The Spring Festival is approaching, this year's Spring Festival is different from previous years, the festive atmosphere in Yangzhou is extremely strong, I don't know whether it is the news that the Metropolitan Governor is about to get married makes the festive atmosphere stronger, or the festive atmosphere makes the Metropolitan Governor get married and the matter is more talked about.

The snowflakes fluttering in the sky seem to bring gifts for the upcoming New Year, and the Governor's Mansion is also covered in silver, and the peach and pear trees in the courtyard are all dressed in silver overnight, and the red lanterns and couplets that can be seen everywhere are simply beautiful to blend with the snow white.

The marriage of Luo Jian and Liu Lan was scheduled for the sixth day of the first lunar month, and the old lady controlled the preparations for the entire family affair during this time.

The old lady was running around in the courtyard, in good spirits, Luo Jian stood in front of the window of the study, watching the old lady's little feet running very fast in the snow, very worried, but the old lady just didn't want others to help, and she walked very steadily with a cane.

Luo Jian was still waiting for news from Gaoyou, Liu Zeqing received the news from Yangzhou, and was shocked, knowing that Yangzhou was about to cut off his military salary supply, but several divisions in Yangzhou were staring at him fiercely, and he didn't dare to have any dissent, just wrote to the court one after another, asking for a change of guard.

Yesterday, Luo Jian also went to Guazhou, the offensive that will be launched next year will not work without the support of the military industry in Guazhou, Shi Kefa and Ren Minyu have already been to Guazhou, and the double wages for the fifteen days from the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival have made the workers have no complaints, and they are working overtime.

Luo Jian stayed in Liu Weimin's courtyard for a long time after looking at various factories, Luo Jian didn't expect that the two girls brought back by Liu Lan from Nanjing had already achieved their own successes, Liu Cui'e's learning progress was rapid, according to Xiao Liu's estimates, her level was basically close to a high school student.

And Li Yue also reflects another aspect of talent, although Xiao Liu's laboratory is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more people, but now it is basically managed by Li Yue, Xiao Liu basically doesn't have to worry too much, and Li Yue still has the spare energy to take care of Xiao Liu's life properly.

Luo Jian asked Xiao Liu when he was going to get married, Xiao Liu said that he hadn't found the feeling yet, and he was not in a hurry now, Luo Jian was also a little helpless, the girl of this era and Xiao Liu Their "generation gap" is probably difficult to make up for in a short time.

Fortunately, Wang Qiang is heartless, and Xing'er has not been restrained since childhood, their situation is much better than Xiao Liu, the two are tired of being together all day long, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the two will get married.

Xiao Liu said that he has done his best to make ammonia production line, but he is not sure when it will be officially put into production next year.

More than 2,000 rounds of mortar shells were produced, which is all that can be made by laboratory methods, but more than 50 mortars have been produced, and it is not impossible to produce more, and the shells are limited, and more is a waste.

Xiao Liu said that Chen Zilong is now fascinated by the production of bullets, and has tried every means to make a bullet case like a 95 rifle, but now it is still a little far away, and the several boatloads of copper ore pulled back from Japan have all been smelted, and now they are locked in the warehouse and no one is allowed to move.

"Xiao Liu, do you still want to go back now?"

"Chief, where do you say you're going back? Go back to Yangzhou? ”

"No, it's back to our time and space."

"Chief, to be honest, I also want to go back, but thinking about this big stall in Guazhou, it's all my hard work here, if I leave, how can I put my mind at ease?"

Xiao Liu was a little painful when he said this, and after listening to Xiao Liu's words, Luo Jian didn't say anything for a long time.

"Xiao Liu, we are going to start fighting in the spring next year, you have to be careful with this mess in Guazhou, I will let Wang Qiang take the garrison to stay, and the safety of Guazhou will be handed over to the two of you."

"Then I'll tell them to hurry up, the garrison is still holding a big knife and spear, if there is really a situation, this can't work."

