Chapter 532 An Automobile Shop (1)

"Spring sleep...I don't realize the dawn,

Everywhere...hear the singing of birds.

Night comes...the sound of wind and rain,

How much do you know about Hua Luo?”

In a restaurant by the Zhang River, Liu Heifu shook his head, holding a wine glass, leaning against the Zhang River on the far side, and recited a poem on the white wall of the restaurant.

However, what awaited him was not cheers and applause, but the strange looks in the eyes of many Qinghe brothers, including Cao Chen.

"Why do you look at me like this?" Liu Hei finished reciting, but was dissatisfied with the reactions of the others.

"Old Liu!" Cao Chen was most speechless. "Don't you know what you are like? Your beard reaches to your neck, and you have to imitate others in reciting poems. How about going to the south for a blind date while you are free now to finalize the marriage? Let's talk about it later. It's already summer, and you're still here chanting "Spring sleep without realizing the dawn," is it really timely?"

"Cao Da, you are just... you are worthless!" Faced with a series of revealing questions, Liu Heifu not only did not become disgraced, but immediately fought back. "Last month, did the chief tell us personally that each battalion Those who are in charge should read. Even if they don’t understand classics and history, they should read novels such as "The Story of Li Yue". It is not enough to memorize a few lines of poetry... How come you are so out of date? Let me tell you, you can't do it anymore. If this continues, the leader of the camp will not be protected!"

Cao Chen's face darkened for a rare moment: "Old Liu, you are standing on the shore, don't be so gloating about others' misfortune!"

Liu Heifu laughed a few times and sat down like a victorious rooster, not caring about hurting the feelings of the fellow villagers.

But the banquet immediately became sloppy.

The Qinghe fellows present couldn't help but started talking, and they were all talking about this summer's major military deployment, which is also the most relevant matter to them at the moment - last year's overly successful grand march operation and the general unwillingness of the gang's top brass to betray the alliance. In fact, we have obtained a full year and a half of rest time for the gang. No organization or government will give up this window period to carry out large-scale military reforms and armaments.

The Gang has indeed started on this matter, but the most important point in this type of activity is the personnel change of officers, which will inevitably involve the officers of the battalions who have just returned to rest.

If you think about it carefully, a year and a half ago, when the gang last swept through Hebei and Beidi, there had been a change of battalion general level, and a large number of senior people with seniority but lack of military ability were eliminated. Many of them simply He was a hero in founding the gang.

That time, it seemed to be quite tense.

"Actually, it's not impossible for me to change places or come to Daxingtai." A bearded man said while pressing his glass. "I think Xiao Gao and his wife did very well at Sister Cao's place. It's just scary. If you really turn around, you will still be all beards and tails. People will secretly criticize you and think you fell behind because of your incompetence...How can you defend yourself then?"

"What's the reputation? If there are too many people, there will be people who can defend themselves...the key is the future." Another fair-skinned man said. "The next step is to fight, and it is still a big battle between the four families. This is where the merit lies... …Brother Cao just said that Chief Liu was standing on the shore. Don’t be too wrong. But that doesn’t mean that he can still stay in the army and fight. It’s that he has become a leader, but we people are stuck in front of the leader and want to see through it.”

"Yes, it is too difficult to be promoted to the leader! There are many third-level helmsmen and guardians. At this level, the preparation generals, county magistrates, and some unofficial county guards, together they are probably tens of thousands?

But there are only over a hundred leaders!" Someone became obviously anxious.

"A battalion has ten generals and ten preparation generals. Generally speaking, there are seventy or eighty battalions. Including Tabaiqi's side, this is a small two thousand! The county magistrate and the county magistrate who has not yet said anything are also five or six

One hundred, there are also five or six hundred new academicians, Daxingtai's qualifications to join the army, clerks, and officers in various ministries, and the newly demoted Demon Guards plus another five or six hundred...isn't it tens of thousands!

"Someone simply settled the accounts.

"Let me tell you, Brother Cao, you are a full man and don't know how hungry a man is... the leader is the most critical level!" At this point, the fair-skinned man at the beginning simply slapped the table.

"Cao Da is not telling lies." But Liu Heifu said something conscientious at the right time. "Isn't it that everyone wants to make progress? If you want to become a leader, Cao Da also wants to become a big leader... The chief has already said,

Once you join a gang, you want to do justice to the people of the world. If you don’t want to make progress, doesn’t it mean you don’t want to do greater justice to the people of the world? You are all right, you should all think about making progress!”

