Chapter 338: Confrontation (1)
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Under the candlelight, Lin Haifeng was writing something.
Liu Xianghe sat on the side, with a needlework basket on his lap, sewing up the big pants that Lin Haifeng wore on the river control site. From time to time, she glanced at her dedicated husband, and then gently tufted a pair of willow-like eyebrows at the work in her hand, I don't know if it was because her husband snubbed herself, or because she felt helpless about the color of the patch on the big pants.
"Director, there's a letter from Chairman Tianjing Yang." Zuo Zongtang habitually walked in without knocking on the door.
"Oh." Lin Haifeng, who was writing something under the candlelight, raised his head, took the letter in Zuo Zongtang's hand, and smiled and motioned for him to sit down first.
"Chief of Staff Zuo, sit here." Liu Xianghe picked up the needlework basket on his body and smiled at Zuo Zongtang.
"No, I'll do it here, madam, you're busy with your own." Zuo Zongtang casually brought a chair from the wall and sat down.
"Hehe, then sit down, I'll pour you a cup of tea."
"Don't, don't," Zuo Zongtang patted his stomach with a smile, "It's full of water, and you have to drink it again." ”
"Look at what you said, then talk when you want to drink."
"Well, I'm not going to be polite anyway."
Liu Xianghe sat down again with a smile and continued to be busy with his work.
"Oops......" Seeing the position of the two buttocks of the big black pants in Liu Xianghe's hand, one side had been mended, and the other side had also been mended with two large white patches that were half mended, Zuo Zongtang shook his head with a sigh, "There is no need to keep it, it's better to sew a new piece, and besides, this color doesn't match?" ”
"Who's to say no, but he didn't do anything, the two patches were cut out of his worn-out coat. I always say that I want something good for work, but if I wear it, how ugly it will be. Liu Xianghe's brows furrowed again, and his mouth turned towards Lin Haifeng.
Lin Haifeng held the letter unfolded in his hand, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. On the letter, the strokes with irregular thickness, the crooked font, and the little unadorned content are known at a glance to be from Yang Xiuqing's own hand.
"Brother Haifeng:
I've read the letter. Brother, I met with Da Kai and Zheng Nan, and they all agreed with my brother's idea, and my brother made his own decisions on what to do. The Northern Expedition is currently the top priority of the Celestial Empire, and in order not to cause trouble to the back of the elder brother's ass, the Dakai brothers have begun to tour Shanghai and other places. Brother, I personally served as my brother's governor's grain officer, ensuring that a qiē military supply was sent to the front day and night......
Winter uniforms will be fully produced by the end of August. Hehe, last night I personally dressed up and tried it out, and the thing was really good, convenient and warm. Especially the cotton coat, it is very stylish and beautiful to wear. I'll just say, as long as Brother Haifeng gets something, then there's nothing bad. It's the weather right now, and this thing makes my brother's sweat like running water.
Alas, what kind of feeling should it be to really want to swing a sword on a prancing horse with my brother, and if I really want to shout 'for the sake of the Celestial Empire, forward' with my brothers on the front line? It's a pity that I didn't have a chance, so I asked my brother and brothers to do more for me.
By the way, my brother pawned the jade bracelet in Shanghai last year, brother, I sent someone to redeem it for you, after all, it was a gift from Lai Wangniang to someone's goddaughter, how could you do this. Come on, just stay with me for the time being, and I'll give it to you when you return to Tianjing, or I don't know who I'll bet it on again. You guy......
Brother, you are my backbone, give my brother a good life, don't be tired, don't be bitter about yourself! ”
Lin Haifeng slowly put down the letter, looked at the candle flame burning quietly in front of him, and did not move for a long time.
"Director, has the situation changed?" Seeing such a scene, Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but ask with some doubts.
"No, no." Lin Haifeng twitched his nose lightly and pushed the letter on the table to Zuo Zongtang.
Zuo Zongtang took the letter.
"Have Senators Zeng and Senator Cezanne returned?" Lin Haifeng picked up the pipe on the table and lit it.
"Not yet." Zuo Zongtang gently put the finished letter back on the table and looked at Lin Haifeng, "Today is Zaiyuan's mother's birthday, and it is estimated that he forgot about it, so Zeng Senate and Sai Shang'a should be ...... when they go like this."
"Yes...... Lin Haifeng nodded lightly, "It's not easy for our parents to give birth to us, whether we are born in royal families or ordinary families." ”
"Well," Zuo Zongtang sighed, "Regarding the note protesting against the Russian army's harassment of the grain trade between the people on both sides of the strait, I have already prepared it according to your meaning, when will it be handed over to Commander Hong?" ”
"Tomorrow." Lin Haifeng took a hard puff of his pipe, and then spit out a big white smoke ring, "Commander Hong sternly warns them that if there is another similar incident, our army will cut off cross-strait exchanges." If it weren't for the fact that the people on the other side of the river had no food and clothing, or if he knelt down and begged us, we wouldn't have done it. These bastards! ”
"Hehe......" Zuo Zongtang smiled, "Also, the order to the northwest to urge the Red Army to do everything possible to properly resolve the conflict at Pujin Pass has been issued." ”
"Okay, now our 'friend' who likes to engage in secret activities should be busy again." Lin Haifeng smiled a little proudly, and suddenly, he looked at Zuo Zongtang and asked, "Hey, why haven't you seen Hou Yutian show up tonight?" ”
"Report!" Just then, the door opened, and a man entered.
"Haha, I really can't say it, but I will come on time."
"Your Highness, the secret letter." Hou Yutian walked straight in front of Lin Haifeng and handed over a small note.
"The grandmother of the Li family is critically ill, the grandfather left home alone and went south, and the eldest grandson secretly came back to fulfill his filial piety."
There were only three short sentences, but Lin Haifeng's face was full of joy, "Okay, okay, I can't sit still!" ”
Pryushenko, who had just returned to the accommodation of the Tsarist Russian Observer Mission, also received two things at this moment, the same letter and a note. The letter was written to him by Putiyatin, who had arrived in Texas, and the note was from his "mole".
Putiatin's letter was filled with details that instructed him on how and to accomplish the Tsar's vision, and it seems that great efforts were taken to achieve this purpose. However, for the current Pryushenko, whether these things are "afterthoughts" or not, at a glance, they are purely on paper and are not worth using at all.
Alas, they all too don't know the opponent they are facing! Pryushenko sighed, but what is the opponent like? Although he has been in contact with it for a month recently, if you really think about it, you have a feeling that you don't know why.
Ever since he left the "official residence" of the director of the Northern Camp of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Pryushenko has been convincing himself that the olive branch of peace that the other party keeps shaking is purely a swagger. A nation that must regain what it has lost cannot do without the means of war, relying solely on imaginary peace strategies.
But war requires preparation, and it is not something that can be done as soon as the brain is hot, are those "rebels" prepared? He searched his stomach and tried everything he saw and heard, but he never got confirmation. Except for the Pujinguan conflict, Mengjin, Kaifeng, Jinan, and along the vast Yellow River, there is not the slightest sign of large-scale armed assembly or mobilization of troops. I really don't understand, what the hell are they trying to do? The tone is bigger than the sky, but tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of elite troops are wrapped up with the common people, fluttering on the construction site of what kind of river control, are you curing the river to defeat us?
Priushenko was puzzled. Out of the sense of responsibility of a professional soldier, although Putiyating had Putiyating's arrangement, he even wanted to leave Jinan immediately and return to the north shore.
At this time, the secret report of "Mole" came again, and this is the note.
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