Among the many festivals in China, only the Chinese New Year is the most important festival for the Chinese people.

As the New Year approaches, the people of the counties in the East China Sea have more money in their hands, and they are becoming more and more generous in purchasing goods during the New Year.

Thinking about the past and present, the days are like fairies, and when everyone in my hometown used to have a more embarrassing life, it was always difficult to celebrate various festivals every year.

Although you can't escape the sacrifice to your ancestors on the Qingming Festival, you can always be thrifty, and the sacrifices offered to your ancestors will eventually have to be eaten by yourself; The Dragon Boat Festival is at most a rice dumpling, even if it is over; The Midyear Festival is also a day to pay tribute to the ancestors all year round, if you don't burn some paper money for the ancestors, I'm afraid you will be poked in the backbone and scolded for not being filial, this province can't be.

In this way, when the Midyear Festival passes, the Mid-Autumn Festival will be much more frugal, and most farmers can kill only their own roosters for the children to eat, even if it is very good, and even many farmers are reluctant to kill the chickens in order to save some money for oil and salt, and pick some wild fruits for the children to eat.

Then it was the Chung Yeung Festival on September 9, which was a festival for the families to have energy and money to have pastime, and the vast majority of the people were busy with the autumn harvest at this time, where did they have time to climb high and look far away, enjoy the flowers and drink.

But only the New Year is a festival that every person must pay attention to, even if it is usually poor and can't open the pot, on this day, you have to be cheeky to borrow two catties of white noodles from your neighbors, chop some fillings and wrap some dumplings to have a good New Year.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year was coming again, considering that the fighting on the front line had stopped a lot, Wang Ze ordered that all soldiers on the front line could take turns off, so that in addition to many soldiers whose families had migrated to Pingmachuan and the settlements further north, a total of tens of thousands of soldiers would take the fleet to transport supplies back to Qinjin, Jeju Island, Changju and other places.

These three places can also be regarded as Wang Ze's old territory, and they are also the places where the most immigrants joined the army in the early days, and the homes of most of the soldiers were originally here, so Wang Ze specially arranged dozens of transport ships to send these soldiers back to their hometowns.

Since everyone is going home, the Blue Wolf Battalion is of course no exception, except for a few soldiers on duty, most of the soldiers are no longer in the barracks, some of them still have to maintain the offensive against the Ezo people, and the other part of the soldiers who are going home have already left early.

In a barracks in the camp, Li Biao made his best multi-functional military cowhide backpack, then put on the scout clothes that he thought were the most fashionable, put on the military hat on his head, and finally wiped the cowhide military boots on his feet with the sheets of Gu Lun at the door in the room before going out.

Li Biao is very complacent about this outfit, and when he returns home, he can definitely attract the screams of those girls in Qinjin City, he is so handsome!

"Holy, Nima my sheets!" Without waiting for Li Biao to secretly fold the sheets, he secretly used Gu Lun's sheets to shine his shoes and was seen by Gu Lun, who had just entered the door, "Li Biao, you bastard, I said that my sheets always have some dirty things, it turned out that you kid did it!" ”

Saying that, Gu Lun was about to rush up and kick Li Biao's buttocks, but Li Biao smiled without any obstruction, still tidied up the clothes on his body, and carried the backpack that had been sorted out on his back.

As Li Biao expected, before Gu Lun rushed over, he was stopped by the captain Zhang Tao behind him, "You two don't make trouble, it will delay Da Biao on the boat for a while!" Saying that, Zhang Tao said to Li Biao again: "Da Biao, think about it again, is there anything missing?" ”

Li Biao looked around and thought about it carefully, and then smiled at Zhang Tao: "Don't worry, captain, that's all I should bring, I haven't forgotten anything else!" As he spoke, he was about to walk out of the door, still muttering, "Captain, I'll leave Lao Gu!" I'll give you all the whale jerky! Divide the rest! ”

Gu Lun and Zhang Tao both came to Pingmachuan because their families migrated, so they didn't have to leave for the New Year, and only a small half of the soldiers in the entire Dryad Scout Brigade left, and just yesterday the army also issued New Year's goods to the soldiers.

