Chapter 337 Wedding

Bingwu Horse Year, Yiwei Month, Xinwei Day. The 32nd year of Guangxu, the 6th day of the 6th month. The 26th day of the 7th month of the 06th year of the Western calendar.

Fangniugou, which has only a history of less than 20 years, ushered in the biggest event since the establishment of the village. Wang Yan got married and married two people at once.

Because the two women's families were far away, Wang Yan picked up the date and took Liu Fanglan from Hecheng to Bingcheng in a carriage. After dressing up in a newly bought big house there, he followed Liu Zhi, who was also dressed in bright red and very happy, and took a carriage to the outside of Yuanbao Town, and then took the eight-man sedan chair that had been prepared long ago.

In front was the most famous opera troupe beating gongs and drums to lead the way. Wang Yan rode a tall horse, followed by two eight-man sedan chairs side by side, and then the opera troupe's people followed behind. Finally, there was a long line of people carrying all kinds of beds, tables, utensils, boxes, beddings, etc. covered with red cloth, because they were moving into a new house today, so they just made do with all the things and came to a ten-mile red dress. The four outer circles were adults throwing wedding candies and wedding money, attracting a group of children to pick them up with laughter.

It was nine miles from Yuanbao Town to the home in Fangniugou Village East. They got on the sedan chair one mile outside the town, with full strength. Along the way, all the buildings were basically tied with red cloth strips, even if there were no buildings, the half-grown crops near the roadside had red cloth strips, and stakes were set up in the water, red all the way.

"Who is the one on the horse? It looks like he married two?"

"You don't even know him? The one named Wang from Fangniugou used to gamble and visit brothels, and lost his family fortune. I don't know why, but he suddenly became so excited."

"Marrying two is not enough. I heard that he gave ten gold bars to each of the two wives."

"It seems that he went to Laojingou to pan for gold, and that's how he got rich."

"What ten bars? Why did I hear it was six?"

"What a cow, he got married at the age of 30, and married two at once. I heard that they were both young girls from good families. I don't know if he can do it."

"Don't worry about him. I heard from my husband that, She chatted with your wife and said that you are not good enough. "

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"Hey, kid, why are you robbing money from others? I think you deserve a beating."

"Come and see? Maybe there will be a big buffet, and maybe you can even get a free meal."

"Of course, hurry up and catch up."

"Go, go, go."

The group of people passed through Yuanbao Town in a lively and noisy manner. In addition to the children, there were many people who followed to watch the fun. They walked noisily on the dirt road, and the scenery was even more beautiful...

After the matchmaker arranged two girls, the matchmaker set out in person and went to Bingcheng and Hecheng successively. She went to the two girls' homes with the two matchmakers to lobby. It's no wonder that they are serious. Five taels of gold bars are enough for them to work for several years. This is just one. Not to mention their help and running around. If there is any problem in the future, they can also ask Wang Yan to solve it. They must do their best.

Liu Fanglan from Hecheng is easy to deal with. Her family conditions are average, and she and her brother are not liked by their stepmother, so they live a miserable life. Of course, even if she doesn't want to get married, her stepmother will let her go with three gold bars. Her biological father is soft-hearted and will force her to marry. However, her request is to take her biological brother with her, and she is willing to be a mistress. This is the main reason why she didn't get married at the age of 19. If she hadn't been so desperate, she would have been sold long ago. Her biological father may not want to, but under the pillow of her stepmother, he agreed. The remaining problem is Wang Yan's side. It depends on whether he wants it or not. After all, it is a burden.

When the news came back, Wang Yan naturally didn't care. It was just raising a person for nothing. He agreed without saying anything. He sent his men to the address, took his handwritten letter, and gave her some money to buy her wedding clothes.

Liu Zhi in Bingcheng is a bit difficult to deal with. Although it is still a feudal family, it is also an intellectual. There is only one girl in the family. Although the three gold bars are indeed very tempting, they still don't want to force their daughter too much. The two matchmakers are together, spitting and flying, what to buy a house to improve life, what the third child to marry a wife and so on. In the end, it was the wife of Liu Zhi's married brother who came forward. She was moved and she was always moved. Anyway, it was a toss and turn, and finally Liu Zhi agreed for a better life for her family. The most important thing is that Wang Yan has a gun, and they are a little scared.

