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Chapter 743: The three-year-old reunion is fake and the real thing is hidden

Seeing Xu Dayong's appearance, He Xiwen and the other three people thought that this was the right move. As long as they got closer to this person, the idea of ​​getting a batch of in-demand goods from the Ministry of Trade was promising, and they could even establish long-term cooperation.

A relationship is not impossible. Of course, it is definitely unrealistic to expect this drink, but you have to have a good start, right?

Nowadays, various light industrial products produced in Beihai Town are popular throughout East Asia, such as cigarettes, matches, candles, leather goods, cooling oil, etc. Among them, cooling oil is the most popular among the people, because it is more durable than the essential oils favored by the rich.

As a result, supply exceeds demand in areas where mosquitoes breed in the south, and the retail price in the market has doubled several times. If you can get a batch of goods from the Ministry of Trade through Xu Dayong, you can at least double the profit if you resell them.

In fact, the formula of cooling oil is not mysterious. Experienced pharmacists and doctors can guess it almost immediately after smelling it or even tasting it. However, it is difficult to imitate it in batches and compete with Beihai Town on price.

Don't underestimate a box of cool oil that was ordinary in later generations. It reflects the industrial strength of this era from the inside out. The first is the large-scale extraction of various oily medicines. Compared with the 18th century method of adding firewood and boiling water,

The distillation process of Beihai Town in Bacheng can extract 300 liters of oily substances every two hours; the second is petroleum jelly, a by-product of the petroleum industry, which is large in volume and much cheaper than beeswax; and

It is a small round box made of tin-plated thin steel strips, spray-painted with a red paint base and a yellow tiger head.

Tinplate was not a rare thing in Europe in the 18th century. It existed in Bohemia in the 14th century. It was mainly used to make tableware and cooking utensils. It was sold in Macau, so it was called "tinplate".

". But to make it as thin as Beihai Town, to make it so small, and to manufacture it in large quantities, even the most industrialized Britain is unable to do so.

Historically, the French invented the tinplate can production manual at the beginning of the 19th century. From then on, the British began to mass-produce tin-plated cold-rolled steel strips and make military cans. But in this time and space, hey, the one in Beihai Town

If the three-piece can production line is operated at full capacity, the annual output can reach up to 100,000 tons; if converted into a 500-gram can, that is 200 million cans.

"Alas!" Just when He Xiwen was thinking to himself, he heard Xu Dayong sigh suddenly, and the squinting expression before disappeared. He stood up and took the wine glass from Ping'er's hand, and tasted it briefly, with a look on his face.

With a hint of a smile, he said: "Thank you for your kindness and the music. It's just that Xu is drunk. I'm sorry."

Huh?! This move not only surprised He Xiwen and the others, but even Miss Ping'er's face changed, wondering, is this person playing tricks on me? Just now, he looked like a pervert, but in the blink of an eye, he turned into a gentleman?

Liang Wenying said: "Master Xu, what are you..."

After Xu Dayong sat down, he explained: "Don't be surprised. The so-called gentle ladies are so-called gentlemen, and Xu is no exception. It's just that Xu and his wife made an oath when they got married last year. It's okay not to mention this."

After He Xiwen and others heard this, they all looked at each other and thought to themselves that this person had a tigress at home? The problem is that Beihai Town is so far away from Lianzhou. No matter how powerful the tigress is, can it control this place? Look at you, Xu Dayong, who is also seven feet tall.

A man who is so afraid of his wife?

Ping'er, who was standing by, was pretending to be in tears, but when he heard these words, his eyes lit up. He couldn't tell that this man was actually a gentleman, and his husband and wife loved each other deeply. If he could be with such a person, he would be lucky in his life.

A good place to stay.

Everyone here has their own guesses and plans, but what they don't know is that the man in front of them is not only the spy chief of the Northern Navy registered with the Manchu and Qing court, but he also has an unknown secret. This secret has been revealed.

It's actually quite funny. It was only on the night of the wedding that Xu Dayong found out that his wife, Cha Mei, was not only a Miao from Guizhou, but she was also a poisoner.

When Xu Dayong was sent to northern Jiangsu, in order to conceal his identity, the accompanying female operator pretended to be a family member. A few months later, the two of them cooked rice and became a real couple. It was unexpected.

