South Ocean Java, Surabaya Port.

On the European-style balcony of the two-story building of the Surabaya Business Consulate. Xu Yifan leaned on the railing and made a look of looking away by the railing, looking fierce. His head was wrapped in a thick white gauze cloth and wrapped around him like an Indian Asan. It was as if he had been hurt many times. In fact, the wound on the head was not half an inch long.

On the balcony, there is also a coffee table with a sandal, and two milk smoothies are fragrant. In the distance in front of him, groups of light infantry from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, grenadiers from West Java, armed police, and armed sailors stood and sat in a dense circle. And the scars on the students were empty-handed—the weapons had already been handed over to the Dutch colonial authorities in accordance with Xu Yifan's orders. Standing outside the door of the consulate, one by one as straight as javelins, they did not show weakness in the face of these foreign soldiers, who far outnumbered them. The Qincha Festival flag is in the hands of Zhang Xuzhou. Chu Wanli is lazy, Li Yunzong's injury is quite not light, and this glorious task of holding the flag will be handed over to Zhang Xuzhou, the northern man.

Inside and outside the city of Surabaya, there is a scene of devastation after the catastrophe. Looking around, there were burned-out houses everywhere. Under the watchful eye of foreigners, the workers of the Chinese Charity Hall, whose arms were wrapped in white cloths, drove the carts and cleaned up the corpses left behind after the chaos, sprinkling lime and soda everywhere. The original noisy and lively city has been depressed and quiet. Only uniformed military police officers came and went. As for the skinny monkey natives who used to be idle and surging in the streets, they are long gone. In the whole of Surabaya, only the treasure top of Zheng He Mosque is still dazzling.

In retrospect, the bombardment really felt like a dream.

What's next?

Xu Yifan has never regretted what he has done, and if he does it again, he will probably say that he will also say that he will come back a few more shots, or take the students to save people. Anyway, after the bombardment of Surabaya, he has become a foreign devil - at least the butcher in the mouth of the local foreign devil in Surabaya. It is estimated that after waiting for the Dutch minister to negotiate with Yanjing and deprive him of his diplomatic status, he should be unceremoniously imprisoned. Let him endure enough hardships, and then deport, wait for the return to China to be locked up again, and become a prisoner with a yellow seal, or beheaded, or sent to the Xinjiang Provincial Army.

That's really not much fun. Although Zhiyuan is still swimming in the sea off Surabaya, he will not come to attack Surabaya again for his sake and rescue him, Lord Xu. Deng Shichang's own future is far from being determined. Not to mention that the Netherlands is in Asia, and as long as there are warships that can be mobilized in the Indian Ocean, they are flying here.

He has done everything he can to save himself. He urgently sent a telegram back to China, and he had already carefully analyzed the gains and losses to the domestic authorities. Now it is not just his personal matter, but the dispute between the dignity of the Qing Kingdom and the Dutch State, except for the fact that he smuggled firearms ashore, his behavior is everywhere buckled with the article of protecting overseas Chinese under international law. At this time in the Qing Dynasty, it was not the unlucky appearance of the First Sino-Japanese War and the Eight-Nation Alliance Army entering Beijing, and they didn't want any dignity. In Yili, in North Korea, in Jiaozhou, and in Guangxi, there are still foreign devils everywhere who are fighting as much as possible. With the Sino-French war on land, he defeated the false fire of a French cabinet on land, and still maintained the dignity of the great empire in the Far East. For the Netherlands, a small European country, concessions to the point of humiliating the country may not be big.

He still remembers the loyalty he sent to the Prime Minister's Yamen telegram: "...... The minister is a minister of the imperial court, and the envoy to Java, although he is only a member of the consolation committee, he does not forget the dignity of my heavenly kingdom everywhere. The foreigners are very pressed, and there is no amazing move of self-improvement. Not enough to deter the four people. Today, the North Korean Ping Domain is in turmoil, and there are police everywhere in the western frontier around the sea, that is, the land of Longxing in the northeast, and the Russians covet and embezzle, and the undercurrent is still surging. The battle of Nanguan in Sino-French Town, the ambition of killing foreigners for ten years. The Surabaya artillery bombardment, everything is in accordance with the public law of all countries, the ministers for our Qing Dynasty, resolutely opened artillery to protect overseas Chinese, in order to knock the Netherlands on the mountain of small European countries, and shock the tiger of the Qing Dynasty invaded by the great powers. If the negotiation is effective, it should be safe for me for another ten years! If we retreat here, the bones of 100,000 overseas expatriates will accumulate, and I will roll up my flag and take off my armor and retreat. It is not a pity that the minister dies, but the future of the country cannot be asked! Then my emperor's heart of hard work, Lafayette longevity and longevity, then Enke said? I have been training for 30 years on self-improvement, and the Beiyang Navy Division built by tens of millions of national children has become a cake......"

