Crimson Dawn

Cai Yuanpei was a scholar, not an economist.The other people in the room, Tao Chengzhang, Xu Xilin, Qiu Jin and others, were not even scholars.When Chen Ke talked about the cruelty of the capitalist accumulation period, these people didn't feel it at first, but when they understood it, they all looked a little surprised.

"Britain began to plunder around the world 300 years ago, and finally attacked China in 1840. At that time, Britain had a population of 3000 to [-] million. China now has a population of [-] million. It is impossible to learn from Britain. The world is so big, China Learning from Britain, is it possible for China to kill all the people in other countries in the world? China must have a brand new political system. This is not just a revolution that overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It is not a problem to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Manchu Qing only means that a more difficult era has just begun."

Chen Ke talked eloquently, not caring that he was just a young man who had just met everyone.Chen Ke had just thought about it. Since Xu Xilin recommended himself as a revolutionary to Cai Yuanpei and the senior cadres of the Restoration Society, he might as well explain his revolutionary ideas to them.What's the use of thinking so much?Chen Ke already has his own preliminary social relations, Hua Xiongmao, You Gou, Zhou Yuanxiao, and even Qi Huishen who just met not long ago, these are the real partners who cooperate with Chen Ke.They are the social relations that Chen Ke will rely on in the future.

History has proved that none of the revolutionary parties these days has achieved success.After the Revolution of [-], the Restoration Society disappeared not long after.The League has been reorganized and is completely different.So what's the point of going out of your way to pander to these dead-end parties?

Chen Ke knew that he was not a genius, and he would definitely not be able to convince someone he just met with just one mouth.Then "obey the destiny and do your best" will do.

After briefly explaining the history of the rise of Europe and the United States, Chen Ke pointed out very seriously that the strength of Europe and the United States lies in the fact that they have all implemented "industrialization". As an agricultural country, China must be industrialized.Industrialization is a comprehensive "revolution" to the existing Chinese agricultural system.Any system that is not suitable for industrial countries must be overthrown.Therefore, Manchu must be overthrown.

Seeing Chen Ke talking in front of those well-known cadres of the Restoration Society, Xu Xilin saw the Chen Ke who was talking about revolution with him at that time.Xu Xilin once believed that Chen Ke was not a revolutionary party, but a speculator.It's just a guy who can catch up with his own line and go to Shanghai to find opportunities.Seeing Chen Ke's performance again now, Xu Xilin suddenly felt that Chen Ke in front of him was really an incredible guy.Chen Ke never talked about how to overthrow the Manchu Qing, but only talked about what kind of China to build in the future.It sounds reasonable, but it cannot solve the main problem at present.He was about to ask a question, but he heard Tao Chengzhang ask first: "Mr. Wenqing, but I don't know how you want to defeat Manqing."

The eyes of all the attendees lit up when they heard this question.This is what they care most about.Chen Ke stopped his words, he had thought about how to deal with this problem.In other words, it is a question of whether to tell the truth to the revolutionary predecessors of the Restoration Society.Chen Ke was hesitant all the time, seeing the people around him staring at him, Chen Ke was actually a little nervous.For some reason, he suddenly remembered a sentence his mother said to him before, "It is easy to die first, but difficult to die later."

At that time, Chen Ke was still young, not confident in himself, and wanted to do everything well.The result is always a mess, Chen Ke can't forget, when the mother's face was full of care and sullenness, she said these words word by word.

"It's easy to die first, but hard to die later. Do you think those traitors have a better life after their rebellion? They live in panic every day. The Communist Party has won the world, can they spare them? In normal times, you should soften your body and don't know yourself. Eat a few bowls of dry rice, dare to promise anything, dare to promise everything. But if you choose one thing, then go to the end, don’t think about anything, and work towards success. First have your own position, you A position that can be controlled and grasped. This is your foundation. If God wants you to die in the end, you will die calmly. To be a man, you must first be upright, and don’t engage in crooked ways. To be a man, you must also be smart, and don’t seek death .Being a person must have backbone and dare to face the result. For the things you choose, you must never be a deserter or a traitor."

