The rain in March in the north is very annoying. What falls from the sky is indeed rain. But when it falls to the ground, it turns into ice. The ice does not last long and turns into water as soon as the sun comes out. At night, when the cold wind blows, it turns into ice again.

Became ice.

That water just freezes and melts, melts and freezes again.

This kind of weather is the main culprit causing potholes on official roads in the north.

Li Xiao's carriage was driving on the official road. The wheels of the carriage were replaced with rubber wheels. The two layers of rubber were filled with air. Li Xiao's ride on the carriage was not much different from sitting in a car.

Yizhou's rubber can finally be mass-produced, and the quantity is still very large. Now the Liao army's transport vehicles have begun to replace rubber tires on a large scale. The accompanying pumps have also been distributed to every company.

When I opened the car curtain, I saw a straight cement road. There was water on the road, but it did not hinder my peers. This road was completely different from the muddy pond last year. If Lu Xiangsheng was serious, he would take care of the matter.

Be very beautiful.

The dense drizzle was like smoke and mist, and the air was extremely moist. Every time I took a breath, my chest and lungs felt cool. White clouds floated low above my head, and the sapphire-like sky seemed extraordinarily distant and vast.

The tall chimneys seriously damaged this beautiful picture. Seeing the chimneys one after another, Li Xiao knew that he had reached the boundary of Jinan.

After several years of construction, the capital of Shandong finally has the prototype of industrialization. Various factories are scattered neatly on both sides of the road. In each factory, there are workers busy.

A scholar once said that chimneys are a significant symbol of early industrialization.

Li Xiao thinks that the old guy wearing glasses is right. Today's Jinan is full of chimneys. Whether it is a cold winter or a hot summer, there is thick black smoke coming out of the chimneys.

So much so that the cement roads in Jinan section all turned black. During the next year, they enjoyed the treatment of future generations. The people of Jinan are very... so what!

There are not yet those fanatical environmentalists, and the common people do not want green mountains and clear waters. More people are thinking about asking others to find connections and send their children to factories.

When you work in a factory, you get a monthly salary. If you want to eat in the canteen, you can eat in the factory. If you don't want to eat in the canteen, you can go home and cook a few dishes. On the day when wages are paid, it is the busiest time for restaurants near the factory. Like this

Life is obviously a higher level than living with your face facing the loess and your back turned to the sky. Being a working class person is very tempting to farmers who have been repairing the earth for generations.

Except for the first batch of workers recruited, most of the current workers are men who have retired from the military.

Some are no longer suitable for the army because they are old. Some are injured in battle and cannot continue to stay in the army. As a result, the most idle jobs in the factory are mostly filled by disabled people with missing arms and legs.

After all, the soldiers who retired from the Liao Army still need to be taken care of.

A group of people appeared in front of me, making a lot of noise inside.

The road was blocked, and Li Xiao was a little puzzled. Blocking an official road was a serious crime. What did local officials do for a living?

Because he was out to observe the public sentiment, Li Xiao rarely put on a Ming Dynasty-style cotton robe. He shouted for Shunzi to stop, and Li Xiao got out of the car and squeezed into the crowd. Shunzi was frightened and hurriedly followed him. Several guards on horseback behind him

The soldier quickly dismounted.

"You straight bitch, there are too many people with the same name in the world. Don't break two fingers and come here to pretend to be someone else." A guy with a goatee pointed at a man in military uniform with short hair.

Drinking and cursing.

Li Xiao looked carefully and saw that there was no collar or epaulettes on the military uniform. This was a retired soldier!

"Hmph! The wound on my hand was cut off by shrapnel during the battle with the Tatars in Liaodong. Everyone knows what happened to your nephew's leg. I came here today to make things clear.

Why did I not arrange to work in a factory for two years after I was discharged from the army? Your nephew used to farm at home, so why did he join the factory? Your nephew was originally called Gou Sheng, why is he called me by the same name now?" The retired soldier blushed and said fiercely.

