The reason why these henchmen followed this Daoist Liu, from Zhili to the south, was not because of their loyalty to the White Lotus Sect, but because of their admiration for the intelligence and personality of Daoist Liu. [No pop-up novel network]

"That's right." Liu Daochang nodded. "The Liang family army has the ability to send nearly 100,000 people to the Zhili righteous army from under the nose of the Qing dog to overseas, just from this point, see the subtle knowledge, you can know that the strength of the Liang family army can not be underestimated, that Liang Pengfeifu together with the army, all occupy the entire territory of Guangdong, most of Guangxi, and then, the south of Kyushu, almost all of it. Before anyone could react, he made another surprise attack, went straight to Jinmen, decided the Beijing division in a battle, and the chief was bound. ”

"Look at my White Lotus Sect since the uprising, it has been more than a year, but what has it done? Internal intrigues, power and profit, but externally? Between the provinces, the leaders of each sect fight their own battles, seek their own interests, and the military discipline is erosive, how different is there from those officers and soldiers who clean dogs? Liu Daochang shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Yes, we are following the sect leader just to resist the oppression of the people by the Qing dog, but now look at these people, from the whole world to the disciples, they are all talking about dogs and horses, if it weren't for the capture of the Qing Dog Emperor and the destruction of the capital, those officers and soldiers have no fighting spirit, maybe they can't even keep the fairy peach." Next to him, another henchman also agrees with authenticity.

"Hehe, that Liang Pengfei seized the capital division, and he has half of the world, but he did not claim the title of emperor, and our heavenly king is in internal and external difficulties, but he still wants to be the emperor? At this point, the superior is immediately discerning. Liang Pengfei, Liang Pengfei, it seems that Lao Dao still underestimated the Liang family's army. Stroking his long beard, Lao Dao shook his head and walked into the courtyard.

Just when those henchmen also wanted to follow his footsteps in, Lao Dao's footsteps stopped, and he didn't look back to the tunnel. "Zhao Wu, you look in the city to see if there is a cigarette shop, if there is, ask them if there is a Baiyun Mountain with a filter, if he says that there is only a tin foil filter, give him this thing, tell him, Lao Dao will personally come to the door in two days to select good cigarettes." Lao Dao's hand touched the old man in his arms for a long time, and only then did he find a piece of metal about the size of a cigarette box, which was embossed with the logo of Yangcheng Cigarette Factory, and below, there were three strange letters: VIP.

"What does this mean, Sect Master?" Zhao Wuyi, who took this metal card, asked his companions around him in confusion, those are also you look at me and I look at you, staring at you with big eyes.

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"I remember." At this moment, one of them suddenly slapped his palm on the door of his head, and the others were all raised to look at him out of the corner of their eyes.

"This is what Mr. Li gave to our sect leader." The one who said such a sentence made everyone feel incomprehensible. "Which Mr. Lee?"

"You forgot? It is the one named Li who fled south with the Bazhou Righteous Army with us, and he seems to be an important figure in the Liang family's army. ”

"Oh, I remember, it's him, hiss......" Everyone suddenly realized almost at the same moment, and after that, almost all of them gasped. Could it be that the head of the sect wants to ...... Thinking of this, the faces of several of them couldn't help but turn ugly, and that Zhao Wu clenched the card. "We are following the Sect Leader, not the White Lotus Sect, if you don't want to, take advantage of it now, no one will stop you."

"Less. We have followed the sect leader for so many years, but we have not received the slightest favor from the White Lotus Sect, if we are ungrateful, how can we follow the sect leader to the south? ”

"Damn, no matter how the Liang Jiajun is, he also knows that for the sake of his friends, there are nearly 100,000 men, women and children in the Bazhou Righteous Army, and they didn't pull down to save them, and even for those old and weak, they also fought hard with those Mongolian iron horsemen in the Xuanhui River, this is what the fuck is what the men do. I think the head coach did the right thing. ”

Soon, these people reached a consensus, that Zhao Wu took the two of them to look for the cigarette shop in the Immortal Peach City, and at this time, there seemed to be a new hope in their hearts.

At the same time, in the far south, boom...... A roar like rolling thunder roared through the mountains of the northern part of Naanan, and the birds and beasts in the mountains seemed to have become accustomed to such sounds, and continued to wander leisurely in the woods or forage for food.

Occasionally, the mountain dwellers looked at the steam locomotives that were running wildly on the metallic railroad tracks with awe, even a hint of fear.

"It's terrible, if this thing hits a person, it won't turn into pulp?" A mountain man carrying mountain goods on his back said to his companions.

The person next to him smiled: "That's for sure, I heard my brother say that this kind of iron guy can carry one or two million catties of iron or coal at a time, and he won't stop running at all." You can run directly from us to the beach in one day. ”

"Wow, that's so powerful, isn't that even more powerful than those gods and ghosts?" Several other mountain people couldn't help but exclaim.

"That is, this guy they built is for delivery, see that there is no over there, it is said that such a track will be paved again, in two years, we don't have to work so hard to carry mountain goods out of the mountain, just take such a car, take the goods in your hands to the big city to sell, make money, and add something to the children."

The group of mountain people soon disappeared into the mountain paths again, and continued their journey out of the mountain with great difficulty. On the train, a boilermaker dressed in black was struggling to shovel coal into the fire, observing the train, his face and hands were also blackened with soot, except for a pair of shining eyes, and a mouthful of snow-white teeth that could be revealed when he grinned.

The train was speeding forward, and the chimney was spewing thick smoke and sending a cloud line above the train. "Brother, let's take a break, the firepower is enough." At this moment, a head with an equally black face poked out of the locomotive's coal replenishment car, and shouted at the worker below who was trying to shovel coal.

This worker's name is Nguyen Binh, originally a pawn in the army of Nguyen Van Hue, at the beginning of the invasion of Annan by the army of the Liang family, most of them became laborers, opening mountains and splitting rocks, building roads, but Nguyen Binh and his cousin Nguyen Zheng were fortunate to be recruited as the first batch of employees of the Annam Railway Bureau, and even more fortunately, their brothers were assigned to the same group.

Ruan Ping dropped the shovel, climbed into the coal cart neatly, took the cigarette handed by his cousin, and took a big puff after catching the fire. "Comfortable, Ah Zheng, it's time to change shifts, I'll lie down first, and then call me when the time comes."

"I said brother, don't worry, I have something to tell you." That Ruan Zheng saw that Ruan Ping was lying on the straw mat on the coal all of a sudden, and hurriedly said.

"What's the matter? Go ahead. Isn't it your family business again? Ah Zheng, didn't my brother say you, although the golden boy is a famous beauty in our ten miles and eight towns, but who is her father Li Huai? Don't forget, the year before last, when you came to ask for kiss, how her father treated you. I think our Ruan family is a bunch of poor ghosts, fuck, I really want to beat him. As soon as I mentioned that, my cousin felt angry.

"Brother, I know I know, but that was all in the past, and now it's different." Ruan Zheng scratched his scalp a little embarrassedly and said to Na Ruan Ping. "Li Huai came to me two days ago."

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"What, that old guy changed his mind?" That Ruan Ping suddenly became interested, sat up and said.

"Yes, he said that as long as I could get a bride price of one hundred silver dollars, he would marry me the golden boy. We can now get seven silver dollars a month, deducting our own use, I can save about five a month, and now I have almost fifty, but she can't wait for the golden boy. Brother, look ......"

"I said, you kid shouldn't be ......" Ruan Ping couldn't help but widen his eyes. Seeing his cousin's somewhat twisted expression, he couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Okay, you kid, it's all come to this point quietly, Cheng, no problem, the poor brother will borrow you first." ”

"Thank you, brother." Ruan Zheng scratched his ears and cheeks with joy, and his eyes narrowed into thin slits with laughter.

"Thank you, it's still our life, back then we worked hard for Ruan Wenhui, and we couldn't get three taels of silver a year, but now, we are in the railway bureau, and we can get seven silver dollars a month, if we do a good job, maybe we can get **." Ruan Ping took a deep breath and said.

Ruan Zheng nodded and said in agreement: "Yes, it's better now, no more fighting, those who are officials do practical things, don't bully our people, go to work, and won't be deducted, and there will be bonuses for doing more, it's like a dream." ”

"Work hard, strive for the coming year, so that my eldest nephew who has not yet been born can live comfortably, and when he is old, he will be sent to the school, so that he can also learn culture, and he will be more capable in the future."

"Hmm!" Ruan Zheng nodded vigorously, smiling happily, facing the blowing wind, watching the train speed forward along the tracks that seemed to end forever, and they were full of hope for the future.

Just as the train passed through a town, every classroom in the town's all-free school run by the political axe was full of students, following the teacher, reciting the text in a low tone: "...... Our motherland has a long history and a developed culture. With a long history of 5,000 years, how many brilliant pearls of human civilization are dazzling. Broad and profound philosophical thoughts, exquisite art, and novel and original creative wisdom represent a high degree of Chinese civilization.

…… Our motherland has also had a history of humiliation and dark years, but she has always had a great cohesion. Whenever disaster strikes, it erupts into a soaring flame and carries out an unyielding struggle. Countless heroic sons and daughters have become the backbone of the nation, fought bloody battles for the rebirth of the motherland, and finally ushered in the moment of rebirth of the Chinese nation......"

(To be continued)