April 3 of the 19th year of Guangxu. After passing up and down Surabaya, the Chinese communities in various parts of Nanyang have joined forces, and the Nanyang clan conference will be held tomorrow.

This Surabaya catastrophe really woke up the Chinese people in Nanyang. For decades, there has never been such a blatant indigenous rebellion supported by foreigners. The painful memories that have been hidden in the hearts of those families for more than a hundred years woke up so shockingly on that day.

But for decades, there has not been such a minister from the mother country who has saved them and protected them with his own name, his own surname, and his own blood and sincerity. Moreover, in the follow-up negotiations with the foreigners, they did not give an inch, greatly increasing their Chinese prestige.

Since these days, the Chinese have been holding this Nanyang clan conference like crazy. The arrogance of foreigners has greatly decreased, and they do not dare to interfere too much, but only monitor and demand filing. As for the natives, these guys who don't remember to eat. What's more, these people don't even dare to go up the streets of Surabaya, and they don't know how to gather in that corner and secretly curse these yellow-skinned wanderers who are raising their eyebrows.

The Nanyang Clan Conference has been held like a carnival. Chinese from all over Nanyang with a Hakka accent come and go around the joint ancestral hall of the four major families in Surabaya. Whether you know each other or not, meeting is a smile. The connection between the deepest bloodlines among the compatriots has been awakened by the cannons of Xu Yifan and Zhiyuan.

Many Chinese people have not met Xu Yifan, and they all agreed with each other that no matter what, they would also meet the benefactors of these wanderers at the Nanyang Clan Conference!

As for Xu Yifan, who was praised, grateful, hated, and cursed by tens of millions of people in Nanyang. Now I am sitting comfortably in the Consulate General in Surabaya. Leaning back on the chaise longue, holding a glass of milk smoothie in his left hand and a cigar from the South Seas in his right hand. Stretching a lazy waist, I feel extraordinarily comfortable. The cuckoo and Chen Luoshi were right next to him, spinning around like two busy birds. After a while, he pinched his shoulder, and then asked, "Master, do you want that black tea from a foreigner?" ”

After Xu Yifan lowered his face, the two little girls no longer dared to be jealous. The two had a good relationship, but soon they couldn't help laughing again, even if they were holding back the idea of competition, they didn't have to save face.

This warbler Yanyan is wearing flowers and butterflies by her side, which is not the main reason why Xu Yifan is in a good mood, nor is it for the Nanyang Clan Conference. Instead, he received a private message from Li Hongzhang!

The meaning confided in the letter made Xu Yifan surprised and delighted, and he didn't even bother to figure out what Li Hongzhang meant behind it. He is not at all afraid of others dealing with him behind his back and calculating him. All he needs is a space where he can spread out as much as he wants! And North Korea is a suitable place, not to mention, there are 3,000 soldiers to give him!

He probably knew the thoughts of the imperial court and Li Hongzhang. Just in the case of the Surabaya artillery case, their actions can be understood. This is also one of the benefits of people who come through time. Know what kind of mentality they have historically been and what the ultimate purpose of their actions is. Technology, as well as familiarity with what will happen in history, are all small.

Three thousand soldiers, three thousand soldiers! It's really sleepy, and when it comes, I send a pillow. If he returns to China and puts him high, it is what he is most worried about. The first day was in front of me, and I could only watch the tragedy of the sharp decline of the national fortunes happen!

History is indeed slowly changing because of him. As for when it will be time for the storm to storm and everything will be swept by the torrent waves he set off first, let's see.

There was a slight knock on the door twice, and the cuckoo hurriedly ran over to open the door. I didn't pay attention to Chen Luoshi for a while. Chen Luoshi was like a thief, he was pinching Xu Yifan's shoulder behind his back, and he bent down and kissed Xu Yifan lightly on the mouth.

Looking up, Chen Luoshi's face was flushed. The eyes were watery and a little shy seduction.

Xu Yifan's heart fluttered, and he didn't have time to move his hands and feet. I saw Tang Shaoyi walking in under the leadership of the cuckoo. Xu Yifan jumped up and said with a smile: "Shaochuan, a cigar?" ”

Tang Shaoyi smiled: "Come by yourself, come by yourself!" This hobby of adults is right for the appetite of the lower officials...... My lord, the foreigner has almost already negotiated. That Viscount Waddenseyberg, and the Dutch colonial authorities in Java. Now there is really no recruitment, and the Nanyang Chinese are gathered here again. They really want to send us pestilence gods away. The conditions are not mentioned much, and I dare not force them anymore. Now, as long as we save face, we can return to China. Speaking of which, this time there are almost no more achievements and field exploits, and there is no problem for adults to register their names and put them down. Congratulations to your ......."

