On September 11, 1903, in the Zhongnanhai Royal Palace, among the pine trees and flowers, a small building with Greek style was skillfully erected, and on the four sides of the columns of the small buildings, soldiers wearing feathered hats and wearing gold-edged black uniforms were erected with guns, like statues carved from marble.

The conference room of the war base camp of the Chinese Empire is on the second floor of this small building.

It was three o'clock in the afternoon, outside the building, the sunlight was soft, Fluttershy was flying low, the fountain was murmuring, the flowers were silent, and there was a relaxed atmosphere.

Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Zhang Zhigao is reporting on the diplomatic situation: "...... The British ambassador demanded that our country immediately stop the war against Russia and withdraw from the captured lands, and the French ambassador made a similar demand...... Both the American and German ambassadors want to mediate...... The Ambassador of Russia strongly protests against this heinous act of our country that has not declared war......"

Prime Minister Wen Yi then spoke: "...... Britain and France will inevitably protest, but they will not be able to take action, and the Southwestern Military Region is ready to deal with the British invasion of Tibet and the French invasion of the Guidian line at any time, and as for mediation, the tone of the foreign world is, we want peace, but Russia must make a commitment that satisfies us, that is, to stop the persecution of the Chinese, and agree to return the Chinese territory east of the Ergun River and south of the Trans-Khingan Mountains......"

The Chief of the General Staff, Admiral Yang Zhengjin, later reported on the progress of the entire Sino-Russian border front as of midnight yesterday: "First, the naval fleet. After the combined fleet's tentative attack on the port of Vladivostok on 9 September was frustrated, the main force of the combined fleet retreated to the port of Sasebo for renovation, and the commander of the fleet, Vice Admiral Hayashi Tae-tsang, was leading his troops to transfer to the blockade operation according to the plan. After destroying the Russian detachment stationed at the fortress of Hakodate, the Hokkaido Strategic Support Fleet is now supporting the Japanese army's strategic operations against Hokkaido as planned, and is monitoring the Soya Strait and the Tatar Strait with a considerable number of troops. Second, the Northeast Front. Its 1st Field Army has now formed a three-sided attack on Krasnokamensk, the center of the enemy's first-line defense, and has put a strong pressure on the enemy's 3rd Siberian Army. One part of the Janissary Field Army has crossed the Heilongjiang River south of Hailan Pao, and the other part is crossing the river from the north of Hailan Pao, trying to achieve a pincer attack. The first part of the Second Field Army had crossed the Ussuri River from Bijin, 200 kilometers south of Boli, and the other had crossed the Heilongjiang River from 250 kilometers west of Boli, in order to attack Boli from two routes. Its Third Field Army has seized a number of Russian outpost positions south of Xingkai Lake, and is steadily advancing towards the enemy's Shuangchengzi fortress according to the plan. In addition, the DPRK First Army was frustrated in attacking the enemy's outpost positions and is now adjusting its deployment in an attempt to attack again. Thirdly, the Mongolian Front. The commander of the front army reported to Major General Lan that his unit had not yet completed mobilization and that there was a shortage of weapons and ammunition, so he could only respond to the enemy in a defensive posture for the time being, and requested that more artillery and ammunition be transferred in order to carry out a railway sabotage operation. Fourth, the North-Western Front. The commander of the front army, General Zhang Yaoqian, reported that his troops were still in the process of further mobilization, that the main forces had relied on the fortresses for defense, and that the headquarters had sufficient reserves in its hands to fully cope with a large-scale attack by the enemy, and that it could launch a medium-sized attack at any time to contain the enemy forces if the base camp needed it. ”

Yang Zhengjin's report was not finished, but Emperor Guangxing on the dragon chair was already a little drowsy, thinking that it was because he had a quarrel with the queen's concubine and the like too late last night, and was pulled out for a meeting early in the morning. However, the emperor's health has been unsafe, but it is also an indisputable fact, Emperor Guangxing has been frail and sick since childhood, and has not had children for more than ten years since the wedding, although the palace has repeatedly invited Chinese and foreign famous doctors to consult, but there is nothing to be done, so that the parliament has repeatedly raised the question of the crown prince, and the Imperial Household Agency of the Ministry of the Interior has perfunctory replies such as "the emperor is still young, there is no need to worry about this matter".

