As the ancient storyteller said, two flowers bloom, one for each flower.

A branch of flowers is the autumn of Shanghai, and the osmanthus flowers are fragrant at first. The autumn wind rises, the crab legs are yellow, and the boulevard in the French Concession is covered with layers of golden fallen leaves, as if the copper coins of the underground palace are spread.

A branch of flowers is the autumn of Beijing, the essence of the four seasons of the year. Lao She said, "You must live in Beiping in autumn." Yu Dafu said, "The reed flowers of Taoran Pavilion, the willow shadow of Diaoyutai, the insect singing of Xishan, the night moon of Yuquan, and the bell of Tanzhe Temple."

In 1917, from midsummer to golden autumn, in just a few months, the city head changed the Dawang flag, and above the arrow tower of the big front gate, Zhang Xun's restored dragon flag was lowered, and the five-color flag of the Republic of China was restored. The situation in China is like "an autumn rain and a cold". The government is also like a marquee, Feng Guozhang entered Beijing to become the president, and Duan Qirui, who was a "three-made republic", became the prime minister.

On a crisp autumn day, Asia's first flight school, Beijing Nanyuan Aviation School, ushered in a man riding a white horse, dressed in the blue tweed of the Beiyang Army, with three gold stars representing the army general on his epaulettes, several shiny medals pinned to his chest, a round face and a bald head, a high nose and thin lips, a cleanly shaved beard, and bright eyes.

Xu Shuzheng, vice commander of the army, a 38-year-old young marshal, inspected thousands of well-trained elite soldiers and was about to go to Hunan to fight. All the generals sang in unison the military song of Yuan Shikai's training at the station, the artillery fired a 12-gun salute, and the fighters of the aviation school flew over in the sky. This force remains China's most powerful military force.

The tall chimney standing behind it, spewing reckless black smoke into the sky, spreads in the swamps and wilderness everywhere, and the roar of machines is endless, which is the secret arsenal of the Beiyang government.

"General Xu, taking advantage of Russia's recent civil strife, if you can use this army to go north to Outer Mongolia, you will definitely be able to recover the lost territory and unify Mongolia."

Timur, the prince of Ordos Doro County, rode a black horse, dressed in Mongolian robes and a sable fur hat, and stood side by side with the Beiyang general surnamed Xu. Xiaojun Wang is seventeen years old, a northerner and a southerner, his skin is as white as fat, if he is not dressed like this, most of them will be regarded as students of Peking University or Tsinghua University.

"Xiaojun Wang, I have long had the intention of sweeping the north, Yan Ran Le Shi, drinking horses in the North Sea, and building immortal deeds. But I'm only the undersecretary of the army, do I go north or go south? It depends on what the Prime Minister means. The princes of Beiyang Gungun, the provincial governors who held military power, were more concerned about territory and finance. Xiao Xu, what can I do to get them? The general waved his horsewhip and changed his words, "However, Sun Yat-sen's extraordinary congress in Guangzhou is really a rebellion. I support Premier Duan's military reunification of China and the fight of the Second Civil War! ”

Xu Shuzheng said to the foreigner wearing thick lenses: "Mr. Consultant, start!" ”

"Mr. Deputy Chief of the Army, obey!"

The foreigner, who could speak Chinese, was about forty years old, thin and tall as a bamboo pole, with unkempt chestnut hair, wearing an old suit, dark green eyes, a bearded face, and a camel brand cigarette between his fingertips.

“LOS.”

At the command of the foreigner, the German meaning "start", the iron door of the factory slowly opened, emitting a cloud of snow-white steam, and the roar of a huge machine came out, as if a train was about to leave it...... Xu Shuzheng grabbed the reins so that his beloved white horse would not be frightened.

What stunned the thousands of troops present was that a toad jumped out of the big iron gate.

Golden toad.

It was the size of a strong bull, with an impregnable shell and black smoke spewing from behind its buttocks. Like a real toad, it has huge eyes, a pitted and spotted skin, almost touching the ground with its belly, and four strong and powerful toad legs, bouncing forward on the ground. It had the roar of machinery in its body, its bulging jaw growling, and the smell of its skin that made the soldiers around it cover their noses.

When Xu Shuzheng saw this toad, he thought of a famous person, and couldn't help laughing!

Golden Toad Town Tomb Beast.

