Kong Shaoan, 30 years old, is also from Shandong like Zhang Bo, the oil tycoon in Beihai Town. The reason why this person came to work in Beihai Town was not for himself, but for his sister who was seven years younger than him.
To put it briefly, Kong Shaoan’s father died when his sister was a child. The cause of death was intracranial hemorrhage caused by hemophilia A. This disease is a rare genetic disease that cannot be cured and requires lifelong medication. Moreover, the cost of treatment is quite high. Even if he saves more, it will still be 500,000 yuan per year. In order to treat his father, the family owed a lot of debt.
Faced with such a situation, Kong Shaoan's mother persuaded her son not to take the college entrance examination, but to let him study in a technical secondary school for electric power. He entered a thermal power plant before he was twenty, starting as an apprentice and working step by step to the position of centralized control operation. Vice value. Of course, because most of his salary and bonuses were paid to his family to pay off debts, Kong Shaoan's personal problems have never been resolved. During this period, he had several talks, but when the other party heard about his family's situation, no one was happy.
When the thermal power plant was shut down a few years ago, Kong Shaoan took a severance package and went home, finally paying off the last debt. Unexpectedly, before I was happy for a few days, the bad news came again. My sister suffered from bleeding after a tooth extraction and was subsequently diagnosed as having hemophilia A. Fortunately, Kong Shaoan's mother is healthy. According to the genetic rules of this disease, if the father has the disease and the mother does not, then the daughter must have it, but the son is fine. Faced with the high cost of treatment, Kong Shaoan and his mother fell into despair.
At this time, Fan Tong, who was once a colleague, called him. Kong Shaoan had no choice. He accepted that he could only go home once a year after going abroad, so he suddenly came to the fourteenth century to engage in construction. Anping Port was naturally surprised by the conditions Xia Ruo offered under the trust contract. Without that salary, he would have nothing to worry about within ten years.
In the first two years, as Fan Tong, Zhang Jingxuan, and Cao Peng successively left the power plant and retreated into the military and political system of Beihai Town, Anping Port became restless. But I do it not only for the blonde girl, but also to expel the Tartars, and even more for political status. I have to think about my sister ten years ago. In addition, I also have to think about my future.
Before having two in-depth conversations with Kong Shaoan, Fatty Chen felt that although this person was very weak in professional skills, he was still lacking in other aspects, so he asked me to be his deputy in civil affairs for a year or so.
Erka's original arrangement was to have Anping Gang succeed Zhang Jingxuan and be responsible for the civil affairs in Eastern Siberia. When I heard that the Bei Navy was going to open a base in Jiaodong next year, I immediately asked for help in Anping Port. Although I am in the same time and space as my family, I always feel that the closer I am, the more at ease I feel.
Erka thought about it for a few days but refused. The governance of Eastern Siberia requires iron-fisted measures. If these Cossack immigrants would obey at all, it would be fine whether it was Zhang Jingxuan or Xia Ruojiao; Cao Peng is quite suitable, but Ning Guta is not the only one. I need to be in charge.
Forget it, I am from Shandong after all, and it is difficult to communicate verbally with the local people. However, I still made a request to Anping Port. If you want to go to Shandong, you must first go to Chen Qingsong to stay for a while, because there are no merchants from Shandong here every month. It will not be helpful to talk to us less. Even less understanding of the customs and customs of this time and space.
After leaving, Kong Shaoan revealed to Anping Port that he would support the Manchu Qing with a batch of supplies and let us go and fight Kuo Zhaoxin to death. And asked me to be responsible for handing over materials to the Manchu and Qing people.
Anping Port always thought that the visitor would be Liu Quan, the young housekeeper of He Mansion, but I also thought about it, Liu Quan was already ten, and the tossing was moving. In addition, He Lin said "you" when you introduced me, so I was stunned and didn't react. It wasn't until Ma Siba beside me added something that I suddenly realized.
"Master Kong, that is your seventh master and the younger brother of the villain in the middle hall."
"Hey! It turns out to be He. He Xiaoren! I'm really sorry. I have complicated business matters and I couldn't react at the moment."
Xia Ruojiao almost revealed the other party's name, thinking that it turned out to be Optimus Prime from "Qingtian and Pengri", bah! It's Qingtian who's coming.
He Lin smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
After the eight people exchanged greetings, they were immediately divided into host and guest. While the orderly was serving tea, He Lin glanced around and felt that it was just neat and luxurious, but my attention was quickly drawn by the ceiling. attracted by strange things.
Under the ceiling of the house, eight white rectangular bodies about seven feet long were hung below, emitting a dazzling white light. Hiss~~! I thought to myself that it must be the "electric light" in Beihai Town that uses the power of thunder.
I looked at it for a while, and was soon dazzled by the white light. When I felt that the corners of my eyes were no longer wet, my nose stopped itching. I slowly took out the handkerchief from my sleeve and put it under my mouth and nose, and then sneezed a little.
