At the beginning of August, on the Gyeonggi Avenue, six war horses galloped with their hooves raised, the sultry weather, the horses spit out rough breath, Ma Dequan drove the carriage of four horses in the middle of the road, there were only suitcases in the trunk, and there was no one, Li Guolou was wearing the costume of a personal guard, and also rode on a horse, no one could see that there was a court member in this Biao Mali, from Beijing to Tianjin more than 200 miles, in such a hot weather, the road had to walk and rest, and one day could not catch up with Tianjin.

The birch trees on both sides of the road block a little sunlight, but in the hot weather, people sit on horses and horses, they have already sweated, the crops on both sides of the road are not growing well, especially in areas where there are no rivers, it is more serious, Li Guolou looks up at the sky, the scorching sun is on his head, the autumn grain harvest is inevitable, and the people are still living in dire straits.

In a row of big willow trees, the weather is myriad, and in the shade of the thick shade, a group of passers-by who are not clothed sit under the trees to rest.

"Stop." Li Guolou grabbed the reins of the horse and asked loudly: "Hey, brother, where did you come from!" ”

Looking at the several military masters with loaded guns, the timid people immediately hid far away, only a middle-aged man with a wrinkled face, and said with a cower: "Qingdao, we are all from Qingdao, where the traitor Ding Ghost Slave was given to the Prussians, we don't want to be slaves to the country, so we left our hometown and wanted to find a job in Beijing!" ”

"What nonsense are you talking about, old man, it was rented to the Prussians." Ma Dequan was furious, and was the first to angrily reprimand the common man who spoke 'nonsense'.

"Ma Dequan, don't scare people." Li Guolou's face was flushed, and the common people did not know that this person who betrayed the country's territorial integrity was his "Li Guolou"; in the final analysis, he expounded a whole set of theories of the new era of doing tricks and practicing and lying on his back, and he also compiled a book and discussed it in the "gate" of the prime minister's office, of course, he did not dare to write the booklet with Li Guolou's name, but only published it in the name of the "gate" of the prime minister's office.

Li Guolou turned over and jumped off the war horse, and several other personal guards immediately jumped off the war horse, untied the horse halter, took out the iron bucket from the carriage, ran to the small river under the slope, and carried water for the horses to drink.

Li Guolou looked at the number of people in this group, there were about 100 people, and some of them were dragging their families with them, and they couldn't help but feel compassion, anyway, he was a traitor, and he wouldn't be exposed for a while, Li Guolou took a basket of apples from the carriage, handed it to a little 'girl' child, and said with a pleasant face: "Children, each of you has an apple, eat it, don't need money, this apple can be eaten by people and horses!" ”

The bold children came over to get the apples, some children were still greedy, took one in each hand, bowed and ran away, some children did not dare to come to take it, Li Guolou also let them go, the poor also like to fight, do not eat the food that comes, he has also seen a lot, kind as a donkey's liver and lungs, given to the poor, by the poor directly thrown on the ground.

The pro-soldier guards took pantothenic apples for the war horses to eat, a horse fed at least two apples, and also took crystal clear salt to let the war horses add food, so that the people staring at them next to them were jealous and hateful, the government controlled the people, calculated the local population, that is, calculated how much salt was consumed in this place, to calculate the actual population of the local area, salt is sold by the government, and the sale of 'private' salt is to be cut off, and the 'private' salt dealers are not rampant in the north, and the government is quite effective in the jurisdiction of official salt, otherwise how can there be a good life in the salt road.

Looking at these yellow-skinned people, Li Guolou raised his voice and said, "Ma Dequan, take a bag of salt for them!" ”

Ma Dequan muttered, chattering, a little unwilling, people are already scolding the "Ding ghost slave", and then scolding is the "devil six" and "fake foreign devil" These three people are not distinguishable from each other, and they have already been said to wear a pair of 'pants'.