"I've been to the garrison division to see that most of the time the garrison division is trained by Wang Qiang, but I think the garrison division is more like the modern army, and it is necessary to equip them."

"After the Spring Festival, we can equip another division, so that there will be five divisions equipped with Yangzhou Yishi, such equipment should not be a problem, right? I'll try to get some picric acid out of it, so that if I want to attack the city, I can be more sure. ”

"Now it seems that it is not possible to equip all the four divisions, I am afraid that it is necessary to equip half of the third division, otherwise one division will never be able to play its role, and then there will be a big trouble if the number of troops is insufficient."

Luo Jian was actually worried that if he equipped the Fourth Division first, Li Benshen would have a lot of ideas at that time.

"The number of artillery is estimated to be able to produce another 30 guns by the beginning of spring next year, and the production of naval guns has now been stopped, and they are all producing artillery at full capacity, without fire support, relying on these mini guns alone, the defense is no problem, and the offensive is insufficient firepower."

"Yes, our time is still too tight, but it's not a big problem to concentrate this kind of firepower to attack at all."

The two talked for a long time, and Luo Jian returned to Yangzhou.

A few days before the Chinese New Year, Luo Jian was not idle, and pulled Shi Kefa and Ren Minyu to run through the factories around Yangzhou.

Since the fleet returned from Japan, everyone felt that the products were not worried, and all factories were producing at full capacity, Luo Jian was worried that the workers would not be paid overtime during the Chinese New Year, so he and Shi Kefa and others went to check it in person.

Chinese New Year's Eve is the old lady pulled Shi Kefa and his wife to the Dadu Governor's Mansion together, the old man likes to be lively, Shi Kefa can only follow her, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve is much more lively than last year, Xiao Liu brought Li Yue back, Wang Qiang Tuan Nian only pulled Xing'er to arrive before dinner.

Luo Jian also took Zhu Yujiao's sister and brother to the house for the New Year, although the identity of the sister and brother is expensive, but they have no relatives, and they are very lonely during the New Year, Luo Jian and Liu Lan are very unbearable, and they took the sisters and brothers to the house early.

Luo Jian wanted to call Mrs. Gao and the Red Lady together for the New Year, but they refused, and there were more than a dozen people from the Dashun Army, and everyone got together, but they were not alone.

Last year's New Year Luo Jian spent in the army, and he didn't feel more, but this year he really felt the atmosphere of the traditional Chinese New Year.

In Luo Jian's time and space, the atmosphere of traditional Chinese festivals is getting weaker and weaker, some businesses in order to make money, spare no effort to promote some foreign festivals, many young people regard the so-called "Valentine's Day" and "Christmas" as more important than the Spring Festival, so that Luo Jian is very unaccustomed to it.

This night, everyone kept the New Year's Eve until late, and a group of young people sat around the old lady, talking about the past and the present, and full of longing and expectation for the next year in Yangzhou.

Luo Jian and Shi Kefa sat a little farther away, both of them had heavy burdens on their shoulders, and at this time they were still whispering some plans for the New Year.

"Brother Ken, there is a problem you have to pay attention to, although Japan's trade routes have been basically opened, but the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate will definitely not give up, they also understand the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, once our side starts, if the war is slightly unfavorable, I am afraid that there will be variables, so when organizing goods to Japan, you have to remind everyone to be careful."

Luo Jian said this based on what he saw after inspecting the factory a few days ago, and the enthusiasm of the factory's production is worth affirming, but he is always a little worried that if anything is overdone, it will always go to the opposite.

"Well, I also see this problem, our customs should play some role, and I will discuss it with King Tang after the New Year."

Although the sound of firecrackers outside was still ringing, the old lady was still sleepy, and after the old lady went to sleep, the young people began to make a fuss, Wang Qiang was the most active, and he didn't care about others making jokes about him and Xing'er, but Xing'er was so ashamed that she lay on the sofa and refused to raise her head.

