Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 323

Erhuo Yang is getting married!
The news spread throughout Nanyang within a day with galloping horseshoes, which shocked everyone—what are you doing?Still let people celebrate the New Year?Everyone was angry and funny, a jerk is a jerk, he never had any plans, he did whatever came to his mind, even the marriage was done on a whim, leaving everyone unprepared, he really convinced him!
In the inner hall of Nanyang magistrate's yamen, Fang Yizhi read the invitation, dumbfounded, and said to Tang Wang: "My lord, it seems that we can only go to Wuyang to drink this wedding wine, and by the way, hold a celebration banquet for the returning soldiers! "

Tang Wang also couldn't laugh or cry: "Why did Commander Yang get married in such a hurry? The New Year is coming soon, and everyone has to go back and forth... Sigh!"

Sigh, sigh, I should give a gift or I have to give a gift.The current Yang Menglong is no longer the young and young Qianhu who returned to Nanyang with a group of beggar-like soldiers. Now he has thousands of elite soldiers, a lot of money, and is even more appreciated by the emperor. Such a character , but what can I do if I go and curry favor!Besides, King Tang also plans to talk to Yang Menglong about a business, to see if he can import potato seeds from Wuyangwei, buy phosphate fertilizer, and most importantly, to see if he can win over this powerful faction that is rising so fast. You have to run anyway.

The magistrate of the thirteen counties in Nanyang also made Yang Menglong very speechless, we are all ready for the New Year, okay, how can there be such a trick!Complaints are nothing but complaints, they still make arrangements, if the journey is too far away, they will send someone to prepare a congratulatory gift, and if the distance is closer, they will go there in person, just treat it as going to Wuyang to eat big!

The military households were overjoyed, thank God, their Commander finally got married!Chinese people place the most emphasis on inheritance, and what they pay attention to is that the father dies and the son succeeds. No matter how great a childless person is, it is difficult to reassure his subordinates. Yang Menglong made everyone live a good life, and everyone is grateful Yu was also a little worried, afraid that he would leave.Well now, he is going to start a family in Wuyang and take root!A large group of thousands and hundreds of households gathered together, chattering and discussing, while the accountant was clattering his abacus to see how much money his guard could give to make a decent gift...

Everyone is very busy, but Yang Menglong is very leisurely.After suffering enough from his blind command, the servants very wisely put him aside and discussed matters big and small by themselves. If they really couldn't make up their minds, they went to Xiao Yufang. Anyway, there was nothing they could do. A good guy.Liu Ziyan laughed so hard that her stomach hurt, and she said out of breath: "This... what is this? How can the woman be responsible for organizing the marriage?" Xiao Yufang looked helpless. Who asked her to find such a person? What about an unreliable guy?Resign yourself to fate!Yang Menglong was happy to get rid of these troublesome trifles, and became a shopkeeper again, riding a horse to wander around all day long to see what happened to Wuyang.

There are no major changes in Wuyang, except that there are [-] more acres of military farmland, of which [-] acres were bought from the landlord; the cement canals have been completed, criss-crossing the field, which is really beautiful; two The cement road extends from the guard to the military camp and the county seat respectively. It is crooked, but it does not affect that it is the best road in Nanyang.By the way, there are more greenhouses in the military field. These greenhouses are arched, three meters high, covered with thick canvas, and covered with thick wheat stalks outside the canvas, and the vegetable farmers are busy working inside.This is a greenhouse vegetable demonstration area. It is too cold in the north. In winter, everything withers, and fresh vegetables suddenly become a luxury. You can only eat potatoes and radishes. Yang Menglong said that this is really painful, and there is no fresh vegetables for several months. Eat vegetables, you want my life?With one order, the greenhouses started!Now these greenhouses are still in the groping stage, who knows when vegetables will be grown, and everyone is not optimistic about this. It is not easy to grow green vegetables in the season of splashing water and ice!But Yang Menglong never tired of doing it, so everyone had to let him go.

Yang Menglong asked the foreman who was busy in the greenhouse: "Can this greenhouse be used?"

"It's not a problem to grow some bean sprouts in it," said the foreman.

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes: "Can you grow bean sprouts? Hey, it's really a great thing. The problem is, a big basket of bean sprouts can be produced by lighting a pot of fire in the house. I don't need to spend so much money to build this greenhouse come out?"

The foreman said: "If you cover the ground with a layer of straw, you can grow very fresh chives. As for the cucumbers, cabbages, eggplants and other vegetables that adults want, they still can't grow them for the time being."

Yang Menglong said: "You should think more about it and plant it as soon as possible..."

