"Since Chen She's first attack, the old nobles of the six countries have risen up one after another and have also established themselves as kings. The newly unified Qin Dynasty fell apart again. The seven-year war began. ”

"Listed as an official, it must be known that although the Qin Dynasty has no way, this unification of China is the trend of the times. At this time, the princes rose up one after another, but it was just a resurgence. What's more, how did the people of the vassal states think that the country is strong and the people are happy? All he asks for is his own comfort. ”

At the base of the city wall, a blind old man was talking to himself about an old story at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Nongquan Blade leaned against the wall next to him, listening with relish.

Speaking of which, these blind old people who walk the streets and alleys to tell stories are still his enlightened teachers. When he was young, his family was poor and had no money to study, and every time a blind person came to the village to tell a story, he chased and listened to it for a long time. It is by relying on the books in the mouths of these blind storytellers that little by little they gather their armpits into furs and gather sand into towers. Later, the old patriarch of the Tan family in Chaling saw that he was a manufacturable material, so he funded him to study, which led to today's Nongquan Blade. At this time, when he returned from studying abroad, he heard the familiar voice of his childhood here, and he was very emotional. What he listens to now is not a book, but a memory of his time.

After a while, the blind old man finished the verse, and then arched his hand, and among the listeners next to him, a few people threw a few copper coins, but most of them did not applaud, turned their heads and left. When the people dispersed, Nongquan Blade took out a dozen copper coins from his sleeve, and with a tilt of his hand, those copper coins slipped down into the blind old man's clay pot.

"Thank you, guest! The guest officer is really generous, this time there are sixteen, right? The blind old man tilted his head sideways and suddenly asked.

The blind old man's words stunned Nongquan Blade for a moment, "How many are you heard?" ”

The guest officer smiled. Aren't you just trying to make me hear? If I can't hear it, won't I ruin the pleasure of the guest officer? The blind old man said lightly as he fumbled to put the copper coins in the clay pot into his pocket.

"You're smart." Nongquan Blade was a little nostalgic, "When I was young, I loved to listen to books the most. There was also a man like you, who saw that I was studious, and he talked in the village for three months, and the village was barren, and my family was poor, so the old man was often hungry and full. I am able to have this day thanks to those three months of books. Drinking water and thinking of the source, the storytellers who walk the streets and alleys in the world are half of my teachers. ”

"The guest officer knows the kindness of the newspaper, and it is really a seed of reading." The blind old man collected the money, but still said lightly, although he has not experienced much of this kind of thing, he has seen a lot.

As he spoke, the blind old man had already packed his things and was about to leave. Nongquan Blade looked at the old man's staggering figure, imprinted in the twilight sunset, and saw a kind of desolation in the vicissitudes of life.

Nongquan Blade stood in place, was silent for a while, and suddenly strode over, and whispered to the old man: "Old man, there is something big happening in Changsha City tonight. Don't be nostalgic, leave quickly. ”

The blind old man was stunned for a moment, but before he could react, the Nongquan Blade had already left quickly.

The old man lowered his head, thought for a while, and suddenly became happy. After a while, he shook his head, beat the castanets, beat the blind cane, and walked slowly forward.

But he had barely gone out of the north gate, and before he had gone far, he heard a chaotic sound of footsteps behind him. The blind old man listened to the footsteps with anger in his hurry, and his heart was not good, so he quickly leaned closer to the side of the road and leaned again, until he touched the back of a big tree, and his heart settled down slightly.

The group of people listened, and there were dozens of people, shouting in their mouths, and running away fiercely. The blind old man listened carefully, and after a while, he heard clearly. It turned out that these people all went to the Xiangshanji Foreign Fire Bureau of Wenchang Pavilion outside the North Gate. It seems that there is a legend that the paper tickets issued by the Foreign Fire Bureau have been stolen and printed, and many silver roots of the Foreign Fire Bureau have been fraudulently obtained. Everyone was afraid that the silver taels stored in the Foreign Fire Bureau would be exchanged for nothing, and the paper tickets in their hands would become a pile of waste paper, so they hurried to exchange their silver taels.

The blind old man hid behind a tree, remembering the words of the young guest officer just now. Some regretted that they didn't listen to the man and walked faster. Looking at the posture of the gang just now, I'm afraid that something big will really happen in Changsha City.

The old man listened to the footsteps far away, and wanted to flash out from behind the tree, but just now he thought in his heart, and suddenly there was a group of footsteps, but the sound was much louder than Fang Cai's, this time, I'm afraid there are not a hundred and ten people.

When this group of people passed, the interval was shorter, and another group of people came. The footsteps of the third time were more and more chaotic than the first two, and I was afraid that there were hundreds of people. Listening to the endless sound of footsteps, the blind old man simply hid behind a tree, sat down, took out the money in his pocket one by one, carefully divided it into several parts, put it in the depths of his clothes, and put it close to his heart.

The old man sat behind the tree, and he didn't know the length of the sun and the moon, but he only listened to the Wenchang Pavilion, where the noise and angry scolding became louder and louder, and occasionally there was the sound of wooden planks breaking. The old man knew that something really happened this time, but if something like this happened, it wouldn't be long before someone from the yamen would be sent. It shouldn't be too long, and I should come back to the City God Temple and sleep for a good night.

The news of the run on the Xiangshanji Foreign Fire Bureau soon spread to the military government. In Chen Zuoxin's chamber, he was furious.

