In October, Fuzhou's annual blood-sucking insects are coming to an end. The bugs did not obediently lie down and wait for death, but entered the final madness. Even if they are killed on the spot, they must suck as much blood as possible before dying. Such a spirit of seeing death as if it were home made Zhao Jiaren's subordinates also moved.

"Ahem, this can always smoke these bugs, right?" Pyrethrum mosquito coils release a thick smoke that envelops the humble camp. The person in charge of lighting the mosquito coil said while coughing.

"If I can't smoke mosquitoes, I'm going to become a mosquito. Ahem. The companion who lit the mosquito coil together also coughed and said.

After lighting all the mosquito coils that had been given to them, the men quickly retreated. Everyone echoed each other, "Go, dance." ”

When I arrived at the riverside, I saw that many bonfires had been lit. Under the firelight, the band is playing. Simple instruments such as guitars, recorders, harmonicas, drums, and handbells. The repertoire was a brisk American country music, and several groups had already started.

There are also many folk dances in the Southern Song Dynasty, but they are limited to the development of music theory like landscape painting in China, and folk dances are probably long-sleeved and danced. Zhao Jiaren took the short-clothes gang route, and the music based on the twelve equal temperaments and chords was very appealing to these workers.

Zhao Jiaren sat next to the fire, listening to the music with a light rhythm, watching the jubilant entertainment scene, and his mood was very, very, very good. He has been living in the study and yamen, thinking that the people of the Great Song Dynasty are not interested in the local customs of the United States. When he was a county lieutenant, he asked the musical instrument makers in Fuzhou to make harmonicas for guitars and metal reeds according to the drawings. He originally just wanted to try it, but he didn't expect that the Great Song craftsmen would really make the prototype of these things within a year.

Four years have passed since the prototype instrument was built, and the instrument has improved rapidly, and many talented people in Zhao Jiaren's school who need entertainment have mastered the ability to play these instruments. The rest of the matter came naturally, and the folk dance based on these instruments became an important entertainment in the school.

The Yankee folk dance was originally a project for the entertainment of the conservative Puritan landowners, and the American men and women did not have the large-scale hugging and hugging of the European court, and Zhao Jiaren lied to his subordinates that this was a popular folk dance in the Six Dynasties era. So his men began to learn with anticipation and shyness, and soon enjoyed it.

You don't have to have a girl for every boy, as long as there are a small number of women in the team, you can effectively adjust the atmosphere. Watching the group of people dancing happily, the biggest intimate contact was to turn around in place arm by arm, Zhao Jiaren also felt very happy.

was watching, and I saw several descendants of the Chen family who came to Zhao Jiaren's side during the day appear in the dancing queue. The reason why Zhao Jiaren didn't leave was to wait to solve these few. Once they come up with something, Zhao Jiaren is ready to give it away. Unexpectedly, after they left, they didn't run back to mess around, and now they are running and dancing with great interest. Watching the young men dance happily with excitement on their faces, they looked like they couldn't miss anything. Zhao Jiaren scratched his head, wondering if he had made a mistake.

It takes a lot of physical strength for the band to play accompaniment, and no matter how happy the dancing crowd is, there must be a break. After four or five dances, it is time to rest. Drinks were served, and everyone rested while drinking.

"Third son, let's dance." Zhao Yong, whose face was full of red light under the bonfire print, ran to invite Zhao Jiaren. Zhao Yong is now in charge of ship escort, and he is no longer an entourage and bodyguard, so this guy who loves folk dance will never let go every time he encounters a ball.

"Good!" Zhao Jiaren stood up, it was a pleasure to entertain with everyone, and he was not willing to put on a posture of detachment from the masses.

"Knock knock" A few drums sounded, and many people hurriedly ran out to line up. Zhao Jiaren stood at the head of one of the teams, the rhythmic music sounded, he crossed his hands on his waist and raised his left leg. This is another group dance taught by Zhao Jiaren, which in the 20th century was called 'Rabbit Dance' or 'Penguin Dance'. Groups of people, especially young people, jumped up and down like cheerful rabbits with brisk steps.

