"Smack-", a small teacup trimmed with gold wire was smashed to the ground, shattered, and the six kings paced angrily, "What the hell is going on?" ”

At the bottom of the stairs, Du Han's face was pale, he kowtowed repeatedly, and his voice was trembling: "Yes, the minister, the minister has found out, yes, it was Li Daolin who defected, and the sailors each received five hundred silver dollars from the south, and Li Daolin took different amounts, about 20,000 silver dollars......

"Who told you to say this?!" The Six Kings stared at Du Han, their eyes as sharp as blades, "Let me ask you, how are people bought?" ”

"It seems, it seems that Li Daolin's old acquaintance, a Russian woman, has been going back and forth several times, saying Xiang ...... for the south" Du Han's voice became lower and lower, and a cold wind came from his neck.

"Russians? What's the matter with the Russians here? The eyes of the six kings froze suddenly.

Du Han snorted: "This, this minister doesn't know, so the emperor, this Rakshasa wolf ambition, you have to guard against them, who knows what their idea is?" ”

The six kings frowned and said nothing.

Du Han lay on the ground, and didn't dare to speak, this Jingxiang, there are too many ghost ideas, and the drills and thieves can't be prevented, although it seems that a huge amount of five or six hundred thousand yuan was used to buy off the British, but with the military funds plundered this time, he didn't pay a penny inside and out, so he gave a spoonful of stew to the ships that the Northern Dynasty had planned to purchase with nearly 1.5 million taels of huge money in two years, and even the two junior ships for training seemed to have been believed, and suddenly fled without a trace.

In Zhigu, there are only a dozen British sailors left, who can be scolded and scolded, killed and killed, which is really a headache.

…… Jinling MacCharson Hotel is a Western-style hotel, located in the embassy district, almost all of the buildings in this area are European-style buildings with a strong modern atmosphere, and the embassy area is also the emerging landscape of Nanjing.

I heard that this Mr. McCharson was quite adventurous, and originally smuggled opium from India to China, but in the past two years, when he saw that the opium trade was weak, he immediately set up an industry in China, owned three or four factories, and co-financed the construction of the most luxurious European-style hotel in Jinling.

The MacChason Hotel is four floors high, with the second to fourth floors being guest rooms, divided into one, two, and three classes, with electric lights on, and in the highest suites, there is even a supply of ice every day in the summer season.

According to the consumption concept of Chinese, the western restaurant on the east side of the lobby is separated from two VIP rooms, and in the No. 1 VIP room, Ye Zhao and Shawa are accompanying a Western beautiful woman with similar eyebrows and a variety of styles to taste wine and talk.

Needless to say, the Russian beauty is Marina, Sarah's mother, with a gorgeous and huge skirt and a small top hat with feathers, and Sarava's mother is always dressed as a European aristocratic lady, but the Chinese dialect can be said to be more authentic than Sava.

"Thank you, Miss Marina, for your help." Ye Zhao raised his glass to toast Marina, he knows the psychology of women, especially women like Shawa's mother, if you dare to call her aunt or mother-in-law, she will definitely turn her face with you.

What's more, Russia is also married early, and Sava's mother is only in her thirties, but she was overindulged in her early years, and her eye circles were slightly dark, but she has a seductive style of a European beauty.

Marina's blue eyes were watery and full of flattery, and she said, "We are a family, why should we be polite to me?" Lee is a waste, he drank my footwash in Paris, what did I tell him to do, and he didn't do anything? ”

Ye Zhao couldn't help but rub his nose, Shawa's mother likes to use Chinese allusions indiscriminately.

Marina said again: "But, the more enthusiastic he is, the more I don't want to pay attention to him, in the words of your Chinese, he is too tired, I don't have the slightest passion to want to be intimate with him, and finally I said goodbye, he still can't forget it, no, in Tianjin, the old thing is brought up again, want to spend ** with me, this dead guy who should go to hell......"

