Chen Ke could fool Shi Dekuan, but he didn't want to fool Qiu Jin. This may be because Chen Ke respects Qiu Jin more, or it may be because Qiu Jin once helped Chen Ke. In short, after dinner, in the face of Qiu Jin's many requests, Chen Ke still explained very seriously.

Qiu Jin's requirements are no different from Shi Dekuan's, which can be summed up as "asking for money, people, and guns".

"Mr. Qiu, are you still preparing to fight a positional battle with the Manchus?" Chen Ke tried to convince Qiu Jin not to do such a stupid thing.

Qiu Jin is a revolutionary, but she is not a military expert, she asked a little puzzled: "How can you fight a war without relying on the defense of the city wall?" ”

Chen Ke continued to persuade: "There is no soldier who must be saved outside, and there is no city that must be defended inside. If the Manchus besieged Chizhou, where were the comrades of the Liberation Society prepared to get rescue? In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it has been said many times that the so-called horn is the trend. It means that the garrison of the city echoes the mobile troops outside the city. Without such an echo, once the Manchus adopted a siege, then Chizhou would be a place of death. ”

As soon as he heard that Chen Ke did not advocate occupying Chizhou, Qiu Jin immediately expressed his denial, "Wenqing, now that we have finally occupied the city, if the Qing army comes, we will withdraw." What will revolutionary comrades everywhere think? This is absolutely not a no-go. ”

Chen Ke can understand Qiu Jin's attitude, but he can't support Qiu Jin's strategic view, "Mr. Qiu, in the past, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in the open, and you were in the dark. With mental calculation and unintentional, you can naturally fight a lot of beautiful battles. Now that you are in the light and the Manchus are in the dark, you have to be on guard against the Manchus at all times, which is too difficult. ”

"Why doesn't Wen Qing want to be our rescuer? Are you ready to watch the revolution fail? Qiu Jin finally asked this sentence that made Chen Ke a little disappointed.

If he wanted to provoke the relationship between the Restoration Society and the Yue Wang Society, Chen Ke could ask rhetorically, "Could it be that King Yue will be farther away than us?" But Chen Ke knew very well that not to mention the proximity of the Yue Wanghui and the Guangfu Society, as long as the Manchu sailors cut off the passage on the Yangtze River, the two aspects would not be able to echo each other at all. In the earliest plan, Chen Ke did not expect the two parties to cooperate effectively. Chen Ke was just a little strange, why King Yue and the Restoration Society had not been able to fight yet. The reason why the People's Party wanted to build a city in Jiangbei and Jiangnan was to allow the Yue Wanghui and the Guangfuhui to each have a stronghold. The two sides then expanded with their respective strongholds as the core. But looking at the current performance, both sides have no intention of playing. Could it be because Anqing is the provincial capital and Chizhou is the state capital, and as a result, King Yue and Guangfu will be confused by these two big cities, and they must occupy these two cities?

"Mr. Qiu, I said that I could send troops to respond, do you believe it or not?" Chen Ke tactfully put forward his own views.

"Wen Qing can lay such a big territory, if you say that you can echo it, I will believe it." Qiu Jin didn't mean to let Chen Ke go.

"You believe it, but I don't believe it myself." Chen Ke simply made it clear, "I can't beat the Manchu warships on the Yangtze River." So I can't really help much. ”

Hearing what Chen Ke said so straightforwardly, Qiu Jin suddenly laughed, "Wen Qing is still the same as before, never bullying people. Mr. Tao sent me this time, not to ask Wen Qing to send troops, but I just hoped that Wen Qing could help. Since Wen Qing has already said it so clearly, I will tell you what Mr. Tao means. Mr. Tao wants me to ask Wen Qing, do you have any suggestions for the future strategy of our Restoration Society? ”

