Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 460

What Zhao Xin told Shen Xuan was accurate, he returned to Beihai Town on No. 19 days after he left.In addition to the 4000 shi of soybeans brought back from Fuzhou, Jinglei also brought back more than [-] people.

The delivery of 50 people is easy to say, but it is actually a huge project.The boats, accommodation, food, and even personal hygiene are all big problems for the trackers in Chongqing when they go out of Sichuan. The Manchus have to spend at least two or three million taels of silver for this; otherwise, people will almost die of illness when they come out. .

Fortunately, the grain reserves in official warehouses in various places in the late Qianlong period were relatively sufficient, and at the same time, the Qing court had always had a headache over the governance of the junction of the three provinces.Although I understand that Beihai Town must have no good intentions, it is always good to solve a hidden danger.

However, as the tentacles of the government extended into the old forests of Nanba and Nanshan, the cult elements headed by the "Eight Great Gongzu" and "Longhua Sanhui" also surfaced.In the name of worshiping spiritual mantras and making alchemy, these people propagate "Maitreya descends to the world", and the five demons descend from the three disasters.He also falsely claimed that a certain person was the reincarnation of Niu Ba and was born in Wuying Mountain, Henan Province, and called on believers to help him avoid disasters.

All of the above shocked the Qing court, and then the governors of Sichuan, Huguang, and Shaanxi sent troops to arrest them, and finally sent them all to Beihai Town, trying to make the cultists stir up trouble in another place.But that's all for later.

Besides, Wu Zhong, when he heard Wang Yuanfang finish the series of things that Beihai Town did for that bit of tofu, he sat down on the ground in shock, and stayed at home for two consecutive days, even the recruits camp did not go.

Two days later, the red-eyed Wu Zhong approached Wang Yuanfang and said that I, who is already in her [-]s, don't want to bury my old bones in a foreign land.Tell me the truth, can you win the world, and how long will it take?

Wang Yuanfang then repeated Zhao Xin's famous saying, ten years.Then he complimented Wu Zhong again, saying that you are a good old man, and you can live to be a hundred years old, don't worry.You must know that in the history of another time and space, Wu Zhong lived to be 90 years old, which is an absolute longevity for the ancients.

Wu Zhong said that you should stop complimenting me, you guys have done such a big thing, it seems that I can't leave, after returning to Qingyun, I still don't know what the government will do to my father and daughter.

Ten years, I will wait for you for ten years.If you can't win the world in ten years, if I'm gone, I'll ask my daughter to beat you up.

Wang Yuanfang was very happy at first, but after hearing this, his head was full of black lines.To be honest, on the battlefield, he may not be able to defeat Wu Zhong; but in a martial arts competition, he will definitely lose.

At the beginning of December, Shen Xuan gave birth to a son who weighed seven catties, and Zhao's father gave him a nickname "Momo".Almost everyone went crazy with joy, especially those who first took refuge in Zhao Xin; they came outside Zhao Xin's house and started a night of carnival.

Afterwards, from Whale Bay to Beihai Town, from Fuldan City to Boli Town, all the loudspeakers played back and forth songs such as "Joyful Yangyang" and "Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix".The residents began to celebrate with gongs and drums, singing and dancing against the cold wind and heavy snow.

However, Zhao Xin was not ready to be a father. In other words, he had been making political preparations for "not being a king but being a king".After all, for him who is over 30 years old, when money is not an issue, controlling power is what he is most passionate about.

Facing the endless stream of guests who came to congratulate him with various gifts every day, Zhao Xin felt an indescribable irritability.It's not that he doesn't like his son, but he thinks that these people in front of him really regard themselves as the emperor of the world?

He also understands the thinking of the ancients, but as a modern person, he is still not used to it.As a result, Zhao Xin also began to contemplate the future power structure of Beihai Town.

In mid-December, seven literati from Yangzhou finally boarded the boat home.Although everyone has confidence in Beihai Town, their family members are all in the south of the Yangtze River after all; even Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji, who are so determined, have to go back to pack their luggage and precious books, so that they can bring their wives and children back in the spring of next year.

This time, Zhao Xin led the army straight to Dagukou, forcing Qianlong to bow his head and sign the terms, which once again shattered the myth that the Manchus claimed to be ordered by heaven.After the signing of the agreement, Hong Liangji wrote an article called "Theory of Numerology" with great enthusiasm; Zhao Xin gave some affirmation after reading it, and also had a new understanding of this great scholar in the Qianjia era.

"Is there a destiny in human life to cultivate the short and the poor? There is no such thing. There is a destiny to cultivate the short and the poor. The sage sets up an ear for those who are below average. Some lice are killed before they mature, some grow long and are killed, some are not killed but live and die in the midst of fate, and there are soup and bathing utensils that die, and there are many. As for the dead, if it is said that the fate of man is governed by the master, then who governs the fate of the sail lice? People cannot govern the sail lice one by one, and neither can heaven. "

"Qianda has a destiny, and good or bad depends on the person." This utterance comes from "Han Ji. Ping Di Ji", which means that success and frustration in life are all arranged by destiny; good fortune or bad luck in the world is obtained by oneself.

