Chapter Eighty-Eight: Shangyuan Festival Party (1)

The craftsmen carried the bed crossbow to an uninhabited valley, placed the bed crossbow on the ground, and then adjusted the angle of the fire to secure the bed crossbow.

A few craftsmen turned the winch and laboriously wound the bed crossbow. The bowstring made a "squeak" sound, and the bow arm slowly turned into an arc. After a few minutes, the bowstring was set, and a craftsman brought a thick arrow, about the size and thickness of a javelin.

The people around them retreated, leaving only one man with a sledgehammer in his hand. He stood next to the crossbow on the bed and looked at Du Dalei.

Du Dalei shouted: "Launch!" The craftsman slammed the trigger with a sledgehammer, and with a bang, the arrow shot out. The bowstring chirped "buzz, buzz" and fluttered incessantly.

Everyone looked into the distance, and the arrows flew in an arc in the air, and the last end was stuck in the dirt, pointing diagonally at the sky.

Several craftsmen dragged the rope towards the arrow, which was used to measure the range of the bed crossbow. After a while, they came back with ropes in tow. A craftsman took out a ruler and began to measure the length of the rope.

After waiting for a while, several people shouted excitedly, "It's successful, we've made it!" ”

Du Dalei asked, "How far is it?" One of the craftsmen replied, "Five hundred and eighty meters!" It's 580 meters! Ha ha! ”

The two brothers were very excited, and Du Dalei shouted incoherently: "Haha, not bad, Wang Laozhuan, you are fucking amazing!" Lao Tzu has a lot of rewards! Let's drink at night, Lao Tzu is in for a treat! ”

Zhao Zizhong said happily: "Xiao Du, you have made a meritorious service!" You immediately go and select some new homeless people, set up a bed crossbow production line, and we have to work hard! These craftsmen have rewards, you immediately write out the list of personnel, and I will immediately ask Cui Zhaorong to prepare five hundred yuan, and send it out at dinner in the evening! ”

When the craftsmen heard the good news, they all cheered. They came over to thank the two. Zhao Zizhong communicated with the craftsmen for a while, encouraging them to continue to work hard and produce qualified bed crossbows. If you can equip three ships with bed crossbows in a short period of time, there will be a reward!

The craftsmen were enthusiastic and expressed their desire to work hard. Zhao Zizhong stayed for a while, then said goodbye to Du Dalei and returned to the camp.

The open space outside the camp was bustling, and Cui Zhaorong and his guards were registering the information of the displaced people. Zhao Zizhong walked over and saw a few tables set up in front of the homeless team, and Wang Quan and the guys of the Cui family were writing notes.

Cui Zhaorong saw Zhao Zizhong and walked over to say hello. Zhao Zizhong asked, "Steward Cui, how many craftsmen are there in this group of people?" ”

Cui Zhaorong took out a booklet, looked at it and said, "Mr. Zhao, there are seventeen carpenters, eight masons, and thirteen blacksmiths. ”

Zhao Zi thought about it again and said, "In this way, you send the carpenter to the bow and crossbow workshop, the mason to Hu Shuiyang, and the blacksmith to Wei Hongye." The rest of the people will be distributed according to our plan last night. ”

Cui Zhaorong agreed to come down and go to arrange. Zhao Zizhong walked towards the school, wanting to see how the children were doing.

Walking outside the school, it is also very lively. More than forty children stood outside the school, chattering and talking. Na Zhe took Jiang Wuniang, Fang Juniang, Shen, and Cui Xiaoniang to maintain order. But these people were no deterrent, and the children laughed and ignored them.

Zhao Zizhong walked over and asked, "Then Zhe, what's the situation?" ”

"Boss, these children came with the homeless people, and they are very unruly, which makes us have a headache."

Zhao Zizhong greeted several women with a smile, and then said to Na Zhe: "This is not good, you can't be blindly gentle, you have to be tough when you should be tough, and you have to be kind and powerful." ”

Na Zhe nodded, "Okay, I'll try." He walked over and yelled, "Shut up!" ”

The children were frightened and stopped talking. Na Zhe deliberately pretended to be vicious and said: "Whoever dares to talk nonsense again, I will beat him!" ”

Most of the children were honest, and only the three older boys continued to talk and laugh, not taking Na Zhe seriously. Zhao Zizhong walked over, dragged the two children out of the team one by one, and kicked them to the ground with his feet. Then he walked into the queue again, pulled out the last child, and kicked it too, and the child fell to the ground.

Jiang Wuniang hurriedly ran over, "Mr. Zhao, don't fight." Let me talk to them! ”

Zhao Zizhong shook his head, "Jiang Niangzi, you don't care about them, you have to teach them a profound lesson, otherwise you won't be able to manage them in the future." ”

Shen and Cui Xiaoniang glanced at each other and did not speak. They are from a big family, and they pay the most attention to the rules, and they know that they must maintain the status of Zhao Zizhong's leader, and they can't interject casually.