To this question, Chen Ke replied without hesitation: "If the status quo of the Liberation Society is followed, I think it is still a political struggle for the support of the gentry. Militarily, it expanded its territory to the south. I don't know much about the specific strength of the Liberation Society, but the biggest problem of the Manchus right now is the lack of money. As long as the inland counties continue to be conquered, the Manchus will be exhausted, and the finances will inevitably become even tighter. It is very unrealistic for the Liberation Conference to defeat the Manchus head-on, but there is hope for the Manchus to be brought down. Coupled with the political struggle for the support of the gentry, self-preservation was possible. ”

Qiu Jin frowned, "What Wen Qing said actually means that we want us to avoid the Manchu Dynasty?" Does Wen Qing look down on us like this? It only takes you a year to get to this scale. I see that within a radius of 100 miles, the power of Wenqing has fully entered the countryside. Why can you go all the way to conquer Anqing, we have to go all the way. You'll have to make this clear to me. ”

Chen Ke originally wanted to make it clear that if the Liberation Society could last a little longer, it would be of great benefit to the People's Party. He said with a straight face: "Mr. Qiu, because we don't rely on the gentry, we rely on the people. What the people want to survive in the disaster year is to survive, since the Manchu government can't save them, we really want to save the people, then the people will naturally support us. ”

"Wen Qing, what you said is not right, you want to save the people, don't we want to save the people?" Qiu Jin was very dissatisfied with Chen Ke's attitude. Is this clearly laughing at yourself?

"Mr. Qiu, the so-called injustice is loud. Your revolutionary ideas are not what the people want, they want to live, they want to eat, they want to be clothed, they want to live better. But your ideas are all long-term, and if the Manchus are overthrown, the people will be able to do what they want. What does this have to do with the common people? The gentry wanted to hear this, because by defeating the Manchus, they would be able to govern. But the people don't care about it at all. What does it have to do with the fact that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not down and the people can be fed and clothed? ”

"Huh? Wen Qing, you are talking nonsense, you have defeated the Manchu Qing Dynasty and those who oppressed the people. How can the lives of the people become bad? ”

"What the people want is that their lives are better now, at least not worse. But Sister Qiu, you want to bring down the Manchus and drive away the foreign invaders. If you want to do this, you must let the people feed you less. Not only has people's lives not improved, but they will get worse in the short term. Do you think ordinary people are stupid? ”

Hearing Chen Ke's words, Qiu Jin was furious, she glared at Chen Ke and scolded angrily: "This is the eyes of a mouse." ”

"If the Manchu Qing does not fall today, it will fall tomorrow, and if it does not fall tomorrow, it will fall the day after tomorrow. But the stomach is such a thing, and if you don't eat for a day, you will be hungry. If you don't eat for three days, you will be hungry and you will not be able to walk or work. The people know this very well. Chen Ke could only say it to this extent. He thinks it's too much.

Qiu Jin is a character after all, and before coming to Fengtai County, Tao Chengzhang repeatedly explained that she wanted her to get a way out from Chen Ke, she held back her anger and continued to ask: "Then why Wenqing, you yourself started a family by supporting the people, but let us rely on the gentry?" ”

"Because Mr. Qiu, you are a gentry yourself, and your gentry can understand it, and the gentry are interested in accepting it. The things that the common people think are completely different from those of the gentry, and Mr. Qiu has so much contact with the Hui Party, it should be extremely clear when he thinks about it. ”

Hearing this, Qiu Jin was silent for the time being. The reality of the party can be said to be correct, and no matter what they are asked to do, it will eventually fall on money and food. This is also Qiu Jin and Tao Chengzhang's biggest puzzlement that Chen Ke can command thousands of elites. If Qiu Jin and Tao Chengzhang were to command thousands of subordinates, they would have to scatter hundreds of thousands of silver dollars. Tao Chengzhang asked Qiu Jin to ask Chen Ke for advice, and the most important point was how to build a force like Chen Ke had when he attacked Anqing.