Minister of National Defense Liu Yun saw it in his eyes, but deliberately asked the emperor and said, "I don't know what instructions the emperor has for the battlefield situation?" ”

The emperor blinked: "The battlefield situation is still much better known to Aiqing, so it will be instructed by Aiqing." ”

Liu Yun already had a contemptuous smile in his heart, but he put on a respectful look on his face, said that he obeyed the order, and issued instructions one by one: "In view of the above situation, the instructions of this minister are as follows: First, the Northeast Front will send airship troops to bombard the port of Vladivostok in order to weaken the strength of the Russian fleet. Second, the Northeast Front Army should continue to advance toward various strategic objectives according to its plans, and should not flinch from advancing and should also refrain from rushing ahead in a hurry. Thirdly, the General Department of Communications was involved in the transfer of a medium artillery regiment and a heavy artillery battalion to the Mongolian Front, as well as an additional engineer regiment. Fourth, all units of the Northwest Front Army should strictly hold their current positions and not easily attack outside the country without an order from their base camp. Fifthly, the Combined Fleet should move forward to an appropriate harbor on the east coast of Korea in order to blockade Vladivostok nearby. Sixth, the General participated in the communication with the Allied Forces Headquarters, and sent war supervisors to the First Korean Army to urge the army to move forward. ”

The clerk quickly wrote down Liu Yun's instructions, and Yang Zhengjin's entourage and staff officers drafted messages separately and took them to the telegraph room next door to shoot and send them.

As soon as Liu Yun's instructions were issued, an imperial attendant had approached the emperor and muttered a few quietly, and the emperor immediately spoke: "The ministers have worked hard, it is almost noon, please go to the lounge for tea, and lunch will begin later." I felt a little unwell, so I didn't come to the meeting in the afternoon, and the meeting was still presided over by Premier Wen, and if there was any request, it would be conveyed to my attendant military attaché.

Wen Yi hurriedly responded: "The emperor's health and well-being are the most important thing, and the ministers should do their best, and the emperor doesn't have to worry about it." ”

All the officials also expressed the same meaning, and each stood up and bent down to send the emperor back to the palace.

After a while, the officials also walked out of the conference room, there were still twenty minutes before the start of the lunch lunch, some of the ministers went to the downstairs lounge to drink tea and recuperate, and some gathered under the columns of the corridor to smoke and chat, Wen Yi pulled Zhang Zhigao and walked along a pebble path covered with bamboo shade behind the building.

"Zhigao, are you tired?"

Wen Yi put his hands behind his back, and his steps were a little heavy.

Zhang Zhigao glanced at Wen Yi's pale face and shook his head slightly.

"I've been conscious for a long time, and I'm looking for a job in my position, and I like this job, and I should be tired. But sir, you should take care more, your face seems to be getting worse and worse lately, didn't the doctor at home remind you? ”

Wen Yi took two steps, stopped, and picked up a withered yellow bamboo leaf.

"The doctors tried to make me unable to do anything, and they won't succeed."

"Mr. ......"

Wen Yi held the bamboo leaf in front of Zhang Zhigao, and Zhang Zhigao froze.

"Chidaka, I am this leaf, already destined to fall from the tree."

"Sir, don't be so pessimistic, you're only in your early fifties, and you're ......"

"You don't understand, a lot of things you don't understand."

Wen Yi smiled and let go of his hand, and the dead leaf swayed and fell, just stacking on top of another dead leaf.

"There's something that's time to tell you."

Zhang Zhigao became nervous, and he subconsciously looked around, afraid that someone would follow him.

"No one is following, don't worry, and besides, these words don't matter."

Wen Yi said slowly, Zhang Zhigao was puzzled.

"It's the secret of that world, Liu Yun told me."

Wen Yi said, and began to take a step forward.

"In 2023, the first time machine in the world will be born in our country, and only a very small number of scientific researchers and military and political leaders know the news.

"In October of that year, the first time teleportation was carried out, and two selected expedition members were dispatched, the time of teleportation was 1949 A.D., it was a very difficult teleportation, but only one expedition member was successfully recovered, and he struggled in the hospital for two weeks and died of a malignant brain tumor."

"A month later, a second similar experiment was conducted, and both expedition members were successfully recovered, but most of the items they were carrying were lost in the recovery process."

"From the third experiment onwards, the number of teleporters gradually increased, and by the tenth teleportation, fifteen team members were dispatched, and only seven of them were successfully recovered, three of whom died within a month of the completion of the recovery."

"By the time machine experiment was carried out until March 2025, 90 people had participated in the teleportation, and 51 people were successfully recovered, and most of the items collected by the expedition team at the teleportation destination were lost in the process of recovery, and most of the people who were able to come back suffered from diseases similar to those after being exposed to excessive nuclear radiation, 23 of the 51 people died within a month after the recovery was completed, and another 16 people were forced to be hospitalized for a long time."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhigao suddenly realized.

"So, time teleportation can cause damage to the human body?"

"Yes. Specifically, a single stroke may not cause immediate serious damage to the human body, but if it is to be recovered, the damage is much more serious, and the recovery process is very dangerous, often resulting in the loss of people and goods. ”

"However, even a one-way transmission can have a negative impact."

Wen Yi put his hands in his pockets and looked up at the sky, the sky was densely shrouded in verdant bamboo leaves, and the sunlight was so faint that it was not worth mentioning.