After getting the news that both sides agreed, Wang Yan set off with his men and brought gifts to propose marriage. Originally, the two girls were very nervous and full of doubts about the future, but after seeing Wang Yan again, this kind of thing no longer happened, and they were a little happy. He is a perfect man, but his heart is bigger. But then again, the man's words are also clear that he will not marry concubines in the future, just the two of them. For a person with such a large family business, it is normal for him to have a fourth or fifth concubine.

They believed what Wang Yan said.

As for the parents of both parties, Liu Fanglan's father was not mentioned. According to her, there should be no future. Liu Zhi's parents, brothers, sisters-in-law and brothers were very satisfied with Wang Yan. He was insightful, and he had money, people and guns. He was a promising man. And he didn't look like a man who treated his daughter-in-law harshly, which was good.

So, the marriage was decided.

After the house was completely built and all the furniture was ready, Wang personally drew the hexagram and chose such a good day for marriage, moving, moving into the house, setting up the bed, and seeking children. He calculated the time carefully, and today was the day of double happiness...

After crossing the small stone bridge in the west of the village, it marked the official arrival at Fangniugou. The gongs and drums were loud and the firecrackers were blasting. Then a group of people from the village, as well as those who came to help from the neighboring village, gathered together and marched eastward.

When they arrived at the door of the house in the east of the village, there was another round of firecrackers. After a series of tedious ceremonies and the wedding ceremony, the two brides were arranged on the big kang in the east and west rooms.

After driving away a group of onlookers, Wang Yan in the west room played with the wedding scale on the table, looking at Liu Fanglan, who was sitting on the edge of the kang, wearing a red wedding dress, covered with a veil, and holding a handkerchief tightly in both hands. He reached out and grabbed her thin and slightly rough hand, felt the slight tremor, and whispered: "Don't be afraid, come, follow me."

Liu Fanglan stood up gently, looked at the road under her feet through the gap in the veil, and slowly followed the man who was about to become her husband out of the west room, through the main hall, into the east room, and then to the kang. A word of "sit" made her subconsciously sit on the edge of the kang. Through the gap under the veil, she saw the same red beside her.

Wang Yan looked at the two nervous women in front of him, and didn't say anything to comfort them. It was the first time, so it was understandable. Turning around and holding another wedding scale, he also intimately announced: "Lift the veil." Then he held a wedding scale in each hand and lifted the veils of the two women together.

In fact, it is not time to lift the veil yet. He has to go out and drink with others, thank the guests for their support, and then come back to lift the veil. But obviously, there are never so many rules in his house.

The veil was lifted, and the two women looked at the man in front of them, and then turned their heads to look at each other in tacit understanding. Their faces flushed instantly, and then they lowered their heads shyly, and responded with a mosquito-like "hmm", which was quite tacit.

Shaking his head and smiling, Wang Yan said: "I don't have so many rules here. I will ask my sister-in-law to bring you some food and drinks later. Don't starve. If you are sleepy, go to sleep first. It happens that you two sisters have never met, so let's get to know each other first, and then we three will live together. That's all, I'm going to drink."

After that, regardless of the reaction of the two women, he laughed and went out.

There were many people coming, and his luxurious mansion couldn't accommodate so many people. Not counting the banquet at the old Zhu family, the Han old Hai family and the two families in the distance were all full of people inside and outside the house, on and off the kang. There were many adults and children who came to watch the fun, more than expected, and they borrowed several places of all sizes to the west. Wang Yan was not stingy. He earned one yellow croaker per hour, which was not something that could be described as rich. Those who could eat one of his yellow croakers were considered awesome, and they were open-minded.

