Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 334 Where is the love light floating?

The winter of 1787 passed quietly.

Some people miss it, some people want to forget it forever.

In the unbearable looking back, there are the monstrous waters of the Yellow River, the arduous journey of hunger and cold, and the human tragedy of changing children and eating.
During the New Year, Zhao Xin was still busy, batches of people were sent away, and batches were brought back.During this period, he himself disappeared for more than ten days, and no one knew where he went.

The more than 100 people in the power plant finally felt at ease after seeing an extra remittance on their bank cards that was the same as the agreed number on the trust document.They all clamored for a hundred days, and must complete the host installation before the end of March.

In the wilderness south of the Jurgen military fortress, a grass-green monster like a flat square box, emitting black smoke, rumbled across the black field, shocking the soldiers guarding the city of Jurgen. Chin and eyeballs.

"Hey, what kind of animal is this?"

Zhu Dagui, who came back with the hunting team, sat on the horse-drawn sledge, picked up his jaw that had just fallen off, and heard a refugee beside him exclaiming.

"Brother Noble, what kind of fodder do you guys eat this animal?"

"Great eater."

"Eating oil? Damn it, the grass all over the ground is not enough for it to eat! I've grown so big, I only eat a mouthful of oil when I come to Beihai Town."

The young man looked back at the roe deer and wild boar on the sledge, and the corners of his mouth began to drool again.

Zhu Dagui looked at the young man, and scolded with a smile: "I ate meat for three days during the Chinese New Year, why are you hungry again now?"

"Brother Dagui, what you said, there is never enough meat."

Sitting in the armored vehicle, Fan Tong was overwhelmed, and the two bowls of porridge he drank for breakfast kept churning in his stomach.Liu Sheng in the driver's seat was full of excitement. The motorcycle steering wheel made the armored vehicle extremely comfortable to operate, and the four TNPO-170 periscopes could also obtain an excellent field of vision while driving.

"Da Liu, slow down, I can't take it anymore!" Fan Tong covered his mouth and yelled loudly.

"What? What are you talking about? Louder!"

I rely on!Fan Tong kicked Liu Sheng in the back angrily.But a bump followed, causing Fan Tong's head to hit the roof of the car, and he let go of his hand covering his mouth, spraying Liu Sheng's head
The armored vehicle finally stopped, and Fan Tong opened the back door and ran away. After a while, Liu Sheng, wearing a helmet with porridge, got out of the car and chased after him.Poor Fan Tong couldn't run faster than Liu Sheng, but in the end he was grabbed and directly crushed by Liu Sheng.

"Big Liu, I was wrong!" Fan Tong immediately admitted defeat.

"What's wrong?"

"I should drink two more bowls of porridge in the morning."

"!!"

After begging for mercy, Fan Tong finally sat in the driver's seat, and amidst Liu Sheng's scolding, he drove the armored vehicle wantonly across the field.

At the beginning of February, Fan Tong and Wu Pingan proposed to leave the power plant system and join the Beihai Navy.He shuddered when he thought that after the equipment was put into operation, he would start the life of three shifts with no black and white.

This is the patrol inspection, and Wu Pingan will never agree to change to another position.Afterwards, Fan Tong found Zhao Xin again, and of course Zhao Xin was happy, so he asked Fan Tong to go to Fuldan City and work as Liu Sheng's assistant first.While familiarizing himself with the formation of the army, he lost weight through training.

With the expansion of the population in Beihai Town, there are now three primary schools, and the school in Whale Bay is the third.In view of this, Beihai Town Technical School has opened several new majors, all of which are set up around related positions in power plants.

In mid-February, the ice on the Ussuri River had just begun to loosen, and the rhododendrons had not yet emerged their green leaves. Liu Sheng, Fan Tong, and Wang Yuanfang led a cavalry company across the still frozen Xingkai Lake, heading towards Balk Village. let's go.

He is going to pick up the bride.After this wedding is over, Liu Sheng will prepare for the Western Expedition.

Originally, Zhao Xin also wanted to take Shen Xuan and A Miao with him, but he couldn't get away from the island country's affairs, so he had to let it go.Anyway, Liu Sheng had to throw a big banquet to bring the bride back.

After more than 20 days, Liu Sheng and his party finally arrived at the village by the Balk River.

At this time, Balk Village was as lively as a big fair, men, women and children from various tribes from dozens of miles around came out to entertain the couple.

When they saw Liu Sheng wearing a fish skin suit, they all cried out in surprise.

"This groom is too tall!"

Every time Hezhe people have a wedding, they have an ancient custom of setting off river lanterns at night.In this ceremony of praying for God's blessing, it is also necessary to choose the person who is qualified to accompany the groom and the bride in the wedding ceremony.

According to the custom, the bride and groom put on the lanterns first, and then, regardless of men, women, or children, anyone who wants to use the fate of the bride and groom to make everything go smoothly in the future can tie a river lantern and put it down to enjoy the light.If the river lanterns put on can catch up with the bride and groom's river lanterns, they will be the most honorable bridesmaids.