He gave the powerful gains and losses to those military aircraft bosses to analyze the great gains and losses in this matter, no matter how stupid those guys are, they should understand the priorities, right? Besides, there must be a clear-eyed person, who can already see his Xu Yifan's ability, and can actually make the warship of the Beiyang Naval Division to do such a big thing.

I was able to get mixed up with this training platform, and I was sent to comfort the committee members, didn't I expect to be able to divide the Beiyang forces at the beginning? Now that there are signs, why don't you hit the snake and go up with the stick?

In addition to these, he also sent a telegram to Tan Sitong to send back the public opinion of the government and the opposition. In any era, there are indignant young people in the country, especially in the last days or the period of change. At this time in the late Qing Dynasty, the power of Qingliu was surprisingly great. These indignant youths held on to a Sino-French war, and they held on to the future Wuxu Restoration. As long as the government and the opposition shout in unison, it is a force that Cixi has to scruple about no matter what!

He had indeed exhausted himself and used all the resources at his disposal to try to turn the situation in the direction he wanted.

But how, really. Master Xu himself has no bottom in his heart. But every night, no matter how strict the vigilance of foreign soldiers is, in the distance of the consulate, there are dots of incense lit everywhere. made Xu Yifan's heart very peaceful.

Those are all Chinese people burning incense to pray for Xu Yifan.

It is a pity that he has been placed under complete surveillance house arrest and is unable to perform his duty of consolation. I don't know what those big clans in Surabaya are thinking now? Thinking of the depths, a thought popped up inexplicably in Xu Yifan's mind - the injured mixed-race chick of the Li family who was extremely beautiful, is the injury healed now?

Just as he was thinking about it, a soft sound suddenly sounded behind him. Xu Yifan looked back, but it was the cuckoo who walked out with a cup of tea, and the little girl didn't seem to have slept well. I actually have some bags under my eyes. looked at Xu Yifan, and couldn't hide his worries about his eldest master in his expression.

"Master, let's have tea...... Don't lose your bones...... Always standing here......"

Xu Yifan smiled and took the tea: "Master, this is drying the wounds of foreigners, if there are foreigner reporters here, it is best to write down the appearance of the Indian Ahsan, Master, and see how they treat me, the ...... of the Shangguo Qincha."

In fact, he not only showed it to foreigners, but also showed it to Chinese people. Look at what a terrible price I, Master Xu, have paid...... Doing good deeds without receiving benefits is not his style.

The cuckoo tilted his head to look at the appearance of the big pineapple on Xu Yifan's head, and didn't dare to laugh if he wanted to. lowered his head and pinched the corners of his clothes, and said softly after a while: "Master, although I am not sensible, it is such a big thing as firing a cannon." At that time, the cannon came like an earthquake...... You're really okay this time, right? So many foreign soldiers surrounded ......"

Xu Yifan had a straight face: "Why is it okay?" In Java, foreigners waited for me to be put in prison and poured chili water on a tiger chair. To return to China is to be exiled for at least 8,000 miles, with the yellow seal of the Qin prisoner ......"

Before he finished speaking, the cuckoo raised his eyebrows, and the surname of the wild girl who grew up in the horse thief pile was revealed: "They dare!" No matter who it is, as long as they dare to take a beating, I will beat them so that they will not eat sweetly! As she spoke, her six-wheeled small hand cannon was still stuck in her waist!

How did this girl hide? He hurriedly covered the placket of his clothes for the cuckoo. Hands touched around unruly. The cuckoo snorted, blushing and subconsciously holding his bulging chest and jumping back. I almost knocked over the milk smoothie on the coffee table.

