Chapter 143: Zhangjiakou Points

Zhang Zhimu saw that the prince looked weird, and he also asked with a smile: "Where did the prince start with this?" ”

The prince didn't take his eyes off the mirror and said, "I didn't know what I looked like before, but I was still alive." This time I know that I am like this, do you think I can still live? ”

Zhang Zhimu and Li Qing couldn't stop laughing when they heard it.

The prince suddenly said, "I will bring this treasure back, and I don't dare to use it." Even the emperor's Fur machine tribute mirror is not as good as this, do I dare to use it? ”

Zhang Zhimu immediately understood, and said: "I said Wang Gonggong, can't you say it directly?" I've already prepared the emperor's share, so you can bring it back. ”

The three of them burst into laughter again.

Early the next morning, the prince set off with a long convoy and prisoners with 2,000 cavalry sent by Jinyiwei and Li Qing. Huang Yongfa and the four families of four families had four million taels of silver, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and treasures and jewelry that had been confiscated were loaded with a lot of carriages. Fan Yongdou and the other four first criminals were all held in the prison car, and Zhang Zhimu sent them to change into bulky but warm leather clothes, which made the four of them very moved. The other men of the four families were tied in a string, but fortunately they were all dressed in warm clothes. The ladies were all crammed into the ten steel spring carriages sent by Zhang Zhimu. If it weren't for these ten cars, these women would have died on the road in the ice and snow.

Zhang Zhimu went to the city gate and sent these people out of the city before returning to the inn, he always had the eyes of the four people on the prisoner car in front of him, which was the eyes that put all hope on him. That's the only thing on their minds now.

After entering the inn, before Zhang Zhimu entered the house, Yang Yulin came over and said: "Alas, those children cried when they knew that their family was leaving today. ”

Zhang Zhimu hurriedly went over to comfort them and said, "I didn't let you go to the city gate to send it, because I was afraid that I would be seen and sued to the government, in that case, you wouldn't be able to survive." Zhang Zhimu stroked the head of the youngest boy and said, "I saw the eyes of the adults in your family, and their only thought is to let you live well." Therefore, you must be strong, from now on you will be relatives to each other, and you must love and care for each other in the future. Don't worry about the adults, all the women sit in the steel-reed carriages, and the carriages are surrounded by ura grass and leathers, so that they can't freeze. I have the men put on leather clothes and pants. I also take care of them on the Maharaja Highway so that they will not be sinned on the road. ”

Zhang Zhimu talked to the children for a while, and the children got better.

Zhang Zhimu said to Yang Yulin: "When you are better, you will spend more time with the children, they are too unfortunate to be so young." ”

Yang Yulin said: "How can you fight for the world with your mother-in-law like this?" ”

Zhang Zhimu was taken aback when he heard Yang Yulin say this, and said: "Who said that I want to fight for the world, talk nonsense." ”

Yang Yulin snorted with her nose and turned to leave.

Zhang Zhimu thought to himself, what I did already made people think that I had the intention of fighting for the world. It seems that we should quickly solve the problem of the Qing army in front of us, and go back and seize the time to develop our heads.

Just two days before Zhang Zhimu and their departure were about to leave, another piece of good news arrived. Yang Jing came to Zhangjiakou with a hundred musketeers and a hundred steel carriages.

Yan Boju and Yang Jing led a large team forward, and the two of them didn't dare to be careless along the way. Seeing that Yan Boju usually looks lazy and lazy, but he is very serious in doing things, Yang Jing led people to open the way in front, he was not worried at all, he definitely knew Yang Jing, this child. He himself is not idle, running back and forth. One moment to see if the goods are tightly tied, another to see if the captives are obedient, and another time to see if the children and women are squeezed.

As soon as they got on the road, the people who came back together knew that the little old man spoke very hard before setting off again, but his heart was not as he said.

Although it was a lot of worries along the way, it was quite smooth.

When the brigade was still two days away from Yaogang, Yan Boju sent three people to each ride in pairs, and rushed back to Yaogang in advance to deliver a letter to Huang Yukun and them, because there were more than 8,000 people here who needed to be arranged, and without a little notice in advance, the family could not arrange it at once.

