In Liaodong, September has begun to cool down. But in Beijing, September is one of the most difficult months. The world seems to be a huge steamer, the house is like the skin of a bun, and people lying on the bed are no different from the stuffing of the buns.

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Li Xiao was lying under the weeping willow, with Chaobai River beside him. The wind blew against the water surface, bringing with it a hint of coolness. At this time, Li Xiao felt that it was really wise to build the new city in Tongzhou.

Now all the court officials and wealthy businessmen in Forty-Nine City have moved out of the capital and settled in Tongzhou. The high-end residential areas along the Chaobai River are already overcrowded.

With high-ranking officials and dignitaries, many ancillary industries will naturally be derived. High-end restaurants and restaurants are naturally needed. Officials and dignitaries also need to eat and drink on weekdays. Moreover, these high-end restaurants are generally membership-based, and they are increasingly becoming high-end private properties.

The direction of the development of Xiaochu. After all, they are all people with status, and they still pay more attention to privacy.

The entertainment industry is naturally indispensable. In addition to high-end brothels, there are also bathing centers with sheep heads hanging for sale and dog meat being sold. This was something Li Xiao never expected.

I don’t know how these bathing centers managed to get the door decorated so splendidly. I don’t know how many light bulbs were used. Anyway, at night, it stood like a lighthouse not far from Tongzhou Railway Station, attracting everyone.

Rich people who get off the train with money can experience the friction between their soul and body.

After two years of development, Tongzhou's catering and entertainment industry has become a pillar industry. It has been far ahead of other places in the country. For a time, Yangzhou thin horses went north one after another. Suzhou Pingtan can often be heard on the edge of the Chaobai River. Or maybe it is

Yay bah, I don’t know what kind of Kunqu opera I’m singing.

As for those heavy industries that are smoking, they can roll as far as they go. Tongzhou does not need big chimneys, it is enough to have trains smoking on the ground in Tongzhou.

"Commander! The second master is back." Shunzi ran over to report.

"Well! Are the food and drinks ready?" Li Xiao sat up and stretched his waist lazily.

"It has been prepared for a long time, as per your instructions. I don't need anything from the sea. Chicken stewed with mushrooms, boned elbows, day lilies stewed with dragon birds, and assorted pickles. They are all Liaodong style. The cook started preparing them yesterday.

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"Take out two bottles of Wuliangye Winery's ten-year-old wine. We two brothers will have a good drink today. We will also skip the arrangements for tomorrow. I'm afraid I won't be able to recover from this drunkenness tomorrow." Li Xiao stood up and said

In order to welcome his triumphant younger brother, he put aside everything and slept for an afternoon to recharge his batteries. Now he was so energetic that he could kill a tiger.

I casually walked to the restaurant next to the Chaobai River. The huge floor-to-ceiling windows can directly see the river view. There are weeping willows on both sides of the Chaobai River, which is reminiscent of the scenery on the dam. However, Li Xiao still likes the cement-built building on Pidao.

Two-story building.

At that time, several younger brothers and sisters lived together. Xiaoyu would chirp like a little bird when he came home every day. There was also a parrot named Xiaobai that Xiaoyu raised. Unfortunately, the parrot was eaten by the Jurchen's Haidongqing.

Go. It’s not like it is now, everything is here and there for the Chinese New Year.

The river view outside the window is not as majestic as the sea view, but it has a little more charm of small bridges and flowing water. Each of them has its own merits!

Four dishes have been placed on the table, and there are small stoves under the two stews. They are bubbling "Gurgling" and "Gurgling", and the smell makes you appetizing.

Usually there are rarely two stews at a banquet, but Li Xiao doesn't care about these. They are all the tastes of Liaodong people. If it is winter, he will decisively switch to sauerkraut to stew big bones. The bone soup will be boiled into milky white and served with large pieces.

Pork belly and some vermicelli, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

It's a pity that it's only September now. Forget about sauerkraut. The flying dragon bird sent by Master Man can be regarded as a taste of dragon meat from the sky.

There was the sound of footsteps at the door of the restaurant, and Li Xiu walked in wearing training uniforms, with the smell of sea all over his body. He got off the ship in Tianjin at noon, and took the train to Tongzhou. The lack of water for bathing at sea was a big problem.

"Darker! Lost weight!" Seeing Li Xiu's dark face, Li Xiao patted his brother on the shoulder.

"Xinjiapo is really far away. It took me a full year and a half to travel back and forth. It smells so good, what delicious food have I prepared?" Li Xiu bared his white teeth and walked to the dining table with his nose twitching.

Open the lid and look at the food inside.

When I saw the deboned elbow, I reached out and grabbed a piece and stuffed it into my mouth.

"You're so anxious! No one is trying to rob you. I know you've been floating on the sea for a long time. You're most greedy for meat. Today is all our Liaodong style, but you can eat enough." Li Xiao looked at this capable person with a smile.

