The last battle against the Qing captives!

At the end of the 21st year of Xingqian, everyone in the entire Ming Dynasty from the beginning of the war had such an idea without exception. Now, that idea hasn't wavered, and it's getting more and more solid.

It's not just ordinary people who have a vague sense that the war is coming to an end. Even for the officials of the Ming court, they also felt that the war would soon be over.

Almost everyone is convinced that the final victory is not far off.

In the past six months, the war in the Western Regions has occasionally come out with some worrying news, but on the whole, the overall progress of the war is still extremely smooth. Under the command of Li Dingguo, 100,000 troops divided into three routes, launched the final attack on the Qing army, along the way the Ming army crossed the grassland and the desert at a lightning speed, and reached the hinterland of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and hundreds of thousands of Qing troops could not stop its edge at all.

In just a few months, the Ming army marched thousands of miles, and cities and fortresses were conquered by the Ming army one after another. This series of victories ignited the enthusiasm in people's hearts, especially the remembrance of the Jiashen year, and awakened people's memories.

"We will attack all the way, and we will not destroy the slaves and not return to the division!"

Once again, forgotten memories come alive in the minds of the world, many of whom are annoyed by their short-sightedness.

For the people of the Ming Dynasty, perhaps they once felt that attacking the Western Regions was a waste of money and labor, but now, when the painful memory was awakened, almost everyone shouted a sentence - destroy slaves!

Slave extermination!

If you don't destroy Jiannu, you swear not to return to the teacher!

Not only ordinary people, but even the relatives, friends, and families of those soldiers sent letters to their sons, husbands, brothers, and friends, telling them to avenge their lost relatives and friends!

War!

In another state, it started in the rear of Daming.

When painful memories are awakened, driven by hatred, people's enthusiasm for war is ignited, and everyone's enthusiasm is ignited.

Not because of anything else, just because of their deceased loved ones!

Forgotten memories have become the source of people's desire for victory. They no longer oppose the war as they did at the beginning, but devote themselves to it, even though they do not contribute much to it. More often than not, all people can do is keep an eye on the war, and their attention also influences the direction of public opinion.

Now, the Ming Dynasty's attention to the war is far more than in the past, everyone is paying attention to the war, paying attention to the course of the war, the same newspaper, as long as the war-related news is published, it can always sell quickly.

Such a 180-degree turn is even more incomprehensible to many people, but it is also reasonable, after all, people's painful memories are awakened, which is why people pay so much attention to the war, because this war is closely related to each of them.

Faced with the sudden interest of the people in the war, some newspapers made an extremely bold decision. They sent reporters to the front, and through reporters they conducted interviews on the front line, obtained first-hand information, and then sent it back to the mainland by express mail or telegram. A large amount of news from the front line makes people see the dedication of the soldiers on the front line, and while they are moved by the sacrifice of the soldiers, every victory, even a small victory. It will also rejoice the people in the rear.

Send journalists to the front!

In the face of newspapers that had seen a surge in sales as a result of their war news, many newspapers took action. War correspondents were sent to the front.

"Kai'er, are you sure you want to go?"

Looking at his son, Li Yu asked with a smile.

The Li family has been running a newspaper since more than ten years ago, and as for him, he no longer writes fragrant and is published by others. Instead, it was serialized in the newspaper, so more than ten years later, now "Jinling Daily" has become one of the top ten newspapers in Nanjing. However, as early as three years ago, he had already handed over the newspaper to his eldest son Li Jiangshu, and although he was only 21 years old at the time, the newspaper not only did not decline under his control, but even its circulation rose several steps. In this way, Li Yu, who is over 70 years old, can also retire with peace of mind. However, today's peaceful days were broken again.

"Father, please forgive the child for not being filial, the sage said, "Parents are here, do not travel far, there must be a way to travel", this time the child desires the Western Regions, because now the whole country is concerned about the war ahead, the child can interview the soldiers in front of the nearest place, so as to send back the first-hand report, so that the "Jinling Daily" has become famous all over the world, as for the other, the child also has his own selfishness. ”

Looking at his father, Li Jiangkai hesitated for a moment, and then said.

"There are five children's brothers, ranked second, and they have set up their own doors a few years ago, but they are still sheltered in the newspaper and their fathers and brothers, so naturally it is not a long-term solution, so the children also hope to find some ways in the Western Regions, and settle there in the future to spend money for my Li family......"

As the second son, Li Jiangkai has his own ideas, and for him, he has never limited his future to this newspaper, and has always been confined to the protection of his family. He has his own ideas for the future.

