Volume 1: The Battleship Yitian Changes into the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 Chapter 66 The female secretary finally took office
In fact, there was no need for him to submit a memorial, as the court had already started another major discussion on coastal defense.
This time, Russia's attempt to seize Lushun did give the Qing Empire a severe stimulus, and finally hurt this confused Celestial Empire. In fact, it was not only Russia, but Germany and Italy also came to join in the fun that day, and this was when China had just won! They seemed to have discussed it beforehand. Germany proposed to set up a "temporary anchorage" in Jiaozhou Bay, China, and Italy also asked China for a coal storage station. If Russia's "military adventure" had not failed, they would have been rejected as well, and the consequences would have been disastrous.
He only found out about this after he came to Beijing.
One day not long after the forced lease of Port Arthur ended, he and the soldiers of the escort team were practicing shooting in the back mountain. After all, he had traveled through time to this era, and unlike the time travelers in some books who had great martial arts and magical powers, if he wanted to protect himself, he had to start with these basic military training and learn slowly.
After finishing the target practice and returning to the Navy Office, not long after, an imperial decree came down to summon him to Beijing within a certain time. He didn't know what was going on, so he sent telegrams to Li Hongzhang and Ding Ruchang respectively. Li Hongzhang's reply to him was very simple, "Let's talk about it when you come." Ding Ruchang's reply to him was even shorter than Li Hongzhang's, "Good news." It seemed as if a single word in the telegram could save the country a lot of money. Sun Gang was really depressed. He couldn't understand what the two old guys were trying to do. There was nothing he could do but to go.
"The Beiyang Shipping Company has just been established, and there are too many things to do. I won't go with you. You should be careful when encountering problems." She said as she helped him pack his things: "Don't forget to take your cell phone and charger."
The NOKIA mobile phone that Sun Gang brought with him when he traveled through time had already run out of power after two days. Later, when he went to the Ordnance Office to contact the warship modification, he saw the battery used for the searchlight and casually asked if there was a way to charge his mobile phone battery. Unexpectedly, there was a great man in the Ordnance Office who spent half a month researching and made him a hand-cranked charger! He was delighted and surprised for a long time. Looking at this dictionary-sized charger with a hand-cranked wheel, he was speechless when he thought of the "universal chargers" in later generations that "exploded" at any time.
The intelligence and talents of all Chinese ethnic groups can burst out with unimaginable energy as long as they are guided by positive thoughts and ideas!
Fearing the possible existence of spies from Japan and Russia, he took photos with his mobile phone of some information he thought was important, stored them in the photos and then destroyed them all (including the mine location map of the North Korean waters and those "feng shui maps"). After all, in this era, no one except his beloved wife and Su Xin could play with his stuff.
"And the outline of the Theory of Sea Power that you wrote for the emperor." Ma Yue said, "Don't talk nonsense when you get there. Listen more to what Lord Zhongtang and Lord Sun say."
"Understood." Sun Gang said, and put the revolver into the box.
"How many people are you taking with you?" Ma Yue asked again.
"Captain Zhan and his twenty men are all elite Marines." Sun Gang said. After the Russian forced lease of Port Arthur, Sun Gang asked Zhang Wenxuan for Zhan Shuxiao. Not only was he optimistic about his fighting skills and bravery, but this young man with a wolf-like sense of smell had an instinctive sensitivity to impending danger, which made him very annoying in the Qing Army, because no one likes a person who can always sense that bad things are about to happen. But Sun Gang didn't think so. According to the standards of later generations, this person was like the legendary Flying General Li Guang, a natural special forces soldier. Having him around would definitely bring many benefits.
Moreover, if possible, he wanted to set up a Beiyang version of the "Navy SEAL Team" in the Beiyang Marine Corps, and this lovely young man was a top candidate.
"I've seen that little baby-faced boy. He fought three big men with his bare hands." Ma Yue nodded and said, "I feel more at ease with him around."
