Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 186 New Years

In recent months, the security team has done a lot of investigation work on the local people's social conditions in Lingao. They interrogated captives, talked with recruited laborers and soldiers; The locals chatted in the tea sheds in Dongmen City and obtained a lot of useful information from them.Because Zhang Youfu had a lot of contact with the executive committee, and he was planned to be a key figure in opening up cooperation with various local groups, the security team knew a lot about him.

As a poor landowner, Zhang Youfu is not worth mentioning economically. His status in Lingao is entirely due to his connections with various pirates along the coast. Facing him as a liaison is satisfying.

He is such a face-faced character, which is very useful for the transmigrating party - he can send a lot of news through him, but he has to be wary of him.

Wen Desi took Zhang Youfu to drink and chat again, and Zhang Youfu was overwhelmed by the flattery - relying on the power of the Kun thief, wouldn't he have no worries about eating and drinking in this area?The moment the wine was drained, the atmosphere on the table was very lively.

At the wine table, in order to show that he was "in stock", he quietly told Wen and Xi that in fact, most of the gentry agreed with their proposal of "team training and joint insurance", especially some In small and medium-sized villages, they can't afford to support a large group of people practicing rural courage, and they hope to spend a small amount of money to protect the safety of the village.At the very least, you can buy peace, so as not to end up like Goujiazhuang.In a big village like Huangjiazhai, the attitude is quite ambiguous.Zhang Youfu said that the old man of the Huang family kept silent when the gentry were discussing, but when asked about his opinion, he also agreed. He just said that the villages should not place all their hopes on you. Stop, otherwise the people and horses will be controlled by others...

Xi Yazhou nodded secretly when he heard this, this old coffin ladle is still a bit knowledgeable.

Seeing that they were fascinated by what they were listening to, Zhang Youfu added fuel and oil to the story of Huang Shoutong's intensified training in the village and hoarding grain. There are no takeaways, all are stored in the stockade, and the tenants are required to repair the walls of the stockade during winter leisure time. "I'm afraid there is something planned."

Wen Desi knew that Huang Shoutong always disliked Zhang Youfu because of his association with pirates, and wanted to arrest him several times for criminal charges, but luckily the gentry did not agree.This is Zhang Landlord taking the opportunity to take eye drops.But what he said must be true.Huang Shoutong and the others admire him quite a lot. Through the collected information, they know that this person can be regarded as a loyal and loyal person in this time and space.Such a person will not surrender easily.

"Besides him, who else objected?"

"There are still a few poor people. The most vigorous one is Liu Cripple."

"Cripple Liu?" The word made them startled. The scholars, Juren, gentry, landlords and other figures in Lingao generally knew their names and nicknames, and they had never heard of anyone with this name.

"It's Liu Dalin." Zhang Youfu is indeed a standard street person, he has no respect for the only Jinshi in the history of Lingao County, and simply gave him a nickname based on his physical defects.

"It's Liu Jinshi."

"That's right, it's him." It could be seen that Zhang Youfu also had grudges against Liu Jinshi, "Because I am a Jinshi, I just insist—" He suddenly realized that he had slipped his mouth, and quickly said, "This is Liu Dalin alone. He said vigorously that "Chinese and thieves are not equal to each other", and also scolded the gentry for "seeking skins with tigers", and saying what to do for tigers, anyway, they are tigers."

It seems that this benchmark figure in Lingao County has a lot of opinions on us.Wen Desi and Xi Yazhou looked at each other with a wry smile on their faces.According to their plan, Liu Dalin is the person that the time travel group will try their best to win over in the future, and his background will greatly affect the attitude of the scholars and gentry here towards the time travel group.But now it seems that it may be difficult to win over.

Wen Desi inquired a lot about Liu Dalin again, and knew that he was the Juren of Wanli 43. After winning the examination, he went to the mainland to find a teacher to study. It is said that he went to Jiangxi and worshiped under the editor of a former Imperial Academy. In four years, he became a Jinshi.Pai was the magistrate of a certain county in Anhui. Unexpectedly, he was paralyzed shortly after he became an official, so he came back to live in seclusion in the village without becoming an official.

(Note: The above biography of Jinshi Liu Dalin comes from Lingao literature and history, and there is no way to verify the legend about going to Jiangxi to study with a teacher.)

