Wuzhou Raiders Chapter 18 Witness the birth of a new life
In the third year of Yonghui (652 AD), on September 16, three o'clock in the afternoon, it was sunny.
It has been a full month since Orion Hayashi Heiro practiced killing. Lin Pinglang was lucky, because just ten days ago, the document of amnesty arrived in Wuzhou, twelve days earlier than Wu Kang's expectations.
It is estimated that Li Jiu believes that Wuzhou is the birthplace of the golden dragon Xiangrui, and the people of Wuzhou must be allowed to bathe in the emperor's grace as soon as possible and enjoy the amnesty treatment as soon as possible, and the official document must be expedited with three hundred taels.
Wu Kang was somewhat regretful, and there was an evil illusion in his heart: the document arrived on the day of execution. can be like the TV play, riding a horse all the way to the execution ground, the moment the butcher knife is raised, he makes a shining appearance, unfolds the paperwork at once, and shouts loudly: The emperor has a decree, keep people under the knife!
Lin Pinglang finally escaped, which is also a blessing in misfortune. Wu Kang took his family and went to Wuzhou death row in person to open the shackles for him. The family hugged their heads and cried, knelt down in the direction of Chang'an, knelt three times and bowed twenty-four times, and their foreheads were almost broken, thanking Li Jiu for his mighty imperial grace, and wishing Li Zhong a long and healthy life.
It's a pity that this beautiful blessing, Li Zhong is not blessed, this kid is a tragedy! Four years later, he was deposed, changed from the crown prince to the king of Liang, and was driven out of Chang'an City to take up the post of assassin in other places.
After another four years, he was deposed as a commoner and imprisoned in the former residence of Li Chengqian in Qianzhou; After another four years, he was framed for rebellion and was directly given death. In this way, he didn't save his life, and he died at the age of twenty-two.
The amnesty document emptied the Wuzhou prison, and Cui Yixuan began to behave as a demon, ordering Si Gong to join the army Wang Yilang and carry out grand sacrifice activities.
It's not enough to finish the job, coinciding with the autumn harvest season, the old fox made an important speech, instructing Wuzhou to govern Jinhua, Yiwu, Yongkang, Lanxi four counties, all the officials go to the countryside, cooperate with the Lizheng in each mile, fight the autumn harvest battle, and ensure that the grain particles are returned to the warehouse!
Cui Yixuan moved his mouth, and the people below broke his legs. Wu Kang led the bad people to live in the township where the bad guards were responsible, and guided the work under the scorching sun, and all his subordinates complained, and complained to him every day. Helpless, he could only talk to the mud, but he secretly rejoiced in his heart.
In later generations, I helped my father harvest autumn, and now I help the people harvest autumn, nothing different. As the saying goes, if you have food at home, you don't panic. The farmer gets up early and is greedy for the night, and he works hard and sweats for these few days. This year, God opened his eyes, the wind and rain were smooth and the harvest was abundant, looking at the happy smiling faces of the villagers, my heart was also sweet.
Yesterday, the autumn harvest work was completed in the township where the bad guard was responsible, three days earlier than the stipulated time. Wu Kang was sympathetic to his subordinates, except for arranging Jiang Erniu to be on duty, everyone else was on vacation.
When I got home, I slept comfortably, and when I got up in the morning, I suddenly wanted to go shopping, so I rode out on a white dragon horse. Unfortunately, today is Market Day. On the sixteenth and twenty-sixth of each month, it is the Wuzhou market, and people come from all over the world to catch the market. In addition, the autumn harvest has just begun, and it is very lively. There was clamouring everywhere, pedestrians were bustling, and it was inconvenient to ride a horse.
Leading the horse and crowding on Dongming Street, it was easy to come to Huamanlou, hand over the horse to the guy to serve, go to the Tianzi box on the second floor, stand at the window with the window, and look at the diagonal opposite side of the restaurant. A lavishly decorated shop is the "Wuzhou Ice Village" that opened nine days ago.
Due to the popular route, the price of ice cubes is not expensive, and ordinary families can accept it. Ruyan talked about the grand opening day, Dongming Avenue was congested, and the ice cellar inventory was emptied on the same day.
With such a gratifying momentum, the second generation couldn't sit still, and they just arrived home with the front foot yesterday, and they blocked the door with the back foot. On the surface, they share the joy of making money, but in fact, they covet the other three percent of the shares that were promised before. Wu Kang, of course, sat on the ground and offered to use one percent of the shares in exchange for the right to affiliate all the merchants under their names.
The second generation didn't even think about nodding and agreeing, and left with the equity papers, and Meizizi went to share the spoils. After a while, Cui Wu went and returned, and told Wukang the truth, and there were only twelve businesses under their names. However, the second generation said that they would not accept the affiliation business in the future, and would give him the right to be affiliated with the Wuzhou business community!
