The four hundred and fifty-fourth chapter, the master of learning
Huang Huangkun was speechless for a moment, yes, what is the plot of the Kun thief? Will he become the emperor? Although the Kun thief has a small territory, but occupying a prefecture in Qiongzhou is a big situation. If it is said that he is planning to rebel
, with their warships and guns, there is no problem in sweeping across half of China, and the officers and soldiers are no match for them.
If they want to change dynasties and compete in the Central Plains, since they bombarded Humen and bloodbathed Zhongzuo, any armed force on the mainland will be destroyed. Even though the Kun army does not look like much, as long as they rush into Guangdong, climb up and shout, they can recruit dozens of soldiers.
An army of ten thousand can be formed in an instant. These days, as long as there is military pay and food, there are many poor people who eat food and serve as soldiers.
But they just stayed on the island in Qiongzhou, working tirelessly to build roads, erect iron lines, open up wasteland and cultivate land everywhere, carry out water conservancy, recruit exiles, set up schools... to make this deserted pirate business prosperous. Not only that, they seemed to use this
For fun, he also made a lot of messy so-called "Australian stuff" - in Huang Hankun's view, these "Australian stuff" are simply meaningless and just a waste of money and food.
He thought for a long time and then said: "I think they want to create a 'new Australia'!"
"New Australia?!" several people exclaimed.
"That's right!" The more Huang Hankun thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was correct, so he shared his knowledge and thoughts one by one. Everyone listened very carefully.
Although they know a lot about Australians, they mostly get it from Australian books and rumors. They don’t have the personal experience of people like Huang Hankun who have lived in Lingao for a long time and have frequent contact with Zhenkun. Now I can hear
Huang Xunkun's words surprised and delighted him.
"Ship cannons and machines are, in the final analysis, nothing more than strange and ingenious objects. If they are present, they will enhance their appearance, but if they are not available, it will not hinder the overall situation." Huang Xunkun talked eloquently. "If they want to dominate the world, why bother printing these Macao studies books and disseminating them?
The world? My brother is in Qiongzhou. I see that the people are gradually getting used to Australian ways and using Australian Newspeak. Australian customs are even more popular. The clothes of Kun people have become a fashion, and the children sing nursery rhymes of Kun people when they have nothing to do..."
"Change the barbarians into the summer!" Mr. Liang said softly.
"Exactly!" Huang Xunkun slapped his fan hard, "I don't believe that Australia is a descendant of the Song Dynasty. How can Miao descendants of the Song Dynasty change their uniforms and abandon the principles of the Song Dynasty's clothes? They can only say a few words, 'I
"Great Song Dynasty", "Australia is outside", that is, it does not avoid the names of the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty, and does not use the laws and regulations of the Great Song Dynasty."
"The so-called transformation of barbarians into summer is just wishful thinking." Lin Zunxiu said with a smile.
Everyone nodded. Then Lin Zunxiu asked him many things about Australians. Unlike the scholars on the day of the banquet, who mainly asked questions about overseas anecdotes, most of the questions Lin Zunxiu asked were about the laws and regulations implemented by Australians in Qiongzhou.
, matters related to state governance are not only clear in theme, but also very in-depth. Some issues far exceed Huang Hankun's scope of knowledge.
The conversation got excited. Lin Zunxiu and Liang Cunhou exchanged greetings. Liang Cunhou nodded. Lin Xiucai said: "Brother Huang, please come with me."
A group of people got up, and Lin Zunxiu walked all the way to the backyard, but it was a small building, built in the middle of the courtyard, not close to the surrounding houses. Huang Hankun secretly wondered: What kind of pattern is this?
Lin Zunxiu took out the key from his sleeve and opened the door. There were only some large water tanks on the first floor. They were all filled with clean water, and there was a staircase in the middle. Huang Hankun suddenly realized: It turned out to be a library.
A few people climbed up the stairs, and the second floor was indeed full of bookshelves, filled with all kinds of books. Huang Hankun vaguely felt something was wrong, and suddenly he understood: all the books collected here were Australian!
Huang Hankun has seen the size of the Australian library. This library is nothing in terms of scale, but there are so many Australian books in a scholar's courtyard. This is the first time he has seen it.
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Lin Zunxiu said: "As long as there are Australian books on the market, I will ask my subordinates to search for them as much as possible, even their novels. It's just a mixed bag, and I don't know which ones are useful and which ones are useless. Brother Huang immediately came to the top.
Come on, please give me some advice from Brother Huang."
Huang Hankun took a look and found that the books collected in it were really everything. From the various "magazines", "pictorials" and "readers" he saw in Guangzhou bookstores, to the "textbooks" that were only available in Lingao
"...It can be said that it has everything. There is also a shelf in the corner, filled with things that he is very familiar with: "Lingao Times" - almost every household of the Lingao gentry subscribes to a copy, which is used to study Australians.
Policy trends.
""Lingao Times"!" He couldn't help shouting, walked a few steps quickly, and came to the bookshelf.
But I saw that these newspapers were neatly stacked according to the month and date. However, judging from the condition of the papers, it seemed that they were not read much.
