Chapter 18 Variables

Yesterday I was drunk and lying down, sorry, sorry. It's a day off. I didn't even make an announcement, so I'm ashamed.

If you break out today, you should make amends. Let's wait for the update.

Oscar also knows that stable updates are king, so try to do it in this direction.

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In the first three years of A.D., the remnant winter of Hunan has not disappeared. The weather was the kind of wet and cold peculiar to the south, a little chill, as if it was about to soak into the bones.

In the Yishan Book Club in Liuyang, a young man was bald and did not wear a hat, guarding the red clay stove, sitting leisurely with his legs crossed, looking at the flames on the stove for a while, and looking at the scrolls at hand for a while. A new pot of tea was hot on the stove, and the fragrant tea floated in the room where he was.

The book club is far from the time to open a lecture hall. It was so quiet that you could only hear the sound of tea turning on the stove and spitting flowers. The small bucket room seems to be a world of its own, quiet and quiet to the extreme.

Before the snow had disappeared outside the door, the young man suddenly put down his scroll and listened attentively, and heard the sound of footsteps creaking on the snow. He paused, distinguished, and suddenly smiled: "Songfu, Buddha Chen, but you two evil guests? Come on in! ”

Outside the door, there were two voices of laughter with different tones. As soon as the curtain was lifted, I saw two people in long shirts walking in, all the way in the snow, both of them were covered in slush, and their faces were red from the cold. As soon as he entered, he stamped his feet vigorously, and a shorter man wearing mountain shoes with fourteen iron caps stomped his feet, and when he stomped his foot, he heard a clattering sound that almost shook the teapot on the stove.

The young man smiled: "My study has caused such an unwarranted disaster!" It's a Sven catastrophe! Songfu, what are you doing in these shoes? ”

The short man had a heroic face, and the taller one next to him seemed to have a sharper face. The two said in unison: "Resurrection, we are not as good as you." sent back to the guard, and lay down in the academy. I read and write articles all day, and I don't know why you are so calm! We have to work hard and run around, and if we don't wear these shoes, do we still wear satin boots? This ghost weather, how can you climb the mountain and walk! ”

The young man who was cooking tea and reading in the room was after the Jinghua turmoil. Tan Sitong, who was deported all the way home. He was a son of a family in Hunan Province, and when he arrived in Hunan, who gave him grievances. Even the Manchu court, it's just a matter of sending him back. The Qing Dynasty's qi has reached this point, and even the ancestors have no bearing to kill and decide. The rigid bureaucratic system thinks that everything will be fine if the trouble is pushed out of Yanjing, who still has the patience to see if this Tan Sitong is really in custody and honest. With this skill, it is better for the magistrate in charge to make more money and smoke more cigarettes.

The people who came to visit Tan Sitong in the snow were his two friends, one named Bi Yongnian and the other Tang Caichang, both of whom were small fames such as Xiucai and Bagong. When he was studying under the seat of Liu Renxi, a great Confucian in Hunan. The three of them are all suave and chivalrous, and they really hit it off at first sight. When Tan Sitong traveled around, these two people had no intention of taking the imperial examination, and they didn't know why. After returning to his hometown, Tan Si agreed to find that these two friends also went home to spend the New Year, and after talking a few times, he faintly found that they had been running around the rivers and lakes for several years, and they had been dressed in the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes.

Tan Sitong has been famous all over the world since Jinghua was published. After the four sons of Lao Qingliu gradually sank. is simply regarded as the leader of the rising stream. These two good brothers, these sons are constantly visiting and talking with him, and in their words, it seems that they are repeatedly tempting temptation, asking Tan Sitong to come out and do a big business!

The short Bi Yongnian sat down, grabbed the teapot unceremoniously, and burned his hands. Breathing in the cool air, he cried out in pain. Tang Cai, who was taller, smiled and said, "Yes! I don't know where you got your monkey temper. I don't have to make the resurrection brother laugh! ”

Bi Yongnian grinned: "It's not that I have returned some words with Wang Shufang and Wang Dalong, if you don't eat meat in large pieces and drink wine in large bowls, they will look down on them." After all these years, you look at my whole body, where is there still a little bit of scholarly habits? ”

Tan Sitong just smiled and said nothing. Wang Shufang is the leader of the party halls in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It belongs to the Hongmen lineage. When he was at the top of the mountain, he threw the bowl at the same time with thousands of guests, and gambled on the curse: "One heart is full, and one force is against the Qing." ”

However, these Southern Hongmen Sect parties are the remnants of the Three-Point Meeting and the Tiandi Association before the Hongyang Rebellion. The rivers and lakes gathered, and they made chaos one after another, but they just rose and perished. And it has a reputation for robbing houses. To be precise, it was never regarded as a major problem by the Manchu authorities.

