The next morning, when Lu Hong was fiddling with his fists and exercised, Qin Tianmin appeared early. Obviously, this guy heard Lao Qin talk about yesterday's incident, so he reminded him with a concern as soon as he met: "My benefactor, I know you can't stand those unfair things, but it's better to be careful in the local snakes in this place, so as not to have a trap for them. Today we have done the matter, so we can go to Fei County as soon as possible!"

When Lu Hong heard the concern in his words, he nodded knowingly. He also understood the truth very well. The two chatted for a few more times. After breakfast, they got on the carriage to the yamen. With Qin Tianmin, a small bureaucrat, he was much more worry-free. The destruction of the Mengyin County Government surprised him, the time traveler for a while.

Later, he also visited local county government sites at a certain scenic spot. However, the county governments of that era have been repaired many times and are very glamorous. Unexpectedly, in this era, when he entered the Mengyin County Government for the first time, except for the two county government gates, there was a big hole about a foot on the eaves, and a wooden beam with a corner on the four corners of the hanger tower had rotten and broken.

When he entered the county government office, Captain Qian had been waiting early in the morning. After joking to Qin Tianmin, he gave a few more words to Lu Hong, saying that it was nothing more than the etiquette of seeing officials and the preferences of the Wu County Magistrate. However, because it was not a court hearing, there was naturally no need to bow and worship like the kind in the braid show. But Wu Magistrate appointed him to summon Lu Hong, so he gave a special advice.

The success of this yamen was quite unexpected. The so-called yamen that should not come in without any money was surprisingly efficient today. When Qin Tianmin arrived here, he looked quite a bit of a counter-attack. The head of Qian deliberately curled him, and he had already done the matter for a while. After the silver reward, he still had 35 taels and the silk license to prove that he killed the Yimeng bandits had been handed over to him.

Later, he followed Captain Qian to the Second Hall to wait for the summons of Wu Magistrate Wu. Qin Tianmin unexpectedly did not follow in. The Mengyin Yamen was not at this time. Wu Magistrate Wu was obviously discussing affairs in the hall. Lu Hong, who was standing outside the Second Hall, heard a loud Shanxi accent inside talking loudly about Qing Shengli...

Captain Qian received the credit for killing bandits given by Lu Hong for free, and had previously received the benefit of Qin Tianmin's 1 tael of silver. He was naturally very polite. While waiting, he started chatting in a low voice. Lu Hong proved some news. The name of Wu Magistrate Wu Yuncai, whose courtesy name was Hedong, was indeed from Liaozhou, Shanxi. Unexpectedly, this master was from the tiger class of the Hanlin Academy...

After a while, several clerks, clerks and yamen runners came out of the house with bitter faces. Captain Qian hurried into Tongbing. After Lu Hong went in, he saw an official in his forties and long beard sitting on the chair of the Supreme Master, wearing a seventh-rank official robe. However, this serious and rank 7th-rank county magistrate who was born in Hanlin, had a thin, old-fashioned horse face, which was not as elegant as he imagined.

"Master, this is Lu Hong, who has captured and killed Ma Heizi, a bandit in Shangyang Village, Yimeng Mountain. The bandit leader has been judged by Master Chen. It is indeed a real offender!" The Captain Qian next to him has already introduced himself. The fat man has done his duty after taking the money and contributions.

The magistrate of Wu County stroked his long beard and a smile appeared on his face. He had known these things long ago. Yesterday, Captain Qian reported to him. The more than a dozen bandits and a living urging had already asked the clerk to write the memorials. They were sent to Jinan Prefecture early in the morning, just waiting to reiterate the merits. The reason why he wanted to meet Lu Hong was because Captain Qian reported that Lu Hong was back from studying abroad.

"Lu Hong, this time, he is really a pillar of the country!" The magistrate of Wu County praised him, but this tone made Lu Hong feel indescribable. He naturally humbly bowed his hands and politely, and did not understand what the magistrate of Wu County was selling, and he was not convenient to answer casually.

The magistrate of Wu County was a little surprised by Lu Hong's neither arrogant nor humble attitude. He originally thought that Lu Hong was just a brave man, but he did not expect that after a few words, the other party would have a very appropriate answer. This was a bit more interesting. He summoned him today not to simply praise Lu Hong, but to have other meanings. After a few words, he immediately got to the point.

"Lu Hong, I heard that you are a student who returned from overseas. I wonder if the Westernization industry you have seen in Thailand is the best choice for enriching the country and strengthening the army as the foreigners in the capital said?" Wu County Magistrate changed his tone, but asked a question that surprised Lu Hong. The headmaster next to him looked like an old monk was in meditation at this moment. This guy was well versed in the rules of the officialdom.

