Xie Daoyong explained the current world situation to Xie Huaichang in the study, so that he could stay abroad in the future, Wanlan didn't have to know this, but today the Chen family came to the door, she hesitated again and again, and finally made a look of indifference to come to listen, Xie Huaichang knew what day it was, so he frequently wandered in class, and looked at Wanlan's face from time to time.

Xie Daoyong coughed heavily and put down the pen in his hand: "Does Ah Lan have flowers on his face today?"

Xie Huaichang hurriedly gathered his thoughts: "The student is wrong. ”

Xie Daoyong snorted and turned to Wanlan: "Didn't Huai'an and Wantian go to a class, then your future husband and mother-in-law came to the door, don't you really go to see it?"

Wanlan's face turned red, and she pursed her lips and smiled: "Since Uncle is so curious, just go over to the class." ”

Xie Daoyong waved his hand, as if he didn't care very much: "Forget it, when Chen Zhichang was still in Zhenjiang, he had a close relationship with your father, and I saw their son Chen Ji Chen Yuji, there is nothing to see." ”

Wanlan moved her lips, wanting to ask him about this person, but before she opened her mouth, she felt that the temperature on her face was getting higher and higher, she couldn't bear to touch her cheeks with the back of her hand, and smiled calmly: "Uncle said yes." ”

Xie Daoyong looked at her heart-scratching expression, and couldn't help laughing: "If you are curious, you are curious, if you want to ask, just say it, what are you doing so hard?"

Wanlan smiled softly and calmly: "If it weren't for the person with good conduct and handsome appearance, my uncle would definitely resolutely refute it on the day my father mentioned the marriage, and now that Mrs. Chen has come to the door, you can still teach Huaichang here in a leisurely manner, which shows that this person is very reassuring to you, and even ...... Very satisfying. Isn't the husband that a woman in this world asks for is a good man and a good moral character, and since my father and uncle are satisfied with this person, then what am I not worried about?"

Xie Daoyong was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "Your mouth, you can really reverse black and white, obviously you can't hold it anymore, you can come up with such a set of tirades to bluff people, it's a pity that you weren't born in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, otherwise where would there be those Zongheng family or anything." ”

Wanlan covered her mouth and smiled softly, pretending to be profound: "It's just that if my uncle knows anything else, please also inform my niece and daughter, the soldier said it well, know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles." ”

Even Xie Huaichang was amused by her appearance, Xie Daoyong leaned forward and backwards, and said to Xie Huaichang: "Look at your eldest sister's ability to speak, a jinshi who has just entered the career can't reach this level if he doesn't stay up for two or three years." ”

Xie Huaichang smiled and nodded: "What my uncle said is very true, it is a pity that Sister gave birth to a daughter, otherwise today she would be a feudal official." ”

Wanlan looked at him and smiled deeply: "Huaichang has decided to go abroad, and the whole person is a lot more cheerful, how good is this, why do you always keep a straight face." ”

Xie Huaichang's body stiffened, and a smile hung awkwardly on his face, whether he received it or not, he settled down for a moment, and smiled again: "Sister Lan said that she laughed." ”

The atmosphere was a little cold, Xie Huai'an and his entourage walked in at this moment, and looked at Wanlan's expression a little narrowly: "Sister can listen to it today, I don't know what my uncle said?

Wanlan looked at his ill-intentioned face, smiled calmly, and said clearly: "Japan, which is separated by water from my Great Qing Dynasty, has always been a subject country of China before, and can only do some things to pick up people's wisdom, when the Tokugawa Shogunate was in power, the four islands of Japan were not allowed to go to the sea like the Great Qing Dynasty, and no foreign missionaries, merchants or civilians were allowed to enter the country, and it was even strictly forbidden to build ships suitable for long-distance voyages. It was not until the fourth year of Xianfeng that Matthew Perry, the naval general of the United States of America, led the army to capture Kaga on the Edogian of Japan, forcing the Tokugawa shogunate to sign a treaty with it and opening the port as a treaty port. ”

Xie Huai'an listened with a smile before, and gradually became stern, he lifted his robe and sat down in the wooden chair, and muttered: "When Prince Gong and Duke Wen Zhong were alive before, didn't the imperial court also vigorously introduce Western technology, I remember that the Beiyang Navy Division was known to be the world's best combat power before, why did it end up like this in the first year of the First Wu Dynasty?"

Xie Daoyong sneered: "How can you fight if you have a ship but no guns and bullets? Is it possible to go to that battleship and sink the enemy army?"