At that time, Chen Ke felt that he had always chosen the wrong project. Later, Chen Ke had to realize painfully that he was always eager for quick success and chose a high-risk, uncontrollable path.Projects that seem to have huge benefits also mean that the chances of failure are frighteningly high.

Thinking of this, Chen Ke had to admit that the close cooperation with the Restoration Council was a high-risk project.If he wanted to join the Restoration Association, he would have to accept many "tests".The radical program of the Restoration Society, uprisings and assassinations all over the place, one after another.Xu Xilin assassinated Anhui governor Enming.Since Chen Ke did not agree with this revolutionary model at all, he simply expressed his revolutionary ideas to the Restoration Society.This is good for myself and good for the Liberation Society.

After making up his mind, Chen Ke looked at Tao Chengzhang and said very seriously: "My revolution is to lead those poor people who can't survive to overthrow the local government and establish a new system like I said. Beat it down until the whole of China is liberated."

Seeing Chen Ke pondering for a while, everyone actually said these words, and Chen Ke's eyes were full of surprises. Listening to Chen Ke's previous talk about how to build China's industrialization, he seemed to be a "reformist".Unexpectedly, Chen Ke not only advocates violent revolutionaries, but also can really say "very violent".

"Mr. Wen Qing, why do you want to lead the poor? What kind of revolution do those people know?" asked a middle-aged man Chen Ke didn't know.

"I think they are the ones who really want to make a revolution. Most of the gentry now support constitutionalism and feel that if the power is divided, they can run the country and make the country better. At least their lives will be much easier. If the constitution of the Manchurian Muslims satisfies these people's thoughts, they will not want revolution. It is a radical revolutionary party. As long as the constitution is established and the pigtails are cut off, I am afraid that many of them will recognize it. For those common people, they don't know how to write the word "revolution", and most of them are even illiterate. But China's current system does not change, and their lives are doomed to be extremely difficult. When they start a revolution, they must completely overthrow the world and start over. No. There are as many as 500 million people in this world. The people in power and their subordinates are no more than 500 million at most. When [-] million people stand up for revolution, can these [-] million people stop the trend? ?”

Chen Ke's voice was not loud, and he didn't speak every word quickly.After hearing Chen Ke's words, the faces of everyone in the room became serious.Chen Ke glanced over everyone, except for Hua Xiongmao who couldn't help showing a smile, the others didn't seem so happy.

There was silence in the room for a while, Cai Yuanpei looked at it coldly, and he smiled kindly, "Does Wenqing think he knows how to establish the new system you mentioned?"

"There are a lot of details missing, but I basically understand the program." Chen Ke said without hesitation.

"What are Wenqing's plans in the near future?"

"Preparing to open a cultural cram school."

"Oh, are the school buildings and teachers available?"

"There are already teachers, but not school buildings."

After hearing this, Cai Yuanpei looked at the crowd, "Wen Qing, I just have an opportunity here. The local government of Shanghai plans to open a school. They wanted me to come forward, but according to what they said, the school building has been settled. Wen Qing Now that it can be done, I wonder if Wenqing is willing to take over?" Cai Yuanpei dropped a bombshell in a gentle tone.

"Mr. Cai knows so many sages, how could it be my turn to show up. Mr. Cai looked up to me."

"This school is not the school of the Restoration Association. And I heard from Bosun that Wenqing wanted to join the Restoration Association. Wen Qing did this first, so he should do me a favor." Cai Yuanpei said.Chen Ke looked around, everyone looked calm and could not see any clues.Just take a look at what's tricky, Chen Ke thought. "I will write a charter for Mr. Cai to review. If Mr. Cai gives me this chance, I will definitely be able to do it well." Chen Ke replied seriously.

