Crimson Dawn

Chapter 60

He Ruming looked at his younger sister, He Qian. The siblings looked alike, and they were both in the same line as their mother.When He Qian was young, He Ruming often took her to the streets to play. At that time, whenever he saw two people, as long as they could strike up a conversation, they would say that they were brother and sister at first glance.Of course, there are also those who don't have long eyes and will ask if the two are father and daughter.But He Ruming didn't feel that way.In his opinion, his younger sister He Qian's personality is more like his own father.Now the expression on the younger sister He Qian's persuasion to break off the marriage with the Lian family, in He Ruming's view, is almost exactly the same as that of his father.There is a faint condescending taste.This is He Ruming's least favorite feeling.

"Brother, you can't agree to the marriage. Now that this happened, if the Lian family still feels ashamed, they should take the initiative to talk to you. Anyway, the dowry has not been paid yet, and this matter is not out of hand. "

Seeing that He Ruming still hadn't made up his mind, He Qian simply said clearly, "If they don't know what is good or bad, they must mention this matter. Brother, you must refuse this matter. If you are infected with this disease, it shows that The son of their family is definitely not a good thing. If they talk about marriage again, they will look down on you. Why is our girl so cheap, can't she find a good man to marry?"

He Ruming cheered up when he heard that he would be looked down upon by others.But after a while, he frowned again.He Qian knew that He Ruming was worried that he would not be able to rely on the Lian family, and that his future official career would definitely be damaged.Just because she knew this, she became even more angry, "Brother, to put it bluntly in the officialdom, it's still a matter of money. If we don't rely on them to connect the family, we don't have other opportunities. There is a golden mountain outside, you Go dig."

"Outside?" He Ruming asked in confusion.

"If you get this medicine, we also have some shops in Tianjin. How much money can you earn just by selling this medicine?"

Only then did He Ruming realize that his sister had already set her mind on Chen Ke.Thinking this way is a way to make money, but Chen Ke is not an ordinary foreign student with no background, as far as I know now, Yan Fu is behind him, and it is not so easy to blackmail Chen Ke. "How can I get this Chen Wenqing to take out the medicine obediently." He asked his sister.

"Didn't he come to your door now?"

"The honeycomb?"

Dead wood cannot be carved!He Qian was speechless at the slowness of her eldest brother's reaction.After reading Chen Ke's book, although He Qian had never met Chen Ke, she was sure that Chen Ke could not cooperate with He Ruming just because of the honeycomb briquette, and he must have other plans.What is Chen Ke's real purpose, He Qian is not quite clear.If I want to get benefits from Chen Ke, I'm afraid I can't rely on my elder brother. It seems that I have to condescend to meet Chen Ke to know.After deciding on her train of thought, He Qian said, "Brother, why don't you stay with Chen Ke for lunch, and I'll ask him."

"It's inconvenient."

"He is also an overseas student after all. He can play the piano so well, and according to my elder brother, he seems to be quite knowledgeable. He should have been overseas for many years, and foreign men and women do not shy away from meeting each other. There is nothing inconvenient about it."

After He Ruming listened to his sister's reminder, he also felt that Chen Ke was a bit like someone who could be squeezed.But to really squeeze Chen Ke, he couldn't think of a good way right away.Since his younger sister was willing to come forward, He Ruming felt much less pressure.

"That's it."

"What about the Lian family?" He Qian asked.In fact, He Qian's firm attitude was not only for He Ying.If the He family was looked down upon by others, she would also be looked down upon as an unmarried girl of the He family.For the He family, He Qian must defend the dignity of the family.

"Just do as you say." He Ruming replied.

After the two brothers and sisters finished discussing for the benefit of the family, He Ruming went back to the living room first.I saw Chen Kezheng and Bu Guanshui lying on the table, writing something on the paper.

"When you reach this note, caret. Play this section." Chen Ke said while writing.He Ruming went up to take a look, and found it somewhat familiar. It was the strange symbols on the music scores that came with him when he bought the piano at home.Chen Ke wrote a paragraph bit by bit, and then outlined a few key points with a pen, "This part will be accompanied by gongs. That's probably it."

Bu Guanshui looked at the dozen or so sheets of paper on the table, each of which was a score played by a different instrument. "Brother Wenqing, organizing a military band is just like fighting a war. Each department operates in a completely different way."

"It doesn't matter what you do. It doesn't work without good cooperation."

