning Yi looked at it brightly and laughed dumbly. of this idea.

"...How can there be a big change in the world. A few small things." He said, "Let's do our best."

The clouds in the sky are still flowing, the fields are gray, and in the villages in the distance, the lessons on land division are still going on.After a while, the team was repaired.When Ning Yi boarded the carriage and announced the departure, Hongti also came over. She also knew what happened far away in Bianliang, and smiled at this time: "They said you don't want to go back."

"Elopement has to look like an elopement." Ning Yi dragged her hand and laughed. After a while, he lifted the curtain to look at the scenery outside, and said in a low voice, "I always feel that one day we will be locked up. In a small yard, for the sake of the bigger picture, I can’t get out again, so I’ll run around while I’m free now.”

"Isn't the matter between Zou Xu and that Dafuzi really a big deal?"

"Everyone goes to where they should be. There is nothing unexpected. It's not in the way."

That being said, but after sitting in the car for a while, Ning Yi still took a pen and paper and wrote something down.

"General Counselor: The Huaxia Army defeated the Jurchen in the southwest, and saved a little reputation. Dai Mengwei backstabbed twice and betrayed his companions. He is called the saint of today, and now he falsely claims to have recovered Bianliang. For this matter, what are the views of the comrades in the army? How to guide, please discuss with the responsible comrades as appropriate..."

"To Qin Shaoqian and He Zhicheng: As the New Year is approaching, will the soldiers feel more homesick? I think a new round of registration in the army can be conducted to record the hometown of all soldiers, and combined with the land reform situation, plan for the soldiers after returning to their hometowns. , I am extremely looking forward to dividing fields and land, and I have launched a round of investigation and discussion. In the past two years, Sichuan and Sichuan have been calm and developed rapidly, with more meetings and less battles, and the feeling of slack in the army must be vigilant..."

"To the Propaganda Department:..."

The clouds outside were low, giving the impression that it was about to snow.

Ning Yi wrote at his desk.Wagons cross the plains.

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"It's snowing."

December [-], Chengdu.

When Yu Hezhong woke up, he heard a woman's soft voice.

He rubbed his forehead: "When is it?"

"When I first arrived," the woman said.

"Ah...why didn't you wake me up..."

"What are you doing to wake you up, wake you up and tell me again." The woman said, "You said you came here last night, why did you come here at that time, and you didn't listen to me, and hurriedly fell asleep. I originally thought you were sleeping with the Gao sister, but when I saw you coming, I was overjoyed and wanted to say a few words to you, but you ignored me..."

In the babbling voice, the petite but sweet woman twisted the handkerchief, extremely gentle.In the past, this trivial and trivial voice often made Yu Hezhong feel good, but at this time, he was upset, but he felt noisy for no reason. He wiped his face and looked for clothes.The woman put the clothes on the chair in the room, took the handkerchief, and then slowly took them out again: "Is something wrong?"

"No."

"Just stay with me without you, it's just snowing outside, and in this weather in Chengdu, it's hard to see snow all year round..." The woman said a few shards, and then remembered something, "Oh, you went to bed last night when you came back. Next, I forgot to tell you something. Last night, Mr. Yan came here. He seemed to be looking for you in a hurry. He asked you to have time to meet him today. I saw him. It looks like there is something important, everyone was talking about this morning... Is it the matter of General Liu being killed?"

In the warmly furnished room, the woman's voice sounded casual, but Yu Hezhong, who was getting dressed, was suddenly stunned, and looked at the petite woman with serious eyes.

In more than a year in Chengdu, his status has risen, so he has formed two "confidantes" on the court.The woman named Wei Rou in front of her looks petite and soft, and she even seems innocent at times. In fact, she is also a famous person in Fengyue Field. Known as "everyone".How important is the news of Liu Guangshi's death? She seemed to mention it casually at this time, but what was she actually thinking?
In the past year, I have slept many times. After the other party formed a marriage with a "big man" like him, his daily performance became more easy-going and at home, but at this moment, doubts flashed in Yu Hezhong.

I saw that the woman's eyes were still clear. After asking casually, she wrung out the handkerchief in her hands and hung it on the wooden frame. She turned around, noticed his gaze, and blinked: "Look at me like this. What are you doing..." Then his voice turned slightly lower, revealing a little worry: "I don't want to ask if Langjun doesn't say it. If General Liu is gone, are you... Are you okay?"

