Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 652 Transformation
After reading it, Liu Dalin was a little hard to figure out what it meant.In the front, there is obviously a self-indictment, expressing the "last resort" of fighting the official army, but the back is showing off the illustrious martial arts of this victory.This contradictory attitude puzzled him.

He himself is also conflicted.In his view, the government sent troops to attack and suppress the land. The so-called "Under the Heavens" is not the king's land. Although the Australians did not raise flags and fire guns in Lingao, they openly rebelled, but they did not enter the list. They are already acting like an enemy country.

But the Australians have never done anything wrong, whether in the local area or in the whole of Guangdong, and the common people have also benefited from them.Especially in Lingao, the common people have been able to live and work in peace and contentment in recent years-this is all due to them.From a sentimental point of view, the government's campaign did not win the hearts of the people in Lingao.

The imperial court occupies the reason, and the Australians occupy the hearts of the people.

He was suddenly shocked to think of Mencius' remarks about "people's hearts", and his back suddenly felt cold.He didn't want to think about it any more, but he no longer imagined that the Kun thief was simply regarded as an "overseas barbarian" like in the past.

While contemplating, Madam sent a servant to ask:

"Madam said that tomorrow is the day to go to Molixuan to give lectures, and asked if the master is going?"

Liu Dalin pondered for a moment, since the Australians had already fought with the officers and soldiers, the best way to say it was "big bandits" like Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong.Whether I should continue to give lectures at Molixuan has become a big problem.

The wife, his friends and classmates wanted him not to go again so as not to get involved in the future.

After thinking twice, he still nodded: "I'll still go tomorrow."

The servant showed hesitation on his face: "Tomorrow?"

"Go! Of course I want to get it!" He emphasized his tone.Molixuan is not a school run by Australians: it is a century-old free school of Lingao, and since I have taken up a teaching position in it, I have to go.

After finishing speaking, he continued to stare blankly at the beam of light in the distance, and after a while he said as if awakened from a dream: "Go back to the room!"

The servants respectfully pushed his wheelchair back to the upper room to rest. After the master had rested, the servants dispersed to relax.A young servant was packing the master's wheelchair.The housekeeper took care of him: This wheelchair is a little "tight", and tomorrow I will push it to Dongmen City to find Tiandihui store to pack it up.

"By the way, buy me a few packs of cigarettes." After he ordered, he took out a stack of circulation coupons from his pocket, and carefully counted a few of them to the young man, "I want to buy 'Bairentan', not 'Gaoshanling', remember Are you staying? I will give you another 25-cent ticket for pocket money."

Steward Zhao smiled triumphantly.This kind of fortune is really effortless.

When the officers and soldiers were about to call, the currency depreciated for a while, and everyone was eager to spend the money. There was a small "panic buying" in the markets everywhere, and many people were eager to get the money they had. The currency notes were exchanged for goods and silver and copper coins.The crisis quickly subsided under the strong intervention of the Finance Committee and the Planning Institute.However, some impatient people suffered heavy losses in this little financial turmoil because they sold negotiable notes at low prices.

Zhao Butler got some extra money from this turmoil.He did the opposite and used the copper coins on hand to buy negotiable notes, and when the turmoil passed, he did a little calculation and made a small fortune.Steward Zhao trusts the Australians so much because his son is now working for the Australians and has become a "cadre" in a yamen called the "General Office".Responsible for taking care of the lives of the "chiefs".And his grandson is studying in Fangcaodi.So Butler Zhao was very clear about the Australians. Although he kept silent about who would win and who would lose when the officers and soldiers came to encircle and suppress them, he already knew the truth in his heart.

Things were arranged for the evening, and he sat in the porter on the middle door to prepare for the night. While smoking a cigarette, he took out a card and played "Australian Customs Clearance".This kind of card game has just become popular recently, because it can be played alone without any suspicion of gambling, so it is very popular with people with strict family traditions.

