22. The water ghost brothers are determined to join the army and meet again with half a gold coin

Mr. Glasses looked at Zhao Da with a sharp gaze, paused for a while, beckoned Lin Rong to the desk, put Zhao Da aside, and said to the people in the room, now the last line of action. Everyone gathered around, and under the light, Zhao Dacai saw clearly that there were seven or eight people in the room, all of whom were scholars of about the same age. "Tomorrow afternoon, you are responsible for sending the explosives into the palace, and Eunuch Ma will take him into the Summer Palace." Mr. Glasses spoke decisively and concisely, said to Lin Rong, and then looked around at everyone: "The informant reported that the old woman is going to visit the Summer Palace tomorrow, and she will definitely take pictures during this time." After a pause, he said, "Since August last year, the old woman has lived in a secluded house and usually does not leave the Changchun Palace easily, so our plan has been postponed again and again. She doesn't usually have any hobbies, but she has a soft spot for taking pictures, and now that spring is blooming, she is willing to move to the Summer Palace, so this is a great opportunity. The Summer Palace is full of rockeries, waterfalls and caves, and these garden landscapes can make it easy for us to retreat after we get our hands on it. As he spoke, he took a teacup in each hand, placed it on the left and right sides of the desk, and stroked from one teacup to another with one hand, and then said: "From the Changchun Palace to the Summer Palace, it is about thirty miles, the range is too large, and the places passing through must be heavily guarded and cannot be started, so it is best to do it in the Summer Palace." We have already bought off the photographer and the attendant eunuch, but the gate control for the Summer Palace has been tightened, because the inner court suspects that the eunuch and the photographer are too close, so we must use a new person, this strong man. After the glasses scholar finished speaking, everyone looked at Zhao Daxing with their eyes, and Zhao Da immediately understood the purpose of Lin Rongling leading himself here. At this time, he could no longer retreat, nor could he explain, and he was inexplicably stimulated, and he unconsciously straightened up, showing his might. Lin Rong asked the scholar with glasses: "When will I give him explosives?" The scholar of glasses continued unhurriedly according to his own train of thought: "When taking pictures, the photographer has a certain distance from the old woman, and in order to use more powerful explosives to blow her up in one fell swoop, we don't need the explosives you provide." In case the explosion does not make a sound, or if it does not die, everything will be wasted, and it will take your life, so we have arranged for Brother Park to go to Japan to buy powerful explosives. Brother Park will return from Japan tomorrow, come directly to me, distribute guns and ammunition at midnight tomorrow, and act at noon the day after tomorrow. Everyone said in unison: "If you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent!" ”

"Comrades! If you succeed, we will reject all traitorous treaties, we will go down in history, and if you fail, the old woman will not let you die. The book of history has been opened in your hands, and everyone here has the pen to write history, success or failure in one fell swoop! ”

Lin Rong led the order and Zhao Da to return to the guild hall, and it was already midnight. Lin Rong excitedly told Zhao Da that their people used the photo studio to make friends with many eunuchs who came to take pictures, visited the Summer Palace many times to survey the terrain, and also spied on the whereabouts of many inner courts. This opportunity for the old woman to visit the Summer Palace is really not to be missed. Zhao Da's task is simple, which is to use his identity as a tourist who has never met the photographer to keep the entrance from suspicion, sneak into the park, hand over the explosives to the photographer, and leave. When the Summer Palace succeeds, the people of the classmates will riot according to the plan, and at that time, the world will be turned upside down, which is really exciting. For the sake of this great cause of the world, even the sacrifice is worth it. Lin Rong's words made Zhao Da's blood boil, and he couldn't sleep at night.

But the next day, Zhao Da waited for Lin Rong to bring explosives, and Lin Rong suddenly rushed into the door, asking him to leave quickly, and the operation failed! It turned out that Brother Park had taken explosives from Japan, and he had been arrested and died due to the leakage of the news, and the whole capital was searching for revolutionaries, and the old woman would not go to the Summer Palace for a spring outing, and everyone in the classmate club should retreat immediately. The thing came too suddenly, Zhao Da didn't have time to ask more, and immediately took out the horse that was fed with night grass from the stable, and said goodbye to Lin Rong: "There will be a period later!" Lin Rong said to Zhao Da in disappointment: "Everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't be forced." Since you are faithful and devoted to your master, I will not keep you. But you should understand that although nothing can be done, the world has undergone earth-shaking changes, and if you want to overthrow the old government, you can't do it without a gun, and serving the country from Rong is the only correct direction for aspiring young people. If you go back, you can recruit aspiring young people to come to Ezhou to find me, and we will see you in the future. After speaking, he handed Zhao Da a business card. Zhao Da took the business card, put it in his arms, and immediately left the capital.

