After Dang Quan Baocai happily brought Abin and more than 100 fellow villagers to Ishimatsu Town, he didn't know how much trouble he had caused. The matter was soon passed back to Beihai Town, and Li Ji's nose was crooked when he learned about it.

When Li Ji was shocked a few days ago when he received the order from Xu Funan, he immediately found Zhao Xin to confirm it, and then he didn't sleep all night. He really wanted to go to Pingtai immediately to question him in person, why did he tell lies?

You should know that Hirata was taken out of the dead by Zhao Xin! If it weren't for the moan he made, Zhao Xin would have turned into a hungry bone on the roadside like his father and sister.

Over the years, Heita has been in the island country and has not yet started a family. He comes back at most twice a year to report to Zhao Xin and Shen Jingdan. Others think that he is doing business in the island country to help Beihai Town make money, but Liji later understands that Heita is doing an extremely secretive thing through the situation in Kyoto.

Although the people's eyes are not humans, but fearful "gods" that are high and above, how many people have seen real people? Not to mention seeing any "miracles". And Zhao Xin, the "Great God", is real, let alone Li Ji, many people in Beihai Town have seen his "magic powers" out of nothing.

In Liji's view, whether it is the emperor, the general, or even the famous ministers and ministers, they never care about the lives of the people. It is better to die! Through the years of living in Beihai Town, many early naturalized people in the island country have realized that if they want to change the miserable situation of the peasants in the island country, they must completely overthrow the shogunate, eliminate the hierarchical feudal system, and establish a society that is equal to everyone, or simply incorporate it into Beihai Town - that is, the future Chinese territory.

When it was at its peak, what was Pingtai thinking about betraying Zhao Xin?!

However, one of the key reasons why Li Ji has been reused by Zhao Xin over the years is that he is obedient and does whatever he wants. Even if he has any questions, he will put it aside and do it honestly. What he is most worried about now is that Quan Baocai's identity as an intelligence agency is exposed. The island country does not understand the inside, but if Pingtai knows it, he may be exposed if he sends someone to investigate his affairs.

You should know that no matter whether you go back to visit relatives or have a task, as long as people from the Intelligence Bureau go to the island country, they will always notify Liu Zheng or Pingtai in advance to cooperate. The main purpose is to prevent accidents. If they are arrested by local governments, they have to find a way to rescue people. Although such a thing has never happened, rules are rules and must be followed.

Quan Baocai's trip was a secret operation and did not report to Liu Zheng and Pingtai at all. Now, he returned to his hometown to take revenge and kill people, and even brought more than 100 peasants to escape from the vassal!

On the other hand, Xu Funan, who also received the news, immediately contacted Wang Changsheng, the head of the Intelligence Bureau, and asked him to immediately destroy all the training materials of Quan Baocai, and then transferred Quan Baocai's personnel relations back to the Northern Hair Army. In this way, Quan Baocai became a squad leader of the Heilongjiang City Garrison Camp. This time he returned to the island country just to take leave home to visit relatives.

As for the more than 100 people he brought out, after talking to the people from the Immigration Bureau, Xu Funan decided to arrange them to the new immigration site on the east side of "Torihadatun". The place was on the opposite side of Heilongjiang City, and the fifty acres of land under Quan Baocai's name were also there. To mention, Toleriadatun is one of the famous "Sixty-Four Jiangdong Treasures" in another time and space.

That night, a captain from the North Navy stationed in Ishijue Port came to the slum rented by Quan Baocai and his friends and they called him out for more than an hour to talk. Quan Baocai then realized how much trouble he had caused. But he didn't care. Although returning to join the army was much worse than his income in the Intelligence Bureau, as long as Abin was by his side, he could be allowed to be a farmer and farm.

Because he took more than 100 people to travel, Quan Bao missed the last ship back to Beihai Town. Fortunately, before leaving Niudu Village, he dug out a lot of gold and silver from the shop of Kiso House. Abin and a group of prostitutes also took away a lot of property from the brothel. So everyone rented several slums in Ishimatsu Town, bought a lot of food, clothing and daily necessities from the Beihai Trading Company, and prepared to leave when the voyage was set in February.

The so-called "major house" in the island country is actually a cheap long house composed of bungalows divided into several rooms; there are one floor, some shops on the ground floor, and the second floor is the kind of house, with very many levels. Generally, the rooms of this type of slum are nine feet and two rooms, which is six tatami sizes, and there are also rooms of six feet and two and six feet and two rooms.

People living in such places are all urban civilians, small merchants, handicraftsmen, shopkeepers, accounts, poor scholars and roninians. Farmers who come to work in the city will definitely not be able to live in. For the villagers of Niudu Village who came to the "big city" for the first time, the slums are no less than luxury houses.

Taking into account the idea of ​​beating a child on a rainy day and being idle is idle, Quan Bao discussed with Abin and simply got the wedding done. Abin was naturally happy. When the news came out, the other villagers helped to organize the matter.

