In a side room of Dabao'en Temple, Tian Nush Yiji sat cross-legged on the couch, the incense burner on the side was curling with green smoke, and the spout of the three-yuan purple clay pot in front of him also came out with a wisp of quiet tea. The pen %fun %kaku www.biquge.info Tanuma Yoshiji is enjoying a rare leisure.

The tranquility in the midst of the crowd is even more Zen. Although Tanuma Yiji does not believe in Buddhism, this does not mean that he does not understand the slightest bit of Buddhism. Buddhism is still widespread in Japan. His boss, Tokugawa Ieji, was also a great believer in Buddhism. The intention of Tian Nua Yi to come to Da Ho En Temple is simply to see the magnificent glazed pagoda again.

It's truly magnificent, breathtaking. Such a magnificent and charming pagoda can only appear in a country like China. In Japan, Tanuma couldn't believe it. But what he didn't expect was that in the wing room of this Buddhist temple, he was suddenly touched by the Zen of tranquility in the middle of the noise.

It's been years since Yoshiji Tanuma has been so relaxed. He started as a low-ranking samurai in the Kishu Domain, followed Tokugawa Yoshimune to Edo, and worked his way up the ranks, increasing his salary from 600 to 10,000 koku, and becoming a royal servant. Then he was promoted to an old man by Tokugawa Ieji, and for many years, his brain was no longer filled with all kinds of things all the time, and he no longer turned his brain to solve all kinds of things.

Now his brain can finally rest. In the midst of the great noise, the great silence is like the sun, and there are sunspots in it that do not see the light. Absolute silence cannot be found, but if you can be calm and naturally ignore the trouble, you can recognize your heart more clearly.

Xiang Kexiang stood in front of the archway of Confucius Temple again at this moment, looking at the lively scene of people coming and going, his eyes were full of excitement. Especially the two big hot air balloons floating on the Qinhuai River, the mountains and rivers of the six dynasties, and the scenery of nine songs, that is the most conspicuous and attractive advertising slogan.

Since the publication of advertisements in newspapers, the small advertising business has proliferated rapidly in China.

Many businesses suddenly found that their publicity has a new trick, they only need to print a batch of small advertisements that do not need to be exquisite, and then the streets and alleys are overwhelming, and the publicity effect is much stronger than word of mouth. The business philosophy that good wine is not afraid of deep alleys has been abandoned by more and more people. Especially when it comes to the temple fair, these people also have no teacher, and send people to spread small advertisements at the gathering place of the street to promote their own business.

Xiang Kexiang just stood at the bottom of the archway, and two 'Chuanfa' personnel with a thick big coarse cloth bag on their bodies surrounded them, this one was a mercenary from the Qinhuai River next to the Confucius Temple, and the other was from the Wu Ji soup dumpling next to the Dabao'en Temple.

Shaking the small advertisement of the soup dumpling shop in his hand, Xiang Ke followed behind him and said, "Let's go, let's go to Dabao'en Temple." ”

Xiang Kexiang, who likes to paint, has the greatest wish in his life is to draw a famous painting like "Qingming Riverside Picture", and what he wanted to 'paint' in his heart was "Shuri Scenery Map". The sad small country of Ryukyu can record everything in the form of paintings, which is Xiang Katsuo's hope. But with the advent of China, Japan is no longer a threat. Although there is a voice in the Ryukyus clamoring that China will annex the Ryukyus sooner or later, what can it be? It was as if Japan did not want to annex the Ryukyus.

Isn't China, which is powerful and rich and has favored the Ryukyus for hundreds of years, a better choice than the arrogant and greedy Japan? Even if it is really annexed, it will be better than being swallowed up by Japan. Look at that Suluhou, life is not too comfortable now.

Xiang Kexiang forgot all his previous 'wishes', and he felt that now he had the conditions and the ability to set his 'wishes' higher. For example, now his 'wish' is to paint the entire city of Nanjing, and the big Bao'en Temple, which has a glazed pagoda of more than 20 zhang high outside the city of Nanjing, is a place he likes to go to very much.

