Chapter Seventy-Five: The Beginning of School
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At one o'clock in the morning, the carriage finally shook to the destination, it was already July 1, the lunar calendar is the seventh day of the fifth month of the leap month, the moon is already a semicircle, on the faint moonlight, Yang Rui saw a Western-style castle, it is estimated that it is their manor. To the west of the castle, several rows of houses were built on the steppe, surrounded by a square, but this square was notched, and it was built on only three sides. Two sides have been built, and the other side seems to be still tiled. These houses are not Western-style flat-roofed, but Southern Chinese houses with large roofs. Looking along the playground, there seemed to be some training equipment on the unbuilt side, such as horizontal bars, low walls, and the like.
Castle 6 continued to be lit up, and then house 6 to the west was lit up. Yang Rui's geography is still not well learned, I think that this place is the same as China, the summer is the hottest, the winter is the coldest, who knows that July in the southern hemisphere is the lowest temperature, the coldest at night, only more than ten degrees, according to the previous Mr. The students only brought summer clothes, so it was cold enough, everyone squeezed in the carriage and didn't feel much, and the sound of cutting was constant, Yang Rui scolded himself in his heart for being stupid, I don't know how not to ask, hey is too much to take for granted. Fortunately, the manor is very well prepared, the beds have been made, everyone also has hot water to bathe, Yang Rui asked Lao Liu to cook some ginger soup immediately, the journey is tired and now he is cold, plus the water and soil are not adapted, the chance of getting sick is too great, Lao Liu did not dare to slacken, knowing that he could not be sloppy, he went in a hurry.
The owner of the manor also appeared, a short and fat bearded man in pajamas, not as strict as Leo, smiling gentlemanly and greeting him in German with an accent, he said that his name was Christian, and he welcomed the arrival of Yang Rui and the others. Yang Rui called several student leaders to announce tomorrow's arrangement, that is, to get up at 10 o'clock, have lunch at 12 o'clock, and start a meeting at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. After that, he took advantage of the students' shower to discuss tomorrow's arrangement with Leo. There are eight students in one room, and there are six rooms in total. Yang Rui did not accept Christian's invitation to sleep in the manor, his explanation was to be with the students, who would be very uneasy when they first arrived, and he had to accompany him. So he made a high and low bed to sleep next to the student, the quilt is made of new cotton, it is very warm, and the bed is soft, although it is already on the 6th floor, but Yang Rui still feels that the bed is shaking, and he falls asleep in this virtual shaking.
After a deep night's sleep, it was nearly ten o'clock when he woke up again, Yang Rui hurriedly got up and went out only to see that the students had already gotten up, Leo and Christian were distributing clothes to the students in line, Yang Rui looked like the red uniform of the British army carefully, Christian said proudly: "This is what we captured." Those stupid Saxon mongrels don't know how to fight at all, and in Nicholson, I beat them all around," as if returning to the time of victory, his beard shaking and his face flushed, and he patted the thin shoulder of a student forcefully and said, "Study hard and kill those Saxon mongrels." β
After a month of German study on the ship, the student knew a few familiar words, and could basically guess the meaning of his previous sentence, standing up straight with a non-standard upright, and shouting loudly: "Jaoh1! β
Christian Dayue said to Yang Rui: "Your students are very good, which is different from the rumors I heard. And they don't have pigtails behind their heads. β
The student who was questioned was named Wang Menghui, his home was from Wuxi, Jiangsu, and like other students, his braids were reduced when he refused to go to Russia, and when he returned from the Dragon Boat Festival, the elders in the family were very frightened. The old father locked him in the attic and did not let him go back to Shanghai to mingle with the rebels, and finally he jumped off the building with the help of the family servants, and although he broke his foot, he still rushed to Shanghai before the boat. After traveling tens of thousands of miles across the sea to this land of Kunlun slaves, he was very disappointed to see that this military academy was simple and dilapidated -- during the day, Yang Ruicai lived in a house that was not tiled, but a thatched house, and the walls were also earthen walls. It is estimated that the time is urgent, Leo has no choice but to use the local natives to build a dormitory classroom, and then the military school is called Lorenzo Marques Military Academy in writing, but in the army it is commonly known as the thatched hut military academy - but when he saw these captured British military uniforms and some other military supplies, he was full of reverence for this military school, the Boer War had little impact in China, and the students did not know about this war that made the British Empire from prosperity to decline, they only knew that Britain was the world's first power among the powers, If you can learn the art of war to defeat the world's number one power, China will be strong and prosperous in the future, and you will suddenly be full of energy.
