Chapter 1208 Returning Home for a Thousand Miles (Part 2)
Although a family that can be passed down for 5,000 years of civilization in China and a family that can be passed down for 700 years cannot be considered unique, it is definitely not a short-lived family.
When the man who was originally a rich man in Tang Dao's eyes took out the simple wooden box in the basement full of gold, silver and jewelry and saw that it was a pirated family tree. Tang Dao knew that the 19th generation of gods was definitely not an illusion.
The Tang family actually has some little secrets!
It turned out that the ancestors of the Tang Dao family were originally wealthy merchants in Sichuan Province settled in Rongcheng, but as Yuan Meng entered the Central Plains, the gates of Sichuan Province that had resisted for several years were opened, and the brutal Yuan Meng Han ordered a massacre of the people of Sichuan Province. Nine out of ten families could no longer describe the tragic situation in Sichuan Province at that time.
The original Sichuan Province was filled with millions of people, which led to the later theory of filling Sichuan Province in Huguang.
The Tang clan was not spared in this catastrophe. Only the remaining hundreds of people in the clan had been male and fled to a remote area of Sichuan Province under the protection of the family's guards. The ancestor of the Tang clan left his ancestral teachings when he was dying: the descendants of the Tang clan need to work hard to manage business and accumulate money, and should not be extravagant. In troubled times, they should give up their wealth to protect their families, but when foreign invasions are invaded, they should disperse all their wealth to help good generals defend their enemies!
This is also a bloody lesson. I know that if the family members of our own tribesmen are in chaos in China, those big guys will never kill like a slaughter, but if they are a foreigner, they are not sure.
Moreover, in order to prevent the descendants from being destroyed, the ancestor of the Tang family, who lost all his relatives, also asked four generations to split up their families and not to be in the same county. This is also the main reason why Tang Dao did not see how big his Tang family was.
Tang Dao's great-grandfather was the one he had separated. Otherwise, Tang Jili would not have said that the money in this ancestral hall was gathered by the Tang family for three generations, and that would not include Tang Dao, a prodigal son.
From the 12th century to the present 700 years, the Tang family has not only been passed down for 19 generations, but the Tang family, who have been with the age of time and upholding the legacy of their ancestors, only recognized these ten generations, and were also scattered throughout Sichuan Province at this time.
"Who can give away the money you have saved for years as stupid as you, an old man?" Tang Dao found it hard to believe that there are people in this world who take the teachings of ancestors seriously.
Especially in the future, the era when values collapsed by Tang Dao!
"Why do you say it's old man? What do you mean by giving it stupidly? I'm giving it to my son, why are you stupid? I'll let your mother slap you to death when she hears it or not!" Tang Jili probably was a rare moment to rise up today, and her eyes were particularly big when she glared at her son.
"Yes, yes! Old man, you have money, you are right!" Tang Dao quickly surrendered, and his mind was already thinking about what to turn this batch of money into.
He really doesn't like the mortars that were left in the Sichuan Army or the Hanyang-made mortars that were built by the Shancheng Ordnance Center.
What is the most awesome thing in Sichuan Province? One is the population of 60 million, and the other is food. In the next few years, this province has collected a total of 82.28 million stones of rice in five years, accounting for nearly 40% of the country!
Here, the people of Sichuan Province were frugal and frugal to supply the national war of resistance, which also reflected from the other side that the country of Tianfu was well-known.
"Hehe! But who asked me to raise such a promising son! Not only your great-grandfather, your grandfather, you have to use your money, but the thirteen families of the Tang surname in the eight counties in southwestern Sichuan have made a decision, and the silver stored by several generations will be for your Commander Tang to call!" When he said this, Tang Jili was a little proud.
"All of them are as many as our family?" Tang Dao, who has claimed to be rich for 19 years, was full of hope.
"Where is that each company has different business scopes, and the profits of each industry are different. Moreover, they are not like our three generations of single-handed people. With a larger population, they will naturally spend more!" Tang Jili explained.
