Chapter 103 Changes
After reading it, Liu Dalin was a little hard to figure out the meaning. [No pop-up novel website] In the first part, there is obviously a self-reporting of his grievances and an expression of the "last resort" to fight with the army, but in the second part, he is showing off his illustrious martial arts skills in this great victory. This ambivalence puzzled him.
He himself was very conflicted. In his opinion, it was reasonable for the government to send troops to suppress the country. The so-called "under the whole world" is not the royal territory. Although the Australians did not raise the flag and fire off artillery in Lingao and openly rebelled, they did not act as if they were enemies of the country.
But Australians, whether locally or in Guangdong, have never done anything wrong, and the people have benefited from them. Especially in Lingao, the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment in recent years - this is all due to them. From a sentimental perspective, the government's campaign of suppression is not in line with the popular sentiment of the people.
The imperial court holds the truth, and the Australians hold the people's hearts.
He suddenly thought of Mencius's remarks about "people's hearts" in shock, and felt a chill on his back. He didn't want to think about it any more, but he no longer imagined that he simply regarded the Kun thieves as "overseas barbarians" as he did in the past.
While she was deep in thought, the lady called the servant and asked:
"My wife said that tomorrow is the day to give lectures at Molixuan. I asked the master if he wants to go?"
Liu Dalin pondered for a moment. Since the Australians had already fought with the officers and soldiers, the best way to describe it was that they were "giant bandits" such as Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong. Whether he should continue to give lectures at Moli Xuan became a big problem.
The intention of his wife and his friends and classmates was to tell him not to go there again so as not to get involved in trouble in the future.
After careful consideration, he nodded: "I'll still go tomorrow."
There was hesitation on the servant's face: "Going tomorrow?"
"Of course you have to go," he said with emphasis. Molixuan is not a school run by Australians: it is a free school in Lingao that has been passed down for hundreds of years. Since I have taken up a teaching position in it, I have to go.
After saying that, he continued to stare blankly at the light beam in the distance. After a while, he said as if he had just woken up from a dream: "Go back to the upper room."
The servants respectfully pushed his wheelchair back to the upper room to rest. When the master rested, the servants dispersed to relieve themselves. A young servant was packing the master's wheelchair. The housekeeper told him: This wheelchair is a bit "tight". Tomorrow, he will push it to Dongmen City to find a Tiandihui store to pack it up.
"Buy me a few boxes of cigarettes by the way." After giving the order, he took out a stack of circulation coupons from his arms and carefully counted a few of them to the young man. "I want to buy 'Bairentan', not 'Gaoshanling', remember. Are you staying? I’ll give you this twenty-five cent note as your pocket change.”
Butler Zhao smiled proudly. This kind of wealth is really effortless.
When the army was about to attack, the circulation certificates had been devalued for a while, and everyone was eager to spend their money. There was a small "rush buying trend" in the markets everywhere, and many people were eager to get rid of the money in their hands. Circulation notes were exchanged for goods and silver and copper coins. The crisis was quickly subsided due to the strong intervention of the Finance Committee and the Planning Institute. However, some impatient people suffered heavy losses in this small financial craze because they sold circulating certificates at low prices.
But Butler Zhao got a lot of extra money from this trend. He went against the grain and used the copper coins on hand to buy circulating notes. When the storm passed, he made a small fortune after doing some calculations. Butler Zhao trusts the Australians so much because his son is now working for the Australians and has become a "cadre" in a government office called the "General Office". Specially responsible for taking care of the lives of the "elders". And his grandson is studying in Fangcaodi. Therefore, Butler Zhao is very clear about the affairs of the Australians. This time when officers and soldiers came to encircle and suppress them, although he kept silent about who won and who lost, he already knew for sure.
Things were arranged for the evening. He sat in the concierge on the middle door and prepared for the night. While smoking, he took out the cards and played "Australian Customs Clearance". This kind of card game has just become popular recently. Because you can play it alone without the suspicion of gambling, it is very popular with people with strict family traditions.
