On October 21, the sixth year of Tianqi, General Liu Qing and He Yujiu suddenly came to the treasure port. Jin Shiqi and Cha Yingcai hurriedly crossed the river to meet their immediate boss. They had just arrived at the north bank of the Hongshui River, and General He Yujiu's car

The cavalry has already arrived.

He Yujiu is a man who pays great attention to dignity and dignity, but today he is not wearing an official robe, but a white gown. He is standing in front of a two-horse carriage with the red flag of "General", escorted by hundreds of soldiers.

, with his feather fan and turban and long beard, he looks even more elegant and extraordinary.

After the two captains paid their respects, General He grabbed Jin Shiqi's arm and said, "You kid, you haven't come to see me for several days since you came back from Guangzhou."

"I am guilty." Jin Shiqi hurriedly lowered his head and admitted his mistake, "These people are busy with military affairs in the treasure port, making guns and arrows, and the shipbuilding yard has just started construction. All kinds of things have not been done properly. I am ashamed to see the general."

"It's getting smoother and smoother." He Shenjiang said with a smile.

While he was talking, two more carriages followed and stopped nearby, and then four beauties came out. Jin Shiqi took a peek and saw that among them were the two sisters Ru Meng and Ru Hua whom he had met in Liuzhou. These four people

They are all concubines of He Shenjiang. They are all tall, with high noses and bright eyes, and their looks are somewhat similar. This is probably the type He Shenjiang likes.

The four beauties stood there in awe. Cha Yingcai felt slightly embarrassed and quickly turned his head. Jin Shiqi was just thinking about how to greet him when he was pushed away by He Shenjiang. He Shenjiang walked to Hongshui alone.

By the river, he took a deep breath of cool air and said loudly: "Concubines, come and see, this is the Red Water River."

The Hongshui River is the most beautiful in October. The mountains are vast, the red water is rolling, and the farmland is rolling like waves in the gentle wind. On the opposite bank is a plain that is dozens of miles wide. In the distance, small buildings are stacked one after another like bamboo shoots.

It rises from the ground, especially several tall ancestral temples and temples standing among them, showing extra majesty. Nearby, surrounded by green woods, wooden platforms are set up along the river bank, with hundreds of figures crowded among them.

There are also huge wooden beams being hoisted and moving slowly, which is the newly opened shipbuilding yard.

My eyes followed the river bank upstream, and various workshops were mixed together: tall, short, wide, narrow, and the wheels were filled with smoke. The prosperity was really exciting. In just a few months,

, Treasure Port has become a small industrial base.

He Yujiu was indeed a Confucian general. As he was walking by the river, he felt something.

He opened his mouth and chanted: "The mountains are as they were before, but new fields are rising at the foot of the mountains, and the silver waves are rolling and pulling on the golden sails. I am lying on the sword table, and I have received the real fire from the old master, and the sound of the armor being forged with thousands of hammers. Ah!" He sighed loudly. Don't wait.

Others applauded, and he changed his voice to a gentle one: "Smoke clouds are rising, and the old city is not covered in the smoke. The gurgling red water hides the rainbow. Drinking by the horse river, I remember that the fairy once lingered, and I was lost after searching for thousands of times."

"What a wonderful word!" Jin Shiqi admired sincerely. He understood 30% of it, and it was probably describing the scenery of Treasure Port. The second half was a bit poignant, was it an indictment of the destruction of the natural environment by industrial civilization?

"What you get is what you get, what you get is random." He Yujiu said very modestly. He took the two girls on his left and right and strolled towards the river. The other two little girls also followed with hurried steps. He Yujiu looked at the rolling red

Shuihe reminisced about the past and said sadly: "Yesterday, there was a lot of fun here. Today, people are laughing and laughing when they tell lies. They will go with them. Who will know where they are coming from?"

He raised his head and looked at the falling sky in the west. This magnificent scene made people feel relaxed and happy, but they only felt the unpredictable fate. "The bridge is like a rainbow, and here you go thousands of miles without entering the sea. Old friends from the old place are gone, and spears are dancing on the empty shore."

