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

Chapter 410 The Lively New Year

After a heavy snowfall, the fields, mountains and rivers, and houses are all covered with silver makeup, which is extraordinarily enchanting.The snowflakes kept falling from the sky, and then were blown into powder by the dense sound of firecrackers. Children were laughing and laughing with snow balls on the street, seeing their friends and rewarding them. Adults were busy posting couplets with smiles. .Those little guys didn't take the adults' words seriously at all, how to play or how to play.

Lu Xiangsheng stood in the courtyard, watching the snow falling from the sky, with a comfortable smile on his white face.The snow is falling well, and the auspicious snow heralds a good year, and there will definitely be a bumper harvest in the coming year.

It has been three years since he became a daimyo dobe.In these three years, he has exerted all his strength in the next life, and he dare not relax for a moment.With the efforts of him and a group of like-minded officials, the three daimyo prefectures are thriving and developing rapidly, criss-crossing canals, countless irrigation wells, and huge waterwheels appear continuously in this land as if by magic.The influx of a large number of refugees has provided sufficient labor force for the Three Daming Prefectures, and a large amount of originally abandoned land has been reclaimed and turned into fertile land. Several large-scale industrial parks have just been raised to produce various industrial products for the Three Daming Prefectures.Everything from tooth powder, toothbrush, nails and steel balls to large carriages and waterwheels can be produced here.So far, Daming Road has been able to produce 120 tons of high-quality steel, 3000 tons of phosphate fertilizer, and 150 tons of sulfuric acid per month. Like the famous transparent glass in Nanyang, which is [-] centimeters high and [-] centimeters wide, They can also produce [-] yuan a month, and have the ability to produce [-] carriages a month.Luxuries such as glass and carriages are of course sold to extremely prosperous places such as the capital, in exchange for large sums of white money for the Daming Road, and there are many vicious businessmen who run with a large number of crystal clear glass beads Going to the Mongolian prairie, Yitong Huyou exchanged these worthless glass beads for a large herd of cows, camels, and horses, and then sold these large livestock to the Tianxiong Army, earning a handsome reward.Now the total population of the three Daming prefectures has approached [-] million, and it is becoming more and more prosperous. Schools like Nanyang have begun to bloom everywhere... To put it simply, if there is something in Nanyang, Daming Dao will soon have it. Is Yang Menglong a good friend?
"Give me a few more years, give me a few more years, and I will be able to turn the Three Houses of Daming into the south of the Yangtze River in the north and a strong fortress against slavery!" Lu Xiangsheng muttered in his heart, full of confidence.

However, will God give him time?

On the other side of Denglai, countless peasants are enduring the blowing of the cold wind, wielding hoes and shovels, and working tirelessly.The foundation of the factory had to be dug early, the canals had to be dredged, and the rubble from the ruins had to be cleared away... They really didn't have time to rest.At the seaside, a tripper powered by animal power is turning rapidly, and buckets of cement slurry are poured out of it, and then pushed to the construction site by a trolley.They want to build a large salt pan by the sea.In the past, the salt fields were not so particular, they were all made of mud and sand, so the salt that came out was thick and black, with a lot of sand, and it was unpalatable. Rich people would never eat this kind of salt. Now Yang Menglong wants to build an efficient The taller, crisper salt fields produce the highest quality salt.According to his plan, not only the salt fields will be built, but also a marine fish processing factory will be built. In short, they will do whatever they want to make money.With so many projects and high wages, those workers naturally have no time to rest. If it wasn’t for the fact that there was an extra piece of meat in the pie, and the foreman gave each of them a few pieces of candy after receiving the pie, they would really remember it. I'm sorry it's Chinese New Year today.

In a place far away from the construction site, thousands of soldiers are training intensely.There is indeed no shortage of high-quality soldiers in Shandong. The [-] soldiers in Denglai Town were fully recruited in just two months. Among the recruited soldiers, except for the [-] Zhejiang Army, the rest were selected from the Dongjiang Army The young and strong and the water workers recruited from the canal are not only physically strong, but also very organized and disciplined, which saves a lot of trouble in training.But even such excellent soldiers will inevitably be punished during training, because they have the most impartial and harshest chief instructor!This chief instructor has a pair of eyes that are much sharper than an eagle, if they make a slight mistake, the stick will be slammed on them immediately!In less than a month, there are [-] elite soldiers in Denglai Town. If you don't worry about Wu Sheng, there are many participating generals, but if you don't worry about Qi Hu, you may not be able to find any of them.No matter what problems those soldiers had before joining the army, as soon as they saw his shadow, these problems disappeared immediately, and their whole body was as energetic as chicken blood!
Now a general team that lost in the big contest is running along the seashore under the leadership of the unlucky general. I don’t know how many laps or how long they run, but just keep running. Qi Hu is standing on the rock He watched them from above and ran until he told him to stop before they could stop.Those soldiers complained endlessly. In their opinion, the reason why they were treated so badly had a lot to do with their commander-in-chief——

They always turn out to be Qi Polu.

That little boy has now become the leader of hundreds of soldiers.Qi Hu expressed his old consolation to his grandson's drive (turning into anger from embarrassment), and took special care of this general team. No matter whether this general team made a mistake or lost in the competition, the punishment they received would be heavier than other general teams. many.

Seeing that Qi Polu's face was turning blue from exhaustion, Wu Sheng couldn't help feeling a little worried, and said to Qi Hu cautiously, "Mr. Qi, is it almost over? Polu is still growing, if he gets tired..."

Qi Hu was expressionless: "Since he has chosen this path, he must be prepared to endure such hardships. The Qi family has no descendants who are soft-hearted!" After a pause, he said: "If you suffer even this little If you can't even eat it, how can you talk about leading an elite army to the west of Liaoning to avenge the Hunhe River?"

