Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1637
Huang Tikun was at a loss for words for a while, yes, what is the picture of the thief?Do you want to be emperor yourself?Although the Kun bandits have a small territory, occupying a prefecture in Qiongzhou is not a small situation. If they are planning to rebel, it is no problem to sweep half of China with their warships and guns. The officers and soldiers are definitely not their opponents. .

If it is said that they want to change dynasties and compete in the Central Plains, since they shelled Humen and bloodbathed the center and left, any armed force on the mainland has been destroyed.Although the Kun army does not seem to be many, as long as they rush into Guangdong, they can raise hundreds of thousands of troops in an instant.These days, as long as there is military pay and food, there are poor people who eat food and serve as soldiers.

But they just stayed on that island in Qiongzhou, tirelessly building roads, erecting iron lines, reclaiming wasteland and farming everywhere, conducting water conservancy, recruiting exiles, setting up schools... making a barren pirate business flourish, not only that, they seem to use this For fun, he also made a lot of messy so-called "Australian things"-in Huang Tingkun's view, these "Australian things" are simply meaningless and a waste of money and food.

He thought for a long time before he said, "I think they want to create a 'New Australia'!"

"New Australia?!" Several people exclaimed.

"Not bad!" The more Huang Tingkun thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was correct, so he shared his experiences and ideas one by one.Everyone listened very carefully.

Although they know a lot about Australians, most of them learned it from Australian books and hearsay. They don't have the personal experience of people who have lived in Lingao for a long time and can often come into contact with real people like Huang Tikun.Hearing Huang Tiankun's words now, he was both surprised and delighted.

"Boats, cannons and machines are nothing more than ingenious things in the final analysis. If there is one, it will add color, if it is not there, it will not hinder the overall situation." Huang Tikun talked eloquently, "If they want to compete for world hegemony, why should they print these Australian books and spread them? The world? My brother is in Qiongzhou, and I see that the people are getting used to the Australian law and the Australian Newspeak, the Australian customs are flocking to them, the clothes of the Kun people have become fashionable, and the children are singing the nursery rhymes of the Kun people..."

"Use barbarians to change summer!" Young Master Liang said softly.

"Exactly!" Huang Tikun slapped his fan heavily, "I don't believe the so-called Australia is a descendant of the Song Dynasty. How can the Miao descendants of the Song Dynasty change their uniforms and abandon the clothes of the Song Dynasty? They can only say a few words 'I Outside of the Great Song' and 'Australia's line', that is, the names of the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty are not taboo, and the laws and regulations of the Great Song Dynasty are not used."

"The so-called turning barbarians into summer is just wishful thinking." Lin Zunxiu laughed.

Everyone nodded.Then Lin Zunxiu asked him a lot about the Australians. Compared with the overseas scholars who were invited to the banquet, the questions Lin Xiucai asked were mostly about the laws and regulations implemented by the Australians in Qiongzhou, and the strategy of governing the country. , not only the theme is clear, but also very deep.Some problems greatly exceeded the scope of Huang Tikun's knowledge.

The conversation was heated up, Lin Zunxiu and Liang Cunhou flirted with each other, Liang Cunhou nodded.Lin Xiucai said: "Brother Huang, please follow me."

A group of people got up, Lin Zunxiu walked all the way to the backyard, but it was a small building, built in the middle of the courtyard, not close to the surrounding houses, Huang Tikun secretly wondered: What kind of layout is this?

Lin Zunxiu took out the key from his sleeve and opened the door. There were only some large water tanks on the first floor, all of which were filled with clean water, and there was a staircase in the middle.Huang Tikun suddenly realized: it turned out to be a library.

A few people climbed up the steps, and the second floor was indeed full of bookshelves, which were filled with various books.Huang Tikun vaguely felt that something was wrong, and suddenly he understood: all the collections here are Australian books!
Huang Tingkun has seen the scale of Australian libraries before. This library building is not a big deal in terms of scale, but it is the first time that there are so many Australian books in a scholar’s ​​courtyard. .

Lin Zunxiu said: "As long as there are Australian books on the market, I have ordered my servants to collect as much as possible, even their novels. It's just that good and bad people are mixed, and there are mud and sand. I don't know which ones are useful and which ones are useless. Brother Huang immediately went to the high school. Come on, I still need Brother Huang to give me some advice."

Huang Tingkun took a look and found that there were really everything in the books collected in it.From the various "magazines", "pictorials" and "readers" he saw in the Guangzhou bookstore, to the "textbooks" that can only be found in Lingao... everything can be said to be everything.There is another shelf in the corner, which is full of things he is very familiar with: "Lingao Times"-almost every household of the gentry in Lingao subscribes to a copy, and uses it to study the policy trends of Australians.

""Lingao Times"!" He couldn't help shouting, and walked a few steps quickly to the front of the bookshelf.

But these newspapers were neatly stacked according to the date of the month.However, judging from the newness of the paper, it seems that there are not many pages.

"This is the morning newspaper of Australians that I specially commissioned Dongzhu Guo to buy from Lingao." Liang Cun said kindly, "He will give it to me once a month. Look at the date above, is it published daily?"