Thinking of Wukang, I can't help but be secretly happy, when I develop Wuzhou's business, your intestines will be repentant. Looking at the bustling crowd, I soon found something interesting. A group of ruffians came to the south, the first few opened the road, walked six relatives and did not recognize the steps, and the last one pushed a wheelbarrow, shouting five and six good not majestic!
Collect money from door to door, whether it is a stall or a shop, not a single one. The outsiders who came to the market did not dare to offend them, and they obediently had money to give money, but they had no money to give goods. It didn't take much effort, the money bag bulged, and the wheelbarrow was loaded with a lot of things, vegetables, dry firewood... There's all sorts of stuff.
A group also came to the north, and they also agreed to the modeling, and they also pushed the wheelbarrow. The two groups seemed to have a holiday, they glared at each other together, and then they cursed each other, and when they saw that they were about to fight, a dog-legged man hurried over, and he didn't know what he said, and the two groups fled the street in a panic.
About five minutes later, Jiang Erniu appeared with a waist knife, and also took the steps of six relatives not recognizing, picked up two duck pears from a stall, threw a penny and left. The vendor stared at the copper coins on the stall, unable to return to his senses for a long time, and estimated that he had seen the bad people who gave the money for the first time.
Wu Kang, who witnessed all this, was quite a little crying and laughing, those ruffians fled just now, probably because Erniu came. The reason why Erniu gives money is because there is a third article in the "Code of Bad Guys": those who buy things and don't give money will be covered and fucked out.
All the bad people have family members working in the ice house, and the annual salary is 2,000 copper coins, which is enough for a family of five to spend a year, and no one dares to disobey the code. You must know that the tea picker with the highest salary is only 900 wen a year, and if you break the rules and are swept away, there is no place to cry.
As the minutes passed, the people who rushed to the market gradually left, and around the time of Shen, Dongming Street returned to normal. Wu Kang left the restaurant and rode home on a white horse. frowned and pondered on horseback, the post of sweeping away the evil and fighting evil had already been handed to Zheng Senjun, and it had been more than a month, and it was still in the sea.
Why didn't the old guy approve it? Could it be that the ruffian gang has a backstage? Thinking about it, I think it's unlikely, the scholar cherishes his reputation very much, and he also hates the ruffians and scoundrels, and will never be in league with them. What is the problem, Wu Kang was puzzled, thinking about what kind of medicine was being sold in this old guy's gourd when he had time to visit?
At this time, there was a shouting sound in front of him, and the smell of feces, Wu Kang looked up and saw an ox cart coming in front of him. There were two large wooden barrels on the cart, tied to the wheels with hemp rope, and two small barrels hung on the wheels, and an old man with a horsewhip drove past him.
This is the employee in the fertilizer factory, similar to the sanitation workers in later generations, and it is also the bad guy who leads the introduction, basically their relatives and friends. They had no basic salary, and they could get 30 copper coins for sending a cart of dung from the city to the savings farm.
The fertilizer storage factory in the south of the city, which was completed thirteen days ago, is responsible for watching the security of the compound, and is the father of the bad people. The old man used to be a government soldier, and he lost an arm on the battlefield and had a secret wound, so it was difficult for him to be competent for heavy farm work. For him, this job is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow. Although the salary is not high, it is only 500 copper dollars a year, which is enough for the Wen family to be grateful to Dade.
Thirty sanitation workers and 30 vehicles are responsible for the sanitation of Dongming Street and Jinhua Street, including cleaning up dung heaps, garbage heaps, and emptying toilets in each household. Jinhua Street is a street for officials, and officials of all sizes in Wuzhou, including Cui Yixuan, have settled there, so they must be kept clean and tidy. Dongming Street is the only way for officials to go to work, and it must also be kept quiet, clean and tidy.
Other places have no ability to manage, and they don't bother to manage it, but Wuzhou City is a big city, with a population of more than 50,000.
As the saying goes, planting a plane tree attracts a golden phoenix. Thirty cars under his command played an exemplary role. The bad people also released the news that no matter whether it is a black cat or a white cat, as long as they bring their own carriage and send enough manure to the savings farm, they can get 30 copper wen.
Many people began to blush, and they flocked to it for a while. Two people in a car, at least three times a day, 90 Wen huge amount of money in hand, can buy three buckets of rice. The news fed back by his subordinates, and there was an endless stream of vehicles going out of the city to deliver manure every day.
