Chapter 131: The Way Home (2)
The next day, the snow stopped.
Liu Hong gradually climbed the Taiyuan city wall, only to see that the world was white, and all the voices were lonely.
"The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting ......"
Liu Honggradually believed that Grandpa Mao must have seen this Xiongguan Mandao with his own eyes, and only then did he make such bold words, any man with blood and ambition will feel a little emotional when he stands on this lonely city!
It's just that ordinary people can only say, I'm ciao, it's spectacular! For example, the two behind him.
With a white eye, what's so nice about this?
Behind them, Niu Zhuang and Li Baida stood left and right with AKM on their shoulders, all silent, they didn't understand why the adults were standing here blowing the cold wind on this cold day.
Niu Zhuang's back injury is no longer serious, but the weather is cold, and it will take time to fully recover.
"My lord, it's colder than our capital on this day! How good would it be if you want to recite the poem and go back, Miss Cher made you a fox fur jacket, why don't you try it? β
Niu Zhuang rubbed his hands and said with a grin, there was an extra wound on his right cheek that was more than two inches long, and the blood scab had fallen off, revealing purple and tender flesh, which looked a little hideous.
"That's all you have to say! This mountain is bordered by Mongolia in the northwest, and it is even colder over there, so I heard that you have to bring a stick to the toilet! Liu Hong gradually teased.
In recent days, Yang Xue has been making a jacket for Liu Hong without leaving home.
Even a rough person like Niu Zhuang began to sympathize with this girl who had been following Liu Hongjian from Shanhaiguan and taking care of the adults meticulously, he didn't understand that such a delicate young lady, the uncle was always indifferent.
"What, I have to bring a stick to the toilet, why haven't I heard of it, why do I have to bring a stick?" Niu Qiang's eyes widened and he asked seriously.
Liu Hong gradually didn't bother to talk to him, and motioned to Li Baida to tell him.
This Li Baida's lines are not ordinarily thick, and he didn't see Liu Hongji's ridicule, scratched his head and patted his head.
"Stupid, on such a cold day, didn't you freeze into a popsicle just after you peeed? Don't take a stick and knock the ice ballast off! β
Li Baida was very proud of his wit.
"Makes sense, makes sense! But wouldn't that freeze the mallet? What if it's big? β
The cow's feat drew inferences and threw out a series of new questions, Li Baida scratched his head again, Liu Hong gradually ignored the silly conversation between the two, wrapped his clothes and took the lead down the city wall.
"My lord, all the soldiers have been assembled and are ready to set off at any time!" Chang Yu exhaled white air and walked from outside the city.
"Well, I'll leave in a quarter of an hour, I'll do something!"
A quarter of an hour later, when Liu Hong gradually came to the outside of the city, he had completely changed his outfit, a brown-gray robe draped over his shoulders, and a square scalp hat was made of a whole solid-colored fox skin.
Outside this pure white city, this outfit can be described as riotous.
Liu Hongjian is still the first time to wear fur, this touch that look, only to feel very warm, if there is a big dog, it is really called a 'left lead yellow, right Qingcang, brocade hat mink Qiu, thousands of horses roll Pinggang'.
Outside the city, 2,000 soldiers from Qianhu were lined up in several arrays, and at present, there were more than 600 Guanning heavy horsemen, tall and strong Mongolian men, all wearing gold and silver armor (zhou).
These armors are all from the families of the eight Jin merchants in Shanxi, although the armor is not low, but they are all the eight wealthy merchants who spent a lot of money to find skilled craftsmen to carefully make, and the flexibility and defense are not inferior to the border army heavy armored cavalry.
Moreover, the force is higher.
Before, these gold and silver armor guards were the faΓ§ade of the eight Jin merchants, but now they have Liu Hongji's wedding dress, and under the faint sunlight after the heavy snow, the golden and silver scales are shining, and the end is domineering side leakage.
The heavy cavalry was followed by a hundred AKM shooters, and then by the swordsmen, shields, and pikemen, who lost their mounts.
I can't help it, I have to pull something!
Since ten days ago, Lao Bi began to collect hundreds of wooden carts from nearby states and counties, and the family property of the eight major Jin merchants alone was eighty or ninety million taels.
The grain was distributed, the silver was collected, and many small profiteers in Shaanxi and Shanxi were looted one after another, as well as the 'treasury' of Dashun State, and gold and silver artifacts gathered in Taiyuan Mansion from all directions.
Counting pearl agate and other large objects, a total of more than 870 carts were loaded, due to the high mountains and long roads, heavy snow closed roads, plus heavy metals (gold and silver) and various stones (jade agate, etc.), a horse could not pull at all.