He understands that his two friends want to find a way out like him. But it was not his wish to contact these Jianghu associations.

Seeing that Tan Sitong was just smiling and silent, Tang Caichang and Bi Yongnian glanced at each other. The expressions on their faces changed a little. This guy was also a fierce figure when he was in the township. Now that the world is coming back, and there is such a situation, I think that I should be more intense. Unexpectedly, it was much quieter, and when I probed around, I couldn't figure out my thoughts!

Tang Caichang only looked around in his small room, and suddenly saw a banner hanging on it, with a line of words on it: "Go out and look up to the sky with a smile, how can my generation be a pennyman." "The payment is unfamiliar, it is Kang Nanhai's three-character paragraph.

Tang Cai often smiled and said: "This word is vulgar! Brother Fusheng, why did you hang this banner? ”

Tan Sitong just smiled: "This is sent by a friend from the south, Tete, what is this word...... There are some of that. The friend himself laughed at himself, saying that I have a god in my eyes and a ghost in my wrist. However, what is said in the letter is all reasonable. I admired this friend, so I hung this banner. ”

Kang Nanhai...... Kang Nanhai? Bi Yongnian read the name twice, and asked with a smile: "Brother Fusheng's favorite friend, that is naturally extraordinary, what kind of insight does he have?" ”

Tan Sitong smiled lightly: "Supplemented by others, change the law and renovate, and bring the world to the same for the Holy Monarch!" ”

Bi Yongnian shook his head slightly: "No wonder Brother Fusheng is going to write a book of Datong...... It's really good to talk to this South China Sea dude...... Who is this person? In such a ruined situation, even if the court cheers up, is there anything to be done? Whether this is going to be a reform or a revolution, you should think about it carefully......"

Tan Sitong's face changed, and Tang Caichang also glared at Bi Yongnian. This hairy monkey just can't hold his breath!

Just as he was about to turn his face to explain, he saw Tan Sitong raise his hand and smiled: "Buddha Chen, needless to say." I know what you're thinking. But I always thought that this country could not be in chaos. For example, a person whose vitality is extremely weak, and a group of hungry wolves look around him. If you take a fierce medicine, you will fall first. The power of the medicine and the attack of the disease were in a mess, and this person couldn't get up for a while. The hungry wolves around them pounced. We are friends, but each person's mind is reluctant to come. Let's see the number of paths each one takes. Anyway, we all know that it's time for change. Every man does his best. ”

The two on the other side were silent, but Tan Sitong was in high spirits. Clapped the scroll in his hand: "These days, I have been reading Lord Xu's Ou Youxin video repeatedly, and I have experience...... Reform in all countries has been repeatedly advocated by some people. In Prussia for the universities, in the book for the people. Under the advocacy, the tide rises, and it is out of control! Tan's wish has been decided, and he is going to do this advocacy work! ”

The two on the other side glanced at each other, and asked in unison, "How to do it?" ”

Tan Si smiled at the same time: "In the Shanghai Concession, a new children's newspaper was opened and I was hired to be the chief writer." Behind this newspaper is a person I know secretly, sponsoring this propaganda with all his might. In a few days, I will go down with the boat to do this shouting and boring thing. The two brothers have their own ambitions, and I don't dare to force them all the way. But two dudes, you still have to give me this chance to try......"

Speaking of which, Bi Tang and the others are characters who can afford to put it down, and have been running on the rivers and lakes for many years. I also know at the moment that I can't force it. They all stood up and smiled: "Then I wish Brother Tan all the best." We take care of each other. Let's see which way to go......"

Tan Sitong smiled, his eyes were full of light, and he also smiled and stood up with a smile: "Please!" Ten years later, I will try to see and see! ”

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Zhiyuan and Laiyuan spent three or five days of hard work in this inspection. The machines of both ships are quite good, and they don't even need to enter the dock. It's just a little bit of repair, coal and water.

