A few more days later, February of the 58th year of Qianlong was coming.

Speaking of February 2nd, the first thing the people under the Qing Dynasty had to do was to shave their heads. Whether they were thinking about the old days or fearing death, their uncles were filial. In short, they had been growing wildly for a month, and if they didn't shave their heads, they would have to be exiled to beheaded.

However, the four counties of Jiaodong under the rule of Beihai Town are a different scene. Rich people will still ask barbers to come to the door, shave their heads brightly, and then clean the "little tails" on the back of their heads. They either braid them up or wear jade or silver braids. And those poor people will let their hair leave about inches of hair on their heads, which will save a penny, but at least they can keep warm.

The Military Control Commission issued a notice last year, and the implication was that everyone would do whatever they wanted, and if they were willing to keep it, they would shave it. However, it would be best to wash it frequently and maintain personal hygiene.

What is hygiene? The people at the bottom said they don’t understand. Besides, it takes firewood to wash your hair and boil water? Firewood needs to be bought for money!

Speaking of which, before sending troops from Beihai Town to Shandong, there was a controversy over whether to cut the braids of ordinary people, from the army to the civil affairs, and even the medical staff.

The radicals suggested that the North Hai Army should, like the revolutionary army in another time and space, have a pair of scissors after entering the city, and they will see one click. You should know that when the immigrants in Beihai Town get off the ship for epidemic prevention procedures, they will cut their braids, and all men and women will shaved their heads, and the cut braids will be thrown into the fire under the witness of the owner, so as not to make the other party feel that they will be taken to by others and be sucked. Even if the new immigrants are reluctant, it will be useless. The bright future of fifty acres of land is waving ahead, so I will ask if you want it?

However, Zhao Xin did not agree to the use of such radical means. In another time and space, the "braid-cutting movement" learned enough lessons after the Xinhai Revolution. He warned Kong Shaoan that what the lower class people needed was to voluntarily cut braids through publicity and education, rather than violent coercion. Not to mention that doing so would cause panic among the people, and even violent confrontation, it would also provide the Qing Dynasty with excuses to sow discord.

As the supreme leader of the Shandong Detachment, although Kong Shaoan felt awkward about the pigtails behind the heads of the common people, he still obeyed Zhao Xin's orders.

Lin Qizong was going to Longmen Port with Guo Yu to see the big iron ship. He hesitated for a while, and finally, after his wife's persuasion, he went to the barber stall in front of the Chenghuang Temple after lunch. After cleaning up, he looked much more neat.

The next day, he arrived at the former "Changfeng Cang" in the city early, met Guo Yu, and set off together in the North Navy's material carriage.

There were originally Changping, Preparation and Changfeng three granaries in Ninghaizhou City, and there were many social warehouses outside the city. Changfeng warehouse had long been abandoned due to disrepair and has been converted into a material warehouse of the Military Control Commission.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the gate, Lin Qizong saw the five "giant" carriages parked neatly in the yard, which made him suck in a cold air. He thought to himself, how many mules would have to be used to pull such a big car!

The reason why it is said to be huge is that the carriage of this kind is more than twice as long as the ordinary carriages in the country, and it has four wheels, especially the rear wheels, which are almost all taller than Lin Qizong. The outer panels of the tall carriage are painted bright blue, and the top is covered with arched snow-white tarpaulin.

Just when he was in a daze, he heard someone greeting behind him. When he turned around, he saw that the person who came was Cao Guifu and Guo Yu. Lin Qizong hurriedly bowed and bowed. Cao Guifu smiled and bowed, then walked to the guards standing guard at the door and handed over his ID to check.

When it was Guo Yu and Lin Qizong's turn, he took out a certificate issued by the Military Control Commission from his arms, which stated that it was approved by Lin Qizong and the convoy to go to Longmen Port, and indicated his home address and door number. After the inspection, he walked into the yard, and the three of them couldn't wait to step forward and carefully looked at the carriage.

Although Cao Guifu and Guo Yu have been in the Military Control Commission for more than a month, they have never been here. After watching the car for a while, they heard the sound of horse hooves. More than a dozen Northern Navy troops rushed over from the cafeteria behind with a steady stream of tall horses. At this moment, the three of them had their eyes straightened and their mouths opened.

When Cao Guifu and Guo Yu followed the cavalry team to investigate the case, they rode horses outside the mouth - that is, Mongolian horses. Those military horses were seized by the Northern Navy in previous battles with the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia. In the eyes of the two, they were already top-notch horses; however, compared with the current group of horses, they became donkeys.