"People who are weak may gradually be unable to support it, Liu Yun's professional soldier's physique may be able to last longer, and a young man like you is probably tougher than an old man like me......"

Zhang Zhigao was in a daze at first, and suddenly his face was full of panic.

"Will there be any impact on future generations?"

"Quite possibly. After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, the rate of neonatal leukemia, congenital dementia, and physical deformities was high...... As I said earlier, most of the expedition members who were successful in recovery suffered from diseases similar to those caused by an overdose of nuclear radiation......"

"My child ......"

"Lu Ming is five years old, I have seen him many times, he is a very smart and clever child, don't worry about it for the time being. Lu Ning looks a lot like her mother, she must be a little beauty in the future, and Lu Ying is about the same - don't worry, your children are all in good condition. ”

Zhang Zhigao and the current acting Minister of Culture and Education Luo Sulan married in the 21st year of Guangxu (1895), in the third year of Guangxing (1898), Luo Sulan gave birth to a son, named Lu Ming, two years later, gave birth to another daughter, named Lu Ning, and recently gave birth to a little daughter, named Lu Ying, the three children are extremely delicate and lovely, and no physical or intellectual birth defects have been found so far.

Wen Yi gently patted Zhang Zhigao on the shoulder, and Zhang Zhigao immediately felt the feeling of powerlessness pouring out of Wen Yi's palm, the kind of unintentional outpouring of exhaustion and emaciation that penetrated into the heart and was close to collapse, as if a person with this sense of powerlessness would shatter into frivolous dust as long as he encountered a gust of wind that could blow out the candle.

"Chidaka, do you regret it?"

"No, never."

Wen Yi smiled, it was a real smile, so subtle that ordinary people couldn't immediately notice it, but Zhang Zhigao felt it, he may not have seen it, but he did feel it, because he had understood and was familiar with Wen Yi's spreading all-round weakness from psychological to physical.

"You're as stubborn as Su Lan...... But I chose to let go in that world early on. ”

"What did you give up?"

"Fight."

"Fight whom?"

Wen Yi sighed, his eyes wandering with a clear luster that did not belong to the world.

"I didn't fight because I was desperate, and in my opinion, the road worth my hope was blocked, so I gave up. So I followed Liu Yun here, wanting to make my dream come true, I saw a new beginning, but my time was running out. ”

"Do you regret it?"

"I do my best, I have a clear conscience, but there are some things that I can't let go."

"Can you tell me?"

"You know, Liu Yun and I grew up together, even after stepping into completely different industries, we maintain close contact, I know him, but we don't know each other completely. He is a man who can do great things, he knows how to be patient, he has patience, he has determination, he knows how to wait and seize the opportunity, so he can do everything now. But he couldn't help but fear death, especially when he had more and more powerful power in his hands, he was afraid that he would die before his dream could be realized, and he couldn't see with his own eyes the humiliation of this empire being completely swept away, and the world had to be respectful to this new Eastern overlord, such feelings would affect his patience and prompt him to act hastily, the reason why this war began this year and not in 1905, which was planned in advance, is a good example, the difference between two years may not be too big, but if it goes on like this, I'm afraid something ominous will happen in the future......"

Zhang Zhigao couldn't help but ask: "Why should you say such a thing?" ”

"There is no position anymore, you should understand that the more things a rational person has, the less room for choice...... Maybe one day I'll say it, but not now. ”

Wen Yi pulled his hand out of his pocket, slowly put it behind his back, and continued to pacing forward, but he had already walked out of the bamboo shade, an open green grassland in front of him, with blooming tulips in the middle to form a roll-shaped flower ornament, a small pool of green water in the distance, a white bridge and a red pavilion, a fountain rockery, and a stone beast carved by people, but it was a combination of Chinese and Western styles.

"I can see that Liu Yun's body is also constantly collapsing, he will live longer than me, but not too long, he is more tired than me, because he is nervous and afraid, he can't let go of ......"

"You're not afraid...... To venture to say that you are not afraid of death at all? ”

Wen Yi paused, his eyes roaming between the blue sky and the turquoise water.

"What does all this have to do with me when I'm dead? Here, by now, I've enjoyed transforming a vast empire, I've done many things I thought were impossible, and that's enough, and as for the result, who can guarantee that what I created with my own hands will not be destroyed by future generations? From the moment I agreed to do this with Liu Yun, I was already dead, and those who are dead will not mind dying again. ”

"In that world, we are really condemned prisoners with great sins."

Wen Yi added, turning around, just in time to see a palace attendant in a red uniform and white socks running over in small steps, inviting him and Zhang Zhigao to lunch.

"Zhilu Dao, let's come, I'm tired of you, please go back first."

Wen Yi said to the attendant officer, who obediently trotted all the way back.