Huang Yukun was also shocked when he received the news that the three of them sent back. There are more than 8,000 people who have come back, how can there be a place to arrange it in the kiln gang. Huang Yukun called Li Yunhe, Lu Bingyi, Lu Qi, and Liu Bensheng, the heads of the family, together for a meeting to discuss the matter.

Hearing Huang Yukun say that more than 8,000 people would come back at once, several people were shocked. Lu Bingyi said: "It's cold now, and it's not a rush to build a house now, so I see that the middle school classrooms and primary school classrooms are not in class, so I will clean them up first, and arrange people." Fortunately, the heating is installed, just turn on the valve. ”

Li Yunhe said: "I will ask people to turn on the heating after a while, otherwise the house will be too cloudy and people will not be able to stand it." ”

Huang Yukun said: "Then you can't arrange so many people." ”

Lu Bingyi said: "There is another idea, I don't know and whether I should say it? ”

Huang Yukun: "Look at what you Mr. Lu said, are you still polite?" ”

Lu Bingyi said: "Our houses have been built, so don't give them to individuals this winter, let everyone squeeze in." We'll build a new house in the spring of next year. ”

Huang Yukun said: "Yes, that's fine." Now that I think about it, there are all the bedding there, and we all go and buy them back, old and new. ”

Li Yunhe said: "Xiurong can't have any more bedding, I'll send someone to a few nearby towns tomorrow to collect it." ”

Huang Yukun said: "There are a lot of skins in the goods transported back from Kill Hukou, and each person will make a leather mattress, with a little more grass underneath, and if the house is not cold, a quilt can be used to deal with it." ”

Li Yunhe said: "Those skins are all treasures bought by Mr. Lu and ready to be shipped to the south, can we use them?" ”

Huang Yukun said decisively: "Don't worry about it, let's take care of the present." Ask him to find me if there's something. ”

The women in the family all worked overnight to make leather mattresses, fortunately, they were all cooked leathers, which were simply cut and sewn, and covered with a cloth surface was a mattress. These women have been through hardship, and they know that this is to help their new suffering brothers and sisters, so they work extra hard. After intense processing, the eight thousand leather mattresses were quickly ready.

The people sent by Li Yunhe also gathered 8,000 quilts by the night of the second day, but there were new and old. The women of the kiln decided that the new mattresses would be reserved for the women who came, and the men would use the old ones.

The Yaogang people tossed this time, and the quilts and new and used clothes in several surrounding counties and towns were sold out.

The careful Huang Yukun asked the kitchen to get a few buckets of lard and put them together with plant ash, he knew that each of these people could wash a lot of mud when they went to the kiln.

Huang Yukun organized people to start using grain straw and straw to spread bunks, lay out a bunk and put a leather mattress and a quilt. The men live in the big classrooms, and the women and children are placed in the new houses.

After this busy time, Huang Yukun felt tired anymore. When Sister-in-law Xu saw it, she hurriedly sent Huang Yukun back to the house and said, "You have a body, don't be too tired." You don't care about the rest. I'll do it for you. ”

In order to welcome the caravan back, the children had another holiday. All who could be dispatched also came out to meet the expeditions. More than 10,000 horses and a long convoy waded up a large cloud of dust, and the people of the kiln saw it from afar. The caravan is back, and it's the children's festival. Children know that you can have another day off, and there must be a lot of good food in the evening. Now there are too many children in the kiln, and they can be seen frolicking everywhere. In these troubled times, these scenes often seem unreal to those who have come from suffering, and in their words, they feel like dreams.

Everything in the kiln gang is also like in a dream for those who have gone through a lot of hardships with the team and come to the kiln. They didn't expect so many people to greet them here, and the women and children were picked up separately as soon as they got off the bus and arranged to live. The men lined up and arranged their bunks in order. After the accommodation was arranged, they went to the cafeteria to eat in batches, and those who had eaten were sent to the bathhouse to take a bath.

