Chapter 103 A weapon that can't match ambition

During the Qiqiao Festival, the night in Guanzhong is lit up with candles.

The worship of beggars in Guanzhong can be traced back to the Han Dynasty.

However, this kind of leisure festival will only appear when the people are abundant and the wind and rain are smooth, and there have been in previous years, but it is not as common and grand as in recent years.

As early as May, the girls in Lantian County pooled money to raise funds to form the "Seven Sisters Association".

It was also from that time that the preparatory activities began.

They use colored paper, rice grains, sesame seeds, melon seeds and other materials to make miniature flowers, utensils, figures and other delicate and detailed small objects.

In the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the grain seeds and mung beans are also soaked and sprouted in a porcelain bowl, and they are made into "worship fairy he" and "worship god vegetables" for "placing seven mothers"

On the evening of the sixth day of the seventh month, the girls set up the Eight Immortals Table in front of their homes or in the hall, put incense candles, light the best sandalwood, and display the small objects made by themselves with antique treasures, flowers, fruits and carmine powder for people to visit.

Starting from the sixth day of the seventh month, for three consecutive nights, the local or four township people will go to the girls' homes to see the girls' crafts, which is called: "Look at the Seven Niangs".

The more people who "watch Qi Niang", the more decent the girl is.

In the fragrant mist, the men carefully watched the girls' every move, and those who liked it asked the matchmaker to say goodbye in the future.

From the sixth to the seventh day of the first lunar month, for two consecutive nights, the girls wear beautiful makeup, burn incense and light candles, and bow down to the starry sky, which is "welcoming immortals".

From the third to the fifth watch, worship seven times in a row, pray to the Weaver Girl for happiness, called "worship immortals".

After worshipping the immortals, the girls climbed the embroidery tower with colored threads in their hands, and passed the silk threads through the pinholes in the moonlight, which was called: "Qiqiao". Those who pierce seven holes in a row are called clever, otherwise they are called clever.

The girls are under the stars and the moon, threading the needle and leading the secret future.

Yun Zhao used to take this kind of thing as a thing, thinking that it was a small activity for his daughter's family to entertain themselves, and the rest of the sisters in the family wanted to beggar, and he strongly supported it.

However, now it is not the case, Lantian local lieutenant chiefs, elders, and groups of elders wrote to Yun Zhao, imploring the county to take a group of lieutenants and elders to 'see Qi Niang' this year.

Yun Zhao was very puzzled, and after consulting Xu Yuanshou, he realized that "watching Qi Niang" was a very important matter - he was related to the marriage of young men and women in Lantian County, and it was a major matter related to racial reproduction, which should not be taken lightly.

In previous years, the Ming Emperor would 'see Qi Niang' in the capital, and Lantian County would not have much to do.

This year is different, the emperor doesn't go to see Qi Niang, and the people of Lantian County think that after being kidnapped by their wives and daughters, it is better for their county to go away.

The reason why the emperor didn't go to 'see Qi Niang' is because in today's capital, people have taken this matter very lightly, and their stomachs are not full, where can they get more money and food to satisfy the careful thinking of the children.

The emperor himself is also in trouble at home and abroad, and he really can't mention this mood of enjoying with the people.

Guanzhong is different.

Under the intimidation of Yun Zhao's stick, Guanzhong's daughter's worth doubled.

Some entered the workshop to work to make money, some began to do some small business, some entered the academy and began to study, and some entered the government after graduating from Yushan Academy and became officials.

The women in Guanzhong are bold and hardworking, they make a lot of money as workers, and they will even become the head of the family when they do business...... When I returned home, my parents, who were used to farming, and my brother knelt down to greet my sister who was an official.

Over the past ten years, the rich, status, and educated women have grown into a very powerful force, and this year's Qiqiao Festival is a big stage for them to show their strength to the Guanzhong society.

The most noisy ones were the little women in Yushan Academy.

Qian Duoduo was threading the needle in front of the dim first quarter moon, squinting one eye, and she couldn't get into it, and Feng Ying did this kind of thing with her hands, according to her, under such a good moonlight, she could shoot a feather arrow into the nose of the needle.

Yun Zhao naturally ignored the boring behavior of the two married women, and he was neatly dressed today to spend a good night with Lantian's unmarried daughters.

Qian Duoduo wanted to throw Yun Xian to Yun Zhao, and this conspiracy was discovered by Yun Zhao.

Therefore, when he went out, Qian Duoduo called his younger brother to let him accompany him.

Yun Zhao led a large group of people to enter the east and go out to the west, and came to the door of the girl's house to see the miserable handicrafts.

Purses, sachets, sandalwood fans, ugly jade pendants, ugly tiger head hats, black and red tiger head pillows, embroidered belts with some meanings, hats, uppers, insoles, all kinds of dazzling.

The girls didn't see any of them......

The youngest was a six-year-old girl, and the oldest was a fifty-eight-year-old girl who was trying to marry herself.

Yun Zhao is very satisfied, the daughters of Lantian County all hope to marry a wishful husband, and everyone is willing to make their own contribution to the population growth of Guanzhong.