"Why is he fighting three people alone?" Sun Gang was stunned when he heard her words.
"What else would you men fight for?" Ma Yue chuckled and said, "Can't you guess it?"
"It's not for the girl, is it?" Sun Gang guessed something from his wife's mischievous eyes and said.
"Yes." Ma Yue nodded with a smile, "A gambler gambled away his daughter. The girl didn't want to go, so they started to rob her. Lord Zhan happened to pass by, and when he found out, he beat the gang to a pulp. They even reported it to Lord Zhang."
"Is the girl pretty?" Sun Gang asked with a smile. No wonder Zhang Wenxuan was so happy to give it to others.
"Oh, the pear blossoms in the rain, I feel so sorry for them." Ma Yue said, "If I wasn't so young, I would have almost thought it was Liu Yifei who traveled through time."
"No way?" Sun Gang's eyes almost popped out of his head when he heard this. This guy is so lucky. "Where is she? Let me go and take a look."
"Look, look, he's acting like this before we even leave." Ma Yue glared at him playfully and said, "Now that you have Liu Yifei, you don't need Jeon Ji-Hyun anymore, right?"
"What do you mean?" Upon hearing her say this, he immediately pricked up his ears in alertness. This beautiful Korean girl who lived in his backyard had caused his beloved wife to give him a lot of problems.
"I want to learn your business, so I strongly request to be your secretary." Ma Yue looked at his "loyal" look and said, trying hard to suppress a smile.
"Based on our experience, many outstanding cadres and comrades have embarked on the road of no return from corruption because of the beautiful female secretaries around them." Sun Gang solemnly said to his beloved wife: "For the sake of our future family and career, I cannot accept such a choice."
Ma Yue burst into laughter, almost crying. Sun Gang looked at her in annoyance. Did he say something wrong?
Finally, she had laughed enough. She wiped the tears from her eyes, looked at him and smiled, "Come on, you talk better than you sing. Once you get to the capital, you may not know what you can do. I have to find someone to watch over you. You have to have this female secretary whether you want her or not."
"Besides, with such a beautiful woman by your side, you won't be corrupted ." She said with a smile: "One of the additional functions of a beautiful wife and a female secretary is that they are immune to beauty. If you dare to go to the Eight Great Hutongs and get sick, I will let her destroy you directly."
"You even know the Eight Great Hutongs. You're quite capable!" Sun Gang's face turned purple. She knew quite a lot. "Who do you think I am?" he said "aggrievedly".
"That's where you officials often go for social gatherings, and the emperor doesn't care." Ma Yue was still laughing, "I've said it before, whether to take her or not is up to you, I'm not forcing you." She said confidently, "I still feel a little wronged, whether I'm letting a wolf into the house, I'm not sure yet."
"It's come to this, how could I possibly say no?" Sun Gang looked at her with frustration, and she started laughing again.
After packing up his things, following the instructions of his beloved wife, Sun Gang, the Minister of the Beiyang Shipbuilding Bureau, went to Beijing with a special guard team and his own beautiful Korean secretary.
What Ma Yue said was right. The girl rescued by Zhan Shuxiao was called Xiang Yun. She did look like Liu Yifei, but she was more pitiful than Liu Yifei. After Ma Yue redeemed her, she wanted to marry her to Zhan Shuxiao. However, this young man who was as brave as a tiger on the battlefield was so shy that he didn't dare to see her. Sun Gang was very puzzled. Since he had already spent money to redeem her, couldn't he just marry her?
When Sun Gang asked him about it while sitting in the car, Zhan Shuxiao, who was riding on the horse, blushed immediately, "I am grateful for the love of the Lord and the Madam, but I don't know if she likes me." Zhan Shuxiao said, "A forced melon is not sweet. Her life has been very bitter, and I don't want her to be unhappy in the future."