The first meal of these people was porridge, and the people in the cafeteria repeatedly told them that they should not be given too much to eat at the first meal, for fear of eating their stomachs badly, and they could eat something dry at the next meal. Most of these people have never taken a hot bath, let alone used dirt soap. This bath is unforgettable for them for the rest of their lives, because they each wash a lot of mud off their bodies. Years later, they all remember that bathing experience.

Huang Yukun arranged it very carefully, and the newcomers were taken care of wherever they went, making these people feel like they were dreaming. When these people finished eating, bathing, and returning to their bunks, they really felt that the kiln they had been longing for all the way had really arrived. That's when the women started crying.

Huang Yukun went over to comfort them and said, "It's okay now, don't worry, we will be a family in the future." There are so many of you here at once, we can't arrange it. Slowly, the conditions will be better. ”

The women hurriedly said, "This is already good, this is already unthinkable." Don't worry about it, we people can survive, thanks to you kiln people. ”

Huang Yukun said: "Don't say thank you, don't say you kiln people." From now on, you are all Yaogang people, and we are all family. When it is stable, we will all have jobs and our children will go back to school. Don't worry, everybody. ”

However, based on past experience, the first thing to remind these couples is to separate men and women when going to the toilet. There used to be a lot of jokes about the newcomers who didn't know about it. This is also the first thing that newcomers feel very new. The most interesting thing for newcomers is which whirring and rotating fan, these people, like all people who see a fan for the first time, are looking left and right around the fan, watching endlessly.

When they arrived at the kiln, Yan Boju handed over the newcomer to Huang Yukun and them, and took the captives to one place, and he began to gather his horses. The original horse pen could not hold these horses, and the 4,000 horses that Li Wei brought back occupied almost all of the horse pens. Yan Boju enclosed all the war horses that came back this time into a small forest, and used a fence to block them outside. He ordered that tomorrow another stall be built, and that the horses would have to spend the winter, and that they would not work without a decent stall. The goods Huang Yukun arranged for someone to put them in the warehouse, and Huang Yukun also arranged for Li Yunhe and a few other people who knew him to carry them to the basement and lock them.

Huang Yukun discussed with Yan Boju that these captives were not safe here, so it was better to send them to the smelting plant as soon as possible. Yan Boju said: "Yes, you can't let them be an eyesore here, and when they have a meal, you will send them away." ”

Fearing that something would happen on the road, Yang Jing personally led people to escort these prisoners to the smelter. Li Dong was also very happy to see such strong laborers. After bathing the captives, they were given new overalls and told them. From now on, they start keeping track of their work. If you get a full score every day for two years, you can enjoy the treatment of workers here. Li Dong told them about the treatment of the workers again. These captives had thought that they would be able to live one day at a time, and they had nothing to hope for, but when they suddenly heard that such a good thing was happening, they all had hope in their hearts. Although they still don't believe in Li Dong's promise, people need a reason to live, so they prefer to believe that it is true.

The next day, Yan Boju didn't go home to see, so he ordered everyone to build a horse fence. Originally, the newcomers were not arranged to participate in the labor, and I wanted them to have a good rest, but some of the able-bodied people couldn't stay idle and took the initiative to come and help. Some people take the lead, and others don't want to be idle, so they all come to participate. So soon the new stalls were built. Yan Boju's little smiling face also smiled like walnut skin. Because all his precious horses have a place to spend the winter. After repairing the horse pen, Yan Boju found Huang Yukun and said, "I looked at the haystack, you bought a lot, but it was not enough. We now have seventeen thousand horses, more than fifteen hundred oxen, and nine thousand sheep in the stable. Don't wait for the snow and ice to have nowhere to get grass in the winter. ”

Huang Yukun said: "Isn't there enough silage straw? ”

Yan Boju said: "It's not enough to count those, I don't know what Zhimu will bring back when he comes back, let's prepare more." ”

Huang Yukun said: "Zhimu is too annoying about this, he doesn't think about it first. It's always a sudden thing. ”

Yan Boju smiled and said, "Yukun, you should prepare for him to bring some more people and horses back." Not to mention the thousands of new people who have joined our team, there will be many new people. I know him as a man. But from now on, you have to take care of the grain, and after Yang Jing pulls it away this time, you are not allowed to sell it. With food, we are not afraid of anything, and we will not sell salt. ”