The civilian weddings in the Edo era did not have a specific form of engagement documents like the samurai family, nor did they need to hold a large banquet. For the poor people who were left alone, the marriage had nothing to do with Shinto Buddhism, and even the wedding day was no different from usual. The main purpose of the wedding was to let acquaintances and neighbors know that they would be husband and wife in the future. Both men and women generally just celebrated with their neighbors who lived in the slums. There was a pot of tea for guests and a few dried squids for snacks.

The matchmaker can be a landlord or a neighbor, and the bride usually wears ordinary clothes. If the groom wants to wear a short kimono with home patterns, he will borrow it from the landlord. Those who come to the wedding will bring their own wine and food as gifts, and everyone will be lively.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Although Abin's idea is to "drink water with love", it's just simple and warm, Quan Bao does not want to treat his woman badly. Now he is not the former farmer Quan 3. The harvest of 50 acres of land is deducted from 40% of the village cooperative management, plus the annual income of 300 Beihai silver dollars, whether it is placed in the island country or next door, he is a rich man.

So he decided to hold a decent wedding, and like the custom of Beihai Town, he asked everyone to have a good meal.

Since there are all kinds of people living in the slums, as long as you are not afraid of spending money, many things will be greeted by someone, and they will be the kind of shops that compare the goods.

For example, let the kimono shop bring two sets of dresses, the wine shop give a few jars of good wine, the Tang paper shop bring beautiful Tang paper to make the house look fresh, the incense and candle shop bring good incense and red candles, and the grocery shop bring some makeup, combs, hairpins, mirrors, sewing boxes, etc., even shaving, haircuts, combing, and makeup, as long as you say hello in advance, someone will bring tools to serve the door early on the wedding day, so there is no need to worry at all.

In addition, you have to buy a dowry for Abin. In this year, women should prepare at least a "three-piece set" for dowry. The first one is a dye iron slurry utensil for teeth dyeing, the second one is a hand-carrying box dressing table, and the third one is a sewing box.

That's right! If a woman in the Edo period gets engaged or married, she has to dye her teeth into a tiny color, and she grins and looks like a "Sadako" in later generations.

In addition to the above mentioned, it is also necessary to find a restaurant shop to order a sumptuous wedding banquet. Because trade with Beihai Town has been higher than one year, the business in Ishimatsu Town has become increasingly prosperous; as long as you are willing to spend money, you can buy any kind of wedding banquet.

At the suggestion of the enthusiastic landlord and neighbor, Quan Bao ordered a "chicken seafood meal" for 150 people; in fact, there were three dishes in total, sliced ​​squid, salted sea cucumber soup, and salted fish and chicken with sauce. In addition, he had to cook two large pots of white rice and eat it open.

For the restaurant, although this is a big deal, because the time is too hasty, the boss and his family are taking the guys to work. After a whole day and night, they finally prepared all the materials.

In the early morning of the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, a heavy snowfall fell across the entire Muao area. The snowflakes falling from the sky turned Ishimatsu Town into a silver-white world. The snow on the sea was blown like smoke and was blown by the wind, as if announcing that it would erase the past of the past and a new year was about to usher in.

Because Quan Bao went to deliver invitations yesterday, so in the morning, the officers stationed here by the North Navy and the people from the Beihai Trading Company came. After hearing about it, the acting official of the Ishijuan Fengshou Station immediately sent someone to send a gift. After hearing about this, many local people came to watch the fun.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, Quan Baocai, who had changed into a "successful" (dark blue) dress, walked into the newly renovated house under the guidance of the landlord. Other Niudu villagers who were watching the fun wanted to look into the house, but the landlord raised his arm and went back.

"Wait outside! Can't go in!"

Several villagers smiled and said, "We want to see the bride!"

"Haha, you will see it after the ceremony is over. What's the hurry?"

Unlike the Chinese who were surrounded by relatives and friends, the wedding ceremony of civilians in the Edo period was only present for the bride and groom and the emcee of ceremonies, and relatives would not attend. Because the people in Niudu Village did not understand the complicated procedures of urban weddings, they could only ask the landlord’s wife to act as the emcee.

By the way, if it is an ordinary samurai wedding, the attendees will also include the nobles of the man and the waitress who pours wine; as for the wedding of the upper samurai, the woman's wet nurse will also attend and be responsible for guiding the bride's etiquette on the spot.

Quan Baocai followed the guidance of the landlord's wife and sat carelessly in the upper hand position opposite Abin. Abin, wearing a white dress, had already sat in the lower hand position on the left front of the niche, and sat behind the side with a smile on the landlord's wife.

When the landlord’s wife was about to announce the “three offerings” of the exchange of cups – that is, every three cups were offered, three 39 times, Quan Bao suddenly raised his hand to signal the other party to wait, and then said to Abin with a serious and sincere look on his face: “Abin, if I can marry you, Quan San is the luckiest man in the world! But if you and I can have this day, I have to thank King Zhao for his old man. If he hadn’t saved me on the beach back then…”

Abin's eyes flashed with tears of happiness and nodded, "Yes! You must do your best to King Zhao in the future."