Sun Gang looked at him in surprise. It was hard to imagine that such words could come out of the mouth of a soldier in a feudal society.
Even in his own time, how many marriages were purely based on interests! How much happiness was there in them!
"If you don't get close to her, how can you know whether she likes you?" Sun Gang said to him.
Zhan Shuxiao was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly.
"Talk more to her when you come back . Only when she understands your strengths will she like you." Sun Gang patiently persuaded him. The old man could no longer remember that he was a bachelor in his previous era.
"Yes, sir." Zhan Shuxiao looked at him gratefully, and suddenly mustered up the courage to say to him: "Sir, I have something to say, please don't be offended if you hear it."
"Go ahead." Sun Gang looked at him strangely, not knowing what he wanted to say.
"I have never seen anyone like you. I heard that you studied abroad, but your gestures, thoughts and ideas are all incredible." Zhan Shuxiao blushed and said awkwardly, "I can't explain it. I felt this way the last time I came back from North Korea... But I can tell that everything you do is right. I have no way to repay you, so I just want to follow you and do my part."
"Look at what you said. Don't be like this. We can just call each other brothers on weekdays. What's the problem with adults and children? It's troublesome." Sun Gang smiled. The sixth sense of this baby-faced boy is really strong. He may have vaguely felt the difference between himself and other people of this era.
Being bored in the car, the beautiful Korean secretary was turning the wheel to charge his mobile phone battery. This hand-cranked thing would take an hour and a half to crank. Looking at her delicate hands doing this for him, he couldn't help but feel that it was a waste of resources.
"Take a rest if you are tired." Sun Gang said to her.
"Not tired, just a little while ." Jin Shunji replied, "Madam said we can't stop in the middle." Seeing that he looked a little embarrassed, she added, "I once practiced flying knives, and I could swing them for two hours at a time. This is nothing."
"I'm really sorry for asking you to follow me so far away from home." Sun Gang said for fun.
"The golden cup of fine wine is the blood of thousands of people, the jade plate of delicacies is the fat of thousands of families, the candle tears fall when the people cry, the higher the song is, the higher the complaint is." She looked at him and said lightly: "My hometown has changed beyond recognition. It doesn't matter whether I go back or not."
Although she did not show anything, Sun Gang could still feel an unspeakable sadness spreading in the carriage. The poem she just recited suddenly made his heart heavy. She was very smart and immediately noticed the change in his heart. She said softly with a little apology: "I am talking nonsense. I am sorry to make you laugh."
"No, no, don't worry." Sun Gang sighed and said, "The Qing Dynasty and Korea are closely related. It is the weakness of the Qing Dynasty that has made Korea full of crises. If the Qing Dynasty can really pick itself up, Korea can also stand up."
Jin Shunji looked at his eyes, which flashed a barely perceptible light, and then dimmed. "The Qing Dynasty has a man like you, so the Qing Dynasty has hope of standing up, but Korea does not have a man like you." There was a trace of sadness in her voice. "Korea is full of beasts in human clothing who exploit the people and old and stubborn old men. If there was only one great man like you, Korea would not have fallen to this point today."
Sun Gang's face turned red because of what she said. He was nothing in his previous era. If he hadn't met Ma Yue here, he might have starved to death. Now that a peerless beauty praised him like this, no matter how thick-skinned he was, he couldn't stand it.
"No, no, don't say that. I actually admire Mr. Kim Ok-gyun very much, but the method he adopted is a little wrong." Sun Gang said, carefully observing the reaction of the Korean beauty in front of him.
Sure enough, her delicate body shook slightly, but immediately returned to normal. "The battery is ready, sir." She carefully took out the battery and handed it to him with both hands, but Sun Gang could feel that her hands were trembling slightly.
Sun Gang installed the batteries into the phone and looked at her reaction with some pride. He felt such a great sense of accomplishment.
After all, in front of someone who has some knowledge of later history, the beauty in front of him is still a little immature psychologically.
