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After leaving Wuchang, the boat gang from Shaanxi has a smooth itinerary since then, with the passport issued by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, this road is also unimpeded, these boats are without exception full of Huguang native goods, only to return to Shaanxi can earn a sum of money. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

For the merchants and men on the ship, all they think about is that after returning to Shaanxi, they can get a few taels of hard-earned money, but for some passengers on the ship, what they are thinking about is other things, especially as the ship gets closer and closer to the north, for some passengers on the ship, they have different thoughts and don't know what to do.

After the boat sailed safely all the way to Xiangyang Wharf, after a lot of twists and turns, he set off again, preparing to go up the Danjiang River and enter Shaanxi, but when he boarded the ship, Zhao Ziyu was surprised to find another thing - Chen Fangnan went to the first boat in front under the pretext of dealing with the government.

"This shopkeeper Chen!"

Frowning, Zhao Ziyu thought of the news he got on the Yunyang dock - after the Han army went south, the prevention between Shaanxi and Hubei was much lax, so why did he need to stay in the front ship? Although there were some doubts in her heart, she thought about it and said nothing more.

Because the ship's parents have been in charge of the ship on the Danjiang River for many years, they are quite experienced here, and they have hardly met outsiders along the way. Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to Shaanxi, according to the instructions of the boatman, they hid in the corners of the slopes and bays by the river during the day, and after the fog arose over the river in the second half of the night, the boats scattered and rowed to the river.

When the morning dawn first appeared on this day, a sudden bad news made Chen Fangnan shocked-the boat that the eldest young master was on did not follow.

In a hurry, he hurriedly shouted:

"It's not going to happen, is it? Come back and find out! If the eldest young master's ship can't be found, you and I won't be able to deal with the master! ”

The captain of the boat glanced at him, and looked like he wanted to say something, but the second leader of the boat gang thought about it casually:

"I don't think it's going to happen. They left us on their own initiative! ”

Hearing what the second master said, Chen Fang's heart was even more surprised.

"W-What does this mean?"

"What do you mean? If it weren't for the eldest young master to leave, how could the ship of the four masters leave? ”

The words of the second leader of the boat gang made Chen Fangliang's sudden change of color, could it be ...... Could it be that the eldest young master knows? Looking at the white river, his heart couldn't help but tighten, and he wondered in his heart, what should he do, when the big boss of the boat gang over there asked him if he was out of the boat, he just waved his hand, and now that the eldest young master has left, what can he do?

"That's it. That's it, this, maybe it's the will of heaven! ”

The fleet continued to march along the Danjiang River towards Shaanxi day and night. It was almost evening, when Chen Fangnan was sleeping in the cabin, more than a dozen boats suddenly appeared on the river in front of him. Everyone on the ship suddenly became very nervous, and the man ran into the cabin and said urgently:

"Second master, it's not good, I met the Han army in front!"

Chen Fangnan, who was shocked, said in a loud voice:

"Impossible! I didn't hear that the Han army had already hit here! ”

Now it's obviously in Shaanxi!

He walked briskly up to the bow of the boat and looked ahead. The wooden boat in front of it was getting closer and closer, and the ship was obviously not a foreign-masted soft sailing ship of the Han army, but a common ship on the river, and there was an iron cannon of several hundred catties at the bow.

"It's Liu Mazi!"

Suddenly, someone shouted in surprise, and before everyone could react, a group of people on the approaching boat had already jumped onto the boat, all carrying knives and guns in their hands, and the leader of the boat gang bowed again and again.

"This lord, this lord, passing by your realm, naturally paid homage at that time, and asked this person to pass on the word on his behalf......"

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, the people who got on the boat dragged Chen Fangnan and the others onto the iron boat.

"Liu Ye, Liu Ye ......"

Chen Fangnan, who was brought on the boat, bowed again and again, he looked at the pockmarked bandit leader in front of him, and he didn't even dare to gasp. Just bowed politely and said.

"The villain is Chen Fangnan!"

When he went to Wuchang before, he had met with Liu Mazi and promised him five thousand taels of silver at that time.

"What about your family's surname Zhao?"

"He, he's not on this boat! Big boss, I look at that thing, just, forget it......"

Just when Chen Fangnan wanted to explain, he heard a gong shouting over there.

"Big boss, there are no girls on this ship!"

? What? Could it be the woman that the eldest young master brought?

Just when Chen Fangnan was thinking like this in his heart, Liu Mazi's eyes narrowed, staring at Chen Fangnan in front of him and the panicked boat gang and smiling coldly.

"Hmph, forget it...... I'm afraid this matter can't be settled like that,"

It can't be counted, someone paid money to buy the lives of these people! Who buys him doesn't care, for Liu Mazi, the only thing he cares about is silver!

"Come on, kill them all!"

The day passed quickly, from sunrise to dusk, Zhao Ziyu, who had turned from the Danjiang River to the Han River, and was ready to return to Shaanxi from the Han River, had been looking forward to the bow of the boat, but there were always only vast waves on the river, although the mountain scenery on both sides of the river was very magnificent, but she was not in any mood to enjoy the scenery on both sides.

"Ziyu, why do you have to leave here?"

Zhang Yujie, who walked out of the cabin, asked a little puzzled.

Shaking his head, Zhao Ziyu said directly:

"I don't know, since I left Wuchang, I always felt a little weird, but I couldn't say it, so I temporarily thought about it and changed the route from the Han River......

