The name Wujiazhen was formed spontaneously, and there was no official title given to it, and there was no administrative body stationed there, and it was not even on the list of Huizhou Prefectures. It was originally a threshing field next to the Wu family's compound, and after the construction of the cotton mill, because of the proximity to here, people began to set up stalls here to sell some small items, and workers would also come here to buy some daily necessities. As various factories have sprung up in the vicinity, it has become more and more prosperous, not only as a place for workers and their families to shop, but also as a distribution base for the products of various factories. At first, it was just a small bazaar, but in a year it became a large town with a permanent population of more than 50,000, and now there is a trend of continuous expansion, and the Wu family relies on the income from land leasing, as well as the construction of various houses and buildings for business and residence, and the income in Wujia Town is not less than that of the factory shares, and the land that was originally the pillar industry of the Wu family has become the least profitable. With the construction of a large number of factories in the Guangzhou industrial base, the number of factory workers near Wujia Town tends to be stable, but there are more large-scale heavy industry bases under construction more than a dozen miles to the north, and those factories can accommodate no fewer workers than the light industry factories need.

"Xianjiang, come here, don't get lost." On the street of Wujiazhen, Wang Lao Er was grabbing Wang Xianjiang's hand, for fear of being dispersed by the crowd. Approaching the end of the year, there are not a few workers who have the same mind as Wang's second uncle and nephew, holding wages in their hands, and they all want to take advantage of this time to purchase some New Year's goods to go back. It's not as good as the countryside, where you can't buy good things if you have money, and where is it as rich as Wujia Town. There are also some businessmen who want to make a big purchase and make a lot of money before the Chinese New Year. So more than a dozen main streets in Wujia Town are full of bustling people, and those who don't know think they're in Guangzhou City!

"I said, uncle, how can this person buy things?"

"Keep up, let's buy less things and leave, don't let people steal our wages again, there are so many people, there are no thieves!" Wang Lao Er Lao Cheng is serious, what he is worried about is not that it has not happened, Lu Liang specially sent a group training team of 200 people here to maintain law and order, and really caught a few small thieves. But after all, they are not professional police officers who arrest quickly, and the efficiency of anti-theft is not high.

"Boss, what's this?" Wang Xianjiang stared at the object in front of him, he had also seen someone riding this thing on the construction site, and a lot of things could be loaded on the back seat, and the speed was not much slower than riding a horse.

"Housheng, this thing is called a bicycle, which is produced by our Huizhou Ziqiang Bicycle Factory, and it sells for two silver dollars each." The boss replied loudly, and then turned his head to another guest, who came to ask too many questions and couldn't greet himself.

This self-strengthening bicycle adopts a mature design of the future, and all the raw materials such as steel and rubber required can be obtained from the factory, and no longer occupy the production capacity of the steel base. Nowadays, the traffic conditions cannot keep up with the production of automobiles, and the raw materials are also a little tight, but bicycles are different. It not only occupies less material, requires low technical conditions, but also can adapt to various road conditions, cheap price, very suitable for domestic sales at this stage. During the Tongzhi period, the bicycle was transported to Shanghai by the French, and quickly swept the major cities, becoming the freshest foreign objects, in Guangzhou, Shanghai and other places have sold bicycle repair shops, but they are all shipped from the West, the price is not cheap, than the Ziqiang brand bicycle in the price is three silver dollars higher. Therefore, the Ziqiang bicycle swept the whole Guangdong as soon as it was launched, and if it was not for the production capacity and the sales time was too short, it would sooner or later occupy the mainland market.

Wang Xianjiang was still a little stunned by this kind of steel object, but he just stared at it, not daring to touch it. Wang Lao Er is also a little excited, but two silver dollars is also a lot of expenses, he still has a large family to feed, there is not Huizhou Luliang Lord land, the rent to be paid is fifty percent, Huizhou still has high-yield rice, it is really not possible to go back to Huizhou to bring the family to Huizhou, this year's wages should be able to buy a few acres of paddy fields.

"Uncle, I want to buy this bike, do you think?" Wang Xianjiang couldn't make up his mind, so he asked Wang Laoer.

"What are you buying this for, do you want to use it to marry a daughter-in-law?"

Wang Xianjiang has been messing with his co-workers for a few months, and he is used to making jokes, and now he doesn't feel shy, and said: "I heard the boss say that this kind of bicycle is made of steel, and it is very strong, you look at the seat behind the car, it is not difficult to carry 200 catties at a time, and even 300 catties can be pulled, and the girder in front can also be a person." Such a car should be very useful in our countryside, and besides, bringing back such a fresh object must not envy the whole village to death, and marrying a daughter-in-law is simple as you said! ”

"Two silver dollars, you only have eight silver dollars in total, if you buy something else, you have to have some left!"

