Reborn Bao Guowei, I really didn’t want to be a great writer!

Chapter 199 Wenhui, Lin Huiyin and Bing Xin

In the yard, some young men and women were standing or sitting.

The men usually wear suits and long robes, have fair faces, and their hair is more or less taken care of.

What is relatively uniform is that basically all of the five or six boys wear glasses.

Surprisingly, women accounted for the majority at this literary gathering, which is relatively rare in usual literary gatherings.

Some wore cheongsams of different colors, while others wore "civilized student uniforms."

One of the origins of this kind of clothing is the school uniform of Peihua Girls' Middle School in Peiping, which consists of a narrow and slender short coat paired with a long skirt of different textures.

It can also be regarded as one of the fashions of women's clothing during this period.

In the courtyard in late spring and early summer, the pansies bloom silently, the amaranths shine brightly in the sun, and the aphrodisiac flowers bloom like trumpets, playing summer tunes.

Good people, good things, good times.

But Liang Sicheng didn't listen to him at all. Instead, he asked several questions about "Guns, Germs and Steel".

He was immediately wary.

He was not only one of the founders of modern Chinese architecture, but also played an extremely important role in the research and protection of ancient Chinese architecture.

Everyone in the venue also cast their gaze over.

Bao Guowei smiled slightly and began to briefly introduce the contents of the explanation book to everyone.

But he
Thinking of this, Liang Sicheng couldn't help but feel a little moved. If you are like this, what else can I ask for?

But on the surface, he still smiled and said: "Sicheng is lucky today, Bingwen doesn't go out often!"

Dai Wangshu did not forget to add: "Hey, even Wu Peifu from the north has to call him sir."

He said excitedly: "With Bingwen treating him like this, if there is anything Liang Sicheng can do to help in the future, just ask!"

He paused and said meaningfully.

"I am honored." Bao Guowei said with an implicit smile on his face. "I have long heard that Mr. Liang Sicheng is a great man of his generation. Today I saw that it was true."

Fame comes with strength, no matter which aspect it is, Bao Guowei's status should be higher than his own.

Liang Sicheng was afraid that Bao Guowei wouldn't recognize him, so he introduced from the side: "Jiang Baili is not an ordinary person. He is both civil and military. He graduated from the Japanese Army Military Academy and is a military theorist!"

Seeing Bao Guowei's sincere eyes, it didn't look like he was faking it at all.

"In fact, it is precisely because of food production and the development of animal husbandry and farming technology that productivity has been greatly improved. Society has excess food to feed clerks, inventors, and politicians. The job of these people is not to grow their own food. To eat food is not to hunt, but to develop culture and technology.”

Liang Sicheng noticed everyone's doubts and immediately stepped forward to introduce him: "Maybe you don't know Bingwen yet? This is Mr. Jiang, Jiang Baili."

"What Bingwen said is an annotation for this book "Guns, Germs and Steel". It seems that I, Jiang, did not make a mistake today!"

In particular, there are several celebrities in the venue who have considerable influence in the literary and academic circles.

The thin man wearing glasses had a very surprised expression on his face. He immediately abandoned everyone present and rushed in front of Bao Guowei.

It was obviously me who came first!

This made Dai Wangshu very uncomfortable, but after hearing the content, he also showed an interested expression.

I have heard of Liang Sicheng for a long time. He is a veritable master of architecture.

Dai Wangshu was a little bit sour next to him. If he had read some comics from later generations, he might have brought them into it and said a few words.

In fact, Bao Guowei had long wanted to meet this celebrity, but unfortunately he never had the chance.

The courtyard was bustling with people just now, but Jiang Baili didn't make a sound. Now he had found someone he was interested in.

Bao Guowei, on the other hand, published two famous poems in poetry and made great contributions in dealing with epidemics. He successively published excellent works such as "Alive" and "Guns, Germs and Steel", and even popular novels. , as well as popular works such as "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

At this time, Liang Sicheng's nationwide survey of ancient buildings was only at an experimental stage.

"Mr. Bingwen? You are actually here!"

Several masterpieces have not been published.

After his father Liang Qichao passed away two years ago, he gradually faded out of the public eye and concentrated on studying his own field of architecture.