When Ye Zhao heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable, frowned slightly, and said, "This is wronged by you, then Li Daolin, I will help you teach him a lesson." Me, can I help you? Whatever I do, I will. ”

Marlena giggled: "You still have a conscience, are you jealous?" ”

Ye Zhao said seriously: "No matter what you want me to do, I promise you, Marina, I'm sorry!" "Shawa's mother's private life is indeed disorderly, but this is different from being forced to sleep with someone in order to help herself, as a Chinese, no matter what it is for, sacrificing a woman's temperament, it is not a man." Ye Zhao heard earlier that Marlena and Li Daolin had a relationship in Paris, but he didn't know that this was the case. I am ashamed in my heart, I can't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, even if I don't want these gunboats, what's the matter? I didn't inquire about my own affairs, but it was really not authentic.

Mother Sava giggled and said, "That's what you said, you pay attention to Chrysostom in Chinese, and you are the regent, and you can't talk back." But don't worry, the more he is mother-in-law, the more I look down on him, and if I throw a flattering look, he will be fascinated, and he will be able to touch my fingers. ”

Ye Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You're not here to comfort me, are you?" ”

Marina's eyes widened in surprise: "Comfort you, why?" And he said, "You don't think I'm lying, I'm really jealous, are you?" "Apparently do not understand the psychology of Oriental men.

Sava glanced at her mother and said, "Sweetheart, don't be sorry for this matter, if she makes love with a man she doesn't like for you, she will definitely come back to brag, so she won't hide it from you." She knew what sweetheart was thinking.

Marina chuckled twice and said, "Sara, my mother has become your enemy, hasn't she?" Now she has changed her name to her daughter Sava.

Sava pouted and went to drink red wine, she didn't care how many lovers her sweetheart had, but this lover couldn't be her mother.

"Lord Wang, what you just said, you won't want to take it back now, right?" Marina glanced at Ye Zhao charmingly, Ye Zhao felt that his feet moved, but he was rubbed by Marina's milky white high-heeled leather shoes.

Anyway, there is still a trace of apology for Shawa's mother, maybe it is the weakness of oriental men, thinking that this woman is doing herself a favor to be hypocritical and hypocritical, whether this woman is surnamed Yang Hua or not, I will always feel a little sorry for her.

"Don't take it back, you say, what's the demand." Ye Zhao said very seriously.

Marina giggled, charming and heart-wrenching, "Okay, stay with me tonight." ”

Ye Zhao knew that Marlena was a powerful person, but he didn't expect it to be so direct.

"No way!" Sava hugged Ye Zhao's arm, and the little tiger stared at her mother vigilantly, as if she was afraid that her mother would snatch her sweetheart away.

Ye Zhao smiled, rubbed Shawa's long golden silky hair, and said to Marina: "In the afternoon, I'll walk around with you." "Actually, Marina, half-truth, may also tease her lovely daughter in this way. Then he said to Sava and said, "I will send you to the arbitration yamen in a moment." ”

Sava pouted, not speaking.

Ye Zhao smiled, touched her crystal white ears, and said, "Obedient, I'll pick you up at night." ”

Sava was happy, nodding her little head, but glaring back at her mother as if threateningly, and Marina just smiled at her, but did not squeak.

…… The Embassy District is a prosperous place, and on the wide stone road, the most common are Chinese wearing round-neck uniforms, and the colors of clothing are mainly black, dark blue, and gray.

Yesterday there was a light rain, and the air was very fresh.

At the eastern end of Wanguo Road, there is a stall vendor, from fruit to needles and threads, and this kind of street stall is everywhere in the more prosperous towns in the south today, and it is an inevitable product of commercial prosperity.

Ye Zhao and Marina went around Wanguo Road, and finally returned to the pachinko room of the Macchason Hotel, which was mostly occupied by Western figures, but in the southern country, it was not as discriminated against as Chinese a few years ago, especially when they saw the corner silver tip thrown by Ye Zhao's entourage, the Western waiter immediately nodded and bowed, and he was extremely attentive.

However, the scene of Chinese and European noblewomen appearing together is still very rare, attracting the attention of many people in the pachinko room, Ye Zhao's hat is low, and probably no one can see his appearance clearly.

"Sarah, the bigger the prettier......"

Ye Zhao and Marina didn't go to play, but chose a café and asked for cocktails, this pachinko room also has the function of a bar.

Marlena said with some emotion, and slowly took a sip of orange and red wine juice. I don't know if she laments that the years are urging people to grow old, or she regrets that she didn't really take care of this daughter, or both.

"Marina, she is living well now, and I will treat her well."

