Chapter 585: Decree Palace Envoy

As early as ancient times, the people of Middle-earth noticed the psychological trauma suffered in early childhood, which, if not treated in a timely and effective manner, could affect the healthy development of his personality, and the effects of this trauma could lurk in the depths of his heart and may lead to the root of neurotic diseases later in life. Because there is a big difference between children and adults in terms of level of understanding. Therefore, psychological trauma in childhood is not judged by adults, not based on the experience of adults, but from the eyes of children, is the self-evaluation of children, some things are very naΓ―ve and ridiculous in the eyes of adults, but extraordinary in the eyes of young children. The elephant is startled by a dog, for adults, it will not be taken seriously at all, but in the hearts of children, it will leave indelible traces. Since ancient times, there has been a saying in Middle-earth that "three years old looks at seven years old, and seven years old looks at life". If the traumatic experience of childhood is not treated in time, it can be submerged into the unconscious and become the crux or root cause of the disease later in life.

"Soul calling" is a folk phenomenon that uses a childlike language to eliminate children's fears, and it is actually a superstitious psychotherapy method for children. For children who are frightened by accidents, the parents of young children or the most trusted people of young children, standing in the perspective of children, using a childlike language, supplemented by the most cordial comfort, in order to eliminate children's fear, "soul calling" reflects the care of adults for children, for children, is a thorough sense of security.

"Calling the soul" expresses the care and sustenance of adults for children. On the child's side, through the "soul calling", he or she will think that my family likes me very much and cares about me. There will be great psychological comfort. Gradually, you will forget this unpleasant thing; If the child is frightened afterward. If the adult does not pay attention to him, or even scolds him, then the child will be deeply hurt psychologically and will think that the adult hates him, and thus will develop hatred towards his parents or other family members. Therefore, "soul calling" can make children love their parents and family more. The establishment of a healthy parent-child relationship between children and their families is conducive to the healthy development of children's personalities.

"So what should I do now?" Dashbo looked at his son in a trance and asked a little anxiously.

Lin Yiqing was speechless for a while. He knew that calling souls was usually the preserve of his mother, but Henry's mother, Lady Dashbo, had died three years ago. In addition, you can also call an older woman who is more familiar with young children to do it, but where can I find it now?

Lin Yiqing's gaze swept over everyone, and he noticed that the girl who spoke just now was standing in the crowd, and he didn't notice that Lin Yiqing was looking at her, her eyes had been staring at little Henry tightly.

Seeing the wooden box in her hand, Lin Yiqing knew that she should be Chen Wan's maid, and was ordered by Chen Wan to come to the Ship Master School to send some food to those children of the Paiwan tribe in Taiwan. Ever since these children came to the Harbour Master School to escape the war. Chen Wan became their de facto mother. For the young children of the Harbour Master School (not just the children of the Paiwan clan), Chen Wan's love for them is one of the reasons why they are most nostalgic for the school. And Chen Wan's maids always come to the school to walk around. I am also very familiar with the children. And the children of the foreign employees of the shipyard are also familiar with them. Like Lin Yiqing, who had seen the maids playing happily with the children of Dash Bo and the French foreigners, it was not surprising that this young maid showed so much concern for little Henry.

"Hey, you, come and call Henry's soul." When Lin Yiqing saw the appearance of the maid, his heart moved, so he smiled slightly and ordered.

"Huh? Sir, I'm ......" Hearing Lin Yiqing's order, the girl couldn't help but blush.

"Isn't it okay to call a soul? Hurry up! Lin Yiqing saw her hesitation, and urged again.

The maid answered, came to Henry's side and squatted down, she looked up at the boy's eyes, stretched out her hand and gently stroked the boy's forehead, and said softly: "This fairy, the child accidentally disturbed you, he is not sensible, let him go back." You cultivate your immortals, and each goes his own way...... Henry, don't be afraid, we're back, we're back......"

Listening to her gentle and gentle call, little Henry's empty eyes gradually regained their original brilliance. Lin Yiqing couldn't help but smile when she saw that she had successfully called her soul.

