Chapter 461: There is no way for misfortunes and blessings, only people bring it on themselves
What Zhao Xin told Shen Xuan was accurate. He indeed returned to Beihai Town on the 19th day after leaving. In addition to the 80,000 shi of soybeans brought back from Fuzhou, the Thunderbolt also brought back more than 4,000 people.
The delivery of half a million people is easy to say, but it is actually a very huge project. When the trackers from Chongqing left Sichuan, ships, accommodation, food, and even personal hygiene were all big problems. The Manchus had to spend at least two or three dollars for this. A million taels of silver is enough; otherwise, even if people come out, they will almost die of illness.
Fortunately, in the late Qianlong period, the grain reserves in official warehouses in various places were quite sufficient. At the same time, the Qing government had always had a headache with the management of the junction of the three provinces. Although it was understood that Beihai Town must have bad intentions, it was always good to solve a hidden danger.
However, as the government's tentacles extended into the old forests of Nanba and Nanshan, cult elements headed by the "Eight Great Gongzus" and the "Three Associations of Longhua" also surfaced. These people worshiped spiritual incantations and practiced elixirs in the name of , promoting "Maitreya's next life" and the five demons descending and causing three disasters. He also falsely claimed that someone was the reincarnation of Niu Ba and was born in Wuying Mountain in Henan Province, and called on believers to help and avoid disasters.
All of the above shocked the Qing court. Later, the governor of Sichuan, the governor of Huguang, and the governor of Shaanxi sent troops to arrest them. In the end, they were all sent to Beihai Town in an attempt to make the cultists find another place to cause trouble. But this is a story for another day.
As for Wu Zhong, when he heard Wang Yuanfang finish talking about a series of things that Beihai Town had done for that little tofu, he was so shocked that he sat down on the ground. After that, he stayed at home for two days in a row, and even the new recruits Didn't even go to the camp.
Two days later, Wu Zhong, with red eyes, came to Wang Yuanfang and said, "I am running for a man in my sixties, but I don't want to bury my old bones in a foreign land. Tell me the truth, can you conquer the world, and how long will it take?"
Wang Yuanfang then repeated Zhao Xin's famous saying, ten years. Then he complimented Wu Zhong and said that you have taken good care of your health and can live to be a hundred years old. Don't worry. You must know that in the history of another time and space, Wu Zhong lived to Ninety years old is already an absolute longevity for the ancients.
Wu Zhong said, "Don't compliment me anymore. You have done such a big thing. It seems I can't leave. I don't know what the government will do to my father and daughter after I return to Qingyun."
Ten years, I will wait for you for ten years. If you cannot win the world in ten years, if I am no longer here, I will ask my daughter to cripple you.
Wang Yuanfang was very happy at first, but after hearing this, his head immediately filled with black thoughts. To be honest, if he really went to the battlefield, he might not be able to defeat Wu Zhong; but in a competition, he would definitely lose.
In early December, Shen Xuan gave birth to a son, weighing seven pounds and three taels. Zhao's father nicknamed him "Momo". Almost everyone was crazy with joy, especially those who were the first to join Zhao Xin; they Arriving at the door of Zhao Xin's house, the party started all night long.
After that, from Whale Bay to Beihai Town, from Fuldan City to Khabarovsk Town, all the loudspeakers played songs such as "Happy Ocean" and "A Hundred Birds Worship the Phoenix" back and forth. The residents began to celebrate noisily with gongs and drums. Singing and dancing amidst the cold wind and heavy snow.
However, Zhao Xin is not ready to be a father, or in other words, he has been making political preparations to "be a king without being a king." After all, for him, who is over thirty years old, when money is no longer an issue, only controlling power can That's what he's most passionate about.
Facing the constant stream of guests who came to the door with various gifts every day to congratulate him, Zhao Xin felt an unspeakable irritation. It wasn't that he didn't like his son, but he felt that these people in front of him really regarded him as his family.
The emperor of the world?
He also understood the thoughts of the ancients, but as a modern person, he still couldn't adapt. From this, Zhao Xin also began to formulate the future power structure of Beihai Town.
