Kozak looked at Lin Yuan coldly and said, "What are you going to give me?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled faintly, and in a lyrical tone, recited a poem in Russian, which is one of the masterpieces of Russia's greatest national poet Pushkin, "If Life Deceives You": "My heart always yearns for the future, but now it is often melancholy." This poem could not have been more clever in describing Kozak's current mood, and several of the reporters who knew Russian could not help but laugh out loud.

Kozak turned blue with anger and sneered: "I hope that when the Pacific Fleet guns sound in Tanggu, you will still be in the mood to recite this poem." ”

After speaking, Kozak brushed his sleeves away, and Lin Yuan said in the back: "Mr. Ambassador, don't go, there will be a question session from reporters later." ”

Kozak ignored him, pushed open the door and walked straight away, Lin Yuan turned his head, looked at the reporters present, and said, "Do you have anything you want to ask?" ”

A British journalist raised his hand and asked: "You just described the war as an unpleasant thing that happened during the investigation, so we would like to ask, is the investigation over?" What are the results and can they be announced to the public? ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "It doesn't matter whether it's over or not, you heard it just now, the war has begun." ”

Another French journalist asked: "Will your army attack Russian territory?" ”

Lin Yuan shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "It's a matter of military secrets, so I don't have anything to say." ”

A few more reporters asked questions, Lin Yuan announced the end of the talks, and Shen Wanqing mixed in the pile of reporters, until everyone else left, came over and asked: "I haven't figured it out, why are you deliberately provoking that Russian ambassador?" Lin Yuan said with a smile: "In this way, you can add fuel to the fire and vinegar to write about how arrogant the Russians are, and the common people will support us even more, which is not much more useful than negotiating at a glance, and besides, after such an exchange, I believe that the foreign journalists' impression of me will improve a lot, and it will be much more convenient to do some things in the future." Shen Wanqing smiled: "I think you used a photo to completely anger Kozak, what's on that photo?" ”

Lin Yuan took out the photo, handed it to Shen Wanqing, and said: "Look, the corpse lying on this photo is the head of the Russian Iron and Blood Regiment, Sergei Sedar, Kozak saw that he was killed, and he added the regimental flag I displayed, so he believed that the Iron Blood Regiment had been wiped out." ”

Shen Wanqing asked, "Didn't the Russians say that their Pacific Fleet was going to attack Tanggu?" Tanggu is the gateway to Tianjin, and Tianjin is the gateway to Beijing, during the Second Opium War, the British and French forces invaded Beijing from this route, and burned down the Old Summer Palace, how do we deal with the Pacific Fleet? ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "They can't get by." ”

Shen Wanqing asked, "Why can't they get by?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Their station is in Vladivostok, where the ice period is from December to March of the next year, but this year is very special, the ice period is two months earlier, the Russian warships want to come to fight us, and we will win the ice first." ”

Shen Wanqing smiled, and then said, "After research, we decided to establish a news agency of Kanto Daily in Mukden. ”

Lin Yuan said: "Very good, but the address must be chosen well, you will definitely be 'bombarded in turn' by foreign spies." Shen Wanqing said: "We have thought about this problem for a long time, the location has been chosen, and it is very close to our industrial zone, so that we can also counter-espionage by the way." ”

Lin Yuan nodded, and at this moment, the master ran in in a panic and said, "My lord, go and take a look, there is someone outside who wants to see you." ”

Lin Yuan asked, "What's wrong, are you so flustered?" ”

The master said: "It's all the same person who came, and he said that the matter he wants to report is very big, and it is related to the life and death of tens of millions of people, otherwise I won't panic." ”

Lin Yuan said to Shen Wanqing: "Let's go together and see what is going on." ”

Lin Yuan asked Shen Wanqing to listen in the room next to the living room, and when he came to the living room, there was already a person standing in the hall, and when Lin Yuan saw it, this person was not an outsider, it was Wang Datie who was assigned by Lin Yuan to deliver supplies.

Although the railway has been repaired, but the process of transporting materials is still indispensable manpower and animal power, because the railway can only transport materials to the big station, and the materials from the big station to the troops still need people to transport, Wang Datie is responsible for this matter, he led the transport team to transport materials for the troops conscientiously, providing a strong guarantee for the victory of one battle after another.

Wang Datie was so anxious in the living room at this time that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and when he saw Lin Yuan walking in, he hurriedly said, "My lord, something is wrong." Lin Yuan hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Wang Datie was asked by Lin Yuan, and a man with five big and three thick clothes actually shed tears, and Lin Yuan laughed out loud when he saw it, and said, "Why are you like a little girl, and you still shed tears." ”

Wang Datie hurriedly said: "The warehouse, the warehouse for cotton clothes, has run out of water, and the cotton clothes to be transported to the front line are gone." ”

"Walking water" is the meaning of fire, the ancients believed that the fire is the arrival of the god of fire, if you say fire, the god of fire hears the word "fire", thinking that you are calling him, so he does not go, the fire can not be extinguished, so everyone does not say the fire, say the opposite: go water.

When Lin Yuan heard this, he said in surprise: "What did you say!" Fire? How could there be a fire? ”

Wang Datie said: "I also wonder, I know that cotton clothes are easy to burn, so there is no spark around the warehouse, and the people who guard the warehouse are carefully selected by me, and those who have smoked do not want it!" ”

Lin Yuan hurriedly asked, "How many cotton clothes have been burned?" ”

Wang Datie said: "What was burned was the No. 01 warehouse, which contained a total of 8,000 sets of cotton clothes and pants, all of which were burned down, and there was not a single one left. ”

After Wang Datie finished speaking, he knelt on one knee and said, "The villain has failed Lin Shuai's trust, please punish Lin Shuai heavily!" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Now is not the time to talk about this, the most important thing is to find out the cause of the fire and prevent fires in other warehouses." ”

Wang Datie said: "I have already called Li Zhutou, the most experienced person in Fengtianfu, to find out the cause of the fire, and I will definitely correct it after finding out." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Don't worry, let's go to the scene to have a look." ”

At this moment, as soon as the door of the house on the side opened, Shen Wanqing walked out of it and said, "I'll go with you." When Wang Datie saw Shen Wanqing, he hurriedly said: "Miss Shen, can you write this matter in the newspaper, it will shake the morale of the army." ”

Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing were both surprised, they didn't expect Wang Datie to think so long-term, the three of them came to the burning warehouse, and saw the smoke rising from the ruins from a distance.

Under Lin Yuan's guidance, the main components of the mud are not much different from modern cement, and they are extremely flame-resistant, so the fire did not damage the pillars at all, and the ceiling is also made of heat-resistant materials with steel bars, so although the cotton clothes inside are burned out, the warehouse has not moved.

When Lin Yuan walked to the door, he saw an old catcher standing at the door, clasped his fists at him, and said, "Lord Lin, the cause of the fire has been identified. ”