Tianjin Beiyang Yamen.

After a long time, Li Hongzhang saw the guests for a day, and looked at the official affairs about the Jiaoao lesson plan in the signing room, only to feel a burst of flowers in front of him. Several layers of leather cushions were underneath me, and I felt pain in my lower back. The earth dragon was burning hot, but the chill was still hitting his body.

You're really old...... Three thousand miles away to find a marquis. Now it seems that any ambition, at this age, is a joke.

I'm really busy enough for this broken house, and I'm tired of watching it. But the situation in Beiyang, a lifetime of hard work, has to be supported......

Just as he was looking at the eyes of the old flower, he heard a rush of footsteps outside the signing room. Before Li Hongzhang could ask who it was, he saw Goshha lift the curtain at the door, and Yang Shixiang and Zhang Peilun both walked in. Walking eagerly, the two almost collided at the door.

"Zhongtang, Zhongtang, look at it, it's the trick that the two hundred and five provoked again!"

Listening to Yang Shixiang's voice, Li Hongzhang raised his eyebrows, and instead of being angry, he laughed: "Take it and take a look!" This lord is more exciting than me just looking at those official affairs! ”

Yang Shixiang just sighed, and handed over a stack of copied newspapers in his hand: "I made trouble in the Yueben Kick Hall, and I arrived in Nanyang." It is also to encourage the trend of overseas Chinese. The Dutch Governor of Java Province telegraphed to the Dutch Consulate in Yanjing to negotiate with Prime Minister Yamen. The consul in Surabaya was released by the Minister of Nanyang, and Liu Kun sent a telegram and asked us what was going on? How did Beiyang meddle in Nanyang? Moreover, the Zhiyuan warship said that the machine was broken, and it has been relying on Surabaya...... The prime minister's yamen, those ministers of the king, probably frowned and sighed, scolding the two hundred and five behind their backs......"

Li Hongzhang instead wore eyebrows, and took the stack of copied newspapers to look at it with relish. The notes on the paper were scribbled, and it was estimated that the yard was turned over and sent quickly. One looked at the other and smiled: "How can we care about that guy?" He is the Taoist platform for Qincha's special training of soldiers, and he is not under our Beiyang control. told Liu Kunyi that he would go to the prime minister's yamen to fight a lawsuit...... Tut-tut, wonderful, really wonderful. The soldiers entered Surabaya, and the governor's banquet swept away, and the attachés fought with foreign soldiers, proclaiming comfort to the Chinese school everywhere and befriending the young people of the Chinese community...... It seems that we are not the only ones who have a headache for him. Everywhere can stir up wind and rain, this is called ability! Tell me about the princes of Beiyang, who can afford his treatment? ”

Listening to Li Hongzhang's words, Zhang Peilun just smiled, but didn't speak. Yang Shixiang was in a hurry: "Zhongtang, this is not called being treated, this is called lack of heart!" Now everyone is not happy to step on this stinky shit with good shoes, so he is arrogant. If you really want to do something at him, isn't this a pinching and death? ”

Li Hongzhang smiled and asked Zhang Peilun: "Youqiao, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Peilun just smiled lightly, after years of tempering, his demeanor was already extremely calm, knocking on his knees and groaning: "If it is the Netherlands alone, it is estimated that the Prime Minister Yamen does not care much." In fact, who is not disgusted with these foreigners in their hearts? Some people came out disgusting and disgusted them, and it is estimated that the above is also optimistic, and it is not England, France, a small country in the Netherlands. We France have all fought, are you afraid that they will not succeed? It's just that the matter of this colony has always been the forbidden territory of the European powers. Prime Minister Yamen estimated that Xu Dao would not be painful and let him return to the country quickly, and it would be over. We're just two warships there, and we're not in the way. ”

Yang Shixiang stomped his foot: "Youqiao, why do you say that?" The warship is our Beiyang, if something happens, it will be terrible! ”

Zhang Peilun smiled lightly: "For the sake of a small Dutch country, our committee members will come back in disgrace, and the warships will leave." If it spreads, the world will be famous, who is scolding? Those two hundred and five will not have any responsibility at all! ”

"What is the use of the Qingyu faction in the world? Who will get it out? ”

Zhang Peilun shook his head and smiled: "I have worked in Qingliu, and I know the benefits of this Qingyu too well...... As for whether it can be passed on. If I were that Xu Dao, I would have my own backhand arrangement. He also knows the reputation of this benefit for the country overseas......"