Marlena smiled and said, "I believe that." He gently touched the cup with Ye Zhao and said, "If I met you when I was young, I would definitely be safe." ”

Ye Zhao shook his head and said, "I'm not a good man. ”

Marina Gege smiled and said: "It is legal for you to marry a lot of wives in China, and who has no lover for a slightly capable man in Europe?" It's just that they don't dare to marry their lovers home. He smiled again: "I'm waiting to hug my grandson?" But suddenly he shook his head again and again: "No, no, oh my God, grandma, what a terrible word." ”

Ye Zhao smiled, raised his glass and touched her gently, and said, "Cheers to the most beautiful grandmother in the future." ”

Marina smiled: "Your Highness, I can't complain that girls like you." ”

"Sava was cute when she was a kid, wasn't she?" Ye Zhao sent a mouthful of dried shrimp and asked with a smile.

"Well, with a few little pigtails, she likes to look for me everywhere, and when I was not at home at that time, she thought I was hiding a cat from her."

Marlena sighed softly, her eyes a little wet.

Ye Zhao handed her a tissue and said, "I'll go on a trip with you two another day to relax and spend more time with each other, Sava, I actually hope you love her." ”

Marina nodded slightly, then put away her thoughts, and chuckled: "Your Highness, your golden mouth and jade words, this word has to count. ”

Ye Zhao said: "Count, but ah, I can't move anywhere now." ”

Marina said: "Yes, I can understand that His Highness will not lose this war." ”

Ye Zhao smiled and tasted wine.

Marlena said: "I heard that our navy may participate in the war?" ”

It's hardly a secret, Ye Zhao snorted.

Marina frowned and said, "The commander of the Far Eastern Fleet is Vladimir?" ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "What, it won't be your old friend again, right?" ”

Marina glanced at Ye Zhao with charming blue eyes and said, "Nasty guy, do you think all men are my lovers?" Vladimir I know, Sava also knows him, originally a subordinate of Grandpa Sava, but according to you Chinese is a white-eyed wolf, Alexander became the Tsar, and Vladimir betrayed Sava's father's family. ”

Ye Zhao sighed and said, "Then you tell me about the situation in St. Petersburg and Moscow." "Sava naturally does not understand the situation of the Russian superstructure, if you want to inquire about these things, then Marlena is very suitable, even if Shava's father and even grandfather, afraid that what they see is only the appearance, and the mouth of Marina, who has a very wide social circle, will have many secrets.

Marina laughed: "I can't give you information in vain......" Her voice gradually lowered, and she whispered to Ye Zhao.

…… In the fields, on the muddy road, there are more than 100 gray uniformed troops, this is the Jiang'an area of Rugao County, Tongzhou Prefecture, and a few miles further south, is the north bank of the Yangtze River.

The marching team is a sentry of the second battalion of the Peacock Infantry Regiment of the Fifth Town of the Pingyuan Army, riding on a tall horse and wearing a gray military uniform, the heroic female sentry officer is called Yang Qing.

The Peacock Infantry Regiment is the only female unit number retained in the battle sequence of the Pingyuan Army today, the Peacock Infantry Regiment has a total of three battalions, more than 1,500 people, compared with other infantry regiments under the conventional four-battalion configuration, the number is slightly smaller, mainly by Guangxi Hakka women, minority women, Manchurian women and Taiping Army female soldiers, these women are unwilling to retire, and are not willing to enter the logistics sequence such as the cooking team, the service team, and the art team, so they can only temporarily retain their numbers, but the combat tasks assigned to them are becoming fewer and fewer, just like in the Soviet Union, The main task of the Peacock Infantry Regiment is to disperse the sentinels as units to carry out the work of pacifying the people.

In fact, these women who are willing to stay in the battle sequence are extremely experienced in combat, and the combat power of the Peacock Infantry Regiment is not necessarily a penny worse than that of other infantry regiments.

Yang Qing is an orphan, she grew up with the matchmaker since she was a child, and her name was also given by the matchmaker, in her eyes, the matchmaker is a loving mother and a strict father, a high spiritual leader, and a sister in the depths of her heart.

After conquering Tongzhou, the Pingyuan Army did not drive straight into the decisive battle to find Zuo Zongtang's new army, but after maintaining the main force of about 20,000 people to suppress the northern border of Tongzhou, the rest of the troops were scattered with infantry regiments as units, and the battalions were used as the basic units to divide the area, suppress bandits and calm the people, and publicize the new policy of the Southern Dynasty.

