Velocity! Velocity! Fast-paced life is the characteristic of modern people, and of course Zhao Yun has learned this very well.

After returning to the small courtyard from the county office, Zhao Yun learned that the European dispatch had found a modern refrigerator.

In 1910, the world's first household refrigerator with compression refrigeration came out in the United States. Now it has been sold in Europe, and Zhao Yun saw the real sample that night, which is very different from what Zhao Yun has seen before, it is not a fully enclosed refrigerator, but there are basic components such as compressors in the box.

Today's cold drink Zhao Yun also found the source from Deputy County Magistrate Xu, the ice brick was made by a large family in the county, and a widow named Yang Er's sister-in-law in the county of sour plum soup was made.

Her husband died in the famine, and she lived alone with three children. I usually make a living by doing odd jobs, and in the summer, I will make some sour plum soup and mint water to subsidize the family.

Zhao Yun inquired, she was a good person, so he sent someone to find her.

Yang's second sister-in-law, in her thirties, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, stood in front of Zhao Yun.

"Sit!" Zhao Yun pointed to the chair next to him.

"The women don't dare!" Yang's second sister-in-law lowered her head.

Zhao Yun also went with her, and now he is also a seventh-grade official, and he is not eye-catching in the eyes of the high-level, but he is also an official among the civilians.

Seeing that she didn't squeak or raise her head, Zhao Yun could only say to herself, "I'm going to open a cold drink shop in the county, and I heard that your skills are good, so I'm going to find you to be the shopkeeper of this store!" ”

"Shopkeeper?" Second sister-in-law Yang moved, but still didn't look up, and read softly.

"Why not? Or is there any difficulty? Zhao Yun was very strange, "Fifteen yuan of ocean per month, including food!" Your kids can also go and help, and the meals are counted in the store! ”

"Really?" Second sister-in-law Yang finally raised her head, glanced at Zhao Yun, and lowered her head again.

"Why am I lying to you! Tomorrow, you go to the county government and find Deputy County Magistrate Xu, and he will arrange a store for you. Zhao Yun was afraid that he would not be able to enter the county office, so he pointed to two militiamen, "They will follow you and help you move things!" ”

"You come with me, this is a refrigerator, you can make ice, and you can put cold drinks in it in the future. If you find a storefront, I'll have someone move it for you. And this is the recipe of the ice brick, this is two hundred oceans, after finding a store, you buy the raw materials first. Second sister-in-law Yang nodded.

After stuffing a piece of paper and two hundred oceans, Zhao Yun asked Yang's second sister-in-law to go back.

Awkward! Zhao Yun was speechless to a person who didn't speak and knew how to nod. But he didn't want to think about finding a widow at night, could they not be afraid?

Ice brick is a kind of cold food, and it is quite simple to make zuò, which is mixed with water, cream, sugar, juice and other materials, and frozen into a brick-shaped hard block at a low temperature.

The next day, the store was nervously preparing. On the third day, the first cold drink shop was opened, but there was no business on this day.

Zhao Yun could only ask people to find a few ice boxes and send a cold drink to Deputy County Magistrate Xu, Zhou Luo and the Cheng family brothers. It's kind of an opening!

Thinking of the little girl in Zhou Village, Zhao Yun also prepared two copies and sent them to Langxi by plane.

Langxi has been calm lately, but it's like the calm before the storm.

Wu Xiaoya's Shifoshan bandits and Wang Yougui's Biqiao Town Militia Brigade joined forces under the guidance of Zhao Yun. With the addition of bandits from Huangshan, Pan Datou's strength has not changed much.

Both sides are actively preparing for the fight, and everyone knows that this is a life-and-death opponent.

Wu Xiaoya's Shifoshan bandits and Wang Yougui's Biqiao Town Militia Brigade formed a cavalry team of one hundred and fifty people with the help of Zhao Yun.

Now the combined number of men and horses of the two families has reached 600 people, and all of them are "made in Hanyang", except that there are no machine guns, and they are already not inferior to the equipment of the regular army. And the four hundred cavalry that Zhao Yun left in Zhou Village could also spare half of it to help in the battle.

On the other hand, Pan Datou is also constantly moving. The trustee found the horse bandit Money Leopard, and more than 100 horse bandits under him were pulled into Yao Village.

The people recruited from all over the country are also constantly joining, and the number has reached 400 people, but the guns are a little worse, but with the 300 bandits from Huangshan, the number is about the same as Wu Xiaoya.

There is an interesting thing in the animal kingdom: in the beautiful African savannah, there are antelopes and lions. The antelope wakes up every day and thinks about how to run faster so as not to be eaten by lions; In the same way, the lion wakes up every day and thinks about how to be faster than the fastest antelope so that he does not starve to death.

Wu Xiaoya and Pan Datou are now like antelopes and lions, both desperately gathering strength. The various clans in Yaocun Township also felt this strange atmosphere and began to stand in line with the two forces.

A new round of power reshuffle in Yaocun Township has begun.

"Sister, my cavalry team is already very skilled. When can I go to Pan Datou for revenge! Wu Zhuangzhuang came to Wu Xiaoya again. As a smart girl, Wu Xiaoya suffered a loss of insufficient preparation, so now she is blocking Wu Zhuangzhuang's actions every time.

"Third brother, have you ever thought about what we will do after attacking Yao Village?" Wu Xiaoya asked calmly.

"After that? After that, go home to farm or fish! Oh! By the way, I have to marry my sister! Wu Zhuangzhuang looked at Wu Xiaoya and suddenly thought of the past few days, because the county government has undergone great changes, all forces have begun to integrate, and several families have come to propose to Wu Xiaoya.

"I've been in a mess lately, what do you think I'm going to do?" Wu Xiaoya told her only relative what was on her mind.

