These days, Lin Youde has completely lost the previous demeanor of "feather fans and silk scarves, and the oars and oars were wiped out in smoke while talking and laughing". Instead, he paces back and forth in his study every day. His staff - although there is the word "we", in fact
There are only three people on his staff, and the entire team cannot be more streamlined.
On the third day, even Catalina, who had been supervising production in the factory, came over - this Nordic girl didn't understand things like machinations at all, and she was just a technical geek. At this time, she also noticed that something was not right in the atmosphere.
Over the past three days, several plans were formed in this study, but none of them were practical: How could Lin Youde accept a plan like uniting with Sun Wen?
The only thing that made Lin Youde feel relieved was that several vagabond witches had sent messages to Ba in the past three days, saying that they were already on their way to Guangzhou to join Ba. The Spanish nuns in Manila, including their attendants, were only four.
There are ten people, and there are about 20 Shenji who can fight. When the time comes, relying on the Shenji controlled by Lin Youde and the large number of revolting Chinese workers, we can indeed fight.
No, that is not correct, because you can still fight even without Shen Ji, but the losses will be relatively large.
After entering the era of hot weapons, the status of Kamiki continued to decline. The reason why things like that happened in Japan has something to do with this.
Lin Youde estimated that when military technology develops to the level of World War II, the Shenji who are extremely difficult to replace after battle damage will probably become a Ranger-like existence, similar to the Garrison Suicide Squad, and the frontal battlefield will become a large number of routines like the last time and space.
A fight of force.
Lin Youde misses Shen Ji so much. Apart from not wanting to sacrifice too much, the most important reason is the leadership issue within the faction. As long as he has Shen Ji in his hands, Lin Youde can control the leadership more firmly and avoid infighting within the organization.
Well, behind this relatively high-sounding reason, Lin Youde's selfishness is indeed mixed.
The staff who had seen Lin Youde walking around in the study these past few days had actually noticed this, but no one said anything: who could be so selfish?
"How about," Tomoe, who had been standing by the bookshelf in the corner of the study room, said. It had only been two days since Catalina used alchemy to connect her finger, and it still remained necrotic and pale. It was said that it would take more than a month to fully activate.
"How about I go to Japan? The Japanese government must also be having a headache for Kashima Taisha. The Annihilation Society
After being backlashed by domestic public opinion, they cannot afford to continue the confrontation without annihilation, whether it is the consumption of military expenditures or other aspects. Moreover, if Kashima remains uncompromising, Izumo and other big companies will continue to wait and see. Therefore, as long as the method is appropriate, Kashima will be killed.
It’s not completely impossible for the sisters from Shima Taisha Shrine to bring them out.”
"Have you not considered the possibility of being detained as soon as you return to the country?"
Lin Youde said a word and Ba fell silent.
At this time, a maid walked into the study quickly, whispered a few words in Du Qifeng's ear, and then quickly left.
"What's going on?" Lin Youde asked.
"The newly arrived Shenji Camp Guangzhou has sent me a name card, hoping to visit Brother Lin at a convenient time. Do you want me to arrange a time?"
"No, ignore her."
As soon as Lin Youde finished speaking, Chen Haihui said in his usual playful and smiling tone: "Why not? Brother Lin, you are so charming. As long as you kill this new capital in an instant, won't there be a battalion of Eighty Goddess?"
Lin Youde couldn't laugh at all.
"Even if she kills the new capital in an instant, whether she can mobilize the Shenji Camp in Guangzhou is another matter. Even if she can mobilize the Shenji Camp in Guangzhou, she can mobilize the whole Shenji Camp in Hong Kong and even Helangabo (Cantonese transliteration of Olongapo in the Philippines)
, I don’t dare to move, otherwise we will have no choice but to completely withdraw from Guangzhou.”
What can Guangzhou say? Lin Youde has been running the business for almost two years, and now with the support of the Xia family, he has his own land near Longyuan Pavilion. He is really reluctant to give up.
The foundation is very important. When the situation is bad in the future, Lin Youde is planning to go to Hailufeng to fight guerrillas. Now Lin Youde's popularity in Hailufeng has been improved with money. His dog-fighting team has a large number of poor children from Hailufeng.
, if something goes wrong, you can take them to the mountains of Hailufeng and hide your troops among the people to fight guerrillas.
