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On the sixth day of the seventh month, Hanling City, craftsman's workshop. Vertex Says X 23 U OM

"Dingding......

In the workshop, the heat wave is soaring, and the sound of hammers hitting metal is incessant, bringing bursts of sparks flying. Several shirtless blacksmiths, covered in sweat, were using long-handled tweezers to hold some forged iron pieces and put them in buckets to cool.

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I saw wisps of white smoke rising from the barrel, and pieces of iron tools that had been formed were scooped up from the water and placed in the designated position.

The iron produced in the small blast furnace is carefully screened by craftsmen and carefully sorted by the amount of impurities inside. Iron materials that can be easily forged to become fine iron are naturally classified as first-class products, and are used to make blade armor for armament. The slightly inferior fine iron is classified as mixed military and civilian sharing, such as pots and pans, throwing guns, riding guns, etc., and the first class of ordinary iron is completely civilian......

"Alas...... Take a break......"

Seeing that the work in his hands was finished, the craftsman who had been busy before walked out of the craftsman's room to breathe, and some old smoking guns grinded out the cigarette sticks pinned to their waists by the way, and began to swallow the clouds and spit out the fog......

"Zhangtou, are you there too?"

Craftsman Sun Lian saw Zhang Gong, who was also resting, by the river, and greeted him.

When Zhang Gong heard this, he motioned for Sun Lian to sit beside him, and Sun Lian also strode to him and sat down, and handed him the kettle in his hand by the way.

Zhang Gong took a sip, returned the kettle to Sun Lian, and then asked, "Sun Lian, how are you doing these days?" I heard that Lao Feng and Gao Laohan's small blast furnace smelted molten iron is of high quality and quantity, how about it? Busy, right? ”

Sun Lian said with a smile: "Where to say, there is a lot of money to be made by working more, but it is all rough work, and it can't be put on the table, and it is not as good as Zhang Tou to do those delicate work, which is breathtaking......"

Zhang Gong smiled, a sense of pride spontaneously arises, he is now studying gear technology, and strive to solve the complicated problems of gear manufacturing as soon as possible, and popularize them into the daily life of the people, for the benefit of the people.

These are all what Liu Ce said to him, when he heard these words, Zhang Gong never expected that such a lowly craftsman would be placed on such high hopes, and he couldn't help but boil his blood and put more effort into his work and research.

"It's all the same, the general said, there is no distinction between high and low types of work, and the things I can research don't need to be made by your forge to complete the production? Without you, I wouldn't be able to ask the world no matter how much I grind out a bunch ......of things," Zhang Gong replied politely.

Sun Lian was also very proud in his heart when he heard it, and what Zhang Gong said was indeed the truth, no matter how good the utensils are, someone needs to make them with heart, otherwise it will just exist and have no meaning on paper. And I am just one of the executors of those sophisticated instruments, and of course I can have a sense of accomplishment in my heart......

Thinking of this, Sun Lian immediately said politely to Zhang Gong: "I'm embarrassed to see what Zhang Tou said, you just have to study those delicate jobs with peace of mind, as long as my grandson can help, just say it, nothing else, I still have a little bit of strength to knock and beat!" ”

Zhang Gong said with a smile when he heard this: "Then I'm welcome, don't blame me if you can't bear it and be too tired......

Sun Lian's face was horizontal: "Don't look down on people, I want to shout a tired word Sun Lian and write the word ...... upside down"

After saying that, the two laughed at the same time, they were very satisfied with their current life, their income was high, their lives were better, and more importantly, they had obtained something called dignity!

Suddenly, Zhang Gong said: "Tomorrow is Qixi Festival...... Alas......" I saw that his eyes gradually dimmed, and he sighed deeply as he looked at the flowing river, "Yingzi, it would be good if you were one step late, and you could enjoy a few days of happiness......"

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"General, tomorrow is the Chinese Valentine's Day, can the last general take a half-day off and go back to accompany my family?"

In the "General's Mansion", some young generals such as Guo Tao, Yang Fan, and Sun Cheng collectively took a half-day leave from Liu Ce after returning to a day's military affairs, because another day was "Valentine's Day".

"Are these bastards honestly abusing me, a single dog? Lao Tzu is not allowed, see what you do! Liu Ce kept complaining in his heart, but he was just complaining, it was naturally impossible not to agree to their requests in this kind of festival, not to mention that they were all newlyweds......

After thinking for a moment, Liu Ce nodded and smiled: "This general also has this intention, after you are busy with military affairs tomorrow, you will go home to reunite with your relatives and have a good time. ”

After a pause, Liu Ce said again: "In addition, the soldiers in the army will also have a half-day holiday, but they must return to the camp before tomorrow's morning exercise, and there must be no mistake!" ”

"Thank you, General!" All the battalions in the hall thanked each other in unison, with a look of happiness on their faces.

Liu Ce looked at them and couldn't help but start thinking, is the Jingwei battalion training too hard, except for the return from the battle to rest and rest, there are no holidays at all, should there be a seven-day holiday? It is also good to relieve the mood of the soldiers and get closer to their families, but this will not be officially promulgated until the Hulan people go south this year......

On the seventh day of the seventh month, the night ......

In the city of Hanling, a pair of beautiful people walked on the streets of the city, especially the families of the soldiers of the Jingwei Battalion, wearing new and beautiful light shirts and long skirts, one by one, like fairies, holding the arms of their own men and snuggling up to their sides, full of happiness on their faces.