"Hey, Mister Young!" A voice with a strong Dutch accent came from behind, and there was the sound of wheels.Yang Menglong looked back and saw a guy with red hair and blue eyes sitting in a luxurious carriage, waving a whip in his hand, and there were seven or eight strangers who looked like him in the carriage. Come on, these guys look like monsters.Yang Menglong took a look, hey, this carriage is really good, it has four wheels, the body is spacious, and the power is as high as two horsepower—it is pulled by two horses, he doesn't even have such a good carriage... Wait, four wheels carriage! ?Yang Menglong wiped his eyes, and counted again seriously, yes, it is indeed a four-wheeled carriage!He has been in the Ming Dynasty for so long, and this is the first time he has seen a four-wheeled carriage!

The driver was Father Robben. This sage who once almost starved to death on the streets has now changed his skills. He is radiant and clean, and is completely different from the filthy people he was before.He shouted enthusiastically: "Dear Yang, you are finally back!" He jumped off the carriage, patted his car, and said proudly: "How do you like the carriage I designed? Isn't it beautiful?"

Yang Menglong asked uncertainly, "You designed it yourself?"

Father Robben said: "That's right! Look at this carriage. It has four wheels and the body is much longer. It can carry more people and goods. Even in the Netherlands, there are not many such carriages. See you there!"

Horse-drawn carriages are not uncommon, they have been used for thousands of years, but four-wheeled carriages have always been a rare commodity.Compared with the two-wheeled carriage, the body of the four-wheeled carriage can be made longer, larger, more things can be loaded, and it can be followed more stably, but the steering system is more complicated and not easy to handle.In the ancient Roman era, due to the well-developed transportation facilities in Rome and the flat avenues, the four-wheeled carriages were once very prosperous, but with the decline and demise of ancient Rome, those transportation facilities were abandoned and the four-wheeled carriages disappeared. Until the European Renaissance Times just reappeared.There were four-wheeled carriages in ancient China, but China failed to fix the steering system, so those four-wheeled carriages cannot turn. When they reach the place where they want to turn, they must stop first, remove the goods on it, and move the carriage in the right direction. In a word, it is very troublesome.In addition, there has always been a shortage of horses in China. Horse-drawn carriages are generally the benefits of nobles. It is not bad for ordinary people to have a donkey cart to sit in. There is no market for four-wheeled carriages that cannot be steered in China. As for transportation, use a single wheel A small car will do just fine.So when Father Robben got this very unique four-wheeled carriage, the whole Wuyang ran over to watch the fun, amazed: "This is so strange!" Yang Menglong stared at this four-wheeled carriage for a long time before rushing Father Robben squeezed out a smile: "Well done, you have become a car owner in just half a year!"

Father Robben said: "It is all thanks to the general who generously gave me a decent job. With that salary, I can afford such a carriage... If the general likes it, I can order another one." A car for the general!"

Yang Menglong said: "How can I have the nerve to take advantage of you? If you have time, you can draw me the blueprint, and I will let someone make one."

These days there is no concept of intellectual property rights, Father Robben is very straightforward: "Okay, I will hand over the blueprints to the general later, and the general can make as much as he likes!" : "What are you guys still doing in a daze? This is General Yang, the supreme officer of Wuyang, hurry down and salute him!"

The group of red and golden retrievers jumped down quickly, saluted Yang Menglong, and praised him unstintingly in Dutch and Portuguese.However, the body odor of these guys was so terrifying that they almost knocked Yang Menglong down.Yang Menglong frowned, turned his head, took a deep breath of fresh air, and asked, "Father Robben, what's going on with these people?"

Father Robben sighed: "To tell you the truth, some of these people are priests who preach in the Shandong diocese, and some are technicians who were invited to Shandong to help Sun Yuanhua and Master Sun make guns. Now Shandong is in chaos, and bandits are raging in Denglai. The massacre was terrible, they managed to escape from Denglai, they had nowhere to go, so they had to come to Nanyang to join us."

Yang Menglong looked at these dirty guys and asked, "Are there just a few of them?"

Father Robben said: "There are still some people behind, and there are a lot of books. I have to make a few more trips!"

The speed of Yang Menglong's eyeballs suddenly reached 360 revolutions per minute, and he asked, "How far are they from Wuyang?"

Father Robben said, "It's more than 200 miles to say the least!"

Yang Menglong said: "Give me an address and I'll send someone over to pick them up. If they have real information, I will definitely use them, so don't worry."

Father Robben was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, General! I don't know if the General can give you the honor, and go to school to catch up on the old days?"

Yang Menglong said straightforwardly: "No problem! You go first, and I'll be there soon!"

Father Robben let out a sigh, happily led everyone to jump on the carriage, whipped his horse whip, and the carriage flew out like flying.

Yang Menglong watched the carriage go away, thoughtfully, and muttered to himself: "Looks like I should go to school to have a look... I haven't been to school for almost half a year, don't let those guys put me through all kinds of hardships." The newly built school should be dismantled! Carriages... hey, carriages! I must get the carriages today, I have had enough of two carriages long ago!"

(End of this chapter)