It was impossible to prepare so many things. The pots, pans, tables, chairs, benches, etc. were all collected from the two villages, all out of kindness. If we exclude the strength shown by Wang Yan, it was really pure hometown love that so many people came. But unfortunately, if he didn't have those, he wouldn't be able to marry two beautiful wives, let alone such a grand occasion.

With so many people eating, relying on the master chef and his team who were found in the town to do things, it was simply not enough to support it. The women in the village helped, plus the one hundred men he transferred nearby to the old forest in the west mountain of Yuanbao Town, among whom the men who could cook helped pick vegetables, cut the dumplings, etc., which was considered to be in place.

Wang Yan was destined to be famous for a hundred miles. It was said that the groom in the future, no matter how much he drank, could not accompany so many people, and could only try his best to take care of them. Starting from his own courtyard, there were all neighbors, Xia Yuanzhang, Yushu, and the three boys from the old Zhu family. They were close, relatively close. Then there were the old Zhu family and the Han Laohai family, and he didn't know any of them at all. As for the tables behind, let alone.

Wang Yan started by drinking, and when he got to the old Zhu family and drank more than half of the time, he realized that he couldn't have the wedding night if he drank more, so he started to play tricks and drank water. He accompanied the wedding from the beginning to the end, even those who were just eating for free, when he recovered, he toasted a few glasses of wine. No matter what, it was all to add to the fun and joy, and you had to drink when you should. From noon, Wang Yan accompanied the banquet until the evening, even with wine and water. Each family helped to manage it until the women and children resumed the banquet. After expressing his gratitude, he returned to the room in a daze.

After kicking away the three boys from the old Zhu family, the younger brother brought by Liu Fanglan, and the other half-grown children who came to make trouble, he asked his men to watch and not be disturbed, then he opened the door and entered the main hall, and then walked into the east room in two or three steps.

Inside the room, Liu Zhi and Liu Fanglan got along well and talked happily. Before entering the room, they could hear the two of them giggling. On the table on one side were the leftovers of the two of them. The two of them had drunken blushes on their faces. When they saw Wang Yan coming in, they immediately stopped laughing and straightened their bodies.

"It was a good chat, why don't you talk anymore?"

The two girls looked at each other, and finally looked at Wang Yan together, but no one spoke, too embarrassed to speak.

Wang Yan took the wine cup, poured three cups, and gave one to each of the two girls: "We got married today, and we have a place to stay. We will live a prosperous life in the future. You have been traveling all this time, it's not easy, and you are very tired. Come, let's drink our own wedding wine and rest now."

The two girls' faces were visibly red to their necks.

Liu Fanglan was a simple and illiterate farm girl. She stuttered in a way that was very inconsistent with her heroic appearance: "That... Wang... uh... head of the family... um... shall we rest together?"

"What else?" Looking at her big eyes with amusement, Wang Yan did not give them a chance. He stuffed a glass of wine into each of their hands, raised his own small wine cup and clinked it with the two of them: "Drink it!"

At this point, running away is definitely impossible. The two girls did not say that they would risk it, but they drank the wine reluctantly.

It doesn't matter if they hesitate. Wang Yan has always been good at helping people make decisions and facing what they should face. For example, unbuttoning the red dress, turning up the red bellyband embroidered with mandarin ducks, feeling every inch of each other's skin, such as a little bleeding, such as pain first and then happiness and comfort...

Wang Yan did not forget to pass on the family line, activate the skill, one for each family...

Very good!

Life after marriage is not different. This is not modern, there is no sweetness, and the two girls are not jealous concubines. After spending their first night together, the united front is very harmonious. Knowing that Liu Fanglan is illiterate, Liu Zhi volunteered to teach her to read and recognize characters.

The work in the mansion, such as farming, washing and cooking, was all done by hired people, or by the guards. There was nothing for the two women to do. The two of them wandered around the mountains and fields, learned to ride horses, learned to shoot guns, and occasionally got close to Lao Zhu's wife.

