Chapter 595 It was spring

The sky will not be bright yet.

In the adjutant's dormitory of the picket team at Yongdingmen Iron and Steel Plant, Sun Mingteng changed into his regular clothes in the dark, carried the wooden basin outside, first pierced the thin ice in the well with a bamboo pole, and then put the bucket down while shaking the windlass, while beating the water.

Yawning and complaining: "Oh my god, it's already passed the second month of February, why is it still so cold?"

He swung the rope to draw half a bucket of water, shook it up and poured it into the tub. He hissed and sucked in the cold air and wiped two and a half handfuls of it, feeling a hundred times more energetic.

So he strode out of the courtyard gate, crossed the square and came to the barracks. He knocked on the door one by one and shouted: "Get up, get up! Yesterday I signed up to guard Mr. Jiao. Mother Dute quickly got me dressed!"

There were some who gave vague responses and some who mumbled and complained.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, five tall and strong pickets came out of the darkness. Sun Mingteng handed out the rubber sticks he had just brought from the equipment room one by one, and asked them to wipe their faces with cold water randomly, and then used his big hands to

Wave: "Let's go!"

Then a group of six people formed a long snake formation, trotted out of the steel factory, and rushed along the long street to Jiao Mansion.

The whole journey was silent.

As they approached Zijin Street, they bumped into two identical teams one after another. Sun Mingteng originally wanted to say hello to them, but when the other party saw that he was leading the team, they didn't bother to pay attention at all. They just greeted each other and quickened their pace to go back to Zijin Street.

Run.

Bah~

What's so great!

Sun Mingteng cursed inwardly, but he knew that he could not compare with these people who were working-study students.

But thinking about it, in a short time, the adjutants of all the major picket teams will be awarded the official rank of ninth rank - although it is a worthless military position, but it is still a rank, and it is not considered a white body - Sun Mingteng couldn't help but feel complacent.

.

It seems that he was just lucky. Chen Wansan and Li Qing were appreciated by Jiao Shun. One went to the Ministry of Industry to work as an inspector [9th grade], and the other went to the Engineering School to work as a clerk [9th grade]. As a team leader, he naturally rose to the top.

became the adjutant.

You must know that this position is currently monopolized by work-study students, and his grandson can be regarded as the only one holding the position.

Not long after.

Three teams of people rushed to the gate of Jiao Mansion one after another. They saw that there were three teams of people on both sides of the gate who had already arrived first, but they had already become teams of five.

Sun Mingteng was still wondering when he saw the two work-study adjutants turning around to give a few words to their subordinates, and then entered the Jiao Mansion through the corner gate with ease.

Sun Mingteng was determined to follow suit, but when he thought of being alone with five work-study adjutants, he felt uncomfortable all over.

After hesitating for a long time, he could not muster the courage to enter.

At this moment, two servants from the Jiao Mansion walked out with burdens, opened the curtain in front of everyone, and found two large buckets of hot mutton soup and two large baskets of sesame cakes.

This time, Sun Mingteng was not polite. He was the first to go up to the bowl and chopsticks, picked up a cheap one and filled a bowl of mutton soup. He also grabbed a hand full of sesame seed cakes, squatted down against the wall and started eating haise.

His subordinate Zhan Guang also rushed to the front and imitated him by squatting at the foot of the wall, but he couldn't help teasing: "Tou Sun, the food in there must be better than this. Why don't you go in and try it?"

"roll!"

Sun Mingteng glared at the guy angrily, and then said like an Ah Q: "I call it sharing happiness with the people."

Everyone laughed, and he added with a pinched neck: "My special mother also learned this from Master Chen Wansan!"

No one dared to laugh at this moment. Although Chen Wansan only stayed at the steel factory for more than half a year, he was very strict in running the army and was able to take the lead, so he was quite famous in the picket team.

What's more, he was promoted to the Ministry of Industry after the year and was specifically in charge of the picket team. Putting aside the retired officers, it is not an exaggeration to say that he was the captain of the picket team.

Everyone ate in silence for a while. After they were no longer so hungry, some people looked around and said curiously: "Boss Sun, didn't you say that we are here to protect Mr. Jiao to prevent those who went to Beijing to take the exam from causing trouble? Why am I the only one here?

Didn’t you see it either?”

"nonsense!"

Sun Mingteng picked up the mutton at the bottom of the bowl and sneered: "You also know that those candidates came to Beijing to take the exam. It has been more than ten days since the turmoil on the 21st of the first lunar month, not to mention that it will be held in a few days.

It’s the big exam, why shouldn’t they take the time to review their homework?”

After a pause, he felt that saying this did not seem to highlight the importance of himself and others, so he added: "Besides, we have more than 20 picket teams taking turns to protect Mr. Jiao. Even if they want to cause trouble, they don't have the courage!

"

As expected, all the subordinates preferred the latter statement, and they all spoke in agreement.

Others took advantage of the situation to belittle those who rushed to take the exam: "It is said that a scholar is useless. If we had been there, we would have been cheating!"

"That's right, the newspapers have said that in this era of industrial power, if we don't have the steel produced by our steel plants to make guns and guns, how can you beat the foreign devils?"