Brother, the battle to establish Xinjiapo in the First World War can be said to have pushed the Ming Dynasty's maritime frontier thousands of miles away. The current South China Sea is the inner lake of the Ming Dynasty.

"Brother knows how hard our navy is going. I haven't eaten meat in a long time. Fortunately, you didn't prepare any fish. Now I feel like vomiting when I see the fish." Li Xiu's mouth was full of food and his words were vague, but he continued.

The speed of the chopsticks is unambiguous at all.

The wind was rolling and the clouds were lingering, but the wine was not touched. A bone-breaking elbow was inserted into it, and he reached out to grab the dragon and gnawed it like a roast chicken.

Li Xiao's eyes were a little sore. Looking at Li Xiu's appearance, he knew how hard this expedition was. As the commander-in-chief of the entire fleet, he looked worse than a beggar.

He quietly poured a glass of wine for Li Xiu and watched Li Xiu finish the flying dragon bird.

"Brother, when you dealt with Xiaoyu, I thought you were too heavy-handed. After all, Mr. Yu has been following us for so long, and his gray hair has turned completely white over the years. He was busy making guns, cannons, and steam engines for our Liao army.

The ship, credit, and hard work all belong to others. If the grandson committed such a thing, looking at the credit of the fisherman, no matter what, he can get his life back.

But I learned a lesson this time when we captured Singapore. The English had everything! Rifles, mortars, pipe artillery, and damn rocket launchers. Two prisoners were captured and confessed. They were the ones who delivered messages to the rocket launchers. If

I fired the gun half an hour late, and now it has been chewed into bones by the fish in the sea.

When I received the confession, a cold sweat ran down my spine. If I had hesitated for a moment, the entire fleet would have been doomed.

From then on, I felt like there was grass growing in my heart. I always felt that there would be artillery shells flying from somewhere. I lost my temper and beat Chen Laohu that day. I also beat many of my subordinates, so that now my subordinates are as if they are avoiding a cat and mouse when they see me.

He hid and walked away."

"It's not just you! The Mongols in the northwest also have rifles, mortars, tube guns and rocket launchers. Our outposts are bombarded every two days. They take advantage of the darkness to hit you with two shots and then run away.

"When you know that Xin'er sent people there, they will only collect the corpses." Li Xiao took a sip of Wuliangye and shook his head helplessly. Finally, someone supported him. Xiaoyu is still unwilling to leave Changxing Island to this day.

Said it was to take care of the old fisherman.

Li Xiao knew that Xiaoyu here was angry with him, but there was nothing he could do. There were some things that Li Xiao could not explain clearly, and this kind of thing could not be explained clearly. Xiaoyu had been on Changxing Island since she was a child. She had never seen a battlefield littered with corpses.

.How does she know how many casualties the frontline officers and soldiers will suffer due to the leakage of Xiaoyu's intelligence?

Li Xiao did not dare to tell Xiaoyu this. Li Xiao was very afraid that Xiaoyu would know the seriousness of the matter. According to her temperament, she might even hang herself.

The Li family now only has these few relatives, and they dare not lose any more.

"Is the northwest also like this? Then don't we suffer a big loss?" Li Xiu put down the flying dragon in his hand and looked straight at Li Xiao.

"When did our Liao Army ever do anything that suffered a loss? The newly developed airship is ready for use. When there are no sandstorms, the airship is much faster than a horse. Flying in the sky, as long as you see the Mongolian artillery, you will be stunned.

fry.

Even if the Mongols want to fight, they can't reach our airships. Now Xi'an Arsenal has tinkered with a two thousand kilogram bomb. If one is dropped, everyone within a radius of 300 meters will be shocked to death. Even if it is thrown a little miss.

, it doesn’t matter.

Man Ye's 1st Cavalry Division has also been transferred to the northwest. When the weather is bad, we are cavalry versus cavalry. We win or lose, but our winning rate is higher. As long as the opponent is not more than twice as good as us, we can win.

." Li Xiao took another sip of Wuliangye.

"That's not bad, brother! In this way, we will lose any advantage in weapons. If this continues...!" Li Xiu has been used to having an absolute advantage in weapons, but now he doesn't have much advantage in weapons. He feels a little worried.

I have no bottom.

"Weapons are the embodiment of a country's highest productivity, integrating technology, industrial capabilities, and manufacturing capabilities. I have looked at Mongolian guns and cannons, and there is still a certain gap compared with ours. According to the prisoners, they sometimes explode.

chamber.

Our Ming Dynasty now has a steam engine, which is not easy to steal. Nowadays, a steam engine and its accessories are produced by twenty or thirty factories. Even if they want to steal it, it is not that easy. Li Yongfang broke it a few days ago.

A detailed crime was committed. He targeted our steam engine!" Li Xiao took a sip of wine, feeling a little worried.
Chapter completed!