Yan Fu never expected that Chen Ke would really raise the flag of rebellion and start a rebellion. And the reason why Chen Ke mentioned this matter to himself was actually to tell Yan Fu that he didn't need to go to Shouzhou to see Fengyang Mansion to sentence Shen Zengzhi, and Shen Zengzhi was already in the prison in Fengyang County.

Such a serious and comical problem is the first time Yan Fu has seen it. The weirdness of his nominal disciple's style was even more unreasonable than the rebellion itself.

"Wen Qing, you're not kidding, are you?" Yan Fu couldn't help but want to be sure.

Chen Ke didn't want to explain more, he smiled and said, "Mr. Yan, you go to the station with me to rest now." I sent someone to invite Mr. Shen to meet you. ”

Having said that, Yan Fu was already sure that Chen Ke was not joking. He couldn't care about getting together with his old friends anymore, but hurriedly asked, "Wen Qing, you are too reckless." ”

Chen Ke's mentality has become very normal recently, and in the face of the excited Yan Fu, Chen Ke asked calmly. "Not reckless. I've been here for a year, how can I still be reckless after preparing for a year? ”

"If you make this move, the government will soon come to encircle and suppress it." Yan Fu reminded anxiously.

"The government knows this news, and we estimate that even the iron will be able to be transported back from Hanyang. And it's not necessarily who will do it first. Chen Ke was very confident, "Mr. Yan, this is not a place to talk, let's go back to the station and talk slowly." ”

Although Yan Fu was full of words, after listening to Chen Ke's words, he did not object, "Lead the way ahead." He answered.

Although there were many people of all colors along the way, Yan Fu was very surprised by the orderly market. After entering the barracks, all kinds of training and the many people who came and went made Yan Fu show a surprised look on his face.

Everyone sat down in Chen Ke's office, but Yan Fu didn't mention the rebellion first, "Wen Qing, these thousands of people are your subordinates?" ”

"They are not my subordinates, they are all revolutionary comrades. In order to survive better, everyone gathered together to promote the revolution. Chen's answer was standard.

Yan Fu felt that this statement was very fresh, and when he first heard Chen Ke say that he had rebelled, Yan Fu immediately thought of the situation of the unkempt victims rising up. But what I saw along the way was orderly, and tens of thousands of victims were well managed. Aside from the sheer number of people maintaining order, it looks like a situation during the peaceful years. He was now beginning to suspect that Chen Ke had some false words. "Wen Qing, if you encounter any difficulties, you might as well say it directly. Since I am willing to help you, I will naturally not see you being troubled. Yan Fu said. He now suspects that Chen Ke beat Shouzhou for some unexpected reasons. In this disaster year, I am afraid that someone in Shouzhou has bad thoughts about Fengtai County, Chen Ke is young and vigorous, and he can't help but do it.

Chen Ke knew that Yan Fu was thinking about it, so he had to explain: "Mr. Yan, you don't know much about the people's revolution. Whether the people participate in the revolution or not, they are only trying to live for themselves. This world is unfair, and if someone offers a fairer way of the world, the people will follow suit, and this is just human nature. The revolution we are carrying out has made life better for the people, so why don't they follow us? ”

"Then if the government comes to suppress ......," Yan Fu asked.

"The Manchus were stronghold politics. All he can do is the county seat. As long as we uproot their county towns and destroy the army garrisons, the Manchus will be powerless. However, the people's revolution we are carrying out first goes to the grassroots level and establishes people's power in every village and town. The Manchus simply did not have the ability to exterminate us. Mr. Yan, you are a water teacher. The Manchu Qing is now a broken ship, but he is facing the vast sea of people! ”

Yan Fu has been in the Nanyang Navy Division and the Beiyang Navy Division for decades, proficient in shipping affairs, Chen Ke's analogy completely moved him, listening to Chen Ke's words, Yan Fu pondered for a moment, and couldn't help muttering, "Can the water overturn the boat?" ”

"Why do those who rebel always fail? Because they just want to use the sea of the people, and the rising tide will lift all boats for their own benefit. As for the people's revolution, we revolutionaries are for the people. The interests of the people are still above those of us revolutionaries. We are in a lower land than the people. We must carry the people forward. The purpose of our revolution was not to bring down the Manchus, but to enable the people to live a truly happy life. If the people's revolution needs to overthrow the Manchus, we will defeat the Manchus, and if the people's revolution needs us to resist foreign countries, we will resist foreign countries. We did not go to revolution in order to overthrow the Manchus and resist foreign countries, but to achieve the interests of the people, and we must do so. ”

Chen Ke felt that his revolutionary theoretical level had skyrocketed in the past few days, and if he had said it before, he really couldn't say such things, at least it was not his sincere words. In the past, Chen Ke was just a person who wanted to take advantage of the people's revolution. Now that he has changed, after personally leading his comrades to make a revolution, Chen Ke also realized for the first time how bitter the people's life is, and how great the power contained in the people is. Therefore, Chen Ke cut into the people's revolution from the perspective of a traverser. He sincerely hoped that China could be liberated through the people's revolution. Unconsciously, Chen Ke has gone from playing the role of the leader of the Chinese revolution to truly becoming a revolutionary leader. This kind of revolutionary rhetoric will no longer arouse Chen Ke's shyness and daring, on the contrary, Chen Ke's words are justified and sincere.

