At this time, Huo Yuanjia sent Yamamoto back, and he invited everyone to the inner room for tea. Tan Sitong looked at the young man with clear eyebrows who was busy in the courtyard and said, "Who is that young man, his foundation is very good, and you have already passed it on." ”

"His name is Liu Zhensheng, and he has completely learned the routines of Lost Trace Boxing, but it will take time for his cultivation to improve." Huo Yuanjia replied respectfully.

"Brother Huo, your Jingwu Sect is very good, it can strengthen the young people's physique and enhance their martial spirit. I want you to go to Shanghai and open another Jingwu Pavilion. You should train your disciples who are capable and understanding, so that they can become independent as soon as possible. Then open the Jingwu Gate to the whole country. Tan Sitong said what he thought.

"Yes, we must train a group of young people who are both civil and military as soon as possible, not only to open more martial arts halls, but also to set up new-style schools, not only to read Bagu Wen, but also to learn science and technology, agriculture, mining, machinery, shipbuilding, gun making, and advanced military technology." Yuan Shikai nodded in agreement with Tan Sitong's proposal.

"Then my Huo family's fist will also be famous all over the world. Well, I will work hard to teach these disciples well, so that they can benefit the people as soon as possible! Huo Yuanjia agreed again and again. and decided to go to Shanghai with Tan Si to find a site for the museum, so as to open a new martial arts hall.

Speaking of the venue, Tan Sitong thought that if the new school was to be promoted across the country, it would also cost a lot of money to build schools and hire teachers, which would also be a big problem. With the country's finances so tight and the abolition of the centuries-old imperial examination system for selecting talents, can the imperial court agree?

Small reforms are full of difficulties. He expressed his worries to Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai has always been open-minded, and after a deep sigh, he said: "It's not so difficult, at least the school site can be solved." Our country has always been self-governing by the gentry, and most of the clansmen in various places gather and live together, and there are their own clan ancestral halls in the localities. If they were called on to open up their schools and educate their own children, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

Huo Yuanjia agreed with Yuan Shikai's idea, but the people all thought that the imperial examination was the only way for folk disciples to leap into the dragon gate, and he was worried that those people would not accept any new schools, and would prevent their children and grandchildren from learning those things that they saw as unprofessional.

Yes, the concept of the common people is that only the career is the only way to change their fate. How do they know that commerce and industry can also change the fate of people's livelihood? It is also necessary to change people's thinking and understanding in terms of concepts. The road ahead is difficult!

However, the martial arts hall is easy to promote, after all, it can strengthen the body and defend the homeland, which the common people will agree with. Tan Sitong decided that Huang Feihong in Guangdong should also hurry up to open more branches. There are also Ryazan, brothers from all over the Hongmen, they all have a skill, and they have to recruit disciples in various ways.

Everyone chatted for a while, and Tan Si said goodbye and returned to the inn to rest. Lin Heier sent everyone to the inn before going back. Tan Sitong saw that it was late at night, and Lin Heier was alone, so he came out to see her off again.

Lin Hei'er smiled: "Who dares to break ground on Tai Sui Ye in this Tianjin territory, my aunt and grandmother don't want you to send it, you can go back and accompany your new love." ”

"Sister, don't tease me, this Miss Zhu was driven by the family, I can't ignore it, it's not a new love."

"Miss Run'er is so good to you, I forgive you and don't dare to fail her." Lin Heier stopped joking, and did not refuse Tan Si to accompany him.

The two walked along, there were already few pedestrians on the street, and the night breeze was getting cooler, Lin Hei'er said softly: "The night is cold, you go back, I'm almost there." ”

Tan Si was like a tide, but he could only be speechless and silent. But he was reluctant to turn around. Lin Heier didn't know his thoughts, and he couldn't pretend to be reserved anymore: "You and Run'er are childhood sweethearts, Run'er is a good girl in a million, it's your blessing to be able to marry her, you have to be good to her wholeheartedly, it's already a blessing for us to be sisters and brothers, you don't have any more obsessions." After speaking, he couldn't help but his eyes were already red.

Tan Sitong replied gloomily.

