As autumn turns to winter, the weather begins to get colder. In the wilderness, business travelers come and go in waves.
In the land in the southwest, under the management of the Huaxia People's Government, the number of workshops near several major cities began to increase at a speed visible to the naked eye. Simple or complex post nodes also began to prosper with the coming and going of business travel.
As it stood up, the surrounding villages began to form more obvious crowd gathering areas relying on the roads.
The riots or grand gatherings that occurred in Chengdu in July and August also brought a large number of business orders to the southwest. After seeing the bustle of Chengdu, private traders chose to conduct simple money transactions.
, and the representatives who came to watch the ceremony on behalf of various warlords and powerful clans obtained a larger-scale business plan with the Chinese Army. In addition to the first batch of sophisticated military supplies, there were also a large number of technology transfer agreements, which will be carried out later.
It will be carried out gradually over the next one or two years.
For these warlords and powerful clans, both transactions have their own advantages and disadvantages. If you choose to buy the Chinese army's artillery, guns, hundred-smelting steel knives and other items, it is better to buy a little, but the advantage is that they can be used immediately. If you choose technology transfer
, Huaxia Army needs to send skilled workers to be teachers. From the structure of the workshop to the operation and management of the assembly line, the entire set of talents has been trained. The price charged by Huaxia Army is high and time-consuming, but the advantage is that in the future, you will have your own things, no longer
Worried about antagonism with the Chinese army.
At this time, in the outside world, the Wu Dynasty existed in name only and had not long been disintegrated. Every emerging warlord and force was still in a sensitive adjustment and adaptation period. Some realized that the Wu Dynasty could no longer control their own military laws and began to control their own destiny, and some famous families began to control their own destiny.
Noble families began to move from behind the scenes to the front, and the children of famous families who had the world in mind were ready to take up their responsibilities. People who had experienced countless hardships during the war began to shout, "Princes, generals, and ministers should be willing to live together." During this period, there were also
Some local officials are still waiting for the return of Emperor Wu, but it will take time to verify who is shouting slogans and who is telling the truth.
In such a chaotic situation and complicated transition, there is no guarantee that whoever cannot guarantee the food of the people under his rule will raise his weapons and start begging for food from nearby areas. Therefore, the first step is to buy a batch of swords, guns and artillery produced in the southwest so that he can
The most reliable guarantee for survival in these troubled times - of course, this is also the usual rhetoric used by Chinese military officers when promoting products.
Since the southwest has just experienced war, materials and production lines are very tight, and weapons orders can only be placed on a first-come, first-served basis. Of course, those who can provide weapons materials in large quantities and exchange metal for artillery can get a slight priority.
Among them, the ambitious and well-connected Liu Guangshi was the first big customer of the Chinese Army. He ordered the largest amount of military supplies from the Chinese Army with a large amount of iron, copper, grain, ore and other materials. The entire order was negotiated.
After submitting the report, even Ning Yi, who was accustomed to the big world and had just taken over the chairmanship at the August Congress, couldn't help but praise: "It's bright and grand. If Liu Guangshi wants to be popular, he should be the boss..."
As he spoke, he wished he could give up his title of boss to him and get more orders.
Of course, the orders are indeed enough. From Liu Guangshi onwards, there have been orders and intentions mainly focused on the military industry, which is enough for the Chinese military to achieve the current production plan in two years.
In addition to materials, there are various methods of technology transfer. Some involve inviting technical personnel from the Chinese Army to come over. The problem with this method is that the supporting facilities are not enough. All personnel must be trained from scratch, which takes longer. Some of them do it themselves locally.
Recruit reliable personnel or directly send children from the family to Chengdu, and send them to the factory for training according to the contract. Spending some time on the road will make them become talents faster, and there are those who want to recruit and train people locally in Chengdu and then take them away. The Chinese Army does not
Guaranteed that they will really follow after they learn...
Of course, the more humane and relatively complex the training method, the higher the fee. This is also very reasonable.
