Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 743

Seeing Xu Dayong's appearance, He Xiwen and the other three thought that this move was right.As long as we get closer to this person, there is hope for the idea of ​​getting a batch of in-demand goods from the Ministry of Trade, and even establishing a long-term cooperative relationship is not impossible.Of course, it is definitely unrealistic to count on this meal, but there must be a good start, right?
Nowadays, all kinds of light industrial products produced in Beihai Town are popular in East Asia, such as cigarettes, matches, candles, leather goods, cooling oil and so on.Among them, the most popular among the common people is cool oil, because it is more durable than the essential oils favored by the rich, resulting in a shortage of supply in areas where mosquitoes breed in the south, and the market retail price has doubled several times.If you can get a batch of goods from the Ministry of Trade through Xu Dayong, you will be able to resell at least one or two times the profit.

In fact, the formula of cool oil is not mysterious. Experienced pharmacists and doctors can guess it by smelling it or even tasting it, but it is very difficult to imitate it in batches and compete with Beihai Town on price.

Don't underestimate a box of cool oil that will be mediocre in later generations. It reflects the industrial strength that crushes this era from the inside to the outside.The first is the large-scale extraction of various oily medicines. Compared with the distillation process of adding firewood and boiling water in the 300th century, the factory in Bacheng in Beihai Town can extract [-] liters of oily substances every two hours; the second is petroleum Vaseline, a by-product of the industry, has a large amount and is much cheaper than beeswax; there is also a small round box made of tin-plated thin steel strip, sprayed with red lacquer bottom and yellow tiger head.

Tinplate was not a rare thing in Europe in the [-]th century. It was available in Bohemia in the [-]th century. It was mainly used to make tableware and cooking utensils. It was sold in Macau, so it was called "tinplate". ".But to make it so thin, make it so small, and manufacture it in large quantities like Beihai Town, even Britain, which has the highest degree of industrialization, is beyond its capabilities.

Historically, the French invented the tinplate can production manual at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and the British began to mass-produce tin-plated cold-rolled steel strips and make military cans.But in this time and space, hey, if the three-piece can production line in Beihai Town is running at full capacity, the annual output can reach as high as 500 tons; if it is converted into a [-]-gram can, that is [-] million cans.

"Alas!" Just as He Xiwen was thinking to himself, Xu Dayong sighed suddenly, and the lewd expression before disappeared. With a slight smile, he said: "Thank you for your kindness and Qin music, Miss Xu, I'm sorry."

Um? !Not to mention surprising He Xiwen and the others by this move, even Miss Ping'er's complexion changed, she wondered if this person was playing tricks on me?Just now, he looked like a pervert, but in a blink of an eye, he became a gentleman?

Liang Wenying said: "Master Xu, what are you?"

Xu Dayong sat down and explained: "Don't blame me. The so-called gentlemen are gentlemen, and Xu is no exception. It's just that Xu and his wife made an oath when they got married last year. This, this, don't mention it."

When He Xiwen and the others heard this, they all looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering if there was a tigress in this family?The problem is that Beihai Town is so far away from Lianzhou, no matter how powerful the tigress is, can it manage here?Seeing that you, Xu Dayong, are also a seven-foot-tall man, why are you so afraid of your wife?

Ping Er, who was standing beside her, was pretending to be in tears, but her eyes lit up when she heard this.Xin Dao couldn't see that this person was actually an upright gentleman, and his husband and wife were deeply affectionate.If I can follow such a person, I will have a good destination in this life.

Everyone here has their own speculations and calculations, but what they don't know is that the person in front of them is not only the head of the Northern Navy's spy agency registered in the Qing court, but also has a secret that is unknown to everyone.This secret is quite funny to be honest, Xu Dayong only found out that night when he was in the bridal chamber, that his wife, Chamei, is not only from Guizhou Miao people, but also the kind who can play tricks.

When Xu Dayong was sent to northern Jiangsu, in order to conceal his identity, the accompanying female radio operator pretended to be a family member.A few months later, the two cooked rice and became a real husband and wife.Unexpectedly, just over a year later, the woman had an emergency and passed away.Afterwards, he met a tea girl in Chongqing, and after a few months of getting along, he got it right.However, because Cha Mei was not yet eighteen at the time, and Xu Dayong often ran around, it was not until last year that the two got married.

