I heard that a group of "called Huazi" came to the gate of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and there were many people on the street to watch the excitement, and all the people in the mansion ran out, not even reading Shi Kefa's book, but also ran out of the small courtyard to see the excitement.

The dozen or so people were all unkempt, with stubble, and their clothes were all in tatters, and some were torn into strips of cloth and hung on their bodies.

At that moment, the first person could vaguely see that the clothes on his body were originally official uniforms, and the two official boots on his feet had been opened widely, but seeing that he was carrying a bag that looked heavy, it didn't look like an official.

The group of people in the back was also carrying on their shoulders, and there were a few horses at the back, all of them carrying heavy things.

Looking at what they were carrying, Luo Jian seemed to think of something.

Shi Kefa took a few steps forward, walked towards the leader, looked carefully, and asked, "Are you Chen Zilong Chen Maozhong?" ”

"Supervisor, it's Xiaguan, Xinghua, hurry up and get us something to eat, we're all starving to death!"

Chen Zilong carefully put down the bag on his back, and Liu Lan ran forward to open it to see that it contained black stones, and she didn't know what it was.

"Steward Luo, go and make noodles with canned braised pork, put more meat, add some vegetables, the more the better, and boil more hot water."

When Steward Luo heard this, these people turned out to be Chen Qincha and his entourage, what did they do like this? Listening to Luo Jian's instructions, he hurriedly prepared to go.

Looking at this group of people, Luo Jian felt that his eyes were moist, with such a person, if the Chinese nation cannot stand among the nations of the world, how can there be heavenly principles in this world?

Thinking that in history, Chen Zilong swore not to surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and was finally forced to commit suicide by throwing himself into the water, Luo Jian thought in his heart that if this situation was still allowed to happen now, he would also throw himself into the water with him.

When Chen Zilong saw Liu Weimin, no one cared, so he ran forward and pulled him and said: "Xiao Liu, we have been running for dozens of days before we found these ores, I have recorded all the locations and drawn a map, you can take a look, which ones are useful?" ”

"I said Chen Qincha, Brother Chen, this work is not done by you, this is slow and meticulous work, you have broken your body like this, what else can you do?" Liu Weimin complained about Chen Zilong, and he didn't want to think about what he had done.

Luo Jian asked people to carry a large number of chairs and stools out, let Chen Zilong and the others sit down and rest, and let people pour water.

Chen Zilong took the cup and drank it all, and then opened his mouth to tell Luo Jian and others about his experience.

It turned out that after talking to Xiao Liu, Chen Zilong knew that this phosphate rock could be used to make phosphate fertilizer, so he hurriedly took his entourage out to find phosphate ore.

This run out actually ran almost all over the mountains around Yangzhou, and thought that not only phosphate ore is useful, but other ores may also be useful, so I took samples of the stones I thought were ores and brought them back.

The silver on his body was spent, and Chen Zilong also went to the yamen to borrow money by virtue of his identity as a messenger, but later his clothes were torn out and he couldn't borrow money, so he had to rush back with a full meal and a hungry meal, and only returned to Yangzhou today.

"Xinghua, did you send someone to help me pay back the money I borrowed, and I also wrote an IOU." Scratching his head, Chen Zilong was a little embarrassed.

"Maozhong, you don't have to worry about this, I'll just deal with it." Shi Kefa said beside him, he was also shocked by Chen Zilong's approach.

Liu Weimin ran to look at the ore they brought back, looked at it for a while, and then ran back to the house to print out a bunch of materials and compare them with the ore while looking at it.

"My God, Chen Qincha, you are really my brother, you actually let you find manganese ore, I must admit that you are my idol now!"

Hearing Xiao Liu's exaggerated shout, everyone gathered around, and saw that Xiao Liu was holding a piece of shiny ore in his hand, and he was dancing excitedly.

"Manganese?" Luo Jian was also extremely happy after being surprised.

"Xinghua, what's the use of this thing?" Shi Kefa was a little curious about Xiao Liu and Luo Jian's excitement.

"This thing is so useful." Without waiting for Luo Jian to speak, Liu Weimin hurriedly said, and after speaking, he ran to the car and turned over for a long time, and turned out a bayonet of a ninety-five rifle.

Then he called out to a guard with a waist knife, drew his waist knife from his waist, raised the bayonet in his hand and slashed it.

Shi Kefa took the bayonet from Liu Weimin's hand, looked at it carefully, and saw that the bayonet was unscathed, and couldn't help but look at Liu Weimin in surprise.

"This knife is made of high-manganese steel." Liu Weimin whispered.

"Gao Menggang, manganese ore..."Shi Kefa muttered to himself, as if he understood something.

Steward Luo had already asked people to make noodles and serve them, and Chen Zilong and a group of entourages picked up the bowls and ate them.

Seeing that the Qin Messenger from the court was hungry like this, Steward Luo couldn't stand it, and hurriedly asked people to go up, while saying in his mouth, "Eat slowly, don't burn it, it's enough to eat." ”

The courtyard was very lively, and another guard came to report that a large group of scholars had come to the door.