Every time he came out, he had to go to the Confucius Temple; Every time he came to Confucius Temple, he had to go to Dabao'en Temple. It's just that although Da Bao'en Temple never closes its doors to thank guests, the glazed pagoda is not something that anyone can climb if they want to. Xiang Kexiang hoped that he would hit the tower just in time, and then he would be able to overlook the whole of Nanjing from the top floor of the tower.

Now the whole city of Nanjing is in a peaceful atmosphere, which is a kind of gestation before the arrival of a grand festival. Xiang Kexiang was looking forward to the arrival of the Chinese New Year, and his brain couldn't even imagine what the city of Nanjing would be like at that time. Compared with the genuine "Qingming Riverside Map" he saw in the Huaxia Museum, Xiang Kexiang felt that Nanjing at this time was more prosperous and rich than Tokyo Bianliang City on the Qingming Riverside Map.

In Chaotian Palace, Shang Xi finally saw Zhang Cunyi, for this sudden request of the Ryukyu King, Zhang Cunyi couldn't control his expression with joy, this was simply a pillow sent when he was sleeping. He responded on the spot, promising not only to send a master to the Ryukyus, but also to be a descendant of their Zhang family. Shang Xi's face was also smiling happily, and he picked up the tea cup and was about to moisten his mouth comfortably, and at this moment!

Tian Nuan Yiji in the Great Bao'en Temple still closed his eyes and recuperated, and Xiang Kexiang outside the Great Bao'en Temple scooped up a soup bag with a spoon and was carefully biting the skin.

In the prince's mansion, he was writing with a pen, correcting the recitals, and Chen Hui in the palace was also continuing his cultivation......

"Boom ......"

A loud noise came from inside the city of Nanjing.

Tanuma Yoshiji, who was sitting cross-legged on the couch, rolled down, not shocked, but frightened. The sound was so loud that he subconsciously wanted to stand up, but his legs were crossed, so Tanuma Yiji rolled from the couch to the ground;

Xiang Kexiang was screaming, the loud noise made him tremble, and the soup flowing from the broken hole splashed his face, Xiang Kexiang didn't think about how big the explosion sounded, his mouth let out a miserable scream, grabbed the handkerchief in his hand and wiped it violently;

In Chaotian Palace, Zhang Cunyi's clothes were full of tea, he was drinking tea, his hand shook, and all the tea was poured on his body. Shang Xi was wiping his face with a handkerchief, and he had already picked up the tea, so a bowl of tea was poured on his face. It is also a loss that the tea is not hot, otherwise he will suffer a great sin.

They weren't the only ones who were 'unlucky' by this loud noise. There is also Chen Hui in the palace, the queen playing mahjong, the queen mother reciting the Buddha, and Chen Ming who is criticizing excerpts in the prince's mansion.

He was commenting on the fold with a move of his hand, and the pen in his hand rattled a long straight line on the fold. "What's going on? Check it out. Chen Ming was furious, he didn't feel the ground shaking, so it wasn't an earthquake. That's the explosion.

Is it artificial? Northwestern, or Northeastern?

Chen Ming put down his pen and stood up, his eyes pregnant with endless anger, like a big volcano about to erupt. If it was really a terrorist and terrorist attack carried out by the remnants of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Ming would definitely let the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty realize the horror of his anger. When the spring thawed, he let the sailors storm southern Liaoning.

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In the No. 2 Arsenal in Nanjing, a large courtyard was swept away by a storm, full of rotten bricks and tiles, and there were still a few scattered blood stains outside the broken courtyard wall.

This is a very lonely big yard, surrounded by playgrounds, and in the big yard there are only three bungalows built in the center to chat, and now these three bungalows are completely 'shattered'. It must be very convenient to rebuild.

No. Not only the three bungalows, but also the railings on the outside of the bungalows, the wooden tables and chairs during rest, and the well, were completely destroyed. Only the bare wellhead of the well remained, and there was no left of the previous reel, and even the green bricks built on the side of the wellhead were beaten by the flying bricks.

Now Chen Jia, who is in charge of the military industry, rushed to the No. 2 Arsenal as quickly as possible, looking at the scene in front of him, an angry look appeared on his face. Such a yard is a gunpowder test site, which is the most dangerous place in the entire military factory, and according to the regulations of the Fuhan Army, it is not allowed to hoard a large number of dangerous goods, that is, only a little bit of test products can be entered here.