What Hong Liangji meant in the article is that since humans cannot control the fate of lice one by one, then God cannot control the fate of people, so there is no such thing as destiny.

But his thinking is still contradictory. As a traditional scholar-bureaucrat, he was born in a family of declining officials and gentry. Although Hong Liangji can see some social inequality, his inherent "climbing up" thinking makes him only see the surface; The Mandate of Heaven theory is to affirm Zhao Xin's Mandate of Heaven theory, so the second sentence in his article says "the sage sets up training ears for those below the Chinese material level".

That means that the scholar-officials and the emperor may not believe in fate, but the common people still have to believe in it, and they have to live in poverty;

In fact, what Hong Liangji said was a denial of the "people's theory" that Zhao Xin told Jiang Fan earlier.But Zhao Xin doesn't intend to argue about this, it will take time to see people's hearts, so let's take it easy.

In the history of another time and space, 53-year-old Hong Liangji was convicted because he wrote a "thousand-word letter" to Jiaqing, criticizing the government, and was sent to Yili.When he set off, the people of the entire Beijing city fought to see "Hong Hanlin who is not afraid of death" along the way.

It is extremely legendary that in the following year, there was a severe drought in the capital, and Jiaqing failed to pray for rain, so Hong Liangji was pardoned and returned home.As soon as the edict was issued, it rained heavily immediately, which shocked Jiaqing, and even wrote a poem to describe it.

After Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji came back, they happily told others what they saw with their own eyes. They assured Wang Zhong with confidence that after returning this time, they would definitely mobilize a group of scholars to come to seek refuge next year. At the same time, they suggested that Beihai Town next year or The imperial examination will be held in the following year.

So 1789 passed in such a carnival atmosphere, followed by Zhao Xin's son's full moon wine; and then, the annual cross-travelers going home will start again
"Kaijun, why haven't you packed your things?" In the dormitory area of ​​the power plant, a colleague visiting the factory asked casually when they saw Jin Kaijun and Bai Shu still playing games.

Same as the first two years, except for the 30 people who stayed on duty at the power plant, the others will leave this afternoon.The weather is freezing right now, and the two power plant construction sites in Fuerdan City and Khabarovsk have also stopped work, and they can't resume until March.

"There's nothing to take care of, just pack your bags and leave. There's no rush." ​​Bai Shu focused on shooting the zombies on the screen without looking back.

Jin Kaijun pressed the handle frantically and said, "It will be packed in the morning."

One of these two people is in charge of electrical work, and the other is in charge of thermal control.Although there are usually no major issues, you only need to take turns to be on duty, but once the equipment breaks down or has an accident, you have to rush to deal with it as soon as possible, and you have to work overtime to fix it.

However, it is precisely because of this that the power plant employees in technical support positions usually have to go to technical schools for half a day every other day, and usually have to take apprentices.But because Bai Shu is young, he has no interest in teaching and educating people, so he competes with games after work every day.

Jin Kaijun is different. Although he has a good relationship with Bai Shu, he never misses almost every class and has more apprentices than others.And this person has already applied to Wu Pingan and Chen Qingsong, and wants to transfer to the civil affairs office.However, because the final decision on the appointment and removal of personnel in Beihai Town rests with Zhao Xin, even if Chen Qingsong agrees, he still has to wait for Zhao Xin's approval.

The problem is that Mr. Zhao has been very busy recently because of the birth of his son and condolences to Liu Sheng and others who are far away in Irkutsk, so it seems that this matter will be postponed until a year later.

The end-of-year feast was already eaten yesterday, so the group of people who were about to go home had a hasty meal at noon, and took their bags across the river to the west bank.When the group was about to cross the river on an sled, someone found that Wu Pingan, the boss of the power plant, was also walking in the group with a backpack.

"Hey, Mr. Wu, are you going back too?"

Wu An'an laughed and said, "Yes, I've been helping you on shifts for two years, and this year I have to go back to spend time with my family no matter what."

"Hehe, I thought all of you bigwigs should be content with dedication."

Wu An'an laughed and scolded: "Fart's dedication, what kind of boss am I, don't talk nonsense."

"In Beihai Town, Zhang Bo is now an oil boss, Fatty Chen is an agricultural boss, Zhao Liang is a military industry boss, and you Wu is always a power boss, the Big Four."

"Stop talking nonsense. If you envy me, follow the example of Fan Tong and Cao Peng, and sooner or later you will be a big boss."

"Forget it, I know how much I have. Fatty Fan was almost torn apart because of his blond girl. Last time Cao Peng came back, how tired are you? Every day with those businessmen and landlords We can't do it. Forget it, let's do electricity honestly and contribute to the industrialization of the eighteenth century."

Everyone on the sled laughed, and Wu Ping'an also laughed and cursed, "No Promise".

When everyone crossed the river and walked to the compound that served as the teleportation point while chatting, the guards outside the high wall were already heavily guarded.Just like last year, a company of the Beihai Navy and a team of security police were stationed outside the courtyard, and everyone had to swipe their cards to check their fingerprints before entering the courtyard.

