Chen Xian was greedy for the performance of the troupe after the ribbon cutting, and stayed at the scene, seeing that the heavy rain was coming, Chen Xian proposed to go to her sister's house to take shelter from the rain. If you go back like this, you have to drench yourself in the soup.

Long Qian and Chen Shu's new home is located in the backyard of the headquarters. Located on the west bank of the Yi River, the right wing headquarters of the Weisheng Army occupies a small area, and there is a two-story gray building in the front yard, which is stationed in the main units of the headquarters organs, the staff office, the military justice supervision office, and the intelligence department. The Logistics Service is not here due to its large number of personnel. There are also two rows of bungalows in the compound, where a company of the guard battalion of the headquarters is stationed. The most conspicuous thing in the front yard is the towering water tower, which has been built to allow all units of the headquarters to use tap water for the first time.

The backyard is very small, only a small two-story bungalow, where Long Qian and his wife and a servant woman live.

After the relationship between Ye Yanbing and Chen Xian was confirmed, he rarely came to Long Qian's house, and when he entered the headquarters compound, Ye Yanbing went to the staff office to visit the door, and Chen Xian went to the backyard alone. By the time she stepped through the door, the rain had already fallen.

"It's hanging! Almost in the rain! Chen Xian said to the servant sister-in-law Zhang who greeted her.

"Second Miss's clothes are so beautiful," Sister-in-law Zhang smiled and handed over a pair of cloth handmade slippers, "Madame is upstairs." I'll report it. ”

"Don't, what's the report? I'll go up later. Zhenhua, okay? No, I have to go to the bathroom. Chen Xian changed into slippers and hurried to the toilet in the corner of the first floor.

Originally, I really couldn't see it, he was actually a person who could enjoy it very much__Chen Xian especially liked her sister's furnishing of a very comfortable and alternative home. She knew that her brother-in-law had done all this. The first time she used the toilet at home, Chen Xian was crazy - how could she put a thatched house at home? It stinks to death. Who knew that the road actually had a flushing device. There is no smell at all, it is extremely convenient!

Chen Xian washed her hands and came out, and Sister-in-law Zhang had already made tea for her. The son is 17 years old, has graduated from the technical school and entered the power plant to work, and Sister-in-law Zhang still looks extremely young, at most 30 years old. A good-looking round face, with skin as white as porcelain, and outstretched hands as white as jade. She is a widow, and he has a cousin in Yizhou, and I heard my cousin say that it is easy to make a living here. Last year, he came to Yizhou with his only son from northern Jiangsu to make a living. Unexpectedly, something happened to her cousin's family, and she was no longer in Yizhou. The unaccompanied suddenly fell into a trap. It was Chen Chao who happened to meet the mother and son who were hesitating on the street, and after several twists and turns, they were recommended to Longqian's mansion to be a cook. Sister-in-law Zhang's cooking skills immediately won Long Qian's appreciation. And so it stayed. After graduating from the technical school, her son went to work in a power plant, and she worked as a cook in the Long family, taking care of housework. You can earn ten yuan of silver every month, and you can also eat and live.

"Xie Lu Xie, I'm going up." Chen Xian didn't take the teacup, and went up the wooden staircase to the second floor, "Sister, sister, I'm here." She pushed open the door of Chen Shu's bedroom.

"Shhh He gestured to his cousin and motioned for him to speak.

Chen Xian walked over lightly, her fluffy slippers walking silently on the crimson wooden floor. She stepped into the bed and leaned over to check on her sleeping nephew. Five-month-old Long Zhenhua, who had a shaved little bald head, was sleeping Zhengxiang, a small hand stretched out tightly clenched into a fist.

"True dear," Chen Xian leaned over and kissed her nephew on the cheek.

"Don't wake him up, I'm finally asleep." Chen Shu pulled Chen Xian, and the sisters walked out of the bedroom and came to Long Qian's study opposite.

