Chapter 453: The Tide

There's apparently a bustle in a blacksmith shop in Taoshan, Pennsylvania, where two blacksmiths each stand in front of a felt and wield a hammer, while three women take turns pulling bellows. Adult mini-games . The two blacksmiths are father and son, originally the son inherited the father's business, and the old blacksmith has 'retired', but now the task of the government is very tight, and the old blacksmith has to go out again. It was the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who pulled the bellows, and the other woman was the daughter of the old blacksmith, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were tired, and the old blacksmith was anxious to call back his married daughter.

"Brother Zhang, aren't you done yet?" At the audio booth, a burly middle-aged man in his forties limped in.

"Brother Yan, I'm really sorry, you have to wait a few days for those hoes. The little blacksmith laughed as he wielded his hammer.

"I want it, I want it, I'm not here to urge you, what time is it? Am I a person who lacks heart? The middle-aged man smiled back and said, "Uncle Zhang, take it easy, don't be tired of yourself when you are so old." ”

"Yan Wazi, no matter how old Lao Tzu is, his bones are stronger than yours! Believe it or not? "The old blacksmith hates being told that he is old, and he is not happy on the spot.

"That's, that's, Uncle Zhang is a well-known iron man, how can I compare with Uncle Zhang?"

"Brother!" The voice of a man outside the door sounded again, and then a young man dressed elegantly dressed and looking full of book life walked in: "Ah, Lord Taishan, you are also here." ”

"Boy, I know you've been studying for a few years, what's the matter? Don't drag the text here, I'm not an adult! The old blacksmith rolled his eyes: "Jiao'er is your daughter-in-law." But it's also my daughter, isn't it? I'm really busy, so I called Jiao'er to help, look at your little bit of interest, I haven't seen my daughter-in-law for two days, so I found it?! "The old blacksmith looks down on this son-in-law very much, he can't carry the burden on his shoulders and can't fight chickens with his hands, what's the use of such a man? But his daughter is looking for death and life, and he will not marry. In the end, the old blacksmith had to give in, otherwise he would not have a son-in-law. Even my daughter is gone.

"Daddy......" The woman who was pulling the bellows screamed coquettishly.

"Father-in-law, you misunderstood me. The scholar smiled bitterly: "I'm just coming over to see if there's anything I can do to help." "The scholar also changed his title, and then called 'Taishan', and he might have to be scolded.

"You? How can you help? Forget it, let's rest on the side. The old blacksmith shook his head.

"Father-in-law, I can do it!" The scholar rolled up his sleeves and looked left and right. walked to his wife: "Jiao'er, get out of the way, I'll pull the bellows." "That scholarly character is straightforward enough...... His mother-in-law is busy, and his sister-in-law is also busy, but he wants to replace his wife first, and he really doesn't know how to behave.

"Xianggong, I can do it. The woman laughed.

"Okay, Jiao'er has been helping me with my work since I was a child. She's used to it, how can you stand it? Rest, let me out if you are verbose! Although the old blacksmith said it ruthlessly, he was actually thinking about his son-in-law, and pulling the bellows was also hard work, and he was tired after a while.

The scholar saw that the old man's voice was violent. I didn't dare to make a mistake, so I looked at it stupidly for a while, ran out and came in with a sweat towel, and wiped my wife's sweat with a distressed face.

The woman's face turned red, and she glanced at the scholar sweetly, and then made a look, which meant that there were too many people here, so don't make people laugh.

The old blacksmith saw this scene, but pretended not to see it, but in fact he was quite happy in his heart. As a parent. He certainly wants to see his daughter pampered, perhaps...... This girl's provocative eyesight is really stronger than her old eyes.

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In a small village near Chenjiaji in Hanzhou. A woman who looked to be in her early thirties, with a few loops of rope wrapped around her shoulder, was hurrying out of the village.

"Chen family, why are you going?" A woman in red poked her head out of the courtyard wall and asked curiously.

"Sister, I'm going to cut some reeds. ”

"What are you cutting reeds for?" The woman in red asked. There is no news in this small village, and big things can spread all over the village in the blink of an eye, and in order to find interesting topics, most people have the ability to dig up news.

