The sky finally cleared, on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the wind and snow that had drifted for several days finally stopped, and ten thousand golden lights fell from the sky, and the haze of many days was swept away, although the weather was still extremely cold, but the mood was very good.

The weather is good, the mood of the people is good, but not only because the sky is clear, but today is the New Year, although it coincides with the war, but life still has to go on, more importantly, they have something to be happy about today, in the early morning Daming Fuxing Marquis suddenly announced a message, that is, to provide the people of the city with big fish and meat, enjoy!

It's a happy thing to be able to drink gruel and barely starve to death these days, where do ordinary people dare to ask for fish and meat, let alone these refugees who have fled their homes, but I didn't expect that less than half an hour after Hou Ye announced the news, the officers and soldiers in the city began to push several carts along the street and began to distribute fish and meat! It's really a fish, big, big carp! The smallest ones are more than five pounds. Although it is dead, it can be seen that it is very fresh: "Let go of the belly and eat, Hou Ye said, there is no limit to today, you can eat as much as you want, fresh big carp, steamed, braised and barbecued are all delicious......"

On the upper floor of the North Gate, Yue Xiaoyue was constantly turning a big fish above the stove, sprinkled with pepper and salt, and the house was full of fragrance, Huang Degong couldn't help but swallow and spit at the mouth: "A bird has faded out of his mouth in the past few days, and finally changed his taste, by the way, brother, where did you get so many fish?" ”

Lu Wang, who was lying on the chair and was napping on the side, opened his eyes slightly: "Rice country, the Asian carp there is overflowing, and people can't eat it, buddy, I have sent some people to the Mississippi River and started fishing and buying." And it is ready to build a simple assembly line to produce grilled fish and dried fish. Canned food or something to get Daming, solve the famine......"

As early as half a month ago, he noticed the news about the flood of Asian carp in the United States, which was ridiculed by the Chinese people at the time, and the news that was ridiculed by the Chinese people at that time made him feel moved, and now what Daming lacks the most is food, and now the cost of buying rice from the future generations is really not a small amount, since there is so much free food, of course he will not let go. So he immediately called his subordinates in Mi Guo and asked them to hire someone to fish, and then sent it to the rented freezer nearby to wait for him to carry it.

"Hey. You immortals are just mouthful, the people of the Ming Dynasty have to starve to death and have no fish bones to eat, but you are not interested in such a delicious thing at all, you are really blessed and don't know how to enjoy! Huang Degong muttered as he took the fish from Xiao Yue's hand and took a big bite: "Hold the grass." It's delicious! ”

Lu Wan grinned: "Grilled fish is one of the best in all kinds of cooking!" ”

"But no matter how delicious it is, there are times when you get tired of it. You really plan to distribute fish and meat to the people of Daming for free, it is estimated that you will feel disgusted and want to vomit after eating it for a month! Huang Degong said while eating.

"No matter how disgusting it is, it's better than nothing," Lu Wang smiled slightly, and as a result, a piece of fish handed by Xiao Yue began to feast!

"That's right......" Huang Degong took a sip of beer: "And what are you talking about, what about paper mills and textile mills?" ”

Lu Wang hiccuped, put down the fish in his hand, Xiao Yue quickly poured him a glass of beer, and only spoke in a fit of anger: "Da Ming is poor and white now, and he has nothing to do, so he can't just rely on me, a second-hand dealer, to sell materials." First, I can't bear it, and second, if this continues, there will be no development in Daming. So I decided to develop my own business empire, not only to support myself, but also to export! ”

"I don't understand, speak the vernacular" Huang Degong snorted!

"To put it bluntly, it is the development of Daming's manufacturing industry, although Daming has no technology, no equipment, but there are raw materials, and technical equipment I have, such as papermaking needs wood, you see Daming is full of woods and forests, full of inventory of raw materials, such as cloth...... Moreover, the two required technologies are easy to understand, and the machines required are not very complicated, and they can be operated with a little tuning......" Lu Wang began his tirade again.