More than a year later, the woman had an emergency and died. Later, he met the tea girl in Chongqing, and after spending a few months together, he somehow got to know each other right. However, because the tea girl was not yet eighteen at the time, and Xu

Dayong travels around a lot, so the two of them didn't get married until last year.

Just when the two were getting married, the pretty tea girl in a bright red wedding dress made Xu Dayong swear that he would never betray her in this life, and served him a cup of rice wine that had been prepared for him. At that time, Xu Dayong's semen was in his head,

He didn't care about anything else, so he just drank it without caring. When it was time to enter the sage's time afterwards, the tea girl shyly told him that there was a "love poison" in the wine and told him the taboos in it.

Tea girl has been lonely these years. She has seen too much false love in the brothel in the barbarian camp in Jiangbei, and her heart has become extremely sensitive. She followed Xu Dayong to the outside of the customs and had no one to know. Although she accepted him, she was worried about the future, so

Then I thought of the method of poisoning that I learned from my mother.

It’s hard to say whether “poison” really exists. Anyway, the ancients believed in it. The Miao people in many areas know it and pass it on from generation to generation, such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Hunan. But the principle of it is not clear even to the people who spread it.

Qing. Don’t look at tea girls who were abducted by traffickers at the age of ten. Since it is normal for girls to get married at the age of twelve or thirteen in these days, they have learned this since they were young.

This thing must be made on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, when the Yang Qi is at its peak at noon; the ingredients are nothing more than centipedes, poisonous snakes, earthworms, ants, loaches and mixed with Chinese herbal medicine.

As for the "love poison" specifically, it is usually planted on a man when a young girl wants to commit herself to her. It is also called "sticky poison" in the Xiangxi area. Once the man has sex with a second woman, he will have sex with a second woman.

Death by explosion. The "love voodoo" can only be solved by the woman who cast it, but after being solved, the woman cannot have a second man, otherwise she will also die suddenly.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This "extremely good news" immediately frightened Xu Dayong. He scored twice, which was unthinkable, and he felt like he was dead the next morning.

She went to Zhao Xin for help like an old lady.

Zhao Xin almost burst out laughing after hearing this, and secretly exclaimed in his heart. He pretended to think deeply for a while, and then he said seriously: "Don't we advocate monogamy? You just want to take the lead and set an example. As long as you don't owe Tea Girl, the poison will not happen."

.When the couple has a lot of babies in a few years, maybe one day she will get rid of you when she is happy.

Xu Dayong was about to cry but had no tears, and said that if the tea girl couldn't give birth to a son, wouldn't our Xu family be extinct? Zhao Xin was afraid that he would do something stupid because he couldn't think of it, so he patiently explained the truth of "XY". Then he said you

Although she is over thirty, Cha Mei is still very young. Moreover, our medical skills in Beihai Town are well developed, so it is not difficult to give birth to seven or eight children. Why worry about not having a son?

Xu Dayong had seen Zhao Xin disappear out of thin air with his own eyes, and had also seen Zhao Xin make a room full of food appear with a wave of his hand, so he believed in the words of this "True Dragon Emperor". From then on, even if he was outside,

Drinking flower wine will only satisfy your eyesight, and you will only be able to drink it for a while, but once you want to get serious about it, you won’t dare to do anything serious about it.

By the way, when he went south to Anping Port, Cha Mei was already pregnant. In addition, Xu Dayong's house is next to Wang Changsheng's house, and Wang Changsheng's wife will help take care of him if anything happens.

Seeing that Xu Dayong refused to eat even the meat in his mouth and looked henpecked, He Xiwen and the others lost interest. It was not easy to mention the cool oil anymore, so they could only find an opportunity to talk about it. Afterwards, the banquet was hasty.

At the end, Xu Dayong returned to the Yin Hotel. Before leaving, the Ping'er girl looked at him affectionately, with a bit of sadness in her eyes.

He Xiwen didn't really care that the business was not concluded. There would always be opportunities in the future. At present, his main task was to reach Nanning Prefecture within the specified time.

Early the next morning, while he was having breakfast, he suddenly received a telegram from the Northern Navy Staff: According to the news from Guangzhou, Zhu Gui, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty, and Fuchang, the general of Guangzhou, had arrived in Zhaoqing with 5,000 troops and planned to plan the Mid-Autumn Festival.