Liu Guangshi also purchased several of the most expensive and key military technologies. At least from a contract perspective, at this time, he will completely copy the entire military industry of the Chinese Army, except for rockets. Although such an order is not
He wants to empty out his fortune, but all the surrounding warlords will definitely look down on him within a few years, including Ning Yi. When he saw a group of envoy members including Yan Daolun, Yu Hezhong, they all had
Very warm smile.
This kind of trade comes and goes. Since September, there has been an endless flow of cars and boats on the water and land trade road from Chengdu to Jiange. The rugged mountain roads and plank roads near Jiange have been carefully widened and reinforced twice by the Chinese Army's engineering troops.
.As for the waterway out of Sichuan, it has become more prosperous. With large and small ships traveling on the Jialing River, various shipyards have accelerated their work.
The nearby forces, big and small, are now busy transporting supplies to the southwest. When things arrive first, artillery can be transported out first. Once the artillery is transported out, whether it is to fight thieves or prevent thieves, they can take the lead - Chinese Military Affairs Officer
What they said is also reasonable, and no one would find it ridiculous. Of course, I am not a madman, but who knows if the person next door will suddenly go crazy. Now that the emperor doesn't care about anything, the only thing we can believe is in our own hands.
swords, guns and clubs.
On the surface, transactions are extremely prosperous, and secretly, black market business, smuggling, etc. are also gradually emerging. Even if it is not an official caravan, if some new guns can be shipped out from the southwest, it cannot do business directly with the Chinese army.
Dai Mengwei and others are also happy to buy it, and even transport it to Lin'an and sell it to Wu Qimei, maybe they can earn more - maybe because they don't have enough time to go to Lin'an and back, so everyone
We still don’t know what kind of reputation Wu Qimei has.
The huge prosperity brought huge shock and chaos, so that since August, Ning Yi has been sitting in Chengdu, personally suppressing the entire situation and slowly getting back on track, while the Huaxia Army severely purged several batches of officials.
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After a great victory, there were rewards based on merit, and now they suddenly became the center of the world, subject to all kinds of temptations. These were the first people to reach out. As Ning Yi said in the previous meeting, he made them
It is a model of strict treatment, ranging from shooting to imprisonment, and all the offenders' duties will be dealt with to the end.
In this way, it was not until mid-December that Ning Yi temporarily released Chengdu, which was basically on the right track and could operate independently under the supervision of officials. On December 20, he returned to Zhangcun and prepared to spend his childhood with his family.
Year.
The carriage passed through the road in the wilderness. It rarely snowed in the winter in the southwest, but the temperature still dropped. Ning Yi sat in the car and felt tired when he was free.
He has been thinking a lot about "Why bother?" recently, because the pace of work is getting closer and closer to the rhythm of his previous life, with meetings, inspections, conversations, weighing people's hearts...every day goes on and on. The situation in Chengdu is uncertain. Except for Xigua, other family members
It's not easy to come here, and he is becoming more and more powerful, and his work style has always been domineering. During the start-up period, his leadership may be meticulous, but once he is on the right track, he is the kind of "you don't need to understand me, just look up to me."
"", sometimes when I reflect on it, I can't help but feel that the recent past is no different from my previous life.
It was the afternoon when I got home. At this time, the school in Zhangcun had not yet gone on winter vacation. Several children at home, Yunzhu, Jin'er and others were still in school. When I got off the car at the gate of the yard, I saw not far away.
There is a figure waving on the hillside, but it is Hongti who has been protecting Zhang Village these days. She is wearing a camouflage military uniform. Even from a distance, you can see the smile on her face. Ning
Yi then waved his hand exaggeratedly, and then motioned for her to come quickly.
Hongti pointed to the yard: You go first.
There was no one in the courtyard outside. When I entered the courtyard inside, I saw two figures sitting at a small table choosing vegetables. Su Tan'er was wearing a red-striped dress with a white background, a red cloak on her back, and her hair
With her long ponytail and girlish attire, she looked a little weird at first glance. Ning Yi thought about it, but it was the first time he met his runaway wife after he woke up from a coma many years ago.