"It's incredible...... Dash Bo looked at this scene, surprised, and full of gratitude to the maid, "Thank you! Lovely girl! ”

"Mr. Dashboy, I think you should consider having another family." Lin Yiqing saw the maid who bowed her head with a blushing face, and said with a smile.

Dashibo looked at the girl, then at Lin Yiqing, and suddenly understood what Lin Yiqing meant, and laughed a little embarrassed.

When leaving the foreigner's family building, Lin Yiqing had already decided to tell Chen Wan what happened today and let the maid marry Dashibo.

The reason why Lin Yiqing had such an idea was because Dashbo, as the chief engineer of the shipyard, had sincerely regarded Qianguo as his second motherland and wholeheartedly contributed to the construction of the Qianguo navy.

After submitting the design drawings of the new ironclad ship to the imperial court, because of the threat of the Russian navy, the imperial court was eager to strengthen the coastal defense, so it immediately agreed, and sent the drawings to the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, as the guidance of the shipmaster to build a new ironclad ship, after receiving the drawings, the shipping minister Ding Yusheng immediately handed over the drawings to Dashbo and other technicians for evaluation, Dashbo believed after careful study that if it was built in full accordance with the requirements of the drawings, the displacement of the ironclad ship may reach more than 10,000 tons, and such a large warship, At present, it is very difficult to complete it with the technical strength of the shipyard, and even if it can be completed, most of the existing ports in Qianguo are undredged, and it is difficult to accommodate such a huge warship with a deep draft. In addition, the construction of such a 10,000-ton giant ship is difficult for Qianguo's current finances to afford, and after careful consideration, Dashbo put forward his own suggestions for revising the design.

According to the actual capacity of the shipbuilding industry in Qianguo and the actual situation of the port in Qianguo, Dashibo has reduced the displacement of the new ironclad ship to 7,000 tons, and the caliber of the main gun has been reduced from 340 mm to 240 mm. Its design speed can also be increased to 18 knots. Although the tonnage and caliber of the main guns of the new ironclad ships have been reduced. However, after the revised design, this class of ironclad ships is more suitable for the actual needs of the Qianguo. Moreover, although this class of ironclad ships belongs to the "second-class ironclad ships" according to the classification standards of the West, they have no rivals in the current East Asian waters, and their strong combat effectiveness is enough to offset the superiority of the Russian Navy.

Dashbo knew that Lin Yiqing was the designer of this class of Qianguo ironclad ships, and after he finished revising the design, he invited Lin Yiqing to come to discuss it together, and Lin Yiqing saw Dashbo's revised design. I appreciated it very much and agreed immediately. And it was precisely from the painstaking efforts spent on the revision of Dashibo that Lin Yiqing could judge that this foreign engineer was sincerely thinking about the Qianguo Navy.

Now that Dashboy's wife has passed away for three years, if a girl from Qianguo is allowed to be his wife, it will undoubtedly make Dashbo work in Qianguo more at ease, so that he can better serve the shipmaster.

At this time, Lin Yiqing would not have thought that his idea would bring him unexpected gains in the future.

After the technical discussion with Dashbo on the new ironclad ship, the design plan and construction plan of the new ironclad ship were determined. Lin Yiqing returned to his residence, and a relative casually sent a telegram.

The telegram was sent from Beijing. The content is that the imperial court has canceled the original plan to let Zuo Jigao enter the military machine, and because of his "unreasonable discussion", it is determined to "cut down the lord and demote it to show a light punishment".

Lin Yiqing calculated the time for a while, knowing that the internal supervisor who might have passed the decree was already on the way, thinking of what kind of expression Zuo Jigao would have after seeing the will of the Jue, Lin Yiqing couldn't help but snicker.

Of course he knew that Zuo Jigao's nightmare had just begun!

But Lin Yiqing didn't expect that the eunuch who delivered the decree would come much faster than he expected!

Harbour Master's Office, Meeting Room.

"Lord Ding, I'm glad to meet you." The person who came was a young man in his twenties, dressed in a palace eunuch suit, and his complexion was very kind. As soon as he saw the Minister of Shipping, Ding Yusheng, he habitually bowed his body and folded his hands.

