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(Ex-story: 1, this killer is not too cold!) 2. Beauty and the Beast. 3, Qingpa Miao King: Qin Xiaotian fled Hongcheng, was chased by bandits through his hometown Ha Toad Cave and was saved by his father Qingpa Miao Wang. Qin Xiaotian rushed back to Gancheng with his injuries to report the banditry. ）
Gancheng, this small city in the western corner of Hunan is a strange place. Its existence and influence lie not in transportation, property and economic activity, but in the military. Its walls are red, with red sandstone, and rough and huge red stones are built into a bulky city with glutinous rice mortar.
The city is not isolated, and there are about five hundred bunkers and two hundred camps in all directions around it. During the Manchu Qing Dynasty, chenyuan yongjing military reserve road and xiangxi town guards after the Xinhai Revolution were stationed here. At that time, they had commanded tens of thousands of Green Battalion troops armed with swords and shields, and had jurisdiction over 150,000 mu of tuntian land taken from the Miao. Stone City's original prominence can be seen.
Time flies like a white colt, and the bunker camp made of large stones has been abandoned and collapsed, but the military status of the small city has not been reduced. The indigenous force, created by the marriage of the original Tunken frontier soldiers and the local indigenous peoples, gradually expanded into the equivalent of a regular army. Their power with the Red Stone City as the birthplace gradually became stronger, and they no longer limited to the small circle of efforts that eventually caused the tremors of the government and the opposition.
Qin Xiaotian did not rest his breath, so he rushed to the Chen Mansion on a cliff in the city to report, but he only called out a "report" and remained there.
Inside, a thin-faced, goatee-bearded, half-old man was lying on the table busy writing. This old man was the famous leader of the Pole Army, Chen Yuxuan, known as the "King of Xiangxi".
Qin Xiaotian, whose arm was wrapped in bandages, did not make a sound. He knew the habits that the old commander had formed over the years, not allowing others to interrupt his thinking and the work he was doing. The office was rustic but very bookish.
On the wall, a couplet of lines that reads, "The sea has the capacity to be truly accommodated, and the bright moon is not often full", is the character of Liu Kun, a Manchu Qing Dynasty.
The old commander-in-chief was always in good standing, his appearance was serious, and every day before the Dawn of the Buddha, he got up, washed up a little, and sat in the general office, and the deputy division commanders, the chief of staff, and the subordinates below the chief of staff all gathered and waited on time. After he listened to the approval of his ears and the consultation was completed, after advancing early together, each of them returned to the office to do things.
On his self-use letterhead, there are two lines printed: "Fearing heaven and reason is like criminal law, taking square inches as a strict teacher", and the side doors on both sides of the large general office are embedded with small plaques of "receiving time" and "Guanhua", and then in connection with the semantics he usually says about "maintaining a pure land in western Hunan Province", you can imagine how conceited he is and the stubborn arrogance of that majestic master.
"What's the matter, briefly." It wasn't until he finished the work in his hand that Chen Yuxuan closed the book and clapped his hand with satisfaction before slowly turning around.
Qin Xiaotian then reported on the attack on Hongcheng, saying that Tian Zhenshou was injured and derelict in his duties, and requested treatment.
"I don't blame you for this. The town keeper has returned safely, and I have arranged for the pharmacist to treat him, which should not be a big problem. While speaking, the old man began his busy work again, "Hongcheng is a piece of fat meat, which wants to bite it, it is not surprising." ”
Indeed, Hongcheng was an important water wharf, and at that time, the special goods (opium smoke) produced in Guizhou and Yunnan were often transported for export through Sichuan, Hunan and Guangxi, and where they passed, they had to pay a very heavy "special tax". In order to unify the collection of special taxes, the Nanjing government has set up a special agency of the "Two Lakes Special Tax Clearance Office". The headquarters is in Hankou, Changsha has a "special clean-up sub-office", and Hongcheng has a "special tax inspection office". According to the "special tax" charter, more than 30,000 cartons of special goods are transported from Guizhou by Hongcheng every year, and the special tax income reaches 3 to 5 million.
Hongcheng was not entirely controlled by Chen Yuxuan, and the warlords of all sizes on the three provinces were coveted by bandits, so they often took turns sitting on the throne. In recent years, with the advantage of geographical advantages, Chen Yuxuan began to govern this feng shui treasure land.