In addition to a lot of high-quality japonica rice purchased from Nan Chen, there are also a large amount of dried fish, snow salt, cane sugar, and even a small jar of three catties of low-alcohol liquor for each soldier, and there is also a little bit of whale jerky in it this time, but Li Biao doesn't like to eat it very much because the jerky is a little rough.

Gu Lun smiled: "I didn't expect you kid to be quite generous, why don't you let me drink the last jar of wine you hidden, so that I will be more grateful to you!" I'm not unfamiliar with your jerky! ”

The liquor in the small jar issued by the army this time was not brewed from grain, but the sugarcane sweet wine made from the sugarcane bagasse left over after Wang Ze and Feng Fu partnered to set up a sugarcane plantation in Lingnan, which can be regarded as a by-product of sugarcane sugar extraction.

This kind of liquor is drunk after nearly a year of aging, not only tastes good, it tastes very smooth, but also has a sweet smell, the only problem is that the stamina is too great, and drinking too much will produce a series of hangover effects the next day, but for the alcoholic military men, such wine is really good.

Zhang Tao also ignored Li Biao and Gu Lun's jokes, he smiled at Li Biao: "Da Biao, don't panic away, we won't eat you in vain, this is the venison that my relatives sent from Whale Island, it's not too much, just these two catties, you take it back and give it to your family to taste!" ”

Li Biaoke knew that this preserved venison was a good thing, so he immediately took it unceremoniously, and muttered: "Oh, captain, thank you, someone also shipped some from Whale Island yesterday and I thought about buying two catties to go back, but I was one step too late and all the big guys bought it!" Our military pay is being paid too late! ”

Saying that, Li Biao took down the backpack that was slowly stuffed on his back and opened it, and forced a bag of more than two catties of preserved venison into it, this bag of preserved venison Zhang Tao said that it was two catties, but in fact, in Li Biao's eyes, it was obvious that none of these preserved venison could not get down for three catties.

In particular, these dried venison are all dry goods, if they are not processed at least seven or eight catties of fresh venison, according to the meat yield of a deer is 42 percent, basically half of a sika deer in forty catties is gone.

Li Biao knew the value of Zhang Tao's gift very well, but he didn't say it, there are some things that don't need to be said, just keep it in your heart.

Bidding farewell to his comrades-in-arms in a dashing manner, Li Biao cheekily rubbed a baggage wagon transporting supplies and drove seven or eight miles, and when he arrived at the wharf, the transport ships in the port were basically about to leave the ship.

This time, Li Biao's fleet alone has seven or eight large sea ships, which are different from the Sea Shark-class warships that are specially used for war, and the speed of these sea ships is obviously much slower than that of warships, but they are still faster than the merchant ships currently produced in the Central Plains.

Because of military management, the wharf is different from the civilian wharf, there are not many people who come to see off, and most of the soldiers board the arranged sea ships according to their hometowns, so the soldiers on a ship come from almost every battalion stationed around Pingmachuan.

It may be that the soldiers were very accustomed to the military management of these transports, which had been temporarily converted into troop carriers, and every soldier who boarded the ship was guided by the sailors to his cabin, and one by one the large and small bags were almost crushed to the body.

Li Biao knew that most of these soldiers were recruits who had not been in the East China Sea for a long time with their families, and they had hardly seen many good things.

Even Li Biao saw several soldiers carrying a big bag of japonica rice, it seems that these people took over the things that others didn't want, but Li Biao really admired these people, just a bag of rice is seventy or eighty catties, plus the size of the packages they are hanging on, I'm afraid one hundred and fifty or sixty catties is light.

"Cut, old hat!" As Li Biao, who has immigrated to the East China Sea for almost two years, he has to despise these newcomers who have not been here for a long time, and he can't help but feel a lot more proud of his knowledge.

Thinking about the past, Li Biao quickly found the cabin he was in and walked in, this is a standard four-person room, the space is not large, and it can barely accommodate two bunk beds, a bit similar to the train sleeper in later generations, but it is slightly wider than the sleeper by two feet, and there are also a few cabinets on both sides of the door that can hold everyone's salutes.

As soon as Li Biao entered the door, he found that the other three beds were already full, and he was the last to come in, but the bed on the lower left was his own, and no one moved the bed at will.

