When Li Xiao woke up in the morning, he woke up naturally and lay on the bed looking at the curtain on the roof of the shed for a long time.

Only then did he stand up and fly into the toilet.

Tokugawa Chihime, who was sitting on the edge of the bed waiting for her husband, was dumbfounded.

After a thousand miles of pour, I shivered happily.

"What time is it?" Li Xiao asked as he lifted his pants.

"Half past eleven!"

"What?" Li Xiao looked at the big grandfather clock in the corner in shock.

Sure enough, it was already half past eleven noon.

Li Xiao's biological clock has always been very accurate, and he basically wakes up before six o'clock in the morning.

But I didn't expect that I would sleep until half past eleven today.

"Hungry! It's already ready to eat, the rice porridge you like to eat, and the meat buns.

The minced meat in the morning was hand-wrapped by the slave family. Tokugawa Chihime didn't wait for Li Xiao to speak, and had already gone outside to order.

Li Xiao's requirements for breakfast are similar to those in the barracks.

As long as you stay in the capital, it is generally steamed rice porridge, or steamed buns.

In the morning, Li Xiao does not eat stir-fried vegetables, and the dishes are generally small pickles. Indispensable is kombu salad!

The country is an island country, surrounded by the ocean.

Therefore, the people of Wakoku have a unique view of making seafood, and Tokugawa Chihime is a master of cooking seafood.

An ordinary cold salad that can no longer be ordinary tastes a lot more delicious when she makes it.

Soon, the door opened.

Two maids walked in with a dining cart and put the food on the table.

The warm rice porridge and the delicate two small steamed buns are still steaming, and I don't know how Tokugawa Chihime did it.

There was an egg in the plate, and there were only two dishes.

Cucumber mixed with stinging skin, and there is a cold salad with kelp that cannot be shaken.

When he was disguising, Li Xiao saw that Tokugawa Chihime was particularly elegant today.

The skin on his face was as tender as a peeled egg, and his cheeks were still rosy red.

The whole person looks radiant and radiant!

The culprit who woke up at half past eleven was found, and it seemed that this woman still had to be moistened by a man.

It's like Tokugawa Chihime who has been moistened by Li Xiao, like a blooming hibiscus flower.

"Why didn't you wake me up earlier, a bunch of people are waiting to see me, a lot of things have been delayed." Li Xiao picked up the bowl and began to drink porridge with a sigh.

Tokugawa Chiki smiled and peeled the eggs, and after peeling an egg, she put it on the plate.

"My eldest lord, you are also tired on the front line, and you can sleep peacefully when you return home.

It was a matter of one morning or so, and the delay was delayed.

I heard Lin'er say that there are not many wars on the front line now.

After a morning's delay, those yellow hairs can't turn the sky up. ”

"That being said, but Da Ming has not rested in Russia's million-strong army, how can I rest as a marshal.

Peel another egg! ”

Li Xiao likes to eat this kind of sugary egg, and the yolk is between coagulated and non-coagulated.

This requires a good grasp of the heat and time when boiling eggs.

"No!"

"I won't come back at night, go to Jinzhou." As he spoke, Li Xiao had already killed a basket of steamed buns, and drank a large bowl of rice gruel.

Two plates of small pickles were swept away.

"Coming back from such a far place, why don't you have a good rest for two days?" Tokugawa Chihime peeled an egg again and put it on Li Xiao's plate.

"I don't have time to rest, but there are a lot of things to do when I come back this time. This time in Liaodong, I'm afraid I will have to stay for more than half a month.

Then I have to go to Xi'an, and then to the Western Regions!

You have to see a lot of things along the way, otherwise, you don't feel at ease. ”

"This huge country, how can you see it with your eyes. It's better to let Lin'er help you go to see, go into battle with father and son, and send him What else do you have to worry about. ”

"Don't get involved in these things, just take care of the affairs in the house."

"There is really something in the house, Lin'er is eighteen years old this year, and she has reached the age of marriage.

During the Chinese New Year, the Shi family also vaguely asked the slave family, Lin'er's relatives ......!

What the hell do you think, Miss Shi can't always wait like this. ”

Tokugawa Chihime said with some embarrassment.

"Oh, this thing.

Lin'er wants to accompany me to Liaodong to inspect the equipment, you can handle it here, and I will hold an engagement ceremony for him when I return to Beijing.

As for the wedding, it will have to wait until this battle is over.