"But the least one has also taken out 50,000 yuan for foreign exchange, and the more than 200,000 yuan. In addition, what I have prepared for you here, the total is about 3 million. Isn't this enough for you?"
"Enough! That's enough!" Tang Dao gave a thumbs up. "Our Tang family is really, this is it!"
"That's sure, otherwise you would have been born like this!" Tang Jili, who was already very proud of this, originally wanted to pat his son's shoulder and said heroically. "My seed is different."
But obviously, Tang Dao's face and figure were obviously more like his mother, and finally this guy didn't say it with shamelessness.
At this point, Tang Jili's threshold is obviously much higher than that of Tang Dao and his son, at least he will not talk lies with his eyes open.
"Old man, don't worry, your son, I will use every cent and every cent to the front line of the Anti-Japanese War! When will we get it?" Tang Dao, who was dazzled by his strong financial resources, slapped his chest and promised.
"What are you going to take? The other thirteen families have spent all their money!" Tang Jili glanced at her stupid son who had been fooled by the "money" and said calmly.
"It's spent?" Tang Dao's mouth twitched.
This is just his old man. If it were someone else, Tang Dao could beat him into a pig's head with one punch!
The flowers have been spent, so I still brag about my family history for a long time, which makes me excited.
"Nonsense, what else do you want to lead troops besides asking for money, can you, the regiment commander, not know?" Tang Jili looked at his stupid son, and also wanted to slap him.
"Of course there are still people who have food!" Tang Dao replied naturally. "I went home to visit relatives this time, just to recruit a thousand new recruits to follow me north. Our Sichuan Army is all heroes!"
"Will it be! 2 million kilograms of refined rice, 1 million kilograms of white flour, 500,000 kilograms of corn, soybeans, and various essential supplies for daily life. These were prepared before the New Year. You think it's not worth it!" Tang Jili said.
"In addition, if you want to recruit a thousand new recruits, you can only tell you that even one new recruit cannot be recruited."
Tang Dao...
"The county has 20,000 young and strong people in Jinxi. It is organized by the county government. More than 10,000 people have participated in the security team training. There are 3,500 young and strong people in Shigu Township. Two thousand are used for daily field work. Since the defeat of Jinling in December last year, 1,500 people have not done farm work and specialize in shooting and fighting.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! The purchase of various types of guns, ammunition consumption, and supplies and military salaries have been spent on 300,000 yuan in half a year!"
"Old man, are you talking about..." Tang Dao was really shocked this time.
"If you want to resist foreign invaders, you must be elite soldiers. How can you fight with the little Japanese as soon as you put down your hoe?" Tang Jili looked at her shocked son and finally showed a satisfied smile on her face.
It turned out that since the newspaper published the story of the Anti-Japanese Warehouse in Tang Dao Sixing Warehouse and learned from the letter that Tang Dao was promoted to the commander of the 43rd Army's Independent Battalion, Tang Jili and his wife knew that their son had gone to the dark side.
Worry is useless, so I can only grit my teeth and support him to the end.
The only way to save his son's life on the battlefield with the cruel Japanese is to make him strong enough.
Tang Ji used one month to travel throughout southwestern Sichuan, holding the "pirated" genealogy and ancestral teachings, and contacted nearly 30 Tang clan members. There were thirteen Tang clan members who expressed their support for the legacy, and a total of 1.5 million were invested to foreign countries!
Money and food alone are not safe enough for parents. Tang Jili used the relationship between Wang Da and came to the county and donated 200,000 yuan of silver to fight against the War of Resistance, thus obtaining the position of deputy commander of the county security regiment, and can openly recruit security regiment officers and soldiers for training.
The training quota of 10,000 young and strong people in the county is enough for the county to send troops to the bosses. The villagers of Shigu Village where the Tang family is located are closest to the Tang family. The 1,500 people here are composed of veterans in the army of Wang Da's brigade commander who are disabled due to injuries and cannot participate in the war. All the military equipment was purchased by Tang Jili.
