With the two specialties of winter clothing and ironware, the life of the villagers is much better, and if there are no accidents, it will be better and better in the foreseeable future.

At night, the bright moon village is brightly lit in the square, and everyone laughs and laughs. For the sake of the blast furnace being put into production, the villagers specially bought ten big fat pigs to celebrate, and the cost was of course paid by the public.

Li wanted to teach the women in the village the practice of braised pork, so the cheap cheap meat, which was not very popular in the Great Zhou, became the best way for the people of Mingyue Village to supplement their meat. In the past, there were not many families in Mingyue Village who could afford to eat, but tonight they could enjoy a mouthful.

Liu Chengdong and Liu Chengliang, Liu Yuan and Liu Sheng, and Xiong Dachun are at one table, the small leader sits at one table, and the others are all twenty people at a table. There is nothing to pay attention to, and the lord of Liu Zhai respectfully asks the ancestors to bless him and then eats.

On Li Xiang's side, the members of the youth battalion came over one by one to toast, and Li Xiang, who was overwhelmed by alcohol, was carried down by Xiong Chengwu and Yang Jianchuan to rest.

Lying on the "high-end" mattress filled with catkins and other materials, listening to the cheers of the villagers outside, Li Xiang was once again full of thoughts. When I came to this time and space, I finally had meaning, at least I had helped these villagers solve the problem of food and clothing.

Mingyuezhai began mass production of ironware and cold-proof clothing a month ago, and sold them to Xunyang Fucheng and Shiyanzhou City through smuggling channels. According to Li Xiang's tips, the craftsmen and apprentices printed the logo of Mingyuezhai on the products, which has become famous.

If the so-called prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty can last for more than a hundred years, although the peasants are exploited, they will not starve to death, and they can still eat two mouthfuls of meat in the harvest year. Although the land was annexed, there would be all kinds of work in the city, and at worst, it could be organized into an army to make ends meet.

But Li Xiang knew that all this was probably not long-lasting. Because he heard a name from the lord of Liu Zhai, which made him have nightmares for a while. That's it: Wanyan - A bone beat!

The first moment he heard this name, Li Xiang had a feeling of time and space confusion, and then a deep fear rose in his heart. Scenes of Jing Kang shame, massacre, cultural destruction, Chinese land sinking and heavy armored iron cavalry are constantly hovering in the mind.

But thinking that this time and space also has Chai Rong, the Taizu of Zhou, who died young, and Sima Guang, a witty child, Li Xiang was also relieved. Also, although history began to deviate from the middle of the Han Dynasty, Li Shimin still appeared, so isn't it reasonable for Wanyan Nu to really appear.

Looking at it this way, Li Xiang found that only his own appearance was unreasonable, cough cough.

The world is big and I want to go out and see it. Li Xiang's idea began to fade after hearing Liu Chengdong say that the Jurchen tribe was gradually being guarded against by the Great Liao. Troubled times may come soon, and who knows if they will be cut down by a good man or be involved in war after they go out?

However, in the face of the rise of the Jurchens, Li Xiang found that he couldn't do anything, and he couldn't run out and say that the great Great Zhou Dynasty might be defeated by a few small tribes that came out of the Changbai Mountains. Except for being tied up and burned to death as a demon, Li Xiang couldn't see any other results.

Li Xiang also thought about running, but what about Liu Susu? What about my cute students? What about the artisan villagers who are enveloped by themselves? Don't you want any of this?

And not to mention whether you can escape safely, even if you escape to Jiangnan? Doing nothing for a lifetime, and then being slaughtered by barbarians a hundred or hundreds of years later, Li Xiang couldn't accept such a result.

Let's take one step at a time, there may not be a Jingkang incident. If you can't do anything, it's a big deal to go overseas and start a new stove to save a little more vitality for Chinese civilization. Li wanted to temporarily dispel the gloom in his heart and face everything in front of him positively.

With the establishment of the youth camp and Li Xiang's control of the accounts of Mingyuezhai, as well as the gradual production of iron ore, Li Xiang has firmly established the position of the high-level of the cottage, and has established a high reputation among the artisan household camp and the vast number of villagers.

Liu Chengdong left Li Xiang alone after a high-level meeting, and together with Liu Chengliang, he told him the origin of Mingyue Village.

A few years ago, in order to compete for the throne, it led to internal turmoil. Five years ago, the Great Zhou court hastily launched the "War for Land", wanting to take advantage of the change of the throne of the Great Liao to recapture the sixteen states of Youyun in one fell swoop.

But the Great Zhou Xiang Army has long been rotten, the privy envoy at that time Tong Guan was stubborn and self-serving, and the Liao God of War Yelu Muzhong seized the gap of the Great Zhou Army, which led to the defeat of the 100,000 Xiang Army and 30,000 border troops of the Great Zhou.

