Eating other people's soft mouths and taking other people's hands short, Luo Lie was wearing the black sheepskin coat that Ye Qinghong had just bought for him, while warming his body, he actually felt a little softened in his heart, although he knew that Ye Qinghong's behavior was not out of concern, but only from the use of himself, but he could still feel the natural meticulousness of women. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because the snow on the street had not cleared in time, it was still more than half a foot thick, and the car drove slowly on the snow, making a crisp cracking sound when it passed the ice ruts that had been crushed by the wheels, and the car body also jolted violently.

Ye Qinghong drove the car out of the Japanese management area and drove along the Da Liao River to the mouth of the Liao River. Yingkou West Fort is located at the entrance of the sea ship on the east coast, the platform wall is enclosed by more than 260 zhang, the front of the fort turns into a fan shape with the Liaohe Bay, a large fort is built in the middle, and two flat forts are built on both sides, so as to take the momentum of head-on counterattack. Under the wall of the big fort, there are eight hidden cannon holes, in order to prepare for the use of waiting for a flat attack. Once the armory was hidden under the casemates. The middle camp gate is one, the two camps on both sides, and the water hole is two. There are 200 military houses and two ponds. There is a long trench in front of the platform, and the walls are built on both sides of the wall for more than ten miles, and the wings cover the left and right.

This fort was built in the 8th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty and completed in the 14th year of Guangxu. The construction of the project alone lasted for six years. It is an important coastal defense fortress built by the Qing government in the northeast coastal area of the Beiyang Naval Division, and played a major role in the Sino-Japanese War.

In the twentieth year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, during the Sino-Japanese War of the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qing army once blocked the Japanese invading army here. According to the historical records of the late Qing Dynasty: at the end of the first month of the 20th year of Guangxu, the Japanese army fell into the important places of Dashiqiao and Daping, and the Qing army retreated to Tianzhuangtai to prevent the Japanese army from attacking the west. In February, the Japanese wanted to invade Yingkou and seize our fort. Qiao Ganchen, the commander of the coastal defense training barracks, led 500 artillery rounds to attack fiercely, and the Japanese soldiers could not succeed, so more than 100 soldiers were sent to cross the Liao River from the east of the port and sneak in. The cadres could not defend it, and they would retreat from the army." After the loss of Yingkou, the forts and houses were destroyed by the Japanese invaders, and only the foundation remained. On August 12, 1900, after the Russian soldiers occupied Yingkou, they destroyed all the patrol ships that the West Fort had purchased after the First Sino-Japanese War, and lost all the ammunition and clothing in stock. After the Russo-Japanese War, the West Fort, which had experienced the vicissitudes of war, had been reduced to a ruin, and had long lost the strategic significance of coastal defense in the past.

The Qing Dynasty collapsed, the Republic of China was established, and Yingkou was recovered on the surface, but the overstretched finances could not take into account the coastal defense for a while, so it was unable to repair the fort at all.

Ye Qinghong parked the car in front of the West Fort, pushed the door and walked down.

Luo Lie got out of the car from the other side, closed the door, the wet and cold sea breeze blew in his face, he subconsciously wrapped his coat tightly, and looked around, the broken walls were ruined, full of devastation, and on the fort, the cannon that used to be majestic and guarding the sea frontier has now become dilapidated and rusty. The snow of the past two days has added to the dilapidated and desolate taste of the West Fort.

Although Luo Lie was curious in his heart, he didn't ask questions, he believed that Ye Qinghong must have her reason for bringing him here.

Ye Qinghong walked up the stairs to the fort, Luo Lie followed behind her, there should be few people here after the desertion, the ice-covered stairs from time to time show withered yellow and stubborn grass, and wait until the spring of the next year, they will add a little life to this dilapidated and desolate ruins.

Luo Lie quickly surpassed Ye Qinghong, not to be strong, but he saw that the stairs in front of him were getting steeper, and he was worried that the ice and snow roads were slippery, so where to go in advance, he stretched out his hand to help Ye Qinghong, but Ye Qinghong did not accept his kindness, and still insisted on moving forward alone.

Luo Lie shook his head, the longer he was in contact with Ye Qinghong, the more he could appreciate the stubbornness in her bones. He slowed down and let Ye Qinghong be the first to board the fort.

The two of them stood on the fort, the red sun had risen high, and they looked very hot, but the temperature of the sun had not had time to warm their bodies, and they had already been blown clean by the cold sea breeze.

Ye Qinghong looked at the sea in the distance, the sparkling waves of the sun shining on the sea made her beautiful eyes flicker, and she said softly: "During the First Sino-Japanese War, my father was ordered to come to Yingkou to supervise the army, experienced the war, and also experienced the humiliation and heartache of the loss of Yingkou. She turned to Luo Lie, stared into his eyes and said, "Yes, I am the daughter of Prince Rui!" Although her voice was calm, her eyes revealed the pride in her heart, and she was proud of her father.