At the time of the two's bridal chamber, the pretty tea girl in a red wedding dress made Xu Dayong swear that she would never let her down in this life, and brought a glass of rice wine that had been prepared for a long time.Xu Da used the sperm to get into his brain at the time, so he didn't care about other things, so he drank it regardless.After entering the sage's time, Chamei told him shyly that the wine contained "love gu" and explained the taboos in it.

Chamei has been lonely these years, and she has seen a lot of hypocrisy in the brothel in the Jiangbei barbarian camp, and her heart has become extremely sensitive.She followed Xu Dayong to the outside of the pass, unaccompanied, although she accepted him, she was worried about the future, so she thought of the method of voodoo learned from her mother.

Whether "Gu" really exists is hard to say, anyway, the ancients believed in it.Miao people in many areas know how to pass it on from generation to generation, such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Hunan, but even the people who play Gu can't explain the reason.Regardless of the fact that tea girls were abducted by human traffickers at the age of ten, because it is normal for girls to marry at the age of twelve or thirteen these days, so they learned it when they were young.

This thing must be made on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, when the yang energy is at its peak at noon; the materials are nothing more than centipedes, poisonous snakes, earthworms, ants, and loach mixed with Chinese herbal medicines.

When it comes to "love Gu", it is usually planted by the Miao girl when she wants to give her body to the man. It is also called "sticky medicine" in the western Hunan area.Once the man has sex with the second woman, he will explode to death. "Love Gu" can only be detoxified by the woman who has cast the voodoo, but after the detoxification, the woman can no longer have a second man, otherwise she will also die suddenly.

This "extremely good news" frightened Xu Dayong immediately, and it was impossible to score twice. The next morning, he went to Zhao Xin for help as if he was a dead old lady.

Zhao Xin almost burst out laughing when he heard this, exclaimed secretly in his heart, pretended to ponder for a while, and then said solemnly that we advocate monogamy, and you just happened to take the lead to set an example.As long as you don't owe Chamei, that Gu won't happen.After a few years, the couple will have a bunch of babies, maybe one day she will let you know as soon as she is happy.

Xu Dayong wanted to cry but had no tears, saying that if the tea girl could not give birth to a son, wouldn't my Xu family have no descendants?Zhao Xin was afraid that he would be too impatient to do something stupid, so he patiently explained the principle of "XY".He also said that although you are over 30, Chamei is still very young, and besides, our Beihai Town has advanced medical skills, so it is not difficult to give birth to seven or eight children, so why worry about not having a son?
Xu Dayong had seen Zhao Xin disappear out of thin air with his own eyes, and he had also seen a room full of food pop out of Zhao Xin with a wave of his hand, so he believed in the words of this "true dragon emperor".From then on, even if he drank flowers and wine outside, his eyes were too addicted, and once he wanted to make a serious move, he dared not dare.

By the way, when he went south to Anping Port, Chamei was already pregnant.In addition, Xu Dayong's house is next to Wang Changsheng's, and Wang Changsheng's wife will help take care of anything.

Seeing that Xu Dayong didn't even eat the meat to his mouth, and looked like he was afraid of guilt, He Xiwen and the others lost interest, and it was hard to bring up the matter of liangyou, so we had to find a chance to talk about it.Afterwards, the banquet ended hastily, and Xu Dayong went back to the Yin Hotel.Before leaving, the Ping'er girl gave him an affectionate look, with a bit of sadness in her eyes.

He Xiwen didn't care much about the failure of the business deal. There will always be opportunities in the future. His main task at present is to reach Nanning Mansion within the specified time.

Early the next morning, while he was eating breakfast, he suddenly received a telegram from the North Navy's staff: According to the news from Guangzhou, Zhu Gui, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and General Fuchang of Guangzhou, led [-] soldiers and horses, had arrived in Zhaoqing and planned to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. After the holiday, head to Wuzhou.In addition, Guangxi Admiral Peng Chengyao led the standard-raising troops to Xunzhou Prefecture, and the Qing troops from Liuzhou Prefecture, Guilin Prefecture and Pingyue Prefecture were being dispatched to the south to aid Wuzhou and Xunzhou respectively.

