In the face of Xu Hai's unceremonious warning, Zhong Tan was still smiling, and grinned: "Why is my brother-in-law so angry? At the end of the day, it's my fault. Fortunately, I have a little face in Songjiang Mansion, and I won't be unable to pay you back 30,000 taels of silver, just a month, and I won't delay for a day. ”

Xu Hai saw that he agreed happily, and really thought that he had the ability to cover a wide range of faces, but he fell into the plan of delaying the army. When the deadline was reached, Zhong Tan begged him to postpone the next time, and Xu Hai, who was embarrassed, agreed for another month.

Wu Hexin secretly instigated Xu Hai to tear his face, Xu Hai frowned and said: "I have already agreed, it's hard to regret it, and give him another month of grace, then we'll see." ”

Wu Hexin saw that he agreed, so he said to Zhong Tancai behind his back: "Be careful, Dong Weng is ready to sue you, I don't think you should be careless, you must always be on guard." ”

Instigating discord on both sides, Wu Hexin's meaning is nothing more than to let the two of them break up, and it is best for Zhong Tan to go away and fly high, so that he can take over the big shopkeeper steadily, the question is that he underestimated Zhong Tancai, who has been in Songjiang Mansion all the year round.

Zhong Tancai accompanied Xu Hai around every day long, using his ability to help idle films in his early years, and comfortably serving Xu Hai, and on the other hand, he took his wife and daughter over, and often invited Xu Hai to play mahjong at home.

Mrs. Zhong is twenty-eight years old this year, which is the best age in a woman's life, she is very good at maintenance and grooming, and she looks only about twenty. The daughter was born to a girl, and she is sixteen years old this year, with a body and appearance, like a flower.

The result is naturally that each other has the intention of having a concubine, and Xu Hai, who realizes that the Xu family has a huge industry, is not taking tens of thousands of taels of silver seriously, didn't the third brother personally say that he would open his mouth if he was short of money? Within a few days, the mother and daughter were all in their hands. The 30,000 taels of silver were naturally silent, and they were written off.

Facing his younger brother Lion's big mouth and wanting to borrow 50,000 taels of silver, Xu Hao happily agreed, this person will never see the coffin and not cry, so let him toss as much as he wants, and he will be honest if he tosses all the money.

Over the years, many people have moved to Dalian, Liaodong, some of whom are good at farming, and some are good at hunting. Some are good at work, while others are good at eating by the sea.

At this time, the vast tidal flats are crowded with men and women carrying bamboo baskets on their backs, and they are picking up all kinds of seafood.

Life and work by the sea are peaceful, seemingly calm but full of hectic and nervous, because it is related to the stomach of the family.

In the red-walled and blue-tiled courtyard of the Xu family in the distance, Xu Hao's women all came, and it goes without saying that they have formed teams to tour the mountains and rivers. Xu Hao took his son and Ripple to carry a wicker basket on his back. Holding a windproof lantern in his hand, he was barefoot, leaving a series of footprints on the beach.

Mud flats, cottages and fishing boats are shrouded in a dreamy morning mist. The fishy smell left a sporadic dewdrop, wet and salty. Zhang Lianyi would never have imagined that there would be such a place in the north. It is not as cold as imagined, it is as warm and hot as spring and summer, and the life of people here is not easy as imagined.

Xu Hao took the trouble to tell her. Because of the productivity at the bottom, there is no easy place in the world, and the reason why you are lucky is because of the elite class at the top of the pyramid.

Zhang Lianyi has a good understanding of this, after all, she met her friend Miss Zhi, experienced the hardships of the people in the countryside, and understood the truth that every grain is hard.

This time, the teachers and students of the entire Women's Normal College came, and changing the concept can start from broadening their horizons, and Xu Hao gave high hopes to these girls.

Zhang Chai walked at the end with a calm expression, always keeping an eye on his students, reminding them not to get carried away and to pay attention to safety.

The girls laughed like silver bells at will, bouncing in the mud, feeling the majesty and tranquility of the sea. Local girls, on the other hand, look serious about picking up clams, or squatting in front of the rocks and using shovels to pick off the oysters attached to them, and most importantly, looking for brine worms, known as prawns, which like to breed in salt ponds.

Artemia can be used to feed the fish in the fish pond and even the prawns in the seawater pond of one's own family, which is a perfect combination of Xu Hao's later knowledge and the life experience of ancient working people.

Artemia is a bit like a small black shrimp, with red and gray colors, and grows densely in salt water.

Ripples didn't dare to reach out and grab it, the little bird snuggled in his uncle's arms like a human to save strength, Xu Ye didn't like to catch it, as a boy, he preferred to go to sea by boat.

Everyone watched the local girls reach out to fish in the pond, they have to work hard every morning, the fish and shrimp fed with brine worms will grow faster and better, the meat is more nutritious and delicious, the white and tender palms are cracked one after another, and the taste of soaking in salt water can be imagined, but no one cares.

