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Chapter 305 Assemble
April [-]th, Festival Commander Yamen.

Chen Chu handed an unheaded and unsigned letter to Guo Liang and said to the latter: "Tomorrow, there will be a caravan going to Tokyo. You can go with it for a while. It is said that after King Lu and Dan Ninggui withdrew from Hebei Road, The garrison troops stationed in the local area are going around to capture strong men, so be careful."

"Yes." Guo Liang has traveled back and forth between Caizhou and Hebei Road countless times in recent years. He has his own way on the road and does not worry about safety issues. "Master Hou, Commander Wang Yan has always wanted to meet you, my subordinates. How should I respond to Commander Wang when I go to Hebei Road this time?"

"Let's just say it." Chen Chu thought for a moment and said, "Now that the matter is done, we will have the opportunity to meet. Is Commander Wang prepared enough food, grass and weapons?"

"Back to the Marquis, with Caizhou's constant support, Commander Wang has had a much better life in the past two years. Not only does he not have to go hungry, he also has enough food to recruit troops."

"Okay. Now that we have enough troops and food, let Commander Wang let go of the fight. The louder the noise, the better. Let's see if Liu Lin can stay safely in Tokyo City."

"Yes!"

The next day.

Early in the morning, before dawn, Guo Liang followed a caravan of hundreds of people out of the north gate of Caizhou.

Caizhou has prosperous commerce, and it is not unusual for caravans of this size to travel from north to south.

Outside the city gate, the guys gathered their carriages and horses and sorted their goods.

Shi Xiaowu, who was excited because he had received an urgent errand, circled around a cold-faced man in black for several times. The latter stood with his sword in his arms, his eyes half-open, and he obviously didn't want to talk to Shi Xiaowu.

Shi Xiaowu didn't take it seriously, and took the initiative to chat with him with a shy face: "Hey, Mr. Da, people say you are a master! Can you show your skills and open our brothers' eyes?"

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"By the way, is Mr. Da's surname Da or is he bigger than ordinary people in other places?"

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"Why don't you speak, Mr. Da?"

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"Mr. Big?"

"roll!"

"Hey, it's so fierce!"

At the end of the Mao period, a line of white fish belly appears in the east.

Li Ke, Accountant Li, approached Shopkeeper Cai Yuancai who was sitting on the carriage shaft with his eyes closed and meditating, and whispered: "Shopkeeper Cai, are you ready to set off?"

Cai Yuan opened his eyes when he heard the sound and looked back. At this time, half of Caizhou City was bathed in the golden morning light, while the other half was still shrouded in the gloomy night.

Half-light and half-dark, just like the human heart in this world where black and white are difficult to distinguish.
"Let's go." Shopkeeper Cai retracted his gaze and uttered two words.

Accountant Li cupped his hands and shouted to Shi Xiaowu with a smile: "Shi Huyuan, let's go."

'pia~'

Shi Xiaowu got on his horse, raised the whip in his hand and shook a handsome whip in the air. After laughing loudly, he shouted: "Let's go and see the best city in the world, Tokyo."

Immediately, the convoy set off.

In the eastern sky, a red sun bursts out.

Under the vast glow, the caravan meanders northward
In the next two days, Caizhou City was still in a state of peace with singing and dancing, as if Zhou Guolin'an Newspaper's report failed to cause any waves.

Chen Chu did not hide from Cai Hua that his father-in-law went to Tokyo. Cai Hua's first reaction after learning about it was excitement and she immediately asked to go to Tokyo too.

Naturally, Chen Chu did not agree. Cai Hua promised well, but Chen Chu knew her temper and was afraid that Cai Hua would sneak away to Tokyo by herself, so he arranged for Tie Dan to follow Cai Hua twelve hours a day.

Wu Weiguang, the Minister of Punishment, continued to rely on Caizhou in the name of "catching and killing the water bandits Mo Shaohong".

With him around, it would be inconvenient for Caizhou officials to act.

He could use this reason, and Chen Chu would naturally use it too.