"I'm so rude to you! Brother Kong is laughing at me!"
Just when He Lin was shocked and convinced that there was no magic formation in this place, she heard An Pinggang say: "What is there? This is probably the first time He Xiaoren has seen a fluorescent lamp. You will sneeze if you look at it for a long time." , that’s the same as staring at the sun during the day, it’s just that the nerves are stimulated.”
"Oh! That's it." He Lin and Ma Shiba looked at each other, both showing expressions of sudden realization. I am still confused, what the hell is a "fluorescent lamp"?
At that time, Xia Ruojiao took out a folded A4 paper from her pocket, opened it and handed it to He Lin: "He Xiaoren, what is listed below is the list of supplies for this time. Take a look at it first, and you will understand everything." Ask directly to avoid misunderstanding."
Is that what you came all the way over there for? Ma Shiba hurriedly bowed to take it, and then handed it to He Lin. The former took a few glances before taking it, and then a look of disbelief appeared on his face. He looked up at Anping Port and said, "Brother Kong, there are no muskets or cannons down there!"
"yes."
Anping Gang's answer was indifferent, and his face looked calm and unconcerned, not showing any concern at all. In fact, I have imagined it several times since then, what it would be like when a visitor from the Qing court saw the supply list, and what my own expression should be.
"They, they" and Lin were shocked beyond words. I really wanted to ask each other, are they crazy? He was even given military weapons! I stared at Xia Ruojiao with sharp eyes, trying to find clues from his expression. Based on my understanding of Xia Ruo and Beihai Town, there is no small conspiracy between the two parties!
Fortunately, Kong Shaoan had already explained the situation to Anping Port exactly as it was, and I had practiced in front of the mirror countless times in those days to the point where my face changed color and my heartbeat.
"He Xiaoren, you know a lot about weapons. There will be someone to give you a demonstration tomorrow. In addition, most of the people he brought here know how to use muskets. It's best to ask us to come together to see it tomorrow. . The weapons you provided that time are very much the same as those they use now. If you learn how to use them, they will be a pile of waste when you take them back."
Apart from this batch of supplies, there were only ten people who arrived with Chen Qingsong with Xia Ruojiao. We were all members of the weapons test firing group under Zhao Liang.
After Anping Gang finished speaking, he ignored Helin's expression and added, "That's right. If they want to use those weapons to deal with Beihai Town, you advise them to give up! Weapon generation, say Even he understands."
He Lin's face turned gloomy and pale, turning blue and white. It seemed that she was angry at those words. Ma Sishiba on the side also interrupted and retreated. He could only sit with his sleeves in his hands and his eyes kept rolling.
"There is nothing else. King Zhao asked you to tell me."
Hearing that it was Erkha who was speechless, Helin was immediately startled. This person who was now a special figure like the God of Plague in the eyes of the Manchu monarchs and ministers, quickly said: "Brother, please speak."
"There are no British people in front of Kuozhaoxin to provide weapons, so you will support them with that batch of weapons. Especially before retreating into Kuozhaoxin territory, you must be careful. When you attack Jiargula Mountain, be careful of the opponent. Burning camp."
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He Lin and Ma Shiba were completely dumbfounded when they heard what Jiujiu said. After a while, I asked tentatively: "Does it mean that you don't have any eyeliners in Kuo Xiaruo?"
"Well, the secret can be leaked." Anping Gang said with a smile: "You have already conveyed it to them, so it's up to them to listen."
At this time, the charcoal brazier in the house was burning brightly and was very warm, but He Lin still felt a chill coming down her heart. I feel that the imperial court is jumping out of the pit dug by Beihai Town, and it is possible to jump.
Well, He Lin decided that it was okay to ask about that matter again. I had to go back and digest it before talking about it, so I pointed to an item under the list and asked: "Brother Kong, may I ask what a 'heating patch' is?"
"Well," Anping Gangxin said, if you tell him what the "oxidation reaction" is, it will probably be no different than listening to a book from heaven. So I got up and went to the east wing room, took one from a box of heating patches under the table, tore open the vacuum package, took it out and motioned to He Lin, "That's the heating patch."
"Ah?" He Lin looked at it carelessly for a while, picked it up, weighed it and put it back on, then shook his head and said, "Is that a plaster? It's just twice the size of the abnormal one."
Damn it, Anpinggang almost laughed out loud. I thought about it and decided that it might be better to experiment with Helin directly, so I turned around and went to the west wing, and took out a blanket from my bedroom. Then under the surprised gazes of the two people, he first tore off the adhesive paper of the heating patch and then stuck it under the blanket.
After a while, the temperature on the other side of the blanket dropped, so Xia Ruojiao asked He Lin to put down her hand and try it.
