Chapter 637: Providence is Manifest
Then, at the beginning of breaking the shackles, it is good to start with Jinshang Group! Lin Yiqing secretly made up his mind.
"The diving boat is coming, is Qiao Gong interested in taking a look?" Lin Yiqing looked at the submarine "Tanhai" that had already docked and asked with a smile.
"Yes! Fine! Qiao Zhiyong heard that Lin Yiqing was going to invite him to visit the submarine, and nodded happily.
The displacement of the "Tanhai" is 6 tons, 20 meters long, 1.6 meters wide, 2.2 meters high, driven by manpower and electric motors, and the bow is equipped with a pole mine, and the overall design refers to the French Navy's "Gubert 1" submarine, but Lin Yiqing has added many of his own designs according to his own knowledge, within the scope of technical conditions, and has attracted many attention.
On the fort, Yuan Baoling couldn't help but smile when he saw Lin Yiqing helping Qiao Zhiyong, who was nearly seventy years old, to get off the dock and enter the "Tanhai" submarine.
Of course, he understood Lin Yiqing's intention to do this.
Yuan Baoling never thought that Qiao Zhiyong, the great god of wealth, would come all the way to Lushunkou, just to see Lin Yiqing.
After learning that the current Lushun project was almost suspended due to difficulties in capital turnover, Qiao Zhiyong generously said that the Lushun project could borrow turnover from Shanxi's "Wei Changhou" ticket number without interest, and donated 100,000 taels of silver to the Lushun project in his personal name to solve the urgent need. Yuan Baoling was overjoyed, he naturally knew that Qiao Zhiyong would give him charcoal because of Lin Yiqing's face, and he was more and more grateful to Lin Yiqing.
But he still has one more trouble, which is his nephew Yuan Weiting, who he regards as his own.
Since he refused Yuan Weiting's request to propose marriage to him that day. Yuan Weiting is like a different person. In addition to performing military duties throughout the day. Don't say a word.
Yuan Baoling's refusal of his nephew's request was not for nothing - as the elder of the Yuan family, he certainly knew that if he could marry the prominent Fuzhou Linmen, it would not only be green smoke on the ancestral grave, but also a fire. But he is also very sober at the same time, knowing how many pounds and taels he has, not to mention that Yuan Weiting is just a nobody now, but he is sitting in his own position. It is not so easy to marry the eldest lady of the Lin family.
What's more, Yuan Weiting is a married man: his main room, the Yu family, was married by Ming Media, and he has already given birth to a son, Yuan Keling, if he wants to marry the eldest lady of the Lin family, he can only divorce the Yu family-the eldest lady of the Lin family is impossible to make him small, don't even think about this kind of thought-and in his hometown, if he divorces his wife and children for no reason, he will be regarded as an ungrateful and treacherous person, and he has such a reputation. It is impossible for the eldest lady of the Lin family to get married, and her future career will inevitably be affected.
Because of this. Yuan Baoling asked Yuan Weiting to break off this thought.
But judging from Yuan Weiting's performance now, he can already be said to be lovesick.
Yuan Baoling was worried about how to enlighten Yuan Weiting, but saw a master hurriedly running over, holding a letter in his hand.
Yuan Baoling felt strange in his heart, and when the master came closer, he asked, "Why are you so flustered?" ”
"If you go back to your lordship, there is a big ......epidemic in my hometown," the master replied with a somewhat gloomy expression, he was a person brought by Yuan Baoling from his hometown, and he was an out-and-out fellow, and he was naturally very concerned when he heard that there was a major event like a plague in his hometown.
"Oh." Yuan Baoling listened to his master's words, and his heart was also chuckled, but he was still very calm on the surface to take the letter and open it.
Yuan Baoling's gaze only swept on the letter paper for a while, and suddenly his face changed drastically.
"Celestial ...... Don't...... This is...... Providence? ”
Beijing, Xicheng.
A hexagonal wind lamp in the carriage shook gently, and the horse was a fine northland steed, and the cadence of the trotting was even and long. Sun Yutang glanced at the delicate fruit bowl on the wooden table, and took the wolf skin jacket on the group. The spring is cold, and after walking through the city of Beijing in another harsh winter, there is still a faint chill in the night. When I walked half a pair of people from the Terracotta Avenue, my body that was used to the saddle was very uncomfortable. When he lifted the curtain, the carriage had just turned around a great bend, and he straightened his body to look out, and leaped over the broad shoulders of the charioteer, and a long street that could accommodate six horses came into view.
At night, the streets are sparsely populated, and between the tall tree forks of the sycamores, the sparkling flames of the dead wind lamps make it even more empty. The pale black sky stretched into the distance, revealing the curved roof of a circular building, hidden in the last dark blue of the night.