When he saw the man with a thin face and handsome appearance, it was not difficult for Bao Guowei to recognize that this was the famous Liang Sicheng.

"I don't know if you have noticed that the areas where writing was invented are usually the places where food production was the earliest. The influence of geography is reflected in the spread of ideas, invented tools, technologies and other necessary products of civilization."

Today, he still bears the halo of his father.

I saw this man with a square and resolute face, wearing a neat tunic suit. At first glance, he could tell that he had been in the military.

When Bao Guowei heard the word "Jiang", his heart skipped a beat and he immediately looked over.

With his upright appearance, there is no doubt that he was born in the military.

At this time, a middle-aged man sitting on the chair next to him suddenly spoke.

Jiang Baili shook his head and said, "That happened a few years ago. Following Mr. Ren in carrying out the literary movement with all his strength, I have gained something."

Compared to himself, Bao Guowei was even more excited. What was going on?
Liang Sicheng was flattered for a moment.

Jiang Baili stood up, raised his hands to Bao Guowei and said, "Hello, I, Jiang Baili, am really lucky to meet Mr. Bao Bingwen."

"And powerful culture and technology have further promoted the development of productivity and promoted civilization to become stronger step by step. At this time, such advanced civilizations as those in Eurasia have crushed the indigenous civilizations of America and Australia. .”

Bao Guowei nodded. If he was just looking at people, he might not recognize it very well, but when it comes to this name, Bao Guowei is like thunder!

This Jiang Baili is different from the bald man. He is a true military wizard and his life is full of legends.

Not only is he the author of "On National Defense," it is one of the most important documents on modern Chinese military theory. Even teachers have read it.

In literature, he started various literary activities with Liang Qichao and became one of Liang Qichao's most effective assistants. He co-founded the Lecture Club with Cai Yuanpei and others, and invited Dewey, Russell, Tagore and others to give lectures in China.

Wait, he even planned to translate "Das Kapital", but it was shelved due to business issues.

"Mr. Jiang is very handsome and handsome. He should be regarded as Bao Guowei's ancestor. He really can't be called Mr." Bao Guowei said politely with a smile.

Xu Zhimo also came up and said: "Bingwen, this Mr. Baili needs to make a good friend. Although he is much older than us, his thinking is not backward at all!"

Seven years ago, Songpo Library was established in Peiping, Liang Qichao became the director, and Jiang Baili was in charge of the editorial department at that time.

Later, he founded the Crescent Society with Hu Shizhi and became good friends with Xu Zhimo. That’s why Jiang Baili appeared here today.

In fact, Jiang Baili was also present at the last cultural gathering that Bao Guowei attended, but he was older and used to being taciturn.

So I didn't come up to get to know Bao Guowei.

Now after reading his book "Guns, Germs and Steel", I have aroused a strong interest.

Jiang Baili had a subtle smile on his face and his beard was shaved meticulously. At the age of forty-eight, he still looked like a young man.

"Everyone is praising me too much. In fact, Mr. Jiang didn't say that much. He just has a question in the book and I want to ask some advice."

"Sir, it doesn't matter."

Bao Guowei had a good impression of Jiang Baili. His patriotism was obvious to all in history, and he had repeatedly called on the government to prepare for war as soon as possible, saying bluntly that there would be a war between China and Japan.

When the appeal was issued, Japan was still four years away from a full-scale invasion.

Unfortunately, as expected, Baldhead did not adopt his suggestion.

Jiang Baili nodded and said: "Actually, when reading this work, I also had many questions, but the biggest question is, can the gap caused by geography really have such a great impact on military and politics? ?”

"You must know that when everyone works together, even powerful technology is not impossible to resist as long as there are good decisions and a sufficient number of excellent soldiers."

He is familiar with various military books, and has a completely different understanding of his professional field in the book "Guns, Germs and Steel".

Bao Guowei was slightly stunned, but this kind of question was relatively new.

He thought for a moment, then gave the other party an example and said: "Since you mentioned the military, I will give you an example.

"During the Age of Discovery, Western countries set sail to colonize you. The Spanish colonists once fought a battle called Cajamarca in South America. In this battle, 169 cavalry and infantry fought against 80000 soldiers. Inca natives, can you guess what the final result will be?”

