Immigrants from the southeastern provinces began to arrive in Syria in batches. Deng Ming prepared his speech very seriously in the past two days, and was determined to make a deep impression on these immigrants -- the scale of this migration was unprecedented, and it was estimated that there were 200,000 or 300,000 strong men alone, while there were already 500,000 strong men in the areas controlled by the Ming army in western Sichuan.

"How's the podium ready?"

"Everything is ready." Yuan Xiang replied happily. He is only in his twenties, and he grew up in Jiangmen, and he has never hidden the city, so he has tried all kinds of ways to leave more people for Xuzhou. Deng Ming asked him to arrange the arrangement of the podium, and Yuan Xiang also tried his best to prepare, he planned to follow Deng Ming closely and perform well on that podium, so that all the Xiucai in Xuzhou could see their talents.

"That's good." Deng Ming knew that Yuan Xiang was very concerned about this matter. Now Deng Ming is not worried about the cooperation of the immigrants, their hometown is dilapidated and homeless, no matter what the future of the Ming army in western Sichuan arranges for them, they will try their best to adapt. Moreover, the Chinese people have never encountered a kind government, as long as the officials are a little lighter, they can often get the title of the Lord of the Blue Sky. So what Deng Ming pondered was how to make himself more kind, so that immigrants could gain a new impression and change the attitude of officials in their hearts.

When the immigrants saw the Supreme Commander of Western Sichuan appear in front of them, it was estimated that everyone was also sincerely afraid, so Deng Ming also specially prepared a few jokes to be interspersed in the speech. It's just that Deng Ming is now a prince, and it is impossible to tell everyone cross talk, when the time comes, whether these little jokes can make everyone relax, Deng Ming is not sure, if it doesn't work, and everyone is still silent, it will be too much of a failure.

"The ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see her in-laws." Deng Ming comforted himself in his heart, and asked Yuan Xiang to go to the venue first to continue working. Yuan Xiang deliberately put on a red official robe today, and the pair of wings on his hat were also spotlessly clean. Watching Yuan Xiang, who was as proud as a peacock, leave with his head held high, Deng Ming was also determined to prepare well: "Yuan Xiang, he is so powerful, I hope he won't intimidate those fellow showmen." ”

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In addition to the officials, parliamentarians and bosses of Xuzhou, there were also a large number of Chengdu people who rushed to hear the news. They have long known that Xuzhou is going to intercept some immigrants, but looking at the posture of Xuzhou, it has the posture of swallowing the main force of the immigration group. Is it tolerable or unbearable, Chengdu people are anxious, these days have been with the Xuzhou side of the sabre-rattling, today's welcome meeting with Deng Ming of course they can not be absent.

A large number of placards were arranged around the venue, with countless colorful recruitment announcements written, which made Huang Feigang and others feel unusually fresh. Soon, the rivalry between Chengdu and Xuzhou evolved from boasting to slandering each other, and before Yuan Xiang arrived, there were verbal altercations, pushing, and further developing into abuse and brawls.

When they saw that a large-scale conflict seemed imminent, Huang Feigang and other newcomers were very nervous, they did not know the situation in western Sichuan, and they were also full of worries about their future. And Geng Yunlin has always been with the immigrants, dutifully comforting the people in the southeast who he has accompanied all the way: "It's okay, it's okay, they can't fight." ”

After leaving their hometown, Huang Feigang and the others all trusted Geng Yunlin very much, after all, this person had been with them for several months, and he also helped them understand everything they wanted to know about the situation in Sichuan. However, before arriving in Chongqing, Geng Yunlin described the Qing army in Chongqing as a man-eating beast with blue faces and fangs, and Huang Feigang still clearly remembered the adjective used by Geng Gui as "the most ferocious enemy in western Sichuan". However, what they saw in Chongqing was a group of officers and men of the Green Battalion with a smile on their faces, enthusiastically selling them all kinds of commodities -- in their hometown in the southeast, how could they ever see officers and soldiers who spoke to the common people in a friendly manner? Not to mention fair trade with the people.

When he was camping on the other side of Chongqing, Huang Feigang not only bought some daily necessities, but also ate a large bowl of knife-cut noodles at a stall set up by a thin Qing soldier. When he first saw the Qing soldier who sold noodles, the two horizontal lines of meat on the other party's cheeks made Huang Feigang feel a little frightened, at first glance, it seemed to be much more vicious than the county county in his hometown, and the smile on his face was also very hideous. But it was this Qing soldier, after Huang Fei had just finished eating, he took the initiative to serve him a big bowl of noodle soup for boiling noodles to quench his thirst, and said a few kind words, thanking him for taking care of his business. Other customers also received a free bowl of noodle soup. While they were eating, the Qing soldier also diligently told them a few interesting stories about Shanxi -- by the time they left the food stall, Huang Feigang had already classified the boss as a good person with a "fierce face and a hot heart", and secretly felt guilty for judging people by their appearance in the first place.

