Summer passes through the autumn solstice, autumn goes to winter. [Full text reading]

In the fourth year of Zhengde, the Ming Dynasty is changing rapidly. In Tianjin, in Jiangnan, you can find changes almost every day, new workshops, new shops, new houses, and new people...... It is said that in Jiangnan, there are locals who have been out for a few months, but when they come back, they get lost, they can't find their home, and they can't find acquaintances when they ask for directions.

Although it is said as a joke, every time people talk about it, their hearts are full of pride. This kind of change is a good thing, it represents the prosperity of the hometown, who doesn't hope that such a good thing will fall on their heads?

With the popularization of newspapers, the relatively closed mainlanders also have enough understanding of the changes in the Ming Dynasty, so there are many more people who rush to the capital to study or go to the coastal areas to work.

Of course, more people are still staying in their hometowns, the main reason is, of course, the plot of the Chinese people's homeland, and more importantly, the new policy is advancing rapidly.

In Zhengde's view, this process is really slow, in the whole year, there are only a few large ports in the south of the Yangtze River, there has been a greater development, Nanzhili and other coastal areas, only a little success, far from his expectations. He has been waiting for Xie Hong to say, what is the free time after everything is on orbit.

However, for ordinary people, such changes are already dizzying, and even the mainlanders who are most eager for a better life do not think that the wait of three or five years will be long. The people's patience is very good, which is honed in the same life.

In addition to the coastal zone, the most changed are the border towns. For the military households in the border towns, the four years of Zhengde are the year of dissipation in their lives, and it is also the busiest year.

After the weak were retained, the people who were still in the army were very busy, because they had to train every day, and they couldn't compare with the time they used to be mixed up. The intensity of the training is very high, but no one complains, after all, there is a sufficient supply of food, not to mention white flour steamed buns, and even a meal of meat every day.

What's more, if you practice your skills well, you have to use them to protect your family and defend the country. The homeland is behind him, the fathers and villagers, and even the emperor of the capital are watching, holding a generous military salary and enjoying unprecedented treatment, how can everyone not work hard?

Those who left the army were also busy, dividing the fields, learning how to use new farming tools, and building roads.

Everyone has been mobilized, and it is the responsibility of men to work hard, but the women of China are not so delicate, for more than a thousand years, their figures have been often seen in the fields, and with new farm tools, they are even more comfortable.

Not only adults, but also children must not be idle.

Academies have branches in various places, and border towns are no exception. The place is ready-made, and there are also government schools and county schools in the local area, but the difficulty of admission is relatively high, resulting in fewer students, but the place is quite large.

The level of teachers in the branch is not very high, most of them are old scholars, it is not difficult to accept ideas, but it is difficult to learn new knowledge, so he was sent out of Beijing and became a teacher.

Named after the primary school, these branches follow the style of the college, with no tuition fees and one lunch. In fact, even without these benefits, people will let their children go to school. The hero Mo Dao is from the place, and today's Ming Dynasty only selects people based on knowledge, and the children of the poor family also have the opportunity to visit the pavilion, and they can also learn the craft.

The border town is busy everywhere, everyone is not idle, but there is still silence in the noise, and the Mongolian Tatars that have not stopped for a hundred years suddenly died down. Except for the most remote three towns in Ningxia where there are warning signals from time to time, other places have not seen half of the Tartars for a whole year, especially the two towns of Xuanda, which are a little boring.

Of course, ordinary people don't get bored for this kind of thing, the so-called: boring people have their own arms, and only idlers like Scarface will be bored for this kind of thing.

Killing Tiger Pass was called Shenhekou in ancient times, and the White Wolf Pass in the Tang Dynasty and the Tooth Wolf Pass in the Song Dynasty all refer to here. During the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu Taizong went out of the north many times from this place, so it was named Kill Hu Guan, and later the Manchu Qing Dynasty avoided the word "Hu" and renamed it Kill Tiger's Mouth.

The high mountains on both sides of the Kill Tiger Pass face each other, the terrain is very steep, and the place of the river valley between the mountains is where the Pass of the Kill Hu Pass is located. In terms of scale alone, killing Huguan can also be called a heroic city, but it has been repeatedly destroyed by war, and you can see that many places in the city wall have exposed gaps, which seem crumbling and dilapidated.

Although the city wall is very broken, it doesn't matter how many people stand there, even if it is winter, the northwest wind is strong, and there are soldiers on duty.

"Brother Hu, what are General Jiang and General Monkey doing? It's been a few days, and as soon as they have free time, they are looking at the sky in the courtyard, and there is no pie in the sky, what are they looking at? No matter how strong the wind is, it won't keep blowing, and in the gaps, there is a whisper from the city wall.

"What else can I see? Look at the sky! Forgot what the instructor said the other day? When marching and fighting, you have to know the sky, you kid is also a small banner now, and he is considered an officer, so you have to pay attention to what you should pay attention to. ”

"The time of day? I said, Brother Hu, I see that the guards have been sorting out their outfits for the past few days, and then General Jiang and them are like this...... Is there something you need to do recently? Are the Tartars who don't know whether they are alive or dead coming again, or are we going to go out of the plug? ”

"I can warn you, this kind of military aircraft is a big thing, you can't talk nonsense. Since General Jiang didn't give the order, you just wait honestly, anyway, whether the Tartars come or we go, you will have the opportunity to go into battle. If you talk nonsense and take a punishment, don't say that I Hu Biao disregards brotherhood and leaves you alone. ”

"Aren't I just curious......" The fish shrank in fright and stopped squeaking.

