The rice flag fluttered in the wind, making a provocative sound, the black iron warship arrogantly went upriver along the Yangtze River channel, and stopped in the Poyang Lake outside the Jiujiang British Concession with great momentum, and even aimed the black cannon mouth at Jiujiang City, making a look of opening artillery at any time to smash Jiujiang City, everyone in Jiujiang City is in danger, and the large and small merchants in the city are mainly closed, of course, there are also some optimistic merchants who choose to visit relatives and friends who have not seen in the township for more than ten years on this day. But more of them are good-looking daughters-in-law, reciting Amitabha Buddha, hiding in the bed to ask for the blessing of the gods and Buddhas, and the busy streets in the past have also become situational, many children drop a handful of rice on the empty street, set up a small basket on it, and wait for the silly bird to fly in after supporting it with a wooden stick.

Chang Zhenbang couldn't help but think: "Whether these birds are caught by people, or they catch fish, are they really stupid?" ”

You must know that catching small birds is a very patient job, even more than fishing, because the fish are in the quiet water, and few people come to disturb their peaceful life, but this bird is different, they are born in the noisy world, grow in the dangerous air, and give them countless food in nature, which means that these birds do not necessarily have to eat your food. But these stupid birds will always keep taking the bait, and will always be caught because these few grains of rice fall in the basket, or eaten, or fed to domestic animals, or played with children, in short, they can't escape a single prisoner, and they are fed a few grains of rice, is it really worth losing their freedom and losing their lives for this?

It's really stupid to lose your life and freedom for a few grains of rice!

Maybe these are the only ones who are so stupid!

Looking at the bird traps erected on the street, Chang Zhenbang said sadly: "Maybe there are still people!" "On the way to the flour storehouse, from time to time birds flew down to eat the flour that had fallen unintentionally, and these insignificant things, which seemed to them to be enough for them to peck at the risk of their lives.

In fact, how can this not be the case?

Sun Monkey made innovations and set off civil unrest in Wuhan, but what is the use? If you want money or not, if you want guns and ammunition, if you don't have guns and ammunition, you don't obediently give up the position of the president, but you are not reconciled, and you haven't set off the Kwai Chou rebellion, who knows that stealing chickens will not make a loss of rice, and in the hands of the reformers, half of the southern country will be lost all at once, and he will return to the arms of the people of Dongying in a gloomy way, which is really ugly!

Yuan Shikai has painstakingly managed the power of the president over the years, constantly strengthened the authority of the central government, and has done a good job for so many years, so that the seven provincial officials who were dissatisfied with the central government and the eight disgruntled at the beginning bowed down one by one, and obeyed the orders of the central government as if they were gods, and recreated Washington, China with respect and reconstruction. Not only enjoyed a great reputation, but also had the authority of the emperor, and even had the right to designate the next presidential candidate, so it seems that in addition to the emperor's name, he is almost the same as the emperor, but for the emperor's false name, he braved the world's disapproval to ascend the throne, and brazenly announced the decree to change the national body and name, so that Cai Ye found the righteousness of resistance and then raised the banner of protecting the country and launched the Southwest Rebellion.

In fact, why is it so painful?

It's really not worth it for that little profit.

But what can be done?

No matter how rational people are, they are still a kind of beasts in the end, but the long-term evolution has allowed them to defeat other things, so they will boast of their own civilization, you must know that the beast heart hidden under this hypocritical civilized etiquette is always coveting rational judgment, as long as people are slightly tempted and emotional, they will lose their minds and become beasts in another sense.

Just like those three million hairs, is it really important to yourself?

The answer is self-evident! With his current bullet productivity and reserves, although it has not exceeded this number, it is not much less, but when he saw these three million bullets, Chang Zhenbang couldn't help but be moved, just like those birds who were free and safe saw the rice grains under the basket, although they also saw the basket above the millet, but they lacked the charm of resisting food.

In fact, none of the creatures that have survived until now are stupid, but in the face of greed, no creature can escape the fate of destruction, not only birds, but also people!