They also knew why their masters were so rich and so powerful. They were nervous for a while, but later found that there was nothing wrong, and they got used to it. Moreover, Wang Yan was both civil and martial, kind to people, and helped the neighbors when they had problems. Whether in private or in front of outsiders, he never acted like the boss and followed their own wishes. They had never heard of such a man. Now they could marry him and live together, which was good. Bandits are bandits, anyway, they dig all day and don't harm anyone. Meeting such a man is a blessing for many lifetimes.

Liu Fanglan was especially satisfied. After all, she brought her own brother here, and her man was raised as a son. She asked him what medicine he was given to practice boxing and martial arts, and found out that the medicine was very expensive. She was happy to see her brother jumping around every day.

Liu Fanglan's brother is Liu Zhengan, who is only nine years old. He is very fierce. On the second day of the wedding night, he saw that his sister could not get off the kang, and thought that Wang Yan had harmed his sister. Of course, Wang Yan did harm her, but this harm was not the same as that harm. A nine-year-old child doesn't know that much. He was crying and wanted to fight with Wang Yan to avenge his sister.

Wang Yan saw that he was energetic and had a good little frame. He was considered a material for martial arts. After he was subdued, he simply taught him. By the way, he followed his sister and asked Liu Zhi to teach him to read and write. As for the brother-in-law, it is necessary to get close to people and cultivate him. Even if it is not necessary, it is good to make women happy.

He always lived a regular life. He got up early to practice martial arts, eat, and then write and read books. He taught his guards, Zhu Chuanwu, and his brother-in-law to practice martial arts. He drank with Zhu Kaishan from time to time. He went to Xishan and Laojingou outside Yuanbao Town once a month to check the situation, and then paid attention to Xia Yuanzhang's actions. As for the night, of course, it was impossible to sleep with him every day. He only came once in a while. Most of the time, he stayed in the same room for a day and talked about personal matters.

In fact, his good days only lasted for more than a month. After his two daughters became pregnant, he became a monk again...

Xia Yuanzhang's two sets of machines were delivered five months later. With the help of American experts, they were successfully assembled and began to make clothes and shoes. The first order came from Wang Yan. He designed military uniforms and combat boots. Someone had already measured the sizes of his men. They were all tailor-made and good products.

The factories that were promised before were also built. They were not large in scale, but they all existed. This was very important. Without exception, the first order was from Wang Yan, and there will be more orders in the future. The left hand transfers to the right hand, which can not only support the business, but also explore progress, and there is enough time to develop external marketing channels. The most important thing is to keep their own secrets.

Just like before, they were few in number, and they sold food and materials outside, and then went up the mountain themselves. But as more and more people came, these people became unreliable. Judging strength by the materials purchased, it looks good.

Now that there is a grain and oil factory, after the autumn harvest, there are no middlemen to make money, and they can get it back at a price much lower than the market price. The reliable guys transport it to the warehouse with a cart, and the subordinates take people to pick it up. It is much more secretive, and it can be regarded as enriching the dietary structure, with coarse grains, fine grains, rice and flour.

The most critical talent, Xia Yuanzhang is very reliable in doing things, and he has fooled many people. Among them, there are many ambitious players who have studied abroad, and they are looking for Wang Yan’s promise, what you want, you can leave if you are not satisfied, and the remuneration and treatment are top-notch, and few people will refuse.

Wang Yan had already built a large factory for these people to use for research. There are many talents. As I said before, those who know industrial knowledge at this time are basically geniuses. With him personally leading the research and development, there have been many breakthroughs in a short period of time, which can be regarded as some achievements.

There are also many skilled workers, all of whom were dug back from Xia Yuanzhang's factories in the south. For money, for land, and for a good life, they all came with their families, increasing the population.

Now the population here is less than two million. To be honest, Wang Yan has no idea of ​​expanding the population. After all, when the war started, there were too many people affected by the bombing of planes and the explosion of guns and cannons. But things were not as he imagined, and there were always sacrifices. He swept away the bandits and strengthened the public security here in disguise. The better business environment attracted more businessmen. Opening factories, paying wages, promoting employment, and increasing consumption, the local economy is improving, which will attract many people.

