Chapter 151
Chapter 151
Soybean Street was originally unknown, but it was the first concrete street in the city built by Diqiu.
Once the gray-white stone-like and mirror-like long street has just been repaired, even the people of Diqiu, who follow Mr. Li and always open their eyes and are not surprised, are amazed. They dare not step on it easily. The long sewer covered with stone slabs walked cautiously, and within a few days, a lot of the gutter cover stones were trampled, and a few unlucky people fell into the gutter.
Master Li saw that the situation was not right, so he personally led the children of the Youth League, lined up in a neat line, stepped on military steps, and sang military songs from the street to the end of the street.
"Jiuu old Qin, let's go to the national calamity together. Jiuu old Qin, restore my country. Blood will not be shed, and death will never stop! There is a great Qin in the west, and the sun is rising... The world is in turmoil. How can there be Corning? Qin has sharp men, who will fight Contest!"
This military song originally came from an episode of some modern film and television drama of the Shangren. It is majestic and magnificent, and it is more passionate about the desire to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds. When I heard Zhong Ke humming it that day, Li Xian was overjoyed.
Military songs are the soul of the army, and they are music that embodies the spirit of the soldiers.
Taking this song "Jiu Lao Qin" as the military song of the Diqiu army was the result of repeated discussions between Li Xian and the masters. Li Xian became king in the northwest, but he did not turn against Dayan in the open. There is no self-established national name, and there is no way to call on the people of the country in the name of "country".Fortunately, more than half of the land in the northwest was originally where the Great Qin was. The first emperor ruled China, and the second emperor ruled Qin. However, as descendants of the old Qin people, people in the northwest have a complex of pride in Qin in their minds.
Taking Qin as self-proclaimed also implies from the bottom of his mind that we are still Chinese citizens, and we are willing to fight to the end for China and Manhu!Another layer of implication is that Northwest Yinyin and Dayan are placed on an equal footing. In the past, Yanzhao and other seven countries even regarded Qin as the hero... This kind of ingenuity is not enough for outsiders.
There is no taboo in singing Lao Qin, and it reveals a clear ambition.Knowing my heart, I hope that followers will follow the situation; knowing my will, even those who are afraid can't use it to attack the Northwest's disobedience.
Mencius said: "He who pretends to be benevolent by force is the king, and he who acts benevolent by virtue is the king."
Li Xian walks in the way of king and overlord.
At the end of the long cement street, the Northwest King, who walked the whole distance amidst the vigorous military music and singing, was full of arrogance and announced loudly that this street was built for the people, and it is for the people to go. , So it was named "Soybean", and it was called: Soybean Street.
The people on the street were full of enthusiasm, many tears filled their eyes, and they were proud of being Northwesterners. The "applause" of Mr. Xue Zili suddenly sounded scattered, and it immediately hit the shore like a stormy sea, and the cheers resounded through the long street .
Since then, every Northwesterner who walks on the long street will proudly introduce to outsiders that the name of this street is "Soybean", which was built by my king for the people of Northwest China.
Later, the long streets were built one after another, and King Li naturally didn't have the time to cut the ribbon and name them one by one, but the unwritten rules of naming were passed down quietly, so there were Cotton Street, Dongmai Street, and Waterwheel Street in the northwest...
The common people like to hear the street names that are easy to read and remember, but a few coquettish literati don't like to see such vulgar and vulgar names like cats and dogs from the villagers. It is a pity that the king of the Northwest is a layman, and he just rolled his eyes when he heard such sour and Confucian views that he had nothing to do when he was full and had nothing to do. He still went his own way.
Old man Li walked leisurely down Huangdou Street with a basket woven in Hsinchu, silently watching the daily life of ordinary people.
Wang Qixin on the street learned the skill of blending sweet milk. The sweet soy milk blended out is mellow but not greasy.Chen San next door has been in the salted jelly business for two years. Being squeezed by this, he racked his brains to make salted bean curd, sprinkled mustard, minced meat, chopped green onion, and sesame oil on it, and there was a burst of aroma from afar. Back to some guests.
A few children in the streets and alleys are playing football. The ball is made of pig urine foam. Now the Diqiu Animal Husbandry Department has been changed to the "Northwest Animal Husbandry Department". It is not an exaggeration to say that everyone can eat meat, and pig urine foam is naturally not a rare thing.
While playing, a woman in a baby jacket rushed out, scolded, and took the child back by the ear.Most of the women in the Northwest have jobs and often cannot take care of their children at home, so they send their children to nursery schools and ask their child passports to look after them.This group of naughty kids sneaked out like this, and I'm afraid they will be taught a lesson when they turn around.
Everyone on the street is in a hurry, but most of them look peaceful and relaxed, with ruddy complexions. It is just because they can live and work in peace and contentment, and they are flourishing day by day.
Old man Li looked at all kinds of things in the market, he was a little dazed and uncertain, his blood was surging, his heart was surging, and his cheeks were faintly flushed.
He lowered his eyes slightly, but out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a familiar figure, not far behind him, seeing him turn his head, the man hurriedly pretended to be bargaining with street vendors.
It's the "wandering hand" next door married son, in his twenties, he is said to be a green-skinned idler with nothing to do, but he acts meticulously and has the air of a soldier.
Old man Li glanced at him lightly, snorted coldly, turned his head and walked on his own, as if he was nowhere in sight.
Bu Xiaozi's officers are not enough, even such novices are dispatched, so they must be some kind of "Public Opinion Department" people?
Liu Zichang asked him to meet at the clock tower at the end of the hour, looking at the stone corona in the middle of the street, the hour was almost there, old man Li quickened his pace, and walked towards the corner at the end of the street.