Luo Jianxin said, these people finally came, and hurriedly asked the guards to let them in.

Looking up, there were really a lot of people coming, I am afraid that there were twenty or thirty people, basically wearing a four-cornered scarf on their heads and wearing Confucian shirts, which was the standard dress of scholars at this time.

The scholar at the front looked about thirty years old, and he looked left and right when he walked, looking very pretentious.

When the group of scholars walked into the courtyard, the first thing they saw was a group of people in ragged clothes eating noodles, many of them showed disdain on their faces, and a few of them even pinched their noses and leaned to the side.

A group of scholars stepped forward and bowed to Shi Kefa, who was talking to Liu Weimin, and said "I've seen the supervisor."

Shi Kefa was chatting with Liu Weimin, there were still a lot of books he had just read that he hadn't figured out, and he was pulling Liu Weimin to ask for advice, and when he saw this group of scholars coming to salute, he didn't return the salute, and pointed at Luo Jian with his hand, "The person you are looking for is there." After speaking, he continued to talk to Liu Weimin.

Seeing that Shi Kefa ignored them, a group of people turned around and walked towards Luo Jian, and the scholar at the head walked in front of Luo Jian, and also bowed down to salute, and said, "Student Hou Fangyu has seen the Grand Governor. A group of people followed by a group of people who also bowed down one after another.

Fortunately, the courtyard of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is large enough, and these dozens of people do not seem crowded in the courtyard, and today's weather is very beautiful, it is a cloudy day, and it is not hot.

After Luo Jian returned the salute with his fists, he hurriedly beckoned Steward Luo to take a group of guards to find chairs and stools everywhere to come out and sit down for everyone.

This group of scholars dragged chairs and carried stools in a large circle, and actually surrounded Luo Jian's chair in the middle.

Liu Lan saw that she didn't do it, so she also asked the little girl to move a chair and sit down next to Luo Jian.

When Luo Jian heard that the leader was actually Hou Fangyu, one of the "Four Sons" of the famous Restoration Society, he couldn't help but be a little curious, and looked at him again.

I have to say that this Hou Fangyu is indeed a handsome guy, otherwise Li Xiangjun would not have taken a fancy to him, but that proud look made people look a little uncomfortable.

Led by Hou Fangyu, a group of scholars first said a lot of nonsense that several angels had saved the soldiers and civilians of Yangzhou and were grateful, and then stopped and waited for Luo Jian to speak.

"Welcome to the house, Luo Jian has been too busy recently, and I don't have time to visit you, everyone is here today, if you have any questions, you can ask them to discuss together, I hope you can speak freely, I don't have any taboos here."

"The students see that the Metropolitan Governor and the Inspector get along very well, why don't you ask the Metropolitan Governor to help the Inspector return to the court to take charge of the center?" A scholar surnamed Wang fired the first shot.

"I won't do this for two reasons, one is that I am in a very good mood with the Inspector, and I have a tacit understanding with each other, I have learned a lot from the Inspector, and I hope to continue to receive his guidance and help in the future; Second, the current situation is still critical, and if you want to let the superintendent return to the imperial court, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the court and politics, which is not conducive to the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty. Are you satisfied with what I say? ”

Luo Jian said without hurry, and seemed to be extremely confident.

"Then the Metropolitan Governor let Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and a group of traitors control the government? Willing to be driven by the traitorous party? ”

Hou Fangyu was persecuted by Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng, and was forced to go to Yangzhou to avoid trouble.

"Oh? So do you mean that everything we are doing so far, such as beating the Qing troops back, settling the people's livelihood, and reorganizing the army for war, is driven by the traitorous party? ”

Luo Jian was still not in a hurry, and said slowly.

Shi Kefa didn't know when he stopped discussing with Liu Weimin, stood behind a group of scholars, and looked at Luo Jian with a smile.

"This..."Hou Fangyu was speechless for a moment.

"I don't know what the Metropolitan Governor is studying? Shall I ask the Metropolitan Governor for advice? ”

Seeing that Hou Fangyu had nothing to say, and it was not good for the scholars to mention the expulsion of the traitorous party again, they muttered for a long time before a person surnamed Li asked after reporting to his home.

"I've been learning science since I was a child, and you've ever heard of science?" Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Dare to ask the Grand Duke, what kind of science is this? I don't know which saint's doctrine it is? An unknown scholar asked.

"Science is the study of discovery, invention and creation, and it is the general name of the knowledge system of human exploration, research and understanding of the laws of change in the universe."

Before Luo Jian could speak, Shi Kefa's voice came from behind the scholar, and everyone looked back and saw that it was the supervisor who was talking, and they were all extremely surprised.

Luo Jian was amazed at Shi Kefa's memory, he had just finished reading this book, and he explained this term about science word for word.

"May I ask the Grand Duke, what is the benefit of learning this science together?"

"The way of science can increase the production of grain a lot, so that the common people can eat enough, can make a large number of exquisite instruments to facilitate people's lives, and can allow soldiers to have better weapons in their hands to fight tartars, do you understand?"

