The next morning, Liu Yao woke up with a splitting headache, and learned that Mei Xianzhuo had sent the county order and his party away, and suddenly felt relieved, and the headache was half gone, took a cup of tea handed by Yao Ying, and said with a sigh: "I didn't expect that when I came to this world, I still had to entertain leaders." "www.biquge.info I ate breakfast without any appetite, and when I saw Liu Man packing up his things and hurriedly going out, he casually asked, "Where are you going?" Or do you want to check the data of the Lebanese? ”

"No, I won't. Wang Daixi then counted. ”

"Huh? Didn't she not participate in something that I directly ordered in order to avoid suspicion? I don't remember telling her to do the statistics. ”

"Then you don't care about numbers? Or, did you even give up statistics for the sake of Wang Daixi? Yao Ying asked with interest.

"Numbers are not fish, and if you don't catch them, you run away. Steelmaking furnaces and gunpowder workshops also have data on iron ore and saltpeter. Her king brought joy back to get the numbers. Liu Yao said with confidence.

"Yo, it seems that you are still full of knowledge." Yao Ying is starting to taste a little.

Liu Yao grabbed his wife and daughter: "Nonsense." Mei Xianzhuo and I still know each other very well. Liu Ze saw it on the side, hurriedly put down the toy in his hand, and shouted in his mouth: "I want to hug too." They ran over and hugged each other.

Liu Man broke free and said, "Oh, I'm too late." And I'll tell you too. Your wife has solved Wang Daixi's problem. ”

"What? How was it solved? Did you sink her into the Shiroku River? Liu Yao hugged his son and said.

She announced that she had allocated 100 taels of silver to Wang Daixi's future husband. I think it's a good idea. Liu Man said as he walked out.

Liu Yao looked at his wife and smiled: "Okay, you, a good way." Gossip is also a disadvantage, and it must be extinguished in time. After saying this, he felt a little unsteady inexplicably, and hurriedly changed the topic: "Anyway, I haven't been to campus for a long time." Or let's go to the school this morning? ”

Yao Ying took her son and said, "There is a lecture time this afternoon. This is also what you ask for, and everyone can listen to lectures that are not necessarily related to the course. It was Mei Jiaju who went to give a speech today. You go and prepare, maybe I'll have time to give you half a lesson. ”

Liu Yao was about to answer, when he heard Mei Xianzhuo's shout outside the door: "Is Mr. at home?" "The people of this time and space are very polite, and they will not enter the door without a report. What's more, Liu Yao's house design is an official mansion posture, so even Lao Mei will not walk in casually. Liu Yao hurriedly greeted him and asked, "The county commander is gone?" ”

"Gone. Looks pretty satisfied. He talked to me a few words when he left, and I saw that he was actually afraid that we would gather a crowd to cause trouble, and second, he was afraid that the homeless people would leave their homes and run away. Now that we are living and working here in peace and contentment, and the displaced people are all registered, of course I am relieved. ”

"That's good. In this way, we should be able to live a peaceful life for a year, right? ”

"I guess there is. However, Zhou Wenwen said that this time the county order went out, and it was on the order of the prefect. That Yu Zhifu is famous for scraping the ground. I'm afraid I won't give up. ”

"I'm not afraid. As long as we hold on until the summer harvest every year, some of us have food and steel, and no one is afraid of coming. ”

"That's what I'm here for. Now that our Meijia Village is strong, we must do something. Yesterday, the county decree sealed my father and son as the captains of the group training, and I think I went to the county today to hand over the documents and implement this matter. ”

"It should. Hurry up and don't wait for him to change his mind. Also, I want to discuss something with you. We also have to make up our minds about the garrison of Shirokugang. One is that we have to have a good relationship with General Yao, this army should be the strongest military force around us, right? Again, can Jiaju join the army and seek this general position? ”

"Oh, Mr. Liu, this is exactly what I'm going to discuss with you!" Mei Xianzhuo patted his thigh and said: "With the identity of the regimental training, it will be easy for Jiaju and a few of his partners to join the army. In this way, we have a reason to get closer to Mr. Yao, and, in the long run, it is indeed possible to seize that port in our own hands. ”

"Grab the port in your hands, Wei Min told you, right?" Liu Yao asked with a smile.