The other party's clothes are dressed up.
At that time, she was going to meet this strange husband for the first time. On the one hand, she wanted to show off her power, and on the other hand, she also planned to make peace. Therefore, she dressed very carefully and probably chose a lot of time. Perhaps it was also because of this that she wore this outfit.
She still remembers dressing up.
Xiao Chan, who was sitting on the other side of the stone table, had already seen him and waved her hand. Tan'er looked sideways with a smile on her face: "How is it?" She has an oval face and has not changed much in so many years. She is just the head of the house.
Over the years, her eyebrows have gained a bit of restrained wisdom and maturity. Now she was sitting sideways, with her long braids hanging down, giving her a bit of a girlish look. Ning Yi looked at her with a smile.
"It looks like it's almost faded, but it's still there."
"My husband, do you still remember this person?"
"Can't forget."
"I almost forgot about it earlier. When I ran away from Jiang Ning, I brought this one with me. I kept it in the cabinet and recently took it out to dry it. I used to like this red cloak, but now it's a little furry.
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Ning Yi laughed: "I heard that you are wearing a red cloak recently, which is almost frightening people. Those who come to kill you think you are the Blood Bodhisattva."
What he was referring to was the commotion that occurred in Zhang Village in July and August. At that time, a group of people came over excitedly and said they would do something to Ning Rentu's family and children. Most of them were caught by mistake and could be dealt with immediately.
I saw Tan'er's cold face. The punishment here has always been extreme. Anyone who caused serious injuries to people would be shot. Those who caused property damage would be sent to the mines and locked up with Jurchen coolies. No matter what,
Most of these people who accept money redemption will have to work as coolies in the mines for more than ten years before they can be released, and many more may die due to various accidents during this period.
This is the result of Ning Yi's persuasion. Tan'er has a good brain and is more open-minded than other women in many ideas, but when it comes to dealing with family matters, she is no better than a simple landowner.
It was not enough for a group of people to cause trouble for her husband in Chengdu. They also came here and tried to kill or abduct the children at home. If she followed her true intentions, anyone with such an idea should be punished.
Because of this, during that time, she personally intervened in every incident that occurred. Ning Yi demanded that the crime be punished according to the law, so she demanded that the crime must be punished to the fullest extent according to the provisions of the law.
At the end of July, many Green Forest people were still partying and were very busy about the Chengdu incident. Those who went to Zhangcun one after another were mostly impassioned. By August, the military parade was over and the Congress was held. Regarding the things in Zhangcun
The details were just passed on, and those who actually ran over and took action didn't end well.
As for the woman who appears at the scene like the King of Hell every time, she is also vividly described in the rumors. Everyone says that this is the one in Ning Yi's wife who was nicknamed "Blood Bodhisattva", who killed people in Luliang Mountain that year.
Ruma and Lin Zongwu were all defeated by her, but they didn't take any action after getting married. This time, everyone who went to Zhangcun got into trouble with this great master.
In the past, only a few people in the world knew about Hongti, but Zhuji's publicity often bypassed her. Therefore, the only great masters that people cared about for more than ten years were the upright "Iron Arm" Zhou Tong and the villain "Chuang Lin".
"North Leg" Lin Zongwu, the indescribable great master Ning Rentu and the others. This time the incident in Zhang Village caused a huge uproar, and only then did someone dig it out from the depths of their memories, giving Hong Ti a strong sense of existence.
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Speaking of this matter, Tan'er's brows also flashed a bit of evil spirit, and then she smiled: "I have discussed it with Sister Tizi, and from now on I will be given the nickname 'Blood Bodhisattva', and she will use another one."
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"For what?"
"Blood grapes." Xiaochan rushed to say.
"..."