Huang Yukun said: "By the way, a few days ago, Lingshui Wharf sent a letter saying that there was still grain shipped over recently, saying that a lot of corn, sorghum and soybeans had been transported. ”

Yan Boju said: "That's great, these animals can't eat rice and white noodles." When the food arrives, it's easy to do. ”

Li Yunhe built a lot of carriages during this time, most of which were given to the customers who booked at Zhang Zhimu's wedding last time. This time, Yang Jing sent grain to Datong, and Li Yunhe provided him with another hundred steel spring carriages.

After Yang Jing delivered food to Datong this time and left 200 carts for the general army of Datong, he took the people and the remaining 100 carriages straight to Zhangjiakou, he thought that these carriages would definitely be able to be used when they arrived in Zhangjiakou. What made Zhang Zhimu even happier was that Yang Jing also brought a lot of ammunition this time, because Li Yunhe knew that Zhang Zhimu had already had several big battles on their way, and he thought that a lot of ammunition must have been consumed, although he was very well prepared before setting off this time, he felt that it was better to bring some ammunition. This time, the crossbow mines, **, and bullets are all missing. Pulled three carts full of them.

After Yang Jing knew that Yang Yulin was injured, he hurriedly came over to see his sister. At this time, Yang Yulin's face was a little pale, and she could already move on the ground. According to Zhang Bingchen, Yang Yulin walked through the Ghost Gate once, and she was able to recover because she had the foundation of internal strength, otherwise, she would not be able to survive. Looking at his sister's pale face, Yang Jing felt very uncomfortable, he knew that his sister's mind was all on Zhang Zhimu, but he really couldn't help with this matter, Zhang Zhimu was the benefactor of their whole family, and he couldn't say anything else. Yang Yulin didn't take this matter seriously, and said to Yang Jing: "Look at you like this, like a child, aren't I okay now?" Did you have a smooth journey with Yan Bo this time? ”

Yang Jing said: "It's very smooth, we don't have to worry about it, those people who went back together are more attentive than us." The family has arranged everything for them. ”

Zhang Zhimu suddenly remembered something, and came over to ask Yang Jing, "On the way here, did you see one of our teams returning to Yaogang?" ”

Yang Jing said: "You don't ask, I almost forgot, before the big time, I saw Lin Feng and their team, and he asked me to tell you that they are going well now, so don't worry about it." ”

Zhang Zhimu put his heart down. Don't worry about fake, it's millions of taels of silver, enough for the kiln to use for a while.

Before leaving Zhangjiakou, Lu Chengxiang came over to report to Zhang Zhimu according to his habit, and Zhang Zhimu's biggest headache was to listen to Lu Chengxiang's account. But it's not okay if you don't listen, these are the results of Lu Chengxiang's hard work, even if you respect their labor, you have to listen to it.

Lu Chengxiang said: "I know you don't want to hear these things, so I'll tell you Da Shu, and I have to report to Huang Yukun in detail when I go back anyway." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Can I not listen to the results of your labor? Just say it. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "The goods we brought to Zhangjiakou this time are now sold, and we will get 750,000 taels of silver, and there are more than 100,000 taels of goods at the purchase price, which will be left for retail in Zhangjiakou Branch." We spent 380,000 taels on the purchase of horses. 100,000 taels of silver left for Zhangjiakou development. It cost 25,000 taels to put our team in leather clothes, and other expenses included 10,000 taels to make thunder shells. Two hundred and thirty-five thousand taels remained. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "If we want to develop in Zhangjiakou in the future, we will leave the rest of the silver to the Zhangjiakou branch." We won't take it back. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "That's what I mean, we can do something in Zhangjiakou next year." But what I'm telling you has to be settled. ”

It turned out that Lu Chengxiang recommended the two assistants he brought to be the shopkeeper of the Zhangjiakou branch, but Zhang Zhimu never replied, because these two people were too young, and he was afraid that the political environment in Zhangjiakou would be too bad for them to deal with, but there were no other suitable candidates. But now the situation in Zhangjiakou is different, and they can deal with it if they are left.