After the festival, we rushed to Wuzhou. In addition, the Qing troops led by Guangxi Admiral Peng Chengyao and their troops had arrived at Xunzhou Prefecture, Liuzhou Prefecture, Guilin Prefecture and Heping Yuefu. They were being transferred south to assist Wuzhou and Xunzhou respectively.

After reading the telegram, He Xiwen went to the war room located in the signing room of the General Military Mansion. As soon as he entered the door and saw Huang Zhong and others there, he immediately held a meeting to discuss the battle plan.

At present, the biggest problem for He Xiwen's troops is the boat. The Nanliu River and the Beiliu River are not connected. After the troops from Lianzhou arrive in the north of Yulin City by boat, they still have to walk more than 40 miles by land to Beiliu, and from Shajie

Get on the boat at the dock. However, when the troops were attacking Yulin, the nearby Beiliu County magistrate jumped over the wall after hearing the news, and actually sent troops to seize all the boats that had not had time to leave at Wangfushan, Toutang, Shajie and other docks.

, splashed tung oil and set it on fire. When the campers reached Beiliu, burnt shipwrecks could be seen everywhere on the river.

After that, although the troops also searched for ships everywhere, they probably found only small fishing boats with a capacity of four or five people, and not a single cargo ship with hundreds of materials. This would be fine if a small group of troops could infiltrate at close range, but there would be no chance of transporting troops on a large scale over long distances.

, there is more than 500 miles of waterway from Beiliu to Tengxian County! He Xiwen had no choice but to ask the campers to recruit craftsmen locally and work hard to build bamboo rafts. The problem of the boat will be dealt with after taking Tengxian County.

Now more than twenty days have passed, and nearly a hundred large bamboo rafts have been prepared. He Xiwen's only concern is that after the army is dispatched, whether the Qing troops from Wuzhou and Teng County will set up an ambush in the narrow part of the river to intercept the bamboo rafts.

The thing is neither covered nor blocked. Once the Qing army hides in a hidden place on the shore and fires rockets, it will definitely be enough for the soldiers to drink a pot.

When He Xiwen listened to the report of Huang Zhong and others, he had already made a decision in his heart, and his frown gradually relaxed.

"I decided to go out on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is still the old rule. Wei Chao will go first with the men and horses who will camp. If the Qing troops along the way don't stop them, ignore them and leave them to Liang Wenying behind. The first goal is to capture Teng County. .”

Huang Zhongtong nodded and said: "By taking Teng County and controlling the Xunjiang waterway, the Qing army in Wuzhou will not dare to act rashly, and we will avoid being attacked from both ends."

At this time, a young staff officer said with worry: "The army is dispatched, and there is a lot of movement just when the materials are loaded on the ship. These days, we are building bamboo rafts in Beiliu with great fanfare. The Qing army's spies must have seen it. Rong County's The defenders are not worried, but if Wuzhou knows about it, will they reinforce Teng County?"

Huang Zhongtong said nonchalantly: "If that's the case, then let's sing a big show for them."

He Xiwen knew that Huang Zhongtong had the most evil ideas, so he asked, "What can you do?"

"We might as well do this..."

As Huang Zhongtong revealed all his thoughts, an intense drama began to unfold in Yulin Prefecture.

First of all, on the morning of August 10th in the lunar calendar, as soon as the snack shops in and outside Yulin City opened their doors, they received a large order of mooncakes from the North Navy. The total number was as high as tens of thousands, and people from the North Navy came to place the order. They also paid a 50% deposit in advance, which made each dim sum shop feel happy and worried at the same time. The happy thing is that this is the first time they have received such a large order after all these years of work, but the worried thing is what will happen if the goods cannot be delivered on time?

In the morning, there was a surging flow of people inside and outside grain stores, dried fruit stores, and butcher shops. The people who came to purchase were all the bosses and clerks of various pastry shops. They were like crazy, buying flour, nuts, pork, sugar, etc. Things were swept away.

At noon, hundreds of surrendered Green Camp prisoners, led by soldiers from the Northern Navy, drove several oxcarts filled with wood through the streets and alleys to the small school ground on the east side of the Chenghuang Temple. At dusk, a huge The wooden platform frame appeared in the center of the school grounds. While setting up the platform, the prisoners also demolished the wooden fence walls on the west and south sides.

"I dare to ask Master Jun, what is this going to do?"