Li Hongzhang just listened to his son-in-law with a smile. No endorsement, no denial. The attitude is a little interesting. Zhang Peilun said with a smile: "Don't talk about him, the negotiations caused by the current trend in the South Seas are still a trivial matter." Let's succumb to the pressure, go up to the Prime Minister's Yamen, and down to our Beiyang, and we can't bow our heads so easily. The Dutch are just showing their attitude. There are two hundred and five here, slandering Beiyang, what's wrong? We can also take a closer look at his pattern measurement, what kind of talent is it...... Zhongtang is old, and there is no future, if there is really such a character who can clean up the broken house, what's wrong? ”

Yang Shixiang still fell to his feet, and he didn't have time to speak. Li Hongzhang already smiled and said, "Okay, okay, let's leave him alone for now." Just wait quietly, what can he do to break the sky? It's just a mad scholar with no soldiers and no courage, with a style and a sharp mouth...... You can't turn the sky in the South Seas. I withdrew the warship and cursed to death. Lianfang, that's it, the Prime Minister's Yamen is now blurring the flesh, and we are also cats. If you don't top this tank, let him make trouble. It's a joke, are we still afraid of the Netherlands? ”

Yang Shixiang stomped his feet and sighed: "I am not afraid of the earth in these two hundred and five days, I am really afraid that he will break the sky, and when the time comes, it will be too late for us to cry!" In the middle of a pile of white rats, there are black rats. This is called the abnormality of affairs, that is, the demon, Zhongtang, let's see! ”

As soon as he said that, Yang Shixiang turned around and went out.

Li Hongzhang and Zhang Peilun looked at each other and smiled.

"Youqiao, what do you think?"

"Zhongtang, I'm afraid you've framed this dilapidated house. A stunned young man came out, let's see what this abnormality can be. Anyway, I'm curious......"

Li Hongzhang smiled tiredly: "Tired, too tired, Youqiao." Seeing that he was unscrupulous, I was really...... Envy. ”

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Under the same sky, in front of a shikumen house on Erfis Road in the French Concession of Shanghai in the Qing Dynasty. The telegraph office postman, dressed in green, also rang the handbell of the Shikumen house.

This shikumen house is hung with the signboard of the Qing Dynasty, the handwriting is still fresh, and the red paint has not dried. I'm afraid it's just a new guise that hasn't been around for a long time.

The door opened, and the postman said to Shanghai Tubai: "Mr. Nongjia Tan Ge Nanyang telegram, pay the money to receive the newspaper." The worker who answered the door hurriedly went upstairs to beckon the master to come downstairs. After a while, Tan Sitong walked down refreshed.

He looked very good, his scalp was shaved blue, he stretched his waist, and walked all the way down with the frame of the Dong family's fist. He was still laughing and said: "Where is the evil guest, call in the early morning, this ten-mile foreign field, it is difficult to find a quiet and good dream!" ”

Before Xu Yifan left, he earnestly instructed Tang Shaoyi to set up a newspaper in the Shanghai Concession, and specially asked Tang Shaoyi to invite Tan Sitong to be the chief writer of this newspaper!

Huxiang celebrities suddenly stood tall in Shanghai and hung up the signboard of the Qing Times. Tan Sitong is now vaguely clear of his identity as a rising star. It was decided to play a deafening role. Iron heart to make a splash. Although Tang Shaoyi responded to his requests for money and goods, the first newspaper was far from being published. Tan Sitong has also been painstakingly searching, what kind of news can make this Qing Times a hit!

When he got to the door, he looked at the thick stack of newspapers in the postman's hand. He couldn't help but be startled, the current telegraph fee is very expensive, how much should it cost to come over such a stack of telegrams. The person who sent the telegram really took the telegram to transmit the article!

The postman took off his hat and saluted: "Mr. Tan? A total of eighty-seven pieces of six millimeters were reported. Take the telegram to send an article, and Allah is also seeing it for the first time. Big Broad! Tan Sitong smiled and turned around to greet: "Take the money to the postman!" ”

As he spoke, he took the newspaper and copied it, and he looked at it at the time. At a glance, the stack of papers was flipped over with a loud sound. His co-worker was counting the ocean to the postman at 1510, when he heard him slap his thigh: "Okay! Good! Good! Brother Xu really sent a good article to Tan, this Daqing Times will open from today! It is necessary to let everyone know what kind of group of wanderers are overseas, and what grievances they have suffered! ”

The sound was so loud that the workers' hands shook and there was a bang, and the white swaying eagles were scattered all over the ground.