"Haha, this Wei Min, do what you said...... The intelligence thing seems pretty good. Mei Xianzhuo also laughed, and then said: "I have been thinking about this joining the army yesterday, and I am still thinking about how to tell you. Although I myself want to move inwardly and not avoid relatives, I really don't know what my husband will think. ”

"Lao Mei, you and I are brothers, don't worry about how to tell me in the future, say whatever you want, and say whatever the situation is. I'm the same with you, I can say whatever I want. I think the same thing as you about joining the army. One is that your Lao Mei is a local leader, and it is logical to send your son to join the army to seek a future. Even if I have a son as old as my foal, it's not a taste to be sent to join the army. Second, he Wang Ruoxi also wants to divide you and me, and Jiaju will definitely get his support when he joins the army. Besides, I think Jiaju also has plans to join the army. So, it worked. ”

Mei Xianzhuo held Liu Yao's hands: "Sir, what do you have to say, it's really good." I'm going to get ready, and I'm going to the county right away. ”

Liu Yao grabbed him: "Wait a minute, you'd better discuss it with Lao Zhao and Lao Sun and the others." In particular, I asked Li Jiangong if he would also want to join the army to seek a future. ”

Mei Xianzhuo touched his head, laughed and said, "Yes, if you care, it's messy, what am I anxious about." I want to discuss with these old brothers and go to the county tomorrow. Otherwise, he, Wang Ruoxi, still thinks that I want this group training so much. ”

"You don't have to look elsewhere, after dinner, your son has a lecture in the school, let's go and listen to it together."

"What can he say? I'm not going. My son is talking above, and Lao Tzu is listening below, what's the matter? "Mei Xianzhuo is a little resistant.

"I still listen to my daughter's lectures. Wouldn't it be so sad for you to sit with me? Liu Yao asked with a smile. Mei Xianzhuo nodded helplessly.

Liu Yao picked up Mei Xianzhuo and walked out: "I'm going to go to Qian San's workshop now." In the afternoon, I will go to the school first, and by the way, I will see if there are any problems to be solved, and the lecture time is coming, and I will ask someone to call you. ”

"Isn't it that the cuirass, helmet and spear have been made, is there anything new in Qian San?" Mei Xianzhuo asked strangely.

"Yes, and it's something new that is completely invincible." Liu Yao laughed mysteriously again, and then said worriedly: "But the production of this new thing is very troublesome, and it won't produce results until the beginning of spring next year." ”

Mei Xianzhuo didn't want to bother about this matter, so he hurriedly said: "I also want to go to the place where the iron ore is collected to see." Yesterday, Lao Zhao came to discuss with me whether the Li people who sent the iron ore could work there for half a day, and would rather take care of another dinner and give him more salt. ”

Liu Yao perked up: "This is a good idea!" The question is, with whom do you discuss this? ”

"That translation. He doesn't pick stones anymore. Sit there all day reconciling. It was the Li people who picked the stones, and we gave the Li people a bamboo card. These bamboo plaques were handed over to the translator, and he told us every day, and we gave him the salt, and he asked people to pick it up. ”

"Haha, this translator is also doing management work." Liu Yao was very happy to see these changes, and said: "In this way, the Li people who pick up the stones actually do not get the salt, and they have to distribute it after they go back. Then the salt we work in Lao Zhao should be given to them, so that they can benefit directly. ”

"Yes, that's what I thought too. I also want the translator to directly find Li Ren to work, specifically to do Lao Zhao's work, so that the effect is better. ”

"Lao Mei, you must make this happen. In this way, not only do we have more labor, but we also have cooperation with the Li people, and it is less likely that we will fight with them. ”

"Yes. I was just thinking, what kind of treatment our people have, what kind of treatment do we have, and we also take care of food and housing. Anyway, the shacks that took in the displaced people are still empty. ”

"That's good. Now there are fewer displaced people. However, you should pay attention to make it clear to the Li people and the interpreter, and let the interpreter bring the words back: the Li people are either here to live for a long time, or to work. ”

"What does that mean?" Mei Xianzhuo didn't grasp the meaning for a moment.

"Whether it's the lord of Tong, the village chief, or the county magistrate, the most worrying thing is that the people under his rule have run away. We have to reassure the lord that he won't kidnap his people. ”

Mei Xianzhuo suddenly realized: "Oh! That's right. I'll be careful. As they talked, they soon came to the industrial area, and walked towards the carpentry workshop and the iron ore yard respectively. Not far away, there was a shouting and noise, a burst of red light lit up, and the steelmaking furnace produced molten steel again. The two looked at each other, clearly very satisfied with the current state of affairs.

Coming out of the workshop, Liu Yao thought about splitting the workshop and dividing the production of guns and cold weapons into different companies, or he could also consider the division system of modern enterprises, and walked to the hospital.