The singing outside was getting louder and louder. It was probably Nanbao's parade marching towards Bairen. The housekeeper knew that they were singing Australian Protestant songs. His grandchildren could also sing this song, and they often sang it at home. practise. Like his father, his grandchildren now have Australian-style shaved heads and wear double-breasted jackets. They look very energetic and are full of new words that he does not understand.
Butler Zhao was very pleased. He often said: "The feng shui of our old Zhao family should also be changed. We can't always give people to the current people." Since he didn't know which ancestor, his family has been serving as a servant and servant for generations. Butler Zhao came to Gao from the mainland with Liu Dalin's father who was an official abroad when he was young. In the past few decades, he has become a housekeeper from a bookboy. It can be regarded as climbing to the highest level of slave.
The arrival of the Australians unexpectedly gave the family a new possibility. Butler Zhao's son originally went to work for the Australians because he couldn't make up for the vacancies in Liu's house. Many people felt that this son of the Zhao family was too bold. Now not only has his identity changed, but he has also bought a house, and his food and enjoyment are no worse than those of local landlords. Make the people around you jealous. The sarcastic people are now asking how they can work for Australians.
He listened to the singing outside and thought that some of his grandchildren were probably singing in the team. The eldest grandson was ten years old and would be able to work for the Australian master in a few years. My life is improving day by day.
As he laid out his cards, he hummed to the tune of "The Grenadier March."
The parade gathered from all directions and piled up a pile of firewood as high as a hill in the center of the stadium. It was already burning, the flames were soaring into the sky, and the two rows of torch cages on the pillars were also lit. The huge torch cage on the torch stand burned with huge flames. The entire stadium was shrouded in flames. Many small stage searchlights danced in the air. On the black sky background, eight huge light pillars shot at the bottom of the low clouds like tangible bodies, as if they penetrated the clouds and reached directly into the sky.
Weapons captured from the Battle of Chengmai: various cannons were displayed one by one around the fire. The firelight reflected the light on the bronze and black iron cannons. Swords, guns, armor, firearms...all kinds of armor were piled into huge triangular cone-shaped piles. The most terrifying thing among them is a large pile of thousands of helmets piled into a triangular cone shape, which glows strangely under the firelight.
The pillars were hung with flags - they were Ming army flags captured in Chengmai. All kinds of flags, torn, stained with blood and soil, were hung in rows under the pillars on both wings. .
Columns composed of students, militiamen, police, guard companies and sailors held torches and flags and marched along the runway in unison, changing their formations according to the rhythm. Although things were rushed and the formation could not be changed into too complicated, the effect was enough to shock the people participating in the parade. They lost all senses and ability to judge, and they just kept making huge cheers and waves to the rhythm of the music while waving the lanterns and torches in the book.
The ordinary people who were not organized to participate in the parade but just came to watch the excitement stared in astonishment. Such a spectacular scene was far beyond their imagination. They were all trembling and fearful, keeping their distance, but watching with extraordinary fascination. Uniforms, queues, firelights and majestic marching music stirred up the hearts of young people full of energy.
"This scene is so familiar, a fake and shoddy copy. You still lack a straight black and brown uniform." The golden woman who was filming with a DV in the corner of the rostrum made a mocking voice.
Tintin immediately stopped his girlfriend's comments. But this comment has fallen on the ears of several people.
Wei Aiwen nodded repeatedly: "I think we have achieved the best results based on the existing conditions."
No one else spoke. This familiar scene made them full of emotions, and they became more and more aware of what role they played in this new world. Some people feel a burst of fear for the new society and new order that they have created with their own hands and have now sprouted and begun to grow. Others are filled with ecstasy and anticipation for the future.
Fang Fei was one of the people who suddenly felt scared. He is the author of all these rituals. He didn't innovate anything, he just transplanted and adapted it to adapt to this new environment. Although the scene in front of him was spectacular, he felt that he actually liked the scene where many beautiful girls were wearing very little fabric and playing with each other.