The two began to walk back, when a light breeze suddenly rose, and a few dead leaves flew down, and behind the two of them, they fell to the ground.

The lunch of the base camp personnel is responsible for the palace household agency, the imperial dining room is made, in the form of a buffet, all the staff on duty eat in the same hall, the meal time is from 12 o'clock to 13 o'clock, in addition to serving a variety of Chinese and Western dishes, there are table wines, hot tea, coffee, milk, etc., the palace attendants in uniforms and drinks and snacks in the restaurant shuttle back and forth, and meet the requirements of diners in a timely manner.

At this time, at a table in the middle of the restaurant, six diners - Minister of National Defense Liu Yun, Minister of Industry and Commerce Niu Jin, Minister of Finance Han Lang, Minister of Science and Technology Ma Feng, Chief of General Staff Yang Zhengjin and Director of the General Staff Operations Division Hu Ke were eating and chatting.

"Han Lang, do you still have any money?"

The Secretary of State for Defence asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The Chancellor's answer was: "My wife loves savings, and I am usually not allowed to spend money indiscriminately, so I still have a relatively loose hand before the salary is paid at the end of the month, does Wu Weigong want to borrow money from me?" ”

Several people next to him ate and laughed.

Liu Yun knocked on the table with his knuckles: "Okay, you Han Lang, don't joke with you, let's talk about it, has you spent money like water in the past two days?" ”

Han Lang looked dissatisfied: "It's outside of working hours now...... If this continues, Premier Moon must give me a salary increase. ”

Niu Jin rolled his fat lips and interjected: "The Ministry of Finance is in your hands, you can raise your salary to be higher than the prime minister, ha, but at the same time, if you want to bribe us, especially Wu Weigong, we will promise not to let Premier Wen know about this matter, and everyone will be happy." ”

The scrawny Chancellor of the Exchequer immediately assumed a gesture of disdain: "Bribing you? Don't you have enough oil and water? Don't be so greedy, okay, and ah, don't speak so explicitly, you see, Wu Weigong didn't let me bribe him, he only asked me if I had any money, how good it was, and when I heard it, I knew that he wanted to borrow money from me, although it was obvious that there was a loan or not......

Everyone laughed.

As of the accounting date (15 July) of August this year, the Ministry of Finance had a usable surplus of 113.7 million yuan, equivalent to 56 million rubles and 23 million pounds sterling, and from the announcement of partial mobilization to the official start of the war, more than 27 million yuan had been spent on the procurement and transportation of various war materials, and more than 8.7 million yuan had been spent on the transportation of troops. A sum of 12 million yuan was approved for the purchase of equipment and ammunition, and an additional 7.6 million yuan was added for the expansion of the air and air units, and the front-line allowance for the officers and men of the Northeast Front Army alone would cost more than 3 million yuan per month. ”

"It's all to be expected."

Niu Jin added.

Han Lang nodded, and continued: "We have submitted a package of tax increases to the Congress, in addition, we are also preparing to issue war treasury bonds and naval treasury bonds, and even the lottery has been taken into account, so it is really impossible to print more money, but the latter items are just expedient measures, it is impossible to do more, and the tax increase is the big one, so the key to the problem is the Congress, to maintain the long-term war, we must let the Congress approve the tax increase plan, and it is best to simply approve the special wartime financial control bill, let us do whatever we want." ”

"We don't want to fight a long war."

Chief of the General Staff Yang Zhengjin said.

Hook, the chief of operations of the General Staff under him, did not think so.

"It's not up to us to decide, it will snow in a month, and in another two or three months, the cold Siberian snap will force us to think first of all that the officers and soldiers will not freeze to death in the snow at minus thirty or forty degrees, that the whole winter will not be suitable for large-scale military operations, and that if we cannot end the war by December, we will have to think about a decisive battle with the Russians after the weather warms up next year."

"We will annihilate a large number of enemies before the onset of the harsh winter, so as to force the Tsar to make peace, and let them spit out the more than a million square kilometers of land that they swallowed forty or fifty years ago, and if the Tsar refuses, then continue to fight until he is willing to make peace. In view of the tsar's reserved attitude and Russia's strong national strength, this war is likely not to end in the short term, the long-term war is a contest of national strength, we believe that our country's current comprehensive national strength is not much different from Russia, so we dare to make up our minds to start a war, if the irreparable loss caused by a mistake in judgment, we also have the consciousness of taking responsibility, and we will naturally pay the corresponding price at that time. ”

Liu Yun said, taking a sip of blood-red wine, he deliberately accentuated his tone when he said "we", and everyone around him heard the above words: "You have been tied to me, we can only advance and retreat together, we must succeed together, we must succeed together, we must finish together, and no one wants to break away." ”

Everyone here knows that only Liu Yun is qualified to say such a thing, he is the real leader, the uncrowned emperor, the big boss of this group, others just work for him, and those who try to get rid of the status of a migrant worker and then upgrade to the boss have been brutally purged. At the same time, if this group prospers, everyone can also be prosperous and prosperous, and do the job of their dreams in the position of commanding tens of millions of people, if this group collapses, everyone will not only lose their jobs, but even face the danger of total annihilation. For this group of suspects suspected of endangering national security, stealing state property, murder, explosions and many other crimes, power and responsibility, glory and danger are the same, but they also understand the truth that as long as this empire is still in their hands, as long as they do not betray the big boss, they may always be innocent.