Many carriages were driven by two or even three horses, and as a last resort, some of the remaining cavalry of the frontier army also lost their mounts.
In addition to the 2,000 people in the original team of the Thousand Households, there were also 3,000 border army iron horsemen who were responsible for the followers.
Che Linlin, Ma Xiaoxiao, the captain of the car stretched for two or three miles.
This is all gone, Lao Bi, do they have no eyesight to see? It seems that Lao Tzu drank too much last night, and none of them came to send Uncle Ben one by one? This is too ruthless!
Liu Hong gradually rode on his horse and looked back at Taiyuan City, and Yang Xue in the carriage also opened the curtain and looked out the window.
Fang Jingzi felt the wind chill, holding the 'white and black' treasured by his father Fang Xing in his hand, and shared a car with his 'uncle spinning machine'.
The spinning machine was made by Xiao Fang Jingzi for more than a month, and Liu Hongjian originally meant that this was Xiao Fang's hard work, and it should be named by Xiao Fang.
But Fang Jingzi is quite stubborn, the drawings are provided by Liu Hongji, in his opinion, he is just according to the drawings of the gourd to draw the scoop, and he is definitely not the creator of the spinning machine.
In the end, Comrade Xiaofang had an idea, so he simply called it 'Uncle Spinning Machine', of course Uncle An Guobo Liu Hongjian is also!
The spinning machine was introduced 100 years before Europe, and this feat will surely go down in history for more than 500 years:
In 1644, Liu Hongji, an Guobo of the Ming Dynasty, was brilliant and brilliant in his invention, and his invention of the 'Uncle Spinning Machine' was a symbol of the revival of the Ming Empire and the beginning of the first industrial revolution.
"Gone!" After staying in this land for too long, Liu Hong gradually looked back at the silver-covered Taiyuan City again.
Who knew that he had just taken a few steps on the horse, and someone shouted behind him.
"Uncle, stay here!" A white-haired old man came from the direction of the city gate and shouted loudly.
A group of ragged people rushed out of the east gate of Taiyuan.
"Congratulations to Uncle!"
"Congratulations to Uncle!"
"May my uncle live a long life and be blessed and healthy!"
"The mountain is high and the road is long, Uncle will go all the way!"
This group of people included white-haired old men, immature children of eight or nine years old, dozens of miners from Qingyuan County who were contaminated with coal ash and hundreds of aborigines of Taiyuan City bowed their heads and bowed down.
Lao Bi walked out of the crowd, followed by Tang Feng, Xiang Xiong, Wei Penghong, and Fang Xing, several of whom bowed their waists to ninety degrees, and gradually bowed to Liu Hong, who brought food and hope to Shanxi.
Liu Hong's eyes were hazy, he took off his brocade hat, turned over and dismounted to help the people on the ground.
What is goodness? What is Rustic? What is the human heart?
Liu Honggradually didn't know, he only knew that it was just these ragged poor people, and everything he did was worth it.
"Old Wei, it's almost time for you to go home!" Liu Hong gradually patted Wei Penghong's thick shoulder.
Wei Penghong came from Xuanfu, the rebellion in Shanxi was calmed, and it was almost time to go back.
"Yes, my lord, Lao Wei, I plan to leave for Xuanfu tomorrow, and fight the thief army with my uncle these days, happy!" Wei Penghong said.
"Tang Feng, Xiang Xiong, Ben Bo will give the emperor a recital when he goes back, and invite the north to recruit troops, you two should be good students to guard Shanxi, and Ben Bo will come back to see you in the future!"
The 20,000 border troops brought by the two of them assigned 10,000 to Liu Wen and Lu Yi in Shaanxi to defend Guyuan and the two towns of Gansu, and they transferred another 3,000, and the rest of them were a little shabby.
"My lord, please rest assured, Shanxi has two of us guarded, if a Tartar is allowed to come in, I will come to see Tang Feng!" Even on this occasion, Tang Feng is still wearing armor, he is already a war maniac.
"The dog will be handed over to the uncle, the dog is stubborn and rigid, and I will ask the uncle to bear with me in the future!"
Fang Xing didn't drink today, and in his eyes, his son who was not a weapon, even if he was thirty years old, was still very reluctant to leave him.
"The mountain is high and the road is far away, and the adults cherish it!" Bi Zigong also gave up his words.
"You look at the virtue of a few of you, and it's not life and death, why are you so verbose, wait until the spring warms up, if Ben Bo is idle, he will come to Shanxi to travel to see you!
At that time, Benbo will have a good taste of Shanxi's food! When the time comes, you two will have to come to have a treat, go, you cherish! β
Liu Hong gradually arched his hand to the crowd and the people, turned over and got on the horse, and the corners of his eyes were already moist.
"Let's go! Back to the capital! β