This is the luck that everyone dreams of. The old people say that being a bridesmaid can add ten years to your life.

Fan Tong and his left and right were also idle, so he imitated the Hezhe people, first tied a skeleton with willow sticks, then pasted a layer of hemp knife paper on it, and then mounted a layer of tanned fish skin, and put it inside. Just put on the fish oil twister lamp.

The broad river bank is crowded with people of all ages, and adults and children hold river lanterns of different sizes and colors in their hands.Wang Yuanfang almost burst out laughing when he saw the river lantern in Fan Tong's hand.

This guy actually made a big warship come out, solid and hard.And the men, women and children around looked at the big guy in Fan Tong's hands, and they were all guessing what this guy was confused about.

"Your light is too big!"

"What's the matter? Can't be so confused? I call it a technical advantage." Fan Tongtong pointed to the river lanterns in the hands of the people around him, and said triumphantly: "They are not opponents at all."

Uxiha's father, Sahalian, and his surname Chang came to the river early. They stood in a wedding boat that had just been launched. In front of them stood Liu Sheng and Uxiha, who were carrying a two-dragon opera lamp. , opened the eyes of the onlookers.

This is what Wu Xiha learned from a Henan woman when she was in Beihai Town. She learned it for two months before she could come alive.It took her three days to make this river lantern.

The fish oil twister in the dragon lantern was lit, and the red flame reflected the horns, tails and lifelike claws of the two long dragons, as if they were about to swim into the water as soon as they let go.The rare and strange girls around were chattering and praising Ushiha's craftsmanship, like a group of noisy magpies.

Suddenly, Qiji's wife from Balk Village rushed over and shouted: "You little girls, stop yelling! Look at their dragon lanterns, you can learn how to tie one when you marry a man tomorrow. Serious today It’s to put the river lanterns in order to get some good luck, otherwise, be careful to marry Nuo Mudi tomorrow!”

This has aroused public outrage. How can this group of tribal girls who are like little peppers be easy to provoke?Nuomedi is a well-known vagabond, isn't Qiji's wife abusing people?
Hearing someone's shout, the girls gathered around, pulling their arms and legs, trying to throw the fat woman into the river.

Fan Tong and Wang Yuanfang couldn't understand Manchu, and when they saw a group of girls carrying a fat woman about to throw into the river, they couldn't help but looked at each other, not understanding what was going on.And Wukanbei who came together laughed loudly.

Fan Tong quickly asked: "Old Wu, what are they doing?"

Wu Kanbei said with a smile: "It's okay, the women are just joking."

While talking, the crowd by the river suddenly burst into enthusiastic cheers, and the girls who were playing around heard the movement, and hurriedly let go, threw the fat woman on the sandy ground, and quickly took He picked up his river lantern and ran over.

Before the ceremony of putting the river lanterns on, the gods had to be offered wine first. Sahalian and the shaman in the village dipped their fingers in the wine bowls and threw them into the sky and the Balk River reflecting the bright moon.

Wang Yuanfang pulled Wu Kanbei beside him and asked, "What is this for?"

"Sacrifice to the gods, let the gods open the way for the river lantern, and the journey will be smooth and smooth!"

With everyone cheering in unison, Liu Sheng and Wu Xiha put the Erlong Xizhu lantern into the Balk River.Immediately afterwards, people on the river bank scrambled to follow the newcomers and put lights on.In an instant, the surface of the river seemed to be boiling, and all kinds of river lanterns, colorful and colorful, moved along with the river.

The most conspicuous of these river lanterns is Fan Tong's large warship lantern, which is actually lit with three fish oil lamps, shining brightly, riding Duchen, knocking open one after another river lanterns, and following the river all the way to the west , and soon approached the river lantern where two dragons play with pearls.

"Wow! It's amazing!" A group of young men and women looked at Fan Tong, thinking that this Han lantern could run so fast!
"This, this big brother, can you teach me how to tie a river lantern like yours?"

Facing a group of young men and women chattering around him, Fan Tong was extremely proud and smiled innocently.Now that Wukanbei is not around, he can't understand what they are saying.

Little lights flicker on the Balk River, like stars in the night sky descending on the world.

The single drum and the harmonica were played, and the elderly people drank festive wine around Sahalian and the shaman. Fan Tong and Wang Yuanfang, guests who came from afar, were treated as honored guests. Come and drink with me.

On the bright and clean beach, under the bright moonlight, the young people danced the fish-catching dance to the rhythm of Kong Kangji, and the singing of "Yimakan" flew up and filled the night sky.

"Ala Leihenina, Alala Hehenina, the beloved 'Imakan' sings to the most beautiful Jiamu Tower, and the most colorful flower to the kind-hearted Jiamu Tower. Which star is the most beautiful in the sky? Bright? Hada Otenkota. Ah Leilei ah La Henina, Hada Otenkota is not as bright as a river lamp, and the cuckoo is no match for the beautiful Jiamu Pagoda. Where is a pair of love lights? Changming Immortal photos, according to the horizon."

