In the wild woods of Guangzhou City, although the fire snake in the sky is poisonous, the breeze in the green shade is also pleasant.

"Bang bang bang" gunshots rang out, and the glass bottles hanging on a small tree a hundred steps away were shattered one by one.

Grandpa Ye Zhao is testing the gun.

Joseph, who was standing on the sidelines and watching, was shocked and changed color, this Chinese magnate is good at marksmanship, needless to say, the rifle he is holding can be fired continuously, this, this is not magic, how is it possible?!

Sava was wearing a red silk tight skirt given to her by Ye Zhao, the hot devil ** was wrapped tightly, the snow-white fragrant shoulders were half exposed, and under the curve of the beautiful legs outlined by the fishtail long skirt that was tightly fitting to the ankles, was a pair of bright red high-heeled sandals, from top to bottom, every inch of skin was exuding an irresistible charm.

Even Ye Zhao couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart.

Sara doesn't like guns, she's just here to show off her new dress.

Ye Zhao threw the gun to Baksh, smiled and patted Thomas next to him on the shoulder, and praised: "Good! Thomas sighed with a sad face: "My lord has shown the miraculous smokeless gunpowder, but I have never been allowed to enter the door, I am really sorry for your love." ”

Indeed, the new rifle in Ye Zhao's hand is a cylindrical magazine, which is loaded with ten rounds at a time, and because of the birth of smokeless gunpowder, there is little residue left of gunpowder burning in the magazine, so that this kind of rifle with multiple shots at one load can be born. But the problem is that this rifle is still handmade by Thomas, and it took more than half a month to polish and calibrate this rifle, and it can't be mass-produced at all.

Ye Zhao saw Thomas's dejected appearance, and said with a smile: "Technical problems always develop in a spiral, I believe you will find a way to solve them." After thinking for a while, he said: "Maybe you can change your thinking, such as the magazine, which can be designed as a magazine, and you don't have to be as beautiful as this rifle like a work of art, you are not afraid of being bulky, a murder weapon, and if you pursue perfection too much, you will go the wrong way." ”

Thomas's eyes lit up, pondering Ye Zhao's words, and nodded thoughtfully.

Ye Zhao looked at Joseph and smiled, "Why don't you try a few shots too?" ”

Joseph shook his head in confusion, and now, he was finally convinced of Ye Zhao's identity. Jingxiang, for a long time, you can hear this man's name almost every day in St. Petersburg, the famous General Muravyov was defeated in the Far East, Jingxiang and his Chinese troops even became the most important topic of discussion at the Tsarist Council, until now, whether to take advantage of Jingxiang's southward movement to quell the rebellion and continue to implement the eastward expansion plan, and incorporate the excellent port of Vladivostok into the Russian territory is still the most enthusiastic topic among the domestic elites.

And this Chinese general, who seriously frustrated Russia's eastward expansion plan, turned out to be just like the legend, just a young man about twenty years old, beautiful and gentle, full of extravagance, and looked tepid, but when he thought about it, he had the heart of a tiger and wolf who was proud of the world.

Joseph looked back at his sister in the red dress and snow-skinned with dazzling surname, and was originally going to take her with her on this return voyage, but now, she is like living in paradise in Guangzhou, and taking her to Rovsk is much more embarrassing than her current life, not to mention?

Joseph looked at Ye Zhao again, if, if sister...... After months of struggle, but I didn't want to come to Guangzhou, the fog in front of me was suddenly revealed, like a lightning bolt in the darkness, faintly illuminating a unique road ahead.

It's just that this matter still needs to be discussed with grandpa.

And what about him? Joseph stared at the young magnate's white hands fiddling with his rifle, how could he be moved?

But there is no doubt that if he is willing to help, he can at least ensure the safety of his entire family in the Far East.

Joseph looked at the rifle that could fire in bursts again, and his mood was extremely complicated, Jingxiang, more terrifying than the magnates in St. Petersburg and Moscow imagined, but he was not ready to shock the whole world, right?

Ye Zhao finally threw the rifle to Baksh again, turned around and asked Joseph quietly: "You don't take Sava away?" ”

From the son of the most dazzling family in St. Petersburg to being snubbed, Joseph learned a lot and understood a lot, hiding his true feelings in his heart, and sighed: "I don't want my dear sister Valya to suffer with me. "Half-truths, but the reasons are convincing. Then he turned back to Sava and said, "Grandpa will come to see you." ”

Sava nodded with red eyes, the only relative she misses is her grandfather, but she has no feelings for her parents, her father is cold, only calculating how to use her daughter's beauty to marry someone, and her mother has countless lovers, and she has always cared about which sweetheart she wants to have dinner with.

