Chapter 64: Nanhai Railway Journey 4 For all the celebrities from the south of the Yangtze River who went deep into Qiongzhou to spy on the "Qing Dynasty", the first-class carriage they took this time was in the penultimate seat of the train, and there was only a dining car behind it.
As a first-class carriage specially designed for travelers and indigenous and naturalized people who are willing to pay a high price, although the chassis of the carriage is basically the same as the flat car in front, it has a wooden body, not only has large and comfortable rattan seats and workmanship The exquisite small table, the glass-inlaid car windows, and the linen curtains are also installed.
On the scorching sun of Hainan Island, they can not only provide ventilation but also avoid the suffering of the sun.
Of course, in the eyes of Fang Yizhi, a celebrity from Tongcheng who was used to seeing all kinds of carved and painted buildings, the furnishings and decorations in this carriage were too simple and crude.
"This is the so-called first-class car, but it doesn't live up to its name.
However, the meals served on the car are quite exquisite."
Fang Yizhi muttered as he prepared for lunch.
It turned out that there was a dining car hanging on the train, and it was said that it was quite luxurious and comfortable.
Guests in the first-class and second-class carriages could go there and order food.
But now the dining car of this train has been occupied by General Huangshi and the Japanese envoy, and a sign "No entry for idlers" has been hung.
If the "Amateur Spies of Jiangnan Scholars" sitting in the first-class car did not want to drink cold water and eat dry food, they had to order food from the menu at their seats, and then let people in the dining car bring the food to them.
Or you can buy something to eat from the salesperson's trolley, and the price is cheaper.
But as distinguished passengers in the first-class carriage, they will not have a simple meal like the Xu Xiake brothers in the second-class carriage, just a bowl of instant noodles or eight-treasure porridge.
You can deal with it, and asking for a can of canned fish or a few fruits will be considered a tooth-punching ritual.
At this moment, on the table in front of Fang Yizhi, there was a "fried chicken rice railway bento" served in a "lunch box".
It was a huge square box of black lacquerware with a black outside and a red inside.
The outer walls are painted with gold and silver flowers, plants, birds and animals.
Even in the eyes of Fang Yizhi, who is used to seeing splendid treasures, the workmanship can be considered exquisite.
The meals in the box are also colorful and rich in variety: the main dish is naturally fried chicken nuggets wrapped in batter and fried to a golden and fragrant aroma.
The side dishes include mashed potatoes mixed with green beans, diced carrots and bacon bits, and fried shrimps. , fried eggs, a small amount of fried cauliflower and sugar taro cut into small pieces as dessert.
In a small cup made of blue flower white porcelain, there are boiled fish balls, scallops, dried shrimps, kelp, tofu, etc.
The seafood soup, even the ball of white rice, is ingeniously sprinkled with a little black sesame seeds as a decoration.
Although the scholars in the Jiangnan water towns have always been willing to put effort into their meals, and have been known for "never getting tired of eating" since ancient times, but in the recipe From Yizhi's point of view, if this food box were taken to a restaurant in Suzhou and Hangzhou, except for the slightly unusual ingredients, both the workmanship and the combination would be very good.
Fang Yizhi stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of fried chicken.
Suddenly, a rich and wonderful aroma hit his nostrils, which could make people drool.
After taking one bite, the dough wrapped around it was crispy and the meat juice overflowing from the inside was sweet and delicious.
He couldn't help but admire in his heart: "Well, the Australians are really good at enjoying themselves.
Whether it's food, clothing, housing or transportation, they all have some good skills.
It's a pity that you can just sell goods and make profits in this small seaside county.
Why are you so greedy that you actually colluded with the generals of the country and the dynasty?
, plotting against the country and the country."
In fact, as a well-connected and well-informed celebrity, Fang Yizhi, a young man from Tongcheng, Anhui Province, originally did not have much ill feelings towards the "Australian Kun people" who were far away in Qiongzhou, but they have gradually appeared in Qiongzhou over the years.
I really like all kinds of "Australian foreign goods" on the market.
In addition, I am also fascinated by the various "Australian enjoyments" provided by Hangzhou Ziminglou, from opera to bathing to scented oil massage, and I even spend a lot of money for it.
But in the late autumn of last year, at a gathering held by Donglin Party literati on a certain painting boat in the West Lake of Hangzhou, Qian Qianyi, a Donglin senior and "Mr.
Mu Zhai" who is a model of gentlemen in the world, said to everyone with a serious expression.
Donglin Junzi announced a big news.
According to his reliable information, in the past, the late emperor relied on him as a pillar, and once single-handedly killed the "old slave chief" Nurhachi, a famous general in hundreds of battles.
