The red twin cities in the sunset, the red roof reflects the brilliant afterglow, the water of the red double river seems to have become the color of gold, this point, there are still farmers working hard, stepping on the huge gears by the river, in the rhythmic trumpet, the heavy wooden waterwheel with the cold river water flowed into the ditch dug between heaven and earth, and then moistened hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land.

Engels once said that the foundation of the feudal empire in the East was the organizational framework of the government organizing the peasants to build large-scale water conservancy facilities to achieve agricultural irrigation. Whenever the dynasty was prosperous, water conservancy projects extended in all directions, and even in the event of a famine, there was a hoarding of water to relieve the siege of scorching and drying, which was insignificant.

What really defeated the dynasty was not the disaster, but the inaction of the officials, just like today's Ming Dynasty, the corruption of the imperial court has reached a peak, the superstructure is vying for power, intrigue, and the local officials below are also unpaced, corrupt and perverted the law, and the great drought for many years, the local officials are not thinking about how to repair water conservancy and resume production, but to take away the last mouthful of food from the peasants, local production is stagnant, and the ruling base of those yeoman farmers and small and medium-sized landlords collapse, and it is strange that the dynasty does not collapse.

So in the Dongjiang River, the first element of Fan Wenju's administration is to build water conservancy in various places, dam and build lakes, to be honest, these things Mao Jue himself didn't expect that this waterwheel was still Fan Wenju's apprentice, and the civilian officials brought here this time led the construction.

But no matter who built it, it was all Mao Jue's, riding back from the Snow Valley, watching all this, the sense of accomplishment was as refreshing as eating ice cream on dog days.

In particular, today he also relied on "sacrificing his body" to solve the internal contradictions of the Dongjiang Group, which made him comfortable with his eyebrows raised, his head held high, and his head shaking his tail, as if he walked with BGM.

It's just that when he walked in front of the Red Twin Cities and erected the Great Anger Bridge on the Red Twin River, Mao Jue's expression couldn't help but be a little stunned, grabbed the reins of the horse, and looked at the bay in amazement.

Today's Hongshuang Port is not like Tieshan Port, where the breakwater in the sea is built with cement, and there are long trestle bridges, and a large number of fleets still have to rely on anchors to fix them, and the messy appearance makes Mao Jue, who is obsessive-compulsive, extremely unbearable.

This is not the point, the point is that for the time being, Sakhalin Island does not need a sailor, the main fleet of more than 6,000 sailors let him send back to the Dongjiang River, according to the time of loading and transportation, there are at least five or six days to come back, why did he come back today?

Isn't there something wrong with Dongjiang?

As soon as his heart tightened, Mao Jue immediately waved his hand to the team, and the hair lance in front of him immediately raised the whip high.

"The master travels, and the idlers avoid it!"

In the midst of the rapid shouting, the townspeople returning with hoes on both sides of the road flashed in fright, and then pointed at the swarming cavalry.

Fortunately, the planning of the Red Twin Cities is to adopt the chessboard design of Tang Chang'an and Heianjing in Japan, and it took a few turns to enter the city gate, and in less than ten minutes, Mao Jue ran back to the red brick wall, and it was also smeared with lime, and the three-story governor's yamen, just entered the courtyard, and a large group of newly arrived war horses immediately neighed in the courtyard corner stable.

These are the military horses of the Dongjiang pro-legion, and sure enough, something happened!

Behind the courtyard is the lobby, a typical Ming and Qing dynasty yamen layout, here is to act as a court, to resolve internal disputes, from the stairs behind the hall, a familiar horse face is in sight, blushing and thick, Wen Meng is shouting something with Luo Zhige, and the latter is full of embarrassment, keep waving his hands, listening to the sound of the stairs, he is like a heavy fist like an amnesty.

"General, you can come back, General Wen has something urgent to find the general, but you ordered, no one should look for you today!"

This Luo Zhige is really brainless, but it can be regarded as a blessing to him, this Mao Jue was able to stabilize the "one-shot enmity", and now that he is back, it is useless to say more, turning his head, Mao Jue raised his chin directly at Wen Meng, who was also impatient and rolled his eyes.

"What's wrong?"

"General, I don't know what happened to the general."

In a word, he almost didn't let Mao Jue vomit blood, and he ran back a few days in advance, and the supplies and immigrants were probably not sent to him, and he was making a lot of noise and shouting for a long time, you don't know anything about your feelings?

Seeing that Mao Jue's expression was obviously wrong, the goods hurriedly clenched their fists.

"General, it's this person who has something urgent to tell him, and he still refuses to say that the old handsome man is absolutely important, and he will send the last general over to each other."