In mid-December, seven literati from Yangzhou finally boarded the ship home. Although everyone had confidence in Beihai Town, their family members were all in Jiangnan after all; even Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji were so determined that they had to go back.
Pack your luggage and precious books so that you can bring your wife and children over again next spring.
This time, Zhao Xin led his troops to attack Dagong Pass, forcing Qianlong to bow his head and sign the terms, which once again exposed the myth that the Manchus claimed to be ordered by heaven. After signing the agreement, Hong Liangji wrote an emotional poem titled
It was an article for "The Theory of Numerology"; Zhao Xin partially affirmed it after reading it, and gained a new understanding of this great scholar in the Qianjia era.
"Does a person's life have a destiny if he is short-term and poor? He said: There is no such thing. A person who is short-term and poor has a destiny. The sage has set up training for people below the average level... Why do you say that there is no life if you are short-term and poor?
? Some of the sail lice in Madam's body were killed before they were fully grown, some were killed after they had matured, some were not killed but lived and perished in the futile seams of fate, and some died due to bathing and bathing.
, there are many people who died due to excessive irrigation. If it is said that all people's lives have someone to take charge of them, then who will take charge of their lives? Humans cannot take charge of their lives one by one, and then Heaven cannot take charge of their lives one by one.
You can know your destiny..."
"The poor have destiny, and good or bad luck depends on people." This saying comes from "Han Ji. Ping Di Ji", which means that success and failure in life are all determined by destiny; good fortune or misfortune in the world are all obtained by oneself.
What Hong Liangji means in the article is that since humans cannot control the fate of lice one by one, then God cannot control the destiny of humans, so the concept of destiny does not exist.
However, his thoughts are still contradictory. As a traditional scholar-bureaucrat, born in a family of declining officials and gentry, although Hong Liangji can see some social inequalities, his inherent idea of "climbing up" makes him only see the surface; he denies the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
The theory of destiny is to confirm Zhao Xin's theory of destiny, so the second sentence of his article says "the sage established training ears for people below the level of Chinese talent."
That means that the scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor may not believe in fate, but the common people still have to believe in it and live in poverty and lowliness; otherwise, if they don't believe in it, each one of them will "offend superiors and cause rebellion."
In fact, Hong Liangji's words were a denial of the "people's theory" that Zhao Xin told Jiang Fan before. However, Zhao Xin does not intend to argue on this. Time will tell people's hearts, so let's take our time.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In another history of time and space, 53-year-old Hong Liangji was convicted of writing a "thousand-word letter" to Jiaqing and comprehensively criticized the government, resulting in his being imprisoned.
He was assigned to Yili. When he left, the people in the entire Beijing city rushed to see "Hong Hanlin who was not afraid of death" along the way.
What is extremely legendary is that there was a severe drought in the capital the following year, and Jiaqing's prayers for rain failed, so he immediately ordered a pardon for Hong Liangji and returned home. As soon as the order was issued, it rained heavily, which shocked Jiaqing, and even wrote a poem to describe it.
After Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji came back, they happily told others what they had seen with their own eyes. They confidently assured Wang Zhong that after returning this time, they would definitely mobilize a group of scholars to join them next year. They also suggested that Beihai Town should visit next year or
The imperial examination was held the year after next.
So 1789 passed in such a carnival atmosphere, followed by Zhao Xin's son's full moon wine; and then, the annual journey home through the crowd was about to begin again...
"Kaijun, why don't you pack your things?" In the dormitory area of the power plant, a colleague who was visiting saw Jin Kaijun and Bai Shu still playing games and asked casually.
As in the past two years, except for the thirty or so people who stayed on duty at the power plant, the others will leave this afternoon. It is now freezing cold, and work has also been suspended at the two power plant sites in Fuldan City and Khabarovsk.
, can’t continue until after March.
"There's nothing to deal with. Just grab your bag and leave. There's no rush." Bai Shu didn't even look back, focusing on shooting the zombies on the screen.