Ding Yusheng noticed the color of the other party's clothes and knew that he should be a eunuch in the palace, so he hurriedly returned the salute.

"Dare to ask the name of the honorable driver? ......" Ding Yusheng didn't know how to call the internal supervisor for a while, so he had to ask vaguely tentatively.

"Lord Ding is polite, his surname is Zhang, his grass name is Demin, and he is on an errand under Li Er's manager." The eunuch named Zhang Demin said with a smile, "I came to Fuzhou this time to find Lord Zuo Ji Gaozuo on the orders of the imperial court. ”

Zhang Demin said, took out his document and mahogany waist card, and handed it to Ding Yusheng with both hands.

Hearing that Zhang Demin was coming by order, Ding Yusheng didn't dare to slack off, after carefully inspecting the other party's documents and waist cards, Ding Yusheng determined the identity of the other party, but he still didn't quite understand why the other party wanted to find Zuo Jigao to announce the decree, why did he come to the Harbour Administration to find himself.

"Lord Ding, the Queen Mother's decree ordered me to turn back as soon as possible after I finished my business, and I was not allowed to stay." Zhang Demin said to Ding Yusheng with a smile, "The rules in the palace are strict, and you also know that when I came, I took the fast boat for communication and reporting of the Beiyang Naval Division. I heard Li Zhengtai say that the shipmaster also has this fast boat for communication here, I wonder if Lord Ding can make it convenient for me and others, I will take this boat back after I have done official business? ”

"This one is wrapped up in my brother." Ding Yusheng said with a full mouth.

"There is one more thing, I want to ask Lord Ding, where did Zuo Zhitai go after coming to Fuzhou to worship Lin Wenzhonggong, can Lord Ding know?" Zhang Demin asked again.

"This ...... I really don't know where he went. Ding Yusheng shook his head and said.

"I arrived in Fuzhou, got off the boat and went to find the left system, but unfortunately it was still a step late, I didn't expect him to go so fast." Zhang Demin sighed and said, "I thought that this shipmaster bureau was set up by him after all, and he would come here to visit his colleagues, but when it comes to where he will go in the future, I didn't expect it to be ......."

"Hehe, your envoy is indeed in the wrong place this time, he will not come to the shipmaster." Ding Yusheng smiled and said quietly.

Zhang Demin seemed to hear something and smiled.

"Also, things are people, he thinks it will touch the scene, so it's better not to see it." Zhang Demin said.

"Dare to ask your envoy, what is the matter with this announcement to the left system?" Ding Yusheng sensed something from the attitude of the young eunuch in front of him, he became curious, and immediately asked.

Lord Ding asked. I won't hide it. Anyway, I'll see this in a few days. It's okay to talk to Master Ding first. Zhang Demin stepped forward with a smile and whispered a few words in Ding Yusheng's ear.

"I see." After Ding Yusheng listened, he couldn't help but smile and nodded, "No wonder he left in such a hurry, I think he heard some rumors." ”

"yes. Or maybe after he got on the fold, I can't say if he came to think about it, but I want to find him when he leaves. Indeed, it is difficult. Zhang Demin said with some embarrassment.

"Don't worry, he is a person, he likes fat and delicious taste, pays attention to health enjoyment, I heard that he came on the way, all in the famous inn or the private room of the guild hall to settle down, this Fuzhou to the north of the road, there is only one road to the big inn and the hall, the noble envoy chased along this road, I think it can be chased." Ding Yusheng said. "I'll arrange for some people who are familiar with the road to go with you, and make more inquiries. It's easy to find.

"Thank you, Lord Ding, then I'll take my leave, hehe." Zhang Demin said goodbye to Ding Yusheng, Ding Yusheng arranged for someone to accompany Zhang Demin and others to chase Zuo Jigao, and at the same time prepared a gift for them (in fact, it was sealed with some silver), and asked the servant to inform Zhang Cheng, the deputy commander of the shipmaster's sailor, to arrange in advance, and when they returned, they would be sent to Tianjin by a high-speed notification ship.