Just three days ago, all the dung heaps and garbage heaps in Wuzhou were swept away. Li Jiu's reward of 10,000 gold was all thrown out, and Wu Kang was nicknamed "Loser". If it weren't for the support of Ice Village's profiteering, it is estimated that it would have gone bankrupt a long time ago.
After cleaning up the garbage pile, the sanitation workers once again set an example. On the day of the delivery of the ox cart barrels, Wu Kang sent bad people to go door-to-door to inform the residents of Dongming Street and Jinhua Street that they would put the toilets outside the door in the morning and there would be workers to pour them.
Every morning, the sanitation workers drove out, walked the streets and alleys from house to house, poured the toilet into the big bucket, and gathered enough two buckets to pull it to the savings factory, and still got 30 copper yuan. The crowd was red again, and they were in a hurry to build large wooden barrels according to the specifications. For a time, the carpenter of Wuzhou City blossomed.
After being busy, the effect is very obvious, the environment is refreshed, and the air is much fresher. The leaders were very satisfied and gave Wukang an evaluation of "being able to do things". Cui Yixuan praised what he did through Cui Wu and encouraged him to make persistent efforts and reach new heights.
Looking at the ox cart in the distance, the mood was very comfortable, and the environmental improvement plan was formulated at the beginning, and more than half of it was completed, successfully replicating the history of "Ding Li style". The only regret is that due to the autumn harvest, the masons have all gone home, and the "public toilet plan" has been stranded some time ago.
Although construction has already begun, it will take at least ten days to complete. Without public toilets, it is impossible to rectify open defecation, and it is impossible to let people hold it. The bad guards have recruited more than 20 people, all of whom are idle bastards, plus their own relatives and friends, a total of more than 50 people. Waiting for the completion of the public toilet, he immediately went on duty, and the scope of remediation was still two streets.
The white dragon horse was leisurely walking with his hooves, and soon he met Xu Sanjiao, who was taking his two daughters to buy cloth. The father and daughter greeted him warmly, and the two little Lolitas shouted "Uncle Wu" angrily. Their original faces became ruddy, as if they had gained weight.
Wu Kang exchanged a few words and continued to drive the horse home. He's got a complete grasp of the bad guard, and his word is the golden rule. The families of the bad people all work in ice villages and fertilizer factories, and they also get a month's salary in advance, and their lives are worlds different from before.
In this case, you have to do what you say! Wu Kang made new rules that bad people must pay for things they buy, and it is forbidden to extort merchants in the city. The first mountain that pressed on the head of the merchant was successfully knocked down. The remaining two are more difficult, the ruffians are easy to deal with, and the city officials under Si Cang's army really dare not move at this stage.
I didn't say anything all the way back to the door, led the horse to push open the gate, and saw the picture in the yard, I couldn't help but be slightly stunned. Cui Jiuniang was dressed in white, sitting on a low stool, holding a small spoon in her hand, holding a tiger baby to breastfeed.
The tiger babies were bought from Lin Pinglang's house, not much bigger than cats, and their furry were very cute, and Wu Kang named them Tiger Head and Tiger Brain. There was a big bowl on the ground, which was full of goat's milk, and the larger tiger head was lying on the edge of the bowl, sticking out its tongue and licking it.
Her face was full of smiles, full of maternal radiance, as if the tiger baby was her child. The afterglow of the sunset sprinkled on his body, the picture was peaceful and warm, and Wu Kang couldn't help but be stupid. After a few minutes, he came back to his senses, led the horse into the yard, handed the reins to Sister-in-law Wu, came to her and squatted down, and served the little brain axe together.
Wu Kang thought about it, he had to hurry up and build an iron cage. Look at them now, and in a few months, they will look at me too. The length of the equities is about the same as that of a sheep, and they must be kept in cages, and they are not animal trainers, so they have no ability or courage to control them, and it will be bad if they become tiger dung.
After Jiuniang fed the tiger baby, she began to change her tricks and toss. Pull the little tiger baby straight up, rest her chin on the tiger's head, hold its front paws and swing it up and down, teasing both the tiger baby and Wu Kang.
The tiger baby has nothing to love, and Wu Kang can't cry or laugh. After all, a fourteen-year-old girl, no matter how mature she usually pretends to be, she can't change her naughty childishness. He smiled and stretched out his hands, constantly touching the tiger's claws, and forcing the tiger's teeth to show his nails.