Qiu Jin thought for a long time, and then continued to ask: "Wen Qing, how much did it cost you to build your team?" ”

"If you calculate according to the pattern you experienced, Mr. Qiu, I will spend tens of millions of taels of silver. But actually, I spent a million taels of silver. ”

Qiu Jin was frightened by the number Chen Ke said, "How can this be so different?" ”

Chen Ke slowly calculated the account for Qiu Jin, "We have about two million people under our rule now, and one person is half a catty of food a day." Two million people are one million pounds of grain a day. These two million people need 120 million catties of grain to eat for four months. That's a million stones. Now a stone of grain is not sold for ten taels of silver in the disaster area, isn't this more than 10 million taels of silver? ”

Qiu Jin was already dumbfounded by this calculation. After a long time, she continued to ask: "What kind of algorithm is the 400,000 taels of silver spent?" ”

"We only have a total of one million taels of silver, and we only have so much money so far, and we have spent it completely." Chen Ke gave the answer. "Of course, Mr. Qiu must be wondering, where did we get this million stone grain? Because the enclosures on both sides of the Huai River were broken by us, and those people's homes were raided, we had so much food. ”

"You ......, how many people's homes have you raided in the past year?" Qiu Jin no longer has the momentum of a genius, Chen Ke's attitude is gentle, but the words he says are full of the smell of blood.

Chen Ke said calmly: "Including Anqing, we killed 10,000 people and copied more than 70 fences. ”

"Killed tens of thousands of people?" Qiu Jin has always been known as heroic in the revolutionary party, but after listening to Chen Ke's words, her first feeling was confusion. What is the concept of killing tens of thousands of people? There are only tens of thousands of people living in Shaoxing City, and if you live in the old city wall, there are only 10,000 people. Chen Ke has killed as many people in Shaoxing City in a year. The well-mannered young man in front of him is actually a "butcher" with blood on his hands? This made Qiu Jin feel a great shock.

"Mr. Qiu, it is true that tens of thousands of people died, but how many people survived. There are hundreds of thousands, to say the least. The vast majority of the dead were the gentry and their thugs. At least from the point of view of our People's Party, it is a kind of justice to exchange the lives of hundreds of thousands of people for the deaths of these people. But Mr. Qiu, the situation you are facing now is different from ours, Jiangnan has not suffered such a big disaster, and the people do not have such a high demand for revolution. Moreover, if you want to get money and food from the people, you will not get money and food directly from the gentry as quickly. Moreover, you may not have the convenience of recruiting the people to fight the war, and you may not be able to directly use the party to fight the war. That's why I suggest that you seize the county seat and win over the gentry. You are already very influential among the gentry, and it is easier for you to unite the gentry. ”

Listening to Chen Ke's calm statement, Qiu Jin felt that if Chen Ke's face was full of hideousness at this time, it might make her feel more comfortable. Chen Ke's attitude contained a disregard for the lives of the gentry. Whether it is killing the gentry or uniting the gentry, for Chen Ke it is just a means to an end. This cold attitude made Qiu Jin shudder.

Looking at Qiu Jin's shocked look, Chen Ke was actually quite helpless. He sincerely wanted to help Qiu Jin and the Restoration Society, but the program and line of the People's Party were of no help to the Liberation Society. Since the Liberation Society is an old-fashioned revolution, adopting a more pragmatic attitude is the most effective approach. If the Liberation Society is allowed to learn from the People's Party, that would be the real deception. Although he knew that his image was completely destroyed in Qiu Jin's eyes. But out of genuine kindness, Chen Ke had to give Qiu Jin such a suggestion.

The next thing was that everyone was speechless. Qiu Jin went back to the dormitory to rest on the grounds that she was tired from the journey. Chen Ke continued to work in the office, because of the reception of these two, today's work was delayed a lot, and he had to work overtime to make up for the time. Now is a very critical moment, and the BJP must complete the expansion of its base areas as much as possible before the spring ploughing, and complete the first harvest before the enemy attacks. Otherwise, the second half of the year will be very sad.