"Then I'll take these back first and find the military band to practice."

"Brother Guan Shui, if you want to save trouble, you'd better find a foreign military band and ask them to help you rehearse. Our military band will learn from it and it will be faster."

After hearing this, He Ruming felt that Chen Ke's tone was very loud.Foreign military bands are not so easy to mobilize.Seeing Bu Guanshui's expression of hesitation, He Ruming felt that Bu Guanshui had the same idea.Unexpectedly, Bu Guanshui continued: "It's okay to find a foreign military band. But after all, it is Beiyang's own military parade song. If I find a foreign military band, I'm afraid I will be ridiculed that I have no one in Beiyang."

After hearing this, He Ruming became dissatisfied with Bu Guanshui.He immediately added the evaluation of "I don't know the heights of the sky and the earth" to the two young people.

"If brother Guan Shui needs anything, just come to me. It must be in the morning, and I will ask the Beijing Normal University to give a lecture in the afternoon."

"Understood. I will definitely trouble Brother Wenqing."

After finishing speaking, Bu Guanshui asked Chen Ke to play "The Soviet is Marching" twice before getting up and leaving.

Standing at the door together with Chen Ke, watching Bu Guanshui leave, He Ruming said: "Wen Qing, sister She wants to see how Wen Qing plays the piano after listening to the music you play. Could you please trouble Wen Qing?"

"It's possible." Chen Ke didn't understand what He Ruming wanted to do, but he had no reason to refuse.

Back in the living room, He Ruming let his younger sister in, and everyone greeted him.Chen Ke looked at He Qian, and couldn't help but look at He Ruming next to him. The two brothers and sisters looked alike.Handsome He looks like Teacher Chen who has surpassed the realm of equipment, and He Qian's appearance can only be described as beautiful.She wore the long braids that are unique to girls, but the silk clothes on her body made Chen Ke very unacceptable.It was the kind of clothing that was popular in the Qing Dynasty, that is to say, a bunch of gaudy things, small collars, wide tops, and long skirts are also that annoying straight-cut style.For this dress, Chen Ke felt that it was very similar to mourning clothes.No matter how you look at it, it's uncomfortable.

While Chen Ke was looking at He Qian, He Qian was also looking at Chen Ke.Chen Ke is quite tall in this day and age.Although the clothes look a little old, but from a woman's point of view, the fabric is very shiny.However, He Qian noticed that Chen Keben looked at her with admiration, and soon his attitude became cold.He Qian felt a little dissatisfied with this subtle change.As long as people who have met her have always praised He Qian for being quite beautiful.Chen Ke's gaze was no different from others at first, but after looking at his clothes, his attitude changed.Wouldn't it be better to wear a suit of clothes to attract attention?

She couldn't help but look down at her own clothes. This set of clothes already looked like Manchu's clothes, and He Qian felt a little clear.After reading Chen Ke's book, He Qian can tell that Chen Ke is a revolutionary party. After contacting Chen Ke's attitude towards her clothes, He Qian is now absolutely sure of Chen Ke's political orientation.

"I don't know what song Miss He wants to hear?" Chen Ke asked.

When He Ruming heard this, his expression changed immediately.There is no way to ask women directly without leaving other people's elder brothers.This is too impolite.

"Mr. Chen, can you play the first piece?" He Qian didn't care too much.

As expected, Chen Ke didn't look at her at all, and sat by the piano to play.The music is beautiful, but everyone's mood is different.When she first heard this piece, He Qian was still enjoying the music, but now she is just observing Chen Ke.

After this song was finished and Chen Ke played a few more, He Qian asked, "Could it be that Mr. Chen studied music overseas?"

"I study chemistry."

"No wonder I heard from my brother that Mr. Chen wants to start a briquette business in the capital."

When Chen Ke heard this, he turned to look at He Qian.He suddenly noticed that He Qian's expression was very familiar.It was a very firm and serious expression. When Chen Ke was negotiating with others, opponents often used this attitude to bargain.

Chen Ke smiled.He looked into He Qian's eyes seriously and said, "I don't know what Ms. He has to teach. Please tell me directly."

He Ruming looked at the two young men, they all had a calm attitude and strong eyes.Although the expression looks friendly, it gives people a feeling of being hidden.At this moment, He Ruming only felt that the two looked alike.

"I don't know why Mr. Chen asked my elder brother to cooperate with this matter?"

