"Tell me about it." The gold watch was in hand, the silver was put into the bag, and even the name of the stone pipe belt was changed. There was a sense of intimacy in his words: "They all said that after going to the West, they learned that Westerners don't know how to be accommodating.
See, if you describe it, you will still be a good person."
"Your Excellency, compliment me." Wang Hengyue bowed and handed over the official appointment document.
When Shi Guandai opened the official document, the first thing he saw was a five hundred tael banknote. This was a common practice in official circles. Although it was not surprising, Shi Guandai couldn't help praising Wang Hengyue.
Covering up the official document: "To tell you the truth, our second battalion is newly established. We have insufficient troops and insufficient pay. You have to find a solution for these things yourself."
Wang Hengyue was already prepared before these came, and he immediately nodded and agreed to them one by one.
Seeing Wang Hengyue agreeing unanimously, Shi Fengrong felt very happy: "To tell you the truth, it's not that I'm in charge of making things difficult for you. In fact, the court also has difficulties. We, the errands, have to be considerate, right?"
Wang Hengyue said "yes, yes" several times, and Shi Fengrong thought for a while: "The first team is stationed in Rong County, and now this... this has some scale, some scale..."
Shi Fengrong's hesitant look made Wang Hengyue a little strange, but he didn't care. He suddenly felt that the name "Rong County" sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
Shi Fengrong continued: "Let's take a short rest and then take office tomorrow. I was supposed to send him off, but the official duties are so heavy that I can't breathe."
"Your Excellency, please be polite."
After chatting for a while, Shi Fengrong served tea to see the guests off, and Wang Hengyue stood up to say goodbye.
As soon as he walked out of the gate, Wang Hengyue suddenly shouted: "Rong County! I remembered!"
Yu Lei beside him was startled: "Sir, Rong County was a feudal state of Qingyang Xuanxiao, the son of the Yellow Emperor in ancient times. It was established as a county in the late Jin Dynasty. It was called Rongde County in the Song Dynasty and Rong County in the Ming Dynasty to this day. It is not far from Leshan."
"No, no, I just lost my mind." Wang Hengyue waved his hand and didn't explain much.
In fact, it suddenly occurred to him just now that Rong County was the first political power to break away from the Manchu Qing government and declare its independence, which shocked the world and was known as "the first righteousness to lead the world"!
I was actually assigned to Rong County?
Does that first meaning have anything to do with me?
Back at the inn, Peter told Yang Fangyun that he was assigned to Rong County. Yang Fangyun remained expressionless, but Peter jumped up excitedly: "Great, according to the Chinese, you are a local official.
.We are all small members, small members!”
Wang Hengyue burst out laughing. He said he was a senior officer or a junior officer. He was just a small team officer. How could he be called a "senior officer"?
Seeing that it was getting late, a few people ate some food in a hurry. Wang Hengyue returned to his room and was about to rest when the door was suddenly knocked "bang bang". Apart from Peter, there was no other person to knock on the door.
When he opened the door, he saw Peter jumping in, followed by a young man. Peter shouted excitedly: "There is no place for humans that does not sew. Mr. Wang, let me introduce you to an old friend of mine!"
Wang Hengyue and the young man behind Peter were both startled at first, and then laughed endlessly. The meaning of the phrase "There is no place where humans sew" should really be pronounced as "There is no place in life where we don't meet."
Peter was very surprised as to what the two of them were laughing at. The Chinese he used was so appropriate, and they should appreciate it: "Wang Da, he is my friend, we met in the United States. It is exactly the same as 'I urge you to have another glass of wine.
, there’s no one left behind until the sunset.”
Wang Hengyue couldn't bear it any longer and laughed wildly. The young man also laughed with joy: "Peter, it's done, it's done, we all know that you speak Chinese well."
The young man and Peter were invited to sit down. Seeing that Peter was about to speak again, the young man quickly said, "Sir Wang, my name is Liu Sihai, courtesy name Zhenxing, from Rong County, Sichuan."
"Oh, are you from Rong County?" Wang Hengyue's attention was immediately attracted: "I am about to take up my post in Rong County."
"Peter has just told me." Liu Sihai nodded and said, "I am twenty-six this year. In the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu's reign, I entered the artillery section of the third phase of the Japanese Military Academy.
Two students graduated with good grades. The first one at that time was Zhang Liangyuan from Ninghai. Later, Zhou Yushan, the governor of Liangjiang, recommended him to be the magistrate of Zhili Prefecture. After Sihai graduated, he went to Germany to study artillery technology at the Krupp Artillery Factory in Essen.
It was more than a year later, and then I returned to the United States, and then I got to know Peter."
Wang Hengyue's eyes lit up.
Yang Fangyun didn't know much about the three people around him. Peter always said how awesome he was, but no one had ever seen it, let alone Yu Lei. But the person in front of him was really a rare talent.
Zhang Liangyuan himself knows it. He served as the chief of staff of the Western Army in Kaiping Town, graduated first in the artillery department, and was one year earlier than the later "China's Three Heroes" Jiang Baili, Cai E, and Zhang Xiaohuai. This Liu Sihai is actually Zhang Liangyuan.
of classmates, and was the second to graduate.
What's even more rare is that this person also went to the Krupp factory to study.
Germany was one of the countries where the Qing government sent the most overseas students, and many of these international students went to the Krupp Gun Factory in Essen to learn artillery technology.
Now that such a person is placed in front of him, he must not let him go.
Without saying what he was thinking, he asked tentatively: "Brother Zhenxing is such a talented person, what is your current position?"
Liu Sihai let out a long sigh: "After Sihai came back, he originally wanted to serve the country with his skills and knowledge. But Master Ding, who originally recommended Sihai to study in Japan, offended the court and was dismissed and exiled. Sihai and other Dings
The people recommended by the adults were all dismissed by the court. Sihai looked for opportunities everywhere, but found nothing over the years. Frustrated, he wanted to return to his hometown in Rong County and become a teacher. Who wants to be here?
Met Mr. Wang and Peter."
"It's not fair, it's not fair!" Peter shouted loudly: "Liu, I admire you for your great ability. It's not fair for your emperor to do this!"
"It's unfair." Wang Hengyue nodded slightly, having already made up his mind: "Brother Zhenxing, I have a presumptuous request."
"Sir, please tell me."
Wang Hengyue cleared his throat: "Heng Yue was assigned to Rong County this time and served as a team officer. If Brother Zhenxing doesn't mind, how about joining the army with me?"
"Rong County? Join the army?" Liu Sihai moved.
Wang Hengyue nodded and said frankly: "Brother Zhenxing, I am not an official who can be distinguished by Brother Zhenxing. I haven't even seen half of my soldiers. As for the cannons, there are no more. It's really aggrieved to ask Brother Zhenxing to come over."
.But Heng Yue really wants to run the new army well, so he can only ask shamelessly, please agree to it no matter what, brother Zhenxing!"