"Shaoquan, Lan Qing, young Master Wu, this is my confidante Xu Yuegui and Xu Nuxia... She just came from Hunan and brought me a strange book."
In the living room of the garden house, Luo Xueyan was introducing his confidante Xu Yuegui to Li Hongzhang, Wang Libin and Wu Chaoyue.
This garden house belongs to Wu Chaoyue. Today's meeting was also arranged by Wu Chaoyue. Not only Li Hongzhang was invited, but also Wang Libin from Shanghai Mohai Library was invited. This is an outstanding person. China was the first to open its eyes to see the world.
He was one of the earliest translators, journalists, political commentators, and New School educators in China. It is said that he once went to Tianjing, the capital of the Taiping Rebellion, to take the exam for the "long-haired number one scholar" under a pseudonym.
It's a pity that although he was born at the right time, he has no clear master, so he can only advocate progress and lead the way for those who come after him.
After Luo Xueyan became the lord of Shanghai, he asked Wu Chaoyue to introduce this person to his staff, but he did not let him immediately join his core team. Instead, he introduced him to Li Hongzhang and asked him to accompany him as a staff member of "Xue Shuai"
Li Hongzhang went abroad.
This is not because Luo Xueshuai does not value talents, but because Luo Dashuai has an important task of "going abroad to fool foreigners" to him.
"Yuegui has met Mr. Li, Mr. Wang, and Mr. Wu."
Although Luo Xueyan praised Xu Yuegui as his confidante and called her "Xu Nvxia", her attitude towards Li Hongzhang, Wang Libin and Wu Chaoyue was very respectful, and she was full of blessings to them. And Luo Xueyan was in her industry
After finishing the blessing ceremony, he waved to her and asked her to stand beside his seat.
Seeing the obedient look of this "Xu Xia", Li Hongzhang already knew in his heart that this "Xu Xia" should be a Jianghu woman who worked hard for Luo Xueyan... I don't know her origin? Look at her figure and heavy makeup.
I’m afraid he’s not from a good family, right? I don’t know how Luo Xueyan conquered this woman?
Luo Xueyan had already explained at this time: "Yuegui was originally a female bandit from the Hunan Tiandi Society. She also responded to Changmao and rebelled with others in Changde Mansion. I led my troops to defeat and captured her alive. She could not have escaped death.
, but I thought she was a good and loyal heroine, so I interceded with Luo Ruweng, spared her life, and accepted her as my subordinate to help me find out about Changmao."
Li Hongzhang nodded slightly and glanced at Xu Yuegui's pair of tall, bulging mountain peaks, thoughtfully.
"Yuegui, give the strange book you got from the Changmao Prefecture in Hunan to Mr. Li." Luo Xueyan ordered with a smile at this time.
"Yes, sir." Xu Yuegui immediately took out a thread-bound book that was rolled up and tied with a ribbon from a cloth bag she was carrying. She walked up to Li Hongzhang and held it up with both hands.
Li Hongzhang reached out and took the thread-bound book, pulled off the ribbon, and unfolded the thread-bound book to take a look. On the cover of the thread-bound book was written "The Second Book of the Great Prophecy" in seven large characters.
Li Hongzhang was surprised: "Is there a second volume of the Great Prophecy Book?" Luo Xueyan said to Xu Yuegui: "Yuegui, tell me."
"Yes, sir." Xu Yuegui said, "Master Li, this second volume of the "Great Book of Prophecy" was left behind by the pseudo-angel of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom before leaving Hunan. It predicts what will happen in 1854 in the Western calendar.
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It is already April 1853. By the time Li Hongzhang and the others arrive in Europe, it will be almost October 1853. Almost all the prophecies in the first volume of the "Great Book of Prophecies" will expire. How could Mr. Li be deceived?
If Master Li doesn't fool around, how can Luo Yaoguo "become a master" and give guidance to the world's big capitalists, feudal lords, and imperialists? This is a very powerful "soft power". Hard power requires long-term accumulation and
When training, it is very important to make good use of "soft power".
Li Hongzhang also already knew that the contents of the first volume of the "Great Prophecy" were being fulfilled one by one. Naturally, he was very interested in the second volume of the "Great Prophecy" and started reading it immediately.
There are still limericks on it, and there is no English translation, only Chinese.
Of course, the content still does not involve domestic matters. This is also easy to understand. Holy Angel Wu Wang Luo Yaoguo himself is in the overall situation of China. Even if he can predict it, he will not talk nonsense everywhere. What should the enemy do if he is prepared?
"Lan Qing," Luo Xueyan smiled and ordered Wang Libin, "I will leave the translation to you. You will have to work hard along the way. You have to teach Shaoquan English while reading the second volume of the "Great Prophecy Book"
Translated."