The handsome old man Yan Fu is not an ordinary person after all, although he does not understand the people's revolution mentioned by Chen Ke, he is quite interested in the theory put forward by Chen Ke. After thinking for a while, Yan Fu raised a key question, "I have been saying it for thousands of years based on the people, but I always say it well, but it is difficult to do, and finally I ended up without a problem." Wenqing, you have the world in your heart, but don't repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

"Then Mr. Yan might as well go to the countryside with me to have a look." Chen Ke made an invitation.

Yan Fu agreed at the time, "That's very good." I've always felt that Wenqing is different, but this time I want to see how capable Wenqing is. ”

While speaking, the guards came in from outside, "Secretary Chen, oh, Chairman Chen, Shen Zengzhi brought it." ”

Shen Zengzhi never expected to see Yan Fu in the thief's den. After being captured, Shen Zengzhi and the officials of Shouzhou were sent to prison. There is no slack in eating three meals a day. If you don't eat well, you won't go hungry. Except for the prison officials and prisoners who were required to clean their cells on time and ensure that they were clean, life was very ordinary. No one was beaten, and no one forced them to surrender, which was much more than these people expected.

Officials are extremely unaccustomed to such total disregard. In their opinion, as a senior official, they must have some special treatment. And now in a corner of complete oblivion, I am uneasy.

When Shen Zengzhi, the highest-ranking among these officials, was taken away, many officials felt a lot more relaxed. According to their imagination, Lord Shen Zengzhi, who has the highest official position, will definitely be brought up to torture first. However, thinking that it would be his turn after Lord Shen was tortured, the faces of these people became ugly again.

Shen Zengzhi's basic idea is similar, he is not afraid of being punished, but he is afraid of being humiliated. However, the thought that he was captured was already a great humiliation, and if he had the backbone, he should have committed suicide immediately. Since there was no suicide at that time, there is no sense of integrity. All we have to do now is not to surrender in fear of death, and not to lose our dignity.

So after seeing Yan Fu, although Shen Zengzhi was very surprised, he didn't show a fuss. Knowing that Chen Ke was going to take Yan Fu to see the revolutionary situation in Fengtai County, Shen Zengzhi generously accepted the invitation. He really wanted to see what happened to Chen Ke, who had captured him, in Fengtai County.

So Chen Ke, Yan Fu and a guard walked and got a donkey for Shen Zengzhi to ride, and the four of them set out on the road to inspect. Shen Zengzhi Chen Ke was arrested, he was very unconvinced, seeing Chen Ke so simple, he couldn't help but sneer: "Chen Ke, aren't you afraid that someone will kidnap you and send you to the official?" ”

"You haven't even posted a wanted notice, what's the benefit of kidnapping me and sending me to the official?" Chen Ke replied neither softly nor hard. Shen Zengzhi was immediately choked. In such a confrontation, Shen Zengzhi has determined that Chen Ke is by no means a polite gentleman, and from then on, he will never compete with Chen Ke for the superiority of his tongue.

However, Yan Fu felt that Shen Zengzhi was a scholar, and it was a little hard to sit on a donkey. He asked, "Wenqing, is there a sedan chair here?" ”

As soon as these words came out, I heard the guards can't help but sneer. Yan Fu knew that he had said the wrong thing, but he didn't know what was wrong.

Chen Ke came out to relieve the siege, "The People's Party, you can't sit on the head of the people. All party members and public officials in the base areas are not allowed to sit in sedan chairs. Long two legs is to make walking. Mr. Shen was not in good health and was locked up for a few more days before arranging a donkey for him. The donkey had just been brought in. In the past year, no one in our People's Party has ever ridden a donkey. ”

After hearing this, Yan Fu couldn't help but marvel, Chen Ke's strictness was really a little appalling. Shen Zengzhi's face turned red, and he was about to get off the donkey. Chen Ke held Shen Zengzhi down. "Mr. Shen, we have to walk a lot today, and if you don't ride a donkey, it will slow down our trip. For everyone's sake, just bear with me. ”

Yan Fu originally thought that Chen Ke arranged a donkey for Shen Zengzhi to show respect, but he never expected that there was no official scene in the "base area". He knew that Shen Zengzhi was a very square person, and it was a shame to be treated as a burden. However, Chen Ke was not wrong in what he said, Shen Zengzhi walked by himself with face, but he just dragged everyone down. He felt like he couldn't interject. However, it was not appropriate for him not to speak, Yan Fu only comforted: "Brother Shen, let the guest be the host." ”

Shen Zengzhi's original bottom line was not to be humiliated, but he didn't expect that he would be humiliated everywhere in Fengtai County. Others walk and ride donkeys themselves, although they are taller than others in absolute height, but they have become the identity of the weak. But blindly being stubborn is just self-inflicted, and Chen Ke's move of getting him a donkey cannot be said to be malicious. So enduring the unhappiness, Shen Zengzhi also went with the flow.