Yang Rui didn't know what Wang Menghui was thinking, so he just nodded approvingly to him and let him go down. Then I came to the manor with them, the manor is European-style, the conference hall on the side of the hall is full of people, these people are all instructors of the military academy in the future, Leo introduced these people to Yang Rui one by one, these people can form an army from a professional point of view, infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineers, surveying and mapping, baggage, quartermasters, and military doctors. They were all graduates of regular military academies, retired from active duty and came to Africa to help the Boers in response to the Kaiser's call, but were eventually betrayed by the Kaiser, and after the war they did not return to Germany, nor did they go to the German West African colonies, but only nested in LorenΓ§o Marques. Christian was a quartermaster who bought the estate from an old Portuguese rich man with gold from the war and continued to expand it all the way to the border with Eswatini. Mozambique has always been a Portuguese colony, but the management is very lax, and Lorenzo Marques has only been noticed by the colonists in recent years.
A year after the end of the war, everyone's war wounds were almost recovered, and when they were about to prepare for something or live a quiet life on the farm, Leo's telegram kept everyone busy, although everyone was disgusted with the war, but they were all soldiers who were very interested in the war itself, and Schroeder, a cavalry officer, was still writing a cavalry textbook. The mention of this military school has been praised by everyone, not to mention that there are people who pay to run the school.
Yang Rui didn't say anything, and then discussed the curriculum of study with everyone, like Leo, everyone thought that the eight-month study period could not get qualified officers, they agreed that it would take at least three years of study to make the students basically qualified, Yang Rui did not oppose their opinions head-on, he said: "Gentlemen, I admire your rigorous and pragmatic style, and completely agree with your views on the study time of the students, but I have a better idea, why do we arrange the students like this, They spend eight months learning basic military skills, then return to China for a year or so to intern in the war, and then return here to complete their studies. I don't think you can produce a good general in school, only on the battlefield can you become a famous general. β
Yang Rui's words quieted the somewhat noisy room, and he continued: "If you go back to decades ago, in the German Unification War, assuming that you were a cadet in a military academy, in the case of a shortage of front-line officers, would you be able to study in the military academy with peace of mind? Soldiers are destined to die for their country, even if they are not prepared. And now, in the northeast of China next year, there will be a large-scale war between Russia and the Saxon thugs of Japan, snatching their respective interests in the northeast. As a soldier, it is impossible to turn a blind eye to this, and you cannot study at ease in the military school, participation in war is inevitable, sacrifice is deserved, and living is God's gift......"
Soon it was time for lunch, and when he was having lunch in the school building and preparing for the afternoon meeting, Wren came over and said, "Yang, you have convinced everyone that this is something I couldn't have done before, but everyone will take time to reproduce and prepare the lesson plan, which will probably take several days." In addition, the students' German learning should be strengthened, otherwise the class will be a big problem. β
Yang Rui did not have the slightest joy in convincing this group of old-fashioned Germans, he was very worried about the students' German, although everyone now has a few hundred words and can have simple conversations, but when it comes to class, language is still a big problem. If this is not possible, it is necessary to fully translate the textbooks of each subject. During the afternoon meeting, Yang Rui constantly emphasized the urgency of time and the importance of language, in order to let the students better understand, he asked people to set up a war countdown card in front of the classroom, the deadline of the time was February 29, 19o4, and the timer board started from 243 days.
Yang Rui's eagerness soon made the students crazy, and even the strict Germans accelerated the preparation of the lesson plan, and prepared to hold the opening ceremony on July 5, the official class will start on Monday, July 6, compared to the students, Yang Rui is the busiest, the logistics is completely handed over to Christian's wife management, Yang Rui's main job is to teach students German, as well as translate the Chinese lesson plans of each course, and explain some words to students that they do not understand. Although the German language has become very fluent after communicating with Leo for so long, it is still a headache for him to deal with German with various accents and obscure military German, and he struggles with these unfamiliar German worlds every day.
But soon, a telegram from Wang Jitong pulled him out of this struggle--something big happened in Shanghai!
The telegram is too short, only cloud: case, Zhang Zou and others were detained, school sealed, Cai Wu Huang Chen and others hidden, afraid of extradition, helpless. In just a dozen words, Yang Rui immediately jumped up, wandering around the room, what a case, seeing Zhang Taiyan and Zou Rong being detained, it is estimated that it was the last "Revolutionary Army" that was made, but now he remembers that when he used to study history, the two most famous revolutionary books, "Revolutionary Army" and "Fierce Return", he only remembered that the author of "Fierce Return" was Chen Tianhua, but the author of "Revolutionary Army" did not remember, it turned out to be Zou Rong! He seemed to be only eighteen years old. They were arrested, so they were probably also wanted, thinking of the advertisement that Zhang Taiyan made for the revival society in the preface, the revival society is famous all over the world. Yang Rui was happy and then worried, thinking that Zhang Taiyan and Zou Rong were in prison, and the Qing court was trying to find a way to extradite, once extradited, it would definitely be dead and there would be no place to bury. Do something yourself.