Fang Fei quietly glanced at the people standing on the rostrum in order of power. Wen Desi, Ma Qianxu, Wu De, Cheng Dong, Ma Jia... They all stood in the center of the rostrum wearing crisp uniforms. The spotlight shone on them, and also on the huge wooden emblem on the stone wall behind them, the prow of the huge holy ship, the halo, gears, ears of wheat, swords and shields. These people stood under the huge emblem, and were coated with a layer of light by the beam of the spotlight, making them look tall and extraordinary. A camera panned across their faces. Some people were smiling and waving, while others looked serious and seemed to be thinking about important issues.
Huang Hankun was also crowded in the crowd, watching this unprecedented scene. Although he was extremely shocked, he still secretly said: "It's really a bunch of demons dancing in chaos." He originally did not believe that the officers and soldiers would be defeated in Chengmai, thinking that they just defeated a small advance force of the officers and soldiers. But the piles of armor and cannons in the center of the square and the flags under the colonnade are not fake. Even the thieves couldn't have obtained so many weapons, armor, battleships and flags. The Huang family has collaborated with officers and soldiers many times and knows the equipment of the officers and soldiers well. These things cannot be faked, and there is no need to fake them.
He squeezed out of the crowd silently. Get on the sedan and go to the county seat. He had been staying at Li Xiaopeng's house since it was rumored that the army was going to suppress the bandits. When Li Xiaopeng followed him to make trouble with his father-in-law, the two of them formed a "deep fighting friendship." The two of them dreamed of welcoming the restoration of the army and secretly started activities.
Li Xiaopeng was originally very radical and was willing to donate a few hundred taels of silver to cover his expenses, allowing Huang Hankun to secretly organize Xiangyong to attack ox carts on the road; attack individual policemen and cadres; send people to set fires, etc.
However, Huang Hankun knew that it was absolutely impossible to deal with the Kun thieves and coordinate the government and army with force. Unless the Kun thief escapes on his own, he can get hundreds of people to follow behind him. If he fights head-on, he is looking for death. Therefore, their secret activities were nothing more than colluding with those who were dissatisfied with the Australians, and they held several meetings in a row. Huang Xunkun was quite a strategic person. He thought that if he wanted to raise a team, he might not be able to arm the local troops to respond to the officers and soldiers, but he could spend some time on spying on the news. At present, some people were assigned to inquire about the military situation of the Kun thieves, some went to Bairen City and Bopu to draw maps, and some went to teahouses and other places to chat with "cadres" to find out the true and false status of the Kun thieves. Huang Hankun planned to collect the information from the spy and then send someone to Chengmai.
But he soon learned what it means to be a scholar who has been rebelling for ten years. A soldier who was sent to investigate the military camp near Bairen City was originally aggressive and impassioned, but after going there a few times, he was suddenly stopped and asked a few questions. He was frightened out of his wits, and immediately after returning, he The disease never showed up again. Huang Hankun was originally grateful that although this person was not helpful, he did not leak the truth. Unexpectedly, in the next few days, several people reported illness or claimed to have family affairs and stopped coming to participate in this cause. As soon as everyone's excitement passed, and the Australians outside were more closely investigating, they gradually slacked off, and even meetings were called. Not even. But because Li Xiaopeng fell in love with a female "cadre" under Kun thief, he suddenly became cold-hearted about expelling Kun thief. Huang Xunkun's strategy of joining the army also went bankrupt.
When Huang Xunkun was helpless, Huang Shoutong sent someone to find his son. The father and son talked for a long time in the secret room. Huang Shoutong warned his son not to act rashly again, let alone go out to greet the officers and soldiers himself, lest the officers and soldiers really come and Huangjiazhai will be too burdened. If the officers and soldiers were defeated and the Kun bandits took revenge, Huangjiazhai would be razed to the ground.
