Out of Yanhui Building, Wu Changqing retreated from the small house, and carried a lantern to illuminate the way for Yi Zhicontentment, and after walking for a while, he hesitated and said: "Recovering Dinghai, can the imperial court really reward the title?" ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly and said: "Dinghai is just a county seat, although it is an important place for coastal defense, and a place where soldiers must fight, but after all, it is only a county town. After a pause, he asked rhetorically, "How is the old man doing lately?" ”

What do you mean? Wu Changqing paused and said, "Brother Contentment suspects that Grandpa is sick?" ”

In this conversation, Wu Bingjian changed his previous steadiness and prudence, urging Yi Zhishu to seize the opportunity to use the Yuanqi Group to practice meritorious service in order to gain fame, in this regard, Yi Zhizu did have some doubts that Wu Bingjian knew that he had little time, so he would be so abnormal, after all, Wu Bingjian is seventy years old this year, and this is the era of seventy years of life.

Seeing that Yi Zhizhi was silent, Wu Changqing thought for a moment before saying: "I haven't heard that Grandpa is unwell recently, and Grandpa is feeling that Grandpa is strongly advocating that the Yuanqi Regiment train troops to recover Dinghai, which is quite abnormal?" ”

If you want to say that Wu Bingjian's idea is not wrong, if Yuanqi Tuanlian wants not to disband, the only way to get the approval of the imperial court is to turn Yuanqi Tuanlian into soldiers and horses recognized by the imperial court, and send troops to recover Dinghai, which is naturally the simplest and most direct way to win the recognition of the imperial court, but the strange thing is that Wu Bingjian could inspire him with a knighthood? Is it casual and unintentional? Or do you really have this luxury in your heart?

He ignored Wu Changqing's question, and instead asked, "I heard that the old man sometimes wears official uniforms at home?" ”

"Yes." Wu Changqing nodded and said, "New Year, birthday celebrations." Grandpa usually wears official robes. Blue Cap (Sapphire Top. The top of the official rank of the third grade) Grandpa rarely wears it in front of outsiders, but he will wear it on major occasions at home. ”

Behind closed doors? Yi Zhishu smiled secretly in his heart, and asked casually: "Are there any children of the Wu family who have been promoted to the Jinshi?" ”

Hearing this, Wu Changqing chuckled and said, "I can understand Grandpa's thoughts." After a pause, he continued: "Grandpa has always been very envious of the Pan family, and after the Pan family made a fortune, he bought land and land. Cultivating children to study, the children of the Pan family are also competitive, and they have been in high school, and now the Pan family is a famous scholarly family in Guangzhou. Over the years, the Thirteen Banks have been the two general merchants, the Pan family and the Wu family, but when something happens, the government always looks for our Wu family, which is the reason. ”

He smiled wryly as he spoke. continued: "Grandpa is not without careful training of future generations to study, but our Wu family seems to have no chance with Kodi. Although there are many children who have studied hard, but they have repeatedly failed, I estimate that Grandpa wants to find another way, let his children take the road of military merits and knighthood, and also make the Wu family become a prominent family in Guangzhou, which is afraid that there is also consideration for his own name before and after. ”

That's right, Yi Zhizhi sighed secretly in his heart, the Chinese seem to be the same idea, after making a fortune, buy land and land, train children to take the imperial examination, and become a local famous family, Wu Bingjian has not been exempt from vulgarity, it is not strange to think about it, this is actually a means of self-preservation, once it becomes a famous family, even if it changes the dynasty, the family can stand.

Moreover, in these years, those who have a bit of identity and status also attach great importance to the name before and after him, Wu Bingjian can be said to have laid the foundation of the Wu family in one fell swoop, how can he not pay attention to the name before and after him?

After a slight sigh, he smiled and said: "We will try our best to meet this wish of the old man, the Wu family and other businessmen who are interested in taking the path of military merit are all recruited into the Yuanqi group training, and Lao Changqing is bothered by this matter." ”

Yi Zhizu rushed back to Xiguan Lei Garden from Henan, it was already nine o'clock in the evening, and as soon as she entered the gate, the little girl Jin Ying greeted her with a happy face, and said, "The slave is still worried that the young master will not come back tonight." ”

Seeing Jin Ying appear in Lei Yuan, Yi Zhicontent was quite surprised, and retired from the housekeeper, and then said, "Didn't you make an appointment tomorrow night?" ”

"Hi ——。" Jin Ying said with a big grin: "The young master doesn't know, the real person is in a hurry, so he has to come tonight." ”

Yi Zhizhi secretly thought, it's okay to come, and tomorrow I will pretend to go to Hainan, and even said: "In which yard?" Take me there. ”

Seeing that Yi Zhishu had no intention of blaming, Jin Ying secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In the Winter Courtyard." ”

There are four guest courtyards in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the winter courtyard is the most secluded, and when she enters the courtyard, Jin Ying whispered: "The slave and maid will not go in, and they will guard the door here." ”