Zhang Youfu was drunk with wine, and he couldn't help bringing out many personal grievances: He once fought with his neighbors for water sources on hillsides, and relying on his own connections, he hired some country rascals to injure the other party. Xiaomin can only admit that he is unlucky, but he did not expect that this person is a relative of Liu Jinshi, a piece of film was sent to the county government, and Zhang Youfu was arrested and punished with forty boards, even though he was familiar with the people in the county government , didn't suffer too much, but he has always brooded about the humiliation of stripping his pants and being beaten in court.

The two of them were secretly amused, but this also showed that Liu Jinshi was not unreal.Now that you know how to take care of your relatives, it means that you are close to humanity and reasonable.What they are most afraid of meeting is a character like Hai Rui, who will not accept hard and soft, who will not recognize his relatives, who are invulnerable to swords and guns, and will just accept death.He couldn't pull him over, beat him, kill him, and he had to pretend to be open-minded to be scolded by him.

"Does Liu Jinshi's family have group training?"

"Where does he come from for group training? It's just that he has some guards at home." Zhang Youfu thought that the time travel group was going to attack Liu Jinshi, and became more enthusiastic. He said that Liu Jinshi's mansion is not far from here, and it was only seven or eight miles away. Ximen of the county seat, his family lived in Ximen.However, his family has a Zhuangzi outside the city, which is three or four miles away from the west gate of the county. Sometimes he will go out of the city to live for ten and a half months.

Wen Desi wrote down the situation in his notebook, and Zhang Youfu was overjoyed when he saw it, and became more attentive.During this period, Wen Desi asked about his relationship with the Liu Xiang Group——from the collected information, he seems to have the closest relationship with the Liu Xiang Group.

Zhang Youfu did not hide anything, saying that his wife was related to a "treasurer" in the Liuxiang Group.And they are all from Qiongshan County.The family of the "treasurer" is still in Qiongshan County. If there is anything to contact, it is convenient and safe to go through this line.

"Can you give us a message for Chief Liu?" Xi Yazhou said.

"Success! This is to look down on villains." Zhang Youfu was very straightforward.

"Tell him to send someone to negotiate with us." Xi Yazhou said, "Peace is the most important thing for everyone, as long as we can sit down and talk. We will never blame the past."

"Okay, I'll send someone to deliver the message tomorrow." Zhang Youfu agreed wholeheartedly, and the host and guest enjoyed themselves for a while.Zhang Youfu also inquired about the origin of the time-traveling group through drunkenness, but was dealt with by Wen Desi with a unified caliber that had been prepared long ago.It can be seen that Zhang Youfu doesn't really believe it, but it doesn't matter.

When they left Zhang Youfu's home, it was nearly 23 o'clock in the evening.After declining the sedan chair sent by Zhang Youfu, the group walked back on foot.The temperature at night in Lingao winter is slightly cooler, but it is not cold. Walking on the road in the country is very comfortable.The sky I saw when I raised my eyes was full of stars, and such a beautiful scenery would never be seen under the dirty atmosphere of another time and space.However, usually they don't have many chances to see the starry sky, and the travelers who are not stable are lurking threats everywhere in the dark night of different time and space.As soon as it was dark, all but the guard posts retreated to the forts and houses where they felt safe.

Now, Wen Desi instinctively felt that the most dangerous moment had passed.During these three months, the traversers built a brand new city with their hands, built a hydropower station, produced the first kiln of cement in this time and space, built houses, paved streets, and even used the canteen for cooking. Biogas energy.Modern society has already revealed its buds in this time and space.Everyone is still alive, and labor and regular life make everyone's body healthy.The crossing group fought bloody battles, repelled the enemy's attack, expanded its sphere of influence from the beach of Bopu to the middle and lower reaches of the Wenlan River, and controlled the salt field. The vital transportation, energy and industrial facilities are under intense construction. One suspects that power will grow exponentially once these facilities are completed.

Travelers have already established a firm foothold here.The common people also began to be convinced of them slowly, willing to contact and serve them.Now, the time-traveling group is no longer satisfied with just using business and employment methods to contact the people of this time and space, they will gradually use civil affairs methods to control and master Lingao's manpower and resources.