Xu Yifan smiled and waved his hand: "Don't mention the foreigners, it's unappetizing!" Let's talk about ourselves, Shaochuan, what do you think of North Korea and Yuan Weiting? ”

Tang Shaoyi was holding a cigar and roasting it over a foreign fire. As soon as he heard Xu Yifan's question, he was stunned. He is a person who has a very good mind, flashes a needle, and does not allow for hair. Immediately, he subconsciously asked: "My lord went back and settled you, is it in North Korea?" Li Zhongtang doesn't want you to be in the heart of Beiyang? Let you fight with Yuan Weiting? What does the imperial court mean? ”

Four rhetorical questions, all of them are to the point. Xu Yifan looked at this subordinate with appreciation, nodded with a smile, and said lightly: "Li Zhongtang is afraid that he is not willing to look at me in Tianjin anymore, and he wants to give me the sixth battalion of the Qing Army." As Zhang Ben, who trained the Praetorian Guard, the private message had arrived, and Zhongtang had officially entered into an excerpt with the imperial court. I guess the imperial court is probably willing to train this Praetorian Guard as soon as possible. Tell me, these six battalions of Qingjun, and Yuan Weiting, can I surrender? ”

Tang Shaoyi just groaned, subconsciously tapping the cigar. Xu Yifan knew very well that he and Yuan Shikai had a deep personal relationship. At the time of the Renwu Revolution in North Korea, he and Yuan Shikai joined forces to solve the problem. It's also a big feat, and the two have been in contact. This question is also a test of Tang Shaoyi's loyalty. He is such a shrewd person, he should not be unaware.

Tang Shaoyi looked calm and put down the cigar gently.

"My lord, Yuan Weiting is a masterpiece. The sixth battalion of the Qing army is insignificant, and the adults already have backbone generals in reserve, and they can keep their origins this time. Inserted into the Qing army, as long as a group of people are replaced, are you afraid that you won't be able to master these 3,000 steps? Since the death of Wu Changqing, the general of the Huai Army, these six battalions have long been an ownerless army...... The only thing adults have to worry about is Yuan Weiting! This person has a wide range of popularity, and he has the style of Meng Weijun in dealing with people, and the pattern is also very large...... The most important thing is that he is famous and heroic! If you can't get it......"

A layer of green energy flashed on his face, and he glanced at Du Juan and Chen Luoshi. He said softly: "It's better to kill it!" ”

There was a clanging sound, but it was a bowl of foreigner coffee that Chen Luoshi was holding and fell to the ground. The little girl was by Xu Yifan's side, full of tenderness and sweetness. Tang Shaoyi's words scared her all of a sudden.

And Xu Yifan just smiled coldly quietly.

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"Miss, it's time to eat......"

"Don't eat it!"

Three or two maids gathered around Li Xuan's bed, carrying all kinds of supplements. Persuade this eldest lady to eat and drink a little. Li Xuan bit her lip with a look of chagrin.

The girl thought that there was such a scene at the dinner table, according to the temper of the old man and Xu Yifan, who was known as the minister of the Imperial Mission, wouldn't it be turned over immediately? Who can still hang on their faces? This thing must be yellow, she has already been beaten up. even secretly packed up his little baggage, preparing to run away from home and wander the world.

Unexpectedly, in the next two days, the family still spoiled her like a baby! This soft kung fu upper body, the girl feels as if she has hit the cotton with a fist. It's so uncomfortable that I can't speak.

Do you still have to marry that Xu Yifan? That guy is not ugly and elegant. It's also a little relatable when he laughs. But I'm only nineteen years old! The Prince Charming in my mind should be tall and handsome, coupled with gentle and romantic. This guy ordered the cannon and killed hundreds, if not thousands!

Thinking about it, the hairs on Li Xuan's body stood up. After experiencing that catastrophe of life and death, girls have subconsciously avoided and disgusted these things between life and death.

There was a sound of footsteps in the hallway, but it was the voice of three people. The door was gently pushed open, and the maids all squatted down and saluted: "Second master......"