"That's good." Cai Yuanpei said with a smile, "I think Wenqing should be able to handle it well."

After everyone said a few more words, Qiu Jin gave Chen Ke and Hua Xiongmao a wink.The two quickly got up and said goodbye.Cai Yuanpei nodded in agreement.

After going out, Chen Ke let out a long breath, as if he wanted to let out all the depression in his chest.

"Wen Qing, are you really going to run a school?" Hua Xiongmao asked.

"Why not?" Chen Ke asked back.

"Have you ever run a school?" Hua Xiongmao was very interesting, always able to ask important points.

Being with Hua Xiongmao and other hard-working people made Chen Ke feel quite relaxed. He said with a smile: "Hua Juren, I have really run a school before." cram school.No stranger to these things. "My concern is that there is no school building. As for having a school, that's nothing."

Hua Xiongmao was somewhat confident in what Chen Ke said. He thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "If Wen Qing runs a school, I will go to be a student. It should be a pleasure to listen to Wen Qing's lectures."

"Happy?" Chen Ke laughed loudly after hearing this, "Zhenglan, how many students have you seen who love to go to school? Which one is not forced by homework to die of pain."

After hearing this, Hua Xiongmao also laughed, "Although I took the martial arts exam, I also went to a private school. I was beaten every day by my husband. It doesn't count if my husband beat me. If my parents know that my husband beat me, When I got home, I was still beaten up. It was really painful."

"If Mr. Cai asks me to run the school, I will do it right away. It is useless to take one step at a time and think so much. But we must not let go of our own cloth dyeing." Chen Ke's words are more like persuasion to himself .

It was almost noon when the two returned to the workshop.As soon as I entered the door, I saw three people working in the yard.Taking a closer look, the person helping to hang the cloth under You Gou's command was actually Qi Huishen whom he met only yesterday.I saw that Qi Huishen was also wearing a dark blue overalls, and pulled the rope with his head up, "Aren't you tired with your head up like this?" You Gou ordered, "Pull down the rope first, there is a loop at the end. Put the rope loop on the corresponding hook. Then go to adjust the position."

Ten square wooden beams corresponding to the above were placed on the ground, and iron hooks were nailed to the wooden beams.In order to prevent people from being caught, the iron hook is almost like a small gap cut off by the iron ring.This is Hua Xiongmao's suggestion.

Qi Huishen did as You Gou said, raised his head and looked at the cloth on it, it was very irregularly hung.Yougou pulled a rope on one side of the wall. The distance between the bamboo poles for drying cloth was adjusted through this rope. Once the rope was tightened, the distance between the bamboo poles became the same.Qi Huishen felt amazing about such a design. When he looked up to examine it carefully, he heard You Gou shout, "We'll see after we're done. Let's continue laying the cloth now." Immediately lowered his head and prepared to put cloth on the hanging bamboo pole.Then he saw Chen Ke and Hua Xiongmao standing at the door looking at him in surprise.

"Wen Qing, this Mr. Qi asked you for advice. I don't think you will charge him tuition, so let him use work instead of tuition." You Gou shouted, while quickly putting cloth on the bamboo pole.

"Mr. Qi, is that really the case?" Chen Ke asked with a smile.

"It's not that Ms. You forced me to work. I asked for help myself. Last time I saw Mr. Wen Qing working with a few others, I also want to see how tiring Mr. Wen Qing's work is."

"Then you go ahead, I'll come over and work together right away."

The number of people working in the yard changed from four to five. Everyone asked Qi Huishen to do some of the easiest jobs. With just one more person, his work efficiency was greatly improved.

In the evening, when fifty bolts of cloth were hung all over the yard, five people gathered at the table rubbing their sore necks and shoulders.Qi Hui looked back at the dense cloth, and couldn't believe that he had participated in so much work.

"Mr. Wen Qing..." Qi Huishen said.

"Mr. or not, just call me Wen Qing."