"Sir, you are unruly! When will it be ......?"

Lao Tzu is trapped here except for doing nothing else in the shape of the sea and the wind, not to flirt with his concubine, and not to let people live?

Xu Yifan swallowed a mouthful of foam fiercely, ready to make persistent efforts, maybe he would pull this shy little girl back to the house and correct her on the spot. But I saw the cuckoo bow his head and ask in a low voice in an inaudible voice, "Master...... Do you think that the girl of the Li family looks very good? ”

Xu Yifan was stunned for a moment, and then remembered this. Emotional cuckoo has always remembered that he picked up Li Xuan that day!

To be honest, he really didn't think much about Li Xuan's mixed-race little beauty. Now that Du Juan mentioned it, he seemed to remember that the girl, when she was injured, seemed to be so soft to hold......

He smiled and continued to tease the cuckoo: "What? I think it's good, it's good-looking. What do you think? ”

The cuckoo snorted, and the vinegar on his face couldn't be hidden: "Fake foreign woman, her eyes are still blue." What's the deal? The hair color is still the same......"

Xu Yifan smiled again: "Do you still think that Luo Shi is too tall?" ”

The cuckoo lowered his head: "I didn't say anything about the Chen family's sister...... However, in terms of heart, the elder sister of the Chen family is taller than men...... Master, I know that I can't read, I'm a wild girl, and I don't have a good background, so I can't be the main house...... But master, I don't think I'm worse than them, I can do whatever I want, this time I won't hide, my mouth is always open, okay? ”

The voice was soft, like a whisper. A beautiful girl who is not yet sixteen years old is coquettish with you like this, how can people resist it? This little girl gradually opened up, and she also knew that she was a solid pet...... Xu Yifan, who had been under great pressure and urgently needed to be relieved, suddenly burst into flames in his heart, and immediately thought about pulling the cuckoo into the house.

It's time to topple! It's time to topple!

When the nameless desire was rising for three thousand feet, Zhang Xuzhou's loud voice suddenly came from below.

"Lord Xu, the carriage marked by the Governor's Mansion of the Foreign Devil is coming here!"

At this moment, Xu Yifan burst into tears again.

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The Li family in Nanyang has a wooden hall, which is also rebuilt after a big chaos.

The courtyard was full of people who were a little excited. The Li family's quiet family style has long been broken. Everyone was talking loudly and quietly while scrubbing the blood stains from the courtyard. The burned houses and smashed doors were cleaned up. The feeling of the aftermath of the catastrophe makes people feel a little unbalanced in their normal senses.

The sound of the topic, listen carefully, is inseparable from the reputation of Xu Yifan and Lord Xu. Xu Yifan, at least at this time, has become the Buddha of the Ten Thousand Families in Nanyang. The artillery that occurred in Surabaya shook the natives, and the seven places were bloodied to save the Chinese community. It has spread from Surabaya to the whole of Java, and then from Java to Malaysia, to Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, and to the entire Nanyang Chinese community.

Perhaps in the near future, it will float across the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean, and spread to the Chinese community throughout the world.

Finally, there is one person who has not forgotten these wanderers who have their hearts to the motherland.

I don't know how many people in Java have secretly gone to see the big pineapple wrapped around Xu Yifan's head. I don't know how many middle- and lower-class Chinese people have privately discussed how to help Xu Yifan. Lord Xu wants to donate? Okay, anyway, this life was saved by Lord Xu. Let's all go bankrupt and raise money! Lord Xu wants to train his troops? Everyone understands that only when the motherland is strong can the Chinese community maintain its position in Nanyang, I don't know how many young people are discussing and colluding, ready to serve Lord Xu and participate in the training of the new army!

In the inner hall of the Li family in Youmutang, representatives of various clans in the Chinese community also gathered together in advance.

The shutters in the inner hall have been lowered, and a number of lanterns have been placed in the room to illuminate the inside of the room. On everyone's face, deep and shallow shadows are reflected.

Everyone's face is solemn.