"What's going on with this Miss Zhu?" Lin Heier couldn't help but ask after all. I reluctantly retreated from this love dispute in order to fulfill Li Run, but unexpectedly, this Zhu Huanyu took advantage of the void to enter, and it was inevitable that she was angry with Tan Sitong's abuse and worried about Li Run.

Tan Sitong hurriedly stated that he had nothing to do with Zhu Huanyu. He told Lin Heier that Zhu Huanyu had assassinated herself, injured Li Run, caused the fetus in her womb to die, and Li Yan could no longer give birth.

"Just because she hurt Run'er, I can't forgive her after all, how can I have feelings for her? It's just that she was banished by her family for not chasing and killing me, and I have a moral obligation not to take her in and take care of her. Sister, don't think about it. ”

"You don't think much about it, I'm just afraid that people don't have such thoughts." Lin Hei'er was about to say more, and suddenly heard a cold snort. The two hurriedly looked up, but there was no one around. Tan Sitong was about to search, but Lin Hei'er stopped him.

"It's Miss Zhu." Although he didn't see anyone, Lin Heier already knew whose voice it was.

"She's here to spy on both of us." Lin Hei'er smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that she will be very unhappy when she listens to what you just said." ”

"I have already failed you, and I can no longer fail to Run'er, but I can't control her pleasure. I originally wanted to ask a friend to take her abroad so that she could leave this place. It seems that this will have to be done sooner rather than later. There are often ships going to the West in Shanghai, and this is a good time. Tan Sitong knew that Zhu Huanyu was eavesdropping nearby, so he simply said what he was going to do.

Knowing that Zhu Huanyu had a deep affection for Tan Si and empathized with her, Lin Heier couldn't help but feel sympathy for this girl, afraid that Tan Sitong would say hurtful things again, Lin Heier hurriedly changed the topic: "When will you go to Shanghai?" ”

"I was supposed to stop by to visit you, but we'll leave tomorrow."

"We can go on the same journey, Senior Brother Zhu Honglan from Shandong has something to ask me to help him. I'm about to leave today, and it just so happened that you came to delay the trip, so let's go together tomorrow. Lin Heier said.

"That's just right, I don't know if Brother Zhu has any difficulties for you to help." It's always nice to be able to spend more time with Lin Heier. As for the difficulties of the vermilion lantern, Tan Sitong didn't care at this time.

"Recently, many Germans have been surveying and exploring in Jiaozhou, and there are also German engineers in Jinan, who have heard that they are going to build a railway in Shandong.

Naturally, the construction of railways will require the expropriation of people's land and cultivated land, and the demolition and relocation of many people's village homes, so that many people will be displaced and lose their homes. And foreign devils will do even more nonsense on our land! Big Brother Red Light wants to stop this from happening. He is leading his brothers in Shandong to stop this matter, but he is weak and afraid that he will not be able to stop the foreign guns and artillery of the foreigners. So he hoped that our sisters who were red lights would come over and help. ”

The Russians were already planning to build a railway in the northeast, and they didn't want the Germans to covet Shandong. These foreigners are all ill-intentioned!

Building a railway is actually a good thing, Tan Sitong was also planning to build a railway connecting Sichuan and Han, and he wanted to connect all roads across the country in the future. If you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and if you want the country to be rich and strong, building roads is an imperative national strategy.

But it is clear that these foreigners are not doing good for the benefit of China. The Russians were looking for an ice-free port, but the Germans wanted the coal resources of Shanxi and Henan to be transported to the West quickly. At the same time, it is also to have its own sphere of influence in Shandong. Moreover, from Shandong to Gyeonggi Pingchuan, there is almost no danger to defend, unlike the border outside the Guan, there is also a barrier at Shanhaiguan, which is related to national strategic interests, and these countries all contain wolf ambitions. Don't Li Hongzhang know how powerful it is?

At this time, Tan Sitong has risen to a higher level to look at the overall situation. It was difficult for him to decide for a moment whether the actions of the Harmony Regiment were reckless, and if sovereignty belonged to me, building roads would actually be a good thing, and although it would lose some people's interests, it would be more than a loss, and it would be of long-term benefit to the local economy. But if sovereignty belonged to the Germans, it would be an out-and-out traitor. And that would be a foolish act to shake the foundation of the country. He decided to go with Lin Heier to find out the situation.

