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

Chapter 579

For capable people, the last thing they fear is curses and abuse from others.

While Wang Yingxiong kept cursing Yang Menglong, thousands of miles away in Nanyang, Yang Menglong was holding two small swaddling clothes, sitting on the bedside and smiling so hard that his eyes narrowed and all four big white teeth were exposed.

After several hours of tossing, Xiao Yufang gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins.These two little guys only weighed four or five catties, but they were full of anger when they cried. When the siblings were born, most of the people in Nanyang City knew immediately that their champion Hou had a child!Yang Menglong breathed a sigh of relief, and his subordinates, his generals, and the citizens and merchants in Nanyang also breathed a sigh of relief.Chinese people have attached great importance to inheritance since ancient times. It has been a thousand-year tradition for a son to inherit his father's business. No matter how outstanding a person without children is, it is difficult to make his subordinates feel at ease, and the territory will not be stable. When this strong man falls, no one can When he takes over the torch in his hand, his own future will also be ruined.Not only in the East, but in the West as well. For the superiors, inheritance is extremely important.

Of course, Yang Menglong breathed a sigh of relief because the child was finally born.When the midwife came in and out, but the child refused to come to this world, he was about to cry. Difficult childbirth is very fatal these days, and it might end up killing two people!But fortunately, there was no danger. Although the siblings had tormented their mother enough, they still came to this world safely.Yang Menglong kissed this one, kissed that one, and said: "You two little guys, you really scared me and your mother to death!"

Xiao Yufang smiled weakly, and said, "It's the first time giving birth, and it's always like this..."

Yang Menglong had lingering fears in his heart: "The first time almost scared me to death!" Putting these two little ones beside Xiao Yufang, teasing this one, teasing that one, said: "Kaixuan, Mianmian, here you are!" Handsome dad, take a look?"

The two little dots mean that I don't know you, and they are sleeping soundly with their eyes closed.

Xiao Yufang hugged her older sister, kissed her little yellow wrinkled face, and smiled: "You really plan to name your son such a name?"

Yang Menglong asked: "Why not? It's comprehensive, it covers every aspect, and the meaning is so profound."

Xiao Yufang laughed in a low voice: "Be careful when my son grows up and beats you..." Freed up a hand to pinch her son's little face, she sighed with a smile: "It seems that I can't count on you anymore. , and give him a nice name."

Yang Menglong said: "Anyway, I'll call him face to face in the future!"

Being his son is really hard...

Xiao Yufang smiled and asked: "You, Xiaoqi and Ziyan's auspicious day is coming soon, how are you preparing?"

Yang Menglong covered his head and shouted: "Don't mention this, don't mention this, my head hurts when I mention it!" He lay down carefully, resting his head on his hands, frowning: "I thought it was the end of the year, and I could relax for a while. Having a baby and getting married is like a spinning top! God, kill me!"

Xiao Yufang just smiled and said nothing.No one else could even hope for such a good thing. He was just here sighing, as if something bad had happened to him!
I hope that the disease of lazy cancer will not be inherited, otherwise her child will be miserable!
No matter how much Yang Menglong wanted to be lazy, he still had to do what he had to do, and he couldn't escape.A few days later, he was dragged by the queen's ear to the tall horse that was going to greet his relatives --- this guy forgot about the auspicious day again, when the whole city was looking for him, he was in the laboratory with a group of chemical madmen White phosphorus is extracted in it.Seeing his dazed look, the queen wanted to take off her boots and beat him.

On the way to welcome the relatives, everyone suddenly saw that half of the sky was red.Yang Menglong turned his head and looked, what a tragedy, the whole laboratory came to drink the wedding wine, and the refined white phosphorus was exposed to the air and unattended, and it caught fire!This fire turned the entire laboratory into a sea of ​​flames, and a large number of chemical materials exploded in the fire, just like setting off fireworks, as lively as it needs to be!Wu Yong was shocked, and shouted: "Go and put out the fire, go and put out the fire!"

Pang Chun looked calm: "No need, all of us are here, no matter how much it burns, it won't hurt anyone."

Pang Xia calmly said: "By the time you arrive, the things that should be burned will be almost burned. Isn't that just a waste of time?"

The citizens who were going to fight the fire stopped when they heard this, and said one after another: "It's good that no one is inside, let's continue to drink at the wedding bar!"

So the welcoming team continued on the road, a string of firecrackers echoed the explosions from the chemical laboratory, not to mention how lively it was!
The accompanying Jin Yiwei was stunned: The nerves of the folks and elders in Nanyang are really not ordinary tenacity!
After much difficulty, the two brides were finally brought back.The lobby of the Hou Mansion was packed like a can of sardines. Businessmen and local officials gathered together. The millionaires, high-ranking officials with rich clothes and gold seals, generals with heavy soldiers in their hands, and countless people who sincerely supported them were all eagerly waiting to see them. treat.The meaning of this wedding is not ordinary. Behind Liu Ziyan is the power of officials and gentry in the Heluo area, and behind Cheng Qi is the rising business consortium. Being a family with these two is also largely related to these two forces. A family, let them completely at ease.Of course, Yang Menglong is also quite capable. He insisted on turning this combination of interests into a match made in heaven for lovers to get married. This is especially gratifying—although it is a combination of interests, but he can be in love with them. Isn’t it true? What everyone is looking forward to?

It's just that Fang Yizhi's complexion is a little dark.

Yang Menglong shook his head, feeling dejected.

The queen looked at this and that, and couldn't help laughing.

When the last explosion and roar disappeared, Fang Yizhi stroked his forehead and said, "When will you stop messing up your wedding? Is it difficult to get married? Why can others do it right? What you do is dangerous?"

