Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 93

Zai Tao, who is he?He is the seventh son of Yixuan, Prince Chun of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the brother of Emperor Guangxu, the seventh uncle of Emperor Xuantong Puyi, the former minister of the military counselor's office and the training minister of the Imperial Guard, and the last owner of Langrun Garden beside him.

Of course, if it was just these things, Cheng Nuo wouldn't even look at him. What Baylor and the lord belonged to, they were all from the old calendar, and now they all pay attention to "Mr. De".But this one in front of me is different from those Eight Banners children. After he fell down, he lived in the cemetery of his ancestors in Daliu Village, Xiaotangshan, Beijing. Not to mention, who would have known that this man could still be Lord Baylor before.

Even so, Zai Tao insisted on his own bottom line. Whether it was Zhang Zuolin who was rampant for a while, Kenji Doihara who was rampant everywhere, or Song Zheyuan from Nanjing, he refused many times when he was asked to come out of the mountain to promise a high official and rich salary. He did not serve as an adviser to the Ma Political Bureau of the Artillery Command of our army until he accepted the invitation of the great man after liberation. After his death, he was buried directly in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, in stark contrast to his eldest nephew.

After all, being buried in Babaoshan and being buried in Babaoshan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery are two completely different concepts.

How could Li Laosan understand so much, and his face was full of dissatisfaction: "Don't care if you Zaitao or cargo, it's time for Lao Huangli to turn over the page. If you are really good here, why do you need to collect junk here? Find your flag All the commanders ask for change!"

Zai Tao squinted at him, and said contemptuously: "The people of the Republic of China took this money just to make money in the market. As for how much I can get, I don't know? Hey, it's really bullied by dogs, but you What does a car driver know?"

Li Laosan laughed angrily, went back to the tricycle and rang the bell: "Keep your eyes open and take a good look, I know that everyone who pulls the cart can eat according to their abilities, and you get what you pay for what you work for. This is a peace of mind."

Zai Tao also waved the rattle in his hand: "Then I don't collect the junk so I can't eat by my ability?"

Seeing that the two stubborn bulls were about to fight, Cheng Nuo hurried forward to stop them.

"Mr. Zai, so you are the owner of this Langrun Garden, can you take us in for a visit?"

"There is nothing wrong with visiting, but I don't know who you are?" Zai Tao glanced at Li Laosan, then turned around and said, "Zhang San can enter, and Wang Wu can also enter, but some people who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth are thousands of people." I can't get in, I'm afraid I'll blind him."

Li Laosan originally wanted to continue the fight, but when he remembered that he had something to do, he ignored him, took off the rag from his waist, and pretended that he was not the one he was talking about, whistling and driving the car to himself. Put the ashes that don't exist.

Cheng Nuo smiled and said, "I am a teacher at Peking University, He Chengcheng, Qian Jinnuo."

Zai Tao suddenly realized that he was a person who had seen the big scene, and he spoke without any scruples: "So you are the 'Professor Sanlun' who is hotly discussed in Sijiucheng these days, I just said it, no wonder I've never seen your foreign car before, but then again, the driver of Yuan Xiangcheng's family has never been so crazy. Do you have something to do here this time, aren't you just here for a stroll?"

The speed at which nicknames spread can always catch up with the rectification of names. Cheng Nuo didn't take this joke to heart at all: "This time I came to bother Mr. because I founded a private educational institution, which expanded rapidly and caused insufficient space. It was looking for a suitable address."

"So I understand. It turns out that Professor Cheng is also interested in this garden. Yes, he has a vision." Zai Tao was very happy. He simply packed his things and stuffed them into the basket. When he came to the gate of the yard, he was about to open the door: "But I haven't been to this place for some days, look at this lock is dusty."

It is worthy of being a royal garden. Although it looks a bit down and out from the outside, when you walk in, you can see that there is something special about it. It covers an area of ​​more than [-] mu. The main body is a square island surrounded by a circle of rockery. , there is a continuous circle of rockery on the periphery, and the wall is outside the mountain.Such a heavy enclosure makes the garden extremely restrained and deep.

The further you go, the more Cheng Nuo feels like Grandma Liu has just entered the Grand View Garden, and feels that everything is very new, but it is also true when you think about it carefully. The two mansions of Rongning and Ningxia in "Dream of Red Mansions" are similar. Zhou Ruchang and other red scholars and some red study lovers jokingly call this place the "origin" of the story.