Liu Zichang is from Yizhou, he was born in a gentry family, he has some spare money in his family, he is a five-year-old, and he is a fake literati who loves to travel around the mountains and rivers, so even though his parents are with him, he still has money and leisure to travel around and study with a sword.Years ago, I heard the great reputation of the Northwest, so I came here along the business route. When I saw all kinds of new scenes and novelties, I decided that "it's fun here, not thinking of benefits".
Although he has read a few books, he has a headache when looking at classics and classics. He only loves to read travel notes, chats and history books. He ran into Mr. Li in Diqiu. The heaven and man, who are cited as confidantes, are currently staying at the Diqiu Hotel, and invite Mr. Li to have a heart-to-heart chat and share delicacies from time to time.
It's a strange thing to talk about without knowing Mr. Li's name and character after just chatting these days.Every time he talked about it, the old man sighed dejectedly, as if there was something hard to say, and Liu Zichang didn't ask any more.
The bell tower is five stories high, the top floor is square, with cornices and corners, and copper bells are hung on the corners, and the bells sound like palace music when the wind blows.
On the four sides of the top floor, each side is inlaid with a large disc clock, with twelve grids drawn on it to divide the circle into equal parts. Two long needles in the disc rotate by themselves, one long and one short, indicating "hour" and "minute". "——In order to divide the time more accurately, King Li divided the time into two, called hours, and marked sixty points every hour. Every hour, the pendulum hanging under the big clock would strike "dang dang", and the sound It is very convenient for the workers in the Diqiu workshop to go to and from work.
The bell tower is named after this clock. It is said that the next step is that King Li will promote this type of bell tower to all counties and counties in the northwest to unify the time system. This is another huge project. And celebrate.
Different from Dayan and previous dynasties that dispatched labor labor, although the Northwest now also conscripts labor labor, not only can they be exempted from labor with silver, even if the poor have no money to serve, not only food, housing, labor insurance supplies, and even labor insurance according to working hours and Labor intensity pays wages!All in all, the labor time of only half a month a year is not a terrible hard labor. Working hard for five or six hours a day not only saves food for the family, but even makes a small fortune, and pays off the money that has fallen in the past. famine.
Therefore, the "conscript" in the Northwest is not only something that the people hide from and fear, but they are actively fighting for it. Everyone wants to find an easier and fatter job.For this matter, several corruption cases were brought up, and King Li immediately suppressed them with thunder. I heard that some kind of supervision department will be established in the future to supervise officials' corruption and lawlessness.
The fourth floor of the clock tower is where the mechanism and the pendulum are located. There are machines made of iron and wood in the middle of the four huge stone pillars. From a distance, there is an indescribable beauty of rules.
The lower levels of the government did not go to waste. They sold the use right by auction and opened a restaurant with a unique view. Because of the unique scenery and good taste, it has gradually spread in the past two years that the restaurant on the first floor of Diqiu Good name, but although this building is good, the things inside are three points more expensive than other houses. If you are not a rich and wealthy family, how can you be willing to come here to try something new.
Liu Zichang came to Diqiu Xiao for three months, and it was also the first time he went up this building, entertaining old friends and making new friends.
"Brother Liu Xian, I'm sorry for bothering you." Mr. Li handed over the hair cake made by his mother-in-law with a face full of shame, "I have been entertained by my virtuous brother many times these days. The cakes are very delicious, I want to invite my younger brother to have a taste."
"Aren't you out of sight? Brother Li, where are you and me?!"
Liu Zichang took the bamboo basket with a smile on his face, sniffed it hard, and exclaimed loudly in his mouth: "The shape is smooth, the sweet fragrance is far away, oops! My wife has a pair of skillful hands. The cakes made by the family secret! Hey? Your elder brother is also surnamed Li, and the king of the Northwest...cough, isn’t it 500 years ago? This can be called the authentic 'Li family secret'! Hahaha !"
Liu Zichang felt that the joke was very funny, so he leaned forward and backward when he laughed, Mr. Li's face was dark, so he had to laugh a few times along with him.
"Let's go, let's go! I happened to meet an old friend in Diqiu today, tsk tsk tsk! With this old gentleman and you, what kind of literary meeting is there! The gang of sour scholars plus me, ten bundles are not as good as the two of you Ah! Hahaha, come, come, let me introduce you to my brother..."
Liu Zichang carried a bamboo basket in one hand and Old Man Li's arm in the other, and happily climbed up the bell tower hand in hand without the help of his servants.
On the window-side seat on the third floor of the bell tower, an old man with a gray beard was sitting, with a pot of fragrant tea in front of him. He was sipping tea, watching the scene of cotton harvesting in the distance.
Beside him stood a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, holding a cattail fan in his hand, fanning himself for a while, and fanning for the master's family for a while, his eyes wandering around, and he kept looking at other tables. Look at the delicious dishes, and quietly swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva.
Hearing the sound from the stairs, the young man turned his face and saw the two people coming up the stairs. His eyes suddenly widened, and he blurted out with an exclamation: "Li..."
"Cough! Cough!" The old gentleman in front of the window turned his head and suddenly coughed loudly a few times to stop the boy's slip of the tongue. With a special smile on his face, he stood up and said, "Li... old man Sir, are you safe and sound? It's really a surprise to see you here, but it's also... expected!"
Liu Zichang blinked, laughed happily and said, "You two... so you know each other well, old friends?! Coincidentally, what a coincidence! Hahaha!"
Old Mr. Li narrowed his eyes slightly, and slowly straightened his chest, the eminent power of a high position for a long time was suddenly revealed on him, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he also smiled lightly: "It really is... a coincidence."
The author has something to say: "Jiu Jiu Lao Qin" is quoted from the theme song of the TV series "The Great Qin Empire". Although I have never heard the song, the words are really passionate and I like it very much.
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