The rest of the trip was much more interesting.

When passing through the fields that had already been harvested, Yan Fu looked at the vast flat land and was full of praise for Chen Ke's disaster relief ability. When he saw the large aqueducts and ditches that had begun to take shape, he couldn't even speak. Shen Zengzhi looked dissatisfied for a while, but now his expression has become serious. The amount of manpower and material resources required for such a large project is a huge amount, and in the disaster year, Chen Ke actually created such a situation while providing disaster relief, and his operational methods have exceeded the limits of the imagination of Manchu officials.

Chen Ke didn't care about this, and walked forward for a while before a smile appeared on his face. "Mr. Yan Fu, the main canal we are trying to build in front is made of masonry and cement. Once this canal is repaired, there will be no more problems with drainage and irrigation. ”

Needless for Chen Ke to deliberately point out, the eyes of Yan Fu and the others had already fallen on the big ditch. It was a strange canal, not earthy or stony, but a smooth grey surface. Yan Fu walked up and tried it, this kind of cement surface is very solid, there is not even a trace when you step on it, and it is very dense. It doesn't seem to seep water.

"Wenqing uses cement to build canals, which is really not small. You must know that in Hebei, the price of cement is not low. Yan Fu no longer knew how to praise his "apprentice".

"Take it from the people, use it for the people. The people in the base areas are working hard, and if there is no hope in sight, then the name of our People's Party will be in vain. ”

Listening to Chen Ke's answer, Shen Zengzhi couldn't help frowning. In his imagination, Chen Ke was a bandit leader, but he never imagined that Chen Ke was quite capable in civil affairs. In the disaster year, such a situation can still be created, if Chen Ke is given a year or two, the people of Fengtai County are only afraid that they will really be determined to follow Chen Ke.

Yan Fu understands science and technology, and he and Chen Ke talked about the methods and technologies used to build water conservancy in Fengtai County along the way. Shen Zengzhi didn't understand at all, so he was silent. However, the guards were so happy to see the beloved Chairman Chen and the distinguished guests, although they couldn't understand it, looking at Chen Ke's smile, they were really happy in their hearts.

After a little more walking, we arrived at the brick factory, where the production line driven by four steam engines rumbled. Bricks are constantly being made from the mold. Now that it was cold, the bricks from the machines were steaming hot, and the workers were transporting the bricks to the firing factory on rudimentary wooden wheels. Yan Fu worked in the Tianjin Machinery Bureau, the largest arsenal in Asia that year, and he is no stranger to such a scene. Shen Zengzhi is a literati, where has he ever seen such a large-scale scene. He was blown away.

For Chen Ke and the other four people to appear, the workers almost ignored it, and still worked as hard as Fang Cai. Yan Fu couldn't help but praise: "It's really well-trained." ”

Chen Ke shook his head lightly, "These bricks are for everyone to build a house, and if you don't do it well, your own house will be gone." That's why there's such positivity. ”

"How many houses does Wen Qing want to build?" Yan Fu asked casually.

"We probably estimate that there must be more than 12,000." Chen Ke replied.

"What? More than 12,000? Yan Fu was incredulous at this number, "Why do you want to build so much?" How many bricks are needed? ”

"We have promised that the people of Fengtai County will be able to live in their own houses before winter. There are 70,000 or 80,000 people up and down the county, and 12,000 houses are already very crowded. It is now tentatively estimated that more than 15 million bricks will be needed. ”

"Then why don't you let the people come and make bricks first? Wouldn't that be faster? Yan Fu was still puzzled. Not only Yan Fu, but Shen Zengzhi was also puzzled.

"Everybody's laying the foundation." Chen Ke replied.

The two former officials were a little red when they heard this answer, they were just frightened by the fifteen million bricks. I forgot about the foundation.

"How much does this cost?" Yan Fu couldn't help but ask.

"We agreed with the people that they don't have to give money, but labor to pay back." Chen Ke gave the answer, "Fangcai's canal needs a lot of bricks, and after the people live in the house, they will repair the canal in the winter when the farm is not working, and rely on their efforts to replace their housing money." ”

"Wen Qing, you say this, the people benefit from repairing the canal, and the people benefit from repairing the house, so where does your People's Party benefit?" Yan Fu asked strangely.

"The founding goal of our People's Party is to liberate the people and benefit them. When the people are benefited, our goal is achieved. Naturally, it will benefit. We don't farm the land ourselves, and what we eat and drink is created by the labor of the people. ”

"Then if the imperial court sends troops to suppress it?" Yan Fu couldn't help but remind Chen Ke.

"We have the people's army, and the people will fight to defend their interests."

Shen Zengzhi said calmly: "Just that rabble, I'm afraid it's vulnerable now." ”

Hearing this, Yan Fu was a little surprised. Shen Zengzhi is not a bitter person, but a scholar. It is understandable that Chen Ke was caught and angry, but it was impossible for him to say such boring words. turned his head to look at Shen Zengzhi, but saw that Shen Zengzhi's face was calm, not provocative.