Chapter 41: Mood

The golden rooster is dawning, and the light is rising. The ancient Jingshi bathed in the morning light of the autumn moon, quiet and peaceful.

The birdsong was pleasant, the morning light was dazzling, Qingying silently got up from the bed, dressed neatly, and walked out of the room. The trees are gusting and the breeze is blowing. He took a deep breath of the morning air and began to practice in the courtyard.

This is a house in the northern suburbs of the capital, where Qingying and Xue'er Lori have lived for nearly 2 months. According to the plan, Qing Ying was supposed to go north to Russia in mid-August, but due to the sudden war between China and Japan, Empress Victoria asked him to wait until the situation eased before going to Imperial Russia, citing "a shortage of troops and a swarm of thieves". In desperation, Qingying and Lori could only continue to stay in the capital and consume Mites Qing's money and food.

In her previous life, due to the use of electronic products such as games, the Internet, and action movies on the island as her daily pastime, Qingying rarely exercised in her free time during college, so that her body was fat and she complained of misery when she couldn't run two steps. After the crossing, the entertainment activities of this era are still difficult for him to accept, and in the case of boredom, he unconsciously developed the physiological habit of going to bed early and exercising in the morning.

Whenever Qingying was exercising in the morning, Xue'er Lori would freshen up and stop, run out the back door, and go outside to buy breakfast on the street. After entering September, the weather is getting colder, and Lori's clothes have changed from a plain skirt to a cheongsam outfit; But Lori's dress is just like her name, always elegant as snow, plain as frost.

"Di Bao Di Bao, the latest additional issue Di Bao produced by Shuntianfu overnight!" A childish voice suddenly sounded on the street, cutting through the silence of the early morning. Cher Lori, who was carrying a lunch box and was about to return, followed the prestige, only to see a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy holding a large stack of newspapers shouting loudly, and the sparse flow of people did not affect his passion at all. Lori glanced at the Di Bao in his hand, and was slightly curious, the Di Bao in the capital has always been new at the end of the month, why did he rush to produce an issue overnight today?

Although the literacy rate of the Chinese in this era was surprisingly low, because it was close to the core of the imperial city, there were few illiterate people who came and went. After the boy shouted, almost all the passers-by turned their eyes; Seeing this scene, the young man was slightly proud, and then opened his throat and said loudly: "Yesterday, my Qing Beiyang Naval Division broke the Japanese fleet, sank 6 Japanese ships, and killed thousands of Japanese people; That's all for the details of this campaign, so don't miss it! ”

"What? Did the Beiyang Navy win? Hearing the young man's words, everyone was taken aback at first, and then their faces became colorful. Since the start of the war for more than a month, there has been no other news since the "great victory" in Asan, and everyone has a trace of nervous concern about the battle situation at the front; This time, Shuntianfu actually rushed to print a batch of additional newspapers overnight, and with this battle alone, it could not be the news of failure! As soon as he thought of this, everyone rushed up to "hulala", generously donated money, and surrounded the young man.

In the crowd, a small figure is also struggling to squeeze forward, it is Xue'er Lori. Due to the small size and lack of strength, after a while, they were still at the outermost end of the crowd, and there was no inch in half a minute. was at a loss for what to do, and a familiar voice suddenly came to his ear: "What's the matter, why don't you go back?" ”

Feeling the little hand gently stroking on her head, Lori wrinkled her nose with some displeasure, and said, "How many times have I told you, don't touch my head, I won't grow tall!" By the way, how did you come out? ”

"How do I come out, what do you say I came out for? See what time it is, and you're not going home yet? Qingying glared at Lori, and her hands rubbed violently on her head, grabbing the black and shiny black hair. Lori whined, like a bullied snow beast white rabbit: "There is a newspaper here that sells the newspaper, or a special issue, I want to buy a copy and go back to see it." ”

"Special additions?" Looking at the crowd of people crowded next to her, Qingying showed a puzzled look on her face. His eyes narrowed slightly, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly realized that today was September 19th of the Gregorian calendar!

Could it be that this report is the final result of the Battle of Dadonggou?

Thinking of this, Qingying's heart was shocked, and she couldn't hold back the impulse in her heart anymore, so she rushed forward and began to crowd wildly. Due to the fact that he had experienced too much Spring Festival in the Celestial Empire in his previous life, Qing Ying's squeezing technique had been perfected; After a while, he disappeared into the crowd, leaving only one sentence that still echoed in the wind:

"Xue'er, you go back first, I'll come as soon as I finish buying the newspaper!"

Looking at Qingying, who squeezed into the crowd after dividing five by two, Lori was frustrated; She stamped her foot in annoyance, carried her lunch box, and slipped back to the house listlessly.