But the scene in front of him clearly told Chen Jia that these experimenters must not have acted in accordance with the rules and regulations, if it was just a little experiment, how could there be such a big mess?

"Zhang Xiao, tell me, how much bitter acid is stored here?"

Chen Jia is about to blow up. Seeing that he was about to be knighted, his subordinates actually stabbed themselves in such a basket, and they dropped the chain at the critical moment. He wanted to chop up Zhang Xiao, the person in charge of the military factory, and feed it to the dogs.

Before Chen Jia arrived, Zhang Xiao had already arrived at the scene. The four precious experimenters couldn't even find the corpses, and his eyes were full of chagrin and bitterness. How could I be negligent in this regard? And no one thought that the explosive power of picric acid was so great.

This thing was only obtained by Chen Han from the British this year, and it has just been invented in Britain for three years, and the inventor is a yellow crystal, which is used as a yellow dye in the United Kingdom.

No one knows how the prince knows that this thing is equipped with thunder and mercury, and the power is really huge. Look at the scene in front of you, even if the heavy fire dragon bomb explodes, it won't look like this.

"My lord, it's really a bucket." Zhang Xiao said that the bitter acid brought into the yard was a bucket, and he didn't know whether it was five catties or ten catties. Chen Jia didn't bother to look at Zhang Xiao, this guy can't be used anymore. The attitude is not good! Such a 'serious and responsible' attitude must no longer sit in the position of a military factory! [Don't think that the explosion power of a few catties of picric acid is small, the power is 100 times the explosion power of black powder]

Even if Zhang Xiao is Chen Jia's old subordinate, Chen Jia will not protect him this time.

After leaving the military factory, when Chen Jia took the carriage to the prince's mansion, he was still distressed about the death of the four experimenters on the way. Even if the military industrial system of the Fu Han Army has developed very well, these experimenters are all baby bumps. Today, I folded four at once.

When Chen Jia saw Chen Ming, Chen Ming already knew the reason. He reprimanded Chen Jia very harshly, who made Chen Jia the leader of the entire military industrial system? Knowing how bad the impact of the explosion was on Nanjing and how much panic it caused to the people, the garrison troops all urgently assembled.

"Take this as a warning. After you go back, immediately check the military factories in various places, and strictly repeat any violation of rules and regulations. As soon as it is found out, he will be severely punished, and as for the director of the No. 2 military factory, let him go to the pension. ”

Where is there a safe place in the military industrial system to provide for the elderly? Chen Jiacai won't bring Zhang Xiao under his nose. When Su Sheng received the order, he already had a place in his heart to arrange Zhang Xiao - the Disabled Persons' Federation.

There are many casualties, injuries and disabilities in the military industrial system, and whether they are normal people or deaf and mute, these disabled people must have a proper placement. There is not much to say about the dead, and the family members are naturally arranged properly. For those disabled personnel, the military industrial system also wants to comfort these meritorious men during the New Year's holidays, so who cares about this matter? Disabled Persons' Federation!

Disabled Persons' Federation of the Military Industrial System.

Zhang Xiao's reaction to this is not only a matter of desire. Just when Chen Jia came to Chen Ming to plead guilty, notices of all sizes inside and outside Nanjing had been plastered all over the streets and alleys. The simple reduction of this thing is that the military factory exploded, and the sound was a little louder.

After Chen Ming dealt with the matter, the people also got up and rushed towards the palace. According to the news from the palace, the Queen Mother was taken aback by the explosion, as well as his father, and the old lady who was beckoning people to play mahjong to build the Great Wall.

Tanuma Yoshiji left the temple in a carriage with an extra notice in his hand. "Youxi, the Chinese's firearms, very powerful." It was just an experiment, and the explosion shook the entire city of Nanjing!

Tian Nush Yiji, who had a certain understanding of Chinese history, immediately thought of the explosion of Wang Gongchang in the sixth year of the Apocalypse at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but this explosion in Nanjing was far less devastating than the explosion in Beijing.