Zhang Zhimu said: "In the past, I was afraid that they would not be able to deal with Fan Yongdou and them, so I didn't make up my mind for a long time, but now the situation is different, and anyone can leave them." However, it is okay to make the arrangement of the shopkeeper Chen who killed Hu Kou as two or three showcases, and use his experience to help check it. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Let the shopkeeper Chen be the second shopkeeper, this person has been busy since he killed Hukou during this time, and he has never regarded himself as an outsider, and this person's mind is also good." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "You can decide the rest, I won't participate." ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Mr. Zhang, you have to drive with me, I want to appoint them in front of you." You also cheer up those they leave behind. ”

Zhang Zhimu had no choice but to follow Lu Chengxiang to the big room where his subordinates worked.

When the busy people in the room saw Zhang Zhimu arrive, they all stopped what they were doing. Lu Chengxiang cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Zhang came here today to consider that everyone is very fortunate during this time, and I would like to express my condolences to everyone. At the same time, I also want to announce the appointment of the leaders of Zhangjiakou branch in front of Mr. Zhang. ”

The people below held their breath and waited for Lu Chengxiang's announcement. Lu Chengxiang looked at everyone and said, "Wang Shouyi was appointed as the manager of the Zhangjiakou Branch of the Yaogang Commerce and Trade Corporation."

, known as the big shopkeeper to the outside world. ”

When the people heard this, they remembered the applause, and it seemed that this appointment was expected by all. A young assistant to Lu Chengxiang got up and thanked Lu Chengxiang and Zhang Zhimu, and thanked his colleagues who had just applauded, and then sat down.

Lu Chengxiang continued: "Chen Shichang was appointed as the deputy manager of the Zhangjiakou Branch of the Yaogang Commerce and Trade Corporation, known as the second shopkeeper to the outside world. ”

This Chen Shichang knew that he had really ascended to the sky in one step, and the small business shopkeeper he used to do was much worse than this identity. What touched him even more was that people here were different from other places, everyone was active and serious about doing things, learning new things, and they were full of passion, and he was soon admitted to the collective. He didn't expect that people could still live like this, and he seemed to be a lot younger here. He used to calculate whether he had suffered a loss all the time, and he didn't know why he was like a different person here, he only knew that he was working hard, and he seemed to have endless energy in his body. When he got up to salute and thank him, his eyes were full of tears, he knew that the kiln gang saw his efforts in his eyes, and today's appointment was the greatest affirmation of him, and he was very moved in his heart.

His appointment was also met with applause.

After Chen Shichang sat down, Zhang Zhimu said: "I heard from the applause of everyone in Fang Cai that the appointment of these two individuals is what everyone expects. In fact, we all see everyone's performance, and this appointment should have come down a long time ago, but some time ago, the situation in Zhangjiakou was not very clear, and there was no way to determine how Zhangjiakou would develop. However, I was very touched by the hard work of everyone despite the lack of appointments. This also shows that everyone has withstood the test. Zhangjiakou will be a leader in the development of our economic and trade business, and it is also a good opportunity for everyone to work and exercise here. The business and trade work of our kiln gang should be on a big level, and Zhangjiakou is a very important part. In the development of the kiln industry, we need a lot of outstanding talents, and we will also create a lot of outstanding talents, I hope that everyone can show their abilities and stand out. To tell the truth, there is no shortage of silver and talents in the kiln gang now, and now we can do as many things as we have talents. I hope that my colleagues can be open-minded and devote themselves to the cause of kiln gang, realize their value here, and get personal rewards that are suitable for it. Well, I won't say much, I wish you all a happy work in Zhangjiakou! ”

Zhang Zhimu's words were very sensational and very inspiring, and everyone's blood boiled when he said it. Chen Shichang, who killed Hukou, is considered to be old, and he feels that people like Zhang Zhimu are like immortals, and it is difficult not to get rich.

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By the way, I recommend "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty", similar to this article, it is also a "technology flow" through the novel, but it takes place in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yashan, Anti-Yuan, Restoration, and European World Wars.