Jiang Wuniang felt a little sorry for the three children, and looked at Zhao Zizhong with an embarrassed expression. A kid tried to stand up, but Zhao Zizhong kicked him again, kicking him down.

Zhao Zizhong said sharply: "Did I let you stand up?" ”

The three children knew they were scared and began to cry. Zhao Zizhong said to Na Zhe: "Let the three of them stand outside and not eat for a day." The other children were brought back to the classroom and taught them about the discipline of the school. ”

The children stood honestly, and the women led them into an empty classroom and began to teach them the rules of the school.

Na Zhe ordered the three children to stand against the wall, and they stood obediently, not moving. Zhao Zizhong and Na Zhe entered the office, sat down and said, "You should get the teaching materials out as soon as possible, and then train a few women in arithmetic, geography, and nature, so that they can teach independently." You get out as soon as possible, you can't be the king of children for the rest of your life! There's a lot more to do. ”

Na Zhe said helplessly: "I also want to get out early!" But arithmetic is not so easy to teach. Besides, there's not enough time! They have to go to class during the day and go to night school at night, so they don't have time! ”

Zhao Zi thought about it again, it was indeed the case. He sighed, "Hey, let's do it first, there's really no good way." ”

At this time, the door of the office was pushed open, and Cui Daoshu walked in. "Brother, what are you talking about?"

The two got up and gave up their seats, Cui Daoshu sat down next to him, and Na Zhe told him what happened. Cui Daoshu thought about it for a while, but there was nothing good to do. He said with emotion: "There are too few readers in this era, unless they are those high-minded nerds, people who generally know some words, and they don't have to worry about finding a job at all." I'm trying to find some teachers here, but it's not going well. Some scholars don't do much money, they just want to take the test to become an official. ”

The three chatted, and Cui Dao said that he came to see how his mother and sister taught. I also talked about how to celebrate Shangyuan Festival tomorrow.

Na Zhe said: "Why don't we have a bonfire party to make everyone happy." ”

Zhao Zizhong asked, "Then who will perform the show?" Can you do it alone? ”

He said: "Boss, I'm not just a literary and art worker, but also Fang Juniang, and the six girls who came yesterday. They're professionals! ”

Cui Daoshu slapped his head, "How did I forget them, these girls are very good at singing and dancing!" ”

Na Zhe said: "Wait a while, Fang Juniang and I will communicate with them, and I will teach them a few songs to ensure that tomorrow's party will be very exciting." ”

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At breakfast the next day, the leaders of each project announced that they would only work for half a day today, and in the afternoon everyone would gather in the valley open space outside the camp to watch the song and dance performances to celebrate the Shangyuan Festival, and have dinner together in the evening.

People were delighted and looking forward to the afternoon show. Everyone worked very hard all morning, trying to complete the day's workload. After lunch, the people rushed to the outside of the camp and saw dozens of people building a wooden platform, which was almost finished.

Many people went up to help, and after a short time, the stage for the performance was successfully built. Hu Shuiyang led people to set up a few tents behind the stage, and someone went over to ask what the tents were for, Hu Shuiyang replied with a smile: "These tents are for those women who participate in the performance to change their clothes, you tell those young men, don't come and peek, otherwise I will lock him up in a small black room!" ”

Everyone laughed and agreed, they would never peek. Someone asked Hu Shuiyang: "Captain Hu, who are the performers?" ”

Hu Shuiyang said loudly: "You guys have opened your eyes today, the performances are all very famous singers in Mingzhou City, and it is said that the songs sung are all new songs written by Mr. Nazhe himself, you wait and see." ”

Everyone was talking and looking forward to the early start of the show. At this time, An Dalang walked to the front of the stage with more than fifty guards lined up in a neat column. He ordered the guards to line up in front of the stage, to isolate the audience from the stage, and to keep a certain distance.

Many people were still standing in front of the stage watching the excitement, and An Dalang shouted: "You all get out of here!" Stay away from the stage! ”

Everyone retreated with a giggle, and the guards stood in a horizontal line about ten meters away from the stage. At this time, dozens of guards came over with some chairs and placed them in front of the audience area.

A group of people walked out of the camp, Shen and Cui Xiaoniang supported Mrs. Cui to walk in front, Zhao Zizhong and his brothers followed with laughter, followed by some stewards and senior craftsmen.

Everyone came to the front of the stage, pushed and gave in, and sat down. There are more and more people behind, it is estimated that there are more than 1,000 people, and the residents of the island have also come with their families. Na Zhe saw that most of the people had already come, so he walked to the stage.

He stepped onto the stage, took out his harmonica and shouted with a smile: "Everyone be quiet, I'll blow a few tunes first to warm up the audience." There will be a wonderful performance in a while, thank you! ”

The stage gradually quieted down, and Na Zhe blew a few trial notes and began to play. He played the famous song "Phoenix Tail Bamboo in the Moonlight" of later generations.