In the living room, Bai Zhi, dressed as a gentleman and dressed as a maid, was sitting and drinking tea, and when she saw Yi Zhizhi coming in, Bai Zhi hurriedly got up, sat still according to the real person's big thorn, and said with a smile: "I thought that I would not go back to the house if I was contented today." ”

Yi Zhizhi arched his hand and said: "I've seen real people, I've seen Senior Sister Bai." Then he said, "I just came back from Humen." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and politely said, "Senior Sister Bai, please take a seat." After sitting down, he poured himself a cup of tea, and after drinking it, he said: "What is the matter with the real person coming to Guangzhou this time?" But what about the machine sugar mill? ”

"The response from the machine sugar mill has been very good, and if it weren't for the lack of supply of machines, it could have expanded rapidly." Yi Zhenren said slowly: "I came to Guangzhou this time, not for the sugar mill. ”

Yi Zhizhi didn't answer, took out a cigar and lit it slowly, quietly waiting for his next words, after a slight pause, according to the real talent: "The Yingyi fleet has captured Dinghai, do you know if you are content?" ”

Slowly puffing out a cloud of smoke, Yi Zhizhi spoke, "What does this matter have to do with the Qinglian Sect?" ”

"Yingyi's five warships, in just two pillars of incense, defeated the Dinghai Division, and captured Dinghai County without much effort, and the strength of the battle is really unheard of." Yi Zhenren said slowly: "If the Yingyi fleet attacks along the coast, it will inevitably be like destroying the withering and decaying, without a united enemy, the world is in chaos, just in front of you, and you will not be moved at all if you are content?" ”

Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "Real people are tempted? ”

According to the real person, he said solemnly: "The world is in chaos, White Lotus will be prosperous, on the occasion of this chaos, how dare you not follow the trend?" ”

Bai Zhi opened his mouth at this time: "Senior Brother Yi has 10,000 regimental exercises in his hands, and Yuan Qi has a very high reputation in Guangdong and the surrounding provinces, once the world is in chaos. Senior Brother Yi only needs to climb up and shout. It must be a situation where everyone is obedient. ”

Yi Zhifen glanced at her chest. Secretly thinking that he is really big-minded and brainless, is he stupid in preaching, why do you mess around without distinguishing between objects? I want to make a wedding dress for you, at least take some sincerity, this is not the rhythm of talking about business at all, and he is lazy to speak, smoking a cigar leisurely.

Seeing that he was silent. Bai Zhi closed her mouth in amusement, but according to the real person, she pretended to be mysterious and lowered her voice: "I won't hide it from you, the Heaven and Earth Society has secretly convened the leaders of various places to discuss and assist Yingyi to expand the war, take the opportunity to start an incident, and the two Guangxi Fujian Heaven and Earth will rise up at the same time, plus the invasion of Yingyi, how can there be no reason not to be in chaos in this world?"

Furthermore, the Heaven and Earth Society and the Qinglian Sect have always been in the same breath, and Heaven and Earth will cause trouble. The Qinglian Sect in Sichuan, Huguang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Liangjiang will inevitably respond one after another, and it will bloom everywhere in the southeast and southwest. Half of the Qing Dynasty will fall into chaos, and the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is just around the corner. ”

Bai Zhi continued: "Now the Qinglian Sect's power is all over the provinces, the sect members are millions, and the strength is strong, but the position of the leader of the Qinglian Sect has been vacant, if the junior brother can fully assist the real person, the position of the sect leader must be the thing in the real person's pocket, once the real person becomes the sect leader, the general manager of the ten places, can there be no junior brother?" ”

Let him fully assist with 10,000 group exercises, and he promised a general manager of ten places, and it is also a blank check, these missionaries are really karate masters, Yi Zhishu sneered secretly, but said in his mouth: "Zhenren and Senior Sister Bai are inevitably too overestimated in my ability, although I am the big shopkeeper of Yuanqi, but Yuanqi's 10,000 group training is not something I can command as I want, if you really have this ability, Xingzhong will have already been in charge of Yuanqi group training." ”

The Xingzhong Society was brought by Yi Zhishu in order to get rid of the Qinglian Sect, and it was simply nothing, but what he said was a matter of fact, and the program, purpose, and organizational structure were readily available, Yi Zhenren and Bai Zhi were convinced of the existence of the Xingzhong Society, and when he said this, Yi Zhenren immediately thought of the matter of recruiting the soldiers to lead the group Yong in the Yuanqi group, and said with a somewhat ugly face: "The scholars recruited by Yuanqi should not all be the congregations of the Xingzhong Society?" ”

Yi Zhicontent said noncommittally: "Please forgive me, I will not betray the secrets of the Xingzhong Society or the Qinglian Sect, otherwise I am afraid that I will not live long." ”

Groaning slightly, he said according to the true talent: "I don't embarrass you, I just need you to promote a group of people and allow you to preach in the group bravery, this is not a bad thing for Yuanqi group training, and for contentment, it is just a matter of one sentence, you shouldn't shirk it, right?" ”

There are people from the Qinglian Sect in Yuanqi's group training? Yi Zhishu was relieved as soon as he thought about it, whether it was the Heaven and Earth Society or the Qinglian Sect, they were all active in various prefectures and counties in Guangdong, and the main places of activity were towns and villages, and the Yuanqi Regiment was recruited from the peasants, and it was not uncommon for there to be people in the gang.