Sun Yutang's right hand rubbed against the jade ring clasped by his middle finger, and he always liked to touch the ring whenever he was upset. No one knows that on the inner wall, there is a delicate leaf character engraved on the seal. The seal word that is tightly pressed on the skin leads straight to a certain place in my heart, and the pretty figure of the snow coat dancing lightly emerges every time. He was a little apprehensive and a little excited. In the five years that Sun Yutang came to the capital, only three people had ever visited the prince who controlled the city of Beijing and was rich and powerful in the country. Finally seeing him today, his legs trembling a little.
Prince Jing is in charge of the two key institutions of the Military Aircraft Department and the Prime Minister's Yamen, and is in charge of the Beijing Army, and Prince Chun is in charge of the Navy Yamen, although it is said that the two brothers are presiding over the government together, but the discerning people know that Prince Jing, who is the minister of the parliamentary king, is the actual master of the government, and the pure prince is just a chess piece used by the queen mother of the two palaces to share the power of the prince.
The carriage stopped suddenly, interrupting Sun Yutang's thoughts. He looked up ahead, a hundred paces away, a quaint, huge and majestic circular building like a palace city stood proudly, the wind and frost eroded walls did not detract from its prestige, but added to its momentum. On the wide square in front of the building, there are hundreds of rows of bolted horse piles.
The driver looked back at the car, and a rough scar stretched out diagonally between his resolute eyebrows, "I'm going in." ”
As if a thunderbolt fell, Sun Yutang's shoulders shook, and then he was disappointed in himself. In the years of participating in the dart game, how many tears have I experienced, and I still lose my temper for a meeting, which is really useless. He raised his eyebrows intentionally or unintentionally, "Let's go." ”
The man looked at him deeply. "Relax." Don't think about anything. Don't think about anything. ”
Sun Yutang was a little surprised, he didn't expect that a slave who was driving a car for the master of the dart game would have such a sharp gaze, the shock just now was only a moment, but it had been discovered by the man. Sun Yutang let go of the finger on the jade ring and cast a grateful look.
Suddenly, a breeze blew, blowing the warmth in the car, Sun Yutang couldn't help sneezing, and skillfully took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped it. The scar between the man's eyebrows tightened. Lower the curtain and drive towards the half-open side door of the rotunda.
The man's contempt was so striking, but Sun Yutang smiled behind the curtain. He remembered the same look on the faces of the dart masters with guns and knives when he first entered the dart game, and no one expected that a sick young man would give them so much confidence and such hard support in the days of the bodyguard. After all, men are not exempt from vulgarity, and Sun Yutang regained some of his confidence in his heart. The personal accompaniment of the owner of the dart game is not invulnerable. He felt as if he was using this man to compete with the master he had never met, and the victory and loss were even. When I thought about it, I couldn't help but smile again when I thought that I was actually assuming to fight with my employer.
The light suddenly dimmed, even though he was in the car. You can still hear the echo of hooves in the corridor. The sound was like a morning bell and a dusk drum beating on the heart, and Sun Yutang's already loose body tensed again. Walked dozens of steps. There was a faint noise, but the carriage stopped.
Stepping out of the car, the huge dome is very similar to the city gate hole, and the candle flame buried in the stone wall is safe and sound, without the slightest artificiality. The scarred man stopped talking, just gestured with his eyes to a small gleaming door in front of the carriage. Sun Yutang stepped forward, inadvertently brushed his knotted long hair when he passed the front of the car, nodded to the man and walked away. Fireflies brightened the man's eyebrows, and a look of surprise hurriedly passed, as if to make a wonderful footnote to the faint smile on his dart master's face on the back.
The closer you get to that light, the louder the noise becomes. Although he had been prepared, when Sun Yutang pushed open the door of the cave, a huge momentum was still overwhelming. Above the empty square in front of them, thousands of fanatical spectators waved their fists in their hands, and at this moment the gorgeous clothes were not enough to hide those distorted faces, and the hoarse roar was like a wave of anger that drowned Sun Yutang. Standing in the corner of the square that could accommodate tens of thousands of troops, no one noticed this young and haggard young man.
At this moment, by the side of the carriage standing quietly in the cave, the cowhide of the strong horse's head was torn and quietly broken.
On the top of Sun Yutang's head, two gilded beast heads made of cooked copper stretched out from the bluestone wall, which are known to the elderly Beijing residents, which are the legendary ancient beasts - dragons. From the mouth of the fluttering fanged dragon, a cloud of white incense mist is flowing out, and smoke escapes from the eighteen doorways of the entire square at the same time, as if the clouds are projected on the ground. However, the bloody situation in the field is in a very incongruous contrast with the surrounding environment. In the middle of the dusty square, two people are fighting to the death. Through the soapshirt cut by the sharp blade, you can see the wound that is still bleeding, like a breathing lip, rising and falling with the pull of the muscles.
