Chapter 280

Most of the cities in this era of the Ming Dynasty were black and white, gray, and shrouded in gray haze, just like this strange and changeable world, which made it impossible to see where the future was.

However, Athletic Town is different, this town is more vivid and transparent. Unlike many other cities, Athletic Town has tall street lamps, which resemble a simple lighthouse, three feet six feet high, and each street lamp is topped by a huge three-pillar wick, burning whale oil.

Every night, there are special people who come to light the lights, and during the day, someone will be responsible for the maintenance of these street lights, because of the existence of these street lights, Athletic Town is also a city that never sleeps.

Even if Liaodong is very wealthy now, Cheng Shijie did not have the luxury of installing street lamps in every city, so under the bright moonlight, the lights of the city and the bright Milky Way complemented each other, which made Cheng Jialong feel very fulfilled.

Of course, in Gao Jie's eyes, although Cheng Jialong can make money, he is also very capable of losing, a small town one night, before burning nearly three thousand taels of silver lamp oil, this is not counting the construction of these street lamps, if the cost of street lamps is calculated, in order to light up the town, it cost more than 500,000 taels of silver.

Looking at the whole world, I am afraid that only the eldest son of Cheng Jialong Cheng has the courage to be such a loser.

These street lamps bring not only light to the city, but also the night economy of the city, such as the snacks on the food street and the extremely hot business of the tavern.

Now the people of Liaodong, especially the first group of residents who arrived in Liaodong, have passed the most difficult food and clothing stage, they have solved the basic food and clothing problems, but also began to pursue the enjoyment of life, but the problem is that they need to go to work during the day, and at night, many shops in Jinzhou City are not open, and Jinzhou City is not like Zhenhai City, Zhenhai City has a red light district.

But there is no Golden State City, once it is night, Golden State City has no business place except for the wine shops and restaurants to eat and drink. The emergence of the Athletic City is really convenient for the people living in Golden State.

Although it takes half an hour to drive from Jinzhou to Athletic City, the problem is that it is too lively here, and you can drink until dawn, in addition to ordinary liquor, there are rice wine, rice wine, fruit wine, red wine, and food from Tiannan and Haibei.

Take your wife and children to the Athletic City, have a meal as a family, or buy a few clothes for your wife and children, or watch an entertainment show.

This competitive meeting in the Athletic City has attracted a lot of people who are performing arts, and these reckless people will pour into the Athletic City, and it is inevitable that there will be drunken troubles.

The riots on the street are a hero who drank too much, went crazy with the strength of wine, and insulted a tavern maid, the owner of this tavern is an outstanding talent, as a tavern maid, no matter what she looks like, her figure will be quite wow.

Liaodong is not allowed to keep servants, even if Cheng Shijie's general military office uses maids, and the maids also sign a formal employment contract, although there are high and low occupations, but everyone is equal in personality, so the behavior of this hero was immediately criticized by others.

Accused by the people around him, the drunken man hurriedly explained: "Sorry, I don't know what happened just now, I drank a little too much." ”

"You did it on purpose, don't use drinking too much as an excuse, your behavior is really disgusting......"

Although the owner of the tavern wanted to calm things down, the people of Liaodong were unwilling, and they came out to accuse this hero of drinking too much.

The hero was forced to be anxious, and pulled out the saber on his body with a choked voice: "What do you want to do?" ”

Seeing that the hero moved the knife, although he didn't hurt anyone, the surrounding drinkers began to instigate themselves and retreated.

Cheng Jialong stepped forward and said, "Put the knife down!" ”

This hero has a strong eye, Cheng Jialong is accompanied by the powerful Gao Jie, as well as four companions, more than a dozen servants, naturally has a certain identity, although the hero is known as a discordant, draw his sword to each other.

However, they were not stupid, they could see at a glance that Cheng Jialong's identity was different, and he immediately changed his words and argued: "It's okay to put down the knife, you must give me an explanation today!" ”

"Oh, what do you want?"

"This shop relies on locals to bully us outsiders, he asked the maid to deliberately hit my arm with her body, and slandered me for being indecent, this is blackmail!"

"Nonsense!"

Cheng Jialong saw this scene and immediately laughed, he had already arrived at the scene at the time of the incident, but he had not made a sound, this hero's ability to fight a rake is not small.

"It's not a slander, a chicken costs thirty yuan, and in a restaurant in the capital, a chicken can't cost thirty yuan, right?"

"That's it!"

The high level of consumption in the Athletic City is indeed disgusting to attract the people around it, and an ordinary sweet potato dares to charge three cents when it is cooked. A plate of beef and mutton costs forty yuan, and the salary of ordinary Liaodong people is barely enough for one meal.

"And this wine, a jar in other places only sells for fifty yuan, and you will cost fifty yuan for a catty, it's too dark!"

"If you don't give me a satisfactory explanation, you will smash this black shop today!"

"Smash him!"

The people who did not know the truth began to riot, and the whole scene was chaotic.

"Guest officer, that's all for today."

The boss still wants to calm things down, anyway, the maids who are touched will not drop a piece of meat, what they do is the work of serving people, what kind of white eyes and evil words have not been seen?