On April [-]th, Chen Chu summoned Zhou Liang's troops stationed in Shouzhou and the Wuwei army stationed in Yingzhou to join Cai on the grounds of helping the court hunt down water bandits.

As the base camp of the Huaibei Jiedu Envoy, around Caizhou there were already the eldest son's Huaihe Army, Jiang Shuquan's Ningjiang Army, Peng Er's Guangjie Army, Wu Kui's Baoxiong Army, Liu Siliang's Jing'an Army, and Zhou Lianghei's Banner Army, Xiang Jingwu Guards Army
In an instant, seven armies gathered outside Caizhou City, with more than [-] soldiers.

There are so many people, do you think they are water bandits?
Not to mention that Wu Weiguang was nervous, even the Xinyang Army on Jinghu North Road and the Guangzhou Mansion on Huainan West Road of Zhou State, which were across the river from Caizhou, were frightened and stepped up their guard, thinking that Qi State wanted to invade south again.

On April 24, after the Seventh Army completed its assembly, it stayed in the camp outside the city for training and did not make any further suspicious actions.

The people of Caizhou are not afraid of the soldiers. People outside the camp are crowded all day long to watch the soldiers drill.

Among them, the largest number of unmarried girls are from military families and from various shops.

Although the soldiers gathered this time and returned to their hometown, they did not receive an order to go home for leave.

The military families came here just to take a look at their sons and husbands.

But those young ladies just wanted to see if they could find a husband they liked.

After Caizhou's industry flourished, young ladies in different workshops gradually appeared among ordinary people. They could read hundreds or thousands of Chinese characters and earn a salary.

After broadening my horizons, I no longer want to find those rough people who don't know a word, have no sense of taste, and beat and scold their wives and children as a daily routine.

But there are thousands of unmarried girls in the workshops in Cainan Industrial Zone. They have a high level of vision, but there are not so many suitable men to marry.

Only Sergeant Huaibei could be considered a good match. He also had a large salary, could read a little, and could talk together.

Marriage has always followed the "order of parents" since ancient times, but with the ability to earn money, female workers naturally have more say in life-long matters.

Only with financial independence can one have personal independence.

time.

Four or five new spinners were standing by the fence outside the camp. Each of them had a candied haws in their hand, looking into the forest of queues inside the camp and chattering among themselves.

"Xi'er, isn't your fifth brother joining the Ningjiang Army? Why did he come to the Wuwei Army camp?"

My companion asked as he bit into a shiny, sugar-coated hawthorn fruit.

Even though Caizhou produces sugar, this kind of snack is still considered a luxury. Only girls like them who have no pressure in life and can earn money are willing to buy a bunch to try occasionally.

"Hey, I just met the eldest brother of the Shi family and said that my fifth brother has official business to do and cannot return to Caizhou together this time."

Du Xier, who was in love, said melancholy.

But his companion keenly grasped the key information, "Brother Shi Jia? Has your fifth brother taken you to meet your family?"

"Not yet." Du Xi'er was slightly shy and explained: "Fifth brother took me to meet his eldest brother first, and after a while, he took me to meet his family's superiors."

"Haha, it seems good things are coming soon." The companion joked, but then said strangely: "Since your fifth brother is not in the military camp, why are you still here? Is it possible that you still want to ride a donkey to find a horse? Haha."

"No nonsense!"

Du Xi'er raised her hand and lightly hit her companion's arm, but looked at Kang Yulan on the other side.

This Kang Yulan is also a female worker in the new textile factory, but Du Xier only met her two months ago.

In February, a visiting envoy of unknown rank came to Tokyo and stopped Yulan, saying that he would take her to Tokyo to enjoy the blessings.

Yulan refused to obey and pulled a lot, but Fifth Brother happened to see it, and he stepped forward and beat those people. Thinking of Fifth Brother's heroic appearance, Du Xi'er's heart is still full of excitement!

He can protect a strange woman in the face of injustice, and he will be able to protect his family in the future!

This is my Caizhou good man!

From this, Du Xi'er met Kang Yulan. Although the latter had a good face, her temper was somewhat cold.