Ye Zhao looked at Joseph and smiled, Joseph's heart jumped, and his intuition told him that this young magnate had seen through his mind.

However, Ye Zhao didn't say much, just said to Sava: "Since you stay in Guangzhou, you will learn Chinese in the future." Then he said to the priest Mader, "Teach her more." ”

Shawa didn't know what Ye Zhao was talking about, just nodded and muttered a few words.

Priest Made smiled wryly, in fact, he was extremely enthusiastic, and taught Sava Chinese several times, but Sava found it boring, and where was he willing to learn?

But now that the grandfather commanded, it was another matter, and the priest knew that Sava listened to the grandfather's words the most, and it could be said that he obeyed his words.

At this time, on the bank of the Yuan River, which is quite close to Yuanzhou, gunfire is like rain, earth cannons roar, and the sound of killing is shocking.

The Hunan army Zhong Zongyu wanted to attack Yuanzhou, but was ambushed by bandits, Zhong Zongyu died and was martyred, and the blood of more than 2,000 regimental warriors flowed red Yuan River.

On the notice board of the Ji'an Mansion that night, I don't know who posted a long inscription, but it was actually in the brave tone of the Hunan soldiers to reprimand the Cantonese soldiers for their ineffective rescue, causing the blood of the Hunan soldiers to stain the Yuan River, and even more directly reprimanded Jing Xiang for being disobedient.

And this information was sent to Ye Zhao in the second day.

At that time, Ye Zhao had just met the Queen Mother, and was about to go to school to resign with Rong'er, since Ye Zhao raised troops into Jiangxi, Rong'er moved to Guanyin Mountain to live with her sister, in Ye Zhao's mind, this is also a good thing, the deep palace is lonely, what fun is there if you don't play with power? And now that Lan Guiren has a lot of family affection, it will always have some influence on it.

After returning to Guangzhou, Ye Zhao naturally went to meet the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces on the first day, and also met with Rong'er, but persuaded Rong'er to stay in the Guanyin Mountain Palace, and he would return to Jiangxi in a few days; secondly, so as not to lose the Lan nobles, although this woman may not care about sisterhood at all; The third and most important point is that I really don't want to suffer next to Rong'er's small body.

It was because he left Guangzhou, so he naturally wanted to go to school to say goodbye to Rong'er, but he didn't want to just enter Guangzhou City, and a guard sent the information to the carriage.

The intelligence is so fast, we can't fail to mention the laying of the telegraph line from Guangzhou to Ganzhou, which took nearly a year to build the telegraph line from Guangzhou to Hong Kong, and the line from Guangzhou to Ganzhou, Ye Zhao requisitioned a large number of people in the name of military urgency, and the telegraph line was erected in less than two months. However, there are several hours a day to ensure that Guangzhou and Ganzhou are well informed.

The telegraph line from Ganzhou to Ji'an is also being erected.

Looking at the two telegrams in his hand, one praised Chen Yucheng for not losing the name of "returning to the horse gun", and the Hunan army thought that the bandits were already cold, and took advantage of the rest of the Guangdong army to grab the merit, and wanted to break through the Yuanzhou Mansion, but they did not want to be hit by Chen Yucheng's return horse gun, and suffered heavy losses. The second is to figure out who made this text in Ji'an Mansion, the biggest possibility is that the bandits, the bandit kings do not have an easy person, they can see that they are not in harmony with the six kings, and the queen mother of the two palaces wants to fight with the six kings. They are afraid that they have been looking for a suitable opportunity to cause civil unrest in the official army, and this ambush of the Hunan army is undoubtedly an excellent excuse.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that it was the Hunan army or the cronies of the six kings who forced their own palaces. Occupying the moral high ground is the most common means used by powerful people in this era, criticizing themselves from the embryonic state, and if they are really incompatible with the six kings in the future, they will become rebellious ministers and thieves, and the six kings are upright and orthodox.

"Go to Xiguan Sava Coffee." Ye Zhao pondered for a while and commanded. whispered a few words to a guard, asking him to take his post to invite Li Jianchen.

…… When Sava saw Ye Zhao appear in front of her, she screamed in surprise, grunting, extremely excited, presumably to ask Ye Zhao why he didn't leave.

Ye Zhao casually gestured a few times, and sat at the small snow-white square table by the window, where Sava's brother Joseph also sat last time.

