Chapter 51: The Watchman in Front of the Tree
Hu Xiaoyan, who was on the ship, could not have known that several instructors in his base camp had planned an "escape" incident against Lawrence in order to test the operational capabilities of British spies and the operational capabilities of special forces. He also did not know that the Yamen of the Anhui Mining General Department of the Japanese Special High-tech had sent two elite intelligence officers to collect intelligence and make assessments.
On the boat, everyone chatted happily, the only bad thing was that the two male students and three girls were seasick and vomited for a few days, and these five people were pale all the time, like blood-sucking zombies.
Hu Xiaoyan had no better way to do this, so he could only clean their rooms and fan them frequently to keep the air fresh. Fortunately, each of these people has a lot of money and is much better physically than ordinary people. After getting used to it, it will slowly recover.
During this time, Lev Davydovich was the most enthusiastic, not only often bringing them hot water, but also some fresh fruit. You should know that fresh fruit is very valuable on board, and it can only be bought when you are docked for supplies. This is not something that the average family can afford.
Hu Xiaoyan went to Lev Davidovich's room, who didn't eat fruit himself, but spent a lot of money to buy fruit for seasick students. This made Hu Xiaoyan feel more and more good about this person.
And Lev Davidovich's teaching to the students is also very good, only because his English is very awkward, and he has a strong Russian accent that he can't resonate with the students, but this is nothing to Hu Xiaoyan.
Lev Davidovich was just a man who had money to buy fruit but lived in an ordinary room, and he didn't eat very well. Hu Xiaoyan saw him eat only black bread and boiled water more than once, and occasionally eat some vegetables. Even vodka, the favorite of all Russians, is rarely drunk. This gentleman's favorite thing to do is to chat with Hu Xiaoyan first, and then go back to his room to take notes. His notes, which Hu Xiaoyan has also read, are all summaries of Hu Xiaoyan and his own ideas, and give solutions that are combined with Russian reality.
The notes are very detailed and specific.
Hu Xiaoyan had an urge to kill this person. This man is definitely not an ordinary person, and many of his views are not accessible to a simple university professor. This person must be a revolutionary party like Sun Wen, but a Russian revolutionary party.
The most important thing is that this man is still very young. He is about the same age as Jin Yunting, but his insights far exceed those of his students. Such a young Russian, who is good at learning and enthusiastic and energetic, will surely become the great enemy of the Chinese in the future.
It's just that this person hasn't done anything to hurt China yet, and Hu Xiaoyan doesn't have any impression of this person, so hesitant all the time.
In fact, Hu Xiaoyan didn't want to move Lev Davidovich in his heart, and it was not easy to find a friend who was similar to his own thoughts and could communicate with each other and authenticate each other in this era.
As a result, in hesitation, the ship arrived in London.
After getting off the boat, Lev Davidovich enthusiastically followed him, and finally found a slightly cheaper house to live in. The accommodation was arranged by Luo Fenglu, the Manchu ambassador to Britain.
Luo Fenglu's life is actually not easy. However, this was a characteristic of the Manchu era, and even the later diplomatic ambassadors of the Republic of China did not have a good time, the most direct thing was the lack of funds. In many cases, the servants in the embassy had to take care of the work outside to save money. For Hu Xiaoyan's unofficial visit, Luo Fenglu did not receive it, nor did he receive it. Because Li Hongzhang specially sent him a telegram.
Unable to get rid of the Russian Yankee Lev Davydovich, Hu Xiaoyan had to take him and Chen Xin to the embassy to meet Luo Fenglu and have a reception banquet that was not sumptuous . Seeing the shabby appearance of the embassy, Hu Xiaoyan, who had expected it, left 10,000 taels of silver to ensure that his students would not have to work outside to support themselves while studying at Scotland Yard. The ten secondary students who joined later were all stuffed by him to Luo Fenglu, and asked him to arrange for these people to study at Oxbridge in England.
Since the funds were not provided by the embassy, Luo Fenglu agreed very happily.
After leaving the embassy and returning to the rented house, Hu Xiaoyan made his decision public, and almost all the secondary school students raised objections. Especially the trio led by the trio and the three eldest ladies.
The trio is He Siqi, Luo Ming, and Fang Yue. The three girls are He Siqi's younger sister He Siyi, the braided younger sister He Siyi, and her two best friends: neighbor Zhang Xin and cousin Jin Linlin.
After Hu Xiaoyan talked badly, he finally got seven students. He Siqi's brothers and sisters and Luo Ming, the "little revolutionary", want to follow Hu Xiaoyan. In desperation, Hu Xiaoyan asked Fang Yue to take the rest of the people to the embassy. These people will go on to study at the highest universities in the British Empire. They are the first batch of international students sent by Hu Xiaoyan, and they are the most important part of Hu Xiaoyan's future science and technology.
In addition to these secondary two, there are several future police officers. These non-commissioned officers and students were very obedient, and they accepted Hu Xiaoyan's order and followed the students to the embassy.
In the end, there were only five future German Academy staff class students and Hu Xiaoyan's bodyguards left in the house. And, of course, the bearded Russian Lev Davidovich.
The next day, Lev Davidovich continued to ride in a carriage with Hu Xiaoyan to Hu Xiaoyan's hometown: Dorset, in southern England. Here, Hu Xiaoyan owns a 30-acre manor and a restaurant.
The village is small and populated, and not far from the forest was where he used to play as a child. And now the trees are more lush.
The manor is actually a farm, and all the output of the farm, in addition to providing food and drink for the family, will be sold or transported to the restaurant. There is the remains of an old castle not far from the village, and there are some interesting places around. Sometimes some young aristocrats come here with their temporary girlfriends for a vacation. And this can bring some income to the village.
Usually this income is enough for the civilians in the village to live for a long time. The village has no other source of livelihood than the output of its own land. Therefore, life is not very satisfactory.
As a result, the only restaurant and tavern in the village became the only entertainment venue in the village.
The owner of the tavern was named Hans, and he had a beautiful daughter named Angel. She is also Hu Xiaoyan's childhood sweetheart. If nothing else, they will soon get married, but Hu Xiaoyan knows that an accident has happened to him.
As their carriage passed by the big tree in front of the village, Hu Xiaoyan found a beautiful young girl of eighteen or nineteen standing in front of the tree and looking at it in a daze. At this moment, he knew that he was in big trouble.