Nowadays, the torture of the army such as wearing cheeks and camps has been abolished, and some punishments such as punishment of standing and running have been abolished, and if you carry the punishment, you may be locked up, and there will be an observation period after the detention, during which you will not be able to participate in military meetings or military operations.

The Tartars have not made any moves this year, but no one in the border towns will take it lightly, the dogs can't change their, and they want the Tartars not to rob, unless the sow climbs the tree, those beasts are just beaten too badly by the emperor, and they haven't eased up for a while.

News from the steppes suggests that the Tartars are licking their wounds, and when they recover, they will make a comeback. And the imperial court did not relax its vigilance, starting last summer, on the one hand, in the border towns to carry out military and political reforms, on the other hand, the Guards also went out in a big way, part of them went to Xuanfu, and the main force came to Datong and stationed in the mouth of the tiger.

After the Guards, tens of thousands of people were sent one after another. Those people are black and thin, they look like monkeys, they are not so much people's husbands as slaves, and their treatment is also the treatment of slaves, and I don't know where the court got it.

These people don't know Chinese, but they are obedient and work hard. The border troops were granted land, but many of them had insufficient labor in their homes, and even if they had new farm tools, they were a little troublesome, and these slaves played a lot of roles during the autumn harvest a while ago, so the impression of them was not bad.

However, the focus of his concern was not here, the Guards came, and the leader was the emperor's confidant general, and a large number of people were sent, plus a large number of supplies followed...... The conclusion is obvious, the emperor does not intend to let the Tartars return to this breath, but is ready to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

The northern expedition was expected, but the strange thing was that General Jiang had been training non-stop, but he had not given the order to send troops. Seeing that the day by day is passing, and he is about to enter the ninth day, like most border army officers and soldiers, he is also anxious.

It is difficult to march in winter, and the severe cold is one of the important factors, but with the warm clothes sent by the capital and the food full of oil and water, the severe cold is not impossible to overcome. What's worse than the cold is the heavy snow, which is very troublesome, the heavy snow blocks the road, no matter how much ability you have.

Glancing at his brother who had been born and died, Hu Biao pulled his beard, a little troubled. He does know the inside story, since the accident in the settlement fort, these people have all been promoted because of merit, he is now a thousand households, he is a relatively important officer, in the military meeting, he heard Jiang Bin talk about the strategy of the northern expedition.

However, this is a secret, he can't leak it to others at will, and it's useless to say it, he can only disappoint his brothers. At the same time, the Datong Army will conduct emergency training, and those who do not pass the training will have no hope of participating in future wars at all.

"You just married a new daughter-in-law, take advantage of this winter, it's true to work hard." After thinking about it, he decided to say something, the hearts of the An'an brothers.

"Brother Hu, what are you talking about, I've worked hard!" Yu Deshui held his head high and said proudly: "You don't know, I only asked a doctor to see it yesterday, and guess what, I will be a father next year, haha." ”

"You kid, you have two hits, it's only been two months......"

"Well, the small fish archery method is really good, one arrow, admire, admire."

On duty, no one made a loud noise, but when everyone heard the good news, they still gathered around, laughed for a while, and it took a long time for someone to come back to their senses and ask Hu Biao: "Brother Hu, do you mean that it will be ...... at the beginning of spring next year?"

"Well, I will be out of the plug at the beginning of the spring, and I will have to stay outside the plug for at least a year before I can rotate home, and when the time comes, there will be a battle to fight, so ah, don't worry, practice hard, and it is serious to cultivate strength." Hu Biao replied affirmatively.

"Great!" The sergeants couldn't suppress their cheers, and their voices were carried away by the wind, waking up the two idlers in the courtyard.

"It's not snowing yet, what's there to be happy about?" Scarface pouted.

"It's going to fall, and it's snowing heavily." The monkey still tilted his head and said firmly, "Last year's snow was so heavy, and this year it won't be small." ”

"God, can you still have a quasi-child?" Scarface shook his head disappreciatively.

"Maybe I'm not afraid of ......" The monkey gritted his teeth, mysteriously leaned into Jiang Bin's ear, and whispered: "Tell you, before I came, I specially got hundreds of Kyushu wind and thunder ...... from Mr. Tang."

"Huh?" Scarface was taken aback, and he stared at his brother for a long time before he came to his senses, "Didn't that thing rain?" Can you manage the snow? Besides, that thing is quite expensive, Brother Xie is very precious, why is Mr. Tang ......"

"Hmph, that's not easy." The monkey said triumphantly: "I asked Brother Ma to get a few princesses from Korea and the Wa Kingdom, well, it's Miss Yui of the Hatano family and Lee Eun-so of North Korea, hehe, you know...... Mr. Tang had the best mouthful, as soon as I gave it away, how could he not agree? Ha ha. ”

"Monkey, yours is the case. Well, great! Wait two more days, if it doesn't snow in Laba, let's use this baby, ha, this time to see that the tartar is not dead! Scarface patted the monkey on the shoulder, laughing so hard that he couldn't close his mouth.

(To be continued)