In this way, it can also give an explanation to the historian. ”

"My lord, if we marry a daughter-in-law at home, we can't lack courtesy.

The slave family asked someone, and Daming paid attention to three media and six hiring.

You ...... like this"

"Oh!" Li Xiao frowned, he was very unfamiliar with these cumbersome etiquette.

The main thing is that he has lived two lifetimes, and he has never finished this one.

"Matchmaker......, I'll talk to the fourth brother.

He is Lin'er's fourth uncle, and he is also the second assistant of the imperial court, and his status is appropriate. My own family!

As for other things, let the fourth brother go to Sun Ruyou.

He is a scholar of the Ministry of Rites and understands these things.

Be sure to give face to the historian, and spend the money that should be spent. It must not make people feel that our family treats others slowly, understand? ”

"No! With your words, that's it. ”

"Explain to the historian that it's not our Li family who takes the bridge, it's really that the battle on the front line hasn't ended, so I'll hold a big wedding for my son, which is not appropriate."

"Master! When will this battle be fought, if it will be a ...... for three years and five years! ”

"It's coming!

The yellow-haired people have already sent the old man and child to the battlefield, and they can't hold out for long. ”

"Hey! The slave family doesn't understand national affairs, but I'm afraid that you don't like Miss Shi.

Now with you, the slave family will know what to do.

You see, you must have a grand engagement wedding for Lin'er. ”

Women seem to have an addiction to doing things, although Li Lin was not born to Tokugawa Chihime, but Tokugawa Chihime is very good to Li Lin.

After receiving this errand to organize the engagement wedding, Tokugawa Chihime's excited nose was shining.

Li Xiao had already finished breakfast, and Tokugawa Chihime personally waited for Li Xiao to change his clothes.

When I went out, I saw Li Lin and Zhao Liangdong already waiting at the door.

"Have you been to see the tiger girl?" Li Xiao glanced at Zhao Liangdong, this guy had obvious dark circles on his face.

As soon as I looked at it, I knew that I didn't sleep well last night.

"I've been there, and the tiger girl came to greet you in the morning.

Before you got up, my aunt sent someone to call me and ask me to say hello for her. ”

After Zhao Liangdong finished speaking, he was about to kneel down and kowtow.

"Oh! Excuse me, you know, our Li family doesn't enjoy these gifts.

Have you seen your aunt? Li Xiao glanced at Li Lin.

"I went to see it with my brother-in-law last night, and my aunt is in good shape.

I also drank two glasses with my aunt! ”

"Hmmm!

Your aunt doesn't have a child, so you have to go to say hello more on weekdays.

What does Gu Yi need, what difficulties she has, you can do it.

Got it? ”

At the beginning, Li Xiao was a little sorry for Xiaoyu.

This girl is also a strong seed, and she is still alone after so many years.

I've heard that some people want to cling to it.

Xiaoyu couldn't look down on any of them, and two of them were very positive, and they were so troubled by Xiaoyu that they couldn't get off the stage.

Now, no one dares to fight the idea of this Aunt and Grandmother of the Li family.

Got into the jeep and ran all the way to the airship landing field.

Originally, Li Xiao was going to take the train, but because he got up late and needed to hurry, he had to change it to an airship.

The airship had already been inflated and was waiting on the landing ground.

That's the benefit of privilege, going out, taking an airship if you want to take an airship, taking a train if you want to.

Of course, Li Xiao's special train also departed at the same time.

In case Li Xiao doesn't know when, he will take the train again.

Li Lin and Zhao Liangdong ran to the side to eat, and Li Xiao sat on the edge of the porthole, looking at the scenery below.

After more than ten years of construction, Beijing and Tongzhou have become two worlds.

There are basically no buildings in the capital, and the tall and majestic city walls are like a winding black dragon.

Even at an altitude of 1,000 meters, you can see it clearly.

Inside the capital, there are dense small bungalows.

At noon, smoke was rising from almost every chimney.

A thin cloud of smoke even formed over the capital.

And in Tongzhou, outside the city walls, another world has been formed.

There are high-rise buildings everywhere, and there are all kinds of factories on the edge of the Tonghui River.

Inside each factory, a huge chimney was erected.

Ever since the advent of the steam engine, the chimney has been the main symbol of industrialization.

Regardless of whether it is white smoke or black smoke, it is a representative of the advanced in this era.

Environmentalism, there is no market in this day and age.

The whole world is pursuing the era of huge chimneys like the Ming Dynasty!