Huangshi, the general of Fujian who currently has tens of thousands of elite soldiers and dominates the Fujian Sea, has failed to live up to his divine grace.
He has a close collusion with the "Australian bandits" who are entrenched in Qiongzhou, and seems to have a huge conspiracy.
However, the imperial court is currently trapped in Liaodong Jiannu, and the capital has been repeatedly attacked by war and is on the verge of collapse.
But if this thief succeeds, the southeastern half of the Great Tomorrow will be in danger, so the gentlemen of Donglin must take precautions early.
In response to this, all the Donglin scholars at the gathering were all shocked.
In the eyes of these proud people, the "Australians" who have been selling all kinds of overseas exotic goods in recent years are basically the same as the separatist Macau.
The Franconians, as they were formerly known, are almost the same, they are just a bunch of stinky businessmen doing business.
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Because both have the word "AO" in their names, some scholars from small places even confuse the two.
It would be fine if the Australians were entrenched in the port to trade and seek profit.
Unexpectedly, their appetite was so amazing.
They even colluded with the imperial generals in an attempt to separate the country's territory and committed such treasonous acts.
This was simply another Liaodong war disaster.
The Jiannu who was dormant before What's more, the slaves' home base is far outside the Great Wall.
No matter how ruthless they are in the north, they can't harm the comfortable place south of the Yangtze River.
But Huangshi's Funing Army is in Fujian, next door to Jiangnan, and the big ships of Australian bandits often appear in the waters near Jiangnan.
After being shocked, all the gentlemen of Donglin began to make plans.
Since the Donglin Party has always boasted that "the sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, can be heard; family affairs, state affairs, world affairs, everything is concerned about", then for such people who are shaking the imperial court Naturally, they could not remain indifferent to major events that threatened the safety of the country and the country, so they all claimed that they should mobilize relatives and friends in the country to submit letters of remonstrance, so that the court should be on guard against the rebellion of the Funing Army, and at the same time prohibit trade with the Australians.
But the problem is that everyone is just "hearing things" at the moment, and even Qian Qianyi who raised this matter is hesitant and unable to provide any real evidence.
It is obviously not enough to impeach Fujian Commander-in-Chief Huang Shi for treason based on just a few empty words.
Besides, although Qian Qianyi was highly respected within the Donglin Party, it was still impossible for everyone to obey orders and mobilize their own connections and forces to take action just because of his few words.
As the political spokesperson group of the Jiangnan landlord and businessman group, the Donglin Party was originally a very loose and informal organization.
Although these "gentlemen" often shared the same hatred in the court, they fought fiercely with eunuchs, military commanders and nobles.
However, there is also a lot of internal strife among various parties who are the same as those who oppose dissidents, and it is also quite fierce.
Who knows if Qian Qianyi tore off the dignity of the kind-hearted elder this time, and set up a trap for everyone to get through?
After all, the "Australian thieves" are thousands of miles away.
What if it is actually Mr.
Qian who is telling nonsense to deceive everyone?
Therefore, after a moment of indignation, the gentlemen came to their senses and said that the matter was of great importance and required detailed investigation and long-term planning.
Then, these gentlemen who had been idle all day noisily elected two groups of "investigators" , led by Zhang Dai, a playboy from Hangzhou, they went to Fujian to check whether the Funing Army had any signs of rebellion.
Zhang Dai's family is quite powerful in both Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, and can provide care and convenience along the way.
Another route led by Fang Yizhi, a famous scholar from Tongcheng who had extensive experience in traveling, went to Lingnan, a place farther away, for on-the-spot investigation, and witnessed with his own eyes the "military situation of the bandits".
In the Jiangnan Shilin during the Chongzhen period, Fang Yizhi, a famous scholar from Tongcheng, was quite famous.
"A well-informed person" who has friends from the market to the court.
His number of friends and wide network are second to none in the Donglin Party, and he can be called a person like "a hundred students in the world".
Although he has never been to Lingnan, he has the richest experience in long-distance travel.
In terms of mileage alone, he is not even much worse than Xu Xiake, the "first donkey traveler in the late Ming Dynasty".
It's just that Xu Xiake only went to deep mountains and old forests and wilderness, while Fang Yizhi mainly traveled between prosperous cities.
Fang Yizhi also happily obeyed this request.
In recent years, he has seen many wonderful Australian products, and often heard several Lingnan scholars talk about the products brought by "Kun people" to Guangzhou in the past two years at Shilin gatherings.
All kinds of "Australian scenery" are quite curious and yearning for them.
Especially the heavenly enjoyments in Guangzhou's "Ziming Tower" made him envious.
Unfortunately, there is half of China between Guangzhou and Tongcheng.
The distance is too far, so the trip has never been possible.