Li Xuan turned his head to look, but it was his father Li Daxiong, who was looking at her helplessly. Li Xuan snorted, pursed her lips and turned her head to look out the window. If Li Yuanfu's iron-clad face still makes her afraid, she has never been afraid of her father.

Li Daxiong said softly: "Come in." ”

The sound of boastful military boots sounded, this unfamiliar sound. Li Xuan couldn't help but turn around again, and saw two young men in military uniforms walking in with straight faces. Falling hard, both of them are in good shape. One is Zhang Xuzhou and the other is Chu Wanli. Zhang Xuzhou was as serious as the soldiers, but Chu Wanli's guy was always smiling.

The two snapped another flat-chested military salute. This kind of handsomeness with a pure male surname makes the maids' eyes light up. I don't know which girl dreams of them at night.

There was another uproar, and Zhang Xuzhou's hand behind his back had already stretched out. Holding in his hand is a bouquet of delicate pink roses. The two of them walked very slowly to her bed with German goose steps. When the military step is very slow, there is naturally an extreme sense of solemnity.

Everyone's eyes, including Li Xuan, were involuntarily focused on their demeanor.

Military uniforms, high-waisted riding boots, and slow goose steps, dotted with that bouquet of pink roses. The tension of that kind of drama surname makes people a little breathless.

Zhang Xuzhou slowly put the roses in front of Li Xuan's bed, and the two saluted again. Turn around in slow motion, then walk away.

It wasn't until they walked out of the door for a long time that Li Xuan woke up from his dream and let out a long breath gently. He picked up the roses that were lying quietly on the bed and were still carrying the morning dew and put them in his hands.

These are eighteen pink roses, and there are no eighteen flowers in the flower language of foreigners. On the petals, there is also a card. When I picked it up, it was a few lines of small print.

"I have a command that can make a warrior like the flower giver live and die without retreating. But for you, there is only one bouquet of flowers. If the gun is in front of you, it will only shoot roses.

As for why eighteen, because I know you're nineteen, and the other one, I think it's you.

Xu Yifan. ”

Li Xuan let out a low sigh.

Li Daxiong quietly made a gesture, and the maids in the room quietly retreated.

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"Can it be done?" Li Daxiong, Chu Wanli, and Zhang Xuzhou gathered sneakily together, and looked at Li Xuan's bedroom with their heads probed.

Zhang Xuzhou wiped the sweat on his forehead and panted loudly: "My body is white sweat!" I didn't expect to follow the adults and send them to do this! ”

Chu Wanli wanted to smile or not, his face was full of excitement watching the show: "I said Lao Zhang, this is one of the candidates for our future mother, help the adults send flowers, it's a little meaning." It's not like you haven't paused in the camp, and the wife of the general office of the Beiyang Camp Office passed by. We soldiers still have to kneel and kneel to send them off. You can't stand it anymore, don't be a soldier. ”

Zhang Xuzhou's neck stiffened: "Except for us, you let someone else ask me to do this?" This time Surabaya passed, and I was dead set on adults. Because only we adults have the courage to save this last world! ”

Zhang Xuzhou's voice was shocked, and Li Daxiong and Chu Wanli didn't bother to discuss it with him. is obviously discussing picking up girls for Xu Yifan, and the topic of major military affairs is too slight.

Li Daxiong and Chu Wanli looked at each other, and both of them had secretly read the words on Xu Yifan's card. I don't say anything in the vernacular, how can I feel cold when I look at it. How thick does this skin have to be, and how eventful does it have to be to say such things? Where did Xu Yifan learn it, and does the girl eat this set?

However, Li Xuan's eyes flowed as he read the card. It looks like joy and shame.

But it's really beautiful.

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The sea and sky are scarce, and the sunset in the distance gradually disappears into the sea. Burning on the surface of the western sea, it was a blood-red color beating.

Deng Shichang stood on the bridge of the ship, letting the sea breeze at night blow his clothes high. His eyes just looked into the distance. I don't know what I'm thinking.

The two ironclad cruisers pulled out jet-black smoke, and their steel bodies bathed in the last rays of sunlight today. Sail to the depths of the ocean.

These two warships are the real protectors of the Surabaya Chinese. And Deng Shichang, in this Surabaya artillery case, may be a greater figure than Xu Yifan.

But Xu Yifan is now infinitely beautiful, and he has been added to the title of minister. And Deng Shichang's future is still unpredictable.