"But I believe that the empire will win, because this is the empire we have created."

Liu Yun added this sentence, and everyone said yes, and Yang Zhengjin proposed that everyone raise their glasses and toast with "for victory".

After settling down again, Yang Zhengjin mentioned the matter of Liu Bailiang, commander of the Zhili Military Region.

"Commander Liu is very energetic, and he has been complaining recently that he didn't let himself go to the battlefield, saying that even if he doesn't command an army, it would be better to give him a division and a brigade."

Liu Yun said with a smile: "It's good to be motivated, you go and tell him that everyone has gone to the front line, who will defend the Beijing Division?" He is now the general in command of the 800,000 forbidden army, and his burden is heavier than anyone else's. ”

Ma Feng leaned in and whispered to Hook; "800,000 forbidden troops? Add the first two words of teaching, and Liu Bailiang will become Lin Chong, but I don't know who will be Gao Taiwei......"

"If you look for death, you dare to make this kind of joke."

Hook answered quietly, and hurriedly covered his face with a wine glass.

It just so happened that Liu Yun asked the Minister of Science and Technology again: "Pony, is it possible to improve the performance of those planes and airships in a short period of time?" ”

"It's hard...... The main problem is funding, the largest plane can only carry three people, the fastest plane can fly 160 kilometers per hour, and the army has used a large number of two-seaters of the Mighty Wind type can fly 120 kilometers per hour, mainly used for aerial reconnaissance and artillery fire calibration, and is not equipped with standard weapons, but pylons are placed outside the fuselage for carrying small bombs, which are thrown by the rear seat pilot by hand......

"It's a small bomb, but it's actually an ordinary grenade."

Hook added, Ma Feng nodded, and continued his statement: "The single-seat Cangfeng can fly 140 kilometers per hour, and the Cangfeng A aircraft is being experimented and is expected to reach a speed of 160 kilometers per hour. Special light reconnaissance bombers and heavy bombers are being developed, but because the airship research and development project has squeezed out a lot of funds, the research and development speed of large aircraft is relatively slow, relatively speaking, heavy airships have been equipped with troops and put into combat, the largest strong cloud airship can carry five tons of bombs to fly 1,600 kilometers, and the heavy bombers under research can only fly 1,500 kilometers with half a ton of bombs, so in the current situation that the enemy's air defense capability is almost equal to zero, the development of heavy aircraft is of little significance. ”

“…… In contrast, the development of a new airship is progressing smoothly, and the Chiyun-type heavy airship, which is larger and has a longer range than Qiangyun, is expected to be able to fly 7,000 kilometers with 10 tons of bombs, or 12,000 kilometers with 3 tons of bombs, that is, it can be sent to bomb Moscow, St. Petersburg, and even Berlin whenever we need it. ”

"Its successor model is also in the process of pre-development, with a variety of conceptual options to choose from, including a supership that can sail around the world without landing, an air warship with strong anti-aircraft armament and ground attack capabilities, and an air carrier ...... equipped with a flight deck."

"How much does the Chiyun Airship cost?"

Liu Yun asked.

"Considering inflation, if R&D expenses are added, the first Chiyun-type boat to be completed next year will cost more than 2 million yuan......"

"It's almost 400,000 pounds, and it is recorded in the history books of our time that the best Zeppelin in Germany during the First World War was about 300,000 pounds, which is really ridiculously expensive......

Chancellor of the Exchequer Han Lang was immediately heartbroken.

"It's also good to build one or two ships to bomb St. Petersburg, which can seriously demoralize their people."

Chief of the General Staff Yang Zhengjin said that the military man's point of view is naturally focused on war.

"It's too expensive, it's still too expensive, 400,000 pounds, which is equivalent to the purchase price of a Zhenyuan-class battleship back then, and now the cost of a Ruixiang-class battleship is only about 1.2 million pounds......"

Han Lang was still heartbroken, as if the money to build airships and warships was dug up from his family.

"Of course, the first boat will be a little more expensive, and if it is built in batches, the cost can be reduced."

Ma Feng added.

"Good goods are not cheap, we need this thing, even if it is not used to bomb the Russian capital, it can be used as a long-range strike weapon to attack the concentration of troops and materials in the Russian rear......"