"No, I mean," Quan Baocai turned his body toward the north and west, and said to Abin and the ceremonial master who looked surprised: "Let's kowtow to King Zhao who is far away in Beihai Town, wish King Zhao a hundred years old! If there are gods and Buddhas in this world who can save suffering, then he is the only one!"

Abin nodded when he heard this, showed his black teeth and smiled slightly. The couple knocked heavily in the direction of Beihai Town together...

Zhao Xin doesn't know how others are having this New Year. Anyway, he is tiring enough for the Spring Festival. But no one can blame others for this, it's just his own.

He first went to Chiyan City on the 28th day of the New Year, comforted A Miao and Wang Zhenyi, and had a deep conversation with Wang Zhong. Then he rushed back to Beihai Town on New Year's Eve, accompanied his parents, Shen Xuan and his son for a reunion dinner. On the first day of the New Year, he received the people who came to pay New Year's Eve at home. On the third day of the New Year, the guy ran to Fuerdan City and stayed with Tang Xiao for two days. Then he returned to Chiyan City on the fifth day of the New Year, and until the eighth day of the New Year, he appeared in his own study in Beihai Town again.

"Oh! This won't be like this next year, it's like a life-threatening person!"

Wu Siyu, who was sitting opposite him, looked at Zhao Xin drinking ginseng tea while pounding his waist, and couldn't help laughing: "I deserve it! Life is still long, it depends on what you do in the future."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Ah~~" Zhao Xin sighed, thinking that he would just build another yard in Whale Town before the spring was ready to go, at least he wouldn't have to run back and forth for thousands of kilometers.

"Oh, I forgot to congratulate you, the Thousand-year-old iron tree is finally about to bloom. How many months have you been?"

"Just two months." Wu Siyu smiled very proudly. After a year of Chinese medicine treatment, his wife finally became pregnant. The couple's depression over the years was wiped out, which made Chen Yin'er urge him to marry a small matter without any further details. So Wu Siyu stayed in Beihai Town this Spring Festival and happily accompanied his wife.

"Okay, let's talk about the serious business first." Zhao Xin took another sip of ginseng tea, swept away the previous joking expression, and said to Wu Siyu: "This year I plan to let all two regiments retire from active service. You are now in charge of the Ministry of Military Affairs, are there any difficulties?"

"Where is the time? When is it ready to start?"

"It's April, it's not suitable to be too early or too late. It takes time for the recruits to go north and then hand over the defense. It's estimated that it will take July and August to come back."

Wu Siyu took out a small notebook from his pocket, opened it and flipped through it, "It's no problem to replenish personnel. We recruited 5,000 new recruits last year, of which more than 3,000 were from Outer Mongolia. What would you plan to arrange the retired veterans? Go home to farm or go to the factory?"

"Just kidding, how could they let them farm!" Zhao Xin also picked up a pen and kept writing and calculating on a piece of white paper, then said: "Pick out two thousand people to form the Shandong detachment, and go to Jiaodong with Kong Shaoan to open a base, and the rest go to the factory."

Zhao Xin then briefly told Wu Siyu about his plan. His idea was that as long as the new immigrants from Jiaodong area could exceed 500,000, the North Navy would be in power in another two years!

Wu Siyu nodded and said, "It's not easy! It's been eight years, and I'm finally going to pass the customs!"

Zhao Xin said: "In recent years, our territory in the northeast and Siberia has almost expanded. The next step is to immigrate to the side and build roads while allowing the people to have a full meal. In this way, the 'human-land conflict' within the pass will not be so sharp. When we go south to enter the pass, the food pressure will be much less."

Wu Siyu wrote a few strokes on the notebook and asked again: "What are you thinking about the Russians?"

"I heard back before that General Po Jin still couldn't survive this winter and died in Kazan. I heard that Catherine II was seriously injured because of his old lover. Now Tsarist Russia, from the Crown Prince to the Senate, did not agree to go to war with us again. Wait. It is estimated that by the end of March, their mission will arrive in Chiyan City."

"What do you think?"

"I, let's talk about it first. If the conditions cannot satisfy me, let the guys in the Cossack Emirates continue to fight westward."

Wu Siyu shook his head helplessly and said, "I really don't understand. Why do you have to compete with Tsarist Russia? The northern part of Siberia is so desolate. Even if it is occupied, who would want to live there?"

Zhao Xin lit a cigarette and said to Wu Siyu with a smile: "Comrade Wu, please ask you a question, what is the basis of a strong country?"

Wu Siyu thought for a while and talked about many answers such as industry, military, and population, but Zhao Xin shook his head and negated it.

"Okay, don't keep it aside, just say it!"

"Sizen territory." Zhao Xin said lightly: "What are you afraid of indifference? Resources and strategic depth are the most important. Even if such a country declines occasionally, it will still rise after a hundred years! The so-called "not planning for the overall situation is not enough to plan a territory; not planning for the whole world is not enough to plan for a while. Not to mention Siberia, I plan to send people to build a stronghold in North America and occupy it first!"

"Huh?" Wu Siyu's eyes rolled and asked tentatively: "You asked Deng Fei and the others to go to Europe, in addition to trying to get involved in the British, are you also thinking about the French colonies in the Americas?"
Chapter completed!