"Chen Laotong, I feel..." Qin Xiaotian still wanted to say something, but the old man interrupted him again, "How many small bandits are worth making such a fuss?" Deputy Division Commander Gu had already led his troops to march and would immediately retake Hongcheng. The old man turned his head back, "Howling heavens... Hard work, the body is okay, right? ”
Xiao Tian patted his body and said, "Old Commander, I'm fine at all." ”
Chen Yuxuan said, "That's good." I was about to send a reinforcement. If you're familiar with the situation over there, just follow the team. ”
The water is extremely clear, and dozens of boats are only arranged regularly, connecting with the dock into an extended fan.
"Xuanxuan, our family has a big oil tanker to carry oil to Texas, are you going to take a boat together to transfer to school?"
That day, Xuanxuan prepared her luggage at home and went to the river pier to play. A few days later, she was going to school in Texas again. A young man carrying a bird cage came to her.
His name is Sun Ping, the son of Sun Dawan, the owner of The Hongcheng Oil, and the senior of Xuanxuan, who is two grades higher than her, and has graduated this holiday. Sun Ping originally meant to go to the provincial city to continue his studies, but his father asked him to inherit the family business in advance at home. Sun Dawan's waist is entangled, and there is such a scale cub under his knees. However, Sun Ping had to become the second treasurer.
He didn't like to do business, so he was always like a boy, cynical.
"When was the ship?" Xuan Xuan asked.
"The first ten go." Sun Ping's voice was very slight. "Okay, just in time." Xuanxuan said happily, "Wait until I ask my father." I'll come back and tell you. ”
Xuanxuan is a well-behaved girl, and she has to ask her father everything.
Sun Ping left, and Xuanxuan got on a cargo ship.
Her father was sitting on the side of the ship smoking a cigarette for a long time, showing the whites of his eyes from under the frame of his reading glasses and saying, "Back to Texas?" Do they have a boat in their grandson's house? ”
Xuanxuan listened to her father say this, knowing that he did not agree, and did not make a sound again.
"It was the idea of the boy with the surname Sun again?" You Guisheng then asked.
Knowing that his father was not happy, Xuanxuan "um" and left.
You Guisheng is such a person: temperament attachment, which is said in the best, or stubborn, stubborn and even paranoid. This made him suffer a lot of losses, but he couldn't change it. He heard others say that Sun Dawan's son had been chasing Xuanxuan, and he was not happy in his heart. It's not that his son is bad. Sun Ping is tall, flexible, polite to people, and a good child. It's just that as soon as he remembers that Sun Ping is Sun Dawan's son, his heart is like eating a fly.
Moreover, he liked this precious daughter too much, as if he was not at ease marrying anyone.
Xuanxuan has been very pampered since childhood, and the family is very accustomed to her and spoils her.
Xuanxuan Xiaoice Xue is smart, has good grades, and is well-behaved. After graduating from junior high school, she was originally going to take the high school entrance examination, and would come to Peking University and Tsinghua University in Beiping, but the family suddenly changed, her father escorted the goods to Texas, and there was a maritime in Qinglang Beach, the loss of goods did not say, several missing family members took turns to claim compensation, Xuanxuan's brother Shuisheng withdrew the east wall to make up for the west wall, and struggled to level up everywhere, and struggled to hold up this stormy home. Aquatic is still open, no matter how bitter it is, he will not let his sister drop out of school, so she went to Texas to go to teacher training.
Texas is a big dock, a big port, and there is a provincial women's second normal school. When the May Fourth Movement affected Hunan, it talked about the liberation of men and women, freedom and equality, haircuts and love... For a time, there were several out-of-the-ordinary female students in Texas: There was Miss Chuandong Wang, who died of lung disease, and there was Miss Zhijiang Yang... Xuanxuan is also such a girl, although she does not read much, but for publications such as "New Youth" to incite the enthusiasm of youth, with a mind full of progressive social ideals and personal life fantasies. Only a year after going to school, her attire was updated and fashionable, and she liked to wear white short-sleeved shirts with black spinning skirts, as well as long white linen stockings, like a "May Fourth" youth.