Tan'er chuckled, and Ning Yi was stunned for a long time. He sat down next to him, hugged Xiaochan and kissed her hard on the face: "...it's still...quite cute, so that's the decision. We have a Blood Bodhisattva in our family.
, a Blood Grape, Grape sounds like a follower, but in fact he has the highest martial arts skills, which is good."
After the three of them smiled and arranged for the one with the best martial arts skills but the most easy-going temperament in the family, Ning Yi began to ask about the situation of a group of children in the family.
At this time, starting from Ning Ji, Yunzhu’s eldest daughter, Wenwen, was already twelve years old. Wen Jing loved reading, and she looked like a replica of her mother when she smiled. Ning He’s personality was not strong. At the age of nine, she looked
He is just an ordinary silly boy. In the absence of external pressure, he did not even show the martial arts talent like his mother Hongti, and his grades were only average. Perhaps Hongti, who lived in peace and quiet, would not become a martial artist.
Ning Yi is the best in the world in martial arts, but Ning Yi actually doesn't intend to exploit his potential too much.
Ning Ke, who is the same age as Ning He, maintains her usual lively and helpful character. She has the most friends and the best popularity in the school. She worries about this and that every day and becomes an entertainer in the school.
Members of committee members and life committee members are just keen on other people's things and always fall behind in their own homework, which makes Jin'er very worried. Jin'er has always flaunted herself as selfish and can't figure out why her daughter has always been so stupid.
Of course, Ning Yi can understand something if he thinks about it in private. If Jin'er as a child would not have been sold because of poverty and would not have experienced so many ups and downs, then maybe Ning Ke today would be
Another look of her.
Seven-year-old Ning Shuang and Ning Ning entered first grade this year. The two children, who grew up like conjoined twins, have always been good friends. Xigua’s daughter Ning Ning is very talented in martial arts, but as a girl she loves swords but not swords.
This made Xigua very distressed at this time, but think about it, when I was a child, I learned the sword and was brainwashed to say that "a great hero is a man with a hairy chest". It was also because he met an unreliable father, so he didn't think about it.
He was relieved. In addition to his talent in martial arts, Ning Ning also had good academic performance and could recite ancient poems one by one. This made Xigua very happy. His daughter was not a fool, and neither was he. He was beaten by an unreliable old man.
Dad got it wrong...
The only shortcoming of Ning Ning, who is both civilized and military, is that she doesn't talk much. As her name suggests, she likes to be quiet. As Yunzhu's second daughter, Ning Shuang is often the spokesperson between the two. Ning Shuang is often left to speak if she has anything to say, so Ning Shuang's words
A little more than her, but still less than others. This may be because I have had suitable friends since I was a child, so I don't need to talk too much.
The only accident was that Ning Ning fell down on her way home recently. As a beautiful and quiet little girl, she broke one of her front teeth. She didn't say it, but she actually cared about it.
"When you see her later, don't laugh at her front teeth. Otherwise she will cry." Tan'er warned, thinking that Ning Yi might be able to do such a thing.
"Don't worry, I'll just pretend that I'm at work. I won't laugh." Ning Yi said and laughed. He felt that this kind of thing was really like a replica of Xigua's past. He dropped his front teeth seriously...
In addition to these little ones, Ning Ji's recent situation is actually worrying. Perhaps because he went to the battlefield too early and saw life and death, his mood has never been stable. Of course, he has strong martial arts and good looks.
He is good-looking and well-liked among a group of younger brothers and sisters, but his temperament has been changing from extroversion to introversion these days. Especially after October, he sometimes sits on the roof in a daze, sitting for a long time at a time, and even sighs.
I don’t know what he was sighing about, but later he actually started looking for a book to read.
Xiao Chan was horrified to see Xiao Ji actually start reading a book like this. She always felt that he didn't know whether he was sick, or maybe one day he would suddenly escape into Buddhism and become a monk.
Of course, apart from these abnormal phenomena, his martial arts training has not been delayed. He can even easily adapt to some special operations training in the military and the espionage training in Zhuji. Both Hongti and Xigua also said that he would be able to do it in the future.