Before Liu Yun could finish speaking, a Praetorian Guard captain ran in in a panic and whispered a few words in Liu Yun's ear, Liu Yun's face changed greatly, and everyone at the table was puzzled when they saw this-what could actually make their big boss, the uncrowned emperor of the empire, shocked?

"Chief of Staff Yang, come with me."

Liu Yun said, got up and left the table, Yang Zhengjin quickly pulled out a napkin, wiped his mouth indiscriminately, and followed quickly.

The remaining four people at the table began to talk.

"What's the matter? Could it be that there are people who are rebelling again? ”

"It can't be that Ding Jieyun's ghost is still lingering."

"The army is outside, the capital is empty, it is a good time to carry out a coup d'état."

"Could it be Liu Bailiang......

"Impossible!"

"How do you know the way?"

"Anyway, don't speculate until things are figured out!"

……

In the corner of the courtyard, under the red wall, by the flowing water, among the green leaves and red flowers, and the gold pink purple stamen, there was a huge, crumpled, gray-yellow monster, and beside the monster, four teenage children chirped like little birds. The two boys wore dark black Longyun Academy men's uniforms with black-brimmed hats inlaid with the school badge of the five-clawed green dragon soaring Ruiyun pattern, while the two girls wore white uniforms and blue pleated skirts, with two jet-black braids hanging from their ears.

Around the children, a group of black-clad soldiers stood like stone sculptures, and although the children kept talking to them, the soldiers were expressionless and did not say a word.

Several middle-aged men walked along a winding cobblestone path, and when a soldier saw them, he immediately saluted with his gun and shouted, "Stand upright!" Salute! ”

The children noticed the middle-aged men, among whom the beautiful girl with eyebrows like crescent moons, eyes like moist pearls, lips like cherry blossoms, and a complexion like snow waved her hand, and shouted in the direction of the middle-aged men: "Father, I'm here, come here, come here!" ”

The girl's voice was sweet and gentle, but when she opened her mouth, there was a black hole missing a front tooth in the middle of two rows of nephrite-like teeth—just when she changed her teeth.

One of the gray-haired men in the uniform of a cyan marshal heard the call, and when he rushed closer, he picked up the girl and kissed her the peach-red cheek.

"My little Yuchun, why did you come here!"

The girl who was treated so affectionately was named Liu Yuchun, who was twelve years old, studying in the second class of the sixth year of the girls' primary school of Longyun College.

Needless to say, the man who picked her up and kissed her was Liu Yun, who hurried from the base camp restaurant, and before seeing Yuchun with his own eyes, he had learned information from the officers guarding the annex that a hot air balloon had fallen near the south gate of the annex, carrying four children, two of whom claimed to be his son and daughter.

"My brother brought me here, and Sister Xin and Brother Gale are also here."

Xiao Yuchun pointed to the crumpled monster in the flowers, and two shallow dimples appeared on his face, and at the same time, the small black hole in his mouth that was missing his front teeth was exposed.

"We came in that balloon, it was made by my brother and Gale Wind, and many classmates and subordinates came to help, and Sister Xin and I also helped."

"I'm embarrassed to say, I just poured a few glasses of water for us, and I dare to boast of my strength, I'm not ashamed."

One of the boys said, his complexion was slightly dark, his sword eyebrows were starry, his ears were wide and his arms were long, the corners of his mouth were full of naughty vitality, and he stood in front of Liu Yun with his waist crossed, and his face was not timid.

"Ping'er, this balloon was really made by you and Gale Wind?"

Liu Yun asked calmly, he was not angry, because there was no need at all.

When many parents see their children do some shocking and dangerous things, they will only blindly get angry at their children, but they don't know what has happened, no matter how to reprimand the perpetrator with a straight face, it will not help the situation, calm down to understand the cause and effect of the matter, figure out the child's true thoughts, and let the child realize how serious damage will be caused to themselves and others by doing such dangerous things with realistic rhetoric rather than empty preaching, which is the right way for parents to deal with such incidents.

The boy's full name, Liu Ping, Liu Yun's eldest son and Liu Yuchun's twin brother, studied in the same school as Liu Yuchun, and his class was the third class of the sixth year of the boys' primary school.

"Actually, I made it with my classmates, but the design drawings were drawn by me and Zhu Liefeng, I didn't expect it to fly, and several people in the family were also called by me to help - of course, I also paid them the corresponding wages."

"When did it start to be built, and how did I not know about it?"

"Two months ago, I rented a warehouse in the school, and we made balloons there, but we couldn't sew the canvas for the airbags, so we took it to the Yang Ji tailor shop outside the school to do it, and the hanging basket was called to help make it......

"How will they listen to you?"

"Because they took my money."

"Don't they know that your money is mine?"