Although it is not good to see that Sichuan's Sichuan Army's equipment is not very good, the excellent equipment stored in Sichuan Province is really not young. Even if Tang Jili purchases old weapons, it is also made by Qingyishui's Hanyang rifles, and even heavy firepower such as the 24th-level machine gun and 82 mortar!
With the 1,500 people who have invested hundreds of thousands of oceans and carefully trained for half a year, their combat effectiveness will never be worse than the 26th Division who has just started on the battlefield.
This is the most precious gift that Tang Jili and his wife gave to their son.
"Old man..." Tang Jili was laughing, but Tang Dao could feel the heart of this old father who loved his son deeply.
These things, whether raising money, buying food, and training security guards, sound simple but extremely difficult.
Even being able to accomplish one of these things is difficult.
Hundreds of years have passed since the ancestral teachings, and not many can still take them seriously. Only one-third of the more than 30 families can still abide by them. This is still the case with his anti-Japanese hero's son as the endorsement. You can imagine how many times Tang Jili was rolled down.
Food is a precious thing during this war, and government departments are also cracking down on hoarding merchants, but Tang Geely can buy millions of kilograms. I don’t know how much hardships he suffered and how much smile he lost.
It is naturally even more difficult to train troops. If you accidentally become convicted of rebellion, it is a serious crime to lose your head, but Tang Jili still took the risk to do so.
"Dad, I won't let you and my mother down." Tang Dao straightened his body and solemnly gave his father an extremely formal military salute.
"Don't think too much. This is what our Tang family members should do as Chinese. Just fight the Japanese on the front line. As you old man, I only ask you one thing. If you don't die, you won't die. Otherwise, the old man and your mother will not be able to live in the second half of their lives!" Tang Jili couldn't help but feel moved when she saw Tang Dao standing in front of him with sobs and sobbing in front of him. Her eyes were wet and patted the gray on Tang Dao's collar.
This may be the most intimate manner of fathers and adult sons in this era.
"Don't worry, old man, I also want the old man and mom to help me take care of my son and daughter!" Tang Dao comforted his father.
Then, Tang Dao regretted that he wanted to delete his mouth.
He underestimated his parents' desire for future grandsons.
"After getting married, you have been engaged for a year. When do you want to drag someone's daughter to? What did you call me in ancient times? I called you a heartless man and a love man, and changed your name to Tang Dao. Why don't you call me Tang Shimei? Although my Tang family is not a famous family, I will never do such a traitor."
Xiao Hanlin, who was already a little angry, heard Tang Jili's thick-skinned ear rubbing over and biting it, and instantly changed the target of the fight to his baby son.
Tang Jili didn't come to gather fire with her wife, so she sat a few meters away and had a leisurely tea. But it was obvious that the old father's ears were always standing tall, just listening to how his son replied.
"Mom, isn't the military emergency now? Look, since we arrived in Taihang Mountain, the first company of our Four-Hand Regiment has fought three major battles with the Japanese. As the regiment commander, I have to command in front of the battlefield and be responsible for various aftermath of the wounded officers and soldiers after the war. I can only wait!" Tang Dao explained with a wry smile, turning his eyes to Lu Sanjiang sitting outside the yard.
"If you don't believe me, ask Platoon Commander Lu, he is a hero who has followed me from Songhu all the way. He knows the current situation best."
Tang Dao specifically named Lu Sanjiang, so he naturally wanted this guy to talk about the current situation. Anyway, this guy has just bragged about it today, so it’s nothing to add some oil and vinegar.
Unexpectedly, Lu Sanjiang was like a wooden man this time and pretended not to hear it.
Lu Sanjiang is straight, but he is definitely not stupid. He knows who the boss is in this room. The old mother forced her son to marry. If he goes up and says, "Aunt, it's true. The battle situation in the North China front is urgent and does not require any effort. The leader is so busy that he doesn't even have time to go on the kang."