What appeared in front of them were dozens of red-brown and black horses with heights of more than 1.5 meters. They all had strong limbs, developed muscles, wide shoulders and wide backs, showing pleasing curves. The brown hair above the neck was neatly trimmed, and the brown hair shook and looked even more majestic when walking.

After a while, Lin Qizong put away his falling chin and murmured: "The dragon spine sticks to money, silver hooves and white smoke. No one weaves brocade, who casts a golden whip?"

Guo Yutou asked without turning around: "Brother Deyuan, what are you talking about?"

"Uh... this was done by Li He of the previous Tang Dynasty, and it is one of the "Twenty-Three Poems of Horse Poems", praising the horse gods. Yu Ge'er, these horse gods are very good, I think the ancient Tianma is just like this!"

Guo Yu nodded unstoppably and said, "Yes, yes, this horse is probably going to take dozens of taels and one horse."

In this year, a sting horse started at ten taels in Shandong, and stallions were even more expensive. Not to mention that the Qing government strictly controlled the transaction of private horses and prohibited private raising and selling. Many families could not afford the cost of raising a horse alone. The three of them thought that there were only these horses, and how much refined ingredients would they have to eat to raise so strongly in a day!

However, when they saw several Northern Navy soldiers bringing these horses to the long shaft in front of the truck and starting to put on harnesses, the three of them were stunned again. Cao Guifu widened his eyes and said in surprise: "Such a good horse is used to pull the cart? This is too..." He wanted to say a waste, but because there were people around him, he swallowed it back.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! A soldier who was placing a cart for a horse and heard their previous conversation, couldn't help but laugh, and said to the three of them in white air: "What a Tianma? This is called Heilongjiang heavy horse pulling, which is specially used to pull a cart!"

Not to mention, this is the descendant of the Chongli Horse that Zhao Xin bought first. Nine years have passed, and the second generation of Zhuli Horse can already work.

What?! The three of them looked at each other and thought that there was a horse that specializes in pulling carts. This is the first time they heard it. You should know that because horses are expensive, people who pull carts are either mules or donkeys, and they occasionally use cows. The Northern Navy actually used such a majestic horse to pull carts, which in the eyes of the three of them was really a waste of resources.

While busy, the soldier explained to the three people that the horses were specially cultivated by Beihai Town Horse Farm and were transported by the New Year. Because of the storm and turbulent waves on the road, they felt a little uncomfortable after getting off the boat, so they had to take it out for more than a month before they dared to use it. When the soldier learned from the words that the carriage behind him could weigh up to 10,000 kilograms and it took eight horses to pull it, the three people were shocked and couldn't speak.

More than half an hour later, all five carriages in the yard were installed, and each car had eight horses. Lin Qizong and the other two climbed into the carriage's carriage under the command of a company commander. After getting on the carriage, the three of them found that the interior of the carriage was different from the ordinary carriage. The floor was not flat, but high at the two ends and low in the middle, so it was very awkward to sit.

But they knew that this carriage was a "Conestoga wagon" heavy carriage specially copied by the Beihai Town factory. Because of its good passability, it is currently being widely used in the eastern United States and Canada, responsible for commercial transportation between towns. The 5.4-meter-long carriage inside is made of two ends to prevent the loaded cargo from tipping over and moving forward and backward.

However, it is precisely because of the large load capacity that this heavy carriage is not suitable for grassland areas. When placed in Jiaodong, it is mainly because it is hard-grained road surfaces in the area, and the transportation of materials from ports to towns in winter.

As the carriage convoy met with the cavalry waiting outside the gate, they slowly drove towards Zhenhaimen in the north of the city. When the people along the way saw it, they were all stunned. Soon nearly a thousand people gathered on both sides of the road to see the strangeness. Some idle men and children were following on both sides of the convoy, eating dust for several miles, and then walked back with interest.

The destination of the convoy's trip is Longmen Port, located at the mouth of Xin'an River 20 miles northwest of Ninghaizhou City. The Conestoga heavy carriage does not move fast, even if it is an empty car, it is only 3 kilometers per hour.

Lin Qizong and the other two were very excited at first, but not long after leaving the city, they became a little chest tight and want to vomit because of the bumpy road. After walking less than half an hour, Lin Tongsheng lay on the rear wing board of the car, wishing he could even vomit overnight meals. The two horses in the front of the car could not stop sniffing at him.

Cao Guifu smiled and joked: "Lin Tongsheng, this is not good enough. At that time, I will be afraid that I will even vomit out my bitter gallbladder when I take the exam."