Everyone nodded in agreement, drank another round of wine, and ate some dishes with chopsticks.

"Everyone wants to make progress, but now the gang regulations are different from the past." After everyone calmed down again, Cao Chen sighed. "From now on, it will be difficult not only for the leader, but everywhere! From the leader to the leader, the total number has been set.

Now, we need to divide the places... The reason why I feel panic

, isn’t it because there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers here in Daxingtai, and Hebei is full of meritorious figures, so it’s not safe to compete with others? Therefore, we still have to hope to fight out and place our subordinates elsewhere as battalion generals, just like the people in Wu’an today

They all put their subordinates in the north."

Everyone nodded again and agreed with this statement.

"If that's the calculation, Cao Da, just go to Beidi!" Liu Heifu rolled his eyes, picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and gave a suggestion. "The chief doesn't chase people away, so you can go to Guanfengyuan in person.

Please give me a try! Anyway, Brother Dou is only supporting you in Youzhou now. I'm afraid it will be difficult to go out and lead the war all the way. It's not easy to go to Youzhou... There aren't many battalions in Youzhou, right?"

Cao Chen was silent for a long time, but still shook his head: "Beidi used to be simple. You could stay there without fighting, and it would be easy to get promoted? What's more, Li Longtou is an officer in Hebei, and he has nothing to do with the background of our Hebei rebels.

, it’s not just an in-law. Besides, how can I have the face to ask the chief in person? I can’t take advantage of my own girl.”

"Neither left nor right, do you still have any ideas?" Liu Heifu smiled half-heartedly. "Or, have you just made up your mind and just want to stay here in Dahangtai and continue to lead the army in the war?"

"Yes!" Cao Chen responded.

"That's right!" Liu Heifu pointed at the opponent's nose and clicked his tongue, then pointed at his own nose again. "That's a right idea! Just like me, I just hope to get the leading position when I calm the world, so it's not in vain.

Live this time!"

"You don't want to be the leader. You clearly only know how to fight and you only want to fight. You know nothing and don't think about anything except fighting. You don't even want your wife!" Cao Chen was speechless.

"It doesn't matter." Liu Heifu waved his hands, and finally couldn't hold back his temper and said his true intention. "What about it, Lao Cao? There are several of you brothers together. If you all feel that it is difficult to go to the North, and you want to stay,

I am an officer. I will take you to the chief to tell him that we brothers are used to fighting and we cooperate smoothly. Could you please give us some advice?"

Everyone was greatly moved and looked at Cao Chen one after another. Cao Chen was naturally happy at first, but then suddenly startled. Then after thinking about it for a while, he could only nod.

The reason is very simple. Of course Cao Chen hopes to get the sponsorship of a leader with outstanding military exploits like Liu Heifu, but at the same time, he... or everyone present can also realize that the other party is poaching and publicly

They are still poaching Cao Chen's brother-in-law, everyone's former leader, and now Dou Lide's corner in Youzhou Xingtai!

This bachelor didn't go on a blind date, but held a banquet to entertain these Qinghe soldiers. He had no good intentions!

But then I thought about it. In the current situation, Dou Lide is indeed working in Youzhou, Cao Xi is also running most of her business, and Dou Xiaoniang has become the commander of the first battalion. This is simply because Dou Lide's family has progressed too fast.

The stall was too big, and in turn it couldn't accommodate the remaining old brothers in the army.

At this time, Liu Heifu, the big boss who was originally from Qinghe, stepped forward to help Brother Dou. Is it considered a bad thing?

The most important thing is that now we really need Leader Liu to stand up and say something for everyone, so as to ensure that the big guys don't stand aside in the whole army, okay?

As soon as he thought of this, Cao Chen nodded immediately without being pretentious, and the people around him naturally nodded as well.

When Liu Heifu saw this, he was so proud that he shouted on the spot that he wanted to go find Chief Zhang now.

Everyone was naturally happy and followed Liu Heifu downstairs. Cao Chen paid the bill behind and hurriedly followed.

It was noon in early summer, the breeze was blowing, the Zhang River was full, and the place where everyone was drinking was actually in the city.

That’s right, Yecheng is getting bigger again!