"Hey, aren't you going to work today? Oh, this dress is so beautiful, did you design it? ”

"Sure, okay, right?" Chen Xian twisted her waist proudly, "I went to the iron factory to watch a singing opera, and I almost got drenched in the rain." ”

It was raining heavily outside the window, and a gust of wind blew in and blew off a few pieces of paper on the bookcase. Chen Shu hurriedly got up and closed the window. And Chen Xian squatted down to pick up the few pieces of paper that fell on the floor, glanced at it, the top one was full of names, he only saw that the first line said Wang Mingyuan, and then it was taken away by Chen Shu, "Don't look at him." Even I won't let me see it. Forget it, let's go to the guest room and talk. Chen Shu dragged her cousin out of the house again, walked through the staircase, and pushed open the first room on the shady side, this is a guest room for relatives to rest, Chen Xian lived here, that was when Chen Shu just gave birth to Zhenhua, her mother You Shi came to take care of Chen Shu's confinement, Chen Xian always came over when she was free.

Chen Xian felt that her cousin's personality had changed a lot after she got married, especially after she had a son. But she wasn't upset by what had just happened. The brother-in-law's study was not allowed to be entered, and only the closest subordinates were invited into the study for secret talks.

"Haven't you seen Ye Yanbing recently?"

"I'm going with him today. He went to the front, didn't come. ”

"Oh, my aunt is going to discuss with me and prepare for a happy event for you around the fifteenth of August. Didn't tell you? ”

"No__"

"What do you want me to give you?" Chen Shu looked at her cousin with a smile. I don't know when Chen Shu's accent has changed slightly, such as calling "me" instead of "me".

"Hey, what kind of gift do you want, it's not an outsider__"

"I know you like that kind of toilet, he's already bought it from the United States, and he'll probably be able to ship a whole set of things to the kitchen, including the kitchen. Americans are dexterous, and even Sister-in-law Zhang is amazed. You, you'll have to learn how to cook and cook in the future."

"Hehe, even my brother-in-law cooks by himself, let alone him? I don't learn__"

"It was for him to take a break. Ye Yanbing doesn't have any time, right? Forget it, leave it to you. Did your brother-in-law go to the ironworks today? ”

"No, I really didn't see my brother-in-law. But Zhou Futai came, and Daddy accompanied him__"

"Looks like he's not coming back." Chen Shu looked at the heavy rain outside the window, "Zhou Fu must have stopped." It's not easy, I've been busy for nearly two years, and finally become__If it weren't for that little thing, I would also like to see the grand occasion of iron. ”

"Sister, there's something I want to tell you__" Chen Xian said in a hesitant voice.

"It's Ye Yanbing who wants to go back to the army, right? I know the way, and your brother-in-law also knows the way. Xiaoxian, you don't care about this kind of thing, understand? Don't worry about it in the future. But you think, if he marries you, it's a family. Your brother-in-law didn't count it? What's more, I know that he attaches great importance to military schools, and he goes to military schools more than the army, and it's not that he doesn't reuse him! Let him learn from others! ”

Chen Xian, who had been trained, stuck out her tongue.

"Xiao Zhi, okay? It's been a long time since I've seen him. Have you grown taller again? Chen Shu changed the subject.

"Okay__I don't see him often__"

A child's cry was heard. Chen Shu stood up, "I'm awake again." What do you want to eat at night, go and talk to Sister-in-law Zhang. Hey, when did you come, uncle? This sister-in-law Zhang won't tell me a word! Raising his eyes to see Chen Chao, Chen Shu said in surprise, "It's not raining, right?" It's raining so hard__"

"Nope. The child woke up. What do you care about children? Chen Chao glared at Chen Shu and picked up his grandson first.

"Talk to Xiaoxian for a while__I'll come."

"Is Xiaoxian here? When did you come? Chen Chao lovingly held the child in a circle on the ground, Zhenhua recognized his life, and cried even louder.

"I'll come. Probably hungry__" turned his back. Chen Shu unbuttoned her shirt to breastfeed.