Tanuma Yoshiji didn't gloat, and even he was envious of such a big explosion. Because from another side, isn't this a sign of the strength of the Chinese? Nanjing City No. 2 Military Factory, this is just one of China's many military factories.

Tanuma Yoshiji even thought of 170 years ago, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi poured out the Japanese elite to attack the dynasty, China's Ming Dynasty was obviously in the late stage of the dynasty, and only tens of thousands of people were used to make the life of Lord Sekihaku hate Korea. That willingness lies in firearms, and the artillery of the Ming army is not at all something that the Japanese can resist.

And now......

More than 100 years have passed, and the gap between China and Japan in firearms has not narrowed, but has widened. Don't talk about anything else, just talk about the muzzles of the swarthy cannons on the city wall of Nanjing. Tanuma Yiji sent special people to inquire about this news, and in the city of Nanjing, the Chinese had arranged more than 300 cannons at the head of Nanjing alone, a number that stunned all Japanese.

Tanuma also thought about the strength of China's national power. The strength of the armed forces is not a reckless use of force, but a manifestation of China's affluence as the backing. He thought of everything he saw after entering China, the Chinese did not restrain his movements, as long as they did not make trouble, Tanuma Yiji and they held the documents issued to them by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and they could travel everywhere in the north and south.

Although Tanuma Yoshiji had always stayed in Nanjing, some of the members of his mission had already gone north to Jianghuai and south to Fujian and Zhejiang.

These people also sent him some letters one after another.

Leaving Nanjing and heading north, although the cities of Huanghuai are not as beautiful and rich as those in the south of the Yangtze River, the endless farmland on the vast Huanghuai Plain is the manifestation of the most important foundation of a country. Patches of horizontal and vertical farmland cut by large and small roads, rows of trees in the farmland towering, although there are no green leaves, but neatly as if measured with a ruler, just like the Chinese soldiers on the city wall of Nanjing. The fields on the Great Plains in that description were in awe of Tanuma Yoshiji.

The vast expanse of farmland, and the fertile plains that are larger than the entire Edo Bay, are unimaginable in Japan, where there are many mountains and narrow areas.

Agriculture is the best measure of national strength in the traditional Oriental countries!

No farming, no stability! For a truly great power, these four words can never be separated. The vast plains of Huanghuai are obviously rigorously planned, and the irrigation system is covering the entire plain area little by little, and tens of thousands of peasants are lured out of their homes by the Chinese government with grain and wages in their spare time, and use their labor to improve the entire irrigation canal and siege the city, and when all this is completed, the yield here can be imagined.

Starting from Nanjing along the Grand Canal, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Huzhou, Wuxi, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Ningbo and other cities are not far apart, these large and small cities form a huge urban agglomeration, plus the estuary of Shanghai, it can be said that the essence of the entire Yangtze River basin in China is gathered here, which is also the largest urban group in the world today. If you go up the river, there are Wuhu, Chizhou, Anqing, Jiujiang and Wuhan to the west after Nanjing, which is also a prosperous place in China.

Tanuma Yoshiji himself did not realize that as these 'investigations' came one by one, the Japanese mission personnel who stayed in Nanjing City with him unconsciously completed a change in their thinking.

In the past, many Japanese people felt that although China was big, it was not necessarily much richer than Japan. After all, Japan under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate has been generally stable for more than 100 years, and it is in the middle of a 'dynasty', and the accumulation of social wealth is not bad. They had seen Shanghai before, and they didn't believe that everything they saw was true. They all suspected that this was a face-saving project made by the new Chinese dynasty, just like the brocade of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty in the past, and made the important Shanghai magnificent, and used it to decorate the façade.

But the facts told him that the Chinese did not slap their swollen faces and become fat, and Shanghai's prosperity was the natural result of the development of Chinese society.

At that time, Nanjing's scenic spots and thousands of delicacies were not of interest to the Japanese. But as time went by, it was obviously the cold winter season, and the south of the Yangtze River was cold and cold, but the hearts of Tian Nush Yiji and others were boiling like hot magma.

"If we take China as a teacher, China's policies can be used in Japan as well!" (To be continued.) )