If you want him to give up all these preparations and operations, that's impossible.
At this time, Lin Youde had already thought about giving up temporarily, so he gave up leadership rights and other things to Xiang Qiyi and Situ Meitang. Anyway, as long as the plan is successful, he will be able to increase his strength and there will be opportunities in the future.
Lin Youde had only been the eldest brother for more than a year, but he had been the younger brother for more than 20 years in his previous life, so he had a lot of experience.
"That's right," Lin Youde finally made up his mind and said to himself, "it is better to put the overall situation first, truthfully report the situation here, and then work together with others to plan countermeasures. Only in this way can the success of the uprising be guaranteed."
Lin Youde thought about it for a while, organized his words, and then confessed the idea to his staff.
"I knew you would make such a decision." Chen Haihui looked very happy, "This makes you look different from Sun Wen and the others."
Lin Youde accepted the flattery with a wry smile and ordered to Du Qifeng: "A Feng, please think about your words and write about the situation here in a tactful way, and be careful to cover up the fact that we initially released false news to stabilize Xiang Qiyi.
When you're done, stamp it with my seal and send it to Hong Kong yourself."
After making the decision, Lin Youde suddenly felt much more relaxed, and his whole feeling was different. He suddenly remembered that he had not had fun for more than three days, and he felt panicked. He secretly decided that he must go to his nightclub tonight to have fun.
one time.
"Sure enough, this kind of worrying about gains and losses is still not suitable for me," Lin Youde thought, "I have to be open-minded and flexible. This is my attitude towards life. No matter what the situation, being myself is the most comfortable."
**
That night, shopkeeper Lin Da, who had disappeared for several days, appeared again at Jinhuihuang Nightclub, causing quite a stir.
Originally, Lin Youde had been staying behind closed doors for the past two days, and there were rumors that it was because his goddess was affected by the Japanese Incident and returned to China. Now Lin Youde appeared with a smile on his face, and the girl in a witch costume was still following behind him.
I don’t know how many people have given up the selfish thoughts in their minds because of this.
From March to now, Lin Youde has been busy with other things and has not paid much attention to the development of nightclubs. Therefore, the entertainment content of the nightclub and board game store has not been updated for more than half a year, but this does not affect the business of these two stores.
Those copycat stores that have emerged in Guangzhou during this period cannot compete with Lin Youde, because these copycat stores have learned the form but not the spirit. How can it be so easy to copy the marketing concepts and management concepts that are a hundred years ahead?
In addition, Lin Youde, a cheating bastard, has skills, work efficiency, and customer satisfaction, so most people can only be successful if they can beat him.
Seeing that the business of his own shop was booming, Lin Youde was in a good mood and immediately announced that each person would be given a free bottle of wine as a reward to his customers, which naturally led to cheers.
But Lin Youde is destined to not be able to enjoy the glory tonight.
At about nine o'clock, an uninvited guest broke into Jin Huihuang's lobby.
The visitor was carrying a sword carved with dragons and inlaid with gold, wearing a large fur cloak, and a warm hat with blue feathers and a green top. He was dressed in a Qing Dynasty official uniform that was incompatible with the Western clothes of everyone present. The chest was embroidered with a tiger and a bright moon patch. This patch is different from the ordinary four-legged coat.
The military attache's dress is slightly different. A circle of lace is added around the square patchwork, and the composition of the pattern is also adjusted to adapt to the bulge on the chest of the wearer of official uniform.
Anyone in Guangzhou who can wear this official uniform is the only one in Shenji Camp.
At this time, everyone in the hall except the waiter was in a semi-drunk state. As a result, everyone was almost sober when they saw the official uniform. The noise in the hall suddenly subsided, leaving only whispers.
Lin Youde put down his wine glass and stood up. He went up to Shen Ji's camp to greet them all. He bowed and said with a smile: "What kind of wind is it today? It actually caused..."
Du Qifeng hurried forward and whispered to Lin Youde: "Nie Xueqiu."
Lin Youde was excited when he heard this. Du Qifeng noticed this very keenly and added: "She is the niece of Nie Shicheng and Nie Junmen."
"Oh!" Lin Youde's "Oh" lost the opportunity to round out his words.
So Nie Xueqiu raised her eyebrows and snorted contemptuously: "It seems that Shopkeeper Lin is very noble and looks down on my little boss."