Achievements are limitless.
"This is the second period of middle school. Everyone is talking about the same thing. In the future, Wenwen, Ning He, Ning Ke and others will be the same. Children at this age cannot control themselves and have many ideas. When they are seventeen or eighteen years old,
It will get better slowly." Ning Yi comforted Xiaochan with the attitude of an educator that "no one knows education better than me."
He actually understood in his heart that he would rather worry about the bigger world and the bigger world. If he couldn't keep him, he might have no choice but to let him go out for a walk when he reaches the age of seventeen or eighteen. Of course, if
If he doesn't want to leave after the second semester, that's even better. The most important thing now is to use the word "drag" to ask Hongti Watermelon to give him more problems and tell him that it's still too early for him to go out.
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"But Ning Xi wasn't like this back then..." Xiaochan frowned.
"Ning Xi is stupid."
Ning Yi said something nonsense, and then slapped Tan'er on the hand: "Don't say that about him."
After they finished talking about their children, Hongti also came in. Ning Yi told them some things about Chengdu, talked about the business with various families, how he took advantage of it, and also talked about Zuo Wenhuai and others.
, they left Chengdu at the end of August. Based on the distance, if there were no accidents, they should have arrived in Fuzhou by now. I don’t know what the scene is like there.
During this conversation, Yunzhu, Jin'er, and the children at home also came back one after another, and everyone greeted and joked around. Ning Ning was made to cry by her unreliable father, and she wanted to run away with tears in her eyes.
He went to a deserted corner and was held in Ning Yi's arms and was not allowed to leave, so he had to bury his head in Ning Yi's arms and bury his tears.
During the meal, brothers Su Wenfang and Su Wenyu also rushed over. Ning Yi asked about the situation of some small families in the Su family when the Su family was split. Naturally, there were protests from the clan, but they were stopped by Su Tan'er, Su Wenfang, Su Wending and others.
After being beaten and scolded, the person was suppressed.
In the past, the old man Su Yu was always worried that his children would not become talented. At this time, the backstage of the Su family included not only Ning Yi and Tan'er, but also Su Wenfang, Su Wending, Su Wenyu, and Su Yanping. They were all able to take charge of their own affairs. The next fourth generation
Some people have already been trained. For those in the family who have no ability or knowledge, there is no need to give them a voice.
After dinner, Wen Fang and Wen Yu said goodbye and left. That night they gathered with their children to play for a while, and Ning Yi began to visit upstairs and downstairs, abusing good women. He was less than forty years old and had practiced
His martial arts skills and body were excellent. He worked hard all night until late at night. After everyone and the children had gone to bed, he walked around the various rooms in the yard, looked at the profiles of his wives and children who were sleeping, and then
Go sit on a bench in the yard outside and think about things quietly.
At some point, Tan'er came out and brought him a coat: "What are you thinking about?"
"Things that want to ruin a woman from a good family."
"Stop bothering like this. You're not young anymore. I'm going to turn into a good woman and ruin you."
Ning Yi laughed and hugged her into his arms.
"You know that when I do things, it's different from when I'm at home, right?"
"Well, at that time... according to you, he was more handsome."
"We have dealt with several batches of people recently. Some of them...you knew them before...actually they are almost the same as before. Over the years, people have either died in the war, or at a certain point, people have died again in the rectification movement, one after another.
Come on...the Chinese army is getting stronger and stronger, and when I talk to them about things, I get more and more angry. Sometimes I really wonder when it will end."
"Probably he has no head..." Tan'er stretched out her hand from his arms, caressed his eyebrows, and then lay down quietly on his chest, "I was a little bit uncomfortable when I said I wanted to dismantle the Su family before.
I was so happy that my family became more active and they were making trouble. But then I thought, what are we doing in this life? When I was a girl, I just wanted to help my grandfather take charge of the family, and wait until children with potential come out.