Staring at that goatee.

Li Xiao looked at his hand and found that three fingers were indeed missing. Only the thumb and index finger were left on his right hand. It was obvious that he was a wounded soldier from Liaodong.

"Hmph! Why should I tell you what my nephew wants to be called? Do you care? I don't care about you. If you make trouble here, I will hand a note to the government office and arrest you and work as a coolie in the coal mine. Why don't you do it?

Get out of here!" As soon as Goatee's words came out, everyone around him looked at the man with the broken finger sympathetically.

"I'm Zhang Dazhuang, your surname is Yang, why did your nephew suddenly change his surname to Zhang? Could it be that you even changed your surname? I fought desperately in Liaodong, how dare you take my place in the factory and let your nephew take my place?"

"Damn it...!" The veteran with the broken finger clenched his fist in anger and came up to use force. However, he was held down by two sweaters behind the goatee, and a black tiger hit him in the stomach with his finger broken.

The veteran's body immediately arched like a shrimp.

Another guy jumped up and hit the veteran with his elbow on the back. He knocked the veteran to the ground and kicked him hard in the head.

The veteran with the broken finger grabbed the leg with both hands and rolled violently. He used all his strength to knock the man down. His fist as big as a bowl slammed into the door of his face.

One punch, two punches! When he was about to punch the third time, his hand was grabbed by someone. The veteran with a broken finger quickly used his injured hand to grab the man's wrist. Unfortunately, his hand only had two fingers. He had no strength to follow.

Just like before, twist the man's wrist.

"Ah!" The old soldier with a broken finger screamed, and the index finger of his broken hand was grabbed and broken hard.

"What a fool! There are only a few more seconds left. Today I will let you know how many eyes Lord Ma has." While scolding, he slapped the veteran on the face.

The veteran's fingers were restrained and his mouth was slapped several times in succession. Blood was already flowing from the corners of his mouth!

"Stop!" Just as Shunzi was about to rush out, the goatee suddenly spoke.

Goatee took a few steps and came to the veteran who had lost his finger. "That's it for you. My nephew just has the same name as you. I want to sue you! As long as I am still the director of this factory for one day, you can

You can't win if you sue.

Don't appear in front of me in the future, or I will beat you every time I see you." As if to prove that he was powerful, Goatee even patted the veteran's face.

Li Xiao looked at all this coldly and returned to the carriage without saying a word.

"When the crowd disperses, arrest the veteran who lost his finger and send it to Li Yongfang for him to investigate." Li Xiao got on the carriage and said coldly.

As long as there is sunshine, there will be shadows. Even if Li Xiao is the sun, he cannot illuminate every corner of the world! Even under his rule, there will be places where evil and evil gather in one way or another.

When the crowd dispersed, the veteran rubbed his wounds and cried.

He really needs this job. One of his hands is disabled and he can no longer do heavy work. The work in the fields can only be done by his wife, children, and elderly parents. This makes the old man who was once the strongest laborer in the family do it.

Zhuang, I feel very depressed.

But what can he do? He is the director of the factory. Even if he arranges for his nephew to stand up for him, he will have no way to turn to him.

"Stand up!" Two guys in cotton robes appeared in front of them, and their big eyes suddenly lit up. Because these two men had short hair, which was the standard hairstyle of the Liao army.

These two were from the Liao army. Seeing the people in the team, Da Zhuang couldn't stop crying. Two years ago, he was also a lively man, but now... "You guys."

"Why are you crying! A good man bleeds, sweats and sheds tears, so come with us!"

Li Xiao was obviously in a bad mood today, and the quiet environment of Baotu Spring could not make Li Xiao feel better.

Tokugawa Chiki stood behind, rubbing Li Xiao's temples. She watched Li Yongfang report to Li Xiao what he had found out!

"Zhang Dazhuang is a soldier who retired from the Second Division. When he was in Liaodong, he was brave in battle and even broke his finger. He also achieved third-class merit, which has been recorded.

