Xuan Yuemeng didn't expect that not only would she have to make progress by herself, but she would also have to help Xuan Hongtao improve, and she suddenly felt that Yali Mountain was big.

Xuan Yuemeng: "If you know where you are deficient, you are not afraid, what you have to do now is: on the one hand, you have to improve your ability, you don't know how to write foreigners, you can just have more contact with foreigners, and now there are more foreigners in Tianjin than in the Qing Dynasty; On the other hand, you have to pay more attention to what Li Zhongtang thinks, what ideas does Shen Baojing's general office have, and if you can help them, won't your position be stable? ”

Xuan Huang listened to what his son said, and kept rubbing on Xuan Yuemeng's fat little face: "What my son said is so good, my son has become your ready-made master." ”

Although Xuan Yuemeng's words were not very profound, it was always clearer to see the mountains outside the mountains than the people in the mountains, which immediately opened up Xuan Hongtao's tired and confused thoughts a lot.

Xuan Hongtao hugged Xuan Yuemeng over and put it on his lap, "Yes, yes, but where can I contact foreigners?" As for what Li Zhongtang thinks, it is relatively easy for me to know now, I heard that the Prime Minister Yamen Minister Mao has been appointed to the imperial court and appointed the Governor of Liangjiang to concurrently serve as the Minister of Nanyang Commerce, and the Yamen of the Minister of Commerce of our three mouths will also be reorganized, and it will be changed into the residence of the Minister of Beiyang Commerce, which will be directly managed by Li Zhongtang, the governor of Zhili. Listening to Lord Shen Baojing's meaning, Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau has to expand, at least ten times! A large number of foreign technicians were to be employed, and all domestic technicians were transferred from the Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau and the Jinling Machinery Bureau. In addition, Li Zhongtang suspected that the garrison in the Zhili area was empty, and Zhang Zongyu's twist could be driven straight into it for a long time in just a few days and nights, approaching Jifu, causing the government and the opposition to shake, and the two palaces changed color, in the final analysis, because the defense of Zhili was too thin. At present, the Beijing division only has 6,000 people and 10 battalions of the Shenji Battalion, and there are only 4,000 horse teams under the jurisdiction of General Heilongjiang. In other important places in Zhili, there are only a few military stations and grain and grass transfer bureaus, and there are almost no soldiers. The huge Zhili and the northeast are only less than 10,000 garrisons, which is too empty. Therefore, Li Zhongtang planned to build an ammunition depot and a barracks between the Daqing River and the North Canal to store ammunition and finished machines. After the approval of the imperial court, the 20,000 Huaiyong, who had been converted into a division of the economic system after the abolition, will be transferred to the Zhili garrison in three batches, and a horse team of 5,000 people will be recruited outside the mouth to hire foreign coaches. At the same time, there is a total grain station and ten grain stations, so that in the Zhili area, in addition to the Shenji battalion of the Beijing Division, there will be about 25,000 elite divisions of the Huai Army. ”

Xuan Hongtao said in detail, Xuan Yuemeng listened carefully, Xuan Yuemeng secretly said in her heart that Li Hongzhang's appetite is not small, with such strength, unless the whole country or Cixi will kill him Li Hongzhang, otherwise the prince and minister alone will have no choice but to him Li Hongzhang. However, Xuan Yuemeng feels that such a critical position as Zhili, this is the political and military center of the country, the Huai army of 25,000 people, plus the Shenji Battalion of 6,000 people, a total of 30,000 horses, and then deduct the number of false reports of empty salaries, not even 30,000 troops, not to mention that once there is any movement around, there will be no troops deployed, even if it is the Gongwei Beijing Division, it will be stretched, right?

However, Xuan Yuemeng did not express an opinion on the lack of soldiers in the Zhili area, he guessed that Cixi might not be able to completely rest assured that Li Hongzhang and the Huai army were not completely assured, and the garrison of more than 20,000 people should be the upper limit of the garrison that Cixi could accept.

