In Zhang Zhidong's impression, Chen Mu is not brave and unscrupulous, let alone an impulsive person.

Who would have thought that Chen Mu would want to be strong at this juncture!

Not to mention how big a crime it is to threaten the important ministers of the imperial court, just saying that people like Tan Zhonglin are not threatened at all!

Looking at Chen Mu's actions, Zhang Zhidong only felt that it was too nonsense, not only could he not convince Tan Zhonglin, but it could only backfire, making him even more disgusted and disgusted!

However, he didn't dare to speak out at this time, because he was afraid of disturbing Chen Mu, this bullet would not be long-sighted, if he really killed Tan Zhonglin by mistake, it would be all over!

Chen Mu aimed at the front and suddenly spoke: "Tan Shuai, dare to ask what your way of being an official is?" ”

When Tan Zhonglin heard this, he suddenly stopped, turned around, and said to Chen Mu: "Without him, be loyal to the monarch and protect the country!" ”

As Zhang Zhidong thought, he didn't have the slightest fear and submission to the muzzle of the black hole!

Fu Qingyin beside him was so anxious that he wanted to jump to his feet!

If Zhang Zhidong and the others leave, he can still persuade slowly, and maybe he can still persuade Tan Zhonglin.

But as soon as Chen Mulai came out like this, Tan Zhonglin is a soft and not hard temperament, only reasoning, not accepting fists, so coercion, it is equivalent to burying all opportunities!

He desperately glanced at Chen Mu, and was about to open his mouth to reprimand, but Chen Mu shook his head at Tan Zhonglin and said, "Tan Shuai, you have done it, but to protect the country?" Hehe......"

"I have also been studying for ten years, if it weren't for the change in my family, I would have taken the exam last year, and since I was a child, I have learned to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, not to protect the country."

"You also know that it is to protect the country, to what extent do you need to protect the country? And what do you use to protect the country? ”

"And your reasoning? Or take your books? ”

"Without a hard fist, you take bullshit to protect the country!"

Chen Mu took a step forward, and it was a shot to shake his hand!

"Bang!"

The big vat on the left hand is planted with a water lily, which is ready to be released at this time, full of elegance.

However, the bullets easily shattered the heavy vat, and the pool of water poured out!

"Tell me, what do you do to deal with such foreigners!"

"Bang!"

Another shot, but it hit the rockery in the corner of the courtyard wall, and it actually hit a corner, and the rubble splattered everywhere!

Although this courtyard is not big, it can be described as ingenious, Tan Zhonglin is an old-school civil official, and he values the design of the courtyard the most, which is his hard work, that is, the tiles covered on the courtyard wall, which are all old objects!

But Chen Mu "bang, bang" shot out all the bullets in the magazine, and the entire courtyard was beaten to pieces in the blink of an eye!

Tan Zhonglin is a civil official, unlike Zhang Zhidong, and has never handled martial arts.

Even Zhang Zhidong has never seen the fight on the battlefield with his own eyes, but he founded a gun factory, and he is no stranger to weapons such as muskets, and this kind of scene cannot scare Zhang Zhidong.

But Tan Zhonglin saw the power of the musket for the first time!

This old minister rejects all foreign things, Zhang Zhidong asked him to touch the gun, and he was not happy, let alone watching people shoot!

On closer inspection, this was indeed the first time he had seen the power of a musket with his own eyes, and he had seen such destructive power so closely!

Chen Mu grasped this point before he dared to take risks!

From Tan Zhonglin's expression, he couldn't see much, but the old minister's face was already pale, which was enough to confirm Chen Mu's guess!

The bullets in the magazine were finally finished, and Chen Mu handed the empty gun to Shen Changzhou, but the latter was stunned and stunned, and did not reach out to take it.

Although Tan Zhonglin is a civil official, he is also the governor, and he is also the most important governor of Liangguang, and it is too late for many people in the court to stammer!

Looking at the entire court, who were the people who once served as the governors of Liangguang?

Needless to say, Zhang Zhidong and Li Hanzhang, etc., which one is not a national minister who has left a name in history!

Even a character like Zhang Zhidong, in front of Tan Zhonglin, puts himself in a relatively low posture and position.

Of course, this is because Zhang Zhidong is asking for others, but another point is that Tan Zhonglin's qualifications can be said to be the oldest today!

Chen Mu not only questioned this loyal minister of the court, but also dared to put a gun in front of him and smash the things in his yard!

The audience was still silent, only the curling green smoke gradually dissipated in the air.

The potted plant behind Tan Zhonglin didn't know if it was splashed by the stones, and at this time, it cracked a small gap with a click.

"What do you say your name is?"

"Chen Mu, Chen Qiyou's Chen." Chen Mu wanted to use a pseudonym, but when he came to his mouth, he raised his head and reported his real name.

Tan Zhonglin walked up to Chen Mu tremblingly: "Are foreigners really so powerful?" ”

Chen Mu hesitated for a moment, nodded, and replied to him: "If you talk about the power of firearms alone, it is true, maybe ten times more powerful than this, although the guns produced by Xiangshuai's factory are advanced, but we use foreigners' machines......"

"This thing was invented by our ancestors, but it was carried forward in the hands of foreigners, and was used by foreigners to fight back against us, they can develop more powerful guns, if we don't keep up, we will be swept away by the big waves, annihilated in the flood tide of the times, and even the waves can't fight half of it!"

"Sticking to morality is the best, the times are repeated, and it will eventually return to the basics, maybe after a few decades, it will be repeated again, but if it does not conform to the times, this hurdle cannot be passed at present, and what is the future?"

