"Do you know that there is now a kind of warship made purely of steel in the West? You heard it right, it is made of pure steel. From the keel to the shell, it is all made of steel, and it is powered by coal. Inside the warship There is a big boiler that relies on the power of flames to run across the sea..."
"On the North American continent, people invented the technology of transmitting sound over thousands of miles. Even if people are separated by hundreds or thousands of miles, as long as they are connected by a line, they can transmit intelligence information to each other instantly. They call this technology Telegraph machine..."
"There is also a ball that can fly into the sky. It can carry people directly to the top of the white clouds. No ambush on the earth can escape his eyes. As long as there is a soldier on it who raises a flag, you will be the reincarnation of Sun Wu. Don’t even think about laying an ambush in front of such an enemy..."
"Oh, by the way, there is also a very weird kind of ship called a submarine that can hide its entire hull underwater and sail, sneak up on the enemy, and hit and run..."
What Xiao Letian said was so satisfying, he didn't even care about the old men bragging about their beards, staring at them, pounding the table and swearing. Please come to more and faster chapters. The young people were stunned. The top courtesans even took out pens and paper and started taking shorthand. It is very likely that someone will talk about this story in Baihualou tomorrow. Just let the masters of Western learning argue with the Confucians, or simply let the foreigners talk nonsense.
What Xiao Letian said was pleasant, but others may not be happy to hear it. Just when Xiao Letian was talking about a heavy machine gun called Gatling, Luo Hao and Luo Hanlin suddenly said, "Mr. Xiao, is this true what you said?" ?”
"Nonsense, nonsense! Look, this is the great master of Western learning that you admire? It's just a joke..." Wang Hanlin intervened.
Xiao Letian took a sip of tea to moisten his throat. "You don't believe it? Then how about I make a bet with you. Let's go directly to the US Embassy, and I will even pay for my own travel expenses to send you overseas to see with your own eyes. For more and faster chapters, please arrive."
"If I am talking nonsense, then I swear here that I will never be an official for the rest of my life, and I will also let my descendants give up the official path... However, what if I win? Are you willing to resign? , and then none of the descendants will pursue an official career for three generations?"
Xiao Letian's words blew through Baihua Tower like a cold wind, and even the prostitutes were stunned. In the feudal dynasty, you gambled your career, and even your descendants. This was worse than gambling on your life. Everyone was silent for a while, even Wang Laohanlin was dumbfounded.
"What's wrong? You're all mute! Weren't you very eloquent just now? Didn't the saint say, 'You can die if you hear the Tao in the morning?' You are not even afraid of death, but you are still attached to the official position? Hahaha, it turns out that you are only talking about words. It’s so profitable…”
Xiao Letian picked up the cane on the coffee table next to him and raised his head to drain the wine on the table. "Brother, when I'm done drinking, I won't accompany you anymore, but I'll say one more thing. The world today is undergoing major changes that haven't happened in three thousand years." The world outside is moving forward at a rapid pace, and although we used to be at the forefront, we are now far behind."
"One wrong step, one wrong step after another. If one day foreigners block the entrance of Dagu in a giant steel ship like the one I mentioned, the cannonballs on it will blow up the Zhengyang Gate with just one shot. Tens of thousands of bullets will be fired in an instant. Heavy machine guns are set up at the top of the city. When you are all slaves to the subjugation of your country, please don’t forget that in the spring of the fourth year of Tongzhi, there was once a lonely overseas guest who wanted to make the Qing Dynasty rich and powerful, and wanted to tell the secrets of the foreigners. for everyone……"
"If there really comes a day, I don't know who our descendants will scold! Farewell..." After saying this, Xiao Letian raised his legs and walked out.
"Stop! You are so arrogant, you are so arrogant. How could we in the Qing Dynasty allow you, a Japanese devil, to act so wildly!" Mr. Wang Shizheng was so angry that his beard trembled. As a scholar with a traditional education, his thinking has been deeply ingrained in his mind, and he has long been completely repulsive towards new things.
In addition, he was old and senior in the Imperial Academy, so even the emperor and the queen mother were very polite when they saw him talking to him. It is precisely for this reason that the old man has a doting temperament. Today he came to Xiao Letian to slap him in the face, but he didn't expect that his attack failed, and instead he was taught a lesson by this shameless Japanese devil. First, he blocked everyone's mouths with bad curses, and then he insinuated that he would become a sinner through the ages.
It would be strange if Old Hanlin could bear this kind of insult. Once he got angry, Old Hanlin would not stop talking. "You, you, you... you are an unfaithful and unfilial barbarian who has forgotten benevolence, justice, propriety and wisdom!"
"You are unfilial to give up your ancestral home and join the foreigners. You are disloyal to belittle the government and don't leave your hair in pigtails. You are using the power of foreigners to dominate Lian Erye, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to seize other people's concubines, and even harm others. Fan Qian and his brother separated, you are being unkind and unjust..."
"How can you be so shameless in this world? Poor Fan Qian's only daughter has become your plaything. You are a lewd thief... I ask you, is Second Master Lian the result of your anger? Were you in the Taihang Mountains? The caravan has occupied the Huniu girl..."
Good guy, this is like poking Xiao Letian's lungs. The first update. He really didn't expect that in order to suppress his reputation, this kind of bastard scholar would actually involve women and talk nonsense.
This was the Qing Dynasty, when feudal ethics were the strictest. Once this basin of dirty water was poured on Xiao Letian and Huniu, it would be completely impossible to clean them away. Xiao Letian is a modern man who is not afraid of anything and doesn't care about such things, but Huniu does care. When the time comes, the little girl will be sprayed to death by public opinion, and even suicide is possible.