The singing outside is getting louder and louder. It seems that Nanbao's parade is heading towards Bairen. The housekeeper knows that they are singing Australian Protestant songs. His grandchildren can also sing this song, and they are often at home. practise.The grandchildren now have short Australian-style shaved hair like his father, and wear double-breasted jackets. They look very energetic and speak new words that he doesn't understand.

Butler Zhao was very pleased.He often said: "The feng shui of our old Zhao's family should also be changed. It can't always be given to the current people." Since he doesn't know which ancestor, his family has been serving as long-term followers and servants for generations.Butler Zhao came to Gao from the mainland with Liu Dalin's father who was an official outside when he was young.Over the past few decades, he has grown from a book boy to a housekeeper.It can be regarded as having climbed to the highest level of slavery.

The arrival of the Australians unexpectedly gave the family a new possibility.Butler Zhao's son was working for the Australians because he couldn't fill the vacancy in Liu's house - many people thought that this son of the Zhao family was too bold.Now not only has his identity changed, but he has even bought a house, and his food and enjoyment are no worse than those of local landlords.It made the people around me very jealous.The sarcastic people are now also asking how to work for Australians.

Listening to the singing outside, he thought that his grandchildren would probably also be singing in the team. The eldest grandson was ten years old, and in a few years he would be able to work for the Australian master.The life of my own family is becoming more and more developed day by day.

He laid out the cards and hummed the tune of "March of the Grenadiers."

The parade gathered from all directions to the center of the large stadium and piled up a firewood pile as high as a hill. At this time, it was already blazing, the flames soared into the sky, and the two rows of torch cages on the colonnade were also ignited.And the huge torch cage on the torch platform burned a huge flame.The entire stadium was enveloped in flames.Many small stage searchlights danced in the air all around.On the background of the black sky, eight huge beams of light shot at the bottom of the low clouds like tangible objects, as if they had penetrated the clouds and reached Xiaohan again.

Weapons seized from the battle of Chengmai: all kinds of cannons are displayed around the fire one by one, and the fire reflects light on the bronze and black iron cannons.Knives and guns, armor, firearms... all kinds of armor battles were piled up into huge triangular cone-shaped piles.The most frightening thing among them was a huge pile of thousands of helmets piled up in the shape of a triangular cone, which glowed strangely under the firelight.

There are flags hanging under the pillars—the flags of the Ming army captured in Chengmai. All kinds of flags and streamers are torn, stained with blood and mud, and hang in rows under the pillars on both wings. .

A column composed of students, militiamen, police, garrison companies, and sailors, holding torches and flags, marched along the runway in unison, changing their formation according to the rhythm.Although it happened in a hurry and couldn't change into a too complicated formation, the effect was enough to shock the crowd participating in the parade.They lost all their senses and ability to judge, and they just kept waving the lanterns and torches in the book while making huge cheers to the rhythm of the music.

Those ordinary people who were not organized to participate in the parade but just watched the excitement stared in surprise. Such a spectacular scene was far beyond their imagination.They kept a distance trembling and fearful, but they watched with fascination.Uniforms, queues, firelight and majestic marching music, the hearts of young people in full swing were stirred up one after another.

"This scene is so familiar, a fake and shoddy copy. You still lack a straight black and brown uniform." The blond woman who was shooting with DV in the corner of the rostrum made a mocking voice.

Ding Ding immediately stopped his girlfriend's comments.But this comment has already fallen into the ears of several people.

Wei Aiwen nodded again and again: "I think it's very good! Based on the current conditions, the best effect has been produced."

The others did not speak.This familiar scene made them full of emotions, and they also became more aware of what role they played in this new world.Some people feel a burst of fear for the new society and new order that they have created for themselves suddenly, and now the seedlings have sprouted and started to grow.Others are full of ecstasy and anticipation for the future.

Fang Fei was one of them who suddenly felt a little scared.He is the creator of all these rituals.He didn't innovate anything, but transplanted and adapted it to adapt to this new environment.Although the scene in front of him was spectacular, he felt that he actually liked the scene of many beautiful girls on CHINAJOY wearing little fabric clothes and scratching their heads.

