When Quan Baocai happily brought Abin and more than a hundred fellow villagers to Ishinomaki Town, he didn't know how much trouble he had caused. The incident soon spread back to Beihai Town, and Li Ji learned about it
My nose was crooked with anger.
When he received the order from Xu Funan a few days ago, Li Ji was shocked and unbelievable. He immediately went to Zhao Xin for confirmation, and then stayed up all night. He really wanted to go to Pingtai right away and question him face to face, why did he tell lies?
You must know that Pingtai was picked out from the pile of dead by Zhao Xin! If Zhao Xin hadn't heard the moan he made, Pingtai would have turned into a starved skeleton on the roadside like his father and sister.
Pingtai has been in the island country these years, and has never married. He comes back at most twice a year to report to Zhao Xin and Shen Jingdan. Others thought he was doing business in the island country to help Beihai Town make money, but Liji later came out one after another through Kyoto.
situation, and realized that Pingtai was doing something extremely secretive.
Although the Wanshiyi lineage is not a human being in the eyes of ordinary people, but a high and feared "god", how many people have seen a real person? Let alone seen any "miracles". And Zhao Xin, the "great god"
"But to be honest, not to mention Li Ji, many people in Beihai Town in the early days had seen his "supernatural powers" that were made out of thin air.
In Rikichi's view, neither the emperor nor the generals, nor even the ministers and daimyo, have ever cared about the life and death of the common people. It would be better if they died! After living in Beihai Town for many years, many early naturalized residents of the island country have realized that
In order to change the miserable situation of the island country's farmers, we must completely overthrow the shogunate, eliminate the hierarchical feudal system, and establish a society where everyone is equal like Beihai Town, or simply merge into Beihai Town-the future of China.
territory.
What on earth was Pingtai thinking when he betrayed Zhao Xin at the height of his power?!
However, one of the key reasons why Li Ji has been favored by Zhao Xin in recent years is that he is obedient and does whatever he is told. Even if he has any questions, he will put it aside and do it honestly. What he is most worried about now is
Quan Baocai's intelligence bureau identity was exposed. The island country didn't understand what was going on, but if Ping Tai knew about it and sent people to investigate him, his affairs might be exposed.
You must know that whether they are going back to visit relatives or have a mission, 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 really caught by the local officials, they have to find a way
Rescue people. Although such a thing has never happened before, rules are rules and must be followed.
Quan Baocai's trip was a secret operation and he didn't report it to Liu Zheng and Pingtai at all. But now it's good that he returned to his hometown to avenge the murders and even brought more than a hundred peasants to escape from the feudal clan!
On the other side, Xu Funan, who also received the news, immediately contacted Wang Changsheng, the head of the Intelligence Bureau, and asked him to immediately destroy all training materials of Quan Baocai, and also asked the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs to transfer Quan Baocai's personnel relations back to the North Navy. So.
As a result, Quan Baocai became a squad leader of the Heilongjiang City garrison camp again. This time he returned to the island country just to ask for leave to visit relatives.
As for the more than 100 people he brought out, after talking with people from the Immigration Bureau, Xu Funan decided to arrange them to the new immigration point on the east side of "Tolihadatun". That place is on the other side of Heilongjiang City
, the fifty acres of land under Quan Baocai's name is also there. By the way, Toli Hadadun is one of the famous "Jiangdong Sixty-Four Tunnels" in another time and space.
That night, a Captain of the North Navy stationed in Ishinomaki Port came to the courtyard where Quan Baocai and the others were renting, and called him out alone to talk for more than an hour. Only then did Quan Baocai realize how big a trap he had caused. But he
I don't care, even though the income if I go back to serve as a soldier is much lower than the income in the Intelligence Bureau, as long as Abin is around, I can even let him work as a farmer.