Zhiyuan came from afar, and during Xu Yifan's negotiations, he was still ordered to swim in the sea off Surabaya, once there was a police. For the time being, it is under the command of Xu Yifan. Occasionally, they would lean on an island to replenish their freshwater food. But more often than not, it is at the most economical speed of coal saving, circling around Surabaya.

The telegrams sent by the Beiyang Navy Division and the Beiyang Yamen were all plain and bland, not painful or itchy. But as long as you have been in the Huai system, you know how taboo this kind of behavior is to deviate from the group's orders and do things privately, and what is the fate of the future!

During this time, no one dared to disturb Deng Shichang, who had been as silent as a mountain. He just stood on the bridge for a long time, day after day, with his pet dog Sun.

The steel body under the bridge rattled, but it was Zhiyuanguan who walked up quickly with a telescope. These days, this tough and capable deputy has also lost a lot of weight. I just bite my cheeks all day long and compete with myself. He stood beside Deng Shichang, also looked into the distance, and said lightly: "Junmen, are we going to replenish fresh water again?" Is it a port call tomorrow? ”

Deng Shichang hummed for a while. The two stood without saying a word for a long time. Deng Shichang broke the silence and said in a low voice: "Tomorrow, those Chinese societies are said to hold some Nanyang clan conference. For them, this is a feast of rebirth. ”

Chen Jinping smiled bitterly: "Yes, I can't wait to take a look at it." ”

Deng Shichang patted the railing, using a lot of force, and seemed to shoot the sound of gold and stone. Chen Jinping looked at his commander and said in a low voice: "Junmen, do you regret it?" ”

Deng Shichang glanced at him and shook his head slightly.

Chen Jinping smiled: "Me too." ”

Deng Shichang patted him on the shoulder: "I always remember the first sentence I learned in the Mawei Naval Academy, warships are the floating land of a country. It is a symbol of the majesty of the country. That's what I've always told myself, don't forget this. This time, I'm actually comforting. Men can fulfill their life's aspirations, take soldiers and ships to defend our compatriots, and raise the prestige of our country. What's the regret? It's just a little reluctant to give up this boat, and reluctant to let go of these soldiers I have trained...... Put me on land, and I think I'm half dead. Even if it's fine, it's a walking corpse......"

He sighed with emotion, and the words that he had been holding in his heart these days seemed to be pouring out all of them happily at this moment.

“…… Sailor, Sailor! I am lonely and painstaking, I just want to leave a little seed of the sea for our sailors! We didn't think that this sea had been going on for so many years, so we had to go to sea with warships. I know how much we missed! Foreigners leaned against the sea and such a world, and their flags were fluttering everywhere. If the country is strong, it is only above this sea!

Watching the sailor decay day by day, I am afraid that this delay will be another hundred years! Jinping, I really can't bear this boat! I can't bear to be our sailor! As for my fate when I return to Beiyang, I really don't care at all. I will keep all these generals in Zhiyuan, and you stay in the water master, but don't forget what I said today. The sea is related to the century-old luck of a country and a nation! ”

He clenched his hands into fists and rested on the railing. The head slammed into his fist. The muscles of his body tensed, as if he wanted to shout loudly, but he controlled it with all his might. Later, it was uncontrollably violent!

Chen Jinping pressed Deng Shichang's shoulder: "Military Gate!" Military Gate! Let's go back and beg for help, bankrupt the family, and save you! Let's go and kneel to the powerful adults, go to the door, and cry! I think there are still some people who understand this country! So how can a bastard not tolerate a capable person in his position? ”

Deng Shichang slowly raised his head, and after a short loss of control, he had completely regained his composure. and the steely self-control he originally had. After nodding at Chen Jinping, he turned around and walked towards his official cabin. Only Chen Jinping was left standing there in despair, and only after a while did he slam the railing hard, gritting his teeth and whispering to himself: "We have done such a big thing for you, at this time, if you don't care...... Lao Tzu and you go in with a white knife, and a red knife comes out! ”

On the night of April 3 of the 19th year of Guangxu.

Xu Yifan fell asleep in his bedroom, snoring slightly.

Li Xuan just looked at the roses on the windowsill, his eyes rolled around, and he didn't feel tired.

On the Zhiyuan ship, Deng Shichang got up in his clothes in the middle of the night and walked onto the bridge, just looking at the sea of the South Sea, the sparkling phosphorus and phosphorus in the night.

And tomorrow is the Nanyang Clan Conference. It will also be the end of Xu Yifan's trip to the South Seas.

(To be continued)