Xuan Xuan left, walking slowly past a springboard on the riverbank. The sun was soft, setting a golden edge at her hairline. You Guisheng looked at her daughter, who really grew up and grew into a very beautiful big girl!
"The female grand master is not left behind", thinking like this, You Guisheng's heart suddenly emerged a trace of sadness.
He sat down and continued to accumulate. Mr. Bookkeeper came over and sandwiched a thick stack of ledgers. The accounting room is called You Fuquan, and he is Guisheng's cousin.
You Guisheng asked, how did the tung oil stocks receive? You Fuquan said that although the harvest was a little late this year, fortunately you brought back some money, and we made up the goods. You Guisheng said, "Well, then hurry up and rent a boat to load the ship and ship it early." You Fuquan replied and left.
You Guisheng checked the ledger for a while and then returned home. After brewing a pot of tea and not drinking it, suddenly a loud shout came from outside the door, "Hello you old master!" You Guisheng looked back and saw a bearded man standing in front of the door—Han Zhang, the new commander of Hongcheng, followed by two soldiers.
You Guisheng couldn't help but be shocked. He knew that the night the bandits attacked the city, his daughter had saved a "pole soldier", so he had always been a little nervous in his heart, and this time he suddenly saw the regimental commander come to the door, thinking that there must be big trouble. Ah, it's Colonel Han, come in and sit down. You Guisheng hurriedly gave up his seat. The bearded man in the blue officer's uniform of the Qian army sat down, and his huge body pressed against the bamboo chair and rattled.
You Guisheng has always been a little strange, this beard is actually a bandit in the Maluan Mountains under hongcheng township, how did he become a Qian army? Alas, there are really strange things these days.
Captain Han da is really rare, man, take the cup over, I just made a pot of good tea. You Guisheng did not dare to offend the Grand Commander and busied himself with ordering tea. Good tea! Good tea! Han Zhang sat down and took a sip. You Guisheng asked timidly, is there anything wrong with Lord Han coming over? It's okay, it's okay. Han Zhang said with a big grin that the weather was good today, so he walked around. Yes, the weather is good, today the weather is good. You Guisheng hurriedly agreed. Our army has been stationed in Hongcheng for more than ten days, and it is so busy that the monkeys jump in circles, and when they finally have time to relax, they want to go out and walk. Han Zhang put down the tea bowl and said, to be honest, I don't have any acquaintances in the city, I want to come and go, and I can only be a little related to you. Ah, I don't know about that yet. You Guisheng asked suspiciously, What did the adult say about this? Hahahahaha! Han Zhang laughed again, Boss You is really a noble person who forgets things! I ask you, is your mother-in-law's surname Dragon?
"Yeah, that's right. My mother-in-law's surname is Dragon. ”
"Mountains and rivers are full of people in Miaoli?"
"Yeah. Oh, yes. You, the head of the Han Grand Regiment, even know this. ”
"Hahahahaha! You old master style, do not hide from you, my house lady is also surnamed Long, is also a mountain river Miaoli people. So, I Han Zhang still have only one of your hanging relatives in Hongcheng? ”
"Thank you Grand Commander, don't dare to climb high, don't dare to climb high." You Guisheng added tea to him again, "In the future, what will be used by adults, just say it directly." ”
"It won't bother you too much." The guard quickly interjected, "We Han Tuanza really have something to ask for your help." ”
"Yes, if there is anything you say, if you can help, you will try your best."
"Well, I don't know that people don't do secret things, so I just talk straight." Han Zhang said, "I'm afraid you also know that at the moment, we have just entered the city, the expenses are large, and the top appropriations have not arrived, so we may have to let the big and small merchants in Hongcheng help." This matter also wants your relative to come forward. ”
You Guisheng was speechless for a while.
"How's it going? Is there any difficulty? Han Zhang stared and asked.
You Guisheng smiled slightly: "Lord Han, I'm not afraid of your jokes, maybe you don't know it yet, a few years ago, my family went out of the sea, and it was hard to pick up a life and come back." Fate was picked up, but the family road was really defeated. If I were to take the lead, no one would listen to the speech. ”
"Ah, that's right."
"Really, Lord Han, I didn't say a single lie."
"Well, I seem to have heard of such a thing, but I don't know if it's your family who is unlucky."