The hero is preparing to take the opportunity to leave.

Cheng Jialong said: "Wait! ”

"What? A little kid whose hair hasn't grown up yet is still learning from other people's heroes to save beauty? ”

The hero did not put Cheng Jialong in his eyes, but was ready to be a gentleman to bully one party, he has walked the rivers and lakes for many years, and knows that the children of the real big families have strict management, and the so-called jade does not collide with tiles.

In the eyes of the hero, Cheng Jialong is a golden jade, and he is a tile, once this contradiction is stimulated, it is not good for Cheng Jialong.

"Presumptuous!"

Gao Jie watched this hero speak disrespectfully to Cheng Jialong, and he was about to come out.

Cheng Jialong smiled faintly, took off his coat slowly, and handed it to Zheng Sen beside him, while Shi Lang, Li Zaiyang, and Zhao Yingkui were ready to shoot at any time.

Cheng Jialong walked towards the hero: "Come, let's have a showdown between men......"

In fact, when Cheng Jialong stepped forward, the hero had already lost, there was a temperament called control, the hero's momentum was completely suppressed, his mouth opened a few times, he couldn't say a word, and the other people were also a little stunned.

Gao Jie is full of admiration for Cheng Jialong, the Arena City is Cheng Jialong's home field, not to mention the hero in front of him, there are ten people like him, and Gao Jie can put them down with one hand.

The problem is that Cheng Jialong knows how to use power to suppress people.

This is the means of the master.

Although Cheng Jialong is not as tall as Cheng Shijie, his height of more than one meter seven is a tall man in Daming, and Cheng Jialong has been practicing sanda, no matter whether he can play or not, he looks very strong.

is the so-called poor and rich martial arts, even if he gives this hero three guts, he doesn't dare to make a move with Cheng Jialong, he can't leave if he wins, it's actually a good thing to lose, at least losing face is better than losing his life.

The hero simply apologized neatly and admitted his cowardice, paid the bill and left.

This incident made Cheng Jialong a little regretful, but he wanted to try his skills.

……

When Cheng Shijie walked to the dock, Han was faintly reluctant. Cheng Shijie is in Chibi City, and the Han family has a backer to rely on, whether it is the general of the Ning Navy or the leader of the rogue Kou, they dare not blow up their hair in front of her.

But the problem is that when Cheng Shijie left this time, he still took the officers and men of the Ning Navy with him, of course, the Ning Navy did not withdraw all, but the cavalry and artillery were withdrawn, leaving less than 3,000 infantry.

Even though the Han family was reluctant to give up, there was no way, and all the means that could be used were used, but the problem was that Cheng Shijie obviously had no other ideas.

It's not that Han's skin is too thin-skinned, but she knows that with Cheng Shijie's identity, he will have any kind of woman he wants, not to mention, she has lost her flowers and willows, and she is not qualified at all.

Those who know Cheng Shijie's situation know that Chongming Princess Zhu Weiyuan is Cheng Shijie's wife, in addition to Zhu Weiyuan, Cheng Shijie also has a wife Xiang.

In addition, there is also a rumor that Yang Yunniang is Cheng Shijie's concubine, as early as when Cheng Shijie did not make a career, Yang Yunniang followed Cheng Shijie, people who know the situation must be dismissive of this kind of rumor, they don't understand the situation, but there are more people who are keen to discuss all kinds of gossip.

It's really because the image of most nobles in this regard is really not very good, and the image of the aristocracy in the eyes of the public seems to be like a hungry ghost in the color, salivating when they see an outstanding opposite sex, and sometimes they are even so hungry that they don't let go of sex.

Just when Cheng Shijie boarded the Zhili, Sun Kewang walked over from the deck and said happily: "Handsome, Zhang Xianzhong has recruited!" ”

"Recruited!"

Cheng Shijie stretched out his hand to take the confession in Sun Kewang's hand, only to see that there were several place names written on it, which were very vague, and the amount of silver deposited was as high as more than 5.4 million taels of silver.

Cheng Shijie smiled faintly and said, "Do you believe that this is all of Zhang Xianzhong's Tibetan silver?" ”

"This ......"

Sun Kewang shook his head and said: "How much silver Zhang Xianzhong robbed, I really don't know if he is lowly, maybe there is!" ”

Cheng Shijie said lightly: "Seven locations, six in Guanzhong, Fengyang Lost Wolf Valley, and Jiushan Cave, hum, Zhang Xianzhong is still playing tricks, your coercive confession technique is not good!" ”

"Please show me the marshal!"

"Use your brains!"

Cheng Shijie said with a serious face: "There are always more solutions to problems than problems!" Let's take this torture as an example, it is not necessary to make the other party flesh and blood blur every time it is tortured, this is too cruel, can it be used to maim others? And torture is not a good thing, and you don't look good when it comes out, does it? Use your brain! ”

Sun Kewang said: "Then what should I do so that I don't hurt him, but also make him confess?" ”

"That's where a little skill comes in. It's impossible to leave it completely unwound, but it's possible to try not to leave him with a wound that won't heal......"