After General Zhao finished talking about the ins and outs of his trip to the capital, he took out the business card given by Lin Rong from his arms and handed it to Li Shanren with both hands. I thought it was really three days in the cave, a thousand years in the world. Zhao Da's trip to the capital, although it took a lot of time, but it was unpredictable, Li Shanren was impressed by Zhao Da's adaptability, and judging from the chaos in the capital that Zhao Da said, he was glad that his decision to go south was very correct.

"Ah Da," Li Shanren said to Zhao Da, "if you hadn't made a trip to the capital, I would never have known that Master Li had died, but it was a pity that I missed Duke Yuan at the turn of the world." Zhao Da was still immersed in the reminiscences of the past, and said: "The villain really doesn't understand, Lin Rong is actually the commander of the new army, isn't the new army trained by the imperial court?" Why did the court rise up again? ”

"Ah Da, I don't understand this more than you. Since ancient times, politics and business have been different, businessmen have participated in politics, and the end is destined to be miserable. Businessmen don't understand political affairs, and there is only one businessman who can understand political affairs since ancient times, that is Lu Buwei in the Spring and Autumn Period, even if he is shrewd, he will still be poisoned in the future, and the ending cannot escape the word tragic. Look, is there still a need to get involved in political affairs? ”

"However, when an adult invests in an arsenal and his family suffers a catastrophe, he is forced to move his family, which one is not affected by political affairs?" Zhao Da asked boldly. Li Shanren was speechless.

"Forgive me, sir! It was as if I was in a dream, and I unconsciously said the words of the classmates. ”

"No, it's a good thing that you have your own opinions. You are willing to come back and follow me, I am grateful, in the future, when you come to Shanghai, you are going to study, and after studying, you are a useful talent in both civil and military affairs. Now that we will rest for two days, my wife is already pregnant with Liujia, and the Yellow River has been navigated, so it is imperative to set off as soon as possible and continue to go south, without further delay. Li Shanren was shocked to find that Shibei should be impressed for three days, and from then on, Zhao Da looked at him differently.

Zhao Da was pleasantly surprised when he heard that he could go to study in Shanghai, and immediately thanked him. That night, the five iron-headed brothers treated Zhao Dafeng as a guest, knowing that he had gone to the capital and encountered a sudden change in the situation, they all asked him to tell the story of the capital. Zhao Da didn't understand, but just recounted what Lin Rong had said, and the theories he didn't understand very well. But anyone who is illiterate and uneducated, storytellers are masters, when Zhao Dahua painted the hall to listen to Mr. Speak, the secret room conspiracy, the failure of the incident, he fled in a hurry, and Lin Rong invited him to join the army after talking about it, he didn't think that the five brothers were moved by the heart, and they all wanted to find Lin Rong to join the army. They had long thought that once Li Shanren left the beach and went south, although the beach had shelter from the wind and rain, they had nothing to do, and they would inevitably go hungry again. Even if Li Shanren does not leave, he has neither industry nor career, saying that he is in the wine business, but he has never seen him make wine or business, they are worried that he will sit on the empty mountain, and when he can no longer continue, maybe he will have to resume the "water ghost" business, and finally die in the Yellow River. It's better for everyone to go to Hubei Congrong together, regardless of whether it is revolutionary or not, the most important thing is to have public food to eat, food and shelter and salaries, so everyone is ready to move.

Tietou felt that the matter was important, and consulted with Li Shanren, and after thinking about it, Li Shanren felt that what the "water ghost" brothers were thinking was not unreasonable. In today's ever-changing world, no one can predict how the future will develop, and it is not a long-term plan for the five brothers to stay on the beach, but many unexpected things will happen. It is a good thing that the "water ghost" brothers ask to join the army, but the new army has strict requirements for enlistment, and the iron head is the oldest and has a family, so the new army will definitely not want him. Although Fang Zongming and the others were all young people in the prime of life, they had no criminal record, did not eat opium, and were not unemployed vagrants, so they met the conditions for enlistment, but they needed an inn as a guarantor to enlist in the army, so he advocated leaving Tietou alone to run the beach building. On the one hand, you can give the brothers who joined the army as a guarantee, on the other hand, the shore beach sits in the north and south, it is a necessary place for people to come and go, the tidal flat is gentle, it is suitable for ships to moor, and the river water is rare and clear, and away from the town, the scenery is clear and beautiful, it is a good place, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a peach blossom source, keep it well, he will have a surprise return in the future. Tietou nodded yes, saying that he would do his best to manage the shore and beach and live up to the expectations of adults. Li Shanren said: "This is very good. In the future, there will be development, all because of the water, and the name of the inn can be called "Water is Flowing". In addition, in the future, the new army will be the pillars of the country, and the four brothers will learn from their strengths, and there is much to be done. Tietou listened to Li Shanren's words, felt deeply reasonable, and said: "The adult has a perfect plan, but the adult is here, how can he contact you in the future?" ”