Later, after the two got to know each other, Du Xi'er learned that this little sister's father and mother were killed by thieves during the Huaibei Rebellion last year. On the way to Caizhou, her mother starved to death again.
She and her younger brother were the only ones left. The younger brother originally lived in the orphanage bureau in the city, but he joined the army without telling her.

This matter made Kang Yulan very angry. Today, she came here to try to contain her brother and wanted to question him personally.

But if you want to find someone through the fence among thousands of soldiers, you can only rely on luck.

Coincidentally, just when Kang Yulan was looking forward to it, she saw four people walking in the distance. These four young sergeants were carrying a large wooden basin more than three feet wide.

It was filled with pig waste and seemed to be looking for a place to clean it.
Among the four people, two of them bared their teeth and endured the smell of semen, but the other two took it calmly.

"Stone! Kang Stone!"

Kang Yulan saw that familiar figure and shouted hurriedly.

Kang Shitou, who was carrying pigs into the water with his companions, was startled when he heard the sound. He turned around and saw his sister looking at him coldly through the wooden fence.

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Kang Shitou subconsciously wanted to escape, but Qin Shengwu, the brother who treated him best in the army, saw Kang Yulan and said mysteriously: "Is this the sister you talk about all day?"

"Well" Kang Shitou responded. Before he could decide whether to go over and have a few words with his sister, Qin Shengwu beside him said, "You two, Shitou's family is here. Let's put this pile of sewer on the ground first. Shitou has talked with sister, let’s go clean again?”

The two people opposite were named Yang Yutian and the other named Xu Xiaoyi.

On the day they joined the army, Qin Shengwu and Kang Shitou had a fight with them and have not dealt with them yet.But the leader of the Huotou Army preferred to assign the four of them to work together. During this period, conflicts naturally arose, and they even got involved. It was not until the four of them were locked up in close confinement for three days that things stopped.
Yang Yutian and Xu Xiaoyi looked at each other, and the four of them lowered themselves and placed the wooden basin firmly on the ground.

There is no way, even if we hate each other, we still have to cooperate well.

Otherwise, if the basin of water is accidentally overturned, several people will have to eat and hang together. A few sticks will not be a problem, but the confinement is really unbearable!

Here, Kang Shitou turned his head three times and walked to the fence.

The two siblings looked at each other across the fence. Kang Shitou joined the army for three months. Now he is much stronger and his face is darker.

Kang Yulan's eyes flashed with distress, and then she said sternly: "Stone! Have you forgotten what my mother told me before she died?"

"Sister," Kang Shitou muttered.

"What did mother say before she died? Repeat it again!"

"." Kang Shitou glanced at his sister, lowered his head and muttered: "My mother said, let Shitou listen to my sister from now on. She also said that we, siblings, should live well."

Kang Yulan couldn't help but blush when she heard this, but her tone was still cold, "Did you listen to me? Are you living a good life now?"

After asking this question, Kang Shitou raised his head and said firmly: "Sister, Shitou is alive and well!"

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Seeing her brother's stubborn mouth, Kang Yulan became even more angry, "Is joining the army a good way to live? There are no eyesight on the battlefield. If you have a shortcoming, how can I explain it to my parents! I will take you to the general in charge later. Say, we will no longer serve as soldiers!"

Soldiers have a special status in Caizhou. Kang Yulan was afraid that her words would be overheard, so she deliberately lowered her voice.

But Kang Shitou became anxious when he heard this, "Sister! If everyone is afraid of swords and guns, and there is another riot, will you and I flee somewhere else?"

"." Kang Yulan paused. She was extremely grateful to Lu Anhou and the soldiers of Huaibei, but when it came to herself and her only relative in the world joining the army, she still felt uncontrollable fear and panic.