Believe it or not, the food standard for the four of them tonight will instantly turn into millet porridge and big cakes, and there is no bite of the pork hind legs soup that I hadn't finished last night.
"Don't tell me that. If you can take half a month to come back to see your parents, you can't get a day or two to get married?" Xiao Hanlin sneered and hit the nail on the head.
"If Gaotang is not here, how can we marry at will?" Tang Dao began to move the ancient method.
"Swish~~~ Since you are so polite, it's so simple. This time we will go north with you and let's go after you get married!" Xiao Hanli slapped the table.
"How can that work? There are so many risks on the front line!" Tang Dao was shocked and sweat came out on his forehead.
"This is not OK, that is not OK, then you can tell the truth, when will you get married?" Xiao Hanlian stared at Tang Dao with a fierce look.
If Tang Dao said that, if she didn't satisfy her, a certain group of people would have to have a bag on their foreheads. The cliff would not be much worse than Fujiwara Jaetsu's attack.
Xia Dayu in the yard was extremely worried, so only Tang Xiaojiu smiled and waved his hand to comfort this young man who was similar to his age.
After following the mistress for so many years, he has never seen the mistress touch Tang Dao a finger, and this time will be no exception.
"Before the New Year! Dan Tai and I have discussed it. If the war slows down before the New Year, we will get married and set an example for the bachelors in the group." Tang Dao saw that he could not escape, so he could only honestly tell the time point.
"That's right! Don't let down the woman who loves you. This is my son of Xiao Hanlin. Don't imitate you old man." Xiao Hanlin nodded with satisfaction.
"What are you talking about? I'm the only one woman in my life!" Tang Jili, who also let go of her worries, was a little unhappy.
If you praise your son, you will praise him. For Mao, he will criticize him?
"Tang Jili, do you want me to scold you for what you did when you were young?" Xiao Hanlin saw that her husband was about to jump again, and the corners of his eyes slanted slightly.
"That's not young!" Tang Jili's tone was weak in an instant.
"Hmph! Hurry up and contact the purchase of the remittance seat, and say that my son is about to get married in the army. My Tang family welcomes the whole village to celebrate for three days!" Xiao Hanlin snorted lightly, and did not give her husband's army in front of her son, as if she had left some face for her husband.
Tang Dao and his son breathed a sigh of relief at the same time!
Otherwise, it's so embarrassing!
In the next three days, the Tang family opened a large banquet, and there were endless people coming to congratulate him. As the protagonist, Tang Dao's face almost made him laugh and stiff.
Only then did Tang Dao realize that his father's business in this place for nearly a hundred years was not in vain. More than 10,000 people came to congratulate him in Shigu Township. Whether the gift was a bag of eggs or ten kilograms of millet, or even a handful of fresh vegetables. The fifty guests invited by Tang Jiahe did not dislike him and treated him as a guest of honor.
And the 1,500 people all came from this family of ten thousand people, and they were definitely soldiers from their hometowns!
Lu Sanjiang and Long Yan have not been busy these three days. They don’t have to go to the Tang clan to pick up customers. No, they are hospitalized, but go to 1,500 security clans to choose the soldiers they want.
Lu Sanjiang is about to be promoted to the commander of the reconnaissance company. This time he will be transferred 20 people. Tang Dao gave him 20 places, and Long Yan has long been approved by Tang Dao and can choose 10 people.
The Army Lieutenant and the New Army Lieutenant usually have their arms around each other, but in order to earn a good soldier, the two have been blushing a lot in the past three days.
On the third day, when Tang Dao was almost exhausted, the two of them went home with their own noses and faces.
Later, Tang Dao asked and found out that the military conscription competition was the method discussed by the two of them after arguing. As a result, one was a battle-hardened battle, and the other was a strong man and had a fair share of the game!
Chapter completed!