"They also know that your money is my money."

Liu Yun pondered for a moment, and then asked coldly, "Where did the money in your hand come from?" The pocket money you are not given enough to build a hot air balloon. ”

"Part of it was asked by my mother, and my sister also gave me all the pocket money I saved, and I also raised money with my classmates inside and outside the class, and explained to them in advance that I would use this balloon to do business in the future, and anyone who wanted to ride the balloon had to pay money, and the money I got minus the cost of gas and balloon maintenance, and the rest was all distributed according to the amount of money contributed by each person, so that many students paid money......

"Joint stock company!"

The word popped through Liu Yun's mind, and he began to feel that his son had signs of genius.

Liu Ping is 12 years old this year, and when Liu Yun was 12 years old, his most extravagant imagination was that he could go to McDonald's for a meal or go to the playground for a day with a test score of more than 90.

"Where did you want to fly?"

"It was the first time I had a test flight, but I thought it would be good to fly, but I didn't expect to be blown into the sky when I encountered a gust of wind...... Later, because Sister Xin said that she was scared, I turned off the gas cylinder, pulled the gas release rope, and the balloon slowly descended, and it fell here......"

Liu Yun slowly put down Xiao Yuchun, approached Liu Ping, and put his hand on his shoulder.

"You've done something wrong."

Liu Ping raised his head and looked directly into his father's eyes.

"Shouldn't I have made this balloon?"

"No, it's not that. Have you ever flown on a balloon before? ”

"I've read a lot of books on this......"

"You didn't answer my question, what I'm asking you is, have you ever flown over a balloon before?"

"Nope."

Liu Yun patted his son on the shoulder and looked at him kindly.

"That's right, you've never studied in a balloon before, and it's too dangerous to fly a balloon that has never been in the sky before without the guidance of a skilled pilot, and it's very irresponsible to take your three younger siblings with you. A manly man should not implicate unrelated people while doing dangerous things himself. ”

"They are not unrelated people, Zhu Liefeng and I designed this balloon together, and Sister Yuchun and Sister Xin also paid for it......"

"But none of them have read a lot of balloon flying like you."

"But I'm confident I can take care of them."

"Why are you so confident? Do you know the real danger of the Tao? What do you do if you encounter a squall of wind that is not a gust of wind, but a full day, if the balloon's air bag suddenly tears, if the gas bottle suddenly leaks and catches fire, if the balloon hangs on a telephone pole or tree branch, if the place where the balloon fell is a rapids or a deep pool? ”

Liu Ping lowered his head, put his hands in his pockets, and his voice became weak.

"I haven't thought much of this."

"Is it a responsible man who took his younger siblings to the sky without thinking about such a danger?"

Liu Ping was silent.

Another boy behind Liu Ping, the eldest son of the late General Zhu Tao, the former head of the General Staff Operations Division, couldn't help but speak: "Uncle Liu, please don't just blame Liu Ping, I am also at fault in this matter......"

Liu Yun turned to Zhu Liefeng, but suddenly felt a tremor in his heart, I haven't seen him for two or three years, Zhu Liefeng has already looked good, his eyebrows are clear, he is handsome, and his eyebrows reveal some romantic and chic postures from time to time, and it is clear that there is a haunted Zhu Tao.

Liu Yun hurriedly turned his gaze away, but Zhu Xin's little face filled his pupils again. Zhu Xin is eleven years old this year, one year younger than Zhu Liefeng, born with a pair of rippling almond eyes, but it is beautiful and moving, pitiful, cautious, compared to Liu Yuchun's jumping up and down is the heaven and the earth, as for such a good girl to join this crazy journey, it must be inseparable from her brother Gale and Liu Ping and Yuchun's brothers and sisters. Zhu Liefeng and Zhu Xin brothers and sisters are also studying in Longyun College, Zhu Liefeng and Liu Ping are in the same class, and Zhu Xin is in the first class of five years, because the classroom of Zhu Xin's class is next door to Liu Yuchun's classroom, so although the two little girls are not in the same class, they can still often mix together.

"Their father was secretly executed by order of me myself......"

Liu Yun closed his eyes, opened his eyes, easily shattered the guilt of the stars, threw away the fragile moral shackles in his heart, stretched out his hand, and hugged the Zhu brothers and sisters.

"Gale, Xiaoxin, I am your father's comrade-in-arms, the best and best friend of life and death, although there are sometimes conflicts between us, he sometimes says things I don't like to hear, but I know that it is all for my good, and he will point out my mistakes, and these mistakes I can't see myself. I know that you and Ping'er and Yuchun are also the best and best friends, so I hope that when you see Ping'er and Yuchun doing something unreasonable, you will persuade them that true friends should not tolerate and cover each other's shortcomings and mistakes, but should directly and clearly point it out, are you willing to do this for your friends? ”

Gale and Xiao Xin glanced at each other, turned to Liu Yun, and nodded seriously.