Adult men have to go out to sea to fish, these heavy chores are almost all women's, ripples want to try to catch clams, but it is more difficult than catching brine worms, whether it is on the beach or under the reef, the sea water is constantly flowing through, to pay attention to maintain the balance of the body anytime and anywhere.

People were bending over to work in the seawater, Xu Hao tried it, and soon he was so tired that his back and legs hurt, and he couldn't pick out much for a long time. If you want to get a good harvest, you can choose to go to the most dangerous depression, in the distance a row of stone hills like a natural barrier, diagonally facing the area of the old sea mouth, the fierce collision of the waves all day long, the smoke in the distance.

When the tide is low, it leaves waist-deep seawater, and there are miscellaneous algae floating on the surface of the water and in the crevices of the rocks, fish and shrimp come up to feed, and there are countless blue clams in the shallow water, and a handful of them are grabbed.

However, there is no fixed pattern of high and low tides, and there have been a few sudden storms that drowned several people, so the villagers regarded it as an ominous place, and few people were willing to venture there.

In the end, the female students used clips to catch a lot of crabs, which were not big or small, and asked Xu Hao to make them drunk crabs to eat.

Drunken crab is a famous dish that has only emerged in Jiangnan in recent years, Xu Hao's drunken crab is very simple, he prefers the way of making pickled shrimp crawler in the north in the later generations, that is, the way of making skin shrimp, first sprinkle crab in the vat, then pour in liquor, and then pour in a little salt kelp and garlic, sweet and sour and ginger peppercorns, etc., the taste is unusually luscious.

Speaking of drunk crabs in the south of the Yangtze River, the rivers and lakes where the Tong family lives in Pingjiang Mansion in Suzhou have a vast water surface and pure water quality. Every year after the Chung Yeung Festival, it is famous for producing a large number of plump green shell crabs. Due to the backwardness of transportation and storage methods in ancient times, it was impossible for live crabs to be transported to various places for sale in large quantities.

Therefore, in order to extend the shelf life, the Tong family referred to the method of drunken snails and drunken shrimps, and used homemade glutinous rice wine and other ingredients to make zuò drunken crabs.

In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, Zhongbao Tong founded the "Tong Deda" drunken crab processing workshop, which gave birth to the "Zhongzhuang Drunken Crab" that has been handed down to this day, and tens of thousands of drunk crabs can be eaten every year in Jinling alone.

Evening. Xu Hao returned to the courtyard with a group of children who were tired and half dead, and personally cooked a seafood feast for them.

Everyone was looking forward to this meal, but Xu Hao had already thoroughly fed their appetites, and even Mu Ningxue and the others were looking forward to it.

The first dish is Liaodong flying crab, who has eaten the taste knows who knows, no seasoning is needed, it is steamed directly with water, the red and clear color is bright and dripping, and the size is larger than the hairy crab. The styling is far more than that.

The second dish is stir-fried crab with ginger and shallots, which has a unique taste; The third course is raw sea cucumber, which is cut into dices and dipped in raw ingredients, which is tender and refreshing; The fourth course is garlic abalone. Next, braised prawns, steamed prawns, Dalian's shrimp are world-famous, and so is cod; In addition, there are sea urchins that have different flavors when eaten alive. The freshest black fish soup is stewed, the black fish meat is eaten as sashimi, and the oysters are needless to say. This thing is the most common food in the eastern coast of Liaodong.

The next day, Xu Hao went to the barracks outside the city, there were thousands of soldiers practicing eighteen kinds of martial arts in front of the martial arts hall, and every year the entire Liaodong must be routinely inspected, rectified, and rewarded and punished.

Xu Hao sat on the chair in the middle, drinking a bowl of tea, and instructed the garrison commander to make the guards go to the sick and light it in the red booklet. Even muskets and artillery could not be left behind, and it was a necessary subject for physical fitness, so that every named soldier had the opportunity to show his or her skills.

You can also dance with a knife and a gun, or choose to ride a horse and shoot arrows, showing your skills on a horse, or performing galloping like the wind, or using a spear to assassinate a scarecrow, or turning around to play with a bow and archery a hundred steps through the yang, which won the scene of colorful sound or ridicule.

These days, I can't help but let the people come to see the excitement, Xu Hao is wandering, and suddenly Wei Quzhi said with a wicked smile: "My lord, I have heard in the army that you are a real master, and you are perfect in Taijiquan gossip, I don't know if I can open my eyes to the big guy." ”

Xu Hao glared at him, wanting to make Lao Tzu make a fool of himself, but there was no door, and said, "Do you know what Shaolin authenticity is?" Pointing to the instructor sitting on the side, he said: "People like us who practice martial arts, their shoulders and wrists are always a little different from ordinary people, and the way they walk is different, so they can see if they are experts when they look at each other." ”

Wei Quzhi exaggeratedly said: "Where did the adult's Shaolin boxing come from?" ”

Xu Hao said openly: "There is a master in my family named Huang Feihong, he saw that I was flexible when I was a child, with strong bones and talents, so he taught me a little boxing for the peace of the rivers and lakes. According to Master Huang, this is the Shaolin Orthodox School, and it is infinitely useful after learning successfully, but I like to mix everything, and I have practiced for many years to be able to understand one or two, and most of the time is used to spit out the internal skills of massage, and the fists and feet are mediocre. ”

I don't want one of the instructors Liu Qianhu to be surprised: "The posture and pace of the strange Dao master are very different from others, it turns out to be Uncle Huang's apprentice, it is not surprising." ”

Burst! Xu Hao almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, this guy is too shameless, right? Huang Feihong is your uncle? What a talent!

