Although he did not go to the dock to greet him in person, Shi Kefa expressed the warmest welcome to Luo Jian's victorious return, because he decided to feast Luo Jian's family at the Nanjing Restaurant, which was regarded as a dust wash for Luo Jian.

This is extremely rare for Shi Kefa, Luo Jian joked with him very early, saying that he was the most sinister one in the Nanjing government, and Shi Kefa smiled and didn't care.

In fact, Luo Jian knew that Shi Kefa's current salary was not to mention eating in a restaurant every day, and it was no problem to eat a few times occasionally, not to mention that his wife was already a senior manager in Liulan's factory, and her salary was more than Shi Kefa's.

But Luo Jian knew that Shi Kefa's family life was still very hard, and sometimes Luo Jian couldn't stand it, and when he didn't leave, he often asked Liu Lan to take money and let Zhang Cheng buy delicious food directly and send it to Shi Kefa's mansion.

Luo Jian told Shi Kefa that the country is so big, you can't get rich by relying on your family, but Shi Kefa said that this money can always be used for a few students to study, which is much better than spending it indiscriminately.

Now Liu Lan took the old lady to live in the house under the pretext of Luo Ting, she was really worried that the old lady would be malnourished if she continued like this.

In the evening reception banquet, except for the two families and Liu Weimin, Shi Kefa did not invite anyone else, Luo Jian knew that he had something he didn't want to say to others.

As soon as the dishes were served, Shi Kefa threw the waiter out, and Luo Jian and Liu Lan both felt that Shi Kefa was a little weird today.

"Xinghua, I'll have a drink first." Shi Kefa picked up the wine glass and drank it himself. After taking a sip of the wine in the glass, Shi Kefa picked up the glass and said to his wife: "Fill it for me, I want to salute Xinghua for this glass of wine." ”

"Xinghua. Don't blame me for having a drink first. If you don't drink this glass of wine. There are some things I can't say. I'm not congratulating you on your victory, I'm apologizing to you. Shi Kefa's eyes were a little red.

"Brother Xian, what's wrong with you? What do you have to apologize to me? Luo Jian asked strangely.

"Two years ago, you said that China could no longer have an emperor, and I believed it at the time, but then someone told me that you just saw that the timing was not good, the first emperor still had a prince alive, and it was not right for you to be the emperor. Some people also told me that I should be more wary of you. There are many people who talk about it, and my heart has begun to go up and down, to be honest, I am worried about your trip to Beijing. ”

Hearing Shi Kefa say this, Luo Jian was just about to open his mouth to ask him not to say any more, but Shi Kefa waved his hand and signaled that he would continue.

"Xinghua, someone told me that you use a eunuch as a housekeeper in your house. It's ulterior motives, and I'm skeptical. Xinghua, I, Shi Kefa, spend your gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain, don't blame the foolish brother. This time, Mr. Luo Shi wrote me a long letter, talking about how I felt after getting acquainted with you, but I regret that I have been friends with you for so many years, and I don't have Luo Shi to see it accurately! ”

After saying this, Shi Kefa picked up the wine glass and drank it again.

Seeing that the atmosphere at the table was a little solemn, Liu Lan felt a little uncomfortable, thought about diverting the topic, and asked, "Who is Mr. Luo Shi?" ”

"Mr. Luo Shi is Zuo Maodi, the former ambassador for peace talks sent to Beijing by the Southern Ming Dynasty." Luo Jian said.

"Wasn't he killed by the Manchu court a long time ago?" Liu Lan asked subconsciously.

"Xinghua, did you save Luo Shi again?" Listening to Liu Lan's words, Shi Kefa stared at Luo Jian and asked.

"It's not really, the Qing court wanted peace talks, so I thought about embarrassing them and asking them to hand over Mr. Luo Shi, but they really sent Mr. Luo Shi back." Luo Jian said.

"I'm not talking about this, I'm saying if you hadn't come, wouldn't Mr. Rocky be gone a long time ago?" Shi Kefa was not fooled, stared at Luo Jian and continued to ask.

"Yes." Luo Jian replied honestly.

"Xinghua, someone told me that you had other intentions for leaving the Seventh Division in Beijing, I know you didn't mean that, today you will tell me, what are you doing with the Seventh Division with such strong combat effectiveness in Beijing?" Shi Kefa continued to stare at Luo Jian and asked.

"Shi Kefa, what are you going to do today? Xinghua has been fighting outside for so long, and finally came back, are you still finished? Seeing Shi Kefa staring at Luo Jian and asking, the old lady stopped doing it, and when she slapped the table, the old lady stood up.

"Mother, don't be angry, Brother Shi's question is reasonable, Xinghua, you can talk about this, right?" Liu Lan stood up and helped the old lady to sit down.

Seeing that the good reception banquet was like this, Luo Jian could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

"Mrs. Sister-in-law, Li Yue, the two of you will listen to it, and you can't say anything about it!" Luo Jian said to Mrs. Shi and Li Yue very seriously, it was okay to let Li Yue avoid it, but it would be rude to let Mrs. Shi avoid it.

"You two go next door to avoid it, these questions can't be answered today, and my heart has been blocked." Shi Kefa said to his wife and Li Yue.

"Daughter-in-law, Yue'er, let's go next door." The old lady stood up very consciously and said to her daughter-in-law and Li Yue.

"Brother Xian, look, is this our map of China?" Luo Jian drew a map of China on the table with his hand dipped in wine, including Outer Mongolia, of course.

"The place of the Mongols is also included?" Shi Kefa asked.