Chen Chao coughed. Out of the door of his niece's bedroom, he saw Chen Xian's clothes and immediately sank his face. "What are you wearing! The person who is about to get married is still so ignorant! I'm not afraid of jokes! ”

"What's this__Everyone said okay__" Chen Xian hurriedly fled downstairs.

Chen Chao looked at his daughter's back, opened his mouth but didn't say anything, turned around and pushed away Long Qian's study, and walked in.

Although he was Long Qian's de facto father-in-law, he walked into Long Qian's study for the first time after Long Qian and Chen Shu moved out of Chen's mansion. Every day, he was busy with the affairs of Huayuan Industry, and rarely went to the new home of Long Qian and his niece, even if he came, he just looked at his little nephew, and left in a hurry after saying a few words.

Chen Chao looked at the room. On the west wall hung several maps, some printed and some hand-drawn, the map of the world that David brought him, the whole map of China, the whole map of Shandong Province, and the whole map of Lunan. Shandong and Lunan were drawn by the staff office and hung by the window.

At the bottom of the west wall is a pair of single sofas, which are also products of the carpentry factory. There is a light yellow cover on it, this is Xiaoxian's craftsmanship, I didn't find it before, and later I learned that Xiaoxian is very talented in this area, and she is almost self-taught.

A desk painted red-painted sits diagonally across from the sofa, with its back to the window. There was a black telephone and a Western-style desk lamp on the table. This was a novelty for him. It's just about electric lights, and now I have electric lights in my house. But he was taken aback by the installation and trial of the telephone system, which was purchased from the United States. It turns out that the novelties described by Long Qian are really there. Far away, the two of them can talk like face-to-face__But this system is only used for his Yizhou garrison, communicating with the headquarters, logistics office, directly subordinate team, military academy and the first standard battalion, Yanzhou has not yet been connected, and the capacity is small, I am afraid that I can't take care of Huayuan Company and Yizhou government, according to Long Qian, at the latest next spring, all major units in Lunan will install telephones, and there will definitely be __ at home at that time

There is also a pen holder on the desk, with an ancient style, and five brushes hanging on the pen stand.

Above the desk, Lin Zexu, who wrote by Long Qian, exhorted himself: tolerance is great, and no desire is rigid. This kid's character has improved, and the willow body he has learned has a good look. But the pen is still not good......

On the opposite side of the desk is a row of bookcases against the east wall, which at first glance are the products of the woodworking factory, not the old-fashioned drawer-style bookcases, but composed of small open grids. The books are also clearly visible inside. Chen Chao leaned over to look at it, most of them were ancient books bound in threads, such as "Historical Records", "Book of Han", "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", "Book of the Later Han", "Book of Jin", "Book of the New Tang Dynasty", "History of the Ming Dynasty" and "Zizhi Tongjian" and other official histories, as well as local chronicles collected from nowhere. It is estimated that he has not read it carefully, firstly, he has no time, and secondly, he seems to prefer ancient books such as Fang Zhi and notes, which he knows the Tao of. But recently, he has obviously collected a lot of foreign documents, and Chen Chao doesn't know him. A cabinet was full of newspapers, sorted and neatly arranged, which aroused Chen Chao's interest.

Chen Chao didn't look at the things on Long Qian's desk. He went to the bookcase and took out a few different newspapers, sat down on the couch and began to read, and was quickly hooked.