Uxiha has never been so happy, and has never realized so clearly that she is going to be a wife.When she was a child, she experienced many scenes of setting off river lanterns to worship the gods, but at that time she was just joining in the fun and blessing others.And today, everyone came to bless her.

She looked at the tall and big Liu Sheng accepting bowl after bowl of toasts from others, and she was full of pride in her heart.When did you fall in love with this big man?

The first time I saw him beat that tiger?Or was it the chance encounter on the Wusuli River in the coming year, when I gave my beloved Jaguar to the other party?Or is it the first time that Liu Sheng pampered himself and let him sit on his shoulders to watch the fun?

The bits and pieces of the relationship in the past two years flowed through my heart, and Wu Xiha is now full of happiness and joy.

Needless to say, Liu Sheng, he has decided to stay in this time and space, and spend the rest of his life with this girl who is entangled with him like a little tail all day long.Those past events disappeared with the experience of the past few years. He looked at Wu Xiha with a smile, and said in his heart that this girl would be his wife tomorrow. The changes in the world are really unpredictable.

On the other side, the old shaman of Balk Village saw Fan Tongtong was holding a bowl of wine with his neck up, and persuaded him with a smile: "Young man, the cricket has a strong aftertaste, be careful that you won't get up tomorrow."

After hearing Wukanbei's translation, Fan Tong just giggled.This little wine is really nothing to him. When he was in the power plant, Fan Tongren gave him the nickname "Fan Yitong", which means that there is a barrel of alcohol.

The old shaman ordered the wine to be filled, and then asked, "Young man, where is your home?"

Fan Tong thought for a while and said, "Old man, my home is far away from here, on the bank of the Yangtze River."

"I know about the Yangtze River. I heard it when I was young." The old shaman twisted his beard and said, "The Yangtze River is a white dragon, the Yellow River is a yellow dragon, and the Heilongjiang River is a black dragon. These three dragons are three brothers."

After hearing Wukanbei's translation, Fan Tong and Wang Yuanfang laughed in unison: "The old man is right! For this, let's do another bowl!"

Just as the joyful "Imakan" brought the people along the Heilongjiang and Wusuli River into a joyous moment, and when the starry river lanterns flowed along the Balk River to the Wusuli River, far in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang, the Cossacks The muskets and sabers of the regiment have been polished, and hundreds of inland sailboats are ready to go.

At the end of 1787, Empress Catherine II, who was deeply troubled by finances, saw that the Qing emperor still had no intention of resuming the Kyakta trade. At the same time, she stepped up efforts to ban the rhubarb smuggling trade, so she made the final determination to attack the Qing Dynasty. The Heilongjiang and Ussuri River basins, which completely turned it into the territory of Tsarist Russia.

Suvorov, the army commander appointed by the empress, arrived in Irkutsk at the end of January. The experienced and well-known Tsarist general spent two months carefully inspecting the route from Irkutsk to Irkutsk. The combat readiness of various places along the Yaksa route finally issued a combat order in mid-March: the time to launch an attack on the Qing Dynasty was set at the end of March, that is, after the thaw of Heilongjiang.

As for Zhao Xin in Beihai, after sending away another batch of miners who went south to Kyushu, two unexpected visitors made him suddenly vigilant, and made him suddenly turn his eyes from Mongolia in the west to his neighbor in the north. This triggered a series of incidents, which made the North Navy's strategy against the Qing Dynasty change again and again!
"His Royal Highness King Zhao, on behalf of His Majesty the Empress and Your Excellency Governor Ivan Jacobi, I would like to express my sincere respect to you!"

"Is it you?"

In Zhao Xin's office in Beihai Town, Seldan, who was ordered to rush back from Fuldan City, was surprised when he saw two familiar faces in front of him.

Isn't this Aimorigen and Batelsang who met in Delengen last year!He immediately thought of another one, the co-leader Acton.

These two guys in badger fur jackets and mink fur hats saw Seldan from the moment they entered the door, but at the beginning they were mainly chatting with Wukanbei, and did not pay attention to Seldan who was pretending to be asleep.

Two Saurons, no, two Russian Tungusians respectfully bowed to Zhao Xin, then took out the letter from their arms and handed it to Chen Jishan.

These two people came over the mountains from the direction of Vladivostok, and they almost took the same route as the clear monk.When they were stopped by the guards at the outpost, the guy named Aimorigen took out a letter, claiming that he was from a neighboring country in the north, and asked to meet Zhao Xin.After the North Navy searched and questioned the two of them, it was finally determined that the two were envoys sent by Tsarist Russia.

Zhao Xin didn't say anything after learning about it. He was very curious, how could Tsarist Russia find him?What are they up to?
Could it be about Kuba Island and Okhotsk?The other party is here to ask for captives and sailboats?
After some consideration, he decided to meet these two people and see what kind of medicine they were selling in their gourds.

(End of this chapter)