But there are inevitably those who throw cold water: "Li'er is such a liar, but I can't stand the idea that a scholar can become a high official. I heard that the people above want to take advantage of this spring to deal with Mr. Jiao. If Mr. Jiao really falls, we...

People are only afraid of..."

"Bah, bah, bah!"

Sun Mingteng spat several times and cursed: "Can you speak human language?! Mr. Jiao has a prosperous official career, even the emperor thinks highly of him, how could he fail?! I think those big turbans are going to be finished! Wait until the engineering school

When students leave the classroom, it’s time to take their jobs!”

Everyone said yes.

Another person lamented: "It's a pity that I am older, otherwise I would have signed up last year."

"My brother is old enough, but Mother Te is such a coward and fell through the cracks in the first round."

Just as he was talking, he saw five work-study student adjutants coming out of the corner door again. Sun Mingteng stood up and scolded: "Don't eat, don't eat, hurry up and line up."

Unexpectedly, there was a queue here, but the five adjutants did not form a team, but allowed their subordinates to wander around casually.

When Sun Mingteng saw this, he felt confused. When the servant who came out to clean up the dishes saw him, he kindly reminded him: "Our master said, it's not good to run around just after eating. Recently, I have been waiting for you to finish eating."

We won't go out until two quarters of an hour ago, so you guys need to take a quick lunch, so there's no need to rush."

Only then did Sun Mingteng suddenly realize. He glared at the lieutenants with annoyance, but in the end he did not dare to be too provocative. He turned around and announced that they would be disbanded for the time being. He couldn't help but sigh: "Master Jiao is willing to treat us as human beings.

Officials born in turbans don't care about our lives."

All the pickets nodded.

To this day, through various propaganda methods - especially Ta Kung Pao - Jiao Shun has undoubtedly become the recognized spokesperson of the interests of the working class.

Especially after Chen Wansan, Li Qing, Dong Xun and others were awarded officers one after another, and the adjutants were transferred to military ranks, workers who saw hope for the future increasingly regarded Jiao Shun as a spiritual leader.

It is precisely because of this that when the people who came to Beijing to take the exam were incited to besiege Jiao Mansion on the 21st of the first lunar month, more than a thousand people came one after another without waiting for the people from the Labor Union to mobilize. If it were not for the people from the Labor Union,

Try to restrain them with all your strength, but I'm afraid that those criminals will not run around in panic, but will be beaten to death.

Just like this, another two quarters of an hour passed before two carriages slowly drove out of the corner gate.

When he got outside the door, Jiao Shun even got out of the driveway and said "hard work" before getting back into the car.

Then thirty-six pickets were divided into two teams, one behind the other, and they rushed to the Ministry of Works in a crowd of carriages. They were all energetic and high-spirited. Although they were holding rubber sticks in their hands, they looked very intimidating.

Inside the carriage.

Jiao Shun looked at it without any energy. Although the people who besieged his residence on the 21st of the first lunar month were scared away by the workers who came after hearing the news, the court did not stop because of this. Instead, they took the opportunity to talk to the workers again.

And when he gets someone in trouble, he attacks them in a crowd.

This is also because the impact of the previous "Friendly Surprise" plan was far greater than expected, triggering a trend of thought among the people that emphasized industry over literature, and for a time, engineering and learning were overvalued.

Those civil servants were afraid of shaking the foundation of the imperial examination, and the spring examination, which was held every three years, was about to start. Examiners from all over the country gathered in the capital. It can be said that it was at this time when the power of the middle and low-level literati was unprecedentedly strong. The civil servants would choose

It is natural to launch a counterattack at this time.

For this reason, Jiao Shun had to write an excerpt to defend himself for several days. In addition, since spring had just begun, the Ministry of Industry and Engineering had accumulated a lot of official documents and official duties, so he was inevitably very busy.

Yesterday, on the second day of the second lunar month, I was on holiday, and Wang Xifeng and Li Wan invited me to go to the Muni Courtyard to hand over some private food.

Alas~

Aunt Xue knows how to care for people, so she never forgets to bring some snacks every time.

That's too far.

In fact, the biggest headache for Jiao Shun right now is not the criticism in the court, but his own marriage.

When I first looked at the date, I didn't take into account the irrelevant variable of spring, but now I realized something was wrong - his wedding day was set for February 20th, and spring ended on February 18th.

The candidates took two days of rest to recharge their batteries, it was the right time to find something to do.

What if I was besieged by my sons again on my wedding day...

Worried that it would not end well by then, Laiwang even suggested postponing the wedding.

But Jiao Da resolutely refused to agree, and even paid off the monthly allowance. Changing the wedding date at the last moment would also be against the rules.

What's more, Jiao Shun himself believed that we should not back down. Now the engineering school is running well, and the workers are bursting with unprecedented enthusiasm under his series of mobilization and propaganda.

It can be said that as long as you get through this hurdle, the future will be bright.

If you show weakness to the enemy, you will not be able to protect the literati, but they will intensify their efforts.

or……

Why not make the scene bigger?
To be continued...