A mimeographed tabloid called "Kaizhilu", which was published somewhere, directly defined the Manchus as barbarians and thieves: the thief of the Manchurian thief, I Zhonghuaye, 280 years Yu Ziye. When the Ming monarch lost his morality, the emperor succeeded to the throne, the thieves flourished, and the disasters were repeated, the thieves took the opportunity to enter. Monopoly alone, depending on my gods and Han species, once Hu slaves are not as good. Considering its species, it is located in the northeast of our country, the original tartar, the country name is Manchuria, the land is extremely bitter and cold, not conducive to the five grains, and there is no way to live, so it hunts wild beasts together. Take the skin and clothe it. Take its flesh and eat it, without cunning or etiquette, such as the so-called living and eating of primitive people by physiologists. There are no thinkers except men and women who give up food and clothing. This is not the only thing that is barbaric. There is no palace room against the wind and rain. Such as the cave dwelling of ancient wilderness; Without the words of the book, such as old age and death, do not communicate with each other; Gathering is like ants and bees, competing for food and clothing. If you scatter, birds and beasts will go, and people and things will go. The fluffy hair will never be tidied up, but a little will be removed from the surroundings, so that a bunch of green silk will stink on its head, and its brain will be dragged heavily, divided into three strands into a bunch, and the whole body will be hurt by pulling a hair.

Can a text that "viciously" attacks the nation be published in a grand manner? Chen Chao couldn't believe his eyes. I read this mimeographed tabloid several times, and finally suppressed the desire to burn it on the spot.

Picking up another newspaper, the word "Xinxue" is overwhelming, what exactly is Xinxue, Chen Chao is confused, I don't know why. A man named Feng Freedom has always advocated the National. What is National? Chen Chao looked at it with interest, "People are one level higher than animals, and the people are one level higher than people, until the people enter the people again, then it is really too high, and there is no higher one." Chen Chao felt funny, how to become a national, people also said.

1. In order to obtain the right to freedom, those who pay taxes in everything should enjoy freedom of thought, speech, and the press.

2. To repeal the previous laws and enact new laws of the country;

3. Ask for the money of this place to be used in this place, and the affairs of this place shall be managed by those who are publicly appointed by this place, and there is no order to be disobeyed;

Fourth, it is necessary to study the genealogy of the Han nationality in detail and drive the alien races out of the Great Wall;

Fifth, regardless of whether the imperial examination is or not, and whether the school is not a school, on the one hand, it is necessary to study Chinese ancient studies, and on the other hand, to study foreign new studies;

Sixth, it is necessary to improve agriculture and industry, protect railways, minerals, and banks, and prevent people from cutting off one piece of land in the east and one in the west;

Seventh, it is necessary to encourage the martial spirit and cultivate the character of the military and the people;

8. To form a party, it is best to call it a socialist party;

9. Let's take a good look at which one is better, Confucianism, Buddhism, Laojiao, and Jewishism? As for what to believe, I will talk about it later.

Chen Chao didn't know who this Feng Freedom was, but there was no doubt about the revolutionary party. However, the ideas advocated by Feng Shi have been realized and are being realized in Yizhou, such as the third, sixth, and seventh articles. Nowadays, there are many schools of all kinds in Yizhou, and more schools are still being opened. As for the second article, it is said that the imperial court has organized the compilation of Chinese and Western laws. Articles 5 and 9 are enough, and as for the first and eighth, I can't imagine it. The most terrible thing is the fourth, isn't this a rebellion?

Chen Chao thought that these rebellious newspapers must have been collected by Jiang Yun's increasingly gloomy and mysterious guy from his intelligence stations all over the country. Long Qian must have read these articles__

As for the Nationals, he was attracted again by an article entitled "Speaking of the Nationals" in the newspaper "The National";

"Now I want to ask if there can be no king in a country? Yes. The president of a democratic country cannot be called a king, and it doesn't matter if he comes and goes. And let me ask if there can be no people in a country? No, I said. The people are also the people, take their wealth to support the country, lose their strength for national defense, a country without a country is a ruin, and the world without a people is a ruin. Therefore, the country is the country of the people, and the country of the world is the country of the people of the world. If this is the case, then the traces of the people and thieves can be eliminated, and the words of rebellion and anti-thieves can be eliminated. If you govern a country with the people of a country, you will not be able to govern everything, and if you enjoy the rights of a country with the people of a country, you will not exceed the limit."