This time Li Guolou hit the hearts of this group of Qingdao people, and saw Li Guolou sending salt to them, which was much more practical than a few apples, and they all ran over to thank Li Guolou, they were all the best military masters, a hundred times better than the officials, and they were generous, talking about what they had seen and heard along the way, and the apples were swept away in the basket next to Li Guolou at will.

Li Guolou asked: "Hey, since you are from Qingdao, what is the situation in Shandong now, is Ding Baozhen your blue sky!" ”

"Anyway, the people say that he is the blue sky, and we can't see it, but I heard that the governor's ya' 'gate' he built is very magnificent, the best building in Jinan, hey······" The middle-aged man had something to say, and he didn't dare to say anything.

Li Guolou found another topic and asked: "Hey, brother, there is not a lot of idle land in Shandong, don't you go to reclaim the land!" ”

Another young man next to him sneered and said: "Official, that's all the old yellow calendar, now we can't get in if we want to go to the reclamation, the roads are blocked, and the local tyrants and boxers collude, they are not good birds, phew." After speaking, the young man spat on the mud floor, and there was nowhere to vent the depression in his heart.

Li Guolou smiled freely, he walked in front again, and the landlord of Qilitun Lao Caiwang joined forces to make a fortune, enclosed land in Shandong, walking in front of the poor 'stick', Li Guolou covered his mouth, pretended to cough, and said: "Well, this official sees that you are all good people, can you not join the boxer organization, introduce an errand to you, if you go to Beijing, go to Dengcao Hutong to find Wei Xiaoliu, eat and live, and earn a month······ Nine hundred wen, if you are willing to go to Tianjin Sino-foreign joint venture company, work in Yelia real estate company, strong labor one or two hundred wen a month, 'female' also hire, give ······ Six or seven hundred words. After speaking, Li Guolou stood up, patted the withered grass behind his buttocks, stood up and prepared to leave.

This time the pot exploded, Li Guolou did not escape, this group of patriotic Qingdao people, surrounded Li Guolou, gossiping and asking, for fear that Li Guolou would deceive them.

"Official, are you kidding!"

The personal soldiers guarded the national tiger and said loudly: "Don't worry, this official is our master, it is the fake foreign devil Li Guolou you scolded just now, Master Li, if you want to hold your breath, don't pull it down, if you want to live a good life, go to Tianjin, and if you want to live a hard life, find a job to do by yourself!" ”

Li Guolou was furious and scolded: "National Tiger, why do you damage the master so much, hurry up and give the official to the small station to do coolies!" ”

"Thank you, master." Guohu was overjoyed, turned over and knelt on the ground, he had long wanted to leave Li Guolou and become a promising officer.

Li Guolou didn't listen to the discussion of the group of Qingdao people, put on the horse halter, stepped on the jujube red horse and went directly to Tianjin, before leaving, he looked back at the figure of the group of Qingdao people, there was already a group of people turned around and went to Tianjin, hey, a couple of more silver, knocked down the Qingdao people who claimed to be patriotic, the patriotism of the Chinese people is this virtue, no wonder when the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded the Qing Dynasty, the common people rushed to lead the way for the invaders, transport grain and grass, and the people who were unmoved in front of money were only the old-fashioned British and the strict Prussians, The Han complex of the Chinese nation was destroyed by the Manchus to the point that it was incomplete, and the rebels who went forward and succeeded overthrew the Manchu government with bloody killings, and did everything they could, even more shameful than the Manchus.

Overnight in Shuangqiao Town Pavilion Station, Li Guolou is accustomed to "sex" cleaning his own weapons, first the long guy Prussian spear, a kind of rotary locking bolt bolt rear loading single-shot gun, this rifle was adopted by the Prussian army, and named 71 type rifle, this is the first 'Mao' rifle in history, the empty gun weighs 4.6kg, the whole gun is 1293mm long, the barrel is 801mm long, 4 rifling, right-handed, 550mm muzzle muzzle velocity 440m/s, muzzle kinetic energy 1975J, effective 'firing' range 270~1600m, magazine capacity 8rds.