Liu Yun let go of the two brothers and sisters, beckoned, summoned Yang Zhengjin, and commanded in his ear, Yang Zhengjin nodded, and turned around to do it.

Liu Yun approached Xiao Yuchun again, squatted down in front of her, and pinched her beautiful face: "You can't mess around with my brother like this in the future, you can't hide things like this from me in the future, if you want to fly to the sky, I will send someone to arrange it." Remember, you are my precious daughter and I worry about you every day. ”

Zhilu said...... Father, I beg you one thing. ”

"Say it."

"Can't you, don't punish my brother ......"

"No, if you do something wrong, you have to be punished, it's the same at home, it's the same outside, if you don't have to be punished if you do something wrong, everyone makes mistakes, and the world is in chaos. When the world is in chaos, we may all suffer, we will have no food, we will be hurt by others, and we will be bullied by others...... So you must not tolerate those who make mistakes, you see? ”

"Understood."

Liu Yun tugged at his daughter's pigtails, stood up, and turned to Liu Ping.

"Now announce your punishment, because of your unforgivable mistake you have put yourself in danger with your own sister and good friends, and if it were not for good luck, I might never see you again...... In view of the severity of your fault, your father made the following decisions: first, to withhold pocket money for a year, remembering not to intend to take a penny from your mother during this period; Second, I am responsible for cleaning my sister's room, and the time limit is also one year, because you almost killed my sister, this is a suitable compensation for her, remember, don't try to be lazy, I will check it myself; Third, give all the toys in your house to Gale and Xiaoxin as compensation for them, and remember, don't make excuses to come back; Fourth, don't go out to play next summer......"

Hearing the fourth article, Liu Ping was dumbfounded, he didn't care about deducting pocket money, cleaning his sister's room, and handing over toys, and he didn't let him play during the summer vacation, but it was the heaviest blow to him.

Xiao Yuchun immediately jumped out to intercede for his brother: "If my brother doesn't play, I won't go, I'll play with my brother ......"

Liu Yun deliberately straightened his face: "Okay, you said it, you can accompany your brother." ”

Xiao Yuchun was suddenly hit hard by this fabric, and couldn't help crying.

Liu Yun gently stroked her head and smiled.

"You are not allowed to go out to play next summer, but you can go to the junior flight school and learn to fly balloons, airships, and airplanes."

"Long live the Empire!"

Liu Ping jumped up excitedly and waved his small fist at the gradually brightening sky.

Xiao Yuchun didn't say anything, just jumped up and grabbed his father's neck, crying happily.

"Uncle Liu, what should I do with this balloon?"

Zhu Xin asked timidly beside her.

Liu Yun looked at the pile of rags and smiled: "This balloon was made by you and your classmates, of course, it belongs to all of you who have contributed to it, you go back to school first, and your uncle will find someone to repair it and then send it back to school." In this way, I suggest that the school rent your balloons and use them for experiments or something, so that everyone's money for making balloons can be recovered, and there may be a lot more, according to the method that Ping'er said, according to the proportion of each person's contribution, Xiaoxin's pocket money will be much more than the original. ”

"Uncle Xie Lu, Uncle Xie......"

"There's nothing to thank, this is all what Ping'er promised, manly man, do what you say, never promise what you can't do, Ping'er, do you know it?"

Liu Ping nodded vigorously: "Zhilu Dao!" ”

At this time, several fierce men in black suits walked quickly close to the children, Liu Yun patted Liu Ping's little head, pointed to the black suits and said, "You can go back to school with these uncles first, my father still has something to do." ”

"Yes!"

The children were sent away, and Yang Zhengjin returned to Liu Yun's side and laughed in a low voice: "Wu Weigong, what is this?" Air raid on the base camp? ”

"The Liu family's army has almost landed in the base camp."

"I think it's better to have an air raid."

"Whatever you want, go back quickly, I'm afraid there's already a lot of talk in the restaurant. By the way, you have to go back to the General Staff in the afternoon, call Wu Fatzi, and I want to ask him about some things in the logistics department......"

Wu Fatzi refers to General Wu Dingguo, the current director of the Logistics Department of the General Staff, who weighs 120 kilograms and is called "a figure of 0.12 tons" by Yang Zhengjin, chief of the General Staff, who weighed only 100 kilograms five years ago and 75 kilograms 13 years ago.

"Zhilu Dao, is there something wrong with the logistics department?"

"Some chores, and some damn little bureaucrats, who dare to play tricks on me during the war, have to be ruthless to deal with it......"

A few days later, the anecdotes of the "air raid on the base camp" of the Liu family and the Zhu family began to spread like light smoke in the wind in the streets and alleys of Beijing.