Director Yang of the quilt factory asked his nephew to join the factory instead of Zhang Dazhuang. In order to deceive others, he even changed his name." Li Yongfang is indeed an intelligence officer, and it took only one afternoon to get to the bottom of the matter.

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In fact, he just took Director Yang to visit the Black Guard's torture instruments, and Director Yang even used bamboo tubes to pour beans.

"Is that Factory Director Yang alone? I'm afraid he can't handle such a thing!" There is a set of procedures for veterans to retire, and just one factory director will never be able to handle such a complicated matter. Of course, the lack of photos in these days is also a technical problem.

"The chief registrar of Jinan County, as well as several other writers, are all involved. We will go down and arrest people as soon as we wait for the command from the commander-in-chief."

"Catch! But you have to keep them alive. There are too many monkeys in the world. Catch a few chickens and kill them so that the monkeys can also be alert."

Tokugawa Chiki clearly felt that Li Xiao's temples were hard, which was a sign that Li Xiao was angry.

"No!" Li Yongfang didn't say anything nonsense. After saluting, he left. He knew that this matter was going to cause a big fuss.

As soon as Li Yongfang left, Li Xiao kicked the case over.

There are always such a bunch of bastards in this world. They will never have anyone else in their mind. They will always only think about themselves!

They don't want to think about how soldiers worked hard on the front line. They were injured and disabled, but when they returned to their hometowns, they were replaced by someone else. Jinan Prefecture is the capital of Shandong and such things still happen. Things like this still happen in various prefectures, prefectures and counties below.

I don’t know how many there are. In the final analysis, the common people are used to being arrogant and domineering. Such trivial matters are not taken seriously at all.

We must not chill the hearts of veterans and make them shed tears after bleeding and sweating.

Li Xiao's eyes became extremely cold, and he looked more like a wolf. Even Tokugawa Chihime was watching carefully!

"Send the order! Tomorrow all officials in Jinan, as well as the chief and deputy directors of the factories, and the stewards of Yianyifang, will go to the riverbank in the eastern suburbs!"

"Promise!" The messenger agreed and went to find Lu Xiangsheng. Now that he was the governor of Shandong, he was naturally called upon to do this kind of thing.

Lu Xiangsheng has just returned from an inspection in Zibo. Roads are being built throughout Shandong. In the places where they were built last year, the ground has frozen and thawed, and many places have collapsed. They need to be renovated!

After hearing Li Xiao's order from the messenger, Lu Xiangsheng was a little confused. He didn't understand that Li Xiao wanted to suddenly summon all the officials of Jinan Prefecture for Mao, and even the factory managers and directors were not spared. What was he going to do?

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He stuffed some money and wanted to inquire, but the ordering soldier couldn't answer any questions. Now, Lu Xiangsheng was even more confused. He could only send someone down to inform him, and at the same time find someone to find out why Li Xiao wanted to do this.

I asked around, but couldn't find any information.

River beach! It is actually a former river channel, but now there is very little water in the river. People standing on the river bank can see the sunken river beach below.

Today, the place was densely packed with people. It looked like there were thousands of people. Li Xiao did not expect that there were so many officials in Jinan Mansion.

Li Xiao had a dark face and sat on the chair without speaking.

Sitting next to him was Lu Xiangsheng, who had just learned the news and was turning blue with anger. I was working hard for his grandma. Something like this actually happened below. Lu Xiangsheng knew that the Liao army was the foundation of Li Xiao's rule. This

A few idiots who dared to do this must have touched Li Xiao's reverse scale.

Looking at the officials on the river bank, Lu Xiangsheng stood up helplessly. He picked up a few pieces of paper on the table and walked to the front. He coughed lightly and began to read out the good deeds of these bastards.

The officials on the shore had already seen a few people below. Some who knew Director Yang kept asking what happened to this brother. They were drinking together a few days ago, so why are they tied up and kneeling down today?
To be continued...