After a while, he picked up the tiger brain, learned the operation of Jiuniang, and let the two tiger babies shake hands. The two of them and the two tigers were having fun, the picture was quite harmonious, and suddenly the door of the west wing opened, and Wu Yuan, who was sweating profusely, ran out and shouted excitedly: "Lang Jun's egg is broken!" ”
The harmonious picture cracked in an instant, and pieces fell to the ground, Wu Kang gritted his teeth angrily, stood up for a moment, glared at Wu Yuan and scolded: "What are you talking about, my eggs are good, your eggs are broken!" You cottage... What's that? You mean the eggs are broken? ”
Wu Yuan's face was flushed, and he couldn't stop nodding his head like garlic. Wu Kang was ecstatic, and calculated carefully, this batch of eggs was put on the kang twenty days ago, and today is exactly twenty-one days, which is the golden date for the chick to break the shell. Thinking of this, he couldn't hold it anymore, gently put the tiger baby on the ground, and ran to the west wing with a smoke.
The room was extremely hot, and there was a fire burning under the kang, estimated to be thirty-five or six degrees. The first batch of eggs for the experiment, there were 1,500 eggs, which were placed on the kang in a regular and dense manner, but fortunately I did not have a phobia of denseness, otherwise I would have to faint.
Wu Kai looked at the egg with the small hole and rubbed his hands excitedly. Jiu Niang and Xiao Cui also ran in, and gathered around the kang with Wu Kang, staring with wide eyes. The egg shook slightly, cracked at the breach, and everyone subconsciously held their breath.
After a few seconds the shaking stops and the chick is tired; After a few seconds, it continues to shake, and the outside world is very attractive. This repeated seven or eight times, and everyone was very entangled. Jiuniang reached out to touch it, Wu Kang hurriedly grabbed her wrist, lowered his voice and said, "Don't help it, let it come by itself!" The chicks that come out by themselves have more vitality and can survive better! ”
Jiuniang nodded, nervously withdrew her hand, her face quickly turned red, I don't know if it is hot or ashamed, or nervous because she is worried about the chick.
Wu Kang stared at the eggs, secretly cheering up. After a few minutes, the crack finally broke, and the hairy head poked out, with an eggshell on the head, and a slight chirping sound occurred in the mouth, and the fluff was a little wet, revealing dark red flesh.
Everyone was ecstatic, and the old Wu Kai was not calm, and his hand brushing his beard trembled slightly.
Wu Kang remembered Li Ka-shing's words, and said with a smile: "Eggs, breaking from the outside is food, and breaking from the inside is life!" This little guy is very lucky, it is the first artificially hatched chick, Xiaocui hurried to catch the millet... Corn. ”
Xiao Cui ran out in response, Wu Kang waited for the eggshell to be completely broken, and when the little yellow chicken stumbled, he carefully held it in the palm of his hand. The little guy was still unsteady, constantly falling and standing up, Wu Kang smiled and said, "As the big brother of this batch of chickens, do you have any acceptance speeches to make?" You have a heavy burden on you, and I depend on you to make my fortune! ”
Seeing that it was wet, Jiu Niang took out the handkerchief in her sleeve, and Wu Kang cooperated and lowered her hands to facilitate wiping the chicken baby. Looking at her cautious movements, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile.
Xiaocui held the corn over and gently put it on the chicken baby's mouth. Eating is the instinct of animals, and the chick can finally stand firm and keep pecking at the millet. Wu Yuan lowered his voice and reported, another chicken broke its shell.
Seeing that Jiu Niang's face was full of anticipation, she put the chick in her hand, and said with a smile: "Jiu Niang will hold it for a while, play enough and put it in the wooden box, and enjoy the other chicken babies breaking their shells... Xiao Cui take more corn and sprinkle a layer on each box, and it won't be long before a lot of chicken babies will be born! ”
Xiaocui ran out again, Jiuniang held the chicken baby and smiled, and kissed it gently. Wu Kang pursed his lips, glared at it and turned to look at the other egg.
The sweltering heat in the wing room blocked the excitement of many people, regardless of the fine sweat on their foreheads. At this time, Ruyan came back from the ice house, and was stunned when he saw this, and then he was ecstatic, and trotted over to take a closer look.
The second chick broke its shell, as if it was a signal, and the large eggs shook one after another, and the scene was shocking and warm. Thousands of eggs shook messily, eggshells cracked to varying degrees, and small heads popped up from time to time, like mushrooms after a rain.
Wu Kang was also shocked. The birth of a new life always brings excitement and joy. The broken chicks are getting bigger and bigger, and everyone is busy, and they are waiting for them together. Gently wipe the fluff and put it in the box to feed the corn, and Xiaocui also deliberately brought warm water.
The chirping was getting louder and louder, Wu Kang's head was buzzing, and seeing that it was about to get dark, he offered to send Jiu Niang home. Unexpectedly, but was decisively refused, she was busy and would definitely not leave obediently. In desperation, he ordered Wu Yuan to go to the Assassin Mansion and asked Cui Wu to come and pick up her sister-in-law...