"Is this the Hanlin of the Qing Dynasty? Making up nonsense, slandering and using rumors to ruin other people's reputations?" Xiao Letian was completely furious. He exuded an aggressive murderous aura. He was not a weak scholar with no restraints. , he really dares to kill people.
Xiao Letian now had five lives directly in his hands. The invisible murderous look in his eyes made all the scholars and prostitutes in Baihua Building feel as cold as a cold wind. At this moment, in a small box on the top floor of Baihua Building, a man suddenly hummed in surprise.
"Awesome! The scholar actually has murderous intent? This guy is really interesting..."
At this time, Wang Hanlin was also willing to go all out. He was not looking for trouble with Xiao Letian out of pure indignation today. He had received Fan Ru's 200 taels of pen fee, and he came specifically to cause trouble. Even the great Confucians around him also I took Fan Ru's money.
This group of mercenaries jumped up one by one and pointed at Xiao Letian's nose and scolded him.
"Bold madman, my brother is a dignified third-rank Hanlin scholar. How could I wrongly accuse you, a barbarian..."
"Her uncle Fan Ru has already told us about the scandalous things you and Huniu did. Who do you want to hide it from? Even if you hide it from the world, the sky above your head will not spare you..."
"Let him kill, don't stop me, let him kill... How can I, Wang Shizheng, be afraid of such a treacherous person with his righteousness? At worst, I and you will die together..."
After saying that, Master Wang was going crazy and wanted to go around the round table to fight Xiao Letian. Several old men nearby quickly started a fight, and in the entanglement, a whole table of food and wine was overturned.
Xiao Letian now had a sneer on his face. He secretly winked at little Simon in the corner of the room. The clever Simon had already started taking secret photos. Anyway, the hall was brightly lit and there was no need for a flash to fill in the light. There was no need to take secret photos. People pay attention.
Wang Hanlin was being held up like a fierce tiger, cursing angrily, pointing with his hands, and there were all soupy dishes at his feet. The old man has completely become the embodiment of justice, quoting scriptures and rhyming with the same rules. He will use five thousand years of Chinese culture to fight against this two devils. At that moment, he has transformed into the patron saint of Chinese culture. As long as he has him, no one in the Western powers can think of it. Destroyed the Qing Dynasty.
The old madam of Baihualou has cried all over her face. She never imagined that a good literary party would turn into a fight in the end, and tomorrow all the brothels in Beijing would have to laugh at herself.
In the entire Baihua Building, men were arguing, women were crying, some were cursing, and many were trying to stop fights. Several banquet tables were knocked over during the jostling. Until the end, it was Luo Hao, Luo Hanlin and Wen Xiu and Wen Zhangjing, two die-hard fans of Xiao Letian, who took advantage of the chaos to escort the overseas lone guest out, and they handed him over with guilt on their faces.
"Brother Luo and Brother Wen, you don't have to blame yourself. There are so many people in the Qing Dynasty who are stupid because of their studies. You don't have to feel sorry for them. I will be the host in the next two days and invite you two alone in the Fan Mansion. Brother." After saying that, Xiao Letian got on the foreigner's carriage and left Bada Hutong in a hurry.
Just when the carriage started, a figure walked in. It was Xiao Letian's personal guard Sima Yun. "Sima Yun, from today onwards, you have been keeping an eye on Wang Shizheng for me. You have clearly remembered what he ate, what he wore, who he met, even if he slept with that woman. If you dare to scold my wife, I can’t kill him!”
"Yes!" Sima Yun said nothing and disappeared into the night of Beijing.
Xiao Letian, the lonely overseas guest, left. Wang Hanlin was as energetic as a victorious fighting cock. He proudly left Baihua Tower under the gaze of many literati. Most of the other literati dispersed, and of course there were some who were not very discreet and hugged a few beautiful women to spend time together. That was their own business.
When Baihua Building was completely quiet, the remote private room on the second floor suddenly opened a small door. A pair of eagle eyes looked around the hall and then shrank back.
"Ninth Marshal, Xiao Letian has left, Wang Hanlin has also left..." There was only a lonely table of food and wine in the private room and a middle-aged man in his forties. He was the so-called Ninth Marshal.
"Are you leaving?" Jiu Shuai slowly rotated the wine glass, watching the amber daughter red spinning in the glass, and whispered to himself, "Talent, what a fucking precious talent. Eagle, mark it for me." Wait, keep an eye on this Xiao Letian, and don’t make any move unless your life is in danger. This is your mission in the near future, so go ahead.”
As soon as Jiu Shuai finished speaking, Eagle's body suddenly flashed. He couldn't see clearly what was going on. The person had actually rolled out of the window, and there was no sound at all.
Jiu Shuai was the only one left in the room. He suddenly smiled, "Brother, I didn't want to go back to Beijing early, but I didn't expect that such a strange man would appear in Beijing. I didn't come here in vain! I really want to see it. , is your elm-headed head really clueless?"
At this time, he suddenly shouted, "Come here, call all the most beautiful girls in Baihualou. I'm going to drink today, and I'll take care of the second half..."
The Ninth Commander roared, and suddenly more than twenty men in black emerged from the dark alleys in front and behind Baihua Building, as well as from the rooftops. They pulled out lancets one by one and rushed into the private rooms. After a while, They kicked out the few bare-butt literati who remained, and they didn't even have time to put on their clothes.
"Who are you? Lang Lang Qian Kun..." Before they could finish speaking, a yellow object suddenly appeared in the arms of these literati. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a twelve-layer gold ingot.
"Oh, I'm leaving now, I'm leaving right away. Have a good time upstairs..." After a while, Baihua Building was completely closed.