Because he was traveling with more than a hundred people, Quan Bao still missed the last boat back to Beihai Town. Fortunately, before leaving Niudu Village, he dug out a lot of gold and silver from Kisoya's shop. Abama and
A group of prostitutes also took away a lot of property from the brothel, so they rented several large courtyards in Ishinomaki Town, and bought a lot of food, clothing and daily necessities from Beihai Trading Co., Ltd. and distributed them to each family.
We are planning to leave in February when the voyage begins.
The so-called "daizayuan" in the island country is actually a cheap long house composed of bungalows divided into several rooms. There are some with one floor, some with shops on the ground floor, and residences on the second floor. There are many levels. Generally, the rooms in this type of large courtyard are
The sizes are all nine-foot-two rooms, which is the size of six tatami mats. In addition, there are also six-foot-two-and-a-half and six-foot-two rooms.
The people who live in this kind of place are urban civilians, small businessmen, handicraftsmen, shop assistants, accountants, poor scholars and wanderers. Farmers who go to work in the city will definitely not be able to afford it. For those who come to the "big city" for the first time
For the villagers of Niudu Village, the courtyard is no less than a mansion.
In line with the idea that spanking a child on a rainy day would be a good thing if you have nothing to do, Quan Baocai discussed with A Bin and decided to get married. A Bin was naturally happy. When the news spread, other villagers also helped organize the wedding.
Common people's weddings in the Edo period did not require specific forms of marriage contracts like samurai families did, nor did they require large banquets. For the poor people who lived in poverty, marriage had nothing to do with Shinto and Buddhism, and even the wedding day was not.
It is no different from usual. The main purpose of the wedding is to let acquaintances and neighbors know that they are husband and wife. The man and woman usually just celebrate briefly with the neighbors living in the courtyard. There is a pot of tea for guests and a few bars.
Grilled dried squid is enough as a snack.
The matchmaker can be the landlord or a neighbor. The bride usually wears ordinary clothes. If the groom wants to wear a kimono with a family pattern, he can borrow it from the landlord. Everyone who comes to the wedding will bring their own wine and food as gifts.
, everyone just needs to have some fun.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Although Abin's idea is to "drink water with love" and be simple and warm, Quan Baocai does not want to treat his woman badly. Now he is not
In the past, when the peasants had three rights, the harvest of fifty acres of land would be deducted from the 40% of the village cooperative's custody, plus the annual income of 300 Beihai silver dollars. Whether it was placed in the island country or taken next door, it would be a wealthy person.
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So he decided to hold a decent wedding, and treat everyone to a good meal and drink, as was customary in Beihai Town.
Since there are all kinds of people living in the courtyard, as long as you are not afraid of spending money, many things will be delivered to your door if you say hello, and it is also the kind of shopping.
For example, ask the clerk at the kimono shop to bring two sets of dresses, ask the clerk at the wine shop to bring a few jars of good wine, ask the clerk at the Chinese paper shop to bring beautiful Chinese paper to make the house look brand new, and ask the clerk at the incense shop to bring good quality ones.
Incense and red candles, and ask the grocery store clerk to bring some women's powder, combs, hairpins, hairpins, mirrors, sewing boxes, etc. Even things like shaving, haircut, combing, and makeup,
As long as you say hello in advance, someone will come to your door with tools to serve you early on the wedding day, so there is no need to worry.
In addition, a dowry set must be purchased for Abin. In these days, women must prepare at least a "three-piece set" for their dowry. The first piece is a dye iron slurry device for dyeing teeth, and the second piece is a portable box-type toiletry.
desk, and the third item is a sewing box.
That's right! If a woman in the Edo period was engaged or married, she had to dye her teeth the color of iron and give her a dark grin, which looked like the "Sadako" of later generations.
In addition to the above mentioned, it is also necessary to find a restaurant clerk to order a sumptuous wedding banquet. Because the trade with Beihai Town is increasing year by year, Ishinomaki Town’s business is becoming more and more prosperous; as long as you are willing to spend money
, all kinds of seats can be arranged.