Under this premise, Yun Zhao laughed from time to time in order to let the girls in the house hear his praise clearly, and sent every word of praise to the girls hiding in the door and eavesdropping on them in a loud voice.

Especially the fifty-eight-year-old girl, Yun Zhao deliberately praised the begging things she put outside one by one, causing the old girl hiding in the house to cry, and was almost introduced by her as a lifelong confidant.

As for whether he married this old girl, he didn't know, after all, it was unrealistic to expect a fifty-eight-year-old girl to contribute to the population growth of Lantian County.

This kind of activity specially used to brush up on the sense of existence, Yun Zhao did it very seriously, and devoted himself to it.

This is something that the superior must do, otherwise, it is easy to let this most intuitive pro-people activity play a negative role.

When he was tired of walking, he rested on the stool prepared by others, drank a little tea that had been checked a thousand times by the guards, and ate two bites of snacks that had obviously been bitten by the guards, which was enough to make the family glorify Sansheng.

Fortunately, Yun Zhao wants to go down to Lantian County to get close to the people, and all the people in Lantian County will be soldiers.

Xiang Yong, the group practitioners stared at everyone who intended to get close to Yun Zhao, and these people also wanted to participate in the rare event that could be used to molest women on a large scale.

Now, after the county has praised these girls, it will be their turn to say some amorous words while watching the beggars.

The county seat is gone, and he has to ride horses to several of the largest towns, and the people in these places are the diehards who support Yun Zhao, so Yun Zhao, who is riding a jujube red war horse, deliberately walks through every alley and sends his blessings to every unmarried girl.

Two days later, Yun Zhao returned home, tired and didn't want to move.

Propaganda is definitely a physical job.

When Qian Duoduo and Feng Ying came over to comfort Yun Zhao, he said sincerely: "You two are real beautiful women!" ”

Qian Duoduo twisted his slender neck like a white swan and said, "Why did the husband say this? ”

Yun Zhao said lazily: "In the past two days, I have seen too many heroines who boldly show their appearance to the world when I came, to be honest, the appearance of our women in Lantian County is generally worrying." ”

Feng Ying leaned against Yun Zhao and said lazily: "The man's appearance is not as tall as Suide, but his teeth are not good. ”

Qian Duoduo said: "They are all poor, there are no good things to support in the mother's womb, and they are born and lack food and clothing, and they want to grow into a big and tall person like Yunyang, it is really difficult for them."

The children born in the past few years are obviously different, they are also tall, they are all strong like calves, and the girls have no vegetables on their faces, and they will look good. ”

Yun Zhao smiled bitterly: "It's true, there are too many problems caused by poverty. ”

Feng Ying nodded and said, "It is said that Shuzhong is a nest of beauties, and the victims I collected in White Emperor City are no better there." When the thieves came, they were not so much people as a herd of animals, and sometimes, even animals.

Husband, shouldn't we expand our troops?

Send troops early, kill all those who pretend to your throne, and the people of the world will live a relaxed life. ”

Yun Zhao was silent for a moment and said, "Endure for another year, after we have completed the basic construction, we can focus all our energy on the expansion of the army." ”

"How is the Lei Heng Corps preparing? I heard that this is a pure infantry corps. ”

"Defensive Corps, at present, we need a stable Lantian County even more."

"The concubine also heard that the Lei Heng Corps is very different from the three corps in the past? Is it because of Zhang Guoying's invention? ”

"Yes, I thought that there would be a kind of ammunition that connects the firing charge to the warhead, which is not afraid of wind and rain, and can be fired even under water...... As a result, I was still too optimistic.

Zhang Guoying's thunder mercury was made by those weapons researchers to make a strange thing for me. ”

Qian Shaoshao stood up and looked out the window, came back and said to Yun Zhao: "No one, tell me carefully." ”

Yun Zhao said helplessly: "They created an independent thing, and if you stab it fiercely with a spike, it will burst into flames...... So, they thought, this would remove the arquebus from the arquebus, and use the beak on the musket to smash the hat-like little thing they had recently researched.

Then the fire cap fires, igniting the booster in the barrel and pushing the projectile out......

Sounds stupid, right? ”

Feng Ying stood up and said: "It's not stupid at all, the time used to shoot one shot can now be at least two shots, to three shots, this is a great invention, husband, your requirements are too high." ”

Yun Zhao gritted his teeth and said: "I asked them to connect the fire cap, gunpowder, and bullet together and finally become one, when the gun is fired, as long as one or several are pressed into the musket, pull the trigger, and a bullet will fly out."

Then, the discarded cartridge casings jumped out of the musket and were reloaded...... And so on and so forth.

They thought I was talking nonsense and didn't even give me an explanation, so they rejected my suggestion as if it were a stupid idea. ”

"So, the equipment of the Lei Heng Legion should be this new type of firearm, right?"

Yun Zhao nodded distractedly, he found that he, a prophet, could not speed up this world.

The delay in the arrival of the metal storm he loved was hindering his determination to move forward.