Three people, two young men and a burly man, it seems that they should all be soldiers who are going home, two seventeen or eighteen-year-old young men are wearing military uniforms, which should be cavalry troops, and the last burly man with a black face and beard is not wearing a military uniform, but he is also a battle-hardened man with a murderous aura.

When Li Biao came in, these people were chatting, and when they saw the tall Li Biao coming in, they immediately stopped talking, and a young soldier looked at Li Biao's outfit and immediately asked: "This brother, which part of the blue wolf camp are you?" ”

Hearing someone ask himself on the upper bunk, Li Biao looked up and saw that it was the young man on his upper bunk, at first glance it was a handsome young man, but unfortunately his face was cut by a sword, which was disfigured, but he looked a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere. Everybody reads

However, Li Biao felt that everyone was in Pingmachuan, maybe they had seen it somewhere, so he didn't care, as for the wound on the young man's face, he felt that the wound was a man's medal, so he didn't show a different expression.

Listening to the young man ask about his troops, he said quite proudly: "Down is the headquarters of the blue wolf battalion under the command of General Cao An!" I don't know which battalion the brothers are from? ”

The young man with a scar on his face said a little ashamedly: "I am from the White Wolf Camp, but I can't compare to your Blue Wolf Camp!" This time, you have made a lot of contributions! ”

Li Biao has always refused other people's compliments, his heart was so beautiful that he was bubbling, but his face pretended to be reserved: "Where and where, if it weren't for everyone's concerted efforts, we wouldn't have such good results, and the last time we exterminated a large tribe of Ezo, thanks to your Captain Zhu of the White Wolf Battalion!" ”

Speaking of this, Li Biao suddenly remembered, and he suddenly said: "It turns out that you are the scout that day, haha, what a coincidence that everyone met here again!" Speaking of Li Biao, he was still a little weak-hearted, and what Cao An did that day was a bit unauthentic.

Qin Han just smiled and didn't say anything about Li Biao's surprise, but Qin Han didn't say anything, it didn't mean that the others didn't speak, and Wang Zongling, another young officer from Jeju Island, also went home with Qin Han.

At this time, listening to Li Biao's words, he was very disdainful and said: "You are also good at jungle warfare with the Kuyi soldiers, otherwise how could you get such a big advantage!" ”

One sentence made Li Biao blocked, this time he went with Zhang Tao and Gu Lun to investigate, if he hadn't been discovered by Zhu Bofu later, I'm afraid he wouldn't have to give the White Wolf Camp any merits.

Therefore, in Li Biao's eyes, it was the White Wolf Battalion that took advantage of his Blue Wolf Battalion troops, and now when he heard the unconvincing of this officer from the White Wolf Battalion, he also felt very wronged, and the two quarreled after coming and going.

Fortunately, these two people also knew that they would have to accept military justice if they made a big fuss, so the two only lowered their voices and argued about where, only to hear Qin Han shaking his head.

At this time, the last tall man with a black face and beard who had not spoken, was finally overwhelmed by the two, he sat up and said: "What kind of quarrel do you have, either you have time to fight, or the big guys will drink together, and arguing with you like this is no different from a sissy!" ”

Qin Han couldn't help but cover his forehead, "Uncle, are you persuaded to fight like this?" ’

But what surprised Qin Han was that the red-faced and red-eared two who were arguing actually stopped after glancing at the black-faced bearded man, in fact, the two of them just wanted a step.

Li Biao looked at the black-faced and bearded middle-aged man who was only wearing civilian clothes, and did not wear any military uniform or civilian clothes, so he asked, "Dare to ask which battalion this brother Tai belongs to?" ”

Who knew that the black-faced bearded man suddenly became embarrassed, "I am not from the regular army, I just joined the militia force, this time I was allocated more than 200 acres of land in the west of Pingmachuan, plus my mother, daughter-in-law and children can finally get more than 300 acres of land, this time I go home to pick them all up!" ”

At this time, Qin Han turned his head and leaned over and asked, "I heard that there is a tunpu called Qingshui Village in Pingmachuan, and he killed thousands of Ezo people with his own strength alone, I don't know if you know this place?" ”

The black-faced bearded man said embarrassedly: "I came from Qingshui Village, and I also participated in the war with the Ezo people at that time, but many people died at that time!" ”

Talking about the black-faced bearded man, he was a little embarrassed, to say that he had martial arts and strength, but as soon as he died in a battle, so many people made him feel that his heart was full of taste.

As soon as they heard Qin Han mention Qingshui Village, and the black-faced man came out of Qingshui Village again, Wang Zongling and Li Biao immediately stopped arguing, and both of them sat down and listened carefully to what the black-faced man said about the details of the battle in Qingshui Village.

In the battle of Qingshuizhai, thousands of Ezo people were eliminated, which opened the prelude to their own large-scale purge of the Ezo people, but they also knew some general things about the battle of Qingshuizhai at that time, but they didn't know the details too clearly.

Li Biao asked: "This brother, I heard that there is a good man named Qian Desheng in Qingshui Village, do you recognize him?" ”

This question made the black-faced man even more embarrassed and said: "I am Qian Desheng, you can call me Lao Qian, the big guy usually calls me that!" Actually, it's not that exaggerated! ”

"Hey, you're really Qian Desheng!" Wang Zongling was also taken aback, he had heard some friends who were soldiers under Hu Bingchang some time ago say that there was a good man named Qian Desheng in Qingshui Village, who was really powerful, and he simply used a big tree as a weapon that day.

In this way, several people went back and forth and talked more and more, and in less than a day, they became good friends, among the four, Qin Han and Wang Zongling were going back to Jeju Island, but Qian Desheng was going to Qinjin like Li Biao this time.

The only difference is that Li Biao's family is in Qinjin City (Nagasaki), while Qian Desheng's home is outside Qinjin City, which is considered to be in the countryside.

The distance between Qinjin and Jeju Island is not far, and everyone usually has contacts, which can be regarded as half of the villagers, so everyone has more topics, and there is constant laughter along the way.

Sometimes they would take advantage of the noon sun to go to the deck to let off steam, of course, in order to prevent accidents, the ship's ventilators were in each area, and the cabins in each area could take turns to go out for half an hour.

Then, after half an hour, the men had to go back to their cabins and let the passengers in the next area come out to let the wind out, which was also considered to be a matter of avoiding accidents.

may be chatting happily, Qian Desheng opened his duffel bag, which contained a lot of good things, and the most surprising thing for Li Biao was that there were two roasted deer legs and two smoked rabbits, and the whole cabin was full of fragrance as soon as they were taken out.

"Several brothers came to taste it, this is the wild deer and hare I personally caught and roasted by my own hands!" Qian Desheng had a simple expression, he felt quite agreeable to a few little brothers, and he took out the things he had worked hard to bake and shared what he thought was worth it.

Li Biao would never refuse food, he immediately pulled out a dagger of his own and asked for a piece of venison to eat, but when he looked up, he saw that Qin Han and Wang Zongling had not moved, so he had to stop in a sneer.

"Uncle Qian, don't you take these things home? If we eat it, won't your family have to eat it? Or take it back quickly! Qin Han's words made Li Biao feel distressed when he heard it, how could such a good craft be said to be encountered when encountered.

To tell the truth, the level of this Qian Desheng's barbecue can be said to be the most tempting Li Biao has ever smelled just by virtue of this fragrance, you can eat it if you say that people will eat it for you, where is there so much nonsense!

Hearing Qin Han's words, the honest old man smiled and lifted his duffel bag, and said to a few people: "It's okay, everyone can eat, I brought a lot of things this time, and there are preserved meat for my mother-in-law in the bag, as well as deer antler velvet for my mother-in-law, there are a lot of things!" ”

Later, Qian Desheng showed everyone a lot of luggage he brought, and even the wooden cabinet next to Lao Qian's bed was full, and there were a lot of good things in it.

Li Biao looked at it bluntly, carrying these things was more than the soldiers he saw when he boarded the ship, the key is whether it is necessary to carry some things, how tired it is for so many people on the ship! However, Li Biao suddenly regretted a little, why didn't he bring some good things to his mother, and even left most of the things behind for the sake of ease on the road.

Now the only thing Li Biao brought to his parents was the pack of preserved venison that Zhang Tao gave him, compared to the old money in front of him, Li Biao suddenly felt that he was really a little unfilial, at least he could buy some supplements for his parents or something, but he just thought about drinking.