Under the advice of his enthusiastic landlord and neighbors, Quan Bao ordered a "chicken and seafood dinner" for 150 people. In fact, there were only three dishes in total, dried squid slices, salty sea cucumber soup, and salted fish and chicken cooked in soy sauce.
.In addition, let people cook two large pots of white rice and eat them open.
Although this was a big deal for the restaurant, because the time was too short, the boss and his family took the staff to work, and after a full day and night, they finally had all the materials ready.
In the early morning of the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, a heavy snow fell all over the Mutsu region. The snowflakes falling from the sky turned Ishinomaki into a silver-white world, and the snow falling on the sea was blown away by the wind like smoke.
Rotating and floating, it seems to be announcing that the past is being erased and a new year is about to usher in.
Because Quan Bao sent the invitation yesterday, so in the morning, the officers stationed here from the Northern Navy and people from the Northern Sea Trading Company came. After hearing about it, the acting official of the Ishinomaki Office also immediately sent someone to send a gift.
After hearing about this incident, many local people came to watch the fun.
At about ten o'clock in the morning, Quan Bao, who had changed into a "shengse" (dark blue) dress, walked into the newly renovated house under the guidance of the landlord. Other Niudu villagers who were watching the excitement wanted to take a look inside.
The landlord raised his arm and blocked him back.
"Wait outside! You can't go in!"
Several villagers smiled and said: "We want to see the bride!"
"Haha, I'll see you soon after the ceremony is over. Why are you so anxious?"
Unlike Chinese people who are surrounded by relatives and friends when worshiping, in the Edo period, the wedding ceremony of island country civilians only had the presence of the bridegroom, bride and officiant, and relatives would not attend. Because the people in Udo Village did not understand the complicated procedures of urban weddings, so
We can only ask the landlord’s wife to be the master of ceremonies.
By the way, if it is an ordinary samurai wedding, the guests present will also include the male and female nobles and the maid serving wine; as for the wedding of upper-class samurai, the woman's wet nurse will also be present, responsible for instructing the bride on the etiquette.
Quan Bao followed the landlord's wife's instructions and sat carelessly on the upper hand seat opposite A Bin, while A Bin, who was wearing a white dress, was already sitting on the lower hand seat on the left front of the alcove. A little behind him sat the smiling landlord.
Wife.
When the landlady was about to announce the "three offerings" of exchanging cups for cups - that is, offering three cups for each cup and exchanging cups for drinks three or three times, Quan Bao suddenly raised his hand to signal the other party to wait a moment, and then gave a look on his face.
He said to A Bin solemnly and sincerely: "A Bin, I, Quan San, are the luckiest men in the world to marry you! But you and I can be where we are today, thanks to Mr. Zhao Wang, if it weren't for him
He saved me on the boat at the beach..."
A Bin's eyes flashed with tears of happiness, and he nodded and said: "Yes! You must work well for King Zhao in the future."
"No, what I mean is," Quan Baocai turned his body to face due north and west, and said to the surprised A Bin and the master of ceremonies: "Let's kowtow a few times to King Zhao who is far away in Beihai Town.
, I wish King Zhao a long life! If there are gods and Buddhas in this world who can save suffering, he is the only one!"
Abin nodded when he heard this, smiled with his dark teeth, and the couple knocked heavily in the direction of Beihai Town...
Zhao Xin didn't know how other people were spending the Spring Festival. Anyway, he was very tired during the Spring Festival. But he couldn't blame others for this, it was purely his own doing.
He first went to Chiyan City on New Year's Eve, comforted A Miao and Wang Zhenyi, and had a deep talk with Wang Zhong; then he rushed back to Beihai Town on New Year's Eve to accompany his parents, Shen Xuan and his son to eat
After a reunion dinner on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he received those who came to pay New Year greetings at home. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, this guy went to Fuldan City and stayed with Tang Xiao for two full days. Then he returned to Chiyan City on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
, it was not until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year that he appeared in his study room in Beihai Town again.
"Ouch! We can't do this next year, it will cost lives!"