"I've got all the fabrics and I'm going to make cotton clothes. ”

"With reeds?" The woman in red was stunned for a moment, and her voice suddenly became sharp: "Make cotton clothes from reeds?" Your conscience has allowed the dog to eat it, huh? It's a shame that you can figure out that reed floc thing can block the wind! ”

The woman with the rope wrapped around her shoulder blushed, and it took a long time before she muttered, "His eldest sister, you ...... Do you know what my family is like, how can I have the money to buy cotton? I can't wait for the whole village to poke me in the back, so I have to... I had to ......"

"Then you can't fool around! You're fooling ...... Our loved ones! People are throwing for us on the battlefield... Throw...... Throw your head and spill your blood, you can be fooled around behind your back! The woman in red had obviously heard Ji Shengqing's speech in person, but she couldn't remember many words clearly.

"What's the matter? What are you shouting about? "The village heard the shouting and ran over to see what was going on.

When the woman in red saw the audience, her spirits rose and she pointed her fingers and told her what had happened, while the woman with the rope wrapped around her shoulder stood timidly to the side, waiting for the right thing to fall.

After listening to the story, he thought for a while and began, "Didn't you hear what Your Majesty said? We're here to save people! What's that called...... That's right, it's urgent! At this time, I can't take care of too much, it's better than nothing, the Chen family, you go quickly, you have to hurry! We're going to send the cotton clothes the day after tomorrow. ”

The woman with the rope wrapped around her shoulder was overjoyed, nodded emphatically, and trotted forward.

The red-clad woman froze there, and then disappeared from the wall. After a while, the woman in red walked out of the courtyard gate, carrying a rope in one hand and a sickle in the other.

"Girl, what are you doing here?" It wasn't even far from there, and he asked in surprise when he saw this.

"My cotton is gone, the fabric is still there, if I can use reed wool to make cotton clothes, I can still drive out two!" The woman in red said with her head held high.

"Good!" There was a thumbs up: "Sister." You've already handed in two cotton coats, if you can hand in two more. In this ten miles and eight villages, you are this! Your name will definitely be on the army register! ”

"That's a good feeling!" The woman in red was even more proud, and her big ass twisted more happily as she walked.

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Niu Delu is just a small businessman, with little capital, he can only do some unpopular but safe trading, this time with the ship is a large number of bamboo, bamboo in the south can not be sold for much money, of course. It doesn't cost a lot of money to buy bamboo, but after it is transported to the north, the price of bamboo can be doubled more than a dozen, and after deducting the boat fare, he can still make a small profit.

This is the last deal of the year, and it is not too cold yet, and in another month, the river will be frozen. Even if he was not afraid of hard work, it was impossible to transport the bamboo from the ice. As for going from 6...... Niu Delu never thought about it, not to mention which one is more expensive, the carriage and horse fare, and the boat fare, the horse has to eat forage along the way, right? Do you need accommodation when you go to the ground? How much can bamboo sell for? After liquidation, he will definitely lose money. Walking by water is the right way, there is no other expense except food, and you can stay on a boat at night. How cheap it is.

There was a sudden noise in front, the boat in front stopped, Niu Delu was stunned, he had seen Diao people gather to help the public set up cards to deliberately embarrass businessmen, that is, to mix up some money and spend, but most of the troubled boats are carrying valuable goods such as silk, tea or porcelain, and he Niu Delu is just a small businessman, he has to walk on this river several times a year, he has never received special treatment, a few boats of bamboo. Who can see it?

Niu Delu hurriedly asked the boat to be brought over. When I jumped over the boat in front of me, I saw an old man in his fifties shouting, "You are selling it when you bring it to the ground." Selling it to me is also selling, why don't you know what to do?! ”

Niu Delu felt nervous, there were more than a dozen strong guys standing behind the old man, and there were also more than thirty people standing on the shore, so many people he couldn't afford to provoke, but...... Why would dozens of people blackmail a small businessman like him? Even if all the bamboos are left, how much money can each person get according to the head?

When the boatman saw that Niu Delu was coming, he hurriedly came up and whispered, "Boss, they want to buy our bamboo." ”

"Uncle, Xiao Keniu has to be recorded. Niu Delu greeted him with a smile.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be. The old man looked Niu Delu up and down: "You are the owner of the goods, right?" It's just right, let's discuss, I want all these boats of bamboo for you, and you can make a price. ”

"Uncle, you ...... What do you want these to do? Niu Delu asked curiously.