"Sir, the food has been raised, please take a look!" Dehai didn't know when he appeared in front of Chang Zhenbang, and said softly. Seeing that Chang Zhenbang's eyes were gloomy, Dehai couldn't help but raise his voice and said again: "My lord, if you are not feeling well, let the humble man check it alone this time!" ”

"Ahh Chang Zhenbang screamed, and the surrounding horses rushed over one after another, and when they went up, they pulled Dehai by the shoulders and pressed them to the ground. Chang Zhenbang hurriedly let these horses loosen Dehai, and said embarrassedly: "The official was thinking about things just now, and you were wronged!" ”

Dehai beat the dust on his body, smiled, and said: "The lord is here in person, is it too late for his subordinates to be happy?" How can you be wronged? It's just that I don't know what makes the lord think so distracted? ”

Chang Zhenbang thought for a while, pointed to the bird hunting basket not far away and said: "Seeing these birds dying for food, I can't help but think of people dying for money!" ”

Dehai said with a smile: "The lord might as well look at it from another angle, you might as well see these food, wealth as an opportunity, if the bird does not die for food, if it is full, it will become a big bird, you can travel the world, people will not die for money, you can make great achievements, and it is not a problem to fly Huang Tengda, just like the lord is born as a martial artist, he should know that fighting a war is to die, but the more afraid of death, the more there is no way to live, only those who are not afraid of death will win the war!" Just like when the lord outwitted Jiujiang City, if Liu Shijun fought to the end, it might not be so easy for adults to enter Jiujiang, but it was a pity that these innovators were greedy for life and afraid of death, and they fled without a fight. Of course, this is a little shallow opinion of the villain, as for whether it is right or not, please don't care about it. ”

Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "What you said is very reasonable! I don't like others to call me Lord like Li Chun and Marquis Li, so it's better to call me an adult. ”

Dehai said: "It seems that the adults have also noticed that it is the northern provinces that support Emperor Yuan, and there are many opponents in the southern provinces. Whether Emperor Yuan can sit firmly in the country is still two words, but the adults hold the power of the first division of the Jiujiang Army, no matter who will be the world in the future, there will be few adults to guard one place. ”

"It's better to defend one place than to guard this place!" Chang Zhenbang said: "The General Office of Dehai doesn't know what method you have to let this official guard this place?" ”

Dehai said: "Then the villain said something unpleasant, my lord, what capital do you have to bargain with the court now?" Once the imperial court changes, it is already good for the lord to retain the position of the town guard, unless he reaches the position of Li Houye, he can think of where to be the town guard. ”

"Haha, that's a good point, then do you think Marquis Li can be an Overseer wherever he wants?" Chang Zhenbang said with a smile.

Dehai said: "Your Excellency, you must know that although Marquis Li holds all the rights of the Jiangxi Governor, he is only in charge of Jiangxi's military affairs!" is not a real overseer, as long as the adults can grasp the opportunity, there is still hope that they can bypass Li Houye and become the overseer of Jiangxi directly! ”

"Really?"

"The opportunity is to leave time to be prepared for the hero, my Emperor Taizu has gone through hardships and dangers, with thirteen pairs of iron armor to raise troops, and achieved three hundred years of great deeds, Mongolia's Lin Dan Khan is stronger than my Taizu but can only flow to Qinghai, when he regathered the four Khan armor forces to restore the glory of his ancestors, but he was killed by smallpox from heaven, it is really a sigh, such as the bird that throws himself into the net, does not eat, then dies, and is not in a hurry to eat is caught, this is like Emperor Yuan, there is no eloquence, but unfortunately he was born at the wrong time, but he is the leader of a country, Or the lord of half of the country! Maybe he will be ruined for 10,000 years! Therefore, seizing the opportunity is the wisdom of the heavens and the achievement of the great cause of eternal perseverance, and failing to seize the opportunity is the death of people for wealth and the death of birds for food. After all, history is always written by the victors. ”

Chang Zhenbang thought for a while and said, "Persuade me like this, are you a northerner or a southerner?" ”

Dehai said embarrassedly: "The subordinates are full of people!" ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "But you are provoking me to rebel, and you haven't said where the opportunity for this official is for a long time?" ”