Xuan Yuemeng: "Expanding Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, this needs a construction team, right?" Buying a machine, hiring labor, this requires a lot of silver, right? Eighty percent have to borrow money from foreigners. Ask a foreign coach to form a new horse team, these two things are inseparable from foreigners, your opportunity to make meritorious contributions may come again, if you can help Li Zhongtang and Shen Baojing in these two things, then they will treat you as half of their own people, right? ”

Xuan Hongtao looked at Xuan Yuemeng with a tiger brain in surprise, and took a sip of incense on Xuan Yuemeng's face, Xuan Yuemeng's fat little face was deformed by him, and with a pout, Xuan Hongtao directly incensed Xuan Yuemeng's hala.

"Good son, is there any way? It's better to ask foreign coaches and hire foreign technicians, but if they can help Li Zhongtang and Lord Shen in such a big thing as expanding the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau and building an arsenal and a military station, then they don't know that they want to treat me as half of their own, and they should fully trust me and reuse me, and your father's good days are really coming. Dad can see that this is the biggest headache and the most anxious thing for the adults in the middle hall right now. ”

Xuan Yuemeng sweated, I just analyzed it casually, and casually summarized the meaning of the analysis to you, Nima, is it really when I am the reincarnation of a golden-bodied Arhat? Can I blow a bunch of buildings out with a casual blow? I want to have so much ability, and I can't move when I am held by you? I'm just an eight-month-old kid who needs to hold on to a wall to walk.

Xuan Yuemeng broke free from Xuan Hongtao's embrace, slipped off Xuan Hongtao's lap, and stood firmly on the ground: "You have to rely on yourself to be a man." ”

Xuan Hongtao: "......"

Xuan Huang: "......"

The Xuan family's big house moved back to the old mansion again, this time they came back as victors, not only living in the original location, Xuan Yuewu also automatically moved to the outer courtyard, occupying two large houses by himself. And the key to the original small courtyard was still in the hands of the Xuan Huang family.

The next day, it was a sunny day, the autumn air was crisp, and the eagle flew in the sky.

The old mansion of the Xuan family, the hall.

As always, Xuan Zonglu finished eating first, and the old man sat alone on the Taishi's chair and kept smoking hookah.

Xuan Hongtao also finished eating quickly, and Xuan Huang came over to sort out Xuan Hongtao's official clothes, and quickly pulled the corners of Xuan Hongtao's clothes before and after, until the official clothes were flat, and then he was satisfied.

Xuan Hongtao coughed, and he was quite angry: "The food is getting worse and worse, yes, you don't need to say it, you know that it is difficult at home now, and you will let people go to the kitchen to build more stoves, Yuemeng is still too young, in the future, we will eat here in the big house, and add a few more dishes." ”

Xuan Hongbo looked at the two vegetarian dishes on the table very dissatisfied, "Big brother, then if you don't eat with us in the future, won't you eat your own?" ”

Xuan Hongtao let out a sigh, "What are you talking about?" People have to eat according to their ability to live, and the food at home is qualified to be eaten in our big house, right? If you want to add more vegetables yourself, you can build more stoves, I will never say anything! The second family of the old family, buy more lean meat today, steam a braised lion's head at night, and add meat dumplings, by the way, and then call a thing in the drunken fairy house, by the way, by the way, the drunken sea cucumber, that smell, a mile away is fragrant, and then add an eight-treasure oil chicken, so that they can stew thoroughly. ”

Xuan Hongyu glared and took a sip gently.

Xuan Hongbo: "Yes, big brother, are you deliberately angry?" Wife, our second room has to add dishes tonight according to the standards of the big room! ”

Xuan Yushi: "The eldest brother is now an official, what are you?" Don't think the second room is poor enough? ”

Xuan Hongbo: "Okay, then I'll go out to eat at night, and there are several bureaus waiting for me." ”

Xuan Yuemeng had already eaten, and slipped off Xuan Xu's body, and was very uninterested in Xuan Hongtao's villain, and went to see Xuan Zonglu, it seemed that all this had nothing to do with Xuan Zonglu, and the old man inhaled the hookah with an expressionless face.

Xuan Yuemeng pulled the corner of Xuan Xu's clothes, Xuan Xu's understanding, leaned down and tilted his ears, Xuan Yuemeng said in Xuan Xu's ear: "I'm going out to play." ”

Xuan Xu nodded, now Xuan Zonglu no longer restricts his family from going out, and Xuan Zonglu doesn't seem to care about the people in the big house at all recently, no matter what the people in the big house do, he just can't see it.

Xuan Xu came to the gate with Xuan Yuemeng in his arms, and Xuan Yuemeng asked Xuan to carry himself out on his back.