"Yes, it's our home. Lord Han, look at it like this, what about the matter of undertaking the head, you still ask another high person, donate, I will still try to make a little. ”
"That's fine. How much does the tour boss plan to pay? ”
"Don't dare. I'm really not a boss right now. Lord Han, how about our family donating two hundred oceans? ”
"Nice. There is money to pay, and there is a strong contribution. Two hundred oceans is not much, but it is also your heart. Han Zhang asked the adjutant to write down the number, and then he propped up from the bamboo chair, arched his hand, and disturbed. The adjutant followed behind the beard and asked, "Commander Tuan, where are you going now?" Han Zhang pointed his hand, "Go, there will be his surname Sun." ”
At noon, his son Aquatic returned, and when he heard the housekeeper talk about Han Zhang's coming to apportion, he said, "Father, the bandits have come to scrape the oil again?" Listen to the lecture and you donate again. ”
"No way, it's called Hanako." You Guisheng said.
"What a bunch of bandits." Aquatic scolded and said, "Daddy, you are always extravagant, and there is not much money in the family." ”
"How much is left?" You Guisheng asked the housekeeper to take the ledger and look at it. A book with a worn-out cover, You Guisheng turned a few pages and asked, "Is there such a thing left in the current ocean?" ”
Aquatic nodded.
You Guisheng patted the ledger: "I see the balance of last year...' It seems that this account is not right. ”
"How could it not be..." Aqua was a little angry.
The housekeeper Fu Quan was busy stopping the aquatic life and explained, "Brother, you haven't been home for several years. Hongcheng is not as good as in previous years, the economy is sluggish, and most of the goods are given half on credit. Last year's balance is just a number. ”
You Guisheng said, "What should be received must be collected." You have to go for it. ”
"You go to urge, people say, I admit the account, but the money is not, one life, you take the rock head to hit the sky?" The aquatic creature confronted him like this, and then continued, "Daddy, this time when you come back, you throw money here and donate money there, and the old problem is committed again." The great drought that year was not that you recharged, opened the cabin to release grain for disaster relief, and received refugees, but did not end up doing a good job, but instead offended Sun Dawan, and as a result, the family suffered, and you yourself almost gave up your life. ”
"It's been a tough time worrying about you these past few years." You Guisheng seemed to have some guilt. That year, the boat was broken and scattered by stones, and in the rapids, You Guisheng caught an oar floating around, floating and sinking for more than a dozen miles to the shore. After arriving on the shore, I knew that a few people had died, and if I dared to come back, I had to go far away to hide from the disaster, and after a long time, I heard that the limelight had subsided, so I quietly returned.
He knew that it was not easy for his son to be aquatic in the past few years, but he was not willing to be depressed from then on, so he amplified his voice and said, "But since God refuses to accept me, there is a reason for my existence in this world." As soon as I returned, I saw countless pairs of strange eyes, surprised, schadenfreude, hostile, and many of them pitied me. I am not afraid of hostility, but I am even more afraid of pity. What I want is the dignity of a person. Man lives a face, trees live a skin, and I will get back on my feet. This time, I donated the money, how, I see who of you still dares to pity me? ”
"Lord, when you come back this time, your heart is very hot, and I know it." You Fuquan also came over to advise, "It's just that things always have to be tailored." You know what? In the past few years you have been out, how did aquatic people suffer hardships to maintain this home? Laodice accompanied the good villains to settle those things, and there were still mothers and sisters and brothers in the family. When you come back, you can't defeat this family anymore. ”
You Guisheng listened, a little sad, tears swirling in his eyes, and went over to pat his son's shoulder and said, "I'm sorry." What to do, Dad knows. Then he said to the aquatics, "Take stock and send the money to the regiment." ”
"Hmm." Aquatic agreed and left.
You Guisheng asked, "Fuquan, I ask you, how was the year of the Yau Tong last year?" ”
You Fuquan said: "Brother, the local last year was really windy and rainy, when I went to the countryside, I saw that the mountains and mountains were all red and brilliant, and this year's oil tong should be a big year." ”
"Well, it looks like God has eyes." You Guisheng said excitedly, "You arrange it, and I will go to the countryside immediately." ”
Mr. Accounting Room asked, "Brother, do you want to go to the countryside to collect some tung oil baskets?" ”
"Yeah. In Hongcheng, if you don't engage in tung oil business, you can get rich. ”
"It takes a lot of money to do the tung oil business." You Fuquan said, "In the past few years, we have only done small and profitable things, and it is good to be able to barely maintain it..."