Maybe it's the woman's straight sinking, from the day she first saw Chen Fangnan, she had a strange feeling, and after leaving Xiangyang, that feeling was even stronger, and because of this, she used a hundred taels of silver to let the boatman quietly leave the fleet and turn around from the Han River into Shaanxi, although it is hundreds of miles away from Weinan Xiaoyi, but it is always right to be careful these days.

"Oh!"

Responding lightly, Zhang Yujie couldn't help but glance towards the south again, she knew that if she left, she might never be able to go back to Wuchang again, and she would not be able to return to that person.

"Sister misses him again?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yujie was stunned for a long time, was he thinking about him?

Thinking of him, she thought of the good man who treated her well, and in the blink of her eyes, the tears flowed, and she looked at the mountain peaks on the bank of the river and said with some pain:

"Yes, I took him...... How can I ...... like that"

But at this time, even if I regret it again, it is too late...... At this time, the remorse in my heart turned into tears.

Hundreds of kilometers away on the Yangtze River, for Guo Songtao, who stepped on a steamship for the first time, everything here made him curious, since that day and Zeng Guofan, he did not go directly to the Han army camp in the north of Yuezhou City, but waited in Yuezhou City for two days before going to Changsha, Yu Changsha first met Zuo Zongtang, and then met the Metropolitan Governor through his recommendation.

As for Guo Songtao, the first minister in history in China, Zhu Yifeng has also been famous for a long time, and naturally knows that Guo Songtao came to the door several times, and Zeng Guofan was finally moved, founded the Hunan Army, and later put Guo Songtao in Luo Zhichao, giving advice, raising donations and salaries, and becoming Zeng Guofan's right-hand man.

Zhu Yifeng naturally agreed with both hands for the surrender of Huxiang children like Guo Songtao, and even before he left Changsha, he had a certain amount in his heart and thought about where he would go - to serve as an envoy abroad, to be precise, as a representative stationed abroad, after all, whether it is the management of overseas students in Britain and France and other countries in the future, or the introduction of machinery and equipment, there needs to be a special person in charge, and Zhu Yifeng does not want to send an ambassador who only has "Zhi Hu Zeye" in his mind to the UK.

In the current governor's office, there is no one more suitable than Guo Songtao, in the history of the Qing Dynasty government to plan for the establishment of foreign affairs strategy, Guo Songtao angrily ordered to write, talk about his own ideas and views on foreign affairs and write "Article Chen Coastal Defense Matters" on the play. It is very wrong to think that the strength of the West is attributed to the strength of the ship and the strength of the artillery, and if China simply learns the "last skills" of Western military science, it will not be able to play the role of enriching the country and strengthening the army. Only by studying the politics and economics of the West and developing China's industry and commerce is the way out. It is also famous for this, of course, that reputation is more of a notoriety.

But how few scholars like this can see at a glance that only by studying Western politics and economics and developing China's industry and commerce is the way out?

At this time, Guo Songtao, who was in the cabin, did not know that the governor next to him had already made arrangements for his whereabouts, but only talked about his idea of "rectifying the rule of officials with severe punishment and strict laws", and even talked freely about "the collapse of the rule of officials is the root of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's loss of popular support", and Zhu Yifeng naturally agreed.

"Sure enough, the hero sees the same thing, it is important to rectify the rule of officials with severe punishment and strict laws, but when Yunxian was Emperor Hongwu, he did the act of peeling the skin and filling the grass on corrupt officials, and how many people did he deter? Why did the officials dare not speak of greed when Hongwu was there, and after Hongwu went, the rule of the officials collapsed? ”

"This ......"

Faced with the question mentioned by the Grand Governor, Guo Songtao couldn't help but be stunned, frowned slightly, and then said truthfully.

"I don't know, I don't know what the metropolitan governor thinks, why is this so?"

Zhu Yifeng picked up the teacup at the moment and did not answer his question, but just said casually.

"Yunxian is a man with great talents, this governor replaces wine with tea, and toasts Yunxian with a cup!"

When Guo Songtao didn't know why, Zhu Yifeng said again.

"This governor raised troops against the Qing Dynasty, and did it, one is to expel the Tartars, restore China, and the other is to restore the peace of the world, in order to return the people to a bright and prosperous world, when the rule of this official is clear, the governor does not know, but with the fierceness of the Hongwu, it is not yet possible to make the officials rule clear, so how can the rule of the officials be clear and clear only by rectifying the rule of the officials with strict punishments and strict laws? And the people are still in a good place? ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yifeng said quite meaningfully.

"Nowadays, people often want to ask the sages when they have something to understand, but the sages have not answered, and the history books have not recorded it, so why should they seek advice?"

The Governor's rhetorical question, so that Guo Songtao nodded again and again, his expression became more and more solemn, he only saw the collapse of the government caused by the loss of the people's heart, only thought that the strict punishment and strict law to rectify the rule of officials can return the people to a good place, but just as the Metropolitan Governor said, peeling the skin and filling the grass and hanging in the yaya is not only greedy, so how to stop greed?

"How to Seek Advice......

Yu repeated this word on his lips, but the sudden sound of the whistle from outside the cabin made him stunned, and he looked up at the Metropolitan Governor as if he had suddenly realized it and asked.

"Governor, since you can't learn from history books, can you seek advice from the West? Is there a good way to do it? (To be continued.) )