No one dared to approach the toad, except for an old man, bearded, white-haired, dressed in a worker's uniform, standing side by side with the toad, as mighty as a matador. The foreigner waved his hand at him and said, "Hey, Qin! ”

This old man is Qin Beiyang's father, a descendant of the former Qing imperial craftsmen, who has been imprisoned by the Beiyang Army for several months.

Compared with the days of Zhang Xun's restoration, Lao Qin's spirit has recovered. He yelled at the golden toad a few times, and the tomb beast ran forward at high speed, and the lightning leap was dizzying. A platoon of soldiers fired at it with their rifles, because it was moving so fast that it didn't hit.

The soldiers in the drill got out of the way and pushed into a wooden cage with a dozen men. These people are all death row prisoners in the capital, each carrying several lives, and they are simply heinous, waiting for the execution after the autumn. The cage opened, and the men rushed out frantically to escape. Qin Customs shouted two more times, this time Xu Shuzheng understood it, it turned out to be the Henan dialect of Lao Yuan's hometown.

The Golden Toad Town Tomb Beast opened its mouth, and a tongue flew out, instantly severing the necks of the two condemned prisoners. Others ran even more desperately. The toad jumped twice quickly, and then came to the prisoner and corrected him with his flying tongue. However, several other prisoners fled in the opposite direction and were about to rush out of the camp. A hole in the Golden Toad's shoulder revealed a Gatling machine gun, which spun and fired bullets.

The huge Nanyuan base was quiet, Xu Shuzheng pressed the white horse's ear and whispered, "Let the bullets fly for a while!" ”

Half a minute later, at the camp gate 500 meters away, there were several more bloody corpses, all of which had been pierced by Gatling's bullets.

And the big toad that eats people made the Beiyang troops present change color. The black horse of the little king was frightened, as if he had seen a jackal, a tiger and a leopard, and his hooves jumped high, and he actually threw the boy off the saddle. Fortunately, he was agile and turned over on the ground, so that he was not trampled on the horse's hooves and broke his back. You must know that many big people died in horse accidents at that time, and Yuan Shikai's eldest son became lame because of this.

Qin Customs gave another order, and the Golden Toad Town Tomb Beast jumped back to Lao Qin's side, returning to its obedient crouching posture, the black smoke behind its buttocks was gone, and it was as quiet as a statue in a tomb.

"Wonderful!" Xu Shuzheng applauded one after another, and thanked the unkempt foreigner, "Congratulations, doctor, you have finally developed a great weapon." And Lao Qin, you also did a good job! ”

Qin Customs knelt on the ground and did not dare to speak.

In July, Duan Qirui regained control of Beijing, and Xu Shuzheng discovered the Golden Toad Town Tomb Beast that had been captured by the Braided Army. He had heard that it was so powerful that it had killed dozens of soldiers, and only machine guns and grenades could subdue it. Xu Shuzheng, who studied at the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, knew that the weapons of today's world war are changing with each passing day, the British used tanks, the Germans used poison gas, and the Italians made good use of airplanes.

A month later, after two battles between the government and the restoration of Zhang Xun, the Beiyang government declared war on the German and Austrian allies.

Xu Shuzheng found the chief adviser of the Nanyuan Arsenal, a scientist who had been exiled from the West to the East, and was also a guest of honor of the Beiyang government, Dr. Karl Holstein, and ordered him to quickly repair the tomb beast of Jinchan Town. The Doctor was also extremely interested in the object, but was unable to regain its momentum by all means, including dismantling it in pieces.

The Chinese say that the bell must be tied to the bell, and whoever makes it can be up to the task. After several tosses, Xu Shuzheng finally found Qin Customs, who was recuperating from his injuries. He was immediately referred to a foreign doctor, and he was treated with the best Western medicine, and gradually regained his health. Lao Qin was entrusted with an important task and was named the chief mechanic of the Nanyuan Arsenal, with a monthly salary of eighty yuan. If he does not obey his orders, he will be killed, and he will have to take office. Qin Customs said that although he could control the tomb beast, once he left the underground palace, this thing would no longer work.

Dr. Holstein said that the law of conservation of energy in modern science, the first law of thermodynamics, "the total energy of an isolated system remains constant", and the total energy is the sum of the mechanical energy, thermal energy and any form of internal energy other than thermal energy of the system. Energy does not arise out of thin air, nor does it disappear out of thin air, it only transforms from one form to another, or from one object to another. This is one of the universal fundamental laws of nature. For these, of course, Lao Qin is like listening to a book from heaven.

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