"Hunhe..."

Hearing these two words, Wu Sheng's cheeks twitched slightly.The Zhejiang army was wiped out by the Hun River. Among the soldiers of the Zhejiang army who died in battle, there was his father. That battle turned him into an orphan. Let someone take it away.He looked to the north, and a blade-like sharpness burst out of his eyes: "We must avenge this revenge!"

Qi Hu said: "It must be reported, otherwise even if I die, I will not be able to close my eyes."

The sea breeze scattered the old man's hair, and his old face was lined with wrinkles.He is no longer young, and there is not much time left for him.

Compared with those poor wretches in Denglai who are still working hard during the New Year's Eve, the people in Nanyang live a very happy life.This year is a bumper harvest year for them. A large number of factories have been opened to provide them with many employment opportunities. The improvement of irrigation conditions and the application of a large amount of phosphate fertilizer have brought a bumper harvest. In the name of tax collection, they are much more relaxed. For a family of five, if two adults do some odd jobs in addition to farming, they will have a net income of four or five taels of silver a year, which is not a small amount. .The military households are happier. With their wages plus dividends, their net income is close to ten taels of silver. In terms of the current prices in Nanyang, they can already live quite comfortably.The higher income allows Nanyang people to enjoy a wonderful long vacation happily. All factories and farms are closed on the 25th, and they will not reopen until the tenth day of the new year. That is to say, they can enjoy at least half a month of long vacation. Let's play, let's play to our heart's content.

The first sports meeting achieved unprecedented success. The vigorous figures on the sports field and the frenzied atmosphere on the scene have become the best memories for everyone. People are greedy.However, the current sports meeting is not over yet, there are two events that have not yet decided the champion, one is a football match and the other is a fighting match.The football match sent no less than [-] wounded to the hospital in just a few days of competition. The competition became increasingly fierce. The human adrenal hormones soared wildly, and the screams and shouts continued all day long.The fighting competition also sent a lot of wounded to the hospital, but it was not over yet, because many boxers from other places came to participate in the competition after hearing the news, so please reject them, they immediately shouted: "Why don't you let us participate in the competition? Don't you advocate the spirit of 'fairness, unity, and hard work'? It is against fairness to deprive us of the right to compete just because we are foreigners?" And the rules formulated before the competition did not stipulate that people should not be temporarily registered, there is no way, Had to let them go.

Therefore, these two games did not end until the Chinese New Year.So today, everyone was too lazy to eat at home, and rushed to the sports field to watch the finals of these two competitions.The athletes on the sports field also hoped to get a gold medal as a New Year's gift. They really tried their best to make the competition more intense.

Yang Menglong accompanied Xiao Yufang to watch the fighting match, the football field was too noisy, Xiao Yufang couldn't stay any longer.Of course, the boxing gym was not much better. It could only accommodate 1000 people, but suddenly 4000 people were squeezed into it.On the ring, two thin, dark-skinned boxers wrapped their fists and arms with hemp ropes, and launched a torrential attack on each other. A punch was a large shadow, and a kick swept out to create a whirlwind. The fight was extremely fierce.One of these two came from Guangxi and the other came from Changsha. They both transported poisonous ivy to Nanyang for sale.They are all very skilled. After a hard fight, all the opponents including the players from Heluo New Army were eliminated. Now they are competing for the championship and runner-up.Seeing that fierce move made Xiao Yufang startled, while Yang Menglong watched it with relish, fascinated, and happily explained to Xiao Yufang: "Did you see that monkey? That monkey used the famous Ang Fist in Guangxi. The shot was very fierce and fierce. Look at that knee. If it hits, even a bull will be knocked out by him. The man from Changsha uses Miaoquan, which has been practiced by the Miao people for generations. Miaoquan is short and short. Fierce, every blow penetrates the whole body...Look at this grab, don't look at how hard he did it, he really caught his arm, the Guangxi monkey's arm would have been swollen for more than a month at least. "

Xiao Yufang was a little surprised and asked: "Is this arrest so powerful?"

Yang Menglong said: "Of course! My master said that he has boxed all his life and rarely met opponents, but once he was in a fight with a Miao boxing master, he suffered a big loss. His arm was scratched by the opponent, and the capillaries ruptured." , swollen like a calf, and the swelling hasn’t subsided for a whole month, and this is the result of the opponent’s mercy.” He made a grasping gesture: “That’s it, just grab it like this, and let the opponent suffer It is very easy for Miao boxing masters to pinch the capillaries lightly, and if you want to destroy the opponent, you can use it harder, directly pinching the main artery, so this move is also called Yin Yang hand, which means you are Life or death depends entirely on the mood of the recruiter."

Cheng Qi curled her lips: "When you mention these things about beatings and killings, your eyebrows are beaming. Why don't you see that you are so energetic when you read?"

Yang Menglong said: "I am also very energetic when I look at the account book."

Cheng Qi was so choked that she rolled her eyes.Of course he was refreshed when he looked at the ledger to check how much money he had made!
In the ring, two boxers with superb martial arts skills were still fighting hard for honor.In fact, their martial arts skills are comparable, and their ability to resist blows is also top-notch. It is very difficult to defeat their opponents. Now that they are exhausted, they still can't tell the winner.At this time, the Miao boxer suddenly rushed forward, dodged a punch, and slammed his claws into the Guangxi boxer's neck cartilage, while the Guangxi boxer hit him in the temple with a horizontal elbow. Both of them tried their best. Go all out, only attack but not defend!

The audience exclaimed, this is not going to die together!

(End of this chapter)