Originally, Yecheng was always very large as the capital of Hebei. However, in the process of unifying the world in the Wei Dynasty, out of Guanzhong's thinking, Yecheng was demolished on a large scale and a large number of people were deported.

After the gang took over, they immediately followed their previous habits and set up large stables, ironworks and a multi-purpose school yard in the south, north and east of the city. Then they stationed troops in Hanling Mountain City further south, which was regarded as adding more troops to Ye City.

Four branch cities with sufficient economic vitality were established.

Immediately after that classic event, the army officially opened the palace in the west of the city.

Not to mention, since the establishment of Daxingtai in Yecheng, resources from the entire Hebei, East, Huaibei, and North areas have been naturally gathered. The population has increased day by day, industry and commerce have developed accordingly, and consumption levels have also increased.

The open space between the outside of the city and the branch towns was widely allowed to be developed, and gradually became filled with shops, workshops, warehouses and related households.

Finally, under the direct auspices of Wei Xuanding, Yecheng began to dig trenches in the outer area in a step-by-step manner, repair and launch water, and build low walls... When Zhang Xing went north last year, this project had already reached some scale, and now, these

The project that can be called the outer city has basically been completed.

The area of ​​​​the entire Ye city was directly expanded by nearly three times, forcing the large school grounds used for reviewing troops and holding sports games to be moved further east. However, the large iron workshop and large stables were preserved in the north and south, and branch cities were officially established.

And this banquet was actually held in the newly opened new area of ​​​​Bei Outer City next to Zhangshui, and most of the merchant workshops here come from the North... It is said that Chief Zhang sometimes comes to these new shops to do business.

remember.

Back to the present moment, everyone left Beicheng and headed straight to the newly opened Xuanwu Gate in the north of the palace.

After checking the whale dominoes, signing their names, they entered the Xuanwu Gate. However, the back of the Xuanwu Gate is not the core of the palace area, but the most life-like place. After the transformation, almost every big and small leader is there.

There is a residence here, and the dragon leaders will have a separate courtyard, while the ordinary leaders only have two rooms separated by a courtyard wall.

This is probably not enough, and the gang has already started to repair the three Zhangshui towers farther west, and then moved the main public buildings there to make room for the leaders to allocate houses.

The Guanfeng Courtyard shared by Zhang Xing, Bai Yousi, and Qin Bao was not to the north, but to the east of the center of the palace. Liu Heifu and others made up their minds and arrived here, but they received a sentence from Qin Bao who was washing his horse - Zhang

The chief actually went to the south of the city for a blind date.

Of course Zhang Xing is not on a blind date for himself, he is looking for a wife for an old bachelor in his gang!

When I asked when I would be back, the answer was that I didn’t know.

Hearing this, many people wanted to retreat, but who was Liu Heifu? He was not afraid of anything, and it was hard to find a time for these brothers to get together, so they gritted their teeth, greeted a group of people, and headed south of the city.

After coming out of the palace, this place is full of scenery. Most of the businesses here are related to Daxingtai Bang, or simply help property.

For example, there are so many people in Dahangtai who need space to store and distribute their salaries, wages, and clothing. Then there are businesses such as garment manufacturing, restaurants, and groceries. Later, there are pens, inks, paper, inkstones, and books. Now, even gold, silver, money, and silk are exchanged.

There are two banks now.

And it is said that he has a deep background.

Crossing the small square in front of the palace and the commercial area, which were particularly busy today, we came to the warehouse area, where the blind date meeting was held today... In fact, Liu Heifu and others had already noticed something strange when they walked here.

Without him, there are too many people.

At this moment, these bastards realized that the blind date was more than just young ladies from each family. It was as simple as an unmarried female officer and a bachelor in the gang. Which young lady would not come to watch with the elder women in her family? Not follow her brothers to follow her? Some family members

Of course, we also need to bring some contracted maids and maids. Correspondingly, which of those bachelors came alone? Not with a few married brothers, plus sisters-in-law and elders to come together?

Just these people don't count, don't forget, this is Hebei, it's Yecheng, it's opposite the palace, Chief Zhang personally came to the platform for a blind date, any girl who has a car at home, do you want to drive out? In the gang,

Which bachelor doesn't ride a horse?

Even if I don’t have a car or a horse, do I still have to borrow one?
To be continued...