In Liaodong, September has begun to cool down. But in the capital, September is one of the hardest months. There is a huge steamer between heaven and earth, and the house is like a bun skin, and people lying on the bed are no different from bun filling.

Li Xiao was lying under the weeping willows, surrounded by the Chaobai River. The wind blew against the surface of the water, with a hint of coolness, and whenever this time, Li Xiao felt that it was too wise to build a new city in Tongzhou.

Now the court bigwigs in Sijiu City, as well as the wealthy businessmen, have all moved out of the capital and settled in Tongzhou. The high-end community along the Chaobai River is already overcrowded.

With high-ranking officials and dignitaries, it is natural that many ancillary industries will be derived. High-end restaurants and restaurants are naturally needed. Dignitaries and dignitaries also need to eat and drink on weekdays. Moreover, these high-end restaurants are generally membership-based, and they are developing more and more in the direction of high-end private kitchens. After all, they are all people with status, and they still pay more attention to privacy.

The entertainment industry is naturally indispensable, in addition to high-end green buildings. There was actually a bathing center selling dog meat with a sheep's head, which Li Xiao did not expect.

I don't know what kind of way these people who open bathing centers have drilled, and the front of the door is splendidly decorated. I don't know how many light bulbs are used, anyway, at night, it stands like a lighthouse not far from Tongzhou Railway Station, so that every local tyrant who gets off the train with money can experience the grinding of the ears and temples of the soul and the flesh.

After two years of development, Tongzhou's catering and entertainment industry has become a pillar industry. It has been far ahead of the rest of the country, and for a time Yangzhou thin horses have gone north. On the edge of the Chaobai River, you can often hear Suzhou Pingdan. Or maybe it's a kunqu opera that babbles and doesn't know what it's singing.

As for the smoky heavy industry, it rolls as far as it goes. Tongzhou does not need a big chimney, it is enough to have a train smoking on the ground in Tongzhou.

"Handsome! The second master is back. Junko ran over to report.

"Hmmm! Is the wine and food ready? Li Xiao sat up and stretched his waist lazily.

"It's ready, as you command. I didn't want anything in the sea, chicken stewed mushrooms, boneless elbows, daylily stewed dragon birds, assorted dipping pickles. It's all Liaodong flavor, and the chef has been preparing since yesterday. ”

"Take out two bottles of Wuliangye Distillery's ten-year aging, and our brothers will have a good drink today. Tomorrow's arrangements are also waived, this drunk, I'm afraid it won't be able to slow down tomorrow. Li Xiao stood up, and in order to greet this triumphant younger brother, he pushed everything away and slept for an afternoon to recuperate. Now he is in good spirits enough to kill a tiger.

Walk casually to the restaurant next to the Chaobai River, with huge floor-to-ceiling windows that can directly see the river. Weeping willows on both sides of the Chaobai River are everywhere, reminiscent of the scenery on the dam. However, Li Xiao still likes the two-story small building built of cement in Phi Dao.

At that time, several younger brothers and sisters lived together, and when they came home every day, Xiaoyu chirped like a bird. There is also the parrot called Xiaobai raised by Xiaoyu, but unfortunately the parrot was taken by Hai Dongqing of the Jurchens. It's like now, the east and the west can't make up the New Year.

The river view outside the window is not as magnificent as the sea view, but it has a touch of the charm of a small bridge and flowing water. Each has its own merits!

There are already four dishes on the table, and two stews have small stoves underneath, bubbling "goo" and "goo", and smelling makes you have an appetite.

Usually two stews are rarely served at banquets, but Li Xiao doesn't care about these. It's all the taste of Liaodong people, if it's in winter. Decisively replaced with sauerkraut stewed with big bones, bone broth boiled into milky white, with a large slice of pork belly, and some vermicelli, I drooled just thinking about it.

Unfortunately, it's only September. Don't think about sauerkraut, there is a flying dragon bird sent by Manye, and it can be regarded as tasting the dragon meat in the sky.

There was a sound of footsteps at the door of the restaurant, and Li Xiu walked in in a training uniform, with the smell of sea all over his body. I got off the ship in Tianjin at noon, and came to Tongzhou by train, and the lack of water at sea to take a bath was a big problem.

"It's dark! Lose weight! Seeing Li Xiu's black face, Li Xiao patted his brother on the shoulder.

"Xinjiapo is really far away, and this back and forth has been running for a year and a half. It's so fragrant, what delicious food has been prepared. Li Xiu bared his white teeth, walked to the table with a twitch of his nose, and lifted the lid to look at the dishes inside.

When he saw the bone-splitting elbow, he reached out and grabbed a piece and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Monkey in a hurry! No one robbed you, knowing that you have been drifting at sea for a long time. The most gluttonous meat, today is our Liaodong flavor, but you can eat enough. Li Xiao looked at this capable brother with a smile. The First World War Ding Xinjiapo can be said to have pushed the maritime front of the Ming Dynasty out of tens of thousands of miles. The current South China Sea is the inner lake of the Ming Dynasty.