After sending Zhang Demin and the others away, Ding Yusheng returned to his room, thinking about Zuo Jigao's embarrassment when he received the order, and couldn't help laughing.

The strong sunlight shone into the carriage through the window of the carriage, and Zhang Demin, who was sitting in the carriage, was a little dizzy for a while because of the fatigue of the saddle horse for several days.

In a trance, he seemed to be back to his childhood......

In the village that day, the sun shone in the house, and it should be so hot, right?

The door opened, and the mother's somewhat rickety figure appeared, "Good boy, let's go." ”

Behind her mother was a ten-year-old boy, with a strong body with a tiger's head and round eyes, poking his head out of her lap and looking outside. Listening to his mother's words, he only pouted his lips aggrievedly, but he didn't make a sound, bent down to lift the full cloth bag in front of him, and his slightly dark face flushed a little red.

Mother sighed softly. With his right hand stretched out slightly, he copied the child's little hand into it, and his left hand had already lifted the bag of bud rice.

"Come with my mother."

The boy nodded, and was obediently led by his mother, and walked out of the wood-filled courtyard next to her lap, listening patiently to the jingle of chains and locks. The familiar streets slowly walked under your feet, the walls you climbed, the trees you climbed, the rat's nests you dug up, you know they are there with your eyes closed, but you can't go back to the city.

The boy endured it for a long time, and finally couldn't hold back his words, and said in a timid voice: "Mother, I'm ...... Uncle Liu's waterwheel, you can't forget to repair it, people are waiting to use it. ”

The mother was upset and casually agreed.

"And ......," the boy scratched his head with great difficulty, his face was very embarrassed, "Originally, I made an appointment with the pillars and them, and I was going to go to the river beach to touch the shrimp the day after tomorrow, but I can't go down." If they come to me, they say...... What do you think I'm going to do? ”

How can the son's careful thinking be hidden from being a mother. The mother looked at the boy's pleading eyes, not knowing how to answer, so she stopped in a daze. The mother and son stood at the small fork in the road, looking at each other, as if they had lost their way in a hesitation.

The news of the conscription order arrived last night. The chief of the security guard supported a few people, knocked on the door from door to door, and couldn't help but say that it woke up everyone's sweet dreams. The brutal tone was enough to make one struggle to follow the words that sounded like firecrackers, barely knowing what they would be forced to do, but not having time to express any objections. The message was like a midnight storm that quickly swept through the village.

During the day, when he and his mother went to the guard's house to repair the fence of the stable, they happened to meet the herald from the town. The chestnut fast horse rushed like lightning, and in an instant it stood up, and at a glance it was the war horse of the official army, although the horse was not tall, but it was very stocky and strong, and the coat was shiny and shiny. He and his mother rarely saw such a fine mount, and it was only with the officers and men of the brigade that he could be asked to take the occasional errand to serve the horses. Even then, the special guard of honor would not let him touch a mane, and only the coolies with heavy baggage were his companions.

The soldier on the horse flew down, threw the reins at him, and entered the chief's hall without stopping, and the mother's little doubts had to be stuffed in her stomach, not knowing what was going on in the town. When the mother was forced out of the bed that night and went out to answer the door in a cloth gown, the truth of everything was suddenly revealed.

The news in the town said that there was going to be conscription, which was different from the previous routine military service, but a special conscription order issued by the provincial capital. The horseshoes of the horsemen who gave the order had already scattered from the provincial city and stepped on every inch of the surrounding countryside, not missing this small pure land at the foot of the mountain. If there are no young men in the family, whether it is the elderly or the women, they must always hand over no more or no less living people according to the number of registered households.

Relying on the remnants of the prosperous era, the officials who conscripted each conscription did not make it difficult for this small village with few families to cope, nor did they impose excessively heavy levies on them. This time the conscription order came suddenly, and the small village was immediately confused and panicked, and the dim lights were lit in the windows of the houses all night. (To be continued......)

PS: Who is the most patriotic among several classmates together? A said, "I never buy foreign goods." B said, "I never watch foreign movies." C looked up at the sky and said loudly, "I have never failed a foreign language test. ”

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