Yu Hezhong was appeased by such worries, thought about it, and continued to dress.

"What's the matter with me, but it's Lao Yan and the others. This time the trouble is really big."

His words and expression calmed down.

After a while, he got dressed, and Yu Hezhong had a little breakfast under Wei Rou's service. During the meal, he tried to make himself seem calmer. When he was about to finish eating, he heard the woman casually mention it. One sentence: "If something like this happens, should Lang Jun take the time to see Sister Li?"

"Let's see the situation, go and see Lao Yan first." Yu Hezhong said casually, "The Huaxia Army is busy with land reforms, and the teachers are busy with each other. I don't want to talk to her casually."

"General Liu is such a big thing..."

"How big can it be for the Huaxia Army? Land reform is a matter of life, I don't think they care much." Yu Hezhong said that he knew the Huaxia Army very well. In fact, this is also his social media. The usual attitude on the field, "Of course, what to do next, I have to ask someone..."

After eating breakfast like this, when Yu Hezhong left the courtyard with a calm face, the cold snow particles fell from the gloomy sky to the ground, and after melting away, it seemed to have smeared a layer of oil on the road.Newsboys in mino coats ran across the street.

"...Selling newspapers and selling newspapers, the situation in the Central Plains war is clear, and General Liu Guangshi was betrayed by all parties..."

"...Excuse me! Dai Meng's head and mouse are on both ends, and he continues to betray his comrades..."

"...deciphering the so-called liberation of Bianliang, the three large and small courts of the Wu Dynasty..."

"...Excerpts from the so-called narration of Dai Meng's micro-betrayal against Liu Guangshi..."

Non-governmental information about the changes in the situation in the Central Plains has arrived in Chengdu since yesterday morning.In the afternoon, some newspapers printed and distributed supplements. By today, all the information should have swept the public opinion field of the whole city like a raging wave.

What Yu Hezhong couldn't tell Wei Rou was: after learning the specific information of Liu Guangshi's death yesterday afternoon, he went to see Li Shishi as soon as possible. I can find time to see him.This is an extremely rare thing in the past, and I don't know if this represents the attitude of the teachers or the Huaxia Army.

In the end, he returned to Bieyuan in a daze. He didn't even pay attention to Wei Rou's words. He fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up at this time, the complicated emotions accumulated yesterday gradually turned into actual emotions: things are bad.

After the battle of the Huaxia Army in the southwest, he came to Chengdu to seek business with a low-level official. Because the relationship between teachers and teachers reached the sky, such an encounter seemed like a dream to him, but now, Liu Guangshi died suddenly, and his dream was about to wake up. .

In the past year or so, he has experienced a lot of enjoyment, and the people he has been in contact with are considered to be the top group of people in this era. There is a boost.He knows that he can occupy such a high position in the transaction between Huaxia Army and Liu Guangshi. The main reason is naturally because of the care of teachers and even Ning Yi, but on the other hand, it is also because in this transaction, it is necessary to have someone like him. the appearance of people.

For a long time, he has been grateful for the relationship between the teacher and the teacher, but if one of the parties in this transaction is no longer there and the business is zero, whether the teacher or Ning Yi, will still hold himself up for a little "love". Do you want to go to such a place?

He didn't have much confidence in that.

Especially last night he waited in the yard outside the teacher's office until late at night, and the teacher didn't let him go. This kind of thing made him have extremely uneasy speculation about the development of the situation.

Of course, now I can only try my best to calm down.

After getting on the carriage, we passed through the city where the snow was falling all the way to the Sifang Tea House at the southern end of the city. Yu Hezhong entered through the back door in a low-key manner.This is one of the cores of the public opinion field in Chengdu today. There is actually Liu Guangshi's fund behind it. It used to be the place where he and Yan Daolun and others gathered together. It was already very enthusiastic. He climbed up the building from the back. Yan Daolun was already waiting for him in the box on the third floor. The members of the Liu family who were usually with Yan Daolun were not there at the moment.

"What about Wen Zhai and the others?"