"I specifically entrusted Guo Dongzhu to buy the Australian newspaper from Lingao." Liang Cunhou said, "He delivers it to me once a month. Look at the date above, is it published daily?"
"Exactly!" Huang Kunkun said, "The so-called daily newspaper publishes one page every day." He rubbed the paper, "This newspaper has a lot of articles!"
"Brother Huang, please teach me!" Several people's eyes shone with light. They knew that this newspaper was equivalent to the "Chao Bao" of Australians. Reading the Chao Bao could tell the direction of the court. This has existed since ancient times. But the "Chao Bao" of Australians
They have no idea how the "Court" operates and how to judge it. Moreover, the Australian people's court reports are all mixed up, covering everything from astronomy and geography to farming seasons, and even all kinds of market conditions. You have to look at it.
"Wind direction" is really difficult.
Huang Hankun was very proud - he could judge what the Australians probably wanted to do from the "Lingao Times", and he already had a certain understanding among the gentry in Lingao. He casually pulled out an old newspaper.
The headline on the front page was "Maintaining maritime trade order is an unshirkable responsibility of the Senate."
"Everyone, please read, what does this article mean?"
Several people read it over, and the articles were mixed with descriptions and discussions. They just said that the maritime trade order must be stable and safe, so as to be conducive to the people's livelihood and prosperity of the coastal countries, and so on.
"I can't see anything." Wu Ji said, "I don't think it's just the sea power that the Australians advocate all day long."
Huang Hankun nodded, turned to the second page, pointed to an article on it and said, "Read this again."
The title of this article is "Another tragedy occurred in Quanzhou Prefecture - a maritime merchant and his family committed suicide." The article talks about a certain maritime merchant whose ship was intercepted by Zheng Zhilong because he did not purchase the Zheng family's trade flag, and all the cargo was confiscated. The incident involved
The maritime merchant went bankrupt and his entire family committed suicide.
The group of people were silent, thinking a little. Huang Huangkun then turned to another page, and there was another article on it: "What limits the pace of Chinese maritime merchants".
"...and this one: "Voyage of the European Countries (Serial)"."
"These?" Several people looked at Huang Hankun with doubtful eyes - although they probably understood a little bit, they always felt that there was something behind them.
Huang Xunkun pointed at the date and said: "The date of this report is three months before the Australians attacked the center and left and defeated Zheng Zhilong..."
"That's it! That's it!" Shi Xiucai was very excited, "Brother Huang really woke up the dreamer with his words!"
"Excellent!" Huang Hankun said, "This newspaper can not only tell the direction of the Australians, but also other things. There are endless mysteries."
"I will ask Brother Huang for more advice in the future!" Lin Zunxiu was also very happy, "Brother Huang is really the number one talent in the field of work! It will come to light after seeing you today."
In the bamboo pavilion beside the mottled bamboo forest, a group of people were talking heart-to-heart. The sky in the west gradually turned from bright to crimson. Finally, the setting sun broke through the clouds and revealed its fiery red corner at the last moment when it was about to fall into the western mountains. The afterglow turned the white clouds
The mountains were dyed red, indicating that tomorrow would be a sunny day. Lin Zunxiu waved to the servant outside the window, and when people came in, he ordered:
"Preparing a banquet, I want to get drunk with all my brothers tonight!"
A few days after returning from the Zhuguan, Huang Hankun found that he had become a "service talent" and a "master of Kunxue". There was an endless stream of visitors to the inn every day, and the inn was crowded, which made him very uneasy.
Thanks to Liang Cunhou's help, he soon moved out of the inn and moved to a temple in the city for temporary residence. The environment here was quiet and the house was elegant and clean. Lin Zunxiu also sent a handsome young man to take care of him. He lived a happy life.
It was just that he asked Mr. Liang to find a list of civil and military officials and staff who had participated in the campaign against the Kun bandits. He quietly visited a few people but had no results. When he entered the house, he heard that he came from Lingao.
He was invited in politely, and the concierge didn't even ask for a door bag. However, he came to interview the owner, but they only exchanged a few polite words and then sent the guests off. Although a servant came to present local products the next day, there was no further expression.
Huang Huangkun encountered another problem today and walked back depressed. It was already time to turn on the lights. Although there was no curfew in Guangzhou Dabu, there were not many pedestrians on the road. On the way back to his residence, Huang Huangkun kept
He felt that someone was following him. When he was still in an alley away from the temple, he saw a figure flashing around the corner, and there seemed to be a guy in his hand. Huang Huangkun didn't think much and prepared to avoid this alley.
He walked around the alley. As soon as he turned around, he saw two black figures coming out of the corner. They hit Huang Hankun on the head with a stick. Fortunately, Huang Hankun had fought against bandits before and was very agile.
The opportunity turned into an extraordinary one, and he easily dodged the stick on his head. He punched the person in the face and kicked another one away. He turned around to run, but saw three more people running over with sticks in their hands.
Huang Huangkun was surrounded by people in the core. Huang Huangkun saw that these five people were all wearing Confucian shirts, but their skin was darker and their arm muscles were slightly convex. It was obvious that they had done farm work. One of them shouted: "Kun thief! Stop leaving.