There was something sad and poignant in that word, so a knowledgeable girl next to her called out sadly: "Brother Ninth." As soon as she finished speaking, two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks. This acting skill made the few beside her sad.

The little girl is really jealous.

He Yujiu smiled brilliantly, and his eyes were shining with crystal light, "Three machines, the sweet voice is still there when we meet, hold up the pretty face..." As the old guy said, he pinched the beautiful concubine's tenderness with his old rough hands.

His face, "If you look closely, you will see that it is a new person." In an instant, he burst into tears and choked up: "The seven machines have touched countless past events, and my eyes are filled with tears. I only regret that I will not let go when the sun is empty, and I will return sixteen years late!"

A few lines of muddy old tears splattered on the river bank.

Jin Shiqi was stunned. This guy was so emotional. Is it for women? He had a lot of women! Could it be that there was such a shocking grudge that happened sixteen years ago? He was so wronged that year that he kept complaining.

Until today!

Those beauties hugged the general tightly and cried with him: "Brother Ninth, at least you still have our sisters!" "We will never leave you!" "Hold me tight, hold me tight!"

"Brother Ninth, you have to pay attention to your health!"

He Yujiu hugged the four beauties tightly and said sadly: "Like a dream, like a flower, like the past, like clouds, only you know me!"

Jin Shiqi and Cha Yingcai looked at each other, and both brothers were speechless.

After a while, He Shenjiang wiped away his tears. He turned around and looked at the two captains, "I think back in the past, He had a bad experience in the past by the Red Water River. Today, I feel so rude and rude!

You are laughing."

"I understand, I understand. In fact, I am also a lover." Jin Shiqi admired, thinking that this old guy is also a person with a story.

"Well, I have heard about your deeds in Shanhaiguan. We are the same kind of people." He Shenjiang looked at Jin Shiqi with a smile, "Xijie, how many wives and concubines do you have now?"

"General, don't mention the old almanac. I am very responsible now and only have one concubine." Jin Shiqi replied with a smile, "But I have been engaged and will marry next year."

"Not married yet? How old are you?"

"Almost twenty."

"You're older, you have to hurry up."

The general and the two captains talked about some family matters, and the distance between them became much closer. He Yujiu was really emotional today. He said in a long way that he should love women, be generous to women, and be fair to wives and concubines. From now on, children will be treated equally regardless of whether they are legitimate or concubine.

Treat everyone equally, blah blah...

"General, you came to Qianjiang after a long journey just to teach me how to run a household?" Jin Shiqi finally couldn't hold it in any longer.

"Originally, there were some official matters." He Yujiu nodded, "It's nothing serious. It's just that the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi has issued an order to summon everyone to Xunzhou to discuss the crusade against Hu Fulong."

"Isn't this a big deal?" Jin Shiqi was shocked. It was a military order from the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi! But this was exactly the news that Huang Kuan had mentioned before - the battle preparation meeting in Xunzhou was also a good opportunity for Jin Shiqi to display his ordnance industry.

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"Jin Shiqi, this time you are going to Xunzhou with me." General He Shen pointed to the dock on the other side of the river, "Those two fat boats, are they Longze and Wuteng?"

After getting the confirmation, He Shenjiang made an unreasonable request: He asked Jin Shiqi to sail the two large ships of Longze and Wuteng to send him to Xunzhou. Jin Shiqi was immediately stunned and thought: "What the heck, think of me.

Is he your private driver?"

These two large ships are not easy to maneuver.

It’s not that Jin Shiqi is reluctant to part with them, it’s just that they are too big, and they are completely powered by sails, so they cannot be tossed in the waters of the Xijiang River. They have not moved since they arrived in Qianjiang, and have been reduced to a training platform and storage warehouse for the water camp.

It's okay if you go to Xunzhou, because you are going down the river, so you just need to steer carefully. But when you come back from Xunzhou, you have to go upstream. When the wind changes and the water flows quickly, you can't control it at all, so you can only tie it up.

Trackers, dragging with human flesh.

Jin Shiqi has 300 recruits in his hands. They were recruited from the refugees and trackers in the lower reaches of the Xijiang River. They have just been trained for a month, and they have the appearance and temperament of sailors. If they take off their military uniforms and become trackers again, it will be harmful to their bodies and minds.