Yang Qing didn't know a few words, but she remembered every sentence conveyed by the documents in the camp clearly, and the deputy marshal said in the letter that the whole army was transmitted that this war was very different from the past.

And the people of Jiangbei were deceived by the thieves, and the officers and soldiers of the Southern Dynasties were thieves, and the battle of Tongzhou was to win the hearts and minds of the people.

He also ordered all officers and soldiers to abide by military discipline, take care of the people, open warehouses in all counties to release grain, suppress the squires who organized the regimental bravery, and at the same time exterminate the regimental training of stubborn resistance, do not indulge in vain, and never even the relatives of the suppressed squires and regimental bravery, and do everything according to the laws and regulations of the Southern Dynasty.

At this moment, on the wheelbarrow and ox cart in the middle of the team, rice noodles were pulled, and Yang Qing's target was Jiangmen Village and Xiashui Village not far ahead.

Rice and noodles and other things were taken from the granary of the big family of Mr. Li in Jiang'an Town, and Mr. Li organized the regiment to kill the township chief and the township captain sent to Jiang'an Town, and was immediately defeated by a sentinel of the Pingyuan Army, and Mr. Li was killed.

Master Li became the first batch of landowners who were suppressed by the southern kingdom and confiscated their land and property.

At this point, Ye Zhao and Su Hongniang made it very clear when they discussed in private, how to win the hearts of the people of the North as soon as possible? Talking about big truths and new policies, no one will listen to these, saying that the son is getting better and better, and life is getting better and better, and it is not something that can be seen in a moment, so it is inevitable to rob the rich and help the poor appropriately, and the poor will depend on your actual actions in many cases.

Of course, the confiscation of land and property must be cautious, all the big landowners who cooperate with the south, as long as there are no major bad deeds in the past, are regarded as the people of the south, and their private property is registered and registered, and from then on they are protected by the laws of the south, and those who are stubborn and stubborn against the southern dynasty or have bad deeds in the past are suppressed.

As for the small landowner, to be honest, many people are no different from tenant farmers, who may have lost dozens of acres of land after working hard for several lifetimes, and worked in the fields with long-term and short-term laborers, sharing the same taste, and even fearing that the villagers would spoil his fields, where would anyone be arrogant? Not to mention any oppression and oppression.

There are about forty or fifty households in Jiangmen Village, and almost all of the whole village are cultivating the fields of the Li family, and when Yang Qing led the infantry team into the village, the doors of every household were closed.

Yang Qing was illiterate, but when he came, he remembered very clearly, according to the widow of the Li family, the second household on the east side of the well in the village was the Li family's Zhuangtou in Jiangmen Village, responsible for rent collection and money lending and other miscellaneous chores.

"Is Li Xiaoda at home?" There are female soldiers who go up and knock on the door, this is the only blue brick wall in the village, although it is low, and there are weeds on the wall, but it is not the same as other people's houses.

After a few knocks, the people inside probably knew that they couldn't hide, and the door squeaked open, and there was a trotting sound in the courtyard, and then as soon as the courtyard door opened, a long-faced man cowered and popped up.

"You're Li Xiaoda, right?" Yang Qing beckoned and said, "You come out, you come out." ”

The long-faced man moved out with a sad face, the cloth robe was patched and patched, obviously on purpose, he knelt in front of Yang Qingma, "Official, official, spare my life, I, I, I'm an errand runner, helping Master Li collect rent, I haven't done anything bad, and I dare not resist the Heavenly Army!" As he spoke, he kowtowed with snot and tears. Obviously, he knew what happened to Master Li.

Yang Qing frowned and reprimanded: "Come on, don't be wordy, get up!" Gather the whole village, we are here to send rice, Li Mingfeng deserves it, it has nothing to do with you, and we will not engage in joint sitting. ”

"Yes, yes." Li Xiaoda's heart was a little relieved, especially when he saw that it was a team of female soldiers, and he intuitively felt less threatening.