This article is not short, and the content is attractive enough, and the author has repeatedly asked: Are China's peasants nationals? The answer is no. Are Chinese workers nationals? Neither is it. Are Chinese businessmen nationals? Not even more. The author proves with irrefutable arguments that they are not nationals, but slaves! The last is the Chinese official: "The husband and the official, the most noble name, does not care about the slave." However, the more expensive and cheaper the Chinese officials, before they meet the officials, they are like prostitutes, they are like servants who run through the gates of Shangguan, they are afraid of them like tigers and wolves, and they are respected like ghosts and gods. If you have a smile from the official, you will be happy for a few days, and if you are angry, you will be a relative for a few days. Even Shangguan's soap and Shangguan's chicken dog also saw it and respected it, and they didn't dare to whisk it less__"

Reading this, Chen Chao couldn't help laughing. It's bad enough, but it's very imagery.

What's even more excessive, Ta Kung Pao in January this year published an essay advertisement: The title of the essay of our agency: Cutting and Argumenting and Saying Easily. The volume was handed over to the "Ta Kung Pao" for collection. It is scheduled to be closed on the 15th day of the first month of the year of the Lunar New Year, and it will be announced at the end of the first month. The first place will be given 10 yuan of silver, the second place will be given 5 yuan of silver, and the third place will be given 3 yuan of silver. The fourth and fifth places will each be given one silver dollar.

Since the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Chinese men have kept braids that symbolize submission to the imperial court, and the rules of the Qing Empire for more than 200 years are known to everyone, or not to keep braids. Or lose your head. What man doesn't have the "pig tail" in the back of his head that is ridiculed by foreigners. There must be no doubt that he is a thief. The new policy of the imperial court is wide enough, and anything can be moved, but it does not say that you can cut braids. Can this kind of thing be sent to the newspaper for essays? You must know that although Long Qian has not kept braids, he still made a few pairs of fake braids to deal with some special occasions. Zhou Fu is here today. Didn't Long Qian just wear his fake braids? Chen Chao is eager to see the results. I got up and rummaged through the Ta Kung Pao at the end of that month. But he couldn't find it. I don't know if there is a result of this call for papers......

Chen Chao pondered for a long time, and then returned a bunch of newspapers to their original place. Get up and go to Long Qian's desk to look at it, and pick up a crudely printed booklet. When I saw it, I was shocked, it turned out to be the biggest thief today - Sun Wen's article "London is Hard to Remember" that has been hiding overseas, this is the first time Chen Chao has read Sun Wen's article. He didn't know that Sun Wen had been wanted overseas by the imperial court a few years earlier, and was almost sent back to China. If you are not fortunate enough to be rescued, the best ending is that the six gentlemen of Wuxu will be beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market, and they will be Ling Chi.

Sun Yat-sen's article was enough, and another newspaper that was obviously reading by Long Qian attracted him even more. Liang Qichao's "Young China Says" published in the 35th issue of "Qing Yi Bao" made Chen Chao's case amazing! Looking at the release date, it was nearly two years ago, and Chen Chao deeply hated that he hadn't read such a passionate article earlier.

"The old man is like the sunset, and the young man is like the rising sun; The old people are like barren oxen, and the young people are like suckling tigers; The old man is like a monk, and the young man is like a chivalrous man; The elderly are like dictionaries, and the young are like operas; The old are like opium smoke, and the young are like Polandi; The old are like planets and meteorites, and the young are like coral islands in the oceans; The old man is like the pyramids of the Egyptian desert, and the young man is like the Siberian railway; The elderly are like willows after autumn; Young people are like grass before spring; The elderly are like the Dead Sea, and the young are like the beginning of the Yangtze River; The personality of this old man is very different from that of a teenager.

"However, I am a Chinese, who have not appeared in the world before, and now they are beginning to sprout. The world is big, the future is bright, and I am a young man!

Liang Qichao said: Those who create today's boss China will only be wronged by China's old decay, and those who produce the future youth China will also be responsible for the Chinese youth.

