Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 229 Ushiha who first arrived in Fuldan City
The day Liu Sheng and the others returned to Fuldan City was the morning of the ninth day of the first lunar month.When a group of them came to the gate of the city on horseback, Liu Sheng saw Sheng Haizhou (Sheng Haizhou) at a glance. He was wearing a brand new military uniform and was talking to several guards on duty outside the east gate.

"Master Liu is back!" A sudden shout from the top of the city attracted the attention of everyone at the gate.

Liu Sheng was about to speak when another person shouted, "The tiger was killed!"

This was a sensation, and a dozen people at the gate of the city immediately greeted them.As the loud voice continued to yell on the city wall, many people ran out from the city one after another to watch the excitement, and soon surrounded Liu Sheng and the others three floors in and three floors out.

"Is this a tiger?"

"The father and son Jinba are so pitiful! They were actually bitten by a tiger during Chinese New Year."

"What the hell! His surname is Jia, and his name is Jia He."

"This tiger is so big! Look at the claws, tsk tsk!"

"This leather is really good! It looks like a ball of fire."

Liu Sheng's guards got off their horses and surrounded the sledge where the tiger's carcass was placed. "Look, it's fine, don't stretch and touch!"

Seeing so many people running out of the city, Liu Sheng felt a little strange, so he leaned down on his horse and asked Sheng Haizhou who was standing beside the horse's head, "What day is it today? What are these people doing?"

Sheng Haizhou said loudly: "Fire drill today!"

"What?!" The surrounding voices were so noisy that Liu Sheng couldn't hear them clearly.

"fire drill!"

Liu Sheng waved his hand helplessly, forget it, but still didn't hear clearly.

It wasn't until the group of people walked back to Chen Qingsong's office in Fuerdan City that Liu Sheng heard Sheng Haizhou's words clearly.

"Fire drill? When did Lao Chen set this rule?" Liu Sheng asked in surprise.

Sheng Haizhou quickly explained: "This is actually the habit of Edo people. Every year on the ninth day of the first lunar month, the first fire drill at the beginning of the year is held. The fire brigade in the town will perform climbing ladders. This size is also considered a festival event, so Everyone who has nothing to do comes out to watch the excitement. We live in wooden houses now, and years ago, Mr. Chen ordered people from various residential areas to form fire brigades."

It is said that in the towns of the Edo period, wooden houses were lined up one after another, and once a fire broke out in the house, it was difficult to extinguish it.The firefighting in this era is based on "destruction firefighting", that is, destroying the house located at the air outlet of the fire source to stop the fire from spreading.In ordinary towns, there are town fires, and in the cities where daimyos live, there are daimyos fires.

When a fire strikes, the way to call the police is generally to notify through the alarm bells in the block, and to convey the distance and fire situation of the fire site according to the different rhythms of the bells.

Town firefighters in island countries in this era need to be equipped with team flags, dragon spouts, large fans, ladder frames, fire hooks, steel forks, black buckets and other tools, but the city of Fuerdan is different.

Everyone has a dry powder fire extinguisher, the bright red one. Of course, ladders, shovels, and iron hooks are also required.

Let's talk about it again, the fire extinguishers in the island country, that is, the fire chiefs are all gangsters.Generally, no matter what troubles there are, as long as Huo Xiao comes forward, they can all be settled.

In view of this, Chen Qingsong organized the fire brigade into the public security police force, temporarily under the unified command of Katayama Kanbingwei in name.By the way, the Katayama Police Department has now changed its surname to Katabei.

Don't doubt, the "film surname" does exist!
When Saha and his daughter Uxiha followed all the way on a dog-drawn sledge, they were discovered by the nearby guard post when they arrived five miles east of Fuldan City.

"Stop! What are you doing?" Two soldiers ran out of the post with their guns in hand, and stopped the dogs pulling the sledge.

Just as Uxiha was about to speak, Ama stopped him.Sahal even said in not-so-fluent official Chinese: "I, we are looking for someone!"

"Who are you looking for? Where are you from?"

Wu Xiha blurted out: "We are from Zaksulu's department, and this is me, Ama. Let's find the big man."

"Big man? Zaksulu Department?" the soldier said suspiciously. "Get down for me, we have to check."

"Why?!" Wu Xiha was unconvinced.

"This is the jurisdiction of Beihai Town. Everyone who passes by must be inspected."

"Stop arguing. This is their territory." Sahalian hurriedly persuaded.He got off the sledge, bowed to the two soldiers and asked, "You two officers, may I ask if someone has pulled a tiger past these two days?"

The two soldiers were stunned. Liu Sheng and his party had just passed here in the morning. "What on earth are you guys doing? Don't think about it until you say it clearly."

Wu Xiha said to the guard: "Is there an uncle named Seldan here?"