Dehai said: "The subordinates did not provoke the adults to rebel, but I just hope that the adults can seize the rare opportunity to regenerate the next floor, only the opportunities of the adults are not known to the subordinates, after all, only those who can see the opportunity can seize the opportunity to succeed, if the villain sees the opportunity, he will naturally seize it, where will he be so chattering in front of the adult?" Besides, there are opportunities that only subordinates can see, and some opportunities can be seen by adults later, subordinates just feel the need to tell adults that people are going to die after all, why not seize the opportunity to live him vigorously, live him wonderful! ”

Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "Your mouth is really powerful, if there is really a war, you must be mobilized!" Okay, let's not talk about it, hurry up and count the amount of flour, and when the British come, it's better to hurry up and deliver the guests, and dealing with these foreigners is tiring! ”

Dehai looked at the approaching warship in the distance and said, "Actually, adults don't like to deal with these foreigners very much!" These foreign devils are crooked before the fact, picking and picking even eggs and bones to find trouble, but once the contract is signed, it is very regular, and it is easy not to violate, compared to those Han people who talk well and finally do not admit it, it is really much cuter, and it is much easier to deal with, but every time it is so checked, it is inevitably a little troublesome! As he spoke, he led the way and let Chang Zhenbang see the amount of flour handed over this time.

"That's what foreigners are good at!" Chang Zhenbang looked at the hill-like pile of flour and said: "Honesty is the foundation, attaches importance to contracts, and carefully inspects, so they are always reassuring, of course, if you make trouble in it, it will be much more troublesome." ”

"How many bags of flour are in this pile?" Chang Zhenbang suddenly pointed to a flour pile and asked.

Dehai stepped forward and looked at the thirteen written in Arabic numerals in front of him, and said: "In order to facilitate management, my subordinates have divided various areas in this warehouse, and each area has been marked with Arabic numerals, as you can see, this is the thirteenth pile of flour, each pile of flour is four hundred and twenty-five bags, and the adults can personally count one or two!" ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Forget it, I have always been relieved that you do things!" ”

Dehai said: "After the foreign devils come, they are their people who carry everything!" I'm afraid that our people will make trouble from it! ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "It's just a fair deal, as long as he doesn't cheat us, we can't lose our integrity and lose people for such petty profits!" ”

Dehai said: "My subordinates understand, it's just that the price given by these foreign devils recently is really cheap, one-third of the normal profit of the market, and if it continues like this, I'm afraid there will be nothing to be gained!" ”

Chang Zhenbang glanced around, pulled Dehai into a remote corner between the two pairs of grain mountains and said: "I don't care if there is more money or less money, because there are some things that the British can easily get, and money alone can't buy them. ”

Dehai said: "The flour is given to us according to two-fifths of the market profit, but every 100 bags of flour give us ten guns that the British army has dismantled, these guns are very garbage in the eyes of the British, but they are very useful on the battlefield in China, better than the equipment of the Dongying people, but the better thing is that the ammunition of these guns can be used in the current warehouse." It's really a better way to pay than the pound ocean! ”

"It would be better if the bullets were good, at least the bullets are a good thing in their eyes, these obsolete guns are just piles of scrap metal in their eyes, and now it's too much to come to exchange my flour!" Chang Zhenbang sighed and said, "This time, we can't sell our flour so cheaply anymore no matter what." ”

"Understood!" Dehai said: "As for the German side, what to do?" The Germans also wanted guns in exchange for flour. ”

"Tell them I've had enough guns, and from today they have to trade them for machines and artillery! As for the price...... Kindness...... It's calculated according to the market price, and we can't deceive people too much! But if they insist on exchanging guns for them, they will add half of the current market price. As for how to transport it to Jiujiang, that's their business, we don't care! ”

"Your Excellency is wise! The subordinates will negotiate with Mr. Hansen in the tone of an adult! "Tokukaido.

After the two people communicated, they continued to inspect the flour pile, and just as they checked the flour pile No. 36, Wang Dewang outside the warehouse door told and shouted: "His Excellency the British Empire Consul in Jiujiang has arrived!" ”

Chang Zhenbang and Dehai looked at each other and smiled, and they both went out.

This book was first published in Reading Book Worm