It seems that his father has thought carefully, and he can clearly see Huang Hankun secretly thinking in the sedan chair. If he really has to go ahead with his own ideas, I am afraid that Huangjiazhai will be destroyed this time, and several family friends in Chengmai will be destroyed. Someone sent a message saying that the Kun bandits had destroyed several famous villages in Chengmai. He couldn't help but secretly feel happy.
It seems that if you want to fight against the Kun thief, you have to be shady and soft. As my father said in the past, if you want to "delay", you can only wait patiently and wait for the opportunity.
But where does this opportunity come from? After the defeat of the army, it would be impossible to mobilize a large army to fight back within three to five years. And looking at the appearance just now, this group of fools and fools have already bowed to them and worshiped them as gods. Huang Henkun thought hard, but when the sedan arrived at Li's house, he still hadn't thought of Chou Yin Mao.
In order to monitor the movements of Kun thief at any time, he still lived in Li's house for a long time. When he returned to the west study room where he was staying, he saw that it was dark inside and there were no lights on. He couldn't help but secretly cursed his servant Huang Ping for being too slack. Then he went into the house and lit the candles.
Just as he was about to ask someone to fetch water to wash up, Huang Ping had already come in from outside. He was only a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old. His face was full of excitement.
"Where have you been? It's late and you can't even hold a light," Huang Hankun scolded.
Huang Ping didn't have time to admit his mistake and ask for forgiveness, so he quickly told his master the big news:
"Second Young Master Li and Fourth Young Master went to register today to go to school in Fangcaodi."
"What did you say?" Huang Hankun was surprised. Young Master Li is the younger brother of Li Xiaopeng, who is only eleven years old this year. You have been studying at home, why do you suddenly want to go to Kun Zei's school? He knew that what was taught at Fangcaodi was all Australian knowledge and had nothing to do with the teachings of Confucius and Mencius.
Australian knowledge can indeed be called the study of applying knowledge to the world and studying things to gain knowledge, but learning this kind of thing cannot be done through scientific examination.
He almost blurted out, "Mr. Li is crazy," but after thinking about it, he realized that the Li family was preparing to sell themselves out and take refuge. They sent their unimportant bastard to Fangcaodi to go to school, which was tantamount to betraying their sincerity.
The Kun thieves did not originally ask the wealthy Jin gentry in Lingao to do this. Now that the Li family is the first to do it, they will definitely get the attention of the thief Kun, and they will definitely get a lot of benefits.
Thinking that the Li family had quietly made such a 18o turn, Huang Hankun not only felt resentful but also scared - what if the Li family secretly organized people to prepare for an uprising by the government and army and sold it out? , Huangjiazhai is completely finished.
He was silent for a while, feeling that the Li family was not in a position to do this. The fact that they sent a bastard illustrates this point. The Li family just wants to step into two different boats. Indeed, anyone who can take refuge in the thief will be rich now. This is something that no one can remain indifferent to.
But this thought also inspired him. Since the thieves cannot be defeated from the outside for a while, they can only go deep into them to truly grasp their reality. For example, why are Kun Thief's firearms so sharp? What methods can they use to make many unthinkable things come true? Huang Hankun felt that as long as he understood these things clearly, he would know where the key points of the Kun thieves were, and then they could be expelled or even eliminated in one fell swoop.
Thinking of this, his eyes fell on Huang Ping. The book boy was looking at him a little uneasily.
"Why are you happy that his young master is going to Fangcaodi?"
"I'm not happy about this..." He hesitated a little. After asking for a long time, Huang Hankun found out that it turned out that several thieves had just arrived in the Li family, and one of them turned out to be a female thieves who were talking to someone in the flower hall.
"She is a real female Australian," Huang Ping emphasized.
"Oh?" Huang Xunkun became interested. The Li family and Kun Thief had never socialized with each other. What's the purpose of the thief Kun's sudden visit to the Li family tonight? When he heard that the Li family was going to send their concubine to Fangcaodi to study, he couldn't help but become very curious. a! ~!