"Brother Wenqing, yesterday you talked about revolution, especially that the revolution should make the people revolutionize. Can you elaborate on it today?"

"Brother Huishen, with your work efficiency, I think if you work here, I will give you 15 Wen for a piece of cloth, plus free lectures, is that okay?" Chen Ke threw out his request.

"..." Qi Huishen didn't expect Chen Ke to make such an unimaginable request. After thinking about it, Qi Huishen said: "I have a friend, I want him to come to work and attend lectures, is that okay?"

"Okay, today you are free. Starting tomorrow, you and your friends will come to work together. And I have something to do today, so I can't give you a lecture. If there is nothing else, I will leave first." Said, Chen Ke stood up.

Qi Huishen didn't look angry at all, he also stood up, "Then I'll take my leave first." After Qi Huishen left the courtyard, Hua Xiongmao asked curiously: "Wen Qing, why are you tossing this guy like this? .”

"The revolution depends on work. People who refuse to do some work are not qualified to participate in my revolution." Chen Ke said with a smile.After seeing Cai Yuanpei and others during the day, Chen Ke no longer wanted to be hesitant about the revolution.The few members of the Communist Party at the beginning liberated China in just 28 years. Since I am willing to revolution, I will gather comrades who are willing to revolution and work like those predecessors.Hard work is enough, "It is easy to die first, then it is difficult to die." If you really meet the day of dedicating yourself to the revolution, just die without regret.What do you want to do so much?

When we got back to our residence, it was already dark.It was Lin Jian, Qiu Jin's maid, who opened the door.Entering the yard, I saw the lights on in Xu Xilin and Qiu Jin's rooms. There was a sound of arguing in Xu Xilin's room, and the people in the room heard the door knocking. After a while, Xu Xilin walked out of his room, "You two Come in." Listening to the voice, Xu Xilin's tone was quite severe.

As soon as he entered the room, Xu Xilin said to Chen Ke: "Wen Qing, what did you say to Mr. Cai today?"

"I'm blunt about the revolution."

"I'm not talking about those in front of you. Mr. Cai said he wanted to build a school, so you dare to accept it?" Xu Xilin's voice sounded harsh, but Chen Ke didn't feel any malice.

"Mr. Cai ordered, and I also think this matter can be done. I will give Mr. Cai a charter within five days. If Mr. Cai thinks it is okay, I will do it. If he thinks it is not possible, I will follow Mr. Cai's instructions. Is it Which gentleman from the Restoration Society have I offended?"

After hearing this, Xu Xilin hesitated to speak.The person offended was actually Xu Xilin himself. Xu Xilin had already discussed with Tao Chengzhang to run a school in Shaoxing.If Chen Ke runs a school in Shanghai, he will definitely not be able to help him.Xu Xilin was somewhat dissatisfied with this.

Qiu Jin knew what Xu Xilin was thinking, and she knew it was hard to say anything directly, so she just smoothed things over. "Wenqing, Mr. Cai thinks highly of you. He said that Wenqing, a practical man like you, is rare. Moreover, Mr. Cai thinks you are energetic and responsible. I am very optimistic about you when it comes to building a school."

Chen Ke didn't know the twists and turns in the middle. For him, as long as he can do the current thing well, "I will come up with a charter within seven days." Chen Ke said.

Hearing what Qiu Jin and Chen Ke said, Xu Xilin couldn't say anything more. He continued, "Xuan Qing and I are going out for a while. I wonder if Wen Qing can get used to staying in Shanghai?"

Chen Ke asked strangely: "Where are you two going?"

"Xuanqing will go to Japan. I'm going back to Shaoxing."

It turned out that when Cai Yuanpei approached Xu Xilin this time, he had been talking about Sun Yat-sen inviting revolutionary parties from all over the world to gather in Japan to discuss cooperation.Several important cadres in the Restoration Council will go.Xu Xilin and Qiu Jin were also invited.Xu Xilin was not very satisfied with Japan at first, and he was even more afraid to take risks with the group of "overseas revolutionaries" hiding in Japan.Simply dismissed the matter.