The officers of the two ships were not allowed to get off the ship because of Ding Ruchang's telegram, and most of them complained bitterly. However, more high-level officials such as Qiu Guandao naturally have their own ways.

Only Deng Shichang is firmly in his official cabin. Look at the writing in large letters, or take a walk on the deck to tease the dog. Waiting for the sailing.

It is said that after the Xuanyang Society looked for Xu Yifan that time, there was no movement. Xu Yifan took the cuckoo and them to wander around Nagasaki, very leisurely. He said that he made a big fuss in the Xuanyang Society, and his reputation spread out somehow, mostly because of Chu Wanli's big mouth. This door-to-door smashing success is not to mention the people of Nagasaki Chinatown, even the consulate staff, when they see Xu Yifan or his attachΓ©, they have to secretly give a thumbs up.

Only consul Xu suffered, and Xu Yifan's situation had to be sorted out and reported to the Beiyang Yamen in China. I'm also worried all day long that these two hundred and five will make something happen in Yueben, so that he can't wipe his ass. Every day, I pray that the two warships will be overhauled as soon as possible and released to the South Seas as soon as possible. Okay, get rid of this stake.

Everyone has their own thoughts, and the saying goes by quickly. In the blink of an eye, the schedule of the two ships has been set, and the ship will be released the next day.

At noon, Consul Xu stood in front of the window of the consulate again, looking at the entrance of the consulate and anxiously waiting for the two poles to come back.

He rubbed his hands together from time to time: "What's going on?" How is this handled? ”

I don't know how long it took, but I saw several Toyo cars parked in front of the consulate. The coachman who hung the cloth strip carried the large and small bags down. Xu Yifan, Du Juan Zhangyu, and Chu Wanli, who loved to follow and watch the excitement, jumped out of the car.

Consul Xu suddenly ran down from the upstairs, holding a copy of the newspaper from the bottom of the water: "Lord Xu, Lord Xu!" There's a telegram coming over there in Surabaya! ”

Xu Yifan just got out of the car, and it was hard work to accompany the girl to go shopping. The cuckoo, a wild girl from the mountains, has come to this foreign country with very different scenery,

The eyes are even more shining when I go shopping. It just so happened that he also wanted to carefully observe the popular national temperament of this time and space, and the social style at that time. Only accompanied her, after a few days, in addition to a lot of big bags and small bags, people were also tired and had back pain.

I'm thinking about going back to the consulate to lie down, packing my luggage anyway, it's not my lord's business. When he got out of the car, he saw the consul, who was always smiling reluctantly and socializing, and ran faster than anything else.

At that moment, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and smiled: "Lord Xu, what's the matter?" ”

Xu Jingyang didn't bother to speak, and hurriedly handed over the copying newspaper. Xu Yifan took a look, and his face sank.

Consul Xu Dao, Governor of Nagasaki, said that the area around Surabaya, Java, Lanyin, has excited the local indigenous people because of the addition of Chinese schools. The Lanyin authorities also have a bystander mind. The situation here is quite tense, and Xu Dao, a member of the Xuanfu Salary Committee, seems to have no need to come here. This newspaper has been forwarded to the Prime Minister's Yamen and deposited with the Nanyang Beiyang Yamen. Express teleflight consultation, greetings to the New Year. ”

Xu Jingyang's copy of the newspaper was handed over to Xu Yifan in time, and a big stone had already landed in his heart. This has steps down. This trip to raise money is estimated to have made Xu Yifan lose enough, and now it seems that Dongyangjing has also opened, and he has also played in Xuanyangshe 205, so why don't you just get off the donkey and pack up and go home?

He didn't notice that Xu Yifan's face on the other side had sunk, and he was so gloomy that he seemed to be dripping. It was as if something terrible had come to mind. After a long time, I heard Xu Yifan say lightly: "Lord Xu, I am a Qincha, this matter, the Consul of Surabaya can't control my head, and the Minister of Beiyang and Nanyang is also average." Zhang Yu, Du Juan, pack your luggage, and we will get on the boat on time tomorrow. ”

"Lord Xu!" Xu Jingyang looked puzzled.

Xu Yifan just smiled faintly: "Nanyang, I still have to go!" ”

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