Shawa was wrapped in a crystal blue silk tight skirt, which was also a half-exposed shoulder style, and under the skirt that was long to the crystal ankles, a pair of black stiletto sandals were exposed, and the devil's figure was curvy, and when he approached Ye Zhao's side with elegant small steps, Ye Zhao couldn't help but feel a heartbeat.

Regardless of Ye Zhao's heart, Sava sat beside Ye Zhao affectionately, her expression gradually became serious, as if she was thinking about something very serious. Ye Zhao was curious and funny, she also had a time to use her brain? But the language is not clear, and there is no way to ask her.

Li Jianchen arrived in a hurry after a while, this great Confucian had an elegant face, a long hair under his chin, and he was a well-educated person at first sight.

Li Jianchen was the procurator of Guangdong, in charge of the criminal name of a province, and Ye Zhao's chief procurator and the president of the court, with his help, he was like a tiger with wings, and the promulgation of Guangdong's new policies and laws was extremely smooth.

In the Sava Cafe, Li Jianchen heard that Jing Shuai chose this place to meet with him again, and he was a little numb in his helplessness, and he also knew that Jing Shuai was doing this on purpose, not to see his own jokes, but really Jing Shuai wanted to feel the Western atmosphere, take its essence and remove its dross, and use it for my use.

Despite this, seeing the Western girl beside Jing Shuai who was as crystal as jade and fragrant as her shoulders, Li Jianchen was still red-faced, looking at her nose and nose, and not looking at Shawa.

When Ye Zhao showed him the two telegrams, Li Jianchen's face became serious, and he said: "This will definitely be a trick, but if you don't deal with it carefully, I'm afraid that my grandfather will lose popularity." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Yi Xuan has a good plan?"

Li Jianchen frowned and thought for a while, and said: "Jing Gong can return the way of others, and send a letter to the thief to correct the public, and the people of the world are leisurely, and no one is allowed to confuse right and wrong." ”

Ye Zhao smiled slightly: "The battle of public opinion is also a very important battlefield, and this battlefield depends on Brother Yixuan!" "Li Jianchen is a great Confucian in the world, he writes a good article, and debates with people on etiquette and morality, but he is the best candidate.

Li Jianchen didn't dare to say anything, and said with a thoughtful face: "Public opinion, public opinion war, my grandfather really has a high view and sees through the world." ”

Ye Zhaoxin said that if you want to say that you want to see the world, then the world is leisurely, and whoever has the right to speak can be confused. But there is no need to say this, lest this old master with respect for morality blow his beard and stare at his eyes.

Li Jianchen shook his head and pondered for a while, then bowed and said: "Grandpa, the lower official can help Grandpa win this battle of public opinion." "Learn and use, never pedantic.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Who?" ”

Li Jianchen said: "Zheng Zhen Zheng Ziyin, a five-foot Taoist, has a good friend with the lower officials, and has opened his own door after training, and his name moves the world, and he is respected as a giant in the southwest. "Knowing the customs of the grandfather's bannerman, I don't know Zheng Zhen's name, so I can't help but double my praise.

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, it sounded like a good pen, "There are still such characters?" Where is the official? Instead, please come and listen to the teachings. ”

Li Jianchen sighed and said: "Ziyin is a native of Guizhou, he has already resigned from his official position and returned to his hometown to teach. ”

Ye Zhao said with a smile: "Such a virtuous person is actually in Guangzhou, why didn't Yixuan say it earlier, but this is yours, I should come to visit." He pulled out his pocket watch and looked at it, and said, "It's better to hit it, how about visiting today?" ”

Regardless of whether the grandfather is acting or not, Li Jianchen's heart is very warm, the banner people and nobles already look down on scholars from their hearts, not to mention the world-famous royal commander, it is extremely rare to be able to say this.

Busy persuading: "Grandpa is busy with military affairs, and if the official does his best in this matter, he will definitely invite Ziyin to come out of the mountain." Although his best friend said that he would not resign, he actually had a sense of nostalgia. He was born in poverty, and many of his words and sentences criticized the government and politicians, and after coming to Guangzhou, he often told himself that he came to Guangzhou to open his eyes, not to mention that he could not see Jing Gong's side, which was a regret in life. And if he can serve Jing Gong, how can he refuse?

It's just that the image of the grandfather of the country is very inconsistent with what he thinks, if the grandfather of the country comes to the door and says something amazing, I am afraid that he will be frightened, even if Li Jianchen himself, when he has just come into contact with the grandfather of the country, he is often given a headache, but it has been a long time before he sees the great talent of the grandfather, he is really a handsome man who is not born in the world, with lofty insight and unique insight. Everyone else sees Guogong as a young Han Xin, but in fact, in Li Jianchen's view, Guogong is a heroic lord who governs the world, and he is really a dragon and phoenix among people who can set the country in Wuneng Anbang and Wenneng, and a saint who is rare in a hundred years and a thousand years.