Lu Hong's mind was changing rapidly at this moment. He was not a white dick. He still understood the truth that he was talking to others and talking to ghosts. Seeing the old-fashioned horse face of the Wu County Magistrate made him a little worried. He naturally knew a fact that the collision between the Westernization and traditions of modern China under the Qing Dynasty had always been very fierce. He did not expect that the summoning of the Wu County Magistrate would turn into a debate meeting with very sensitive propositions...

Of course, I can also shirk the reasons such as being a little bit unfaithful and simple in learning and avoid talking about it. However, this is not his style of doing things. Moreover, more importantly, he also has some of his own little thoughts. Anyway, he has expanded and commented on this proposition. With his vision in his later generations, it is not a problem. The question is whether he can hit the mind of the Wu County Magistrate, this is the difficulty!

He thought for a moment, bowed his hand, and said calmly: "Mr. Wu, this Westernization is a new study, a saying of enriching the country and strengthening the army, but there are some truths, but it is not entirely true. You must know that our Greater Chinese civilization has been passed down for five thousand years, and its profound foundation is definitely not comparable to that of the Westerners in the Renaissance in the past hundred years!"

He said this without any leakage. He not only affirmed the value of the Westernization business from the side, but also praised the traditional culture high... After saying it, he immediately found that the expression of the magistrate Wu County had obviously eased a lot. It seemed that he was right. He decided to continue saying: "Sir, the power of the Taisi was strong for a hundred years, because of the barbarian skills. However, this so-called Taisi skill and tricks have actually been dabbled in for thousands of years in China. The ancient saying has been said, "The world of the Holy King has been customized. However, the Chinese people have never paid as much attention as the Taisi!"

What Lu Hong said casually was completely a general understanding in later generations. What really revived the European Renaissance movement was the European scientific spirit, and there were never a shortage of people who studied science in the inheritance of Chinese civilization. However, the way of governing the world in Confucius, Mencius and Confucianism was more of a way of dealing with the world, but it just destroyed this scientific spirit to a certain extent.

Of course, his statement deliberately blurred this difference, but only replaced it with whether to pay attention to it. The Wu County Magistrate is a master of parallel prose who has emerged from the eight-part articles and a scholar who has been in the Hanlin Academy. He criticized the words of Confucius and Mencius, the mainstay of Chinese studies, and was uncomfortable.

The Wu County Magistrate probably may not agree with the scientific spirit of this old master, but the principle of power was fired from real guns and cannons, so he naturally could not turn a blind eye like an ostrich. He threw out this statement himself, so that the Wu County Magistrate would follow the topic and listen to the real thoughts of the county magistrate from the tiger squad.

It is obvious that the magistrate of Wu County was very novel about Lu Hong's rhetoric. After being in high school, he was placed in the Hanlin Slave Pavilion. When he was in the capital, he was a regular visitor to the Qingliu party. The Qingliu faction in the court always had a different position than the Westernization faction. This actually involved more official struggles. Therefore, the Qingliu faction was fond of studying the problems exposed in the Westernization Affairs Bureau of various provinces, and then used joint memorials to argue about the drawbacks of blindly opening the Westernization Affairs Bureau.

He originally summoned Lu Hong just because he had been an official in Mengyin for three years and had few such overseas study travelers. He hoped to listen to Lu Hong's views. If Lu Hong's views were still the old argument of "learning the skills of the barbarians to control the barbarians", he naturally would not miss the opportunity to refute it. For him, this was also a way to teach the younger generation.

But unexpectedly, Lu Hong talked and savored it carefully but made him feel a little more interesting. "Lu Hong, your remarks are quite in line with my wishes. The words of a saint are the way to establish a country in China. The so-called skill of learning from the barbarians is actually putting the cart before the horse! Then let me ask you, what comments do you have about the Westernization countries in our dynasty for more than 20 years? What do you think?"

After Wu County Magistrate asked this question, Lu Hong had completely figured out the way. It turned out that this person was quite dissatisfied with the Westernization strategy of learning from the barbarians to control the barbarians. This made him a little confused. He originally hoped to persuade the Wu County Magistrate to build some industries in Mengyin, and he would take advantage of the troubled waters. In that level of resource collection system, he would just take a look at it casually. At least three or four industries were labor-intensive industries with very small investments. If he wanted to do it, he could definitely do it.

He didn't mind using these industries to do favors. To be honest, he was somewhat suspicious about this super industrial system and really needed a test field. If he could talk about this Wu County Magistrate, it would be a good choice. After all... he was still thinking about the Mengyin diamond vein!
Chapter completed!