It's raining outside, but it can't stop Chen Zhaochang's eagerness.

He urged Wu Luzhen to go to Zhao Chuanxin even if it rained.

He was the one who didn't agree to cooperate with the wanted criminals of the imperial court before, and now he is the one who is anxious.

The spring rain is not crisp at all, but the rain is actually not small.

The swallow's sharp wings cut through the rain curtain, revealing the buds of the willow-leaf hydrangea chrysanthemum on the side of the road.

Wu Luzhen was dressed in a cloak and inquired all the way with his entourage.

The camp of the backwater army was supposed to be kept secret.

You can go out to train and buy, and it is impossible not to leak a little rumor.

The local people learned of such a team of non-officials and bandits, and gave the location of the backwater army a name - Laoyinggou.

The place names outside the Guan, except for the areas with national colors, are very arbitrary.

For example, in Jilin, place names come when they open their mouths, and they are directly expressed by numbers, such as a few ditches, a few forks, a few rivers or something.

Lao Yinggou is a little more careful. There are also eagle ditches, wild boar ditches, black blind ditches, etc., which will be confused if you don't pay attention to them.

Wu Luzhen braved the rain into the mountains and trudged in the mud for a long time before he could see the outline of the camp of the backwater army from a distance.

Looking into the distance in the rain curtain, I saw that there were mostly rolling hills, soft lines, and gentle terrain. But the way to come is very deep, and if an enemy attacks, there is only one way to attack.

But the backwater army can scatter and flee, or it is not difficult to choose a road up the mountain, and even push the field artillery up the mountain and shoot condescendingly from a distance.

Wu Luzhen sighed: The real chicken thief selected by the local government!

Winding up and down the mountain, through the mountains and tunnels, Wu Luzhen finally arrived at the periphery of the camp.

A hidden sentry discovered him, and when he saw that there were only two of them, he showed up generously with a gun: "Who is it?" ”

"You go to report to Captain Zhao Chuanxin, and say that Wu Luzhen came to him."

The dark sentry of the backwater army took out the binoculars, looked behind Wu Luzhen, and after finding that there was indeed no one, he said, "Come with me." ”

He took oiled paper, covered the important parts of the gun to prevent rust, and led the two into the camp.

There was a pavilion on the training ground, and the pavilion was so large that it could accommodate four or five hundred people.

Because of the rain, all the soldiers of the Backwater Army rested here to take shelter from the rain.

When Wu Luzhen came, he saw a group of soldiers of the backwater army surrounding Zhao Chuanxin in the center, and smoke was rising on the ground next to Zhao Chuanxin.

There are wisps of meat fragrance, which are mixed in the fireworks, and even the rain cannot extinguish the fragrance.

He walked into the shed and coughed: "Captain Zhao, Wu is here to disturb one or two today." ”

Zhao Chuanxin straightened up in the center of the crowd and glanced at it, and beckoned to Wu Luzhen: "Old Wu is here, come here." ”

waited for Wu Luzhen to take off her coat and squeeze into the crowd.

It turned out that a pit had been dug in the middle of this pavilion.

There is a cylinder buried in the pit, and the edge of the cylinder is lower than the mouth of the pit.

On the earthen pit, there were several logs, and hooks hung from the wood, and on the hooks hung several fat geese.

The inside of the jar should be charcoal, and the smoke is not too big.

The skin of the goose is shiny, shiny and charred even in rainy days, and the color is very attractive.

Occasionally, grease falls onto the charcoal inside the tank, igniting a fire like a sprout from the spring ground.

Those oil fumes are mainly born from this.

A group of soldiers from the backspurs, their Adam's apple rolling, stared greedily at the vat.

"Captain Zhao, you are ......"

Zhao Chuanxin said happily: "No, I promised them a few days ago that as long as the training is good, if it rains, I will take them to eat delicious food." ”

"Heh, Captain Zhao really doesn't get tired of eating, this kind of eating is unheard of by Wu."

"Lao Wu, you are really lucky, even rain can't stop you from enjoying the luck of food."

“……”

Cui Fenghua recognized Wu Luzhen and had the foresight to move him a small maza.

Wu Luzhen thanked him.

Then asked Zhao Chuanxin: "Captain Zhao, is this anything famous?" ”

"Fame?" Zhao Chuanxin snapped his fingers: "That's a lot." I learned this method from my friends on Hong Kong Island. Use cinnamon, bay leaves, nutmeg, cumin, pepper, tangerine peel, cloves, tangerine peel, and dried ginger, all of which should be ground into powder. Mix with sugar, soy sauce, noodle sauce, and salt and stuff these into the goose's belly. The skin should be smeared with maltose, rice vinegar, and wine. This tank is inside the pit to reduce heat spillage. The cylinder is heated evenly to make the skin crispy. This slow heat allows the flavor of the condiment to slowly penetrate into the meat. Finally, the skin is crispy and fragrant, chewy, and it tastes like a ......."