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With two creaks, two boxes were pried open. Chu Wanli looked at Xu Yifan with a smile, and there were Zhang Yu, Du Juan, and Zhang Xuzhou, the northern man that Xu Yifan took a fancy to and thought was worth reusing.

Everyone looked at each other, Chu Wanli really got the gun from the Zhiyuan ship! Deng Shichang also bears the same relationship as a sea of blood, supporting Xu Yifan's move to comfort Nanyang!

One of the boxes contained shiny black Mauser 88 rifles, with round-tipped bullets spread all over the bottom of the box. Li Hongzhang did spare no effort to arm the Beiyang Naval Division, and the new foreign guns that Prussia and Germany had only produced for a short time were armed with the sailors. There was also a box full of pistols. The six-wheeled pistols were mounted one by one, and there was also a layer of pistol bullets underneath. These dozens of guys, and hundreds of bullets, Chu Wanli just got it.

These days, Chu Wanli sat in Xu Yifan's chariot, and went to the dock to buy fruits and aquatic products when he had nothing to do, saying that it was for the ministers to enjoy. Diplomatic carriages and horses, who will check him? Occasionally, foreign soldiers and indigenous policemen were suspicious, and they came to take a look from afar, and this kid was bold and wrapped his body. Dare to go up and pull around, and make friends with others without understanding the language, and there is no cowardice to be a thief at all.

He is doing this, and people are not suspicious, and they have a little bit to do with his weather today. After three or two days, more than a dozen rifles and a dozen pistols arrived at the consulate in Surabaya secretly. As for Cao Tianen, if only Xu Yifan didn't trouble him, he still came to take care of Xu Yifan's affairs?

Everyone looks at these firearms, needless to say when they are soldiers. I saw the guy's face smiling like a rotten persimmon. Empty-handed, foreign soldiers and indigenous policemen face to face, although everyone is not timid. But there is always a little bit of emptiness in my heart. The current situation is like this, no one knows if there will be chaos, there is a guy in hand. Always be more comfortable coping.

In addition to them, he saw the cuckoo reach out and pick up a six-wheeled pistol and snap a dozen wheels. Listen to the sound of the stunned machine turning. The little girl looked and listened with a veteran look, pinched another bullet, shook and stopped, and the wheel was fixed, and the shadow of her hand moved, and she had already stuffed six bullets into it. Trigger head. The old-fashioned nod said: "Citigroup's Ke family revolver, good guy!" The rifling is all new! Master, there's this guy, see who can get close to you! ”

Xu Yifan was so scared that he was sweating white when he made a pie for the cuckoo, these cuckoos were gentle and lovely, and he almost forgot that she was a girl who grew up in the horse thief pile! He looked at the bullets and didn't want to touch them. When the time comes for him to get a gun, it's time to take a break.

He shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Wanli is here, this is very good." We're also prepared, if we don't need this thing, just don't use it...... Now that everything seems to be fine, I always feel that something is wrong......"

met Li Daxiong Daozuo, but his words made Xu Yifan think a lot. What he originally wanted was to stabilize the situation and take advantage of this trend. Negotiate at both ends, on the one hand, to collect the hearts of the Chinese community, and on the other hand, not to cause any trouble. After all, I'm alone here. Even if it didn't completely win over the family this time, it has raised a lot of money and attracted a lot of Nanyang talents. As long as the situation here remains unchanged, we can continue to do our work in the future. Nanyang raised salaries, and the alliance has been doing it for decades, and it has only tens of millions of incomes. He only came once, and no miracle happened, so he wanted to ascend to the sky in one step, which was too unrealistic. With a good beginning, I am not afraid that there will be no good future!

But Li Daxiong was on the side of the road, and just quietly said to Xu Yifan: "Lord Xu, the Nanyang family, what you want is peace." It's useless for you to say something to your father...... Don't wake them up with a trend. They are ...... will not support your opinion"

Xu Yifan's reaction at that time was surprise: "Why did Mr. Li talk about this? ”

Li Daxiong just smiled faintly: "Not everyone just wants to be a grandson under foreigners." Seeing that the father was just accumulating property, Li dealt with foreigners, and also had the opportunity to check the information of Java. When the Chinese reach a certain level of wealth, the foreigners will inevitably be slaughtered. The ban on Chinese schools is just from the beginning. We Chinese no longer stand up to fight, we are afraid that we will die in the future and have no land, and all the accumulated family assets. It's all about handing over to foreigners and natives......"