The Great Zhou gathered more than 100,000 soldiers, and only returned less than 30,000, while the Liao suffered less than 20,000 casualties. Tong Guan was questioned for his guilt and died of "grief" soon after.

Liu Chengdong was the owner of the box at that time, led 2,000 box troops, and was ordered to participate in the war. He fought bravely and made many feats, especially when defending.

In order to cover up the fact that his son escaped from the battle, Cai Jing actually transferred the charge to Liu Chengdong, who his son Cai Quan had long hated, and forcibly won the battle merits. Liu Chengdong and several people were imprisoned, but fortunately, Yu Yunwen, the civilian supervisor at the time, was escorted, and Liu Chengdong was finally sentenced to join the army with Liu Yuan and Liu Sheng.

Cai Quan sent people to intercept and kill three people on the way to the army, but the three escaped. After returning to Liujiazhai, the three found that their family had been killed, and Liu Chengdong finally couldn't bear it anymore and led the villagers who could not bear the taxes and labor to go up the mountain and fall to the grass.

The killers sent by Cai Quan killed Liu Chengdong's wife and Liu Chengliang's wife and children, and only Liu Susu and Liu Yuan's daughter Liu Xiaoci escaped with their lives under the protection of Xiong Dachun, a good friend of the Tong family.

After learning about the history of Mingyue Village, Li Xiang finally understood why these high-level officials cultivated and protected him like this, it turned out that they were looking for a gatekeeper. It seems that the Zhao'an that the villagers said is not just a hope, but the common goal of the middle and high-level people in the village, and there are already some eyebrows, so Liu Chengdong acquiesced to the fact that he constantly controlled the hearts of the people in Mingyue Village.

Also five years ago, on the battlefield of the Great Zhou Liao Kingdom, Liu Chengdong saw the fierceness of the Jurchens. These savages in the old forests of Liaodong, armed with heavy weapons such as knives, giant axes, and maces, are accustomed to fighting in formations, and 800 people dare to attack the Zhou army's 10,000-strong array.

Later, Liu Chengdong learned that on the opposite side was the soldiers and horses of the Jurchen Wanyan clan, which had been used as dead soldiers by the Liao State, and the leader called Wanyan to fight with bones. It was also in this war that Wanyan secretly wrote down the erosion of the Great Zhou and the weakness of the Liao State, and began to prepare armor, sharpen the battle formation, and hoard food.

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Shiyan Prefecture City, because it is a geographical point, plus it was the front line of the confrontation between the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Guanzhong separatist regime, so it has achieved good development. Land and water transportation brought fishing and commerce, making the state city very prosperous.

According to the usual layout of the city of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the north of the city was the residence of wealthy merchants and officials, and the luxury mansion closest to the Zhizhou Yamen was the residence of Huang Liren, a waiter of the former court's Ministry of Rites.

The Huang family itself is a famous family in Shiyan, and the people in the clan are constantly raised, with 10,000 acres of fertile land and more than 1,000 servants. A real scholarly family, a wealthy family.

A corner of the main room in the back house, a reception room. Huang Dashan, Huang Liren was looking at the porter dressed as a kneeling in front of him, with disdain in his eyes.

Out of awe of the gentry group, Lao Huang's deputy kept sweating, and his usual murderous appearance was not seen at all. "Back to Master Huang, Huang Tou'er said that as long as Mingyuezhai and Liu Susu are handed over to him after the matter is completed, he can hand over half of the profits of the iron-rich ore and blast furnace in the cottage to the clan..."

Lao Huang's cronies stumbled, and finally finished explaining the explanation. After that, Huang Liren asked about the details of Mingyuezhai and sent him away.

"Huangkou Xiaoer, his appetite is really not small, and he still wants to swallow iron ore alone." Huang Liren exhaled, leaned back in his chair, and said quietly.

"The old man is angry, after all, this little young master didn't grow up in the clan, and it's understandable that he doesn't know etiquette." The white-faced and kind Steward Huang said cautiously, as a son of the family, he was very tactful.

"At that time, his father was not sensible... Forget it, as long as he does what Cai Xiang explained, he can do it well. Etiquette, you can teach it slowly when you enter the clan. As for those mundane tasks such as iron ore, leave it to the third child. ”

"The master is wise, the third young master will also rein in if he has an industry, the master is really well-intentioned. However, the kid named Li Xiang in Mingyuezhai really has some ability, so the poor village is stunned that some small people have begun to eat meat, although it is cheap meat. Steward Huang slapped a sycophant, and then led the topic to Li Xiang.

"Everything is inferior, but reading is high. Good young people don't take the right path, but they want to engage in these miscellaneous studies, I really don't know what to say. Seeing that he was also a helpless thief, spare his life and put him in the family's workshop as a steward. Seeing the housekeeper's careful thinking, Huang Liren gave a sweet date.

"The master is wise, but those craftsmen in Mingyue Village still have to be put in the master's workshop, these untouchables still have some ability......"