When Song Jiaoren and Ju Zheng hurried to Hanfen Building, they saw that outside the store selling books on the first floor, countless people had already been crowded.

Ju Song and the others looked at the scene in front of them, and they both stomped their feet and sighed. Originally, in the past few years, the translation of books by the compilation office of the business museum has a fixed day, the first day or fifteenth day of each month, which is generally the day when the book is published, and even if the book is not published on these two days, a notice will be posted indicating that it will be sold on time on a certain day and a certain time. Sometimes it is accurate to the number of ticks, and since the popularization of pocket watches by foreigners, it is often accurate to the minute, so that everyone can come and grab the book. You must know that although each edition of the book in this business hall is carefully proofread and beautifully printed, the feeling of a sneak peek is the most satisfying only in the first edition.

But somehow, around this Xinhai year, the translation of the book of the Commercial Museum Compilation Office was getting slower and slower, first two or three months to see a set, and then to the last set of the time, actually four or five months without a trace, every fifteenth day of the new year, posted notices, are the date to be determined four words, so that people wait for the anxious, everyone also secretly guessed, in the end, this last set, will be what to translate. Because the previous ninety-nine sets are divided into categories, they are all kinds of things in the world, all kinds of things in the world, all kinds of roads such as economic philosophy, and all kinds of mathematics and physics, which are all due and all-encompassing.

Today's 100 sets of books are finally complete. But the hundredth set of books was released so suddenly, neither on the first day nor on the fifteenth, but on the morning of the twenty-fourth day of August, it was suddenly put on sale. What a surprise!

Ju Zheng and Song Jiaoren stood behind the crowd and stood on tiptoe to look, but they could only see the neck of the person in front of them - because the people in front of them were also tiptoeing to watch! Suddenly, there was a sigh of disappointment in front of them, and the two of them felt cold in their hearts, and said in their hearts: It's over.

Sure enough, the person in front of him sent a message to the back, saying that the first edition of the book had been sold out in its entirety. The people in the back still refused to disperse, but they were afraid that it was a lie, but after a while, the people in the front had already begun to turn away, and everyone shook their heads and sighed, and left reluctantly.

In the crowd of departures, Yuan Xiluo and Tian Tong shook over gracefully. The two of them saw that Ju Zheng and Song Jiaoren, who arrived first, looked depressed, and they couldn't help but laugh in their hearts.

Yuan Tian and the others walked in front of Ju Zheng and Song Jiaoren, and asked knowingly: "Two, which country and who wrote the book published by the Business Museum this time?" Can you lend it to the two old brothers? ”

Ju Zheng raised his eyes and glared at Yuan Xiluo, and sighed, but he didn't want to speak.

Yuan Xiluo laughed, walked into the book shop on the first floor of Hanfen Building, and said to the scholar inside: "I'm Yuan Xiluo, I talked to Xiao Gong on the phone just now, please leave a set of books, I'll pick it up now." ”

The scholar was only fifteen or sixteen years old, bowed to Yuan Xiluo, and said, "The hall master has already ordered." The book you want has already been kept, so please wait here for a moment and I'll get it for you. ”

While speaking, another scholar has already taken out the book, gently placed it on the desk on the side of the store door, and neatly loosened the dust-proof silk outside, Yuan Xiluo looked at it at this time, only to see three thick parts stacked on the desk, he walked to the desk, pulled out the top book from the book box, and the gilded cover reads "Compilation of the Minutes of the Federal Constituent Assembly in 1787"! Just saw the title of the book, Yuan Xiluo was already ecstatic, Tian Tong just came to the news, Wuchang has been restored, if all parts of the country have responded, but a few months later, it must be the time to agree on the Chinese Constitution! This book came at a very timely time! In the intervening months, we need to make a good effort to see how the Americans have formulated a republican constitution for the reference of the time!

Yuan Xiluo was about to take a closer look, but the cold book was taken away at once, he was suddenly furious, and looked back sharply, but it was Song Jiaoren! Song Jiaoren and Ju Zheng stood side by side, holding the book between the two, seeing the title of the book, but also with ecstatic expressions, the two of them have been in Japan for many years, intensively studied the law, and are particularly interested in the constitution of the separation of powers in the United States. At this time, seeing the record of the process of creating the Constitution, how can I not dance with joy!

Song Jiaoren is an anxious child, when he sees the title of the book, he has to open it to read, and he doesn't want the book to be cut yet, so he can't open it in a hurry.

Seeing this, the scholar next to him asked Yuan Xiluo, "Sir, do you need to cut the edge of your book?" ”

As if insulted, Yuan Xiluo glared at Song Jiaoren fiercely and said, "No need!" ”

Tian Tong next to him was calm, he walked to the desk, pulled out the second part from the book box, and saw that there were also several large gilded characters on it, "Compilation of the Minutes of the Federal Constituent Assembly of 1787", and at the bottom were three small words: "Volume II", and next to it, according to the rules, it was written "Compilation of Marcos Flanders; Translated by Zhu Fangsheng". Tian Tong nodded, opened it gently, looked at the table of contents, and suddenly saw the last line of the table of contents, which clearly read the words "self-description by the translator"!