But at this moment, it is difficult to ride a tiger, Xu Hao said: "Do you know how many boxing methods there are on the rivers and lakes, and what is the origin?" ”

Wei Quzhi shook his head and said, "I don't know. ”

Xu Hao said with a smile: "The boxing method is divided into two factions, the north and the south, and in the words of martial arts, it is the south fist and the north leg." Among them, the southern faction pushes Wudangzong as the first, this Wudangzong is Emperor Taizu borrowed from Zhang Sanfeng's real people's moves, and passed down the boxing spectrum, and the brothers are not only considered to have inherited the mantle of the first emperor.

The Northern Sect respects the Shaolin Sect as the leader, which was created when I was studying martial arts with Yao Guangxiao and Young Master Yao. Wudang Sect is an internal kung fu, Shaolin Zong is an external kung fu, these two sects are the masters of the world's boxers, do you believe it or not? ”

Everyone present instantly broke out in a cold sweat, they had never seen such shamelessness, and the Lord Xu in front of him was still the originator of the southern fist and the northern leg and various sects?

That Liu Qianhu suddenly realized: "Three years ago, a monk came to Huayuan, and I saw that the monk was very good, so I invited him into the house to talk. When I asked, I learned that he was a personal disciple of Yao Shaoshi, the Lotus Zen Master of the Shaolin Sect, so I asked him to teach Shaolin boxing, and the Lotus Zen Master lived in my house for three years before he traveled the world.

Xiaguan learned Shaolin boxing, but Wudang Zong had no chance to learn, I didn't expect the adult to be one, no wonder I can't see through the adult. The lower official took the liberty of pleading, willing to worship the wall of the adult's door, thinking that the master must uphold the righteousness of teaching without class, cultivate one or two disciples, and the lower official will be blessed. ”

Talent! Xu Hao sighed in his heart, he didn't know if this guy was suitable for martial arts, but he was definitely suitable for mixing officialdom.

"There's a chance." Xu Hao couldn't sit still, got up and said leisurely: "I wait for people in the martial arts to pay attention to a fate, let's talk about fate on a different day!" Okay, I'm going back to practice. ”

The moat outside the city was connected to a large river with a steady flow, and many women carried bamboo baskets out of the city every day to wash their clothes.

Xu Hao, who had escaped, stood under the tree and watched the women squatting on the bank of the river, raising their mallets and pounding their clothes. Some women rolled up their trousers, revealing their white legs and stomachs, and stood in the running water to rinse the cotton yarn, talking and laughing with each other.

From the very beginning, the folk customs of Liaodong were different from those of the Central Plains, and they were more unrestrained and bold than their hometowns in Shandong, Henan, and Hebei, and the desolation and heroism outside the customs would soon infect anyone who chose to settle here.

Those who come from all over the country to do business, those who go to the countryside to urge renters to go into the city to tell fortunes, those who cut horses and grass, those who sell fish seedlings, the public servants who run errands, the big girls and little daughters-in-law who go out of the city and enter the city, those who push ox carts to collect dung, and all kinds of people flow on the moat all day long.

On the opposite side of the river bank is a large vegetable garden, which is divided into neat squares, which is very beautiful. At the end of the vegetable garden is a rolling hill with lush trees.

There is a small open space next to the city wall, which is a local trading place for selling firewood and grass, and there are many people gathering, so some people have opened haggis soup stalls and Kanto shochu stalls here, and there are also a few black-striking sheds that keep the fire all night long, making all kinds of sickles, woodcutters, and kitchen knives and knives to do business with people from the countryside.

There is a small school on the opposite side of the trading ground, which is presided over by a young couple, and similar small schools have blossomed all over Liaodong, and all the children of military families must go to school, and last year it was stipulated that the children of peasant families must also go to school, which is the iron law of Liaodong.

There are a lot of funds needed for these public welfare undertakings, and Liaodong did not get a tael of silver from the imperial court, and it was completely self-funded, so it is not difficult to imagine why Zhu Qiaoqiao would make money by any means.

Taken from the people for the people, Zhu Qiaoqiao, like Xu Hao, has no childishness, she knows too well that the more Liaodong is prosperous, the more immigrants will be attracted to move in.

Population is the basis for prosperity under rule, as for silver? When the whole of Liaodong is its own industry, who still accounts where the silver is spent. (To be continued......)