"Let them go out to find out the news, I'll wait for you here." Yan Daolun's expression seemed calm.

"The news is confirmed? Did something really happen to Duke Liu?"

"Dai Mengwei's rebellious letter came a little earlier, so something must have happened. Now that the news has spread, and the news from all parties is similar, there is probably no doubt about it."

"Dai Mengwei, this old dog!"

"Dai Mengwei relied on betraying his comrade-in-arms' home, and this time he betrayed Duke Liu again. It's quite handy, but it's a shame that Duke Liu doesn't know who he is..."

"I see that there are people outside who say that he is the saint of today, that he is Zhuge Liang..."

"Little people, lack and conspiracy!"

After exchanging some accusations that are better than nothing, the two sat down at the tea table in the room, Yan Daolun poured the tea, and just looked at Yu Hezhong: "The matter of the Central Plains has come, the news channel of the Huaxia Army should be faster than us. In two or three days, has Brother Yu went to Miss Li recently?" This was the core of his appeal to find Yu Hezhong.

Yu Hezhong shook his head: "At the end of October, when their land reform started, people are not easy to find, and I don't dare to trouble her rashly. I only heard about the news about the Central Plains last night. I originally planned to go today, but I heard Wei Rou said that Brother Yan was looking for me, so it's not the first time he came here."

In front of Yan Daolun, his expression was calm. In the past, Yan Daolun was the chief officer in charge of transactions with the Huaxia Army. He was in high position with the relationship between China and China, and he was always overwhelmed by the other side psychologically. Without a backer, and on my side, at least the relationship between Ning Yi and Li Shishi has not been severed, but psychologically, for the first time, he has the upper hand and calmed down.

"Yeah." Yan Daolun nodded and said, "I know that Brother Yu's family is in Shishou. What do you think of Brother Yu about what happened to Dai Mengwei this time?"

"This...isn't going to kill my wife and children." Yu Hezhong frowned.

"It's hard to say, Brother Yu." Yan Daolun took a sip of tea, held the teacup in his hand for a while, and then raised his head, "General Liu went away suddenly, and those of us who were left here by him are in an awkward position. They are all grasshoppers on the same boat, so I will not cover up... Brother Yu, our family members are all there and can be sent to the southwest. Originally, they were all regarded by Liu Gong as a confidant. Even if you want to vote for Dai Mengwei, I'm afraid it's impossible."

"It's natural. Dai Mengwei is scheming and vicious. I didn't like him either."

"Then after this round, our family, young and old, may be in danger. Here... Brother Yu, you see, Dai Mengwei is the name of the anti-Chinese army, and Zou Xu defected from the Chinese army. General, the two sides are combined, there is no possibility of reconciliation with the Huaxia Army in the Central Plains, after a while, Dai Mengwei has stabilized the situation and chased down from our line, brother Yu, on your side..."

Yan Daolun looked at him, hesitating to speak, Yu Hezhong opened his mouth and was suddenly stunned.He suddenly came to his senses, once Dai Mengwei and Zou Xu were combined, among the group of people in the southwest, Yan Daolun and others might still reconcile with Dai and Zou and be let go by them, but only on their own side, they knew each other. Ning Yi knew Li Shishi's name again, so he became the only person who would be targeted.

Yan Daolun reached out and shook his palm.

"It's for this matter. I was the first to look for you last night." Yan Daolun said, "Right now, the family is small for all of us. In any case, we have to make arrangements early."

Yu Hezhong's eyes flickered, and he was silent for a moment: "I, I'll go to the teacher..."

He was about to get up when he said that, Yan Daolun clapped his hand: "Brother Yu, you must be calm when encountering major events. This matter is not urgent, it is useless to rush, let's go after lunch, I still have some things to do. Discuss with your brother."

"but……"

Waving his hand to appease Yu Hezhong, who seemed to be in a hurry, Yan Daolun lowered his head and continued to make tea. After a while, he spoke calmly.

"By the way, Brother Yu and Miss Li have always been on good terms. Have you ever heard her talk about a big man named Long in the Huaxia Army?"

"……dragon?"

Not knowing why the other party suddenly asked such a question, Yu Hezhong looked at Yan Daolun, thought for a while, and became confused.

(End of this chapter)