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At the end of the 19th century, China's newspaper industry was still in its infancy, far less diverse than the overwhelming newspapers of later generations. The quality of the printing of this newspaper is hard to compliment because of the wooden movable type: the font is slanted, the ink is diffuse, the proofreading is not accurate enough, and there are many typos; However, the content is rich and novel, and it is eye-catching.

The cover is a magnificent picture of naval warfare. With just a few strokes, it makes people's hearts flutter and they feel embarrassed. Turning the first page from right to left, it was full of pictures and texts, and Qingying only looked at a few lines, and couldn't help but want to shoot the case. The writers of the Beijing Mansion Newspaper have been immersed in eight stocks for many years, and they are all full of wealth and talent; The articles they write are full of flowers, neat and methodical, if they are placed in the future generations, they must be the platinum writers of a certain website platinum!

I don't know when, Xue'er Lori also came over, a pair of black jewel-like eyes were as bright as water, and glanced at the newspaper. Looking at Lori's serious and focused expression, Qingying smiled slightly and gently stroked her head as usual; There was a warm and supple touch in his palm, but an indescribable feeling suddenly appeared in his heart.

What is the relationship between himself and Cher? Like a friend, like a master and servant, like a brother and sister, and like a lover. When she learned that she was going to stay in Jingshi for a long time, there was a beautiful smile on her face that was enough to make Xia Hui lose color; And when he knew that this Lori had become dependent and attached to him, his heart also gushed out an unprecedented fiery warm current. Her cheerfulness, her cuteness, her Zhong Lingyuxiu, and her warmth like jade all made his heart flutter and made him burst out with a strong desire to protect her for the rest of his life. Qingying didn't understand whether she fell in love with Liu Xue'er Lori, or did she take her as Shixia's emotional carrier?

Feeling Qingying's hand fall on her head again, Lori couldn't help but writhe her delicate body and muttered in a low voice: "Rude, rude." It's just a stupid person who is less than 12 years old, and he dares to bully me. Although she was complaining, the smile on the corner of her mouth clearly showed that she liked Qingying's actions very much. In the past 2 months of getting along, the foreign prince who has been pampered since he was a child has never treated himself as a servant, but has taken good care of himself, which has made Xue'er Lori, who has received traditional Confucian education since she was a child and recited her daughter's scriptures, surprise her. In the past two or seven years, she has reached the legal age of marriage in this era, and the seeds of love in Lori's heart have also begun to break through the ground and grow into tender green sprouts. Compared with the old and ugly Beiyang pipe belt, the young and handsome Qingying is obviously more acceptable to Lori!

Wisteria wood chairs, round table carved stove. Qingying and Lori sat quietly in the study, and from time to time there was a rustle of turning pages.

After a long time, Qingying closed the newspaper in front of her, only to find that her body was already slightly sore. He stretched his somewhat disobedient body, and his face could not hide the excitement and excitement. With the addition of the "Brandenburg," the Beiyang Naval Division really lived up to expectations: in the Battle of Dadonggou, it sank six combat ships of the Combined Fleet, and although the number of casualties given in the Di newspaper must have been falsified, it is certain that the losses in Beiyang must have been much smaller than that of the Japanese side.

Since the Beiyang Naval Division did not suffer any major damage, the main force of the navy still exists; The Japanese Navy was forced by the deterrence of the Beiyang Naval Division, and it was no longer possible for the main force of its army to dare to land in Shandong as it had done in history, and to attack Weihaiwei from both land and sea lines. This modern navy, which took a whole generation of painstaking efforts, should be preserved, and the fate of the more than 20,000 people in Lushun will also be changed by the victory of this naval battle; If the Beiyang Navy Division has the courage to cruise out of Hong Kong again, Japan's plan to land in Taiwan may be abandoned because it cannot control the sea power! After winning this battle, the remaining amount of hole cards in the hands of the Qing court will be greatly enhanced, even if the land is still lost as historical facts, and it will be crushed for thousands of miles; The armistice treaty signed at the end of the year cannot be the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" in history, which paid 230 million taels in compensation!

He has changed and created history, completely integrated into this world, and is no longer an outsider from another parallel universe!

Push open the wooden door and look up, the blue sky is clear, and the white clouds are long. A few geese flutter their wings and soar towards the south, occasionally playing, emitting a crisp and melodious unique joy. Looking at Lori smiling next to her, Qingying's heart was agitated, and she took Lori's fair-skinned and soft little hand by magic; Lori's whole body was like an electric shock, her face was flushed, and under the glow of the morning light, she was as beautiful as a fairy and picturesque.

The wind blew, the clothes fluttered, and Qingying suddenly felt indescribably relaxed; It was as if the sandbags tied to the calves had been untied, and the peaks that had sunk more than 10,000 feet had been unloaded.

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