"I need to find people who are hardworking and understand machinery. I heard that since Mr. He has worked in Tianjin Machinery Bureau for many years, he naturally knows a lot of talents in this field. Let me look for it through other channels, and I can find it, but it is definitely not as good as Let Mr. He, who knows everything, come to find convenience."

"I don't know if my brother did this, but what good is it?" He Qian asked.

He Ruming was drinking tea, and almost spit out the tea after hearing this.My own sister is too straightforward.

"Then what does Miss He want?" Chen Ke was equally straightforward.

"I don't know how to sell Mr. Chen's medicine?"

Chen Ke thought for a while, "For ten days, if Mr. He can find ten people, I will sell medicine for 100 people to Mr. He. If I can find twenty people, I will sell medicine for 200 people. My medicine , sold in Shanghai, it is 20 taels per person. If Master He finds someone, I agree with five, and the drug price I give to Master He is 18 taels per person. If you agree with ten people, it is 16 taels. If you agree with two For ten people, I will give Mr. He a dose of 12 taels per person. And I promise that within three months, no other medicine will flow to the north. I will not interfere with how much Mr. He sells."

He Ruming knew that, let alone 20 taels, even if it was sold for 50 taels now, those who were in a hurry to see a doctor would also give it.If it was a dose for two hundred people, according to what Chen Ke said, he would have to earn more than 3000 taels of silver at least.These days, a good manor around Beijing costs only two to three thousand taels.Such a transaction can make a profit.But Chen Ke and his sister had such a negotiation, which made He Ruming feel very uncomfortable.This is not a lady and an overseas student, they are simply a pair of bold merchants.

"Ten days may be too late." He Qian said.

"Thirteen days at most, I can't wait too long."

"What does big brother mean?" He Qian turned her head and asked.

"20 days." He Ruming replied.

"Master He, I can wait up to thirteen days." Chen Ke replied bluntly.

He Ruming looked at Chen Ke, seeing that he had no intention of giving in, He Ruming frowned.But he glanced at his sister, only to see her nodding slightly.He Ruming then said: "That's thirteen days."

After negotiating the matter, Chen Ke stood up and said goodbye.He Ruming did not persuade him to stay.After Chen Ke left, he asked He Qian, "What does this Chen Ke mean?"

"He has already said it." He Qian sat down by the piano and tapped the keyboard lightly with her fingers.

"Do you believe him?" He Ruming asked.

"Then what are you going to do, brother? Either do it or not. You make up your own mind, brother." After speaking, He Qian tapped on the keyboard, and the piano played a monotonous syllable.After hearing Chen Kefang's fluent playing, He Ruming felt that the sound was really unpleasant.

Back at the residence, Chen Ke saw that everyone was surrounding Chen Tianhua.I went over and saw that it was the blacksmith who sent the custom-made molds.The coal cutter is rather rough and simple, but what Chen Ke needs at this time is time. Whether the outer iron ring is round enough or not, and whether the tolerance between parts is high enough is not the main point of Chen Ke's pursuit.At this time, the newly purchased crushed coal had been piled up in the atom. Chen Ke and everyone wore masks, knocked the coal into coal powder as much as possible, then mixed loess, and beat it into honeycomb coal with a coal beater.

After hammering 20 yuan of coal, this thing is far less convenient than the later generations of coal cutters. In order to pursue time, Chen Ke adopted the simplest mode.And everyone was unskilled at the beginning, not only was the coal produced slowly, but also a lot of coal was broken in the middle.The backs of their black hands rested on their sweaty brows, and their faces were smudged with sweat, making their faces even dirtier.Chen Ke asked: "Tianhua, you see we have put in so much effort, if we can buy briquettes, everyone would rather buy coal?"

Chen Tianhua was also tired, knocking coal and making mud was not an easy job.He took off the cloth on the crock pot and drank water from the crock pot's mouth. "That's not necessarily the case. The common people are very cautious about spending money. They don't earn a lot of money in the first place, so there is no money to spend."

"Now we do it ourselves, so the cost of hiring workers is too high. In the future, the cost of production with machines will be lower than that of burning briquettes." Chen Ke replied confidently.

Chen Ke stood up and began to fill the rough stove with firewood. In the middle of last night, Chen Ke had already started to burn firewood in the stove, slowly evaporating the moisture in the soil.The soil is now much dry.After Chen Ke lit the firewood this time, he put a piece of briquette on it, and the light smoke from the burning wood gradually dissipated. Chen Ke waited for a while, and finally said with a smile on his face, "The briquette is burning."