Li Xiaoda ran to ring the bell, but no one came out, he had to go door to door to call people, and the villagers came out in twos and threes, most of them were ragged and yellow-skinned, and they were like ribs and skeletons, not a little angry, and many people's pants were rotten into strips of cloth. Yang Qing was stunned when he saw it, and then he saved, in the southern country, it seems that unconsciously, in several coastal provinces, such homeless groups are gradually disappearing, maybe Yungui and other places are still extremely poor, but thinking about it, it is getting better and better.

Standing on the stage to speak was a good-looking female soldier, nicknamed Hua Gu, because she was kind-faced, literate, and well-organized, and this kind of speech to appease the people was most suitable for her. "Fathers and fellow villagers, we are the Pingyuan Army, the Pingyuan Army that has defeated the Rakshasa devils, the British devils, the French devils and the Dutch devils.

Li Xiaoda and the villagers all looked at Hua Gu with blank expressions.

Hua Gu then shouted: "Yixin of Yanjing, that is, the Emperor Datong you said, is a thief who steals the country, my regent of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Qian, raises troops to rebel, the Pingyuan army is strong and strong, and the foreign devils can't beat us, not to mention the thief who steals the country, from now on, you are the people of the south, we have tools, synthetic fertilizers, and selected seeds for farming, and the inferior fields in the south, and the rice produced by one acre of land is also more than the good fields in the north!" ”

Speaking of this, the villagers were in an uproar, calling the name of Datong Ye, this, this is the beheaded, for the first time, it was impacted, this southern rebellion, it is really not afraid of the Forbidden City, long live the Forbidden City!

Later, when Hua Gu talked about equipment, fertilizers, and seeds, these villagers looked at each other, although they felt novel, but no one dared to ask more.

Hua Gu said: "We are all from poor people, just like you, but in the south, our poor people's lives are getting better and better, we don't arrest Ding, we are willing to be soldiers, and everyone has food." As he spoke, his voice was high-pitched: "We brought rice, distributed it to everyone, the land in Jiangmen Village, distributed to everyone to plant, the first year, rent-free!" ”

Wow, this time the villagers are boiling, sending rice, and returning the land to plant? No rent for the first year?

Hua Gu smiled and shouted again: "Okay, let's get the rice in turn, in the future, how should you live and how to live, to ensure that this bullet can't fly to your kangtou, and we will not favor the rich in a lawsuit." He pointed at Li Xiaodao: "Just talk about him, if he dares to beat you and scold you in the future, he will be arrested and sent to prison!" ”

Boss Li cried with a sad face, and he didn't dare to squeak, in fact, he was usually very good to the villagers.

Some villagers had the courage to shout: "Brother Li is a kind person." ”

Hua Gu smiled: "I'm just giving an example, we are all equal, it's me, just beat you and scold you, then you will also go to jail!" Okay, let's get rice! ”

Among the villagers, there was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl who looked at Hua Gu and other female soldiers curiously, and suddenly asked crisply: "Sister, have you been arrested as soldiers, I heard that the women in the south are all arrested to be soldiers, and they will be ruined by male soldiers, and they will go to the battlefield......"

"Dead girl! Don't talk nonsense, mouth owes! The woman next to her slapped the girl.

Yang Qing pursed her lips tightly, a cold glint flashed in her eyes, the northern country spread rumors, she really wanted to see one kill the other.

Hua Gu smiled and said, "We are all voluntary, male soldiers? Who dares to touch the old lady? The old lady chopped off his claws, and our regent had to chop him alive! Don't believe these rumors, you say it yourself, look at us like people who are not so spoiled? ”

The villagers shook their heads in their hearts, these female soldiers, all of them had never seen before, and they really made people feel like fairies.

"Sister, I also want to be a soldier, your clothes are so beautiful." The girl shouted.

Hua Gu smiled: "You are young, and ah, we are not selected as soldiers who say that they can be if they want to, just you old men!" Pointing at the villagers, "None of them qualified!" Let's farm well! ”

In front of these heroic female soldiers in neat gray military uniforms, the villagers were a little ashamed of themselves, and then they were ridiculed by Hua Gu, and they invisibly felt that the southern [***] people were superior, and if they could become the southern soldiers, they didn't know how majestic they were.

"Okay, let's get rice, you guys, from now on, you have a good life!" As she spoke, Hua Gu jumped off the platform made of wooden piers and planks, and ran back to the sentry to report.

(To be continued)