"You're from the South, don't you know yet? War is coming soon! The old man smiled, and made a false salute out of thin air: "Your Majesty has come to our town, and she calls on our people to do their best, nothing else can be done, we can make some arrow shafts and arrow feathers, but there are no batches of wood nearby, so we have taken a fancy to your boats of bamboo." ”

"Who are you fooling? Your land is full of mountains! The boatman muttered.

The old man's face showed anger, and he said for a while: "The mountains here are all masters, although this town is a little smaller, but there are three nobles, who can touch their things!" ”

"You can buy it for money!" The boatman said.

"People don't sell, what can we do?" The old man was even more angry: "I'm not afraid of a few jokes, we have begged many times, but people just don't sell it, and then there is no way, we secretly went to cut it, and as a result, we were beaten by the local family, these bastards, he has no conscience!" Even His Majesty has worked tirelessly to come to us for state affairs, but they are watching the excitement from the sidelines, I really ......"

The two people who were watching the excitement heard the old man's words, glanced at each other, stepped forward and asked, "Uncle, what you said is true?" Which nobleman? ”

"Which one else could it be? The three nobles in the town are one, and they all have a virtue! ”

"Uncle, why don't you go to the government to sue them? At such a time, the government will definitely support you. Niu Delu asked. After all, Niu Delu is a businessman who travels south and north, and he has more knowledge than ordinary people, and the people are in conflict with the nobles in order to respond to the call and make arrows, and the government must judge the case to the people, otherwise things will be in trouble.

"Now that the national crisis is at hand, the old man has no time to talk nonsense to them, and when the matter is over, do you think I won't sue?!" The old man replied aloud.

The people below applauded, and some continued to scold the nobles for being rich and unkind, and the two people who watched the excitement hurriedly separated the crowd and went away.

Niu Delu smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle, if you really like these boats of bamboo...... I will sell it to you at the original price, am I also a member of Ji Zhou! It's just that...... Can you make an arrow shaft out of bamboo? ”

"We're so forced that we can't do anything!" The old man sighed: "There are a lot of other towns that have been driven out, but we haven't done anything, we have to give it a try, if it doesn't work, we will make bamboo arrows, sharpen our heads, and roast them on the fire, and we can kill the enemy." ”

Niu Delu smiled bitterly and groaned, these people were already very angry because of those nobles, it was impossible for him to pass these boats of bamboo, and he forced them through, maybe people would vent their anger on their heads, and they must sell it, but he had to settle an account in his heart, he could not make money, and he could be regarded as doing his best for the country, but he could not lose money.

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"Your Highness, who do you think will be the victor in this war?" Marquis Arthur asked softly. The Marquis of Arthur was very shocked that people were coming and going under the long street, in front of the treasury of the Left Civil Ministry, and all the officials of the Left Ministry, large and small, were still busy and sweating profusely, such a scene was impossible to see in the United States.

"I really didn't expect that Ji Shengqing would have such a terrible incitement in Ji Zhouguo. Prince Adams let out a long sigh: "My marquis, what do you think?" ”

"A beautiful and weak queen, a tired and stubborn back, a sincere and moving speech, if I were a Ji Zhou countryman, I would also stand up to help her. Marquis Arthur sighed lightly: "Your Highness, are you asking my opinion?" ”

Prince Addams nodded.

"Now, it's time for us to send troops to help the money. ”

"The war hasn't broken out yet, the situation is uncertain, don't you think it's too risky to intervene now?" Prince Addams said slowly.

"If the situation is clear, do you think you still need our help if the money is not leaving?" Marquis Arthur asked with a smile.

Prince Adams fell silent.

"Your Highness, you have signed a mutual non-defense alliance with Ji Shengqing, in the eyes of Nicholas VII, we have become his enemies, whether we send troops or not, we cannot change Nicholas VII's perception, I don't think this is a reason. ”

"But...... Now that there is no going on in the country, we cannot have the energy to reach out. Prince Adams sighed.

"You're wrong!" Marquis Arthur concealed the contempt that rose in his heart, and in his eyes, Prince Adams had no advantage except for the advantage of being studious and open-minded: "Contradictions can be transferred!" In history, there have been many empires that have brazenly launched wars abroad when they are full of domestic contradictions, just because they want to transfer domestic contradictions abroad and attract the attention of the people! The difference is that some have succeeded and some have failed, and in my opinion, we should give it a try! ”

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