"Seldan? How did you know him?"

Wu Xiha took out a small stainless steel wine glass given to him by Liu Sheng from his arms, and explained: "We met a few days ago! Look at this, he gave it to me."

The two soldiers understood now.But they still checked the things on the sledge first, and found that in addition to some animal skins and dry food, there were also a pair of bows and arrows and a dagger at their waists.A soldier asked his companions to keep watching the father and daughter while he returned to the post to report.

It was normal for the soldiers in Beihai Town to not know about Seldan before, but since his father and son both won the second-class merit medal two years ago, everyone in Beihai Town's army knew about it.

After a while, the soldier trotted out and said to Saharian, his father, his daughter and their companions, "They will be there in a while. Come in and wait."

Sahalian hurriedly cupped his hands and replied, "Don't dare. We'll just wait here."

At this moment, Sahalian suddenly frowned, with a painful expression on his face, then bent down and beat his right knee.Wu Xiha hurriedly supported his Ama, and asked with concern: "Is it hurting badly?"

"It's fine."

After half an hour, Seldan hurried over on horseback with one of his men.He saw the pale yellow pretty figure by the roadside tens of meters away.

"Wu Xiha, it's really you!" Seldan laughed and jumped off the horse, and walked quickly to Wu Xiha.He glanced at Sahalian and asked questioningly, "Who is this?"

Wu Xiha quickly explained: "Uncle Seldan, this is me, Ama."

Sahalian looked at Seldan in front of him, secretly surprised.This is the Kulkaqi hunter who was announced by the government to offer a reward. At this moment, there is a trace of evil spirit emanating from his body, which makes people tremble.In fact, Sahalian didn't understand that there was no evil spirit in Seldan, it was just the majesty of a soldier.

"Hello, sir." Saha hastily saluted Qian'er.

Seldan helped the other party up, and said with a smile, "Don't! You'll be out of touch like this! We just came back on the front foot, and you came on the back foot. Why did you come today?"

Sahalian didn't know how to explain, Ushiha pouted and said, "Uncle, I made my own decision that day and changed Ama's 'Archukuoqi' for a flagon. After returning, Ama scolded me, We came today looking for the big guy to go back."

Serdan thought it was true.On the way back that day, he saw the six roe deer abducting bones, and told Liu Sheng that these were not playthings for girls at all, maybe they were used for divination; because the abducting bones played by girls are all dyed. of.Liu Sheng didn't care about it at the time, saying that if someone asks for it someday, then give it back to her.

Seldan thought of this, and said to Saharian: "Then come with me. Let's go to the city to rest for a while. You father and daughter must be exhausted after driving such a long distance. I will take you to eat first." something."

Wu Xiha lowered his head, and said guiltily: "It's all my fault. I came out in a hurry, and my Ama's old cold legs broke again. Uncle, where is that big man?"

Seldan chuckled and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to see him."

Just in case, the outpost sent two soldiers to accompany them.When a group of people arrived outside the east gate of Fuldan City, the fire brigade's ladder climbing performance was reaching its climax, and there might have been thousands of onlookers.Sahalian was secretly startled when he saw it.

Because the city was too small, the parade team was arranged outside the city.I saw a straight ladder standing in the open space among the crowd, and a few people were holding it up below, and the guy in charge of the show climbed up to the top of the ladder "peddling".

There are not many high-rise buildings in this year, and many people will feel dizzy when they reach high places.Those who can climb to the top of a seven or eight-meter-high ladder without changing their expressions in one breath are qualified to be the ones who enter the scene of fire.

Seldan and his party also stopped to watch curiously at this time, only to see the guy standing on the top of the ladder shouted: "Hi! Handan Dream Pillow!" look.

Island residents watching the performance applauded.The story of Lu Sheng's encounter with Lu Dongbin's enlightenment has long been known in the island countries, but Sahalian's father and daughter couldn't understand it at all.

"Ushiha, what are they talking about?"

"I don't quite understand what the Handan Dream is about." Wu Xiha turned his head and asked Seldan again, how could Seldan understand this, and shook his head to express that he didn't know.

A group of people entered the city through the east gate.Sahalian couldn't help being surprised when he saw the scene in the city.The dozens of dilapidated wooden houses in his memory have long since disappeared; the original low-lying and uneven roads in the city have also been replaced by roads paved with gravel.What surprised him the most was that there were many brand-new wooden houses in the city, and countless people passed through them.

"Wow! There are so many people!" Wu Xiha opened his mouth wide in surprise.

At this time, Liu Sheng was visiting the father and son bitten by the tiger in the ward of the medical center. The wounded man named Jia He heard Liu Sheng said that he would give him the tiger skin, showing an expression of disbelief.

"After the tiger's skin is peeled off, I'll have someone send it to you to make up for the loss of your family."