"Hiss!" Helin retracted her tentacles. Seeing this, Ma Sishiba on the side also stretched out his hand to touch it, and said with surprise on his face: "Master Qi, it's really cold. That thing is really wrong!"
He Lin said horrified: "I dare to ask Brother Kong, what is the reason for that?"
"Well, that's an oxidation reaction that uses a catalyst, well, it's a chemical reaction." Anping Gang looked at He Lin's expression of understanding and said to himself that it was really easy to explain to the ancients.
"Chemistry?" He Lin also read a lot of books. I recalled it casually and found that I had never heard of it.
You must know that the word "chemistry" was not coined until 1856 by British missionaries. In those days, if one wanted the ancients to understand what the science of matter and chemistry was, the only way to deal with it was alchemy.
Anping Gang then explained the usage and precautions of heating patches, and He Lin sighed in surprise after hearing this. There are so many secrets in Beihai Town that one can actually keep warm with lint. Without that, the march and combat before entering Tibet would be even more insecure.
After talking about that, the extremely awkward atmosphere just now finally calmed down a bit. So He Lin pointed to the next item on the paper and said: "Brother Kong is really a genius! May I ask what 'Fengyoujing' is?"
Xia Ruojiao smiled and said: "That, that is a good thing!"
"Oh? Please give me some advice."
Anping Gang then ran to his bedroom, took out a bottle of Fengyoujing and said: "The use of that thing is very small, it will be over in a while."
After that, I asked He Lin to stretch out her index finger and put a drop on it, and then asked her to rub two drops on her temples.
"Seventh Master!" Still waiting for Ma Shiba to stop him, He Lin had already put her index finger under her temples and rubbed them. I instantly felt refreshed where I applied it, and my spirit was lifted.
It is said that the Heshen brothers divided their labors when they were studying at the Xian'an Palace Official School. Heshen focused on learning literature, and He Lin focused on learning martial arts. At present, Helin, as the left minister of the Ministry of War, was responsible for the Qing army's front lines and was responsible for the transportation of supplies, so he naturally became more concerned about the military supplies. At this moment, I feel that the effect of that green-colored thing is definitely on the "Zhuge Marching Powder", which is a must-have for small armies when they go on an expedition.
Yes, it's already winter, not to mention the hot weather outside in Tibet. Things that relieve heat and remove toxins are of little use, right?
After hearing He Lin's question, Anping Gang shook his head and explained: "He Xiaoren, the function of Fengyoujing is just to cool and refresh people. It can also be used for headaches, dispelling wind, preventing mosquitoes, and even seasickness."
He Lin was very happy after hearing this. She thought that such a good thing must be taken back and copied. In the past, it was a must-have item for marching, fighting and going out.
It's a pity that He Lin's idea is destined to be impossible to realize!
Of course, there was nothing good in the imperial hospital of the Qing Dynasty. The emperor said that although it is like picking from the stars, a few drops of essential oil can still be obtained. Coupled with the experience of famous doctors, making a business trip is rare but difficult.
But if they want to be popularized on a small scale and become a must-have for marching, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties can definitely do it. The principle is the same as Golden Rooster. The things given to the emperor are completely cost-effective. But if you want to popularize them, by the way, the secret recipe of the palace must be leaked!
For Beihai Town, it is difficult to obtain the formula ratio of cooling oil or wind oil essence, but there are still no problems in small-scale production. Moreover, the extraction of menthol requires special extraction equipment. The preparation of methyl salicylate alone requires a small amount of holly plants. The same is true for eugenol, eucalyptus oil, and camphor oil. The raw materials must come from the south. get.
Whether it is Erka or Hongtao is very unclear. Once those two things appear on the market, the supply will definitely exceed the demand. The Chinese and even the Europeans will go crazy buying them. It is definitely a must for colonizing cold zone areas. Prepared things.
The night with Lin was destined to be peaceful. I returned to the boat and tossed and turned all night, thinking about why Beihai Town did what it did. Although Heshen told me to contact Erkha privately in order to leave a way out for the whole family, after all, I am a Manchu who holds a low position in the court, and I have read the boy's book. Whether it is loyalty to the emperor or serving the country, I always go around it. That threshold.
"You are willing!" He Lin thought so hard that she even sat up from the bed, clenched her fists and shouted softly.
It is obviously a prosperous age that has never been seen before, the national power is declining, and the seven foreigners are coming to court, why do such a group of evil stars appear!
So I kept tossing it until dawn, and the outside of my mind had turned into a pot of mush. I finally managed to hold it back and stare for a while. However, I had to watch a weapons test today, so I was woken up by my escort just after I passed Chenzheng. After hastily washing up and having breakfast, the carriage that picked us up arrived. He Lin remembered Anping Port's words, took several accompanying guards with him, and then galloped towards the coast seven miles east of Chen Qingsong.
(End of chapter)