After reading the telegram, He Xiwen went to the war room in the signing room of the General Military Mansion. As soon as he entered the door and saw Huang Zhong and the others were there, he immediately held a meeting to discuss the battle plan.

At present, the biggest problem in He Xiwen's department is the ship.The Nanliu River and the Beiliu River are not connected. After the troops departing from Lianzhou arrived in the northern part of Yulin City by boat, they had to walk more than 40 miles to Beiliu by land and board the ship from the Shajie Wharf.However, when the troops attacked Yulin before, the magistrate of Beiliu County, who was close at hand, jumped over the wall after hearing the news. He even sent troops to confiscate all the ships on the wharfs of Wangfushan, Toutang, and Shajie, and poured tung oil on them. .When the campers reached Beiliu, the wreckage of burned ships could be seen everywhere on the river.

Afterwards, although the troops also searched for boats everywhere, all they found were small fishing boats with a capacity of only four or five people, and none of the cargo boats with hundreds of materials.This is okay if a small group of troops penetrates at close range, and large-scale long-distance troop transport is simply useless. There are more than 500 miles of waterway from Beiliu to Teng County!In desperation, He Xiwen had no choice but to ask the people who would set up camp to recruit local craftsmen to build bamboo rafts.

Now more than 20 days have passed, and nearly a hundred large bamboo rafts have been prepared.The only scruple He Xiwen had was whether the Qing troops in Wuzhou and Teng County would set up an ambush to intercept the narrow river after the army was dispatched.The bamboo raft was unobstructed. Once the Qing army hid in a hidden place on the shore and fired rockets, it would definitely be enough for the soldiers to drink a pot.

When He Xiwen listened to the report of Huang Zhong and the others, he already had a decision in his heart, and gradually let go of his frowning brows.

"I decided to go out on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is still the old rule. Wei Chao will go first with the troops who will set up camp. If the Qing army along the way does not stop them, they will ignore it. Let Liang Wenying behind him deal with it. The primary goal is to win Teng County. .”

Huang Zhongtong nodded and said: "Taking Teng County and controlling the Xunjiang waterway, the Qing army in Wuzhou will not dare to act rashly, and we will also avoid being attacked by both sides."

At this time, a young staff officer said with worry: "The army is dispatched, and the movement of supplies on board is not small. These days we are making bamboo rafts in Beiliu with great fanfare, and the spies of the Qing army must have seen it. The defenders are nothing to worry about, but if Wuzhou finds out, will they reinforce Teng County?"

Huang Zhongtong said indifferently: "Since that's the case, then let's sing a big show for them."

He Xiwen knew that Huang Zhongtong had the most ideas, so he asked, "What can you do?"

"We might as well be like this."

As Huang Zhongtong confided all his thoughts, an intense drama began to be staged in Yulin Prefecture.

First of all, on the morning of the [-]th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, as soon as the dim sum shops in and outside Yulin City opened, they received large orders for mooncakes from Bei Hai Hai, and the total amount was as high as tens of thousands, and Bei Hai Hai came to order. They also paid a [-]% deposit in advance, which made the dim sum shops both happy and worried; the happy thing was that it was the first time they received such a large order after working for these years, and the worry was what would happen if the delivery could not be delivered on time?
In the morning, the grain stores, dried fruit stores, and butcher shops were crowded with people and traffic.Those who came to purchase were the bosses and fellows of various dim sum shops. They seemed to be crazy, and they swept away the flour, nuts, pork, sugar and other things.

At noon, hundreds of captives from the green battalion who surrendered, led by soldiers from the Beihai Navy, drove several ox carts full of timber, across the streets and alleys to the small school yard on the east side of the Town God's Temple.At dusk, a huge wooden platform frame appeared in the center of the school grounds.While building the platform, the captives also demolished the wooden fence walls on the west and south sides.

"Dare to ask the military master, what is this going to do?"

Because the Beihai Navy has never disturbed the people these days, and has never been forced to buy or extort, the common people inside and outside the city have let go of their suspense, and are no longer afraid of the Beihai Navy, so some passers-by came forward to ask curiously.