"Morality is God's reward, there is no need for people to guard, society is degraded, things must be reversed, when people need morality, morality will naturally appear, but the land and mountains and rivers need to be guarded!"

Tan Zhonglin looked at Chen Mu for a long time.

He suddenly asked Zhang Zhidong, "Has he always liked to tell the old man so much?" ”

Zhang Zhidong was slightly stunned, then shook his head and smiled: "Yes." ”

Tan Zhonglin stretched out his hand towards Chen Mu, and Chen Mu handed the gun in his hand to him.

Tan Zhonglin looked at it repeatedly, but he didn't mean to return it, but said to Chen Mu: "How do you use this?" ”

Chen Mu explained the method of loading and shooting, and Tan Zhonglin asked Shen Changzhou again: "Are there any bullets left?" ”

Shen Changzhou looked at Zhang Zhidong hesitantly, and after the latter nodded, he took out the bullet, but only took one.

Tan Zhonglin filled the bullet into the magazine, and after loading, he suddenly raised the muzzle of the gun and aimed at Chen Mu!

Zhang Zhidong's face also changed greatly, he thought that Tan Zhonglin would change his mind because of this, who would have thought that it would be like this!

Chen Mu didn't know the bottom in his heart, he didn't dare to threaten Tan Zhonglin, but Tan Zhonglin wanted to shoot him, but he was not wronged at all.

Although Tan Zhonglin has not yet investigated the details, he Chen Mu is still a fugitive in the end, even if Tan Zhonglin kills him, it will not matter at all!

Chen Mu looked at the muzzle of the black hole, and his back was also in a cold sweat, and at this time he finally realized how risky his actions were!

However, Tan Zhonglin looked at Chen Mu, put away the gun in the end, and said to Chen Mu: "My yard, you have to pay." ”

Chen Mu also breathed a sigh of relief, his back was cold, as if black and white impermanence had just passed by.

"I'm just a flat-headed person, but I don't have the money to pay for such an elegant yard, and if I want to pay for it, it's also Xiangshuai's compensation......"

Seeing that Chen Mu was playing a scoundrel, Tan Zhonglin also laughed, and asked Zhang Zhidong: "This little fox has always been such a scoundrel?" ”

Zhang Zhidong laughed silently: "It has always been like this. ”

Tan Zhonglin sighed lightly and said, "It's old, it's useless......"

He returned the pistol to Chen Mu, put his hand behind his back, turned around and left, raised his hand and shook it, and walked into the room.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Fu Qingyin glared at Chen Mu viciously and followed in, only then did Chen Mu find that Fu Qingyin's entire back was soaked!

Zhang Zhidong looked at Chen Mu and didn't say anything, but Shen Changzhou walked up to the front and wanted to take the gun.

"Let him keep it." Zhang Zhidong said.

"But...... He ......" Shen Changzhou said to his mouth, but he swallowed it back.

After leaving the Governor's Palace, Chen Mu returned to the restaurant, Song Zhengzhun had been waiting for a long time, and asked Chen Mu urgently, "It's done?" ”

Chen Mu shook his head: "It's not clear yet......"

Song Zhengzhun also knew that things were not easy, so he didn't ask.

Chen Mu didn't think much about it, thinking about today's actions, although he was a little impulsive, but he thought that the result should not be bad, after all, an old stubborn like Tan Zhonglin, if he didn't take some fierce medicine, how could he wake him up?

The next day, Chen Mu came to Guangya Academy early, and found that Song Zhengzhun, Fu Qingyin and others had already arrived.

Zhang Zhidong sat in the living room, his expression a little solemn.

"How's it going?" Chen Mu was also a little uneasy.

Zhang Zhidong looked at Fu Qingyin, and then spoke: "Tan Zhonglin went to the court and resigned from the old man." ”

Chen Mu was also stunned, thinking that he had awakened Tan Zhonglin, but this was indeed the case.

If Tan Zhonglin no longer serves as the governor of Liangguang, it will be no problem to build a factory if he changes to someone else.

But Tan Zhonglin chose to return to his hometown at this juncture, rather than meddle in this matter, even if he is awakened, he still guards his last way!

Seeing that Chen Mu didn't speak, Zhang Zhidong asked, and Chen Mu, who didn't know how to ask, still asked himself.

"If you are poor, you will think about change, isn't that the truth? Isn't that the truth? ”

Perhaps, even he, an important minister of the Westernization faction, was shocked by Tan Zhonglin's last perseverance.

Pedantic people are certainly angry and hateful, but they are not all without merit, this kind of almost stupid persistence, how many people in the world can do it?

Zhang Zhidong didn't have any pleasure, didn't talk about too many details, and didn't mention the construction of the factory, but just said to Chen Mu: "I want to study today, you will accompany me for a while?" ”

Chen Mu could feel Zhang Zhidong's emotions, this old man seemed to be more than ten years old in an instant, this feeling was terrifying, as if he was going to die the next day, and he had no vitality.

Thinking of reading at this time is like a dying person who wants to relive the time when he was alive!

Chen Mu hesitated for a moment, nodded in the end, he looked at the red lotus, but the latter loosened the corner of Chen Mu's clothes this time.

"Xiangshuai, let's read the Analects?" It is said that half of the treatise rules the world, and Chen Mu mentioned this part to awaken Zhang Zhidong's ambition.

However, Zhang Zhidong shook his head and was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Read "Chu Ci"......"