Changjiang County, Qiongzhou, was originally called Changhua County, but because Li Shi used to say casually when he was looking for Shilu Iron Ore on the map, "Hey, isn't this Changjiang County", after the founding of the country, Changhua County was renamed Changjiang County by the officials who were "good at understanding the sacred heart".

There are more than a dozen mines distributed in the mining area centered on Jinniuling, and Shilucheng under Jinniuling is actually administratively three towns, the north town where the banner people and laborers gather and the south town where the Han laborers gather, and the west town where ordinary people live, and the Qingtian Mining Company and the county government office are also here.

Somewhere in Beizhen, Ru Xi entered his living room and instructed a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl who followed behind him: "In the future, if there are those people who want to take advantage of the chaos to make waves, you have to raise your throat and scold, but you can't give those Han people a chance." ”

The little girl shook her handkerchief and blessed it: "Ru An understands, Miss has worked hard, if it is ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was glared back by Ru Xi's sharp eyes, and footsteps sounded outside the house.

"Steward Gui ......"

The person who came was Gui Zhen, the labor manager of the banner people, still with that flattering smile, and his eyes swept over the maid named Ru An by Ru Xi, Ru Xi felt something and took Ru An out of the house.

"Imperial Court ...... I mean, this court that is holding us is in chaos now, Miss Ruxi, the opportunity is rare, and we should plan something for ourselves. ”

Seeing Ru Xi's suspicious face, Gui Zhen smiled and said: "I, Gui Zhen, am a banner man after all, and I usually say that I am acting like that, but I also win the trust of the thief, speaking of which...... Isn't it as attentive as Miss Ruxi? ”

Ru Xi rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "What do I have in mind?" It is to speak for our flag people, and it is said that we can be a little more active. No matter how chaotic this court is, it's just a matter of face, but I don't dare to harbor any dissent. ”

Gui Zhen sighed: "Something different, who knows, the face is messed up, and it is not an opportunity to ask for convenience for our banner people." ”

Hearing this, Ru Xi's eyes lit up.

After a long time, Shilu County Ya, Gui Zhen bent down and handed a list to Feng Jingyao, the magistrate of Changjiang County, still with a sneer on his face: "These people are preparing to instigate the flag people to make trouble, and that Ru Xi has also proved it, it should be fine." ”

Feng Jingyao snorted coldly: "I am Yinghua arguing for the national policy, and it is inevitable that Tatar Qing wants to fish in troubled waters, but this generation is young but still wants to mix it, don't blame me for being ruthless under the knife!" ”

He looked at Gui Zhen and nodded approvingly: "What is Ru Xi's mind, this county is too lazy to care, and you have been diligent in your work for more than a year, and you have seen it above." After this matter is settled, what are your plans, you can think about it first, and if you join the army and politics, the above will pave the way for you. ”

The corners of Gui Zhen's eyes were red, he knelt down, knocked his head down, thanked Feng Jingyao, and thought to himself, what is the chaos in this Yinghua country? The chaos is who will be in charge, and who will be the steward of this family, but it is not the parent Li Shi who really wants to turn against him. Thinking about it deeply, just like the princes in the court in the past, those banner people who want to make trouble really think that this new country is about to fall apart, which is really naïve. Then don't blame me and Na Ru Xi for feeding on your flesh and blood.

Drove away the flattering Gui Zhen, Feng Jingyao also sighed, the banner people and laborers are planning to seize the mine and occupy the city, according to Qiongzhou, the rebellion is in turmoil, and the people's hearts are so turbulent, Li Tianwang ...... Why haven't you come back?

"Li Tianwang hasn't come back yet, for what!? In order not to get his hands dirty and stained with the blood of scholars! ”

In Qingpu, Guangzhou, in a side hall of the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, many businessmen are gathering here and discussing in low voices. The war of words in the newspaper has been fought so far, but it is empty and lively, and they also feel a little irritable, and their strange thoughts are also lively.

"Yinghua Liguo, I have a lot of money and blood and sweat, those scholars are not less hindered, now they are so rampant, if Li Tianwang is really lowered by them, our words will be sad. According to me, that's what the king of heaven means, and it's better for us to be ruthless! ”

The clamoring were all businessmen who had fled from Hunan, but they were accustomed to seeing and killing, and they shouted the slogan of "forming a group for private combat" at every turn.

"That's right! Especially the rotten and poor sour people who gathered together on "Righteousness"! Looking for their newspaper, a fire burned! ”

"To see the real enemy, Zheng Zhiben of the "Shilin" newspaper shouted that he wanted to share the power with our industry and commerce, but he used this slogan to get to power. At that time, the power is in hand, and there are tens of millions of scholars behind him, and he will not frown at us. Isn't Zhang Boxing, the governor of the two rivers in the northern court, like this? He is the one who really harbors evil intentions! ”

"That's right! Burn "Shilin" first! Let's not stand with the rotten Confucian! ”

The crowd was noisy, some people secretly exchanged eyebrows, with weird smiles on the corners of their mouths, and sober people persuaded them to wait for Li Tianwang to come back, but it had no effect.

"It's time for the King of Heaven to come back, it's already a mess......

In the same building, Peng Xianzhong pondered worriedly.

In Zhaoqing, the original Governor Biao Yamen was changed to the Yamen of the Internal Security Bureau, and the Internal Security Bureau, which was subordinate to the Zhongshu Hall, was under the jurisdiction of Liu Xingchun, and was controlled by the Military Command Department and the Praetorian Guard Department at the same time. Liu Xingchun is in charge of the peace in a country, and often does not work in the office, and the actual person who sits in this yamen is Zhou Ning, the chief of internal security.