I can only go to the "Ziminglou" branch in Hangzhou to have a good time and experience the kind of sensual entertainment that is different from China.
Now I finally have the opportunity to go to Guangzhou to see the authentic Ziming Tower, appreciate the peerless elegance of the "Australian famous courtesan" Pei Lixiu with my own eyes, and even find some "Australian style" kiln ladies to enjoy the legendary How could he not be attracted by the taste of "Australian secret drama"?
Therefore, Fang Yizhi led a group of Donglin scholars who claimed to be "risking their lives for the country and the country" but actually had nothing to do all day long and wanted to find some fresh fun.
They marched south from Hangzhou in a mighty manner.
Although they were completely I have no experience as a spy, and I don’t know how to understand people’s sentiments and collect information.
Intelligence, but when these "talents and heroes" think about it, as long as they work together, there is nothing they can't do in the world.
It's just a vulgar warrior and a group of arrogant barbarians trying to join forces to cause chaos.
How can they still fight against the distinguished blood family?
Incomparable, the "Donglin Gentleman" who has power all over the government and the public Although later scientific research has fully proved that genetic genes cannot play a decisive role in any aspect of political, economic, military, etc. abilities.
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However, whether in the feudal society of the Ming Dynasty or in the industrial society of later generations, there are still many people who believe that the lineage theory can work in all areas.
Naturally, the scholars of the Donglin Party, who are senior officials and senior officials of n generations, also generally believe that they are the favored sons of heaven, and they should naturally enjoy various privileges, and everything is destined to go as they wish.
But what has to be admitted is that the two world-famous signs of the Donglin Party and Jiangnan Fushe are indeed very useful in the entire south.
They rely on the escort and service of big and well-dressed servants, and the attentiveness of the government and big households along the way.
Under the reception and the banquet, the "Donglin Party Tour Group" who felt unprecedentedly good about themselves "wandered" all the way to Guangzhou, touring the mountains and rivers, eating wine and listening to plays.
Various banquets and poems were held one after another along the way, which was very beautiful.
A handful.
After arriving in Guangzhou, they met several children from wealthy families who had escaped from Hainan Island.
They were all imprisoned by the "work team" of the Lingao Senate for "collaborating with bandits", "resisting taxes", "hiding their fields" and other crimes.
His family was ruined and he had no choice but to abandon his home and run away.
The relationship between them and the "Australian thieves" is really "hatred in one day, two places, three rivers and four seas".
Naturally, they will never say a good word about the Australians.
So, after listening to the cries of these "remnants" about the "Kun thieves" who were confusing right and wrong, all the Donglin scholars were filled with indignation and had a very bad impression of the Australians who "harmed good people".
In the late Ming Dynasty, the Donglin Party In the mainstream thinking, not all ordinary people can be called "people".
Those tenants and craftsmen are just humble cattle and horses, ordinary merchants are like pigs and sheep to be slaughtered, and even military commanders and soldiers They are all regarded as slaves.
As for the lowly people such as Lehu and Beggar, they do not belong to the category of human beings at all.
Although Fang Yizhi has extensive contacts in all walks of life and does not have such an exaggerated sense of hierarchy, I feel that the words of these escapees may be It's not entirely true, but since the thief was so cruel to the wealthy Jin gentry, he didn't know how to be cruel to the common people.
I'm afraid the entire Qiongzhou has been turned into a human hell.
On the other side, the Lingao Senate was completely unaware of their arrival.
The "Donglin Party Tour Group" who came to Guangzhou from the south of the Yangtze River to inquire about the "Kun Thieves" information did not hide their whereabouts, but they also did not make any big splash about coming to find "Australia".
People's trouble.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was common for dandies and literati to make friends and travel far away, and it was really not rare.
As for the scholars who scolded "Kun thieves" in teahouses and restaurants for being morally corrupt, sexually promiscuous and doing such things, they existed in the Guangzhou market every day, and the Guangzhou Intelligence Station of the Senate had long been used to it.
Next, with pity for the suffering "common people" of Qiongzhou who were struggling in the clutches of the Kun thief, including only the upper class of the gentry, all the talented and talented people who were worried about the country and the people, regardless of the dangers, went deep into the tiger's den, and poured into the Kun thief in Guangzhou.
Ziminglou opened in various places Surrounded by this kind of exotic orioles, I "rested" for several days.
I fully communicated with a group of bunny girls and cat-eared girls in bed, and experienced firsthand how "sexually good and evil" the thief is.
By the way, I got a lot of first-hand information from them.
Then, just as they were enjoying themselves in the Ziming Tower, hundreds of barbarian warships from all over the world gathered at Lingao.