The crowd around him was silent for a while, but Jiang Baili was the only one who continued to speak.

"Militarily speaking, this is a battle with almost no chance of victory, but battles involving few versus many are not uncommon since ancient times."

He analyzed it and did not comment on the subsequent results.

But the result was obvious. According to Bao Guowei's tone, these 163 Spanish colonists must have won.

Among the crowd, some girls immediately exclaimed.

"How is this possible? There are more than 80,000 people. Even if the opponent has a cannon, one person can kill more than 100 people by throwing a hammer, right?"

Bao Guowei did not answer this question, but shook his head and said.

"The end result was that the emperor of the Inca Empire was directly captured, and the Spanish colonists harvested enough gold to fill the entire room."

As soon as these words came out, the venue immediately fell silent.

Only one woman with an oval face and a slender figure came out. She had a soft face and was full of quiet temperament.

"Why is this so? With such a huge difference in the number of people, there is such a result. It is really unbelievable. Is this also the content of Mr. Bingwen's "Guns, Germs and Steel"??"

Bao Guowei turned to look at the person who came and recognized her immediately.

Besides Lin Huiyin, one of the four most talented women in the Republic of China, who else could have such a woman?

Bao Guowei followed her words and told her all the answers.

"In my opinion, the most important thing about this battle is that the Spanish won this battle with the development of productivity and the steel (armor and weapons) and guns brought by technological innovation."

"Of course, these alone are not enough. You may not know that before this battle, the Inca Empire had just suffered a civil war caused by the smallpox plague, and this smallpox was what Columbus's fleet had earlier arrived in the New World. Brought.”

After a pause, Bao Guowei smiled and said the last sentence.

"This is the conquest brought by steel, guns and germs!"

"What a great one. This is the conquest brought by steel, guns and germs. As expected of Bao Bingwen, he took the lead as soon as he appeared on the stage!"

Xu Zhimo was the first to clap his hands. He admired Bao Guowei now. This man was so evil that he didn't even know where to start with jealousy.

There was just one thing that Xu Zhimo had to be jealous of, and that was the way Lin Huiyin looked at Bao Guowei.

There was a sparkle in his eyes. Although it was just admiration for Bao Guowei's knowledge, this alone made Xu Zhimo jealous.

But now things have changed. He failed in his pursuit of Lin Huiyin, and fell in love with Lu Xiaoman.

Lin Huiyin also fell in love with Liang Sicheng and began to study domestic architecture, which is very enviable.

After this little episode, Bao Guowei basically got to know everyone. He looked at the organizer of this cultural gathering, Xu Zhimo.

"What's wrong, Poet Xu, don't you want to give me a good introduction to these literary friends?"

To be honest, Bao Guowei must know these celebrities from the Republic of China very well just by listening to their names.

But if he were asked to identify people, there was really no way to identify them one after another.

Xu Zhimo immediately slapped his head. This Bao Guowei has been here for a long time and has not even been introduced yet.

He pointed at Bao Guowei and said: "This one doesn't need to be introduced. We all knew it just now. He is Mr. Bao Bingwen. I believe everyone is already familiar with it."

Xu Zhimo pointed to the crowd and introduced them one by one.

"Miss Lin Huiyin, Brother Bingwen seems to know her."

Bao Guowei nodded implicitly and said: "I saw the description in the newspaper, and I guessed it when I saw the real person."

The latter lowered his head, with some redness on his face.

Her husband, Liang Sicheng, stood by and watched, feeling very embarrassed.

But he couldn't say anything. After all, Bao Guowei behaved very normally, and his eyes didn't even stay on Lin Huiyin for long.

Just Lin Huiyin.
At this time, there were some women whispering among the crowd.

"This Bao Bingwen is really as rumored. He has a tall and tall figure and is very talented. The key is that he is very talented."

The person who spoke seemed to be a female student from the Crescent Club. After she noticed everyone's gaze, her face suddenly turned red with embarrassment and she hid behind a woman.

A smile appeared on Xu Zhimo's face, and he pointed at the woman and said.

"This is Xie Wanying. You can also call her by her pen name, Bing Xin."

(End of this chapter)