It's a dance party, but I don't dance all the time, and there are many people who don't like to dance. For these people, there are also activities such as rings, throwing knives, eagles catching chickens, sumo wrestling, etc. The first rule for participating in these activities is that gambling is not allowed, and those caught gambling will receive 50 military sticks. Everyone participates in their favorite entertainment activities according to their hobbies. People with musical talent also play guitar and harmonica. In front of the audience, they performed quite hard. When there are sisters watching, these guys work harder.

After dancing a rabbit dance, Zhao Jiaren continued to find a place to sit and rest. Everything around him reminded him of the oil paintings he saw in the United States, and under the campfire, the costumes of the people of the Southern Song Dynasty seemed to be limited to those of the American pioneers. For a moment, he felt as if he had returned to the United States for a rural recreation.

When the time for the entertainment to end, people from all walks of life were rushed back to rest. Zhao Jiaren also stayed at the shipyard construction site to deal with the work while waiting, but after waiting for three days, the bastard boys of the Chen family did not even appear. Called their captain in to inquire, and learned that after the captain privately added a small stove lesson on the use of farm tools to them, these bastards had already completed their workload, and went back to Fuzhou with the other guys who had completed the workload.

Waiting in vain?! Zhao Jiaren was dumbfounded. He was originally going to clean up the bastards of the Chen family, but instead he stayed on the commons for three more days.

The captain didn't know what Zhao Jiaren was thinking, and after reporting the matter of the Chen family's boys, he asked, "Headmaster, the squad leader said that you want to investigate those students who applied to go to the blacksmith shop, perfume workshop and other places?" ”

"Yes." Zhao Jiaren replied.

The captain continued: "There are three people in our team who want to go, and I checked and found that two of them seem to be talking nonsense. Let's not want Quanzhou people, they say they are from Putian. The latest report said that they only have relatives in Putian, and they have entrusted their relatives to us. In fact, they are still from Quanzhou. I went to someone who usually had a good relationship with them, and they said they never mentioned it. ”

Zhao Jiaren's brows furrowed, before Yuelian told Zhao Jiaren that she saw the light blue flames coming out of the oil tank of the Pu family's attack on Zhao Jiaren's warship, which was very similar to the effect of burning alcohol. After that, an investigation was conducted and it was proved that Yuelian was not mistaken. However, whether it is alcohol or not, there is no particular unanimous opinion. Many crew members have never seen what alcohol looks like when burned. There was a roar of artillery at the scene, and it was not certain whether the strong alcohol temperature was smelled.

Since then, Zhao Jiaren has stepped up security checks. The examination worked, and some suspicious guys gradually came into view. is just worried about startling the snake, and he has not seen strong evidence so far, so Zhao Jiaren did not order the arrest of the suspect.

"You continue to pay attention to the matter. Now there is no need to expose their nonsense. Zhao Jiaren replied.

Sending off the captain, the more Zhao Jiaren thought about it, the more he felt that he probably needed to do it. After all, the Pu family had seen what artillery bombardment looked like, and if they stole the secret of artillery, they could imitate it. Thinking of this, Zhao Jiaren called Zhao Yong and asked him to send a message to Qi Ye in Quanzhou through the intelligence network, asking the Pu family if they had purchased iron. The Great Song Dynasty is a salt and iron franchise, and if you want to cast cannons, you have to use at least a few hundred catties of iron, and it is difficult to buy a few hundred catties of iron.

After confirming this matter, Zhao Jiaren went back to Fuzhou with the others. Looking down from the ship, the shipyard site is very level. Especially by the river, after the dance, it is a bit of a grass and trees.

Retracting his gaze, Zhao Jiaren's mood became heavy and happy. After tearing your face with the Pu family, you can clean up the Pu family, which is naturally happy. However, this small-scale war was actually fought in a similar way, and Zhao Jiaren established an intelligence network in Quanzhou to spy on the Pu family, and the Pu family also sent people to steal technology. Everyone also played each other's offense and defense, which was really beyond Zhao Jiaren's expectations.

In Zhao Jiaren's original plan, the most critical move was next year, that is, at the end of the first year of Kaiqing. He had heard of the butterfly effect, an unpredictable pattern of the future that gave Zhao Jiaren an uneasy heaviness. Zhao Jiaren had to make up his mind, and the original plan needed to be changed.