"Mr. Wen, the Spring Festival is almost here, isn't it?"

"If you didn't say it, I'd forget it. It's already 1629, and everyone hasn't celebrated New Year's Day."

"What day is it today?"

"December 26, the first year of Chongzhen, is already January 1629, 1 in the Gregorian calendar."

"Let's also have a good Spring Festival. Everyone has been busy for more than three months, and there is not a single day of rest."

For the time travelers, it is not an important thing to celebrate the new year. Although the executive committee has posted a notice to have a seven-day holiday starting from the [-]th of the new year, all work has not stopped near the end of the year.In another time and space, there is a holiday on the first day of the new year, and the phenomenon of slowly starting to work and not working hard from December [-] does not exist here.When everyone knows that their work is contributing to their future, work is a kind of pleasure rather than drudgery.This is not felt in the old time and space.

The preparations for the United Nations Insurance Conference are also in full swing. Not to mention the cross-country crowd, even Zhang Youfu has become a busy man. Near the end of the year, he often runs around to do work in various villages.Wu De gave the local laborers with families a few days off, let them go back to celebrate the New Year, and by the way, publicized the necessity of the meeting to the elders in the village.However, it was almost the Spring Festival of the lunar calendar at this time, and all places were busy preparing for the New Year, and the meeting had to be postponed until the next year.After discussion, the Executive Committee felt that it was a good idea, and it was just a good time to take the opportunity of the meeting to carry out agricultural reforms, killing two birds with one stone.The final date for the meeting was February 1629, 2, which is the ninth day of the first month of the second year of Chongzhen in the lunar calendar.

New Year's Eve is here.In order to let all the traversers celebrate the first Spring Festival in this time and space, in addition to the holiday, each traverser also received an additional special supply coupon.The impoverished people in various villages within a radius of tens of miles of Bairen City either traded with the traversers or worked for them, and they all benefited to some extent, and their money was much more abundant.In addition, there were no wind and rain disasters in the autumn harvest, so the year was not bad.Without the intrusion of pirates and bandits, the desolate and unbearable "year of emergency" unexpectedly appeared some peaceful scenes.Almost every household posted Spring Festival couplets, and some hung peach charms.The originally withered villages also emitted smoke from every household.The children's yellow faces also showed a hint of anger.

Within a hundred miles, there is not a single village that does not send New Year gifts to the Traveling Group.Pigs, sheep, rice wine, chickens, ducks and fish meat piled up in the shop outside the east gate, Dugu proposed marriage and Dongmen Chuuyu smiled happily - although they only had the right to look at these things, Dai Xie transported them away in the end.

This New Year is a happy one, filled with the joy and confidence of victory, and everyone sees the infinite future unfolding in front of them.The three-month-old fear has begun to change.If at the beginning of D-Day, everyone's confidence in winning was not so full, then now they all believe that their future is bright, and their spirits are very encouraging.

Couplets were pasted on the doors of the family dormitories in the dormitory area, which brought joy to the Spring Festival in Bairen City. Some people even asked the chemical engineering team to make some firecrackers. Anyway, they had a firecracker craftsman available, but this proposal was rejected.However, soon someone discovered that firecrackers could be bought in Lingao County, so from the morning of New Year's Eve, some people swaggered into the city to buy firecrackers. Most of the time travellers, from D-Day to now, have not entered this Ming Dynasty county which is close at hand.Now the situation is improving, and there is nothing to do in the New Year, so I have to go to visit.The yamen servants and Min Zhuang at the gate of the city naturally did not dare to stop them.Fortunately, the people who traveled through Lingao had a good reputation, and the influx of crowds did not cause panic, but instead attracted many idlers and children to watch.Everyone finally understands the situation of foreigners in China at the beginning of the reform and opening up.

Except for a few history buffs who were excited to take photos everywhere with their cameras, most people were disappointed.This county town is worse than a small town in modern time and space, with very few shops.Although it is Chinese New Year now, every household has posted Spring Festival couplets, and there are many vendors selling stalls on the street, which is somewhat festive.However, most of the houses along the street are dilapidated, and the ones that are a little neater are either yamen or temples.What's even more peculiar is that there is still a large area of ​​wasteland in this county, which is so small that you can see the west gate from the east gate.

(End of this chapter)