"How about it, Professor Cheng, are you satisfied with this garden? Don't look at the weeds a little more now, just hire a few people, and you can clean up the garden for you. It's expensive these days , as long as the head is cheap, as long as you can manage a few mouthfuls of food, you can attract as many people as you like." Zai Tao lay on the railing of the stone bridge, grabbed a handful of leaves and sprinkled them into the pool: "It's been a long time Come here, this fish won’t come if it sees people.”

There are five departments under it, and more than ten research institutes will be set up in the future. Although the scenery is important, Cheng Nuo is more concerned about the number of rooms: "Mr. Zai, how many rooms are there in the garden at present? There are quite a few people in my private educational institution."

Zai Tao teased the fish in the water, and said with a smile: "Now there are 237 houses, 31 verandahs, a three-hole stone flat bridge, which is the one under our feet, and a Sifang Pavilion, just in front, and I will show you later."

Cheng Nuo nodded, pondered for a while, and then asked, "Are there more than 200 people living here, can't we take a look at them one by one?"

Zai Tao stood up, looked at him and said: "Yo, it's really hard to say, my family is only a few people, and I don't live here now, I guess it's really not optimistic, if I really want to live here, I will have to overhaul it. "

Although the garden is good, it still needs to be taken care of diligently. Without popularity, the rate of deterioration is getting faster and faster every day. Maybe a certain house has become a dilapidated building.

The reason why Zai Tao told the truth was not only related to his personality, but he also wanted to sell Lang Run Yuan as soon as possible. He was also Lord Belle at any rate in the previous dynasty, and he was used to being pampered. It has been hard these few years. There are only so many antiques in the house. It was almost sold a long time ago, otherwise no one would want to live in the cemetery and collect the junk.

In 1928, Langrun Garden was sold to Fu Jen Catholic University, and Zai Tao’s family moved back to his own Shanlao Hutong house. Later, he had no money to sell the old house and moved to another place again. In the stable yard, after liberation, the great man took out his 2000 yuan manuscript fee and personally helped him repair the house.

After wandering around the yard for most of it, it is a lie that Cheng Nuo is not interested. In the future, a certain research institute will be hindered in his research. When he comes out to relax, feed the fish and look at the flowers. Maybe the inspiration will come. Such a beautiful garden will be lit with lanterns at the back But it's hard to find.

Zai Tao is also a master who can read words and expressions. Seeing Cheng Nuo's eyes flickering, he knew that today's matter might come true, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Professor Cheng, let's go, I will show you to look ahead."

Cheng Nuo was a little hesitant at first, but after seeing a few more decorations, he completely ignited his determination to buy it.

"Mr. Zai, if I'm not mistaken, this pair of unicorns didn't belong to Yuanzi, did they?"

Zai Tao laughed loudly: "Professor Cheng has good eyesight. I bought this pair of unicorns from the market. They are old things from the Old Summer Palace in the north. Now they are placed among the weeds. I sigh that time is ruthless."

Later, Cheng Nuo also discovered a dandelion, as well as the stone-carved stone fish of the Western Building, etc. After questioning, it turned out that although the owner was living in poverty, he would always find a way to collect the scattered cultural relics in the Old Summer Palace. Later, he really let him collect some big pieces, which made people admire.

Build a good relationship with this gentleman and lay a good foundation. In the future, we will be able to cooperate more in the protection of cultural relics. Although there are many cultural relics lost in this era, there are also many fake ones. It will be much easier to deal with it later .

Cheng Nuo was satisfied here, but it was also the turn of the garden owner to test him. Although the purchase price was quite high, Zai Tao always gave him a vague answer, so he had to wait and see if he asked again.

"Professor Cheng, I don't know what your private educational institution is doing, so that I can know something."

"Have you heard of "National" magazine? It is run by our own people. We usually study Western learning, broaden the wisdom of the people, and rejuvenate the country through industry." Cheng Nuo found a shade of a tree and sat on a stone bench.

"So it's you guys who study Western and Western culture. It's just right. I also like Western learning very much." As he spoke, he even pulled Cheng Nuo into a room, and opened the door for a smell of dust: "I read your magazine every day, but Every time I read it, I always feel a little regretful, so I don’t invite you, the person in charge, to come and see my collection.”

Being suddenly pulled indoors from the bright sun, Cheng Nuo felt his eyes go dark. If he didn't know this person a little bit, he might have misunderstood something.