"My lord, you are serious, this is what a late student should do."
Wang Libin is obviously very satisfied with the important role he has received now. He is just a scholar and is not from Shaoxing. It is very difficult to be a master, let alone an official. Moreover, he worked for five years in the Mohai Library in Shanghai with the British missionary Matthews.
In this year, I not only learned English, but also learned about many things in the world. Of course, I am eager to learn more about the world.
So as soon as Luo Xueyan asked him to accompany Li Hongzhang on his visit to Europe, he immediately accepted the request happily.
Luo Xueyan smiled and nodded, then glanced at Wu Chaoyue: "Little Master Wu, have you exchanged the white pounds for it?"
"Okay, okay." Wu Chaoyue immediately smiled and took out the big leather bag and was about to send it to Luo Xueyan.
Luo Xueyan waved his hand, then pointed at Wang Libin: "Lan Qing, this is five thousand white pounds. You took it abroad with you. This is used to buy books. I hope you can use this money to buy a few sets of British, French, and Prussian sets."
Sri Lanka’s textbooks are bought from elementary school to university. There is no need to buy religious textbooks, and other textbooks should be bought as much as possible.
I hope that after you return from Europe, you can help me run a Shanghai Translation and Bookstore and hire a group of foreigners who are proficient in Chinese to translate all these textbooks into Chinese... Our new education in China must start from these textbooks."
"Yes, sir, Libin will definitely live up to your trust."
Wang Libin took the heavy pound with both hands, and a sense of mission that was difficult to express in words suddenly came to his heart.
Luo Xueyan then asked Li Hongzhang: "Shaoquan, when are you going to set off? Will Sheng Kezhai also go with you?"
"Wen Xian is going to Japan. When he comes back, we will take his Hermes to Hong Kong, and then transfer to other steamships to go to Europe." Li Hongzhang laughed, "As for Master Sheng, he was originally here A man in Shanghai who wants to buy foreign guns and cannons from foreigners has to go back to Suzhou after that. However, the route to Suzhou has been cut off recently, so he plans to take the sea route to Tianjin Wei, and then go to Beijing to meet the emperor."
"Oh, that's it." Luo Yaoguo nodded lightly and thought to himself: "Yuanbao has recognized me, he probably won't hide it from Shengbao... I wonder if Shengbao will go to Beijing to expose me? But by the time Xianfeng reacts, I will have already established a foothold in Shanghai... I will send the Taiping Army to capture Chongming Island later, so that Shanghai and Beijing will be basically isolated! At worst, I will only be the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and foreigners. middlemen between."
In the inner garden of Yu Garden, under the stage, Zhou Xiuying finished ten sets of Arhat Fist. She was so tired that she was sweating profusely. She closed her eyes again and began to simulate in her mind how to break Xu Yuegui's eight-cut sword and then assassinate the Qing Dynasty. Demon Luo Xueyan.
She is now "locked" alone in the inner garden, with people to help her eat, drink, and wash herself. However, the inner garden is surrounded by high walls, and the only exit to the outer garden is guarded by soldiers with live ammunition. She cannot leave at all. , and couldn't get a weapon, the most they could do was to sharpen the chopsticks used for eating and stab Luo Xueyan to death. Although Zhou Nuxia was confident of using a chopstick to kill Lord Luo, she had no chance of winning against Xu Yuegui's Eight-Zhan Sword. None!
"Hey, are you still practicing boxing? Do you want my sister to play with you for a while?"
Xu Yuegui's voice suddenly came from downstairs in Huanyun, interrupting Zhou Xiuying's thoughts. Zhou Xiuying looked back and found that Xu Yuegui had led several middle-aged maids to appear downstairs in Huanyun.
"I have met Sister Xu." Zhou Xiuying quickly gave Xu Yuegui a blessing ceremony.
Xu Yuegui smiled and stepped forward to give Zhou Xiuying a hand, and said with a smile: "Sister Xiuying is really hardworking, she is so tired that she is sweating... I have asked someone to prepare bath water, go and wash yourself clean." It’s clean so that you can go see the adults.”
"Meet the adults?" Zhou Xiuying's heart suddenly jumped.
"That's right," Xu Yuegui said with a smile, "Sister Xiuying, you are a prostitute and a prostitute. Shouldn't you let the adults take a good look at you?" "Well," Zhou Xiuying blushed and nodded, "should..." "
Xu Yuegui smiled and nodded: "Okay, hurry up and wash up. I've even asked someone to prepare new clothes for you. Dress nicely. The adults will definitely like you."
Chapter completed!