At this moment, Zhou Ning was also a little uneasy, he was frightened by the leaflets distributed by the Qing court before, because it also specifically named his own name, treated him the same as the commander of the army, and gave him the position of governor of a province.

He scoffed at this promise, the governor of a province? Don't look at the fact that he only has the rank of captain of the internal guard Zuodu, and he is only in charge of six or seven small battalions of three or four thousand internal guards, but he can take on the responsibility of the arch guard in the entire Yinghua territory. To recruit him, unless the Qing court prescribes a minister of the guard, is this possible?

But being named by the Qing court alone made him very uneasy, he was different from other dignitaries who were named separately, and his previous dealings with Li Xi were not so "pure", whether Li Xi would be suspicious of him, this question made him very distressed.

At present, people's hearts are fluctuating, and Fan Jin, who is in charge of the Military Command Hall, has already given him an order to prepare for war, and he is thinking that he can kill on a large scale in order to prove his loyalty to Li Xi. And who to kill, he is obedient. And according to his inference, most of them should be scholars.

"Commander-in-chief, it's time to express your stance to the above, not just about personal matters, but about our internal guards, we should take the initiative to do something......"

The subordinates ran to speak, their eyes still flickering, and Zhou Ning chuckled in his heart.

"Li Tianwang has been outside, sitting and watching the situation, I am afraid that it is not only to look at the industry and commerce and scholars. We people, loyal or unfaithful, can see it very clearly. ”

The subordinates also seemed to be so shocked by this situation that they couldn't sit still, they were green camps anyway, and now they were approved for blue clothes, but they were called "blue camps" by the people and the Yinghua court, what kind of attitude is behind this title, it is self-evident.

"But the king of heaven has always emphasized that military orders are more important than mountains, and if you don't keep this one, I'm afraid it will be ......."

Zhou Ning still maintained three points of sobriety, they were the army, and chaos was even more taboo for Li Xian. Without the military order signed by Li Xi and signed by the Zhongshu Hall and the Military Command Hall, the internal guards could not be dispatched.

"Violating military orders and watching the fire from the other side, with bad intentions, which crime is serious? There is some news that Zhaoqing and Gaozhou are about to be in turmoil......"

When the subordinate said this, Zhou Ning was stunned.

"Heavenly King...... Why haven't you come back? ”

Listening to the words of his subordinates, Zhou Ning groaned in distress.

The voices of Li Fangying, Feng Jingyao, Peng Xianzhong, Zhou Ning and others are almost the voices of the vast majority of people, this war of words has lasted too long, and they have a group of supporters, and no one can make sense of anyone. When the street scolding, burning newspapers, and storming bookstores appeared one after another, the British and Chinese officials could only treat their heads with headaches and sore feet according to the usual situation, and they were so busy that their heads were full of smoke. Everyone is looking forward to Li Xi returning to Guangzhou as soon as possible to make a ruling on this spat turmoil, and from this point of view, who should be in charge of Yinghua's future national policy.

But how did they know that Li Xian was not in the mood to take care of this matter at this moment, anyway, he had planned it before, and the progress of the past two months, except for the rapid growth of the newspaper industry at his jaw-dropping speed, which far exceeded his expectations, other aspects were basically the same as expected, after all, he was standing behind the scenes of several parties. "Industrial and Commercial Express" was his newspaper, "Shilin" was funded and supported by him in his private capacity, and the same is true of "Righteousness". With the newspaper as a new platform, the monstrous waves that stirred up people's hearts swept everyone in, and they could naturally grasp the situation roughly.

Now, he's smiling at his ten-day-old daughter.

"Oh, it's time to grow a beard, otherwise I don't have a beard to tie my daughter, which doesn't fit the template of father-daughter affection."

Li Xian said meaningless nonsense, causing Yan Sanniang, who was still a little weak, to cover her mouth and chuckle. Under the sun, in front of the glass window, watching her husband teasing her daughter, the shadows and lights blended. Yan Sanniang said in her heart that this moment is really like a dream, and she really wants time to freeze at this moment, so that she can stay with her husband and daughter forever.

"Xiao Xixi, give Xiao Niang a smile!"

Guan Xuan jumped in and opened her arms to tempt the daughter of the Li family, whose name was "Xiaoxi", and shattered Yan Sanniang's dream.

"It's still comfortable in Xiuniang's arms......"

An Jiuxiu came in, her eyes were raised, her chest was straight, and she was so angry that Guan Xuan came to screw her.

"What's the trouble, Sanniang still has to live and recuperate."

Pan Jinling followed behind, reprimanding the two daughters-in-law in his mouth, but his eyes were staring at Li Shi, who was hugging his daughter, and was filled with joy, with tears in his eyes, like joy and self-pity.

"Husband......

Yan Sanniang saw Pan Jinling's expression, and subconsciously called a sentence, Pan Jinling hurriedly shook his hand, and waited for Li Shi to turn his head, but Yan Sanniang hastily changed the topic.

"The Tartars defeated Tseling Dundob in Qinghai, and the Tartar Emperor must be sending troops to turn around against us. But here, people's hearts are in chaos like this, as long as you can still hold on, follow our mother and daughter sisters to be bored, are you really not afraid of capsizing in the gutter? ”

Li Xi handed over his daughter to Yan Sanniang, hugged her, and then beckoned Guan Xuan and An Jiuxiu to hold her, and also called Pan Jinling, who wanted to slip away on the pretext of cooking medicine, and said with a smile.

"The current struggle between the hearts and minds of the people has actually been implicit since the founding of the country last year, and it has been more than a year now. Sanniang gave birth to Xiaoxi in October, and my teacher and I should give birth to something......"

The daughters-in-law laughed at the same time, an old man and a young man, too!? Xiao Xi was also amused by the disdain of her mothers, giggling, and dancing with her hands.

(To be continued)