The?

Mao Jue noticed that leaning on the mosaic glass window at the other end, a short figure in a gray cloak was looking down at the neat red roof in the Red Twin Cities, listening to the voice, the owner of the figure finally turned around, and Adelee, who was followed by Inexplicably rushed back, immediately seemed to have knocked over the vinegar bottle, and the sour taste was about to float out.

"Shopkeeper Luo?"

The Jiangnan girl who held a golden feather fan and bent eyebrows and apricot eyes smiled skillfully was not the female shopkeeper Luo Ning who made Mao Jue suffocate in Hangzhou, but was dragged onto the thief ship by Mao Jue in the end.

To tell the truth, don't look at the Dongjiang and the Luo family have a lot of cooperation, Dongjiang's grain imports from the south of the Yangtze River are handed over to the Luo family, as well as bud rice liquor, soft Chinese cigarettes, and the Luo family is also a sole business, especially the two of them are also jointly operating tens of thousands of acres of sugarcane forests in their obligations, and the annual sugar is worth millions of taels, but Mao Jue pays for it, and this girl is definitely not friends.

She carefully thought about pit herself and didn't mention the goods when she returned to the north, just the last time she clicked with a machete, and cut off the calf of the only strong man of his Luo family, her baby brother Luo Jin, it was enough for this woman to hate herself, not to mention, the matter of Hangzhou, colluding with the Japanese and falling into Hangzhou City, it was a big crime to rob the family and exterminate the family.

However, this girl actually traveled thousands of miles north to find herself, which made Mao Jue unbelievably vigilant.

"You, come to my Dongjiang, what are you doing?"

This blunt answer made Luo Meiren dissatisfied, and her little mouth pouted, she looked aggrieved, and she hugged her little fist softly and weakly.

"Lord Mao has no conscience, when you were old in Hangzhou, the concubine did her best, lest the hospitality be inadequate, but when I came to you, I didn't even have a cup of tea, and I came up to drink it."

The two small fists were put together and stretched forward, and she said with a coquettish look again.

"General Mao suspects the concubine, so let's arrest the concubine as a slave and a traitor, put on shackles, and torture it!"

The sharp-toothed mouth is better than this girl, the mouth is hard-working, Adriana can't say anything about her, being robbed by her like this, Mao Jue's old face suddenly couldn't hang up, so to speak, he is really idle He is very childish, and he has a small belly and chicken intestines with a woman.

On the other hand, Wen Meng shrank to the side and laughed wickedly, he had long suspected that this girl was Mao Jue's concubine, otherwise Old Man Mao would not be able to let him personally send each other as a general with the identity of Mao Jue's uncle.

And behind Mao Jue, the vinegar was even stronger, the two vinegar jars seemed to have opened their lids, full of sourness, Adriana went up and grabbed Mao Jue's arm directly, and there was a shrewd smile on her face, and she said with a clear smile.

"Shopkeeper Luo laughed, my lord took care of Shopkeeper Luo in Jiangnan, how could he suspect Shopkeeper Luo! It's just that the lord is the head of a town, and he is busy with official business, so some trivial things are naturally really annoying, and his tone is a little rushed, and the shopkeeper Luo forgives me. ”

said that it was an apology, but these trivial words were deliberately said with a little Wu Nong's soft accent, and Adriana's sarcastic meaning couldn't be clearer, who is my master? Go to your broken yard to live for a few days, that's all to give you face, why are you embarrassed to take out such a little thing and bring it to you?

In the secret battle between women, both pairs of watery and round big eyes rubbed out a series of crackling sparks, as if smiling at the little hand of this girl carrying Mao Jue, and then Luo Ning gently stroked a pair of soft Yi on the little belly that seemed to be slightly raised, very self-pitying, and lowered his head resentfully.

"Trivialities, the concubine naturally doesn't dare to bother General Mao, but this kid ......"

The corners of Wen Meng's mouth almost didn't open, I had heard Da Dahai say that his nephew was very charming in Jiangnan, and there was a bewitching slut who was stalking behind him, and he was all sent north to find his father! It seems that the old man can finally feel at ease.

Looking at her bulging lower abdomen, Adriana's eyes almost didn't burst into flames, good guy, Mao Jue just issued a call to "lay eggs" this afternoon, and there is one who has come out on top! The little face barely maintained a smile, and her little hand was twisted on Mao Jue's arm.

The painful grinning, Mao Jue himself is even more bitter in his heart, he can claim to be amorous and not abusive, not a lower-body animal who can't walk when he sees a woman, why, this still meets the porcelain?

"Shopkeeper Luo, you, you, you're laughing!"