Xie Huai'an frowned, and habitually touched his chin with his hand: "How could there be no guns and bullets after spending so much silver on the preparation of the sailor? I heard that Duke Wen Zhong once wrote a letter to impeach the emperor Weng Wengong, accusing him of communiquing personal vendetta and not allocating a penny of silver to the sailor since he was in charge of the household department, so that the equipment could not be updated and maintained, and even more watched the 'Yoshino' fall into the hands of Japan, is this the case?"

"What the eldest brother said is roughly good," Xie Huaichang said: "It's just that the internal situation may not be as simple as a communiqué and a personal vendetta, when the Queen Mother Lafayette was repairing the Summer Palace, which cost a huge amount of money, and therefore dismissed Yan Jingming, the then secretary of the household department who insisted on stopping work, and then Weng Wengong was in charge of the household department. The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and he changed his previous habit of being taciturn, and slapped it on the table: "Besides, those eunuchs in the palace are insatiable, and they can't fill the lord with no amount of silver, and how many of Wen Zhonggong's lifelong ambitions can really be realized? The reform of the Qing Dynasty is just ......."

"Okay! Huaichang," Xie Daoyong suddenly said and stood up sternly: "How do you know these things?"

Xie Huaichang was startled by him, and cringed again: "Yes...... Is it the previous ...... The Times had previously reported that my nephew happened to see the old newspaper......"

Xie Daoyong immediately asked, "Where did you see the old newspaper?"

Xie Huaichang was stunned for a moment and replied, "Yes...... I picked it up on the street, and I looked at it twice. ”

Xie Daoyong narrowed his eyes, turned to Wanlan and asked, "Xie Cheng, the son of our chief housekeeper Xie Funing, I heard that he just entered the account room to manage the accounts recently, right?"

Wanlan nodded: "Yes, Xie Cheng has been a young man since he was a child, and he has never done any errands, and his father trusts him very much." ”

Xie Daoyong let out a long "hmm": "I heard that before I came, he often brought newspapers into the house?"

Wanlan nodded: "Ah Xian loves to read the newspaper he brought in. ”

When Xie Huaichang heard this, his face was a little feverish, and he explained crampedly: "Uncle, my newspaper ......."

"Those things you know, I'm afraid they don't look at them from the newspapers, right?" Xie Daoyong faced him and smiled meaningfully: "I have also read the report in that issue of the Times. ”

A room full of people turned their eyes to Xie Huaichang, he became more and more cramped in these gazes, his ears were red, and his right hand subconsciously pinched the corner of his clothes, looking like he was restless: "Uncle...... Nephew...... Nephew ......"

"Okay," Xie Daoyong said again: "How did you know about this matter, I won't ask any more, the horizontal and vertical are all old things, and you are just a small people, even if you discuss a flower, it will not help." He lowered his head, dipped the pen in ink on the inkstone, and licked the pen repeatedly on the side of the stage: "It is naturally good for the husband to take the world as his own responsibility, but I am afraid that he has no brains but spare blood, so there is no other use except for meaninglessly sending people to death and affecting others." ”

Xie Huai'an glanced at Xie Huaichang again, got up and hugged his fist at Xie Daoyong: "Uncle taught me a lesson." ”

Xie Huaichang immediately stood up: "My nephew is reckless, thank you uncle for your teachings." ”

Wanlan and Wantian sat quietly on the side, careful not to make a sound, only Wanxian didn't understand the current situation, and asked spontaneously: "Uncle, what does it mean to have no brains but spare blood? Isn't it a good thing to have blood, why do you send them to death, and they will affect others?"

Xie Daoyong turned his face to her, smiled kindly, and explained: "If you have courage and no strategy, you are just a reckless man." It is said that scholars make mistakes because they are afraid of death, but reckless people are more likely to be afraid of death and bad things, and what is even more terrible is that because they have paid the price of their lives, and our country has always paid attention to the dead, so it is easier to be praised rather than criticized for mistakes. ”

Wanxian didn't seem to understand, but just nodded and said, "My niece has been taught." ”

Although the things he said were heavy, for all the young masters and young ladies present, they were extremely distant and even untouchable in a lifetime, although their expressions were stern, they were more or less unimpressed in their hearts. Xie Daoyong's gaze passed through their faces one by one, and he let out a helpless sigh.

"Okay, your father may have a banquet to entertain the Chen family's VIPs at noon today, you all go back and groom," he folded the page in his hand and handed it to Xie Huaichang: "Huaichang take it, take it and have a good understanding of it." ”

Xie Huaichang got up and bowed his head, took the pages with both hands, solemnly sandwiched them into the pages, and saluted Xie Daoyong: "Thank you, sir." ”

Xie Daoyong nodded: "Go, especially Ah Lan, dress up well, you are the protagonist today." ”