Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Journey
The next day's departure, there was no ceremony, and the palace notified the request, and the people involved met in the foreign residence of King Hua.
King Hua's Wailiu Mansion is not far from the palace, it is inconspicuous among the many wealthy families in the inner city, and it occupies a small area, it is a small courtyard with two entrances, and the decoration is also decent. After King Hua got this courtyard, he never slept here for a night, but only used it as a meeting place outside the palace.
When Mo Longxiang arrived, Liang Ji was already sitting in the living room, picked up the snuffbox and handed it over. Mo Longxiang hurriedly waved his hand, indicating that he didn't suck, and Liang Ji was not polite, he directly opened the spout of the pot, poured out a little on the belly of his thumb, and inhaled sharply in his nostrils.
"This time, our achievements are not small, and our responsibilities are very heavy, I hope Luo Shizi can give me more advice." After Liang Ji finished speaking, he stretched out his hand.
Mo Longxiang shook it and said, "Senior Brother Liang, you are the senior of my Military and Political University, how about we talk about it as a senior brother and a junior brother?" ”
Liang Ji nodded, looked at the door, and Qi Tianshun walked in. Qi Tian Shun, Chief of Staff of the Military Government General Staff, with the rank of general.
Liang Ji made a military salute to Qi Tian and said, "General Qi must definitely let those young people be swept away." ”
Qi Tianshun opened his mouth and laughed: "I can go out with Brother Liang Ji, I hope that Brother Liang Ji can help Brother Hua say a few words in front of King Hua." ”
After waiting for another moment, Hua Tianxiong entered the room, Qi Tianshun and Liang Ji both knew that Hua Tianxiong was half of his body in the political trial, so they greeted each other and stopped talking.
When Hua Tianxiong looked at Mo Longxiang, Mo Longxiang immediately saluted. Hua Tianxiong nodded, he received it.
There were four people in the house, waiting for King Hua.
The four of them stood still for about an hour before King Hua came out of the screen behind him, followed by a small attendant.
"You should know the purpose of our trip, and I believe you all know that the North Island Province is in chaos today! Our trip is not just to take a look, let go of the previous attitude of the imperial court, we go down this time, it is to control the chaos, it is to correct! It's not early, we leave early. After King Hua finished speaking, Liang Ji took the lead in applauding, and the rest of the people also clapped a few times.
Hua Wang enjoyed this feeling very much, smiled, walked out of the hallway, and got into the car first.
The convoy came out of Huawang's Wailiu Mansion, a group of 5 cars, and headed for Huashui River Port. After entering the river port and taking the river boat on the Huashui River, Lan Chang, who was beside King Hua, came out and asked a few people to go to King Hua's place.
The five of them gathered again in a conference room on the riverboat, and Hua Wang had changed into a casual modern short Hanfu.
After the five of them finished the rituals in turn, King Hua said: "Sit, all sit, since we are going together, what we have to do is an urgent matter, and we should not settle these rituals." Premier Hua, tell me about the current situation! ”
"There are 9 cities in the North Island, and now only the three cities of Zhaojia, Leshan, and Xichuan in the south of the North Island remain, among which the rebels have captured Fenling, Sizhou, and Christchurch, and the remaining three cities are now regarded as cities in their hands, but the small towns below are half and half, showing ......a stalemate" Hua Tianxiong did not finish speaking, Hua Wang said: "We this time, the administrative affairs of Premier Hua, you are responsible." Militarily, Admiral Qi, you are in charge. I'll be in charge of the external affairs. Set a principle, every day at 10 o'clock in the morning, a few of us have to have a meeting to talk about things! ”
Several people nodded, and at this time, King Hua looked at Mo Longxiang and said, "Lieutenant General Mo, you go out first, I hope you can ensure our safety at sea." ”
Mo Longxiang saluted and left.
Sometimes, there are places where you can't get in, but whether other people's eyes can hold you.
Mo Longxiang thought of Mo Haige's instructions to him, and smiled slightly, what is this. Looking at the river, Mo Longxiang felt that there was something to fight for.
Mo Longxiang went down the first floor and walked to the stern, this ship is under the management of the imperial superintendent, the speed of the ship is very fast, and it will probably be able to reach the military port of the Central Fleet this evening.
The sailors on the ship were all transferred from the Central Fleet, and they also knew how to salute when they saw Mo Longxiang.
