Chapter 36: Moving Mountains and Reclamation (I)
The light rain outside the house had not completely stopped, and Mi's mother couldn't wait to walk out of the house with Xiaomi, "Xiaomi, don't grind, the village chief will come to urge later!" β
Last night, Mi Dafu led people to escort Liu Er to Anlan City, and after he came back, the village chief Chen Qili gave him a task to ring the gong to gather the villagers this morning. When it rained heavily this morning, Chen Qili also braved the rain to come to the door to order Mi Dafu to start beating the gong as soon as the rain stopped.
Mi Dafu carried a gong in one hand and a drum hammer in the other, and walked out into the street with a little excitement.
"Xiaomi, hurry up and ring the gong to gather!"
On the street, there are already a few villagers wearing hats and robes. They are all idlers in the village, and they know that there will be dinner today, so they are waiting for the gathering early.
Mi Dafu glanced at them, and said in his heart, "We are also members of the court now!" β
He straightened his waist up, held his breath, waved his right hand, and struck the gong in his hand vigorously, "Bang Bang~~Bang Bang~~", the gong sound was crisp and loud, as if with the taste of a general's order.
Mi Dafu shouted loudly while beating the gong, "The imperial court is holding a meeting, and you can take care of breakfast, at least one person from each family, gather quickly!" β
After the rain, the sky is clear, and a faint mist floats among the mountains and forests of Keelung Bay. Xiaomi's voice was so loud that the sound of gongs and shouts resounded through the mountain village, breaking the tranquility of Keelung Bay at once. Immediately afterwards, almost all the ten miles and eight towns in Keelung Bay sounded... Boom... Boom... The sound of gongs.
The sound of gongs faintly spread into the Ershawan Command Headquarters, Qian Shuiting casually pushed open the window of the combat command room, and the sound of gongs in the distance suddenly became louder, "Hehe, the people watching the play are moving, I don't know how Lin Youde is preparing there?" β
Lin Youde has been squatting in the Badouzi construction area since last night, directing the placement of explosives on the spot.
As soon as Qian Shuiting's voice fell, the phone on the table rang.
"Hey, I'm Staff Officer Qu, the commander-in-chief is here, please wait." The attendant Qu Zhihui covered the microphone with one hand and reported to Qian Shuiting in a low voice, "Commander-in-chief, it's Deputy Commander Lin's phone." β
Qian Shuiting immediately took the phone, "Hey, Lao Lin, I'm Qian Shuiting." β
"Old money, everything is OK on Badouzi's side! The 900 tons of explosives have been placed overnight by Panda and the demolition team, absolutely according to the best plan calculated by the computer, and the detonation lead is also network-like, and Lin Dejia and I have been surveying three times in a row, and nothing is wrong.
"Okay?????? All right!?????? All right! Qian Shuiting smiled and nodded.
The sound of gongs in the eight villages of Keelung Bay is still ringing, rapid and loud, spreading among the bays, and the mountains are also shocked.
The sound of gongs and people's calls intertwined, and Keelung Bay began to boil. There were noisy crowds of people at the heads of all villages, and under the organization of the village chiefs and the joint defense team, they gathered like a trickle on the main road, and then formed a huge stream, rushing towards the mouth of the Tianliao River.
"Don't be crowded, stand in line according to the village, and the villagers of each village will cross the bridge in order under the leadership of the village chief." Wu Chang and Wu Minglin stood on the bridge head with electric horns in their hands to maintain order.
"Bao Chang, our Tianliao Gangzhuang has arrived, and there are more than fifty."
Wu Chang glanced at the crowd behind Chen Qili, "Village Chief Chen, you guys have come so much!" β
Chen Qili smiled, "Although our Zhuangzi is small, the villagers are very enthusiastic, everyone wants to come to the ceremony, and I can't stop it as the village head, the two security chiefs, you say yes?!" β
Several female cadets holding red flags stood by the outpost under the bridge, and they were responsible for the reception of the conference. Chen Qili led the team to cross the bridge, and Megumi Tanaka held an electric horn in one hand and a red flag with the words "Tianliao Gangzhuang" in the other, and greeted him, "The team of Tianliao Gangzhuang, follow me." β
In front of the dining hall was a large open space, which had been divided into areas with white lines, and in each area were placed dozens of freshly made benches. Despite a torrential rain, the white line is still faintly visible.
Megumi Tanaka planted the flag in one of the squares, "Village Chief Chen, the stool is a little chΓ‘o wet, you can wipe the stool, rest here first, and then go up the mountain after eating." β
"Don't worry, girl, the Zhuang family is not so squeamish." Chen Qili smiled and assigned a few strong villagers to carry breakfast in the room.
The people of Shihard Port, Jilong Street, Niochougang Village and other villages also crossed the bridge one after another, occupying areas marked by white lines, and soon the open space was crowded with people from seven miles and eight towns in Keelung Bay. The villages have sent people to bring flatbread and fish ball soup from the bamboo and wood greenhouses, and everyone is happy, even if they are married for the festival, they are not so happy.
After breakfast, Chen Qili raised the red flag on the ground, and when he turned his head, he saw the tall and tall Mi Dafu, "Xiaomi, come here." β
Millet is burping and talking to her friends. He didn't hear what the village chief said clearly, he was a little stunned, his steps slowed down, and he was pushed by Mi's mother, "Go quickly, this is a good thing to show your face!" The village chief is looking up to you. β
Xiaomi took over the flag, the flag was displayed in a loud voice, and the four big characters of "Tianliao Gangzhuang" fluttered in the breeze.