"__The wisdom of the youth is the wisdom of the country, the wealth of the youth is the wealth of the country, the strength of the youth is the strength of the country, the independence of the youth is the independence of the country, the freedom of the youth is the freedom of the country, the progress of the youth is the progress of the country, the youth is better than Europe, the country is better than Europe, and the youth is stronger than the earth!"

Liang Qichao's passionate article put forward many new views that were refreshing to Chen Chao: He believed that the "old" and "young" of a country are mainly manifested in the old and young of the soul and spirit, and the "old" and "young" of the national spirit depend on the "person who holds the power of the country". This point of view was deeply appreciated by Chen Chao, and he thought of a series of conversations with Long Qian, and Chen Chao felt that if Liang and Long Qian communicated, they would definitely be able to talk.

Liang's Xiongwen also put forward a new concept of the state, if "China" is regarded as a clan community, with a history of 5,000 years, "young China" is really unconvincing, but the Liang clan found another way, distinguishing "country" from "dynasty", "And in the past, how could there be a country?" But there are court ears! The so-called Tang, Yu, Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties are all famous. It can be inferred from this that "if the dynasty and the country are foreign objects, they cannot be referred to as the old and young of the country." In other words, it was only the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which had lived for more than 200 years, that was the feudal dynastic system that had lived for more than 2,000 years, not China. A new type of nation-state in which "everyone has sovereignty" is being formed, and this is the "Young China" in his mind!

Liang Qichao has admired it for a long time. But Chen Chao is the first time to read Liang's article, put aside the political anachronism, the surging passion of the article like the Yangtze River makes him unable to help himself, think about what the results will be after those young students read it!

Chen Chao returned to the sofa and closed his eyes in deep thought. The world is about to change dramatically! has always suspected that Long Qian has different ambitions, but a series of actions after he took control of Lu Nan made Chen Chao let go of his worries. It's good to run an industry, benefit the country and the people, and no one dares to say a word! Isn't Zhou Fu also praised, and even his son quit his errand in Jinan to join Huayuan Group, and did his best to shine for the growth of Huayuan? However, Long Qian had collected so many newspapers in private, and these newspapers, which were obviously publicly distributed, had reached such a world of lawlessness! Can't you see it when you are in power?

Lunan controlled by Long Qian also has newspapers, Yizhou's "Economic Daily" and Yanzhou's "Business Daily", which have been distributed to the whole province of Shandong, and Chen Chao loves to read them very much. But these two newspapers are purely commercial newspapers, full of naked money smell, and do not publish political articles at all! Did Long Qian do this intentionally or unintentionally?

Chen Chaozhi said, if it is not the most core person, maybe it will be regarded as a hardcore party - Long Qian spared no effort to tie Cixi, the filial piety of the season is never less, and the tribute items are all exhausted, in order to be novel__ Even if it is an important minister of the court, Long Qian is also closely connected, such as Prince Qing, who is more and more important, and has a good relationship with Long Qian. There is also Rong Lu, but it is said that Rong Lu is very sick and has not paid much attention to the government......

"Uncle, let's eat. Come up twice, seeing that you are so attentive, I didn't disturb you__" Chen Shu's voice interrupted Chen Chao's contemplation.

"Oh, where's Xiaoxian?" Chen Chao, who buried his body in the sofa, asked his niece on his back.

"Down there. He's not coming back__"

"I know. He accompanied Zhou Futai at the State Guest House. Shu'er, this study, don't let outsiders in__"

"I know." Chen Shu nodded, "I'm just helping him clean up." ”

"Those newspapers, and these books, must not be circulated! It's better to burn it. ”

"Well, I told him it was."

"That's it. No one dared to rummage through his study. Chen Chao stood up and let out a long sigh. It is said that the Chen family has had a smooth ride in the past two years, and their lives have been comfortable. Money is not worried, let alone status, but Chen Chao suddenly felt heavy pressure. (To be continued......)

PS: The previous section should be section III instead of chapter III.