I'm Cao!

Wu Luzhen has a feeling of being a dog.

If you don't say it in such detail, even the saliva will overflow.

If you listen carefully, the sound of saliva around you is even stronger than the sound of rain outside.

"So, this, when will it be baked?"

Zhao Chuanxin stretched out his head to look at the tank: "Slow cooking out of food, you have to wait for a while." ”

It's cheap.

Wu Luzhen said that he would not ask if he knew it earlier, and it was the most painful to wait if he asked.

After a while, he suddenly reacted.

I came here with a mission, so why just think about food?

This Captain Zhao thought that he knew his intentions, so he did this on purpose.

It's treacherous!

He cleared his throat and said, "Captain Zhao, this time I am mainly here for the Great East and the Map. ”

After going around, Zhao Chuanxin still didn't hide.

"Oh, that's right."

Wu Luzhen waited, but there was no follow-up.

He was anxious: "Captain Zhao, everything is foreseen, and if you don't prepare, you will be wasted, let's do a good job in advance." That Shinoda is better than a monkey, and he is extremely treacherous, if he first lets him know about "Daito and the Map", he destroys all the original volumes, and we have no evidence. ”

In fact, Zhao Chuanxin was also very distressed.

In terms of diplomacy, the Qing court was weak and unruly.

However, if you learn a little bit of Japan and a stick, or if you are tougher and more aggressive, you will not be controlled by others everywhere.

Little Japan was also forcibly knocked on the door of the country, but they did not always feel that they could not do anything else, but went around doing things.

Cixi was beaten twice, and her civilian clothes fell into disarray.

And he can't really provoke a war, because a full-scale war can't be fought at all.

If the backwater army is defeated, with Cixi's urine nature, it will retreat again and again.

Besides, he was not mainly there to fight, but mainly to regain the land. It's not beautiful.

He said helplessly: "I don't know what you guys think." The little devil and the stick are obviously gaining inches. transferred all the Beiyang troops outside the gate, and clearly told the little devil that if he dared to come, he would do it, and fight to the last soldier, do you think he is afraid? It had only been a year or two since the Russo-Japanese War was fought, and they did not dare to continue the war. ”

This is really Zhao Chuanxin.

Wu Luzhen sneered: "I can't make the decision in this matter." In addition, the matter of diplomacy is not so simple, Japan does not dare to provoke a war, and we do not dare either, and we cannot afford to fight it for the time being. It's better not to fight without bloodshed. ”

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes rolled.

During this time, he was actually making an idea.

He suddenly asked, "If we recapture the area of the island, what are you going to do with this land?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Wu Luzhen was a little confused.

Not only him, but also Xu Shichang, Chen Zhaochang, and even Cixi must not have thought about this problem.

What can be done?

Naturally, it was how it was before and how it will be in the future.

"This, the Majima area, was originally a land that the imperial court kindly cultivated for the Korean people who were in distress. I guess it will be the same in the future. ”

"!" Zhao Chuanxin was furious: "Lessons from the past, give them free land, and they will tell you in the end that this is the land boundary of South Korea." In another ten years, they will make a comeback and kick their noses in the face. ”

That's just the way it is.

After World War II, some of the sticks of the Majima life returned to their countries, and the rest remained to be assimilated.

However, these sticks, who had been kindly taken in by the Qing court, swore that the island had been the inherent territory of Korea since ancient times.

If you turn your face, you don't recognize people.

Zhao Chuanxin will not get used to their problems.

"Uh...... Isn't it Captain Zhao, what do you think? ”

"Of course!" Because he knew that Wu Luzhen was an undercover agent lurking in the Qing court, Zhao Chuanxin didn't have too many scruples, and said directly: "I have fallen in love with this place." If I want to come back, this will be used as a base for the backwater army, and I will count the household registration and collect taxes! ”

Off the charts!

It turned out to be this idea.

In essence, this had little effect on the Qing court.

The land of Majima Island is like a rich man casually throwing a bowl of rice to a roadside beggar, and he doesn't plan to get anything in return. The rice had already been eaten, and the Qing court was now only declaring sovereignty over the bowl.

However, if Zhao Chuanxin collected taxes privately and was known by the Qing court, his temperament would be completely different.

Lafayette in the Forbidden City has always been stingy and merciless to his own people, and he is submissive to outsiders.

Can she bear this?

"Captain Zhao, I'm afraid this is difficult, right?"