There are not many people in this room, it is the head of the four families of Surabaya, Li Huang, Zheng and Chen, and the heads of the four families are all here. Among these four major families, the Chen family is the door that the son-in-law of the Li family later set up by himself, and the Huang family is the gateway set up by the Li family's servants. The Zheng family has been in Java for less than 100 years, mainly engaged in import and export trade, and the style is quite foreign among the four major families. But when it comes to the foundation, it is far less rooted than the Li family. The heads of the four families, as well as the eldest son of the family's eldest son, all gathered here, and their eyes all looked like Li Yuanfu and Old Man Li, who were many years old.

When Chinese meet, it is inevitable to talk about some pleasantries first. Even if these bigwigs are full of thoughts. These four families were all greatly affected by the riots, especially the Zheng family. Their family is the thinnest. The connection with foreigners is also the closest, but this time I didn't expect foreigners to protect them!

Zheng Tingxing, the old man of the Zheng family, was holding a cigar, which had already been extinguished. Seeing that everyone was there and didn't speak. finally couldn't hold back his cough: "Master Li, why didn't Daren Gongzi attend this party?" Is there something wrong with Brother Daren? ”

The old man Li Yuanfu, who had a serious and solemn face, suddenly changed his face, and snorted heavily: "Don't mention this muddy and soft guy!" I am in this house, he can't afford it! ”

Several old men all glanced at each other, and their eyes closed at the touch of a button. I was surprised in my heart, Li Daren, the son of the Li family, has been in charge of the Li family's business for more than ten years, and he is already considered to be the future patriarch of the two Mutang, but he was said to be scrapped by this cold-faced and cold-hearted old man! It seems that the relationship with Li Daren is about to come back completely, but I don't know who the character that Old Man Li wants to replace is?

Such a thought is only a fleeting thought, after all, this is not what we need to discuss today.

Zheng Tingxing coughed again, and said with a wry smile: "Master Li, this time, is it really going to hold a sect meeting?" What kind of charter are we going to come up with? Our Zheng family has suffered too much this time, and the previous hopes for foreigners now seem to be all wrong, and we will never be able to become people with them. We probably know what the old man means. This Lord Xu, our gratitude is heartfelt, but ...... We don't understand what the imperial court of the mother country means. Is it really necessary for power to support this Lord Xu? ”

Halfway through his words, he saw that Old Man Li's face was already a little wrong. Immediately changed his tone: "...... But if we Chinese want to get together, this truth can't be changed. There are four families in Java, the Li family is respected, and what charter the old man has, we all listen to it. ”

Huang Youshang, the head of the Huang family, looks like a simple old worker, and it seems that the family style of the servant has not changed. Wearing a black Tang costume, he looks a little oily. In front of Old Man Li, he was also the most respectful, hesitated for a moment, and said loudly: "Master, we all have families and businesses, and we can't leave Nanyang anymore." There are a few of us, and I don't know how many people are scattered. If you want to tie up with the mother country and go all out to fight for the status of our Chinese, I am afraid that far water will not be able to save the near fire. Lord Xu saved us this time, but what about next time? Next time, if those natives riot again, can we still hope that someone from our home country will come to our rescue? Master, you know me best, and you can say whatever you have in front of you. But what you mean, whatever the outcome, I'll listen to you anyway. ”

Seeing that the heads of the two families had spoken, Chen Changshun, the patriarch of the Chen family, also smiled bitterly: "Master, even if our hearts are towards the mother country, but we are all counting on Lord Xu, will it be successful or not?" Let's say a word of slapstick here, Lord Xu doesn't know what will happen this time! I suggest that we raise a lot of money to give Master Xu some money up and down, how can we keep him safe, as long as the old man sends a word, two million or three million, the Chen family has nothing to say! But I really hope that Lord Xu will be okay and can come to protect us again, isn't that a bit ...... What's that? What kind of regulations does the master have, we all listened carefully. ”

After the heads of the family had finished speaking, the inner hall was completely silent, and the eldest sons of the long house had no room to speak. They all held their breath and waited for Old Man Li to speak.

But Old Man Li didn't make a sound all the time, and the air was tense in silence. A few people quietly ripped their collars open.