"Fathers and fellow villagers of Tianliao Gangzhuang, everyone pay attention." Megumi Tanaka held an electric horn in his hand, "Now that you are ready to go up the mountain, everyone pays attention to order, obeys the command, and don't jump in line at will and move around at will." β
"What did this woman say, why can't she understand a word." Megumi Tanaka learned the standard official dialect, and these ordinary people didn't understand it.
Chen Qili took the electric horn from Tanaka Hui and repeated it twice in Hokkien dialect, and the villagers understood.
Megumi Tanaka nodded in approval, "Village Chief Chen, we're ready to go up the mountain." It's just been raining, and you tell the villagers to be careful of slippery roads. β
"Don't worry, the villagers are afraid of rain, and today they are all wearing straw sandals, and going up the mountain is not in the way at all."
Under the guidance of Megumi Tanaka, the villagers of Tianliao Gangzhuang waved red flags, carried long wooden benches, and happily drove up the mountain. The other village teams also quickly finished their breakfast and marched up the hill.
Lin Yicheng followed the team on Keelung Street to the east along the north bank of the Tianliao River, a newly built road with barbed wire on both sides. After walking for about 500 meters, the main road turned north and went up the mountain.
During this period of time, Lin Yicheng has always remembered his father's instructions before leaving, behaved with his tail between his legs, and managed the fields in peace. But he has always suspected in his heart that this so-called Da Ming is just a pirate, can it really be successful?!
After the rain, the mountains were exceptionally fresh, and the streams on both sides of the road continued to flow downward, and Lin Yicheng's mood suddenly became lighter. Meandering up along the main road, Lin Yicheng saw that there was a solemn-looking Jingjie warrior guarding the side of the road every other distance on the mountain road, and his brisk mood couldn't help but be a little restrained. Seeing that each soldier had a black and shiny steel gun in his hand, Lin Yicheng's heart suddenly rose with a chill, all of them were extremely sharp firearms! This pirate is so tough, it's no wonder that he easily took the fort.
After walking for about 20 minutes, the villagers of Keelung Street finally went to the venue at the top of Gangziliao Mountain. Two loudspeakers hung high on a large camphor tree on the top of the mountain, and in the sound of light music, a team from one village to another marched into the venue from the bottom of the mountain with flags
The open space on the top of Gongziliao Mountain has already been expanded into a large meeting place, surrounded by various flags, as well as the warriors of the Jing ring. At the west end of the clearing, a platform of 10 meters square and half a meter high was erected, and ten large drums were placed on the side of the platform.
The clutter of trees in the clearing has been removed, the potholes have been filled in, and long lattices have been drawn with white lines. Several villages in the morning mountain such as Tianliao Gangzhuang had already set up stools and sat neatly in the designated area, and flags were planted at the front of the teams of each village.
Lin Yicheng hadn't been here for a long time, and he couldn't help but be a little amazed at how much this mountain top had changed.
A few villagers who were slightly literate studied the couplets on the platform for a long time, because the crossing group used abbreviated characters, and they were a little unable to understand them.
"Young Master Lin, aren't you a showman! Help us see, what's written on that table? β
It was a little hectic just now, and Lin Yicheng didn't pay attention to what was on the table. After sitting down, he looked at it intently.
In front of the platform, a red cloth banner was hung with the words "Commencement Ceremony".
There is also a couplet hanging on both sides of the platform:
Shanglian: Destroy the Tartars and smash the old mountains and rivers
Downlink: Move mountains and reclaim the sea to build new homes
The abbreviated characters are simplified according to traditional Chinese characters, Lin Yicheng is a talented person after all, and his knowledge is extraordinary, he read it carefully and carefully, and he knows it in his chest.
After listening to Lin Yicheng's explanation, several people immediately felt a little puzzled. Exterminate the Tartars, smash the old mountains and rivers, and build new homes, these words are easy to understand and everyone can understand. But moving mountains and reclaiming the sea is a bit confusing.
"Moving mountains and reclamation? What does that mean?! The villagers threw all their doubts at Lin Yicheng.
Lin Yicheng was also puzzled by this, he speculated, "The words used by the imperial court are very meaningful!" Moving mountains and reclaiming the sea should still mean to destroy the Tartars, smash the old mountains and rivers, and build a new home! β
He glanced at Weng Lishui, who was not far from him, "Then again, I think that when the Ming Dynasty was founded, the military advisor Liu Bowen had the unforeseen merits of ghosts and gods, and now the Ming Dynasty is also full of strange people, and it may be possible to move mountains and reclaim the sea." β
"Taoism is natural!" Weng Lishui also learned the set of pots, he stroked his beard under his chin, and said with a smile, "Lin Xiucai is high, today is the groundbreaking ceremony of the Badouzi Power Plant, and Badouzi is just a narrow plot, why not open a factory here?" β
"Why?!" The villagers all urged Weng Lishui.
"It is said that the Ming Dynasty wants to open a mountain and take stones at the northern foot of Jilong Mountain to fill in the Badouzi Strait!"
"Is this true?!" The villagers were amazed.
"The Tao is natural, and the heavenly machine must not be revealed!" Weng Lishui's expression was very mysterious, and he no longer spoke.
Lin Yicheng pouted, is this possible?!
At this time, the teams from all the villages in Keelung Bay had all gone up to the top of the mountain. The whole venue was crowded with people. Weng Lishui's jokes spread like a gust of wind throughout the audience, and the people of Keelung Bay were all discussing the possibility of "moving mountains and reclaiming the sea".
After the crossing group occupied Keelung, it used a large number of machinery and equipment to open mountains to level the land, blow up reefs and build docks. Many people really believed what Weng Lishui said, but more were skeptical. But whether it is believed or doubted, everyone is looking forward to it.