The other party asked him to promote the Qinglian Sect, and allowed him to preach in the Yuanqi group training, which was simply to usurp the control of the Yuanqi group training from the inside, Yi Zhishu naturally would not agree, and immediately said without thinking: "The Yuanqi group training should be an officer, which is completely generated by competition, and I have no right to interfere, but, under the same circumstances, I can say a word, if the real person is at ease, you can give me the list, as for the mission, this is the Yuanqi group practice is expressly forbidden, not to prevent the gang, but to prevent the government from using this as a reason, Suppress and dissolve or blackmail Yuanqi. ”

Seeing his blind prevarication, Yi Zhenren was a little dissatisfied in his heart, but thinking that the other party was still the elite backbone of the Xingzhong Society, he was not easy to attack, after all, when he was recruited to join the sect, the other party had already stated in advance, Bai Zhi opened his mouth and asked at this time: "Senior brother heard that the Heaven and Earth Society would take advantage of the invasion of Yingyi to take advantage of the news of the incident, he was not surprised at all, did he already know?" ”

Yi Zhisuff nodded with a smile and said, "How can such a big event be hidden?" ”

Yi Zhenren glanced at him, and Shun Zhao asked, "What is Xingzhong's view on the current situation?" Do you want to take advantage of the chaos? ”

Yi Zhizu shook his head and said: "Yingyi can't mess with the Qing Dynasty, and it will be difficult for the Heaven and Earth Society to become a climate, now it's just the beginning of chaos, far from the time to start an incident, if you don't want to make a wedding dress for others, or bury yourself in developing your own strength, expanding your power is the best policy, of course, Xingzhong will be very happy to see the chaos in the world, and the provinces frequently rise up, this situation is enough to continuously weaken the strength of the imperial court." ”

Bai Zhi sneered: "Xingzhong will make a good calculation." ”

"The Manchu Qing Dynasty ruled China for 200 years, not orthodox, but also orthodox, this concept has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there are still a few people in the world who say that today's son is the king of Diyi?" Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Since the orthodoxy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, if you want to overthrow the Manchu Dynasty, if you are the enemy of the world, do not wait for the opportunity, and do not pay attention to strategy, how can you succeed?"

The flow of the Heaven and Earth Society is tantamount to a plate of loose sand, at best, it is to take the lead and consume the strength of the Qing court, if the Qinglian Sect is also willing to play the role of the leader, the Xingzhong Society is naturally happy to see it, this can't be complained about the Xingzhong Society, and people haven't tricked you into making trouble, you are happy to do it yourself, who can you complain about? ”

Bai Zhi was speechless by his words, glared at him stupidly, and no longer spoke, but said according to the real person: "What time is Xingzhong waiting for?" ”

"Wait for the Qing court to lose all the hearts and minds of the people." Yi Zhizhi said in a deep voice: "At that time, the world will respond, and it will be easy to overthrow the Qing court." ”

Bai Zhi sneered: "Didn't you just say that all the scholars in the world regard the Qing court as orthodox, and if you wait until the Qing court loses popularity, won't you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey?" ”

Yi Zhisuff said with a smile: "The Year of the Monkey is not enough, you have to wait for a reincarnation." ”

A reincarnation? According to the real people: "Twelve years? Twelve years later, the Qing court will lose the hearts of the people? ”

Yi Zhi said with a full jaw: "Western countries have coveted China for a long time, and now they are rising strongly, they will naturally invade frequently, since this British invasion, Western countries will invade one after another, and the Qing court is powerless to resist, so it can only cede land and pay compensation, and seek compromise, so lose power and humiliate the country, how can it not lose people's hearts?" ”

According to the real people who listened to the secret heartbreak, this Xingzhong Association is worthy of being a professional rebel, and has a thorough view of the general trend of the world, which is really not comparable to the people of these gangs, and can listen to this analysis, this trip to Guangzhou can be regarded as a vain deed, it seems that the Qinglian Sect still has to follow Yi Zhixiang's previous advice, and take the promotion of the machine sugar mill as an opportunity to bury himself in developing strength and expanding his sphere of influence.

There is no need to follow the heaven and earth to wade into troubled waters, and there is no need to see the hot heaven and earth for a while, making a foolish thing of a wedding dress for others, or let the heaven and earth do it, the other ten places of the Qinglian Sect will always join in the fun, and they can do it, Liangguang will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, twelve years is not long, he can afford to wait!

After making up his mind, he said: "Now that there are many people who want to build a machine sugar mill with joint shares, can Yuanqi increase the supply of machinery and equipment as much as possible?" ”

Hearing his request, Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "This can be satisfied, Changle Machinery Factory has now expanded its scale, and the output is enough to double before this year's crushing season." (To be continued.) )