Jin Kaijun pressed the handle wildly and said, "I'll put it away in the morning."
One of these two people is in charge of electrical, and the other is in charge of thermal control. They are both highly professional and technical and do not have to work shifts. Although they usually only need to take turns when there is no major incident, but once there is an equipment failure or accident, they have to
I rushed to deal with it as soon as possible and had to work overtime to fix it.
But it is precisely because of this that people in power plants in technical support positions usually have to go to technical schools for half a day of classes the next day, and usually have to take apprentices. But because Bai Shu is young and has no interest in teaching and educating people, he gets off work every day
Just compete with the game.
Jin Kaijun was different. Although he had a good relationship with Bai Shu, he attended almost every class and had more apprentices than others. Moreover, this man had already applied to Wu An'an and Chen Qingsong and wanted to transfer to the civil affairs office.
However, because the final decision-making power on personnel appointments and removals in Beihai Town rests with Zhao Xin, even if Chen Qingsong agrees, he must wait for Zhao Xin's approval.
The problem is that Mr. Zhao has been very busy recently due to the birth of his son and condolences to Liu Sheng and others who are far away in Irkutsk, so it seems that this matter will be postponed until after the year.
The year-end banquet had been held yesterday, so the group who was preparing to go home had a hasty meal at noon, and then crossed the river with their luggage to the west bank. When the group was preparing to cross the river on an ice sled, someone discovered that Wu, the boss of the power plant,
The security guard also walked in the team carrying a backpack.
"Hey, Mr. Wu, are you going back too?"
Wu An'an said with a smile: "Yes, I have been working for you for two years. No matter what, I have to go back to spend time with my family this year."
"Haha, I thought you big bosses had to settle for dedication."
Wu An'an laughed and scolded: "What a fart contribution, who am I? Don't talk nonsense."
"In Beihai Town, Zhang Bo is the oil tycoon, Fatty Chen is the agriculture tycoon, Zhao Liang is the military industry tycoon, and you, Mr. Wu, are the electric power tycoon. You are one of the four giants."
"Stop talking nonsense. If you are envious, learn from Fan Tong and Cao Peng, and sooner or later you will become a big boss."
"Forget it, I know how much I weigh. Fatty Fan was almost beaten because of his blond girl. Look how tired Cao Peng was when he came back last time. He was with those businessmen and landlords every day.
We can’t do this because we are so arrogant. Forget it, let’s just work on electricity honestly and contribute to the industrialization of the eighteenth century.”
Everyone on the sled laughed after hearing this, and Wu Ping'an also laughed and cursed, "Nothing promising."
When everyone crossed the river and walked to the compound as a transmission point while chatting, the high walls were already heavily guarded. Just like last year, a company of Beihai navy and a team of security police were standing outside the compound.
At the gate, everyone has to swipe their card and have their fingerprints checked before entering.
The courtyard is surrounded by a five-meter-high brick wall with more than 20 cameras facing the outside; except for Zhao Xin, almost no one is allowed in.
In the eyes of the soldiers and civilians of Beihai Town, everything in this compound seemed extremely mysterious, and no one knew what was inside. Zhao Xin sometimes didn't come out for several days after entering, and no one brought water or food inside.
After everyone walked into the courtyard, they first passed through a patio, turned to the right, and saw another iron gate in front of them. However, the iron gate had already opened. After everyone walked in, a large container suddenly appeared in front of them.
This is the shuttle point between Beihai Town and another time and space. On the other side is the ranch that Zhao Xin rented from Uncle Andrew. However, the ranch has been completely changed, replaced by a large warehouse and a small office area; now
The raw materials purchased by Zhao Xin from various places are first sent to the port, and after arriving at the warehouse, they are brought back and distributed everywhere.
At this time, Zhao Xin was already waiting by the container, smiling and greeting everyone. Everyone was asking how his son was doing, whether he wanted to help carry milk powder, etc., and it was very lively.
After seeing Wu Ping'an, Zhao Xin came over and asked: "Old Wu, have you packed your things?"