After hearing this, Lin Qizong's wrinkled bitter face became even more ugly. He thought to himself that he was so full that it was not good to stay at home in the cold weather, so he had to come and see some big iron ship. Now that he is coming, he can only bear it.

Guo Yu patted Lin Qizong's back and said, "Uncle Cao, don't scare Brother Deyuan. He is a scholar, so he has never suffered this crime."

Cao Fugui smiled when he heard this, closed his eyes and stopped talking. He leaned against the carriage board and snored. After a while, the snoring sounded...

More than an hour later, the convoy arrived at the destination. Lin Qizong, who had a pale face, couldn't even stand firmly at this moment. He was helped by Cao Guifu and Guo Yu and got off the carriage. He found a place to sit down. Guo Yu went to find another cup of hot water for him to drink, and then he felt better.

Cao Guifu had been to Longmen Port before, and at that time he brought yamen runners to collect taxes from fishermen. Due to the long-term silt of the Xin'an River and the Qing court attached more importance to Dengzhou Port, Longmen Port could only moor some small fishing boats. In fact, the best deep-water bay in the northeast of Jiao is on the southeast side of Zhifu Island, which is the Yantai Port in later generations.

However, if you want to develop Yantai Port, it is a big project. It will not be completed in one or two years. Not only does it require a large amount of machinery and equipment, but also a large number of engineering personnel have to be dispatched from Beihai Town. Kong Shaoan planned to make do with Longmen Port first, and wait until the Beihai Army takes over the entire Dengzhou Prefecture and gain a full position in Jiaodong.

The Military Control Commission built a material transfer warehouse in Longmen Port, covering an area of ​​about two football fields and dispatched a platoon of troops. Because searchlights were laid on the tower, the people in the nearby villages were very nervous. Later, Chief A visited in person. Although he had just learned about it, he was still peaceful.

The three of them came to a barracks and sat down for a meal. Cao Guifu couldn't help it, so he went to the company commander who led the team to inquire and learned that the boat would not arrive in the afternoon. While he was talking, he vaguely smelled a scent of meat. After he finished talking to the company commander, he looked for the smell and looked for it...

Guo Yu didn't see Cao Guifu coming back. He was about to go find him when he saw Captain Cao happily entering the door and approaching him and said, "This time we are here! There is meat to eat at noon!"

Before Guo Yu could speak, Lin Qizong stood up and asked, "How did Captain Cao know?"

"Hehe, I went to the kitchen just now to see it. I made fat pork, cabbage, radish, and big snow-white steamed buns."

"Guru~~"

Lin Qizong swallowed his saliva in a bad mood. Although he still felt a little chest tightness and vomiting, he had not seen any oily food since he had eaten a pig in the first few days.

Guo Yu was very greedy when he heard that he had meat. This year, it was not said that anyone who had money could eat meat every day, and that the landlords in high-ranking families could not eat it. Pigs and sheep had to wait until the New Year to be fattened. If there were fish and chicken on the dinner table every day, it would be a luxury day that ordinary people could not reach. At present, in the entire East Asia, only the North Navy dared to eat like this, so who would make the boss of Zhao Xin?

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The three of them looked forward for a while and then heard the bell of a meal outside. Lin Qizong, who was empty in his belly, took a quick step and left the door with a whoosh. Cao Guo and the others were stunned...

Lin Tongsheng killed five big steamed buns at noon, and Cao Guo and the other two were no less. They swallowed four steamed buns. Each of them also brought a bowl of stewed meat and a bowl of egg flower soup. They ate the oily mouth, and even the remaining oil in the bowl was wiped with steamed buns to eat. After the meal, the three of them leaned on the chair, and picked their teeth and touched their stomachs with satisfaction, thinking that today was worth the trip.

At about one o'clock in the afternoon, a noise suddenly came from outside. Guo Yu went out to ask, and then he realized that the ship had arrived. So he hurriedly called Cao Guifu and pulled Lin Qizong, who was almost unable to walk, and came to the outside of the warehouse. On the sea in the northwest direction, a small white dot was approaching.

The three of them thought the boat was not big at first, but after a while they realized that the white ship in the distance was larger than any sea ship they had ever seen in their lives, and the boat was extremely fast, like a white feather gliding on the sea.

Soon, the boat stopped at a location several miles away from the coast. First, it made two whistles, and then the rumbling sound of anchoring shook the fields, alarming a seabird. On a high slope two miles west of the three, a group of villagers who heard the sound were also looking forward to watch, all of whom were frightened.
Chapter completed!