Because of Li Xiao's relationship, Daming has a first-mover advantage in this regard. The world's largest industrial base is almost in Daming.

Moreover, concentrated in the north of the Ming Dynasty.

Liaodong, Shandong, and Beijing have formed three major industrial bases.

Tangshan and Anshan have built the world's largest steel mills.

Daming's steel production has accounted for eighty percent of the world's steel production.

Sun Yuanhua once proposed to build a Jingshi Iron and Steel Plant on the side of Xishan, but Li Xiao rejected it.

The steel mill must be built by the sea, preferably where there is a port.

After hearing Li Xiao's suggestion, Sun Yuanhua also understood.

The iron ore of Daming is very poor, far less good than the iron ore from Australia.

The Ming Dynasty got a large number of prisoners of war and natives in Australia to dig iron ore.

Boatloads of iron ore drifted across the ocean and came to the territory of Daming.

Being close to the port, unloading is a huge advantage.

Li Xiao didn't speak, and others didn't dare to speak.

No one dared to disturb Da Shuai's daze, if he interrupted Da Shuai's train of thought and affected the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, maybe he would be thrown directly from the airship.

Li Lin and Zhao Liangdong, who came back from the restaurant, were the same, everyone was quiet.

Inside the pod, only the faint sound of the engine could be heard.

Now the technology of gasoline engines is becoming more and more mature, and the main sign is that the noise of the airship is getting smaller and smaller.

Now it is very small, almost about the same as the airplanes of later generations.

Along the railway line, small towns were slowly passed along both sides of the railway.

Along the road, trucks can be seen driving on the road.

Originally, Li Xiao was going to use a large number of trucks on the front line, but when he arrived in Russia, he found that after the muck road was run over by trucks, he basically couldn't go.

There was no way, the Ming army could only replace it with a tractor with better off-road performance, but the load was far inferior to that of a truck.

But Shenyang and Changchun have already built two large truck production bases.

Since the front line is not needed, it benefits people's livelihood.

There are more and more trucks running on the Daming Highway, especially around the capital and some areas in eastern Liaodong, where there are asphalt roads.

There are more and more trucks, and they need to be controlled.

Last year alone, the number of people killed in car accidents exceeded 1,000.

The year before last, the number was still more than 500, and the year before last it was only more than 200.

Going back then, no more than 100 people died in car accidents a year.

The number of deaths in car accidents is doubling every year.

On the one hand, there are no traffic rules, and truck drivers drive wildly.

On the other hand, ordinary people do not have a high level of awareness of trucks.

I don't know, this thing is really going to kill people.

I always feel that the truck is still far away and I can dodge it.

But by the time the truck hits me, it's too late!

Li Xiao couldn't do anything about these things, so he could only let Jin Yiwei work out the traffic rules as soon as possible.

And Jinyiwei also began to have a special department and began to manage things on the highway.

It's a chore that few people do.

Because the roads of this era were extremely chaotic, horse-drawn carriages, tricycles, and automobiles were all on the same road.

Disputes happen from time to time!

Jinyiwei's solution is simple and rude, as long as someone makes trouble and affects the smooth flow of traffic.

Whether you are justified or not, pull them all to the side of the road and whip them five times.

After having this one, the congestion caused by quarrels, scrapes, and angry roads has improved a lot.

It seems that sometimes whips are better to use.

This man is a cheap skin.

It took a long time for Li Xiao to come to his senses.

When I looked down further, I had already arrived at Shanhaiguan.

Now Shanhaiguan has become a huge city, with a population of one million.

It can be seen from the airship that the port of Shanhaiguan is expanding again.

In fact, Shanhaiguan is not very suitable for use as a port, but because of historical problems, there is still a wharf here.

Although only a few small boats can be parked, there are no big ships on the inner ships that run domestic routes.

The grain from the south is mainly from the south, mainly rice.

The rich land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River produces a large amount of grain, and the population in the north is large, and industrialization has occupied a large amount of labor in recent years, so food is naturally insufficient.

In the past thousand years, the Grand Canal has been responsible for transporting grain from the south to the north.

To this end, the imperial court also specially organized Cao Yun to alleviate the food shortage in the north.

Now, no boat goes through the canal.

River transport has completely replaced river transport by sea, and trains have transported grain to Huating.

Then it was loaded by Huating and then transported to Shanhaiguan.

After getting off the ship from Shanhaiguan, they are loaded onto the train heading north or to the capital.

It is these grains from the south that feed a large number of people in the north.

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