"It's man-made. Xu Shichang doesn't say it, you don't say it, as long as I get Chen Zhaochang's old man done at that time, then Cixi will never have a chance to know. ”

It's a good trick to draw salary.

However, in fact, those local officials of the Qing court did not do anything less than anything of this nature.

Officials hide from each other, officials protect each other, and it's no problem if everyone doesn't poke out. If Zhao Chuanxin can get everyone done, it makes no difference.

However, Wu Luzhen still said: "If you can drive out the Japanese, and you collect taxes on the Korean reclamation farmers in Majima, won't the good reputation you have accumulated in the Majima area all in vain?" ”

"Lao Wu, don't you think that I drew those cartoons and said that the backwater army and they wear a pair of pants, I really think about them, right? Wait for little Japan to leave, and see how I fix these cheap bones! Those who follow me prosper, those who oppose me die, and life or death depends on whether they are obedient or not. ”

Wu Luzhen gasped.

The Japanese, Koreans, and Qing court show off the lower limit, and may be able to take advantage.

can be more shameless than the one in front of him, that is really the wrong opponent!

Crossing the river and demolishing bridges, unloading mills and killing donkeys, Zhao Chuanxin understands it, and there are a lot of them.

Zhao continued: "Although the population here is large, the land is also fertile. But don't forget that this is the gateway for Japan to come to our territory through Korea. The backwater army is not an advantage, and if the little devil comes to commit it, we will bear the brunt. One is inappropriate, maybe one day in the future, the backstabbing army will all sacrifice their lives for the country. ”

Wu Luzhen didn't write wheels and couldn't see through the future.

He was noncommittal: "No, not to that point." ”

Zhao Chuanxin reciprocated: "Hehe." ”

At this point, the roast goose is almost ready.

Zhao Chuanxin asked someone to carry a wooden stick and dragged the roast goose out.

He shouted, "Get on the board!" ”

But there is an extra kitchen knife in his hand, pull out the goosetail needle, drain the water in the chest, and chop it to the table!

The skin is golden red in color, and the fragrance is pervasive inside.

Everyone couldn't wait.

Zhao Chuanxin roared: "Have you spread the cake over there?" ”

"It's done, here it is."

"Bring the green onions!"

Someone brought the washed green onions, and Zhao Chuanxin pressed them on the board and cut them into sections.

He rolled the roast goose and green onions into the cake and handed Wu Luzhen and his entourage a piece of cake.

"There are only a few roast geese, and one person will have a piece of cake, and there will be more."

Wu Luzhen took a bite, and when she chewed the goose skin inside, it was crispy and full of oil, and the fragrance immediately bloomed on the tip of her tongue.

Mugwort grass, what a special enjoyment, this is what people should eat.

Zhao Chuanxin rolled one for dry rice, rolled another one himself, and said to Cui Fenghua: "You go wash your hands, and then roll it up and share it with everyone." ”

He himself was lying on the chaise longue and eating comfortably.

All around, there was the sound of smacking.

It was raining spring rain outside, and the shed was feasting, and the artistic conception was immediately there.

After eating, Zhao Chuanxin drank a cup of tea to relieve his greasyness.

Delicious is delicious, that is, the monk has more meat and less meat, and he is not full.

And Wu Luzhen said in his heart that it was in vain.

He continued to ask: "Captain Zhao, then look, when did you bother you to leave for South Korea?" ”

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the rain curtain outside the shed and said, "Take a look, wait for an information, and I'll leave when the information arrives." ”

People are not quiet on rainy days.

Similarly, someone braved the rain and came to Chen Daguang's ready-to-wear shop.

The guy saw this person and gave him a courteous reception: "Please come in the guest officer." ”

Naoko Yuka was led to the back hall, skillfully picked up a pen and paper and wrote hard, and after writing, he stuffed it into an envelope, and the man sent fire paint, heated it and stuck it to the mouth of the envelope.

Naoko Yuka has a gold ring in her hand, and the ring is a yang-carved flower, like a lotus, like a mandala, although the shape is complex but regular, faintly revealing a bit of mystery.

This flower is drawn according to the pattern that appears in front of the eyes of a person who has cultivated the "Taiyi Jinhua Purpose" when meditating.

The true Qi of the innate Taiyi, looking inside and outside, penetrates the truth of all things.

Yuka Naoko imprinted the ring face on the fire paint, left the pattern, and then floated away.

The man, on the other hand, called someone, wrapped the letter in waterproof paper, and then sent it to Laoyinggou in the rain.

When Zhao Chuanxin received the letter, he opened it and looked at it, with a relaxed smile on his face.

Liu Yonghe asked him curiously: "What did the Japanese girls say this time?" ”

Before, the letter had been delivered directly to him. But since Zhao Chuanxin came, he has missed the content of several letters.

