Chapter 556 The howling train!

The reason why these confidants followed Taoist Master Liu from Zhili to the south was not because of their loyalty to the White Lotus Sect, but because of their admiration for Taoist Master Liu's talent and personality.

"That's right." Master Liu nodded. "The Liang family army has the ability to send nearly 100,000 Zhili Yi army from Qing Gou's nose to overseas. From this point, you can see that the strength of the Liang family army must not be narrowed down. Liang Pengfei's army, together with his troops, occupied most of the entire Guangdong territory and Guangxi, and then, to the south of Jiuzhou, almost all of them fell. Before anyone could react, he sent out another surprise troops and headed straight to Tianjin. The capital was determined in one battle. The Manchu chief was bound. With this series of actions alone, the old Taoist had to say the word "submission".

"Look at what I have done since the uprising of the White Lotus Sect, but what has it been done? Internal intrigue, power and profit, and externally? The leaders of the various provinces and the leaders of the sect fight for their own profits. Moreover, the military discipline is incomplete, how different is it from those Qing dog officers and soldiers?" Master Liu shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Yes, we follow the leader of the religion just to resist the oppression of the Qing dogs on the people. But now, these people, from the world to the believers, are all in a state of sensation and sensation. If it weren't for the Qing dog emperor being captured and the capital city was broken, and those officers and soldiers had no fighting spirit, they might not even be able to save the fairy peach." Another confidant next to him also agreed.

"Haha, Liang Pengfei seized the capital and had half of the world, but he did not proclaim himself emperor. However, our king, who is both inseparable from both inside and outside, still wants to proclaim himself emperor? Just this point, you can tell the difference between the higher and lower levels. Liang Pengfei, Liang Pengfei, it seems that the old Taoist still underestimated the Liang family army." Walking his long beard, the old Taoist shook his head and walked into the house.

Just when the confidants wanted to follow his steps, the old Taoist stopped and said without looking back. "Zhao Wu, look around the city to see if there is any cigarette shop. If there is, ask them if there is any Baiyun Mountain with filters. If he says there is only tin foil filter, give him this thing and tell him that the old Taoist will come to choose the good cigarettes in two days." The old Taoist's hand touched his arms for a long time before he found a piece of metal about the size of a cigarette box, with the logo of the Yangcheng Cigarette Factory embossed on it, and below, there are three strange letters: vip.

"What does the tutor mean?" Zhao Wu, who took the metal card and looked at it, asked his companions around him in confusion. Those people looked at me and I looked at you, staring at you, staring at you.

"I remembered it." At this moment, one suddenly slapped his forehead with a sudden palm, and the other few were so scared that they all stood up and looked at him.

"This is what Mr. Li gave to our leader." The man said this, but everyone felt it was incomprehensible. "Which Mr. Li?"

"Did you forget it? It's the one named Li who fled south with us with the rebels in Bazhou. He seems to be an important figure in the Liang family."

"Oh, I remembered it, it was him, hiss..." Everyone suddenly realized at almost the same moment, and after almost everyone took a breath. Could it be that the head of the teaching was thinking...

When he thought of this, several of them looked ugly, and Zhao Wu tightened the card. "We are following the head of the sect, not the White Lotus Sect. If you don't want to, just leave now, no one will stop you."

"Stop being bullshit. We have followed the head of the sect for so many years, but have never received any favors from the White Lotus Sect. If we are ungrateful, how could we follow the head of the sect to the south?"

"Damn, no matter how the Liang family army is, they know that for the sake of their friends, there were nearly 100,000 men, women, and young and old. They tried to rescue them without pulling them down. They even fought the Mongolian cavalry in Xuanhui River for the sake of the elderly and weak. This is what the man did. I think the leader of the teaching was right."

Soon, these people reached an agreement. Zhao Wu and two people were looking for the cigarette shop in Xiantao City. At this time, there seemed to be a glimmer of new hope in their hearts.

At the same time, in the far south, rumbling, rumbling... A burst of roaring like rolling thunder whizzed past the mountains in the north of Annan, while the birds and beasts in the mountain forest seemed to have become accustomed to such sounds and continued to walk or forage in the forest leisurely.

However, the mountain people who occasionally passed by looked at the steam locomotive like a long dragon running on the rails shining with awe and even a hint of fear.

"It's really terrible. If this thing hits a person, it will turn into meat paste?" A mountain man carrying mountain goods said to his companion beside him.