Seeing that his sister was speechless, Kang Shitou said again: "Sister! After I joined the army, I went to night school. The instructor said that we slept in the open air as soldiers so that the family behind us could sleep a little longer in the morning and be calm. Eat a hot breakfast. This is so that A Bao and Shuang Xi from the Orphans and Infants Bureau can grow up safely, and also so that my sister can work with peace of mind, save her dowry, find a suitable husband, and live a stable and happy life.
Even more so that tragedies like our father, mother, and grandma don’t happen in Caizhou! "

After Kang Shitou understood what the instructor said, he said it in his own way.

Kang Shitou couldn't help but feel emotional.
Even Du Xier and others standing next to Kang Yulan had slightly red eyes.

"Brother of the Kang family, that's good!" Du Xi'er, a member of the Quasi-military Army, said excitedly.

The companion on the side wiped his eyes and said, half jokingly and half seriously: "Little brother, how old are you this year? Are you of marriageable age?"

Such a bold joke immediately caused several girls to burst into laughter.

Because of this joke, Kang Yulan suddenly realized that her younger brother had grown up and was more than half a head taller than herself. He had a determined look on his face, as if he was ready to support her sister and even the people of Caizhou at any time. .

Kang Yulan was filled with emotion and shed tears.

Kang Shitou thought that his sister still didn't want to join the army, so he said firmly: "Sister! You just said that mother wants us to live well. Now that we are not killed by thieves or oppressed and exploited by masters, this is how we can live well." ! Sister, please stop trying to persuade me. I am determined to live a good life in the army. If my parents knew better, they would not blame you!"

Seeing this, Kang Yulan wept silently for a moment, and finally said: "Stone has grown up! He is a man. Sister is an ignorant woman. Now that you have an idea, go ahead and do it with your heart. Sister is waiting for you. The day when the lintel of my house shines brightly”

After saying that, Kang Yulan, who was full of pear blossoms, smiled through her tears. She moved her hand that had been hidden behind her back in front of her, and held it up to Kang Shitou with a pitted candied haws.

Hawthorns are harvested in autumn, and summer has not yet begun. The hawthorns on these candied haws are naturally harvested last year and stored in the cellar.

After being stored for more than half a year, the fruit inevitably had frost damage and bruises. But these damaged areas were all bitten off by Kang Yulan, and what was left was the best pulp.

Kang Yulan has been like this since she was a child. She keeps the bad things to herself and the good things to her younger brother.

Nowadays, the two siblings depend on each other, and she still does.

Kang Shitou couldn't help but burst into tears. He reached out to take it, and ate it with his tears. While chewing, he said, "Sweet! Sister, this candied haws is so sweet!"

Du Xi'er and the others sighed silently. They couldn't bear to watch their siblings cry anymore, so they all turned their attention to the camp.

Inside the fence, Xu Xiaoyi, who was also moved by this scene, suddenly felt that Yang Erlang beside him quietly nudged him with his elbow. He turned around and saw Yang Erlang holding his head high and looking contentedly.
"What's wrong? Why are you messing with me?" Xu Xiaoyi asked strangely.

But he saw Yang Erlang licking a strand of hair that was blown away by the wind, and replied in a low voice: "Those little ladies are peeking at me~"

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Coincidentally, the young ladies outside also spoke, "Hey, Wu Na cook! Move away, don't block us from seeing our handsome Caizhou man!"

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Yang Erlang turned his head and looked at the dirty apron in front of Xu Xiaoyi, then looked down at his even dirtier apron, curled his lips and said: "Look, if you don't pay attention to hygiene all day long, people think you are a cook! "

"Fart! They must not be talking about me, they are talking about you!"

As soon as Xu Xiaoyi finished speaking, he heard the aggressive girl outside yelling: "Hey! You two cooks are blind, don't block us from seeing the sergeant!"

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At this time, Yang Erlang and Xu Xiaoyi broke through their defenses at the same time. Their faces turned red and they said in unison: "Who is the cook? Who is the cook! We are the fire-headed army!"

"Hey? I'm anxious. Look at these two cooks who are anxious! Hahaha"

"Again, we are fire-headed soldiers! Not cooks!"

"Isn't the Huotou Army a cook?"

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The people of Caizhou did not have any fear of the suddenly gathered army. They even felt full of security and slept more deeply at night.