"Brother Bosun, can you wait for me for a few days?"

"What's the matter, Wen Qing?"

"In a few days, I'll finish dyeing and sell the cloth in my hand. I can earn a little money. Brother Bosun has treated me so kindly, and I want to give Brother Bosun some small favors."

Xu Xilin remembered the conversation between Qiu Jin and himself yesterday. Qiu Jin thought that Chen Ke was not a heartless person. Hearing what Chen Ke said today, Xu Xilin's dissatisfaction with Chen Ke dissipated a lot.He said a few polite words, but did not refuse.

What Chen Ke didn't know was that Xu Xilin was short of money.Historically, the Restoration Society was planning to set up a school, in the name of running a school, to provide military training to the backbone members of the party in various parts of Zhejiang, in preparation for launching an armed uprising and overthrowing the feudal autocratic rule.Tao Chengzhang, together with Xu Xilin and others, started to organize Datong School.To start a school, we first faced the difficulty of running a school. Cai Yuankang, Cai Yuanpei's younger brother, suggested to Xu Xilin to raise money for running a school by robbing banks.Xu Xilin agreed, and acted immediately. He borrowed 5000 yuan from Xu Zhongqing, a member of the Restoration Association and a rich businessman in Shaoxing, and bought a breech-loading nine-shot gun from Shanghai in the name of gymnastics exercises for students in Shaoxing Prefecture School. 50, 20000 bullets.Xu Xilin also asked Zhu Shaokang to go back to Shengxian County, select more than 20 strong and strong party youths to come to Shaoxing, and each person will be paid 20 yuan. Xu Xilin will personally supervise and lead them to conduct training in Donghu Lake, and prepare to carry out the robbery plan when the time is right. .Tao Chengzhang strongly opposed this, and believed that the overall situation should not be damaged by fundraising through improper channels.Because once the plan is implemented, it will inevitably cause huge repercussions in the society, which not only exposes itself, but also discredits the Restoration Society, and ultimately the gains outweigh the losses.

This is why Xu Xilin was quite surprised that Chen Ke actually took over the job of running a school in Shanghai.But Chen Ke took the initiative to offer Xu Xilin a sum of money, and Xu Xilin would naturally not refuse.

Qiu Jin then encouraged Chen Ke a few words.This will break up.

The next day, Qi Huishen really brought his companions.Qi Huishen was originally a relatively thin Jiangnan youth, and this classmate named He Zudao was a slender Jiangnan youth.He Zudao even wore braids, looking very shy and polite.

Fortunately, there are a lot of work clothes, so everyone puts on the clothes and starts working.Qi Huishen and He Zudao worked very hard, and You Gou had always been in charge of the less labor-intensive work. Now that he had two subordinates, You Gou was even happier doing it.

At noon, Wu Xingchen appeared at the door.Looking at the densely packed cloth hanging in the yard, Wu Xingchen felt rather regretful.The last time I met Chen Ke, if He Yifa hadn't been tossing around in the middle, I'm afraid Chen Ke would have signed an agreement with him, and he could earn a lot of cloth for such a large yard.He Yifa started looking for a buyer after returning home, but according to the local dialect of Shanghai, this guy is a "little turtle three".Otherwise, at such an age, it would be impossible to just get mixed up in the status of an ordinary gang member.He went to find someone, but no one would talk to him.To be honest, although Wu Xingchen was very angry at the time, and Wu Xingchen was wary of Chen Ke's special visit last time, Wu Xingchen didn't hate Chen Ke.So he simply found an excuse and sent He Yi out to handle errands, which kept Chen Ke from being harassed.

Today arrived at the time agreed with Chen Ke, Wu Xingchen wanted to see what kind of medicine Chen Ke was selling in the gourd.In this way, you can also play by ear.