"They're toads who want to eat swan meat! Hum! How could my sister marry them! "Wu Zhuangzhuang is young, but he can't get used to their coercion and temptation.

"Miss! Miss! Wu Xiaoya's good sister and personal maid Zhou Lengcui was still outside the house, and the voice came in first.

"What's wrong?" Wu Xiaoya took the opportunity to touch the gun, could someone break into the village.

Carrying two big boxes, Zhou Lengcui rushed in, "Miss, you see what someone brought you!" ”

Wu Zhuangzhuang had already stepped forward, grabbed a box, opened it, and looked, "Wow! "The three of them are all children of a peasant family, and they have never seen anything in the small bowl in the box, but they have drunk the wrapped sour plum soup.

"Whew!" Wu Zhuangzhuang opened it and drank it, and his teeth were stuffed coldly.

"It's delicious!" Took another big sip.

Wu Xiaoya snatched the cup in his hand, took a small sip, and then handed it to him again.

Iced sour plum soup, she had seen it with her brother in the city, but she had never drunk it, and she knew at a glance that these things must have been sent by the original owner of this village.

looked at the door, Wu Xiaoya didn't see a single figure.

Looking back, Zhou Lengcui was already competing with Wu Zhuangzhuang for the cup in his hand.

Seeing his young lady looking at him, Zhou Lengcui hurriedly said, "It was sent by Cui Sangou, and it was sent directly to Miss by plane." ”

Seeing that Wu Xiaoya's feelings were lowered, Zhou Lengcui and Wu Zhuangzhuang stopped fighting.

"Sister, if you want to see Brother Zhao, you can do their plane, don't they also fly around?" Wu Zhuang said loudly.

"How can I think about my own private affairs before the revenge is avenged? Third brother, the eldest brother's hatred matters! Wu Xiaoya said in a calm tone.

However, Langxi's calm can't last long.

Three days later, a fisherman fishing on Tianzi Lake got into an argument with a Jianghu member under Pan Datou, and was beaten to death by random punches.

Regardless of who is right or wrong, at least in Shifoshan and Yaocun Township, the peaceful situation between the two sides has been broken.

Zhao Yun has been very busy these days, and there are still five days to go, and the second auction is about to start.

A long list of items was listed, this time mainly civilian supplies, including pack horses, camels, bicycles, trucks, and sedans from Mongolia.

Cement ships have also launched a new model, cement barges.

The boats in the tugboat fleet built for the first time were suitable for use as transport ships in various places, but Zhao Yun decided to try to build some larger ones for barges.

Barges require a specific requirement and are large in tonnage. So Zhao Yun first built a 600-ton ship shelf.

The keel in the middle is made entirely of I-beams made of fine steel melted from the steel shields of the heavy cavalry. The ribs of the boat are also made of this good steel. As soon as the whole boat frame was erected, it attracted the attention of those who were interested.

This is also a hot item this time, with this kind of flat-bottomed boat, if you make a ferry on the Yangtze River, it can greatly ease the transportation situation on both sides of the Yangtze River, so this unfinished large cement ship appeared in the county next to the county, and it was noticed by all parties in the south of the Yangtze River.

Needless to say, the Cao Gang has a lot of barges in their hands, but they are all wooden, and they have to spend a lot of annual maintenance fees in the water for a long time. So special attention was paid to this new corrosion-resistant cement ship.

The people who supervised the army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, both openly and covertly, measured the ship, and came to the conclusion that it was estimated that it would be difficult for one battalion to be plugged into one ship, but if there were two ships, it would definitely be no problem to plug one battalion. Since Zhao Yun had already auctioned off a fleet of wheels before this, if this kind of ship was also equipped with tugboats, a fleet of four or five would be formed, and it would be completely possible to pull the troops around along the waterway.

Speaking of waterways, there may be places in Jiangnan where it is very difficult to march by land, but if it is a waterway through guò, it is a dense net that can be reached anywhere.

Therefore, both the Jiangsu Overseers and the Zhejiang Overseers sent their own elites to keep an eye on the ship, but fortunately the ship was not yet completed, otherwise it would have already started.

Nanjing, Jiangsu, Overseer's Office

"The Overseer is wise!" Seeing the number of this ship, Adjutant Lin was even more glad that he had invited Zhao Yun over, although the action of inviting him was a bit rude.

"Has my letter been given to him?" Qi Xieyuan, the overseer of Jiangsu, asked at his desk.

"It's been given, but even if we don't give it, our people have blocked the exit of Taihu Lake, and this boat can't think of it." Adjutant Lin said confidently.

O letter from the Overseer! Who dares not to accept it on the territory of Jiangsu. The letter instructed that the ship must be left to Lord Qi, and of course some supplies would be given to buy it.

Due to Zhao Yun's shopping spree, now he and the big merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have caught up with the line, except for silk, Zhao Yun has bought other pots and pans, needles and threads, and the amount is huge.

Don't underestimate these haberdashery, these are all daily consumables, and the total price has reached more than 200,000 oceans. Zhao Yun gave all the ocean, never in arrears, in the eyes of businessmen, it is a guarantee of credibility. And because the money from selling arms is fast and the cost is low, Zhao Yun never cares about the price, and he is even more praised.

In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, no matter who is the overseer, they have to give these merchants a face.

Shinong Industry and Commerce! The status of businessmen has begun to change! So Qi Xieyuan also wrote a letter for the first time.

"Good stuff!" Looking at the information on the desk again, Qi Xieyuan liked the ship more. With it, the troops boarded the ship in Nanjing, and they could go straight to Shanghai downstream, "Lu Yongxiang, you should also move your nest!" Qi Overseer said meaningfully to the map.