After leaving Chongqing, everyone secretly discussed in private, thinking that Guide Geng's speech was too exaggerated; The more kind-hearted companion also stood up to defend Geng Guide, saying that this was probably because everyone had misunderstood Geng Yunlin's meaning -- not only is the pronunciation of Sichuan dialect very different from that of the southeast, but the words and sentences may also have different meanings, and perhaps "vicious enemy" does not mean the same thing as the southeastern dialect in the Sichuan dialect at all.

Geng Yunlin didn't know that he had encountered a crisis of trust, and still patiently introduced the situation in Chengdu and Xuzhou: "Originally, there were no people here in Xuzhou, they all moved from the capital a year ago, and they were all their own brothers, so what kind of hatred and hatred would there be?" ”

At this time, a gong sounded, and some soldiers shouted: "The prefect of Xuzhou has arrived!" ”

"Governor Yuan is here." After hearing this shout, many people looked forward to the high podium, and the crowd suddenly became much quieter.

In the blink of an eye, suddenly another gong sounded, and a soldier shouted again: "The prefect of Chengdu has arrived!" ”

"Is this really okay?" When the people of Xuzhou and Chengdu were quarreling just now, many immigrants heard each other threatening each other to let their prefects come out and beat people -- I really heard them right, they were threatening each other to let the prefect come and beat people himself. Now that the prefect of Xuzhou has arrived, and the prefect of Chengdu is not invited, it is obvious that the people who come are not good, and the good ones do not come.

"How could it be." Geng Yunlin laughed, faced a large number of immigrants, and said loudly: "Our Yuan Governor's Mansion in Xuzhou and Liu Governor's Mansion in the capital are friends with each other!" Do you know what a neck-to-neck friend is? ”

Some people shook their heads, but others immediately replied, "Yes, it's the good of the family." ”

"The good of the family is just that the wife and daughter don't avoid it, and these two prefects, that's a neck-to-neck friend! You can do whatever it takes to wipe your neck for the sake of the other party! "In the literacy class in Chengdu, when teaching this idiom, the professors used Liu Jinge and Yuan Xiang as examples to help students understand; And since learning this word, Geng Yunlin has repeatedly used it to show that he is a literate person: "Listen, it's not to wipe the other party's neck!" At the beginning, these two prefects were a lifelong friendship......"

Geng Yunlin vividly described the adventures of the two men in Dongchuan Mansion, they supported each other, fought poisonous snakes and fierce beasts along the way, and also had to watch out for hidden enemy soldiers - there were no other comrades in the surrounding area, only the only companion by his side, and finally both of them successfully returned to Jianchang.

Geng Yunlin's story was not finished, and suddenly the immigrants in front of him made a loud noise.

"Fighting?" Someone questioned in astonishment.

"No, acting in a monkey show, acting in a monkey show!" Many immigrants watched the lively scene on the podium intently, and excitedly corrected the erroneous views of their companions: "It turns out that this is a stage, and we are going to perform a monkey show." ”

Geng Yunlin turned his head and saw two people in red official robes fighting on the high podium, fists and feet flying, and in the blink of an eye, the black gauze hats on the heads of the two people flew out. The two men didn't bother to pick it up, they hugged each other, and one of them tripped over the official uniform and dragged the other down.

"It's really a monkey show." Most of the immigrants shouted in agreement, and the two men, although dressed in official uniforms, were clearly singing. Not to mention that the prefect who was high up, even a slightly decent gentleman in the county, would not have beaten his hat in front of everyone, and these two people fought so vigorously that they even tore their clothes, revealing the strong muscles on their arms -- this cold day is really not too cold.

The more the immigrants watched, the more excited they became, and found that these two people acted extremely realistically, as if they were really fighting for their lives.

"Baoguo Gong has arrived!" In the chaos, there was another gong sound.

When I heard that the two prefects were coming, the immigrants held their breath and were afraid that they would make any noise and be punished for disrespect. Now that they heard another official appear, many people applauded loudly, and they were still cheering hard for the two people who were working the high stage. It's all going on monkey shows, it can be seen that the government wants everyone to be happy, and Baoguo Gong is probably coming to have fun with the people.

"Another one?" Seeing another figure rushing onto the high platform, Huang Feigang and the others became even more excited, and applauded with more force, although in just a few minutes, many immigrants shouted hoarsely, and everyone had a happy smile on their faces.

The third man rushed up desperately between the two men, trying to separate them.

"Who is this? Smashing the field? Seeing that the first two people were suspended before the performance was finished, some people complained dissatisfied.

"This is Bao Guogong." Geng Yunlin muttered and replied.

"What?"

"This is Bao Guogong." Geng Yunlin also didn't know how to explain everything to the migrants. It was only then that he recovered from the shock, and then reported the identities of the first two people: "The person with one missing boot is our Yuan Governor of Xuzhou; The person whose robe was rotten was Governor Liu of the capital. ”