After calming down, Yang Rui thought about it in his heart, the extradition of the Qing court must be approved by the Ministry of Industry Bureau, and the Ministry of Industry Bureau would be guided by the mainstream remarks of the English newspapers. Europe and the United States call themselves civilized people, and reporting on the barbarism of the Qing court can make these civilized people make civilized decisions, and then they can only think of ways internally. As for the closure of the society, the society may not be found, and those students who are willing to be revolutionary will come here, and those who are not willing to be revolutionary will be arranged to teach in instrument halls and factories, or go to Germany to study - Rutte promised before that he could apply for scholarships for international students. Yang Rui quickly drafted two telegrams, one for Wang Jitong and one for Wang Jitong to Rutte, and immediately asked Leo to find someone to go to the Lorenzo Marques Telegraph Office to take these two copies.
On July 7, Wang Jitong, who was anxious, finally waited for Yang Rui's callback. After receiving it, he immediately discussed the specific method with Zhong Guanguan. Zhong Guanguan read the telegram and said: "Jingcheng gave three strategies in the telegram, one is to move the public opinion of the newspaper, and the second is internal public relations, which has already been done, and the third is to hire a foreigner lawyer, but Uncle Mei and Wei Dan must cooperate with the lawyer." I know the last two, how did the public opinion of the newspaper move in front? β
Wang Jitong didn't understand this set, so he thought about it and said, "Let's discuss it with everyone at night." But you still don't come forward, you are behind the factory related, once the factory is raided, the revolution has no money to talk about, the Qing court must be closely monitoring us, it is estimated that they want to catch it all. As for those students, let's live in the physics and chemistry school in the instrument hall first, and don't go to the factory first. β
Zhong Guanguan knew that Wang Ji had always been cautious, and the chlor-alkali factory had just been put into trial production, so he was usually very busy, so he agreed with him. After the case, the school was closed, the school community was long, Cai Yuanpei went to Qingdao in anger because of the school and the education association in June, and prepared to study abroad, and escaped this catastrophe by mistake; Wu Jingheng was not arrested, he stayed in Shanghai for a few days and went to Hong Kong when he saw the wind getting tighter; The only big names in the education association are Jiang Weiqiao and Ye Han, but they have little impact on the students, Wang Jitong once talked to the students, and wanted to accept international students, but he couldn't agitate it, the students scattered some, and the students who left were mainly some who went to Ma Xiangbo's Aurora University, and some went to Tokyo with Huang Zongyang, the newspaper owner Chen Fan, etc., and finally Wang Jitong played Yang Rui's signboard, which took in the remaining students and arranged them in the student dormitory of the instrument hall first.
In the evening, Wang Jitong and Jiang Weiqiao, Ye Han, Zhang Ji, Zhang Shizhao, Chen Youji, Jin Tianxi, Wu Junsui and others gathered in the instrument hall to discuss the rescue. Zhang Ji and Chen Youji were expelled and returned by the Qing court's ambassador to Japan together with Zou Rong, Zhang Shizhao was the editor-in-chief of Su Bao, and Jin Tianxi and Wu Junsui were both literati and friends of Zhang Taiyan. Wang Jitong couldn't take out the telegram, so he only said: "There are three strategies that may save people, one is to ask foreign lawyers to respond to the lawsuit, the second is to respond internally, and the third is to create public opinion and refuse the Qing court's extradition." The first two policies have been handled, but what kind of manufacturing method should be used to create public opinion, it is still necessary for you to discuss and discuss. β
Jiang Weiqiao recognized Wang Jitong's countermeasures, and said: "In my opinion, I must be familiar with the editors and reporters of the major newspapers in creating public opinion. β
"I see if we can find some examples of the Qing court's trial of disregard for human life, and then find foreign reporters to report it, so that public opinion can be in an uproar, and the newspaper also likes to increase sales." Ye Han said that he and Jiang Weiqiao are older, and although they are scholars, they also know some sophistication.
Zhang Shizhao also knows that the key to saving people is not to be extradited by the Qing court, as long as he is extradited, everything will be over. "It's just that we don't know that many editors and reporters at a time. That's how it can be good. β
This is a difficult problem, everyone has not been in Shanghai for a long time, and they are dedicated to teaching writing and writing, and their friends must not be very extensive.