…………

It's really a joke, so that Adriana can put her mind at ease, but she is so angry that she is itching at all, at the dinner table, Luo Ning directly took out the "doll" from her arms, a doll-shaped pillow, such a thing coaxed her to turn around the secret secretary, how can she feel like her IQ is being shown.

It's good not to be a father, Mao Jue himself can't remember this "doll", whether he gave it to this girl by himself, although Luo Ning played a little trick again, but after all, it was indeed in Hangzhou, she entertained very wholeheartedly, Mao Jue didn't want to leave a stingy reputation, and immediately ordered a banquet on the third floor of the mansion.

This table is really the top banquet of the Dongjiang River, sweet pine nut corn, all kinds of mountain mushrooms are put on several plates, as well as the famous chicken stewed mushrooms, and the salmon that has just been brought back is also on the table, although it is not as chic as the Jiangnan side dishes, but the atmosphere of the north is undoubtedly displayed.

There are several desserts alone, this is also Adriana's revenge, Mao Jue likes the kind of girl with meat, but it is by no means the fat and greasy kind, she wants to eat this vixen into a big fat pig, and less of her own master's idea!

It's a pity that her careful thinking has been in vain, although the meal is rich, Luo Ning's mind is obviously not on the dinner table, taking a small sip of mushroom soup, her beautiful eyes are always looking at the mosaic glass outside the window.

Not to mention the only mosaic glass of this scorpion, the red twin cities under the glass are definitely a scene, a two-storey building with more than a dozen households, at this time it seems to be the lights of thousands of homes, the lanterns are on, the whale oil lamps lit up by every household, the corn oil lamps are swaying with happy points of light, and the literacy street shops in the center of the city as a commercial street, there are cheerful little tunes in the tavern, and the farmers who have worked all day are drinking wine and resting there.

If it weren't for the cold smell in the air, Luo Ning would even suspect that she had arrived in a prosperous town in the south of the Yangtze River, and this trip to the north would have been a real eye-opener for her, what a bitter cold place, deceiving, right? The prosperity of Tieshan is not even comparable to Changshu Songjiang.

Replacing wine with soup, this girl really saluted Mao Jue sincerely.

"I heard in Shandong that I was outside the south of the Yangtze River, Luo still scoffed, this time I didn't know that I was a frog at the bottom of the well when I arrived in Dongjiang, General Mao can be called a miracle, and the concubine toasts you!"

After all, it is his own proud work, and he can be praised by beautiful women, Mao Jue also has a light on his face, and he can't help but smile and answer with a glass of wine.

"Where, where, the shopkeeper Luo praised it falsely! However, although it is not as prosperous as Jiangnan, the scenery is still a little bit, this time I will take the Luo shopkeeper to wash the dust, and tomorrow Mao will take the Luo shopkeeper to have a good visit!"

"That, sir, aren't you going to meet with Lord Wei of Canghai and East Jiwei tomorrow? You are busy with official business, so let the concubine entertain the shopkeeper Luo!"

"When am I going to meet ......, ouch......, yes, I'll meet with the commanders of the guards tomorrow, look at my head!"

Thorough prevention is in place, eating Adeleena's pinch, Mao Jue grinned sadly and nodded, but there were also stars in the words to show off, there is a woman who is jealous of herself, is it not a disguised show of affection or what? Mao-sama is also beautiful!

This little action naturally couldn't escape Luo Ning's eyes, but after drinking the mushroom soup, her little face suddenly became slightly serious, and she shook her head gently.

"There is no need to visit, this time the concubine is here, and she will go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and the concubine has a deal that she wants to talk to General Mao!"

"Oh? Did Shopkeeper Luo get anything new? ”

Mao Jue raised his eyebrows in interest, but Luo Ning, who listened to this, shook his little brain slightly again.

"The concubine is stupid, where is General Mao, where are you full of tricks here? The concubine heard that the general you are really face-saving, making friends from all over the world, and even winning a big business in Kyoto, I don't know if the Luo family is lucky enough to sponsor one or two? ”

As soon as she heard this, Mao Jue's face couldn't help but change slightly, this woman, yes! Don't look at him making waves in the country, the Ming Dynasty around him has always been at a loss, what she said is the hot spring tourism in Kyoto, the second Qinhuai River project, here from head to toe without Mao Jue's name, she can actually get the news to find her head, I have to say, the eyes and ears of the Luo family are really bullish.

It's a pity that after being surprised, Mao Jue immediately shook his head like a rattle.

"Shopkeeper Luo laughed, Mao is just a rough martial artist, trapped in a corner of the Dongjiang River, the day is just precarious, where do you know any big people in Kyoto?"

(End of chapter)