Although Luo Lie had long guessed that Ye Qinghong was likely to be the daughter of Prince Rui Yixun, Ye Qinghong had not admitted it to him in person so far, he looked at Ye Qinghong quietly, and had no intention of interrupting her.

Ye Qinghong said: " In order to revitalize the country, in order to save this dying dynasty, he began to travel around the world to embark on a journey to become a strong country, proposing changes to the imperial court, revitalizing national industry, developing railways, building ports, and learning advanced foreign technology, but he was slandered for the country, saying that he was ambitious, intending to seize imperial power, and the Japanese and Russians also regarded him as a thorn in the flesh, and hated to get rid of it quickly, and what was even more heart-wrenching was that everything he did for the country and the people was not understood by the people, and many people said that he led the wolf into the house and admired the foreign。 ”

Luo Lie nodded, Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, the reason why the Manchu Qing Dynasty perished is not only because of self-isolation, but also because the people in power listen to and believe in it, and they are jealous of the virtuous and jealous, and the real outstanding talents are not reused, and even if they are appointed, they will soon be hostile because they violate the interests of the conservatives. Prince Rui was by no means the only reformer at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and there were countless people who sacrificed for it.

Ye Qinghong said: "Seven years ago, my father visited North America and was assassinated in Yokohama, Japan, on the way back. In fact, he had been reminded by well-wishers in North America that someone intended to assassinate on the way, so he was also fully prepared, his itinerary was very secretive, only a few cronies knew about it, and he used a pseudonym to buy a ticket when he returned, but even so, he still did not escape the bad luck of being killed. ”

Luo Lie said: "So your purpose is not to hunt for treasure, but to take revenge?"

Ye Qinghong said: "At the same time, after my father was assassinated, he did not get the courtesy that the court deserved, and after the bad news came out, the court not only sent people to comfort his family, but sent troops to raid the palace as soon as possible." ”

Luo Lie said: "I have also heard about this matter, it is rumored that the prince built a secret treasure house in the palace back then. ”

Ye Qinghong said: "At that time, this matter was full of turmoil in the city, and they did find a basement in the palace, the real situation is that the basement is just a wine cellar used by my father to collect famous wines from all over the world, and the so-called palace treasure is simply made out of nothing, reversing black and white." ”

Luo Lie nodded and said, "In this way, the imperial court was just trying to find an excuse to deal with the prince at that time. "There is no excuse for the crime that you want to add, and there have been countless loyal and good generals who have died in three words that are unwarranted, and those in power do not need a reason to eradicate dissidents, even in the current era of so-called democracy.

Ye Qinghong was silent in the wind for a while before saying, "But there is indeed a secret treasure house. ”

Luo Lie was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Ye Qinghong with a surprised face.

Ye Qinghong said: "One of the important reasons for the fiasco of the First Sino-Japanese War is that Lafayette did not hesitate to embezzle the navy's military funds in order to grandly organize her 60th birthday, and collected 30 million taels of silver. As soon as these words came out, no one in the Manchu Dynasty dared to say half a word. ”

Luo Lie sighed, he had already heard of this matter, it was this short-sighted old lady who led to the fiasco of the First Sino-Japanese War, causing China not only to lose the Penghu Islands, cede the Shandong Peninsula, and lose the Korean vassal state, even this piece of Liaodong also spent 30 million taels of silver to buy back from the hands of the invaders, in addition to humiliating compensation of 230 million taels of silver, the Qing Dynasty has also gone into decline, throughout the history of 5,000 years, reparations and land cuts, and spend money to buy back the land that belongs to them from the hands of the invaders, it can be regarded as unprecedented and unprecedented。 The court is so mediocre and corrupt that there are really only a handful.

Ye Qinghong said: "After the first afternoon, Lafayette was still unrepentant and wanted to restore the Old Summer Palace on a whim, and this matter was handed over to my father by Emperor Tongzhi. ”

Luo Lie frowned, so it seems that the Manchu Dynasty did respond to that sentence and could not live. The Old Summer Palace was plundered and burned by the British and French forces in 1860, robbing countless national treasures, and later although it was proposed to rebuild several times, it was because the Qing court's finances were unable to continue.

Ye Qinghong said: "My father is very clear about the financial situation of the Qing Dynasty, and naturally understands that with the current national strength, he simply cannot afford such a huge restoration project, so he should ostensibly undertake it, and stop work every once in a while to apply for money from the imperial court. However, in the process of restoring the Old Summer Palace, my father stumbled upon a secret treasure trove. ”

Hearing this, Luo Lie immediately cheered up.

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