After reading it, Liu Dalin was a little bit confused about the meaning. In the first part, he was obviously complaining about his grievances and expressing his "last resort" to fight against the army, but in the second part, he was showing off his illustrious martial arts in this great victory. This contradictory attitude confused him.
Puzzled.
He was also very conflicted in his heart. In his opinion, it was reasonable for the government to send troops to suppress the country. The so-called "underworld" is not the royal territory. Although the Australians did not raise flags and fire cannons in Lingao, they openly rebelled, but they did not follow the rules.
We are already acting like an enemy 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 been living and working in peace and contentment in recent years - this is all theirs
Credit. From a sentimental point of view, the government's suppression campaign cannot be in line with the popular sentiment of the people.
The imperial court controls the reasons, and the Australians control the hearts and minds of the people.
He was suddenly shocked to think of Mencius's remarks about "people's hearts", and a chill ran down his back. He didn't want to think about it any more, but he no longer imagined that he would simply regard the thieves as "overseas barbarians" as he did in the past.
Character.
While she was deep in thought, the lady sent a servant to ask:
"Madam said that tomorrow is the day to give lectures at Moli Xuan. Did she want to go?"
Liu Dalin pondered for a moment. Since the Australians had already fought with the officers and soldiers, the best thing to say 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 wife, his friends, and classmates wanted 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?"
"Go! Of course you have to go!" He emphasized his tone. Moli Xuan is not a school run by Australians: it is a free school inherited by Lingao for hundreds of years. Since he has taken up a teaching position in it, he has 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. After 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"
"Okay, I'll go to Dongmen City tomorrow to find the Tiandihui store to tidy 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 currency notes had devalued for a while, and everyone was eager to spend their money. There was a small "rush buying trend" in markets everywhere, and many people were eager to spend their money.
The negotiable bonds were exchanged for goods, silver, and copper coins. The crisis was quickly subsided under the strong intervention of the Finance Committee and the Planning Institute. However, some impatient people were caught up in this small financial wave because they sold the negotiable bonds at low prices.
suffered heavy losses.
However, Butler Zhao gained an extra income from this trend. He went against the trend and used the copper coins on hand to purchase circulation certificates. When the storm passed, he actually made a small fortune. Butler Zhao trusted Australia so much.
He was born because his son is now working for the Australians and has become a "cadre" in a government office called the "General Office". He is responsible for taking care of the lives of the "chiefs". And his grandson is in Fang.
Studying on the grass. Therefore, Butler Zhao was 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 would win 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 "Australia Pass". This card game has just become popular recently because you can play it alone.
There is no suspicion of gambling, so he 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.
Practice. Like his father, his grandsons now have Australian-style short haircuts and wear short-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 the responsibility of being a leader." From the time he didn't know which ancestor, their family has been taking care of people for generations.
Follow me, servant. Butler Zhao came from the mainland to Gaochao when he was young, following Liu Dalin's father who was an official abroad. In the past few decades, he has risen from a bookboy to a housekeeper. He has climbed to the highest level of a slave.
The arrival of the Australians unexpectedly gave the family a new possibility. Housekeeper Zhao's son originally went to work for the Australians because he could not fill the gap in Liu's house - many people think that this son of the Zhao family also
It's so bold. Not only has his status changed, but he has also bought a house, and his food and living enjoyment is no worse than that of local landlords. This makes people around him jealous. People who make sarcastic comments are now starting to ask how they can help Australia.
The person is in trouble.
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. His family's life was becoming more and more prosperous day by day.
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As he lay 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 on the torch stand was also lit.
The cage burned with huge flames. The entire stadium was shrouded in flames. Many small stage searchlights were dancing in the air. On the black sky background, eight huge light beams shot at the bottom of the low clouds like tangible bodies, as if they were coming again.
It penetrated the clouds and reached the sky.