Wu Siyu, who was sitting opposite him, watched Zhao Xin drinking ginseng tea and beating his lower back. He couldn't help laughing: "You deserve it! The days are still long. Let's see what you do in the future."
"Alas~~" Zhao Xin lamented, thinking that if he didn't wait until spring, he could just build a yard in Whale Town. At least he wouldn't have to travel thousands of kilometers back and forth.
"Oh, I forgot to congratulate you. The thousand-year-old iron tree is finally blooming. How many months has it been?"
"Just two months." Wu Siyu smiled very proudly. After a year of traditional Chinese medicine, his wife was finally pregnant. The couple's depression for many years was gone, and Chen Yin'er kept urging him to marry.
The little thing went as planned. So during the Spring Festival, Wu Siyu stayed in Beihai Town, happily accompanying his wife.
"Okay, let's get down to business first." Zhao Xin took another sip of ginseng tea, wiped away his previous joking expression, and said to Wu Siyu: "I plan to retire both regiments from active service this year. You are now in charge of the Military and Political Department. What do you mean?
Is there any difficulty?"
"What about the time? When do you start preparing?"
"April, too early or too late is not appropriate. It will take time for the new recruits to go north, and then there will be a handover and defense change. It will probably take July or August before they can come back."
Wu Siyu took out a small book from his pocket, opened it, flipped through it and said: "There is no problem in replenishing personnel. We recruited 5,000 new soldiers last year, of which more than 3,000 were from Outer Mongolia. What do you plan to do with the retired veterans?
How to arrange it? Go home and farm or go to a factory?"
"You are kidding, how can we let them farm?" Zhao Xin also picked up a pen and kept writing calculations on a piece of white paper, and then said: "Select two thousand people to form a Shandong detachment, and go to Jiaodong with Kong Shaoan to open up a base. The remaining
Everyone goes to the factory."
Zhao Xin then briefly explained his plan to Wu Siyu. His idea was that as long as the number of new immigrants from the Jiaodong area could exceed 500,000, and with two years of preparation time, the Beihai Navy would march into the customs!
Wu Siyu nodded and said: "It's not easy! It's been eight years and I'm finally going to pass!"
Zhao Xindao: "In recent years, our territory in the Northeast and Siberia has almost expanded. The next step is to immigrate to the border and build roads at the same time so that the people have enough to eat. In this way, the 'human-land conflict' within the customs will not be so severe."
Sharp, when we go south and enter the customs, the food pressure will be much less."
Wu Siyu made a few notes in his notebook and asked: "What do you think about the Russians?"
"The news came back before that Admiral Potemkin still didn't survive the winter and died in Kazan. I heard that Catherine II was severely damaged because her old lover was gone. Now Tsarist Russia is serving as the emperor
The prince has not even agreed to start a war with us even in the Senate, so just wait and see, their mission will probably arrive at Red Rock City by the end of March."
"what do you think?"
"I'll talk about it first. If the conditions don't satisfy me, let the guys from the Cossack Emirate 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? Northern 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, let me ask you a question. What do you think is the foundation of a strong country?"
Wu Siyu thought for a while and gave many answers including industry, military, population, etc., but Zhao Xin shook his head in denial.
"Okay, don't be pretentious and just tell me!"
"A huge territory." Zhao Xin said calmly: "What are you afraid of being desolate? Having resources and strategic depth is the most important thing. Even if such a country declines occasionally, it will still rise after a hundred years! The so-called failure to plan for the overall situation
If you don't plan for the world, you won't be able to plan for a while. Not to mention Siberia, I plan to send people to North America to build a stronghold, and we can occupy it first!"
"Huh?" Wu Siyu rolled his eyes and asked tentatively: "When you asked Deng Fei and others to go to Europe, in addition to wanting to mess with the British, are you also thinking about the French colonies in America?"
"Hehe!" Zhao Xin extended his thumb and said with a smile: "Let me tell you, as long as you, Comrade Wu, are not lazy and are willing to use your brain, you are no worse than others. This is exactly what I want!"