This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Because these days the Beihai Navy neither disturbs the people nor does it forcefully buy or extort people. He was no longer afraid, so some passers-by came up curiously and asked.

"This? This is a stage." The Northern Navy soldier who answered them explained with a smile. "Shengjing, the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, was captured. Our commander said that this Mid-Autumn Festival, the military and civilians should have fun together. From August 14th to During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the opera will be sung for two consecutive days. In addition, all the people who come to listen to the opera will be given a moon cake and ten coins."

"Ah! Why don't you pay for the mooncakes when you listen to the opera for nothing?"

"May I ask Master Jun, what kind of drama are you going to perform?"

"Nan Opera. A troupe invited from Lianzhou." Guangxi Opera had not yet been born in Guangxi at this time. The main popular among the people was "Nan Opera", which originated from Kun Opera. People in the opera troupe were also called "Red Boat Children".

The common people who heard the news were all dumbfounded, and then they were very happy. By the evening of that day, people in the entire city knew about it, and people from all walks of life were talking about it.

"No wonder Huang Ji is so busy today. I bet the Beihai soldiers want to buy mooncakes."

"Do you think this Beihai soldier has a lot of money? Is it a scam? People who go to the theater are giving out moon cakes, so how much do they have to give out!"

"What's the benefit of lying to you? You're not happy to get money for free mooncakes?"

"Not to mention Huang Ji, Zhang Ji, and Li Ji have all taken orders from the Beihai soldiers. The dried fruit shop next door to my house has sold out everything. It's so empty that rats can run away! I wanted to buy two taels of olive kernels, but they said they didn't have any!"

"Hmph! It's a waste of people's hearts and money! I think this Beihai Town is nothing more than that."

"Brother, be careful! Now that the imperial court has lost even the ancestral home of Shengjing, the date will change! Scholars like us must make plans in advance."

"I just don't know when this new dynasty will start to recruit scholars..."

"I originally thought that when the new emperor ascended the throne, I would definitely open Enke next year, but I didn't expect that Beihai Town would actually ask me to come to Guangxi. I am pitiful for a certain person who has been studying hard for ten years... I jumped on the street with a piece of paper in my mouth! I don't have money.

Not only will I go to get a big watermelon, I will also take my parents, wife and children with me! I want to see if he can keep his word in Beihai Town."

"Let's go together!"

Because we had to work overnight, the tall stage was set up the next morning. By August 12, the theater troupe from Lianzhou Prefecture also arrived. Because the Beihai Navy paid three times the salary and also took care of food and housing.

, there were dozens of people in the troupe, as if they had been given a shot of blood, and they started rehearsing as soon as they settled in their accommodation.

Time soon came to the morning of August 14th. On this day, there was a sea of ​​people inside and outside Yulin City. After hearing the news, all the people from villages and villages came. Thanks to the Beihai Navy, they set up points at various places at the city gate, and everyone lined up to enter.

All the people in the city can receive a mooncake card with the Beihai Navy's five-star mark. Otherwise, if so many people are in chaos, no amount of mooncakes and money will be enough to give them.

The flow of people after entering the city were all rolling towards the City God's Temple. The shops along the way were now busy. Shoppers were rubbing shoulders; the shopkeepers were so busy that they were sweating profusely, and the shopkeeper's hands cramped when he counted money.

He laughs like a lunatic.

The place to receive moon cakes and money was just outside the gate of the original garrison. The Beihai Navy had used ropes and wooden stakes to encircle the winding corridor in advance. Those responsible for maintaining order were all state government servants, holding sticks in their hands and talking constantly.

Those who didn't line up would not be given money or moon cakes. People didn't dare to crowd after hearing this, so they could only line up obediently. Fortunately, the stage was not far away, and people in line could hear it even though they couldn't see it, which was fine.

Feeling contented.

This incident quickly spread to Rong County, which made the originally nervous soldiers and civilians of Rong County immediately relax. Since the Bei Navy captured Yulin, the magistrate of Rong County summoned the people to defend the city and let the Bei Navy invade at any time. Question

It's because there has been no movement for so long, and no matter how tight the string is, it can't stand it.

Well, since the North Sea Pirates want to have fun with the military and civilians, it seems that this Mid-Autumn Festival can be peaceful for two days, so let's take a break and catch our breath. The magistrate of Rong County immediately wrote an urgent military report and sent someone to Teng County.

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