Weapons captured from the Battle of Chengmai: various cannons, displayed one by one around the fire, the firelight reflecting on the bronze and black iron cannons. Swords, guns, armor, firearms... all kinds of armored weapons
They were piled into huge triangular cone-shaped piles. The most terrifying one was a large triangular cone-shaped pile made up of thousands of helmets, which glowed 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.
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Columns composed of students, militiamen, police, security companies and sailors held torches and flags and marched along the runway in unison, changing their formations according to the rhythm. Although things were in a hurry and could not change into too complicated formations,
The effect was enough to shock the crowds participating in the parade. They lost all senses and ability to judge, and they just kept making huge cheers and waves while waving the lanterns and torches in the book to the rhythm of the music.
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 far exceeded their imagination. They shivered and kept their distance in fear, but
Looking at the uniforms, queues, firelights and majestic marching music with extraordinary fascination, the hearts of the young and energetic young people were stirred up.
"This scene is so familiar, a fake and shoddy copy. What you still lack is a pair of crisp black and brown uniforms." The blond woman who was filming with a DV in the corner of the podium made a mocking voice.
Ding Ding immediately stopped his girlfriend's comment. But the comment had already fallen into the ears of several people.
Wei Aiwen nodded repeatedly: "I think it's very good! It's the best result based on the existing conditions."
The others did not speak. 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 suddenly created a new society for themselves, and now it has sprouted and begun to grow.
, New Order felt a burst of fear. Others were filled with ecstasy and expectations for the future.
Fang Fei was one of the people who suddenly felt frightened. He was the creator of all these rituals. He did not 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
In fact, I prefer the scenes on chinajoy where many beautiful girls are wearing very little fabrics and posing.
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 were all standing in the center of the rostrum wearing straight 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, the gears, the ears of wheat, the sword and the shield. These people stood under the huge emblem and were shot.
The light beam of the lamp was coated with a layer of light, making them look tall and extraordinary. A camera lens swept across their faces one by one. Some were smiling and waving, while others looked serious, seeming to be thinking about important matters.
The problem.
Huang Huangkun was also crowded in the crowd, watching this unprecedented scene. Although he was extremely shocked, he secretly said: "It's really a bunch of demons dancing around!" He originally didn't believe that the officers and soldiers would be defeated in Chengmai.
I thought it was just a small advance force that defeated the official army. But the piles of armored battleships, cannons and flags under the colonnade in the center of the square were not fake. Even the bandits would not have been able to get so many.
Weapons, armor and flags. The Huang family has collaborated with the officers and soldiers many times and is well aware of the equipment of the officers and soldiers. These things cannot be faked, and there is no need to fake them.
He silently squeezed out from the crowd, got on a sedan chair and headed for 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. At first, Li Xiaopeng followed him to make trouble with his husband.
The two of them formed a "deep fighting friendship", and together they dreamed of welcoming the restoration of the army and began to work quietly in secret.
Li Xiaopeng was originally very radical and was willing to sponsor hundreds of taels of silver to cover his expenses, allowing Huang Hankun to secretly organize Xiang Yong to attack oxcarts on the road; attack individual policemen and cadres; send people to set fires, etc.
However, Huang Hankun knew that it was impossible to use force to deal with the Kun thief and coordinate the government and the army. Unless the Kun thief escaped on his own, he could pull hundreds of people behind him to fight. If they went to fight head-on, they would be looking for death. So they
His secret activities were nothing more than colluding with those who were dissatisfied with the Australians, and they held several meetings in a row. Huang Hankun was quite a strategist. He discussed that if he could pull up a team, he might not be able to arm the local soldiers and respond to the officers and soldiers, but it was a big deal.
You can spend some time on spying on information. At present, some people are assigned to inquire about the military situation of the Kun thieves. Some people go to Bairen City and Bopu to draw maps, and some go 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, looking like he was sacrificing his life for righteousness, but after going there a few times, he was suddenly
The man stopped him and asked a few questions, which frightened him out of his wits. After he came back, he immediately complained of illness and stopped showing up. Huang Hankun was originally lucky that although the man was in trouble, he did not leak anything. Unexpectedly, in the next few days, something would happen.