Xu Yifan was even more surprised: "Why did Mr. Li talk like this?" What you said is very reasonable, and you can also lobby your superiors! ”

Li Daxiong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's useless, the whole family, maybe I'm the only one shuttling between foreigners and Chinese communities." I know the depth of foreigners' prejudices against us, and the depth of our resentment against foreigners. If it weren't for the arrival of adults in Surabaya, they would have made foreigners jealous with their warships. And put up the flag on our side, no one knows. Foreigners are also afraid of our strength. If the country were stronger, how nice would it be for us? ”

Xu Yifan took a deep breath at the time: "Mr. Li, what do you mean?" ”

Li Daxiong smiled: "Without the arrival of adults, maybe we can't think about it so much." But the adults just let us see the strength of our Chinese community. United, foreigners and natives are not afraid of us. has been a good son in the Li family for so many years, and it is enough. It's time for my father to know that a son like me exists...... Thank you for letting us see ourselves and find our roots. ”

After saying that, it was fluttering away at that time. Xu Yifan looked at his back, and was a little stupid for a while. What has become of the original history of Nanyang?

At this moment, everyone else was rummaging through the firearms, but he stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what he was thinking.

The situation seems to be really out of control.

The door creaked, but it was Li Yunzong who pushed the door in. Chu Wanli smiled: "Yunzong, come and pick a guy!" ”

Li Yunzong just glanced at the guns and walked to Xu Yifan's side: "My lord, those young people in the Chinese school, I went to take a look, and they were all very quiet. With the old man of the Chinese community, he also inquired about some news about Li Daxiong. It is said that he and the Li family are widowed, married a foreign wife, and travels between foreigners, and everyone is reluctant to talk to him more. For the rest, it's nothing. ”

Xu Yifan scratched his head, really distressed. I can't grasp the direction of the development of the situation, although everything is calm. But it made him even more uneasy.

At this time, he could only reluctantly say: "Is there anything wrong with the street?" ”

Li Yunzong frowned and groaned: "It's calm, as if nothing happened...... Even the natives who wandered around were much less. The students are tired, and the adults don't go to comfort them. There were a lot less, and I basically didn't see any familiar faces. Everything worked fine......"

Xu Yifan's eyes are deeply damaged, which is caused by the excessive use of these thoughts. In the end, he just shook his head, and he had already done what he had to do. Do your best. Let's just wait and see. It's better to keep some thought and turn all the changes and ideas into something beneficial to you!

He clapped his hands violently: "Tonight, everyone has a good night's sleep, I always feel that there will be a big change when I come!" ”

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While Xu Yifan was distressed, the newly baked backbone of the Nanyang Youth Association was gathering excitedly.

Because they are all Nanyang children, even the ceremony of righteousness has a bit of the demeanor of the party.

The statue of Guan Gong is enshrined in it, behind a piece of cigarette smoke. Everyone took up their bowls. Li Xing stood at the front. His face was flushed with excitement, and he picked up the wine bowl and said loudly: "Ming said that this is the first action of our Nanyang YMCA, and you will work hard!" Let the foreigners and natives see the determination of our Chinese youth! We are going to sing loudly, protest loudly, convey all our demands to the Javanese colonial authorities, and let them know. We can't be bullied again! ”

"!"

A group of young people, one by one, drank the wine in the bowl proudly, and then all struggled to break the bowl.

"From now on, we are brothers!"

The faces were full of excitement. These bare-handed young people have incomparably more confidence in themselves.

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In the Governor's Palace of East Java Province.

Governor Chuuk sat on the chaise longue and looked at the telegram in his hand with a heavy face.

The highest colonial authority throughout Lanyin received a telegram from the Dutch consulate in China. Yanjing's prime minister, Yamen, as always, shirked the representations they received and it was difficult to make a decision, and no one was willing to stand up to this tank.

The authorities in Lanyin have authorized the province of East Java to carry out the necessary actions to provoke a move that is just the right to knock the Chinese. Expelled this nasty commissioner from Surabaya. After the disturbance, he can be blamed as the instigator of this disorder. If necessary, use force to expel him from the country.

Chuck lowered his presbyopia eyes and beckoned behind him.

Detann strode over and stood behind him.

The old man didn't look back, but just whispered, "I'll give you the permission, let's start officially." Just tomorrow. It's time to beat up these Chinese......"

Detann stiffly bowed: "Do you need to control the scale?" ”

Chu Ke smiled coldly: "If they want to resist, they will have to bear the consequences...... There is no need to control the scale, we just sit on the sidelines. So be it. Tomorrow, I await your news. ”

"Yes!" At this sound, Lieutenant Colonel de Tann agreed crisply and cheerfully.

Xu Yifan's butterfly wings also fanned the South Seas.

(To be continued)