Tian Tong was taken aback, what kind of person this Zhu Fangsheng is, everyone doesn't know, over the years, countless people have asked the business hall, but the people in the business hall shook their heads and didn't know. Later, Zhang Zhidong, an old minister of Zhongxing, also sent his master to ask, but he was still blocked by Zhang Yuanji without a word of comment. This Zhu Fangsheng has become a mystery, some people say that he is a pen name shared by Zhang Yuanji and several people who have stayed abroad, and some people say that this Zhu Fangsheng is a foreign missionary, and some people say that this Zhu Fangsheng is the translator next to Zhang Zhidong, of course, this last rumor was later self-defeating.

At this moment, hundreds of books have been completed, and Zhu Fangsheng finally revealed the true face of Lushan, how could this not arouse the curiosity in Tian Tong's heart! Tian Tong was in a hurry, threw the book in his hand on the table, and went to get the last one.

The thick second volume smashed on the table, and with a "bang", it woke up the other three, and the three of them saw that Tian Tong just glanced at the translated book, so they eagerly went to get the last one, and they were all a little surprised, and then Song Jiaoren also opened the table of contents, and saw the last line, and he also said "oops", and hurried to Tian Tong's side, wanting to see who Zhu Fangsheng was in this translation!

The four of them were huddled together, all looking at the books in Tian Tong's book intently, looking at them one by one, Tian Tong's hands were even more excited, Zhu Fangsheng, Zhu Fangsheng, what kind of person are you? If you are also a descendant of Yan and Huang, and a Han Chinese, why don't you use your knowledge to save the country in dire straits, and the nation in the midst of great changes unseen in the past 3,000 years? Why do you just hide in the depths, in the shadows, and immerse yourself in translating this set of Western books? Don't even want people to know your true identity?

At this time, Yuan Xiluo hoped that the book was cut to the edge, because in that way, it would be much faster to turn over, but fortunately, the translator's self-description was at the end, and he turned it directly from the back, and when he turned the postscript, he saw the translator's self-report.

"Zhu Fangsheng, whose real name is Qiu, the word Fangsheng, is a native of Fengyang, Anhui Province, and a descendant of the Zhu family of the former Ming Dynasty. In the past nine years, seeing the decline of the country, the invasion of Yidi outside, and the ethnic strife inside, I am afraid that the Eastern Jin Dynasty will repeat the chaos of China, and I am afraid that the disaster of the Southern Song Dynasty will come again. Thinking again and again, the only way is to cross the new blood first, strengthen the wisdom of the people, and then work hard for the country. Then he made an appointment with Zhang Gong and translated a hundred sets of Western classics to consult my Chinese wisdom for reference. After the crown ceremony, he saw that the Chinese country was difficult to support, and he wept for a long time in the middle of the night, calling himself Chongzhen, and hating the country and the family. ”

"If you see this book, then the three towns of Wuhan have re-entered the hands of my Han family, Qiu has nothing to look forward to, I hope you can read this book deeply, in case he needs to create the Chinese Constitution in the future, but with a little reference, then Qiu's 100 days of hard work can be regarded as meritorious......"

Zhu Fangsheng, it turned out to be Zhu Chongzhen! Zhu Chongzhen, it is this Zhu Fangsheng!

Tian Tong looked at it, only to feel that the world was spinning, and his mind was a little dizzy, although when he was in Wuchang City, he knew that this Zhu Chongzhen was not an ordinary person, but he definitely didn't expect that he would actually ...... It's so painstaking!

After the three of them looked at it, they remembered what Tian Tong said in the Tongxing Restaurant, and then looked at Tian Tong's appearance at this time, and they were also very surprised in their hearts, Zhu Fangsheng of this translation, if it was really Zhu Chongzhen that Tian Tong said, then this person is really a top character! It is not an exaggeration to say that there is a talent that has passed through the heavens and latitudes.

Yuan Xiluo even remembered what Fang Cai Tian Tong said in the restaurant: "I hope that he is here to restore the Zhu Ming Dynasty!" "If this Zhu Fangsheng and that Zhu Chongzhen are really one person, he is here to restore, and he should also high-five and celebrate!

After a while, Tian Tong's emotions gradually calmed down, and when he saw the scholar of Hanfen Building, he was still standing quietly beside him, so he asked, "I want to ask, where is your owner, Zhang Jusheng, now?" ”

The scholar smiled slightly, and asked rhetorically, "Sir, why do you want to see the owner of my house?" ”

Tian Tong replied respectfully: "I want to ask for some strategies!" ”

The scholar still had a smile on his face, "Sir, didn't you want to ask about Zhu Chongzhen?" ”

Tian Tong was taken aback, "Exactly!" ”

"The four of you should be the officers of the Alliance, right?" The scholar still had a smile on his face, "The hall owner knew that you would ask about these old things, and he is already waiting for you in the Hongzi Hall in the Public Concession!" ”

Tian Tong was shocked again, and remembered Zhu Chongzhen's exhaustive strategy in Wuchang, and the admiration in his heart deepened a little. He said to the other three, "Do you want to come with me and see what is going on?" ”

Although Song Jiaoren and Ju Zheng wanted to sit down first and have a glimpse of the compilation of the minutes of the Constituent Assembly, they also knew that it was the top priority to find out the true identity and purpose of Zhu Fangsheng now. Both of them sighed slightly and put the book into the bookcase. Yuan Xiluo didn't take the book either, and still kept the book here. The four of them turned around and walked out of Hanfen Building and went straight to the public concession.

At the same time, people from all over the world who lived in this big Shanghai heard the news and came to the Hongzi Hall in the public concession. For a time, this small Hongzi Hall turned out to be the first meeting place for representatives of various provinces!