The Last Mecha

Chapter 70 Power and Country

It has been seven days since the tragedy of the Chu family that night, and the new graves have not yet grown vegetation, and the tragedies of other families have long been forgotten in an instant.

In the early morning of this day, the Haiyang Street was decorated with lights and festoons. The bright red lanterns were hung high in rows like the sun. The screens, armchairs, and red-painted halls were all brand new, just like the New Year, and the big restaurant in the center was crowded with people.

The man took a rag and wiped it from the head of the wooden floor to the inside. The kitchen knives in the back kitchen were sharpened one after another, for fear of leaking a little greasy. Watch carefully, not leaving a bug eye.

As the first restaurant in the whole city, the standard of Guiyuelou is not low on weekdays, and the person who can improve them to such a level must have an extraordinary status.

In the private room on the top floor, in front of the incense-filled table were two men, one of whom was in his early fifties, with curved eyebrows, thin face, a sick look, and his voice was as thin as a lamb crying, with a towel stuck in his collar, coughing from time to time.

No one would have imagined that Zhang Li, the well-known governor of the south of the Yangtze River, would look like this, as the vanguard of the new army to set up factories in Daxia.

The person next to him, in his thirties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a few traces of youthful frizz in his speech and movements, was Guo Penglai, who had just been appointed as the inspector of Jiangsong City half a year ago.

"Penglai, how long will it take for Jiang Mulin to arrive?"

Zhang Li grabbed the teacup with his skinny five fingers, and the heat made his beard covered with drops of water.

"It's almost time. Within half an hour, I'll send someone to stand guard along the road, so I can tell us an incense stick of time in advance."

Guo Penglai responded, and helped the governor beside him into the water with a full face of obedience.

"Okay, I don't worry if you handle things carefully." Zhang Li said, but the lines on his face were wrinkled like a river, "Hey, if possible, I really don't want to see this person."

"Students don't understand. This man is just a martial artist. It's okay to see him when he sees him. Why is the teacher so motivating and mobilizing people, but he still has a sad face in the end?"

Guo Penglai asked, when they were in private, they always used to address each other as teacher and student.

Zhang Li turned his gray eyes, stared at the student in front of him for a moment, then said: "Your official career has been promoted by me all the way, and I also see how well you do. You , the heart is fine, but the brain is a bit stupid and not sensitive enough"

"Of course, if you're too smart, it's not you who I would promote." He swallowed this sentence, and continued, "Martial arts are not what they used to be, and Qi metal has developed to the present. Martial arts are closely related. Jiang Mulin is from the capital, and the Holy Majesty personally wrote a letter to practice it. Did His Majesty write it for him? It was written for us, and it is His Majesty's gold medal! It is telling us that this person who came is The emperor's envoy, let's see who dares to treat you badly."

"Ten years, but ten years. When the Holy Majesty came to the throne, he was just seventeen. Although he had just shown the appearance of an emperor, he was still a fluffy boy in my eyes. Now, he has a lot of power in his hands, and the eight ministers of the center told him to withdraw. There are five, and the remaining two are all loyal royalists, and the capital is absolutely unanimous."

"I admit that your majesty has done a good job in some aspects, and even an old guy like me has to admire him, but he is too independent in his work. The king of a country should not be like this. Above the court, there should be a hundred battles." flow, endless life."

Guo Penglai listened quietly to his teacher's complaints, and kept nodding his head in agreement.

Zhang Li, Governor of Jiangnan, although superficially docile, is definitely not an obedient person behind his back. He speaks passionately about family and country morality, but in fact it is for that little power in the final analysis.

If Emperor Wu wanted to obey his empire absolutely, he had to deal with the wings of his ministers and local governors. For these people who were immersed in the desire for power, it was simply fatal.

A man cannot be powerless for a day.

Zhang Li spoke happily, took out the collar towel and coughed for a while, and then said quietly: "So, you should be more sensitive to Jiang Mulin. But don't be too nervous, His Majesty sent him to Jiang Mulin. Song, it has nothing to do with us."

"Oh? Please enlighten me, teacher."

Guo Penglai looked completely unexpected, and sat up straight to listen.

"Although it's just a guess, I think the real purpose of Jiang Mulin's trip is foreigners."

"Foreigner?"

"The wise and mighty Emperor Wu has the world in mind, and there are countless things to worry about, but there are only two things that really make him sleepless. At present, the most important thing is the fist of this country. What His Majesty dreamed of, must be to keep all the troops of Britannia, Frank, and the Church State out of the country. For this reason, Jiang Song is what he wants to do, the matter of Qimai , How much difference there is between the annual output and the stock, can be seen by individuals, and where the bulk of the losses are going, fools can understand, maybe His Majesty has made up his mind. And, there is that matter. "

"However, didn't the teacher say that within three years, Daxia would not have the strength to fight foreigners in the coastal waters?"

"You have to know that war is just a means. Now it's still a game of civilized people. What song is sung there and what tune is played here. The international situation is not peaceful either. It looks like a general and a general, maybe, ambushes from all sides, at a time like this, everyone doesn't want to be the first to shoot, and make someone else's wedding dress."

"Teacher, since you said that, the students have an idea. Taking this opportunity to let foreigners make our wedding dresses, maybe His Majesty can give us some convenience, at least the preparations and factories of the Academy of Sciences."

"Snapped!"

When there was a crisp sound, Zhang Li, a frail little old man, suddenly pulled out a paper fan from his sleeve and knocked it on Guo Penglai's head.

"I said you're not smart enough to be sensitive to government affairs, are you?"

"Students don't know what's wrong?"

"You have to know that our officials are for money and power. They are not gamblers who hang their heads on their belts and use foreigners as guns. Fortunately, you can figure it out. If you move your butt, you Are you meeting him? Then your majesty is not Gaozong, you will lose your head." Zhang Li stared, and Guo Penglai was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak out for a while, "The domestic political situation is changing, and you must not be the leader. Some people can't help it. This Jiang Mulin came to Jiang Song, not only will I not let you get in his way, but I also want you to help me in a down-to-earth manner, and you are not allowed to be sloppy."

"Why? To show loyalty to His Majesty?"

"Remember, no matter how fierce the internal affairs of a country are, no matter how fierce the conflict is, as long as the struggle is not broken, there is still a possibility of reconciliation. But between us and foreigners, there will always be a pure interest struggle. See the situation clearly, are you The descendants of Yanhuang, I have lived in the Great Xia for 300 years, and now it is a life and death situation. The profit can be given away, and the country cannot be broken."

Zhang Li's gray eyes suddenly became sharp at this moment.

"Don't make yourself a national humiliation at a time like this."

　Suddenly, I was notified that on the [-]st, that is, at [-]:[-] am on Saturday, I was not ready at all. I have been too busy these two days, so I will start drawing time codes after I sleep. At least the update will be more than normal on the first day of release. Let's see if there is time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)