The man next to him smiled and said, "That's for sure. I heard from my brother that this kind of iron guy can carry one or two million kilograms of iron or coal at a time, and he will not rest at all when he runs. He can run directly from us to the beach in one day."

"Wow, so powerful, isn't that even better than those gods and ghosts?" Several other mountain people couldn't help but exclaim.

"That's why the guy they made was for delivery. Seeing that there was no such track there, it was said that we would have to lay out another railway. In another two years, we would not have to work so hard to carry the mountain goods out of the mountain. We would just get into such a car and take the goods in our hands to big cities to sell them. After making money, we would also give the children something."

The hike of mountain people soon disappeared in the mountain roads and continued to go to the outsiders with difficulty. On the train, a boiler worker in black was trying hard to shovel coal into the fire outlet and observing the train. His face and hands were dyed black with coal ash. In addition to his shiny eyes, he also had a mouthful of white teeth that could reveal when he opened his mouth.

The train was running fast, and thick smoke was gushing out of the chimney, bringing a cloud line above the train. "Brother, let's have a rest, the firepower is enough." At this time, a head with an equally dark face poked out from the coal replenishment truck of the locomotive, and shouted loudly to the worker who was trying to shovel coal below.

The worker was named Ruan Ping, who was originally a small pawn in Ruan Wenhui's army. Since the Liang family's army infiltrated Annan, most of them surrendered men became laborers, cutting mountains and cutting stones and building roads. However, Ruan Ping and his cousin Ruan Zheng were lucky to be recruited into the first batch of employees of the Annan Railway Bureau. Fortunately, the two brothers were divided into the same chariot.

Ruan Ping dropped the shovel, climbed onto the coal truck quickly, took the cigarette handed over by his cousin, and took a big breath of happiness after getting on the fire. "Comfortable, Ah Zheng, it's time to change shifts. I'll lie down for a while first, and call me again."

"I said, brother, don't be anxious first, I have something to tell you." Ruan Zheng saw Ruan Ping lying on the straw mat on the coal and said quickly.

"What's the matter? Tell me. Could it be that you are talking about your marriage again? Ah Zheng, it's not that brother. Although Jin Tong is a famous beauty in our place, who is her father Li Huai? Don't forget, when you came to ask for a marriage in the past few years ago, how did her father treat you? I think our Ruan family is just a group of poor people. Fuck, I really want to beat him up." When the cousin mentioned that, he felt angry.

"Brother, I know I know, but that's all the past, it's different now." Ruan Zheng scratched his scalp with a little embarrassed and said to Ruan Ping. "Li Huai came to me two days ago."

"Why, that old guy changed his mind?" Ruan Ping suddenly became interested and sat up and said.

"Yes, he said that as long as I can get a bride price of 100 silver dollars, he would marry Jin Tong to me. Now we can get seven silver dollars a month and deduct what we use. I can save about five of them a month. Now I have almost fifty, but Jin Tong can't wait. Brother, look..."

"I said, you kid, wouldn't you be..." Ruan Ping couldn't help but glared. Seeing his cousin's somewhat stingy expression, he couldn't help laughing out loud: "Okay, your kid, you're so quiet, you've reached this point. It's okay, I'm sorry, I'll lend you first."

"Thank you, brother." Ruan Zheng was so happy that he scratched his head, his eyes narrowed into slits with smiles.

"What are you grateful for? It's better to be lucky. When I worked hard for Ruan Wenhui, I didn't get three taels of silver a year. Now, we can get seven silver dollars a month in the railway bureau. If we do better, we might get eight or nine." Ruan Ping took a deep breath and said.

Ruan Zheng nodded and agreed, "Yes, it's better now. No war anymore. Those officials do practical things and don't bully us ordinary people. If you go to work, you won't be deducted. You can get bonuses if you do more. This is like dreaming."

"Do work hard and strive for the coming year so that my old nephew, who has not yet been born, can live comfortably. When he reaches age, he will send it to school so that he can learn culture and be more patient in the future."

"Yeah!" Ruan Zheng nodded vigorously, smiling happily outside the place. Facing the storm of wind, watching the train gallop forward along the railway tracks that seemed to end forever, and they were full of hope for the future.

Just as the train passed by a town, the free school run by the government in the town, every classroom was filled with students, following the teacher, and recited the text in a slight manner: "...Our motherland has a long history and a developed culture. The long river of five thousand years of history, many brilliant pearls of human civilization are dazzling. The profound philosophical thoughts, the masterpieces of magical art, and the novel and original creative wisdom represent a high level of Chinese civilization.
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