In order for the military industrial enterprises to develop and grow in the Qing Dynasty, it is cost-effective to lease Qingdao to the Prussians as a military port, and it will take at least 20 years to develop it by itself.

Li Guolou was favored by the Prussian mission, and received the first batch of "aid" from the Prussians, which added to his ambition and ambition, and the steel plant was the source of the industrial revolution, and he had a lot of silver in his hand, and the construction of a modern steel plant was the top priority, like Li Hongzhang, hoping to buy a modern navy to come back, as if it was the fastest, but in fact it was a fool, and the warships of the industrial age were booming, and the elimination was just as fast.

This time, he did not cooperate with Li Hongzhang, but directly negotiated with the Prussians as a controlling shareholder, and built the steel plant far away, on the edge of the Datong River in Yanbian, Jilin, leaving Li Hongzhang's control, and cleaning up the "three eastern provinces" of the virgin land, with his incorruptible tongue, the Tongzhi Emperor and the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces would believe that he, a Manchurian, would do a good job in the development of the virgin "female" land in the three eastern provinces.

When Li Guolou wiped the American-made Colt revolver, the personal soldier 'sguard' walked in and shouted: "Report, Master Li, there are people outside asking to see, claiming to be Flying Fox and Scabbard Cloud!" ”

Li Guolou was stunned, those horse thieves were so bold that they dared to find the 'door', he had already given the 'female' horse thief Fei Lingxue face, and did not send troops to kill them, but advised them to leave the Gyeonggi area, it was difficult to seek revenge.

"Search the official, and the 'female' should also be searched, otherwise the flying fox will not be allowed to enter the pavilion, and the official will not see the assassin." Li Guolou tied the belt around his waist again, and the revolver was 'inserted' in the holster, he didn't believe it, the throwing knife was faster than the bullet, and of course he didn't give the assassin a chance, even if it was a 'female', he wouldn't have any chance for a 'female' assassin.

Fei Lingxue quarreled with several adjutants at the entrance of the 'gate' of the pavilion, the two sides refused to give in to each other, Ma Dequan waved his hand and said: "Flying Fox, don't mention the past, now my lord's status is precious, if you want to see him, you have to search your body, if you don't want to search your body, please go back, just let the scabbard cloud in, where is there so much nonsense!" ”

"Li Guolou, you, the master who picks your ass and slaps your fingers, are also willing to buy dumplings with sesame seeds, who invited you to eat lard bibimbap at the beginning." Fei Lingxue refused to let the man search his body, and refused to leave, and still relied on the 'door' of the pavilion to point at Sang and scold Huai.

Guohu shook his head and said: "'Female' man, the so-called Hou 'Gate' is as deep as the sea, Master Li can't hear it inside, no matter how much you scold, it's useless, we have long been scolded and tired, even if you kill us, it's useless!" ”

Fei Lingxue was so angry that her eyes were full of stars, but she was here to ask for money, not to fight, so she retreated and said angrily: "I said stupid big man, don't you have a 'woman' in the pavilion, let the 'woman' come and search her body, I'm not an assassin, why is Lord Li so afraid!" ”

Guohu nodded and said: "Hey, the 'female' hero is right, I'll go in to find a 'female', body search is a must, who called you a 'female' hero!" ”

The pavilion is a facility with military protection functions, walking on the path of seven turns and eight turns, there are tall walls on both sides, Fei Lingxue raised her eyes to look at the tall walls, and there are many sentry posts with guns, Li Guolou is a valuable status, a pavilion post sent so many people to protect him, Fei Lingxue's face 'revealed' a trace of a cruel smile, Fei Ye picking 'flowers' can also kill, she couldn't help but 'touch' the hairpin 'flowers' in her hair.

Behind him, Ma Dequan said: "Flying fox, give me the hairpin 'flower' on your head, you have a lot of small actions!" ”

Fei Lingxue's face changed in vain, she only almost succeeded, she never thought that the honest "horse cake" was so strange that the "essence" was ruthless,