Yang Menglong said dejectedly: "How would I know... I just went to see them do experiments, and then I forgot the time..."

Fang Yizhi stared at Pang Chun and Pang Xia viciously: "In the future, if there is a major event, whoever dares to drag him into an experiment, cut off his hand!"

The Pang brothers were very wronged: "He ran over by himself!"

Fang Yizhi really wanted to kick Yang Menglong: "You...forget it, I don't bother to talk about you, hurry up and pay homage, lest I look annoyed!"

Yang Menglong hurriedly paid homage to those two beauties who were also full of anger...

After worshiping, he came out to toast all the guests. Table by table, the process was very familiar.When he was toasting to the queen, the queen took out two jade pendants and handed them to him, and said with a smile: "Champion Marquis, congratulations on your good fortune, you gave birth to a pair of twins, and you married two beautiful women. What kind of money do you bring, if you can’t get a decent gift, these two pieces of dragon and phoenix pendants are given to our little princess and little prince, don’t dislike them.”

Yang Menglong happily took it over and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Ma'am. I'll return you a big gift later."

Qin Liangyu took out a dagger with a shark skin sheath and gems inlaid, and said: "The place where the stone pillar is barren, and I can't give you any expensive gifts. This dagger cuts iron like mud. It has been passed down for three generations. I will give it to you." Young Master."

Yang Menglong didn't refuse either, and said generously, "Thank you, Aunt Qin, I'll pick some of the best plate armors for you to take home to show off!"

Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a while, took out a well-made Langhao brush, and gave Yang Menglong an inkstone carved into the shape of the sun and moon, saying: "I bought this pen and this square inkstone a few years ago with a lot of money. It’s very valuable. I don’t need it now, so I’ll give it to my little niece who I’ve never met, and I hope she can become a talented woman who is proficient in playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting like her siblings.”

"Speaking of the qin..." Cheng Ji took out a large qin case and opened it, took out an antique Guqin, and said, "This Qin is Brother Yu's favorite thing, so give it to your niece as a gift."

Everyone is the same as you and me, and soon, the gifts sent over were piled up into a hill.Yang Menglong never refuses anyone who comes, he accepts them one by one, he is not a saint, everyone gives him gifts sincerely, every gift is enshrined in the expectations of him and his children, why doesn't he accept it?Just as the harvest was in full swing, Father Bowen came in with a group of foreigners in brightly colored clothes.Those foreigners took off their hats to pay tribute to Yang Menglong:
"Blok, the governor of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia, congratulates the Marquis of the East!"

"Representative Guy of the Portuguese Far East Trading Group congratulates the Marquis of the East!"

"Fernan, the governor of Spain in Luzon, congratulates the Marquis of the East!"

"The representative of the French Far East Trading Company, Elminster, congratulates the Marquis of the East!"

"Italy……"

Be good, representatives from seven or eight countries came all at once!You must know that there were only three countries that Yang Menglong dealt with at the beginning of the year.Obviously, these goods are fascinated by the huge profits of Eastern trade. The goods here in Nanyang are open to supply. As long as you can afford the money, you can move as much silk, porcelain, spices, tea, etc. as you like. As before, the supply of goods is choking to death, and even if you have money, you can't buy them.Moreover, there are many new goods here in Nanyang, such as precision bearings, rivets made of high-quality steel, sugar, cement, steel, etc., all of which are good things that cannot be bought with money. How many invulnerable plate armor can be made by shipping high carbon steel back?How many times the profit can be earned by transporting a shipment of black tea and brown sugar back?There is also the cement that can repair the indestructible fortifications... Merchants are all profit-seeking, and the Far East trade has such a broad prospect, how can they not be crazy?If Yang Menglong doesn't come to flatter him on a happy day, when will he have to wait?
Yang Menglong shook hands with them one by one, and said loudly: "Welcome, welcome, my friends! You must have a good time when you come to Nanyang, otherwise people will say that I am not hospitable enough!"

The foreigners said: "Definitely, definitely!"

Father Bouwen said: "These gentlemen have brought strange gifts, just outside the door, you will like them, my lord!"

Yang Menglong's eyes widened: "Are there any gifts?" He walked out in three steps at a time, and everyone followed him out to see what novel gifts they were.

First of all, the Italians presented four women with good faces and good figures. They were tall and handsome, with fair and delicate skin, regular and slightly tough facial features... huh?Greek?Good guy, sent four beautiful Greek slave girls in one go!
The French brought two incredibly tall and strong horses, which were 1.7 meters tall. It was definitely very difficult to ride on them... By the way, these horses were not meant for people to ride at all. They were the famous Charles Draft horses, according to the French, a Shire draft horse can move six tons of cargo, which is more powerful than a truck during World War I!Well, accept it and go back to talk to the French and import hundreds of Shire draft horses to use for pulling cannons!

What the Dutch offered was a mat that was two meters long and 1.6 meters wide.There is nothing unusual about a mat, but a mat made of ivory is very unusual.That's right, the entire mat is made of thin slices of ivory from Africa. I don't know if it has any special effects, but it is very precious anyway.

The Portuguese offered several tiger skins.The pattern of this tiger skin was completely different from that of a Chinese tiger. There were quite a few fur traders present, but no one could recognize what kind of tiger skin it was.Of course I can't recognize it, it's a jaguar!

Yang Menglong received these big gifts with a smile on his face, but when the Spaniard brought over a few guys who looked like goats, but were simple-headed, with a pair of eyes rolling around, he turned his face.

The Spaniard must have pissed his head, what is not good to give away, but an alpaca!
(End of this chapter)