Just hand this family over to him... After handing it over to him, I hope everyone can live well, and this family has hope and hope..."
"...Today, the Su family has ten times and a hundred times more things than before. We have hope and hope. Will it be a thousand times more in the future? The life we live today will be even better than today.
Is it better? I thought about this and felt it was enough. I saw them taking the benefits of the Su family and wanting more endlessly. If they continue, they will become the second generation ancestors who are extravagant and lustful... So...
, beat them again, and gave them a lot of money every month. They worked in the factory randomly, and they were not even allowed to get money! If grandpa were still here, he would support me... But my husband
You are different from me..."
"It's a good thing to let go." Ning Yi hugged her and sighed, "I originally thought...sigh...but today I really can't let go. So many people who don't deserve to die have died. Fight the Jurchens and recover them."
I don’t know how long it will take for Zhongyuan to live up to the expectations of all of them, but in the meantime, I always feel that I am going to become a bad person again..."
Tan'er's head shook on his chest: "Since ancient history books, there is no need to use the term "good guys and bad guys" for people who care about the world."
"Actually, that's not what I meant..." Ning Yi paused, silent for a long time, and finally just smiled, "Fortunately, you are all still here, if..."
While he was talking, someone seemed to poke his head outside and then retracted. Ning Yi frowned and waved over there: "What's the matter? Bring it here."
The person who appeared over there was someone from the Secretariat. The man walked in with a document: "It's urgent from Chengdu, but it's not very important."
"give it to me."
The secretary handed the information to Ning Yi, turned around and went out.
Tan'er said from the side: "Then I'll go to bed first?"
Ning Yi took a look at the information and shook his head: "Sit with me for a while, it's not a secret."
"What is that..."
"The Kingdom of Jin has changed its emperor... Zong Han and Xi Yin... are amazing..."
The news that Jin Emperor Wanyan Dan ascended to the throne reached here as quickly as possible. Two months have passed. The first-hand news is extremely simple. It is basically the first-hand official document issued by the Jin Kingdom. But
Many things inside can be guessed. Because of the rise of this young emperor, the Kingdom of Jin has temporarily avoided internal strife. This means that when the Chinese army attacks the Kingdom of Jin, it may take more than one or two years, or it may take several years.
Thousands of lives.
The couple sat cuddling for a while, and Ning Yi probably told Tan'er some of the staff's deductions on these matters.
"It stands to reason that the balance between the east and west of the Jin Kingdom is already very fragile. Didn't Zhuji take any action in the north?" Tan'er asked in a low voice.
"After the Southwest War, considering that the tendency of hostility and even massacre of Han people in the Kingdom of Jin will increase, I have asked the intelligence system in the North to stop all activities and go into hibernation to protect themselves. However, I still got the news before, and it was a step too late. Lu Mingfang
Sacrificed in the middle of this year..."
"Lu Mingfang... that shopkeeper Lu's family..." A sad look flashed across Tan'er's face. She also knew Lu Yannian back then.
"There is no one left in Shopkeeper Lu's family..."
"Why didn't he leave any heirs when he came back before?"
"He is in that kind of place all year round. Who would want to leave him an heir... In fact, he himself is not willing..."
There were yellowish lights swaying in the courtyard. In fact, compared to the heroes who were still fighting in various places, his slight troubles in the rear were nothing. Such a quiet atmosphere lasted for a while, and Ning Yi sighed.
"Do you remember...Tang Minjie?"
"Remember, when I was in Xiaocanghe, I studied with you and came to our house to help with moving things. I remember that he was a little chubby and liked to laugh. But when he squinted his eyes, he was very evil. He was a
A man who did great things...he later committed a crime in Liangshan, and you sent him out..." Tan'er looked at him, hesitated for a moment, "...he is here now...huh?"
Ning Yi did not answer. He folded up the information in his hand, leaned down, and pressed his head with his hand: "I hope he...can calm down..."
There are countless things in this world that make people miserable.