The son's words made Li Yu silent, for him who only got a son in his fifties, after the eldest son Jiang Shu, the following year, Ji gave birth to another son named Jiang Kai; At the age of fifty-two, Ji had another son named Jiangrong, and after a month, Wang also had a son named Jianghua; Later, he had three sons, Jiang Fen, Jiang Fang, and Jiang Pan, a total of seven sons, Jiang Rong and Jiang Fen died early, and there were five sons. Having a son in his later years brought endless pleasure to his humble life.

But because of this, Li Yu was extremely distressed for each of his sons, and in the early years, in order to enable them to be self-reliant, he even spared no expense to buy them shops and houses in Nanjing, and sent his sons to the newspaper.

The eldest son only said that the second son would leave home, but he didn't say that the second son could not be hired for his own property. Just to keep my son with me. But now the second child's decision still makes him reluctant for a while. But no matter how much reluctance he has, he knows that this day will come eventually.

It's just that he didn't expect this day to come so early. In his opinion, it should be at least a few more years to wait.

"Hey, actually, it's all because my father is too selfish, if you don't just think about the joy of family, why should you go to the Western Regions as far away? If your father agrees to you taking the civil service exam, ......"

Li Yuchang sighed that after graduating from the academy, he did not agree with his son to take the civil service examination, because those civil officials were all going to be sent to the colony, and he did not want his son to go to the colony, even if it was only a few years. He was worried that his son would go there, so he never returned.

But now, how much closer is the place where my son is going? In fact, many people always have to go far away if they want to make a living. After all, there are more opportunities there.

"Father, in fact, the child never thought about being an official, and the reason why he wanted to take the civil service exam back then was because most of his classmates were like this."

Is that really the case?

Of course not, as the second son, he knew that one day he would definitely leave the Li family and set up his own door, so he wanted to take the civil service exam with his classmates. In the past few years, the idea of leaving the Li family has not disappeared, but has become stronger and stronger, and it is not a long-term solution to send people under the fence.

One day, if you have a conflict with your brother and leave at that time, will you just live on the rent of the shop given by your father? People who have no long-term worries must have near-term worries.

It's time to leave!

In the past, he had never made up his mind, but now, with a moment in front of him, if he missed this opportunity, he might never have the opportunity to leave.

"This time the child wants to go to the Western Regions, but it's actually ......"

After a moment of silence, Li Jiangkai said.

"The child wants to go to the Western Regions to see, I want to see the desert there, look at the snow-capped mountains there, look at the grassland there, the Ming Dynasty is there to expand the land more than 10 million, the child wants to see there, what is it like there......"

In the past 20 years, people like Xu Xiake have been exploring this strange world, they are called "explorers" by the emperor, called "explorers", it is the travelogues of those explorers that make people see this world and understand this world.

It also makes ordinary people full of imagination about the world. Full of yearning, even now some people do not go overseas because of overseas opportunities, but because overseas is a very different world from Daming, that strange world attracts them, so that all young people are full of curiosity about the outside world, and they are eager to see the new world.

Perhaps, the Western Regions is not a new world, but the snow-capped mountains, deserts, and even the legendary Flaming Mountains are all attracting them, and Li Jiangkai, as a young man, is also full of curiosity about it. He longed to make his own career there, but he also longed to get to know that strange place.

Of course, as a journalist, he knows very well that there are too many opportunities there, in that strange land. As the first pioneers, they will inevitably reap unimaginable rewards.

Looking at his father, General Li said with a smile.

"Father, now is different from the past, you can come by train in a maximum of twenty days, it can be said that it is close at hand, if the father misses the child, just send a telegram, the child will definitely rush back."

The convenience of transportation and communication has changed everyone's lives, and Li Yu has been deeply touched by this over the years, but even so, now, the reality that his son is about to go away and will settle thousands of miles away still makes him a little reluctant.

But after a long time, he still sighed, and he couldn't help it. What's more, he can't stop his son for his own selfishness. He also knew that this might be a better choice for his son, a better opportunity.

looked at the resolute son in front of him. Li Yu said.

"Well, let's go to your grandfather's grave in the afternoon......"

Father's long sigh made Li Jiangkai nod, and then said.

"Father, you must take care of your health in the future......"

Sometimes, leaving is always a simple thing, for Li Jiangkai, his departure is just a ticket, a suitcase, after all, now he is leaving Nanjing as a journalist sent to the front, not a settler to the Western Regions. Even if he's ready for everything now. Even he had already told his wife. If all goes well, he will write to them to come and be reunited.

The train goes all the way to the west, the steam locomotive spewing thick smoke is driving west along the Central Plains, the Longhai Railway is the earliest railway built in the Ming Dynasty, it was only a horse-drawn railway at the earliest, it is this railway that changed the Ming Dynasty, from horse-drawn to steam locomotives, from cast iron rails to wrought rails, and then to the current steel rails, this railway has witnessed the change of Daming railway technology.