Huang Degong felt that he actually understood: "Are you saying that when the time comes, these can not only meet the needs of the people of the Ming Dynasty, but also sell overseas to make a lot of money?" ”

Lu Wang smiled and nodded: "But the overseas silver is not mainly earned, but robbed!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes" Huang Degong laughed: "It's still faster to grab the silver, and it's even happier!" ”

"But at the moment, it's a bit difficult to train people, it's a process that can't be rushed" Lu Wan took a long breath: "I have already started practicing a lot of technology and equipment, and I can carry them at any time, the problem is that the technology needs to be taught, the equipment needs to be controlled, and I am now in a war, so I don't have time!" ”

"And what are your detailed plans?" Huang Degong's face also became serious!

"Yes, a group of people recruited by Wenjue from Nanjing Gongyuan are almost here, this group of people is my first batch of technicians, you can follow me to fight while learning knowledge, after completing the study, you can send a group of people back to Nanjing to open a technical school in the Gongyuan......" Lu Wang lit a cigarette and continued: "I plan to open a paper mill in Nanjing, and a textile factory in Hangzhou."

"And the iron ore and copper ore you mentioned...... Hey", Huang Degong sighed: "Brother, to put it mildly, my brother really admires you, and the people of the Ming Dynasty should thank you well!" Sometimes I can't figure out what you're trying to do so much to Da Ming? Fame and fortune are of no use to immortals like you! ”

"For a dream! The dream of the rise of the Ming Dynasty! Lu Wang looked at the golden light outside the room: "Tomorrow or sooner or later, one day I will shine like this sun in every corner of the world."

Although Jingzhou City was besieged by hundreds of thousands of Qing troops, the people in the city no longer had the previous panic, they seemed to have become accustomed to this kind of day, or began to have confidence in their patron saint Daming Fuxinghou, especially today, just like in previous years when the New Year was celebrated, and even happier than in previous years, because in previous years, there may not be fish and meat to eat.

Chinese New Year is indispensable to eat fish, in addition to the delicacy is to ask for a lottery, there is more than every year, today Hou Ye is generous, the whole city is not limited to eat at will, almost everyone received a big fish, happy to close their mouths, although many people have no place to cook, but there are a lot of heating fixed stoves in the refugee camp, and now there is a smell of grilled fish everywhere, people in this year are not particular about eating, that is, there is to eat on the line! And now it's cold, and it won't go bad if you can't finish eating it for a few days!

At noon, some officers and soldiers began to announce again along the street, Hou Ye paid dividends, and the people registered in the register received them according to their households, and each household received a bonus of less than three people, and more than three people received one or two silver! Immediately, the whole city was a sensation, and the people shouted that Hou Ye was a blessed star from heaven!

However, it is a pity for the people, especially the children, that firecrackers are prohibited in the city, because the crowd is too crowded to prevent accidents, but don't be too disappointed, fireworks will be set off in the city at midnight, and the people can feast their eyes on it!

Several leaders of the pro-guard army and the chariot company were exempted from a military stick, because these goods fell asleep during the day, and at night they came to the spirit like night owls, and the three city gates walked back and forth, arrogantly provoking one camp after another, although the Qing army received a military order not to send troops without authorization, but the mud people still had three points of fire, and the Qing army that was forced to be anxious occasionally had a small-scale counterattack, and even once pressed the ambush to engage the pro-guard army once in a certain night, but where did I think that this was really what the pro-guard army wanted, otherwise the task could not be completed!

The hard work paid off, after all kinds of provocations, all kinds of Luo Rucai's tricks, Ma Han and others finally completed the task, and even seventy more corpses, all of which are now hanging on the city walls on all sides of Jingzhou.

Li Lin and the Red Lady are making dumplings with hundreds of female doctors and nurses, this is the Red Lady's proposal, I want to make a dumpling for the soldiers to eat, especially to apply to Lu Wang, Lu Wang not only readily agreed, provided a large number of raw materials, as well as machines, dough machine, meat filling machine, dough machine, saving the most time-consuming and laborious processes.

The army and the people are happy, there are big fish, big meat and silver dividends, everyone is smiling, but Huang Degong's subordinates on the city tower are solemn and discussing the war while eating grilled fish, because only they know that there will be a bloody battle after midnight!

Lu Wang did not participate, but took the first batch of dumplings completed by the red lady and others to Texas by helicopter, after all, he had to treat his soldiers well during the Chinese New Year, and by the way, he took Luo Rucai out of Jingzhou. (To be continued......)