Cheng Shijie smiled: "You can let him sit on the tiger chair!" ”

"Tiger chair?"

"This tiger chair is easy to learn, low cost, and has very fast results, at most three or four bricks can make him feel painful, and if it is used well, it will not cause any substantial damage to the prisoner!"

Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "Tie Zhang Xianzhong to the mast......"

Sun Kewang did the same immediately.

Zhang Xianzhong sneered again and again, children's tricks, what can I do?

But after only four bricks, his face turned pale with pain, and he broke out in a cold sweat, and when he reached the fifth, he could no longer bear it, and screamed like a pig.

Sun Kewang was also ruthless, so he picked up the sixth brick.

Cheng Shijie clapped his hands, no longer adding bricks, and let him howl there, looking at Sun Kewang with a proud face: "How is it, is the effect very good!" ”

Sun Kewang nodded again and again: "Wonderful!" It's a thousand times better than a clamping stick! Once the stick is used, the prisoner will be crippled if he doesn't die, but with this, he just hurts, and nothing happens at all! ”

"You can't say that, if you are in a hurry, he will dislocate his knee, or even break his leg, and he will be crippled for life. You must be full of love to torture, think more about the prisoner, don't hurt people, if you can't do it once, you can do it twice, three times, if you break his leg, his life will be ruined! ”

Zhang Xianzhong almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, the world said that he was ruthless, compared to Cheng Shijie, he was a fart.

Cheng Shijie waited for Zhang Xianzhong to howl a pillar of incense, and directly made Zhang Xianzhong so painful that he was about to faint.

Cheng Shijie asked people to pull out all the bricks and let Zhang Xianzhong be helped up.

Cheng Shijie continued to teach Sun Kewang: "...... After removing the bricks, it is best to run two laps with him, which can avoid blood bruising in his legs and fall into the root of the disease, and secondly, it will also aggravate the pain, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. Of course, Zhang Xianzhong is not our enemy, we don't have to be so ruthless, you carry him up and walk slowly two laps, let him relax, and then we will move on to the next lesson. ”

Zhang Xianzhong had a chill all over his body!

"The tiger chair will still cripple the prisoner if you are not careful, so you must use it with caution. And this kind of punishment will not have such concerns, even if it is a novice, there will be no danger. ”

"What to do?"

"Fill your nostrils with chili pepper water!"

Gao Qiqian walked over and said, "Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, you guys also follow along!" ”

After Gao Qi dived, the Jinyi Wei and the fans of Dongchang looked at Cheng Shijie, and their eyes changed instantly.

"General Cheng is really a civil and military all-rounder, and our family also wants to know, what else do you can't do!"

"It's all pediatrics!"

Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "In addition, there are laughing punishments and waterboarding, it's okay, we have time, we can play slowly!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong cried with tears and snot: "Dashuai, you have recruited loyalty, you have recruited all loyalty!" ”

An hour later, Cheng Shijie took Zhang Xianzhong's confession.

Cheng Shijie thought about it, Zhang Xianzhong's most of these silver hiding locations were actually in Anqing. And not in the guanzhong.

Cheng Shijie looked at Zhang Xianzhong and said: "You'd better be true this time, otherwise you will definitely regret it!" ”

……

Liaodong, Empress Zhou, Empress Zhang, and the prince and his entourage were lightly dressed, with only 200 plainclothes brocade guards by their side, and more than 100 palace ladies and eunuchs who were responsible for serving, and the group arrived in Liaodong quietly.

After the landing at Lushunkou, Sun Zhili of the Liaoning Management Committee did not come to greet him, but Yang Yunniang and Zhu Weiyuan came to greet him, but did not hold a large-scale welcoming ceremony and came to Liaodong quietly.

"Meet the imperial sister-in-law, meet the prince!"

"Family, you're welcome!"

After arriving in Lushun, after Zhu Weiyuan met with Queen Zhou and Queen Zhang, the group got into Zhu Weiyuan's carriage, which was a luxurious four-wheeled carriage, even if they got on Zhu Weiyuan, Queen Zhou, Queen Zhang, Yang Yunniang, and the five princes, it was still not too crowded.

Yang Yunniang is like a little daughter-in-law, responsible for serving on the side.

This spacious carriage walked on the cement road from Lushun to Jinzhou, without feeling the slightest bump, and even the tea poured in the cup would not spill.

Zhu Weiyuan acted as an unqualified tour guide to introduce the development of Liaodong to Empress Zhou, and Empress Zhou was an eye-opener. The smooth cement road extends in all directions, the factories are one after another, the cement road is like a flowing water and a dragon, the most incredible thing for Queen Zhou is that there is not a beggar on the way, although there are still some people wearing shabby clothes, but their faces are very ruddy, no color.

In the end, when she entered Jinzhou City in a carriage, she looked at the dense pedestrians and carriages on the street, as well as the high-rise buildings, and Queen Zhou's mind was in a trance.

Looking at the young men and women who came and went on the street, holding hands and swaggering through the city, she frowned, wanting to say something, but she didn't say it after all.

(End of chapter)