"This? This is a stage." The Beihai soldier who answered them explained with a smile. "Shengjing, the accompanying capital of the Qing Dynasty, was shot down. Our chief said that this Mid-Autumn Festival should be enjoyed by the military and the people. From August [-]th to the Mid-Autumn Festival, there will be a two-day opera. In addition, all the common people who come to listen to the opera will be given a piece of moon cake. , ten dollars."

"Ah! Bai Tingxi returned the money to the moon cakes?"

"Dare to ask the military master, what play do you want to play?"

"Southern Opera. The troupe was invited from Lianzhou." Guangxi Opera had not yet been born in Guangxi in this year, and the most popular among the people was "Southern Opera", which originated from Kunqu Opera. The troupe were also called "Red Boat Children".

The common people who heard the news were all dumbfounded, and then they were all overjoyed. By the end of the night, everyone in the entire state knew about it, and people from all walks of life talked about it.

"No wonder Huang Ji is so busy today. It's because Beihai soldiers want to buy mooncakes."

"Do you think this Beihai soldier burned too much money? Is there any fraud? Everyone who goes to the theater gives out moon cakes, so how much will they have to pay!"

"What's the benefit of lying to you? Wouldn't you be happy to eat mooncakes for free and get money?"

"Don't mention Huang Ji, Zhang Ji and Li Ji both took orders from Bei Hai Bing. The dried fruit shop next door to my house is sold out, and the empty ones can run away mice! I want to buy two taels of olive kernels, but I say no!"

"Hmph! Inviting people to buy people's hearts is a waste of money! This Beihai Town is nothing more than this."

"Brother, be careful! Now that the imperial court has lost even the ancestral land of Shengjing, the designation will change on this day! Scholars like me must make plans early."

"I just don't know when the new dynasty will start to recruit scholars."

"I originally thought that the new emperor would ascend the throne, and Enke would be opened next year, but I didn't expect that Beihai Town would hit me in Guangxi. It's a pity that a certain year has been studying hard for ten years, and a certain person is in the street! If you have money and don't take a big watermelon, I not only If you want to go, you have to take your parents, wife and children with you! Let's see if he counts what Beihai Town says."

"Let's go together!"

Because it was rushing to work overnight, the tall stage was set up the next morning, and on August [-]th, the theater troupe from Lianzhou Prefecture also arrived.Because the Beihai Navy paid three times the remuneration, and still took care of food and housing, dozens of people in the troupe seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and they started babbling rehearsals as soon as they settled down.

The time soon came to the morning of August [-]th. On this day, there were huge crowds of people inside and outside Yulin City, and people from villages from ten miles and eight villages all came to hear the news.Thanks to the Beihai Navy has set up points at the city gates, every citizen who queues up to enter the city can receive a mooncake card with the Beihai Navy's five-star mark. Not enough.

After entering the city, all the people flowed towards the Town God's Temple, and the shops along the way were worth a fortune, and the shoppers were rubbing shoulders; the shopkeepers were sweating profusely, and the shopkeeper's hands were cramped when counting the money. Laughing like crazy.

The place to receive mooncakes and money is just outside the gate of the former garrison office. The North Navy used ropes and wooden stakes to encircle a winding corridor in advance.Those in charge of maintaining order are all state government servants, with sticks in their hands, and they keep yelling that those who don't line up will not be given money and mooncakes.The common people didn't dare to crowd around after hearing this, they could only line up honestly.Fortunately, the stage was not far away, and the people in line could hear it even though they couldn't see it, which made them feel at ease.

This matter soon spread to Rong County, which immediately relaxed the tense soldiers and civilians of Rong County.Ever since the Northern Navy captured Yu Lin, the county magistrate of Rong County summoned the people to defend the city and release the Northern Navy to invade at any time.The problem is that there has been no movement for so long, and no matter how tight the strings are, it can't stand it.

Well, since the North Sea Pirates want to have fun with the military and the people, it seems that this Mid-Autumn Festival will last for two days, so let's take a break.The county magistrate of Rong County immediately wrote an urgent military report and sent someone to rush to Teng County.

　Cantonese opera in the mid-Qing Dynasty was actually Kunqu opera. After it was introduced to Gao, Lei, Lian, and Qiong, it was also called "Xiasifu" opera.It was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China that Cantonese opera basically switched to Guangzhou dialect.

　　
　
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