"That's the great idea you guys came up with?" He didn't care that Jiao Dafeng was the governor of Zhengdu, and scolded, "This is a clever robbery!" We are revolutionaries, not the prefects of the Qing Dynasty, and we are not here to make a revolution for the sake of these money! ”

"You don't talk cool there," Pang Guangzhi really couldn't get used to Chen Zuoxin's unscrupulous style, and his dissatisfaction and anger that had been suppressed for many days also burst out, "I said earlier that you should expand the army slowly, but you just didn't listen." Now that the money in the domain treasury has been used by you to pay the military salary, what will you do in the future? Besides, look at it, what kind of soldiers have you recruited? Either a ruffian hooligan, or a poor scholar who is lazy and doesn't even want to pick water, what kind of battle can such a new army fight? ”

"What kind of battle can you fight?" Chen Zuoxin's face turned red, "You can kill the Tartars, you can kill the traitors, and you can restore the rivers and mountains of the Han family!" I tell you, if you betray the revolution, I will kill you! ”

"Good! Now you want to be a butcher! Pang Guangzhi pulled his hands, and the buttons of his shirt suddenly cracked, revealing his thin chest, "Come on, hurry up under the knife, and see if the hearts of our alliance members are red and have the heart of the Han Dynasty!" ”

"Enough!" Minister of Military Affairs Yan Hongfei couldn't stand it anymore, "Is now the time to do these senseless fights?" Now that the run is getting more and more intense, if it can't be suppressed earlier, sooner or later it will provoke a popular uprising! ”

Jiao Dafeng saw that it was the beginning of the conversation, so he took it and said, "Not bad! The commander of the city defense should quickly send someone to suppress it, and send someone to enlighten him, saying that if the Governor's Office is responsible, the people who run on it will naturally disperse. ”

Pang Guangzhi looked at Chen Zuoxin at this time, and said coldly: "Such a big matter is related to the security of the provincial capital. The sooner the run winds subside, the better. Our deputy governor is powerful in all directions, and if we go to the pressure in person, the masses will be able to rest assured that they will not expand the tide when they see the majesty of the deputy seat. ”

As soon as Chen Zuoxin heard this, he couldn't stand the excitement, gritted his teeth and said: "You don't have to go, and you don't need to send people out of the city defense camp, I, Chen Zuoxin, can stop this squeeze by riding alone." ”

Tan Yanmin, the Minister of Civil Affairs (this is the case with this revolutionary, every place recovered, thinks it is the central government, and has set up countless establishments, all of which are at the ministerial level) Tan Yanmin persuaded when he heard this: "Changsha has just been recovered, and it is difficult to guarantee that there are no loyal Manchu people waiting for an opportunity to retaliate, so I think the deputy governor should bring more people." ”

"Minister Tan, you are underestimating the deputy governor too much. The deputy governor is better than the overlord of Chu, where is the use of others to help! Pang Guangzhi said in a strange voice.

Chen Zuoxin was furious, "Pang Guangzhi, don't be sneering!" I, Chen Zuoxin, am not as strong as the Chu Overlord who can carry the Ding, but this time, I am alone, and I can calm down this incident! At this time, I won't chew my tongue with you, and when the run goes down, I want you to look good! ”

After speaking, Chen Zuoxin turned around and left, strode out of the Governor's Mansion, turned over and got on his horse, and did not call the guards, so he hit his horse and went straight to the east gate.

Everyone in the room looked at each other, but said nothing. Tan Yanmin sighed and arched his hand to Jiao Dafeng, "Governor, although the deputy governor is negative and left, he has always been known in Changsha, and he will definitely be able to calm down the tide." It's getting late, we'll go back, and if there's any news, the governor will send someone to inform me of the door." ”

Jiao Dafeng was also a little upset, and he wanted to calm down for a while, think about the events of the past few days, and think about the future. After all, it is no longer possible to print paper tickets. How to raise salaries and how to take care of these trivial government affairs in Changsha are the most urgent things.

Tan Yanmin's words hit his mind. Jiao Dafeng arched his hand and said, "I have to work everyone, let's go back and rest early." ”

When everyone dispersed, Jiao Dafeng sat alone behind the official case, looking at the mountain of official documents on the table, and his heart was really bitter. People say that it is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to sit on the country. I didn't understand what it meant before. Now that Changsha has been successfully recovered, and he has sat in the position of the governor of the Hunan Military Government, he has realized that this sentence is really a hard-won reason.

He sighed, looking at the shadows of the trees under the residual sun outside the door, slowly stretched inch by inch, a little dazed.

At this time, suddenly Pang Guangzhi hurriedly rushed over, and as soon as he entered the door, he said in a panic: "Ju Sun, I was on the road just now, pondering about this matter, the more I think about it, the more wrong it is, why did I just tell you about printing paper tickets at noon, and imitation paper tickets appeared on the street?" On the paper ticket, there is actually the seal of the governor of the military government! I'm afraid, this is a game set up for us! ”

Hearing Pang Guangzhi's words, Jiao Dafeng was also taken aback. When the run came, everyone was a little panicked, just thinking about accusing each other and calming down the incident, but they didn't think carefully about how this run happened!

Jiao Dafeng's face turned pale, and he hurriedly said, "Quick! Quickly send someone to pick up Zhenmin, he is riding alone, it's too dangerous! ”

"At this time, you are all mud bodhisattvas crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect your head, do you still have the heart to take care of others?" A voice came from outside the house.