"Don't you dare, don't you dare," Lin Youde hurriedly apologized, and immediately decided to write a poem for the posterity of the village to express his apology, "The general drove his cavalry, his sword was blazing, and he jumped on the bridge to see this life. Where Nie Gong was so excited, there were so many green pines matching the rain and cold.
"
This is the inscription later written by the Tianjin Municipal Government for the Nie Shicheng Monument. The first line of the original poem is "The general drove the cavalry and the sword was cold." Lin Youde changed one word so that there would be no repeated words in the rhyme of the whole poem. Lin Youde did not know the meaning of this poem.
It was written, but judging from the fact that this person was indifferent to the two characters "han" in the rhyme, I would guess that the standard is not very good either.
The poem was praised by everyone, but Nie Xueqiu might have been moved by the scene and was a little dazed. However, the girl immediately reacted and became serious again.
"Shopkeeper Lin, you are so talented in literature. It seems that the lyrics of 'Beautiful mountains and rivers with colorful peaks' must have been written by shopkeeper Lin."
Lin Youde was secretly surprised. In order to keep it confidential, he specifically asked to conceal his name when spreading this song. Otherwise, with the spread of this song, he doesn't know how many levels his reputation will be upgraded and how many skills will be highlighted. No.
Thinking of this confidentiality, it seems that everyone knows that this song was "composed" by him.
In fact, Lin Youde was not afraid of prosecution by the Qing court, and he was just being cautious about keeping it secret. After all, the song had no anti-Qing content, it was just patriotic.
So he smiled calmly and said to Nie Xueqiu: "Those are just words that Lin accidentally wrote out of his whim. They are insignificant and insignificant."
"Really? It seems that Shopkeeper Lin is really talented. He can spread the word wherever he is interested. You must also be familiar with music. It just so happens that this little girl also knows a little about music. Could you please give me some advice from Shopkeeper Lin?"
Lin Youde was confused. What was this girl doing here?
Nie Xueqiu, regardless of whether Lin Youde agreed or not, called out to someone, then took the guqin handed over by the attendant and walked onto the stage in the hall.
Lin Youde listened to the music played by Nie Xueqiu for a long time, but he didn't understand it. He didn't understand music at all.
In his previous life, Lin Youde was dragged into a club that produced fan games by a magazine editor he was familiar with. When he entered the club, he happened to see the person in charge of music angrily criticizing the domestic music scene. At first, it was just
He said, "Some people in China filled in crappy lyrics and sang covers of crappy pop music and they became so popular" and "gained a reputation that was out of proportion to their abilities." Lin Youde smiled and said nothing, just thinking that the child was holding it back.
Pinkeye.
Later, the child became more and more outrageous, and even said things like "No matter how you ordinary people understand it, bad things are bad" or even "Chinese people deserve to be uneducated and deserve to have no good cultural products." Of course ordinary people Lin Youde felt unhappy.
But I am too lazy to argue with the naughty kid. Who would have thought that this naughty kid would actually kick Lin You, who was eating a lot of words?
It happened to De, and he actually said, "Even if you are more serious, the time it takes you to write a lyric can be compared with the time and accumulation of seriously grinding out a piece of music." Then he treated the lyricist with all kinds of contempt and disdain. Lin Youde did not play lyrics.
, but he still defended his peers and said, "I think writing good lyrics is not as easy as composing a good song."
This is a hornet's nest.
The naughty boy said, "Just talking about lyrics itself, mathematically speaking, all you need is accumulation." "Accumulation and creation are both simple." At this moment, Li Bai and Du Fu both cried. We are not called creation, we are accumulation.
Of course there was a quarrel, and then the naughty kid left the group angrily, probably thinking that the club leader would cry and beg him to come back. The leader told Lin Youde that this naughty kid was very awesome and had been favored by first-tier foreign music manufacturers. This
He made 200,000 yuan from music in two years, but Chinese people can’t understand his Western-style music.
Therefore, Feng is unknown in China. As a result, Lin Youde took the stage name of Naughty Boy and searched it on Google in the United States. A Japanese cosmetics brand came up. After flipping through more than 20 pages, he didn’t see Naughty Boy. And that one is said to be a first-tier music brand in Europe and the United States.
Dongdong is actually a Malaysian car brand...