Among the two brothers, Xuan Dazhi and Xuan Dali, Xuan Yuemeng felt that Dali was a little more stable, although Dali was a younger brother.

Xuan Dali carried Xuan Yuemeng out on his back, he had already heard Dazhi say about Xuan Yuemeng, although he vigorously accompanied the second room and the third room and the old lady to the countryside to avoid it for a while a while ago, but he was no stranger to Xuan Yuemeng's prodigy deeds, "Young master, where are we going to play?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng: "Concession." ”

Xuan Yuemeng has only been out once so far, that is, to the concession, and he counted the time he went to the concession and the time he went to the Yamen, the minister of trade and commerce, together, because they all happened on the same day.

In Xuan Yuemeng's eyes, the concession is like a place for gold panning, and it is also the place closest to modern society, and Xuan Yuemeng has a special sense of intimacy with the concession.

"Hey."

A childish voice floated in.

Dali didn't notice it, and continued to walk forward, but Xuan Yuemeng on Dali's back heard this hey, and looked, on the doorstep of a big house, there was a little girl about five years old, with her hands on her waist, and her spirit was vivid. Next to the little girl stood a girl who looked like a maid of fifteen or sixteen.

The girl was obviously upset when she saw that she continued to walk forward, "Hey! Shout to you. ”

Dali still didn't react, he usually doesn't talk to children, the young master is only a few months old, and he won't have friends, right? Xuan Dali didn't think that the little girl was calling them, Xuan Yuemeng patted Dali's back, "Wait." ”

Only then did Dali stop and look at the girl with Xuan Yuemeng.

The girl is dressed in a Qing Dynasty skirt robe, with gorgeous costumes, a xiaolongbao on her head, and two jade buns, which are very short, but inlaid with gold edges, and her round face is because of the relationship between baby fat, and she has seen the rudiments of a little melon seed face, her big eyes are black and smart, and her snow-white hands are like lotus roots, which makes Xuan Yuemeng feel that Qing Dynasty costumes are actually a little good-looking for the first time, and this little girl is delicate and beautiful like a porcelain doll.

Xuan Yuemeng doesn't know what this little Lori is going to do? "Are you talking to us?"

The little girl seemed to be confused by Xuan Yuemeng, obviously surprised that such a small child as Xuan Yuemeng could speak so fluently, "Your name is Xuan Yuemeng?" Are you what they call a prodigy? ”

Xuan Yuemeng: "I'm not a prodigy. But my name is indeed Xuan Yuemeng. Is there something wrong with you? ”

Little Lori: "I asked you, why didn't you ask who I am?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng sweated: "Who are you?" ”

"I won't tell you."

Xuan Yuemeng sweated again, didn't want to talk nonsense with such a big little kid, looked at the door plaque, recognized it as Zeng Fu, and secretly said that it was a girl from Zeng Guofan's family, but he didn't care, patted Dali's back, and urged Dali to leave.

Little Lori was suddenly anxious, and was about to go down the steps, but the maid hurriedly led her down, "Miss, slow down." ”

Little Lori: "You're so unruly, I'm talking to you, how can you go?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng: "I have something, let's go back and play with you." ”

Little Lori: "Hey, whoever wants to play with you, I'll recite poems, will you?" Do you know what the next two sentences of two yellow orioles singing green willows and a line of egrets in the blue sky are? ”

Xuan Yuemeng sweated profusely, he dared to compete with his master, his face was red, although he had a bachelor's degree, but he really didn't know how to write two sentences, he had heard these two poems, if Xiao Lori was asking the next sentence of the two yellow orioles singing green willows, or asking what the last sentence of the line of egrets in the blue sky was, he might be able to answer.

Xuan Yuemeng: "You won, I won't, I'm not a prodigy, you are a prodigy." ”

Little Lori was so embarrassed, and the monk chanted the scriptures and quickly carried them to the sky: "Two yellow orioles are singing green willows, and a line of egrets is in the sky." The window contains a thousand autumn snow in Xiling, and the door is berthed in the Dongwu Wanli ship. This is Du Fu's famous poem, this will not be, and dare to say that he is a prodigy, hum. ”

Xuan Yuemeng nodded, "You are really a prodigy, admire, vigorously, let's go." ”