Zhao Chuanxin didn't mean to show him, and said: "I have to go to South Korea, and when I come back, I should close the net." When the time comes, it is estimated that little Japan will be completely annoyed and angry. You're ready, you might have to be tough head-on. ”

It's not that it's been before, but Zhao Chuanxin can be so solemn, which shows that this toughness should be stronger than before.

Although Liu Yonghe did not approve of Zhao Chuanxin's way of leading troops, he still admired Zhao Chuanxin's method of playing with little Japan above applause.

The facts are there, and little Japan is now overwhelmed and anxious every day.

The progress of their construction of the Tongjian Government police station was forcibly delayed.

Zhao Chuanxin said to Liu Yonghe again: "Remember the pit that was dug that day, find a piece of cowhide and cover it on the tank." Find someone to listen day and night, and if a large group of men and horses attack, we can hear it from miles away. ”

"Will this work?" Liu Yonghe was skeptical.

"You don't understand, this is a trick used in ancient wars, and it works very well. Every day, when we go out for a morning run, you ask people to carefully distinguish the difference between the number of people and the distance, and grasp the pattern first. In case my dog jumps over the wall one day, it may come in handy. ”

……

On the original trajectory, Saito Kijiro and Shinoda Jikei would cross the river in Hoeryeong, North Korea, pass through Dongshengyong, Juzi Street, Tongfo Temple, Tianbao Mountain, Toudaogou, Longjing Village, and finally return to Zhongcheng in North Korea.

They spent two weeks inspecting the Hailan River and Burhatong River basins, which are inhabited by South Korean reclamation farmers.

On the one hand, it is to give an answer to the South Korean Unified Supervision Office, and on the other hand, it is also determined to establish a unified supervision office police station in Longjing Village.

But now, they were completely disrupted by Zhao Chuanxin, and let Zhao Chuanxin lead the way.

Therefore, after returning to Zhongcheng this time, the two of them frowned.

Because I'm going to a banquet soon, how should I explain to Hirobumi Ito?

Saito Jijiro regretted that he was not at the beginning, and said after the fact: "We shouldn't have fought any public opinion war with Zhao Chuanxin, this person's control of people's hearts is too terrifying." It's up to us to do it according to our own plan. ”

In the words, there is no lack of complaining.

Fighting a war of public opinion, they were defeated on all fronts.

Previously, he fully trusted Shinoda Jike, and at first Shinoda Jiharu did a good job.

Until Zhao Chuanxin appeared in the backwater army.

Shinoda Jiseki is not like this, at first he felt that love and career were both fruitful.

Now that his career has been hit, he can't help but feel a little sluggish between his eyebrows.

That is, Naoko Yuka, her gentle and intimate soothing made him feel a trace of warmth.

He said bitterly: "As a last resort, we will let Ito Hirobumi be the superintendent and send a note to the Qing court. It is said that the island is Chinese territory or South Korean territory, and it has not been resolved for a long time. There were more than 100,000 Korean people who were abused by horse thieves and scoundrels. Therefore, the Unified Supervisor should send personnel to Majima Island for protection. In this way, we will first set up the police station, and the rest will slowly be dealt with Zhao Chuanxin. ”

This is to first create established facts, and then play scoundrels to argue with the Qing court.

The backwater army is what they call "horse thieves" and "scoundrels".

It's very Japanese!

Having said that, Shinoda was very uneasy inside.

Because they are scoundrels, Zhao Chuanxin is even more scoundrel, and he is even more than that.

There is a downside to slandering the backwater army as "horse thieves" and "scoundrels".

For example, if Zhao Chuanxin does something out of the ordinary at that time, I am afraid that the Qing court will directly shirk it and say that it is none of their business, and this is all done by "horse thieves" and "scoundrels".

There is also an advantage, that is, Japan has another reason to build a police station.

Anyway, they will have a headache when the time comes.

Saito Jijiro was ruthless: "That's it." At that time, if Zhao Chuanxin continues to make trouble, I will lead troops to level him and the backwater army. ”

Shinoda Jice got up: "Then, I'll take my leave first, and I need to go back and prepare." ”

……

They are preparing, and so is Zhao Chuanxin.

He organized his space and stored a large number of canned food and bedding and other items in the hidden warehouse that Zhu Jianye had prepared earlier as inventory.

The shells of the Krupp field guns were replenished.

In the end, he asked Wu Luzhen to prepare a stick translator entourage named Jin Wuzhi.

Why find a stick to be a translator?

Because Zhao Chuanxin felt that he could abandon him at any time and let him fend for himself without feeling guilty.

(End of chapter)