Li Jianchen occasionally thinks that today's chaos is really a change that has not been encountered in a thousand years, and with the Holy Lord coming into the world, I am afraid that there will be changes in this world. It's just that this thought is fleeting, but I don't dare to think deeply.

Ye Zhao didn't know that his status in Li Jianchen's mind was so high, so he smiled at this time: "What, are you afraid that I will frighten him?" ”

Li Jianchen's mind was seen through by the prince, and he was slightly embarrassed, and said: "Ziyin respects the grandfather very much, and the grandfather came to the door in person, and the lower officials are only afraid that he will be overjoyed and collide with the grandfather." ”

Ye Zhao smiled and said: "Yixuan, since you say so, you will follow your words......" The arm was suddenly pulled by Shawa, Ye Zhao turned his head, but saw that Shawa, who had been thinking about the problem just now, was full of joy, curled his tongue, and said laboriously: "Sweet ......"

Ye Zhao smiled: "Well, there is progress, I can speak Chinese, sweet, coffee is bitter and sweet." ”

Sava was still struggling to say, "Sweet...... Heart, sweetheart. At first, it was stiff and vague, but the last sentence "sweetheart" was very clear.

Ye Zhao was dumbfounded, Li Jianchen almost choked on a sip of tea, and hurriedly covered his face with his sleeves to avoid embarrassment, and turned his head to look out the window, looking deaf.

"Sweetheart." Sava finally remembered how to pronounce it in Chinese, she was very happy, and excitedly shouted sweetheart, so she rubbed her snow-white and crystal face against Ye Zhao's face.

Ye Zhao is helpless, how can she tell her not to learn a good word in Chinese, but she learned such a word first, which really scared people.

Tickled by Sava's beautiful blue eyelashes, Ye Zhao smiled and gently pushed her away, making a gesture, meaning to ask her to add coffee. I also know in my heart that in Guangzhou, she is her closest person, and this sweetheart is just an expression of intimacy, and there is no need to make a fuss.

"When will Grandpa leave for Ji'an?" When Sava went, Li Jianchen's heart was relieved, and the inexplicable pressure just now gradually dissipated.

Ye Zhao said: "It's okay today." "If it weren't for the delay of two telegrams, I think I would have been on my way by now.

Li Jianchen said: "Grandpa must take care of his body, and the well-being of tens of millions of Li people in Guangdong depends on his father, but he can't fight with thieves." ”

Hearing that Li Jianchen seemed to mean something, Ye Zhao's heart moved, and he smiled: "I have my own score." ”

Li Jianchen nodded slightly: "The lower official knows that Grandpa Wen Taowu is strategic, and he doesn't dare to get an axe, but there is a question, it involves military intelligence, I don't know if I can ask it?" ”

Ye Zhao felt that Li Jianchen was strange today, looked at him a few times, and said, "But it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Li Jianchen dipped his hand in tea, wrote two words on the table, one "Fu" and one "Lin", and then asked in a low voice: "I don't know where Grandpa took it in advance?" ”

Ye Zhao said with a smile: "Things on the battlefield are ever-changing, how can we make a conclusion first?" But if it is ...... according to my intentions," Ye Zhao stretched out his hand and gently erased the word "Fu".

Li Jianchen's face was solemn: "Grandpa is merciful!" ”

"Fu" refers to Fuzhou, "Lin" refers to Linjiang Mansion, Fuzhou is the fortress of the British King, and Linjiang has hoarded heavy troops of the loyal king.

In fact, long before Ye Zhao returned to Guangdong, Harwich proposed to switch to attack the Zhongwang Department, why? Since it is to leave the East Road passage, it is best to force Jiangxi to send bandits into Fujian, then the Guangdong army can naturally enter the Fujian realm, Harwich did not say it explicitly, but Ye Zhao understood what he meant.

If it is false to say that Ye Zhao is not moved, it can be imagined that the military discipline of the rogues will be slack, so that the bandits will enter Fujian and poison the living beings, how can I bear it?

It was Ye Zhao who had already made up his mind that if the battle situation was successful, he would definitely cut off the road to the east.

And Li Jianchen saw this, and it was because of this question that he said "grandfather's mercy".

Ye Zhao smiled slightly, and shook the folding fan indispensably, not knowing that in Li Jianchen's mind, he had become more and more a figure at the level of a great sage and sage.

(To be continued)