This time, Luo Jian explained first, and Shi Kefa nodded frequently after listening to it. When the scholars below listened, some lowered their heads and thought, while others shook their heads in disapproval.

"The students think that the way of science is really a small way, a strange and ingenious art, if all the people are profit-seeking, fear of moral corruption, and the people's hearts are not ancient, if they do not educate the people with the way of the saints, and if they do not stand up with education, the people will not be righteous."

Hou Fangyu was finally able to speak again, stood up and spoke again.

"The sage also said, 'Cang Liao is honest and knows etiquette, and food and clothing are sufficient to know honor and disgrace', the people can't eat enough, what kind of education do you talk about? If you don't make you, it's okay to be educated? ”

Chen Zilong listened to the empty bowl next to him for a long time, he couldn't hold it back, and stepped forward angrily and said.

Hou Fangyu turned his head and stared at Chen Zilong carefully for a long time, then asked hesitantly, "Dare to ask, but Brother Mao?" ”

"It's Chen Zilong." Chen Zilong replied angrily.

"How did Brother Mao get to this point? Chen Maozhong is a messenger of the imperial court, why is the governor so harsh? Hou Fangyu saw that Chen Zilong was extremely depressed, and took it for granted that Luo Jian had abused him, and turned to Luo Jian and asked.

Hearing him say this, Liu Lan stood up suddenly, pointed at Hou Fangyu and said, "What are you talking about?" Please, you can figure out the situation first and then talk nonsense, okay? ”

Hou Fangyu realized that he was a little reckless, muttered, and sat down.

"How did Brother Mao get into this way, the process is admirable, if you want to know the reason, you can come down and communicate with Brother Mao. Luo Jian believes that if scholars can be like Brother Mao, not talking in vain, but seeking practical results, then China will not be humiliated by the Manchus. ”

Luo Jian raised his hand and beckoned Liu Lan to sit down, and said with some heaviness.

"Dare to ask the governor, the students know that there are many scholars who are forced by life to go to the Yangzhou army. Why did the Metropolitan Governor not help him in his studies, but tempted him with money to associate himself with vulgar people? Isn't it insulting? A man surnamed Zhang stood up and asked Luo Jian with his hand.

Hearing what Zhang said, Luo Jian's brows furrowed, and his face became a little unsightly.

"As you say, I, Luo Jian, am also a vulgar person, but if it weren't for the bloody struggle of our vulgar people, I'm afraid you would have become a ghost under the sword of the Qing Army, and I am afraid that you will not be able to talk about your studies."

Hearing Luo Jian say this, Zhang surnamed Juren's face suddenly showed a panicked look.

"You don't have to be alarmed, I said earlier, there is no taboo to speak to me, it's just that what you say makes me feel very uncomfortable, that's all. You have the right to speak, I have the right to express my opinion, we are all equal. ”

Luo Jian paused, raised his eyes and glanced at the group of scholars in front of him.

"At present, China has reached a critical juncture of life and death, and there was a beautiful talk of 'throwing a pen from Rong' in ancient times, and now these scholars put down their books and picked up swords and guns to resist the invaders, how can they insult Sven?"

"You think that all the people in the army are vulgar, it is nothing more than that they are illiterate, uneducated, and do not understand the principles of patriotism and love for the people, and even some teams harm the people more than the Tartars, this is a fact, I do not deny it."

Liu Zhaoji arrived in the courtyard at some point, and quietly stood next to Shi Kefa and listened to Luo Jian.

It is precisely because of this that we call on scholars to enlist in the army, hoping that they can teach the soldiers to read and write in the army, teach them the principles of patriotism and love for the people, and let the soldiers understand why they are fighting and who they are fighting for, so that our army will become a cultured army, an army with faith, and an army for the country and the people. Only such an army can defend our Chinese civilization, and can more scholars have a quiet desk to devote themselves to studying. ”

The scholars listened quietly, and most of them fell into deep thought.

"I don't want all of us to write and join the army, some of us are either old or unwilling or unable to enlist in the army for various reasons, and that's okay."

Liu Lan handed over Luo Jian's water cup from the side, Luo Jian took a sip of water, and then said:

"Now there are many shameless literati who take it for granted that they have betrayed the country and defected to the enemy, and have become pawns of the Manchus to enslave our Chinese people. This part of the people is extremely harmful, and they want to take it for granted in ideology and theory that the Manchus enslaved our Huaxia, and they want all of us to put down the swords and guns in our hands and willingly become the slaves of the Manchus. ”

"I hope that our readers will use the pen as a sword, and there will be fewer talented and beautiful women who are brave and snowy, and there will be more heroic essays that carry forward the national integrity. I hope that you will use the pen in your hands to wake up the people who do not want to be slaves, and expose the ugly faces of the traitors who betrayed the country and joined the enemy and aided the abuse. ”

The entire compound became extremely quiet, only Luo Jian's voice was talking, and everyone seemed to be afraid of missing a word.

The conversation lasted for a long time, and everyone ate braised pork noodles for dinner, and the scholars also ate with relish, and no one left halfway.

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