"I've figured it out, I bought a bicycle for two silver dollars, a few kinds of canned meat and canned fruit to buy a little bit of a few hundred copper coins, plus flour, cotton cloth, clothing, watches issued by the construction site, the New Year's goods are all ready, just take it back with a bicycle."

"Hey, it turns out that your kid has planned it for a long time, that Cheng, you will be eighteen years old after the New Year, and it is also the age of starting a family in your hometown, it is a good thing to have your own opinions, and it is not in vain for me to take you out to see."

Procurement starts at noon and ends around 3 p.m., and the time is mainly spent on crowding and queuing. After the purchase is completed, the New Year's goods are tied to the back seat of the bicycle with a rope, and a wooden board is padded on it, and the New Year's goods are mainly flour and canned food to occupy space, but the total is less than three hundred catties. Along the repaired cement road, the two can go directly to Guangzhou, where they can find an inn to rest for one night and then go to Zhaoqing the next day, where is the hometown of the two, but unfortunately there is no cement road after Guangzhou.

Wang Lao Er and Xian Jiang rushed back happily, and the atmosphere in the Heyuan military camp was a little dull. Because of the tense situation, the Heyuan Provisional Government canceled the soldiers' annual leave, although the information is very timely, but no one can say whether Bao New Year will take advantage of the New Year to attack, it is better to be cautious.

The Chinese New Year is still two days away, and more than 4,000 soldiers from the two regiments are still training in a regular manner, while others are building fortifications.

"Squad leader, this is the first year since we became soldiers, and we have spent it in the barracks like this?" A recruit said to Le Fei, the leader of the second squad. Originally, the second class was a veteran class, and the 10 soldiers were all veterans who had undergone more than seven months of training and actual combat, but a few days ago, two-thirds of the veterans were transferred, saying that they had returned to Huizhou to be responsible for training the newly formed regiment and company, and that the recruits who had been trained for less than three months were also added. Le Fei felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, how good the veterans were, with tacit understanding, skilled in tactical movements, they understood it without saying more, and sometimes they could help themselves come up with ideas, unlike these recruits now, who talk a lot and have a second level, and how much effort does it take to be a squad leader.

Who feels uncomfortable if they can't go home for the New Year, but veterans will hold their words in their hearts, that is, the recruits are troublesome: "Zhao Xin, are you homesick?" Write a letter when you are homesick, haven't you passed the cultural study, you should be able to write a letter yourself! ”

"Squad leader, I wrote it, but I feel a little uncomfortable not going home for the New Year."

"To be honest with you, we are not feeling well. But as long as you are a soldier, you must put the order first, obey, obey and obey again! Think about it, who of the comrades-in-arms has no family? After joining the army, we have to treat our comrades-in-arms as our own family, and celebrating the New Year with our comrades-in-arms is celebrating the New Year with our families! When the Manchu Qing is overthrown, the family will be able to live a good life, isn't this better than anything else? In fact, these words were said by the instructor in order to stabilize the mood in the barracks, especially those recruits. In order to prevent the soldiers' mood from fluctuating, the commander-in-chief of the uprising, Lu Hu, specially arranged more intense training during the Spring Festival, hoping to make the soldiers forget the New Year in fatigue. In addition to the tough measures, Lu Hu also arranged for the canteen to prepare more sumptuous meals, even limited rice wine in the evening, and organized a party written and performed by the soldiers after dinner, in short, he exhausted all means.

I did work for the recruit Zhao Xin, and it was their turn to shoot, Le Fei lay on the shooting position, loaded the magazine, pulled the bolt and pulled the trigger, and fired one after another. The target was constantly pierced by bullets on the target a hundred meters away, and Le Fei vented all the discomfort in his heart on the target, and suddenly felt much more comfortable. It's been almost a year since I joined the army, and the life of the family is getting better and better, my father and younger brother work in the big boss's factory, and my mother has set up a small stall in Wujia Town.

The headquarters of Ziqiang Group in the south of Wujia Town is also in a Spring Festival atmosphere, with red lanterns hanging up and red Spring Festival couplets pasted on the door frame. The genetic people who were able to spare time all came back to participate in the Spring Festival banquet organized by Lu Liang. Lu Liang has tried his best to recall manpower, but there are still many genetic people who must stick to their posts, such as the genetic soldiers guarding the steel base, the staff on duty in various factories and construction sites, the members of the Ambrera Company on the other side of the ocean, the genetic intelligence personnel scattered all over the world, etc., and even a special team that is thousands of miles away.