When the eyesight slowly recovers, all the instruments for observing the sky and stars, such as globes, three-sphere globes, planetariums, and various astronomical telescopes, are all in sight.

Perhaps because he was afraid that the other party would think that he was only a 3-minute hotness, so there was no way he could use it to be handsome, so Zai Tao deliberately took out some notes of his own observations on astronomy.

"Professor Cheng Cheng, no, Dean Cheng, look at me, I have been observing all these years, basically without interruption."

Suspicious, Cheng Nuo took the notes and started to flip through them. Before reading a few pages, he couldn't help admiring the garden owner: "Solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, five stars in a row, Mr. Zai, you even have Halley's Comet Observation records?"

Zai Tao was a little confused, so he asked suspiciously: "President Cheng, are you talking about the broom star that Xuantong observed in the second year? It turns out that Taixi calls it Halley. I have recorded it from its appearance to its disappearance."

Good guy, a good Baylor has been trained to be an astronomer, and even Cheng Nuo has seen the highest astronomy attainment in China since he traveled.

This made things much easier. After learning the real situation of the Academy of Sciences, Zai Tao sold it to Cheng Nuo at a price of [-] oceans, and even delivered the cultural relics of the Old Summer Palace to Cheng Nuo. Academy of Sciences.

There is only one additional condition, allowing Zai Tao to open an astronomy column in the "National" magazine, which is also for both parties.

It seems that 2 yuan is a lot, but in fact Cheng Nuo has already made a lot of money. Although the Shuchun Garden and Shaoyuan next door are big, they are all in dilapidated condition. There are not many complete buildings. The warlord Chen Shufan also sold half of it to Leighton Stuart at a price of 6 oceans, and built Yenching University on an abandoned garden, which was later merged with Yanyuan.

It's not that Cheng Nuo didn't think about selling the entire "Yanyuan" directly, but after thinking about it, it's completely unnecessary. First, the most elite local academy of sciences has already been obtained; second, it is also for Yenching University and later Peking University Leaving a living space, anyway, he is also a member of Peking University now, so he really can't do such a ruthless thing like digging the roots; three times, this place is so expensive, he really bought it with all his heart, and finally relying on the start-up capital he earned from selling patents is all-powerful. Light, there is no money to do business in the future.

On the way back, Li Laosan couldn't help but said: "Sir, we are such a good newspaper, but forcibly inserting a foreigner, I feel uncomfortable seeing his air just now, will he play tricks on us in private? "

Cheng Nuo smiled and said, "Lao Li, don't worry, I'll be able to work as the manager for a day, and I'll be able to make waves in this day, so I know it."

Unite the majority and fight against the very few. With the development of the Academy of Sciences, it is inevitable that some other forces will be added. It is even possible to set up foreign academicians one day in the future, but as long as the interests are in the same direction, there will be some talks. Cheng Nuo can do it. use.

Li Laosan pedaled a little slower, and said: "That's right, he has been bullying the Qing Tartars for so many years, and he should be our bull and horse. If I say it, he should let him collect a few more days of rags." , try how this hard life came about, isn’t it thanks to them.”

Cheng Nuo said with a smile again: "It's hard for anyone now, we have to make more friends and fewer enemies, so that we can walk more smoothly and go further, Lao Li, apart from being literate Besides, read more books."

Li Laosan nodded: "There is no gentleman in the book who knows a lot. I have learned a lot in just a short time. I can ride a bike for my husband for the rest of my life. But then again, Lao Zai has been looking at me today, and I thought it was intentional." Angry at me, but things are getting more and more wrong in the future, I always feel like I’ve seen it somewhere.”

"Where did you see it?"

"It's as if it was the first time I saw that guy in my family, and my soul flew away."

"What you said sounds so strange. Old Li, don't get me wrong." Cheng Nuo wondered how this man in history who didn't have the habit of breaking his sleeves could do what Li Laosan said, hesitantly said: "Maybe you are wrong."

"I was riding on the car, maybe I was not looking at me, but the car? It's really weird."

"Forget it, let's talk about it later, let's go uphill, Lao Li, stop for a while, I'll get down and push the cart."

"Hey sir, don't go down, I can rush up with all my strength"

The two chatted all the way, rushing back all the way.

But when they got to the door of the house, they found two Japanese men waiting for them standing at the door.

"Cheng Sang, I have admired you for a long time."

　Thanks to the book friends who finally have time for the 3000 starting point coins reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)