"My lord, this, this is not allowed! How dare a villain want something from an adult!"

"Stop talking, it's settled!" Liu Sheng patted the other party's shoulder lightly, then turned and left the ward.

The eyes of the ex-island refugee named Jia He were a little red. He looked at Liu Sheng's back until he disappeared, and then turned his gaze to his son on the next bed.

Liu Sheng walked to the door of the medical center, and was wondering whether to go back to Juergen City for a while, when he heard someone shouting from the opposite side: "Big man!"

Liu Sheng looked up in surprise, and found that it was the girl she met a few days ago, still dressed in the same way.Besides Seldan and a few soldiers, there was also an old man in his 50s.

"Little Xingxing? Why are you here?"

Wu Xiha ran to Liu Sheng in a few steps, stretched out his hand and raised his head and said, "Give me back that Al Chukuoqi, I brought you the jug."

Liu Sheng smiled and said: "So you came to ask for those six roe deer abducts." After speaking, he took out the small bag containing the roe deer abducts from his pocket.
Uxiha and her Ama lived in Fuldan for five days.

Sahalian suffered from old cold legs, and in the afternoon he couldn't walk because of the pain.So Liu Sheng asked Serdan to take Saha to the medical center.

Because Hong Tao and Liu Siting were not there, the medical staff staying behind could not judge each other's condition at all.Just prescribed some antipyretics and anti-inflammatory drugs according to Sahalian's fever symptoms.Unexpectedly, after taking the medicine for two days, Saha's knee pain was obviously relieved, which made Uxiha very happy.

Zhao Xin had told Liu Sheng and the others before that we would show our kindness to the border people in the future.If they don't come to attack Beihai Town, then try to be kind to them.It would be best to attract them to do business in Fuldan City so as to expand the influence of Beihai Town.

So when Sahalian was discharged from the hospital, Liu Sheng gave him another box of painkillers.Tell him that if he suffers from old cold legs again in the future, he will take one slice.

The Sahalian father and daughter were grateful to Liu Sheng, and gave him dozens of mink and badger skins they had brought.After Liu Sheng learned the value of the animal skins from Serdan, he took twenty catties of salt, five bags of flour, several iron pots, a pack of matches and two horses from the warehouse of the Civil Affairs Bureau and gave them to them.

Sahalian was so moved by this!He didn't expect that his little animal skin could be exchanged for so many things.Moreover, this rebel leader, who was known by the government to do all kinds of evil, was so polite to his father and daughter.

When Liu Sheng saw that Sahalian was about to kneel down to thank him, he quickly helped him up and said, if he wanted to thank him, Kaichun brought his clansmen to Fuldan City to trade, so he should thank me.We have food, clothing, and everything here. You can come and have a look.Even if there is nothing to exchange, we still need people to work here. It is good to do casual work for a few days and exchange some money to buy things.

Upon hearing this, Saharan hurriedly agreed.

The Zaksulu tribe where the father and daughter are located has 105 households with more than 200 people.Their size is already a large village in the forefront of the Northeast.According to the information provided by Sahalian, the Qing court now has more than 2000 households in the entire Northeast, with a total of more than 50 surnames.The largest village has nearly 500 households with more than [-] people.

During the few days of Sahalian's treatment, Wu Xiha sometimes accompanied Ama, and sometimes wandered around the city curiously; Liu Sheng has nothing to do now, so he would spend time with her.Until one day, the little girl saw the "Leatherneck-Gear-Patrol" straight knife that Liu Sheng was carrying with her, and she asked to have a look. Liu Sheng handed it to the other party indifferently, and Wu Xiha couldn't put it down after playing with it.Liu Sheng took a look, got it, I gave it to you!

Wu Xiha had nothing to exchange at the moment, so he made an agreement with Liu Sheng that when spring came, he would give him a "Jingda gun" (a gun) used by the Hezhe people.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, starting from Beijing, a thousand soldiers and horses escorting the ransom finally arrived at Ninggu Pagoda.And He Shen, who was sitting here, had been waiting anxiously for a long time, and he hurriedly sent a messenger to the Mongolian River Military Station to inform Beihai Town.

He Zhongtang was very depressed because he couldn't go back to the capital to accompany Qianlong this Spring Festival.But since he has boasted about Haikou, he can only wait to bring Fukang'an, Du Erjia and the soldiers of the Beijing camp back to Beijing.As for those garrisoned Eight Banners from other provinces, let Jilin General Mingliang arrange it!

In order to prepare for receiving the captured soldiers, He Shen first ordered Jilin General Mingliang to take two thousand Sauron soldiers and a large number of civilians to escort a large amount of food and supplies to Ninggu Tower; then Na Qitai rushed to Hunchun City with these supplies , Make preparations for personnel placement in advance.

(End of this chapter)