"What can be done?" Wu Ping'an adjusted his glasses and continued: "I plan to go back and ask two more equipment vendors to see if the price can be reduced."
Zhao Xin nodded and said nothing. At this time, everyone began to "enter the warehouse" one after another. At this time, there was a sudden metal "squeaking" sound behind him, and Yu Deli's figure appeared in the corner of Wu An'an's eye.
"Old Wu, don't leave yet. I'll see you if I have something urgent." Yu Deli looked anxious, with beads of sweat on his forehead. "I just called the power plant, and then I knew you were leaving. Hurry up.
It’s coming.”
Wu Ping'an was a little surprised, so he left everyone and walked aside and whispered: "What's wrong?"
Yu Deli said anxiously: "There was an incident at Whale Harbor at noon. New immigrants and old immigrants started fighting. Chen Qingsong temporarily notified the heads of various departments to hold a meeting. Everyone else has been notified, so it's just you."
"Hey, I'm just in name, and I'm not in charge of immigration matters, so there's no need to participate, right?"
Yu Deli said: "Let's go, let's go, the later arrangements should involve the new power plant project." After that, he ignored Wu Ping'an and turned around and walked out.
Wu Ping'an took a look, sighed helplessly, and said to Zhao Xinda who came over: "Look, I said at the beginning that I would not join the Civil Affairs Management Committee, and you had to let me in."
Zhao Xin smiled nonchalantly and said, "If you leave later, you still have time to meet them. I will make a special trip to see you off after the meeting."
At this time, everyone entered the large container and sat down. Inside there were rows of seats similar to airplane seats. The four walls of the container were covered with thick sponge. There were also several oxygen bottles in the corners, with various
The oxygen masks on the seats were connected. Wu Ping An glanced at the container, then turned and left.
Zhao Xin walked inside to check and saw that Jin Kaijun looked a little nervous, so he casually said: "What's wrong?"
"fine."
"Why don't you go to the house to rest first and leave with Lao Wu later?"
Jin Kaijun didn't know what was wrong with him, and suddenly he felt inexplicably nervous. He shook his head and said, "No, it's really okay."
Unexpectedly, another incident happened at this time. Everyone who was already seated heard a female voice outside shouting: "Is Jin Kaijun here?"
The people who could enter this courtyard were all time travelers, but there was only one woman, Liu Siting and Director Liu Da. So Jin Kaijun removed the oxygen mask he was wearing and responded loudly.
I saw fluttering white clothes and swaying figures. Director Liu had already arrived at the door of the warehouse. She was wearing a mask, holding up a document and saying, "I have something to do with you."
"What's wrong?"
Liu Siting walked over and looked at the others before saying, "You'd better come out and talk to you later."
Jin Kaijun said: "You just said it."
Liu Siting opened the file, pointed to a line of test results and whispered to him: "Your test report the day before yesterday has come out. The blood test indicators are abnormal and the red blood cells are too high. It is best to do another test."
Jin Kaijun looked at the test results in confusion, then looked at Liu Siting: "I don't think there's anything wrong?"
"So it's best to do a test and draw blood. It only takes two minutes."
At this time, everyone in the container also advised: "Kaijun, go ahead, be careful and nothing serious will happen. Don't be careless about your health."
Jin Kaijun then got up and walked with Liu Siting outside the warehouse, stopped on the sidewalk: "Sister Liu, tell me, what will happen if the red blood cells are high?"
Liu Siting thought for a while and whispered: "Tumor,"
Jin Kaijun's expression changed immediately, and Director Liu Da continued: "Chronic heart disease, emphysema, tuberculosis, in short, there are quite a lot of related diseases."
Okay! Jin Kaijun was almost frightened by the opponent's loud gasping.
Just listen to Liu Siting continue: "If it is really tuberculosis, it will be troublesome, it will be contagious. So you have to come with me now. By the way," After saying that, Liu Siting took out a mask from her pocket and handed it to the other person to wear it.
Jin Kaijun had no choice but to put on his mask, go back and pick up his backpack, and followed Liu Siting.