Mo Longxiang just kept walking towards the bottom of the boat, without looking back or moving forward, and the ghost sent him to the monitoring room at the bottom of the boat.
Under the window of the monitoring room is the lowest floor of the ship, where a high-temperature and high-pressure steam engine cylinder is placed, and some topless coal delivery workers are desperately filling the furnace of the steam engine cylinder with hot coal downstairs in the monitoring room.
The sailors in the monitoring room also recognized Mo Longxiang and stood up and saluted. Mo Longxiang waved his hand and stood still, looking at the group of workers filling coal.
One of the coal fillers made Mo Longxiang look curious.
The worker, who was about 1.9 meters tall, was spun around by a trickle commanded by what appeared to be a manager. One time he was moving coal here, and then he was scolded for not filling coal seriously, and then he was asked to dig cinders under the furnace. Almost he did the most, but he was often scolded, and after a while, Mo Longxiang noticed that this manager deliberately corrected him.
Obviously, the steam in the stove is normal, but the story tells him to dig cinders, and once the cinder door is opened, the steam will naturally be lower, and he is immediately scolded.
"Call this man and this person up." Mo Longxiang called the two people up.
As soon as the two of them came up, the manager bowed, and when he got up, he saw that the coal filler was still standing stupidly, so he scolded: "Don't kneel down quickly." The coal-filler knelt down.
Mo Longxiang picked up the coal filler and asked, "How much money can you make a month?" ”
The coal filler was happy and said, "Great nobleman, don't make fun of me, I'm just a cheap life on a boat, and it's good to have enough to eat." ”
The manager turned pale and said, "According to the crew's salary, it is ......."
Mo Longxiang waved his hand, and then asked, "How old are you this year?" ”
The worker laughed and said, "I'm 18 years old this year." ”
"Have you married a daughter-in-law?" Mo Longxiang asked.
"No, I don't. I'm an orphan, or a coal filler, how can I have that life. ”
Mo Longxiang: "You go wash your face and follow me to my cabin." ”
The manager didn't know Mo Longxiang, but he just knew which official it was, and he wanted to go up and stop him, saying, "If the adults are dissatisfied, we will punish them on their behalf." ”
Mo Longxiang patted a sailor next to him, who nodded and left with the coalfiller.
Mo Longxiang didn't bother with the manager, turned around and left.
When the sailor washed the man's hands and face, he repeated the words, "Your blessing has come." ”
By the time Mo Longxiang saw this person again, this person had already changed into a clean linen dress.
Mo Longxiang looked at this person carefully, took a set of clothes from the hanger, and asked this person to put them on.
After this person put it on, his clothes fit very well, and if you look at it from behind, it seems to be similar to Mo Longxiang's figure.
Mo Longxiang nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Do you know how to read?" ”
"Literacy, I learned words in the orphanage for a while, and I can understand a few." The man said.
"What's your name?" Mo Longxiang asked.
"I call myself Tan Dake."
Mo Longxiang smiled and asked, "You are the same name as Lu Dake, the governor of Beidao Province, but not the surname." Why is the surname Tan? ”
"I have a memory of being in the Tanjiang Orphanage, and it's called Tan."
Mo Longxiang asked, "Tanjiang? The little town west of Waldo? ”
"Yes, yes."
Mo Longxiang: "Tan? That's a bad word! Historically, King Wu of Zhou sealed the descendants of Dayu in Tan and established the Tan country, and the descendants took this as the surname. As for Dake, let's not share the same name with others, but I'll add you the word 'Wang', called 'Ke', I hope you can have a little success in the future, okay?
"Tan Dake, Tan Dake. I have a serious name. Hey! Tan Dake smiled and read his name a few more times, dancing happily, but after thinking of something for a moment, he knelt down and said, "Thank you, Lord for giving me my name." The villain understands that the adult will not innocently give me this grace. The sword mountain and the sea of fire, the life of the villain is the adult's. ”
"Well, life is like that, you always have to give to get. But I don't think of you as a dead soldier, if we can carry it, we are brothers. ”
"What do you say? I'll do what I want! Tan Dake said.
Mo Longxiang patted Tan Dake on the shoulder and said, "Let's learn from Li Liang first, I will be my spy in the future, and I will learn some etiquette in the future, don't kneel, just salute." You go out and call Li Liang in. ”
Tan Dake went out, Li Liang was waiting at the door, and as soon as he went out, Li Liang went to the door.