Fang Fei quietly glanced at the people standing on the rostrum in order of authority.Wen Desi, Ma Qianju, Wu De, Cheng Dong, vest... They all stood in the center of the rostrum in neat uniforms.The spotlight was on them, and on the huge wooden emblems on the stone wall behind them, the huge prows of holy ships, halos, cogs, ears of wheat, swords and shields.These people stand under the huge badge, which is coated with a layer of light by the beam of the spotlight, making them look tall and extraordinary.A video camera pans over their faces one by one.Some were smiling and waving, while others looked serious, as if they were thinking about important issues.

Huang Tikun also squeezed into the crowd, watching this unprecedented scene.After being extremely shocked, he still secretly said: "It's really a group of demons dancing!" He didn't believe that the officers and soldiers would be defeated in Chengmai from the bottom of his heart, thinking that it was just a small group of advance troops who defeated the officers and soldiers.But the piles of battleships, cannons, and flags under the colonnade in the center of the square will not be false.It is impossible even for the Kun bandits to get so many weapons, battles and flags.The Huang family has cooperated with the officers and soldiers many times, and knows the equipment of the officers and soldiers well.These things cannot be faked, and there is no need to fake them.

He silently squeezed out from the crowd.Sit in a sedan chair and go to the county seat.He has been staying at Li Xiaopeng's house ever since it was rumored that the officers and soldiers were going to suppress the Kun bandits.When Li Xiaopeng followed him to trouble Zhangtian, the two formed a "deep fighting friendship", and together they dreamed of welcoming the restoration of the government and the army, and secretly started activities.

Li Xiaopeng was very radical at first, and was willing to donate several hundred taels of silver to pay his wages, so that Huang Tikun secretly organized Xiangyong to attack the bullock carts on the road; attack individual policemen and cadres; set people on fire, etc.

However, Huang Tinkun knew that it was absolutely impossible to use force to deal with the Kun bandits supporting the officers and soldiers.Unless the Kun thief escapes by himself, he will pull hundreds of troops to follow behind, and it will be fine to fight head-to-head.So their secret activities were nothing more than connecting with dissatisfied Australians, and they had several meetings in a row.Huang Tinkun was quite a strategist, and he discussed that if he wanted to pull a team, he might not be able to do it by arming the township brave to respond to the officers and soldiers, but he could spend some effort on spying on the news.At present, some people are assigned to inquire about the military situation of the Kun bandits, some people go to Bairen City and Bopu to draw maps, and some people go to teahouses and other places to chat with "cadres" and find out the truth about the Kun bandits.Huang Tingkun planned to collect the spied news and send someone to Chengmai.

But he soon knew what it means for a scholar to rebel and fail to succeed in ten years.A student who was sent to the military camp near Bairen City to inquire was aggressive at first, with an impassioned appearance of sacrificing his life for righteousness, but after going there a few times, he was suddenly stopped and asked a few questions. Telling the sick to stop showing up.Huang Tinkun was originally thankful that although this person was useless, he did not slip the tongue.Unexpectedly, in the next few days, several people complained of illness or declared that there was something wrong with their families, and they would no longer participate in this cause. Once everyone's excitement passed, the Australians outside were very strict in their inspections, and they gradually slacked off, even calling for meetings. It's out of order.However, because Li Xiaopeng took a fancy to a female "cadre" under the Kun bandits, he suddenly became cold about the expulsion of the Kun bandits.Huang Tikun's strategy to meet the officers and soldiers also went bankrupt.

Huang Tinkun was feeling helpless, Huang Shoutong sent someone to bring his son back, and the father and son talked for a long time in the secret room.Huang Shoutong warned his son not to act rashly again, let alone go out to meet the officers and soldiers, lest the officers and soldiers really come to Huangjiazhai.If the officers and soldiers were defeated and the bandits retaliated, Huangjiazhai would be razed to the ground.