Zhu Cihuan played with everyone for a while, and then took a book again, and went to the candle to read it, Xiao Liu saw it, took the book from his hand, and pulled him to everyone to continue playing.

Luo Jian watched Zhu Cihuan join everyone again, and then he felt that this kid was not so quiet, maybe he was hit too hard, so he became what he is now, and now seeing him playing with everyone, it turned out to be a lively child.

No matter how reluctant everyone is, three years of Hongguang have passed.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Luo Jian still got up very early, and when he opened the bedroom window, the light reflected by the snow outside was very dazzling, Luo Jianchang took a breath of cold air, and the whole person woke up at once.

At this time, on the road from Anqing Mansion, Huai'an Mansion and Xuzhou to Yangzhou, a team of people and horses was galloping in the snow.

These people were Huang Degong and the chief officials of the divisions, and they received a message from the superintendent Shi Kefa a few years ago, asking them to return to Yangzhou to attend the wedding of the metropolitan governor.

Although the flavor of the New Year is still very strong, in Yangzhou, everyone seems to pay more attention to the marriage of the Metropolitan Governor than the New Year.

Even Zhang Laohan outside the city is calculating what gift to give the Metropolitan Governor, the daughter-in-law has an idea, the sweet potato harvest at home this year is very good, the Metropolitan Governor asked everyone to teach everyone to make the sweet potatoes into dried sweet potatoes, cooked and sliced and dried, put them in the pot and fry them with sand, which is both sweet and crunchy, and the children's snacks are available.

The daughter-in-law said that she would give a bag of dried sweet potatoes to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, which was a good gift.

Zhang Laohan felt that this gift was too light, but the life of the family was just better this year, and he couldn't take out the money to buy more expensive gifts, Zhang Laohan only listened to his daughter-in-law's words, and asked his wife to carefully dry some dried sweet potatoes a few years ago, and specially scooped some fine sand from the river, fried it with slow fire, the golden color looked very comfortable, Zhang Laohan himself tasted one, and was reluctant to eat it again.

Worried that there were too many people to catch up on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Laohan carried this bag of carefully made sweet potatoes to the Dadu Governor's Mansion on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and several grandchildren had to follow and brought them all.

Liu Lan has been taken to the Shi Mansion by the old lady, and she can only be carried to the Dadu Governor's Mansion in a sedan chair on the sixth day of the new year, and Xiao Liu also went back to Guazhou, and she will not be able to rush back until the sixth day of the new year, and he does not want to delay for a day.

Wang Qiang and Xing'er, as well as the princess sisters and brothers are still in the house, today the red lady and the girls of the art troupe also came to the house to help, but the preparations for the marriage have already been arranged by the old lady, there are not many things, Wang Qiang left everyone to be lively together.

Luo Jian carefully calculated on the battle map in the study, there was a mess in the hall, and the sound came upstairs from time to time, Luo Jian smiled and continued to be busy with his own business.

Waiting for the guards at the door to introduce Zhang Laohan into the hall, the hall was even more lively, everyone was very interested in the dried sweet potatoes brought by Zhang Laohan, even the princess grabbed a large handful and put it in her pocket, Wang Qiang also grabbed a handful, first filled Zhu Cihuan's pocket, and then handed it to Xing'er.

After everyone grabbed the dried sweet potatoes, they didn't forget to stuff the arms of Zhang Laohan's grandsons with all kinds of pastries, and even Zhu Yujiao took a lot of candy for Zhang Laohan's youngest grandson and stuffed it into his small purse.

Seeing that the dried sweet potatoes he brought were very popular with everyone, Zhang Laohan smiled so much that his eyes narrowed into a slit.

Listening to the lively atmosphere downstairs, Luo Jian couldn't sit still in the study, and walked to the staircase to watch everyone lively, feeling that he had more things to protect.