The "Emperor of the Australian Song Dynasty" came to Qiongzhou to supervise the war.
He was about to send his troops to sweep across Lingnan.
As a result, the city of Guangzhou was in turmoil for a while.
In order to avoid the possible military disaster, large landowners from all over the country rushed into the city with their families.
When the "Kon Bandits" last swept across the Pearl River and bombarded Guangzhou, the landowners in the Pearl River Delta Already suffered a disaster.
And all the scholars from Donglin also retreated and refused to go to Qiongzhou Thieves Cave again.
They even left without saying goodbye and turned around to return home.
Although it didn't take long, because there was still no movement from Qiongzhou, and the Guangzhou government and "Australian Kun people" also tried their best to refute the rumors, the market finally returned to calm.
However, the Donglin scholars who came all the way from the south of the Yangtze River have also dispersed, and they have been away for seven or eight times in ten stops.
But Fang Yizhi, who is bold by nature, finally brought the "Wuwei Cub" Yu Guozhen to Anhui Wuwei Prefecture and other few remaining The taxi scholars, plus their servants and attendants, crossed the sea and came to Lingao, vowing to find out the details of how the "Australian Kun people" colluded with the Fujian general Huang Shi to bring trouble to the world, and then they would go back to see the gentlemen of the Jiangnan Shilin.
At the beginning, when these talented people first arrived in Lingao, they naturally felt unfamiliar and frightened by the various tricks of the "thief", and they were under great psychological pressure.
However, after a while, they saw The "hair thieves" didn't take them seriously at all.
The recent influx of foreign people was so large that they couldn't handle it anymore.
They gradually got used to it and even had the heart to comment on the various actions of the "hair thieves".
Next, when Fang Yizhi and others suddenly decided to go to Sanya to peep at the reality of the "Australian and Song Dynasty Emperor's presence", they accidentally recognized the target of this "infiltration operation" at the station. thief Huang Shi, the Fujian general who endangered the imperial court, even discovered that even the Japanese Japanese pirates seemed to have had a hand in it.
He was overjoyed and thought that this trip would definitely lead to a miracle, find out the details of the rebels and barbarians, and become famous all over the world.
It's a pity that the Huangshi rebel had a high position and tight security around him.
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He booked a carriage by himself during the journey, and no one else could get close to him.
At this moment, Fang Yizhi was sitting on the rattan seat, holding a lacquered railway bento box.
Looking at the two tall "beards" standing at the dining car connection like iron towers.
"Soldier", and there is also a short and capable Japanese swordsman.
Thinking that just a few feet behind the door, the Huangshi rebels are probably planning some shocking plot with the Japanese envoys to shake the Ming Dynasty.
I feel like a cat in my heart.
It felt like it was being scratched, and even the food in his mouth became tasteless.
But despite this, Fang Yizhi had no intention of taking action on this train to eliminate this serious trouble for the court.
Although he had recruited many talented people during this trip, they were all in the second-class carriage at the front and could not be summoned at the same time.
It is also unknown how many "coats" and Japanese pirates there are in the dining car behind.
According to his speculation, he probably can't beat them here.
What's more, even if he succeeds in the assassination, he will have no way to escape and will undoubtedly die.
It is obviously not worth it to let noble scholars like them trade their lives with a few vulgar warriors and savage Japanese pirates.
Therefore, it is better to take a long-term view and serve the imperial court and the country in a useful way.
While Fang Yizhi was thinking this, he turned his attention to the few "real-haired" passengers who were also in the first-class carriage.
According to the few words that his friend Yu Guozhen, who was traveling with him, had just heard, the strong old man over there seemed to be the favorite of the rich-haired thieves.
Master Admiral, with such a big fanfare, summoning generals, and even trying to connect with the Japanese country, it seems that the "Emperor of the Australian Song Dynasty" must have a big plan this time.
In this way, after the slaves and bandits in the north, and the rebellious Tibetan chieftains in the southwest, the dynasty will add such powerful enemies, which really worries us gentlemen.
He speculated this with melancholy, but he was powerless to deal with the gloom of war that was about to come, so he could only let out a long sigh.
However, what Fang Yizhi didn't know was that Huang Shi was indeed discussing military strategy with the Japanese envoy in the dining car at this time, but it was not aimed at the Ming Dynasty court, but at Japan's Tokugawa Shogunate.
What he never expected was that, The identity, origin and purpose of this group of people have long been sold out by Yu Guozhen, the "Inaction Young Tiger" who was traveling with them.
Now, every move is actually under the surveillance of the "Australian Bandit" Because Yu Guozhen, the “Innocent Tiger Cub” who he recently met and is “proficient in miscellaneous knowledge”, is also a time traveler oshow7: