"Green ant new brew wine, red clay small stove, late day snow desire, can drink a cup of nothing, Lord Cui, Gao didn't know that you actually brewed a good rice wine, although it has not yet been tasted, but this mellow aroma is already so tempting, haha."

Happy sat in the pavilion in the back garden of the Xinghua City Mansion, gently closed his eyes, and said with an intoxicated face,

At this time, although the sky is not dark, the sky is dark clouds, haze, the cold north wind is raging on the earth like a blade, and the flowers and plants in the courtyard have withered, and everywhere is bleak.

Opposite the happy face, there was sitting Cui Jishu, the governor of Shandong Province, the old man was wearing a blue robe, covered with a gray coat, and he smiled kindly.

"Good poetry, good poetry, I have long heard that the Governor is not only brave, but also amazing, and now I know that the rumors are true, and the Governor's attainments in poetry are far beyond our ability." Hearing what he said happily, Cui Jishu's eyes widened for a moment, and he high-fived and admired on the spot,

The north has been ravaged by the Hu people for hundreds of years, and many of the things left by the ancestors have been lost in the war, therefore, there are few excellent poems and songs in the north, a few years ago, the poem "Qingping Tune" was shocked in Yecheng, and even the business with the drunken moon building was much better, and Zhang Lihua, who was praised by this poem, was even hotter, but unfortunately the woman was like a bright meteor, but it disappeared in a flash, so how many literati scratched the hands and sighed,

"Lord Cui praised it falsely, Gao was just interested, and he talked nonsense casually, which made the adults laugh." Happy smile is very modest, this poem is Bai Juyi's work, happy is just a random feeling,

"The Governor is too modest." Cui Jishu smiled gently, and then personally poured a full wine for happiness, and then said: "Your Excellency Governor, this first glass of wine, on behalf of the people of Shandong Province, I would like to respect you, and I hope that you will be healthy and achieve your great cause as soon as possible." As he spoke, Cui Jishu stood up and bent down solemnly and respectfully,

"Master Cui, you're too polite." Happy hurriedly got up and helped,

"Your Excellency the Governor, my Uncle Cui has been an official for decades, and I can be regarded as well-informed, but I have never seen anyone as amazing and brilliant as you, my lord."

Saying that, Cui Jishu stood up, his eyes were a little dim and continued: "Since Emperor Wucheng ascended the throne, the Qi country has been much worse than before, the dynasty is chaotic, the annihilation is rampant, the immortal exploits of Emperor Shenwu have been wiped out by his descendants, there are strong enemies outside, bandits are rampant inside, and the people of Li are miserable. ”

Speaking of this, Cui Jishu's words changed suddenly, and he looked at it happily with burning eyes: "And you, the governor, but after half a year in charge, Shandong Province has undergone earth-shaking changes, the city is prosperous, the people are safe, the treasury is solid, and the army is strong, these are your credits, even if the king of Sui, whose martial arts are far beyond mortals, I am afraid that Huaizhou under his rule is only like this, yes, this glass of wine is definitely going to be drunk by the governor, this is not my Uncle Cui is respecting you, it is hundreds of thousands of people in the province who respect you, my lord, please." ”

"Okay, I'll drink." Happy eyes moved slightly, heart surged, and after firmly speaking, he took the wine glass offered by Cui Jishu's hands and drank it all up, the pale green, warm wine suddenly went down his throat,

Although the north wind outside the pavilion is howling, extremely cold, but sitting in front of the small red clay stove that is burning, happy but not feeling the slightest chill, the remaining rice wine is also very mellow and refreshing, this is not only because of the joy of carrying a deep inner family, but also because in the past few months, the development momentum of Shandong and Jiangsu provinces is quite gratifying, far beyond the expectations of happiness.

No, today is the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, and it is almost the New Year, so I am happy to have a vacancy to invite Cui Jishu to come to the house to talk, one is to contact feelings, leisure and relaxation, and the other is to talk about the current development of the two provinces and the problems they are about to face.

In October, Gao Changgong, the king of the Sui Dynasty of the Northern Qi Dynasty, was ordered to crusade against the traitor Gao Xin, at first the situation was very good, even the thief Kou, there were 40,000 prisoners alone, which can be described as a great achievement, but just when Gao Changgong was ready to go all out and completely wipe out Gao Xin, Huaiyin County suddenly rebelled, and Chen Guo also took the opportunity to wave his army north, Gao Changgong was forced to return to the army to save himself, and the crusade against Gao Xin was naturally stranded.

Time has slowly entered the winter, the weather is cold, and it is not suitable for the expedition, and the Northern Qi has been plagued by natural disasters for many years, wars have been raging, the national strength has long been declining, and the people are even more miserable.

Although he was happy to go south to fight, but the matter of dismantling the army Lu Zhishen did not fall, 100,000 soldiers and horses plus the original 50,000 soldiers and horses are now only four full army left, the big waves are sweeping the sand, and the rest are naturally good hands, not to mention strong and healthy, military literacy is enough, but more importantly, it is loyal and reliable, and strong-willed,

And the embryonic imperial examination is also under the arrangement of Cui Jishu, supervised by Zhao Gou to come to an end, the happy examination is as amazing as his current governance measures, although the title also involves the four books and five classics, poetry and songs, but the ten ** is a topic that has nothing to do with it, so that the participants in the examination are stunned, scratching their ears and cheeks,

Those who read the books of sages are not necessarily gentlemen and Qing officials, on the contrary, they may be thieves wearing masks of Weishan.

In this imperial examination, many famous scholars and scholars have fallen off the list, and the old scholars who have studied hard have also shed tears, on the contrary, some people who often have deviant behaviors, are poor, and have experienced the hardships of the world, but they have achieved amazing good results, and have been hired, get rid of poverty and become rich, and ascend to the sky in one step.

For the awarding of military ranks, the restrictions on happiness are extremely strict, in happiness here, military rank is not only treatment and rank, but more importantly, honor, the reason why soldiers are not afraid of death, to protect the family and defend the country, what supports them is the belief in their hearts, the persistence of guarding honor, they are not politicians, simple and straightforward, but also the most lovely,

Lu Zhishen is now the head of an army, but the rank is only lieutenant colonel, and in the four integrated armies, more than 80,000 people, even the lowest rank of second lieutenant has not obtained the training officers are still everywhere, the scarcity of military ranks and the difficulty of obtaining them have stimulated the Qingzhou Army, and now it has been renamed Shandong and Jiangsu Provinces The training enthusiasm of the Righteous Army, everyone is holding a breath in their hearts, vowing to obtain the rank of glorious lintel,

In September, Xingxing had allocated a sum of money to build a cemetery covering a vast area in the north of Xinghua City, signed the Tomb of Heroes, in the Tomb of Heroes, there is also a towering and majestic stone tablet of 18 meters, on which it is written: The people's heroes are immortal,

Happy stipulates that every warrior who dies on the battlefield will be buried in it, and will be sacrificed and admired by the people, and at the same time, Happy also requires that every year on the Qingming Festival, all officials below themselves should go to pay tribute to the heroes who are sleeping.

Although being a soldier and eating food means bloodshed and sacrifice, being respected and being treated as mustard cannon fodder are obviously two different things.

With the tomb of heroes, military ranks, and generous treatment, as well as cultural and ideological education, although the combat effectiveness of the coalition army of the two provinces has not soared into the sky, the will to fight is by no means comparable to ordinary troops, and an army with faith and thought, the potential that he can burst out is endless.

In the past two months, under the guidance of the happy craftsman, after dozens of experiments by the craftsman Lu Ping, the steam engine was finally born.

Now, although the birth of the steam engine cannot kick the wheels of human progress like the Watt era, its appearance has also made the gap between the rule of Gao and other places, and with the passage of time, this gap will become bigger and bigger, and explode into an extremely huge force.

Although the cold winter is not suitable for field farming, but the people of Shandong Province and Jiangsu Province are not idle, the two provinces are in a period of vigorous development, not to mention that the construction everywhere requires a lot of labor, that is, the newly established tanneries, match factories, soap factories and other factories are also in urgent need of manpower,

In addition to practicing the "Recipe for Longevity", Xingxing is writing books and sayings, to be precise, Xingxing is silently writing all the scientific knowledge he knows in his mind, although the vast majority of people at that time could not understand it at all, and even thought it was a fallacy, but Xingxing ignored these, facts speak louder than words,

Although many supernatural events cannot be explained by science at all, this cannot deny the existence and correct surname of science, all roads lead to Rome, and there are many doctrine systems to explain the truth of all things in the world, and people need a dialectical vision rather than blind obedience.

With the guidance of Xingxing, countless novelties were born, simple and easy-to-use matches, coal-burning iron stoves, fragrant, easy-to-use soap and other daily necessities were produced, which not only greatly improved people's living standards, but also promoted the development and construction of the local area, and earned a lot of money for Xingxing.

Yang Sanwan and Pei Nianqian, who were the first to follow the joy, naturally made a lot of money, and the others were envious and regretful.

Compared with the happy business, the landlord with thousands of acres of land, the money earned by desperately working is simply insignificant, can not be compared, and at this time, everyone can't help but think about whether it is correct to take land as the only survival.

Wealth interests are moving, countless people through various channels and happy cooperation, happy is naturally not afraid, only interests are related, the rule can be like a monolith, stability and unity, and the "Commercial Law" is a good coordination between workers and businessmen, businessmen and businessmen between interests and disputes, and then everyone found the prescient wisdom of happiness,

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"Good wine, good wine." Happy to put down the wine glass, shake your head and admire, although this rice wine is not distilled liquor glycol, but the entrance is soft and mellow, full of stamina, very good,

"Your Excellency the Governor likes, I still have a few altars there, and someone will bring them to you." Seeing the happy praise, Cui Jishu was also smiling, and said happily,

Happy waved his hand and said: "I don't have a special hobby for the things in this cup, so I won't take the love of adults, Lord Cui, please take a seat, the New Year is coming soon, after a hard year, let's take this opportunity to rest." ”

"Your Excellency, please." The two sat down politely, Cui Jishu stared at the increasingly thick dark clouds in the sky, and said with some longing: "Ruixue Zhaofeng year, I hope we will have a greater harvest next year." ”

"I'll borrow your good words, let's drink." laughed happily and heartily, and Cui Jishu also laughed,

With the laughter of the two, there was a sudden thunder in the sky, and then there were goose feather-sized snowflakes falling down, the snow gradually became larger, and the earth was soon covered by it, covered in silver, although the snow outside the house was boundless, and the cold wind was raging, but the hearts of all the people in Shandong Province were extremely hot and full of hope,