"It's still the eldest brother who knows the suffering of our navy, and I haven't eaten meat for a long time. Luckily you didn't prepare the fish, and now I want to vomit when I see the fish. Li Xiu's mouth was stuffed with food, and his speech was slurred, but the speed at which he put down the chopsticks was not ambiguous at all.

The wind swept away, and the wine did not move. A bone-splitting elbow went in, and reached out to grab the dragon and gnaw it like a roast chicken.

Li Xiao's eyes were a little sour, and he knew how hard this expedition was by looking at Li Xiu's appearance. As the commander-in-chief of the entire fleet, the appearance of eating elbows is not as good as being called Hanako.

quietly poured Li Xiu a glass of wine and watched Li Xiu gnaw up the flying dragon bird.

"Big brother, when you dealt with Xiaoyu, I thought you were too heavy. After all, the old fisher has been with us for so long, and his gray hair has turned white all these years. Busy making guns, cannons, and steam steamships for our Liao army. The merit and hard work have a share of the family, and the grandson has committed such a thing, looking at the merit of the fisherman, how can he get back a life.

But this time to seize the new home slope, I can be regarded as a teacher. The English have everything! Rifles, mortars, tube guns, and fucking rocket artillery. Two captives were caught and confessed. They were the ones who delivered the letter to the rocket artillery, and if I had fired half an hour late, I would have been gnawed into a skeleton by the fish in the sea.

When he got the confession, a cold sweat broke out on his back. If I hesitate a little longer, the whole fleet will be finished.

Since then, my heart has grown like grass. I always felt that there would be shells flying somewhere, and I hit Chen Laohu that day. I also beat a lot of my officers and soldiers, so that now my subordinates see me and hide like a cat and mouse. ”

"It's not just you! The Mongols in the northwest also had rifles, mortars, pipe guns and rocket artillery. Our outpost was shelled twice in three days. It's all taking advantage of the darkness to shoot you twice and run away. When you know that Xin'er sent someone, you will only have to collect the corpse. Li Xiao took a sip of Wuliangye and shook his head helplessly. Finally, there is someone to support him, and Xiaoyu is reluctant to leave Changxing Island to this day, saying that he is taking care of the fisherman.

Li Xiao knew that this Xiaoyu was angry with him, but there was nothing he could do. There are some things that Li Xiao can't understand, and this kind of thing can't be explained. Xiaoyu has stayed on Changxing Island since she was a child, and she has never seen a battlefield full of corpses. How can she know how many casualties have been caused to the front-line officers and soldiers because of Xiaoyu's intelligence leakage.

didn't dare to say this to Xiaoyu, Li Xiao was very afraid that Xiaoyu would know the seriousness of the matter. According to her temperament, it is possible to hang herself.

The Li family now has these few relatives, but they don't dare to lose one.

"The same is true of the Northwest? Didn't we suffer a big loss? Li Xiu put down the flying dragon in his hand and looked straight at Li Xiao.

"When has our Liao army ever done something that suffers! The newly developed airship is already usable, and when there are no sandstorms, the airship is much faster than a horse. Flying in the sky, as long as you see the artillery of the Mongols, it used to be a bombing.

If the Mongols want to fight, they can't reach our airship. Now the Xi'an Arsenal has drummed out 2,000 catties of bombs. If one goes down, everyone within a radius of 300 meters will be shocked to death. Even if it's a little bit off, it doesn't matter.

Manye's 1st Cavalry Division has also been transferred to the northwest, and when the weather is bad, we are cavalry against cavalry. There are winners and losers in each other, but our winning rate is higher. As long as the opponent is not more than double us, we can win. Li Xiao took another sip of Wuliangye.

"That's not bad, big brother! In this way, we will not have the slightest advantage in weapons. ...... go on like this! "Li Xiu is used to having an absolute advantage in weapons, but now that he doesn't have much advantage in weapons, he suddenly has no bottom in his heart.

"Weapons are the embodiment of a country's highest productivity, a combination of science and technology, industrial capabilities, and manufacturing capabilities. I looked at the guns made by the Mongols, and there is still a certain gap between them and us. According to the captives, in some cases they were blown up.

We now have a steam engine, which is not something that can be easily stolen. Now a steam engine, accessories are produced by twenty or thirty factories. It's not so easy for them to steal even if they want to, and Li Yongfang also cracked a detailed crime a few days ago. It's a hand on our steam engine! Li Xiao took a sip of wine, a little worried.

"No one is more suitable for this than Li Yongfang, but let's make use of the previous Jinyiwei. When I passed through Ningbo this time, I had a ......"