But many officials in Caizhou City felt that a storm was coming.

On April 21, Chen Yingjun, who was working in another county, returned to Caizhou to deliver official documents and planned to stay at home for two more days.

At the time of application that day, after handing over the official documents, Chen Yingjun went to the Caizhou Five-Day Newspaper Office, not far from the government office.

In the early days, he founded this newspaper, and now his sister is in charge of the work here. He is naturally concerned about the development of the newspaper.

After the brother and sister had a conversation, the worried Chen Yingjun asked about the military garrison outside the city, but Chen Jinyu said gloomily, "I asked my father privately what was going on, but he scolded me that it's not my daughter's family to worry about." thing'."

Chen Yingjun, who had become somewhat calm, looked around and saw that there was no one else in the room, so he whispered: "What about Marquis Lu An? Did he tell Ayu anything?"

After hearing this, Chen Jinyu quietly revealed a pair of shallow pear dimples.

My brother knew a lot about her and Chen Chu. For him to ask this question was to tacitly acknowledge that the relationship between Ayu and Chen Chu was special.

In order to make her brother feel this way, Chen Jinyu pursed her lips and smiled and said, "Brother, please go wait for me at home. I will ask him later."

"Ask him later? Are you so casual when you meet now?" Chen Yingjun said slightly surprised.

"Brother, don't worry about it. Anyway, I have a way to ask him."

"Ayu." Chen Yingjun scanned his sister's face and suddenly became serious, "You two, haven't been having secret meetings, have you?"

Now the relationship between the two of them is deeper than a 'private meeting'. Some charming pictures suddenly appeared in Chen Jinyu's mind. She couldn't help but blush and spat: "Brother is talking nonsense! How could he mess up his sister like this?" The famous brother!"

Chen Yingjun's suspicious eyes lingered on Chen Jinyu's slightly unnatural face for a moment, and finally he sighed and said: "Anyway, Ayu, please don't mess around! Otherwise, when daddy hits you, most of the blame will fall on me again!" "

The application time is two quarters.

After Chen Yingjun left the newspaper office, Chen Jinyu asked Cuiyuan to deliver the note to Jieshuai Yamen.

After Cui Yuan turned around, the master and the servant boarded the carriage and left the newspaper office.

Unfortunately, Wu Yifan, who heard that Chen Yingjun had returned to Caizhou and was about to complain about Chen Jinyu, happened to see Chen Jinyu going out on Academy Street.

Wu Yifan followed quietly behind him by some strange mistake.

Unconsciously, Chen Jinyu went straight to Qingyun Temple after leaving the city.
At midnight, the carriage drove to the back of Qingyun Temple, passed through a dense forest, and stopped in front of an inconspicuous courtyard gate.

Chen Jinyu and Zhuan Yun entered one after another. When Zhuan Yun closed the door, he looked around as usual.

This sneaky behavior made Wu Yifan, who was hiding more than a hundred steps away, even more strange.
It wasn't until half an hour later that Wu Yifan waited for the answer.

At the end of the day, another carriage stopped outside the courtyard.

Chen Chu, who was dressed in casual clothes, got out of the car and lightly knocked on the courtyard door.

After a while, the courtyard door opened.
Chen Chu ducked in. Before Zhuan Yun closed the door, Wu Yifan in the distance saw through the crack in the door that a slim figure in the courtyard had jumped into Chen Chu's arms. The latter picked the person up and spun him around a few times.

That person is Chen Jinyu, who is knowledgeable and reasonable?
That person is Chen Jinyu, who is polite but always keeps a distance when interacting with others?

Wu Yifan's sight was finally blocked by the courtyard door closed by Zhuan Yun.
He stayed there for a moment, then suddenly became furious!

He picked up a piece of firewood on the ground and rushed over.

But after only taking a few steps, the overwhelming anger was dissipated and suppressed by the fear deep in his heart.

In the end, Wu Yifan did not dare to break in. After his expression changed several times, he quietly exited the woods and ran all the way back to the city, heading towards Yunxiu Pavilion.

(End of this chapter)