The hospital already occupies the entire two-story building, and the inpatient department and staff dormitories are more space-consuming. There are several large trees in front of the building, which are left over from the time when the house was built. A small table was set up under the tree, Wen Po and the nurse were preparing lunch, and only Liu Ze was holding a bowl and lying on the table to eat happily.

Yao Ying saw Liu Yao come in, and hurriedly asked if he had eaten. Liu Yao said pitifully: "You all have a place to eat, Xiaoman is at school, you are in the hospital, I have no place, I don't care about food anywhere." Yao Ying handed over the chopsticks and asked Wen Po to serve the meal. Liu Ze pounced happily, and the soup on his mouth rubbed his father's body. After a while, Liu Man also jumped over, and when he saw that his father was also there, he sighed strangely and sat down next to him.

Liu Yao picked up the rice bowl and asked his daughter, "How do the students eat?" ”

"It's all your own food. Anyway, the weather is hot, and I'm not afraid to eat something cold. Liu Man's mouth was full of rice, and he muttered.

"What did they do after eating?"

"It's boring. The boys fought on two sides, sometimes with sticks and sometimes with mud. Every day, it's fun. The girls got together to chat, and they were basically Zhang's parents, Li Jia's short. When Liu Man said this, he put down the dishes and chopsticks, turned his head to look at his father, and said, "I think there is a problem with this." ”

"I also think there's a problem. We've got to get something valuable to fill it in. Sports, music, and games. Sports engage in track and field competitions and various ball games, running, high jump, long jump, parallel bars, horizontal bar rings, and then penalty balls, especially football and baseball, which do not require high elasticity of the ball, and are easier to do. ”

Liu Man was a little afraid of trouble, and Liu Yao enlightened her: "You always want to have similar people to talk to, right?" If they don't engage in music, art, and sports, they will always be primitive people. Where I lived when I was a child, this kind of game of splitting the battle was also popular, and it is estimated that the gameplay has not changed much. In fact, Chinese society did not change fundamentally until the 80s. ”

"Really? Did you also play these games as a kid? Liu Man asked strangely.

"Yes, there was no TV, no computer, no Internet, there was only one newspaper in the country, and the control of speech was very strict, so the life pattern in the small county town was almost exactly the same as it was in front of you. The boys are divided into two sides, with a leader on each side, who leads a rabble to try to defeat their opponents, and all the participants are completely authoritarian organizations, with no individual voice and no voice to help the children form a valuable way of social organization. ”

"Are you just trying to convince me to go into sports, you don't have to rise to such heights, do you?" Liu Man snatched a piece of meat from his brother's bowl and said with a grin.

Liu Yao hurriedly gave his son a piece of meat before he cried: "These activities are very important to the shaping of personality, and it is also mentioned in the scroll. You're going to do this with your pencil company's passion. ”

"But the pencil company makes money?"

"This can earn the future, and it is more valuable." After Liu Yao finished saying this, he pulled Yao Ying to check the ward.

The effect of the afternoon lecture was beyond everyone's expectations. Mei Xianzhuo didn't wait for anyone to call, came to the school early, had no place to pass the time, and went to see the hospital with Yao Ying. Mei Jiaju walked up to the podium, bowed deeply to everyone, and said, "Everyone will choose their own career. I can also continue to be like my father, farming, drying salt, and opening workshops, especially now that with Mr. Liu's help, the business in Meijia Village is getting bigger and bigger, and once we start trading with maritime merchants, any workshop may become very big. At this point, he paused to look at his father, who was straightening up in the audience, and continued, "I don't like to fight. Ever since I fell off the mountain and broke my leg that day, I have felt the importance of health and life. You can say I was scared. I'm sure there are people who are bolder than me and who see death as if they were home, but I'm not that kind of person. I was lucky enough to be rescued by Mr. Liu, and I lay on the recliner for a few months, during which I gradually recovered and felt more and more alive. ”

The crowd was silent. Chinese people do not have such a habit of revealing their hearts, and Mei Jiaju's speech deeply attracted them.

"People are going to ask. Since I don't want to face life and death, why should I choose to join the army? Because I don't want to see any of you face death. Meijia Village wants a variety of food, and if it wants more steel, it will have to deal with the outside. You have to face the Li people and the Wang County Order. Anyone can bring us death. I love my parents, I love Mr. Liu's family, and I love all of you. I want you to live well, so I, with my buddies, went to join the army. ”