"Husband, look there......" Yang Fan was beside him, and his wife Ning pointed to the paper lamp (Kong Ming lantern) rising in the sky, and said to Yang Fan, her face full of longing.

Yang Fan looked at it, couldn't help nodding, and when he looked back at his wife, he found that the already delicate Ning family became more and more attractive after being carefully dressed. After looking at it in a daze for a while, he said softly, "Let's go, take you with your husband to put the prayer lantern......"

"Hmm......" Ning's face turned crimson, and he agreed softly, and followed his man in the direction of the prayer lamp with small steps......

"Rice cakes, I'm going to put prayer lamps, hurry up and go buy them with me." On the corner of the street, a beautiful lady pulled Feng Chou Nian and trotted forward, this woman was Feng Chou Nian's wife Lu.

I saw that the fierce and vicious Feng Chou Nian was at the mercy of the Lu family like a child at this time, and he was really anxious, so he had to say loudly: "Slow down, slow down, I will buy it, I am a battalion flag envoy, you let everyone see how bad the impact is, can you save me some face......"

"What impact do you want? Is your face important, or is your lady important? Don't go quickly......" Lu Shi said and walked forward with Feng Chou Nian.

On the road, the soldiers under the command of Feng Chou Nian saw the appearance of their battalion flag envoys, and couldn't help snickering secretly, provoking Feng Chou Nian's face full of embarrassment, and he couldn't wait to find a hole to get into......

Most of these women who started a family with the soldiers of the Jingwei Battalion are relatively lucky, especially those veterans who followed Liu Ce all the way to the Far East, and their families are relatively well-off, and they can give their own women very superior living conditions. Of course, the main thing is that because of Liu Ce's persuasion, those soldiers have a lot of respect and care for their own women, and try not to let them be wronged. The status of women in this world is very low, and it is common for them to be beaten and bullied by men, and they can be abandoned at any time......

In the open space outside the Hanling City, Qin Mo, Yang Youhuai, Yang Fan, Sun Cheng, Yang Kaishan, Han Feng, Guo Tao, Feng Chounian and other generals at all levels gathered together with their own women, silently made a wish in front of the prayer lamp, and then lit the prayer lamp with fire folds and flew into the air......

"May my husband live a long life and turn evil into good ......fortune," the women in the open space looked at the paper lanterns floating into the night sky, and prayed to God to bless their men to return safely on the battlefield.

"May my Jingwei battalion overcome obstacles and be invincible, and may my generals meet their own ...... as soon as possible and no longer be alone" This is the wish made by the generals at all levels of the Jingwei battalion.

At this time, in Yuanzhou City, Jiang Ruoyan also released prayer lamps in the courtyard of the house.

"May the troubled times be peaceful and there will never be war...... this is Jiang Ruoyan's wish.

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In the private room on the second floor of a restaurant in Hanling, Liu Ce, Chu Zijun, and Xu Hui, the three single dogs, are sitting together to keep warm at the moment, and Chen Qing went to guard the barracks on their behalf because the generals in the army were on vacation......

Liu Ce watched the paper lamp fly up outside the window, and mocked Xu Hui and Chu Zijun unscrupulously: "How is it? Envy, right? Jealous, right? You two hurry up and find a family you like, don't delay it any longer, so that you can spend this Tanabata Festival like them next year. ”

Chu Zijun hurriedly said: "The general said that he laughed, Zijun is now focused on military affairs, flawlessly taking care of the personal affairs of his children, and it is not too late to think about it later......."

Xu Hui was also busy: "It's the same as Brother Zijun in Xia, so I haven't thought about it so much for the time being......"

Liu Ce glanced at them when he heard this, and couldn't help but shake his head, Chu Zijun and Xu Hui are the most outstanding in the Jingwei camp, and the two of them are knowledgeable and have good cultivation, the most important thing is that they are already a general who leads an army at a young age, they can be described as both civil and military and dignified, and countless young and beautiful women are very fond of them and secretly send Qiubo, but they are now only concerned about their careers, and they turn a blind eye to the affection of those women......

"Whatever you want, I really don't know what kind of heart to, what do you care about being so wide......" Liu Ce muttered helplessly, and then picked up his wine glass and gestured to the two of them.

Chu Zijun and Xu Hui hurriedly got up and picked up the wine glass in front of the table to salute Liu Ce, and the three of them raised their necks at the same time and drank it all.

Liu Ce put down the wine glass and said to the two of them: "Now that my Jingwei battalion is firmly established in the Han Tomb, the next thing to do is to resist the invasion of the Hulan people with all your might, you must step up the camp training, remember not to take it lightly, as long as you can withstand this attack by Hu Nu, my Jingwei battalion will make a qualitative leap!" ”

When Chu Zijun and Xu Hui heard this, they immediately got up and said, "The last general must live up to the general's high expectations!" ”

Liu Ce didn't speak, but stood at the window and looked at the prayer lamps flying higher and higher in the night sky, unable to calm down for a long time......

After a long time, he sighed in his heart: "It's July...... There should be some action on the outside of the Saiwai, God, since you sent me Liu Ce to this world, there must be your reason, it is not so superficial for me to be the king and hegemon, this is not my wish, since I have traveled all the way to this world, you have shown me what hell is called on earth, I understand that you can't stand it, you want me to be this savior, right? Okay, I Liu Ce has shouldered this heavy responsibility, but can you help me again, so that I have enough courage to protect the peace and calm in front of me......"

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