I don't know how long it took for Li Yuanfu to speak in a voice that was so light that it was almost inaudible, and the old man seemed to want to ask himself: "Who else can we count on besides Lord Xu?" Is there such a figure in the mother country again? I didn't count on it. Foreigner? We all know it's a lot of goodness, native? Are those still people? ”

The old man's voice trembled slightly: "In my life, I have always only believed that we can work hard by ourselves, run the family innocently, and not cause trouble or trouble." We don't provoke in all aspects, and we can live in peace. But the result? We Chinese have never come out, now it's time for us to get together, it's time to fight for something!

We Chinese in Nanyang occupy at least ninety percent of the wealth here, we are the mainstay of all parts of Nanyang, our number is not much less than the natives, and more than the foreigners to the sky. Why can't we be the masters of Nanyang? ”

All mouths widened.

Old Man Li stood up, his expression majestic, just like his previous image. is so rigid that it doesn't seem to allow anyone's refutation: "This time, we watched Lord Xu fall into trouble, the first is that our conscience can't get by." The second question is, when are we going to wait? If you want to fight, you have to fight now! From now on, we can't back down! I don't care about the others, at least our Li family has decided to fully support Lord Xu's career! Our Li family and Master Xu are going to be tied together! Prosperity is the same prosperity, and decline is the same decline. The Li family gambled on it once! Otherwise, wait any longer, only wait until the next massacre! ”

Old Man Li has always had such self-esteem that he is inviolable, thinking that everything is in his hands. For this old man, deep down, what is terrible is not that he has faced the fate of having his family ruined. It's the fear that fate is completely out of one's grasp, a sense of dignity that has been violated and that there is nothing to be done!

The surname determines fate, and the old man made such a completely impulsive decision, which is also for a reason.

Several heads of families looked at each other, and everyone understood the impulsive emotions of the middle and lower classes of the Chinese community now, and then the patriarch of the first family in Nanyang decided to do so. Such emotions are almost irreversible, at least they can't resist them. Anyway, it is the Li family that wants to be tied together, so they will follow the crowd.

Seeing that several family heads nodded silently, Li Yuanfu waved his hand: "It's decided that as long as we can contact Lord Xu, we will immediately convene a meeting of the Nanyang Sect!" Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, those places, all have to be notified! ”

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Standing in the consulate's booth was Lieutenant Colonel Detanne, the governor's adjutant with a very difficult face.

He was dressed in a tuxedo and stood up straight. Holding a formal briefcase with a monograph on it.

Xu Yifan was dressed in an official uniform and sat opposite him in a big way. Chaozhu, who twisted his neck, only smiled and didn't speak. Looking at Detanne's face, I thought with my ass that something unpleasant had happened to Mr. Lieutenant Colonel.

makes foreign devils unhappy, isn't it my Lord Xu who should be happy?

Consul Cao Tianen is next to Xu Yifan, but it is a pity that this prefect-led consul has lost a whole circle in the past few days. Detann stood, and he stood there hunched over. His face turned blue and seemed ready to faint at any moment.

Detann stiffly bent slightly, and waved his hand slightly. An interpreter walked up. Detann whispered a few words, and the interpreter also nervously followed the translator: "I am hereby authorized by the Governor's Office of Java Province of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to officially inform Your Excellency. Your competence to deal with the Surabaya riots has been confirmed. The members of the Negotiation Committee are already on the road to Surabaya, ready to start formal negotiations with Your Excellency. I hereby inform you that I would like to greet you by the way. ”

Before the translated words fell, De Tann handed over the official document folder to Xu Yifan as if he had a red charcoal ball in his hand. Xu Yifan's eyes rolled and he opened the briefcase. Inside was a telegram sent by Prime Minister Yamen to the Consulate General in Surabaya, presenting him specifically.

He glanced at it, just a soft smile. As if he didn't care, he handed the telegram to Cao Tianen beside him.

"Lao Cao, look, look! I see, this time, there are people in our court who understand. I'll leave this tank to the top, good idea! ”

Cao Tianen took it and looked at it suspiciously, and his eyes rolled and he almost fainted. It's fucking unfair! Lao Tzu was frightened and was about to die, and these two hundred and five made a world-shaking incident, but it was such a result?

The court really doesn't have long eyes!

A very simple sentence in the newspaper.

"With the title of Xu Yifan Gabu's political envoy, in the name of the minister of the Qin Mission, he will be rewarded with a full guard of honor. Handle the negotiation of the Surabaya cannon case! ”

(To be continued)