The Bo people are good at martial arts, advocating gladiatorial fighting, Beijing City has to hold a gladiatorial competition every year from summer to spring, and now it has entered the real climax, two fighters who have broken through 30 opponents in a year to resist each other to the death finally draw their swords and face each other. This year's finals attracted wealthy businessmen to spend a lot of money betting on winning or losing because of the surprisingly good results of the contestants. The ratio of chips has never been so close, and even ordinary businessmen, even those who keep dead soldiers in captivity, cannot see the direction of victory or defeat. Standing in the splendid rivers and mountains of the Celestial Empire, Beijing has always used its rich and exciting life to collect a thousand strange characters, and what is even more incredible is that in this ancient gladiatorial arena where countless warriors from Kyushu gathered, it is rare for two people to defeat thirty powerful warriors at the same time, but they are unscathed.
Sun Yutang just hurriedly glanced at the field, then turned around and walked up the stairs. Only those who have truly experienced life and death understand the meaning of battle. He felt pity for the two warriors who could not control their own destiny, and in such a game of the rich, the side of death was destined to be buried in the ground in a very disgraceful way with a cut of loess, and before long the people would forget his name. Sun Yutang hated this ugly game from the bottom of his heart, but he also knew that the huge wealth that this gladiatorial arena brought to the capital every year was something that no one could give up. He just silently thought that if he was on the battlefield, he would definitely use his life to resist the tragic fate that might be after becoming a prisoner.
The steps are high. But the stone face is quite wide. Walk through the frantic throbbing crowd. Sun Yutang's heart was a little numb. Not even the heat floating in the air made him undo his wolfskin jacket. He walked with his head down, and as he walked, he realized that he had reached the end of the stone steps. Looking back at the square at his feet, Sun Yutang looked at the stone chamber recessed in the wall in front of him. Two lightly armored men with knives stood in front of the door, exuding a terrifying aura.
From the posture and body shape of the sword, Sun Yutang could feel the terrifyingness of the two samurai in front of him. But compared to the sidewalk that sank into the darkness, they looked a little angry. Sun Yutang knew that in that cold darkness, the most powerful man in the world was waiting for him. His Royal Highness, who is under one man and above ten thousand, is waiting for him.
The sidewalks are narrow enough to accommodate only two people, and they are clearly designed to prepare for an attack, and the twisted angles can easily be disorienting. Sun Yutang walked in the dark, always feeling that someone was peeking at him, but there was not even wind in the sealed passage, so he simply let down his guard, but he was worried but unexpectedly poured out.
Although Sun Yutang was only a martial artist, with the popularity of newspapers, he also knew something about Prince Jing. He was very envious of this person who was born with the title of golden jade. But I want to learn his set of vertical and horizontal methods. The husband should be self-reliant and self-reliant. However, the more you learn about the person. But the more he couldn't figure it out, for five years, Sun Yutang had been denied entry. He is not reconciled, he can stand out from the crowd among the dart masters, and he will definitely be able to achieve a career. Today, it is rare to have this opportunity to face it head-on, Sun Yutang is ready to take a closer look at Prince Jing, hoping to overcome the demon that has plagued him for a long time.
When Sun Yutang stepped into the accord, there was an indescribable sense of depression. This stone room dedicated to Prince Jing is spacious and bright, and the mysterious totemic portrait hanging on the wall on the left side is even more nerve-wracking. Through the red painted railing on the right, you can see the movement in the square, which is really the best viewing position of the entire gladiatorial arena. However, Sun Yutang didn't have the heart to watch the thrilling duel, and behind the low-hanging light gauze in front of him, a figure reclining on a rosewood couch attracted all his attention.
Restraining his mind, Sun Yutang took a deep breath, leaned over and said loudly: "Friend Dart Master Sun Yutang, see the prince." He felt that his voice was sonorous and powerful, and he must have left an impression on Prince Jing that he was neither humble nor arrogant.
The person behind the light gauze stretched his waist slightly, raised his hand and took out a crystal like jade cake from the plate in front of the collapse, put it in his mouth to chew, and threw it into the brocade box under the bed.
After the man chewed the cake, he waved his hand slightly, "Here, sit down." "The voice is gentle and intimate, like the beautiful six-stringed sound in the hands of a skilled musician.
Sun Yutang knew the etiquette and did not sit down on the high stool in front of the light yarn. Another arch said: "The prince recruits villains to come, there must be something important." The villain was so frightened that he didn't dare to sit down. ”
"Hahahaha!" A soft laugh came from behind the curtain, "I didn't expect you Sun Yutang to learn this set." ”
"If you don't sit, don't sit, let's watch the gladiatorial fight first." The tone of the end quickened slightly, and his head was already tilted towards the two bloody gladiatorial warriors in the square.
Sun Yutang lowered his head and pondered silently, not knowing the meaning behind Prince Jing's words. Could it be that he wants to test my vision? Then check it out. Sun Yutang was taken aback, he didn't expect that the mysterious Prince Jing would start with such a kind word. He wanted to test Prince Jing's true thoughts by observing the fighting in the arena and expressing his unique opinions. So he looked up at the square, but his eyes were attracted by the two special people in front of the light yarn.
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