I bought all the pots and pans. Chen Ke has never used briquettes since then, but he has not forgotten how to use them.The blue flame was burning under the pot, and while the fire was hot, the vegetables were fried in one go.Everyone sat around the table and started eating.

"I got involved with the Beiyang Army yesterday." Chen Ke said calmly.

Everyone except Wu Xingchen was stunned when they heard this.Chen Ke originally planned to talk about it later, but after thinking about it just now, he felt that it would be better to talk about it sooner.If I say it later, in case everyone discovers it first, it will be unclear.Don't know what will happen.Anyway, no matter when it is said, it will cause problems.Simply speaking now will avoid unexpected things.

"Chen Ke, what do you mean?" Pang Zi snapped down his chopsticks, and he really had a seizure first.

"The Beiyang Army is currently practicing in Hejian. If we are lucky, we can see them with our own eyes. At that time, everyone will be able to see the reality of the Beiyang Army." Chen Ke said unmoved, "Pang Brother, don’t you want to take revenge? Wouldn’t it be nice to see the reality of the Beiyang Army with your own eyes?”

"You!" Pang Zi was so angry that he couldn't speak for a moment.

"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles." Wu Xingchen said in a deep voice.

"What the hell is invincible in all battles!" Pang Zi said angrily, "Just do them one by one."

"Brother Pang, you..."

"Brother Pang, I'm not your elder brother." When Pang Zi heard that Chen Ke had colluded with the Beiyang Army, he felt angry.Just as he was about to explode, Wu Xingchen slapped his palm on the table.He shouted sharply: "Lao San Pang, what do you want to do? What do you want to say? You just talk to Wen Qing like this? How did Uncle Jing teach you back then?"

Pang Zi seemed to be a little afraid of Wu Xingchen, after being yelled at like this, he immediately lost his arrogance.

"Wen Qing, you don't have to be so polite to Pang Zi. If you should scold him, you have to scold him, and he has turned the world upside down!" Wu Xingchen said sternly.

Chen Ke smiled and didn't say anything else. He just talked about how to contact the Beiyang Army.Pang Zi tried to speak a few times, but was stared at by Wu Xingchen, but he didn't dare to be so presumptuous.

"So, Wen Qing wants us to go and see when the Beiyang Army is holding a military parade?" Wu Xingchen said slowly.

"The military parade can best see the reality of the Beiyang Army. And if we are lucky, we can also see the real actual combat exercises of the Beiyang Army. There are not many opportunities for this."

"Brother Pang, haven't you always wanted to take revenge? If you want to rebel in Hebei, you will definitely not be able to avoid the Beiyang Army's encirclement and suppression. And the brothers in Shandong, once they get into trouble, they will also be unable to avoid fighting with the Beiyang Army. Now Look at the strength of the Beiyang Army, and if you encounter the Beiyang Army in the future, you will also have a preparation." Chen Ke said.

"How many Beiyang troops are performing drills?" Wu Xingchen asked.

"It's not the entire force of Beiyang. I heard that more than 2 people were mobilized." Chen Ke replied casually.

"Hiss!" Someone gasped.

In the year of Gengzi, the six Beiyang towns had not yet fully formed an army, and Yuan Shikai used less than [-] Beiyang troops to suppress the Shandong Uprising.And Boxing Boxing was killed.According to Chen Ke's statement, the strength of the Beiyang Army is much stronger than before, and several Shandong heroes were taken aback.Even Pang Zi lowered his head and dared not make a sound.

"Brother Wu, we have to pay close attention to lectures these days. I don't know when I will be asked to help them rehearse the military parade. If we have the opportunity to watch the Beiyang exercise, we must know how to do it before going to the exercise. Only then can the Beiyang Army be defeated."

After hearing what Chen Ke said, everyone's eyes focused on Chen Ke's face again.

"I can only tell you the basics, it's all on paper. If you don't understand these things, just watch the exercise. I'm afraid everyone will be frightened by the Beiyang Army." Chen Ke didn't care about everyone's current strength Made an evaluation.

"By the way, we have to send a letter to Shanghai today. Ask them to bring us some things. Well, let Xie Mingxian be responsible for bringing things over."

Chapter 60

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