The yard is surrounded by brick walls more than 20 meters high, and more than [-] cameras facing the outside are placed on the walls; except for Zhao Xin, almost no one is allowed to enter.

In the eyes of the soldiers and civilians of Beihai Town, everything in this compound seemed extremely mysterious, and no one knew what was inside.Zhao Xin sometimes took several days to come out once he went in, and no one brought water or food in.

After everyone entered the courtyard, they first passed through a courtyard, turned to the right, and saw another iron gate in front of them.However, the iron gate had already been opened, and after everyone walked in, a large container appeared in front of them.

This is the shuttle point between Beihai Town and another time and space, and on the other side is the pasture that Zhao Xin rented from Uncle Andrew.However, that ranch has completely changed, replaced by a large warehouse and a small office area; the raw materials that Zhao Xin purchases from various places are sent to the port first, and after arriving at the warehouse, they are brought back and distributed to various places.

At this time, Zhao Xin was already waiting beside the container, smiling and chatting with everyone.Everyone just asked how his son was doing, and whether he wanted to help carry milk powder, etc., and it was very lively.

After seeing Wu Ping'an, Zhao Xin came over and asked, "Old Wu, have you packed your things?"

"What can I pack?" Wu Anan put down his glasses and continued, "I plan to go back and ask two more equipment vendors to see if they can reduce the price."

Zhao Xin nodded and said nothing.At this time, everyone had begun to "enter the warehouse" one after another. At this time, there was a sudden metallic sound of "squeaking" behind him, and Yu Deli's figure appeared in the corner of Wu Anan's eyes.

"Old Wu, don't rush away, I need you urgently." Yu Deli looked anxious, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. "I just called the power plant, and only then did I know that you were leaving, so I came right away."

Wu An'an was a little surprised, so he walked away from the crowd and said in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Yu Deli said anxiously: "There was an accident at Whale Harbor at noon, and the new immigrants and the old immigrants fought. Chen Qingsong temporarily notified the heads of various departments to hold a meeting. Others have notified it, and you are the one missing."

"Hey, I'm just registered, and I don't care about the immigration, so there's no need to participate, right?"

Yu Deli said: "Let's go, let's go, the subsequent arrangements should involve the new power plant project." After that, he didn't care about Wu Ping'an, and turned around and walked out on his own.

Wu Anan took a look, sighed helplessly, and said to Zhao Xin who came over, "Look, I said I couldn't join the civil affairs management committee at the beginning, and you insisted on letting me in."

Zhao Xin smiled indifferently and said, "If you leave later, you will have time to meet them. I will send you off after the meeting."

At this time, everyone got into the big container and sat down. There were rows of seats similar to airplane seats, and the walls of the cabin were covered with thick sponge.There are also several oxygen cylinders in the corner, connected to the oxygen masks on the individual seats.Wu Pingan glanced at the container, then turned and left.

Zhao Xin went inside to check and saw that Jin Kaijun looked a little nervous, so he said casually, "What's wrong?"

"fine."

"Why don't you go to the house to rest first, and then go with Old Wu later?"

Jin Kaijun didn't know what was wrong with him, and suddenly felt an inexplicable nervousness in his heart.He shook his head and said, "No, it's really fine."

Unexpectedly, another accident happened at this time, and everyone who had already sat down heard a female voice outside shouting: "Is Jin Kaijun here?"

Those who can enter this courtyard are all time-travelers, but there is only one woman, Director Liu Siting.So Jin Kaijun removed the oxygen mask he was wearing and responded loudly.

I saw fluttering white clothes and swaying figures. Director Liu had already arrived at the door of the warehouse. Wearing a mask, she held up a document and said, "I have something to do with you."

"what happened?"

Liu Siting walked over and looked at the others before saying, "You'd better come out and talk to you."

Jin Kaijun said: "You just say it."

Liu Siting opened the file, pointed to a line of test results and whispered to him: "Your test report came out the day before yesterday. The blood index is abnormal, and the red blood cells are too high. It's best to do another test."

Jin Kaijun looked at the test results suspiciously, and then looked at Liu Siting: "I don't think it's wrong?"

"That's why it's best to test once, just draw blood, it only takes 2 minutes."

At this time, everyone in the set also persuaded: "Kaijun, go, be careful, there is no big problem, and your body must not be sloppy."

Jin Kaijun then got up and walked out of the warehouse with Liu Siting, stopped and said, "Sister Liu, tell me, what will happen if the red blood cells are high?"

Liu Siting thought for a while and said in a low voice: "Tumor,"

Jin Kaijun's face immediately changed, and Director Liu continued: "Chronic heart disease, emphysema, tuberculosis, in short, there are quite a lot of related diseases."

Okay!Jin Kaijun was almost startled by the opponent's panting.

I only heard Liu Siting continue: "If it is really tuberculosis, it will be troublesome, it will be contagious. So you have to follow me now. By the way," Liu Siting took out a mask from her pocket and handed it to the other party to put it on.

Jin Kaijun had no choice but to put on his mask, went back to get his backpack, and followed Liu Siting away.

(End of this chapter)