"I know this." You Guisheng said, "But if I don't die, I must revitalize my family business." ”
Knowing that the boss was stubborn, Mr. Accounting had to say, "Okay." I'll just arrange it. "Aquatic, aquatic."
The next day, You Guisheng returned home and shouted loudly before he entered the door.
Aquatic ran out the door and asked, "Daddy, what's the matter?" ”
You Guisheng said, "Go and ask your mother to wrap me some clothes for a change of clothes." ”
Aquatic asked, "Daddy, you're going out again?" Where to go? ”
You Guisheng said, "You just have to do it, don't ask so much." ”
His wife prepared a bag and ten silver dollars for him, and You Guisheng only took three.
You Guisheng saw the flood oil market the following year and planned to go to the countryside to collect some oil baskets.
He first went to a village called Dama, which was a village on a high mountain, about thirty miles from Hongcheng. Han Zhang was originally a hegemon here, and now he has been recruited by the Qian Army as a regimental commander.
Malaysia has a distant relative of You Guisheng. Distant relatives opened a mill and oil mill by the creek. Last year, the weather was good, the wind and rain were smooth, and the fruit of the oil tung was too much to be transported. But people in this place are cautious and conservative, only recognize cash and are not willing to "bubble". Guisheng didn't have that much cash in his hands, so his relatives said to let him go to a village in the mountains called Niu Liantang to see, which was more remote.
Leaving the mill, walking into the mountain for about ten miles, turning around a mountain bay, You Guisheng suddenly saw a large fire-sealing house on the slope.
Such a luxurious compound suddenly appeared in the wilderness ridge, making people suspect that they were in a dream.
He asked the passing woodcutter, who said it was the residence of a veteran officer surnamed Qin. In niuliantang, there were so many oil tongs that they almost fell into the grass and rotted into fertilizer, but still no one believed him, and You Guisheng still touched a nose of ash.
Half a month out, You Guisheng was unkempt like a wild man.
He drank water by the stream and saw the shadow in the water, and he felt embarrassed, so he went to a small shaving shop to shave his head. With no change, he gambled and threw all the silver dollars to the shaver. The shaver opened his mouth wide in fright. Someone came over and got a haircut. This man liked to go to the city to watch the big drama, recognized him, and said that he was the big boss of Hongcheng, rich in the world, and donated thousands of pieces of ocean without blinking an eye.
The shaver had heard that if he saw the god of wealth, he would kill the chicken and slaughter the sheep and receive him graciously.
Many farmers came to see the "God of Wealth" and expressed their willingness to give him a "bubble" - first pick up the goods, and then pay.
You Guisheng hurried back home and hurriedly instructed Fuquan to hurry to the countryside to transfer goods.
You Fuquan hurried to the countryside, rushed back a week later, and said to You Guisheng, "Brother, according to your wishes, you bought hundreds of oil baskets, but there are still dozens of people who want cash..."
You Guisheng said: "Didn't you say that there were still hundreds of dollars at the checkout last time?" ”
"Those are all accounts receivable, and none of them have arrived yet." You Guisheng then said, "Aquatic, hurry up and think of ways to borrow everywhere, and borrow more if you can." ”
"Borrow more?" Aquatic said, "Daddy, you are carrying a lantern grass and speaking lightly." Nowadays, the soldiers are in chaos, and every family is king of cash, and it is put in the hands and wring out the water. Where are you going to borrow all the money to buy oil baskets? ”
"Son, cowards are not allowed to be done by high-ranking officials." You Guisheng was full of confidence, "The more others dare not shoot, we will rush to get on." You don't know, now the river is out of stock, the market is bullish, a price a day. ”
Aquatic said, "Daddy's words have some truth. But we... The boat can never be overturned again! ”
Pieced together, You Guisheng is still full of goods.
He asked Fu Quan to hire several large ships. The oil basket was full, and the river almost covered the waterline on the side of the ship.
You Guisheng only wanted to hurry up and send the ship to wait for a large amount of money, planning to do a big job, but he did not expect to shave his head and touch the sideburns.
For the aftermath, share it next time.
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