This is not to mention that he gave pig, chicken, duck and goose seedlings to people for free. Although it is only popular in Yuanbao Town now, it will be an attraction no matter how big it is in the future. There is still a lot of land here. Even if there is no land, as long as you are willing to work hard, you can make a living by doing odd jobs for others. It is definitely much better than other places.

These are all attractive. He has no way to stop it. It's just like that. Anyway, he tried his best.

Of course, doing these things is inseparable from money. He wants to say very sincerely that He Laosi is awesome, and his father is even more awesome. The main vein that He Laosi mentioned is probably the main vein, because the gold is more and more. There are only 120 people working. At the beginning, there were three or five pieces a day, and later seven or eight pieces, which is more than the two pits in Laojingou.

The happiest one is Xia Yuanzhang. If there is no money, he will ask for it. If you want it, he will give it. Although each industry loses a lot of money, its growth is visible to the naked eye. Now he doesn't care about the store in Yuanbao Town. He can't go home everywhere. The store is run by his father and Zhu Chuanjie to gain experience.

The bandit-sweeping work was indeed accelerated by the presence of the caravans, who helped to locate and strike accurately, saving a lot of time and making the team stronger day by day. If it weren't for the talent that was later found to improve and adjust the production line for making guns, and the skilled workers that Xia Yuanzhang found from the Hanyang Arsenal, the production capacity of more than ten guns a day would not have been enough to equip his men.

Now he mainly produces water-linked guns, and this will be the main firearm in the future. The reason is very simple, easy to operate, strong and durable, powerful enough, very convenient for new recruits, relatively low cost, suitable for large-scale production.

As for other light and heavy machine guns, pistols, grenades, cannons, etc., they still have to be equipped slowly. There will definitely be some, but at this stage there is no need to spend money on equipment. The firepower is enough, and the first priority is to attack the industrial manufacturing capacity. With the improvement of industrial manufacturing capacity, more, faster, better and stronger guns and cannons will be made in the future.

It's winter again, and the gold diggers go home with the money they earned from a year's labor to live with their wives and children, but Wudaogou has not become quiet because of this. The sounds of martial arts training, the uniform and oppressive running sounds, the noise was so loud that it could shake the snow off the branches.

Looking at the new bandits in front of him, who were wearing thin clothes and steaming all over, training in the snow, and the main force on the other side who were wearing uniform clothes for daily training, Wang Yan nodded with satisfaction.

After a year of development and with the help of the horse gang, there are more than a thousand people in Laojingou, not counting the strongholds in Bingcheng and Yuanbao Town. If the other two places are included, the exact number of regular combat personnel is 2,328. From four companies to six battalions, it is an explosion.

According to the current map, he has swept a small half of the territory of Heilongjiang Province, and even the group in Yuanbao Town occasionally has to fight eastward to the neighboring Jilin Province. In this way, the bandits in Heilongjiang Province are about 10,000 at this time, far from the 100,000 mentioned in the later drama. And according to normal war losses, including casualties on their own side and those killed by their own side, there will be about 7,000 or 8,000 left in the end. If all are trained and armed, it will be absolutely easy and a little fun to fight against 20,000 to 30,000 officers and soldiers.

According to this, it is expected that next year, that is, by the end of 2007, all the bandits in Heilongjiang Province can be completely wiped out, and some of them can be infiltrated into the neighboring Jilin Province. Based on this strength, if we advance at this speed, within three years, all the bandit nests in the Northeast region can be swept.

By comparison, the population of Jilin Province is less than 4 million, with 20,000 bandits, and the population of Feng Province, which will be Liao Province in the future, is about 10 million, with 50,000 bandits, which is 80,000 people. Counting the additional combat troops added by other means during this period, it will be 100,000. Of course, there is definitely a gap between ideal and reality. There are always 50,000 to 60,000 combat troops, which is a force that cannot be ignored...

"Boss, I have something good to offer."

A shout sounded in the distance, interrupting Wang Yan's beautiful thoughts. Turning around, it was his number one younger brother, Yu Zhenhai, who was coming here with two men.