"Of course, in the place where the Jurchens in the Northeast first rose, outside what we call the Great Khing'an Mountains, there is still a vast land, although the weather is extremely cold, but there are countless mineral deposits underground, we call this place Siberia, now Tsarist Russia has begun to colonize Siberia, soon they will completely occupy this place, in less than two years, they will invade my Heilongjiang area, I want to take advantage of the opportunity of their invasion, to completely advance our territory to the north."

In addition to Shi Kefa in the house, only Liu Lan and Liu Weimin were there, and as soon as Luo Jian mentioned Daxinganling, they quickly understood Luo Jian's intentions.

"Chief, we must turn Lake Baikal into our inner lake!" Liu Weimin was extremely excited when he heard Luo Jian's thoughts.

"Xinghua, you think long-term, I have to support you in this!" Liu Lan also said with a smile.

"Xinghua, the ancients, killing people is also limited. Nations have their own borders. Such a bitter cold place. Is it really worth occupying? Luo Jian's ideas are obviously a little inconsistent with Shi Kefa's ideas.

"The nations have borders, that's what it used to say. Brother Xianzhi, since you have a telegraph, do you think it is still far from Beijing? With the train, do you think it's still far to Shanghai? Luo Jian asked with a smile.

"When we have a plane in the future, it will only take us one day to get to North America." Liu Lan added next to her.

"There is also the question that if Tsarist Russia occupied Siberia, then we will leave to future generations a huge evil neighbor, until that time. It's not just a matter of putting a division on the northern border, it's entirely possible to have a million troops. Luo Jian continued.

Listening to the words of several people, Shi Kefa lowered his head and thought about it.

"Brother Shi, go and call my mother and them in, the dishes are almost cold." Liu Lan saw that Shi Kefa didn't speak for a long time, and said to him.

Shi Kefa nodded, and Liu Lan went out to invite the old lady and a few people in.

"Shi Kefa, have you solved the doubts in your heart? If not, I won't eat this meal. As soon as the old lady entered the door, she said unceremoniously to Shi Kefa.

"Mother. I can't be blamed for this, I can only blame Xinghua for thinking too long-term. It's all taken into account Ting'er's grandson's generation, how can you make me think about it before? Shi Kefa said with a smile, apparently he had already turned the corner.

"You, it's not that my mother said you, it's not that you don't know that Xinghua They came from heaven and have known for five hundred years, they can consider Ting'er's grandson's generation, if I want me to say it's not enough, you have to think farther."

The old lady's words amused everyone, and the atmosphere of the reception banquet finally returned to normal.

The meal ended after eight o'clock, Luo Jian and Shi Kefa were not good at drinking, and the main reason for delaying it until now was that it took too long to talk before the meal.

When Luo Jian and Liu Lan took Luo Ting home, they found that there was already a large number of people waiting at home.

"Uncle Luo, you are finally back, have you been to my father's mausoleum?" The first to ask questions was Zhu Cihuan.

"I've seen it, and I personally swept the tomb of your father." Of course Luo Jian has been, Chongzhen's cemetery is not shabby, Li Zicheng buried Chongzhen in the tomb of Tian Guifei, and the Manchu court specially repaired it in order to win people's hearts, which is for Siling.

"Uncle Luo, they are all urging me to get married, I want to come back after I go to worship my father and the emperor, can you help me preside over it?" A few years ago, Zhu Cihuan, who was already eighteen years old, may have already gotten married, but now the Nanjing government advocates late marriage, and he has been busy, so he doesn't think about it at all.

"Did your sister bring you a letter? Let your Aunt Liu help you choose well, and if there is a suitable girl, we will get married. Luo Jian said with a smile, the current defense between men and women is still very serious, and it is obviously impossible to let Zhu Cihuan fall in love freely.

"Brother Changshou is also there? You have worked hard these days when I am not in Nanjing. Luo Jian greeted Zhu Yujian with a smile.

"Xinghua, you fought really beautifully in the battle of Beijing this time!" Zhu Yujian congratulated Luo Jian, and Luo Jian also returned the salute with a fist.

"Sit down, everybody. Brother Changshou, today is not just to congratulate, right? If there is something, Brother Changshou just said it. "Luo Jian knows that Zhu Yujian has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and after waiting for so long today, there must be something.

"Hehe, Xinghua, then I'll just say it directly. Now that the whole country is decided, should we consider moving the government to Beijing? Zhu Yujian asked.

"Brother Changshou, you mean to move the capital to Beijing?" Luo Jian asked.

"yes, that's what a lot of people think." Zhu Yujian said.

"Brother Changshou, I really haven't thought about this issue, now that the whole country has not been fully recovered, our army is still fighting outside, is it too early to think about this issue?" Luo Jian said with some embarrassment.

In fact, Luo Jian had already thought deeply about this problem on the way back, his predecessors set the capital in Beijing was determined by the political environment at that time, the naval strength of New China was extremely weak, and Nanjing was located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, of course, it was not suitable as the capital.

The difficult political environment faced by the predecessors is not the current Nanjing government, and the Nanjing government now has the most powerful navy in the world. Looking further, Ming Chengzu Lidi originally moved the capital to Beijing, in order to "guard the country by the Son of Heaven", in order to prevent the invasion of the nomads, with the current military strength of the Nanjing government, the nomads must no longer harm the Central Plains, so where is the necessity of moving the capital to Beijing?

Now the economic center of gravity of the Nanjing government is basically in the south, and the impact of this move to Beijing on economic development will be huge, whether it is good or bad, Luo Jian finds it difficult to judge.

Based on these considerations, Luo Jian made a decision in his heart on the way back, at least for a short period of time, not to consider the issue of moving the capital. (To be continued.) )