The blow was too great.

Jin Shiqi was twiddling his fingers to calculate. Now there is a second batch of sailors he recruited in the lower reaches of the Xijiang River. In half a month, they will probably be able to gather 300 people. By then, they can all go to Xunzhou for fiber-stretching. While Jin Shiqi was thinking about it, General He Shen stopped.

Question: "I heard that I still want to go to Xunzhou to fight for that business?"

"I also know that this is something that cannot be done, but I just don't like to admit defeat. General, I do it for Liuzhou's face."

"Didn't you read my letter? It's not a matter of face, it's because I'm afraid you might offend someone."

"General, please don't worry, I am sensible. I don't want to fight for blood, I just want to...do business."

He Shenjiang stared for a long time and then said: "You can do it yourself!"

He Shenjiang pointed to the rice fields all over the mountains and fields, "If I guess correctly, they are all sugar cane."

"Well, it's mostly rice."

"Oh... aren't you researching sugar-pressing machines? Mr. Wu Qian Wu Yongbo once praised them full of praise."

"It's a pity that our land is limited, so we can only feed our stomachs first." Jin Shiqi explained, "General, the tens of thousands of acres of fertile land to the west of the mountain pass are still occupied by mountain people. My subordinates miss me so much that they can't sleep at night, often in the middle of the night.

Woke up crying..." He said miserably, but actually he wanted to persuade He Shenjun to support his plan to fight a fierce battle - it was a battle involving ten thousand people, and he had to get the support of all the officers.

"I know, don't mention that embarrassing thing." He Shenjiang immediately waved his hand and refused to discuss this issue further.

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A few days after He Yujiu arrived at Treasure Port, he visited various great achievements of Jin Shiqi - the bridge across the Hongshui River, dozens of workshops and factories in the industrial belt along the river, and several factories directly under the jurisdiction of the Machinery Department.

We also visited the arsenal and the demonstrations of various weapons. There were also water conservancy equipment outside the city, kindergartens, and shipbuilding yards. Guangzhou’s advanced technology was introduced, and 100-grade materials have been spread out on the six slipways.

The keel of the big ship is also very spectacular when you look closer.

General He Shen also went to the newly completed Yingwu Temple to pay homage and left dozens of calligraphy treasures.

Finally, He Shenjiang also met a living treasure: Luo Ang, the "wonder boy" of the mountain people.

Ever since Luo Ang was possessed by the Goddess Hua Po on the beheading platform, he has become the idol of all the mountain people in Treasure Port. His name has even spread to the village a hundred miles away. But he is hiding in Treasure Port.

Hong Kong has been missing from the public eye for a long time - he first stayed behind closed doors to recuperate from his injuries, and then was sent to the secret unit "Dark Arrow" of the Military Intelligence Department for training.

Finally, on the second day after General He arrived, Luo Ang made a brilliant appearance again. This time he put on a brand new military uniform of the water camp, rode a horse, and was led by a group of heavy cavalry around the treasure port city.

A large circle attracted thousands of followers. The mountain people shouted wildly: "Luo Ang! Luo Ang!" and followed him closely to the front of General He in the Yingwu Temple.

He Yujiu was very moved and wanted to write poetry again.

Jin Shiqi had already reported Luo Ang's "miracle" to General He Shen. Now that he saw me, General He Shen was naturally very excited. He took Luo Ang's hand and looked at it, and wanted to draw his sword and test it.

Stopped it. He Shenjiang rewarded Luo Ang with 10 taels of silver, and then asked a very vulgar question: "Luo Ang, how does it feel to be covered in the golden light of the flower lady?"

Luo Ang closed his eyes slightly and said in a low, magnetic voice: "Reporting to the general, I don't know what happened at that time. At that time, I only felt very warm and calm, and I was carefree.

Like sleeping among the clouds."

When he said that, his face was still covered with a divine luster.

General He felt very strange and shocked. He instructed Jin Shiqi to take good care of this person. Of course he could not guess that all this was done by General Jin Shiqi. Even today's meeting was given to Luo Ang through the identity of General He.

Plate it with another layer of gold.

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To be continued...