"Exactly!" Huang Tingkun said, "The so-called daily newspaper. One is published every day." He rubbed the paper, "This newspaper has a lot of articles!"

"Brother Huang, please teach me!" There was light in the eyes of several people.They know that this newspaper is equivalent to the "Chaobao" of the Australians. Reading the Chaobao can tell the direction of the court, which has existed since ancient times.But how the "court" of the Australians operates and how to judge them, they have no idea at all, and the newspapers of the Australians are miscellaneous, ranging from astronomy and geography to farming during farming seasons, and even the various styles of the market. .It is really difficult to see the "wind direction" from it.

Huang Tinkun was very proud of himself - judging from the "Lingao Times" what the Australians probably wanted to do, they already had a certain understanding among the gentry in Lingao.He took out an old newspaper casually.

The headline on the front page was "Maintaining Maritime Trade Order Is the Unshirkable Responsibility of the Senate".

"Look, everyone, what does this article explain?"

A few people read it all, and the article contained narration and discussion, nothing more than saying that the maritime trade order must be stable and safe, so that it can benefit the people's livelihood and prosperity of the coastal countries, and so on.

"I can't see anything." Wu Bi said, "I don't think it's just the sea power that Australians advocate all day long."

Huang Tikun nodded, turned to the second page, pointed to an article on it and said, "Read this one again."

The title of this article is "Another Tragedy in Quanzhou Mansion——A Maritime Merchant's Family Committed Suicide".The article said that a certain maritime merchant was intercepted by Zheng Zhilong because he did not purchase the Zheng family's trade order flag, and all the cargo was confiscated.The maritime merchant involved went bankrupt and the whole family committed suicide.

A group of people were silent and thoughtful.Huang Tikun then turned to another page, and there was another article on it: "What limits the pace of Huaxia Maritime Merchants".

"...and this one: "The Voyages of the Countries of Europa (Serial)"."

"These?" Several people looked at Huang Tiankun with puzzled eyes—although they probably understood a little bit, they still felt that there was something behind them.

Huang Tingkun pointed to the date and said: "The date of this report is three months before the Australians attacked the center left and defeated Zheng Zhilong..."

"So that's it! So that's it!" Shi Xiucai was very excited, "Brother Huang really awakened the dreamer with one word!"

"Thank you!" Huang Tingkun said, "This newspaper can not only tell the direction of the gangster Australians, but also other things. The mystery is endless."

"In the future, I will ask Brother Huang to give me more advice!" Lin Zunxiu was also very happy, "Brother Huang is really the No.1 talent in hard work! I can see you today, and I will understand it."

Beside the mottled bamboo forest, in the bamboo pavilion, a group of people chatted with each other heart-to-heart.The sky in the west gradually turned from bright to crimson. Finally, the setting sun broke through the clouds, and at the last moment it was about to fall into the west mountain, it revealed its fiery red corner.The afterglow dyed Baiyun Mountain red, indicating that tomorrow will be a sunny day.Lin Zunxiu waved to the servant outside the window, and when he came in, he ordered:
"Prepare the banquet, I want to get drunk with my brothers tonight!"

A few days after returning from the Bamboo Pavilion, Huang Tikun realized that he had become a "talented talent" and "a master of military science" in a daze.There was an endless stream of visitors to the inn every day, and the inn was full of people, which made him very uneasy.Thanks to Liang Cunhou's help, he soon moved out of the inn and moved to a temple in the city for a while.The environment here is quiet, the house is elegant and clean, and Lin Zunxiu sent a handsome servant to take care of his daily life.The days are too happy.

It's just that he asked Mr. Liang to find the list of civil and military officials and aides who had participated in the crusade against the bandits, and he secretly visited a few people, but there was no result.When entering someone's house, as soon as he said that people from Lingao were here, they were all politely invited in. The concierge didn't even ask for a door bag.However, when they entered the door to have an interview with the master, they just exchanged a few polite words and then saw off the guests. Although a servant came to present local products the next day, there was no further expression.

Huang Tikun encountered a soft nail again this day, and walked back depressed in his heart. At this time, it was already time to light the lights. Although there was no curfew in Dabu, Guangzhou, there were not many pedestrians on the road. On the way back to the residence, Huang Tikun kept walking. He felt that someone was following him, and when there was an alley away from the temple, he saw a figure flickering around the corner, and there seemed to be something in his hand.Huang Tikun didn't think too much, and was going to walk around this alley.But as soon as he turned around, he saw two black figures jumping out of the corner, holding sticks and hitting Huang Tikun on the head.Fortunately, Huang Tiankun had fought against bandits before. He was nimble and flexible. He easily dodged the stick on his head, punched the person in the face, and kicked the other person away. He ran, but saw three more people running over with sticks, they surrounded Huang Tikun in the core.Huang Tikun saw that these five people were all dressed in Confucian shirts, but their skin was dark and their arm muscles were slightly protruding, obviously they had done farm work.One of them yelled, "Gun thief! Stop leaving!"

(End of this chapter)