This incident caused Lin Youde's impression of the so-called creators of Western elegant music to completely collapse. For a long time after that, Lin Youde only listened to agricultural metal. The most dazzling ethnic style, Two Butterflies, suddenly became extremely pleasant to the ear.
I, Lin Youde, is just a straw bag, and I like straw people. Why, let the elegant stars roll the ball. The yellow-skinned, white-hearted banana people will swim in your Pacific Ocean! You are pretending to be cool and getting pink eye at the same time in China, so be careful of the idiots who are teasing you.
A face of high protein.
I digress.
In short, Lin Youde's music is extremely grassroots, and his attainments in history, humanities and literature are completely different from each other.
Fortunately, at this time, Ba used the voice transmission spell to remind him: "It is an ancient song from Po Zhen. There are changes in the tune. I think it is probably a modified version to suit Xin Qiji's lyrics."
Lin Youde nodded. By then the song had finished, so he took the lead in applauding.
"Okay, okay, when I was drunk, I lit up the lamp and watched the sword. I dreamed of blowing the trumpet in the company camp. Nie Dutong was really a heroine!".
While flattering, Lin Youde's mind was running at high speed.
Is this girl testing herself? But she is Nie Shicheng's niece. Is it possible that...she has already had objections?
How can I test her more safely?
Soon, Lin Youde came up with a plan.
"Since Nie Dutong performed such a beautiful song for Lin, Lin should sing a song for Nie Dutong as a courtesy."
"Okay, Xueqiu is all ears."
At this time, everyone else in the hall looked at each other in confusion. They had no idea what the song was about.
After Nie Xueqiu sat down on the sofa in front of the stage in the hall, Lin Youde went on stage with a "microphone" - the microphone was actually just for show, so that Lin Youde could feel like he was singing karaoke.
Lin Youde can only sing at a karaoke level, and he knows that, so he chose a repertoire that he and his colleagues used to sing at karaoke when he was still at work: a rewritten version of Love Business, "Looking to the Northwest". Because this version
There are no karaoke rooms with lyrics, so Lin Youde has already memorized the lyrics by heart.
Head up and look northwest, the evening breeze blows the cool night, the country is beautiful, the heroes are brave, waving their arms out of the tents
In the middle of the night in the army, a long song was played, the sound of the flute was bright and clear, and in the late autumn, the sound was heart-breaking.
Lin Youde had no accompaniment, and his voice was thick, so he actually shouted this part out like a lonely soldier in the desert. Lin Youde took a deep breath and started to roar the chorus of the song harder - that is,
In the so-called climax, Nie Xueqiu unsheathes his sword and leaps forward
She went on the stage and danced with her sword to the melody. Her hat fell to the ground while flying, so a pair of braids originally coiled in the hat leaked out, swinging with her dance steps, and the ends of the braids were tied
The blue ribbon looks like two blue-spotted butterflies, flying with the girl's dance.
Although she is a girl, her dance posture is as majestic as Lin Youde's "Roaring Song". Her dance steps shake the supposedly solid stage and are sonorous and powerful.
Lin Youde retreated to the edge of the stage and gave the center of the stage to the girl.
Xuedaba came to him quietly, obviously worried that "Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was intended for Pei Gong".
Lin Youde didn't care about this and just continued to yell.
The setting sun splashes frost in the desert, and the wolf smoke covers the city walls. The yellow sand is thousands of miles away, and the moonlight shines brightly. I hold my sword and miss my hometown. I am laughing and lying in the arrow forest. No one is buried, so why not be lonely?
Even if you get drunk and sing, your life will not be in vain!
The moment Lin Youde finished shouting the last syllable, Nie Xueqiu performed an extremely domineering somersault. The shining sword light reflected the splendor of the hall, like a burning torch.
Many people thought this was the end and stood up to applaud, but Lin Youde started the second verse alone.
He joined the army and defended the four directions, his cavalry was unstoppable, he drove Hu Mang to the north, and restored Han territory to the west. Many heroes lost their souls.
This sentence may seem fine at first glance, but there is a lot in it.
Expelling Hu Mang from the north and restoring the Han territory to the west - aren't the Manchus part of the Hu people? Together with restoring the Han territory to the west, it means fighting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Han Dynasty, which means "driving out the Tartars and restoring China." In ancient times, literati liked to borrow from ancient times.