It seems that the father is thoughtful and understands!Huang Tinkun thought secretly in the sedan chair, if he really had to go ahead with his own ideas, I'm afraid the Huangjiazhai would be doomed this time!Several family friends in Chengmai sent letters to say that the Kun bandits had wiped out several famous villages in Chengmai one after another.He couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

It seems that if you want to fight against the Kun thief, you have to be very soft.As my father said in the past, if you want to "procrastinate", you can only wait for the opportunity secretly.

But where did this opportunity come from?After the defeat of the official army, it is impossible to mobilize the army to fight back in three to five years.And looking at the appearance just now, a group of fools and fools have already surrendered to them and worshiped them like gods.Huang Tikun thought hard, and when the sedan chair arrived at Li's house, he still hadn't figured out how to be Chou Yinmao.

In order to be able to monitor the movements of the Kun thief at any time, he still lives in Li's house for a long time.Returning to the west study room where he stayed, seeing that it was dark inside with no lights on, he couldn't help but secretly scolded his servant Huang Ping for being too slack.Then he walked out of the house and lit the candles.

Just as he was about to ask someone to fetch water for washing, Huang Ping had already entered from the outside. He was only a fourteen or five-year-old boy.The color of excitement on the face.

"Where did you go?! It's late and you don't even hold the lights!" Huang Tingkun reprimanded.

Huang Ping didn't have time to admit his mistake and ask for forgiveness, so he hurriedly told his master the big news:

"Second Young Master! Fourth Young Master Li went to register today and wants to go to Fangcaodi to go to school!"

"What did you say?" Huang Tikun was taken aback.Li Sigongzi is the younger brother of Li Xiaopeng's concubine, who is only 11 years old this year.I have been studying in the family school all the time, why do I suddenly want to study in the school of the thief?He knew that in Fangcaodi, everything taught was Australian knowledge, which had nothing to do with the way of Confucius and Mencius.

Australian learning can indeed be called the study of applying the world and applying knowledge, but learning this kind of thing cannot be scientifically tested.

He almost blurted out "Master Li is crazy", but after thinking about it, he realized that the Li family is going to sell themselves to seek refuge!Sending their unimportant concubine to school in Fangcaodi is tantamount to giving away the sincerity.

The Kun thief originally did not ask the big gentry in Lingao to do this.The Li family is the first to do it now, and they will definitely get the attention of the Kun thief, and they will definitely get a lot of benefits.

Thinking that the Li family had made such a 180-degree turn so calmly, Huang Tikun not only felt resentment but also fear—what if the Li family sold out the fact that they secretly organized people to prepare for an uprising by the government and the army? , Huangjiazhai is completely over.

He was silent for a while, thinking that the Li family would not be able to do this.They sent a bastard to illustrate this point.The Li family just wanted to step on two boats.Indeed, anyone who can make the gesture of surrendering to the gangsters has made a fortune now.This is something no one can remain indifferent to.

But the thought also inspired him.Since the Kun thieves will not be able to be defeated from the outside for a while, we can only go deep into it to truly grasp their reality.For example, why is the gun thief's firearm so sharp?How can they make many unimaginable things come true?Huang Tikun felt that as long as he inquired about these things one by one, he would be able to know where the kun thieves' key points were, and then they could be expelled or even eliminated in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, his eyes fell on Huang Ping.The bookboy was looking at him a little uneasy.

"The young master of his family went to Fangcaodi, what are you happy about?"

"The little one is not happy about this..." He hesitated a bit.Huang Tingkun asked for a long time before he found out that several thieves had just come to the Li family, and one of them was a female thieves!This will be talking to people in the flower hall.

"It's a real female Australian!" Huang Ping emphasized.

"Oh?" Huang Tikun became interested, the Li family and the Kun thief had never had any social relations.What is the purpose of the Kun thief's sudden visit to the Li family tonight?Contacting that the Li family was going to send the concubine to study in Fangcaodi, he couldn't help feeling very curious.

(End of this chapter)