Several people complained of illness or claimed to have family affairs and stopped coming to participate in this cause. As soon as everyone's enthusiasm passed, and the Australians outside were more closely investigating, they gradually slackened off, and even the meeting could not be convened. And Li Xiaopeng because of
After he fell in love with a female "cadre" under the Kun thief, he suddenly became cold-hearted about expelling the Kun thief. Huang Henkun's strategy of joining the army was ruined.
When Huang Kunkun 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 meet the officers and soldiers by himself, lest the officers and soldiers really came to the Huang family.
The burden on the village is too great. If the army is defeated and the bandits take revenge, Huangjiazhai will be razed to the ground.
It seems that his father has thought carefully and understands clearly! Huang Hankun thought secretly in the sedan chair. If he really had to go ahead with his own ideas, I am afraid that Huangjiazhai would be destroyed this time! How many people in Chengmai
A family friend sent someone to send 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 confront the thief, you have to be soft and sinister. As my father said in the past, if you want to "delay", you can only hold back and wait for the opportunity in secret.
But where did this opportunity come from? After the official army was defeated, it would be impossible to mobilize a large army to fight back within three to five years. And looking at the appearance just now, a group of fools and stupid people had already surrendered to them and worshiped them as gods.
.Huang Hankun was thinking hard, but when the sedan arrived at Li's house, he still hadn't thought of Chou Yinmao.
In order to be able to monitor the movements of the thief Kun at any time, he stayed at 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 scold his servant Huang Ping for being too slack.
Then he left 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 just a boy of about fourteen or fifteen years old. His face was full of excitement.
"Where have you been?! It's late and you can't even turn on the 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! Fourth Young Master Li went to register today to go to school in Fangcaodi!"
"What did you say?" Huang Huangkun was surprised. Mr. Li Si is the younger brother of Li Xiaopeng's concubine. He is only eleven years old this year. He has been studying in the family school, why did he suddenly want to study in Kun Thief's school? He
I know that the things taught at Fangcaodi are all Australian knowledge and have nothing to do with the teachings of Confucius and Mencius.
Australian learning 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, "Master Li is crazy," but after thinking about it, he realized that the Li family was preparing to sell themselves and take refuge! They sent their unimportant bastard to Fangcaodi to go to school, which was tantamount to betraying their sincerity.
The Kun thief originally did not ask the wealthy Jin gentry families in Lingao to do this. Now that the Li family has done it first, they will definitely get the Kun thief's attention and will definitely get many benefits.
Thinking that the Li family had quietly made such a 180-degree 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, and felt that the Li family was not willing to do this. The fact that they sent a bastard proved this point. The Li family just wanted to step into two different boats. Indeed, as long as someone can make a gesture of surrendering to the thief,
, have all made a fortune now. This is something that no one can remain indifferent to.
But this thought also inspired him. Since the Kun 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 the Kun thieves' firearms so sharp? What can they do to defeat them?
Many unimaginable things have come true? Huang Hankun feels that as long as he inquires about these things clearly, he will know where the key points of the Kun thieves are, and then they can be expelled or even eliminated in one fell swoop.
Thinking of this, his eyes fell on Huang Ping. The scholar was looking at him a little uneasily.
"His young master is going to Fangcaodi. Why are you happy?"
"Aren't you happy about this..." He was a little hesitant. After asking for a long time, Huang Hankun found out that it turned out that several thieves had just come to the Li family, and one of them turned out to be a female thieves! They were having sex with each other in the flower hall right now.
People talk.
"She is a real female Australian!" Huang Ping emphasized his tone.
"Oh?" Huang Huangkun became interested. The Li family and Kun thief had never socialized. What was the purpose of Kun thief's sudden visit to the Li family tonight? He couldn't help but think after contacting the Li family that they wanted to send their bastard to study in Fangcaodi.