If he was just happy to be able to spend more time with Lin Heier just now, now Tan Sitong's mind has turned to the major affairs of Jiangshan Sheji. He urgently needed to go back to the inn and discuss it with Yuan Shikai.

He made an appointment with Lin Heier to leave together tomorrow, and the two said goodbye, and Tan Sitong hurriedly walked back. Walking to the street corner, he reprimanded in a low voice: "Don't come out yet!" ”

Zhu Huanyu pouted and reluctantly walked out of the shadows: "It turns out that you have long had bad intentions, and you want to send me to the West, you want to leave me alone, you want me to be bullied by foreigners, you bully me, I might as well go back to Zhu's house!" I'll see if Sister Leap will blame you! The little girl's face was pale, obviously hurt by Tan Sitong's words just now that she was going to send her abroad, and her mouth crackled and she was quite angry.

"You don't bully others, someone dares to bully you? Sending you abroad is for your own good, you are still young and smart, so that you can get rid of your family, you can learn a lot of advanced knowledge abroad, and you can also make greater achievements in the future. I'm here for your good! ”

"You just dislike me, hate me and hurt Sister Run, you pretend to be a decent gentleman, what do you say to protect me, in fact, you are narrow-minded, you just want to throw me abroad to be tortured, you are sanctimonious, what do you say is good for Sister Run, in fact, you are not clear with Sister Lin, you are a bad person!" Tan Si explained in the same way, not wanting to attract more fierce criticism from Zhu Huanyu.

This is the first time that someone has said that he is sanctimonious, Tan Sitong can't cry or laugh, he still has something to do, and he doesn't want to get entangled with her: "Okay, don't bite Lu Dongbin, let's go back, it's too late, you are a girl, and you are not afraid of bad people." ”

"Anyway, if you want to drive me away, it's better to be hurt by bad people, and you won't be out of sight and out of mind." Speaking of this, touching her heart, Zhu Huanyu finally couldn't hold back her tears and went away, and she cried bitterly.

The sword mountain and the sea of fire, thousands of troops Tan Sitong was not afraid, but he panicked at the tears of women. Li Yan is gentle and kind, Lin Heier is tenacious and resolute, and he has never been presumptuous in front of Tan Sitong, when has he seen this kind of battle, Zhu Huanyu cried, and his heart suddenly lost his mind: "I also think so, where can I send you away for a while, if I don't find someone who can rest assured, I won't dare to entrust you to others, and besides, the side ways you learned can help me a lot, I just need you to help me deal with those ghosts and ghosts in the imperial court." ”

"So I'm just a tool to help you deal with those little ghosts." Zhu Huanyu's mouth was unforgiving, and when she heard Tan Sitong's softness, her heart had already blossomed, and her tears stopped. As long as Tan Sitong doesn't drive her away, in fact, she is willing to do anything.

Looking at Zhu Huanyu's pear blossoms with rain and delicate appearance, Tan Sitong's heart trembled, he didn't dare to think about it, and took her hands: "Let's go, don't make trouble." ”

Zhu Huanyu let Tan Sitong lead her, stopped crying, and silently turned around with him. Along the way, my heart was a hundred times and a thousand times, that is, I was aggrieved and sad, but I was reluctant to let go of this man's hand.

The two returned to the inn, and everyone rested in peace. Seeing that the lights in Yuan Shikai's room had been turned off, Tan Sitong was inconvenient to disturb anymore, so he carefully sent Zhu Huanyu back to the room, returned to his room, and didn't bother to wash it, so he fell on the bed with his clothes.

But where can I sleep, my heart is mixed, and my mind is a mess. I wanted to think about the situation in Shandong, but although I closed my eyes, for a while, Lin Hei'er, who was killing the enemy side by side, was looking at him with resentment, and for a while, it was Run'er who was smiling and walking towards him, and for a while, Zhu Huanyu, who was tricky and eccentric, was making trouble again. The three women walked through their minds like dancing butterflies. Where else can I think of. Tan Sitong settled his mind and silently recited the Mahaprajnaparamita Heart Sutra: "Emptiness is color, color is emptiness, emptiness is not different color, color is not different from emptiness............ I don't know how long it took, he gradually returned to his mind, and finally entered the dream in a daze.