Now there are six battalions, but no regimental organization, so there are still four people who are on equal footing with Yu Zhenhai. Yu Zhenhai knows that it is a necessary balance, but he is not comfortable. After all, he feels that he has worked hard and made great contributions. He has followed the old man from the beginning to now, but he does not feel trusted.

However, since a battalion commander was arrested and his whole family was brought here because he forced a girl down the mountain to sleep with him. In front of everyone, he was tortured to death. It was not enough to let the battalion commander watch. Then he was only given a small amount of water and no food. He was forced to watch the corpse stink, rot, and have maggots. After that, he became honest.

The battalion commander was similar to him. Although he came later than him, he also made great contributions. He fought for it with strength. He knew, and everyone knew that in the eyes of the big boss Wang, no one was irreplaceable. Whoever was not honest would die, and it would be a tragic death. Not cleaning up was just not crossing the line.

Wang Yan smiled as he approached: "What is it?"

"Bring it here for the boss to see." Yu Zhenhai waved his hand, and a subordinate behind him hurried forward and lifted his outer coat. Curled up in his arms was a small, yellow and black spotted, cute kitten in deep sleep.

"Uncle, it's a tiger cub." Zhu Chuanwu, who followed him, curiously leaned over to take a look, grinning, he thought the tiger cub was pretty good-looking.

"Not bad, not bad." Wang Yan nodded with satisfaction, stretched out his hand to take the tiger cub, and turned it over and over. The kitten was born not long ago, and it was not resistant to cold. It was taken out of the warm arms and fiddled with. When the cold wind blew, the kitten opened its eyes in a daze, looked at the stranger in front of it, and did not feel the familiar breath before. It was struggling with its little tiger teeth bared, and it was about to fight. It was a hot-tempered one.

Stroking its neck, he stuffed it into his arms, and controlling the struggling little thing, Wang Yan asked: "How did you get it?"

"The brothers were patrolling the mountains, and a tiger came out to look for food. He was shot and half dead. Then we tracked it all the way to its lair and found this cub. We quickly brought it back to honor the boss."

Wang Yan smiled and patted his arm: "The tiger skin is yours."

Yu Zhenhai grinned: "Thank you for the reward, boss." Although it was killed by his men, it should be his, but that's not right. Everything belongs to Wang Yan, and the meaning is different.

"Okay, go do your work."

After sending him off casually, Wang Yan turned to look at Zhu Chuanwu: "Go, pack up your things, we'll set off back to Fangniugou in a while."

Zhu Chuanwu said carefully: "Leaving now? I haven't stayed long enough. Uncle, let me go out and fight with them."

"You've been here for three months, and the New Year is coming in a few days. If you don't go back, your mother will be furious, and I can't stand it. As for going out to fight, don't even think about it. Even if you don't die, you will be disabled if you make a nest in this old forest. How can I explain to your parents? Hurry up, go back and pack your things."

Wang Yan kicked him aside without saying a word. This kid has always wanted to fight, and this time he has gone through a brutal recruit training with a group of bandits here, and he already looks like a soldier. But Zhu Kaishan didn't speak, and Wang Yan didn't want to throw this kid to the battlefield. Although the bandits are not very strong, bullets have no eyes. It's easy to deal with injuries and disabilities, but it's hard to deal with death.

Zhu Chuanwu was used to being kicked. He pouted and patted his butt, then turned around and ran back to the barracks to pack his luggage. He had a stubborn temper, but he would never dare to fight with his good uncle.

At first, he persuaded his father to agree to follow him to Laojingou to see the world. It happened that a gold transporter was caught. He saw that man being beaten to death. There was also the incident of the battalion commander, just two months ago, and he saw it so cruel. But they were all orders from his good uncle, too cruel. Although he knew that he would not hurt himself, he was still afraid, but he could not help wanting to get close to the excitement, which was very twisted.

Taking Zhu Chuanwu who didn't want to leave, Wang Yan, the kitten who was tossing vigorously in his arms, and a group of guards, he galloped home in the wind and snow...

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