Ironically, Lin Youde is playing the same trick now,
It's just that he plagiarized the words. As for the final "how many heroic souls are lost", this problem is even bigger. The Guangzhou Uprising failed in 1895. How many revolutionary youths died? What's more, Lin Youde has not yet cleared up his relationship with the missing uprising leader Wang Tianlin.
.
But these are all metaphors. In other words, no matter how you explain them, they are all just imaginary. The person involved can deny it and refuse to admit it. Lin Youde is now an emerging power in Guangzhou, and no one will trouble him for this metaphor.
In addition, at this time, most of the people in the venue were uneducated and unskilled young people. How could they hear this kind of thing? A few people who could hear it either left quietly or stayed in place - this left
, there is no doubt that they are all potential supporters of Lin Youde.
Chen Haihui and Du Qifeng looked at each other and smiled in unison. The meaning of the smile was obvious: the boss was playing with words again.
Regardless of these undercurrents, Lin Youde continues to shout
The sky and the earth serve as a barrier, bending down to hide the blade, the horn suddenly sounds in silence at midnight, making the night more desolate.
Riding alone with whip and bow, I can win or lose this battle. There is no one on the road to Huangquan, and I don't drink Meng Po soup. Impermanence mocks me for being too crazy, who will keep me miserable? The mountains and rivers have not changed, the flags are flying, and the next life will continue to be yellow.
Those who understood Lin Youde's previous metaphor were all shocked: Damn, this is really going to be counter-intuitive!
They couldn't help but look at Lin Youde with a little more admiration for a dead soldier.
What follows is a repetitive refrain, with Lin Youde roaring to the end.
At the end of the moment, Nie Xueqiu seemed to have picked the right moment and rushed towards Lin Youde's direction, the long sword in his hand flying like lightning.
Xuedaba was about to draw the knife but was held down by Lin Youde.
At this moment, the cold light had already reached under Lin Youde's nose. As the saying goes, the cold light arrived first, and then the sword energy was like a dragon!
The sharp edge of Nie Xueqiu's sword was close to Lin Youde's throat. The sword energy made a thin scratch on his neck, but it was just right without damaging the arteries and trachea. Traces of blood seeped out of the wound, along Nie Xueqiu's sword.
The tip slowly slid down.
Chen Haihui jumped on the stage at some point, and the muzzle of the box cannon was directly pointed at the back of Nie Xueqiu's head. Although Du Qifeng was a little slower, he arrived immediately and pointed the gun at Nie Xueqiu's follower's eyebrows. Then there was the sound of the gun being pulled in the whole hall,
A dozen box cannons were aimed at Nie Xueqiu and his party from all directions.
Lin Youde's left hand was still pressed on the hilt of Xuedaba's knife. He waved to Chen Haihui and the others to put away the gun as if nothing was wrong. Then he smiled at Nie Xueqiu and said, "Nie Dutong, why are you doing this?"
The reason why Lin Youde held down the hilt of Xuedaba's knife just now was just because he knew that this girl would draw a knife based on his usual understanding of Xuedaba. When he saw Nie Xueqiu rushing towards him, he acted in advance, and what?
It doesn't matter whether you have a sharp mind or reaction ability. As for why you have the courage to face Nie Xueqiu's sharp sword - he has a plug-in, and Lin Youde is scared if bullet time is not activated. This sword must not be dangerous.
But no one present except Lin Youde knew the causes and consequences of all the above.
In the eyes of others, this was Lin Youde's courage and wisdom. Many people immediately praised in their hearts: This is a real hero. Before, they only heard that he calmly dealt with thousands of people in the Xia family, but now they have really seen it.
So the song Lin Youde just finished singing became more heroic.
Nie Xueqiu returned the sword to its sheath, clasped his hands into fists, and said in a completely different tone than before: "Shopkeeper Lin, I have offended you so much. Xue Qiu will personally come to the house to apologize someday."
Just when Lin Youde was about to say something, Nie Xueqiu turned around and took the top hat handed over by the guard, and walked towards the door with his head held high. The gatekeeper looked directly at his direct superior, Du Qifeng, looking at a loss. Du Qifeng glanced at Lin Youde and waved.
Released.
Lin Youde curled his lips, turned to the guests who were still in the hall, and used his usual trick: "I'm scaring everyone. I'm treating you tonight to calm everyone down. Come on, drink!"