Sitting on the train, as if entering another world - a new speed, always will make people feel very magical, in fact, the speed of the Ming railway is not fast, even if it is a trunk railway like this, the speed is about 60 miles per hour, but even so, it is much faster than the carriage, and traveling thousands of miles a day on the train is no longer a fantasy, but a fact that has long come true.

The carriage swayed from time to time, and the occasional smell of soot would enter the carriage, and the smoke would choke some people to cough. However, even if the environment seems to be a little harsh, if it is a third-class car, there will be hundreds of passengers crowded in the carriage, and all kinds of smells are mixed together, which is definitely not a good environment. But even so, trains are still the first choice for people to get around.

After all, the speed of the train makes up for all of it.

Of course, if passengers are willing to spend money, they can go to the second-class carriage with a relatively good environment, or even the first-class carriage, of course, the best environment is probably the first-class sleeper, although the speed is the same, but the environment in the first-class sleeper is very good, when the sleeper door is closed, there is not much difference from home, there is a bed, there is a table, you can lie down to sleep, you can also sit there and chat.

Moreover, the service in the sleeping car dining car is by no means the same as that in the ordinary car. Compared with ordinary food trucks, you can enjoy extremely exquisite meals in the sleeper food truck, of course, but the price is slightly more expensive.

"Hmph, look, such a dinner, such a little chicken, a little vegetarian dish, and a small bowl of rice, dare to charge a penny of silver, and the railway company is not afraid to force people not to eat the food in the dining car?"

While eating the food on his plate, Wang Yun complained.

"But if you don't eat it, what can you eat on the train?"

General Li said with a smile. The two of them live in the same compartment. Although the professions are different, they have long become friends after contact along the way.

"Like a passenger in a third-class carriage? Eating chow mein? Yes, the hot water on board is free. But you see......"

Li Jiangkai looked at the other passengers in the carriage and said.

"Passengers who can afford to sleep in a sleeper will definitely not care about this money."

Who cares about such a small amount of silver? Since even such an expensive train ticket can be afforded. Naturally, I don't care.

"A tael of silver is outside, but I can invite a few people to rub it together! Such a small thing, it is so expensive. ”

"It's on the train, and the price is different depending on the place!"

As a journalist, Li Jiangkai is well aware of the difference on the train.

"Longhai Railway is the franchise route of the railway company, and the price they set, you can not accept it, you can not eat it, but as long as you want to eat, you must accept it!"

"I understand what you mean, because there is no competition, right, the dining car on the train is operated by the railway company, and there is no semicolon except for this one, that's it. Whoever does the exclusive business will do it like this. Actually, I think maybe you can rent these two food trucks separately to others, just like shops, so that the price will be much lower, after all, with competition, it is no longer an exclusive business. The price will be lowered. ”

"It's also very simple, the railway company only needs to increase the rent, so that even if someone else rents it, for the sake of profit, it will also increase the price, anyway, for the railway company, in any case this is an exclusive deal, all they need is profit. As for the rest, there is no need to think about it at all, after all, it is impossible for others to sell things on it......"

General Li said with a smile.

"Just like the shops in the train station, things must be more expensive than those outside the station, you have to get used to all this......"

All right!

Wang Yun smiled helplessly, all this is a fact that cannot be changed, and then said.

"You're a journalist, shouldn't you speak up?"

Seeing that he couldn't accept his point of view, Li Jiangkai didn't defend himself, but wiped his lips with a napkin, and then said to the guy.

"Man, what's the newspaper?"

"Ming Pao", "Gongyi Daily", "Henan Daily", "Yellow River Evening News", "Kaifeng Morning News", ......"

The guy who came with a newspaper bag hurriedly introduced. And took out a lot of newspapers, and the whole person seemed very enthusiastic.

"Then give me a copy of the Bulletin!"

"For you...... Thanks, a penny. ”

"A penny?! This is inevitably too expensive, isn't it ten cents per copy? Why is it so expensive in the car? When is this newspaper? You also took out yesterday's newspaper and sold it? ”

Li Jiangkai said exaggeratedly, and at the same time handed the newspaper to Wang Yun.

"Look, the newspapers are all from yesterday!"

Isn't.

Wang Yun took a look at it, and the newspaper was not yesterday.

"This, this has the reason to sell expired newspapers, and this newspaper is expired, which is equivalent to waste paper."

"Hehe, sir, you joked that the newspaper is overdue, that's also a newspaper, isn't it?"

"Forget it, give me a ......"

Waving his hand, Li Jiangkai paid the money quite helplessly, Wang Yun looked at him in surprise and asked.

"Since the newspaper is expired, it is equivalent to a piece of waste paper, why do you still buy it?"

Li Jiangkai, who was sitting in the seat, sat up straight, unfolded the newspaper and said.

"Because on the train, you don't have any other choice!"

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